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Rated M due to language.

"Characters Speaking"
Characters Thinking
/Authors Comments\

~~~Chapter Eight~~~

~~~Previous~~~

"The door of darkness opens." Haiyama is lunged on by his pet and lets out a scream. "Pets are free to choose who they point their fangs at. You forgot that, so you lose."

Haiyama lay on the floor with his book over his face and whipped down near his side. He groans in complete shock as he moves about, dislodging his book from his face.

I remove my hands from Yami's arm as he walks over to stand at the side of Haiyama. "There's more to pets than food and whips…Love is needed. Seems even in the end, you never understood that."

I hear a familiar screech behind me, causing Yami and me to turn and look. The white speck gets closer to the warehouse entrance. I hold out my arm, and Hedwig lands on it. She climbs up my arm and sits on my shoulder before, as usual, she preens my hair with her beak.

"Hedwig! Did you have a good flight?" She lets out a hoot in agreement. "Did you enjoy yourself around Little Moon's?" She lets out another hoot of agreement before letting out a screech. "Hedwig?"

I hear a yipping sound, and I look down at my feet to see a puppy, but not any puppy, but a puppy grim with the same colour eyes as Sirius. Though, I know it is not Sirius. The pup jumps in my arms and lets out a yip before snuggling closer. "Hedwig, did you find him and bring him to me?" She lets out a sound of agreement before moving closer to my head.

I gave a soft chuckle before looking down at the pup in my arms. "Now, a name for you, yes?" He lets out an excited yip. "Padfoot, after my precious godfather and second father. You do have the same eye colour as him." He lets out a high-pitched yip and licks my face.

Yami moves closer to my side, and Hedwig opens her eyes to look at him with her piercing gaze. She does this for a few minutes before letting out an approving hoot and closes her eyes before going back to sleep. "I guess you got Hedwig's approval." I chuckle softly.

"Approval? How so?" Yami askes interested.

"She doesn't normally let other people apart from my godbrother Neville, Fred and George, my adopted brothers, or little Moon, my sister in everything but blood, near me. If they do, she normally attacks them and chases them away. She is very overprotective of me." I admit with a fond smile.

Yami lets out his chuckle. "I see. And this little one?" He looks down at Padfoot.

"You know I am a witch, yes?" He nods his head, and I continue. "My godfather, along with my Mama, Papa, and honorary Uncle, was a wizard and witch, and he was able to turn into a large grim with the same eyes."

"Was?" Yami queries softly.

"My Mama and Papa were killed when I was 15 months old, my Godfather when I was 14, and my uncle when I was 16, along with his wife a few weeks ago." I grieve with a soft smile.

Yami comes up behind me, wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me gently towards his chest. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought it up." He apologises sadly.

I snuggle slightly into his chest, causing him to look down at me in surprise. I look up at him with a soft smile. "It's fine; speaking about it slowly helps."

We share a soft smile before gazing at Honda and Miho. Miho is no longer tied up and is lying on top of Honda, who is still unconscious but has a small, silly smile. "Let's go to Australia together…Mama…" Miho mutters.

