The next morning after school
"*Yawns* Hey, Yuugi! Where should we go on the way home?" Jounouchi asked. I was sitting on the desk next to his with my backpack on. "Okay, well I've heard that there's a new restaurant in town, let's go to it!"
Yuugi suggested. "It's called 'Burger World'!" I smiled and stood up. "Alright! Then let's go!" I said as I fist pumped the air. "Wait a minute guys!" I turned my head to see Honda. "Oh, the one who failed to become first-
year student president and instead became a janitor, Honda!" Jounouchi teased and I laughed. "Not 'Janitor'! It's 'Beautification Club'! And you know it's against school rules to stop on the way home!" Honda said. I
sighed in annoyance as another girl went up to us. "I want to check out Burger World!" She said and Honda smiled at her. "Let's go!" He instantly said and I leaned over to Yuugi.
"Who's that?" I asked him and he sweat dropped. "That's Miho, she's Anzu's friend and Honda's crush." He said. I sweat dropped as well after he said that. 'That explains a lot.' "Hold on everyone! Did you say 'Burger
World'?" Anzu asked, I rolled my eyes. "Na, we said 'The place of rainbows and sunshine'!" I said sarcastically. Jounouchi and Yuugi laughed and I giggled. "Don't joke! I've heard that the food was terrible, and that
people became sick on the opening day!" Anzu said. "You definitely shouldn't go! A-Anyways, didn't our teacher say a villain broke out of prison?" Anzu said, breaking out of her rant. 'What's up with her?' Miho and
Jounouchi were talking about the villain as Anzu walked out of the class.
"Has anybody notice that Anzu has been acting weird lately?" Jounouchi asked. "Yeah, she seems to be hiding something." I said. "But we shouldn't bother too much with it." I laid my head down on my desk. "Could it
be...that Anzu is dating for pay?" Jounouchi said and I gained an irk mark. "No! Anzu isn't that kind of person!" Yuugi said in her defence. I walked up to Jounouchi and punched him over his head. "I'm REALLY not in
the mood for your bullcrap, Jounouchi!" I said angrily. "Anzu wouldn't do that, and if she did, we'd know about it by now." Jounouchi rubbed his head and I sighed. "I'll follow her if you want." Miho volunteered and I
smiled. "Okay, thanks Miho." I said as I walked out of the classroom. "Kaida! Wait for me!" Yuugi said as he followed me. "Is there something wrong?" He asked worriedly and I shook my head. "No...I'm just having one
of my moments." I said as we walked home.
The next day after school
"-Also, it's so hard that I can't beat the first level! You guys should try it!" Jounouchi said as he was explaining about a new video game he got. "Okay!" "Sure!" "Sounds fun!" We all chanted. "Miho!" Anzu said in a
warning tone. I looked at her confused as Miho said she couldn't play with us, and walked out of the classroom with Anzu. "Ah, so Miho has become her fellow 'Date for Hire'." Jounouchi said as I facepalmed. 'Why is he
still assuming this?' "J-Jounouchi! You bastard! Miho wouldn't do that!" Honda said and followed them. "Oh goodie! Another friend down the drain!" I said sarcastically.
The next day after school (Again)
"-Sorry guys, but I'm a bit busy today." Honda said as he walked with both Anzu and Miho. "Alright, are you NOW going to say Honda is doing the same thing as Anzu and Miho?" I questioned Jounouchi. "Nah, nobody
would want to pay for Honda." He said and I snorted with laughter. "Jounouchi! Don't be rude!" Yuugi said defensively. "And can't you take this seriously? Those three are acting very strange!" I chuckled and threw an
arm around Yuugi. "You mean, stranger than usual? 'Cause I don't think that's possible!" I said and Jounouchi laughed at my comment. "But since they're our friends, let's go follow them."
Yuugi, Jounouchi, and I followed them until we were at 'Burger World'. "Why would they be here? Anzu told us just a few days ago that they had terrible food. Was she lying?" I asked myself and didn't realize that I was
talking out loud. The doors to the restaurant opened and revealed Honda, Miho, and Anzu wearing green uniforms. "Hello! And welcome to Burger World-" They said until they saw who they were talking to. They turned
away quickly to hid their faces. "Hey, Uh. What are you guys doing here?" Jounouchi asked.
