Hey all!!
Thank you, everyone who gave me ideas for my story!!!! There are many ideas which I got that I will put into my story, But please don't feel bad if you suggested something that I didn't put in. If that does happen, it means that I considered it, then couldn't figure out how to incorperate it into the story.
(Note to DVD185, My brother: PLEASE STOP OVER-CRITISIZING MY WORK!!!!!! (For those of you who do not know what I mean, Here is a sample: "Daricio, you spelled this wrong. And here's a typo! And here's another typo!!!") (To readers: Yes I know I could have just told him this myself, as he is standing right next to me, but.....))
(Note to pruningshears: Why are all of your reviews one huge run-on sentance long? It's very hard to decipher the things and ideas you were trying to tell me. Try to write in multiple complete sentances next time, Ok? Ok! ^_^ )
(Note to all the people who reviewed: How do you do it? I just don't get it! You have this uncanny way of reading my mind and figuring out what I was going to write down just before I write it! I thought for sure nobody would be able to figure out who the boy was, and look how many people figured it out!!! A whole two people!!! Was it that obvious?) (Read story to figure out who was right.) (Also, Don't worry... I have no writer's block at teh moment, (yea) and so I do actually have a reason for him to be there. And how he got there. And all that. ^_^ )
*Suddenly realizes just how many reveiws she has* 36 reveiws?!?!?! Wow! You guys is great!!! *Suddenly realizes how many chappies she has* 17 chappies?!?!?!?!?!!? I must be obsessed with this or something....
Anyways, When I first started this story, everything I put into it was purely for my own humor and enjoyment, and of course the enjoyment of the readers. But, after a while, I began to make the story into a real story, and it began to lose most of the humor. For those of you who miss the humor, I finally figured out a way to put the funny back in without subtracting too much from the storyline. For those of you who think I have dry humor and only are reading this because I turned it into a real story, Don't worry...Shells is still trying to figure stuff out, so the story will not turn into a complete insanity fic.
So, now that you know that, Read on!!!!!
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{Yugi}
Math was coming to an end, But for the first time, Yugi wished it weren't. He had just finally been able to understand the math problems, so he wanted to be able to learn the next step to it. Also, with the new "Tuesday schedual" that the school had put in, along with the fact that he hadn't been able to get into a lot of the classes he signed up for, he had some very strange classes next.
//What's next?// Daricio asked him.
He realized that he wasn't quite sure. He looked at his schedual and groaned. //I didn't get the metal working class that I signed up for, and they stuck me in this pottery class. That's where I'm headed next.// He said, heading slowly off to the art room.
Daricio was silent for a moment, then she giggled. //How good are you at it?// She asked.
//I don't know... For the past couple of weeks, all we have been doing has been talking about rules and saftey issues. The teacher likes embarrassing all the guys in the class, too.//Yugi said gloomiy.
//How many guys are in the class?// Daricio asked the question, but a moment later, Yugi stepped into the classrom and had her question answered. There really weren't many people at all in the class. Maybe ten people total. Out of those, there were three guys.
//Oh. Not very many. That kind of figures. What stuff does she embarrass you about?// That question was also answered for her a second later when the teacher noticed Yugi enter the room.
"Finally decided to join us, hmm?" She was referring, not only to Yugi, but to the other boys that entered the room right after him.
//Ok, so there's more boys than I thought there was. So she makes fun of way over half the class?// Daricio asked. //That's mean.//
//No, she doesn't really make fun of us...Or at least I don't think she tries to...she just ends up embarrasing us.// Yugi said, sitting down at a table.
//What do you mean?// Daricio asked.
"Yugi, don't forget to put up your hair into one of these hair nets so that your hair doesn't get messed up. We will be actually working with clay today, and working on the potter's wheel, and I don't want any of you boys to feel left out just because most people think that boys can't do art!" The teacher said.
Yugi blushed and grabbed one of the bright blue hair nets from a big bucket. //That's what I mean! She makes me put this on every day in here! It's embarrasing!//
//Well at least your hair isn't getting messed up, right?// Yami said.
//That's what she thinks. The moment I take the thing off, I just get embarrased even more because I get hat hair.// Yugi grumbled. He put the hair net on, then looked up at the teacher.
"Ok class. I have made a list of all the students in here, and" She started talking to the class, then interrupted herself to say, " Tommy, quit flirting." Then she continued. "And I have put them all into a hat. Every day, I will draw 5 names, and if your name is on one of them, you get to go on one of the potters wheels!"
She shuffled the hat around, then drew one name. "Oh, Billy! You get to go, you lucky cutie!" The boy named Billy blushed, but the teacher didn't notice.
She drew out another name. "Christina!"
Then another. "Jenny!"
//Please not me! Please not me!// Yugi wished silently.
Another name was pulled. "Nick! Oh, isn't that nice! I love it when the boys get such good chances at art! Good job Nick!"
Nick also blushed, but again, the teacher didn't notice. She shuffled around her hat again, then drew the final name for the day.
"Yugi! you also get to have a lovely time up here on the potter's wheel! Class, isn't it so nice how random things end up working out so that even the short boys get to have a chance at things?"