I let out a chuckle as I waited for them to awaken.

~~~Present~~~

While at school, Yuugi is playing Duel Monsters against Miho. "Yuugi wins!" Jounouchi states, leaning forward to see the board properly.

"No…" Miho exclaims, disappointed.

"I don't believe it," Honda says in disbelief.

"I did it! I won!" Yuugi cheers proudly.

"No way! I lost?" Miho states, confused.

"Way to go, Yuugi." Anzu praises.

"You did well, Yuugi," I say softly.

"You sure are cold when it comes to games," Jounouchi states.

Yuugi looks up at him, confused. "But this is the first time I've won this game…"

Miho gets upset. "Miho…also was playing this card game for the first time."

"Miho-chan…" Yuugi trails off sadly as he looks down at the table.

Honda bangs his hands on the desk, causing Yuugi to fall off his chair to the ground. "Why you, Yuugi! You made Miho-chan cry! You're not a man! I, beautification member Honda Hiroto-sama, will clean up your dirtied spirit!"

"Sorry…" Yuugi apologises uncertainly.

"Honda!" I glare at him, causing him to step back in alarm.

Anzu kneels next to Yuugi, causing him to smile. "Wait, Honda-kun! It's not Yuugi's fault. This is a game, after all."

"Yup, yup. Cool your head, janitor member." Jounouchi teases with a smirk.

"Beautification member!" Honda shouts back, annoyed.

"Squid member?" Jounouchi questions getting the response wrong on purpose.

"Yes, yes. White and swimming in the ocean with ten legs. Wriggling like this…and going…" Honda agrees without thinking.

Jounouchi holds up an octopus figure in his palm. "That's an octopus member."

Honda snaps out of it. "No! I'm a beautification member!"

"Mandarin member?" Jounouchi states, once again, saying the wrong thing.

Once again, Honda falls for it. "Yes, yes. Full of vitamin C. Round, sweet, a bit acidic mandarin."

"How long are you going to keep this up?" Jounouchi asks with a tired sigh.

"You're the one forcing me to!" Honda replies, annoyed, sweat-dropping, and fists clenched. "I'm talking to Yuugi!"

"At any rate, it's not Yuugi's fault. There's no reason for him to apologise." Anzu states, giving no room for argument.

Miho gets out of her chair and rests against Honda's chest. "Honda-kun!"

"Miho-chan…" Honda stammers as he blushes. He snaps out, still blushing, and looks at Yuugi. "It is Yuugi's fault!"

"Sorry…" Yuugi trails off sadly.

"I said don't apologise." Anzu scolds Yuugi, tapping the back of his head.

"But…" Yuugi trails off.

Before Yuugi can say anything else, the speaker in the classroom goes off. "First-year class B Mutou Yuugi-kun…First-year class B Mutou Yuugi-kun, please come to the infirmary right now."

"Me?" Yuugi questions, confused. He does get up after putting away his cards and heads toward the infirmary, with me following him. I have a bad feeling about what will happen in that infirmary. "Excuse me," Yuugi calls out before sliding the door open. "Ummm…"

"Mutou Yuugi-kun, right?" The blue-haired lady questions.

"Yes." Yuugi agrees hesitantly.

"Please enter."

I enter the room, and Yuugi closes the door behind me. I don't trust this woman and have only seen her.

Yuugi makes his way over to her, and I follow behind him. "Umm…what do you want with me?" Yuugi asks, confused.

The blue-haired woman turned her seat around to look at Yuugi. However, she does look surprised to see me standing behind him, glaring at her. "You're strong, aren't you, Yuugi-kun."

Yuugi backs away in surprise. "Ummm…strong…Ummm…"

She laughs briefly before holding up a set of Duel Monster cards. "I'm talking about card games."

"Game," Yuugi repeats, still surprised.

"I heard the rumours, Yuugi-kun."

Yuugi places his fingers together hesitantly. "No…I'm not that good."

