This chapter, I've tried my best to make it longer!! I hope it's a bit longer than my other chapters... I don't seem to be very good at typing up long chapters. -.- Anyways, please enjoy chapter 4, although it may be a bit confusing... So many transitions, flashbacks, and stuff like that makes this chapter quite confusing... I was actually confused at first myself... o.O
I just saw the new premier of the Doom Saga (Doma), also known as Waking the Dragons, and I am glad that they didn't change much of the plot like they always do, the only thing that disturbed me was Varon's voice, and how they changed his name from Varon to Valon. I usually hate the dubbed episodes for taking all the good parts out and changing the plot... On a side note, that is why I stick with the original names instead of the dubbed ones for my Fanfics.
Wishing for You – Chapter 4
A whole night had passed, and it was now a brand new day. Only problem that could be seen about the brand new day was that the sky was dark, and it had been raining heavily all night long, with a few occasional stray bolts of lightning, along with rapid decreases in temperatures.
Anzu, Mai and Shizuka had each made their way to their class this morning, even in the heavy rain with some help from the unexpected - and were now currently sitting in their respective seats as all three girls listened very vaguely to the teacher's lecture. All three of them had more important things to be worrying about. This morning, why, even Shizuka, known as the perfect student to all of Domino High School didn't feel like paying attention to the teacher at all.
Mai quickly scribbled something on a piece of binder paper with her favorite purple pen, then when the teacher wasn't looking, she tossed the paper over to Anzu, who sat three seats in front of Mai, so passing notes were quite simple for the two of them, therefore they did that all the time. On the other hand, Shizuka sat all the way across the room, making it nearly impossible to pass notes to and from her.
-Note from Mai to Anzu-
Hey Anzu!
What happened to your uniform? It's dirty... Did you fall into a puddle this morning or something? -.-
Reply back soon, from Mai
-Note of reply from Anzu to Mai-
Mai,
I did NOT fall in a puddle!! --;; It's just... well... I just crashed into someone is all that happened. Anyways, did you notice? Shizuka isn't even paying attention to the teacher this morning! What could have happened to her? I wonder if she is ok...
You better reply soon, from Anzu
-Note of reply from Mai to Anzu-
Hey again, Anzu!
Anyhow, I figure Shizuka did something bad, since she's always like this after she does something bad... Come to think of it, I saw her with Seto Kaiba this morning! Did you see them? Jounouchi was so mad at Kaiba when he saw them together! It was really funny! You should have been there!! Too bad you weren't...
From the greatest female duelist, Mai
-Note of reply from Anzu to Mai-
To: Mai
Really? Shizuka with the Seto Kaiba, like as in the Kaiba who owns KaibaCorp? Are you sure? Anyways, what were you doing with Jounouchi? If you were there and so was he...you will not dodge the subject this time, Mai!!
From: Anzu
P.S. For your information, you're not the greatest duelist... Remember? I beat you once in Duelist Kingdom! XD
Mai's expression suddenly seemed to change as soon as she read the note she had just gotten. Her mouth formed an "o" and she was just about to protest – when she remembered that she was still in class, and decided to save her anger for later, as Anzu snickered in her seat, watching Mai's expression change.
Everyone had their different opinions - but what really did happen that morning, between Shizuka and Kaiba, Anzu and Yugi, and Mai with Jounouchi? All three girls put their heads down on their desk tiredly as they started to sort out what had happened to each of them that morning. They yet had to decide if it was a good thing - or bad.
---Flashback---
7:00 A.M.
Mai's House
"Ahhhhhhhh!! My hair is so messed up this morning!" Mai cried in frustration as she reached her hand in her violet drawer and fished out her white hairbrush as she prepared for a long battle against her hair.
Mai, as usual had gotten up two hours earlier to perfect her self-stated "gorgeous" looks. She had already taken a shower, and ironed her uniform, like she did every morning. It was a routine she went through every morning, and she had adapted to it quite nicely. 'It's actually kind of refreshing to get up so early in the morning, others should too!' Mai thought happily.