"W-What are you saying?! L-Look it's a part-time job so we sweat BEAUTIFULLY at work!" Honda said and I rolled my eyes. "Suuuuure, you totally didn't just walk into this, especially since Miho was doing this too." I
said sarcastically. "You know working part-time is against school rules, right?" Jounouchi said. "Miho wants sooo many things!" Miho complained and we sweatdropped. 'Then earn it by doing chores or something.' We
went inside of the restaurant and sat down at a booth. "H-Hey guys? I think coming here embarrassed them, Anzu seems mad." Yuugi pointed out. "Serves her right for keeping a secret from us!" Jounouchi commented.
"Honestly, she could've at least explained it to us." I said as Anzu placed down our tray of food. "Thanks for waiting." She said in an evil tone. "Let me put plenty of ketchup on your burgers!" She squeezed the ketchup
bottle and wrote down, 'I won't forgive you if you blab!' on our tray of burgers. "Hey, Anzu!" Jounouchi started. "Now that you know about this job, I won't keep this hidden anymore." Anzu interrupted him. "I'm saving
money, when I graduate, I'm going to America. I'm going to study dance in New York! It's my dream! And you better not laugh!" She said as she pointed at us and smiled.
'Yeah, and you can keep dreaming unless you can actually dance.' "We won't laugh! Right guys?" Yuugi said and I nodded. "Yeah, relax Anzu, we won't blab! Because if I do, I'll buy you 10,000 of these burgers!" He
said and I giggled. "If you can actually BUY that many!" I commented. "But how can you sell hamburgers with nothing but ketchup?" Jounouchi asked. "Relax, it's on me!" Anzu said as she walked away. I took one of
the burgers from the tray and began eating it. "Hey Kaida, I've noticed something...different about you." Jounouchi said as he took a bite of his burger.
"Hm? And what would that be?" I asked as I took another bite of my burger. "Well, you seem to have...sharp teeth." Jounouchi said. Yuugi then looked over to me. "Kaida? Is that true?" Yuugi asked. The two were
staring at me curiously. "So what if I do, it's nothing to worry about." I said and pricked my finger on one of my sharp fangs. "It's just a rare gene that runs in my family." I looked at my finger and wiped the blood off
with a napkin. "Woah, so are you like a vampire or something?" Jounouchi asked. Yuugi sweatdropped and so did I.
"Not...really." I said. "Hey guys, look!" Jounouchi said suddenly. We turned our heads to see a serious looking guy talking to the manager of 'Burger World'. "Looks like something's going down over there!" We quietly
walked from our seats to behind a wall. "-No way! Escaped conv-" Miho started but was stopped by Anzu covering her mouth. "So you're saying the convict might be in this restaurant?" The manager asked. 'Wait, could
it be the guy that escaped from jail that everybody's been talking about?'
"Hm, what does the culprit look like?" The manager asked. The guy pulled a picture out of his coat and showed it to us. "So he's a detective?! Damn, then this must be serious!' We all peered from behind the wall to
search for the guy we saw in the photo. "Well, it seems like he's not here." Jounouchi pointed out as nobody looked like the man in the picture. "He's a master of disguise, so it's rare to see him out of disguise." The
detective informed us.
"Then why don't we just check everyone of them?" Jounouchi suggested. "No, that would be bad. He has a gun it seems." The detective said. 'Well that's just great!' "Does the criminal have any other characteristics?"
The manager asked. "3 days ago, when stealing the jewels, it seems he had a struggle with the guard. The guard was able to hit the fleeing culprit in the right calf with his baton. Which MIGHT have left a mark." The
detective said. "If so, then let's use that." Anzu said and pointed to a basket full of toy cars.
'Why are there toy cars in a restaurant?! Of all the things that make no sense, this takes the cake!' Anzu purposely tipped the basket over, causing the cars to fall and run all over the restaurant. Jounouchi, Honda, and
Anzu then 'searched' under tables for the cars. Miho, Yuugi, and I just stood there, watching them. "My heart is pounding!" Miho stated. 'Why? You're not the one searching for the criminal!' "They're so...brave." Yuugi
said in awe. "Excuse me sir, please don't put your legs on the table." Anzu said to a big guy with a cigar in his mouth. She pulled up his pants to search for the mark.
"What are you doing you bitch?!" The man said angrily as he sat up. "Sorry sir, we have a situation." The manager tried to explain. "Don't give me that crap! Messing with a man's resting time, what were you
thinking?!" The guy complained. The detective walked up to him and showed him his police badge. "Huh? Police?" The guy said, confused. "Excuse me, everyone. It's possible that an escaped convict is in this restaurant.
