Susano-o: Not gonna lie, this is one of my least favorite chapters.
Sekhmet: Hurtful! This is one of my favorites. You see where my favorites lie.
Susano-o: I told you this is where I feel Yuko's inability to be on the back foot got way too obvious.
Sekhmet: I attribute that to the rage. It makes her calculated. But enough arguing. On with the show!
Duel 12: Snap
"Hey out of my way!" Rose yelled whirlwinding another student out of her way as she ran towards the growing crowd around the card shop. "I got your message I'm here!" Rose huffed as she stood beside Yuko. "So what's going on?"
"Syrus is dueling someone for the last ticket." Yuko stated.
"Last ticket for what?" Rose asked raising an eyebrow.
"The last ticket to see Yugi Muto's Deck. It's going on tour, and it's first stop is Duel Academy." Yuko explained, pointing to the posters that hung above the shop.
"Wait that was today? I thought it was tomorrow! and that's the last ticket!" Rose asked in horror as she looked around at the nearby students, seeing a blue student with a ticket she quickly pounced on him and dragged him into a nearby janitor's closet.
Yuko barely acknowledged Rose's antics for once, her focus was split between the duel at hand and the posters above.
"Oh does someone have a crush on Yugi?" Rose smirked holding a now slightly bloody ticket.
It took all of Yuko's willpower not to show utter disgust at Rose's insinuation. "Oh please, he's 8 years older than me. What I have for him is a healthy respect." She said.
"Sure you do," Rose smirked wiggling her eyebrows. "And it totally has nothing to do with your shota fetish."
"Excuse me?" Yuko said angrily.
"You totally have a shota fetish," Rose chuckled. "I've seen how you look at Syrus," She said nodding her head towards their friend.
"And how's that grounds to accuse me of having a fetish?" Yuko said.
"Because you also look at Yugi that way, once is chance, two is a coincidence," She smirked. "And now three is a pattern, I saw how you looked at Brier."
"There's one problem with your theory, and that's that A. I don't like Yugi like that, and B, that was shock, not crush. No one's done a 'Freak the Mighty' thing in years." Yuko argued.
"Oh dear Yuko, it's ok to admit your fetish," Rose said grabbing Yuko and leening all her weight on her friend. "Yugi supposedly has a loli fetish."
"Excuse me?" Yuko said, very angry at this point.
"Yeah, it's why he dated Rebecca Hawkins," Rose explained.
Yuko twitched. "That's not proof of anything!" "Rose, I don't think that's true."
"Well that's not what the forums say," Rose said shrugging. "He has a loli fetish and is a sadomasochist with Kaiba, why else do they wear all leather and straps as everyday wear?"
"They're probably costumes. There's always been a theatrical side of dueling, those two probably just take it a step further than most." Yuko said. It was getting very hard to not try and attempt to hurt Rose, and if not for Syrus, she would have walked out already.
Rose sighed and shook her head. "Poor naive Yuko," She muttered patting her friends head. "Nearly everyone in Battle City was a sadomasochist, do I even need to bring up Marik?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
"Rose, we all knew when he started using cage and handcuff monsters that he might have some holes that need flex tape. 'Keeps the demons from getting out." Yuko said.
"Fine continue to deny yourself," Rose said shrugging. "Just don't be shocked when Syrus wants you to tie him up and calls you mommy," Rose said laughing.
Yuko visibly cringed. "I would like to not assume people's kinks before they tell me themself, unlike SOME people here." She said gratingly.
"Yuko trust me, once you discover your own fetishes you start to see patterns in others," She said turning to Syrus. "Bastion for instance definity has either a powerful women or an Amazon women fetish."
"What's your so called proof?" Yuko asked.
"Intuition," Rose said shrugging. "I figured out Lex's and Zane's pretty quick too, and in Lex's case I've since confirmed it," She smirked wiggling her rather long tongue sexually.
"ANYWAY, who's Syrus dueling anyway?" Yuko asked, swiftly changing the topic.
"His name is Dimitri," Bastion said sliding through the crowd to get to them.
"And now young scholar!" Dimitri yelled. "I play 'Heavy Storm' to destroy my two 'Statue of the Wicked' traps then I'll sacrifice my two 'Wicked Tokens' to summon my 'Ancient Gear Golem' (3000/3000)!"
