A new chapter? In just a few days? How crazy.
"Yugi, let's go!" Kiba called up the stairs to her brother. There was no answer and Kiba growled to herself. "You're going to make us late!" Again, no answer. Kiba shook her head and made her way up, barging into her brother's room without care. "Yugi, what's-" She paused at the sight of him sitting criss cross on the floor surrounded by socks and looking deep in thought. "What are you doing and why are your socks on the floor?"
"Kiba! Don't talk to me right now! I'm trying to concentrate." The boy exclaimed. Kiba looked at him confused but stayed silent. For a while silence overtook the room before Yugi moved. "Okay! This one and...this one!" He flipped two socks over, revealing a heart mark on them. "I did it! Bingo! Today I'm hot hot hot!" He cheered. Kiba blinked at the socks before turning to face Yugi.
"Are you...playing memory with your socks?" She asked blankly.
"Yeah! This is my sock concentration game. I'm training my sixth sense for gaming."
"Sixth sense...?" Kiba muttered before suddenly remembering why she had come up in the first place. "Nevermind that, we need to go if we wanna make it to school on time!" She made her way out of the room, heading back down but paused momentarily. "By the way, Tea came over. She's waiting outside."
"Huh?! Tea?!" Yugi yelled before Kiba heard a flurry of motion as Yugi hurried to get ready. A few moments after Kiba had gone downstairs, Yugi came down, all ready to go. "Why didn't you tell me Tea was here first?"
"You said not to talk to you." Kiba easily replied before frowning. Why was this all familiar? Was it an episode? No...it was definitely familiar but not in an episode kind of way. Then was this part of the manga? Probably but which one again?
"All right!" Yugi's sudden cheer snapped Kiba out of her thoughts and she realized that she had missed part of the conversation. She looked down at the device Yugi was holding before she remembered which chapter this was. As the memory of the chapter hit her, Kiba frown. She and Asami both had one of those because come on, what girl wouldn't in the very least consider getting one, but she hadn't really thought Tea would still get Yugi one. Hadn't she gotten it to test her compatibility to Yami? Yami hadn't really saved her because of her and Asami taking the girl's place so it's not like the girl could know about him right?
'Maybe I'm just overthinking this...' Kiba thought.
"Why don't you put in your data." Tea suggested to Yugi.
"You bet." Yugi said before putting in the information.
"Now your waveform has been set." Tea held up her own Lovely Two. "Say Yugi...Want to see how well we fit together?"
"What!?" Yugi exclaimed as a blush rose up on his face. "O-okay..." Kiba watched as the two of them pressed a button and waited. The three of them stood in silence but-
"Nothing happened." Tea stated. Yugi face fell and Kiba watched closely as Tea looked at him before giving him a smile. "Our biorhythms must be off today or something. I'm sure they'll ring next time." Kiba stared at both Yugi and Tea for a second more before shaking her head and following the two as they went to school.
YGO~~~~~~~~~~YGO
"Outta the way!" Joey yelled as he, Tristan, Yugi, Asami and Kiba made their way through the crowd in front of the achievement test scores poster. Once they reached the front, the five of them held up the paper they were holding. "Alright, this is the war to settle the score!"
"Better be ready guys." Kiba said as she glanced down at her paper. On it was a 5x5 grid filled with random numbers between 1 to 50.
"I call it the 'Achievement Test Bingo Game'" Yugi put in as the five of them got ready. "Game Start!" At once they scanned the top 50, coloring in the numbers accordingly depending on gender.
"Darn, not even one line!" Joey cursed.
"All right! I got three lines!" Yugi cheered.
"I got one..." Tristan said.
"One." Asami put in.
"Same." Kiba added.
"Just like we promised, Joey has to buy three hamburgers for me and two for Tristan, Kiba and Asami." Yugi said.
"No prob! I'll take it like a man." Joey replied.
"You really never lose do you?" Tristan asked Yugi.
"Are you five having fun?!" A new voice barked out making them all turn around. "Now what could be so fun about the achievement test scores?"
"Geh!"
"It's Tsuruoka, the guidance counselor!"
"Uh-oh!" Kiba wanted to laugh at her friend's reactions but knew it wouldn't help the situation.
