It's early, let's just leave it at that. Right, I do not own Yugioh, Mr. Mom by Lonestar, Differently by Cassie Davis, Bad reputation by Avril Lavigne, and Lord of the Rings. Enjoy! [YUGI, YAMI, and ATEM]
Chapter 13
[Day one]
Yugi stretched as he woke up, yawning. He reached out with his hand to wake Yami, only to feel an empty bed. Oh yeah, that was right, he was at Kaiba's, they were at the Stone Palace. Oh well, he still had school to get to.
Yugi climbed out of bed, and poured some food in Koneko's bowl, he got her fresh water, and then he got ready for school. He didn't want to have a repeat of what happened yesterday. Today he needed to see if he could get Atem's and Yami's schedules switched to look like his. He'd leave for school early, so he could do that.
Yugi left the house quietly and walked to school alone. He arrived just as the doors were opening and headed right on in. He walked into the office, and pulled out the schedules asking for a change. The woman at the front desk told him to take it up with Akiha Sensei. Yugi sighed and went to the Principal's office.
After a few minutes of discussion, it was decided that the only way Yugi would be able to have all the same classes as his vampires, would be for him to take Home Economics, otherwise, there was little Akiha Sensei could do for him. Sighing, Yugi took the horrible deal. Now their schedules looked the same, and his second period B Day Study Hall had been traded for Home Economics. How unfortunate that this happened to be a B day.
Yugi left the office heading for his first Study Hall of the day. Yugi was walking past a random classroom when a leech like object latched onto his arm. Looking over Yugi found it to be Anzu.
"Yugi! I haven't like seen you since those naughty cops dragged me away from your crippled form yesterday." She whined laying her head on his shoulder.
"Get off of me." Yugi said retracting his arm from her grip. Why weren't his instincts protesting her? They should be; his disgust-o meter was.
"So I was like thinking to make up for it, we should like go to the ice cream parlor today after school." She said re-latching onto his arm.
"No, I'm spending time with my sister today." Yugi said wrenching his arm out of her grip.
"Oh, I'll come with you!" she said trying to grab it again.
"No, it's a sibling thing, you're not our sibling. You're not invited." Yugi said dodging her attempt by ducking into his classroom and shutting the door in her face.
"But Yugi! I miss you!" she cried trying to open the door. Yugi was holding the other side to keeping it closed.
"Ex-girlfriend troubles?" Midori Sensei asked.
"No, we never dated. She's gone from delusional to insane in just 24 hours." Yugi said placing his foot against the doorframe as he tried to stop the door from opening.
"What the heck is wrong with this door?" a male voice yelled from the other side.
"Do you see a blue eyed brunette?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah, she sauntered off down the hallway as soon as she saw me coming." Tony responded.
"Oh, well let go of the door so you don't fall down." Yugi said still holding it closed.
"Fine." Tony responded. The door stopped moving and Yugi let go of his side allowing Tony to come in.
"Thanks for scaring her off." Yugi said walking over to his seat and sitting down.
"No problem. What was that bimbo doing down here anyway?" Tony asked taking the seat next to him.
"I don't know but for the past day, she's been clinging to me." Yugi said shuddering in disgust.
"But doesn't she know that you're dating those vampires?" Tony asked confused.
"One would think so, but Mazaki has never been the brightest of people." Yugi said frowning.
"Yeah, that's for sure. I still remember when she tried going after me when I was dating Clarisse. Hey, what was your answer to the question, what do you hope to get out of this class?" Tony said before switching subjects.
"I think the teacher wants your opinion on that one, not a copied one." Yugi said pulling it out.
"Come on, give a fella a hand." Tony said.
"A feeling of success that they taught me everything they could." Yugi said reading his paper.
"Uck, it's too academic." Tony said shrugging it off.
"You asked." Yugi said shrugging before putting his homework away again.
"Well, from now on, let's just compare non opinionated questions." Tony said looking over at him before going back to his homework.
"You're just lucky we have Study Hall first thing in the morning." Yugi said smirking.
"Yeah, yeah I am. Good thing this isn't due until tomorrow too." Tony said letting out a relived breath.
"What do you have next?" Yugi asked.
"Physics. You?" he asked.
"Home Economics." Yugi groaned out.
"What sin did you commit?" Tony asked turning incredulous eyes on him.
"I wanted my vampires to have an identical schedule to mine." Yugi said sighing.
"The price was taking that class?" Tony guessed. Yugi nodded.
"I'm terribly sorry." Tony said patting him on the back.
"Didn't you take it freshmen year?" Yugi asked.
"Yep, that's how I met Clarisse actually. And we're still going strong, despite a few speed bumps along the way." Tony said with a dreamy look on his face.
"How was your first year?" Yugi asked.
"The worst, but after you get past the first year, it's pretty much smooth sailing. I mean you'll have the occasional fight here and there, but other than that, it's golden." Tony said giving Yugi a knowing look. Yugi nodded as the bell rang signaling that the time for their next class had arrived.
"See you tomorrow, Yugi!" Tony said waving.
"See ya." Yugi said waving back heading in the opposite direction.
Yugi stopped outside the Home Economics room. He took a deep breath before opening the door, and walking in. How bad could it be, really?
[Time skip]
Shhhhh. Shhhh. Shhhh. Shh. Shh. Shh.
"Mutou?"
