Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Insert Cool Yu-Gi-Oh! Related Title ❯ Chapter Seven: Class Projects are Done in Pairs ( Chapter 7 )

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No, I don't own YuGiOh! If I did… Mothra and Godzilla would battle in Domino City, just to see Yami and the gang`s reaction!

//Are the yami mentally speaking to their hikari.//
/Are the hikari mentally speaking to their yami./
And Italics are thoughts.

Chapter Seven: Class Projects are Done in Pairs

"Ryou-kun isn't here yet," Yugi sighed. "I'm worried about him. He… He should be here by now!"

"Wow! Calm down there Yugi," Honda said putting up his arms in emphasis.

"Yeah, class hasn't even begun yet," Anzu agreed.

"Maybe he'll get here at the very last second. You know, right before the bell rings. Like he's been doing lately. It's no problem," Jounouchi assured.

"I don't know." Yugi looked to the classroom door. "I just… Have a bad feeling about this."

Suddenly the air shifted and the mood took a downward turn. "You're talking about the Ring, right?" the blond suggested.

Yugi nodded.

"Why was he wearing it?" Anzu shook her head. "I don't understand why he would still even have that thing!"

"I don't know," Honda reasoned. "I threw it away once, remember? And it came back. And then it disappeared for awhile and showed up again as soon as Ryou came back." Honda shrugged. "Maybe Ryou doesn't even have a choice in wearing it."

"You mean-" Anzu began, but was cut off by the teacher closing the classroom door and asking all the students to take a seat.

"Maybe the spirit in the Ring is controlling him," Honda hurried up and finished.

"That is a possibility," Jounouchi mused.

"We have to help him!" Yugi nearly cried out loud enough to grab the teacher's attention.

"Mutou-san! I suggest you take your seat before you are the one who needs help. Understood?"

"H.. Hai, Sensei."

The group disbanded and took their seats while heads were hung low. Halfway through the class, Yugi was passed a note that read: "Don't worry about it, Yugi. We can go to Ryou's place after school today. Cool?" It was signed by Jounouchi. Yugi raised his head and nodded to the blond who awaited his response.

Unfortunately, at that exact moment, the teacher, Korobayashi-san, happened to look over and notice this little exchange of gestures between the two friends. "Mutou-san! Jounouchi-san! What is going on?"

The two friends snapped back to attention.

"Uh.. Nothing!" Jounouchi yelled.

"Really? I should hope so. I'd hate to think that your little conversation were so important that it merited disrupting my class over." The teacher swooped by Yugi's desk and snatched Jounouchi's note out of his hand. "Why, what's this? A love note?"

The class burst out giggling. Jounouchi's face turned slightly red with embarrassment.

He has no right! That jerk!

Jounouchi steamed as Korobayashi-san cleared his throat and read the letter out loud. "Interesting. But I'm afraid I bring rain to your parade." He let the note slip back onto Yugi's desk as he slid over to his own desk and picked up a folder and flipped through a few pages. "Yes, here we are. Jounouchi and Kaiba! You both are to report to classroom D-12."

"What!?" Jounouchi stood up, nearly knocking his desk over. "Why?!?!"

"I'm so sorry, Jounouchi-san. If you find a problem with the punishments dictated by the school's administration, then perhaps you will think twice next time before starting a fight in the middle of my classroom, and nearly giving a concussion to a fellow classmate!"

Jounouchi was speechless. Kaiba, on the other hand, simply stood, walked to the classroom door, and walked out. Jounouchi soon followed, after gathering his things and clumsily stumbling out into the hallway, muttering the whole time about `how unfair' this was, and how much of a `jerk' everybody was.

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Bakura hung up the phone. He'd just had to explain to the school administration that he was very sick today and simply could not attend class. Unfortunately, halfway through, he'd gotten rather pissed off at the damned secretary lady and seemed to have rather told her off. Safe to assume, Ryou would have some explaining to do when he got back to school.

Bakura sighed as he looked down at his light's sleeping form. He hated having caused his hikari even more problems.

Poor Ryou. I wish I knew what was wrong with him. Maybe I could help…

Suddenly, he remembered who he was, and that the person he was didn't give a damn about anyone other than himself. He scoffed at the stupid thought of helping his hikari.

Next thing you know, I'll be acting like the damned Pharaoh and have a brat-ass posse of idiot runts following me around calling themselves my friends! Ha! Like that would ever happen! In fact, I might even let it happen just so I could corner them all in a little, dirty warehouse and watch the trust melt right off their faces as I betray them and slit their throats!

