Phoenix: That's it! I vow that I'm finishing this day on this chapter! Grr. I am getting irritated by the thought of this very day where Kaiser and Yami met Yugi!
Takara: -sweatdrops- Why don't you make "that" into a flashback instead?
Phoenix: Ano...Why didn't I think of that before? –blinks-
Disclaimer Demon: -waves a white flag of surrender- I give up. I can't quit. It's not fair. –sniff- They don't own Yu-Gi-Oh and their characters but they do own the OC's and the plot.
Phoenix: Ano...Anzu Misaki (I think that's how you spell her last name) will act exactly like a bi-och. Hey. I need a bad guy in this story that goes to their school (and I mean "bad"), and we're not really big fans of her so...Anzu is going to be "way" out of character. Don't worry, she'll just die peacefully and oh my Ra, I'm spoiling too much of this story. I'll shut up now. I'll probably type down the events that occurred during the "party" in this or the next chapter.
Takara: Most of this story's blood and gore is caused by watching too much of the anime: "Yami no Matsuei". We're horribly addicted. Although, I seem to be the only one that observe the bloody gore scenes with watchful eyes while she is cowering behind me. Argh! Why won't Tsuzuki-san just kill Muraki-san and be done with it? Angel of Death, my ass. Phft.
Phoenix: Err, calm down. Tomorrow's our birthday remember? You'll get your weapon back if you stop cussing. –pokes her yami-
Atemu Yugi Lover34 The girl with amethyst eyes? You don't know who she is? Well, you can find out about her on our account. Thanks. Here's the next chapter!
Archangel of the Vampires You're welcome! And yeah, I bet you do. About the rating: are you sure that you don't know? I'm not all that familiar with fanfiction ratings that much, and I don't have that many friends here that aren't busy with their fics. –blinks rapidly- Are you really sure? Oh yeah, your kuribun request is coming soon. Just wait patiently, 'kay? It's just going along slowly since we already thought out the whole plot but we somehow can't think of an introduction.
Grace Mustang Aww. Arigato. Thanks for the compliment...well, it's a compliment in our eyes. I hope you will like this chapter like the previous ones.
Akuma Yinaku: Really? –groans- This proves it. I need to go and read through my new updates before uploading it. Thanks for informing us of our careless mistakes.
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Demons of the Night
Chapter 6
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"Did you hear? Sensei's corpse was found in our classroom, torn to pieces!" A student whispered to his female companion.
"Hai. The student council and the school board is running amok, trying to calm down the students and hold off the press. It's a matter of time before they start publishing it into the newspapers. Eh? Anzu-chan? What are you doing here?"
A girl with short brown hair and azure eyes joined the conversation. "Phft. I go to this school, baka!" Anzu informed her and snorted. "I feel bad for Sensei, but he got what was deserved of him. That baka gave me an "F" on my hard-worked essay. I swear he was out to get me. Now that is what I call "unfair". Whoever slaughtered him must have admired me. It goes to show you that I'm desirable." She giggled.
"Anzu-chan!" a girl with hazel eyes called out. "We have to go to practice, now. Your cheerleader status will drop if you don't go to the gym immediately."
"Yosh! Well, see you later in class. Be sure to watch the upcoming football game in next month." Anzu grinned and skipped away to the hazel-eyed girl.
"Ano...Anzu-senpai is acting mighty weird today."
"Hai. It's almost as if she's a different person. Senpai was usually a kind and caring girl that idolizes the cheerleaders with every ounce of her blood. Now...I don't know what to say."
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"Aww man! I didn't get enough sleep last night." Jou yawned. He was back to wearing his navy school uniform as he strolled through the school hall in long strides. "So tired...need...sleep." The blond punk had a zombie expression implanted on his face along with his follower: Honda. Ryou and Chaise were walking alongside Yugi since they do go to this school after all.
Yugi frowned. "It's your fault for not going home when you're supposed to be. Yami even offered you a ride home but you flat out refused"
Jou flinched. He rubbed his head sheepishly and grinned. Unfortunately for him, Yugi had noticed his cringe.
"Jou-san? Are you alright? Is there something that you should tell me?" Yugi had known about Jou's secret ever since he had seen Jou's abusive father beat his son while he had been sent to Jou's home to ask for an innocent play date.
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Flashback
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(1) "Sa' your' sorr'. Say it, no'!" Jonouchi's drunken father (2) kicked the scruffy boy on the ribs with a leather boot. "Say it!"
Tiny sobs emerged from the frail boy. He curled himself up into a tight ball and tried to speak without hiccupping. "So-sorry, Pa-papa. P-please f-for-forgive me! I-I wo-won't do it a-again." Jou choked out.
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Yugi stared at them from the outside window. 'Iie. This is not possible. I thought Jou-kun said that his father loved him?' With his mouth agape, he scrambled to the door and knocked.
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Jou's father's steeled toe stopped an inch away from kicking his son into welcoming unconsciousness. "Who's dat?"
"Probably some loser," Jou groaned out.
