Chapter 4- More Problems
Jou, Ryou, Malik, Heba, and Yugi went downstairs for breakfast the next morning.
"I hope that those jackasses keep their distance today. I'm not going to back down this time." Jou said.
"Neither am I. If they start something, I'll help you kick their asses." Malik added in.
"Come on, guys. You know that Touma will kill you if you do something like that." Yugi said.
"Yugi, you heard the way that they talked to us. They acted like we had committed some sort of crime just because we happened to look like them." Heba said.
"Yeah. I don't know what crawled up their asses and died, but they really need a reality check." Ryou added in.
Yugi mentally sighed. 'I am so doomed.' Yugi thought.
Touma walked in and said, "I'm going on out, and I'll be taking Jun to school."
"Okay, Touma." Yugi said.
"Just don't be late from school. I don't want a call saying that you were late or that you skipped." Touma said, keeping his gaze on Jou, Malik, and Heba.
"Why are you picking on us?" Jou asked.
"Because you're the ones that always try to skip." Touma answered.
Jun giggled.
The three named glared at the young boy.
"Come on, Jun. We need to go." Touma said.
The two left the mansion.
"Guys, just try to stay away from them. You don't need to get into a fight with them." Yugi said.
"We're not making any promises, Yugi." Jou said.
'Touma's going to be getting a call saying that they were in a fight.' Yugi thought.
Yami, Atemu, Seto, Marik, and Bakura sat at the breakfast table.
"I can't wait to teach those copycats a lesson. Honestly. You can only take admiration so far. That's just plain out obsessed." Bakura said.
"Bakura, you don't know that they copied the looks." Yami said.
"Come on, Yami. They look almost exactly like all of us. The only difference is that they don't look as tough as we do. Other than that, they copied everything." Marik said.
"I just don't like that mutt's attitude. He needs to be taken off his pedestal." Seto said.
"I know what you mean. We're going to have to show them that we don't like being copied. Our looks are our own and not for others." Atemu agreed.
'Or it could just be coincidence, which no one here is going to believe that.' Yami thought.
Seiji walked into the room. "I'm off to work. I'll see you all alter." Seiji said.
"Okay. Bye, Seiji." the five said.
Seiji left.
"Come on. I want to go to school today just so that I can teach them a lesson." Bakura said.
'Seiji won't be working when he gets the call from the school saying that they've been in a fight.' Yami thought.
In class, Yami and his group sat on the opposite side of the classroom that Yugi and his group sat on.
Atemu, Seto, Bakura and Marik were glaring at them.
Heba, Ryou, Malik, and Jou were glaring right back.
Yugi and Yami both just looked at each other with worried and apologetic looks.
Anzu, who was completely oblivious to the obvious glaring contest, walked up to Yami. "Hello, Yami." Anzu said.
Yami looked up at her and groaned. "What the hell do you want?" Yami asked.
"I wanted to know what time you are picking me up Friday." Anzu said.
"Picking you up for what?" Yami asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Picking me up so that we can go to the concert together." Anzu said with a seductive smile.
Yami glared at her. "Anzu, we are not going to the concert together! I will be going with Atemu, Seto, Marik, and Bakura. There's no chance in hell that I am going with you." Yami said.
"Why not?" Anzu whined.
"Because you are annoying, you are whiny, you think that you are better than everyone, and you dress like a slut." Yami said.
Anzu's jaw dropped.
"Not to mention the fact that I am gay, so there is no chance of me ever going out with you, so stop asking me out and leave me be." Yami said angrily.
Atemu and Seto started to snicker as Marik and Bakura full out laughed.
Anzu looked embarrassed as she walked off.
"Glad that you told her off at last." Marik said.
"Yeah. She's been long overdue for something like that." Bakura agreed.
Yugi and the others watched in interest.
"Man. Do I know how that guy feels." Jou said.
"Yeah. Girls like to come onto us, too. Glad that it hasn't happened so far." Malik said.
'Hmm. Something tells me that one of us are going to be her next target.' Yugi thought.
