Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Predators and their prey ❯ Strike-back of the Nerd-squad ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter 5: Strike-back of the Nerd-squad

 

Summary: One always runs, one doesn't talk, one is obvious, one loves control and one sees things. When they become prey of a bet, who could guess they made a bet for their own? Y/YY, R/B, M/M, S/J Yaoi & M/I Yuri. A/U.

 

Pairings: Ryou/Bakura, Seto/Jou, Marik/Malik, Yami/Yugi and Mai/Ishizu

 

“Blabla” = talking

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Lunch, the favourite time of the day for most students. Malik, Yugi, Jou, Ryou and Ishizu thought different. They were currently sitting in an empty classroom, completely away from the rest of the school, ditching certain popular ones.

 

“Guys, we need to talk. I thought a sweet Marik would be heaven, but I was wrong. Since the day he started `protecting' me, he's acting WAY to cuddly and stuff. This is getting scary. I mean, I always thought I loved Marik, but now I'm not sure anymore.” Malik pouted, while looking sadder by the minute. Ryou softly patted his back, trying to cheer him up. With no luck.

 

“I know, Malik. A friend of Marik, named Yami, has shown interest in little ME! He thinks I'm very sweet, and is stating he's already a friend of mine! What happened to the old `can we be friends?'-question?” Yugi chirped, sounding a little bit scared, just like Malik. After he was brought to the nurse, Yami disappeared all of a sudden, probably to hang out with his normal friends. Anyway, to make a long story short, Yugi left after an hour, alone of course, and is now totally recovered.

 

“That's nothing compared to me, Yugi! That Mai-girl thinks my skirt looks `flashy'. Guys, I'M BEING STALKED!”

 

“Sis, calm down. I think we're all being stalked, so don't freak out, okay?! I mean, Yugi by Yami, me by Marik, Sis by Mai, Jou by Kaiba and poor Ryou by Bakura.”

 

“I'm poor too!” Ishi beamed at her brother, who rolled his eyes in response.

 

“I think we're all poor! Marik is too cuddly, Bakura too freakish -no offence, Yugi!-, Mai is too slimy, Yami too pushy and Kaiba, well, he's too cat-a-like.” Jou threw another comment in the group. Immediately Ryou waved his arm, his way of telling he didn't get it.

 

“You see, Kaiba is SO like a cat! Really! He always appears quietly, and disappears even more quiet. The second time we met I told him not to talk to me another time, but he won't listen of course, since I'm too pathetic to be listened to. Anyway, he just sneaks up behind me, just like a cat. Then, when I'm off guard, he makes an embarrassing comment, and then he tries to talk with me in a normal conversation, again, just like a cat. And that would make me the mouse!”

 

“So, we're all being stalked by the most popular peeps of Domino-high. Any idea WHY us, WHY them and WHY the sudden interest?!” Malik asked the others, only to receive no immediate answer. After a full minute Ryou searched for his notebook and pen, then wrote down, with his neat handwriting:

 

#There's no way Bakura really likes me. They must have been black-mailed, or they APPEAR to be nice, but then try to ruin our lives #

 

“Why ruin our lives? Geez, I Thought I was negative, but you'd surpass me with ease!” Ishizu said, giving Ryou his paper back. Ryou wrote down more words.

 

# I think for getting more fame as a popular one. Make a nerd like/love you, then dump him or her for other people, to get more fame #

 

“Hmmm, that would sound logical. Sounds like a b-

 

“A BET! That was the thing I felt! I knew Yami was hiding something from me, but I couldn't sense what the scary thingy was! That's why he said my ass was cute, and didn't answer me why he told me that!” Yugi chirped frantically.

 

“Yugi, please. Though your ass MIGHT be cute, it was NOT a detail I wanted to hear from your mouth.” Malik dryly continued the conversation.

 

“Sorry Malik. But he really said that to me this morning! Emmm, anyway, IF they made a bet, what can we do about it? I mean, it's obvious we can't say `please no bet anymore, since we don't like bets', because then they would probably become very mean to us, for knowing the bet.” Yugi sighed heavily.

 

“Hmmm, well, to be honest, I rather have a pissed off Marik than a sugary-sweet one.” Malik immediately received a smack from Ishizu.

 

“I rather have someone who's forced to like me, than nobody at all. Perhaps it could be fun. I mean, IF Mai wants to be my friend, then she probably wants to make me happy. So perhaps I can force her to make salads for me, since that would make me happy!” Ishizu cheered. The rest sweat dropped in response.