Anzu's House
"ZzZzZzZzzzzzz..." Soft snoring could be heard coming from Anzu. She was very tired from her ballet classes that she went to everyday. Her dream was to become a ballet dancer, but these days, she had more important things to worry about, such as going to Egypt to restore Atemu's memory, and Atemu had finally been accepted, and able to rest in peace for all eternity.
Shizuka's House
"KATSUYA!! Wake up or I won't make breakfast! You know our parents went to work early this morning – therefore you wake up now, or you'll get no breakfast this morning!!" Shizuka shouted at the top of her lungs as she held up a piece of bacon with a silver fork just above her sleeping brother's nose. 'This trick always works!' Shizuka chuckled to herself as she watched Jounouchi's nose detect the bacon.
Meanwhile Jou, who pretended to be asleep, was making a decision. 'Breakfast – Sleep, Breakfast – Sleep... Which is more important?' He pondered to himself as he finally decided to have the breakfast, and pulled himself out of bed sleepily as he let out a huge yawn, then checked his red-eyes black dragon alarm clock that Shizuka had gotten for his birthday a few weeks ago, and was shocked to see that it was only 7:00 A.M.
"Shizuka," He paused and glared at her sister. "It's only 7 o'clock! I could have slept in for another ½ an hour! I don't see what the point of going to school early is, like how you do every morning..." Jou complained sleepily, as he rubbed his eyes and dragged himself to the closet to get his uniform out.
7:15 A.M.
Mai's House
"Ok, Finally...Now my hair is perfect as usual!" Mai squealed contently to herself as she looked at the girl that was staring straight back at her with the intense violet eyes – the reflection of herself on her dresser mirror. Mai pulled out her make-up box from underneath her dresser and started to put make-up on.. eye shadow, lip gloss, etc... her expertise.
This was also part of her daily routine that she accomplished every morning. But lately, she seemed to take more and more time every morning to finish her beauty routine... Perhaps there was a hidden reason, unknown to all of us, and the only one who realized it was Mai herself.
Anzu's House
"5 more minutes please..." Anzu groaned tiredly as she cast a glance to the pink alarm clock that played a beautiful melody that Yugi had given her two years ago, for Christmas as a present. But Anzu and Yugi had a fight just a few days ago, when Yugi's tongue accidentally slipped and he told Honda and Bakura that Anzu was working at a nearby burger shop when she wasn't supposed to be working there.
Anzu was a bit too young to be working at the shop, but at least she was tall, and so hadn't been discovered yet. Anzu needed to save up money desparately, so she could go to the dance academy in New York to pursue her dreams to become a ballet dancer. Besides, Anzu had given them a good 15-minute lecture not to tell anyone about her secret job at the burger shop, and hoped that it would be enough.
Shizuka's House
"This is the best breakfast I've ever had in my whole entire life, Shizuka!" Jou mumbled in appreciation to his sister as he struggled to swallow all the food he had shoved in his mouth just a few moments ago. Shizuka's brother, Jounouchi just loved to eat more than anything else in the world, but of course, not including his family and friends.
"Anyways, I'll be heading for school now!" Shizuka announced cheerfully as she grabbed her baby blue umbrella out of the silver metal umbrella rack, opened the door by twisting the doorknob then flapped her umbrella open, and started for school in the heavy rain that would soon become a storm.
7:30 A.M.
By this time, it was obvious that a storm was heading their way, since the winds had gotten much stronger than before, and the rain was so harsh that it felt like needles were falling from the sky, instead of drips of water.
Mai's House
"I should start for school soon..." Mai mumbled to herself as she walked up to her white curtains, noticing that she had forgotten to open it earlier, so she pulled on the string to open up the curtains. She expected to see a lot of sunshine – only to find the dark gloomy weather instead.
"It's raining?" Mai spoke to herself unbelievably as all the color drained from her face. She placed her palms flatly on the window and looked outside, as far as her vision would allow her to. Mai just despised the rain with all her heart, since the last time it had rained, she was unprepared for it, and therefore her hair was soaked, not to mention her favorite outfit had been drenched as well. 'Well, the sooner the better.' She thought bitterly as she picked up her schoolbag, grabbed her violet umbrella, and started for school trying to avoid the rain as much as possible.
