Sorry if this chapter's a little late. I hate a tiny bit of writer's block with this chapter, to let her have friends or not. So…yeah… this chapter took an unusual amount of thought. Not good.
Panmotto: Are you kidding? I love your stories! Besides, I tried not to maker her a Mary-Sue, though I personally am one. I tried to make Nami a klutz and basically I tried to make this more like an anime TV show. And how did you figure out her secret? You Are Good!
Fish and Chips: Yeah, Nami is going to be… good friends with Shinji… NOT! But I'll still take that gold star:D As for Tristan and Mai, there isn't much bashing, but they are a bit OoC. Actually, there're in character…I mean…for Tristan, Mai is OoC. Tree Frog Smile! OO
Disclaimer: I…have no more witty remarks…
Nami felt a drop of sweat slide down her cheek. A pop quiz! She wasn't ready for this! She started to chew on her eraser, before realizing what she was doing and spit of the chunks of pink rubber.
The girl shook her head, hair flying and brought the paper right in front of her nose. 'Concentrate! You know this!' After a second, she sank far into her seat, having her head collapse onto the tabletop. 'I don't know this!'
Sudden sounds made her look over as Seto stood up and walked to the front of the room, handing in his test. Their eyes met for a second as he smirked, sitting back down in his seat.
'Oh, look at Mr. Perfect Demon!' she thought sarcastically, 'I hope you get an F!'
Looking back at her test, Nami hit her head lightly with her palm. How could she be so stupid? The answers were obviously A, C, B, D, D, C, B, and A! She chuckled to herself as she quickly scribbled down her answers and leaned back, dusting her hands; no magic involved.
Confident, she stood up and strolled to the teacher's desk and set her paper down, noticing that only hers and Seto's were there. As she walked back to her desk, her eyes met cold blue again and she smirked, thrusting her nose into the air before sitting down. The demon shook his head with a grin on his face.
Soon enough, several students at a time headed up to the teacher's desk to turn in their tests; some returning with overconfident smirks, others looking over their shoulder, wondering if they should have changed #7. When Bakura returned, somehow he caught Nami's gazed and stared at her for a second, before looking away.
She shrugged, it's not like it mattered to her. Out of boredom, her interest turned to the window, where a beautiful cloudless day was folding out before her. Numerous birds flew from place to place along the grounds, being spooked whenever someone passed by.
Out of nowhere, a small chickadee fluttered down and landed on the windowsill, outside on the brick. The window was open wide, so only a wire screen prevented the bird from coming in. The girl watched as it hopped a few inches to the right, then a few more to the left, bobbing up and down.
Nami couldn't help but giggle; it looked so cute! With it's little tail and beak! Feeling a sudden urge, she looked around her, making sure no one was looking out the same window or at her.
'This may use up some magic, but I can't resist!'
The witch turned to the birdie and closed her eyes for a solid minute, then opened them. She leaned forward towards the bird and it tilted most of its body out of curiosity.
"Hey there, little birdie! Little cute birdie!" she cooed.
It was strange, the language of birds. They only spoke in quick, simple phases, often repetitive, unless they were trying to find a mate. The other funny thing was they loved to be flattered.
"Who you? Who? Who? Who be you?" it chirped, twitching its tail.
"Me be Nami."
"Nami…Nah-me. Na…mi. Mi…Nah-me. Nami." it spoke.
"Yes." she couldn't help but laugh again, they could be so funny, cute funny, not funny, funny.
"What be you? What be…you…you…be witch! Yes! Yes! You be witch! Black witch! Black magic witch! Yes, yes! Nami be black magic witch! Yes, yes! Beaky so smart!" it fluttered its wings in joy before standing back on the windowsill, hopping closer to the screen.
"Beaky, is that your name?"
"Yes, yes. I be Beaky! Beaky be me! Yes, yes!"
Nami sighed and drooped her head a bit, holding it up with her hand. She didn't realize how much magic healing all those wounds took out of her. Soon it was a battle between her and her consciousness, to fall asleep, or not to fall asleep.
