Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A New World ❯ Hostages ( Chapter 2 )

Recap: Yugi explained that the Philippines were becoming more American to thank the Americans for their great generosity. For only giving some of their harvest, the Philippenos recieve education, medicine and other things from the Americans. Yami went with Yugi on the first day of high school to see what exactly goes on. The news of a new gym teacher gave Yugi the idea that Yami could be the new teacher. Yami got the job and made a good first day impression on most of his students.
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& nbsp; Chapter 2: Hostages

Yami became the new gym teacher at Yugi's high school. Most of the students were pretty skeptical of him at first, but he earned their full trust as time went on. A full month had passed since Yami became the new gym teacher, and all the students loved him. He did well with helping Solomon with the finances too. Having two people working made things a lot easier for them and Yugi. It was currently a cool and rainy Sunday afternoon.
"You're the best gym teacher I've had so far," Yugi said.
"Why do you say it that way?" Yami asked.
"I first had gym in Middle School. The teachers were very strict, and I couldn't do some of the things they had me do most of the time because of my size. I barely passed those gym classes. That changed when I met you. You showed me how to climb things, which increased my endurance and you don't grade strictly at all. All you want from us is a good effort," Yugi responded.
"Everyone can't get everything right Yugi. Gym class really proves that. All that counts is the effort they give. So far, everyone in my class has given a great effort. I'm very impressed with them and you. You did very well on the soccer field Friday," Yami said.
"I suprised myself. I never played soccer before until Friday," Yugi said. "Mr. Simms is very happy about what you've done."
Mr. Simms occasionally came to the gym area to see how the students were doing. He was very impressed with what he saw. All the students gave everything they tried a good effort since Yami took the job as gym teacher. Even the other teachers liked the job he did. Some of them also watched the way Yami taught the class.
The students of his class had nothing but good things to say about him. Their parents couldn't have been prouder of the job he did if they tried. Yami now spent half an hour after class helping the students out. He diddn't mind because helping is what he was there for. Yugi also benefited from the extra time because most of it was in the sports areas. He learned more about the sports and became a little better at them.
"Is this rain ever going to stop?" Yugi asked.
"I know how you feel. I want to go out myself," Yami said.
"Well, the weatherman said that the rain should stop tonight, and things will look better for tomorrow," Solomon said.
"Well, at least our crops in the backyard are getting the water they need. Things are heading towards a good harvest this year. We're getting the water we need for our crops, and the temperatures are always just right here. The only thing that would destroy our crops is a typhoon or a tornado," Yugi said.
"We've had our share of typhoons during the summer months, but they never stopped us for long. We're very lucky to have a sturdy house that protects us from extreme weather. There being no trees around is an added bonus because we don't have to worry about having one fall or get struck by lightning," Solomon said.
In New Atlantis, sea quakes were the only natural disaster we had to worry about," Yami said.
"We don't have to worry about earthquakes here. Since there are no trees here, nothing can fall on the house. We've had our share of earthquakes here too, but the house is still standing strong," Yugi said.
The conversation about weather and natural disasters continued until dinnertime. By then, the rain had finally stopped coming down, and the moon and stars shone through the now clear sky. They ate dinner together in silence in regards to the peaceful night. The only thing breaking the otherwise total silence was the crickets' chirping nearby.
"Your night to do dishes Yami," Yugi said.
"All right," Yami said smiling.
Yugi had shown Yami how to do dishes. Yami caught on to it like you would flick a light switch on. They and Solomon agreed to rotate nights doing the dishes. Out of the three of them, Yami washed dishes the fastest. He did them as professionally as he did them fast. Yugi and Solomon were always amazed by how fast it took him to finish the chore. This night was no different. The sink was full of dishes from the morning and afternoon, but Yami had them done in only five minutes.
"You never cease to amaze me with how fast you can do dishes," Solomon said.
"I can do them every night if you want," Yami offered.
"No Yami, we agreed to take turns doing it. Besides, Grandpa and I have always taken turns," Yugi said.
The remaining three hours were uneventful like most nights are after dinner. Yugi, Yami and Solomon went to their rooms to turn in for the night. Yugi opened his window the moment he and Yami entered their room. Although it gets cool in the night, his room was unusually stuffy. The night air helped the room stay cool. The window was wide enough for two people to just sit or stand by it and look outside.