We have to check your legs, the culprit SHOULD have a bruise on his calf where a guard hit him." The detective explained.
"Sounds interesting." Said a guy wearing sunglasses. "Detective, is there no other clue about the culprit?" Honda asked. The detective looked through his notebook. "Yeah, in prison, he was once admitted into the
hospital for having an allergic reaction to eating eggs." He said. "Well, good thing I'M not allergic to eggs, because the buns in this place have eggs in them." I said and looked over at Anzu. "Right?" I asked as I tried to
push her into saying what I needed her to.
"That's right, if the culprits here, we'll know right away because our buns have plenty of eggs in them!" Anzu said. "What?! There's egg in this hamburger?! Euh, now that I think about it, my body feels...euh, weak."
Said the guy in sunglasses. 'That must be him, ha! I knew that it would work!' I fist bumped Anzu at the same time she was going to do the same thing. "Nice going, Kaida." She whispered to me. "Couldn't have done it
without you backing me up." I replied.
The detective walked over to the culprit. "What's wrong? You don't look well." He stated. "Shut up! Move!" The criminal said as he tried to run away. The detective had grabbed the culprit, taking off his disguise. "Sasaki
Testuo, you're under arrest!" The detective said as he pinned Tetsuo's arms behind him. "Please call an ambulance! Hurry and call and ambulance, I'm extremely allergic to eggs!" Tetsuo pleaded. I tried to contain my
laughter as Anzu smirked. 'Oh my god, he actually believed us!'
"Fool, it was a lie." Anzu said cockily. "What?!" Tetsuo exclaimed. "Our hamburger buns are 100% wheat flour." Anzu said. "Isn't that right, Kaida?" I giggled. "I can't believe you actually fell for that!" I said as I started
to laugh hysterically. Tetsuo pounced onto the manager and took the detective with him. The manager's pants slid up and revealed the bruise that was supposedly given to the culprit. 'Wait, if he has the bruise, that
must mean...' "It's this man!" Tetsuo said as he was pulled off of the manager by the detective.
Sasaki had ripped a piece of the manager's shirt off, revealing a spider tattoo on his back. "T-This tattoo! It's the yellow spider, Jiro!" Tetsuo said in surprise. 'Jiro' quickly snatched the gun that was around Testou's
waist. Jiro covered Anzu's mouth as he grabbed her. He then pulled me towards him and pointed the gun at my head. "If you come any closer, this bitch is dead!" He said digging the gun into my head. "I see...you
framed Testou so that you wouldn't have to pay for the crimes YOU did, resulting to you having a free life and Testou behind bars." I said in conclusion to the situation.
"Pretty smart for little girl." Jiro commented and I gained an irk mark. 'I'm a freakin' 15 year old girl! How the hell does he NOT notice that!?' I looked at my size compared to Yuugi's and noticed I was only a head taller.
'Oh, now I get it.' "You're the yellow spider Jiro?!" The detective said, surprised. "Yeah, I had my face surgically altered and blended into this town." Jiro said. "I worked on scene like a good little ant...Testuo, the master
of disguise! Ha! I never thought you would come to this restaurant! Even with your facade, I could tell what places you were going to rob!"
'Will he ever stop talking?!' "That's right, the one who stole the jewels was me!" 'Then he replaced the jewels to fool Testuo!' "Everybody, get down." He ordered, and soon enough, everyone was crouching on the floor.
Jiro then took off the ribbon Anzu was wearing and wrapped it around her eyes. He still kept the gun pointed to me, in case I tried to run away. "Humans, when they lose their sight, they become so scared that they
can't even scream." Jiro said as he pushed me forward with his gun.
"Let's go!" He ordered me to follow him. He sat down at one of the table booths and held me close to him, as Anzu sat next to me. "Alright, someone's going to bring me what I demand! You, the gutless looking child,
you do it." He ordered as he looked at Yuugi. 'No! Anyone but Yuugi!' I tried to squirm out of his grip but he firmly held onto me. "Hm, what's the matter? Is he your friend?" Jiro asked, amused at my behavior. I stared
at Yuugi as he was walking towards Jiro.