 

“Wow. My sis is going evil ... Woohoo.” Malik cooed. He received a smack from Ishizu as an answer.

 

“Malik, It's a good idea anyway ... well, if you don't mention the fact you use your predator,” Yugi threw another comment into the group, “I mean, if Yami wouldn't mind I'm a psycho, then I suppose I could have my fun too.”

 

Immediately Ryou wrote down another comment. Malik read it out loud.

 

# Yugi, you're not a psycho. If you are, then we all in the world are psychos. Every human has issues. Anyway, do you think Bakura ever read the LOTR-trilogy? Or something from Shakespeare? #

 

“Ryou, I doubt your predator ever SEEN a book. But you all seem to like the idea of using your predator. Tell me what's so funny when a peep is forced to like you? I rather prefer real interest.” Malik sighed heavily, before suddenly grabbing his bag, probably searching a certain picture.

 

“SEE!” Malik showed them a crumpled picture: his most favorite picture of all found in the Domino-High's yearbook. At the picture Marik was grinning evilly at the camera, while giving a high-five to Bakura. The description was `let mysteries be gone: behold the master-brain behind the virus-plague at the main-computer'. Malik loved the picture so much, he copied it more than 10 times, he scanned the picture and put it on his computer as his common background, and as main picture at MSN. If the last thing was the case, he usually got the nickname `Mari-k-un lover'. But that was just a minor detail.

 

“This was Marik in old days. Evil, mean, ultra-popular and cool. Everything I wanna be! He's my big role model, but after this damn bet, he changed his attitude, and is anything near the cool him nowadays! If only he would act normal again.” Malik sighed another time, holding the picture tenderly. The rest sweat dropped in unison.

 

“Dear brother, you think too difficult. They think they are so cool, and think they'll be the boss in a friendship or relationship ... don't stare at me, you all know they want more of us than just be friends! Why else would Yami make a comment about Yugi's ass?!? Not to befriend him, I tell you. Anyway, I think our predators forgot a minor detail.” Ishizu winked evilly. Well, she tried, since she failed enormous.

 

“You see a BRIGHT side of this mess?!” Jou asked sarcastically, sighing as softly as possible.

 

“As a matter of fact, I do. They want to befriend us, don't they? Perhaps even more. The bet will only be won if WE show interest in them. So ... what if we are only happy when they do what we tell them to do? Per example: I doubt Mai likes painting, but if I say painting makes me happy, she probably says she likes it too!” Ishizu ended her theory, only to be bombarded with another question from her little baby brother.

 

“So, if your little theory is true, I can ask Marik to act normal again, and he will?”

 

“He wants to be friends with you. Why won't it work?” Yugi chirped, looking at Malik with his innocent eyes.

 

“I guess so ... okay. I think I wouldn't mind your dirty games, but what do you wanna do when a predator won the bet?” Malik asked his sister, but Yugi answered instead.

 

“Guys, can't we make them like us so much, they don't wanna dump us?”

 

“Perhaps that's an idea, Yugi! If Marik really loves me, he won't dump me. Though he would loose the bet, he would love me, and we would end up happily together and forever! Though I probably wouldn't care the slightest thing whether you all end up very unhappy or end up happy just like me, I WOULD GET MARIK! WOOHOO!” Malik clapped his hands in enthusiasm, while the rest sweat dropped. Again.

 

“Emmm, of course I'm not meaning seriously I don't care, peeps. You all are my best friends, and I'll never really leave you!” Malik nodded furiously, completely agreeing with his own theory.

 

“Thanks dear brother, but I doubt he won't dump you.” Ishi said.

 

“Geez sis, can't you think a little MORE bright?! Your middle name must be `negative'. Anyway, POSITIVE me is SURE it'll work!”

 

“Wanna bet?” Ishi answered sarcastically. Unfortunately for her, Malik took it the wrong way.

 

“It's a deal, sis! I bet I can make Marik love me, so he won't dump me!”

 

“Hmmm, though my mind says it's wrong, my intuition tells otherwise. Okay, and I bet your plan fails. He'll dump you anyway, love or no love.”

 

“Ishizu has a point, but what if Malik dumps his predator before his predator dumps him? Doesn't that make a winner out of him?” Yugi threw another question in the group, which stopped the argue between the two Ishtars.

 

“Riiiiiiight Yugi. And how would I ever do something like that?!?” Malik answered with another question.

 

“Simple. Just like your report for Marik, you know, about `She's all that'. Just pretend to love Marik - that won't be that difficult, with your big love for him- and then, before he dumps you, you'll dump him first.”

