Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Emergence ❯ No Kisses ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: Yugi-oh is the property of Kazuki Takahashi, who is a genius.

Please read Chrysalis before you read this story. Otherwise you might find yourself wondering what the hell is going on. This is the second part of a story arch and while you might be able to understand what is happening, you'd like it a lot more if you read the first part and came back to this later.

For more of Marik's crazy plans you have to read Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit. Okay, enough with the shameless plugs for my other stories. On with this one….

Emergence

Chapter 2: No Kisses

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Lunch

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Ryou nudged his lunch tray further to the side and propped his chin thoughtfully on his hand. "That's very interesting. I wouldn't have thought of making that move."

Yuai sat back and gave him a slight smile. "I saw it in one of the Chess Championship rounds last year."

Ryou nodded and studied the chess board that sat on the table between them. He'd finally met Yugi's girlfriend and had found out, wonders of wonders, that she could actually play chess. None of the others seemed in the least bit interested in the game, preferring the far more flashy and dramatic Duel Monsters, to the subtleties and complexities of a good game of chess. The only other person he knew that could play the game was his father, and seeing that the last time he saw his father for more than a overnight visit as he passed through Japan, was before his voice changed, he was…well delighted to finally meet someone else who could play.

Delighted? What the hell kind of word is delighted? Bakura grumbled as he appeared and sat down next to his hikari.

What do you want me to say? I'm fucking glad to finally be able to play this game with someone with a IQ? Ryou grumbled back irritably. He'd been practicing being grumpy for the last week and he was now achieving some small success at it. He even managed the cuss word without blushing bright red. Maybe tomorrow, he'd try a small temper tantrum, just to get the feeling of it.

Bakura sat and blinked surprised. Ryou? Are you feeling okay?

Just fine. Why? He moved his knight and sat back with a satisfied smile.

Uhmm, well, you sounded like me. Bakura peered closer at his light. That's not a good thing.

Ryou opened his milk and gave it a cautious sniff, then quickly refolded the carton and shoved it aside with his tray. You must be rubbing off on me yami.

Bakura opened his mouth then closed it quickly, looked puzzled, opened his mouth again, shut it again than disappeared. Score another one for Marik's crazy plans. He smothered a grin behind a cough and turned his attention to his opponent.

Yuai tipped her head thoughtfully to one side and examined the move that Ryou made. Truth told, it was exactly the move she hoped he'd make, but she wanted to stall enough not to give away her glee. She sighed softly and considered her plans. Just as long as Ryou didn't move his remaining bishop, she'd have him in check in two turns. The trick of course was to keep him distracted, she pondered the situation a moment and then reached over and tentatively made a move to counter Ryou's attack with her rook, then took her hand back quickly, leaving the piece untouched.

Yugi nudged her slightly and whispered in her ear, "Queen to his bishop."

She gave him a soft shove with her elbow, "Hush."

"Just trying to help." He leaned over her shoulder to look at the board again.

Yuai gave him a quick kiss, snuggled a little closer and went back to her game. She picked up her queen and set it across the board, taking out a simple pawn.

Yugi moaned in her ear, "Not the pawn, the bishop."

Yuai gave him another kiss and wrinkled her nose at him. "Be quiet, you."

Yugi grinned back and kissed the tip of her nose. "Just looking after my girl."

"Hey, no making out in the cafeteria!" Jonouchi shoved him from behind, causing him to slam face first into Yuai's chest. He blinked happily at his new position, feeling pillowy softness under his lips, before snapping backwards, blushing as Jonouchi laughed behind him.

"You do know that before you lay a lip on my employee, I want a complete health screening." Kaiba warned from behind him.

Honda laughed, "Too late. I saw them behind the bleachers after gym, Looked like he had at least both lips and maybe a hand."

"Hey!" Yugi became even more red, "It wasn't like that!"

"Could've fooled me." Honda set his boxed lunch down and ran a hand through his hair, which wasn't in his usual neat pompadour, but fell in a soft tumble around his face, which had earned a few smothered comments and giggles from the female population of Domino High. Honda vaguely wished he knew what the comments where, but every time he turned to ask, the girls giggled and bolted like a herd of deer. Women, go figure.

"Uhm, Yuai?" Ryou prodded from the other side of the table.

Yuai jumped guiltily and turned back to her game, "Sorry Ryou. Sorry."

Kaiba glowered at Yugi, "Health screening. On my desk."

"If she gets sick, you might end up babysitting Mokuba…" Jonouchi warned setting his own boxed lunch down and scooting over to give his koi room to sit.

"Mokuba??" Yugi had a brief mental picture of being hung upside down over a fire, as a naked Mokuba, spattered with a lot of primitive body paint, danced around waving a spear. "Eerr, well, yes. But couldn't I…"

Kaiba shook his head, "No. She gets sick. You baby-sit."