"The rest of you, stay on the ground and keep your heads down." He said as Jounouchi looked up at us. "Anyone that moves, catches a bullet." He shot his gun at the ceiling to add to the tension. "First, bring me some
alcohol and tobacco. I had quit drinking and smoking like a good boy, however now, I feel like it's perfect for a worthy occasion." He said as Yuugi walked out of the room to bring Jiro what he wanted. Yuugi soon came
back with the stuff and Anzu stood up. "Yuugi! Stay away!" She shouted. "Shut up, bitch!" He yelled and attempted to slap Anzu. I caught his hand before he could do so and he looked angry.
"Why I oughta!" He grabbed me by my neck and held me to his eye level. "Don't you DARE try to be the hero!" He said and proceeded to choke me. "Kaida!" Anzu and Yuugi yelled in concern. I had finally been able to
release myself from Jiro's grasp by biting his wrist, hard. "AAAAAAGH! That hurt!" He said as he held his wrist. I jumped over Anzu to get to Yuugi, who had transformed into Yami. "You wanna play around with her life?
Hehe...fine, in return though, I get to play with yours." I heard Yami mutter as he placed the bottle of alcohol down in front of Jiro.
"I brought this, just as you wished." Yami said as he sat down on the opposite side of Jiro. "Hey, who said you could sit there?!" Jiro said, angrily. I stood beside Yami with my arms crossed. "Oh, I just thought you'd
want a gaming partner. It's gametime!" Yami said as he pointed at Jiro. "Oh a game huh...I guess I could be interested for a bit." Jiro said as he put a cigarette in his mouth. "However, it will be no ordinary game, it's
the game of darkness." Yami said. "A game where your life is at stake." He paused as he waited for Jiro's answer.
"Sounds like fun, what are the rules?" He asked and I smirked. 'Wonder what Yami has planned this time?' I felt the tension in the air thicken. "Kaida, would you like to join in on our little game?" Yami asked. I sat down
next to him and gave him a thumbs up. "Sure, I'm kinda bored too, a little excitement wouldn't hurt. Us, that is." I said as I looked over at Jiro. 'He's SOOO screwed.' Yami held out his hands. "The rule, just one. And
that is: Out of these ten fingers, all must not move except for the one you choose. Us three will choose our finger, and use it to kill anyone we please." Yami said, looking over at me.
'So he wants to gang up on Jiro, what a clever idea.' I nodded to Yami and glared at Jiro. "So...which finger do you choose?" Yami asked Jiro. "If that's the case, then of course I'll use this finger." Jiro said, pointing with
his first finger. "The finger used to pull the trigger on a gun." I narrowed my eyes at the gun. 'If he shoots, then it's all over! I must choose a finger that will catch him off-guard, but have an affect on him.' "Okay,
Kaida. What finger do you pick?" Yami asked me. "I'll use the pinky finger, the finger that seems small, but has an effect on the whole hand." I said, pointing with my pinky.
"Bwahaha! What could you do with one, weak little finger?!" Jiro said as he laughed in amusement. "Laugh it up, please do. I would make it more entertaining when you lose this game." I said as I smirked at Yami.
"Then I'll choose my thumb." Yami said. Jiro started to pour the alcohol into his glass as he smirked. "After the game starts, you can do as you like, even pull the trigger. So, let's go!" Yami said as he looked over to
me. "Game start!" I passed Yami the lighter that I stole from Jiro.
"And it's game over!" Jiro said as he pointed the gun right at Yami. Yami flipped off the top of the lighter and used his thumb to ignite it. "Oh, that's right, you haven't lit my cigarette yet." Jiro said in realization. Yami
slowly moved the lighter towards Jiro's cigar and lit it. Jiro inhaled the toxins of the cigarette as Yami held the lighter over his hand. "This lighter...you can have it back." Yami said as he dropped it onto Jiro's hand. "I'll
leave it there." The lighter was balanced on the hand that was pouring the alcohol into the now, overflowing glass.
'If that lighter fell...then Jiro would be burnt to a crisp!' "That alcohol is Russian Senowolf, 90% pure alcohol." Yami said. Jiro started panicking but he didn't move. "By the way, if you break the rules, you'll be cooked
either way." I said as I stood up. "I would like to see you fire your gun, the recoil WOULD drop the lighter." Yami said. He looked at me and nodded towards Anzu. "C'mon Anzu, let's go." I said as I helped her up and
out of her seat. I sat her down on the floor and kept the blindfold on her.
