Ocean's Wings
Chapter 7: Fire!
"Yami, what the heck are you doing!" Yugi yelled at the crouched, evil laughing teen. It has been a week since Yami came to the school, and he already had a girl fan club and many admirers. Seeing the fact he actually understood the high-level academics when he clearly said he never been to school before, or thinks he never been to school before, was very astounding. He was actually helping Tea in some classes, even though she been there for 4 months learning it and he only been there for a week! His trouble side also seemed to be in bloom, since he's already been to the office 10 times for street, school, dancing fights (don't ask), and kitchen fights. He also now holds the record of turning most teachers insane/having them resigned, 10 of them actually. In Social Studies Yami had walked, or shall I say hopped in wearing a bunny costume and a karaoke box with the cha cha slide c.d. That poor, now needing therapy teacher never had a chance to defend herself.
Most of his fights came from Christopher Starr and his gang, who became immediately jealous as soon as Yami, the new reigning prince had arrived. Being rather bold, or insane as Tea put it, Yami had challenged the group, all at once to a café fight (they were in the lunch room) after hearing them make fun of him. Stunning everybody, becoming Starr's permanent rival, and earning detention and community service (he had to go to an retirement home and take care of the principal's mother) for a month, Yami had wasted them all, on his own, in less than 15 minutes (Yugi had a stopwatch) only being hit once. Seeing the fact that there was 10 of them excluding Starr in the gang, Yami earned quick respect and popularity from his fellow classmates.
Yugi, Yami, Tea, Tristan, and Joey sat under an oak tree in the school courtyard. The teachers claimed it had been there since the school's first year. Also according to the teachers, every student that had some interaction with the tree had good luck for 7 years. James Ross and Amy King were both sophomores at the high school and became two of the hottest pop stars, soon after James proposed to Amy under the cherry oak. Lionel Newton always climbed the oak and took care of its health, and became the richest man in Japan. Yami always said the tree was that of good karma and was a wise wishing tree, but no one really understood the wise part due to it being a tree, and the fact Yami only being here for a week.
It was during their lunch period. Yami was writing on a paper that suspiciously looked like the blue print of the school, laughing every now and then. Yugi, Tristan, and Joey were watching this scene in stupor. After 10 minuets of waiting, Joey grabbed the map, much to Yami's displeasure. "Um…Yami? What are these little red circles on the school's heaters?" "They're C-2s!" Yami said proudly. "Aren't those a type of portable bomb?" "Yup! I'm making my own isn't that cool!" The gang sweat dropped anime style. "Isn't that a hard to make something like that?" Tristan said, clearly not believing Yami had never had any type of education at all. "It is? Strange. It just comes to me naturally. Maybe I was private schooled?" Joey decided not to point out that any legal school wouldn't teach you how to make weapons of any kind. "And the little blue circles?" Yugi asked. "They're Molotov cocktails, their little flames in wine bottles. "I'm making those too!" "So…this map is a diabolical plan to destroy the school?" Tea muttered. "Of course! I'm relieving the students from the evil tyranny of school by doing something I do best!" Yami grinned. "Yami, the school board is not going to like having their school blown to pieces." Yugi sighed. "And I would care because…" Yami countered, crossing his arms. "How do you make a C-2?" Joey and Tristan crouched closer. "We for one are all for this plan Yami. What can we do?" they continued. Tea sighed to herself. Leave it to Yami to pull something this insane.
"Do you even have a motive?" Tea questioned. "Of course I do Tea. I never do anything without a motive." "Oh and fixing the stereo to play a evil laugh for weeks when turned on?" "Err… I almost never do anything without a serious motive. I was just bored that day. Anyway, this school is evil, the teachers love torturing you for fun with their school assignments, Anna's making me come here everyday, it will become my greatest feat ever, and it interrupts my cooking, and anyone who does that without good reason deserves cruel punishment." "You know, those aren't really good reasons." "One who doesn't feel the cause can't and shouldn't ridicule those who do. Yami then turned to his backpack and pulled out a jam jar. Grabbing some grass and taking off the lid, Yami stuffed the grass inside. Pulling white flour like powder out of his pack, he sprinkled some on the grass and tightly closed the lid. The grass began to flicker, then burst into flames, burning down to nothing but ash, leaving a blue fume behind. "This is my new powder, the c-powder." Yami exclaimed to the dumbfounded group. "It works when trapped in a area of low oxygen, namely the jar. It's highly combustible and slightly poisonous, so don't try this at home!" Yami crackled. "Sweet! This will really do the job!" Tristan and Joey both gave Yami a high five, grinning like children who just gotten candy. "Are you mad! You can't set the school on fire!" Tea yelled. "Stop yelling! And yes I can. Watch me!" Yami shouted back "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiing!" The school bell rang out. Yami put the products back in his bag. "Chemistry's next! Let's go!" Yugi shouted behind him, already in the school building.
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A pair of amber eyes followed the group inside the building. After searching for 3 weeks, the owner of the eyes finally found what they were looking for. The figure jumped flawlessly on the roof of the school building. Hmm, some danger would be fun, at the right moment of course. The figure laughed to himself. Time to smoke out the traitor.