"Yes, Sensei?" Yugi asked gulping.
"You're no longer allowed to touch the ovens, or stoves. Is that understood?" she asked.
"Yes, Sensei." Yugi said nodding.
"Good, now throw…that away." She said taking the fire extinguisher and walking away.
Yugi put on his oven mitts, and picked up the chicken with rice and threw it away in the trash. It really didn't look like chicken and rice anymore though; it looked like burnt and charred food. Yugi knew how to make three things using a stove, garlic chicken, grilled cheese, and eggs. That's where it ended, he sure hoped his partners could cook; otherwise his grade average was going to plummet with this one class.
Yugi sighed and looked at the oven, setting the empty and dirty glass tray on the counter by it. It wasn't supposed to be so black, nor was it supposed to be so white on the inside. Yugi had the urge to clean it, but he had been told not to touch it. His first day in class and already he was creating fires. Yugi sighed as he sat on the stool, and put his arms on the counter laying his head on them.
What are you guys up to?
Just going through some paperwork.
Does that require a lot of attention?
No, why? What's going on?
I set fire to the oven, stove, and my meal.
What were you trying to cook?
Chicken and rice.
Yugi, that's a basic meal.
Tell that to the oven.
So you're not a cook huh?
No, Grandpa barely lets me near the stove after the brownie incident. Set fire to those too.
Would you like us to teach you?
Can you?
Sure, cooking is easy.
I might not fail this class after all.
Oh, we have to go; the Hunter's Organization Committee Representative is here.
Play nice.
We'll try.
Yugi spent the rest of Home Economics, looking at the clock, and wishing time would go faster. When the bell rang Yugi was the first one out of the room, and the first one into his Physics class. Yugi sat in the back, and waited for his classmates to arrive.
Ryou entered with Malik and Kaiba. So he had friends in this class, good. They sat down by him and he relayed to them what had happened this morning on his way to first period. They listened with disgusted faces.
"Has she lost her mind?" Kaiba asked.
"Atem and Yami are going to rip her to shreds when they get to school." Malik said.
"Oh I sure hope so. What classes do you have next?" Yugi said before asking.
"I have Study Hall." Malik said.
"I have Lunch." Ryou said.
"So does Jou, and I have Sociology." Kaiba said.
"Huh, well let's hope the leech doesn't share that period with us." Yugi said turning to the front as the teacher walked in.
"Don't jinx it, Yugi." Ryou whispered before turning to the front.
[Time skip]
"But Yugi! We never like spend time together anymore!" Anzu squealed with her arms around his neck.
"Maybe there's a reason for that." Yugi said trying to pry her off while leaning away from her at the same time.
"Think we should help him?" Jou asked Ryou.
"It would be the friendly thing to do." Ryou said nodding.
"Okay, hey Seth! Can you lend a hand?!" Jou yelled across the cafeteria.
"Get off of me." Yugi said finally prying her off and pushing her away.
"Shoo." Seth said coming over with Marik.
"Where's Malik?" Marik asked.
"Study Hall." Ryou said.
"Oh, thanks." Marik said running off.
"But I want to spend some time with my Yugi." Anzu cried throwing her arms around him again.
"Ugh, not again." Yugi said leaning away from the girl. Seth grabbed her by the back of her shirt and hauled her off.
"Sorry, what did you say?" Seth asked confused.
"I want to spend time with my Yugi." Anzu repeated squirming in his grip. Seth raised an eyebrow at Yugi.
"She's crazy." Yugi said twirling his finger up by his temple.
"Okay." Seth said carrying her over to the furthest table from them and dropping her on a chair.
"Thanks." Yugi said gratefully when he came back and went back to eating his lunch. Today he had lemons in his lunch, that was new.
"No problem, where's the cold one?" Seth asked.
"In Sociology." Yugi responded.
"I don't understand how you can suck on those things like that Yugi." Ryou said pointing to the lemon he was currently sucking on.
"It's an acquired taste." Yugi said simply grabbing another one and sucking on it.
"You mean you don't have the same classes?" Seth asked in a deadpanned voice.
"Nope, last year we just got lucky." Jou said.
"Yeah, that's for sure." Ryou laughed.
"Oh, this is a nightmare!" Seth complained laying his head down on his arms.
"No, it's not; you just have to decide who you want to hang out with more." Yugi said rubbing his back. Seth glared at him over his arms.
"Yeah, fun loveable Jou, or the cold one." Ryou added.
"The cold one." Seth said getting up surprising all the occupants of the table.
"Really?" Jou asked.
"Yes, your lover really needs to warm up to me, I'm not going anywhere." Seth growled walking away.
"Well, I didn't see that coming." Yugi said getting up and throwing his trash away.
"I don't think any of us did." Ryou commented. Otogi took a seat next to him.
"You have lunch this period?" Jou asked.
"Yeah, but Rebecca doesn't, this sucks!" Otogi said frowning.
"Do you guys have any classes together?" Ryou asked.
"Yeah, Physics, Gym, and two Study Halls." Otogi said moodily.
"What do you have next?" Yugi asked.
"We have Gym." Otogi said.
"Oh, you're with Ryou, Jou, Kaiba, Seth, Malik, Marik, and I." Yugi said.
"We all have Gym together? Wow, that'll be interesting." Otogi said amazed.
[Time skip]
"Stand still Mutou, so we can get you out!" Natasha yelled across the gym throwing a ball at him.
