Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-gi-oh, there I said it: P
Hey everyone! See I told you guys I was working on another chapter! And this has got to be a record for me... two days since I last posted!! YAY! So proud! Well, anyways... I'm glad and ever so happy that last chapter wasn't a total let down, and I hope this chapter won't be either, it's kinda short but I'm assuming longer then the last :P Now once again, I have to warn you, it's gonna seem incomplete, but don't worry once again, I'm going to be working on another chapter. Oh and by the way, I'm so sorry I had to hurt Joey, but he'll be fine, plus Guardian-chan loaned me a Joey- clone, and btw I did use it ^.~
Guardian-381: Hey thanks once again for the wonderful review! Nice dialogue :P and Diamond you're welcome to come by anytime you want, I have steak too so ya know... the doors always open ~.^ And btw I did use the clone ya know? I wouldn't hurt Joey intentionally, without making sure he's ok in the end, I'm not that evil. ( And dun worry Yami and Yugi will get together soon enough, patience is a virtue. Aite, well enjoy the chappie! Nuff luv.
Evil Chibi Malik: Hi! I'm glad you like it! And tell ur friend I said sup!? Oh and that I just love her name!! Hehe, well I hope you guys enjoy the chapter! Buh bye!
Karenu-anime: Well here's the update, thanks for the review and ur enthusiasm. Enjoy! Peace out! Byez!
Hotaruchan27: Hey you! I missed ya! SO good to hear from you again! And thanks so much for da pixy sticks they're good! Dun worry though, it was a Joey clone provided by Guuardian-381! So he's aite! LOL, I should really use him for a punching bag ne? Haha, maybe next chapter! Well then I hope this chappie is to ur liking, luv ya lotz! Ja ne!
Anime AndrAIa: Hey gurl! LOL, I'm sooooooo happy you like the chapter! I was afraid everyone would hate it, and here I was freaking out then I got all of your wonderful reviews from everyone and I was like all smiley smiley!
High school isn't all that bad? Wow, so I guess I should stop freaking out then! Thanks a lot, now I think I'm actually looking forward to it! ^.~ 'cept for the homework :P enjoy! And thanks for da review, byez!
Hikari no Yami: Opps... my bad sorry! Well... if it makes up for it, it wasn't Joey it was a clone ~.^ So ya... But on a brighter note he's gonna be ok! So dun worry that pretty lil' head of yours! Enjoy the chapter! Byez!
As the morning sun began to rise, its rays peeked through the curtains of the Turtle Game shop. The bright light cast shadows along the walls of the teen's room. Slowly Yugi's eyes cracked open and he yawned. Looking at his Time Wizard alarm clock he noted that it was quarter to seven, just in time.
Sleepily he made his way out of bed to the bathroom. As soon as he had finished his business he went to take his morning shower, as his Yami began to wake up in his soul room.
The spirit yawned and got up, why did Yugi have to wake up so early? As Yami got dressed he emerged from the puzzle and took a seat on the edge of Yugi's bed just as he had last night.
Soon after Yugi and Yami were out the door and on there way to school, for another long torturous day of their sensei "teaching" if you could call it that. Yugi skipped happily along side Yami, whistling along with the birds, that chirped cheerfully in the morning light.
~*~Yami's POV~*~
I watched as Yugi skipped along the sidewalk to school. He was so cute, and innocent it was mesmerizing. The way his eyes lit up so early in the morning, full of life, and purity. It was so tantalizing just watching him; how I longed for the day I could call him mine.
I guess I since I was daydreaming about Yugi, I was unaware that we had reached the school grounds, which also meant I was definitely unprepared for the ball hurdling towards my aibou, until Yugi yelled out my name, but obviously it was too late.
"BOOM" ouch... ok... note to self don't daydream about you hikari when walking to school. //Yugi are you ok? Please say something//
Yugi picked himself off the floor and smiled, /I'm fine, it didn't hurt at all/
Still not taking my chances I inspected his head for any bumps or bruises.
As soon as I looked up I was ready to kill whoever it was that threw that Ra forsaken object of amusement at my hikari's head. However to my dumb luck it just so happened to be Tea and lucky me again, Bakura saw the whole thing, and started laughing like a mad man.
"What's wrong Pharaoh losing your touch?"
