A/N: Hello again to the people who are still keeping track of this. I'd first like to thank Aqua Girl 007 for her suggestions and review. Second, I apologize in advance for how slow it's going. It'll get better, I promise. Actually, I don't have anything else to say, really. So I guess we'll just get started right up with the story.
Disclaimer: For disclaimer look after the first A/N of Chapter 1.
"Zazunum! Are you deliberately trying to make us late?" Christina yelled at me from the doorway.
"Don't rush me!" I replied jokingly in an attempt to get her off my case and out of her grumpy mood. I walked out of my room with my backpack and grabbed my set of keys.
"We better not be late because of you." She said.
"Who do you think you're kidding? You don't give a crap if we're late for school."
"I think you care. You can't afford to be late to class again; you're gonna get detention. You'd be better off skipping school if you think you'll be late." I rolled my eyes and shrugged my shoulders.
"Like you'd actually let me get away with skipping."She chuckled at my response.
"Why would I?"
"Because you're my metaphorical sister and you love me?" She shook her head.
"What do you think this is? Some kind of perfect, alternate reality?" I made a frown.
"I kinda wish it was..." I mumbled. She immediately shot her head over to me.
"What was that?" I pushed her out of my personal space.
"None of your business." She shrugged and pushed me lightly like most people do when they're looking for their friends to stop being mad at them. I pushed her back, and this cycle kept going until someone stopped us on the corner.
"Hey guys!" We both turned at the same time to see who it was. It was Tea.
"Oh hi Tea," I responded. Christina stayed silent. "how's your morning?"
"Oh, it's going great! But, you two wouldn't have happened to see Yugi yet, would you?" We both shook our heads.
"Nope. But hey, it's a morning. For all we know he could have overslept, he could be sick, he might've even gone ahead. So don't worry about it. If you're really worried, I'll help you find him."
"Would you please?" I heard Christina sigh.
"Go ahead, Za. I'll just meet you at school. Don't you dare be late!" When she turned and left I mimicked her with a derisive tone.
"'Don't you dare be late!' Huh. Yeah right, like I'd be able to NOT be late," Tea and I walked off. "what do you need Yugi for, anyways?"
"Well, it's just a little weird that he isn't here and I'm just a little worried because he's my friend..." Oh boy. Here we go again. I tuned out of what she was saying for a second.
"Don't you think so, too?" Uh-Oh. Maybe I shouldn't have tuned out.
"Uh yeah. Definitely." What did I just agree to?
"Well let's go then!" We walked into the game shop.
"Oh, wow. What do you know. It's Tea and-" He stopped. "-and- I'm sorry, I don't remember your full first name."
"I've known you for eight years. Since I was eight! I'm Zazunum."
"I knew that." I shook my head.
"Anyways, has Yugi left yet?" Tea asked.
"No he hasn't. He's in his room if you want to go get him."
"Thanks." Tea and I went towards Yugi's room. Not wanting to invade his privacy we stood outside his door.
"Yugi we've come to get you!" Tea said.
"Dude, you're making it sound like we're here to kill him."Tea gave me a glare and Yugi came out of his room laughing.
"No, Yugi run for your life we're so totally going to kill you!" Tea glared at me again and Yugi kept laughing.
"Did you guys really just come here to get me for school?" Yugi asked.
"No we came to kill you." Tea slapped my arm.
"Come on Yugi, we're going to be l-"
"We already are late." I interrupted. I got a third glare. Wow. I'm on a roll. More like honor role am I right? No? Oh, fine then.
"I actually wasn't going to school today," Yugi started. "I need to do something-"
"You were going to miss school?" Tea asked, surprised.
"Well, yeah. And besides, by now it's far too late for any of us three to actually go to school without getting a mark on our attendance. I can't afford to be late again, so I'm just going to have my Grandpa call in for me. If I remember correctly, Za, you also do not have any more chances so I'm sure Grandpa could call in for you, too. He's on your guardian list, right?"(1)
"Yeah. Thanks." Woo, looks like I don't have to "skip" school.
"Only problem will be hearing from your sister later."
"Eh, she can't tell me what to do... all the time."
"Well, I gotta go guys. I better hurry up if I'm gonna make it before anything important happens." We all said goodbye and Tea left. I stuck around with Yugi for a little while.
"So did Grandpa forget your full first name again?"
"Yep. Not a big deal though."
"You do have a pretty strange name." The phone rang.
"Hello? What? Slow down. Yes, yes she is. Okay, hold on." He held the phone out to me. "You might want to take this." I sighed.
"Hiya."
"Where are you? I know you were helping Tea, but why aren't you here yet? I swear if you're late again-"
"Calm down. One, you clearly know where I am because you called the phone. Two, I'm not coming to school so don't worry about it." Yugi was looking around awkwardly, probably because my sister was yelling at me.
"WHAT!? YOU'RE NOT COMING!?" I covered the microphone on the phone and burst out laughing. Yugi and I could both hear her yelling.
"Kay, bye!" I said.
"DON'T YOU DARE HANG UP-" oops. My thumb must have slipped. I handed the phone back to Yugi.
"So, she didn't take it well." He laughed. Wow, that's understatement of the year.
"Does she always do that?" He asked.
"Only when it's with one of you guys."
"Why?"
"Oh, she just doesn't exactly like people who aren't the same ethnicity as us."
"Well, what are you?"
"Oh, um-"
"If you don't want to say it's fine. I respect that." Well in all honesty, I don't really want to say, but he's my friend so I should...
"No it's fine. I'm Egyptian." He seemed shocked.
"Oh. Wow- that's- that's- cool."
"Huh. Nobody usually reacts that way."
"But why doesn't your sister like anybody who isn't Egyptian?"
"Well, her mom wasn't Egyptian and look how well that turned out."
"I don't follow."
"It's a long story..."
"I got time."
"Well, in a nutshell, our parents were murdered and we were out on the streets for years. I'll admit, I felt abandoned too but, I don't think it was entirely they're fault."
"Oh, I didn't know that your parents-"
"Oh, no it's fine." I heard a voice, not particularly coming from Yugi, but it was deeper.
"Uh, do you hear that?" He seemed shocked again.
"You can-hear him?"
"Hear him as in, who?" He looked down.
"Well, it's kinda hard to explain... you see... How do I put this... There's a spirit in that puzzle over there."
"Oh. Well that only makes sense. You know, cause it's a Millennium Item and such."
"How do you know-"
"Not important." I interrupted. "Well, I'm going to head back home. When you meet up with Tea, just feel free to come over after school. "
"Okay, bye."
"Bye."
A/N: Again, sorry for how slow and unproductive this chapter was. Also again, it'll get better, I promise.
(1)- This is because Zazunum and Christina live by themselves, for an obvious reason.