The teacher walked in, and the class started.
In chemistry, Yugi and Yami talked a little as they were paired to do an experiment.
"Yugi, I'll go ahead and want you that Atemu and the others plan to start something with them." Yami said.
"Then we're going to have a problem. Heba and the others will be fighting back." Yugi said.
"I hope they handle pain well. Atemu, Seto, Bakura, and Marik are all good fighters." Yami said.
"Well, we're in trouble because despite how they look, Jou, Heba, Ryou, and Malik are good fighters themselves." Yugi said.
"Well, if all else fails, we'll get to see a good fight." Yami said.
There was a loud sound.
"Mazaki!" the teacher scolded.
Anzu had added in too much chemical and caused the tube to blow, covering her in the harmless stuff.
Yami couldn't stop the laughter. "That makes my day." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. "After how she acted in class this morning, I think that it's poetic justice." Yugi said.
"Anzu needed to be told off. I just feel sorry for the next sap that ends up her obsession." Yami said.
Bakura, Marik, Seto, and Atemu were laughing.
"She was covered in the stuff?" Atemu asked.
Yami nodded. "The teacher gave her detention for a week. Anzu was embarrassed, and the fact that everyone in the room was laughing at her didn't help matters." Yami said. He was worried because had just seen Yugi and the others sit down.
"I'd say that Anzu got exactly what she deserves." Bakura said.
"Yeah. She's a pain in everyone's ass. At least she finally got what she deserved after all the stuff she did to try and get you." Atemu said.
Marik's eyes darkened. "The copycats are here." Marik said.
The other three looked and saw them.
"Let's teach them that lesson." Bakura said.
"Guys, don't. They're not doing anything to us, so leave them alone." Yami said.
"Yami, you can't tell me that you're not upset about the fact that they stole your look." Seto said.
"I don't care about that. Seiji is going to have your heads for this." Yami said.
"Like we care." Bakura said.
"If you do this, Seiji might not let you go to the Hikari and Aibou concert." Yami said.
The four looked at each other.
"You know, he may be right." Atemu said.
"I wouldn't want to be kept from seeing the concert because of them." Marik agreed.
"What should we do?" Seto asked.
"I guess we leave them alone and only fight with them if they start everything." Atemu said.
'Thank goodness. I avoided that one.' Yami thought.
"Come on. Let's go and kick their asses." Jou said.
"Yeah. They need to be taught not to call us copycats or anything like it." Ryou agreed.
"Guys, they're not doing anything to us, so let it go." Yugi said.
"No. They aren't going to get away with how they acted." Malik said.
"Sorry, Brother, but I have to agree with them." Heba said.
The four stood up.
Yugi covered his eyes. 'I am so screwed.' Yugi thought.
Yami, Atemu, Marik, Bakura, and Seto were just sitting there when Heba, Jou, Malik, and Ryou walked up.
"What the hell do you want?" Seto spat.
"No one calls us what you did and gets away with it." Jou said.
"We'll call you whatever we damn well please. You should have never copied our look." Bakura said as they stood up.
"Well, maybe you need to get your head out of your asses and realize that the world doesn't revolve around you." Malik growled.
"Listen, knock off. We've been going to this school since our freshmen year, and you show up having our look. You copied us." Marik said.
"How could we copy you when we never met you before? We had never even been to Domino before Monday, and we haven't changed our look in years." Heba said.
"Yeah, and people also lie." Atemu snapped.
"How do we know you're not the ones who are the knock offs?" Ryou asked.
"Don't even start!" Bakura growled.
Yami looked at Yugi, and Yugi looked at Yami. Both knew that a fight was coming, and there was nothing that they could do to stop it.
"It sounds to me like you guys are a bunch of insecure guys who couldn't get a girlfriend to save their lives." Malik said.
"One, we don't like girls. Two, we don't need your opinion." Marik spat.
"Well, you couldn't get a boyfriend then. For that matter, no guy would waste their time on you." Malik said.
"We don't have to out up with this! We're the popular kids here, and you're the new kids!" Bakura said.
