Author's Notes
Yuugi's friends decide...
Jonouchi and Yuugi talk and the blonde is surprised when...
Yukiko discovers...
Chapter 27 - Conversations
They look at their childhood friend, showing surprise on their faces as the blonde took a step forward at the same time his face full of shame and guilt was visible.
"I was a complete asshole in the past. That's an unquestionable fact. But I've changed. Something happened that made me reverse many of my attitudes. I want to be friends with Yuugi everything I have done to him in the past. Such memories only fill me with grief and shame for my despicable acts."
Kisara arches a frown, showing suspicion in her eyes while Nuru showed the purest disbelief in her crimson orbs while looking at him as if he were something unworthy of attention, with this being a look that always hurt Katsuya, with him knowing who deserved that look.
"It's not your plan with Hiroto, is it? Aliais, he left just now." The Dragon Princess asks.
Jonouchi sighs because he had expected considerable resistance between them, especially in relation to half dragon.
"Honda doesn't approve of my decision, but he doesn't condemn it. He won't bother Yuugi anymore because I asked him to leave him alone. I'll also need to split my time between Yuugi and Honda." He looks at the young man from tricolor hair. "Alright Yuugi? I'll alternate the days between you and that stubborn idiot Hiroto."
The young man with the amethyst orbs is surprised and then consents, suppressing any sadness that dared to take him at not being able to have a friend constantly because what mattered was that he had got one.
"Thanks to Sennen Pazuru I got a friend. Perhaps, the object does indeed have some magical power." He thinks to himself.
Katusya notices that the girls looked at each other thoughtfully for a few minutes, then looked from Jounouchi to the young man standing beside them and anxious for their friends' verdict because he longed for them to accept his new friend into their circle of friendship because he was her first male friend.
After several minutes, they sigh, then reluctantly consent because the distrust in the trio's eyes was visible.
Kisara approaches as she takes a step forward, looking intently into Jonouchi's eyes. It was evident in her posture and look of distrust, with Katsuya not condemning them for it as expected, as well as not complaining about the demeanor and countenance they exhibited.
After all, it would be the least he should expect from them, considering what he did to Yuugi.
"Let's take a vote of confidence as it seems very important for Yuugi-kun to have a friend. The three of us understand that wish. After all, he's never had a male friend before." The half dragon speaks looking intently at Katsuya.
The teenager with amethyst orbs is surprised to discover that his friends knew of his desire and after assimilating this unexpected information.
"Did you know that? That I wish I had a friend?" he asks in a tone of disbelief.
"Yes. In fact, we fully understand your wish."
Yuugi approaches and asks in a worried tone of voice because evident in his face and voice, the guilt that gripped him when he thought they should be sad, "Aren't you sad, because of that?"
"Not." Yukiko speaks. "We already imagined that."
"So don't feel guilty, Yuugi-kun." Kisara comments, smiling gently.
"Besides, you're a boy. Of course you would like to talk to another man. We already expected you to have that wish." Nuru speaks, smiling.
He looks at them and notices the gentle gaze of the trio, showing a huge smile for their acceptance, as well as for not being saddened by his desire to have a male friend.
"Where do you eat your obentou (bento)?" Jonouchi approaches and asks.
"Near the sports court. In that part that has trees. How about you?" Kisara asks curiously.
"We ate anywhere. I've never been to this place at break time."
"Want to come with us?" Yuugi asks expectantly.
"Of course. I don't have a right place and it might be nice to have a place to eat."
In this, he follows the quartet and when they reach the place they used, Katsuya confessed that it was beautiful and peaceful to be near the trees, besides being hidden from the other students, providing a kind of privacy, so to speak.
They sit on the benches and everyone opens their lunchboxes, with Katsuya noticing that the food in Kisara's obentou was shaped like flowers and other fluffy things being beautiful to the eye, just like Nuru's. Yukiko's was simple, just like Yuugi's.
So they start eating.
"Do you make your own obentou?" Jonouchi asks.
"Most of the time I do it because our parents are very busy, but they try to pay attention to both of us and my kaa-chan, whenever she can, prepares our obentou." the silver speaks, smiling.
"I do it myself." The half dragon comments.
"I do it myself too. Me and my grandfather distribute the chores around the house between us, since he has a shop. How about you?" Yuugi asks curiously.
"I do it myself too" The blonde remembers something and asks, looking at the twins. "Is it true that you know martial arts and kenjutsu?"
"We know Kung Fu, in this case, the dragon style and we also know Kenjutsu of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu style. Our father is a master of Kung Fu of the dragon style and our mother is a master of kenjutsu of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu style. Furthermore, we are both substitute masters of both schools because we have mastered all the techniques and the ouji, called the secret art, of both styles."
"Wow... And you, Yukiko?" the blonde asks after passing the surprise by what he heard from the twins.
"My parents moved and I emancipated. Therefore, I am legally an adult. I live near Yuugi-kun. I trained in their parents' doujo."
"My parents are dead and I only have my jii-chan. In the past, he was called the Legendary Player because he traveled the world, playing all the games. He taught me to play and love games since I was little. " Yuugi comments. "And you, Jonouchi-kun?"
"My otou-san disappeared when I was a child and I live with my okaa-san. I have an imouto named Shizuka-chan. She goes to a school near here."
Then, the group starts talking to each other, with them getting to know more about the blonde and vice versa until the bell rings, making them head to the classroom.