"It itches, it itches, it itches!" Yugi said scratching all over his body and moving constantly.
"Maybe if you stop scratching it'll stop itching." Ryou suggested.
"This has side effect written all over it." Malik said shaking his head.
"Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop!" Yugi said still scratching.
"He kind of look like he's dancing." Marik commented.
"Or had an ice cube dropped down his shirt." Otogi said.
"No, it looks like there are ants in his pants." Seth said.
"No, like he's being electrocuted." Rebecca said.
"I don't know, I kind of agree with Otogi." Jou said.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Seth, it looks like he has ants in his pants." Kaiba said.
"Itchy, itchy, itchy, itchy, itchy!" Yugi said scratching harder.
"Okay, scratching time is over." Rebecca said grabbing his arms and pinning them to his sides.
"He's bleeding." Otogi said sniffing the air.
"Ah, let go! It itches!" Yugi yelled trying to get out of her grip.
"Perfect." Natasha said whipping a ball at him. Unfortunately her aim was off, and she hit him in the head. Yugi saw stars before he passed out.
[Time skip]
"Yugi…Yugi…Yugi." a voice was calling his name.
He opened his eyes, blinking a couple of times so the blurry images became things he recognized. His sister and Grandpa were leaning over him. It was slightly dark, and there was something sitting on his chest. Reaching up he felt fur. Oh, Koneko.
"Oh good, you've come back to the world of the living." Grandpa sighed leaning away.
"Is school over?" Yugi asked.
"Yes, Yugi, where did you get this bandage on your arm?" Sakura asked raising it.
"I don't know, probably from all the scratching I was doing. It was terrible, I was so itchy, and the more I itched, the worse it got." Yugi said shuddering.
"So what do you think caused it?" Grandpa asked taking out a pen and paper.
"I don't think, I know lemons caused it." Yugi said sitting up, while holding Koneko so she didn't fall off.
"Okay, no more lemons." Grandpa said writing it down.
"Has the itching stopped?" Sakura asked.
"Yes, the side effect has passed." Yugi said nodding.
"So this is the legendary Koneko huh?" Grandpa asked petting the kitten. She purred rubbing against his hand.
"Do you mind watching her while Yugi and I go out for ice cream?" Sakura asked pulling him up.
"Uh Sakura, I can't eat ice cream while on my drug." Yugi said looking at his shoes.
"Why not?" she asked.
"I become temporarily blind." Yugi said smiling slightly.
"Oh, well then how about frozen yogurt?" she asked.
"Okay!" Yugi said. He picked up Koneko giving her a kiss on the head, and then left with his Grandpa.
[Time skip]
"…hanging all over me. It was disgusting! I just hope she took Seth's hint and leaves me alone tomorrow." Yugi said finishing his story. He was looking down at his shoes so he didn't see the twinkle of victory in his sister's eyes, but he did hear her sympathizing voice.
"Oh, that's awful, Yugi. Do you want me to talk to her?" Sakura asked putting an arm around his shoulders.
"Uh, no, I've got it handled." He said nervously. He could only imagine how his sister would handle it. She'd make a deal with Anzu to go after him more. He shuddered internally.
"Oh, we're here. You know more and more places are starting to sell foods with the drug already in them." Sakura said opening the door for him.
"Well, it saves the vampires' time, since they don't have to carry the syringes and vials of the drug around with them." Yugi reasoned.
"Two pomegranates, one with and one without." Sakura ordered.
"Yes ma'am." The guy said getting them.
"You ordered for me." Yugi said.
"Oh, yeah, sorry, old habits die hard." Sakura said ducking her head.
"It's all right." Yugi said brushing it off.
"So, do you think you'll ever get bored of them?" Sakura asked.
"No Sakura I won't. Give it up; they're a part of my life now. Just like you, they're not going anywhere." Yugi said sighing in frustration.
"I won't give up until they let you go." Sakura said sternly.
"Then you're going to forever be fighting a battle that's already lost." Yugi said shaking his head.
"Yugi, can't you see what they're trying to do? They're trying to drive a wedge in between us. And you're letting them." Sakura said.
No, Sakura, you're doing that all by yourself. Yugi thought, unintentionally turning it into a mind link thought.
What's she doing?
Huh? Oh, don't worry about it. It was just a passing thought that you weren't supposed to hear.
But we hear all your thoughts.
Just leave this one be, okay?
Fine.
Thanks guys.
"Here you go, enjoy." The guy said setting them down before them.
"Thank you." Yugi said.
"Thanks, Oliver." Sakura said.
They ate in silence, Sakura thinking Yugi had agreed with her, and Yugi wondering when his sister would wake up and realize that his vampires weren't going anywhere. They left the frozen yogurt place hand in hand, and walked back to the caves. Akeifa was waiting at their cave, holding something in his hand.
"Courtesy of someone named Kentucky, odd name for a vampire." Akeifa said holding up a basket.
"Oh, I love his fried chicken!" Yugi said grabbing the basket from him whilst thanking him. He went inside, where his Grandpa was already eating, and started eating his fried chicken, green beans, corn, and milk.
"Kentucky makes fried chicken, how suiting." Akeifa muttered walking away.
When he was done, he walked out towards Akeifa's cave, unknowingly getting a follower in the form of Koneko. He stopped outside their cave, and called into it. Bakura came out looking, well, big.