"Huh he stole that move from Crowler," Rose muttered in Yuko's ear as she had yet to let go of her friend.
"Precisely," Bastion said nodding. "Dimitri is known for copying famous decks."
"That works?" Yuko asked.
"It doesn't," Bastion answered.
"Ah." Yuko said.
"'Ancient Gear Golem' attack 'Jetroid' Mechanized Melee!" Dimitri yelled as 'Golem' reared back and punched at Syrus's monster.
"Not so fast when 'Jetroid' is attack I can play a trap card from my hand," Syrus said playing his card. "Go 'Magic Cylinder'!"
"Wait time out!" Dimitri yelled as his attack was redirected back at him, ending the duel.
"Oh look at that, Syrus won, let's continue this conversation never." Yuko said to Rose, pulling away from her to go congratulate Syrus.
"Chazz has a praise fetish and is a sub!" Rose laughed as she followed her friend over to a now jumping for joy Syrus.
"Hey, congrats on the win!" Yuko said, completely ignoring Rose.
"Yes," He said happily before blushing as he held out the ticket to Yuko. "Umm here," He said nervously.
"Wait, all this time, you were dueling for me to have a ticket?" Yuko said, a blush creeping onto her face.
"Umm yeah," Syrus said nervously toeing the ground. "I saw how fast they were selling out and I figured Rose already got one first thing this morning, but you're a late sleeper so I was worried you'd miss it and since you could only get one at a time I decided to get back in line and-," Syrus rambled as his face turned redder and redder.
"Well, thank you! I really appreciate it!" Yuko said, a cheesy grin and an ever expanding blush on her face. "I probably shouldn't tell him that I ordered a ticket online when they were first put up then…"
"Aww," Rose said smiling and clasping her hands in front of her. "So cute."
Yuko pocketed the ticket with a full face blush by now. While she still didn't think she had a shota fetish, she couldn't deny now that there wasn't something between her and Syrus.
"I don't see nothing wrong," Rose whispered in Yuko's ear. "With a little bump and grind," She laughed making Syrus and Yuko blush even harder.
"Can you NOT?" Yuko nearly shouted at Rose.
"No because you two are cute together," Rose said smiling. "Oh hey lets get another option, Bastion what do you think?"
"Yes they make a very logical couple," Bastion said nodding. "-But I think it's best we let them progress at their own pace, for now I would invite you all back to the yellow dorms for a nice dinner before the event tomorrow," He suggested smiling.
"That's very kind of you." Yuko said, her hands on her face in an effort to cool her face off.
"Yeah sure," Syrus said beet red. "I need to get Chumley though," He said running back to his dorm.
"Don't forget the condoms!" Rose yelled after him, making him faceplant. "Oh shit, sorry!"
"Rose, I will destroy you!" Yuko yelled behind her. "Seriously though, what's gotten into you?"
"Sorry!" Rose said holding up her hands in surrender. "I'm just in love," She said with a goofy grin. "And I want to spread the love."
"Alright then." Yuko said.
"Maybe you should tone it down a bit," Bastion said raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah you're probably right," Rose said sighing. "I'll go get Lex," She said walking to the blue dorms.
"I should go get Midori too." She offered, setting out for the red dorms.
...
One lovely dinner at the Yellow dorms later, Yuko was going over a collage of notes from various sources. There were some made by her, Midori, and Syrus so far, as somehow the majority of her notes always seemed to get ruined. Suddenly a twinge of anxiety coursed through her. Despite heavy security in the area, she felt uncertain with the safety of her brother's deck.
"Rose, we gotta go see the deck." She said, closing the folder the notes were in and placing it in her desk.
"What?" Rose asked rolling over in her bunk. "I'm sorry could you repeat that?"
"Yeah I agree," Midori said from below. "I don't think I heard you right."
"We have to go see it. Rose is rubbing off on me, I'm too excited to wait." She lied through her teeth.
"Are you suggesting we break into the school, get past all the normal security and the extra security they put in, then pick the lock on the doors, all to see something we're gonna be seeing tomorrow?" Rose asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes?" Yuko said.