I growled instinctively, something told me it wasn't coincidence that this baka's ball hit Yugi in the head. I glared at Tea then turned to Bakura "You're about to loose some teeth if you don't back off!"
"Ooh... is the almighty king going to do something about it."
I would've said something back my threat up, except for the fact that Yugi started to whimper; he hated it when I got into fights. I sighed and turned to Yugi //aibou, please can I put him in his place//
/Yami... no, please don't fight/
//fine... what about a duel hikari//
/Bakura didn't do anything though, it was Tea/
I looked up to see Bakura there stamping his feet impatiently. "So, you are taking tips from your precious midget over there? Who knew u was that stupid you can't even think of a witty come back, and you call yourself a pharaoh." He rolled his eyes, and stamped off.
I'll deal with him later, I turned to Tea, who unfortunately just so happened to be right in my face. "Whoa, Would you STOP invading my personal space!!"
The girl shrugged and just moved closer. "Is that little short thing ok? I mean I would've tried to stop the ball if I could but I thought I was gonna miss, considering he's so short and all, I mean not even an ant could see him. You know Yami; if you wanna be popular you should ditch freakizoid over there and hang with me."
O.k. that was it, its one thing to insult me, but another to insult Yugi, without a second thought. "Listen you little, stuck up, two faced, snobby, humped back, cocky whore... you're going to apologize to Yugi or I am gonna kick you little bony ass out of this era."
End Yami's POV
Tea looked shocked and horny all at the same time, which freaked Yami out a little too much. Then with a sly grin on her face she licked her lips then whispered seductively in Yami's ear, "You like my 'bony ass' don't ya?" However it was loud enough for Yugi to hear, which needless to say brought tears to his eyes, but he stayed none the less.
Yami who was beyond freaked at the moment and worried about his hikari, considering he could feel deep emotions pouring out of there link, was to hazy to think straight, let alone do anything about the situation he was in. He needed to help his light, but had to get rid of Tea, and there was no way he could do both, in this condition.
As if answering his prayer, Trinity walked onto the school grounds taking in the scene. "Umm... excuse me Tea?"
Tea moved about an inch away from Yami, and looked Trinity up and down, "What, can't you seem I'm busy?"
"Yes, I can see your busy Miss. Thang, but just answer me this... what the hell are you doing?"
Tea rolled her eyes, "Are you blind, me and Yami are involved in somewhat of a romantic conversation." She had deliberately put an emphasis on the word romantic, just to get Yugi a little more peeved then he already was.
"No I am not blind, but you seem to be deaf, how many times do we have to spell it out for you? Yami don't like you."
"You're just jealous that you can't have him for yourself, but what can I say fine guys go for hot girls."
"Then what's he doing with you? Lord knows you look like you just stepped out of a 1950's movie in that awful getup. Seriously, you look and smell like you just had a date with a skunk, either that, or you've obviously never heard of deodorant, and what did I tell you about getting tic tacs? I mean come on spear the world, there's enough pollution going around with out your bad breath."
Tea sent Trinity a death glare, which in return was sent back with one of Trinity's infamous "I'm-a-kill-you-if-you-even-look-at-Yami-or-hurt-Yugi- again" look.
Tea just shrugged and walked off, mumbling something about her wearing "No name brand perfume," which technically is perfume, that smells like dog shit, for anyone who cares.
As soon as she was gone, Yami sighed a breath of relief, and thanked Trinity. Then he turned to talk to Yugi. But he was no where in sight. Yami tried calling out his name but to no ado. Where could he have gone? Yami set out to look for him; there was still about 10 minutes before school started so he had time.
25 minutes later
The bell had already rung, and the students piled in and made there stops to there locker and went it to class, before the sensei started to give out detentions. However Yami still hadn't found his aibou yet and he had shut off his mind link so he was out of luck, so he made his way to class hoping that he might be there, and sure enough he was.
The sensei was taking attendance as he walked in; she looked up, "Ahh... Mr. Moutou so good of you to join us, to bad you aren't like your little brother, he's never tardy." Yami rolled his eyes and took his seat next to Yugi quietly before he got into more trouble. He decided to talk to him at lunch so they wouldn't get in trouble, unless Yugi decided to open his mind link.
The sensei continued with the attendance. "Ryou Bakura"
"Here"
"Bakura T..."
