-pipes up from a hole in the ground- Err... hi!
-eeps and ducks when people throw sharp items- Owie! Sorry, alright, I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to make you wait so long, I really didn't! Sorry, sorry and thousand more times sorry!
Oh well, after getting so many wonderful reviews, my mood went on an upswing, and I got more inspiration. Writers block is very evil...-grumbles-
But since all of you have been waiting, lets get the story started!
Disclaimer: Long time since I had to do this last... I...do...not...own...own...Yu-Gi-Oh! –sobs-
Pairings: Main, Yami/Yugi, other minor pairings. Also Anzu/Yami, very, VERY onesided.
Warnings: Boy/Boy love, grammar errors, and maybe some OOC. Major Anzu bashing, since I hate her more then spiders and shoe shopping.
Alrightie, let's get this partey started!
Chapter 5June 23/Monday
07:15
Normal POV
Yugi walked beside Yami, looking straight ahead of him. The two boys were on their way to school, for a fresh day of learning and such.
Or, more yawning and half-sleeping.
Yami watched Yugi and frowned slightly. The normally happy and untroubled teen's eyes were empty and looked sad. The spirit was worried for his hikari. It was only two days to his birthday, and he wasn't even talking about what he wanted for a present.
Usually, Yugi would be jumping with joy and happiness, constantly smiling and laughing. Last year, Yami almost had to tie him down in his soulroom to prevent him from hurting himself while he was jumping around in his happy state.
But now...
Yami sighed sadly, and he glanced at Yugi's sad expression again. The sound made Yugi look up at his yami with newfound interest.
"Yami, are you alright?" His violet eyes shone with genuine worry and curiosity, almost causing Yami to shiver.
Yami nodded, and smiled. "Yes, I am. I think that the real question is; are you alright, Yugi?"
The empty expression was suddenly back in Yugi's eyes, and he looked ahead of himself again. "Yes, of course. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well...it's only two days your birthday, and you don't seem to be very happy about it..."
Yugi blinked and looked at Yami. Suddenly, a bright smile appeared in his face, and made his features shine up like the sun in a warm summer day. His eyes lost the sad expression, and Yami felt his heart jump. By all Gods, how beautiful that smile was...
"It is! I totally forgot, Yami! Oh damn, I knew it was something I forgot about..." Yugi giggled, and flung his arms around Yami's neck, hugging him tightly.
That movement made Yami blink, and his cheeks flushed to a faint shade of pink. It was a long time ago that he received such a warm hug from his hikari, and therefore he was totally unprepared. His heart raced away, and he patted the others back and chuckled a little. Then his eyes went big.
"Yugi, I can't breath..." Yugi blinked and quickly pulled away a little.
"Oh, sorry. I'm just exited, I had forgotten about my birthday..." He was interrupted by a loud voice, screaming from behind them.
"Yami! Yug'! Guys, wait up!" Both boys turned their heads around to see the identity of the voice.
Running towards them, just turning a corner, came Jou, looking slightly out of breath, and a large grin gracing his features. He stopped only a few feet away, and panted slightly, before looking fully at them. His brown eyes grew a little bigger, and he coughed a little.
"Err...am I interrupting somethin'..." He asked uncertainly, and blinked several times.
Both boys looked confusedly at him, and then suddenly saw what sort of position they were in.
Yugi's arms were tightly wrapped around Yami's neck, and Yami's hands were on his hips, supporting the smaller boy. Also, their chests were pressed together tightly, and their faces only inches apart.
To tell it shortly, it looked like they were about to kiss each other passionately, and ravish the other one's body with their hands.
Both boys blushed and jumped apart. Yugi was laughing nervously, scratching the back of his head, and Yami looked at the pavement, that seemed to be utterly interesting at the moment.
Oh yes the pavement. The wonderful, grey, dull, hard pavement...
Meanwhile Yami was pavement-gazing, Yugi tried to explain himself to a smug-looking Jou.
"No! Nothing was happening, Jou, really! I was only happy that my birthday is coming up and...you know..." Yugi said quickly, and once again laughed uneasily.