"How about tomorrow? Can I get it to you tomorrow."

Kaiba nodded and opened his lunch. "Hand it to me over lunch. I'll get back to you tomorrow evening whether or not you can touch her."

Yuai straitened and shook her head. "Ignore him. He knows that if you babysat, Mokuba would probably end up burning the mansion down."

Yugi sat trying to wrap his mind around the concept of ignoring Seto Kaiba. It was a big concept. He was absolutely sure that there was no one in Japan that could ignore Kaiba, relatively sure that there was no one in the Asian continent that could do it, and was pretty sure that there was no one in the world that could manage that feat.

He glanced over to where Kaiba was placidly sorting through the various bento boxes that his cook had prepared. Yugi turned back to Yuai, carefully not touching her. "I'll get it for him tomorrow. Not a problem."

Yuai sighed and shrugged, "You do know that if you do as he says that totally blows tonight, don't you?"
"Tonight? What are you doing with my employee tonight?" Kaiba shifted to glare menacingly at Yugi.

"Uhmmm, a movie?" Yugi squeaked. This is what it felt like to meet someone's father, he just knew it. To make it worse, it was Papa Kaiba. Yugi felt a cold dread trickling slowly along his spinal column.

Yuai looked at the board noting that the bishop still sat placidly on his square and her queen was now deeply in danger of being taken. However, her Rook and her knight were now set to move into a checkmate. She carefully studied the board, looking for any traps she might have missed, seeing none she moved her knight. "Checkmate."

Ryou arched his eyebrows and looked carefully at the board. "Hm, I do believe you are right. That was really a lovely game."

Yuai grinned as she carefully started helping Ryou pack the pieces and board away, "I believe the credit for that must go to my opponent."

Ryou blushed, "Oh. Well, I think you are the one who should get the credit."

"Oh, no. It was you."

"No. You, entirely."
"Please. I'm sure…"

"Look, can't you two just quit it already. Ya both did good." Jonouchi reached around and tapped Yuai on the head.

Yuai leaned forward and stuck her tongue out at Jonouchi, "You're just sore because…"

"Hey!" Jonouchi tried to lunge around Yugi to catch Yuai, "No telling. You promised."

Kaiba frowned, "Children!"

Jonouchi turned and frowned back at him, "She did promise."

"Drop it." Kaiba narrowed his eyes threateningly.

Jonouchi gave a small snort of disgust and settled back to his place on the bench. "Yer, in a mood."

Yuai sighed and turned to finish helping Ryou, with a small grin. It really was so much fun to be in a family. "Would you like to play tomorrow?"

Ryou nodded as he placed the set carefully in his pack, checked his watch and stood up. "That would be wonderful. I`ll see you then."

"How about coming over to the shop tonight?" Yugi reached around and tried to snag one of Yuai's pieces of inari sushi from her bento. She tapped his fingers warningly and pointed to a piece of butterfish which he quickly popped into his mouth with a smile, "We could all go to the movies together if you'd like."

"Thank you, but I have a bit of studying to do. Speaking of, I'm very sorry, but I need to go talk to Mr. Yoshida for a few minutes about where to find the information I'll need."

Yugi waved as Ryou hurried away toward the teacher's lounge. Yuai nudged him in the ribs looking questioningly at him. He kissed the tip of her nose and nodded toward where Ryou was disappearing. "He's a bit lonely sometimes."

"Man, you two. Rent a room!"

"Hey, leave them alone. It's sweet."

"Shadup Honda, an wa's with your hair, run out of gel?"

"Leave my hair out of this."

"Be quiet! I'm trying to eat!"

Yugi and Yuai leaned against each other with a shared laugh, watching their friends bicker. Behind them, unnoticed, Yami stood watching with sad eyes, as they twined their hands together under the table.

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Honda

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Honda pulled his helmet off, wiped the sweat off his face and pushed his damp hair out of his eyes. He hadn't done too bad. His time was fourth out of a field of thirty so far. There were about twelve more motorcyclists still trying to qualify but his time was more than good enough to get him in. He swung off his bike and rolled it over to where his father was standing.

"Not bad, son. You'll be in the race." The older man nodded towards Honda's bike. "It's running okay?"

"Needs a tiny bit of work, nothing major." Honda pushed the bike past his father. "I'll be able to deal with it this afternoon."

"Remember, if you need any help, Hisho is the one to talk to." His father walked at the other side of the bike. "This things have gone way past me. It used to be so much simpler."

Honda grinned, "It's okay dad." He shook his head, "I sometimes feel like I'm getting an advance degree in mechanics every time I try to figure out anything new."

"You're doing fine son." Mr. Hiroto looked proudly over at his boy, "You're doing much better than your old man would've."

