I got flamed!
I got flamed for this story. My first flame. How sad!
If the flamer is reading this, or if anyone is thinking of flaming, let me just say this: I didn't mean to cause any offence to any one, especially if you're religious. The idea for how Yugi and Yami split up came out of the blue in my head and I apologise if I've offended anyone. I didn't mean to do it and I hope I can be forgiven.
See. I'm not such a bad person.
Now, I want to say an extra big thank you to all you reviewers:
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/Yami to Yugi through the mind link/
/Yugi to Yami in the mind link/
'Thoughts'
"Speaking"
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of the characters. Oh, how I wish I did…
A note before I start this chapter: Yugi and Jonouchi both teach at Kaiba's Duel Academy. Well, for any of you that have watched Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, it's nothing like that. In a way, it's more like a specialist drama/art etc school, only for duelling. They have normal lessons as well as lessons in Duel Monsters such as strategy, deck preparation and a lot of practical lessons. Just thought I'd clear that up
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Rekindled Love
Chapter 4: Why Me?
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"Now, Joan the Guardian Angel…Attack her Dragon Lady!"
Yugi smiled as he watched the duel play out on the DVD player at the front of the classroom. Something about watching his friends in old duels always managed to make him smile. And right now, he needed all the cheering up he could get.
Three days had passed since the…incident, and Yugi had heard nothing from Yami. Even though he did not mind this, he had to wonder what Yami was thinking. And then there was the nagging feeling at the back of his mind that this whole situation just didn't feel right.
These last few days had passed by in a blur for Yugi. He had spent Sunday night at Jonouchi's place, grateful to have a friend as good as him. He had not told Anzu the real reason why he had stayed at Jou's place, for she believed they were arranging the upcoming school tournament as Yugi's note had said. In fact, Anzu knew nothing of Yami's return. Yugi didn't want her to find out. Who knew what she would do if she found out. She could get pretty mad extremely easily. Yugi shivered at the thought.
"There's only one thing left to do," announced the young blonde duellist currently on screen. "And that's activate Joan's power, giving my life points a boost." Her life point counter jumped from 700 to 3200. "Of course, that in turn activates the power of my Fire Princess, causing you to lose the rest of your points!"
The blonde duellist's opponent groaned as her life points dropped from 100 to 0, before she collapsed to her knees in defeat.
Seeing that the duel was over, Yugi jumped up from his seat to the projector, switching off the DVD and ejecting it.
"Now," Yugi said facing his class. He replaced the DVD in its case as he spoke. "That duel was from the Kaiba Corp Grand Prix a few years ago." He walked over to the wall and switched the lights back on. "As you know, it featured two close friends of mine; Rebecca Hopskins and Vivian Wong."
Yugi walked back over to his desk, placing the DVD next to a pile of other tournament DVDs. He lent on his desk and faced his class with a smile. Momentarily, he forgot about his problems with his former dark side.
"As you know, for your exam you have to be able to discuss a duellist's strategy in detail. So I thought I'd give you a little practise. We'll spend the rest of the lesson talking about that duel. Anyone want to start us off?"
Every single student currently there raised their arms into the air, eager to impress their favourite teacher.
"Wow," Yugi smiled. "Looks like you're all eager to talk. Kisa, lets start with you."
"Rebecca's deck focussed on having monsters that effect not only her life points, but her opponents life points as well," a young brunette girl answered. "Erm…right?"
"That's right," Yugi encouraged. "Rebecca made sure to include monsters that effect both players life points. A very good strategy from someone of her age." 'Though she is a genius.' "Daisuke, what about you?"
"I'm a little confused about something, sir," a boy with fiery red hair said uncertainly. "Rebecca activated a trap card that negates all magic cards, but she played the magic card Scapegoat straight afterwards. How comes Scapegoat wasn't destroyed?"
Yugi could help but give a small giggle. He was getting a very familiar deja-vu feeling.
"Oh come on, Daisuke!" A boy with black hair sitting behind Daisuke groaned. "That's easy! The first card's last, and the last card's first. Or was it the first card's first and the last card's last? Or was it the last card-"
"Looks like you're a little confused as well, Yamato," Yugi laughed. He shifted his position. "It's simple really. The last card played in a turn always activates first, so the first card has no effect on the last even though it was played first."
There was a long pause of confusing, before a few on the students suddenly felt their brains click and understood what Yugi was saying. The others that didn't understand however, just stared blankly at their teacher.
"Don't worry," Yugi reassured. "You'll understand it soon. And when you do, it'll be useful in a duel. So remember what I said."
There was a small murmur of agreement before the class went quiet as someone knocked on the classroom door.
"Come in," Yugi called.
The door slowly opened to reveal a young brunette girl standing at the door.
"Sorry to disturb you, Mr Mutou," the student bowed. "But I have a message from the headmaster."
"From Kaiba?" Yugi asked.
"Yes. He needs to see you right away."
Yugi looked at his watch. "But there's only five minutes left of this period. Can't we wait 'til then?"
"I'm sorry sir, he asked to see you now."
"OK," Yugi sighed. He jumped down from his desk. "What Kaiba wants, Kaiba always gets."