"Ya... ya I'm here, shut up."
The sensei looked up, and decided upon better judgment to leave him alone, "Seto Kaiba"
A familiar grunt was heard, "Trinity Miller... here, Yugi Moutou... present, Yami Moutou... here... Tristan Taylor... here, Joseph Wheeler...?"
She looked up, "Does anyone know where Joseph Wheeler might be?" The class looked around, and then looked towards the door half expecting to see him there; as usual he was always late and showed up just as his name was being called. For once though, he wasn't there. The sensei marked him absent and continued on.
2 hours into the class, Joey still hadn't arrived and Yugi was starting to get worried and so were some of the others. Yugi kept glancing nervously at the clock, Tristan kept fiddling with his pencil, questioning his mind to the where abouts of his buddy. Ryou bit on his thumb nail, as Bakura blew spit balls at the back of Tea's head. Yami was watching his hikari the whole time, and as for Seto he for the first time in his life was worried about the mutt.
~*~Seto's POV~*~
I looked at the clock hanging on the wall of the pathetic excuse of a classroom. Where could Wheeler be? I mean yes, he was usually late, but come on this is getting way out of hand. Wait why do I even care anyways? Oh right because I just discovered that I'm in love with the pup.
How stupid could I be what if something happened to him last night after he left? Kuso, why am I this blind? I wish he were here. Please Joey, be o.k. I couldn't stand it if anything happened to you. //Alright, Alright I know I'm getting soft, but if anyone dares lay a finger on Wheeler's head, they will be crushed by the name of Kaiba corp. //
I sat there watching the door, not taking my mind off the possibilities of what might've happened to him. Why the hell didn't I follow him? This is my entire fault. I banged my head softly off of the desk, as if not to raise any suspicion, then I turned my attention back to the door. Kami, please make sure he's safe, I pleaded silently. Please.
Normal POV
"Alright class, take out your workbooks were going to work on problems 1-75 on page 197." The nerds who sat up front cheered as the rest of the class groaned.
As everyone took out their books and began to solve the equations, Yugi continued to look at the door, wondering and hoping that wherever Joey was he was safe and sound.
/Yami do you think Joey is ok? He's never usually this late/
Yami looked at his aibou sadly, //I'm not sure Yugi, I'm not sure//
/Yami, I'm scared, what if something happened to him, he was at Kaiba's last night, what if.../
Yami's eyes widened, then he turned and glared at his arch rival, who was still staring at the door. //I assure you aibou, if Seto knows something he'll tell us, and if he has done anything to harm him, I will spare no mercy on his soul// Yugi nodded his head silently, thanking his Yami, and praying in his mind for his blond haired friend.
On the other side of the classroom, Bakura was struggling with his math, "this is nonsense, and I don't need to know any of this." He mumbled as if anyone actually cared. Ryou just giggled as his darker half crumpled paper after paper of unfinished problems.
Tristan, who was also at the front of the room, not because he was a nerd, but because he talked way more then any guy should during class, got moved up closer to the teacher's desk, and according to him, he had to much pride to suck up. He had finished about 2 problems before his pencil had broken 'cause of his excess and might I add needless chewing on. He was nervous. His best buddy was out there some where, probably got jumped by thugs and no one knows where he is. Now if that wasn't something to be freaking out about... he just found out he totally flunked his last test, with a shocking but sad...39% average.
Trinity, who was silent during this whole endeavor, sighed and shook her head sadly. If only she could've done something last night, but it was not for her to handle, destiny was not written that way, it wasn't her place to step in. However she knew that he would be o.k. ///Marik and Malik should be over there helping him now/// she glanced at the clock 10:40 it was almost time for lunch, it must be taking longer than originally planned., she'd check up on them in 20 minutes after the bell rung.
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The lunch bell rang as Dominio High's hall filled with students, bustling about, talking the latest gossip, and making trip to their lockers.
The gang met up at Yugi's locker as usual, waiting for their small spiky haired friend, yet all wearing worried faces, for anyone who knew nothing about this gang, it was inconceivable that there was obviously something wrong. Bakura for once decided to keep his mouth shut, especially considering everyone was quiet, and it definitely seemed inappropriate to speak.
