Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Murderless Crow ❯ Act One: The April Fool's Joke ( Chapter 1 )

Murderless Crow

Act One: The April Fool's Joke

By: Unica Michu

WARNING: THIS FICTION CONTAINS SHONEN-AI (boy/boy in love or homosexuals) IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO THIS PLEASE LEAVE NOW!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yuugiou, which is rather obvious because it wouldn't have such crappy art had I made it. (Cringes at the animation) I also do not own any other marketed products included in this fiction.

Hey, everyone. I've been dead for about a year plus from fanfiction. I'm aware of that. During that time, I've been formulating this, my newest work.

I am aware of the popularity of my previous work Be not Nobody and I'm sorry to inform you but I've stopped updating. I'm sorry to my loyal fans of BnN that've continued to read and enjoy it, I hope you find this one as enjoyable. However, I'm discontinuing it because it's characterization and plot is just too lacking. In order for me to update it and actually feel pride in it, I'd have to start from scratch and completely rewrite it.

I've decided to sway away from the Fantasy genre and write about the Yuugiou cast placed in a world that resembles our own. (That's right, no magic)

This originally started out about a year ago as a gag Bakura/Ryou school story. It was to be full of jokes and random bits of fluff. After awhile I started to think of this other plot involving Yami, being the Yami/Yugi shipper that I am, I got this story instead. I've been working on the plot and characters since I did the experimental post of this story when it was called "Alone." I got like four reviews. So I deleted it, went into hiding, and worked on this. So, here you go, this is my introduction back into the fanfiction world. (Hopefully...)

Note About the Naming: I know I'm using the dub names. So Heaven help me. But you see, my fiction takes place in America. If someone was walking around with the name Otogi or Jonouchi, heh. (Laughs just thinking about it.) They'd be made fun of non-stop and be called a fag. I'm using the dub names so they sound like names that would fit in with their country a bit better.

Yami no Bakura will be called Bakura, Omote Bakura will be called Ryou, and Yami no Yuugi will be called Yami. Just to make my life a little sanier. Yami no Mariku won't be making an appearance...or will he?

oOo

Yami leaned against the cold brick outside the school doors. It was early in the morning and a warm pink color was spilled across the sky. Yami glanced over the crowd of people in various circles talking and laughing. Yami sighed, how he secretly wished he could be in a group like that. Many people refused to talk to him just because of how he dressed and acted, resulting to why he was to be with a group he despised.

Today Yami's mind was plagued with worry; it was April Fool's day. The fact that he already heard some people shouting, "April Fools!" made him even sicker to his stomach. Someone was likely to try something on him since he was the invulnerable Yami.

As the bell rung everyone started to flood in through the main entrance, Yami snuck ahead of the swarm of people and was at his locker right before the crowd of people came trampling through the halls. Yami steered himself through the sea of heads and nearly made it to class when he accidentally bumped into a dark skinned girl with her hair pulled up into a lop-sided ponytail. She was dressed in an obscenely short denim skirt and had large gold hoop earrings. Her and her friends were huddled in a circle in front of an open locker. They all turned and glared at him, "Excuse you, dork." The one in the skirt snorted in an erratically high pitched voice.

Yami glared at them and simply pushed past them.

"What's wrong with him?" The girl then snorted, "Loser."

oOo

Yami was the first one to enter the class. He took his seat in the back, and the back happened to be close to the door. He watched as the familiar faces file into the classroom and take their seats.

He then noticed an unfamiliar face walk into the room. She was wearing a pleaded blue skirt flaring flirtatiously outward and a petal pink blouse with black mary-janes. She was clenching a notebook to her chest, the girl also had the most unusual but strangely familiar hair. The base color was black with red tips on the end and her bangs were dyed blonde, it fell down to her shoulders brushing them lightly as she bobbed her head from side-to-side. The girl bit her lip as she glanced over to the empty teacher's desk. Her nervous eyes caught Yami's and she smiled timidly at him.

Yami offered a half a smile and made a motion with his hand for her to sit in the empty seat next him. Yami smirked to himself finding this amusing. Usually his friends or people that attempted to talk to him were people who shared the same likes and dislike. They had an acceptance and understanding of each other dispite the fact most of the time they couldn't stand each other's guts.