The class giggled at the comment as Yugi packed up his things into his bag. He grabbed his black blazer from the back of his chair and put it on over his black shirt and the top of his dark jeans.
"Alright class, this lesson is finishing early today," Yugi smiled at his pupils. "Remember, your projects on the history of your favourite cards are due next week and I expect to see some good presentations."
He class all murmured an agreement before saying goodbye to their favourite teacher. Yugi thanked the student who had delivered the message before disappearing down the corridor, his trainers(/sneakers) squeaking slightly on the freshly cleaned floor. There was only one uniform rule the teachers at the Duel Academy had to follow: where a blazer. Apart from that, they could wear whatever they wanted, which was just the way Yugi liked it.
As Yugi walked down the familiar route to Kaiba's office, taking turns here and there before climbing into a lift, his thoughts fell onto the changes at the Academy. Since Monday Yugi had noticed an increase in the number of security guards around the school. He couldn't help but feel that they were there because of him.
The lift came to a stop. The door gave a loud "beep" before opening. Yugi stepped out the lift and walked down the red carpet corridor. He glanced down through the glass walls at the sight of the Academy grounds below him. Something was definitely wrong out there today. He could sense it.
Yugi walked down the corridor for a few more moments before coming to a large set of wooden doors. Two guards stood in front of the doors, both resembling agents from the film "Men in Black" (a/n: do not own!).
"ID," the taller of the two men grunted.
Yugi sighed as his hand slipped into his inside jacket pocket, pulling out his ID badge. He handed it to the guard. 'Stupid ID rules. And all because those Sixth Formers (1) changed a few names on Kaiba's database.'
After a few moments, the guard accepted that Yugi Mutou was who he claimed to be (even though hardly anyone else had that unique hairstyle) and let him pass. Yugi thanked the guards before stepping up to the door and knocking hard.
"Enter," came a gruff reply.
Yugi placed his hand on the door handle and pushed the heavy wooden door open.
"You wanted to see me, Kaiba?" he asked, stepping into the room and closing the door behind him.
"Yes, I did," Kaiba answered, looking up from his computer. He indicated the chair in front of his desk. "Please, sit down."
Yugi walked over to the leather chair and sat down, placing his bag next to him.
"What did you want to see me about?" Yugi asked.
"I was hoping you could explain this to me," Kaiba said a little annoyed, pointing to his telephone.
"Explain what?"
Yugi watched with curiosity as Kaiba pressed the green "play" button on the answering machine.
"You have 49 new messages," came the answering machine's robotic female voice. "Message one."
"Er…hello, Kaiba," came an uncertain and nervous voice. Yugi's grip on the chair's arms tightened when he recognised Yami's voice. "I know this is…inappropriate, but I was hoping you could help me with something? It's about a certain member of your staff. I think you know who. Could you give me a call back? Thanks."
"Message two."
"Hello Kaiba, it's me again. I was just wondering if you got my message? If so, could you please call me back? Now would be a very good time. Thanks."
"Message three."
"Kaiba, could you please call me back? It's important that you do. Thank you."
Kaiba moved forward and pressed the "skip" button a few times, before sitting back in his chair.
"Message thirty three."
"For goodness sake Kaiba, I know you've got my messages. I need you to call me, so why don't you? Call me back as soon as possible."
"Message thirty four."
"OK, this is getting ridiculous. I know you're there, Kaiba. You never leaver your office. So why don't you pick up the damn phone and call me back!"
"Message thirty five."
"KAIBA IF YOU DON'T CALL ME BACK RIGHT NOW YOU BASTARD YOU WILL REGRET IT!"
Yugi groaned and hid his head in his hands as Kaiba stopped the now extremely crazy messages from playing. He sat back in his chair and studied Yugi, his arms crossed over his chest. He waited for Yugi to move.
And sure enough, he did.
"I take it you know?" Yugi asked quietly, slowly lifting his head from his hands.
"Yes, I know," Kaiba replied calmly. Yugi groaned. "The dog told me on Sunday."
"And was that why you added extra security? To keep him off the grounds?"
"Yes, but it seems he managed to pick up my personal number from someone…" He eyed Yugi.
"Don't look at me!" Yugi waved his hands in front of him. "I don't want anything to do with him!"
"Well I hate to break it to you, but you're going to have to have something to do with him. Otherwise he'll just keep ringing my damn phone. Do you have any idea how hard it is to work with that type of distraction?"
"I have a fair idea…" Yugi mumbled.
"Not to mention you're acting like a coward," Kaiba finished.
"How am I acting like a coward?" Yugi argued.
"By hiding from your problems," Kaiba retaliated.
Yugi opened his mouth to argue back, but stopped. Kaiba had a point.
"Look Yugi," Kaiba sighed. "The only way to get rid of him is to face him. After all, you always told me to face my problems head on, remember?"
"All too well…"
RING RING
Kaiba and Yugi eyed the ringing phone.
Kaiba smiled. "Well now's your chance to put your theory to the test." He picked up the phone and held it out towards Yugi.