"Wow, so how many months along are you?" Yugi asked forgetting what he was there for.
"Five, and my mate can't stop talking about it." Bakura said in an angry voice.
"Well, if it makes you feel any better, Ryou's only mentioned it once." Yugi said grinning up at him. Bakura shook his head at him smiling slightly.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"Oh, where do I put this?" Yugi asked holding the basket up.
"Kentucky said to put it back at the edge of the forest, just at the bottom of the rocks and he'd pick it up later." Bakura said pointing.
"Okay, thanks." Yugi said waving and starting to walk away.
"And Yugi?" Bakura called.
"Yes?" Yugi asked turning back to him.
"Might want to pick that up." He said pointing down. Yugi looked down to see a bundle of white fur sitting there.
"Koneko, you were supposed to stay with Sakura." Yugi sighed exasperated before picking her up and tucking her under his arm.
He walked to the edge of the wood and looked out into the eerie darkness, before setting Koneko down, and hopping off the rocks. He heard her growl slightly, but didn't think much of it, as he set the basket down. He started to climb back up when a pair of arms wrapped around his waist. He would have screamed, but a hand covered his mouth as soon as opened it.
"Calm down, Yugi, it's just us." Atem whispered in his ear. Yugi relaxed against him as Atem took his hand away from his mouth.
"We did it; your sister, as well as the rest of the Hunters in Domino, now works for us." Yami said next to him sounding giddy.
"You are aware that I can barely see you right?" Yugi asked.
"Oh." A light clicked on.
"Better?" Atem asked.
"A little." Yugi said turning in his arms, and kissing his lips.
"Mmm." Atem moaned swinging him up off the rocks and onto the ground.
Another light suddenly had Yugi squinting, pulling away, and holding a hand up to his eyes. He saw the shadowy image of his sister, and her worst timing ever. It was no surprise that she was related to his Grandpa.
"Okay, it's past Yugi's curfew, time to say goodnight." Sakura said.
"You've got to be kidding me." Yami said shining his light on her.
Yugi sighed and moved out of Atem's arms and over to Yami. He pulled his face down to kiss him, before moving out of his arms too and back up the rocks. He waved to them, and picked up Koneko. He threw her to Atem who caught her. She growled and hissed at him. Yugi nodded and hopped back down off the rocks.
"Just checking." Yugi said taking his kitten from him. He pecked his cheek and then went to stand by his sister, before walking back into the woods.
Yugi, why are you listening to her?
Because I promised that I would spend time with her this week. Sorry.
No, she's your sister, and we're going to have to learn how to share, aren't we?
You're not the only ones; Sakura's having as hard a time with it as you seem to be.
So, Seth told us about your new side effect.
Yeah, I've named it itchy-itis.
Mind ditching Sakura so we can heal that self inflicted wound?
Is that why you came tonight?
Yes.
Okay, I'll be right there.
"Here, hold Koneko, I forgot something." Yugi said handing her his kitten before running off.
"YUGI!" she yelled after him.
Yugi bounded through the trees, careful not to hit any, before he knew it he was leaping off the rocks and straight into Yami's arms. He knocked them both to the ground. Yugi laughed as Yami sat up, before holding out his arm. Yami rolled up the sleeve, and undid the bandage. He was leaning down towards the scratch marks, and Atem was checking out the other arm, as Sakura caught up to him.
"What do you think you're doing?" she accused in a screeching voice.
"Healing him so he won't scar." Yami said sparing her a single glance. He traced his tongue over the scabs, and Yugi watched in amazement as they disappeared. Scars, his chest. He pulled his shirt away and looked down his shirt; there were no scars that he could see from the faint light of the two flashlights.
"Did…did you guys heal my chest after Isis cut me open and then sowed me back up?" Yugi asked wondering why it hadn't occurred to him before.
"A little slow on that, but yes, we did." Atem said patting his head.
"Can…can you heal my side?" Yugi asked lifting his shirt and pointing to the scar.
"No, Yugi we can't. The scar is too old, and it's healed already. It's going to be there forever." Atem said gently pulling his shirt back down.
"But that's okay. That scar is a part of who you are, and we wouldn't take it away even if we could. It shows you survived the worst, and somehow still conquered it." Yami said cupping his face.
"How is it you guys always know what to say to make me feel better?" Yugi asked leaning against him.
"Because we're your mates, we know you like we know ourselves." Atem said running a hand through his hair.
"Okay, gross fest is over now, let's move it, Yugi." Sakura said rudely interrupting their special moment, and effectively killing the mood.
"I really dislike your sister." Yami grumbled.
"I really dislike her too right now." Yugi said giving him a chaste kiss and Atem one as well, before getting up and going back to her. She put an arm around him and led him away.
Possessive isn't she?
You have no room to talk, nor does Yami. You both are way more possessive than Sakura ever could be.
I don't know, I think she could give us a run for our money.
No, she has nothing on you two when it comes to possessive, trust me.
If you insist.
I do. Hypnotize me to sleep?
Go to sleep, Yugi.
Thanks.
Yugi fell onto his sleeping bag, completely asleep. By doing so he scared the living daylights out of his sister and Grandpa. They tried to wake him back up, but found it to be a futile effort. He was out, and not even a foghorn would wake him.