The girl smiled again and sat down in the empty chair next to Yami. She whispered softly, "This is Mrs. McNeal's Homeroom, right?"

Yami nodded, "Yeah. I haven't seen you around, you new?"

"Yeah, I just moved here over the weekend. I was really worried if I was in the right

classroom." She said, with relief evident in her soft voice.

"What's your name?" Yami asked quietly, trying not to draw attention to himself. He realized it's a bit too late when he saw some students looking over in Yugi's direction and then pretended to look at clock behind him. Yami started to feel a bit uneasy at having himself in the middle of all this.

"Yugi, what's yours?"

"Yami." He moved uncomfortably in his seat then whispered lowly, "But look, I'm not the kind of person you want to get hang around with, alright? After class go talk to that girl over there and her friends and ask for them to show you around or something. She's the one in the black and pink skirt."

"What're you talking about?" Yugi asked as she furrowed her delicate eyebrows. "Why can't I talk to you?"

"I'm not the most popular person, let's just say that."

Yugi shrugged, "I don't care. You're really nice, that's all that really matters."

Yami felt something prick at his chest that caused his heart to pound. It's a warm, almost sickening, feeling, "Suit yourself, but don't say I didn't warn you."

She smiled, the glitter applied on her eyes sparkled slightly, "Thanks, I won't." About then the teacher popped in and introduced Yugi to the class. She relocated Yugi in the empty seat next to the girl Yami mentioned earlier, Tea.

Once Yugi sat down Tea started to chat with her. They seemed to be hitting it off well. Yami felt a pang of jealousy as he watched them talk the rest of the period.

oOo

By the end of first period into second, word had spread about the new girl. She was actually hitting it off quite well with everyone. Yami could only sigh as he sat down in his second period class, Math.

Yugi began to plague his mind as he grimly realized she had probably forgotten about him already. She was being swarmed by everyone and probably didn't even remember his name. He ran his fingers through his hair, sighing.

He watched as people walked into the classroom in groups. The last one was Yugi with Tea who was holding her new friend's agenda. Yami noticed Yugi motioning towards him. Tea whispered something and Yugi nodded in response. They ended up sitting a couple seats in front of him.

This math teacher was one of the teachers that let you choose where you sat, which Yami enjoyed quite thoroughly. He usually sat in the back when they were given an option, but even when it's role-call he'd wind up in the back anyway.

The best part about sitting the back was Yami could write poetry or work on his play without being noticed. Yami wasn't only interested in poetry, he also loved the theatre. He was in the drama club, and almost in every play he would be lead. Despite all his advanced English skills he, respectively, stunk at Math. That's why he wound up in this class, without his usual group that all seem to be quite talented in this field, which Yami grimly noted.

Yami averted his eyes from his notebook and glanced sideways at Yugi and Tea. Tea was pointing at people in the classroom telling Yugi about them. When they reached Yami, he was staring back at them with his elbow rested on the back of his chair. He raised an eyebrow at them. Tea blushed as she whispered again to Yugi who smiled and nodded again. God, girls annoyed him to death which was probably the reason he was gay. Yami had gone out with many girls before and he found them annoying and clingly.

Yami rolled his eyes and turned around as the teacher finally made himself noticed. He was a short man with graying hair and a weathered face with glassed perched at the end of his nose. Today he wore a white shirt with a patterned vest over it and freshly ironed black slacks.

He stood up in front of the class and spoke, "Good morning class, as you know we have a new student. Please be kind to her-" He chuckled and then continued, "Please help Yugi if she having difficulties. Now, we'll continue chapter five today. Please take out Friday's homework. I assume you all have it completed, considering you need to start thinking about your future."

Everyone pulled out their homework, aside from the usual slackers. Yami took his homework and red pen and waited for the teacher to tell them the answers.

Behind him, Tea was passing a note to one of her friends in the class. This went unnoticed as the class continued to grade their papers. However, it caught to teacher's eye eventually. He shot a warning glance to Tea and then continued to lecture on the answers. Tea scoffed and put the note away.

oOo

The rest of the period dragged on slowly as the lecture on finding dimensions of irregular objects continued. Yami practically died when he realized that it was only the end of the first block of Math.

