Nope, no ownership. In addition, I have to credit Ylrack/ Carly with Carly and Bakura's conversation at the end of this chapter.

Sorry about not updating last week. I blame writers block and having a boyfriend.

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After class, the group was walking down the hall to their next class.

"What was so funny in class, Bakura? Ryou asked.

"What Yami had written on his paper. It said mffmfm..." Yami then grabbed Bakura's mouth to prevent him from saying anything more.

"If you say any more, tomb robber, I will personally rip you to shreds and send your remains to the Shadow Realm." Yami's voice was dangerously low and sinister.

"Of course my Pharaoh," Bakura mock bowed.

"Bye guys," Alyssa called to Carly, Hannah, Bakura and Yugi, pulling Yami and Ryou ahead to Language arts.

"So what was so funny last period?" Carly asked.

"I really shouldn't say, there are innocent ears around," Bakura pointedly looked at Yugi.

"Hey I am seventeen you know!" Yugi protested.

"OK, OK. The paper Yami wrote said 'Yami loves Alyssa' n several places. Also written/ drawn on there was a bunch of Egyptian cupids surrounded by hearts that said 'I love Alyssa.' Not to mention Alyssa drawn as the goddesses of sex and reproduction," Bakura explained. "It's funnier if you had read it. Don't tell Yami I told you though. He'll kill me."

/Cannot wait to tell Alyssa/ Carly thought evilly. /The look on her face will be priceless!/

Then the rest of the group caught up to Alyssa, Yami, and Ryou. Alyssa's plan had worked, Bakura had told Carly who would, in turn, tell Alyssa. Everyone arrived in class and snagged the back seats in the room.

"Hello, I'm Mrs. Welch," the tall, pretty woman in her late twenties announced. "For the start of the year I want you all to write a letter to the incoming freshman. At the end of the year you will be able to see how much your writing skills have improved."

"This assignment stinks," Alyssa whispered to Carly.

"I know. Want to hear what Yami wrote?" Carly whispered back.

Alyssa nodded her head in sort of a 'duh' expression. Carly explained to Alyssa what Yami had written/drawn.

"He drew what?!" Alyssa screamed, jumping up.

"Alyssa sit down," Mrs. Welch scolded.

Alyssa flushed from embarrassment and sat back down. "Sweet but nasty too," Alyssa muttered under her breath.

/Bakura is so dead/ Yami thought, angrily. Then he caught the look Alyssa was giving him. / Apparently, I am too./

"Now we will read our letters aloud," Mrs. Welch announced.

/You have to be kidding me/ thought Yugi.

"How about Yugi first?" Mrs. Welch commanded.

Yugi sighed and froze with fear. /I hate speaking in front of people! Why me/ he thought as he started to shakily walk to the front.

~Don't be so worried, Yugi~ Yami said though their link, upon seeing Yugi shaking like a leaf.

~But there's people...and they're staring at me~

~There's a difference between staring and looking. The kids are just looking at you because you are supposed to be reading your paper~

~But what if it is bad? I mean we just started this school and we're supposed to write to new comers? We are newcomers!~ Yugi was getting hysterical now.

~Yugi I am sure that your paper is great, just start reading it already~ With that Yami slammed the link shut.

To everyone else it looked like Yugi had just passed out on his feet not just a trance with Yami. Although Carly, Hannah, Alyssa, Bakura, and Ryou knew better Mrs. Welch grew concerned. Yugi snapped out of it and opened his mouth to read his paper but it was too late.

"Are you OK?" Mrs. Welch asked, walking to the front of the room.

"What do you mean?" Yugi asked, very confused.

"Poor kid, passes out on his feet and doesn't even remember it! Here is a pass to the clinic. Jason escort him there," Mrs. Welch ordered.

"No really, I am OK," Yugi responded.

Eventually Mrs. Welch won over Yugi and Jason guided him to the clinic. Thankfully, Mrs. Welch had not noticed Yami's trance or he would be forced to the clinic too.

At the clinic, the scary looking nurse looked at Yugi. "You aren't sick," she stated flatly.

"I know that, but my teacher just forced me to come here," Yugi returned.

"Go back to class you are wasting me time," the nurse ordered aloud. "Stupid fool of a kid, coming here when he's not sick. Wastes me time," she muttered to herself.

