Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A New World ❯ A New Gym Teacher ( Chapter 1 )

Here's the sequel to Stranded that you've been waiting for. For a while, I couldn't get my thoughts straight. But two days ago, I finally got them together and wrote the first chapter. Yugi has spent two years on the island. Ater coming home, Yami became a part of the family. Now Yami will learn how life goes on in the Philippines. This fic is an AU in two ways; first it's doesn't take place in Japan, and second, I've chosen to make the Philippine culture more like the American culture since American is mostly what I know. I hope that this is okay with all of you.
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Chapter 1: A New Gym Teacher

Yugi had been stranded on an island for two years. He really never felt stranded because he lived there with Yami. Yugi found out that Yami saved him when he was eight. They experienced many wondrous things on the island and got out of quite a few dangers as well. Now Yami is living with Yugi and his grandfather. He has been there for a couple of months and has become Yugi's for real brother.
"Yugi, what are you doing?" Yami asked.
"I'm getting my school supplies ready. The first day of my freshman year of high school starts tomorrow. If not for being on that island, I would've been a junior now, not a freshman," Yugi responded.
"Is school something that all the people here do?" Yami asked.
"Yes. School is a part of our culture here. We've adopted the American culture. America has been very generous to us here in the Philippines. We send them some of our harvest, and they help us with our financial status, education, medicine and more. We are becoming more like them as our way of staying thanks," Yugi responded.
"Would it be any trouble if I joined you?" Yami asked.
"I don't think it would be any trouble at all," Yugi responded. He finished getting his school stuff ready, and got in the bed. "You can join me if you want," he said.
Yami nodded and got into the bed with Yugi. They fell asleep together. One thing about where Yugi lived is that it was always peaceful at night. The only noises came from the birds or when a storm hit the area. Yami liked how peaceful things were. It reminded him of how New Atlantis was before his father died.
The next morning, the sunlight through the curtain across the window awakened Yugi and Yami. Yugi got showered and dressed before having a simple breakfast. Breakfast can't get any simpler than bacon, eggs and toast. Afterwards, he and Yami left for school. It was a thirty-minute walk to the school. They went in and took seats in Yugi's first period, which was science. The class began at 8am sharp.
"Hey, aren't those the two that were on that island?" one of the students asked.
"They look like brothers," another student said.
"Yami is my brother now," Yugi said.
"Settle down class. The lesson for today is aquatics. Aquatics are what you would associate with under the waters of the world. Things like marine life, underwater experiments, and so much more," the teacher said.
"I should know; I lived underwater," Yami said.
The whole class except Yugi gasped in total shock. "You lived underwater?" everyone except Yugi asked.
"Yes I did," Yami responded.
"Would you tell us about it?" the teacher asked.
"I would love to," Yami responded as he went to the front of the class. "For the most part, things were peaceful where I lived. I came from the underwater city of New Atlantis, a city of gold and silver. I was the prince of the merfolk who lived there. My father was a benevolent ruler, and the people loved him for the respect and love he showed for them.
I was the odd ball in my family because of my hair. My brother Erick would always pick on me about that. About two months after I turned twelve years old, my father died of a mysterious illness, and my older brother took the throne. Things were far from peaceful during his reign. He was ruthless and killed anyone who opposed him. Just saying an opposition meant death if Erick heard it. He also despised the human race. He almost killed Yugi a few times. He ended his reign by going through a tree branch on the island that Yugi and I were on," he added.
A student raised his hand.
"What is your question?" Yami asked.
"First, my name is Alexander. How could you also become human, and how long were you and Yugi on that island?" the student asked.
"I could become human because I was trained to be a mage. I trained from my 12th year to my 14th year and became the most powerful of the city. Yugi was on the island for two years, and I was on it for eight," Yami responded.
"How did you get on the island in the first place? Yugi, that question is also for you," the teacher said.