Yami yawned and rested his head on his propped up hand and watched his teacher write down some equations and formulas on the board. He copied them with his free hand and jotted a couple notes to himself.

By the end of Math, Yami was half-asleep and found himself rudely awoken by the bell. He grumbled as he gathered his things. "Just one more period till lunch," he told himself as he dragged his feet to English.

When Yami entered he immediately went to the last row of desks in the corner and sat in-between Bakura and Seto. "Yo, Yami." The English accented boy next to him said smoothly, "Have you met the new girl?"

"Yeah, I met her during homeroom."

"Oh really? Then could you maybe introduce me?" Bakura said with innocent guile evident in his

voice.

Yami scoffed at him, "Why would you want to talk to Yugi?"

"She's hitting it off quite well with Ryou. I saw them talking in the hall."

At hearing Ryou's name mentioned Seto turned his head, "What about Ryou?" He then glared at

Bakura.

Bakura winked to Yami and reverted his gaze to Seto and laughed, "What? We didn't say

anything about him." Bakura then muttered, "Stalker."

Seto glared and started to talk to the tanned boy in front of him.

Bakura grinned, turns back to Yami and then inquired softly, "Come on, introduce me. I won't do anything to her if that's what you're worried about."

"No. She's already made friends with Tea."

Bakura rolled his eyes, "You think that'll stop me? Come on, everyone loves me anyway."

Yami let out a puff of air through his nose, "You're so conceited."

"Is that yes then?"

"No."

Bakura grinned through half-lidded eyelids and leaned on Yami's desk, "I'll make it worth your while."

Yami blushed and looked to the side quickly to see if anyone was watching. To his surprise, no

one was. "Knock it off."

Bakura toyed with Yami golden bangs and twirled them around his finger, "Come on... You know you want to."

Yami grabbed Bakura's hand, "Stop it."

Bakura frowned, "Fine. But I'm going to talk to Yugi even if you don't introduce me."

"Fine, I'll introduce you." Yami then added quickly, "But if you try anything on her..."

He grinned, "Yeah, yeah. I know you like them virgin, I'll lay off." He then whispered lowly in

Yami's ear, "I. Owe. You."

"Yeah, you do," Yami murmured back.

oOo

After a lecture and discussion of Macbeth, it was time to break for lunch. Yami got in the lunch line with Marik, the tan Egyptian boy Seto was talking to during English. "You know," Marik said slyly, "for a couple that went through a horrid break-up, he's sure been hitting on you a lot lately."

Yami sighed and picked up a tuna sandwich, "I noticed."

Marik grabbed a salad and chicken sandwich, "Exactly, so if he's after Ryou why does he flirt with you?" he whispered, not letting anyone in front or behind them hear.

Yami ran his fingers through his hair, "Bakura's like that. He'll flirt with anything on two skinny legs."

Marik just chuckled.

"So, Marik. Isn't it against your religion to dye your hair like that or something?" Yami asked referring to the fact that Marik had bleached his hair.

Marik laughed, "Yeah, you should've seen my dad's face. He'd been extremely pissed at me lately, ah well, it's not like I want to Muslim anyway." Marik's family was all from Suadi Arabia and all strict Muslims, however, he didn't quite see eye to eye with his parent's beliefs.

After they got their tray of food they went to their usual table where Seto was almost finished eating. "Shit!" Marik exclaimed wide eyed, "How do you eat so damn quickly?"

"You guys took forever in the that line so I had plenty of time to finish."

Yami sat in front of Seto and glanced around the lunchroom. He looked over to the lunch line and trailed his eyes along the people standing and chatting; among them was the girl he met earlier in homeroom. She was talking to Tea and now also accompanied by Serenity, another one of Tea's friends. Behind Serenity was Ryou who wasn't saying anything but listening quietly to the conversation.

Yugi took a sideways glance and saw Yami looking at her and she flashed a smile, then continued talking, giving a sideways glance to him.

