sorry this took so long to get up, I had some major writers block going on and I couldn't figure out what to put next! It drove me nuts!
In any case I'll really try to get the next one up soon!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh, if I did i wouldn't have left the series with Yami leaving like that!
Yami held his breath as yugi completed the third spin to come to land on his left foot with ease, right foot in the air, and perfect balance. Yami managed to yank his arm back, for Tea was stunned that yugi did that with an injured ankle, so he could meet yugi and grab onto his arm to get the weight off his injured ankle. Mark, who was standing there wide eyed and jaw slightly slack, managed to say
"Well it looks like we found yami his partner." He then turned to tea and jerked his thumb over his shoulder and said "well what are you waiting for an invitation, get you ass off the ring!" tea looked at yami and yugi with a glare as she skated off the ring muttering
"I will get you yugi, and yami will be MY partner NO one else's I swear it" and she disappeared into the locker rooms.
Mark watching Tea make her exit, turned to yugi "all right son, we will give you a new name now that your on the teem."
"Uh, sr. would you mind I just keep my name I'm not very popular and I wouldn't like another name, please." He pulled his puppy dog eyes, and yami nearly laughed at the cute face, then mentally smacked him self for obvious reasons. (The cute comment if you didn't get my drift)
Mark rubbed his chin "what name do you go by here?"
"Hebba" he answered simply
"Then why did you give the name 'Yugi' when you signed on?"
Yugi blushed "its my middle name, its 'Hebba Yugi Muto' and I didn't want any one recognizing my name right away, its quite embarrassing really I ran a way and I don't want any one to find me just yet."
Yami raised an eyebrow, and Mark grinned evilly "ok then you can use the name yugi, doesn't matter that much to me." He turned and yelled in seemingly random direction
"BAKURA! GET YOUR ASS IN HERE NOW!" as soon as it came out of his mouth a spiky white hared teen skated quickly onto the ice.
"Yes sr.?" he asked in a gruff low voice as he slid to a stop, Mark glared at him before answering
"One you can cut the shit, two you can sign up yugi here to be yami's partner in the tryouts for the Olympics skaters in three weeks." Yugi's eyes went wide
"Three weeks!" Mark nodded,You got a problem with it deal, once you're in there's no going back. Yami sighed shaking his head.
'Three weeks' he thought as he shook his head
"Then," Mark continued ignoring the shocked faces around him, "you can give yugi here the forms to sign so he can start." He then turns to yami and yugi "I want you two on the ice in five days time practicing the routine and I want it down pat by next Wed. you hear." (Today's Monday incase you were wondering, little over two weeks to get every thing down)
"Yes sir." yami mumbled, to get a smack to the face from Mark knocking him off his feet and onto the ice from the force of the impact.
"What was that boy?" Mark snapped
"Yes sir!" Yami replied louder rubbing his jaw. Mark nodded
"I thought that's what you said," Mark said with a satisfied look on his face, "because you know what will happen if you said any thing different don't you." Yami got a scared look on his face and he nodded very quickly, making Marks grin that much bigger. Mark then turned around and started skating towards the wall then looked towards Bakura "Well what are you waiting for go get dam sheets for the rookie!" Bakura not looking the least bit frightened, turned and calmly skated towards the place where he hopped over the wall to get on the ice.
Yugi stood there slightly shocked at the events that just took place, he knew from reports that Mark was hard on his skater and crew but what he just witnessed just now and back at the hotel, leaned more toward abuse then just hard punishment. Yugi moved closer to Yami to give him a hand up when Yami ignored his hand and got up on his own power.
"Yugi now that your officially part of the group there are some rules that you need to know. One never ever get on Mark's bad side, because he will make you life a living hell and you will still need to stay with the rest of the group and still do your best with any injuries that you may have acquired from his 'punishments'. Trust me when I say its hard enough to keep up with him when your fully healthy and nothing wrong with you. Two follow his orders to the letter and if you have time do some more, because the better you do the more food you get for dinner. The more mistake's you make or the worse his mood for the day the more you hurt and the less food you get for the day. Three Mark sets times for practice and he only say's them once, and if you ask him again for the times, you get a night in the 'punishment room' and he still doesn't tell you until you have 30 sec to get ready and enough time to get there, and your still jumping right into practice with out any warm up. But with every one here just taking one car all you have to do is ask one of us when he's not around. Four when he gives you a punishment you take it with out complaint or, trust me when I say, you will regret it. Ok? Any questions? If you do now is the time to ask them."