She clapped her hands joyfully, then said, "Ok everyone! Those who's names were not called, you get to work on coil pots with me! The lucky five go over to the wheel and get everything ready as I showed you last week! I'll be over to help you out when I'm done with these people!"
Yugi went over to join the other four people who's names had been called, then began helping them get all the potters wheels out. Daricio was laughing.
//So that's what you meant!// She said between giggles. //Sorry, Yugi. I can't help it! I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at the teacher, honest!//
//Right.// Yugi said. He got out the things he needed, then sat on a stool to wait for more instructions. The teacher was still over working with the other students, so at the moment, he had nothing to do.
The other four also had everything out and ready, and so the two girls, having nothing better to do, began to tease the boys by mimiking the teacher.
"Oh, isn't it NICE that the BOYS get to do art? It's SO lovely!" they giggled.
//Ok, when the teacher did it, that was one thing, but THEM? That's gone too far.// Daricio said slightly angrily.
//They do it all the time. I just ignore them.// Yugi said.
//Good for you.// Yami told him.
//No, not good. Those girls need to be taught a-// Daricio got a glare from Yami and immedietly changed her opinion. //I mean, yeah....Good for you, Yugi. Just keep ignoring them.//
Yugi sighed. //You two are just going to keep getting on each other's nerves, aren't you?//
//Sorry.// Daricio and Yami both said.
The teacher finished her instructions to the rest of the class and came over to help the five (actually the seven, but she didn't know that) on the wheels.
"Ok, everyone! The first thing we need to do is double check to make sure you've got everything." She went around looking at everyone's wheels (especially the boy's, as they were "the most able to make mistakes in this sort of stuff" ) to make sure they were set up correctly. They were, so she continued.
"Very good. Now, each of you need three pieces of clay. When you get them, roll them into balls. Then take them to your wheel and sit at the stool." The teacher instructed them.
They went and did that. The teacher continued. "Ok, now you need to turn on the wheels, but make sure they are not spinning yet. Then wet the surface of the wheel. Now, I don't want you to do this next part along with me, so that way you can see how it's done before you have to do it. Jenny, since your wheel is set up so nicely, can I do my demonstration on your wheel?"
Jenny got up from her wheel to let the teacher sit. She began her demonstration. "First, you must get one ball of clay. You need to make it stick to the wheel so that it doesn't go flying off when you make the wheel spin. To do that, you need to whack the clay very hard onto the wheel."
She showed this by standing up and slamming the clay hard onto the wheel like one of those chocolate orange things.
"Make sure you get it as close to the center as possible. Now, because it is impossible to get it directly in the center, you must center it manually. First,get the clay wet. Then, push down on the pedal to make the wheel spin as fast as it can go, then push the clay around on the wheel, hard, so that it doesn't move around any more."
She did so to show them.
"Ok, now you need to get the clay wet again so that you don't get friction burns when you try to work with it. Get it wet, but not too wet, or you'll make a mess. Now, to make the hollow part of the pot, slow down the wheel a little bit, then press your thumb firmly into the clay. When you think you have a deep enough hole, begin pressing the sides of the hole outward."
She showed them what she meant, then showed them her hands. "Now, this is something that requires getting messy, as you can see. But, as most boys do, I'm sure you like that." Her hands were covered in wet, goopy clay.
//Not particularly.// Yugi said. Yami agreed. Daricio sort of did, but not really.
//I took an after school pottery thing once. If you don't get what she's saying, I can help.// She said.
//No thanks. I think I get it.// Yugi said.
"Now we have a basic pot. If you want, you can make it taller, or put some designs and things in it by doing something like this." She put her finger onto the side of her pot which made a line all around it.
"The hardest part of this will be centering the pot. Once you get the hang of it, this will all be easy for you. Now all of you can try it!" She took a small cutting wire and cut her pot off of the wheel, then stood aside so Jenny could try.
Soon the room was filled with the sound of people working on pots. First came the whacking of clay on the wheels, then the sounds of the wheels starting up. Yugi tried to center his clay, but it was being difficult.
//Come on........// He thought as he tried to force the clay around. After what seemed like an eternity, he got it to cooperate, and he slowed the wheel down.
He put some water on the messy blob. //I don't think that's enough, Yugi.// Yami thought to him.
//Ok.// Yugi put a little more on, then started up the wheel again.
The water started splatting off the pot and getting everywhere! Water mixed with clay was flying through the air! Onto people's clothes, onto the floor, and, of course, all over Yugi. Yugi quickly stopped his wheel. The teacher was looking at him.
"Sorry." He said quietly. The teacher sighed. She turned to the rest of the class and called up another person. Then she turned back to Yugi and told him to come over.
"Yugi, I don't think you quite know what you're doing over there. I'm sorry, but I think I'll have you work with coil pots today, instead of the wheel. Go wash up, then come join us."
"But, I just accidently put on too much water. It's no big deal, really! I'll clean it up!" Yugi said. The teacher shook her head.
"I think you're done with the wheel today. Maybe you can try again another day." She turned to the person she had called up and asked her to help Yugi clean up the mess. In return, she would be able to go on the wheel instead.