"Yo! Yami?" A voice said, reverting Yami attention back to the table.

Yami turned and saw Devlin sitting next to him, "Oh, I'm sorry I wasn't listening."

The black haired boy laughed as his green eyes danced, "Too busy starring at the new girl's ass? I wouldn't mind getting a chunk of it myself."

Yami heard a dark chuckle followed by a heavy English accented voice, "Yami'll have your ass before you step within a ten foot radius of that chick, he snapped at me when I asked him to introduce me to her."

"Hello, Bakura." Yami said glaring. He didn't even realize that Bakura had taken his seat. Sneaky bastard, Yami thought to himself.

Bakura play saluted Yami in acknowledgment.

"Hell," Marik snorted, "I can sympathize with Yami, I wouldn't even want you to fucking know any of my flames. You'd probably try to get them in bed with you just to show you can. Bastard."

Yami rolled his eyes, "You guys, I don't where this idiotic logic came from that you're getting this BS from, but, I don't like her."

The table grew silent for a moment and Marik looked over to Devlin and they started to crack up and Bakura followed as well. Seto also choked back a laugh.

"Hey, guys. What's so funny?" A blonde haired chick named Mai said sitting down next to Devlin, her current boyfriend. She was dressed in a rather revealing skirt and black high-heeled boots with heavy black eyeliner and mascara outlining her violet eyes.

Still laughing Marik answered her, "Yami in denial about liking the new girl. You should've seen it during English, he was telling Bakura to lay of her and was staring at her a moment ago, but now he's denying even looking twice at her."

Yami snorted, "I don't like her. You guys know me, I don't like easily."

Bakura snorted in reply as well, "My ass. You were all over me in less then a week."

Yami glared at him and then Mai started to laugh, joining the rest, "You're too cute, Yami."

Seto chuckled and Yami grumbled, leaving the table and threw away his barely touched food into the garbage can.

"Hey! If you weren't going to eat it you should've given it to me!" Marik said glaring. "Bastard." Devlin scooted down filling in Yami's seat.

Yami looked back at his table at and saw how quickly he was replaced then sighed sadly. He opened the door to the "Men's" and saw an over-sized guy in baggy black and charcoal clothes vandalizing the outside of the stall with permanent marker. He glanced over to Yami and stopped writing, "You didn't see nothing, ass-hole." He growled and then barged pass him, swinging the bathroom door open.

Yami snorted and then the bathroom grew quiet. No one else usually went in the men's unless it was to write on the stalls, which was why the room currently wreaked of permanent marker. Yami leaned against the wall and ran his fingers through his hair. he ended up slipping down and sitting on the cold floor of the bathroom and stared up at the ceiling.

After about five minutes, a bell echoed through the deserted bathroom and Yami heard people outside the bathroom walls leaving the cafeteria. He stood back up, brushed off the dirt from his pants and headed out the door, back to English with Bakura.

oOo

When Yami returned to his seat Bakura leant over Yami's desk and gave him a slight nudge as his smooth voice spoke his name softly, "Yami."

Yami turned his head to face Bakura, a pink tint was evidently sprinkled across his cheeks as he managed to answer him back, "Yeah?"

"You alright? You ran off there."

"You make it sound as if you're worried." He retorted curtly.

"Perhaps, or just chalk it up to curiosity."

The English teacher rose from his seat at the ringing of the late bell, "Alright, class, we'll start of from where we left off before lunch. Open your books, please."

Yami turned his head and opened his book, being careful not to look or even acknowledge Bakura's presence. He opened to the appropriate page and word called as the teacher read aloud. He felt frustrated at how he couldn't understand Shakespeare's words. Which meant his mind was wandering somewhere else. No. Yami thought to himself, I am not thinking about Bakura. However the pounding in his chest was telling him otherwise. Yami felt like puking, Even after everything he's put me through, I'm still groveling at his feet. Yami moaned in his head, frustrated.

Yami nearly jumped out his seat as he felt a hand stroke his thigh, Yami felt himself grow hot at the familiar touch of Bakura's hand at his thigh. The hand quickly moved to the inner thigh, rubbing with not so innocent intent. Yami thanked God that they were in the back so no one could see, he couldn't imagine what everyone would say if they saw this happening during English class.