 

“If you think it's easy, why won't you try it yourself with the Yami-dude?!” Malik sarcastically said to Yugi, whose cheeks immediately coloured deep red.

 

“M-ME?!? ... but won't that make me a meany-head? ... okay, but only if you don't think I'm mean that way! Of course then every one of us has to do the same, since that'll make us even and no one will be the bad boy! Just pretend to love your predator, then dump him before he or she does at the last day of Ishi's high-school carrier. The famous prom!” Yugi decided nearly giving Ishizu a heart attack.

 

“Me and Mai? NO WAY!!! I rather won't clean a seat in the bus where I have to sit on than being together with her! She's totally NOT my type! And HOW the hell did they know I'm a lesbian?!”

 

“Dear sister. THAT'S THE POINT! PRETEND to love her, than DUMP her! And I don't think they minded much if you weren't a lesbian, since they're cool, so they would get you one way or the other. Anyway, Yugi, I think this is a great idea!” Malik cheered over-excitedly. This time it was Ryou to respond first, with a waving note next to Malik's face.

 

# A bet for paying back a popular one's bet is cool and fine by me ... doesn't that makes us real cool if we dump the entire popular group in front of the entire school? #

 

“You're right, Ry. Hmmm, perhaps we should really make a REAL bet, between us all, against the popular ones.” Malik fantasized.

 

“Emmm, Malik ... I don't know if that's such a good idea ...” Jou spoke up for the first time in minutes, but still sounding very unsure.

 

“Of course my idea is good! Have confidence in me, Jou! Besides, don't you think it's payback-time for all those things Kaiba has done to you, like intimidating, per example?!” Malik questioned Jou, who looked like he just saw the light. Everything was clear for him now. This was one thing Jou would love to do, even it would cost a lot of guts to actually PRETEND to love Kaiba.

 

“Emmm, but I don't know if I've got the guts to dump Seto ...” Jou backed a little bit away, while speaking again. Malik frowned at the last word.

 

“Seto? He lets you call him his FIRST NAME while you two just met half a DAY ago?! No fair! Before the popular one's bet, for almost a week, I had to call Marik `almighty Marik-sama', every time he asked me to do something. THAT. SUCKED!” Jou flushed again at Malik's comment, before continuing his speaking, getting softer at the minute.

 

“Well, officially ... I have to call him at least `Seto-chan'. If I called him `Kaiba' once more, he would hug me in front of everyone here at school. Somehow he strangely knows I would hate a thing like that.” Jou thought out loud. Suddenly Ryou wrote another note, and handed it Malik, who was sitting next to him.

 

“ ... HAHAH! Ryou writes you should be happy with calling him `Seto-chan', since he was asked to call his predator `Bakura-koi' or `Kura' ... and Ryou will enter the bet, if he's allowed to dump Bakura by letter instead of words.”

 

“If Ryou, Jou and Malik enter, I will enter the bet too! I don't wanna be a party-pooper!” Yugi chirped frantically.

 

“And me?! I don't wanna judge!” Ishi squeaked, looking quite worried.

 

“Then it's settled down! We against them. Geeks against the popular. And we WILL beat them!!' Malik practically screamed. The other tried to calm him down, with, of course, no good luck. In the end Jou and Ryou grabbed the jumping boy, who immediately started jumping. Luckily Jou and Ryou were stronger than he was, so Malik couldn't do more than scream some more.

 

“LEMME GO, BUDS!!! I wanna hear the rules and stuff like that! AND I WANNA MAKE MARIK LOVE ME! I wanna kiss him, hug him, FUCK HIM!!! DAMN IT, LEMME GO!!!”

 

When he finally calmed, which took more than 5 minutes, Jou and Ryou let him go. Ishizu already got a pen and paper, of course found in Ryou's bag, and was already about to write up all the rules, so no-one could possibly cheat.

 

“I'll handle this part, dear bother. Ryou, can you write up all rules we'll make?” Ryou nodded, getting his own notebook and pen back again. When everyone sat down again, including an overactive Malik, Ishizu started to speak.

 

“Our bet will be as followed: the person who is having you as his/her bet, will be your prey. You pretend to like him/her, so he/she will think he/she is succeeding his/her bet. Then, at the end of the year, at the prom, he/she obviously wants to break up. Be earlier than he/she is. Dump him/her in front of the whole school. If you win, you get fame. You'll become popular in no time. Nobody will think you're a freak anymore. Popular peeps are strange too, so instead of a freak, you'll be a cool popular peep. If you loose, you stay a nerd. If you win, you dumb the rest too. Since the group wants to stay together, you'll dump the entire popular group. That way we all get popular, and they become nerds within a single night! If you win, you'll get to be the most popular one in our eyes of the entire school. If you loose, you have to kiss your predator in front of everyone at the prom. That would seem fair. Got that, Ryou?”

