Youth of the Nation
By: Neko-chan
A/N: *squeals* Yay! *does a happy, hyper dance*
Yami: *blinks* What's with her?
Bakura:...do we even want to know?
*grin grin grin* ^__________^ I got SUGAR!!!!
Yami and Bakura: Oh, dear Ra... x.x;;
Disclaimer: Neko-chan no own. Neko-chan wouldn't MIND owning Yami, Yuugi, Bakura, Ryou, Seto, and Otogi...but she doesn't. And that is a very sad, sad thing. ;_;
WARNING: WILL CONTAIN YAOI AND SHOUNEN-AI. Don't like? Then don't read!!!
Ahhhh...at the request of several reviewers, I have decided to bring back scantily-clad Pharaoh Yami for your viewing pleasure. *a pimp hat, cane, and cigar materializes* And pics of Yami-chan are goin' for five bucks a pop. ^_~
Yami:...¬.¬;; You could never know the full extent of my loathing for you.
Yes, I love you, too, Yami-chan. Kiss, kiss. ^_^
Yami: x.x;;
Chapter Five
"So this is the Chemistry lab?" Bakura asked with a raised eyebrow as he peeked his head into the doorway. The lab smelled...strange...and he didn't know if he liked it or not. Just before he entered the room, he saw Yuugi and his aibou exchange a Look. And Bakura began to smile.
'This should end up being a lot of fun. After all, whenever my aibou and that Pharaoh no Baka's aibou share Looks, it means that I'm about to have a LOT of fun. They may or may not have fun, but I _will._'
"Yes, Bakura, this is the Chemistry lab. There are GLASS objects here. You do remember my request, right??"
Bakura rolled his eyes and snorted. "Yes, Ryou. I remember." His voice got higher-pitched as he tried to mimic his hikari: "'Please, PLEASE, Bakura, whenever there are fragile stuff around, please try not to destroy it. My credit card bill has been getting higher and if you do any more destruction, then Otousaan will blame me. Please?' Isn't that exactly what you asked of me, Ryou?"
Ryou blinked in surprise. 'He actually remembered what I had asked of him. And he also remembered it word for word! But why would he do that?' "Yes, Bakura. That's it. Domo arigatou for remembering. But will you actually KEEP your promise?"
The yami of Ryou shot him a insulted glare. "I've kicked your ass before, aibou, but have I truly ever lied to you?"
The smaller boy opened his mouth to answer, then paused. 'Has Bakura ever really lied to me? It's a hard question to answer. Can I even answer it? I just don't know...'
While Ryou was lost in his reverie, Bakura wandered deeper into the room, Yami and Yuugi watching him worriedly. Like Ryou, they knew what Bakura was capable of. And all three also realized what Bakura would be capable of when he found out that fire, chemicals, acid, AND explosives were all stored in the same room... And they happened to be IN that room at that very moment.
"Yami? Are we going to die?" Yuugi asked his aibou in a small voice.
The ancient Pharaoh quickly looked at Yuugi, then looked at Bakura (who happened to be playing with the Bunsen Burners with a deranged look on his face at that exact moment...), and finally looked at Yuugi again. "No, of course not, Yuugi!" Yami lied through his teeth. 'If I die at this exact moment...' Yami thought to himself, wincing as he heard Bakura's exclamation of "Oooooooh!!!" when he finally figured out how to turn on the Bunsen Burners, 'I hope that Anubis and Set can forgive me for lying to my aibou. I have to give him hope, don't I?'
Of course, Yami was able to stop lying to Yuugi and Ryou stopped trying to over-analyze Bakura when a loud and teeth-shattering "BAAAAAAAAANG!" echoed throughout the school.
All three boys blinked and looked around the classroom. They, and everyone that was actually IN the classroom, were covered in black soot. The only one who was completely and totally pristine was Bakura, who had a huge grin on his face, a glass beaker poised over a Bunsen Burner.
"Nani?" he asked, a diabolical grin still plastered all over his face. He tried to look at least SOMEWHAT innocent, but it didn't really work that well. It didn't really help with the fact that he was completely clean, while the others were...not.