"It sure is a fantastic night," Yami said.
"Yes it is," Yugi agreed.
Then, they saw something whisk through the bluish black sky. Yami stared at it in awe. He had never seen anything like that before, living underwater of course.
"Whoa what was that?" Yami asked in awe.
"That is what we call a shooting star Yami," Yami responded.
"Is it really a star?" Yami asked.
"Not really. A shooting star is actually a meteorite from space. It's so small, that it burns up in our atmosphere and streaks across the sky," Yugi responded. "It is a tradition to make a wish on a shooting star. But they saw that if you tell what you wished for, it won't come true so don't say your wishes out loud," he added.
"Well, maybe next time we can make ours," Yami said.
"Yeah," Yugi said.
They soon got into their pajamas and went to bed. They and Solomon went clothes shopping for Yami since nothing Yugi or Solomon had clearly would not fit Yami since he was a foot taller than both of them. They slept in peace this night. No dreams, good or bad visited them this night. The sound of the birds' melodious voices woke them up the next morning.
"Those birds sound lovely today," Yugi said.
"They do indeed. You need to get ready," Yami said.
Yugi nodded, gathered his uniform, and went into the bathroom to bathe and dress. He came out half an hour later and came downstairs for breakfast. He had pancakes and sausage this time.
"Be careful Yugi. I'll see you at gym class," Yami said.
Okay Yami see you then," Yugi said, getting his backpack and walking out the door to school. He arrived in half an hour and found Tanya, Bill and Samantha waiting at the door.
"Good morning Yugi," Tanya said smiling.
"Hi Tanya, Bill, Samantha, how are you?" Yugi asked.
"We're fine. How are you?" Samantha said.
"I'm fine thanks," Yugi said smiling.
"Will Yami be here today?" Bill asked.
"Yes. He said he would see me at gym class. He's at home with Grandpa now," Yugi responded. "I'm glad that I have friends like you. I never really had many friends if any," he added.
"I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want to be a friend to a nice, caring boy like you," Tanya said. "To be honest, I've never had a friend like you before."
"We better head to class or we'll be late," Samantha said.
The others nodded and headed for science class. After the greetings from the class and teacher, class got underway. The lesson for the week would be on the aspect of light. Back at the Moto household, Solomon prepared to leave for the warehouse.
"Take good care of Yugi for me. I'll see you in two weeks from when I arrive off Hawaii's coast. I'll call to see how things are going," Solomon said.
"I will and be careful out there," Yami said.
"I will," Solomon said and went outside. Then he drove off for the fishing warehouse. He had an important and busy couple of weeks ahead of him. He and his crew were to go on a two-week event off the coast of Hawaii.
This time, they were to bring back more than fish. Sometimes they also brought back foreign fruits, oils and other things from other countries on their job. At about 10:30 am, Yami also left. He flew for the school and arrived in five minutes. There, he waited for the students to come. Five minutes later, the bell rung, and the students showed up for class. They got changed and lined up. Yami took roll. All but Catherine was present and accounted for again.
"Is Catherine sick today?" Yami asked Nancy.
"Yes she is. She has a bad case of the flu and has been in bed for the past three days," Nancy responded.
"Well tell her that I hope she gets better when you get home," Yami said smiling.
"I'm sure she'll really like that," Nancy said smiling.
As Yami marked Catherine absent on the roll sheet, he noticed something that he really didn't pay attention to before. Most of the students had redo to the left of their names.
"What is this redo about for most of you?" Yami asked.
The students that had a redo by their names were Tanya, Bobby, Nancy, Jim, Robert, Heather, Jose, Wanda, Don, Catherine, Jill and Lily. Those students elected Tanya to tell him about that.
"Well Yami, this is the third year for some of us, and the second year for the rest of us. We're glad that our old teacher resigned. We all thought of his as the minion from Hell. He was exremely arrogant and conceited. He believed that everyone should be perfect and do things without making a mistake.
He was too arrogant to realize that everyone, including him is not the perfect athlete or the perfect anything. We could've made just one mistake, and he failed us for the day. We did the best we could, but he wouldn't even give us credit for our effort like you do. Over time, we just slacked off becuase it wouldn't matter anymore," Tanya responded. "We thought that you would be the same way Yami, but you proved us to be very wrong," she added.