The gang quietly made their way to the cafeteria, and bought there lunch then filed outdoors, to find Kaiba and eat in there usual spot. As the gang went to reserve their spot first they half expected to see Joey's laughing face, pigging out on the café's food, even though everyone knew how horrible it tasted. Yugi was the first one to break the silence, "Serenity, did you see Joey last night?"
Serenity frowned slightly, and shook her head, "I was at my mom's apartment last night, I figured Joey was going to Dad's. Do you think he's ok you guys?"
Tristan gave her a small hug, one that reassured her that Joey would be o.k. even if they weren't sure themselves. Yami was the next to speak, "Who was the last to see him?" Everyone looked towards Kaiba who had walked up during the middle of the conversation between Serenity and Yugi.
Seto grunted, "He was at my place last night, but he left close to midnight. I have no idea where he is, but I'm willing to help you guys find him."
Tristan mock glared at him, "Listen money bags, he was at your place last night, you're rich, couldn't you have spared a car or a servant and made sure he got home alright? Or are you really that snobby and selfish you care for no one but yourself?"
This got the CEO steamed as he grabbed Tristan by the collar and held him up, "Listen Taylor, you are in no position to be contradicting me 'nor accusing me of being responsible for Wheeler's absence, for all you lazy asses know he slept in and decided not to come to school today, and don't you dare speak to me in that way again... Got it?" He dropped Tristan back down on the floor, and walked away, sending the rest of the gang a glare.
Tristan grabbed his throat in a desperate attempt get the air back in his lungs after Kaiba choked him, then he yelled back "I'm not afraid of you," and he jumped on Kaiba's retreating back.
Needless to say the two began too fight, which made Bakura want to fight, which made Yami get ticked off, and join, which got Serenity whimpering and freaking out and got Ryou and Yugi to attempt to break the fight up... but ended up getting Yugi knocked out. Now with Yugi getting knocked out and practically bleeding, it got Yami to stop, Serenity... to start screaming, Bakura to stop, only to start laughing, Tristan to stop and help out his buddy, and Kaiba to just get up and walk away, who might I add was stopped by Tea, who was obviously punched out by a highly pissed Seto Kaiba... who once again stalked off, only having to be once again stopped by none other then the familiar blond... Joseph Wheeler.
Hey everyone! See I told you guys I was working on another chapter! And this has got to be a record for me... two days since I last posted!! YAY! So proud! Well, anyways... I'm glad and ever so happy that last chapter wasn't a total let down, and I hope this chapter won't be either, it's kinda short but I'm assuming longer then the last :P Now once again, I have to warn you, it's gonna seem incomplete, but don't worry once again, I'm going to be working on another chapter. Oh and by the way, I'm so sorry I had to hurt Joey, but he'll be fine, plus Guardian-chan loaned me a Joey- clone, and btw I did use it ^.~
Guardian-381: Hey thanks once again for the wonderful review! Nice dialogue :P and Diamond you're welcome to come by anytime you want, I have steak too so ya know... the doors always open ~.^ And btw I did use the clone ya know? I wouldn't hurt Joey intentionally, without making sure he's ok in the end, I'm not that evil. ( And dun worry Yami and Yugi will get together soon enough, patience is a virtue. Aite, well enjoy the chappie! Nuff luv.
Evil Chibi Malik: Hi! I'm glad you like it! And tell ur friend I said sup!? Oh and that I just love her name!! Hehe, well I hope you guys enjoy the chapter! Buh bye!
Karenu-anime: Well here's the update, thanks for the review and ur enthusiasm. Enjoy! Peace out! Byez!
Hotaruchan27: Hey you! I missed ya! SO good to hear from you again! And thanks so much for da pixy sticks they're good! Dun worry though, it was a Joey clone provided by Guuardian-381! So he's aite! LOL, I should really use him for a punching bag ne? Haha, maybe next chapter! Well then I hope this chappie is to ur liking, luv ya lotz! Ja ne!
Anime AndrAIa: Hey gurl! LOL, I'm sooooooo happy you like the chapter! I was afraid everyone would hate it, and here I was freaking out then I got all of your wonderful reviews from everyone and I was like all smiley smiley!
High school isn't all that bad? Wow, so I guess I should stop freaking out then! Thanks a lot, now I think I'm actually looking forward to it! ^.~ 'cept for the homework :P enjoy! And thanks for da review, byez!