 

Ryou nodded, while writing the last word. Then he signed the paper with his autograph, and motioned the rest to do it too. This way nobody could accidentally cheat.

 

Of course some had issues. Ryou had never kissed someone before, and wanted his first kiss to be special. And seeing a loud-mouthed Bakura, he wasn't going to call that `special'.

 

Yugi had problems too. What if he started to like Yami? Or what if they would become real best friends? That would make the bet a little bit more difficult.

 

Jou had troubles too. After all, what if the predators were up to more things. Thing that would include more than just only the mouth. But then again, Malik hadn't had troubles with this. After all, he would have a great opportunity making Marik love him.

 

“Dear sis, may you wonder if I told you I WANNA loose? I don't wanna dump my true love, so be happy to have one less who wants to win this competition.” Malik grabbed his o-so familiar picture from the last place it's been placed, and held it tenderly. Again.

 

“I don't mind, brother. Anyway, shall we begin our little competition right now, or do some of you want a predator-free lunch?” Ishizu asked the group, but before Ryou could write and answer, Malik and Yugi could squeak, and Jou could whisper, the door of the classroom opened, only to reveal a not-so wanted person in the door opening. Yami.

 

“YUGI-CHAN! I was searching you for about an hour now! I was worried you went home ill, or even worse! Are you all right? ... wait a minute, what were you doing anyway?! You're sitting in a CLASS-room when you have LUNCH ... are ... are you peeps hiding?” Yami's face suddenly grew interested. Because of the info the prey's gathered, they could guess why. Yami was probably thinking he would win their bet, since no prey had the guts to face their predators.

 

Suddenly Ishizu screamed `NOW!' before grabbing her bag, and sprinting off through another door of course. It was nothing new that Jou followed her suit, leaving Ryou, Malik and a very nervous Yugi behind. When Ryou gave a thumb-up to Yugi, Yugi gathered all of his courage, stood up and walked to Yami.

 

“Emmm, hello Yugi ... whazzup?” Yami curiously asked Yugi, eyeing the other exit Ishi and Jou went through a few seconds ago. Perhaps he and his bet would be in great danger! Perhaps they ran off to their predators, then tell them he was near Yugi, which would mean he was befriending his prey better than they, which would mean they would probably go ballistic, which would mean he would end up losing the bet, which would mean his popularity would be destroyed within a single day! He didn't want THAT to happen!!

 

Unknown for Yami, danger would come. And more unknown for him, danger would come from another point of view. And if he wouldn't notice this danger, it could really be his last year as a popular guy.

 

Anyway, back to square one. The danger did come, and began its way to destroy Yami's reputation, slowly, but noticeable.

 

“Yami, I missed you SO much!!! I wasn't ill, silly you, but only talking with my friends, about how great my newfound friend is! I mean, it's not every day I meet a REALLY cool and sweet new friend!!” Yugi winked his eyes as happily and sweet as he could, which was very kawaii in Yami's eyes, which wrapping his tiny arms around Yami's waist as a very close friendship-hug.

 

At this point Yami's cheeks coloured deep red, while he heard his hallelujah-choir again, for the umpteenth time today, this time louder than the first time they had met on the streets. His choir was probably overworking, seeing the fact so many predators heard them today.

 

“I missed you too, Yugi-chan ... anyway, this is mere interest by the way, but what lesson have you got after lunch?” Yami asked gently, while trying to unwrap Yugi's arms. With no luck. Though he could escape Yugi's hug, he couldn't escape Yugi when his little look-a-like smoothly made a dive for his left-arm. Within another second Yami was trapped in what Yami called deadly hug. Again.

 

“I usually have English class with my friends, but my teacher is off town for teachers-business ... can you stay with me until the lesson after English class? I mean, Ryou and Malik don't like to play with me and my games much, since they think they're too childish -Although I don't know why, since they're REALLY funky anyway- but I doubt you dislike it too ... of course I can also study in the library Ishi and Jou went to ... but I'm rather with you, Yami.” Yugi sighed heavily. Acting was quite easy, once you understood the art of it. And Yugi was one brilliant artist.

 

At this point Yami made the wrong decision. One he would probably regret later, but seeing his current circumstances, he thought it would be wiser to go with the flow and made Yugi like him. At ANY circumstances!