By the time Yugi meandered into the room, the bell for lunch had rung.

As the seven teens walked and talked to lunch, many girls were giving Alyssa, Hannah, and Carly death glared for casually talking and flirting with the hottest and cutest guys they had ever seen. Yugi, Ryou, Bakura, and Yami were also receiving death glared for even going near to Hannah, Carly, and Alyssa, let alone talking to them, and in Bakura's case, holding hands.

"You pimps better sit with some guys if you plan on not having only female companionship for a whole year," Hannah said.

"True," Yugi muttered as he and the other guys shuffled over to where some boys from their earlier classes were sitting.

"Hi," they foreign exchange students greeted in unison.

"Yo," the guys returned.

As the foreign exchange students sat down and uncomfortable silence settled over the table.

"So... Do you guys play any instruments?" Frazier AKA Batman asked, unable to take the silence.

"Electric guitar," Ryou shyly answered.

"Violin and harp," Bakura replied.

/That was unexpected/ Yugi thought about Bakura and Ryou's instrument choices.

"I play drums too," Bakura hastily added.

/That's more like I thought it would be/ Yami thought.

"French horn," Yugi added.

"Acoustic guitar, bassoon, and harp," Yami said.

"That's cool," Graig muttered. "We have two bands: Citizens on Patrol or COP and the Ross Squad. All of us sing to play and instrument."

Having found a common interest, the guys were able to fill the lunch period with chatter.

As soon as Alyssa, Hannah, and Carly sat down the interrogation began.

"Who's the hotties you're with?" Taryn asked.

"Yugi," Hannah said with a dreamy expression on her face.

"Not to mention Yami, Ryou, and..."

Alyssa was cut off by Carly. "Bakura, with the short silverish white hair is my boyfriend so stay away from him."

"Are any of them single?" Caity inquired. "Yes Carly I figured out Bakura is taken."

"Well Yugi asked me to the movies this weekend," Hannah slightly giggled. "He's the shortest one."

"I've fallen for Yami," Alyssa quietly answered, wishing that her love life could be as easy as Hannah's was. "But I don't think he likes me back," she added frowning. "Although I'm pretty sure Ryou, with the long white hair, is single.."

"You've got to be kidding!" Hannah exclaimed.

"You can't see Yami is head over heels for you?" Carly added.

"I've only met him once and I can tell he does like you," Jackie finished.

"Sure whatever," Alyssa mumbled inaudibly.

Bakura suddenly appeared next to the table. "Let's go for a walk Carly."

As Carly stood up to go Taryn called, "Woaw you know what he wants."

"Get your mind out of the gutter Taryn," Jackie laughed back. "Besides I like Ryou, though he's probably too shy to make a move."

"Bakura where are you taking me?" Carly asked, once she and Bakura were out of earshot of the others.

"To one of the make-out spots, Alyssa took me to all of them."

"SHE WHAT?" Carly's mind was twisting Bakura's words into a totally different meaning.

"I mean she showed me everything." Again, Bakura chose the wrong words.

"She SHOWED you EVERYTHING?!" Carly was freaking out because she thought her best friend was cheating with her boyfriend.

"No I mean she showed us all," Bakura explained. Then he mentally kicked himself when the alternate meaning of his words hit him.

"SHE SHOWED ALL OF YOU EVERYTHNG?!?!!?!??!!?" Carly screamed.

Bakura fully explained. "At orientation Alyssa pointed out the spots that were least watched, on grounds that we would need them. Pointed out not made out, OK? I tried to strangle her which led to my hair being hacked off. That's the full story and you can ask anyone of us to verify it."

Seeing Bakura's logic and truthfulness, Carly calmed down. "OK, I believe you. What a relief. How about starting what we came here for?"

After Bakura and Carly finished with their 'activities', they rejoined the group. Currently the group was debating cats' or dogs' superiority.

"You guys sure do talk about some weird things," Bakura whispered to Carly.

She nodded in agreement, as the bell rang for the next class.

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Don't know when I will update next cuz we're moving and my computer probably won't be up on Saturday sorry

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Chapters come out on Saturdays so review and check back in a week.

I do not think anyone is reading this anymore but yet I continue to update

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