"Uhu...riiiight..."Jou said, and smirked, a smirk that looked suspiciously much like Seto
Kaiba's. They had really been hanging out together for too long...
Speaking of Seto Kaiba...
"Puppy, why the hell did you run away from me like that, you..." Seto Kaiba turned the corner, and paused behind Jou upon seeing Yugi and Yami. "Oh. Hello." His voice went from warm and loving, to cold and distant in the matter of seconds.
"Hi, Kaiba!" Yugi said friendly, and smiled to the stoic brunet. A smile that was only returned with a slight nod.
"Yes, hello, Kaiba." Yami grumbled, and glared at the brunet. The rivalry between them had not yet been forgotten.
Seto smirked at him. "Well, if it isn't the 'pharaoh'. What a...pleasure to meet you again." His voice was practically dripping with sarcasm.
Yami glared. "A pleasure to meet you too, rich-boy. Though I prefer to meet you on the duelling field. Have you won any matches recently, Kaiba?"
That remark made Seto's eyes flare. His losses to Yami was a very sore spot. "At least I'm not under 1.60."
"Hey, I'm not under 1.60!"
"Keep telling yourself that, midget."
"Iceman!"
"Sentimental idiot."
"Yerky bastard!"
"...yerky isn't a word, you depraved maniac..."
"..."
"..."
"LET'S DUEL!" Both men cried out at the same time, pulling out their decks, and sitting down on one bench each, opposite each other over a table, both scowling at their opponent.
Jou and Yugi both sighed, and turned to each other. They were to used to the others' behaviour, so they barely reacted anymore. A very curious look now appeared on Jou's face, and he leaned down to Yugi and whispered;
"Have ya talked to Yami yet?"
Yugi blinked. "Huh? About what?" He asked, looking at Jou with confused eyes. Upon remembering his birthday, Yugi had forgotten about his hopeless crush for a moment.
Jou rolled his eyes. "Well, duh! About how ya feel about him, of course!"
Immediately, a large blush appeared on Yugi's face, and he glanced at Yami to make sure that he hadn't heard what Jou just said. Fortunately, Yami was too busy shuffling his deck and throwing insults to Seto.
"Jou!" Yugi hissed, and blushed. "Don't be so loud!"
Jou shrugged, and smirked again. "Well, have ya? The two of you sure looked cuddly earlier, if I may say so..."
Yugi smiled softly, and glanced at Yami. "Yeah...I guess...but it was only an innocent little hug, nothing..."
"Yugi!" Yami called out, interrupting the two boys conversation.
Yugi looked fully at Yami. "Huh? What is it, Yami?" His face contained a confused expression, that would make any fangirl squeal at the sweetness.
His taller look-alike smirked, and pointed at Seto. "Get over here and cheer a little. I need to hear you say how good I am, and how much Kaiba sucks!"
Yugi smiled softly, and walked up to Yami, if not to cheer, just to be close to his crush. Yami's heart fluttered when Yugi sat down and leaned on his shoulder to watch the cards he had on his hand. The small boy smiled after having looked through his cards. "You'll win for sure, Yami! Kaiba have nothing to fight against that."
Yami smirked at Seto. "Hah! You heard that, Kaiba? You'll never stand a chance against me, and Yugi together!" And the spirit put his arm over Yugi's shoulders. The short duellist blushed to a faint pink, and he tried hard not to gasp from the new heat his body was getting.
When Jou saw that, he grinned happily, and skipped over to Seto and sat down. Then he sneaked up in his lover's arms and looked at his cards. Though it was hard to concentrate with the brunet's warm breath in his neck. "I beg to differ, Yug'! I think it is your dear Yami who will lose this!" He smirked, seeing the way Yugi's cheeks flushed at his emphasise on the Yami part.
Seto now smirked at Yami, completely missing the blush on Yugi's cheeks. "See? I told you my deck is perfect."
Yami snorted, and pulled out a new card. Then he smirked victoriously and held it out to Yugi, who took it. Their fingers brushed against each other for a few seconds, causing them both to blush a little.
Seto rose one eyebrow upon seeing that, and was about to make a comment, but Jou interrupted him by putting a finger on his lips and giving him a warning look, saying; shut up, or I'll make you.' And Seto closed his mouth, and glared at Jou. He hated to take orders, spoken and unspoken. But he still followed Jou's silent demand. Oh, love can sure screw you up...