 

“Well, that is a surprise. I love games! And I don't mind childish games either, in fact, I have tons of those silly games at home.” Yami fantasized, hoping it would never come to the point Yugi wanted to see his house, since the most childish thing he had was a mere video-tape about an Duel Monsters event for little kids, his last gotten gift from his dad before he died more than 10 years ago. Apart from the tape everything in his house was normal. For grown-up people. For adolescent. People like he. Not like the childish DWARF who was clinging like a madman around his arm! Luckily this was only a bet. A bet he would win with ease, to be precisely.

 

Now he only had to convince little Yugi-boy to sleep with him at HIS place, then everything would be okay. If Yugi would disagree that fact, he would end up buying dump games, for letting Yugi think he was childish too.

 

Yami sighed mentally. What the FUCK was he thinking when he agreed with this dump bet?! The only good part was the sex, though he wasn't happy with the fact his prey HAD to be a simple MIDGET! This was just like fucking an innocent child, besides the fact this child was already almost grown up, except for his mind and body.

 

“Yami-chan, lets go! If we don't hurry, we won't be able to play games anymore!” Yugi whined a bit, while pulling Yami to the exit. Yami, on the other side, was getting sadder at the minute. The only game he knew was Duel Monsters, and that wasn't a game Yugi was hitting on, according to his mind, and according the fact Duel Monster had to be very scary for his little midget. Of course Yami didn't let Yugi see how much he disagreed the fact he hated games and stuff.

 

“Coming already.” Yami sweetly said, leading Yugi slowly toward the exit Ishizu and Jou went through a few moments ago. Both looked happily into each other's eyes, thinking they were top actors. For a stranger it would have looked like a happy and sweet yaoi couple, but those were just looks. A bet can easily change someone's behavior.

 

“So ... Yami-chan ... have you ever seen what paranormal powers Samira in “The Ring' has?? I think they're awesome!” Yugi chirped happily, while both left the local, leaving a dumbfounded Ryou and Malik behind.

 

“Ryou ... are you planning to tell your predator why you won't talk?” Malik asked Ryou in a whisper, curiosity ringing through his state. As an answer, Ryou furiously shook his head from left to right.

 

“Then why does it seem that Yugi makes attempts to tell Yami his paranormal gifts?” Malik sighed heavily, perfectly imitating Yugi, wasn't it for the thing his sigh wasn't an act, like Yugi's was.

 

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Amy: there peeps, now you see ^^ this might be the first nerd-squad that isn't oblivious for the fact they are part of a bet, and they aren't such sissies XD

 

Dawny: That's right! No on with the thankies! ((GOOO ISH!!!))

 

Amy: HEY! Don't promote, honey!! Not fair!!!

 

((Dawny sticks out tongue))

 

Amy: So much for us already, now on with the thankies:::

 

Jewel of Egypt: Hey hey hey, again very much thankies for reviewing this chap. Also thanks for the advice ... Amy will use it ^___^ oh! See, Amy's using it already ;) anyway, Mai is indeed sorta queen of sticky stuff... it might get even worse, especially now Ish knows about the bet! Well, thanks for reviewing, I hoped you liked the chap, and hope to read more of your reviews in the upcoming future!

 

Shinigami: Dear god, do you honestly think I would make it easily for Marik? Heh heh don't think so ... and I might say that is even gets more and more difficult for Marik ... I'll only say that Malik doesn't like `mister super-dude' very much ... getting excited? Well I hope so ... anyway, thankies for reviewing li'll old me .. no li'll old US, and we hope you liked the change of the fic ... I mean, you don't read a fic where nerds make a bet every day!

 

Shinigami24: hey hey hey you, thankies for reviewing the fic ^^ don't worry, Malik WILL do something about the issue `Marik' next chap ... just wait a little longer and don't be worried, really! It really bothers me to see Marik so giddy and stuff now, only for the bet. Anyway, you want Bakura to screw up? Well, I think that'll work ^^ I'll see what I can do. Further... I don't think so Ish would go to a boys bathroom ... that would be more something for Mai, I would say ... seeing Ish's fear of dirty things :P anyway, as you could read this chap, The Predators won't get an easy time winning their preys over... it might look easy ... but it isn't :D I hope you enjoyed this chap, and read on reading our fic!

 

forever broken: Heey you! Thankies for reviewing! I hope you got to school in time ;) anyway, seeing this chap, I don't really think the predators will have an easy time winning their prey over.. I hope you like the change, since this is what I have been plotting all along!!! ((insert evil smirk))