[Day two]
Tuesday was boring. The only thing that was worth mentioning about it was that Anzu was in his Physiology class, and took advantage of it by sitting next to him. He didn't hear a word of what the teacher said, he was too busy getting his ear talked off by Anzu. After class he asked the teacher if he could get the gist of his lesson. He simply handed Yugi a packet of notes, and said he was assigning seats on Thursday. Yugi thanked him and left for lunch, which Anzu, thankfully, didn't have with him. That was it though, he didn't even have a side effect to make the day more interesting. He hadn't taken the drug that day, so he was able to eat what everyone else was eating: dried beef, stewed carrots, turnips, and cabbage. He hadn't even had a chance to converse with his mates all day, besides telling them good night. They returned the good night, before telling him to go to sleep. It was like his own personal lullaby, a lullaby he enjoyed at night, as he drifted off to sleep.
"I'm bored." Yami said draining his blood bag.
"Well, what do you want to do?" Atem asked throwing his empty bag on the ground.
"Human hunting?" Yami proposed.
"No, that's against our laws." Atem said immediately.
"No, I don't mean that kind. I mean the other kind of human hunting." Yami said a suggestive note to his voice.
"Oh, I see, well, let's go Lover. Let's find a new human to drink from." Atem said holding out his hand. Yami took it grinning. The scene shifted to them jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
"See anything you like?" Yami asked.
"No, I can't even smell anything like." Atem responded.
"Wait, what about him?" Yami asked stopping and looking down at something. Yugi followed his eyes sight, as did Atem, to find that it was him, walking out of his favorite ice cream parlor, licking a vanilla ice cream cone.
"He's beautiful." Atem said staring openly at him. The wind shifted and both vampires licked their lips, as their open stares turned to hungry ones.
"I think we just found our next meal." Yami said as he prepared to jump down. Atem looked ready to spring too.
"Let's wrap it up to go." Atem said grinning.
"Hey buddy!" Jou shouted out down the street. Both vampires looked towards the sound. Yugi waved to him, but didn't speak.
"We're going to the arcade, wanna come?" Jou asked coming up to him. Yugi nodded.
"Good, because this time, I'm going to beat you at that dueling game." Jou said. The Yugi on the rooftop laughed quietly into his hand at his friend, and at the vampire's expressions.
"There goes our meal." Yami said pointing to him.
"Well, let's follow buddy." Atem said.
Yugi laughed even harder, drawing the vampire's attentions. Atem's eyes widened as he vanished from the dream, and Yami just shrugged hopping down from the roof, and following his past self down the street. At least until the whole dream dispersed into a whirlwind of color.
[Day three]
Yugi, you've got to stop invading our memory dreams. They're not for you to witness.
I don't think I have much choice in the matter. I just see them, though I must say, last night's was pretty interesting. Did you really follow me all the way to the arcade?
Yes, and that's where Marik first introduced us to Malik. We'd always heard of him, but had never seen him until that moment.
Really? Malik never mentioned it.
What were you and Malik talking about that day?
I don't know, why?
Well, he punched your shoulder, your mouth dropped at something, before you whacked him upside the head.
Nope, can't remember, sorry.
Pity.
What are you guys doing right now?
Having sex.
And you didn't invite me? I'm heartbroken.
How have yours and your sister's time been?
Eh, okay. She's still trying to convince me that you're trying to drive a wedge in between us. She's having as much success as an ice cream cone not trying to melt on a hot day.
Nice analogy.
I thought it was fitting. Oh, gotta go, I have Home Economics next.
Have fun, try not to set anything on fire.
I will, don't worry.
Will what? Yugi, will what?
He just laughed, and didn't answer him. It was to amusing to hear him freak out. Compared to the conversation he had with his mates that morning, the rest of the day was boring. Well, if you didn't count Home Economics, it was. He didn't set anything on fire; they weren't even working with the ovens today. However, he did manage to blow something up. Chemistry? No problem. Cooking? Not his forte.
Kukku Sensei was less than amused, as were the three girls that happened to be sitting near him. They all had to go to the office for a change of school uniform. Yugi ended up going home in one that was two sizes too big, his regular uniform in a plastic bag. It was still covered in white flour. Don't ask him how he made the flour sifter go ka-boom; even he didn't know how it happened. It just did, coating everyone within a five feet radius with flour. His sister called him a drowned puppy in the uniform as soon as he saw her.
He grumbled moodily about it not being his fault, as he changed out of the baggy clothes and into form fitting leather. He left the cave telling Sakura he just wanted to be alone with his thoughts for a little bit. He didn't hear her following him, but did hear her say, something about no, you're staying here. Must have been Koneko trying to follow him again. Yugi walked amongst the trees, until he was at the edge of the woods. There were a lot of vampires on the beach today, so he just sat on the outskirts of the forest, right on top of the rocks.
Yugi automatically reached up to his neck, and felt his collar there. He didn't know why but it reassured him, when it was there, and scared him when it wasn't. He watched the waves rolling onto the sandy beach, as the sun started to disappear at the edge of the world. Yugi didn't miss the fact that two vampires he didn't recognize were approaching him from the corner of his eye.
"Yugi." Akeifa said softly from behind him. Yugi turned to him.
"Come inside the forest please, you can see the setting sun just as well from in here too." Akeifa said watching the vampires get closer. Yugi nodded and got up walking into the first layer of trees; he sat down and continued to watch the sun.