The woman just laughs before placing her hand on her cards. "Let me see your skill, okay?"

Yuugi looks at her surprised before he hesitantly agrees. They move to the chairs on the other side of the room, and she sets up the field on the table between them. "First, let's begin with your turn."

"2000 life points. And you have five cards in hand."

"I know that!" She states, and she picks up five cards. "Okay, let's get started."

Yuugi picks up his own five cards. "Then my attack, I put RockGan on the wasteland field. RockGan is made of rocks, so his attack goes up 50 percent on the Wasteland."

"What a boring card to fight with." She interrupts, bored.

"Isn't this how you start out?" Yuugi questions, confused.

"Really? Then, I'll start with the equally powered Ghost. Attack level 150. Both go down."

Yuugi then takes his next turn before the Nurse takes hers. "My turn, right." She takes her next card. "I picked a good card. I attack with Chimera on the Forest field."

"Mystical beast Chimera…attack power 800. But on the Forest field…Chimera is a beast card…um…"

"Okay, Yuugi-kun, how will you fight?"

"Alright. Then I'll put Dark Mammoth on the Forest Field. Its attack power is 600. In the Forest field, its attack level is 50 percent up. Guess I win this one…" Yuugi states, pointing at himself before he goes to pick both cards up.

"Too bad…you didn't think that one through." Yuugi looks up at her, confused. "In Greek myth…mystical beast Chimera…with a lion's face, goat's body, and a snake's tail…However…a Chimera wasn't frightful because of only its appearance. Its flame could burn down everything. It could burn away trees and grass. Changing forests into wastelands. Chimera's attack level is 50 percent up in the Wasteland."

Dark Mammoth is defeated, and Yuugi's life point goes down to 1700. "No…I lost."

"Okay. Your turn next."

Yuugi snaps out of his shock. "Right." He picks up a card. "Alright. Then I attack with this card."

"Dark Dragon…What a dangerous card." She laughs before placing down her card. "Then…I will defend!" She uses Zombie and leaves it in the defensive position. They take turns, leaving Yuugi with 800 life points and the Nurse with 1800 life points.

It is now the Nurse's turn again. She places down Aphrodite. "Aphrodite?" Yuugi yelped, face pale. "Attacking with the goddess of beauty…Why would you…?"

"Is there something wrong with that, Yuugi-kun?"

"Ummm…please don't tease me. Even I can beat that." Yuugi looks down at the card.

"Really?" She mocks, but I don't think Yuugi notices that.

"On the Wasteland field, I attack with Black Scorpion. I win this time. Black Scorpion stabs Aphrodite with deadly poison attack."

"No, you lose." She is quick to deny it. "Aphrodite is indeed the goddess of beauty and love. But where was she born? She was born from the sea."

"The sea?" Yuugi perplexed in a small, panicked voice. "I see. Combo it with the Tsunami card…"

The Nurse begins laughing loudly. "Aphrodite wins."

"You're amazing, Sensei. I'm not a match!" Yuugi praises, amazed. The school bell goes off. "Ahh! Class has started. Okay, I have to go." Yuugi states as he stands up.

"Wait." The Nurse stops Yuugi by placing her hand on his, causing him to look up at her in surprise. "As a reward for my victory…I will take this card."

"No! Neon Knight is an important card too…"

She ignores Yuugi's denial and walks away with the card. "You'll be late to class, Yuugi-kun."

He rushes to put his cards away. "That's not fair!"

"Challenge me again. If I lose, then I'll return it."

Yuugi rubs and stops in front of her. She is sitting on one of the infirmary beds. "Really? You're definitely going to return it, right?" Yuugi questions before running out of the room. I glare at the Nurse before following after him.