"I got on the island because I was banished. As I went for my daily swim, I noticed a boat. I surfaced and saw three people on the shore. I hid behind the boat so they wouldn't see me. I heard a child's voice coming from the boat. I looked up to see that the child was playing dangerously close to the edge. The child fell in a few seconds later. I saw that the three people were very worried and fearful when they heard the splash. I could tell then that they were looking for the child. I dove down beneath the water and rescued the child. After going onshore and waiting for my fin to change, I walked over to the people. I found out that they were the child's parents and grandparent, and that Yugi was the child.
On my way back to New Atlantis, my counselors were very worried about what would happen if my brother found out that I saved a human. They were happy that Yugi was all right though. I didn't know that Erick followed me and saw what happened. He threatened to kill everyone who wanted to overthrow his rule and have me as king if I didn't leave and never come back. I vowed that I wouldn't return so I was banished. I came to the island and spent my life there," Yami responded.
"I had a much rougher entrance to the island. One day when I was going on a fishing job with my grandpa, we ran into a hurricane. The waves threw me overboard and pushed me to the island. Upon arriving, I was thrown hard onto one of the jagged rocks. The impact broke my pelvis, but I slowly and painfully crawled into a nearby cave," Yugi responded.
The entire class period was a retelling of how Yugi and Yami survived on the island instead of what the lesson for the day was. Forty-five minutes later, the bell rung, and the students went their separate ways. On the way to Yugi's next class, Yugi and Yami overheard that the gym teacher had resigned because his family had moved too far away from the school.
"You could be the gym teacher," Yugi suggested.
"That's not a bad idea Yugi. I'll go see about it right now," Yami said as Yugi went on to his next class. He went to the principal's office to ask about becoming the new gym teacher.
"Well Yami, what can you do?" the principal asked.
"Oh I can do quite a few things Mr. Simms," Yami responded as he told the principal some of the things he could do.
"That is quite a lot. The gym session at this school will be perfect for someone like you to teach," Mr. Simms said. "You start today. The session is at the back of the school. You don't have to rush. Gym doesn't start for another two hours. Take that time to look around and decide what you're going to do."
Yami nodded and went to the back of the school. In his opinion, what he saw was nothing short of amazing. The area was large and had quite a few things to do. There was a rockwall for climbing, a large pool for swimming, a volleyball court, a baseball/softball field, a basketball court, a soccer field and equipment that people use for sit-ups, pushups and other exercises.
'Well, I know not to have Yugi in the swimming pool since he can't swim. He would probably to very well at the rock wall and fair at the volleyball field,' Yami thought.
The two hours went by quickly, and it was soon time for gym. Yugi and a group of nineteen other students go to the back of the school to find a surprise. Yami was waiting for them.
"Good morning students. I will be your new gym teacher," Yami said. "You guys have a very impressive area back here I must say. Go get changed in the locker rooms, and we'll get started."
The students went into the locker room and got changed. Some of the students decided to push Yugi into the swimming pool. They all thought that it would be a great joke. What they didn't know ws that their joke could kill Yugi. The students came out and lined up in two straight lines.
"Now to keep track of when you're here, I will call roll every gym session. Say 'here' when I call you," Yami said as he went down the roll sheet.
All the students were present and accounted for today. Besides Yugi, the students in Yami's class for the fourth period were Amy and Bill Johnson, Tanya Black, Robert, Jim and Johnny Smith, Alexander and Jill Martin. Bobby Summers, Chris and Heather Grace. Maria and Jose Dominguez, Don and Wanda Roberts, Samantha Rose, Lily Baker and Nancy and Catherine Williams. The class began with introducing themselves, stretching and a few warm-up exercises. That went on for the first ten minutes of the hour's worth of gym. Then the class went over to the rock wall.
"Each of you will climb that wall. You don't have to rush. I just want to see where you stand as far as upper body strength and endurance. I don't want to hear anyone say that they can't do it. Give it your best shot. If you don't make it to the top, don't worry. We'll work on this each session to improve your endurance and upper body strength," Yami said.
Yugi decided to go first. He was harnessed up and started climbing the wall. The other students were amazed. Yugi climbed the rock wall with no trouble at all. He reached the top of the twenty-five foot wall within a few minutes and let go. The harness gave him a safe ride down.