He heard them hiss in anger, before they turned and walked away back down the beach. Yugi watched the sun, until it was just a sliver of light, before heading back. He didn't eat that night, he wasn't hungry. He just went to bed, ignoring Sakura who was trying to get him to eat something.
[Day four]
Yugi woke up barely eating anything, but he did eat, which made Sakura happy enough to not bother him about it. His friends asked him what was wrong, but he just shook his head, saying nothing. He didn't even have the strength to tell Anzu to leave him alone during Physiology, who was ignoring her assigned seat.
By lunch time he had a good feeling as to what was wrong with him, but it was nothing any of his friends could help with. He knew only two people who could help, but he had to wait until Sunday to see them again. He could do it, he could wait. He just had to put on a happy face, continue to eat his meals like he was supposed to, and hang around his friends and family whenever he could. He could make it, he could do this. No, he had to do this.
After lunch he had another side effect, and he was less than pleased with it. As was his Study Hall teacher Midori Sensei and the rest of the students. He had the uncontrollable urge to sing. And sing he did, if the song popped up into his head, it was coming out of his mouth. It made him hate raisins, very much. He was still singing as he was walking home, and Ryou, Malik, and Jou started to make requests.
"Oh, oh, I know sing Mr. Mom." Ryou said.
"I hate you guys." Yugi sung before he started to sing Mr. Mom by Lonestar.
Lost my job, came home mad
Got a hug and kiss and that's too bad
She said I can go to work until you find another job
I thought I like the sound of that
Watch TV and take long naps
Go from a hard working dad to being Mr. Mom
"Best side effect ever!" Jou said high fiving Malik.
Well
Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
Crayons go up one drawer higher
Rewind Barney for the fifteenth time
Breakfast six, naps at nine
There's bubble gum in the baby's hair
Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair
Been crazy all day long and it's only Monday
Mr. Mom
"Oh, I can't wait until you get it, Malik. We're going to have so much fun!" Ryou said grinning.
Football, soccer and ballet
Squeeze in Scouts and PTA
And there's that shopping list she left
That's seven pages long
How much smoke can one stove make
The kids won't eat my charcoal cake
It's more than any man can take
Being Mr. Mom
"I sure hope I never get this side effect. I can already imagine Yugi's revenge." Malik said paling.
Well
Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
Crayons go up one drawer higher
Rewind Barney for the sixteenth time
Breakfast six, naps at nine
There's bubble gum in the baby's hair
Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair
Been crazy all day long and it's only Monday
Before I fall in bed tonight
If the dog didn't eat the classifieds
I'm gonna look just one more time
'Cause
Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
Crayons go up one drawer higher
Rewind Barney for the eighteenth time
Breakfast six, naps at nine
There's bubble gum in the baby's hair
Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair
Been crazy all day long
Oh been crazy all day long and it's only Monday
"Oh, next you should sing Differently by Cassie Davis." Jou said grinning.
Balancin' checkbooks, juggling bills
Thought there was nothing to it
Baby, now I know how you feel
What I don't know is how you do it
Honey, you're my hero
"I'm gonna murder you guys later for this." Yugi sang as they passed the forest borders.
They look at me, laugh because I'm different
I laugh 'coz they're all the same
Stuck inside the box
While I'm running circles round the game
They're cold, I'm hot
And I know who I am
Everyone sits down, I stand up
They might walk, but I'm gonna' strut
They fit in, I stand out
Even if I have to shout
I know, I know, I'm not the same
You say yes and I say
No, no, no
"I love this side effect!" Jou shouted.
Don't care what they say
I do things differently
A weirdo, no cliche
I do things differently
I guess they don't get me
I do things differently
I do, I do, I do, I do, I do
I do things differently
Put this on the record, literally
I won't stand in a picture perfect shadow of someone
I don't wanna be
And I'm not sorry, but that's just me
You keep it neat and tidy
I color outside the lines
I'm ahead of the game
Turn around they far behind
And I know, I know I'm not the same
You say yes and I say
No, no, no
"I know me too!" Ryou agreed.
Don't care what they say
I do things differently
A weirdo, no cliche
I do things differently
I guess they don't get me
I do things differently
I do, I do, I do, I do, I do
I do things differently
"I'm done requesting songs. I don't want you turning on me when I'm faced with this nasty side effect." Malik said backing away from the glaring Yugi slightly.
I do, I do it
I do it, do it, do it different
Like, I do, I do it
I do it, do it, do it different
Like, I do, I do it
I do it, do it, do it different
Like, I do, I do it
No, no, no
"FINALLY! It's done!" Yugi shouted in happiness. Then he tackled Jou and Ryou to the ground. Malik jumped out of the way. He gave Ryou noogies, which Yugi knew he hated, and Jou had unfortunately escaped his grasp.
"Ah, mercy Yugi, mercy!" Ryou yelled drawing the attention of several wolves.
"Don't worry you're most certainly welcome, Ryou." Yugi said not letting up on the noogies he was dishing out to the albino.
"Okay, that's enough, time to let him go." Bakura said pulling Yugi off of Ryou.
"Ow." Ryou said rubbing his head.
"Teach you to take advantage of my side effects." Yugi said moodily from his position in the air.
"What side effect?" Bakura asked.
"The one that made me have an uncontrollable urge to sing." Yugi grumbled pouting.
"That sounds like fun." Bakura said grinning.