Yugi shook his head "nope, you have answered any that I can think up as of right now; it sounds pretty basic to me."
"Trust me kid it's far from basic." said Bakura as he skated over to them with a small stack of papers, and Marlik trailing just behind him with a medical kit. Bakura handed Yugi the stack and a pen, "here are your papers I suggest read them carefully before you sign on a line, or you will be up to your nose in something you don't want to do and cant get out of. Wile you're reading that Marlik here is going to check out your ankle, with your permission of course. He is a certified Paramedic, so if you need any thing looked at go to him, because he will know what to look for." Yugi nodded in agreement. Marlik took his queue and skated over to him, sat on the ice and started cleaning up Yugis ankel.
Yugi raised an eyebrow, "Why don't we go sit down at one of the tables in the lounge? It will give me a place to sit down and look at these and make Marlik's job easer." Yami shook his head
"You can't leave the ice with out signing the form's, its another of Marks rules if you leave the ice with out signing the forms you aren't on the team." Yugi's eyebrow got a little higher
"Strict much" he mumbled returning his gaze to the papers in his hand, making Yami and Marlik grin, and Bakura let out a snort of muffled laughter. After reading threw the content of the contract, yugi was shocked, it was basically saying that if you signed the contract Mark gets control of every thing in your life, where you go, when you get up, and there's even a slight mention of a tracker that will be locked on your person so he will know where you are at all times.
"Dang control freak much?" he muttered under his breath as he finished, he glances up to see red faced Bakura chasing Yami around the ring with a broom, with Yami laughing his head off. Marilk just finished with his ankle when Yami zoomed by, chased closely by Bakura who dropped a cloth sack over Marlik's head as he zoomed by, with a sigh Marlik took off after Bakura and Yami. Using the slight distraction, Yugi pulled his cell out and took a picture of each of the pages, before signing it and dropping it on the railing of the ring. Yami smiled at him as he went by and motioned for him to join the fun, which Yugi did.
Side by side they skated, Yami explaining a couple of the easer moves that wouldn't be to hard on Yugis ankle as they moved, and dodged the swinging brooms that Bakura and now Marlik welded. Bakura then did an unexpected turn around a corner and ended up in front of the two and swung his broom. Three things then happened at the same time, as Bakura swung his broom about waist high to catch the two and knock them off there feet, Yami did a front flip over the handle landed and kept going as Yugi leaned backwards and slid right underneath, the handle just missing his chin. Yami slid to a stop staring at Yugi who was now upright and rubbing his ankle with a look of discomfort on his face.
"You ok?" yami asked as Bakura and Marlik slid to a stop next to them. Yugi nodded
"Yea I'm fine just the move I just did pulled at my wound a little that's all." Yugi just straitened up when the group heard clapping. Turning they saw Mark standing there clapping half-heartedly, as he quit he moved closer to the small group.
"Very nice performance you two, see Yami you do have it in you, so now we will add your little flip to our skating performance, lets see how about four in a row from both of you since yugi was so kind to sign these for me." He waved the contract as Yami just looked at him with shock. "So now then," Mark continued, "Shall we give Yugi the house warming gift first, or shall I show him how its done around here first." He pretended to think about it, before coming to a conclusion and grinned evilly. "I think ill give him his welcome gift, Yugi come with me, the rest of you back to the hotel we will meat you there." After casting a worried glance at Yugi; Yami, Bakura, and Marlik took off for the edge of the ring and disappeared from sight.
As soon as they were gone Mark walked for the opposite side of the ring that the three had exited from, Yugi followed cautiously after. But as soon as he cleared the bleachers something hit him accost the temple hard and his world faded to black.
Yes i know I'm bad with the cliffies. XD
But that's one of the things that make writing so much fun! ;D
review please!
(PS: If you have ideas for what should happen next I'm up for options!)