Yugi wiped some clay off his clothes, sighed, then turned to get a mop from a closet. From the direction of the other kids in the room, he could hear whispering and giggling.
//This is obviously not my day.// He said.
//Sorry.//Yami said.
//It's not your fault.// Yugi replied. Yami was about to say something else, when he and Daricio realized that Yugi was ignoring them.
Yami sighed and headed for the puzzle, muttering softly in Egyptian.
"It really wasn't your fault." Darico called after him. "It would have done that anyway even if you hadn't said anything. That teacher didn't explain that very well."
Yami half-turned back to her. "Thanks for trying to cheer me up." he said. Then he went into the puzzle to think. Daricio went over to her door and sat down next to it.
"I sure have been a big help here, huh?" she said sarcasticly to herself. She sighed, then realized how tired she was. She began to doze off.
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{Shells}
When Shells came back into Daricio's hospital room, she was deep in thought. Not deep enough to not see that there was only about an hour left befoe school would get out, but deep enough that she didn't notice the worried look DVD was giving her.
"What's up?" He asked her when she sat next to him. "While you've been gone, I was thinking about that link, and I thought for sure I could feel that something had shocked you."
"Something did shock me, I guess. Earlier, the doctor had said that there was another case of this!" She said gesturing towards Daricio. "And then he took me to see him. He told me that nobody knew who he was, but when I saw him, I recognised him! It was-"
DVD interupted her softly. "Bakura?" He asked.
"Yes! How did you know?" Shells asked.
"That link! It must be! We really do have a mental link with each other! That means we must have one with Daricio too!" DVD said excitedly.
"But... Why would Bakura be here? How would he be? The doctor said that he was found like this over two years ago! How can that be true if we've seen him on the show so many times?" Shells was full of questions.
"Wait a moment. Was that normal Bakura or Evil Bakura?" DVD asked.
"Normal. But what does that have to do with anything?" Shells replied.
"If we could ask him about it, we would know." DVD said.
"Ask who?" Shells wondered.
"Bakura!" DVD replied.
"How?" Shells reminded him.
"Uh.... I don't know.... Why don't we ask Daricio if we can talk to her?" DVD suggested.
"But can we even contact her?" Shells asked.
"I don't know. But we have to try!"
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{Daricio}
By the time Daricio woke up from her nap, Yugi had cleaned up and was sitting at a table working on a pot. She wondered if he had stopped trying to ignore them yet.
//Yugi?// She asked softly.
//What?// He replied.
//I know I have just been getting in your way and annoying you ever since I first brought you to my room... And... I'm really sorry. I don't mean to.// She said.
//I know you don't. It's Ok, really.// Yugi said. //Um... Did you sleep well?//
//Uh... I guess... Where's Yami?// She asked, trying to change the subject because she was embarrased that she had been caught sleeping.
//He's still taking a nap... I think...// Yugi said.
//Oh... So we were both asleep?// Daricio asked.
//Yeah. I really shouldn't have yelled at him. The teacher came over and told me that it didn't do that because of too much water.// Yugi said.
//I thought not. I think it did that because she forgot to-// Daricio started.
//She told me it was because I was too small for the wheel.// Yugi said glumly.
//WHAT?// Daricio got up from where she had been sitting on the floor. //Hey, if I can do a wheel, you can Yugi! It's just that she forgot to tell you that you needed to-// Daricio groaned and sat back down.
//Yugi, just don't listen to her. She's not a very good teacher. I should know. You could do the wheel if you really wanted to, and I know that because I can! I was doing a wheel back when I was in the seventh grade! I was a lot smaller then! It's not about smallness that makes it so that you can or can't do a wheel!// Daricio said.
Yugi laughed. //It's not that big of a deal, Daricio.// He told her.
Daricio paused. //I guess your right. Sorry. I didn't need to go into the whole speech thing, did I?//
//Not really. But it's Ok. Besides, Look at this! I'm doing much better over here than on the wheel anyway!// Yugi held up his pot slightly, then he continued working on it.
Just then, the bell rang. It was time to go to his next class. Yugi quickly put away his pot where he would be able to work on it the next day, then he took off his hair net.
Yugi tried to smooth down his now frizzed up hair. A few of the other boys on the class were doing the same thing. (The teacher made all the boys wear hair nets. For girls it was optional.)
Yugi pulled out his schedual again. //Oh, great. it's time for English// He said. He headed over the the classrom.
The class went by quickly, as Yugi had lots to do. (A whole book report due next week on a really weird book that the whole class had had to read called, "FWC's, the true story")
Before Yugi knew it, school was over.
"Yugi, what is that book about?" Daricio asked.
"FWC's." Yugi said. "Some nutty scientist came up with this idea that there was a whole other world really close to ours that nobody here can find, and that the people there have set up invisible cameras everywhere and is turning our world into a TV show. Also, that most of the people there have any clue about it. He called the cameras Freaky World Cameras, or FWC's."
"Oh. Anything else?" Daricio asked.
"Yeah. He also came up with the idea that the "freaky world" also invented this "picture technology" that makes it so that the people from our world end up getting teleported....to..." Yugi started, but then he slowly came to a stop.