Honda grinned and turned away to look at a passing contestant, hiding his blush. "Thanks, dad."

"Now hurry up and get ready to go. Your mother insists that you have to get home and study. We'll catch dinner on the way home. Drive thru burgers good enough?"

Honda smiled and nodded, "Good `nuf."

"Hey! Honda! Over here!"

He turned and saw Mai winding her way through the crowd with Anzu nearly glued to her side, both grinning at him as they came closer.

"Hey, Mai, Anzu, what are you doing here?" Honda nodded as his father took the bike and walked toward their trailer.

Mai tipped her head and shrugged, "Come every year. You really did good. If you hadn't lost traction on the last turn you would have come in with the fastest time."

Honda laughed, "Oh, man. I almost lost it completely there. The track had something on it and the bike started slipping."

Anzu stepped away from Mai`s side, nodding in greeting." You got it back under control though. I saw one guy go into the wall and they had to call the ambulance." Anzu frowned worriedly, "Honda, please tell me you're careful out there."

He smiled and gave her a small hug. "Don't you worry about me, okay. I'm really careful."

"Okay." She smiled again and gave him a quick hug back then retreated back to Mai's side. "But if you end up in the hospital in traction. I swear, I'll visit you every day and spend hours and hours discussing the power of friendship."

Honda shuddered dramatically, "Oh Kami, NO! Not that! I'll be careful! I swear! Anything but that!" He clutched his hand over his chest and playfully swooned.

Anzu whacked him, "Just take care of your self and you never have to find out just how evil I can honestly be." She waggled her eyebrows, "I have some speeches that could send brave men screaming in horror.

Mai and Honda laughed as she comically set her hands on her hips like Superman standing on the top of a building and flung her head up, completing the pose.

"The world with tremble under the awesome might of my Super Feel Good Friendship Speech!"

"Flee, flee." Mai snickered grabbing Anzu around the waist. "Flee while I hold on to the Amazing Anzu and try to smother her all destroying speeches." Mai promptly caught Anzu in a deep kiss, still laughing against her love's mouth.

"Ahemmm, ladies. Ladies! Don't tease the celibate, here." Honda tossed a smile over his shoulder as he started walking to the trailer.

"Celibate?" Mai lifted her head and tugged Anzu into walking at her side. "Where's Serenity?"

"New York, last I heard." Honda grumped running one hand in his hair, absently noting it was getting too long. Gotta remember to get it cut the moment the race is over.

"Doesn't that girl ever quit traveling?" Mai tucked her hand into the waistband of Anzu's pants, wiggling her fingers suggestively against the soft skin.

"Not that I noticed." Honda looked around as they got to the trailer, not seeing his father. "Makes it difficult." He saw his father standing and talking to another man a short distance off. "And it makes you wonder sometimes."

"Wonder what?" Anzu tried to ignore the feeling that Mai's fingers were creating.

"Serenity and her mom. They go damn near everywhere they want, when they want and do damn near everything they want, but look at Jonouchi." Honda shrugged and tossed his helmet into the back of the truck. "Jo gets left with the alcoholic mess that's his dad. Jo had to pony up to pay for Serenity's surgery and Jo's the one who gets dumped like a piece of trash while they bound off." He sighed, "There's times where I can see that in Serenity. She's sweet, she makes me feel like I'm the luckiest guy in Domino City, when she's here. But when she gets tired of playing girlfriend, she's off. No word, no goodbye. I usually hear about it from Jo."

Mai pulled her hand free and pursed her lips thoughtfully, "Doesn't she sleep around?"

Honda turned away, "Well…yeah. But…." He stopped and turned back. "I've gotta be the most pitiful jerk in Japan, huh? Me and Jo should form a support group."

"Hey, at least you know you've got a problem." Anzu reached out and touched his arm comfortingly. "Jo's still in denial."

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Yugi

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"Hey, Yami!" Yugi tossed his books down on his desk and threw himself onto his bed.

Yami, hey we got mail! Yugi called tapping on his darkness' door.

As he expected, there was no answer. There hadn't been an answer for nearly a week. Not a peep. He hadn't seen his yami since the brief moment at the Renaissance Faire, when the pharaoh had taken one look at himself and disappeared. No sleepy yami curled in the chair watching the morning news. No silent laughter when he told a joke. No warm voice answering his calls. Nothing.

Yami, we've been invited to go to a convention for Duel Monsters. He tried one more time, waiting for an answer. After a moment of silence he turned away and returned to the waking world.

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Okay, angst galore in this chappie, but it's ohhhh so much fun to make up after a fight….Authoress looks at Jonouchi and Kaiba….wouldn't you agree guys?

Review please. What do you guys think of the new, improved Anzu?? How about Honda's getting a personality and new hair? Any comments??