Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ School of Magick ❯ First Day of Classes ( Chapter 4 )

WARNING: Same as the previous chapters. If you haven't listened to it before, then I doubt you'll listen to it now.

Responses:

sweetdeath: Glad you like it. The love thing won't really start until a little later, but there will be a little bit in the next few chapters. Hope you enjoy it.

petite_angel: They'll be doing that a lot for a while. They won't consciously admit their feelings for quite a while, then it will be longer before they admit how they feel to each other.

Youko Duet: Glad you like it. Thanks for the suggestions!

giggleplex: Thank for the compliments. Actually, I don't hate Anzu/Tea. I just don't know enough about her to really put her in this. As for Mai, that might be a good idea. She probably wouldn't haven't magick, but I might add her later. I like your suggestion for Bakura. That's a good idea, I'll have to see what I can work out. I liked all of your ideas. We'll have to see what I can come up with.

0: I have ideas for Yami and Yuugi, that's why Yami doesn't control the shadow element. Well, you didn't have to wait long for the next chapter. Enjoy!

DarkStar: Glad you like this so much. That line wasn't meant to be amusing, but I'm glad you liked it.

Trickster Priestess: I like your ideas, and your reasons. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Disclaimer: Don't own anything worthwhile so don't bother suing me. I don't own Yugioh.

Notes: //Yami to Yuugi// /Yuugi to Yami/ "Speaking" 'Thinking'

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Chapter 4: First Day of Classes

The next day, Yuugi awoke before the morning bell rang. He yawned and stretched. Opening his eyes and letting them adjust to the dim sunlight filtering through the window above his head. He was glad that his room was on the East side of the building. It meant that the sun warmed his room in the morning, but didn't shine on it during the afternoon so that it didn't get too hot.

He sat up and stretched again, then swung his legs over the side and glanced around. He froze when he saw someone in the bed across from his. Then his memories of the previous night returned, and he smiled. Yami was still asleep, so Yuugi quietly opened his clothes chest and pulled out an outfit. The academy didn't have an official uniform, but they did issue clothes to the students. They were all in the same style, but came in almost every color imaginable. Yuugi pulled a deep violet tunic and matching leggings out of the chest. He slipped out the door and headed to the bathing room. It was empty. Most of the students were still asleep. He quickly bathed, then pulled on his clothes and fixed his hair in the mirror.

Once he was finished he headed back to his room. The morning bell rang as he reached his door. He opened the door to see Yami, with clothes in hand, just standing up from in front of his own clothing chest. Yami turned around and saw him. He smiled in greeting, then spoke.

"Can you show where the bathing room is?"

"Sure, Yami." Yuugi stepped back out into the hall and showed Yami where the bathing room was. Then he headed back to his room to finish his homework. Yami came back just as he finished reading his Theory assignment. Yuugi blushed and looked away. Yami was wearing a black tunic and leggings. 'He looks really handsome in that. It really shows off his figure . . .' Yuugi shook his head, 'No, I won't think that.' He forced himself the look anywhere but at Yami.

"Something wrong, Yuugi?" Yami asked, seeing the boy's blush.

Yuugi shook his head, "No, nothing. We should get to the dinning hall soon or there won't be much left."

With that they both headed downstairs. As they entered the dinning hall Yuugi looked around. Trying to spot his friends among all the people in the room. He spotted Jounouchi and Honda sitting at their usual table by the fireplace. Yuugi started over, then paused.

He looked up at Yami and asked, "Would you like to eat with me and my friends? I could introduce you."

Yami simply nodded, looking around the room in interest. 'This is very different from Kami Academy.' He thought. 'The students here look so happy, even though it's so early in the morning. I think I really might enjoy it here.'

"Hey guys!" Yuugi called as he reached the table with his friends.

Jounouchi looked up, forcing a smile. "Hey, Yuug."

Honda looked up also, but he noticed Yami standing behind Yuugi. "Who's your look-a-like, Yuugi?"

Jounouchi also focused on Yami. His eyes widened a little, and he paused with a spoon of food halfway to his mouth.

"Jounouchi, Honda, this is Yami. He's my new roommate." Yuugi introduced them. "Yami, these are two of my friends, Jounouchi and Honda."

"Hey!" Jounouchi responded, finally eating the spoonful of food in front of him.

"Hello." Yami replied.

Yuugi sat down in the seat next to Honda, and Yami sat down across from Jounouchi. Yuugi looked over the choices of food in front of them. Oatmeal, fruit, toast, muffins, and pastries were all laid out on the trays in the middle of the table. Yuugi grabbed an orange, spooned up some oatmeal, and buttered a piece of toast. Jounouchi and Honda had already made a huge dent in the amount of pastries on the table as well as helping themselves to several muffins and half of the oatmeal. Yami took some oatmeal, an apple, and a muffin. They ate quietly, mainly because Honda and Jounouchi weren't morning people and weren't very talkative this early.