Hearing about the previous teacher outraged Yami. He knew that everyone's not perfect. "That angers me to know that a teacher would be so uncaring like that. Everyone makes mistakes, even that prideful jerk. Gym is not supposed to be based on mistakes, but effort. As long as you guys continue to give a decent effort, you will do very well in my class. I'm extremely impressed with all of you. You're all doing exceptionally well," Yami said.
Then they spent ten minutes stretching. After stretching, they went to the rock wall. Some of the students still had a lot of trouble with the wall, but they took it one day at a time.
"We're going to do something different today. There will be a race today. We'll have the ones who can make it to the top go first. For the ones who still have trouble, the one who makes it the furthest before falling off wins. Yugi will not participate since it wouldn't be fair because he climbs the wall fast every time," Yami said.
The students nodded, and Yugi stood next to Yami to watch the race. As far as the ones who could make it to the top, the winners were Amy and Chris. As far as the ones who had trouble, Wanda and Nancy made it the furthest before losing their grip.
"Well done all of you. For the ones who had trouble, don't worry about it. You have given great effort. In time, you will be as successful as the others. Now, let's head over to the gymnast area (A/N: I decided to add something new to the area)," Yami said.
They headed for the gymnast area.
"Today we'll work on the balance beam, the parallel bars and on some other things if we have time," Yami said. "All of you just do the best you can; that's all I'm looking for." He then demonstrated how to walk the balance beam.
The beam stretched out twenty-five feet. He walked across without the slightest difficulty. His great balance amazed everyone. He came back without any trouble as well.
"I don't expect you to do it as well as me, but give it your best try. If you fall off, just get back on and continue," Yami said.
One by one, each student tried the balance beam. This time, every students had quite a bit of trouble on the balance beam. They fell off many times. This was something that they would definitely have to work on.
"You all gave it a great effort. We'll work in this area twice a week on Mondays and Fridays. The more we work here, the more your balance will improve. The only reason I'm good at this is because I've had training in many of the things that are in this part of the gym area," Yami said. He was already over by the parallel bars. He had a firm grip on the bars and pushed himself up off the ground a little. "What I want you to do now is to get in the position you see me in and hold it for as long as you can. This is another way to test your upper body strength," he said as he got out his stopwatch.
Again, the students went one by one. Everyone was surprised to find out that Yugi had the longest time before relaxing. Yugi had stayed in postion for twenty seconds. Even Yami was very surprised, but he was also very impressed.
"I have to admit Yugi. I'm very impressed. I didn't think that you would be able to hold out as long as you did," Yami said as the other students nodded, still in awe.
"To be honest, I surprised myself," Yugi admitted. "My arms are tired though."
"You can rest for a while before you attempt something else Yugi," Yami said. He looked at his watch and saw that it was 11:15. "Well, we have ten more minutes of class time. Let's head over to the rings."
Everyone headed to the rings.
"We're going to have to make this as quick as possible because I want to give you your free time. What I want you to do is see how far that you make it before falling off. The padding below the rings assures that you won't get hurt. To do this quickly, I want all of you to do it in a chain link. One of you will start by grabbing a ring. Then the next person witll come up as the first person starts across. Count ten seconds and then follow until all twenty of you have grabbed on," Yami said.
Amy started it off and went across. Ten seconds later, Chris followed her. It went like that in ten-second increments until all the students have gotten on. Yugi was the last one on because his arms were still tired for him to have gone sooner. Only a few of them made it to the other side. Some of them fell off five rings into it, and most of them fell because their arms were still tired from the parallel bars.
"You all did very well. Next time, we'll do this before the parallel bars," Yami said. "You finished just in time for your free time so have fun."
The students split off this time. Ten of them went to the basketball court while the other then just lazed around in the pool. The ones in the pool either went for a swim or just floated on their backs. Yugi and the other nine students were over at the basketball court.
"Hey Yugi, would you like to try this?" Tanya asked.
"Okay," Yugi responded.
The ten at the basketball court just shot hoops. Yugi gave it his best effort, but all he ended up shooting were air balls. The others did pretty well, but also missed quite a few. As they say, 'Time flies when you're having fun' because it was time to leave before they knew it.
"Don't worry Yugi. You'll get better. You gave it a great try," Johnny said.
"I agree Yugi. You just need more practice that's all," Yami agreed.
The students all left with their parents this time, and Yami flew Yugi back home. Yami opened the door, and they went in before Yugi locked the door back.
