It's exam time for me at the moment so I'd just like to warn you that updating will be slower than usual because revision and exams suck the life and creativity out of a person and create an evil known as writers block.
Warning: This is the beginning of the Yami bashing. It's not serious though; just funny. I think.
Anyway, Enjoy!
Chapter 5
The weather had cleared up by the next morning and the ceiling of the Great Hall had become a gloomy grey. Everyone had managed to make their way to the Hall for breakfast with only a few minor wrong turns.
Once again students stared at the new guests. Bakura gave the finger to anyone who stared too long and by the end of breakfast his hand was sore from Ryou hitting him every time he was seen doing it. It was a lot easier for Marik and Malik. They only had to grin maniacally at the one staring and the student would nearly faint, remembering the two psychos from the train.
"So what exactly are we supposed to do today?" Yugi asked.
"I don't know," said Hermione. "You're not students so you don't have to go to lessons."
"I wish I didn't have to go to lessons," Ron said bitterly.
"Why's that?" Malik asked. "I would've thought learning magic would be fun."
"Ron's just lazy," Hermione said dismissively.
Ron stuck his tongue out at the back of her head making Marik and Malik snicker. Hermione turned around and Ron went back to eating his toast.
Suddenly there was a rush of wind and hundreds of owls flew through the open windows. Bakura let out something that resembled a scream and dived under the table. Malik, Marik and Yami followed his lead.
After the owls had landed the ones who hadn't ducked for cover started to laugh. The others shamefully climbed out from under the table. "Don't laugh!" Bakura barked. "The last bloody bird attacked me and tried to make a nest in my hair!"
Marik was muttering curses under his breath while Malik eyed the owls a few seats down wearily. Yami just sat there moodily with his arms crossed. Yugi giggled and touched his arm. "We're not laughing at you Yami – we're laughing with you!"
"Speak for yourself," Seto snorted.
Yugi glared at him for a second before turning back to Yami. His small smile was infectious and soon Yami's bad mood disappeared. He gave Yugi a small smile back and then continued eating.
When they had finished Harry, Ron and Hermione left the others to go to their lessons. Those of the group that were left waited to see if there was anywhere they needed to be. Professor McGonagall soon arrived to sort things out.
"As you eight are not students there is no need for you to attend lessons. You are free to do as you wish as long as you stay within Hogwarts grounds and you do not cause any trouble," she informed them before leaving.
"In that case," Seto said as he stood up, "I'm going back to the common room to work on my computer."
"I'm going to the library if I can find it," Ryou said. Bakura sent him a mental image of them doing something dirty together. "Do you want to come too Yugi?"
Bakura glared at his hikari. Yugi smiled. "I'd love to. Do you want to come too Yami?"
Yami nodded and the three left, knowing that none of the others would be interested in looking at books. When they were out of sight Bakura smirked and turned to Malik and Marik. "Ready to go exploring?" he asked deviously.
The two smirked and nodded. "Want to come along too Jou?" Malik asked. Jou shook his head. "Your loss."
"Not really," Jou muttered under his breath. He didn't think he wanted to know what the psychos had in store for the poor residents of Hogwarts.
That left Jou wondering what he was going to do until lunch time. He grinned when an idea came to him. When in doubt pester Seto till he snaps.
Malik, Marik and Bakura walked through the corridors of Hogwarts wondering what mischief they could get up to. Malik had a notebook and was taking careful notes of what the other two suggested.
"Bakura?" Malik asked after awhile. "How did you get Ryou to go off with the Pharaoh and Yugi?"
Bakura's ingenious tomb robber mind quickly searched for a plausible lie. "I told him I'd shred that stupid jumper of his if he didn't get rid of them." Ten points to the brilliant king of thieves.
"So why didn't he threaten to throw your knives away if you did?" Twenty points to Malik.
"He decided not to bother and just did as I asked – ordered."
"Even though he knew you would be up to no good?"
"Why can't you just accept my answer without questioning me!" Bakura shouted.
Malik and Marik snickered. "Chill out Bakura – no need to burst a blood vessel," Marik said.
Bakura grumbled quietly and they continued walking. After going for a few minutes they rounded a corner and met a small, ugly man that was floating in the air with his legs crossed. He cackled when he saw the three.
"Ooh naughty, naughty – students should be studying not wondering in the halls. I'll call Filch and he'll make you pay, pay, pay." The little man cackled again.
"We're not students," Malik informed the floating thing.
"Ooh, Peeves heard about you." A cruel smile appeared on Peeves' face as he thought of wicked ways to mislead the three and have some fun.
"That's nice," Bakura said, sounding bored. "Now get out of the way. We have places to go and people to torment."
Peeves grin widened. "Peeves knows how you can torment people. Peeves loves to cause trouble."
The three shared a look. "Why not?" said Marik. "He knows the castle better. It'll save time looking for a place to set off the trap."
Malik and Bakura nodded. "Alright Peeves we'll accept your help," Malik told the little man.
Peeves cackled and zoomed off. The three shared a look, the same maniacal grin on their faces, and took off after the retreating figure of Peeves.
In the common room Seto had a dismantled computer and tools spread around him. He fiddled and poked and tried connecting the wires differently but nothing seemed to make the stupid contraption work. At this point Seto was feeling very frustrated. It didn't help that Jou was leaning over his shoulder and constantly asking stupid questions.