Hikari no Yami: Opps... my bad sorry! Well... if it makes up for it, it wasn't Joey it was a clone ~.^ So ya... But on a brighter note he's gonna be ok! So dun worry that pretty lil' head of yours! Enjoy the chapter! Byez!
As the morning sun began to rise, its rays peeked through the curtains of the Turtle Game shop. The bright light cast shadows along the walls of the teen's room. Slowly Yugi's eyes cracked open and he yawned. Looking at his Time Wizard alarm clock he noted that it was quarter to seven, just in time.
Sleepily he made his way out of bed to the bathroom. As soon as he had finished his business he went to take his morning shower, as his Yami began to wake up in his soul room.
The spirit yawned and got up, why did Yugi have to wake up so early? As Yami got dressed he emerged from the puzzle and took a seat on the edge of Yugi's bed just as he had last night.
Soon after Yugi and Yami were out the door and on there way to school, for another long torturous day of their sensei "teaching" if you could call it that. Yugi skipped happily along side Yami, whistling along with the birds, that chirped cheerfully in the morning light.
~*~Yami's POV~*~
I watched as Yugi skipped along the sidewalk to school. He was so cute, and innocent it was mesmerizing. The way his eyes lit up so early in the morning, full of life, and purity. It was so tantalizing just watching him; how I longed for the day I could call him mine.
I guess I since I was daydreaming about Yugi, I was unaware that we had reached the school grounds, which also meant I was definitely unprepared for the ball hurdling towards my aibou, until Yugi yelled out my name, but obviously it was too late.
"BOOM" ouch... ok... note to self don't daydream about you hikari when walking to school. //Yugi are you ok? Please say something//
Yugi picked himself off the floor and smiled, /I'm fine, it didn't hurt at all/
Still not taking my chances I inspected his head for any bumps or bruises.
As soon as I looked up I was ready to kill whoever it was that threw that Ra forsaken object of amusement at my hikari's head. However to my dumb luck it just so happened to be Tea and lucky me again, Bakura saw the whole thing, and started laughing like a mad man.
"What's wrong Pharaoh losing your touch?"
I growled instinctively, something told me it wasn't coincidence that this baka's ball hit Yugi in the head. I glared at Tea then turned to Bakura "You're about to loose some teeth if you don't back off!"
"Ooh... is the almighty king going to do something about it."
I would've said something back my threat up, except for the fact that Yugi started to whimper; he hated it when I got into fights. I sighed and turned to Yugi //aibou, please can I put him in his place//
/Yami... no, please don't fight/
//fine... what about a duel hikari//
/Bakura didn't do anything though, it was Tea/
I looked up to see Bakura there stamping his feet impatiently. "So, you are taking tips from your precious midget over there? Who knew u was that stupid you can't even think of a witty come back, and you call yourself a pharaoh." He rolled his eyes, and stamped off.
I'll deal with him later, I turned to Tea, who unfortunately just so happened to be right in my face. "Whoa, Would you STOP invading my personal space!!"
The girl shrugged and just moved closer. "Is that little short thing ok? I mean I would've tried to stop the ball if I could but I thought I was gonna miss, considering he's so short and all, I mean not even an ant could see him. You know Yami; if you wanna be popular you should ditch freakizoid over there and hang with me."
O.k. that was it, its one thing to insult me, but another to insult Yugi, without a second thought. "Listen you little, stuck up, two faced, snobby, humped back, cocky whore... you're going to apologize to Yugi or I am gonna kick you little bony ass out of this era."
End Yami's POV
Tea looked shocked and horny all at the same time, which freaked Yami out a little too much. Then with a sly grin on her face she licked her lips then whispered seductively in Yami's ear, "You like my 'bony ass' don't ya?" However it was loud enough for Yugi to hear, which needless to say brought tears to his eyes, but he stayed none the less.
Yami who was beyond freaked at the moment and worried about his hikari, considering he could feel deep emotions pouring out of there link, was to hazy to think straight, let alone do anything about the situation he was in. He needed to help his light, but had to get rid of Tea, and there was no way he could do both, in this condition.
As if answering his prayer, Trinity walked onto the school grounds taking in the scene. "Umm... excuse me Tea?"
Tea moved about an inch away from Yami, and looked Trinity up and down, "What, can't you seem I'm busy?"