"Please popularity doesn't mean a damn thing. Half the people want to be around you only want to be known as popular, too. They don't like you for who you are." Jou said.
"I bet you don't have a lot of people around you then, mutt." Seto said.
"At least I know they like me instead of my looks. Then again, you probably don't want anyone to like, which is why you will die miserable and alone." Jou said.
"Guys, stop this." Yugi said.
"He's right. There's no need." Yami said.
"I think that there is." Atemu said.
Before Yami could try and stop him, Bakura had taken a swing at Jou.
Jou stumbled back before he glared. "Oh, it's on now." Jou said.
Atemu threw a punch, but Heba grabbed his wrist before he turned and kicked Atemu in the chest. Atemu stumbled back and then punched again, connecting with Heba's jaw.
Jou punched Seto in the jaw who in turn kicked Jou in the stomach.
Marik tried to kick Malik, but Malik ducked and tripped Marik. Marik got up and punched Malik in the jaw at the same time Malik punched Marik in the jaw.
Bakura kicked out at Ryou, but Ryou turned out of the way and then punched Bakura in the face. Bakura then reared back and punched Ryou in the nose.
A group of kids had gathered around them and started chanting, "Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Yugi and Yami looked at each other helplessly.
"I'm sorry, Yami. I couldn't stop them from coming over." Yugi said.
"It doesn't matter. Atemu and the others were inching for a fight with them anyway." Yami said.
Atemu punched at Heba, but Heba ducked and grabbed Atemu's wrist, flipping him over his shoulder. Atemu crashed into the ground.
Seto tried to punch Jou in the face, but Jou grabbed his wrist and kneed Seto in the stomach. Seto went down to his knees.
Marik tried to kick Malik, but Malik caught Marik's foot and twisted his leg, causing Marik to flip and land on his stomach.
Bakura tried to grab Ryou, but Ryou turned out of the way and punched Bakura in the face before eh turned and kicked Bakura in the stomach.
A few teachers ran up to them then.
"All eight of you, stop now!" the teacher yelled.
The eight were forced apart.
"Who started this?" one of them asked.
"They did." Atemu, Marik, Bakura, Seto, Jou, Ryou, Malik, and Heba said as the groups pointed at each other.
"All right. All of you are going to the principal's office." a different teacher said.
The eight were led away.
The group of students slowly spread out.
Yami and Yugi were soon left alone.
"Well, Seiji isn't going to be happy when he hears what they've done this time." Yami said.
"Touma's not going to like this, either." Yugi said.
"It's their own fault. I told them not to fight." Yami said.
"Well, we can't control what they do." Yugi said.
"What do you think will happen now?" Yami asked.
"I'm sure that they'll get detention." Yugi said.
"I'm sure of that, too." Yami said.
The two headed inside as lunch ended.
Atemu, Bakura, Marik, and Seto walked out of the school building with Yami.
"You know Seiji's going to kill you." Yami said.
"It was worth it." Bakura said.
"Bakura, you guys got your butts kicked. Those four would have pulverized you if the teachers hadn't shown up." Yami said.
"Well, I doesn't matter. Let's just go." Atemu said.
"ATEMU! SETO! MARIK1 BAKURA!"
All four cringed when they heard the shout they turned and saw Seiji storm up to them.
"What the hell are you doing?! Why did a get a call from the school saying you were in a fight?" Seiji demanded. When Seiji cussed, it meant he was pissed off.
"Well, you see-" Atemu started.
"Was it with those new kids Yami told me about?" Seiji asked.
When no one answered, Seiji looked at Yami, who nodded.
"When we get home-" Seiji started.
"What the hell were you thinking?! You know that you shouldn't fight!" a voice shouted.
Seiji tensed. He knew that voice it was a voice that he didn't think he would ever hear again. He turned and saw Touma yelling at Heba, Malik, Ryou, and Jou.
"Seiji, are you all right?" Atemu asked.
"Honestly! I expect this kind of behavior from Jou and Malik, but you two know better. Heba. Ryou. You two never get in trouble." Touma said.
