By Blackmoonlight (tsuki)
Standard Disclaimers apply: all cute, hot and sexy YGO characters belong to Takahashi-sama…T.T;;
Warnings: ahem this story contains yaoi and Anzu bashing…pairings: S/J Y/YY …some other pairings later…I think…ENJOY and REVIEW!! =D
"………" speech
blah thoughts
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blahyami to hikari (through mind link)
/blah/ hikari to yami (through mind link)
Chapta One: Elephants and Giraffes…
It was a normal day at the Katsuya's residence, well, that is normal as in the fact that it's how nearly every morning starts. Jounouchi fell from his bed in a tangle of arms and legs as his bedroom door slammed open loudly revealing a threatening figure in the doorway holding a cup of coffee.
"What are you doing still in bed?!?!? Get your ass off the floor, I ain't gonna drive you to school today-I'm already late for work; you're gonna hafta run." With that, the door slammed back shut in the blonde's face as he struggled to untangle himself from the bed sheets that were wrapped tightly around his legs. As he managed to stand up with out tipping over onto his face, his foot hit a sharp object that had been hidden underneath a pile of dirty T-shirts. He grimaced as he thrust his hand down into the pile and fished out his alarm clock from the pile, he needed to do the laundry later. Ooops…I guess I forgot I had one of these… He looked at the time displayed on it and blanched as he realized that he only had fifteen minutes to get dressed, eat, and run to school...which was around twelve minutes away…if he sprinted.
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Yugi looked anxiously at the clock in the classroom and checked the door again. Where could the blonde be? The math teacher already hated him enough, he shouldn't add fuel to the burning hatred that she had for him…Yugi sighed as he heard the bell ring, signaling the start of the school day- Jounouchi was either sick or late- and the short boy had a feeling that it was the latter…The teacher burst into the room, carrying a thick pile of what looked like worksheets.
"G'morning class." Yugi winced as her high-pitched voice grated against his eardrums. It sounded like, well, nails against a blackboard and it was pure torture…
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Jou winced as he heard the bell toll in the school, tolling his failure and soon death; he had been so close too- that's what hurt the most. He hefted his schoolbag and decided that if he was already late, he might as well just take his time in walking to Geometry and catch his breath…he hated the teacher anyways. She was one of those people that you look at and immediately hate and wonder why they even exist. The answer to that question was simple- they exist to torture people and laugh at their suffering. Middle-aged and round, she wore her gray hair back in a strict bun and glared at students through her glasses, daring anyone to so much as yawn during her class…they get detention. Jou shuddered as he arrived in front of the door to hell…he had gotten detention with the lady more than enough for anyone in a lifetime. I swear that bitch is out to get me, probably plotting my demise right now- along with that freak Kaiba. Seto Kaiba, aka the bane of Jou's existence, was a favorite of Mrs. Yamasake, their geometry teacher. Katsuya would die before admitting that he admired the rich teen for his ability of keeping a poker face on at all times. It wasn't fair, Mrs. Yamasake fawned over him like every other teacher and girl in the school, even if he was coldest, uptight person ever brought to life in history- at least that's what Jou thought. It isn't fair that he's good looking too… He blinked, that thought did not just cross his mind. Mentally snorting at himself and promising his brain pain if it happened again; he pushed open the door and braced himself for the usual verbal attack that came. Kaiba is an ass and that's that…he's not a hot- he abruptly stopped his train of thought, lately his thoughts about the arrogant prick had been going whack. It didn't help the fact that his brain was already fried from the dreams he'd been getting…he was literally- pooped. Not to mention that he needed to focus all his concentration and energy on keeping a lid on his temper when the bitch started bashing his head in…he really hated detention…
The room was silent as Jou stepped slowly in smiling sheepishly at the concerned faces of his friends. Ryou, Honda, and Yugi stared back with looks that clearly read pity…and pain? Mrs. Yamasake slowly turned around as a nasty grin spread across her face, distorting her features into something out of a old horror flick. Jou shuddered involuntarily, looks like today's lecture is going to be long and nasty…shit…I hate elephants…I really do!!