"How did you climb that wall so fast?" Amy asked.
"Climbing that wall was like climbing a tree to me. While on the island, Yami taught me how to climb things," Yugi responded.
Amy went next. She had a little trouble in the middle, but she also made it to the top.
"Very good Amy. We'll have to work on the middle part a little more," Yami said.
The wall was wide enough for five students to climb at once. Twenty minutes later, everyone gave his/her best attempt at the rock wall. Some of them had little to no trouble at the wall, but most of them only made it to the middle before losing their grip and sliding down on the harness.
"Some of you don't need much help seeing that yo made it to the top. The rest of you gave a good effort and will need more help. Don't feel singled out; you'll get better the more you do it. Hopefully, we'll get to the point where you guys will be able to successfully climb the wall without the harnesses. Even there, you won't have to worry about falling. If you make if to the top or fall when we start doing it with no harness, I will use my powers to help you down safely," Yami said.
Then the students headed for the swimming pool. Yugi just sat next to it.
"Just about all of you know how to swim right?" Yami asked.
The students nodded. Yugi didn't nod or shake his head as he just sat by the pool.
"There are quite a few swimming strokes, but we'll only do two of them this year. Those two strokes are the breast stroke and the backstroke," Yami said. He dove into the water and prepared to show them the backstroke.
The students were still amazed when they saw his tail. His tail looked like an Orca's. Yami floated above the water and swam face up in the water. He paddled with his arms even though he didn't have to because of his fin.
"This is how you do the backstroke. Even though I'm paddling with my arms, I don't have to because I use my tail to get around. You wil have to use your arms because your arms are what directs you where you want to go since you're human all the time. It also gives you balance," Yami said.
Robert, Jim and Tanya got behind Yugi and pushed him in. Yugi didn't notice them behind him because he was looking at Yami. Yami heard the splash and saw Yugi start to sink under the water. Yami dove under and rescued Yugi. Then Yugi was put back on the edge of the pool where he spent a few moments coughing up water.
"Are you all right Yugi?" Yami asked.
"I am now," Yugi responded. "Who pushed me in?" he added.
"We did. We're sorry," Robert Jim and Tanya responded sadly.
"It's all right, but don't do that again. Yugi sat next to the pool because he doesn't know how to swim. I tried to teach him when we were on the island, but he somehow couldn't get the hang of it," Yami said.
"We won't do it again," Tanya said.
The other students nodded. They would not try a stunt like that on Yugi again after learning that it could've killed him.
"There is enough room for six people to be in at once for what I want you to do. Only doing the backstroke, I want you to swim to the other side and back as fast as you can. Since Yugi is the only one who can't swim, there will be three races of five people and one race of four. I'll be in here to help you get started. The winners of those races will face off one final time to determine the one winner," Yami said. "Now, get into your swimsuits everyone."
The students had put their swimsuits under their gym clothes in anticipation of having to get in the pool so they only removed their gym clothing. Yugi just sat with his back to a nearby tree. Amy, Robert, Tanya, Bill and Jim got in the water first and put on their goggles. Yami helped them get into position. All they needed was the little help to get them floating above water.
"Are you guys ready?" Yami asked.
"Yes," the five students responded.
"Well then get ready, get set and go," Yami said.
The five students swam to the other side of the pool. They were pretty evenly matched the whole way. When they started on the return, Tanya used a little burst of speed to take the lead. She won the first match.
"Nicely done Tanya. The same goes for all of you. I was quite impressed. Take a rest while the other students do their races," Yami said.
The other fourteen students raced within five minutes time. The winners from those races were Jose, Maria, Chris and Lily. Tanya joined them for the final race to decide the winner for today. They rested for five minutes before getting in position for the final race.
"The final race will be a little different. Instead of doing two laps, you five will do four. The first one back at the starting point wins. On your mark, get set, go," Yami said.
The five finalists swam off as fast as they could. A few minutes later, Chris was the winner of the race.