Yugi looked at the card now, and looked at it blankly. It was...Kuriboh (300/400). Why had Yami smirked in that way before when he got such a bad card as this...
/Aibou, haven't you ever heard of the phrase, Poker face/
Yugi's eyes got big, and then he smiled with a glint of amusement in his eyes. ((Two can play a game, Yami.))
Then he looked at Jou and Seto and smirked victoriously to them. "You'll stand no chance against this card, Kaiba! Be prepared to lose!"
Seto glared at them. "Quit stealing my lines, shrimp." At that, Jou hit the brunets arm loosely.
"Oy, no insultin' Yugi when yer wit' me, Seto." Seto rolled his eyes, and mumbled something inaudible under his breath, before speaking to Yami. "Well? Aren't you going to make your move?"
Yami smirked, and took the card back from Yugi. "Impatient to lose, now are we?"
"If you even think for a second that you're going to win, you're lying to yourself(1)." Seto said and sneered at Yami.
That made Yami's eyes glow in a dangerous light, and he played a card downwards in defence and ending his turn. "I never lie, Kaiba." Another smirk. "Besides, remember who've won the last 163 times."
"Fool." Seto said, and drew a card. "It was 162 times."
After ten minutes of intense duelling (under which both Jou and Yugi was cheering, and exchanging grins), Yami was leading with 2000 lifepoints against Seto's 1500. The brunet was getting edgy, and glared at Yami every time the other gave him a snide comment on how low his points were getting.
Yugi felt a little bad for Jou, who would have to withstand a cranky Seto for the rest of the day, but he also were very happy for how good Yami was playing. The fact that Yami also had one arm over his shoulders, while smiling, was also very nice. Very nice, indeed.
Seto pulled out a card, and watched it with very cold eyes. Then he smirked, and showed it to Jou. The blond took a look, and then grinned sheepishly.
"Oh yeah, ya're so goin' down, Yug'!"
Yugi rose one eyebrow, and looked down on the field. There you could see Dark Magician in attack position, and Gaia, The Fierce Knight(A/N: Is that what it's called?) also in attack position. All Seto had was one measly card in downwards defence position.
"And how is that, Jou? I hate to tell you, but we have a clear advantage."
Jou simply smirked. "I've always thought that action talks clearer than words, so..." Jou turned to Seto, who wore one of his 'I'm better than you, so fuck off'-smirks.
Seto turned the card he had in defence position. Both Yugi and Yami stared at it, and gulped at the same time.
It was a monster called, Dragon Master(A/N: Don't think it exists).
Seto gave Yami a victorious look, and smirked even wider. "That card, my dear Mouto's, gives me the opportunity to summon any dragon I want." His eyes narrowed. "Any dragon."
The two look-alikes gulped once again in perfect sync.
The CEO of Kaiba Corp now took the card he recently pulled from his deck. "And I choose to play this..."
And he put down Blue Eyes White Dragon. In all it's glory of 3000 attack points and 2500 defence points. Then he attacked Gaia, sending Yami's lifepoints down to 1300. The game was now turned.
Both Jou and Seto grinned victoriously, and Seto hugged Jou from behind. "So, got anything to match that?"
Yami looked at Yugi. /Well...do we/
Yugi hesitated. Then he nodded mentally. ((Yes. If we pull an equip card that can give Dark Magician 500 in attack points or more...))
/Sorry to disappoint you...we don't have that.../
Yugi groaned softly. Then he looked at the deck again. ((Let's pull a card and see what we get, okay?))
Yami nodded, and both boys reached at the exact same time for the card. Their hands met exactly on the deck, with Yami's over Yugi's. Both of them haltered their movements and simply stared. Neither of them could move, or anything else for that matter.
Seto started to grow impatient, seeing that he wanted to win as soon as possible. He opened his mouth again to tell them to hurry, but Jou stopped him yet again. "Sh! Ye'r ruining the moment, Seto!" He whispered, and watched Yugi and Yami again.