Anzu's House
"Ahhhhhhhhh!! I'm late!" Anzu shrieked as loud as her vocal chords allowed her to, as she stared at the pink alarm clock, which now was located comfortably in Anzu's hands. She had only meant to sleep in for 5 more minutes, but instead, she had slept for 15 minutes straight.
Anzu set the alarm clock on her nightstand as she jumped out of her bed hastily, and had finished preparing for school in just a blink of an eye. Now all she had to do was just get to school on time. 'I have to hurry!!' Anzu thought desperately as she clutched her pink umbrella that matched her school uniform, and dashed towards the direction of Domino High School – Which was located all the way on the other side of town.
Shizuka (Currently in front of Domino High School)
Shizuka, having left her house so early had already gotten to her destination, Domino High School. She held her umbrella with her trembling hands, and shivered from the cold as she stared at the huge metal gate that kept her from going further. 'How could I forget that the gate doesn't open until 8 on rainy days?' She mentally slapped herself for forgetting such a simple fact, as she crossed her arms in front of her, to brace herself from the chilly winds that headed her way.
Shizuka stood patiently waiting for the school gates to open, when suddenly a black limousine pulled up besides her and came to a quick halt, as the back window automatically opened, revealing the identity of the blue-eyed brunette.
"Kaiba...?" Shizuka asked silently. "What are you doing at school so early?" She wondered, as she shivered once more. Shizuka couldn't think of any reason that would bring Kaiba to school this early, surely he of all people would remember that the gates didn't open until 8 o'clock on rainy days. Besides, Shizuka had developed a routine of memorizing who would come to school at around which time, and she knew that Kaiba didn't usually come until 8 o'clock, with his meetings and all for KaibaCorp.
"I could ask you the same thing." Kaiba sneered. "Just look at yourself, all shivering and wet." He added as a smirk formed on his face, "Why, she's even more pathetic than that mutt, Katsuya Jounouchi." he muttered under his breath, making sure no one except himself heard what he had to say.
"I'm here because... Um... well... because I forgot that the gates didn't open until 8 o'clock on rainy days, that's all!" Shizuka replied embarrassedly as she checked her watch and noticed she had over 25 minutes left until the gates opened – which meant she was going to have to stand out in the rain for 25 more minutes.
"Tell you what, I have a proposition for you. I'll let you in my limo; until the gates open if only you-" Kaiba started to state his brilliant idea but was interrupted by his brother, Mokuba.
"Seto, stop being so mean to Shizuka, and invite her inside! It's warm and dry in here!" Mokuba scolded his brother as he jumped up and down on the seat of the limo, and then added, "Please Seto? If you don't invite her inside I'll-" This time it was Mokuba who was interrupted in the middle of his sentence.
"Whatever you say, Mokuba..." Kaiba replied reluctantly as he gave his driver permission to let Shizuka inside. The driver opened the side door, as Shizuka stepped inside the limo. Shizuka was overwhelmed by how huge the limo was inside, not to mention how warm and comfortable it was.
"Thank you! Both of you!!" Shizuka answered gratefully as she looked around the limo and took a seat next to Kaiba. Meanwhile, Kaiba was having some thoughts of his own. 'Why did she sit next to me? There's other seats in this limo, and she could have sat next to Mokuba if she wanted company...'
On the other hand, Shizuka was in heaven, now that she had finally found herself a warm place. 'Finally!' She thought as her eyelids started feeling heavier by the second. Shizuka had not gotten any sleep at all last night, studying for her tests, and worrying about how she was going to complete the task of splitting all the couples up. 'I can't fall asleep here!' Was her last thought before she finally gave in and fell asleep with her head rested comfortably - on Kaiba's shoulder.
7:45 A.M.
Mai (Currently walking to school)
Mai had gotten about ½ way to school, in the bad weather. 'Oh no! My uniform is getting wet!!' Mai panicked as she tried to straighten her hair with her free hand when suddenly, a huge gust of wind blew right in Mai's face, and blew her umbrella inside out, as she heard a small cracking sound – and moments later, her umbrella was broken.
"My...My umbrella! What should I do... should I run to school, or go back home and get another umbrella?" She asked herself in frustration as she felt someone's hand on her shoulder. 'Could it be someone with an umbrella?' Mai thought hopefully to find none other than a boy with brown eyes and blonde hair – Katsuya Jounouchi.