"Grandpa said that he had a big job off the coast of Hawaii and would be back in two weeks from when he gets there," Yami said. "He said that he would keep in contact with us though."
"I usually feel lonely when he goes out on those jobs. Now I have you here with me so I won't feel lonely anymore," Yugi said.
Meanwhile in another part of the area, a group of bank robbers schemed on how they were going to pull off the biggest bank heist of their lives. They had been planning it for the past month to make sure everything would go the way they wanted it. They planned to take hostages to assure their getaway. They would pull the heist off in two weeks.
Solomon and his crew were amazed by how fast they arrived in Hawaii. They arrived only an hour after nightfall. The wind and sea was with them and gave them a safe and swift trip. Solomon phoned Yugi and Yami the moment he reached a phone. They were thankful for his and his crew's safe journey. Things were quiet and uneventful as the days went on. Solomon kept in daily contact with his grandsons. Before everyone knew it, two weeks had passed, and Solomon returned home safely (A/N: Sorry for cutting this so short, but I really want to get into the hostage scene).
"Thank goodness you're back safe," Yugi said, hugging his grandfather.
"It was a good trip. Things went a lot better than I expected, and I expected things to go well anyway. We came back with a lot of fish and other things," Solomon said.
All three of them were unaware of the horrible day tomorrow would bring. They ate in silence as they usually did. A few hours later, they turned in for the night. The night brought an uneasy peace for Yami. He had a bad feeling that something bad was going to happen. He slept in an uneasy peace to start, but the uneasiness soon disappeared.
The next morning, the birds were not out singing like they usually were. Yugi woke up and looked out his window to find out why and saw that it was raining, and pretty good too. He got up and closed the window so it wouldn't get too cool in the room.
"I can hear the rain. It's coming down pretty good out there," Yami said.
"I know. I guess that means that there will be no gym today," Yugi said.
"There's no guess about it Yugi. Having gym in this weather would be like asking the people to get sick. The gym area is completely outside. I'll take you to school and pick you up today," Yami said.
Yugi nodded and got ready for school. Then minutes before the first class started, Yami took Yugi to school. Yugi really didn't need the raingear because Yami put a shield over himself and Yugi to keep the rain off them, but it's better to be safe than sorry as they say.
"I'll see you at 10:45 little bro," Yami said before flying off.
"See you then," Yugi said waving.
Meanwhile, the bank heist was already underway. The group of ten robbers casually went into the bank. To keep suspicion low, they came in looking like any other customer. The backpacks they carried looked normal if not for the fact that they held concealed weapons. One of them went in line and patiently waited to get to the teller as if wanting to make a deposit, withdrawal, etc. No one, not even the security guards had a clue that what appeared to be an ordinary day would soon turn violent.
The concealed robber made it to the teller ten minutes later, and the other nine gathered around him. The robber at the teller went in his backpack, appearing to pull out something for a deposit. The teller was surprised and frightened when he pulled out a gun instead.
"All right, nobody move. Get down on the ground now and no one gets hurt," the lead robber said.
The people got down on the ground. The security guards could do nothing because they were outnumbered 10 to 2. They had no choice but to get on the ground. Two of the robbers then proceeded to the vault. One of the tellers attempted to press a silent alarm, but a sharp-eyed robber saw her and fired a warning shot a few meters from her head.
"Don't try anything sneaky or you're dead," the lead robber said.
The two robbers came from the vault with $250,000 stuffed in their packs. Then the ten robbers left. After leaving, the teller called 911 and told the police what happened. The search for the bank robbers was on. An hour later, the police caught up with the bank robbers' two vehicles. That resulted in a high-speed chase.
Meanwhile, Yugi, the students, the teachers and the principle were unaware of the approaching danger. An hour later, they heard tires screeching and someone get out in a hurry. They were terrified to see an armed man pointing his gun at them.
"Out of the room now," the robber said.
Everyone ran out of the room and was forced inside the cafeteria. Soon, eveyone in the school was in the cafeteria. One robber was inside while the other guarded the door. The other eight crooks split themselves among the exits. The police were helpless to do anything. Too many lives were at stake now.
"Now back away or we'll kill everyone in this school. We have the ammo to do it," the lead criminal said.
In the cafeteria, the students, teachers and principal were all terrified. They couldn't try anything without getting hurt, which is what none of them needed right now. Yami and Solomon just happened to be watching TV when the show was interrupted.