Seto rose one eyebrow at his boyfriend. "Excuse me? What damn mom-" Jou decided to cut him off in the only, but oh so effective, way he knew;
By kissing him forcefully.
While Jou and Seto were busying themselves, the two frozen boys kept staring at their hands.
"By Ra...his hand is so soft..." Yami mused, and smiled a little. His fingers were merely brushing against the back of Yugi's hand, but the smoothness of the pale skin was overwhelming his senses.
Yugi's thoughts were almost the same. "Oh...God...those hands are so warm..." Yugi thought, and blushed even more, thinking about how Yami's hands would feel elsewhere on his body...
Needless to say, Yugi's mind was clouded with very nice thoughts.
Then, a loud crash was heard, making both boys snap out of their daze, and turn their heads to the side, to find the cause of said sound.
On the ground, looking quite surprised, laid Seto and Jou, Seto on the bottom, and Jou sprawled on top of him. The brunet's arms was tightly wrapped around the shorter boy's waist, and Jou's hand were entangled in Seto's hair.
Yes. They had indeed fallen off the bench, while madly kissing. (Even though Seto was great at multitasking.)
The corners of Yami's mouth twitched, and then he started to laugh loudly. His rich laughter made Yugi's heart flutter, and caused him to smile. The smile was soon followed by a small giggle, seeing that he also found the scene quite hilarious.
"I-If you j-just could see the look on your faces!" Yami cried out, and pointed at Seto, before falling into another fit of laughter.
Seto's pale cheeks gained a faint tinge of pink, and he growled in anger and embarrassment.
"Ha, freaking, ha, Yami. You are a riot." The stoic brunet then looked at the blond in top of him. "Jou, would you get off?"
Jou looked thoughtful. "Hm, I don' know, Seto. I kinda like it here, it's comfy." The poisonous glare Seto sent him was only answered with a giant grin.
"I hate you." Seto growled, though not with much anger.
"Love ya too, sweetheart!" Jou chirped, pecked his lips, and then got up from the CEO. After all, he didn't want Seto to be too angry with him.
After the couple had seated themselves once again, and Yami had stopped laughing, the duel continued. Yami pulled a card from the deck, and he and Yugi looked at it together. Both of the boys' eyes widened, and then the sported identical smirks.
"Oh, Kaiba..." Yami said with a sing-song voice.
Seto rose one eyebrow at Yami. "Yes...?"
"We've got a surprise for you..." Yami said in a very teasing annoyingly happy voice.
The stoic brunet snorted and crossed his arms, a remarkably astounding accomplishment, seeing that he still had Jou in his lap, leaning against his chest.
"Oh? And just what might that be?"
"Nothing you'll enjoy, I can assure."
Jou looked at Yugi, and grinned playfully. "Yugi, have your yami finally lost his mind?"
"Like he ever was sane..." Seto muttered, smirking when Yami glared at him.
Yugi simply smiled at Jou, and shook his head. "No. Then you would have to call me crazy too, because I know that Yami will win."
"Enough talking." Yami said, and smirked. "As you said earlier, Jou, action speaks clearer than words..." And Yami put down the card on the table, face up for everyone to see. This time, it was Seto and Jou's turn to stare with eyes wide open.
On the board was Dragon Seeker. (2000/2100). (A/N: This card exists! Whoop!)
Yami smirked viciously at Seto. "And that cards, my dear Kaiba, allows me to remove one dragon card from the opponents, meaning yours, side of the field."
Yugi finished the sentence, with a smile. "Any dragon."
Jou and Seto gulped in sync.
Five minutes later, Seto was, still fuming, gathering his cards and putting them back in his pocket. Jou was trying to comfort him, but the brunet was very edgy, and snapped at Jou several times.
Yami picked up the cards, and then held out Dragon Seeker to Yugi. "Yugi, where did you get this card? As far as I know, that haven't been in your deck before."
Yugi smiled, and took the card, along with the deck. "Well, I got it most recently, from a friend of mine."
Yami rose one eyebrow. "Oh? Who?"