"So you think that the test was a game? Maybe that explains the scores you got." Tsuruoka said pointing at the scores. "Joey Wheeler, number 392 out of 400. Yugi Muto, number 372. Tristan Taylor, number 380." Joey, Tristan and Yugi flushed in embarrassment but Kiba noticed that Tsuruoka had failed to point out both her's and Asami's scores. She could of course see why though, seeing as they had been in the top 50 and he could say very little of them 'slacking off'. "Well? Maybe next time you'll laugh after you study." You three stooges!" Kiba frowned at that and noticed that Yugi and Asami did too.
'Yo, no need to be so salty, I don't have my popcorn yet.' The blackette thought.
"Hm!" Tsuruoka gazed down at Yugi before suddenly reaching out. "What are you hiding in your chest pocket!" He pulled out the lovely two, Tea had given Yugi that morning. Kiba narrowed her eyes at Tsuruoka, the thought of swiping the gift back crossing her mind but quickly being dismissed since they couldn't touch a teacher without getting into trouble.
"Hey! Wait-!" Yugi yelled out.
"You can't bring games to school, you know!"
"Please give it back! It's not a game! It's very important to me!" Yugi cried out. Joey and Tristan immediately flanked either side of him, glaring at Tsuruoka.
"Hey! Give that back to Yugi!" Joey demanded.
"You don't have the right to take people's things just because you're a teacher!" Tristan added.
"Unskilled slackers like you have no right to talk back to a teacher!" Tsuruoka sneered.
"Grr...Whaddaya mean 'unskilled'?!" Joey growled out.
"Education is a noble profession. We teachers have the right to do anything to slackers like you. I could even-" Tsuruoka let the lovely two fall to the floor and lifted his leg, ready to stomp on it. Kiba and Asami both tensed, ready to kick the lovely two away from him-they couldn't touch Tsuruoka but they could still touch the game. "Smash this thing!" A flash from Yugi's direction froze both Kiba and Asami in their tracks as they tried to stop Tsuruoka.
"We have skills!" Yami yelled making Tsuruoka freeze as well while Kiba and Asami relaxed somewhat. "Skills you could never match!"
"Yugi!" Joey and Tristan said surprised.
"I never lose a game!" Yami continued. "Never!"
"You never what...?!" Tsuruoka asked but Kiba ignored him as something caught her eye. Tea was standing alone, Miho being out with a cold, staring at Yami, looking a little confused for a second before a blush started to creep up on her cheeks the longer she stared. Kiba's frown deepened slightly.
'What's-ugh! I forgot to tell Asami! But...what does this mean? Does Tea actually know about Yami's existence or what?' The girl thought to herself in confusion and irritation.
"Is that so...Then why don't we play a game, eh?" Tsuruoka suggested as he bent down to pick up the lovely two. "The rules are simple. I'll hide this game somewhere in this school. If you can find it within one hour you win. You get your keychain game back."
"I'll take you on." Yami accepted.
"You're gonna regret challenging Yugi." Tristan put in.
"On the other hand, if you don't find it..." Tsuruoka pointed at them. "The three of you will be expelled! And I'll stomp your little game flat!"
"Hmph! No problem!" Joey said.
"It's a deal!" Tristan agreed.
"All right. The game starts in 30 minutes." Tsuruoka said as he turned and started to walk away. "I'm going to go hide this keychain! Until then, stay right where you are!" Kiba watched him go before turning to Asami.
"Don't suppose Yami would like to know where it is?" She asked quietly. Asami shook her head.
"Nope, I think he'll want to find it on his own." She replied just as quiet.
"Ah!" Kiba said suddenly as she remembered something. She grabbed Asami's hand before dragging her over to a less populated area of the room. "Asami, do you think Tea knows about Yami?" Asami looked at her slightly confused.
"What? Why would she know about Yami? She hasn't really interacted with him." Asami looked considering for a moment. "Though, I suppose she could have noticed a difference in Yugi when in certain situations..." Kiba frowned.
"But isn't it too soon for them to know about him?"
"Not necessarily, they should already be recognising the difference between Yami and Yugi but I think they should still be thinking it's just Yugi."
"Then Tea doesn't know about him?"
"I don't think so but..." Asami trailed off slightly and Kiba saw her frown slightly.
