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40. Role Reversal

Jounouchi Katsuya had always thought Yami Yuugi was a fairly normal guy. Well, of course he was cooler than most and had some of the strangest hair, not to mention those eyes, anyone had ever seen, but that aside all in all a pretty everyday guy. From the day they'd started their great friendship he had felt so and still did. Or had.

Right up until about thirty seconds ago.

Jounouchi Katsuya blinked once. Then twice. Then he stuck out his tongue in concentration while he jammed his pinky fingers in each of his ears and twisting them roughly to dislodge any possible wax. When he was done with that he shook his head side to side and slapped his palms twice against each ear to get rid of anything still stuck inside. And then, finally satisfied, he looked back to his ever increasingly irritated friend and asked, "Sorry Yami, what was that?"

With pink high in his pale cheeks the shorter teen answered with a tensed jaw. "I. Said. Jounouchi. There's. A. Spirit. Haunting. Me."

Once again Jounouchi shook his head and stared blankly at his best friend. "Sorry, what?"

The bright pink flushed to a dark, angry red. "Jounouchi!" Yami cried, with fists clenched in what was most certainly both humiliation and rage.

For a moment Jounouchi prepared himself to raise his hands to block the possible oncoming blow from his haughty, volatile friend, but with some surprise he watched as the slighter young man took several deep breaths before releasing his fists and dropping his hands to his side before continuing. "Like I said Jounouchi, there's been a spirit following me for some time now. He comes from this." He pointed down at the large pyramid pendant he held in one hand from the chain it hung from about his neck.

"The weird puzzle thing your grandpa gave you?" Jounouchi scratched his head bemusedly as he asked.

Yami nodded with a hum of agreement.

"So, what, is it like an evil spirit or something?" The blond teen raised his hands like a 'ghost', making 'oooh' sounds before abruptly letting out a pitiful whimper. "Yami, that's so creepy! You're freaking me out!"

Yami rolled his eyes and snorted. "No. He's nothing like that. He's...nice." He glanced away.

"Oi, but how can you know for sure Yami?" Jounouchi frowned in thought, arms crossed against his chest. "I mean, he could be like one of those spirits from those movies, right? He could, like, turn evil and possess you and then kill everyone!"

Yami raised one disbelieving eyebrow as the rest of his cool visage turned to utter stone. "I think you've been watching too many horror movies Jounouchi." Then a wickedly impish light came into his eyes and he smirked as he cast a teasing gaze over his shoulder. "Besides, I doubt he could do any harm to anyone. He's more likely to get possessed than possess anybody."

Jounouchi watched with curiosity, and some concern, as Yami winced suddenly and uttered, "Sorry, sorry aibou," looking back over his shoulder to some unseen thing.

Jounouchi's mouth opened and hung like that for a minute. There were so many questions to ask. Especially as Yami now seemed to be in a full, whispered, conversation with this 'aibou', which had come to include lots of lighthearted chuckles and disturbingly tender looks from his friend- even more so when it looked like he was directing them at a wall.

"Sorry aibou, but it's just too much fun when you blush so easily." Yami laughed with another look at the wall.

Jounouchi snapped his mouth shut and shook his head. There were some things he was better off not knowing.

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