Beaky seemed to notice this and came closer to the screen. He began to chirp, which snapped her out of her daze and she looked lazily at the bird.
"Nami be witch, witch yes? Nami be tired, why?" Beaky asked.
She sighed before replying, "Nami be tired because Nami used up lots of magic."
Beaky bowed and twitched its little tail, hopping to and fro. The bird turned around and went to fly away, but just opened its wings. Then, it flapped in one place and moved, stopping right in front of the screen.
"Nami black magic witch need magic, yes? Have no magic, no? Beaky find magic! Beaky find flower, flower Beaky shall find!" it tweeted.
Before the young schoolgirl could object, Beaky flew away into the distance, flapping for a second and then gliding, then repeating the pattern. It didn't take long for the chickadee to be out of sight and Nami sighed again. She leaned forward and laid her head down on her arms, closing her eyes.
Not even a full minute passed before she heard chirping coming from the window again. Quietly groaning, the witch opened her eyes, looking over, they widened almost immediately. There was Beaky standing on the sill with a pink flower with fresh drops of dew lying beside it.
'See, see? Beaky find flower! Beaky knew Beaky could find flower! Beaky bring flower to Nami black magic witch with no magic! Yes, yes!" it praised itself and puffed out its chest.
"A Magic Sakura Flower? Where did you…where did Beaky find this?" Nami questioned, blinking her eyes many times, making sure it was real.
If possible, the bird's chest puffed out even further, "Beaky know place, secret places. That where magic flower be growing. Magic flower help Nami black magic witch no magic, yes?"
She blinked out of her disbelief and smiled, "Yes. This helps Nami a lot. Thank you, Beaky. Beaky the Great!"
"Beaky…great?" it wondered, blinking several times, trying to understand what she said, "Beaky…great. Yes. Beaky great! Great Beaky! Yes, yes!"
The witch stared dully at the little chickadee as it pranced around saying the new nickname she gave him. She gave him a simple nickname as thanks, but he was acting like he had saved a princess from the infamous Forty Thieves and was waiting for a reward. They were either greedy, or a big ego, sometimes both.
Beaky hopped over to the screen and chirped, "Beaky must go now, stomping giant hungry monsters come soon! Come try to eat Beaky! Beaky no want to be eaten!"
Nami blinked and tilted her head, bringing her index finger to her chin in thought. What could Beaky mean? Turning, she looked at the clock; it was a few minutes before class was let out. She smacked her fist against her open palm. 'Of course! Beaky is talking about the demons, class is almost over so they will be heading to the Courtyard.'
The little birdie turned to leave, "Wait! Beaky!" she called.
He stopped and folded his wings, hopping over to the screen again and almost pressing his feathers against it. It tilted its head one way, then the other and back again. Talk about antsy.
"Beaky, I'm in your debt." she wasn't surprised when he tilted his head again. She quickly thought of another motto, "I owe you seed."
Beaky tweeted happily and jumped up and down, flapping his wings. After a minute of his dance he calmed down and turned to her again.
"No problem! Beaky happy to get magic flower for Nami black magic witch no magic! Yes, yes!"
Nami smiled before a thought came to her mind; how was she going to get the flower? The screen didn't have any holes, and it's not like she could remove it.
"Beaky, could you bring the flower to the ground for me?" she asked.
The bird fidgeted, trying to understand. Nami was actually surprised; Beaky was quite intelligent for a chickadee. Of course, there were a lot of more animals smarter than him…and also a lot of dumber ones as well.
"Bring…ground…Oh! Beaky understands! Nami black magic witch no magic can't get flower through trap!" he said, pecking at the screen, "Beaky bring flower to ground for Nami witch! Yes! Bring flower to ground! Yes, yes!"
"Thank you Beaky! No, Beaky the Great!"
"Yes! Beaky great! Great Beaky! Goodbye, Nami black magic witch no magic!"