A few hours later, Katsuya was standing next to the tricolor-haired young man, with both of them chatting while the girls were in front of them at the same time they took a quick look at their friend who looked very happy as he chatted with his new friend, with the three looking at each other, and then exchanging smiles with each other, with the tanned woman looking back momentarily towards Jounouchi and in doing so, she blushes and tries to disguise the redness in her cheeks, before the blonde noticed the her cheeks flushed.
As they approach the exit from high school, Yukiko tells Kisara and Nuru why the three of them are walking in front of the two teenagers, "I think we should let you both have man talks. What do you guys think, Kisara-chan and Nuru-chan? Can we? stop by that store we saw earlier."
"Yes."
"For sure."
Then the girls surprise them by turning to the boys, who in turn arch their brows.
"We'll stop by a clothing store and we'll trust you, Katsuya, to stay with Yuugi-kun, since we're busy. We can trust you, right?" the half dragon asks.
He displays a serious look while nodding his head, then showing a sincere look.
"Yes. I changed and now I feel ashamed of my actions every time I look back. I was an asshole and look what an understatement."
"For sure." Silver speaks, consenting.
"Well, let's take that vote of confidence. From your look, we understand that your regret is sincere." The tanned one speaks, trying to dispel again the blush that rose in her cheeks when she looked at Katsuya.
So, they say goodbye and walk away, talking to each other, with both taking another path as they chatted with various subjects, with Yuugi appreciating his first friend, realizing that the conversations were slightly different from those he always had with his friends.
Meanwhile, inside Sennen Pazuru, Atemu was aware of the presence of Jonouchi next to the one he loved and decided to double his attention to what was happening outside, so that he could act as quickly as possible to any offensive or aggressive gesture that Katsuya made against his host and that this time, he would not have a powerful being to prevent his actions and faced with this thought, the Pharaoh smiles even more.
The spirit confessed that he had not appreciated their act of trusting Jounouchi so much that they left the teenager with amethyst orbs walking alone with one of the people who had been tormenting him, seeking to hurt him both verbally and physically.
After all, Atemu didn't believe in such drastic changes overnight.
Therefore, in his view, this unusual and equally unexpected approach would make more sense if it were a plan orchestrated by Katsuya and Honda against Yuugi, aiming to hurt him physically or verbally or both, justifying this unusual and equally surreal approach, in his view.
After snorting, showing a frown on his face because his lover finds himself near one of the bullies who hurt him physically and mentally, he starts to focus even more intensely to intervene at the slightest sign of trouble.
As they talked as they walked, Katsuya and Yuugi entered Burger King when the blonde found out that his friend's favorite food was hamburgers and after eating their respective snacks, they left and went to an ice cream parlor. Both talked about various subjects until Mutou commented on the Card Game Duel Monster that was famous in the west and that was coming to the east.
Jonouchi was surprised to learn that his grandfather had a Deck that he created during his travels abroad, with him asking about the rules of the game, with the tricolor-haired young man being happy to explain to his new friend the rules and how he played, with both deciding that they would build their own decks when the Kame Game Shop, the amethyst-eyed teenager's grandfather's store, received the envelopes containing Duel Monster Cards.
Jounouchi had been excited as Yuugi recounted tournaments in the West while naming great duelists who were considered the best in the world, with Katusya being surprised to find that Seto was among the best in the world.
As he thought about it, he recalled seeing some reporters looking for Kaiba a few months ago, and he had avoided talking to them as he shook off their harassment, before getting into his limo after men in suits and sunglasses appeared. effectively repelled reporters.
At the time, he and Honda had no interest in finding out the real reason for the crowding of journalists and had misjudged it had to do with his fortune or something similar because they were busy thinking about punching a gang on their way out of high school after being challenged by them.
So, both stop in front of the Kame Game Shop store and say goodbye, with Katsuya agreeing to go to school tomorrow, to later ask what time he and the girls went out and when informed, he offered to meet them in front of the store .
After Jounouchi leaves, Yuugi enters his house and tells Sugoroku about his new friend, with the same realizing that it was the teenager who brought the golden piece and as he had promised the young man, he keeps this information to himself and while dinner was not ready, his grandson decides to call his friends using an app to make a kind of conference between them to tell the three at the same time about his afternoon, with his grandfather smiling gently when he sees his grandson's happiness.
Within the Sennen Pazuru, Atemu allows himself to relax after experiencing several hours of tension due to the fact that his loved one meets his tormentor from the past, making him worried that he would do something for his host and therefore, he had stayed All afternoon he was focused on what was happening abroad because he was careful to intervene quickly in any act that might make the one he loved suffer.
As he massaged his own shoulders, sighing in relief that his beloved was in the safety of his home, he allowed himself to be thoughtful about that afternoon and even if Jounouchi acted without posing a threat to the teen with the precious gems in his eyes, he wouldn't allow himself relax in his presence because he was still steadfast in his conviction that no one changed overnight because Katusya's change had been too sudden for Pharaoh to accept as true.
After sighing, he decides to go to his bed which was in a room attached to what he was in to relax a little, deciding to leave the other thoughts for later as the spirit always leaves the Sennen Pazuru in an almost translucent body when his host was sleeping to prevent him from seeing him.
After all, Pharaoh wishes to watch him sleep as he did every night because his beloved was cute even when he was sleeping.
A few hours later, Yukiko leaves her apartment using her magic to become invisible and with the help of the visions she gets from that world, she finds out where Ushio was taken.
After a few minutes of flight, she arrived at the psychiatric institution where he was hospitalized.