"Katsuya! How nice of you to join us today…" The blonde backed away slowly, the sentence had been dripping with honey, and sarcasm… in fact it had enough sarcasm to cover a donut a mile wide…yum…Jou blinked. Okay, either I'm going crazy or really hungry…A sharp cough brought him out of his debate of his sanity once again and forced him to focus his attention on the short, angry woman in front of him.Maybe he should just run? She couldn't have figured out the nickname that he'd come up with for her…could she? Deciding stupidly to reply to her earlier statement he responded with something that was beyond stupid, totally demented, and devoid of any type of meaning.
"…Y-yeah…" Mrs. Yamasake narrowed her beady eyes at the cowering blonde and snapped; there was just something about the boy that ticked her off. It didn't help the boy that he always fought with her favorite student. Another thing that had her pissed today was that that student of hers hadn't shown up today and it had put a damper on her spirits… however fate was shining brightly in her favor today. Her least favorite had shown up…late.
"Stand up straight! Don't stutter when speaking to an elder. Why can't you be like Kaiba? He's always here on time-" Once started she just kept going on and on about what a success the CEO was and what a failure Jounouchi was compared to him, she had finally found her stress release and poured all her anger out towards the sweating boy. Tuning her out took a lot of concentration but the blonde had mastered it by now and could do it leisurely, Jou's gaze traveled through the room and found an empty seat behind his, next to the wall-- Kaiba's seat…he smirked smugly-for once, the immaculately perfect prick wasn't in class, probably skipped out. Sharp nails dug into his arm bringing him back to reality-today was not a happy day… "-Probably really sick today, the poor dear, but he still sends a note and his homework! I doubt that you even did your homework much less understood anything that was on it, you are blonde after all and-"
She stopped as she realized that the arm that she had been clutching was shaking in sloppily hidden rage. A low growl emitted from the blonde's throat as his brown eyes blazed with unbridled hate at the woman in front of him. His stomach had twisted and dropped as he heard the mention of his hair color, he was ready to snap. This time it was the teacher that backed down and cowered. She had obviously hit a nerve without realizing it when she mentioned his hair color and intellect…in a similar way that a certain someone in his life often did.
" You 'ucking Elephant! I ain't a stupid blonde MUTT!!!!!!" The last word was screamed at an octave higher than usual for the teen, causing all of the occupants of the class to cover their ears. Wrenching his arm away from the stunned teacher he turned and stalked out of the door muttering about how elephants shouldn't be allowed into schools and that 'itches were going ta burn. Obviously not seeing any point in remaining in a classroom with some lady that hated the hell out of him…and constantly reminded him of an annoying prick he'd left. The door slammed loudly and the walls of the classroom vibrated as a pile of papers on the edge of the teacher's desk fell to the floor from sudden gust of wind that came after the angry teen's departure. After another minute of absolute silence Mrs. Yamasake's mouth snapped shut.
"Well, someone's going through their time of the month-" She glared at the remainder of the class daring them to so much as move. She was going to work their asses off; she needed the stress release…and once again the victims were to be her students…
Yugi stared at the door worriedly; Jou-kun was in a lot of trouble now, neck high in fact... Not to mention the fact that the lady was going to go out of her way to torment the blonde for the remainder of the year, which was another month or so. Though, he had to admit, it really was quite funny when Jou mentioned the little something about elephants. Mrs. Yamasake's face had turned a dark purple and looked like she was going to pop any moment.
Aibou? What are you worried about?Yugi blinked in surprise.
/Yami! Nothing really- the usual…/ Yugi heard the ancient pharaoh sigh and snickered. Yami was always bored when he went to school after all he was all alone in the puzzle.
What did Jou-kun do now? I swear he enjoys getting in trouble.
/Ah…probably, though maybe the reason is because of Kaiba-kun/ The shorter boy could feel the pharaoh's surprise and confusion through their link.
Kaiba? What does he have to do with anything?