"Mai? What are you doing in the rain without an umbrella?" Jounouchi asked questioningly. "You can use my umbrella, you need it more than me." He added as he handed his umbrella to Mai. He didn't care if he got wet or not, just like his sister, he couldn't stand to see other people helpless, and had to help people in need with any way he could possible.
Mai looked surprised and hesitant at the same time, but she reached out to grab the umbrella anyways, when her hand had made it's way to the handle of the umbrella, her hand slightly brushed over Jounouchi's, which still held the umbrella. 'Ahh!' Mai thought as she quickly jerked her hand back after she had grabbed the umbrella, all the way back to her side and felt that her face was growing warm. 'Wait.. Why is my face growing warmer..!! Am I... blushing?' Mai thought to herself in horror as she got out her mirror from her pocket to check.
"Mai, Are you ok?" Jounouchi asked with true concern as he stared into Mai's violet eyes, making her blush just a little bit more than before. Luckily, Mai had put on a lot of make-up that morning, so it wasn't as much visible as it would have been.
"Why wouldn't I be ok?" Mai announced angrily as she quickly shifted her glance, breaking the stare between them, as they started walking for school once again. 'At least I got the umbrella.' She thought contently to herself, but then noticed that now Jounouchi was getting wet.
"Jounouchi... You're getting wet." Mai spoke up worriedly, by now, half of his uniform was soaking wet. "Get in the umbrella now!" Mai ordered sternly. As much as she didn't want to be under the same umbrella as Jounouchi, she didn't want his to catch a cold because of her.
"It's ok, I can handle a bit of water!" Jounouchi protested, as Mai forcefully dragged him under the umbrella. "Thanks, Mai." He said thankfully as they made their way towards Domino High School.
Soon after, Jounouchi had noticed that Mai wasn't her usual self that morning. She didn't talk much, and when she did, her words seemed to be empty of any feelings whatsoever. Usually Mai always talked non-stop, and her words had seemed full of energy.
"Mai!" Jounouchi called out, but when he got no response from her, he decided to speak up a bit more. "MAI!" He shouted as loud as he possibly could, as he waved his hand in front of her face to catch her attention.
"Huh? What is it?" Mai replied cluelessly as she mentally scolded herself for not listening, but her mind was off, thinking about what had happened the day before. 'How could she possibly do something she didn't believe in? How could she let the principal take advantage of her and her friends like this?' She pondered angrily.
"What happened to you, Mai? You're not acting like yourself today." Jounouchi demanded. He wanted to help his friend in any way possible, to repay her for all the times that she had helped him before, such as in Duelist Kingdom when she gave him the entry card so he could compete in the tournament to restore his sister's eyesight, so that she could see again.
Mai let out a long sigh as she started to explain what had happened the day before to her friend, as they headed for school, under the same umbrella.
Anzu (Currently running to school)
'I'm late!' Was all Anzu could think about as she dashed to school following the gray sidewalks as fast as her legs carried her. Anzu had just been turning a corner at full speed when suddenly...
Bang!!
Anzu had collided with someone head-on, and the next moment she found herself sitting on the wet ground, with her umbrella right beside her.
"I'm sorry!" Anzu apologized truthfully, as she stood up, to see whom she had crashed into. 'I hope that person is ok' She thought as she instantly regretted herself running at full speed, perhaps if she had been walking, thy might not have crashed as hard.
"Anzu? Did you come all the way here to tell me that you were sorry?" Yugi asked surprisedly as a huge smile formed on his face. 'Why is she saying sorry? It was my entire fault! Anyways, I better apologize... I hope she'll forgive me!'
"I'm sorry Anzu! I should have never told those two your secret!! I'm really sorry... Please forgive me!" Yugi cried desperately as he waited for an answer from his friend, with his usual innocent look on his face.
"Yugi? Of course I forgive you! We are friends, remember?" Anzu replied questioningly. How had she gotten here? 'Was I running towards Yugi's house all this time?' She wondered, but she too smiled as well, but her smile was quickly replaced with an frown when she had remembered what had happened to her and her friends yesterday.