"Asami...?" Kiba called seeing the girl lose herself in her thoughts. The brunette blinked before focusing back on reality.
"Sorry. I don't think Tea knows about Yami but I think she's noticed Yugi being different from usual and...well, I think she's starting to develop a bit of a liking to him, in a crush like sense." Asami finished. Kiba thought about it for a minute.
"This soon? She doesn't really know anything about him and possibly thinks he's Yugi-or at least 'another Yugi'." Asami gave a small smile.
"Yes but can't the same be said about us? We're Yami's friends and yes we know quite a bit about the storyline of the manga and show because of what we've seen, read or saw spoilers about but we can't really claim to know him, now can we?" Asami glanced over at where Yami was standing with Joey and Tristan before looking back at Kiba. "Our own interactions with him have been few and limited too."
"You're right." Kiba conceded before looking back at Tea, who was still looking at Yami, though her blush had, for the most part, died down. "Maybe we're overthinking it with Tea." Asami thought about it before nodding in agreement.
"Maybe."
Thirty minutes passed and the game started. Yami, Joey and Tristan started the search while Kiba and Asami followed them around, watching as they searched hard for the lovely two. They would have offered to help in the search but they knew the game was between Tsuruoka, Yami, Joey and Tristan.
"Hey Yugi, we found a shovel and wheelbarrow." Joey said as he held two shovels and a pickaxe in his arms while Tristan stood next to him with the wheelbarrow. "Borrowed them from the construction site next door."
"Leave any hard work like digging to us." Tristan put in. Yami, Kiba and Asami all sweat dropped a little at the two.
"By borrowed do you mean with permission or without?" Kiba asked. The two gave sheepish smiles and Kiba shook her head.
"Thanks, but it doesn't look like Tsuruoka went outside." Yami told them. "Tea's game is inside the building." Asami shook her head and reached out, taking the shovels and pickaxe from Joey.
"You three continue looking, Kiba and I will take these back." Joey and Tristan smiled sheepishly again.
"Thanks." Kiba grabbed the handles of the wheelbarrow and the two made their way to the construction site to return the tools.
YGO~~~~~~~~~~YGO
Kiba and Asami were making their way through the school, searching for Yami, Joey and Tristan. There was a little over 20 minutes left on the clock.
"Think Tea'll still give Yami her own lovely two?" Kiba asked. Asami shrugged.
"Don't know. The chapter has stayed on track so far, if we remember it correctly. I think it's possible."
"What do we do if she doesn't?"
"Convince her I guess..." Kiba suddenly smirked slightly.
"Or we can give him yours." Asami froze, mid-step and Kiba turned to look at her. "After all, you-"
"Kiba!" Asami cut her off, looking embarrassed. "Can we not talk about that?"
"Why not? You-"
"-Kiba so help me, I will tell-" Kiba, immediately covered the girl's mouth, knowing what she was about to say.
"Okay, okay, we won't mention it. None of it." She said looking just as embarrassed as Asami. The brunette nodded and Kiba let her go.
"Anyways, still can't believe that all of this trouble is due to a little thing like this." Asami said as she pulled out her own lovely two and looked down at it as they continued walking down the hall. Just as they were turning a corner, someone suddenly slammed into them, sending them all down. Kiba looked up, rubbing her head, which had hit Asami's elbow when they had fallen, to see Tea on the floor in front of them, rubbing her own head.
"Tea? Are you okay?" Asami questioned.
"Y-yeah, sorry for knocking into you."
"It's fine no harm, no foul."
"Well I wouldn't say no harm..." Kiba muttered. That hit had hurt. Asami's body was slightly different from a regular human's, being part saiyan and all, her body was built for fighting so she had stronger bones and tougher skin. The collision had definitely hurt Kiba more than Asami. "Anyways, have you seen Yugi?" Tea's eyes widened before she scrambled to get up.
"Ah, sorry, gotta go." Tea bent down and picked up her lovely two, which Kiba just noticed she must have dropped when they collided, before rushing off. Kiba and Asami watched her go for a moment before getting up themselves.
"She must be heading off to give her lovely two to Yami." Kiba mused out loud. She turned to Asami about to say that they should follow her, when she saw Asami bend down to pick something up. "What's up?"