"FUCK YES!" Rose yelled getting of bed and putting on her shoes. "Oh I'm so proud of you! The student has become the master!" She said happily grabbing Yuko in a hug. "I'll go get Syrus!" She yelled running outside. "Oh Syrus!" She sing-songed forcing his door open.
"Oh Ra please no not again!" Syrus pleaded as Rose shut the door, muffling his screams.
"What have I done?" Yuko thought.
"What have you done," Midori said with a sigh as she got dressed.
…
The four made their way through the campus, and then through the building Metal Gear Solid style. After some close calls with security, the group made it to the final intersection.
"Ah hello there everyone," Bastion said waving as he walked down from the opposite hallway.
"You here to see the cards too?" Yuko asked.
"Of course," Bastion said smiling, but before he could finish a loud crash was heard from inside the room.
"Someone's in there." Yuko said, and bolted for the room.
"Someone's getting kicked in the shins!" Rose yelled bolting after her and aiming a kick at the lock, busting the doors open.
In the center of the circular room, a glass column, used to display the deck, had been broken open. The spotlight overhead seemed to highlight the spot, making it seem ironically heavenly. Hunched over it was Dr. Crowler.
Yuko fumed at this, her terror aura flicking on. "And what the hell is going on here?" She asked.
"I-I know how this looks!" Crowler yelled in fear. "-But I didn't steal the deck!"
"Well you say that," Rose smirked. "-But you're the only one here, so it must have been you, don't worry I'm sure you'll be able to defend yourself at your trial," She said sarcastically.
"Let's get the Chancellor. I'm sure this'll be a very interesting case." Yuko said, and started down the hall.
"No please don't!" Crowler yelled grabbing her legs.
"Don't worry I'm sure an anonymous letter will help," Rose snarked smiling evilly.
"Why'd you even do it?" Yuko said, her question barbed.
"I didn't do it I swear!" Crowler whined. "Please I'll be fired if you take this to the Chancellor!" He sobbed. "If you help me find it I'll give you all A's on your homework for the rest of your time here!"
That made Rose stop and think. "If you include Alexis in on this deal, and give me it in writing and in blood I'll agree," She said smiling evilly as she pulled out a sheet of paper, pen, and small knife out of her backpack.
"Ok ok!" Crowler agreed as he wrote and signed the contract, with everyone there and Rose's on signature, it was now binding. "Now let go, I'll get security to shut down the docks, that way unless they can fly a helicopter they'll be stuck here!"
"Alright, Syrus and I will start canvassing the island on foot." Yuko said, and the two headed off.
"Janitor's closets don't count!" Rose laughed. "Me and Midori will go talk to the Blue Dorms, now where did I put my battering ram?"
…
"Zane!" Rose yelled banging on the door. "I'm both respecting your privacy by knocking, but asserting my authority as the superior duelist by coming in anyway!" She said before slamming a battering ram into Zane's door, knocking it over. "Did you steal Yugi's deck!" She asked the half awake boy.
"What no?" Zane mumbled trying to fully wake up.
"Well it's missing so I'm canvasing the male dorms while Midori does the females," Rose explained shifting her battering ram. "Ok next door!" She concluded waking down to the next room and doing the same thing.
"Ugh," Zane mumbled as he dressed. "How has she not been expelled yet," He thought walking outside to help look. "And where did she get a battering ram?"
…
Yuko and Syrus had looked all along the south side of the island, and had started up the west coast. After a few minutes of running, they came across someone out on the rocks.
"Hey! Someone just stole Yugi's deck. Do you know anything?" Syrus shouted out to them. He turned around, and they both recognized him as Dimitri from earlier that day.
"Stole? This is my deck! If you don't believe me, let me show you, right here right now!" He said in a horrible impression of Yugi, and chucked a duel disk at Syrus.
He was about to put it on, but Yuko stopped him. "Hold on. Let me duel him instead." She said.
"What? Why?" Syrus asked.
"Call it ego, but it's been a personal challenge of mine to beat this deck. It would be killing two birds with one stone." She lied.
"Well, alright. Be careful though." Syrus said, and handed over the disk.
"Hey what's going on?" Rose asked as her and the gang clambered down the cliffside. "Is that Dimitri?"