"Then why don't we find the food that does it for you?" Yugi asked glaring at the wolf as he put him back on the ground.
"For you, it sounds like fun." Bakura amended.
"Eh, I'm going to go change out of my school clothes." Yugi said walking off to his cave.
"Well, this is our last night to hang out, so what do you want to do?" Sakura asked as soon as he entered the cave.
"How about you come to Kaiba land with us?" Yugi suggested changing clothes.
"Us?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah, me and the guys." Yugi said offering her a hand.
"Okay, that's sounds like fun." Sakura said grabbing his hand.
"Hey, you don't mind if my sister tags along do you?" Yugi asked as he approached his friends.
"Nah, we could use a small woman to chase off potential suitors." Jou said throwing an arm around her.
"I'm hurt Jou, I thought our relationship was deeper than that." Sakura said faking hurt.
"Well, it can be." Jou said back seductively grinning down at her.
They all burst out laughing as they left the forest, and headed to Kaiba land. They all chatted about random things, and had even more fun at the amusement park. Yugi crushed all of them in dueling arenas. However, Jou beat all of them in the pie eating contest. Sakura schooled all of them in the fencing competition that was happening next door to Kaiba land. Ryou and Malik tied on the dancing game. And they ended the day by going to a local club to sing karaoke.
I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
You're living in the past
It's a new generation
An' I only feel good
When I got no pain
An' that's how I'm gonna stay
An' I don't give a damn
'Bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me
Oh no, not
Not me, not me
"WHOOO! GO SAKURA!" the group yelled as she finished the song.
"She's terrible." Malik said quietly.
"Oh, of course, but karaoke isn't about how well you can sing. It's about how much you enjoy singing." Yugi said back.
"Then why don't you grace us with your angelic tones?" Malik asked.
"Oh no, my throat is still sore from all that singing I did earlier today." Yugi said making his voice raspy sounding suddenly.
"Faker." Malik muttered laughing.
"Kay, Yugi, your turn." Sakura said coming over to them.
"No, I've done enough singing today." Yugi said waving her off.
"How?" she asked.
"Raisins cause me to have uncontrollable urges to sing." Yugi explained.
"Yeah, on the way home we requested songs." Jou said grinning. Yugi threw his water in his face.
"Thanks Yug'." Jou said using a paper towel to wipe it off.
"You looked dehydrated; I was just trying to help out." Yugi said shrugging. Ryou and Malik muffled their laughter in their hands.
"Uh huh, that was totally the reason for the water in my face." Jou said glaring at him. Yugi smiled back brightly.
"Oh, would you like a refill on your water?" their waitress asked.
"Yes, please." Yugi said smiling.
"Okay, I'll be right back with that." She said whisking his cup away. She was back seconds later with a new one. Yugi tapped it as they listened to some guy singing Fireworks by Katy Perry off key.
"What time is it?" Malik asked.
"Uh, it's…oh Kami, it's one am. We better get home. All of us." Sakura said checking her watch.
"Yeah, I'll see you guys at school tomorrow." Yugi said at waving at Jou and Malik as he, Sakura, and Ryou headed off back to the caves.
By the time they got back, it was going on two am. Yugi didn't even need any persuasion from his mates to go to sleep, he was already halfway there when he hit the sleeping bag. He faded off into another one of those memory dreams of Atem's and Yami's.
"So why aren't we grabbing him?" Yami asked.
"I don't know, he's just so interesting to watch. Besides, I really want to hear his voice." Atem said. They were following his past self home. His past self suddenly whipped around.
"Aha! I caught you!" he shouted. Atem and Yami were behind a wall in an alleyway. They were wearing faces that said 'that was close'. Yugi heard muttering, and Atem and Yami looked back around the edge of the alleyway to find him gone.
"Always, we always lose him around here." Yami muttered frustrated.
"He has the voice of an angel." Atem whispered.
"If his is the voice of an angel, what does that make mine? The voice of the devil?" Yami asked.
"Absolutely, devils are hot." Atem said drawing him into a kiss. They pulled away a few minutes later.
"Actually with a scent like his, I'm more surprised he hasn't been claimed yet." Yami said smelling the air.
"I'm sure there's a reason for that." Atem muttered before grabbing Yami's hand and turning around. Yugi jumped behind a dumpster, Atem was much better at sensing him than Yami was. He wasn't ready to be caught yet. Peeking around the dumpster, he saw them heading down the street in the opposite way, and he set off to follow them. He recognized the area though. There was a railing just a couple of steps away, which he used to jump over to lose bullies. It was only about a two feet drop to the ground below, apparently it worked on vampires too. The scene shifted.
Yugi was back in the white room of the stone Palace. Atem and Yami were ripping each other's clothes off. Atem pinned Yami to the bed, and started to pound into him.
"He must live around there somewhere." Yami said moaning.
"No, his scent would be heavy around one of those places and we've smelled all of them out, his scent doesn't linger anywhere on those houses. Not that we would be able to get in any way without invitation." Atem said back grunting as he came in Yami. No, they wouldn't, he had been going in the back door, convinced that he was being followed. Plus, it helped that his home was six blocks away too from the spot that he disappeared, by their senses, at.
"But we need him." Yami whined.
"I agree, I'm tired of drinking out of a bag." Atem said pulling out.
"No, we need him so I'm no longer on bottom." Yami said forcing Atem onto his knees and mounting him.
