Yami Pandora: I am getting soo stressed out at the moment. GCSE's are coming up soon, and I've got and English Literature exam coming up in 2/3 weeks! I have to do 'Of Mice and Men' and 'An Inspector Calls', which are both quite boring and annoying (no offence to people who like these books). I'm sorry if it looks like I'm insulting Tea too much, but her friendship speeches are annoying.
Thank you for reviewing kate.
Chapter 2
Yami awoke to the sound of his alarm clock. 'Ra-damned thing. Whoever invented this accursed thing should be sent to the Shadow Realm!' Yami muttered a few curses in Egyptian and clumsily rose from his bed. He looked in his wardrobe for his school uniform and quickly put it on… well, as quickly as a half asleep 5000 year old former spirit can anyway. He then went to the bathroom to do… whatever men do and to clean his teeth. As he walked down stairs, he heard a loud bang coming from Yugi's room. An 'Ow' was heard leaking into the mind link. Yami laughed to himself. 'Still as clumsy as ever Hikari?' Yami sent through the link. 'Not funny, Yami, I'm in a rush, I was supposed to meet Joey and Tristan today' Yugi whined.
'You really think they will be on time? You're deluded' Yami said jokingly. He heard Yugi rushing around in his room as he continued to walk down stairs. He prepared his lunch for the day and packed all the things he needed for the day into his bag, which also included his duelling deck. After he had finished, he walked slowly into the shop area to see if his Grandpa (Solomon had insisted upon being called 'Grandpa' by the darker half) had opened the shop yet. Surely enough, he was there. "Good morning Yami" Solomon said.
"Good morning Grandpa" Yami returned
"So, is my lazy grandson awake yet, or do I have to pour cold water on him again?" Yami laughed at that memory. He and Yugi were supposed to be going with their Grandfather to the museum, to see a new exhibit. Yugi had forgotten to set his alarm clock and even both Yami's and Solomon's yelling couldn't get him up. Eventually, Solomon had just given up and filled a bucket with cold water and thrown it all over Yugi. Yami wished he'd had a camera at the time. "No, he's up, but I think he's going to destroy his room in the process of getting ready" Yami said with a snicker. Solomon laughed too. Yugi appeared at the door, looking a little flushed from rushing around like a lunatic. "G… good morning Grandpa… Yami" said a breathless Yugi.
"Good morning Yugi" said Solomon. "What are you rushing for? I could hear you down here, you'd better not have broken anything" he continued
"I'm rushing because I'm late for meeting Joey and Tristan, and no, I didn't break anything" said Yugi. Yugi then proceeded to rush out the door, with Yami following him shortly after saying good bye to his grandpa. Yami ran after Yugi and caught up with him quickly. Being taller has advantages. They both ran all the way to Domino High School and waited at the gate for Joey and Tristan. "I told you they wouldn't be on time Yugi" Yami said mockingly.
"Shut up… here they are now" Yugi snapped back. Joey and Tristan walked towards Yugi and Yami and waved in greeting.
"Hey guys" Joey said.
Hi, Joey, hi Tristan" Yugi said with a smile on his face.
As they walked into the school, they saw a limo pull up at the curb, and out stepped a tired looking Seto Kaiba. He walked straight past them, without seeming to notice them, and even forgot to insult Joey. "I wonder what's wrong him, he forgot to insult you today. Maybe he's ill" Tristan teased. Joey made to hit him over the head, but missed "shut up, ya loser" Joey said irritably. "It's about time he started leaving us alone anyway". They walked into the school, meeting Tea by her locker. They placed everything they didn't need into their lockers and slowly walked to class, discussing their latest duels, or in Tea's case, her latest dance competition. Even though Tea was their friend and they liked her to a certain degree, her friendship speeches were too frequent and too irritating to bear, so they tried getting along as much as possible to avoid them. They sat down at their desks and waited for the teacher to arrive, although Joey and Tristan were busy throwing paper balls at each other, the others were quietly talking amongst themselves.
