Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ School of Magick ❯ Exam Preparation ( Chapter 14 )

Disclaimer: If I really owned the show the episodes would be a lot longer and there would be a lot more magick. Since there isn't, I obviously don't own it.

WARNING: This story contains YAOI (male/male pairings). If you don't like it then don't read it. Don't complain to me because you have been warned.

Hey everyone. It's me again! Sorry I waited so late in the week to post anything. Anyways, like I said last chapter, I'm going to be responding to two chapters worth of reviews. So, here goes.

Chapter 12 Responses:

agentpudge: How do you get a 4.6 GPA? My schools always used a 4 point scale and a 4.0 was really the highest you could get. Anyway, I think that was a sucky reason to ground you. Oh well. I'm glad you liked the Yami/Yuugi fluff. Hope you enjoy the action in this chapter.

Cyberkat: Glad you liked it!

AngelsKitten: Yeah, I know that Bakura, Seto, and Shizuka haven't shown up yet. Don't worry, their coming. Bakura and Seto will be in the story soon. Shizuka will be a little while longer. Anyway, glad you enjoy the story so far!

Insanegoth: Bakura and Seto are coming soon. Yes, Bakura and Ryou are going to be a pair. I still haven't decided if Jou will be with Seto or Mai. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Kitty-Yasha: I'm glad you liked the fluff scenes. I've actually never written anything like that before. I usually write action not romance and fluff. Anyway, I'm glad you liked it. Here's another chapter for you!

Gin Ryu-chan: I'm glad you liked it. Here's another chapter!

Wolfspeaker: Sorry this took so long to update. I might have to cut back to only once a week until the summer. Anyway, here's another chapter!

The Dark Star Goddess: Well, here's another chapter. I hope you like it!

Tjay Motou: Glad you liked the fluff. Here's another chapter!

I love Yugi and Davis: Yes, I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to put Jou with Seto or Mai. I'm getting request for both. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter!

crazy DOOM kitten: Well, I'm glad you like the chapters so far. I hope you like this one too!

Kiwi Walpole: Actually that's a really good suggestion. I like it. I'll see if I can't work it in later. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter!

Princess Strawberry: Glad you liked the fluffiness. Here's another chapter for my loyal fans!

randomasdf: I've been meaning to ask. Why did you pick that name? It's really weird. No offense, I just think it's really unusual. Anyway, I'm glad you like my story so much. Here's another chapter for you!

Rosz of the Angel: Glad you like this so much. Here's another chapter for you to enjoy!

rox: Congratulations. I'll have to check out your work. Enjoy the chapter!

Trickster Priestess: Well, I'm getting requests for both Jou/Mai and Seto/Jou pairings. I'm still deciding, but I haven't decided yet. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Madyamisam: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo? I haven't heard of that one. Anyway, thanks for reviewing. I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as you have the others.

Unica: Glad you like the story so far. And as for who Jou's going to be with, I still haven't decided. Although, both Jou and Seto are water elements, so that might be interesting. Well, here's another chapter!

Chapter 13 Responses:

Princess Strawberry: Glad you liked that chapter! I really enjoyed writing it! Here's the next chapter too!

agentpudge: That's okay. I'm glad you like the story so much anyway. Here's another update!

giggleplex: WOW! Thanks a lot! That's, like, the best compliment I could get. That someone would be inspired by my story to do something similar. Thanks! I'll email you soon about Mercedes Lackey. I haven't read all of her stuff yet, but she's great! Anyway, thanks again for the compliment and here's another chapter for you!

Wolfspeaker: Glad you like the story. Here's another update!

u don't wanna noe: Glad you like this so much! Hope you enjoy this chapter too!

The Dark Star Goddess: Arguing again? Oh well. Glad you enjoyed that chapter. Here's another one for you!

Rosz of the Angel: You get to find out how the others take it in this chapter. I don't go into much detail, but you get to see how they react. Anyway, I hope you continue to enjoy the story!