After that, the little birdie flapped its cute petit wings and hovered in the air. He turned and grabbed the Sakura Flower in his beak and flew off the ledge and out of sight.
Breathing in deeply, the schoolgirl leaned forward on her desk, having her eyes half closed. It was almost lunch and her stomach was rumbling in anticipation. She closed her eyes for a short moment as she waited for the bell to finally ring.
Yami felt himself sink lower into his seat. This class just wouldn't seem to end! He had finished that stupid pop quiz and now had nothing to do.
After hearing a noise he looked over to the window; there was that Satoru girl. She was hunched over looking out the window, but he could hear a faint murmur. He leaned closer, his ears twitching a bit as he heard a squeak.
When the girl finally shifted her weight, he saw that there was a bird sitting on the windowsill. Raising an eyebrow, Yami watched as she started…talking to it? It was true, Satoru's lips were moving and little chirping sounds came out, followed by the bird's chirps in response.
The lycan's deep voice chuckled lightly as he leaned back in his seat. Crossing his arms he decided to keep an eye on her as she continued with her little conversation; he had nothing better to do.
Next, after a few minutes, the bird flew away and Satoru slumped in her seat. Before another second past, the bird was back and was carrying something. He couldn't see what it was, but the girl was surprised and impressed.
A few more words between the two and the bird left for good. Yami stifled a snicker, this witch talked to birds. Beside him, there was another laugh. Looking over he saw Seto shaking his head, arms crossed with an amused smile on his face.
Their eyes met and looked away, failing to contain their laughter, but kept the volume at a low. Yami brought his hand to his forehead; when would this class end?
A piercing clang rang through the school as the bell for lunch sounded. Everyone picked up their things and headed for the door, most patting their empty stomachs.
Nami followed like most and avoided crashing into people as she bounded down the stairs, excitement shining in her eyes. She walked out the main doors and down on the ground was the exquisite Sakura Flower, on the ground like Beaky promised.
Behind her, a large crowd of demons was about to pass through the door so she ran and grabbed the flower and darted off to the right, heading off to a remote area in the Courtyard. The witch found a scenic spot in the garden surrounded by flowers and bushes, along with a few trees.
Sinking down to her knees, Nami made herself less visible as she gazed at the Sakura Blossom in wonder. She would never figure out where that bird found one of these in a place like this. After one last look, she placed the whole flower in her mouth and chewed it.
It had a surprisingly sweet taste and went down smoothly. As soon as it hit her stomach, the sorceress could feel power rush through her veins, always a lovely feeling to have. Smiling, Nami stood up and wandered through the maze and back onto the main path of the campus.
The Cafeteria was in sight, the delicious smells wafting over to her. Standing on her tiptoes, she breathed in the delightful scent and was already on Cloud Nine. The schoolgirl lifted her leg up high and was about to head to get lunch when a thunderous crash was heard. With her foot in mid-step, she blinked in the direction it came from, a few yards behind her, towards the school.
Her curiosity got the better of her yet again as she ran in the direction of the noise. When she rounded the corner, Nami gasped and froze; Shinji was standing over two bodies, familiar bodies. Upon squinting and looking closer, the witch recognized that tri-colored hair. It was one of the Motou brothers! The black haired one beside him must be Mokuba!
"Your brothers have pissed me off for the last time, runts!" Shinji growled, shaking his fist.
Mokuba shakily rose to his knees, "Leave us alone! My brother too!"
"I don't think so!"
With a swift motion, the demon kicked the vampire in his chin, making the bloodsucker fly back and hit a garden wall. Yugi looked on in horror and tried to wriggle over to him, but was stopped when a foot stomped itself on his back.
"Where do you think you're going, fuzz butt?"
The younger Motou winced as Shinji applied pressure on his spine, digging his shoe into the other's skin. Leaning against the stone wall, Mokuba slowly started to move, gasping in pain while the demon was busy with Yugi.
"Hey! Leave them alone!"
