Dreams of Angels

Pan: *bounces* This the sequel to 'Shadows of Demons'! Uh huh, I rule, oh yeah...

Yami: O...kay...

Pan: I am not weird!

Yami: Of course not dear... now, get writing!

Pan: Hang on, hang on, I'm going to do a disclaimer for once!

Yami: Wow...

Pan: OK then! *produces two rats and puts them on her shoulders* Right, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!, or any of its characters, but I do own Ryou!

Bakura: WHAAAA?!

Pan: THIS Ryou! *points to white rat* This rat is called Ryou. Because it's white. The other one is Nano.

Yami: You are strange...

Pan: You are lucky that there were no black rats.

Yami: o_O

Pan: By the way, Yami will be pretty out of character for this chapter, and maybe some others.

Yami: Why?

Pan: Because you have a demon side now, and your personality has changed slightly. There. All explained. This chapter is immensely stupid, written mostly because I needed to have a laugh.

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"Hey! Hey! Yugi, wait up!" Ryou called, running down the hallway after his short friend. Yugi turned and looked at him. "Hi Ryou..." he said sleepily. Ryou caught up with him quickly. "You look tired, don't you get enough sleep?" he asked. Yugi smiled softly, and shook his head. "Not really." Ryou sighed. "Then you should go to bed earlier! Unless..." "The 'unless' is right." Yugi laughed quietly. "But then again, he doesn't sleep at all..."

"Why?" Ryou asked, confused. "Ever since that night two months ago, Yami hasn't been able to sleep properly, because he has nightmares. So, he's given up completely now." Yugi said. "I keep telling him that it's silly, but he won't listen. What's strange is that he doesn't ever seem tired." Ryou laughed. "Poor you. I expect he'll get over it soon, it's not like Yami to stay scared for long." Yugi smiled. "Yeah, you're right." The bell rang loudly, sending students back to class. "I'll see you later, Ryou." Yugi said, running towards his classroom.

~

"I'm BORED!" Yami complained loudly to the empty lounge. "Why does Yugi have to go to school? It means I have to be all alone..."

/Yami, stop complaining.../

//Yugi?!//

/Yes, and you're complaining loud enough for me to hear you!/

//Sorry...//

/Look, I'll be home in an hour, ok? You don't have to wait long!/

//An hour's too long!//

/No, it's not./

//Yes it is.//

/I'm not arguing with you right now. I'm in English class./

//Fine.//

Yami smirked and closed his eyes.

~

Yugi jumped and hissed "Yami!" quietly.

//Konnichi wa, aibou!//

Yami's spirit form was sitting happily on Yugi's desk.

/Yami.../

//Don't worry, only you can see me!//

/It's not that.../

"Muto-san!" the teacher shouted. "Are you paying attention?"

/It's that./ "Yes!" Yugi said simultaneously. "Then maybe you can tell me what the past tense of the English verb 'to speak' is?" the teacher asked. "Err... ano... speaked?" Yugi answered, blushing. The teacher rolled their eyes. "Detention, and please try and pay attention in future!"

/Great, now I have detention. It'll be even longer until I get home now./

//Aww...//

/If you must hang around like that, please don't sit on my desk!/

//Fine.// Yami climbed down off the desk, and started wandering around the class. "Yami..." Yugi muttered. He noticed Malik sit up straighter, and look around suddenly, until his eyes fixed upon exactly where Yami's spirit was. He rolled his eyes, and turned around again.

After about ten minutes of this, Yami grew bored again. He looked around, seeing everyone scribbling furiously in their notebooks. He walked towards the front of the class, and sat cross-legged on the teacher's desk. Yugi looked up at him, and noticed that Malik was watching with amusement.

Now, imagine the teacher's face when the blackboard was mysteriously wiped clean, and then the words 'This is stupid' appeared on it in untidy handwriting. The teacher looked wildly around the class, no student had snuck up and written anything, but by now, most of the class had noticed, and were laughing.

"Quiet! Who is responsible for this?" the teacher demanded of the class. The words 'Silly old bat', followed by an arrow pointing directly at the teacher now appeared. Their eyes widened behind thick glasses, and they waved their arms through the air, attempting to catch the culprit. Yami looked mildly amused as their hands swept through his spirit form, unable to find anything. "Show yourself!" the teacher demanded. "You must be losing it, Haruna-sensei!" Jonouchi called out from the back of the class.

'Jonouchi's right, you know' now appeared.

Malik was laughing so hard that tears were streaming down his face. Yugi had a strange mix of laughter and embarrassment going on. Of course, those two could see Yami pulling faces at Haruna between writing messages.

"I demand you show yourself!" Haruna demanded, her grey hair falling out of its bun. 'Make me' appeared, firmly underlined. "Detention for this entire class, every day this week if I don't find out who is responsible for this!" Haruna said in reply to the message.

'Well, if you want to see me that much...' was written slowly across the board. Yugi felt a familiar surge of power at the back of his mind - a surge that meant Yami would appear.

"Yami, don't you dare!" Yugi half-shouted over the class. Everyone turned to look at him. Haruna's eyes glittered. "Well, Muto, it appears that YOU are responsible for this..." she began.

"Yeah, indirectly." Yami said, grinning like a Cheshire cat. Haruna whirled around to meet with mischevious crimson coloured eyes. Malik had fallen off of his chair for laughing. Jonouchi was just about to join him, and Yugi was mouthing 'Why me?' over and over.

Haruna decided that this was too much, and promptly passed out. Yami smirked, shrugged, and disappeared again, much to the surprise of the already shocked class.

"If Haruna-sensei is out cold, do we have to stay in class?" someone asked. There was a moment's silence before everyone bar Jonouchi, Malik and Yugi rushed to the door, all shouting about a strange 'ghost Yugi'.

Malik wiped the remaining tears from his eyes. "That was brilliant." he said. Yugi was watching as all the messages were wiped from the board, and the lesson's work was re-written as if nothing had happened.

"Thank Yami for that, Yugi!" Jonouchi said. "You can thank me in person, Jonouchi!" Yami said as he reappeared, arms wrapped around Yugi's shoulders. "You made a right fool of yourself, you know that?" Yugi said. Yami shook his head. "No. That was fun." he replied.

There was a slight groan from Haruna as she woke up. Yami quickly disappeared yet again. The remaining three dashed over to her. "Are you alright, Haruna-sensei?" Yugi asked innocently. Haruna got to her feet, brushing herself off. "I'll have you in detention for weeks, Muto! I know you did this!" she said angrily. "Did what?" Yugi asked. "THIS!" Haruna roared, pointing at the blackboard. Malik and Jonouchi snickered. "I-I don't understand!" Yugi said, acting surprised.

Haruna turned to look at the board, and promptly fainted again.