~~~After School~~~

Anzu walks out of the school gates with Yuugi and me. Yuugi looks at Anzu, rubbing his head sheepishly as we stand outside the gates. "So, I have something to do…"

"Wait, Yuugi. You're not going to the game centre again, are you?"

"Eh. No." Yuugi denies it straight away.

"Yuugi, you put a lot of money into games. You're abusing your Jii-chan."

"It's not the game centre! Bye!" Yuugi shouts back to her as he runs off. I quickly ran after him, not wanting to put up with Anzu's questioning. Yuugi lets out a sigh as Anzu doesn't follow us. "That was close…But I have to try the new fighting game coming in today."

I let out a soft chuckle. "You sure are fond of games, aren't you, Yuugi?" I tease with a fond smile.

"Yeah!" Yuugi agrees with a large smile on his face.

~~~At Game Centre~~~

"Huh? Where can it be?" Yuugi ponders, looking around. "I wonder if it's not here yet."

A shop employee comes over to us. "Sir, Madam, are you looking for something?"

"The new game."

"Oh, right. It's this way. You're first, sir. This way." The employee moves to the left.

"Really? I'm first?" Yuugi exclaims, surprised.

"This way." The employee states, instead of answering Yuugi's question.

"Lucky!" Yuugi softly cheers as we follow behind the employee.

He takes us to a closed door at the end of the hallway. He opens the door to show us the back of the building with a car parked in front of us. Yuugi looks around, confused. "This is the back door."

"Just come already, Yuugi!" The employee shouts as he pushes Yuugi and me into the car. He was holding Yuugi down until I pushed him off him and pulled Yuugi close to my side.

"What are you doing?" Yuugi demands.

There is a female laugh, and we both look up to hear the Nurse's voice from the front seat. "Yuugi-kun, let's continue our game." It is an older man. The man turns to look at us, and his mouth is moving. The voice was coming from him. "You want your Neon Knight card back, right?"

"That voice…" Yuugi looks surprised.

"It's one of the Game Shitennou, Baron Didory Sheldan." The employee laughs before pulling off his mask to show Kaiba.

"Kaiba-kun!" Yuugi exclaims, surprised.

"Kaiba, I should have known," I state with a sigh of disbelief.

"I will bring you to your knees in the Mansion of Dolls!"

"Mansion of Dolls?" Yuugi questions.

Baron is still holding up Yuugi's Neon Knight card. "Will you show me a Yami No Game?" He laughs.

~~~Inside the Mansion~~~

Yuugi and I are taken into a room surrounded by dolls with a table and two chairs in the centre. The room is dark, with only the table lit up. Yuugi looks around the room, freaked out. "How creepy…" I nod my head in agreement.

"Does something about this Mansion of Dolls displease you?" The Baron questions.

Yuugi looks back at some of the dolls. "All those eyes looking at me creeps me out."

"They all want to see you fall to your knees in loss," Kaiba states, standing next to Baron. He laughs. "Hurry and pull your card. Begin the game!"

Baron holds up Neon Knight. "I will use your card first."

"My Neon Knight!"

"Then let's begin. The Baron gets the first turn. Duel!" Kaiba acknowledges.

Baron places the Neon Knight card down. "Attack on the Mountain field!"

"Starting off with that? Neon Knight's…attack power is too high," Yuugi mutters, worried.

"Now, show me your real power."

Yuugi looks down at his cards, panicked. "I can't…I can't beat Neon Knight. Can't be helped. Then, I use Devil Dragon on the Wasteland field. Defence."

"You will regret battling so passively. Do you know why I left Neon Knight on the mountain? That's because, on the Mountain field, the lightning will help him." The Neon Knight sends out his attack, destroying the Devil Dragon, but it also hurts Yuugi and sends him to the floor,

"Yuugi!" I kneel at his side as the Millennium Puzzle begins to glow. Yami is now taking Yuugi's place. I give him a soft smile as we listen to the Baron continue speaking.

"I told you that you would regret it. This is the Mansion of Dolls. If you lose, your life points, even if using defence…A fight is a fight. Yuugi-kun, if you're going to be in a fight, then come at me!"

He sits up. "That's true." He briefly looks up as the gold eye is on his head before fading away. The Baron let out a gasp as Yami stood up. "How idiotic, being protective and getting hurt. It's my turn." Yami turns to look at them with his usual smirk. "I will attack you…Baron Sheldan."

I get off the floor and stand beside Yami as he sits back in the chair and picks up the cards before him. He picks one and holds it up. "Death Wolf attacks on the Forest field."

"Wolf monster, Death Wolf." Baron sweats, panicked,

"Plus, one more card. A shadow." Yami places the card on the table.

"Planning to fight Neon Knight using the dark sword? I think that is most reckless."

"Really?" Yami questions with a smirk.

"I wonder how long that front of your will lasts. Then I will meet you in a full fight! King Beetle! There is no way Death Wolf and Shadowman can overcome King Beetle's flame attack! Too bad!"

"That's my line. You didn't think that one through, Baron Sheldan. Shadowman!"