"Wait, are you suggesting…?"Atem trailed off looking at him over his shoulder.
"Yeah, I think I am." Yami said nodding.
"Well, if we see him as a potential mate, it'll cause us no pain to have sex with him, but if we see him just as a booty call, then this will never work." Atem said sternly.
"You don't think he's beautiful enough to be our mate, Atem?" Yami asked kissing his shoulder from behind.
"Of course he is, but will he want to be?" Atem asked.
Absolutely. Yugi thought from his position from where he was leaning against the wall.
Yugi! Get out of our dream!
Yugi laughed as he awoke, and then remembered with a sick heart that his mates were back at the Stone Palace not laying on each side of him. Silent tears slipped down his face, as he fell back asleep. Two more days, just two more days and he'd be with them again.
[Day five]
Yugi dragged his feet to school. He had forced himself to eat that morning. Even though with each bite that passed his lips, he felt like he was going to be sick, he still forced it down. He needed to stay healthy so he could feed his vampires. Healthy human, healthy vampires, happy world.
Yugi paid enough attention in his classes to get his homework, but other than that he was a wet blanket for company. He forced his food down at lunch too. For Study Hall, he just sat there doodling in his note books Atem's and Yami's names. When the end of the day came around he went to Kaiba's where his stuff had been moved back to, and changed clothes. He wore form fitting leather pants, fingerless gloves, a black t-shirt, and a grey vest. He wasn't trying to attract attention tonight, but he was sure to get some anyway.
[Time skip]
By the end of the night, he was trashed, and couldn't even walk straight. His friends took him home, and put him to bed. Koneko curled up at his side, and Yugi practically passed out as soon as his head hit the pillow.
[Day six]
When he woke up, the sun hurt, and any noise, no matter how small, had him holding his head in pain. Yugi stumbled out of the bedroom, and down to the kitchen where Ryou was holding his own head. Yugi accepted the water he was being handed, and drank it down. He could barely remember what had happened the night before, but what he could remember he was embarrassed about.
"Ryou, please tell me I didn't stand up on the bar and start stripping." Yugi asked softly.
"No, you did, and I commandeered a table to give my own strip tease." Ryou grumbled.
"I don't remember that." Yugi said.
"Lucky you." Ryou said.
"Did I get my shirt back?" Yugi asked.
"No, the girls who grabbed it were fighting over it and it ripped down the middle, we got your vest though." Ryou said.
"Oh, well that's good." Yugi said.
"You happy?" Ryou asked.
"'Bout what?" Yugi asked.
"It's day six." Ryou supplied.
"Oh, the last day, tomorrow I can go back home." Yugi said tears of joy spilling out of his eyes.
"Yeah." Ryou said smiling.
"Hey! How're you guys feeling this morning?!" Jou asked coming into the room yelling.
"I think they'd be better if you hadn't yelled just now, mutt." Kaiba said quietly coming in behind him.
"Oh, my head." Yugi and Ryou complained at the same time.
"They'll be fine." Jou said thankfully lowering his voice.
"Here, I got these from Seth, eat them." Kaiba said placing a gummy in front of each of them.
"Oh, he's a life saver." Yugi said popping it into his mouth without question. Two minutes later and his hangover was gone.
"What is it?" Ryou asked having not even touched it yet.
"A hangover killer." Yugi said smiling.
"Okay." Ryou said popping into his mouth and chewing and swallowing it. Two minutes later and he was blinking in surprise.
"Feel better?" Kaiba asked.
"Yeah, loads better." Ryou said grinning.
"Good I have one for Malik as well." Kaiba said placing it on the table.
"We'll give it to him when he gets up, don't worry." Yugi said waving as he walked out the front door with his briefcase. As always, Kaiba worked on Saturdays.
"So what do we do today?" Jou asked.
"Try to make time go faster." Yugi suggested.
"Why? So you can get back to your mates sooner?" Malik asked coming into the room.
"Yeah, for you." Yugi said holding up the gummy.
"Thanks." Malik said popping it into his mouth.
"Thank Kami, for vampire medicine, right?" Yugi asked.
"Only on occasion, this happens to be one of them." Malik said sitting down.
"What time is it anyway?" Ryou asked.
"Two in the afternoon." Jou said pointing to the clock.
"Oh, I have to feed Koneko." Yugi said getting up and heading back to his room. Not only did he feed Koneko but he packed his suitcase too.
"We leave tomorrow girl. We're going back home tomorrow." Yugi said petting her. She purred, happy that he was happy.
Yugi went back downstairs, where he spent the rest of the day watching a Lord of the Rings marathon. That night when he went to sleep, he had a dream of a happy reunion with his mates. He was feeling ecstatic when he woke up the next morning at six am. He snuck out, suitcase in one hand, Koneko in the other, and started to run back home. He couldn't wait to see his mates.
And the Sundays have it, that is indeed when I usually update, usually being the key word. Whoohoo! Oh another thing, My schedule is completely maxed out from tomorrow to next Sunday, and here I was gonna write another chapter for either tece or cfy, well there goes that plan. I'm going to be too exhausted to write, but I'll try anyway, cause I just love you guys that much. Enough of my ramble though, thank you to everyone who have/are favorited/following this story. Also, thanks to everyone who reviewed, Guest and User alike. Please review. Midnight ;p