Shinji narrowed his eyes and looked up, Mokuba lazily glanced over, one hand on the walls supporting his weight, and Yugi struggled to raise his head and gaze up, one eye closed tightly. Nami was standing there with her fists clenched and a battle face firmly secured on her head.
"You heard me! Leave them alone!" she snapped.
The demon laughed evilly, "Oh really? Well, what are you going to do about it if I don't?"
The witch narrowed her eyes and refused to back down, she stepped forward, about to where Mokuba was laying and stood protectively in front of him. The young boy scrunched his face in puzzlement, why would she help them?
"Look," she said with malice, "Leave them alone and I won't hurt you too bad."
He sneered, "Ignorant human!"
Shinji removed his foot from Yugi, receiving a grunt, and walked toward the girl, a look of pure hatred in his eyes. He stopped a few feet from her, pausing before rushing forward, punching her right in the gut. The witch flew back and almost landed on the vampire behind her.
The demon bully's slits for eyes shined with otherworldly power as he glared at her. The other two demons lowered their heads, what were they thinking? Of course a mere human couldn't help them!
Then the weirdest thing happened; she laughed. The three stared at her like she was crazy, but she just laughed. It wasn't the evil laugh, or the insane laugh, just a hearty and loving chuckle that dimmed down to a giggle.
"Wow, talk about a blast from the past! Didn't you do that this morning?" she smiled and rubbed her stomach, wincing, "Still hurts though. You have a powerful punch there!"
Unconvinced, Shinji still didn't let his guard down, "What's your point?"
"This…"
Nami smiled and snapped her fingers. As soon as she rubbed her fingers together, sparks of electric shot out of her hand and traveled up her body, running to and fro through her skin. The current and the magic made her hair stick up and flow from an invisible breeze.
With no warning, the witch ran forward, grabbing forcefully onto Shinji's school jacket, digging her nails into his skin. If that wasn't bad enough, she gripped tighter, making a bolt of lightning course through the demons body, causing him to shriek out in pain.
After being used as a living lightning rod, Shinji fell to the ground, almost totally unconscious. Nami fell to her knees as well, a little worn out from the battle. She sat there, breathing deeply and tried to regain her breath while making sure that the bully wouldn't be going anywhere soon.
A loud clatter of shoes sounded behind them as Yami, Seto, Joey, Tristan, Bakura and Mai ran out from behind the corner to the cafeteria. Gasping, the two elder brothers darted over to their family, making sure they weren't killed.
Yami kept rubbing his brother's injured back, asking over and over if he was hurt whilst Yugi kept trying to push him off, trying to get room to breathe. Seto, on the other hand, has had emergency medical training, for who knows what reason, and started carefully moving his little bro's limps, making sure nothing was broken.
Bakura narrowed his eyes and examined the scene, from what he could gather, Shinji was picking on Yugi and Mokuba again, but what did the human have to do with any of this? Marching to the front of the group, he narrowed his eyes and frowned.
"Wait! Bakura!"
He turned around, raising an eyebrow at the little Kaiba boy. The runt had his hand stretched out as if to stop him from doing something to the girl.
"Yeah, don't hurt her Kura!" Yugi shouted.
"What are you talking about, Yugi?" his brother asked.
"She saved us from Shinji!" the boy shouted back.
Seto turned to his own brother, "Is this true?"
"Yeah!" Mokuba nodded vigorously, "She came out of nowhere and demanded that he leave us alone. Then when he asked what she would do if he didn't, her hands had electricity in them and she shocked him till he fell unconscious!"
Bakura glared at the witch, who was looking at them with giant curious eyes. Nami blinked innocently as she stood up and brushed off her skirt, giving off a big smile.
"Glad I could help!"
Yeah…that wasn't the best ending… sorry about that. I really wanted to get this chapter up.
I loved that bird scene! It thought it was cute and it made me giggle! Oh, and the whole Black Magic Witch thing, Beaky calls her a Black Witch because she's not a white witch, a priestess type person.
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