Ryou arrived about five minutes after Yuugi and Yami. He sat down next to Yami, glancing at him curiously. Yuugi quickly swallowed the bite of toast he had in his mouth and introduced them.

"Ryou, this is Yami, my new roommate. Yami, this is Ryou, my other friend."

"Hello, Yami." Ryou replied politely. "So, you must be the student from Kami Academy that all the teachers have been talking about."

Yami looked at Ryou in surprise and Yuugi answered his unspoken question.

"Ryou's uncle is one of the defense skills instructors. So Ryou hears a lot of the gossip the teachers don't usually tell the students."

"Your really from Kami Academy, Yami?" Jounouchi asked, interest captured.

"Yes." Yami replied, not really wanting to talk about it.

Yuugi and Ryou just nodded their heads, understanding that Yami didn't want to talk about it. But Jounouchi didn't pay any attention to Yami's hesitation. He continued to ask Yami questions about his old school.

"Do they really make the students get up before dawn and keep them in class until almost sundown?" Jou asked, oblivious to the looks Yuugi and Ryou were giving him. "I heard that they don't really focus on technique there, is that true? What about the living accommodations: do they really put boys and girls in the same building and sometimes the same room?"

Honda, who happened to glance up at Yami, saw the look on his face and smacked Jou upside the back of the head.

"Hey!" Jounouchi cried, grabbing the back of his head, "What was that for?!"

"Can't you see that Yami doesn't want to talk about it?" Honda hissed at Jou, gesturing at Yami.

Jounouchi looked up and saw the closed look on Yami's face and the slightly pained look in his eyes, and shook his head.

"Hey, sorry man. I didn't mean to be so rude. I was just curious. It's alright if you don't want to talk about it."

Yami simply nodded and went back to eating. After they finished their meals they all headed back to their rooms to grab their supplies and then headed to class. Yuugi led Yami out of the dorm building and across the small courtyard to the building that held the teachers' rooms and the classrooms. The Magickal Theory classroom was in the middle of the hall.

Yuugi sat down in his seat at the front of the room and Yami sat behind him. The classroom was only half full, so they had some time before class started. Yuugi pulled out his book and set up his paper, quills, and ink for taking notes. Yami copied him, glancing around the room. It wasn't very large, only large enough for about fifteen student desks and a podium for the teacher. The walls were bare or any decorations, and the windows were made of a thick, cheap glass that let light in, but didn't allow much of a view.

Once the class had settled, the teacher arrived. Yami had expected an old man with a gray beard and white hair, but the adult who walked in was a young woman with flame red hair and a cheery disposition. She smiled at all of her pupils, and her eyes lit up when she saw Yami.

"Good morning, class." She said, setting her notes down on the podium.

"Good morning, Miss Andrusa." The class responded.

"Lets get right to work." Miss Andrusa started, "First off we'll have that test I was talking about yesterday."

The class moaned softly and Yami got a worried look on his face. 'I hope I won't have to take the test.' He thought. 'Failing a test would be a terrible way to start here.'

Miss Andrusa walked around the room and passed out a piece of paper to each student. Yami glanced at the sheets the students around him were given. It looked like there were only five questions on each and they were different depending on which paper the student got. As the teacher reached him, she paused.

"Yami, I know that you're new here, so I won't expect you to take the test."

Yami sighed in relief, but tensed again when she continued.

"I would like you to take a different test, though." She smiled at him when his expression changed to one of worry. "Don't worry. It's just going to test what you already know. If you don't know something, skip it, or try your best. I want to see where you are in this class."

Yami nodded and she handed him the paper and moved on the student behind him. Yami looked over the paper, reading all of the questions. Many of them he knew at least the basics of. The rest were a mystery to him. He dipped his quill into the ink and started answering all the ones he could on another sheet of paper.

After about an hour the teacher announced the test was over and collected all of the tests and answers. Most of the students slumped back into their seats once the test was over. Yami was amused to notice that Yuugi wasn't one of them. He had seemed fairly calm the whole time.

"Alright, now that that's over, we'll move on to the next section of the book. The differences in elements."

Yami was surprised that they would cover something so basic in a fifth level class, but he soon found out that what they covering wasn't basic at all. The teacher talked about the water element first, then the earth element. They didn't have time to cover anything else, which Yami was glad of. He had written notes furiously, but he didn't understand half of what the teacher was talking about.

'Looks like I'll be taking Yuugi up on his offer of help. I don't think I can pass this course unless I get some help.' Yami thought as they gathered their things and he followed Yuugi out of the classroom.

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I think I'll end this chapter there. I'll finish Yami's first day of classes in the next chapter. I'll announce my decisions for Kaiba's, Shizuka's, and Bakura's elements next chapter. Questions, comments, suggestions? Feel free to send me a review! Thanks!