"What? You mean to say this guy was actually right? And that's how I got you to my room? And that you and I are from different worlds?" Daricio realized.
"I guess. Well, I guess having to do a book report on that isn't going to be such a bad thing after all!" Yugi finished puttting his books away into his locker and began walking home.
As he walked, Yami came out of the puzzle and yawned. "Hello."
"Have a nice nap?" Yugi asked him.
"Yeah. So, what's up?" He asked. Daricio filled him in on their thoughts. Then she thought of something to ask Yami.
"Yami, have you or Yugi ever gotten a song stuck in your head?" She asked.
"Songs stuck in our heads? No, I don't think so... Well... Maybe once. Why?" Yami replied.
"Because, Yugi needs to be cheered up." Daricio grinned. "And I think I know just how to do it!"
Yami looked at her strangely. "Really...." He said.
"Yup!" Daricio began singing. "I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves! I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves! I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves and this is how it goes,... REPEAT!!! I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves!!!!"
She continued the song. Yugi and Yami continued to stare at her. After a while, Yami grinned. He started humming the tune along with her.
"Yami!!!!" Yugi cried.
"What?" Yami said. "It's a catchy tune!"
Yugi sighed. He continued walking home. //Out of all the annoying things you two could decide to do...//
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{Shells}
"Let's stop thinking about stuff we can do nothing about, and try to see if we can talk to Daricio through this Link we have!" DVD said.
"Both of us, or just one of us?" Shells asked.
"Hmm... Probably just one. How about you try?" DVD suggested.
"Well, I don't know if this will work, but it's worth a try." Shells closed her eyes and concentrated.
//Daricio?// She thought hard. //DARICIO?//
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{Daricio}
By now, Yugi had reached the game shop, and had gone up to his room. Daricio was having lots of fun. "I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves! and this is how it goes! REPEAT!!!"
It was maybe the thirtieth time she had repeated it. Yami had gotten tired of singing after repeat number twenty or so, and was now just watching her, grinning.
"I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves!!! I know a song that gets on every...." She stopped suddenly.
"Did you hear that?" She asked softly. They all listened.
"Daricio?" she suddenly heard. It was very soft and faint. Daricio raced over to her door and tried to pull it open. It was still stuck. She listened some more.
"Daricio!" Daricio suddenly realized who it was. It was Shells!
She looked over at Yugi and Yami. They apparently hadn't heard anything, because they were looking at her strangely.
"It's Shells! I can hear my sister!" Daricio turned towards the door and yelled. "SHELLS???"
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{Shells}
"Shells?" DVD asked. "Anything?"
Shells shook her head slightly. "Nothing. Absoulutly nothing. Maybe it ju-"
"Shells???" Shells looked up at DVD.
"Wait! That was her! She answered me! Help me out here DVD!!!"
They both closed their eyes and concentrated.
//DARICIO??? CAN YOU HEAR US?????// They both thought as hard as they could.
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{Daricio}
"Daricio? Can you hear us?" The words were still faint, but they were a little clearer than they had been. Now, instead of just Shells, Daricio could hear DVD as well. Yugi and Yami still couldn't hear it at all.
"The door must be in the way. We probably can't hear each other because the door's in the way!" Daricio glared at the door. "Stupid door."
"Daricio?" Yugi asked.
"What?" She looked over at him.
"What is happening?" He asked. Yami was right behind him, obviously wanting to know the same thing.
"I can hear my brother and my sister through the door!" she said. "Before, my sister was always telling me that she thought we might have some sort of link, and it must be true! I can hear them, but this stupid door is in the way!" she kicked the door as she said it.
"YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU, BUT JUST BARELY!!!!!!" Daricio yelled through the door again.
She waited for a response. Finally, she got one. "Where are you? What happened?" Their voices got fainter as they asked more questions, and soon Daricio couldn't hear them any more.
Daricio felt a small strain, and realized that they weren't goin to be able to maintain the connection for much longer. "THE TINS!!!! USE THE TINS!!!!!!!" She screamed. Then she felt the connection break. She wouldn't be able to talk to them any more until she could get back.
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{Shells}
"The tins! Use the tins!" Daricio's voice was extremely faint, and getting fainter. Shells opened her eyes. Somehow she knew that the connection was broken. She looked at DVD.
"That....Was.....Cool......I think...." He said, breathing heavily as if he had been running for a long time. "I'm tired all of a sudden!"
"Me too." Shells said softly. They sat in silence for a while. Then Shells turned back to him. "Did you make out that last thing? Did I hear that right? Tins? Why would Daricio talk about her tins?"
"I don't know." He admitted. "I guess this just gets added to our list of questions we've formed."
The doctor walked into the room. "Visiting hours are up." He announced. He glanced over at Shells and DVD. "You two all right?"
"Yeah." They muttered.
The doctor led the group out of the room.
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Ok, Looooong chappie.... Spent too long working on this one... My internet has been down, and instead of creating multiple chappies, I just kept adding on to this one. But now it's back up, and I can post this, and everybody's happy! Lots of action in this chappie.... lots of new info, and some more old info. See ya next chappie!