"Yugi... Can you help me with something?" Anzu asked reluctantly, as she started to explain the mess she had gotten into the day before to Yugi. As much as she hated to discuss her problems with her friends, since she had always preferred taking care of things like that herself, she had to tell someone, or she along with Shizuka and Mai might just get expelled from Domino High School.
Shizuka (Currently asleep in Kaiba's limousine)
"No! Please don't expel me!! I promise I'll complete the task!" Shizuka pleaded desperately, when she found herself in the principal's office. How she had gotten here, she didn't know, but she surely didn't want to get expelled
"Shizuka! Shizuka wake up!" Mokuba cried worriedly when he noticed that Shizuka was talking in his sleep - then immediately started laughing, when he saw that Shizuka had fallen asleep on Seto's left shoulder. "I should take pictures!!" Mokuba burst out laughing as Seto gave him the icy glare he gave when people made him mad.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Shizuka screamed as she woke up, then she realized it had only been a dream. 'Where am I?' She wondered as she looked over to her right and saw... Seto Kaiba. 'I must have fallen asleep.' She thought as a matter-of-factly, then soon after noticed that she had been resting with her head on his shoulders, as her eyes widened in surprise and shock.
"I am truly sorry, Kaiba! I didn't mean to fall asleep...I promise!" Shizuka spoke up in horror when she realized what she had done. How could she have created such a huge distraction, after they had invited her inside the limo?
"Just don't do it again," He replied coldly as he added, "What's this I heard you say in your sleep about being expelled? Also what is this task you spoke of that you have to complete?" Kaiba asked curiously. Being as smart as he was, he figured that there was no way that Shizuka, out of all of the other students get expelled from Domino High School without an explanation.
"What task? It's really nothing at all!" Shizuka answered very nervously, hoping that he wouldn't detect the nervousness in her voice, but it was too late. Kaiba had already noticed that in fact, it wasn't nothing, but a very huge problem, and he wasn't going to give up until he heard the truth.
Reluctantly, Shizuka agreed to tell him why she might be getting expelled, 'I really don't want other people getting involved with my problems... It's for their own good, now if only Kaiba would stop being so... curious about what happened.' She thought unhappily as she started to tell her side of the story to what had happened just a day ago.
---End Flashback---
'Oh no... now that Kaiba knows about my task, what will he do? I mean, he is one of the most influential people at Domino High School, and what if he tells everyone about this?' Shizuka pondered in horror, as all the color drained away from her face.
Meanwhile, at the same time across the room, Anzu was having some thoughts of her own. 'Yugi... I'm sorry – This doesn't concern you at all, but yet, I just dragged you into one of my problems, meaning that you'll worry about this as well.' Anzu thought sadly as a frown formed on her face, even though she was now friends with Yugi again, her problems seemed to be much worse than before.
Three seats behind her, was where Mai sat, as she tapped her pencil on her desk continuously and wondered what had happened to herself that morning. 'Why did I blush, when my hand brushed over his?' Her mind automatically displayed her inner thoughts as she quickly thought over, 'I was so not blushing!' and tried to deny the truth once more, as she always had done before.
'When will the bell ring? I really need to talk to my friends!!' Unknown to all of them, but all three girls thought at exactly the same time, as they impatiently waited for the bell to dismiss them so they could finally talk.
Meanwhile, at the nearby weather station, warning alarms were going off at maximum power , to warn all of Domino City of the huge storm that headed their way... "Warning, Warning... Stay indoors at all times until the storm safely passes away..." Mechanical voices announced everywhere, the radio, the TV, with all forms of comminucation possible.
How was the chapter? It took me a long time to type it, not to mention how long it took me to write it out... But I'm not complaining! I'll keep writing as long as I have you faithful reviewers to help me finish my story! Thank you very much for reading this chapter, and please leave me a review!! I promise I'll update soon!--;;
By the way, you might be wondering why everyone has to walk to school – Japanese schoolchildren have to walk to school, no matter how harsh the weather is, I had to walk too school in the rain all the time! Did I mention to you that I was Japanese? Anyhow, that's all for this chapter. Thanks again!! : )