/……………/ Yami paused for a second and thought for a few minutes.
Nah…you think Jou-kun would commit suicide from Kaiba dissing him?
/Yami…you're hopeless./
But that's why you love me isn't that right, aibou?Yugi blushed.
/Hai, now let me pay attention to the elephant…/ He once again sensed Yami's confusion and quickly sent a message across to the pharaoh explaining the why for the nickname. The teen smiled along with the ancient spirit as he felt the pharaoh's amusement. A sharp stab of pain in his ribs jolted him out of his conversation with his alter ego. He turned around and looked questioningly at the white haired boy behind him. Ryou smiled amused at the blush that started across the shorter boy's face. It was obvious that something was going on between the pharaoh and the boy, the blush just made everything even more obvious.
"Look at the board." Ryou quickly hissed before settling back down in his seat.
Yugi looked up at the board and realized that there were around twenty-five problems scrawled onto it and the teacher was still going. He mentally groaned. She was taking her anger out on them…NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!
He pouted and started to copy the problems down- he didn't know it was possible to fit so many problems on a single blackboard…good thing Yami was good at geometry.
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Jou kicked a random locker with his shoe and glared at it. It wasn't fair, Kaiba always managed to get his temper up no matter what. Even if the prick wasn't there he still managed to get the blonde riled up. I mean, I spend hours trying to figure him out, I can't concentrate on tests because he sits behind me, I even loose sleep because of him!!!!! Jou paused and frowned. Okay, he keeps me up at night? That does not sound right to me…Damn him!!!!!! He's freaking screwing my life up and I can't even return the favor!!
Jou growled and stopped himself. He really was sounding like a mutt- GGAAAAAHHH!!!!!! Seto's right! I'm turning into a mutt!!! He mentally slapped himself. I'm not a dog, I'm not a dog…wait did I just say Seto? He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, he needed to see a doctor, he was arguing with himself and he was positive that it wasn't a healthy habit; especially if it was over the fact of being a dog or not. I meant Kaiba! Kaiba dammit!! Damn him for being so tall…fuck'n giraffe… He stared blankly at the locker…it was a nice shade of silver with just a hint of blue in it…kinda like the Blue eyes White Dragon's scales…Hey! That's Set-Kaiba's fave card!!! Jou slammed his fist into the random locker as he realized that his thoughts once again turned to the brunette.That's it! I'm going to the library; the librarian is nice to me…nicer than most people anyways.
The blonde stumbled over a empty soda can and started to curse fluently at it. I hate elephants and giraffes…URGHHH!!!!!! Damn them!!!!
He quietly set his book bag down onto a desk; the library was totally empty-finally some peace!! A sign on the front desk had said something about the lady being on a break and being back in fifteen minutes…Jou yawned sleepily and sat down on the couch in the library, at least he could catch some z's in the meantime. As he closed his eyes, he felt himself relax into the soft fabric of the couch. I wonder where Seto is? I meant Kaiba!!!! Yeah,,,Kaiba. Not that I care…I'm just bored to hell here-and going crazy…he's so weird, like complicated and shit… I should stop thinking about him; it's starting to sound like I'm obsessed over him or sumth- A sudden loud alarm blared loudly jolting him out of his thoughts. The intercom came on and the principle's voice shouted out of the speakers installed in the library.
"We have an armed intruder on campus, the doors will lock automatically in three seconds…please stay calm, the problem will be dealt with quickly." Jou felt his heart pumping rapidly as he heard the intercom click. He glanced nervously around him…armed intruder? Armed as in has sharp, shiny things? He exhaled slowly, and jumped as he heard the locks click on the doors leading in and out of the library. A few seconds later, the lights flickered and went out. He was locked in…alone in the dark, there were no windows in the library or any of the classrooms in fact; why couldn't he have just stayed home? He inhaled slowly and tried to calm his nerves, it was going to be okay…he wasn't going to die in this hellhole, not before he saw S-Kaiba again and pummeled his face in for…he didn't know what but hell, he just really wanted to beat the crap out of the CEO.