"Hahahahaha!!" Bakura bust out laughing then quickly quieted himself. He turned to look at Ryou's sleeping form. He didn't want to wake Ryou. The boy obviously needed his rest. Bakura sighed.

Maybe… Maybe just Ryou. After all, the Ring did choose him as my avatar... I guess.. If anyone deserves my protection it would be him. Yeah. Yeah! The Pharaoh gets to have his Ra damned chosen one. Damned it! I get mine too! You'll see Pharaoh! I'll show you! I'll have the best hikari! Ever! Now, all I have do is make sure Ryou doesn't kill himself.

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Damned class D-12! Damned Sensei! Damned Kaiba!

Jounouchi walked through the hall trailing after Kaiba, glaring at him from behind, as if he were trying to set him on fire with merely his eyes.

"Didn't anyone tell you it's rude to stare?" Kaiba's voice almost echoed through the empty hallway.

Jounouchi almost jumped.

How'd he know I was looking at him!? Gotta think of a good comeback! Gotta think! Think! Ah!

"Yeah, well, anyone ever tell you it's rude to be a jack ass?" Jounouchi smirked.

Kaiba stopped walking, turned and glared. Jounouchi continued smirking, but Kaiba's glare has the ability to wither flowers and even the smuggest of grins, and also Jounouchi hoped that Kaiba would not start beating the crap out of him again, because as much as the blonde hated to admit it, Kaiba could kick ass when he felt like it. Most pronouncedly, his ass, and Jounouchi really didn't feel like getting his ass kicked around, especially by Kaiba. As far as he saw it, no good could come of his ass being kicked around by the CEO. In fact, it would most likely hurt, and he didn't really feel like limping home. Again. So he stopped smirking and played it off by coughing and looking away. Kaiba, satisfied that the mutt knew his place in the lower scheme of things, turned and continued walking down the hallway. Jounouchi followed.

Damned Kaiba…

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Yugi sat in class not really paying attention. Actually not paying attention at all. He was too busy being worried about his friend Ryou, that he didn't even notice the teacher call out his name. He also didn't notice the odd looks and giggles he got from his classmates as the teacher began yelling his name. And, of course, he didn't notice even the slightest when the teacher basically started screaming his name over and over. Yugi did, however, notice that there was something slightly different when he looked up and saw Korobayashi-san's red face only three centimeters away. He also couldn't help but scream.

"KYAAAAA!!!!!"

"MUTOU!! DETENTION! AFTER CLASS!!!"

The class busted out in a succession of laughing and giggling, but quickly ceased as the sensei threatened everyone with class detention. Yugi, on the other hand, was slumped down low in his chair and all his face showed evident signs of embarrassment. Yugi sighed. It was going to be a very loooong day.

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Both Kaiba and Jounouchi stopped in front of a door marked D-12. This was the room to were they sent all the "students that needed close watching."

Jounouchi scoffed. He had been here before. In fact, during his earlier years of high school, he had practically lived in the D rooms. D-9, D-10, and D-11 were all as familiar to him as… His school textbooks were not. Jounouchi sighed as he followed Kaiba into the room.

"Hello," spoke the woman standing in front of the class composed of miscreants, ruffians, and generally disturbed psychopaths.

"Hey," Jounouchi waved, a little surprised at seeing his old friend teaching D-12.

"Jounouchi? Jounouchi, Katsuya!? Why, what are you doing here?!" asked the woman, with a smile on her face, although she quickly changed it into a masked scowl.

Jounouchi shrugged. "Got in trouble again, I guess."

"Like he could ever stay out of it!" called out one of the students.

"Naw! He just came back 'cause you're so pretty, Akino-san!"

Everyone in the room went into peels of laughter.

"And he couldn't stay away from his old buddies, now could he!" shouted out another student.

Jounouchi pretty much knew everyone in the room. They used to all be part of the school gang he and Honda had belonged to.

You know, now that I think about it, D-12 doesn't seem like such a bad place. It's like coming home after a really long vacation!

"Hey, guys!" the blonde called out to all the students and then turned to Akino-san. "I thought you taught D-11? Why are you here?"

Akino-san fixed the small glasses on her graceful face. "I do teach D-11, but Yosoro-san is sick this week and I'm filling in for him."

"It's awesome!" one of the other students called out and soon everyone was shouting cheers and clapping. Everyone liked Akino-san. Everyone. She somehow made learning fun. Even the badest of the bad had to humble themselves before her, which is why D-11 was always packed. D-12, on the other hand, was ruled by the tyrant Yosoro-san, which gave new meaning to the word "evil."