--Daricio
Thank you, everyone who gave me ideas for my story!!!! There are many ideas which I got that I will put into my story, But please don't feel bad if you suggested something that I didn't put in. If that does happen, it means that I considered it, then couldn't figure out how to incorperate it into the story.
(Note to DVD185, My brother: PLEASE STOP OVER-CRITISIZING MY WORK!!!!!! (For those of you who do not know what I mean, Here is a sample: "Daricio, you spelled this wrong. And here's a typo! And here's another typo!!!") (To readers: Yes I know I could have just told him this myself, as he is standing right next to me, but.....))
(Note to pruningshears: Why are all of your reviews one huge run-on sentance long? It's very hard to decipher the things and ideas you were trying to tell me. Try to write in multiple complete sentances next time, Ok? Ok! ^_^ )
(Note to all the people who reviewed: How do you do it? I just don't get it! You have this uncanny way of reading my mind and figuring out what I was going to write down just before I write it! I thought for sure nobody would be able to figure out who the boy was, and look how many people figured it out!!! A whole two people!!! Was it that obvious?) (Read story to figure out who was right.) (Also, Don't worry... I have no writer's block at teh moment, (yea) and so I do actually have a reason for him to be there. And how he got there. And all that. ^_^ )
*Suddenly realizes just how many reveiws she has* 36 reveiws?!?!?! Wow! You guys is great!!! *Suddenly realizes how many chappies she has* 17 chappies?!?!?!?!?!!? I must be obsessed with this or something....
Anyways, When I first started this story, everything I put into it was purely for my own humor and enjoyment, and of course the enjoyment of the readers. But, after a while, I began to make the story into a real story, and it began to lose most of the humor. For those of you who miss the humor, I finally figured out a way to put the funny back in without subtracting too much from the storyline. For those of you who think I have dry humor and only are reading this because I turned it into a real story, Don't worry...Shells is still trying to figure stuff out, so the story will not turn into a complete insanity fic.
So, now that you know that, Read on!!!!!
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{Yugi}
Math was coming to an end, But for the first time, Yugi wished it weren't. He had just finally been able to understand the math problems, so he wanted to be able to learn the next step to it. Also, with the new "Tuesday schedual" that the school had put in, along with the fact that he hadn't been able to get into a lot of the classes he signed up for, he had some very strange classes next.
//What's next?// Daricio asked him.
He realized that he wasn't quite sure. He looked at his schedual and groaned. //I didn't get the metal working class that I signed up for, and they stuck me in this pottery class. That's where I'm headed next.// He said, heading slowly off to the art room.
Daricio was silent for a moment, then she giggled. //How good are you at it?// She asked.
//I don't know... For the past couple of weeks, all we have been doing has been talking about rules and saftey issues. The teacher likes embarrassing all the guys in the class, too.//Yugi said gloomiy.
//How many guys are in the class?// Daricio asked the question, but a moment later, Yugi stepped into the classrom and had her question answered. There really weren't many people at all in the class. Maybe ten people total. Out of those, there were three guys.
//Oh. Not very many. That kind of figures. What stuff does she embarrass you about?// That question was also answered for her a second later when the teacher noticed Yugi enter the room.
"Finally decided to join us, hmm?" She was referring, not only to Yugi, but to the other boys that entered the room right after him.
//Ok, so there's more boys than I thought there was. So she makes fun of way over half the class?// Daricio asked. //That's mean.//
//No, she doesn't really make fun of us...Or at least I don't think she tries to...she just ends up embarrasing us.// Yugi said, sitting down at a table.
//What do you mean?// Daricio asked.
"Yugi, don't forget to put up your hair into one of these hair nets so that your hair doesn't get messed up. We will be actually working with clay today, and working on the potter's wheel, and I don't want any of you boys to feel left out just because most people think that boys can't do art!" The teacher said.
Yugi blushed and grabbed one of the bright blue hair nets from a big bucket. //That's what I mean! She makes me put this on every day in here! It's embarrasing!//
//Well at least your hair isn't getting messed up, right?// Yami said.
//That's what she thinks. The moment I take the thing off, I just get embarrased even more because I get hat hair.// Yugi grumbled. He put the hair net on, then looked up at the teacher.
"Ok class. I have made a list of all the students in here, and" She started talking to the class, then interrupted herself to say, " Tommy, quit flirting." Then she continued. "And I have put them all into a hat. Every day, I will draw 5 names, and if your name is on one of them, you get to go on one of the potters wheels!"
She shuffled the hat around, then drew one name. "Oh, Billy! You get to go, you lucky cutie!" The boy named Billy blushed, but the teacher didn't notice.
She drew out another name. "Christina!"
Then another. "Jenny!"
//Please not me! Please not me!// Yugi wished silently.
Another name was pulled. "Nick! Oh, isn't that nice! I love it when the boys get such good chances at art! Good job Nick!"
Nick also blushed, but again, the teacher didn't notice. She shuffled around her hat again, then drew the final name for the day.
"Yugi! you also get to have a lovely time up here on the potter's wheel! Class, isn't it so nice how random things end up working out so that even the short boys get to have a chance at things?"