Seto, however, was as usual, sat by himself, silent as a mouse. Usually he would either be reading a book, or doing some Kaiba Corp work on his laptop, but today he was just staring blankly in front of himself, as though he wasn't aware of his surroundings. He also looked very tired and pale, as though he had not been eating or sleeping properly in weeks. This had Yami worried, as Seto was always alert and never let his guard down. The usual icy mask was replaced with a blank look, and the usual emotionless eyes had a haunted look in them. Seto seemed to notice someone was watching him, and immediately put on his emotionless mask and looked towards Yami. Yami quickly looked down towards his desk, a faint blush creeping on his cheeks. Seto frowned, but shrugged it off and turned back to face the wall he had previously been staring at. 'Thinking about Kaiba again, Yami? You really should tell him how you feel, it might help…' Yugi began, 'It might help me make a total idiot of myself. Besides, he would never love me. He cares about two things and only two things: Mokuba and Kaiba Corp' Yami sent back. He sounded regretful, and a sad look passed across his face. He lifted his hands and rested his chin in them. 'You never know until you try, Yami' Yugi said before shutting off his side of the link. Yami sighed and snuck a glance back at Seto.
(Seto's POV)
When I got out of my limo this morning, the first thing I saw was Yugi and his friends. I walked straight past them, pretending I hadn't seen them. I couldn't be bothered fighting with them today. I was too tired, I hadn't been sleeping well, and I haven't been eating properly so I was feeling a little faint. I walked straight to class and sat down at my desk. I thought back to the dream I had. It had gotten worse; it was more graphic than all the others. I noticed that someone was watching me and I turned around to see Yami looking at me. As soon as he noticed I was looking in his direction, he turned away, a slight blush on his face. Then I noticed both he and Yugi had a blank look on their faces. They were obviously talking through their mind link. I often wondered what they spoke about through that link that was so private, but I respected their privacy, as it would be hypocritical of me to be nosey, especially as I hate when people nose into my business. I turned back around, and soon heard Yami sigh behind me. Why did I have to love my greatest rival? He could never love me back, no one ever could, except Mokuba, but he is my brother. The Gods must hate me, if I believed in them that is.
(Normal POV)
The day carried on almost as normal. Not one unusual thing had happened, unless you count the fact that Joey and Seto hadn't passed any insults what so ever since school had started. When the bell rang to go home, Seto left immediately to pick up his brother, as he had promised that morning. He called his limo driver and waited for him to arrive. After around ten minutes, Yugi and his friends walked past. "Hey, Kaiba, waitin' for your driver? Figures a rich boy like you would have his own limo driver" said Joey, trying to get a rise out of Seto. Seto looked up and glared at Joey and said "I don't have time to argue with you today, Wheeler; I have to get my brother".
Seto walked down the street towards his brother's school. He called his limo driver again to tell him to meet him at Mokuba's school. He continued to walk towards Mokuba's school and took a shortcut. Seto suddenly got a bad feeling. He felt like he was being followed and turned around. There was no one. He continued to walk and was grabbed from behind. "Nice to see you again Seto" sneered a cold voice from behind him. Seto froze when he heard that voice and his eyes widened. "You" he said.
Random song - Nightwish, End of all Hope
It is the end of all hope
To lose the child, the faith
To end all the innocence
To be someone like me
This is the birth of all hope
To have what I once had
This life unforgiven
It will end with a birth
No will to wake for this morn
To see another black rose born
Deathbed is slowly covered with snow
Angels, they fell first but I'm still here
Alone as they are drawing near
In heaven my masterpiece will finally be sung
It is the end of all hope
To lose the child, the faith
To end all the innocence
To be someone like me
This is the birth of all hope
To have what I once had
This life unforgiven
It will end with a birth
Wounded is the deer that leaps highest
And my wound it cuts so deep
Turn off the light and let me pull the plug
Mandylion without a face
Deathwish without a prayer
End of hope
End of love
End of time
The rest is silence
Mandylion without a face
Deathwish without a prayer
End of hope
End of love
End of time
The rest is silence
It is the end of all hope
To lose the child, the faith
To end all the innocence
To be someone like me
This is the birth of all hope
To have what I once had
This life unforgiven
It will end with a birth
Yami Pandora: I hope you like this chapter please review