"What's that?"
"The computer's memory."
"What's that?"
"The hard drive."
"What's that?"
"A bomb."
"What's- What?"
"Yes and I'll detonate it if you don't shut up and leave me alone!"
Jou slowly backed away from the stressed CEO and sat down in one of the comfy chairs. He'd just have to wait a few minutes before he resumed his game of 'torment Seto'.
Yugi, Yami and Ryou were walking back to the common room after having explored the library and had their own accounts made so that they could take out books.
As they walked down a particular corridor Ryou noticed Bakura watching them out of the corner of his eye. He stopped and told the other two to keep going and he'd catch up. He walked over to Bakura but stopped when he saw his grin. "What are you so happy about?" Ryou asked.
"Nothing," Bakura replied, his eyes flickering over to Yami and Yugi before returning to Ryou.
Realizing that his yami was up to something Ryou turned and called for Yami and Yugi to wait. They stopped and turned to see what was wrong. At that moment Bakura smirked triumphantly and shouted, "Now!"
Water rained down upon the two tri-coloured haired teens and they were soaked to the skin. Up above them Malik, Marik and Peeves cackled with mirth at the shocked expressions on their faces.
Once he had recovered Yami looked up and glared at them. "You'll pay for this!" he shouted.
"Dream on Pharaoh!" Marik shouted back as he poured a bucket of slime onto Yami's face.
Yami wiped the stuff off his face and ran to the staircase. Marik, Malik and Peeves decided that was their cue to leave. Yugi just shook his head and went back to the common room to change.
Ryou turned to Bakura looking hurt. "You used me to prank Yami and Yugi? You predicted exactly what I would do and used me?"
Bakura suddenly felt guilty. "I'm sorry," he said, bowing his head in shame. "We only intended to get the Pharaoh. I convinced the others to not get you by doing it this way. We would've dumped the water either way. I didn't think you would be hurt. I thought you might be annoyed but not hurt. I'm sorry."
Bakura looked up and pulled Ryou into a hug. The boy was stiff at first but then conceded and hugged Bakura back. "You're an idiot," Ryou muttered into Bakura's shoulder.
"Yes but I'm your idiot," Bakura replied.
Ryou gave a forced laugh and then there was silence. "I was wondering what there was down in the dungeons but I didn't want to go into the dark on my own without someone big and strong to protect me," Ryou said quietly.
Bakura smiled. "I'll protect you Ryou," he said as they headed to the dungeons, Bakura's arm around Ryou's waist.
Ryou always did come up with good ways to break the ice after disputes.
Yugi arrived in the common room to find an extremely irritated Seto and an amused Jou. "Hi," he said as he made his way over.
Seto turned around. "Be quiet!" he snapped. He then went back to work.
Yugi sweat dropped and quickly edged his way over to his room to get changed. A few moments after he had disappeared Malik and Marik burst in after losing Peeves somewhere along the line. They were laughing even though they were out of breath.
Seto turned around again and shouted for them to shut up. They looked at each other and then quickly found places to hide from Yami. Seto was at braking point now. One more interruption and he was going to kill.
Yugi came out of his room just as Yami entered through the portrait hole. "Marik and Malik, when I find you you'll rue the day-" Yami was cut off when Seto jumped to his feet, eyes bulging out of their sockets, and threw his chair at Yami.
Malik and Marik laughed from their hiding places while Yugi and Jou went to check that Yami was alright. Seto swept the parts of his computer into his bag and then stormed into his own room, slamming the door closed.
"Yami! Yami are you alright?" Yugi asked as he bent down to examine his darker half.
Yami groaned as he sat up. "Did someone get the number of that bus?" he asked.
"Yeah," replied Jou. "B-A-S-T-A-R-D."
Yami looked at him blankly. Yugi quickly examined Yami to check the damage. "You're fine, just a bump on the head," Yugi said, relieved.
"Of course," Yami boasted. "I was Pharaoh once; it takes a lot more to injure me."
Marik snorted from his hiding place. Yami then remembered that he was supposed to be chasing him. He tried to jump up and run after the two now fleeing blondes but Yugi held him back. "Don't Yami – they're not worth it," he told the irate pharaoh.
Yami stopped struggling. He then noticed that Yugi was still hanging on to him. A light blush graced the proud ex-pharaoh's face. Yugi also noticed that he was holding on and quickly pulled away, his cheeks the same shade of dark pink.
"Err…do you have your deck with you Jou? We could have a duel if you want," Yugi said, looking down at his hands.
"Of course I have my deck!" Jou exclaimed. "But don't go easy on me just because I'm your friend," he said teasingly.
Yugi laughed. "I wouldn't dream of doing that." He then turned to Yami. "Would you like to watch?" he asked shyly.
"Yes," Yami replied, smiling. "I'll even give Jou some advice so that you're more evenly matched."
"What are you talking about? I can duel Yugi without your advice," Jou told Yami.
"You might be able to duel him but you'll also be able to loose more gracefully with me helping," Yami tried to explain, smirking slightly.
"Jeez thanks for the support. Nice to know how much faith you have in me," Jou said, mock sulkily.
Yugi laughed. "Don't worry Jou – Yami's only teasing. I'm sure some day you'll be able to beat me."
"Some day – just not today," Yami added.
Jou gave Yami a playful shove and they all laughed before gathering around the table to begin the duel.
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