Yugi glanced at the phone, then up at the very smug looking Kaiba dressed in his white suit. Angrily, he snatched the phone and held it to his ear. But not before staring daggers at the CEO.
"Hello?" Yugi said quietly down the phone, still staring daggers at Kaiba.
"WELL IT'S ABOUT BLOODY TIME KAI-" Yami's angry voice immediately stopped in his tracks. He cleared his throat nervously. "Erm…you're not Kaiba…"
"No, I'm not," Yugi said in a angry, sarcastic voice.
"Yugi!" Yami jumped. "I'm sorry! I thought…but I…this is-"
"Stop blabbering and just tell me what you want," Yugi interrupted with an annoyed huff.
"What? Oh…right. Actually, I was trying to get hold of you…"
Yugi rolled his eyes. 'Tell me something I don't know.' "So you called Kaiba to get to me?"
"Well…yes. You never did give me your mobile number."
"And with good reason. What do you want, anyway?"
"I wanted to talk to you," Yami said softly. "About us."
"There is no "us", Yami. And there never will be ever again."
"I know, Yugi. I know. Things can never go back to the way they used to be. But I was hoping we could still be friends."
"And what makes you think that'll happen?"
"I can always hope. Yugi, please, let me talk to you so I can explain. You're free this afternoon, right?"
"Actually, no, I'm not. One of the teachers has called in sick and I have to take their place." Yugi ignored Kaiba's questioning look.
"Well, how about your lunch break? It's at one o'clock, right?"
"Yes, it is. But how did you know that?"
"Just a lucky guess. So, will you come?"
"Hmm, now what's the word I'm looking for…NO!"
"Please Yugi. Can't you just come for five minutes so we can talk?"
"And why should I!"
"I'll tell Anzu I'm here if you don't."
Yugi froze. "You wouldn't…"
"I would. Don't underestimate me. I know you haven't told Anzu about me. And if you don't come and meet me, I'll just walk straight into the Kame Game shop and-"
"Alright!" Yugi interrupted. He sighed in defeat. "I'll go…"
"You will?" Yami asked excitedly. "Great! I'll meet you in Domino Park at 1pm."
"Whatever." Yugi hung up the phone, ignoring Yami's cheers on the other end before he replaced the phone. He sat back in his chair, his head in his hands again.
Kaiba stared at his spiky haired employee. "So?"
"I'm meeting him at Domino Park at lunch," Yugi groaned. He threw his head back. "This is not what I wanted!"
Unfortunately for him, something at the back of his mind was telling him otherwise.
Kaiba just smiled. "No one said this was going to be easy."
"You're just loving this, aren't you?" Yugi asked sarcastically.
"Maybe, maybe not." He looked up at his clock. "Looks like I've kept you here long enough. You can go back to your classes now."
"Gee, thanks." Yugi roughly picked up his bag and walked to the door.
"Enjoy your "date"" Kaiba laughed.
"It is not a date," Yugi said as he opened the door. He stopped when he saw someone on the other side. "Jonouchi?"
"Oh!" Jonouchi exclaimed a little too surprised. "Yugi! W-What are you doing here?"
"Kaiba needed to see me." He eyed his blonde friend. "What are you doing here?"
"Me? Err…well…you see…erm…T-That kid i-is playing up in my classes again. Yeah! That's it!" He laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his head.
"You mean Kaz?"
"Yeah! That's the one."
Yugi raised an eyebrow. "Jou, Kaz has gone to visit his relatives, remember? He's not in school all week."
Jonouchi wavered. "Err…he's not?"
"No," came Kaiba's voice from his desk. "But I do need to speak to you in private, Jonouchi. So if you don't mind Yugi, I think you should get back to your classes."
"But what about-"
"NOW!"
Yugi jumped back slightly from both Jonouchi's and Kaiba's little outburst. Giving both of them each a dirty look, he left Kaiba's office.
"Enjoy your "date"," he heard Kaiba call.
"It is NOT a date!" Yugi yelled back, before slamming the door shut. He angrily stomped past the guards, ignoring their questioning looks and stomped over to the waiting lift.
The metal doors closed slowly with another "beep" before the lift began to move. Typical soft music that was meant to relax its passengers but really annoyed the hell out of them began to play through the speakers.
Yugi sighed heavily and slide down the side of the lift to the floor. He clenched his fist and hit his forehead.
"Why me?" he moaned. "Why do I get stuck in situations like this?" He dropped his arm and looked at his watch. 11:30am. He had an hour and a half until he had to meet Yami. And he was dreading every minute.
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(1) Sixth Formers: OK, so I'm guessing the majority of you don't know what this means. Basically, here in England, the Sixth Form years are the last two years of Secondary School where you study you're A-Levels. Sixth Formers are aged 16-18. Just think of it as the last two years of High School.
Well, there you go. I hate chapters like these. They're so boring! I tried to make it interesting, but I failed miserably. And I made Yami seem mean again! I didn't mean to. It just…sort of came out. And I couldn't think of any other way to get Yugi to meet him at such short notice.
Mental note: do NOT make Yami meaner.
Anyway, please R&R. And if there are any problems with this chapter please don't hesitate to tell me.