She clapped her hands joyfully, then said, "Ok everyone! Those who's names were not called, you get to work on coil pots with me! The lucky five go over to the wheel and get everything ready as I showed you last week! I'll be over to help you out when I'm done with these people!"
Yugi went over to join the other four people who's names had been called, then began helping them get all the potters wheels out. Daricio was laughing.
//So that's what you meant!// She said between giggles. //Sorry, Yugi. I can't help it! I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at the teacher, honest!//
//Right.// Yugi said. He got out the things he needed, then sat on a stool to wait for more instructions. The teacher was still over working with the other students, so at the moment, he had nothing to do.
The other four also had everything out and ready, and so the two girls, having nothing better to do, began to tease the boys by mimiking the teacher.
"Oh, isn't it NICE that the BOYS get to do art? It's SO lovely!" they giggled.
//Ok, when the teacher did it, that was one thing, but THEM? That's gone too far.// Daricio said slightly angrily.
//They do it all the time. I just ignore them.// Yugi said.
//Good for you.// Yami told him.
//No, not good. Those girls need to be taught a-// Daricio got a glare from Yami and immedietly changed her opinion. //I mean, yeah....Good for you, Yugi. Just keep ignoring them.//
Yugi sighed. //You two are just going to keep getting on each other's nerves, aren't you?//
//Sorry.// Daricio and Yami both said.
The teacher finished her instructions to the rest of the class and came over to help the five (actually the seven, but she didn't know that) on the wheels.
"Ok, everyone! The first thing we need to do is double check to make sure you've got everything." She went around looking at everyone's wheels (especially the boy's, as they were "the most able to make mistakes in this sort of stuff" ) to make sure they were set up correctly. They were, so she continued.
"Very good. Now, each of you need three pieces of clay. When you get them, roll them into balls. Then take them to your wheel and sit at the stool." The teacher instructed them.
They went and did that. The teacher continued. "Ok, now you need to turn on the wheels, but make sure they are not spinning yet. Then wet the surface of the wheel. Now, I don't want you to do this next part along with me, so that way you can see how it's done before you have to do it. Jenny, since your wheel is set up so nicely, can I do my demonstration on your wheel?"
Jenny got up from her wheel to let the teacher sit. She began her demonstration. "First, you must get one ball of clay. You need to make it stick to the wheel so that it doesn't go flying off when you make the wheel spin. To do that, you need to whack the clay very hard onto the wheel."
She showed this by standing up and slamming the clay hard onto the wheel like one of those chocolate orange things.
"Make sure you get it as close to the center as possible. Now, because it is impossible to get it directly in the center, you must center it manually. First,get the clay wet. Then, push down on the pedal to make the wheel spin as fast as it can go, then push the clay around on the wheel, hard, so that it doesn't move around any more."
She did so to show them.
"Ok, now you need to get the clay wet again so that you don't get friction burns when you try to work with it. Get it wet, but not too wet, or you'll make a mess. Now, to make the hollow part of the pot, slow down the wheel a little bit, then press your thumb firmly into the clay. When you think you have a deep enough hole, begin pressing the sides of the hole outward."
She showed them what she meant, then showed them her hands. "Now, this is something that requires getting messy, as you can see. But, as most boys do, I'm sure you like that." Her hands were covered in wet, goopy clay.
//Not particularly.// Yugi said. Yami agreed. Daricio sort of did, but not really.
//I took an after school pottery thing once. If you don't get what she's saying, I can help.// She said.
//No thanks. I think I get it.// Yugi said.
"Now we have a basic pot. If you want, you can make it taller, or put some designs and things in it by doing something like this." She put her finger onto the side of her pot which made a line all around it.
"The hardest part of this will be centering the pot. Once you get the hang of it, this will all be easy for you. Now all of you can try it!" She took a small cutting wire and cut her pot off of the wheel, then stood aside so Jenny could try.
Soon the room was filled with the sound of people working on pots. First came the whacking of clay on the wheels, then the sounds of the wheels starting up. Yugi tried to center his clay, but it was being difficult.
//Come on........// He thought as he tried to force the clay around. After what seemed like an eternity, he got it to cooperate, and he slowed the wheel down.
He put some water on the messy blob. //I don't think that's enough, Yugi.// Yami thought to him.
//Ok.// Yugi put a little more on, then started up the wheel again.
The water started splatting off the pot and getting everywhere! Water mixed with clay was flying through the air! Onto people's clothes, onto the floor, and, of course, all over Yugi. Yugi quickly stopped his wheel. The teacher was looking at him.
"Sorry." He said quietly. The teacher sighed. She turned to the rest of the class and called up another person. Then she turned back to Yugi and told him to come over.
"Yugi, I don't think you quite know what you're doing over there. I'm sorry, but I think I'll have you work with coil pots today, instead of the wheel. Go wash up, then come join us."
"But, I just accidently put on too much water. It's no big deal, really! I'll clean it up!" Yugi said. The teacher shook her head.
"I think you're done with the wheel today. Maybe you can try again another day." She turned to the person she had called up and asked her to help Yugi clean up the mess. In return, she would be able to go on the wheel instead.