"I dropped my lovely two." The girl stood and looked the device over. "Aw man, the screen cracked." Kiba stepped closer and saw that the screen was so cracked that you couldn't see what was on it anymore.
"Yikes." Was all she said but Asami nodded in agreement.
"Oh, well." The brunette sighed before pocketing it. "I'll see about getting the screen changed later or something but for now we have to find the others." Kiba nodded and they rushed off in the direction Tea went.
"Tea, this is just what I need." The Yami say from up ahead. Turning a corner, the two girls saw Tea's lovestruck look as she watched Yami rush off in the direction opposite of them.
"Oh you have got to be-we just found him and now he's rushing off!" Kiba complained as she and Asami rushed to follow him, vaguely noticing Tea following. "This is too much running." Asami laughed.
"Come on Kiba, it's not that bad." Kiba gave the girl a deadpan look and Asami laughed again before noticing the two newcomers that were now following behind Yami. "Hey, look we found Joey and Tristan."
"More like they saw us and are now following after Yami." The two saw the three males stop in front of a door before banging it open.
"You can't come in here! This is the teachers' lounge! Students aren't allowed! Do your little treasure hunt outside!" Tsuruoka yelled from inside the room. Kiba, Asami and Tea finally caught up, standing just inside the doorway while Yami, Joey and Tristan stood in front of the desk Tsuruoka was sitting at.
"You just confirmed my suspicions. The pocket game is in this room." Yami said shocking Tsuruoka for a second before he tried to regain his bearings.
"Y-You're wrong! The pocket game is hidden somewhere you can't reach! It's not in here!"
"Somewhere we can't reach...In other words, somewhere we can't touch." Yami paused as he slowly glanced around the room before. "I thought hard. Where would I hide it if I were you. First I would use the privileges of a teacher. Students can't raise a hand to a teacher...they can't even touch a teacher." Yami looked back at Tsuruoka. "In other words, the safest place is on your own body!"
"Gg...gg...Get this straight! I'm a teacher, like God to you! You wouldn't dare touch me with your filthy hands...I'd expel you!" Tsuruoka said looking nervous before his expression turned arrogant. "Ha ha ha ha! Now what?! You can't prove I have it without touching me!" Yami lifted a fist before opening it to reveal Tea's lovely two. Kiba glanced over at the girl to see her with her eyes closed, seeming to be praying. Kiba shifted her gaze back to Yami and watched as he pressed the button on the device. At once a small chiming noise sounded throughout the room.
"What's that sound...?" Joey questioned.
"Huh...?!" Tsuruoka said nervously as he grabbed his head.
"The sounds coming from his head!" Joey yelled.
"That's gotta be the pocket game!" Tristan added.
"Get him Tristan!" The two rushed towards Tsuruoka, tackling him out of his seat and to the floor. "With this much proof you can't say we can't touch you!"
"Why you-!" Tsuruoka yelled before the three of them suddenly froze when Tsuruoka's wig came off.
"Huh?! Woah! He hid the pocket game inside his wig!" Joey yelled looking a little creeped out as he pulled it from said wig. Kiba didn't blame him. It was a weird place to hide it.
"Please don't tell anyone my secret!" Tsuruoka begged in a 180 turn of his personality.
"Looks like we won Yugi." Joey cheered as he handed Yami back the game. Yami took it before turning to Tea and handing back hers.
"Thank you Tea." The girl blushed but grabbed it, smiling at softly at him. Kiba rushed to Yami and hugged him, giving him the chance to change back into Yugi.
"You did it Yugi! You found the game!"
YGO~~~~~~~~~~YGO
Asami smiled as she looked down at her lovely two. She had just finished replacing the screen and it looked as good as new. Before she could test it out to make sure it worked properly, a voice called out her name from behind her. She looked back to see the youngest of the Kaibas, standing in the doorway to her room.
"Mokie." She greeted with a smile as she put away the device and stood. "What's up?'
"Seto wanted me to call you. He said he wanted to talk to you about something." Asami frowned. That was...odd. Usually Seto would have told her earlier if he wanted to talk about something but it was pretty late in the night now. A bad feeling suddenly filled her.
"Alright, I'm coming." Whatever it was he wanted to talk about, she hoped it wasn't too bad because it didn't sound too good.
Alright that's it for this chapter. See ya! ^w^/)