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"And now class, H2O is the ingredient to water. The H stands for hydrogen and the O stands for Oxygen. The 2 stands for the 2 oxygen electrons along with the 1 hydrogen electron to form water." Mr. Silverspoon said with glamour. Sadly the only thing he received from his class was a groan. "Right here in front of me is a volcano that I made from clay surrounding a 1-litter bottle filled with what ingredient?" Yugi raised his hand. "Yes?" "Um. Baking soda?" "Correct." "Now will someone tell me what ingredient would react with the baking soda?" Yami raised his hand. "Yes?" "Vinegar." "Correct, do you mind coming up and demonstrating?" "Yes I do." "Yami, now." Yami groaned but stood up. "Why do you even ask if someone minds doing something if you make them do it anyway baka assed teacher?" Yami muttered. "Is there something you'd like to tell the class Yami?" Mr. Silverspoon smiled. "Err… I said I'd be glad to volunteer!" Yami smiled back to the teacher moving to the front of the room, having many kids (the ones awake anyway) laugh silently.
The pair of amber eyes watched Yami move to the front of the room through the window, sitting on the cherry oak, whose branches stretch to the window of the chemistry/science room, but have thicker branches pointing up from the bark, shielding him from view. The eyes glistened at this perfect opportunity. "Ok Yami. Put a little food coloring inside the volcano here, and get the vinegar. Mr. Silverspoon instructed. The amber eyes focused intensively on the mini volcano. Yami came back from the teacher's desk to the table, vinegar in hand. "Now class, if all bears well, the volcano should spout red lava from it's top." Mr. Silverspoon explained to the now rejuvenated class. The amber eyes followed Yami's hands to the volcano. "Lets do 5 drops Yami." "Ok." Carefully, Yami began pouring the vinegar. One. Two. Three… The amber eyes began to glow darker amber. Four… Five!
Boom! The mini volcano exploded, leaving Yami charcoaled with clay, baking soda, and vinegar, blinking furiously. The class bawled with laughter, no longer being able to restraint themselves. "Mr. Silverspoon. That…wasn't supposed to happen. I know when volcanoes erupt they often exploded a bit, but this…this…is taking it a little over the top. If this was your idea of a joke, I'll let you know right now it isn't appreciated. You owe me a uniform shirt. I hope you prepared to face the consequences that will show their wrath upon you tomorrow. " Yami scowled, leaving the room, doing his best not to explode and kill the teacher fearing his kitchen supplies being taken from him again. The owner of the amber eyes also was dying of laughter, finding extremely hard to balance himself on the tree. Trying to catch his breath, the figure missed the tree branch and falling out the tree, hitting the hard ground below. "Shit!" the figure moaned from the ground. "Oh well, landing in a pile of leaves is better than falling on the floor. Man that's got to be the best prank I ever pulled. Ticking 'shadow' off and having a little fun doing it!" Imaging Yami covered in clay, the figure broke down again, laughing his head off, giving the students on the first floor the belief that the tree was cursed, and laughing at their poor status.
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"Alright class. I must admit. That was…unexpected, but lets not lose our humanity over exploding volcanoes." Mr. Silverspoon breathed, finally able to comprehend what had happened. At the words 'exploding volcano' the class broke down again, unable to stop themselves. "Oh. All right. I guess that means we won't do our own personal volcanoes, seeing that you refused to shut up." The class immediately became quiet. "Will our volcanoes blow up?" Kristy, a student in their class asked. "You should be ashamed of yourself Silverspoon! Messing up poor Yami-chan like it was nothing, then going about on your class! I demand to be let out to find and comfort the poor prince!" Lena yelled. All of a sudden, every girl in the class (except Tea) began to wail uncontrollably, demanding to find the charcoaled, still pissed off, prince. "Um…stop that. Those with scary serious crush problems can go to our school therapist for weekly sessions. Fan girls I don't want you massacring other girls for even looking at Yami…" "The prince!" the fan girls screeched. "Um…fine the prince got it? Now everyone line up to go to the art room for clay." "Will Tea Gardner please come to the office?" the school voice box droned. Tea walked out of the room towards the office, which is on the second floor.
Seeing the others leave, the amber-eyed individual opened the window with his handy silver pocketknife, and then jumped in. Looking around the room, the figure saw Yami's c-powder inside his backpack. Laughing quietly, the figure began to spread the powder along the chemistry room. Grabbing a handkerchief off a desk the figure ran his hand along it. The hanky immediately caught fire in the figure's hands. Grinning, the figure began to play delicately with the burning tissue. The fire merely flickered across the figures hands, not burning him at all. Hearing footsteps, the figure closed all the windows but one and dropped the handkerchief. The room immediately became a blaze. "I'll be waiting 'shadow'," the figure spoke before climbing out the room.
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"Attention all students! There's a fire on the science floor! It will soon consume the entire building! Please evacuate the building in an orderly fashion a.s.a.p!" The voice boxes screeched as loud as they could. Students and teachers alike ran out the building, screaming their heads off. All of them left except Tea on the third floor, who didn't hear the voice boxes, and decided to reply to a cry on the second floor. "Ok everyone in room 200B line up here to be counted!" Mr. Silverspoon tried to voice without showing how afraid he was. Everyone did so except for Yami, who was concocting a plan to make Mr. Silverspoon pay. Although… something felt extremely wrong. Yeah, the school was aflame, yes; he never will get to carry out his plan now, but something else felt wrong. Yami looked amidst the scared crowd, trying to figure what his gut was trying to tell him. Realization finally hit him. "Shit! Tea's still in the school building!"