"Yep. I think he's cracked or something, he thinks he's Yugi." Yuko explained.
"Ah yes, it's good to be the King of Games." Dimitri said, and gave a hearty laugh.
"You are not Yugi," Rose said crossing her arms. "You're clearly not wearing enough leather and straps."
"Rose, if you could do me a huge favor and not spout forums bullcrap for the next thirty minutes that would be great." Yuko said, engaging her duel disk.
"They're all true," Rose said crossing her arms as she leaned against a nearby rock.
Yuko sighed, then turned to Dimitri. "Hello there my enemy."
"Duel!" (LP: 8000)
"I'll go first." Yuko said, drawing her card. "I set one card face down, and set a monster. Next I activate the spell 'Wave-Motion Cannon!'
A large green cannon appeared on the field. "During my Standby Phase, I can send this card to the graveyard to inflict 1000 points of damage for every turn it was on the field. For now, you're safe. Go ahead." She said. (Turn Counter: 1)
"Very well. I draw!" Dimitri said. "I fuse 'Gazelle, the King of Mythical Beasts' and 'Berphomet' to create 'Chimera, the Flying Mythical Beast!'"
The two monsters fused together in a burst of light to create a two headed, well, chimera. (2100/1800). "Go, Attack her facedown monster!" 'Chimera' pounced on the card, and lifted up 'Marshmallon' (300/500) in its jaws, which was struggling to get out.
"Marshmallon's ability activates! After Damage Calculation, if this card was attacked and facedown at the start of the Damage Step, you take 1000 damage!" Yuko growled.
'Marshmallon' wriggled out of Chimera's bite and tried to bite off Dimitri's head. It was unsuccessful, being a hologram. (Dimitri's LP: 8000-7000)
"I end my turn." Dimitri said.
"I draw." Yuko said, examining her hand. She was missing the keystone piece, but if she didn't do something this turn, she'd be in a bad spot. After all, the secret to beating Yugi's Deck, at least in her experience, was to keep moving and doing things at all times. "I Summon one 'Gilasaurus' normally, then Special Summon a second using its special ability!"
Two velociraptors stormed the field, snarling in anger. (1400/400)
"The downside of this ability is that you get to summon a monster from your graveyard, if you're so inclined." She said.
"I'll take you up on your offer. I resummon 'Gazelle, the King of Mythical Beasts'! (1500/1200)" Dimitri said.
"I hope you're ready to sit on your butt for a while, because I'm activating 'Swords of Revealing Light'!" Yuko said, playing the card. Swords made of light rained down from the heavens, creating an impassable barrier on the field. "At the End Phase of your turn three turns from now, this barrier will dissolve, and you'll be free to attack again. For now though, you're stuck." She explained. "I end my turn." (Turn Counter: 2)
"I draw! Dimitri said, looking over his hand. "I set one card facedown, and activate 'Monster Reincarnation!' Now by discarding a card, I can summon back a monster from my Graveyard. I summon 'Berfomet!'" (1400/1800) However, he won't be around for long! I tribute both him and 'Gazelle' to summon my dear friend, 'Dark Magician!'"
The monster appeared in a cascade of dark energy. (2500/2100)
Although it was only a hologram, Yuko gave it a look that screamed "Really?" To it. Much to her surprise, the hologram seemed to roll its eyes. Yuko scrubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't hallucinating, but it just gave her the standard cold glare.
"Lucky for you, your 'Swords of Revealing Light' prevents him from attacking, so I'll place one card face down and end my turn." He said.
"Boo boring," Rose said angrily. "The real Yugi would have used his ability to read his opponent's mind and stopped swords!"
"My turn then. I draw." Yuko said, flat out ignoring Rose. Not good. If she didn't draw Dreadroot by her next turn, she was in big trouble. "I set a monster, as well as one card facedown. I end my turn." (Turn Counter: 3)
"I draw!" Dimitri said. If Yuko has to take a guess from the look on his face, he looked like he bricked. "Unusual for that deck," she thought.
"I place one card facedown and end my turn." Dimitri said.
"Alright, this is all or nothing. Heart of the Cards be with me..." Yuko thought, and drew. An electric shock seemed to go up her arm. Dreadroot has been drawn.