"Th-this is…" He stutters.

"Shadowman's use isn't in battle. He uses his dark sword to turn the field into darkness." Yami points out.

"Damn!" Baron curses.

"King Beetle and Neon Knight are weak in the darkness. But Death Wolf is strong in the darkness."

Death Wolf Lunges toward Neon Knight and bites his neck, sending him towards the floor before he is destroyed. "Neon Knight! That's it! Attack with flaming attack, King Beetle!"

Yami smirks. "How pointless." The wolf lunges towards the Beetle's horn, but nothing happens. "What? Cut the horn!" The wolf growls as he bites into the horn and breaks it in half. A large blast of fire is released toward the Baron. The wolf lunges out of the way and lets out a howl.

A smirk once again appears on Yami's face. "You let your guard down, Baron Sheldan. I win."

The Baron sits straight in his chair, his card in one hand and a doll resting in the other. "Damn you!" He looks down at the doll. "You okay, Fiona? Fiona! Unforgivable!"

Yami smirks. "Now…your turn."

"Hurry and continue the game, Sheldan!" Kaiba orders.

"Right." He picks up his next card. "Gargoyle on the Mountain field! Try taking his Tornado attack!"

"Come forward, Knight Soldier!" Knight Soldier blocks off the attack. Gargoyle lunges towards him but is pushed away. "Knight Soldier with his sword has an advantage over those who fling themselves at him." However, the Gargoyle doesn't get destroyed. "The sword doesn't work?"

Baron laughs as the Knight Soldier is destroyed. Yami looks confused. "Not possible…Knight Soldier had a sword…and lost to Gargoyle! What is going on? Actually, it also happened earlier with King Beetle. Death Wolf's fang couldn't bite off its horn in one try."

Baron laughs smugly. "Your turn, Yuugi-kun. Now…look, Fiona, at him begging on his knees."

Yami looks at the doll before his eyes widen slightly. He must have clicked on it. All of the Baron's monsters are dolls, making it the Doll field, which must give the Baron an advantage.

"Hurry up, Yuugi-kun!" "Hurry up and admit your defeat." Baron and Kaiba order smugly.

"Think all you want; it's a waste of time."

"I attack! A magic card on Death Wolf. Howl, Death Wolf!"

"Th-this is…" The Baron exclaims, surprised.

"Using the magic card's power changes Death Wolf's howl into a destructive wave."

"Armouring it? How cheeky. Burn everything away, Salamander!"

"It's no use. A doll monster cannot win against a destructive wave. Just fall into pieces!"

"You bastard!" Baron curses as the howl affects Salamander. Gargoyle falls to pieces, causing Baron to turn his head to look. "Oh no! Gargoyle! Salamander!"

"I win," Yami states with his usual smirk in place. Baron runs out of the way as Salamander falls to pieces. "Game over. Too bad, Baron Sheldan." Yami takes back Yuugi's stolen card, Neon Knight, and we leave. Only when we get home does he allow Yuugi to take back control.

~~~Next Day~~~

Yuugi is playing Duel Monsters against Miho again. He rubs his head sheepishly and laughs nervously. "I won again."

"I lost! Oh no! Let's do it one more time. If I lose, I'll give you a kiss."

"Eh! A Kiss!" The three boys exclaim in surprise before Jounouchi grabs hold of Yuugi's hand, and Honda grabs hold of his left shoulder and the cards in his right hand. "Yuugi, switch games with me!"

"N-no!"

"Hey! What did you say, Miho!" Anzu scolds. The boys make kissing motions, causing Anzu to get annoyed. "Damn it all!" She slams the cards against Yuugi's mouth. "Idiots! Go kiss the game!" She storms off.

"What a scary kiss," Honda states.

"Yuugi can never beat Anzu." Jounouchi teases.

The boys laugh, with Yuugi rubbing the back of his head nervously. I let out a soft chuckle as I watched them. They sure can be so silly sometimes.

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