"Yes, I can see your busy Miss. Thang, but just answer me this... what the hell are you doing?"
Tea rolled her eyes, "Are you blind, me and Yami are involved in somewhat of a romantic conversation." She had deliberately put an emphasis on the word romantic, just to get Yugi a little more peeved then he already was.
"No I am not blind, but you seem to be deaf, how many times do we have to spell it out for you? Yami don't like you."
"You're just jealous that you can't have him for yourself, but what can I say fine guys go for hot girls."
"Then what's he doing with you? Lord knows you look like you just stepped out of a 1950's movie in that awful getup. Seriously, you look and smell like you just had a date with a skunk, either that, or you've obviously never heard of deodorant, and what did I tell you about getting tic tacs? I mean come on spear the world, there's enough pollution going around with out your bad breath."
Tea sent Trinity a death glare, which in return was sent back with one of Trinity's infamous "I'm-a-kill-you-if-you-even-look-at-Yami-or-hurt-Yugi- again" look.
Tea just shrugged and walked off, mumbling something about her wearing "No name brand perfume," which technically is perfume, that smells like dog shit, for anyone who cares.
As soon as she was gone, Yami sighed a breath of relief, and thanked Trinity. Then he turned to talk to Yugi. But he was no where in sight. Yami tried calling out his name but to no ado. Where could he have gone? Yami set out to look for him; there was still about 10 minutes before school started so he had time.
25 minutes later
The bell had already rung, and the students piled in and made there stops to there locker and went it to class, before the sensei started to give out detentions. However Yami still hadn't found his aibou yet and he had shut off his mind link so he was out of luck, so he made his way to class hoping that he might be there, and sure enough he was.
The sensei was taking attendance as he walked in; she looked up, "Ahh... Mr. Moutou so good of you to join us, to bad you aren't like your little brother, he's never tardy." Yami rolled his eyes and took his seat next to Yugi quietly before he got into more trouble. He decided to talk to him at lunch so they wouldn't get in trouble, unless Yugi decided to open his mind link.
The sensei continued with the attendance. "Ryou Bakura"
"Here"
"Bakura T..."
"Ya... ya I'm here, shut up."
The sensei looked up, and decided upon better judgment to leave him alone, "Seto Kaiba"
A familiar grunt was heard, "Trinity Miller... here, Yugi Moutou... present, Yami Moutou... here... Tristan Taylor... here, Joseph Wheeler...?"
She looked up, "Does anyone know where Joseph Wheeler might be?" The class looked around, and then looked towards the door half expecting to see him there; as usual he was always late and showed up just as his name was being called. For once though, he wasn't there. The sensei marked him absent and continued on.
2 hours into the class, Joey still hadn't arrived and Yugi was starting to get worried and so were some of the others. Yugi kept glancing nervously at the clock, Tristan kept fiddling with his pencil, questioning his mind to the where abouts of his buddy. Ryou bit on his thumb nail, as Bakura blew spit balls at the back of Tea's head. Yami was watching his hikari the whole time, and as for Seto he for the first time in his life was worried about the mutt.
~*~Seto's POV~*~
I looked at the clock hanging on the wall of the pathetic excuse of a classroom. Where could Wheeler be? I mean yes, he was usually late, but come on this is getting way out of hand. Wait why do I even care anyways? Oh right because I just discovered that I'm in love with the pup.
How stupid could I be what if something happened to him last night after he left? Kuso, why am I this blind? I wish he were here. Please Joey, be o.k. I couldn't stand it if anything happened to you. //Alright, Alright I know I'm getting soft, but if anyone dares lay a finger on Wheeler's head, they will be crushed by the name of Kaiba corp. //
I sat there watching the door, not taking my mind off the possibilities of what might've happened to him. Why the hell didn't I follow him? This is my entire fault. I banged my head softly off of the desk, as if not to raise any suspicion, then I turned my attention back to the door. Kami, please make sure he's safe, I pleaded silently. Please.
Normal POV
"Alright class, take out your workbooks were going to work on problems 1-75 on page 197." The nerds who sat up front cheered as the rest of the class groaned.
As everyone took out their books and began to solve the equations, Yugi continued to look at the door, wondering and hoping that wherever Joey was he was safe and sound.