"I tribute three of my monsters to summon The Wicked Dreadroot!'" Yuko shouted. The area tumbled and the ground split open, a hand ripping its way out and pulling the demon behind it. (4000/4000).
Dimitri looked at the thing with shock and awe, and almost broke character.
Even with him blocked out, she could feel Dreadroot's influence seep into her soul. "When Dreadroot is on the field, the attack and defense of all monsters except for itself are halved." Yuko explained as a purple mist covered the battlefield. (2500-1250/2100-1050),(2100-1050/1800-900).
"And it's over," Rose muttered scrolling through the Yugi forums. "Hey did you know Yugi has a third eyelid so he doesn't have to blink while dueling?" She yelled.
"That is not true." Yuko said, then turned back to the duel. "Do you know the great thing about Swords is? You may not be able to attack me, but I can attack you. Dreadroot! Attack 'Chimera' with Fears Knockdown!"
Dreadroot smashed his fist down on top of Chimera. (Dimitri LP: 7000-4050)
"See Yugi would have avoided that by using his ultimate ability to draw any card he needs at any time, given to him by an ancient Mesopotamian goddess of sex," Rose sighed.
"Rose, I asked for ONE thing out of you." Yuko growled. "This deck is highly adaptive. A momentary lapse of judgment could cost me the duel!"
"It's fine," Rose said dismissively. "After another few turns this deck is gonna turn on him and cause him to go insane, or strike him with a bolt of lighting."
"I highly doubt that." Yuko said, and turned back to the duel. "I end my turn." (Turn Counter: 4)
"Your friend certainly has some interesting theories about me." Dimitri smirked.
"Do not start too." Yuko warned.
"I draw!" He said, and smiled. "I activate "Dedication through Light and Darkness'! It allows me to tribute my 'Dark Magician' and summon 'Dark Magician of Chaos' in his place!"
A dark aura engulfed 'Dark Magician', and through the shining miasma approached a new, more powerful magician. (2800-1400/2609-1300)
Yuko wanted to be unimpressed, really she did. Moreover, she was pissed off at Dimitri for stealing the deck, and Rose was starting to add to that with her forums crap.
"I end my turn." He said.
"My draw." Yuko said. 'Lightning Vortex, that could be helpful. "I play the spell card 'Lightning Vortex!' Now your pathetic Magician is destroyed, leaving you open for an all out attack!" A Lightning bolt struck the field, disintegrating 'Dark Magician of Chaos'. "Dreadroot! Attack him directly!" Yuko commanded.
"I discard 'Kuriboh' from my hand to reduce the damage I take to zero!" Dimitri said, sending 'Kuriboh' to the Graveyard. Dreadroot tried to punch Dimitri, but the ghost of the small furry creature barely held it back. Yuko growled in frustration.
"You know," Rose said lazily. "He may be partially right, Yugi does have a illegitimate son with Ishizu Ishtar.
"Rose, if you say one more thing ridiculous, obviously fake thing about Yugi, I am gonna strangle you! Just shut up for once!" Yuko screamed. She was so frustrated that she could barely think, and couldn't turn on her terror aura.
"Thank you Kuriboh. That move takes me back to our duel against Seto Kaiba at Battle City. Those were some good times, weren't they old friend?" Dimitri prattled on.
Something cracked in Yuko.
...
At that moment, deep in the mindscape, Dreadroot was laughing up a storm. He had been watching the whole duel and laughing at his host's misery and frustration.
Suddenly, a crack appeared in the glass walls of the mindscape.
"Oh...that is not good." He said, examining the break. At the epicenter of the rapidly spider webbing cracks was a single arrow.
"That is not good." He repeated. The cracks spread all throughout the glass walls of the room, and shattered under the weight of the water outside.
...
"Shut your fucking mouth! Do not talk about Battle City like you were there! You are not my brother!" Yuko screamed in absolute rage.
The word Brother echoed throughout the area.
"...What?" Was the collective thought of the group, Bastion seemed to be paling rapidly while Midori and Chumley where gaping like fishes, Rose had nearly dropped her phone from shock and was now barely standing up as she used her seat for support.