Yugi wiped some clay off his clothes, sighed, then turned to get a mop from a closet. From the direction of the other kids in the room, he could hear whispering and giggling.
//This is obviously not my day.// He said.
//Sorry.//Yami said.
//It's not your fault.// Yugi replied. Yami was about to say something else, when he and Daricio realized that Yugi was ignoring them.
Yami sighed and headed for the puzzle, muttering softly in Egyptian.
"It really wasn't your fault." Darico called after him. "It would have done that anyway even if you hadn't said anything. That teacher didn't explain that very well."
Yami half-turned back to her. "Thanks for trying to cheer me up." he said. Then he went into the puzzle to think. Daricio went over to her door and sat down next to it.
"I sure have been a big help here, huh?" she said sarcasticly to herself. She sighed, then realized how tired she was. She began to doze off.
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{Shells}
When Shells came back into Daricio's hospital room, she was deep in thought. Not deep enough to not see that there was only about an hour left befoe school would get out, but deep enough that she didn't notice the worried look DVD was giving her.
"What's up?" He asked her when she sat next to him. "While you've been gone, I was thinking about that link, and I thought for sure I could feel that something had shocked you."
"Something did shock me, I guess. Earlier, the doctor had said that there was another case of this!" She said gesturing towards Daricio. "And then he took me to see him. He told me that nobody knew who he was, but when I saw him, I recognised him! It was-"
DVD interupted her softly. "Bakura?" He asked.
"Yes! How did you know?" Shells asked.
"That link! It must be! We really do have a mental link with each other! That means we must have one with Daricio too!" DVD said excitedly.
"But... Why would Bakura be here? How would he be? The doctor said that he was found like this over two years ago! How can that be true if we've seen him on the show so many times?" Shells was full of questions.
"Wait a moment. Was that normal Bakura or Evil Bakura?" DVD asked.
"Normal. But what does that have to do with anything?" Shells replied.
"If we could ask him about it, we would know." DVD said.
"Ask who?" Shells wondered.
"Bakura!" DVD replied.
"How?" Shells reminded him.
"Uh.... I don't know.... Why don't we ask Daricio if we can talk to her?" DVD suggested.
"But can we even contact her?" Shells asked.
"I don't know. But we have to try!"
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{Daricio}
By the time Daricio woke up from her nap, Yugi had cleaned up and was sitting at a table working on a pot. She wondered if he had stopped trying to ignore them yet.
//Yugi?// She asked softly.
//What?// He replied.
//I know I have just been getting in your way and annoying you ever since I first brought you to my room... And... I'm really sorry. I don't mean to.// She said.
//I know you don't. It's Ok, really.// Yugi said. //Um... Did you sleep well?//
//Uh... I guess... Where's Yami?// She asked, trying to change the subject because she was embarrased that she had been caught sleeping.
//He's still taking a nap... I think...// Yugi said.
//Oh... So we were both asleep?// Daricio asked.
//Yeah. I really shouldn't have yelled at him. The teacher came over and told me that it didn't do that because of too much water.// Yugi said.
//I thought not. I think it did that because she forgot to-// Daricio started.
//She told me it was because I was too small for the wheel.// Yugi said glumly.
//WHAT?// Daricio got up from where she had been sitting on the floor. //Hey, if I can do a wheel, you can Yugi! It's just that she forgot to tell you that you needed to-// Daricio groaned and sat back down.
//Yugi, just don't listen to her. She's not a very good teacher. I should know. You could do the wheel if you really wanted to, and I know that because I can! I was doing a wheel back when I was in the seventh grade! I was a lot smaller then! It's not about smallness that makes it so that you can or can't do a wheel!// Daricio said.
Yugi laughed. //It's not that big of a deal, Daricio.// He told her.
Daricio paused. //I guess your right. Sorry. I didn't need to go into the whole speech thing, did I?//
//Not really. But it's Ok. Besides, Look at this! I'm doing much better over here than on the wheel anyway!// Yugi held up his pot slightly, then he continued working on it.
Just then, the bell rang. It was time to go to his next class. Yugi quickly put away his pot where he would be able to work on it the next day, then he took off his hair net.
Yugi tried to smooth down his now frizzed up hair. A few of the other boys on the class were doing the same thing. (The teacher made all the boys wear hair nets. For girls it was optional.)
Yugi pulled out his schedual again. //Oh, great. it's time for English// He said. He headed over the the classrom.
The class went by quickly, as Yugi had lots to do. (A whole book report due next week on a really weird book that the whole class had had to read called, "FWC's, the true story")
Before Yugi knew it, school was over.
"Yugi, what is that book about?" Daricio asked.
"FWC's." Yugi said. "Some nutty scientist came up with this idea that there was a whole other world really close to ours that nobody here can find, and that the people there have set up invisible cameras everywhere and is turning our world into a TV show. Also, that most of the people there have any clue about it. He called the cameras Freaky World Cameras, or FWC's."
"Oh. Anything else?" Daricio asked.
"Yeah. He also came up with the idea that the "freaky world" also invented this "picture technology" that makes it so that the people from our world end up getting teleported....to..." Yugi started, but then he slowly came to a stop.