/Yami do you think Joey is ok? He's never usually this late/
Yami looked at his aibou sadly, //I'm not sure Yugi, I'm not sure//
/Yami, I'm scared, what if something happened to him, he was at Kaiba's last night, what if.../
Yami's eyes widened, then he turned and glared at his arch rival, who was still staring at the door. //I assure you aibou, if Seto knows something he'll tell us, and if he has done anything to harm him, I will spare no mercy on his soul// Yugi nodded his head silently, thanking his Yami, and praying in his mind for his blond haired friend.
On the other side of the classroom, Bakura was struggling with his math, "this is nonsense, and I don't need to know any of this." He mumbled as if anyone actually cared. Ryou just giggled as his darker half crumpled paper after paper of unfinished problems.
Tristan, who was also at the front of the room, not because he was a nerd, but because he talked way more then any guy should during class, got moved up closer to the teacher's desk, and according to him, he had to much pride to suck up. He had finished about 2 problems before his pencil had broken 'cause of his excess and might I add needless chewing on. He was nervous. His best buddy was out there some where, probably got jumped by thugs and no one knows where he is. Now if that wasn't something to be freaking out about... he just found out he totally flunked his last test, with a shocking but sad...39% average.
Trinity, who was silent during this whole endeavor, sighed and shook her head sadly. If only she could've done something last night, but it was not for her to handle, destiny was not written that way, it wasn't her place to step in. However she knew that he would be o.k. ///Marik and Malik should be over there helping him now/// she glanced at the clock 10:40 it was almost time for lunch, it must be taking longer than originally planned., she'd check up on them in 20 minutes after the bell rung.
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The lunch bell rang as Dominio High's hall filled with students, bustling about, talking the latest gossip, and making trip to their lockers.
The gang met up at Yugi's locker as usual, waiting for their small spiky haired friend, yet all wearing worried faces, for anyone who knew nothing about this gang, it was inconceivable that there was obviously something wrong. Bakura for once decided to keep his mouth shut, especially considering everyone was quiet, and it definitely seemed inappropriate to speak.
The gang quietly made their way to the cafeteria, and bought there lunch then filed outdoors, to find Kaiba and eat in there usual spot. As the gang went to reserve their spot first they half expected to see Joey's laughing face, pigging out on the café's food, even though everyone knew how horrible it tasted. Yugi was the first one to break the silence, "Serenity, did you see Joey last night?"
Serenity frowned slightly, and shook her head, "I was at my mom's apartment last night, I figured Joey was going to Dad's. Do you think he's ok you guys?"
Tristan gave her a small hug, one that reassured her that Joey would be o.k. even if they weren't sure themselves. Yami was the next to speak, "Who was the last to see him?" Everyone looked towards Kaiba who had walked up during the middle of the conversation between Serenity and Yugi.
Seto grunted, "He was at my place last night, but he left close to midnight. I have no idea where he is, but I'm willing to help you guys find him."
Tristan mock glared at him, "Listen money bags, he was at your place last night, you're rich, couldn't you have spared a car or a servant and made sure he got home alright? Or are you really that snobby and selfish you care for no one but yourself?"
This got the CEO steamed as he grabbed Tristan by the collar and held him up, "Listen Taylor, you are in no position to be contradicting me 'nor accusing me of being responsible for Wheeler's absence, for all you lazy asses know he slept in and decided not to come to school today, and don't you dare speak to me in that way again... Got it?" He dropped Tristan back down on the floor, and walked away, sending the rest of the gang a glare.
Tristan grabbed his throat in a desperate attempt get the air back in his lungs after Kaiba choked him, then he yelled back "I'm not afraid of you," and he jumped on Kaiba's retreating back.
Needless to say the two began too fight, which made Bakura want to fight, which made Yami get ticked off, and join, which got Serenity whimpering and freaking out and got Ryou and Yugi to attempt to break the fight up... but ended up getting Yugi knocked out. Now with Yugi getting knocked out and practically bleeding, it got Yami to stop, Serenity... to start screaming, Bakura to stop, only to start laughing, Tristan to stop and help out his buddy, and Kaiba to just get up and walk away, who might I add was stopped by Tea, who was obviously punched out by a highly pissed Seto Kaiba... who once again stalked off, only having to be once again stopped by none other then the familiar blond... Joseph Wheeler.