"A great effort by all five of you. Congratulations Chris, you're today's winner of the pool. Everyone did very well. Don't worry; you might be winners of future races. I'm sorry that you couldn't join us Yugi," Yami said.
"It's all right Yami. I loved watching you guys. All of you were truly awesome," Yugi said.
Yami looked at his watch. Yugi had given it to him and shown him how to use it when they got back to the house.
"It's 11:25am everyone. We will try to stop at this time every session for you to have twenty minutes of free time. You can do whatever you want in this area," Yami said.
"Yay!" all the students happily shouted. They went off to have their fun. They all went to the volleyball field.
Yugi and Amy were the referees while everyone else got on teams of 9. It was Heather, Alexander, Catherine, Maria, Jill, Bill, Wanda, Robert and Samantha vs. Bobby, Chris, Don, Jim, Jonnhy, Jose, Lily, Nancy and Tanya. Heather and Bobby were the team captains. It was an even match. The game went back and forth as far as points. Bobby's team won just as the bell rang.
"That's our session for today everyone. The principal also told me that gym is the last session for you guys. I'm happy to say that this is the only period I have. So if you want me to help you out with anything, just stay after class, and I'll be more than happy to help you," Yami said.
Tanya and Yugi stayed behind as the others went to their parents. Yugi waited for Yami, and Tanya wanted a little help with the rock wall. She was one of the people who fell at the middle.
"What can I help you with Tanya?" Yami asked.
"Could you help me with the rock wall?" she responded.
"Sure, let's go over there," Yami responded.
They went over to the rock wall, and Tanya got harnessed up. Yugi decided to join them and got harnessed up as well.
"Now, we'll climb slowly. That way, I can see what you're doing wrong," Yami said.
Tanya nodded, and the three of them started climbing. Yami climbed the wall very well without a harness. When they got to the middle, Tanya was all stretched out. She watched Yami fly off the mountain and come up behind her.
"You can fly?" she asked.
"Yes I can," Yami responded. "I see where you went wrong. Make sure you have a firm grip because I'm going to readjust your feet," he added. He put her feet on the rocks closer to her arms. "Don't stay all stretched out. That's why you didn't make it to the top. Always keep your legs as close to your body as you can. That way, you can push yourself up which is a lot easier than pulling yourself up. That's what Yugi is doing. He's pushing himself up," he added.
Tanya nodded and continued up the wall. With Yami's help, she easily made it to the top of the wall. She let do and slid on the harness. Yugi did the same, and Yami landed on the ground. Tanya's mother was waiting. She had already seen Yami fly up behind her daughter.
"Thanks for the help Yami," Tanya said.
"You're very welcome," Yami said.
"Now Tanya, you know not to call the teacher by his first name," the mother said.
"It's all right Mrs. Black. I don't like being called mister and told the students that I preferred being called only Yami," Yami said.
Tanya and her mother left, and Yugi stood next to Yami.
"Ready to go Yugi?" Yami asked.
"I sure am," Yugi responded.
Yami scooped Yugi up and flew for home. They arrived in only five minutes. Once inside, they had fish and some fruit for lunch. At 3pm, Solomon arrived after a busy day at the dock.
"Did you have a good day at school?" Solomon asked.
"I sure did grandpa," Yugi responded. "Yami is my gym teacher," he added.
"Well Yami, you can help me with the bills that have to be paid," Solomon said.
"I'll help in whatever way I can grandpa. I'm going to like my job. I get paid while having fun," Yami said.





End of this chapter. I thought that this is one way that Yami could find out about Yugi's culture. What better way to find out about the concept of school than to become a teacher hey? Preview for Chapter 2: Hostages: A month has passed since Yami became the new gym teacher. The students loved him. He turned out to be the exact opposite of their previous gym teacher. One rainy day, a group of bank robbers enter the school and takes everyone hostage. The police are powerless to take action. Yami is the only one who can save the people of the school. Can he before something disastrous happens?

In this chapter, you will know about why the students hated their previous gym teacher so badly.