"Stop it." Yami murmured angrily, "Don't touch me."

Bakura frowned and recoiled his hand from Yami's thigh.

Yami whimpered feeling Bakura's breath chill his skin as he sat back in his seat. God, this is going to be a long period.

oOo

By the end of English Yami was shivering as he threw his book into his locker. "Why won't he leave me alone?" Yami thought to himself as he pushed past everyone in the hall to reach the gym. He walked past Yugi's new locker and saw her waving to Tea to wait up. Yami reverted his gaze forward and nearly crashed into the boy in front of him.

When he came to the end of the hall he finally reached the gym's double doors. He walked into the large and mostly deserted gym, save for one or two kids who have miraculously dressed in less than two seconds.

He saw Yugi in the teacher's office, most likely getting her combo. I wonder how Yugi got here so fast? She got here before me, how odd, he wondered silently to himself.

As he got closer he saw her laughing with the teacher. Yugi caught his eye again and smiled. Yami broke the eye contact and quickly entered into the boy's dressing room. He saw guys throwing their gray PE uniform over their T-shirt and some guys wrestling with others. Yami avoided them making a bee-line to his locker in the far corner and plugged in his combo.

When Yami started to take off his shirt he heard some whistling and hoots coming from the entrance, "What 'cha doing in here little lady?"

Still shirtless, he walked over to the door and saw Yugi at the entrance with Joey, a hot-headed jock, and his buddies surrounding her.

She blushed madly, "W-well. There w-weren't any lockers left in the g-girls dressing room s-so I have to dress in h-here..."

All the guys started to hoot around the room and one yelled out, "Take it all off, baby!"

Yami groaned and went back to his locker and threw on his PE shirt, What the hell was going through the teacher's mind? he asked silently to himself. He saw Yugi taking the locker further down at the opposite corner of his. She opened the locker with the combo as almost every guy had their eyes on her. Everyone was whispering among each other. Yami figured she'd probably become the slut of the school. He felt a deep pit in his stomach, But she's such a nice person, he thought sadly, I don't think she's even that kind of person who'd give herself away for free. She's going to have a horrible year.

Yugi started to unbutton her blouse. She looked at the guys staring hungrily at her as Yugi blushed even redder. She looked over to Yami and gave him a small smile. Yami felt the pit in his stomach grow larger with every passing second. Yami cheeks tinted as he saw her delicate finger start to pull up her shirt revealing more and more of her arched back. Everyone gasped and some laughed seeing a white bra filled with white water balloons. Yugi started to laugh and her soft feminine voice melted away into a carefree tenor voice as she took the bra off revealing a flat chest and threw the water balloons at the surrounding guys, soaking them. "APRIL FOOLS!!" The supposed she yelled as she started to laugh.

The room remained silent, save for the people who were splashed who started to cuss obscenely, until Joey yelled out, "That was wicked man!" He gave Yugi a noogie, which looked really awkward considering Yugi was topless and wearing a skirt, "You fooled us good! You pretended to be a girl the whole school day! You little badass son of a bitch!"

Everyone started to laugh along with him and Yugi wiped away his make-up and pulled out spiking gel from his bag that had his gym uniform in it. Yugi got plenty of punches and laughs before he finished dressing, the whole time laughing his head off.

Yami stood in aghast, staring at Yugi blankly, "Yugi was a boy? That's one good hell of an

actor," he said softly to himself.

oOo

When Yugi came out, his hair was jelled up in black and red spikes. He ran over to the PE teacher and gave him a running high-five. It wasn't long before word let out and everyone heard about the prank. and Joey had pulled him into his group. Yami could only watch as Yugi walked away with Joey as people were still approaching him telling him that that was the most awesome April Fool's!

Yami trudged home that day, alone, with his messenger bag bouncing against his hip and his hands tucked in his pockets with the image of Yugi laughing and surrounded by people still haunting his mind. In one day Yugi was able to get everything Yami had ever wanted to have, Popularity and friends.

oOo

To Be Continued...

Thank you for Reading, Please R&R