Chapter 6:
That night they had all passed out in random places around the house. None of them had even been confident enough to bring up sleeping arrangements. Brandon was still holding a controller and the screen of the tv was frozen on Halo. Amber had actually managed to go into Brandon's parents room and had fallen asleep on their bed. Seto had fallen asleep on his computer with some bar graph of sales on his screen. Mokuba was asleep on the kitchen floor holding a beer. Yamino was asleep on the kitchen table one which she had last been annoying people by making it her bed. Osiris was on the floor beside the table and Bakura was on the chairs next to the table.
Because of staying up late most of them didn't wake until at least twelve. Yamino was the last up and that was thanks to vigorous shaking from Brandon. She finally woke releasing a torrent of swear words as she sat up. She rubbed her head. "Well everyone's here that's going to be here. So shall we get started?" Everyone sat where they were. Plans were always the longest part. "Seto, get up here," she commanded. He narrowed his eyes in annoyance but came up to where she was still sitting on the table. "What?" he growled. "Tell everyone everything you know about the Oricalcos."
He frowned but began. "I know only what I say so don't ask questions." Everyone looked at each other like what was this guys problem. Seto ignored them and continued. "The Oricalcos is an ancient power that comes from Atlantis. The green light you saw was the Seal of the Oricalcos. This seal is played in a duel and when it is only one player can leave the seal with their soul in tact. The leader of the Oricalcos group is Dartz" Yamino interuppted him, "Well how do you know that the same guy is still in charge." Seto glared at her for a moment then said, "I know he must still be in charge because your father wasn't at all like you."
Yamino frowned. "And what the hell is that supposed to mean?" she hissed. He smirked, "It means that your father was afraid of dirtying his hands, at least with blood that is. He never killed another person. Never even hurt anyone. With him it was all threats and no follow through." Yamino frowned again. She had always liked to think of her father as a role model. She had always known that he disapproved of her violence and fighting, but she still idolized him and wanted to be like him. "But you're different. You could kill who ever you wanted and feel no regret."
Yamino smacked him so hard he fell off the table. "Damn! You think I do this for fun? You think I want to spend my summer saving the world from physcos again? I did that for the past two school years. I don't need this again! And for your information I don't kill who I want to I kill because I have to! I kill because sometimes there's just no other way! And most of all I don't need you lecturing me about how well I do things compared to my dad cause as far as I'm concerned he had the right idea and I'm just not strong enough to follow in his footsteps."
With that Yamino ran off into a back bedroom. Everyone just stood there for a few seconds. They had never seen Yamino blow up like that before. She had always been cool and when she had lost it, it was only for a minute and wasn't like this. Seto held his hand to his smarting cheek. Amber and Mokuba went to get him some ice. Brandon and Osiris just sat on the couch. Brandon trying to ignore that this was unusual and Osris trying to figure out what to do about it. Only Bakura really took action. He went back to the room Yamino had retreated to.
As he opened the door a pillow came flying at him. "Yamino," he said slowly. He looked in to see her just lying on the bed looking angry. "Why don't you calm down and listen to me." He got no response so he continued. "I know that Kaiba was a jackass when he said that, but you're better than this don't let it get to you." Still nothing. He growled. Enough acting nice like Ra. He pushed her off the bed. "What the hell?" Yamino swore as she sprung to her feet. He grabbed her collar and smacked her. "Pull yourself together girl!" he yelled. She caught his hand and punched his stomach. Bakura dropped her.
When he looked up she was smiling in an odd way. It was almost dreamy. "Thanks, I needed that." He swallowed. With that she walked out the door. He sighed, "Well that was creepy beyond belief." Maybe she was planning to get back at him later or and even scarier thought maybe she actually meant it.