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Yugi looked up in alarm and glanced at the empty seats around him in concern after he heard the principle's announcement. Jou was out there alone!!!! So was Ryou, the British boy had asked to go visit the bathroom a few minutes ago…he wasn't that worried about him though, Bakura was with him at all times and would never let any harm come to his aibou, the spirit was pretty possessive after all. Anzu was also out of class; she had gone to run an errand for the teacher…-ever the Teacher's Pet…a heavy hand clamped down on his shoulder and Yugi blinked in surprise as his eyes met sparkling crimson eyes.
"Yami! What are you doing out of the puzzle?" Yami shrugged, the way he figured it, there was no way the lady could teach class when the students were starting to hyperventilate from being locked in a dark room for an indeterminable time.
"I got bored…besides don't you like my company?" Yugi felt a blush start across his face as the taller boy lifted him onto his lap. He squirmed uncomfortably and finally gave in and stood up facing the spirit.
"Yugi…?" Yami looked up at the boy in confusion, he thought that it was comfortable on his lap. Yugi sighed and smiled.
"Since you want me to sit on your lap, I might as well be comfortable right?" He wrapped his arms around his yami's neck and straddled him, resting his head against the pharaoh's chest. "Yami, you think that Jou-kun's okay?"
"Hai, I think that Jou-kun and Ryou-kun are all fine…Anzu on the other hand-no offense but I really don't care…" Yugi giggled and pouted.
"Yami! That wasn't very nice of you! Though she can be a little annoying…" Yugi gasped as he realized that the pharaoh wasn't even listening but instead was concentrating on licking his neck.
He hissed softly. "Yami! Not here!" The only answer the blonde got was a kiss on the lips that quickly deepened as Yami's tongue deftly slipped in between Yugi's parted lips. Yugi gave up quickly and wrapped his arms tighter around the spirits neck- what the heck…might as well use the darkness to its full advantage…
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Kaiba massaged his temples; he had gotten a headache from the blaring alarm. Damn intercoms, they're going to burn, each and every one of them…painfully, not that they can feel anything… He shut his laptop and glanced at his watch, he had been in the library for an hour already- he glared at the Aspirin bottle clutched tightly in his hand- it was empty, totally barren of the small pills, he'd forgotten that he used up the last pill when he had to work on an in class project with the mutt. Damn mutt had given him a headache that lasted for the entire day. I'm starting to think like the dumb puppy too…He had spent the entire class period trying to ignore the blonde and just get the project finished in peace- but no…the blonde mutt had kept on butting in, wanting to know what he was doing, insulting him endlessly, staring at him with the dark chocolate eyes… not that Seto cared, he always got the last laugh- no one could best him in the art of insulting people, though the eyes did unsettle him at times. Ugh…my head feels like crap, I hope the librarian has some aspirin…she has to have some!!! The CEO banged the empty bottle down on the table and winced, it had sounded like a gunshot in the silence and his head couldn't take anymore of this crap after pulling an all nighter, it was going to blow.
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Jou jumped as he heard a loud noise echo through the library. Relax Jou, that was just…sumthin…not a gunshot; the guy's not in the library…armed doesn't mean guns and oh shit!!!! Loud footsteps coming from behind him registered in his mind, his heard sprang to life and started to threaten to pop out of his chest. Omigod! I'm going to die!!! Oh shit ohshitohshit!!!!!!!! He tried to run, but found himself paralyzed from fear like a deer in the headlights. The footsteps stopped behind him and the blonde felt a hand clamp down onto his shoulder. Screaming as loud as he can, he tried to turn around to face his opponent when he tripped over the couches edge, proving that he was a cursed klutz, which sent him hurtling straight into the intruder's arms. As the world swam around him, threatening to vanish at any second he made out a pair of cerulean orbs staring down at him in surprise and concern…a really familiar pair…
"S-seto?" Suddenly the room spun out of control and went pitch black as Jou did the most embarrassing thing in his life- he fainted.
TBC-
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