"K-Kaida? W-Who's helping us?" Anzu asked and I patted her head. "A friend of mine, don't worry." I reassured her. "Now keep the blindfold on and stay put, things are going to get ugly." I walked back over to Yami to
see Jiro setting down his gun and closing the lighter. "I knew that you wouldn't be able to obey the rules." Yami said as the eye of Anubis appeared on his forehead. "The game of darkness reveals the true nature of
humans. For rulebreakers, it's destined to be a punishment game."
Jiro spat out his cigar and grabbed his gun. "I'm sending you to hell!" He yelled as he pulled the trigger of his gun. I quickly got in front of Yami, and lit my pinky finger on fire. That caused the bullet to melt as it
went through the flame. "What?! It melted?! But, how?!" Jiro was confused at what had happened and I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "You may call me short, you can hit me with a bullet, but NOBODY hurts
my friends and gets away with it!" I yelled at him and smirked.
I lit my pinky finger once more and set Jiro's shirt on fire. "AAAAAAUGH!" He screamed in agony as the flames on his shirt grew bigger and burned through his skin. "Oh, did I forget to mention that my flames burn
hotter than the sun?" I said as I extinguished the flames with a snap of my fingers. "So...how was the burning flames of hell?" I asked him, even though I knew he could be unconscious. "That's what I thought." I stood
beside Yami as he looked at me in amusement. "I didn't know you could do that." Yami commented.
I rolled my eyes and stepped over Jiro's body. "Y-You demon! W-What the hell are you!" Someone grabbed my leg and it turned out to be Jiro. "F-Flames! Fire all around me! The heat...I can't stand it!" I stared down at
Jiro and narrowed my eyes. "Would you like another trip to hell? Because I would be more than happy to show you something even more terrifying than satian himself!" I threatened him. Jiro let go of my leg with wide
eyes. "What DID you show him?" Yami asked as I now felt FEAR from him.
"Just the death of his loved ones burning in a fire, it wasn't my best but, it still worked." I replied casually. Jiro had once again stood up, and attempted to shoot Yami with his gun. "The door of darkness opens..." Yami
said as the eye of Anubis appeared on his head. Jiro pulled the trigger, only to be engulfed in flames once again. Only this time, it was just a illusion. Jiro had passed out by then.
Timeskip (After Jiro was captured)
"So you quit working here?" Yuugi asked, as he had already turned back into himself. "Yeah, because if I keep working, I won't have time to spend with you guys." Anzu said. I noticed that she seemed to be bothered
by something. 'Is it about Yami? Or the fact she was captured?' "Hey you're late!" Said a familiar voice. It was Jounouchi, he was waiting for us in front of a new restaurant that had opened. "Look! There's a new noodle
shop open, it's delicious!" Jounouchi said.
We all saw the doors open and Honda was with Miho, working. 'Really? And right after a escaped convict almost killed us?!' "Eah! You guys are still doing that?!" Jounouchi asked uncertainly. "B-But I want new clothes!"
Miho complained and my eye twitched. 'She is REALLY starting to annoy me!' "And I-I will fall as far as I need, as long as I'm with Miho!" Honda said. We all sighed and entered the restaurant. We all ordered a cup of
noodles to go and left after paying.
"Are you sure it was a good idea to leave Honda and Miho? I mean, they could get into some trouble." Yuugi said as we both walked home, eating our noodles. "Yes and no, Honda may be obsessed with Miho, but not to
the point of messing up the job." I said as I slurped down some noodles. "Besides...they know as well as we do, that if they got caught working, then they would be in BIG trouble. So in my opinion, if they're willing to
take the chance, then they know not to mess around."
We had made it to our homes and had said our farewells. I had entered the music shop and saw my grandpa working on a poster. "Oh, Kaida! Perfect timing, can you help me write the words on the poster? My
handwriting is too sloppy." Grandpa said. I nodded as I took a marker and wrote down 'Music Instruments! 50% Off on Fridays!' My grandpa then put up the poster on the window. "Ahh, there we are! Thanks again for
your help, Kaida." My grandpa praised me as he walked up the stairs that lead to the house part of the shop.
"Time to go to bed!" He said as he entered his room and closed the door behind him. 'Does he have to say that every time?' I went into my room and opened the window. I crawled out of it and sat on the roof. I looked
up at the sky to see an almost full moon. 'Tomorrow night, it will happen.' I sighed and rested my chin on my knees. "Will I be able to tell them? Or will I have to keep it a secret?" I asked myself aloud. 'The Night of the
Awakening will be interesting, that's for sure.'