Jounouchi laughed. "So for a whole week, I get to have you as my teacher?! Sweet!"

Everyone laughed and agreed. Everyone but Kaiba, who was busy trying not to kill anyone.

Gods… It's like a room filled with Jounouchis!

"Well, Jounouchi," Akino-san began, a smile, again, now on her face, "You know everyone I presume, and everyone knows you. How about you introduce your friend?"

Jounouchi blinked. "Friend?"

Akino motioned towards Kaiba, who was still busy trying not to kill anyone.

The blonde still looked confused and then snorted out laughing hysterically. "Him?! My friend!?! Ba-hahahahaha!!!!"

Akino-san looked confused.

"He ain't my friend! That's Kaiba! He's a $&%# bastard!" Jounouchi, as well as the rest of the class, roared out in laughter.

Akino looked startled and Kaiba wasn't so sure he should continue trying not to kill anyone.

"Jounouchi! You shouldn't say thinks like that!" Akino looked at him sadly.

Kaiba gritted his teeth and nearly dug his fingernails into his skin as he fisted his hands.

If I'm going to stay here, they might as well learn who's boss!

So, Kaiba did what he does best. He glared. But it wasn't just any glare, nor the one that could wither flowers. No, this one could kill flowers, and Kaiba used it on the blonde and on the pack of laughing hyenas. They abruptly stopped their laughing. Kaiba just had a way with glares.

"Yes… Well, you two should take your seats," Akino-san coughed, breaking the silence that had settled over the classroom. "Oh, and… I'm sorry Jounouchi, but you and Kaiba-san must… Be partners." Akino-san felt rather bad having to inform the boy about this as she watched the blood drain from his face.

"WHAT!?!?!" Jounouchi choked out.

"I'm sorry, but everyone else already has a partner except you two."

"Who cares! I'll partner up with anyone else! A three-way partnership! I'll do the work by myself! I.. I'll.. I CAN'T be HIS partner!!" Jounouchi was begging at the teachers desk pointing at Kaiba. "Please!?! Anyone else!! AnyTHING else!!! Why do we even have to partner up!?!"

Akino-san sweat dropped. "It's for the class project. You should know that."

Damn!! In all the D classes they always had a damned class project! And it counts as freakin' 30% of the grade!!! Everyone is always split up into groups! Of course, how could I forget! I've already done, like, two of them! But Honda's always been my partner, not… Grrr… Kaiba! This is his fault! I don't know how! But this is his fault!!!

Kaiba was, as well, un-amused.

I think I'll kill the blonde one first.

"I'm sorry Jounouchi, but this isn't my class. I can't assign you to do the project with a group of three or by yourself. These were my instructions from Yosoro-san. Everyone must be divided into groups of two."

"Fine!" Jounouchi perked up suddenly. "I'll trade anyone for a partner!" he called out to the class filled with all his old buddies, and for once, in the history of D-classes, not a single student spoke out of turn. In fact, not a single student spoke out. Everyone was very quiet. Crickets could be heard. "Damned ass lot of back stabbing bastard friends ya'll are!!" Jounouchi shook his fist at everyone.

"Jounouchi…" Akino spoke softly. "Please? Will you two take your seats?" she spoke to both the blonde and the CEO.

Jounouchi hung his head in desperation and sighed. "Yeah, yeah…" He moved over to sit next to his old "buddies" when Akino-san coughed softly again to get his attention.

"All partners… Must sit next to each other."

"……." Jounouchi's jaw was hanging rather close to the ground. "Of COURSE!" He yelled out hysterically as his knees hit the ground and he pointed a finger, the finger, up at the heavens. "WHYYYY do you HATE me!?!?!" He turned to look at Kaiba.

The CEO was presently sitting in the far back corner, somehow seemingly shrouded in shadow, and glaring. "I'm not moving," he informed the other boy.

Jounouchi gritted his teeth and picked himself off the ground. Even if Kaiba did for some reason decide to not be a jerk and come over to sit next to Jounouchi, it wouldn't have mattered. There were not enough chairs for them both near where Jounouchi was standing. A sudden influx of refugees from a once upon a time lit corner of the room had immigrated over to fill up all the possible free seats. They came bearing tales of having escaped the freezing death rays of a so called new student with a glare that could kill flowers.

Jounouchi cursed and went to sit next to Kaiba.