Syrus really didn't understand what was happening, but then he started thinking back to him and Yuko's conversation before his tag duel, and immediately upon remembering her hair color the little needle in his head switched from 'No Clue' to 'Gets it'. "Yuko is Yugi's sister!" He yelled.
"Thank you captain obvious," Rose said as she fought to stay conscious. Yuko, who couldn't care less anymore, ripped off her beanie, letting her hair finally be free. Her braid cascaded down her back as it fell into its normal place.
"This is where I lay waste and you will go home bleeding. Did not have to be this way, should have stayed out of the way, now you are headed for a beating." Yuko almost sang. If she hadn't gone mad at that moment, she was very close. "I end my turn." (Turn Counter: 5)
"I draw!" Dimitri said.
"Brick again?" Yuko thought, examining his facial expressions.
"I set one card facedown and end my turn." He said.
"I draw." Yuko said. Now was the time. "You messed with my family, Dimitri. You will regret this little fight. It would be a mercy to end you with Dreadroot. And I am not feeling too merciful. I send 'Wave-Motion Cannon' to the Graveyard to inflict 5000 Damage!"
'Wave-Motion Cannon' started charging up its machinery.
"Watch yourself suffer, and watch me ignite!" Yuko said, and the cannon fired. The beam completely engulfed Dimitri, bringing him to his knees. (Dimitri LP: 4050-0. Winner: Yuko.)
…
The collective mood of the group could be summed up as, pure shock. Rose was the first to recover and she was able to walk over to Yuko. "So…" She muttered scratching the back of her head.
"What?" Yuko said, still angry about the whole situation. She'd lost her secret to her own stupid temper, even if only to her friends and some punk.
Rose awkwardly looked around for a few seconds before calming down and giving Yuko a smirk. "You totally stole that final line from Ignite," She chuckled.
"And?" Yuko said. "The song speaks to me."
"Well it may speak to you," Rose said crossing her arms. "-But if you're going to do a finishing line you need to make it original!" She countered.
"When have I been original?" Yuko said.
"Oh my Ra I can't even with you!" Rose said throwing her hands up and trying to look angry, before devolving into laughter not a minute later. Despite everything that had happened today, Yuko giggled too.
Yuko turned to the rest of her friends. "I hope this new information doesn't lead to you treating me any differently." She said, and put her beanie back on, not attempting to hide her hair anymore.
"Of course not!" Midori said smiling as she came over and hugged Yuko tightly.
"It wouldn't be logical to treat you any different," Bastion said smiling.
"Of course I wouldn't treat you any different!" Syrus said. "You're my best friend, how could I?"
Yuko smiled at that, and felt overwhelmingly happy.
"Syrus," Rose said smiling darkly. "I thought I was your best friend?" She asked walking over and getting close to his face. "Should I get talk to your shins again?" She asked cracking her knuckles. Syrus whimpered in fear of her threat. "I'm kidding buddy," Rose said snickering as she picked him up and dropped him in Yuko's arms. "You two belong together." Both flushed heavily at Rose's statement.
"Rose come on, we were all having a moment." Yuko said jokingly.
"And I'm helping," She said proudly before looking over at a still stunned Dimitri. "So what are we gonna do about him?"
"Well I was gonna rip his bangs out after I took my brother's deck back, but I don't feel like doing the former anymore." Yuko said.
Rose nodded as she walked over to the sobbing boy. "Look Dimitri," Rose said crossing her arms. "You need to return the deck."
Dimitri somewhat ignored Rose in favor of muttering to himself. "I lost, even with Yugi's legendary deck...Why can't I ever win?!"
"That's your problem, you need to make your own deck," Rose explained. "A deck is something you pour your heart and soul into, something you craft yourself and make your own, using someone else's deck will never be as good as one you made yourself."
Dimitri seemed to have a small revelation at Rose's statement. "Make my own…?"
"Yes," Zane said as he and Alexis walked out from behind the cliffside. "Now come on, you need to go return that deck to Crowler."
"Yeah, ok. But what now?" Dimitri asked tentatively, dislodging the deck from the disk.
"Well the punishment for stealing is pretty clear, expulsion," Zane said gravely.