"We interrupt this show for a breaking news bulletin. As you can see, the police are at a stand off with ten crooks that robbed a bank about ten miles east of this station. They were chased all the way to this school and are holding everyone inside hostage," the female reporter said.
"I've got to go now," Yami said in desperation.
"Good luck," Solomon said.
Yami went outside and flew off. It was still raining so he put his shield back over him. He knew he had to do something to stop those robbers from hurting anyone inside.
'I knew something bad was going to happen. I've got to think of a way to save them,' Yami thought. He arrived at the school in five minutes. He became invisible so no one would see him. He went in through an open door and walked on, still invisible so the robbers wouldn't see him.
"We have the building surrounded. Give up; you can't go anywhere," the police lieutenant said.
"You're not the one in power now. We have hostages and we will not hesitate to kill them if you don't back off," the lead robber said.
"We could storm the building quicker than you can even kill one of those people," the lieutenant said.
"That will be impossible since two of us are positioned at and inside the cafeteria so don't even try it," the lead robber said.
'So that's were they are,' Yami thought. He headed for the cafeteria. He hid behind some lockers before becoming visible again.
The robber was on alert in case the police tried anything sneaky. Suddenly, a hand tightly came around his mouth, preventing him from making a sound. Then Yami slammed the robber full scale into the lockers, knocking the crook out. Everyone inside heard the crash and wondered what happened. The crook inside opened the door to find Yami standing there.
"Peek-a-boo," Yami said before punching the crook in the face.
The crook went flying into the wall, also getting knocked out.
"Is everyone all right?" Yami asked.
"We are now that you're here," Yugi responded.
"Who are you?" the lead crook asked.
"My name is not important to you," Yami responded.
"You're right on that one," the lead criminal said before drawing his gun and firing.
"Watch out!" one of the teachers shouted.
Yami was way ahead of it and ran out of the way. He stopped by the wall. "You're too slow," he said.
The lead criminal and the other criminals just stood there in shock. Everyone else except Yugi was shocked as well. They thought that Yami disappeared when he actually ran faster than their eyes could follow.
"I won't miss again," the lead criminal said before he and the other criminals fired.
Even though the eight criminals fired at the same time twice, Yami dodged all sixteen bullets by flipping upward. The criminals took the chance and fired Yami while he was still in the air. Yami hovered in the air, spread his arms out, and a fiery arch shot out from his outstretched hands. The arch destroyed the bullets.
"Now to take away your guns," Yami said as he shot a laser at the guns.
The criminals screamed in pain before dropping the guns. The guns melted and dissolved away. Yami then snapped his fingers, and the criminals disappeared to reappear in front of the police. The criminals' hands were tied behind their backs.
"I wonder how that happened," the police sergeant said.
"I did it," Yami said as he came out with everyone behind him.
"Yami saved our lives," Mr. Simms said.
"How did you get in when we couldn't?" the lieutenant asked.
Yami explained how he handled all ten crooks by himself. The police were amazed to hear some of the things he could do; the fact that one man took out ten criminals by himself really amazed them.
"One person did make a difference here. As police sergeant, I humbly thank you for helping us capture these notorious crooks and saving the entire school," the sergeant said.
"It was nothing," Yami said before scooping up Yugi and flying off. He arrived at home in a little while and went in before putting Yugi down.
Yugi then hugged Yami. "You saved us all today," he said.
"Like I told the police, it was nothing," Yami said, hugging Yugi back.
"I'm so glad that you and everyone at school are safe Yugi," Solomon said. "I saw the explanation on the news."
Yugi and Yami separated for Yugi to hug his grandfather. They parted a few minutes later. Then all three of them just sat in the couch in silence. This day proved that safety couldn't be guaranteed, even at school. The weather brightened up as if responding to the now good day. With Yami around, things would become a little safer one step at a time.


Finished with this chapter. Preview for Chapter 3: Birthday Surprise: Yami is planning something very special for Yugi's birthday. Solomon doesn't know of the surprise yet because it's going to be a surprise for him too. What is the surprise? Some of you might be have to figure it out. For the ones that don't, you'll find out.

Oh, and this is the last update I will make this week because I have to get ready to move back to school. I move back next Tuesday and I start next Thursday. So I will be updating when I have the time from now on.