"TOMB ROBBER NO BAKA!!" Yami screamed at the top of his lungs. "DO YOU KNOW HOW _MUCH_ DRY CLEANING FOR LEATHER IS?! OMAE O KOROSU!!!"
Yuugi's eyes widened and he twined his arm through Yami's before the Pharaoh could do anything drastic. "Yami...remember that we're in an ordinary high school. Remember? No ancient Pharaohs. No Tomb Robbers that act more like demons that evil spirits. Remember, ne? 'Kay? We're supposed to act _normal_. With Bakura around, I don't know how we'll be able to accomplish that, but we can at least _try_, right?"
Yami sighed deeply and looked at Yuugi out of the corner of his eyes. "Hai, aibou. I'll try and behave." (Unknown to Yami and Yuugi, Ryou was slowly stalking towards Bakura, fire and murder in his eyes, and completely OOC.)
Yuugi smiled up at his yami, trust shining in his eyes. 'He's so kind and wonderful. And he's so devoted...so loving. That's why I love him so much. But I could never tell him that. If I did, then he would reject me and would never face me ever again. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if that ever happened! So...my love for him will just have to remain a secret, like it has been for the past two years.' He sighed deeply.
"Yuugi? Is something wrong?"
The violet-eyed boy blinked and turned his attention to his yami, who was looking at him in concern. "Oh, no, Yami! Nothing's wrong. I promise. I was just thinking. Anyway, I think that we should leave the Chemistry lab and go and wait outside the classroom for our next period. The teacher looks like she's about to give everyone detentions and Ryou looks like he's about to strangle Bakura," Yuugi replied while he pointed to the other side of the classroom, where Ryou was chasing Bakura with a broom. (Like I said, Ryou is completely OOC right now. ...but hey, you'd be mad, too, wouldn't you? ^_^)
Yami winced when he heard Bakura snarl over his shoulder: "STOP IT, AIBOU!! I didn't break anything! I kept my promise!! I did!!!"
"Hai, Yuugi. Let's go and wait for the next period. What IS it, by the way? It wouldn't happen to have fire, chemicals, and explosives, would it?"
The much smaller boy cringed. "Anou...in a way, it does, Yami. The next period is gym. And Coach Katsuki said that we'll be playing American football." At Yami's puzzled expression, Yuugi continued: "Remember that game channel that Bakura likes to watch so much? It's that game that's his favorite--the one where everyone dresses up in pads to look bigger and then spend a couple of hours smashing each other to the ground."
Yami blinked. And blinked again. "OH! _That_ game! Hai, I know which one you're talking about. But...is it a wise idea to play with Bakura. He's bigger than Ryou, but still smaller than most other male students that attend here, Yuugi. If they smash him to the ground one too many times, he's going to get mad."
Yuugi made a face. "Yeah, and that means the Shadow Realm for them." Another sigh: "WHY did Ryou have to get such a crazy spirit for an aibou?"
A laugh was his answer. "Hai. Why don't the aibous get yamis that are more like me? I mean, just imagine if you got Bakura or Yami Malik as a Yami and Malik got me. It would be...strange...wouldn't it be?"
The small boy shuddered. "No, it wouldn't be! It would be a _nightmare_!" 'And, besides...I don't know what I would do if I didn't have Yami. He makes me whole and I love him so much. He loves me, too, but not in the same way. But, how I wish...'
* * *
"This is beyond humiliating," Yami stated calmly as he looked down at the gym uniform that he and the rest of the student body were forced to wear during P.E. He missed his buckles. He missed his pants. He missed his...leather.
"Aw, c'mon, Yami," Yuugi teased while he pulled at Yami's cotten tee's sleeve. "It's not so bad when you get used to the looseness of it. Sure it makes you look asexual--"
"ASEXUAL?!"
"But it's not so bad!" A chortle. "Besides, I bet you look better in your P.E. uniform than Bakura does! Doesn't that at least make you feel better? The P.E. uniform they make us wear looks terrible on everyone, but at least you look halfway decent in yours. Ne?"