"What is with school and jumping right to expulsion," Rose muttered as she grabbed the deck and handed it over to Yuko. "Don't worry about it Dimitri," Rose said smiling at the fearful boy. "I'll make sure you don't get expelled, and if they try shins will be punched."
"So you guys saw everything?" Yuko asked nervously.
"Yeah," Zane said smiling. "And we're not the only ones," He said gesturing to the cliffside, where it looks like the entire school was watching. "I rallied the troops to help look, but I don't think anyone here will say anything about what they saw here tonight, so you'll both be fine."
Yuko was beside herself. "I guess there's no secret anymore." She said offhandedly.
"Nope," Rose said shrugging. "Don't worry about it, if anyone tries anything I'll punch their shins!" She yelled at the students on the top of the cliff.
"Thanks." Yuko said, genuinely grateful for her offer for once.
…
"No Rose, he doesn't have a third eyelid. We're only humans!" Yuko said.
"Well what about the sex goddess?" Rose asked as she rattling off hundreds of questions about Yugi.
"That one's kinda half right, actually. While he wasn't a sex god per say, at least not to my knowledge, his power was given to him by the spirit of an ancient Pharaoh, and they were seen as gods among men in his time." Yuko replied.
"And about that!" Rose yelled. "I can't believe you didn't tell us about the Millenium Items!" She ranted. "I knew they were real and had super powers!"
"I didn't tell you because the Items choose their bearers. You can't just put one on and it'll accept you. If you're not the right person in their eyes, you could get burnt alive or worse." Yuko explained.
"Oh so I wouldn't be worthy, but nutcases like Marik where?" Rose countered.
"I don't KNOW if you would be worthy. They're complicated and contrary things at times. It took my brother eight years to solve the Puzzle, it might have rejected him at first for all I know." Yuko said.
"I think you just don't want me to get that super cool eyepatch," Rose said crossing her arms in an over exaggerated manner.
"To even attempt to wear the Millennium Eye you have to gouge out your eye. Or it sort of melds into your eye, I'm not sure but either way you lose an eye." Yuko said.
"I thought it was an eyepatch!" Rose yelled. "Why isn't it an eyepatch?"
"I don't know, Rose! I wasn't there when they made them to give suggestions!" Yuko said.
"Well it's stupid!" Rose yelled. "Someone made a poor choice there!"
"I know right?" Yuko said.
"Can you two let it go," Midori said sighing.
…
The next day, the exhibition hall was packed as the whole school flocked to see Yugi's deck. With her secret out to pretty much the whole school, she no longer hid her hair in her beanie, though still opted to wear it like a normal hat.
"Hey check this out!" Rose said happily showing off her new purchase to Yuko. "A signed Yugi poster! They were selling them for like nothing!"
"Rose, that's not how my brother signs stuff." Yuko said, inspecting the signature.
"...what?" Rose asked with a frozen smile.
"Yeah, this is way too over the top for his style." Yuko elaborated.
"I did hear that Dimitri did get into the merchandise, and he had a marker," Bastion said making Rose's hand start shake in anger.
"Yuko! Rose!" Syrus called out, running down the hall to meet them.
"What's up?" Yuko asked.
"It's Dimitri, he's at it again!" Syrus explained. Yuko and Rose looked at each other, and then started looking for him. They found him out in the woods.
"I've been waiting for this." Dimitri said in a horrible impression of Yuko. He turned around to reveal he was mimicking her now. Yuko was silent at this revelation.
"Dimitri I don't even care that you're in a female uniform right now," Rose said growling. "Did you sign your name on the Yugi posters?"
"I'm not Dimitri, I'm Yuko," He said pulling out his duel disk. "Now hello there my combatant, I will send you to your home bleeding, watch me burn."
"...I'm going to start punching you now. I don't know when I'll stop." Yuko said, and before Dimitri could respond, Yuko rushed him, knocking him to the ground. As she choked him with the hair extensions he used to make a braid, Rose joined in and started rooting for his wallet. "You owe me 10 bucks!" She yelled. "And why the fuck are you wearing panties!" She screamed before punching him in the shins...repeatedly.
"Why are some of my friends so violent?" Syrus thought, and went to separate the three before they seriously hurt Dimitri.