"What? You mean to say this guy was actually right? And that's how I got you to my room? And that you and I are from different worlds?" Daricio realized.
"I guess. Well, I guess having to do a book report on that isn't going to be such a bad thing after all!" Yugi finished puttting his books away into his locker and began walking home.
As he walked, Yami came out of the puzzle and yawned. "Hello."
"Have a nice nap?" Yugi asked him.
"Yeah. So, what's up?" He asked. Daricio filled him in on their thoughts. Then she thought of something to ask Yami.
"Yami, have you or Yugi ever gotten a song stuck in your head?" She asked.
"Songs stuck in our heads? No, I don't think so... Well... Maybe once. Why?" Yami replied.
"Because, Yugi needs to be cheered up." Daricio grinned. "And I think I know just how to do it!"
Yami looked at her strangely. "Really...." He said.
"Yup!" Daricio began singing. "I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves! I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves! I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves and this is how it goes,... REPEAT!!! I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves!!!!"
She continued the song. Yugi and Yami continued to stare at her. After a while, Yami grinned. He started humming the tune along with her.
"Yami!!!!" Yugi cried.
"What?" Yami said. "It's a catchy tune!"
Yugi sighed. He continued walking home. //Out of all the annoying things you two could decide to do...//
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{Shells}
"Let's stop thinking about stuff we can do nothing about, and try to see if we can talk to Daricio through this Link we have!" DVD said.
"Both of us, or just one of us?" Shells asked.
"Hmm... Probably just one. How about you try?" DVD suggested.
"Well, I don't know if this will work, but it's worth a try." Shells closed her eyes and concentrated.
//Daricio?// She thought hard. //DARICIO?//
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{Daricio}
By now, Yugi had reached the game shop, and had gone up to his room. Daricio was having lots of fun. "I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves! and this is how it goes! REPEAT!!!"
It was maybe the thirtieth time she had repeated it. Yami had gotten tired of singing after repeat number twenty or so, and was now just watching her, grinning.
"I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves!!! I know a song that gets on every...." She stopped suddenly.
"Did you hear that?" She asked softly. They all listened.
"Daricio?" she suddenly heard. It was very soft and faint. Daricio raced over to her door and tried to pull it open. It was still stuck. She listened some more.
"Daricio!" Daricio suddenly realized who it was. It was Shells!
She looked over at Yugi and Yami. They apparently hadn't heard anything, because they were looking at her strangely.
"It's Shells! I can hear my sister!" Daricio turned towards the door and yelled. "SHELLS???"
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{Shells}
"Shells?" DVD asked. "Anything?"
Shells shook her head slightly. "Nothing. Absoulutly nothing. Maybe it ju-"
"Shells???" Shells looked up at DVD.
"Wait! That was her! She answered me! Help me out here DVD!!!"
They both closed their eyes and concentrated.
//DARICIO??? CAN YOU HEAR US?????// They both thought as hard as they could.
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{Daricio}
"Daricio? Can you hear us?" The words were still faint, but they were a little clearer than they had been. Now, instead of just Shells, Daricio could hear DVD as well. Yugi and Yami still couldn't hear it at all.
"The door must be in the way. We probably can't hear each other because the door's in the way!" Daricio glared at the door. "Stupid door."
"Daricio?" Yugi asked.
"What?" She looked over at him.
"What is happening?" He asked. Yami was right behind him, obviously wanting to know the same thing.
"I can hear my brother and my sister through the door!" she said. "Before, my sister was always telling me that she thought we might have some sort of link, and it must be true! I can hear them, but this stupid door is in the way!" she kicked the door as she said it.
"YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU, BUT JUST BARELY!!!!!!" Daricio yelled through the door again.
She waited for a response. Finally, she got one. "Where are you? What happened?" Their voices got fainter as they asked more questions, and soon Daricio couldn't hear them any more.
Daricio felt a small strain, and realized that they weren't goin to be able to maintain the connection for much longer. "THE TINS!!!! USE THE TINS!!!!!!!" She screamed. Then she felt the connection break. She wouldn't be able to talk to them any more until she could get back.
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{Shells}
"The tins! Use the tins!" Daricio's voice was extremely faint, and getting fainter. Shells opened her eyes. Somehow she knew that the connection was broken. She looked at DVD.
"That....Was.....Cool......I think...." He said, breathing heavily as if he had been running for a long time. "I'm tired all of a sudden!"
"Me too." Shells said softly. They sat in silence for a while. Then Shells turned back to him. "Did you make out that last thing? Did I hear that right? Tins? Why would Daricio talk about her tins?"
"I don't know." He admitted. "I guess this just gets added to our list of questions we've formed."
The doctor walked into the room. "Visiting hours are up." He announced. He glanced over at Shells and DVD. "You two all right?"
"Yeah." They muttered.
The doctor led the group out of the room.
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Ok, Looooong chappie.... Spent too long working on this one... My internet has been down, and instead of creating multiple chappies, I just kept adding on to this one. But now it's back up, and I can post this, and everybody's happy! Lots of action in this chappie.... lots of new info, and some more old info. See ya next chappie!
--Daricio