Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ School of Magick ❯ Defense Skills ( Chapter 6 )

Well, it's been almost a week since my last posting, but I hope this was worth the wait!

Responses:

Rosz of the Angel: Actually, although most of the votes for Shizuka were for light, I'm going to make her an earth type. I think it fits more with being a healer and I have some ideas of how it will help her out later.

Kitty-Yasha: I'm glad you like this so much. Thank you for all of the great suggestions.

Sheyna: Yup, lots of people thought that Kaiba should be water so that he Jounouchi would clash. I think I will make Bakura a necromancer and I think he's definitely going to be in the story. I'm just not sure if he'll become a good guy or stay a bad guy. Glad your enjoying this so much. Here's another chapter!

kiyoko-chan: Glad you like the story! Here's another chapter! Y/Y fluff soon! I promise!

Yami's Girl710: Glad you like the classes so much. There will be a few more chapters of just classes, then we'll have some more action come in. A necromancer is someone who uses magick to raise the dead. I had someone suggest that for Bakura, and I think it fits his personality. So, he'll be a necromancer as well as a shadowmancer.

sweetdeath: Glad you like.

YamiElfFromKemet: Thanks for the great compliment! I'm glad you like my writing so much. As for your question: that's okay, I forget things too.

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

Disclaimer: Don't own anything of real value so of course I don't own Yugioh.

Just to clear something up, since I've had several people mention it. Shizuka will use earth magick. I know that she got more votes for light, but I think that earth works with her healer aspect better. Besides, I have several ideas on how she can use earth magick to help her healing. Sorry if I confused anyone. Now, on with the next chapter!

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Chapter 6: Defense Skills

As they entered the practice room Yami noticed that they were the only people there. He looked around at the large room, extending his senses a little. He could sense the shields placed on the building. They were pretty strong in his opinion. More than enough to contain most accidents.

"Looks like we're a little early." Yuugi said, taking a seat on the floor near the wall to their left. "The others will be here soon."

Yami nodded and went to lean against the wall, next to Yuugi.

Yuugi looked up at him, "So, Yami. How do you like the school far?"

"Not quite what I expected." Yami answered honestly. "But it's not bad so far."

Yuugi opened his mouth to ask something else, but at that moment the door opened a group of students walked it. Yuugi stood up, looking for his friends and teammates. He spotted Alexandra their shadowmancer and Drago their illumancer, but he didn't see Jounouchi, Honda, or Ryou.

'Jou probably slowed them down. He probably got into another argument with Honda and Ryou is trying to referee.' He thought, smiling a little.

Yami noticed this and wondered what he was smiling at. 'He looks really happy. Kind-of cute, really.' Yami shook his head, turning away from Yuugi and blushing. 'No, I already decided I wouldn't think that.'

He was saved from anyone noticing by the arrival of a still quarreling Jounouchi and Honda. Ryou quickly walked around them and over to Yuugi, shrugging his shoulders and sighing in exasperation. Yuugi just shook his head.

"So, what are they arguing about this time? Food? Class? A girl?"

Ryou shook his head. "Jounouchi was bragging about how good he was with the shields and Honda disagreed."

"Ah." Yuugi looked over to the still bickering duo, who looked about ready to go for each other's throats again. "Hey! Guys! Not here. Remember what happened last time you fought in class?"

Jounouchi and Honda immediately shut up, glared at each other, then moved to opposite sides of the room.

"What happened last time?" Yami asked, curious.

"Mr. Camacho decided to make an example of them. He's a very powerful aeromancer and he used his abilities to fly Jou and Honda above the school. Very high above the school. They still haven't completely lived it down. And they're both afraid of heights now." Ryou replied.

Yuugi laughed. "Poor Jou, he's always been afraid of heights. He almost passed out when Mr. Camacho sent him into the air."

Yami smiled. 'That must have been amusing to watch. No wonder they broke apart so quickly. I don't think I would want to have that happen again.' Then he thought of something.

Turning to Yuugi he asked, "Didn't you say that only Weapons Work and Meditation were mixed classes?"

"Yes, why?" Yuugi asked.

"Why are Ryou, Jounouchi, and Honda here? No offense." He added to Ryou.

"None taken." Ryou replied, smiling.

"Well," Yuugi started. "Normally this class wouldn't be mixed, but they found out during my first year here that Ryou, Jou, Honda, and I work well together. So, they were placed in the same Defense Skills class as me. Jou and Honda had to really work hard to be able to pass the tests to get placed in a higher level. But I'm glad we get to work together."

"Ah. I guess that makes sense. Why break up a good working team if you don't have to."

"Exactly."

"Alright everyone, lets get right to it." A tall man with dark skin and long black hair said as he walked through the door. "We're going to show each other our progress. I want group C to start."

Yuugi had tensed when the teacher had said that they were going to be demonstrating to the class, but relaxed a little when his group didn't have to go first. They all watched as the first group formed a circle in the middle of the room. Each person stood arms length away from the person next to them. They extended their arms so that their fingers were touching, and then started to focus their energy.

The shield formed slowly at first, starting with one member of the group and then being strengthened by the others. It was a strange way to construct a shield, in Yami's opinion. 'Shouldn't they be working together from the start?'