"Hmph." His father stumbled away to open the door. He peered down at the tri-hair boy. "An' you are?"
Yugi gulped. "Motou. Yugi Motou. I'm Jou's classmate and-"
"Dis is not a good time. Com' back later."
"Wait!" Yugi cried before the half-sober man slammed the door shut. "Sensei wanted me to deliver Jou-kun's homework to him. His homework is at my home and Jii-chan said to bring Jou-kun to our home." He lied. Well, it was practically the truth. Jou was absent that day and Jii-chan did say that Jou could come to his home.
The burly man eyed Yugi before finally nodding and told him to wait. The door was slammed shut.
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"Son! Get your pathetic, whimpering ass right here, now!" The bulky man bellowed, loud enough so that Yugi couldn't hear.
"H-hai!" Jou bit back the temptation to kick his father in the crotch and tell him to fuck off. He didn't want another beating. Carefully so, he pushed himself up and limped over to where the living room was.
His dad tugged at Jou's arm and hissed out "You better not tell anyone about this or else" before opening the door and pushed his son out.
Jou bit off another curse and tried to stifle a yell. Instead, he yelped.
His father shut the door behind him with a loud "bam" and yelled "Be home by seven!"
Yugi glanced nervously at the battered Jou. "Jou-kun...are you alright?"
(3) "Hai. What do you want Pipsqueak?"
Yugi flinched and glanced down at his feet. "Ano...canyoucomeoverasaplaydate?"
"Huh? Do you mind repeating that, Shortie?"
Yugi blushed crimson red. "Can you come over as a play date...at my home?"
Jou stared long and straight at him. "What are you? Are you freakn' three? Heck no."
The petite boy sniffed and brought out his secret weapon. His puppy-dog eyes. "But...but..." he sniffed as tears leaked out and his wide eyes got even wider and bigger.
Jou froze. 'Aww crap! He reminds me of Shizuka. Damn it! Can't...fight...' "Oh, alright" he caved in. "But I have to be back here at seven."
"Yay! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Yugi squealed and rushed over to hug him. He didn't notice Jou wince and awkwardly pat him on the back.
"O-kay?" And unwelcoming silence came between them. "Err, are we going to get going?"
"Huh? Oh...okay!" Yugi chirped and dragged Jou out of the apartment building. 'This is going to be fun! I won't tell anyone because Jou-kun is my new friend! I bet he didn't want anyone to know his secret, so I won't tell.' He was too absorbed in his thoughts to notice the small trace of a smile on the blonde's face.
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End Flashback
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"Aww. We only have two minutes left before we have to enter our classroom. Do you think Sensei will give us detention?" Jou questioned Yugi, snapping him out of his memories. He had ignored Yugi's question and beamed at the tri-hair boy.
Honda slapped Jou upside his head. "Baka. Didn't you see the news today? Our sensei was coldly murdered right out of the blue yesterday. And I quote: 'the suspects are possibly the students and the teachers. The highest possibility of the teachers being the murderer is seventy-eight percent due to the brain and the bran of the developed adults' strength. The students in the campus have very little strength to carry out this gruesome murder because of the evidence and the way that Sensei was killed. The investigators have uncovered two evidences and one fact. (4)The evidence itself is being the hair and a fingerprint. The way that Sensei was slashed is too powerful to be a student of the school to inflict such damage."
"Wow. So there is a brain in there after all." a husky voice chuckled in masked disgust and amusement, his warm, tingly breath huffed by Ryou's earlobe.
Slightly startled, Ryou whipped his head around only to stare at the shrouded person (5) in dumbfounded silence. Suddenly snapping out of his distress, he pointed a finger at the smirking figure and whispered harshly, "It's you: the stalker!"
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Phoenix: I know. I know. I'll go ahead and answer some of your questions.
Takara: Gomen. Sorry for the late update and the short chapter.
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(1)- Yeah...I don't know how to write slurs and drunken language. Sorry, but I don't, so don't blame us if it's not good enough.
(2)- After all the fics we've read, we continuously encounter a scene where Jou's father is always drunk and abuses his son. The manga doesn't help us one bit, so we're forced to go back and take reference from other authors since we didn't have that much info about him. We figured that if he's a drunken bastard, why not make him dull too?
(3)- I know that this didn't happen in the anime and manga, but this is AU (alternate universe). This is suppose to be different. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. We won't bite.
(4)- I'm just going to be blunt with this. We're not telling. If we do, we'll be spoiling the future chapter and the plot (I swear...every day the plot changes even though I'm trying hard to keep it the same as I'd thought out in the beginning).
(5)- Heh heh heh. Ryou has a stalker. Ryou has a stalker. –Phoenix prances off singing about Ryou's stalker- You'll find out in the next chapter of who his stalker is. Kudos to those who knows who the stalker is. Oh yeah, Ryou could tell who his stalker is even though he's covered with a mask.
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Phoenix: If anyone can guess why January 20th is important to us, we'll dedicate one chapter to that one person. See you in the next update!