I walked to school the next day thinking about what Kaiba said. What did he mean when he said 'this isn't over'. But what happened next answered my question. I took a short cut in an alley when two guys in suits came up to me. One grabbed me from behind and the other started punching me. I kept screaming 'Why are you doing this' but they wouldn't let me go. When they finally did, I felt really weak and I could barely stand. They ran away leaving me there half conscious. I managed to escape the alley and rest my head on a nearby poll when a limo pulled up next to me. The window rolled down revealing a little boy with long green hair with an evil grin.
"If you remember Nii-sama, you should remember me." he said.
"Mokuba-kun." I said in pain.
He laughed,"Nii-sama* wanted me to remind you that he doesn't take no for an answer and to watch your back. Hope you like your present!" He shouted barely controlling his laughter.
Then the limo sped away. 'What does he find so funny? He just ordered an attack on me. Does he really hate me as much as his brother, or has Seto convinced him to hate me as much as he does?' I thought trying to walk the rest of the way to school. I already knew I was already late, but at the moment I had nowhere else to go. I walked down the street with my head down, my black bangs covering my face. I was able to make it to the school grounds nearly falling at the door. When I got to my classroom, I felt barely alive. All I heard was gasps, as I slowly made my way to my seat, my head still down. When I sat down I nearly collapsed.
"Mira, are you alright?!" I heard Yugi shout. Then finally, I clasped. "Miranda-chan!" Was the last thing I heard him say before I lost consciousness.
I slowly opened my eyes to a woman looking like she's about to have a heart attack. I mean, she looked like a mixture of frustration, tiredness, and plain annoyance.
"Where am I?"
"Oh thank god your awake! You're in the school infirmary..." The woman tried to calm down. "You were in pretty bad shape when you got here. It was so bad that I thought that I might have to send you to a real hospital." The woman said holding her forehead.
"Are you okay?" I asked but there was a knock at the door. The woman made a long, deep sigh.
"Please, can I let this boy come in to see you? He brought you here during 1st period and decided to stay and wait til you woke up. He keeps asking me every 5 seconds if your alright. Can he come in or not cause I'm about to call the principal?!" The woman said looking like steam was coming out of her ears.
I was confused. 'Who wanted to check on me?' "Uh...sur..." That's when a boy comes flying through the door. He landed on my cot giving me a hug.
"Miranda-chan! I was so worried you wouldn't wake up! What happened to you? Are you feeling alright? Do you need me to get you anything..."
"Yugi! I'm fine! Calm Down!" I said cutting him off. It was cute to see him ramble on and on and...wait...what did I just say?!
"Oh, that's good..."
"Uh, Yugi Muoto? Um, another boy came here yesterday and told me to give this to you." The nurse said handing the boy a slip of paper. Yugi read it and growled. He balled it up in frustration and threw it away.
"What's wrong Yugi-kun?" I asked noticing his sudden change of mood.
"It's Kaiba-kun." I cringed at the mention of his name.
"What does...HE want?" I asked between clenched teeth.
"Wants another rematch in a game."
"Why? What do you mean rematch?"
"Its a long story but basically Kaiba challenged me to a game. He lost and got angry. He wanted a rematch, but he lost again. So on and so on. He wants to win against me cause he wants his reputation back. See, he owns Kaiba corporation and he was the worlds best gamer until I beat him. Now he wants his title back no matter what it takes."
My eyes widened. "Kaiba has his own company now?!"
"Yeah he's had it for a few years now. They sells duel monsters cards and he evens owns Kaibaland. He even had me and my friends compete in his exclusive Death T challenges*."
I was shocked at this. I mean really. Then I noticed Yugi getting tense. His fist were clenched and his golden bangs covered his face making a dark expression on his face.
"Yugi, Daijoubu*?" I asked him when he snapped back to reality.
"I'm fine. Its just that Kaiba's threats are starting to get to me. I haven't been able to focus on schoolwork, my grades are slipping. I mean I know my grades are bad but they're not even average anymore. Plus, I starting to lose my grip at winning games. I'm usually good at playing games but now I'm starting to make simple mistakes. This is Kaiba's plan. He wants me to get so stressed that I'll slip up and lose to him, and it's working." He said gripping his wrist. I felt for Yugi, I really did. I wanted to help him. And I got an idea.
"Hey Yugi, why don't you try this." I said handing him my iPod.
"An iPod? Whats this for?"He raised his eyebrow.
"To help you relax. Listening to music is one of the best ways of doing just that." I said as he put the headphones on. I turned on the music, it immediately blasted through the headphones at maximum volume. Yugi cringed, shrieking.
"Sorry! I forgot that I had it on blast in my room." I turned it down and Yugi stop cringing. "This should help. You can hold it for a few days."
"Thanks." He said laying back in a chair next to the cot and closing his eyes. 'Finally, he stopped being so tense. He just looks so cute...God stop thinking that!' I thought to my self. Then 4 people burst into the room.
"Babe! I was so worried!" Jounouchi said giving me a bear hug.
"Uh, thanks." I told him breathlessly."Can you let go now?" As he did what I asked Yugi slowly opened his eyes to find his friends at my bed side. He fell out the chair.
"When did you guys get here?!" He asked getting up.
"Just now." Miho told him. "We could have come sooner but they wouldn't let us leave class until lunch."
"Its lunchtime already?" I asked.
"Yeah. We wanted to come and see if you were well enough to come to lunch. If not, I could bring you lunch."Jounouchi said.
"If it will get this boy out of here, she can leave, but come back if you don't feel well. I'm hoping, for my sake, that you wont have to and bring him with you."The nurse said. Yugi blushing with embarrassment, everyone else confused.
"Okay. Thanks you. Lets go guys." I said getting out the bed stumbling, but Jounouchi caught me. Yugi scowled but I was the only one that noticed. "I gotcha! Later doc!"
When we left the infirmary, it was already lunchtime. We got are lunches and sat together at a table. We talked for a while about different things. I found out I had a lot in common with these guys. Then Jounouchi started doing the 'typical guy' moves. First he started calling me different names like 'baby and sweetheart'. Then he did that cheesy guy move when he yawns and puts his arm around you...yeah...now he's starting to annoy me. I try to like shake him off but he still hangs on to me. I was about to tell him to get off of me but someone beat me to the punch.
"Jounouchi, GET OFF OF HER! Can't you see she doesn't like you! Just make it easier on your self and stop pretending that you and her have a connection!" Yugi suddenly shouted in a slightly deeper voice. Everyone just stared at him in disbelief.
"Chill Yugi. What's your problem?"Jounouchi asked suspicious why his best friend was acting so strange lately.
Yugi hung his head his bangs covering his face showing a dark expression. "Gomen. I...should...go." He said getting up and moving to sit under a tree by himself. Anzu went after him but she soon came back with no luck getting through to him. "Maybe I should try." Miho said walking over to him.
"Yugi's never flipped out like that before. I didn't mean to get him upset. "Jounouchi said watching his depressed buddy.
"We know Jou. But I don't think that was Yugi shouting at you." Honda said.
"You don't think it was Dark Yugi do you?!" Anzu asked with a bit of excitement in her voice.
"Of course YOU would think that, Anzu." Honda said "But you might be right."
'Dark Yugi?' I thought. 'Who's that?'
Daijoubu*- are you okay
Nii-sama*- brother
Death T challenges*- a park created by Seto Kaiba used to kill Yugi Muotu through an attempt to recreate Dark Yugi's shadow games. It consists of 5 chambers each aptly named Death T-1, Death T-2, Death T-3, Death T-4, Death T-5 shown in the manga and the 'FORBIDDEN SEASON'.