The shield formed around the group, shining brightly and with swirls of color in it. Once the group was confident that they had it up, they opened their eyes, and turned their heads to look at Mr. Camacho. Yami turned to watch the teacher as well; curious as to what he would say.

"Not bad. But if you don't work together, someone can easily break the shield." He raised his hand. "Like this."

A pulse of energy emitted from his hand, striking the shield. The shield held for a moment, then collapsed into sparks of light. The sparks slowly faded from view. The members of the group stood there in shock. Not saying anything. The rest of the class had varying reactions. Several snickered or laughed, others tried to hide smiles, and still others had looks of regret.

Yuugi was one of the ones with a look of regret on his face. He didn't like to see anyone fail. It wasn't nice to laugh at someone for making a mistake. Eventually you would make one too. 'They really do need to work together better, though.'

"Alright, group E, your up next." Mr. Camacho said.

Yuugi's head came up. That was his group. He looked over at Yami for a moment, then pushed of the wall and moved to the center of the room. His teammates joined him and they all formed a circle. Yuugi stood with Jounouchi on his right and Ryou on his left. Next to Jounouchi was Drago, then Alexandra, and Honda was next to Ryou.

Yami stood a little straighter, watching the group closely. He extended his senses, monitoring the group magickally as well as visually. Everyone extended their arms until their fingers touched. Almost as a single unit they raised their energy, merging it with the energy of the person next to them. As the energy level grew Yami cold see a wall forming behind each person, blending into each other until there was a solid wall around the group, slowly growing taller and curving around toward the center.

When the shield fully formed there was a small flash of light. The shield shown brighter than the previous group's had. The colors swirled together more and shown better. Swirls of brown, red, yellow, black, and blue could be seen clearly. 'They work well together.'

"Very good, but you need to blend the elements together a little more." Mr. Camacho stated.

The group slowly reabsorbed the energy they had used to form the shield. Once the shield was gone, they broke apart and moved to the sides of the room. Mr. Camacho called out for the next group to demonstrate. After all the groups had gone, Mr. Camacho had everyone get together in their groups and work on merging their energy.

As everyone got together in they're groups Mr. Camacho came over to talk to Yami.

"Yami, all of the groups currently have every element represented. So, for the time being I'll let you join any group you want. You can trade off with the other pyromancer when need be."

Yami nodded, then looked around. All of the groups were currently busy practicing. 'I could join Yuugi and his friends, but I don't want to make them feel obligated to let me join them. Maybe I should join one of the other groups.'

Yami glanced over at Yuugi's group just in time to see Yuugi raise his head and turn to look at him. Yuugi smiled and motioned for Yami to come join them. Yami's eyes widened. 'How does he do that? How does he know what I want before I do?' Yami shook is head slightly and headed over to join them.

After class they all headed toward the dinning hall. Yuugi had explained that different levels had lunch at different times based on what their class schedule was like. So, first and second levels had lunch first, during the time that the five of them currently had Defense Skills. Then the third, fourth, and fifth level students ate. Finally, while the five of them had Weapons Work the sixth and seventh year students had lunch.

They all sat down at the same table they had been at for breakfast. This time the room was very noisy, with students talking about classes, doing homework, swapping gossip, and complaining about teachers. Yami shook his head a little. 'Mealtime was always quiet at Kami. The lower level students were all afraid to talk. They didn't want the final year students to punish them.'

"So, Yami. Whatcha think of the school so far?" Jounouchi asked around a mouthful of sandwich.

"It's not bad." Yami replied, grabbing a bowl and spooning some of the soup into it.

The table in front of them was again filled with a variety of food. Cold meat and cheese was piled on a plate with slices of bread and rolls next to it for sandwiches. Soup was in a warming pot. Fresh fruit was again available and there was a fresh salad provided as well. Finally there was a tray heaped with cakes of different types for dessert.

Yami was a little surprised that so much was provided for the students. At Kami the students had to almost fight over what little they got. And there had never been this much variety. Oatmeal for breakfast, porridge and apples for lunch, and bread and stew for dinner. Everyday it had been the same thing. Here, the students had more than enough to eat. Even with Honda and Jounouchi at the table there was food left over.

Yami shook himself from his thoughts and grabbed some sliced turkey and some cheese and placed them on a roll. Even though the meal was mostly cold, it was still delicious and filling. Once they were done eating they all went back to their rooms to relax before they had to go on to Weapons Work.

Yami looked over at Yuugi as the boy sat at his desk, reading the assignment for Theory class. He shook his head. 'Does he always study? No wonder he's able to do so well in his classes. He doesn't do anything else besides practice and study.'

"Yuugi," He started, not sure if he should interrupt the boy with what was probably a stupid questions.

"Yes, Yami?" Yuugi asked, smiling and turning to face him.

"How many classes do you have with Jounouchi and the others?"

"Three. Meditation, Defense Skills, and Weapons Work. Why?"

"Just curious. I wasn't expecting to see them in Defense Skills. At Kami they didn't mix any of the classes, so I was a little surprised that they do here."

"Oh." Yuugi thought for a moment, then asked, "Why wouldn't they mix classes at your old school? It doesn't make sense."

"They just didn't." Yami stated, looking away.

A puzzled look crossed Yuugi's face, but he didn't say anything else. 'Maybe he'll tell me what really made him leave his old school when he feels more comfortable here.' He thought, then went back to his reading.

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That's all for chapter 6! Please review!