"Well, we-" Heba started.
"No excuse is good enough to excuse fighting in school." Touma said.
"Touma Hashiba." Seiji said.
Touma turned and his eyes narrowed. "Seiji Date." Touma said.
"You two know each other?" Yami asked.
"We went to high school and college together." Touma said.
"So, you were friends?" Yugi asked.
"Used to be." Touma said.
Only Seiji could see the hidden anger and pain.
"I didn't think we'd see each other again." Seiji said.
"Doesn't matter. I think that they were fighting each other.' Touma said.
"And I'd like to know why." Seiji said.
"Well, they shouldn't have started accusing us of stealing their look." Jou said.
"You should have stayed where you were." Seto shot back.
"Enough! We'll discuss this at home!" Touma said, glaring at Heba, Malik, Ryou, and Jou.
"That goes for all of you, too." Seiji said, his piercing gaze on Atemu, Marik, Bakura, and Seto.
"Papa."
Touma turned to look at Jun.
"What's going on?" Jun asked.
Seiji's eyes widened at the child. 'That must be-' Seiji thought.
"Jun, we're leaving. When we get home, you're in so much trouble." Touma said before taking Jun by the hand and leading him away.
Yugi and the others headed for their car.
"You all go home. You are in so much trouble." Seiji said before heading to his own car.
Yami and the others went to their car.
Seiji stood in front of the table where Atemu, Bakura, Marik, and Seto were sitting. "Who started it?" Seiji asked.
"They did. They should have stayed wherever they lived before." Bakura muttered.
Seiji groaned. He turned to Yami and said, "Who started the fight today?"
"Well, the others started the argument, but Bakura threw the first punch." Yami said.
Seiji turned back. "I get the feeling that you were itching for a fight as it is." Seiji said.
They were silent.
"You're grounded for a month, and you're not going to the concert." Seiji said.
"What?!" the four exclaimed.
Yami sighed. "Seiji, maybe they should go. It may be the only chance we get to see them in concert." Yami said.
"After this, I should let them go?" Seiji asked.
"It would be the only thing they did in the time they were grounded. Besides, you did spend a lot of money on the backstage passes, and that's a lot of money to just throw away." Yami said.
Seiji sighed. "Fine. You can go to the concert, but after that, you're going to be under house arrest other than being at school." Seiji said.
"Fine." the four said.
"Go on upstairs." Seiji said.
The four headed on up.
Seiji started out.
"Seiji." Yami said.
Seiji stopped and turned to face Yami.
"How did you know that guy?" Yami asked.
"We went to school together." Seiji said.
"There's more to it, though." Yami said
"It's history, so it doesn't matter now." Seiji said before walking off.
'What was their connection? I wonder if they dated, and it ended badly.' Yami wondered silently.
"Who started it?" Touma asked.
Jou, Malik, Ryou, and Heba were sitting on the couch facing Touma, who had his arms crossed over his chest. Yugi was in the chair.
"They started it when they started with the copycat stuff." Jou said.
"Today. Who started everything today?" Touma said angrily.
No one answered.
Touma turned to Yugi and said, "Who started it?"
"Which one? The argument or the actually fight?" Yugi asked.
"Both." Touma said.
"Well, they started the argument, but the others started the actual fight." Yugi said.
Touma turned back. "You were inviting a fight. After that concert Friday, you four are grounded for a month." Touma said.
"A month?!" all of them exclaimed.
"Would you like to go for two?" Touma asked.
They were all silent.
"Go to your rooms now." Touma ordered.
The four headed upstairs.
Touma started out.
"Touma, how did you know him?" Yugi asked.
"As I said, Seiji and I knew each other in high school and college." Touma said.
"Tou, is he Jun's father?" Yugi asked.
"Yes." Touma said before leaving the room.
Hope that you liked it. Sorry if the fight was lame, but I wanted add more tension between them. You'll learn more about Seiji and Touma's past later. Also, Jun was an mpreg where Touma carried him.
Next: The concert.
R&R.