At that, Yugi blushed, and turned away to pick up his bag. "Um...no one in particular..." The truth was that Jou had given it to him a while ago. And Yugi didn't have the heart to say this out loud, because Seto probably would have been angry with Jou for giving Yugi the card that had caused his defeat.
But Yami took the blush in another way. His eyes flared for a few seconds when seeing that blush on Yugi's face. A new feeling floated through his senses, a feeling he'd never experienced;
Jealousy.
It burned in his veins, and made his eyes grow darker, and his body go tense. Yugi liked someone. That had to be the reason for the blush. And said person seemed to like Yugi too, seeing that he had given him such a rare card. Yami felt like braking something.
Something, as in the neck of the one who carried Yugi's affection.
Yugi felt the dark waves from Yami's mind seep into his own, and looked worriedly at the former Pharaoh. "Yami? What's the matter?"
"Nothing." Yami growled out, and stomped away towards school. "Come on, or we'll be late for school."
Yugi blinked slowly, and then looked at Jou. The blond was talking lowly to Seto, and looked quite angry. Yugi saw Seto hiss something to Jou, and then he walked away with an angry scowl, and disappeared behind a corner. Jou stared after Seto, and then sighed deeply, before walking up to Yugi.
"What's the matter with Kaiba?" Yugi asked, and rose one eyebrow at his friend.
Jou sighed once again. "Seto is a sour looser, and takes it out on the wrong people, meaning me." A sad chuckle escaped Jou. "Tha's my boyfriend to you."
Yugi nodded, and then looked in the direction Yami had stomped away. He hoped that he was alright. But Yugi couldn't feel anything but anger and frustration from his yami's mind. "Yami is also acting strange."
Jou nodded, and looked down at Yugi while they walked. "Yeah...what did ya say to him, making him go PMS-ing?"
Yugi shrugged. "That's the thing, I don't know! He asked where I got the Dragon Seeker card, and I said from no one in particular. Then he went all...to quote you, 'PMS-ing.' Do you understand what made him go so angry with me?" Yugi asked, and looked at Jou with big and wondering eyes.
Jou thought for a moment. "Hm...well, that sounds just like Seto when he's..." His honey coloured eyes went big. The blond turned his head to Yugi and stared at him.
"What?" Yugi asked uneasily, the look in Jou's eyes unnerving him. He looked quite crazy, and Yugi feared that the blond was going to hurt him. The next action Jou made, however, surprised him beyond limit.
Jou started to laugh loudly, and stopped to bend himself over, holding his stomach for dear life. The loud laughter continued several minutes, and Yugi felt himself growing worried for his friend.
"Jou?" He said, and put a hand on Jou's shoulder. Then the blond grabbed his hand and then hugged him tightly. Still laughing, Jou spun Yugi around, until he became so dizzy that they both fell over. Yugi held his head, and closed his eyes tightly to stop the spinning.
"Jou! What was that for!" Jou just laughed again, and got up from the ground.
"I just found out what turned Yami to a girl on a mood swing!" He said, rose his fist in triumph.
Yugi's eyes shone hopefully, and he smiled happily. "You did? What was it then?"
Jou shook his head. "Nuhu, I'm not telling! Ya'll just have to figure it out yerself, Yug'!" The look on Yugi's face was enough for Jou to grin even wider, and laugh.
Still laughing, Jou skipped off towards school, with an aggravated Yugi hot on his trail, whining loudly. "But, Jou! Tell me! Come on, I need to know, this is my other half we are talking about here! Jou! JOU!"
"Just ya wait, Yami." Jou said inside his mind, and grinned. "You and Yugi will get together, I'll make sure of tha'..."
And so, Jou started his plot of world domin- No, wait, that's Bakura's line.
And so, Jou started his plot of making Yugi and Yami a couple.
End Chapter!
(1) This line I took from the computer game, 'Kaiba, the Revenge.' It's before you duel Seto Kaiba and in the English game he say that! D
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Anyways...this chapter came late, really late...but, I hope that everyone's happy now! You should, seeing how you have nagged on me to update...
Ah well, I'm finally out of my first ever Writers Block –chanting voices in the background- That was a tough experience...
Next chapter may still take a while, but hopefully not as long as this took. What was it, five weeks? More? Damn, that's slow...
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