Yami smiled down at Yuugi and ruffled his hair. "Thanks, aibou. You really know how to make people feel better, don't you?" 'And that's one of the _many_ things that I love about you. You're so kind and caring and gentle. I wish I was as halfway decent as you, aibou. But I'm not. I can always try, though, iie?'
"Did you hear? The dance is going to be held this weekend," a pair of students exclaimed as they walked past the pair. "The student council says that it's going to be the best dance party they've had in _years_! I'm taking Sakura there. She's really excited about it."
"Really? I'm thinking about asking Minoko. What do you think?"
Yuugi watched them walk past, a troubled expression flittering across his face. 'The dance? I'd forgotten about it. I don't really know who I'd go with. Anzu... No, I don't want to think about it anymore. But who else? I don't want to go alone...'
Yami looked at his hikari out of the corner of his eyes and smiled a secret, smug smile...
"Whoever made these damn uniforms mandatory is going to be sent to the Shadow Realm to rot when I discover their identity..." a bare-chested Bakura growled out as he stalked up to the hikari and yami duo. Following behind him with a pained expression on his face, was Ryou, trying to make Bakura put on his cotton shirt. (He wasn't having much luck so far.)
"Did you hear that we're playing American football, Bakura?" Yami commented slyly. Bakura stopped, transfixed with an awed expression on his face. This gave Ryou the perfect opportunity to slip the T-Shirt over his head, finally fully dressing his yami.
"Nani? We _are_? With those pads and all? And we're allowed to crush our opponent, too?"
Ryou sighed. "Bakura...the object of the game isn't to crush your opponent. It's to get the brown ball that the other team has. THAT'S what the main focus of football is."
"Hai, hai, hai..." Bakura chorused while he practically skipped out onto the field.
"I've never seen him in such a good mood," Yuugi commented, stating the obvious.
"Me, either," Yami added.
Ryou sighed again. "I'm starting to feel sorry for the other team. Blood is shed and people die when Bakura gets like that. I just hope that he realizes that we're in a public setting and that he won't be able to get away with murder. At least...I don't _think_ so."
At this, Yami, Yuugi, and Ryou shared a wide-eyed glance and then ran out onto the field. They just hoped they weren't too late.
"Okay, teams!" the coach yelled out, a whistle held to his lips. "When I blow my whistle, we'll get this game underway! Everyone remember the rules, right? Okay..." 'TWEEEEEET!!!'
Yami and Bakura, who had managed to be the quarterback and running back on the same team, shared a dark smile while Yuugi and Ryou looked worriedly on. They had enough time to feel sorry for the other team before they had to run out of the way or get squished by the bulkier people.
All Hell was about to break loose. And Yami and Bakura were riding the front of the storm...
A/N: Chappie Five done! *cheers* Hope everyone likes it. ^_^;; Yup, yup. The tension between Yami and Yuugi starts to heat up. I liiiiiiike. And I also like strawberries, too. Delicious-ness!
And many thanks to firedraygon97, who said that I should have at least 100 reviews for "Youth of the Nation." I'm very flattered. ^_^;; (And thank you to everyone else who's reviewing! Next chapter, I'll be having a HUGE thank you at the end of the chapter! So be prepared for it! ^_~)
OH! And, before I continue, I have SUCH a great and wonderful and totally yummy scene all planned out for the dance! Trust me, you will NOT want to miss it! *blushes*
Yami: I like the sound of that, Neko-chan. ^_^
Bakura: Damn cat-girl. She's probably gonna have me end up with my head in the punch bowl. Hai? *glares*
*giggles* Nope! But the scene DOES involve a little "innocent" *cough cough* Yami/Yuugi and Bakura/Ryou. Trust me, you WILL NOT want to miss it! I'm already all hyped up to write it...but it's not for a couple more chapters. *gets depressed* ;_;
Bakura and Yami: *smack Neko-chan upside the head* BAKA!
Translations:
omae o korosu: "I will kill you." Any Gundam Wing fans out there? ^_^;;