Insanegoth: Here's the magickal action you asked for. I was going to write more anyway. I hope you enjoy this chapter too!

kiyoko-chan: Glad you liked the fluffiness. I've never written fluffiness before. I hope you like this chapter too!

I luv Yugi and Kurt so: There will be more fluff. But not as much as I just did. I hope you continue to enjoy the story!

Dark Lady Setsuna: Well, Bakura's coming up soon! I'll try not to make you wait too much longer. But this is going to be a long story, so I don't everything to happen in the beginning. It's coming though!

Saturn: More of Yami's past revealed in the next few chapters. Keep reading to find out!

Well, I guess that's enough notes and all. On with the chapter!

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Chapter 14: Exam Preparation

It had been several months since Yami and Yuugi had admitted their feelings to each other. They hadn't told their friends for several days But Ryou, being the more observant of the three, finally pulled Yuugi and Yami aside and asked what was going on. Yuugi had sighed and finally admitted how he and Yami felt about each other. They hadn't known what to expect from Ryou, but were surprised when Ryou hugged Yuugi and smiled. Telling them that he was happy for them.

Encouraged by Ryou's reaction, they had revealed what had been going on to Jounouchi and Honda. Honda had sat in stunned silence for a minute, then smiled and wished them well. Jounouchi had immediately threatened Yami that if he hurt Yuugi he would beat him up. Yuugi had laughed and assured Jounouchi that Yami would never hurt him and Yami had agreed whole-heartedly.

Nothing had changed amongst the friends after that. They still had duels in Jounouchi's room about once a week. Yami had started helping Yuugi to train Jou and Jounouchi was improving greatly. Yuugi and Yami dueled the most and they each won half the time. The friends all agreed that it was a pretty even match-up when Yami and Yuugi dueled.

It was only about a month until they all had to take the tests that would tell them whether they could move to the next level or not. Jounouchi, as usual, was confident that he would pass no matter what, but Yuugi, Ryou, and Honda knew that he would be freaking out the week before the tests. Yami wasn't sure what to expect, so he was nervous, but confident as always. Ryou, Honda, and Yuugi all used as much of their spare time as possible to study for them.

"Hey, Yuug." Jounouchi spoke up from his position sprawled on Yuugi's bed. "How about a duel?"

"We're supposed to be study, dufus." Honda replied from his spot on Yami's bed.

"Maybe later, Jou." Yuugi replied kindly, before turning back to helping Ryou.

They were all gathered in Yami and Yuugi's room. Jounouchi's room was too small to use for group studying. The room Honda and Ryou shared was large enough, but they all agreed that Yami's and Yuugi's room was the quietest and best place to study undisturbed. Jounouchi had claimed Yuugi's bed as soon as they entered, while Honda had taken Yami's. Yami was seated at his desk, reviewing his notes. And Yuugi was currently helping Ryou who was lying on the floor.

After several more minutes of studying, Ryou closed the book he was working on and stretched. "So, what do you guys want to do next?"

"Anything, as long as we can go outside and do it." Honda replied instantly, slamming his book closed.

"How about Attack Skills?" Jounouchi joined in, his eyes shinning brightly.

"I don't know." Yuugi said. "Do you think we should try that without one of the teachers nearby?"

"I think it will be okay, Yuugi." Yami assured him. "We'll only practice our basic attacks. How's that sound?"

"Great!" Honda and Jounouchi shouted at the same time, jumping up.

Ryou, Jounouchi, and Honda went to their rooms to put away their books and notes and then they all met outside the building. They talked it over and decided that the indoor training room was the best place to practice since it had shields that would protect the rest of the school from any accidents.

Once inside they separated from each other. They would practice alone first, to warm-up, then they would pair up. Yami and Yuugi moved off to the far side of the room, Jounouchi to the right of the door, Ryou to the left, and Honda stayed near the door.

'What should I start with first?' Yuugi thought. 'I know, how about simple fireballs? That should be a good warm-up. He formed a small ball of fire in his palm and practiced tossing it from hand to hand. Finally he threw it at the nearest wall. He watched as the wall flared yellow-orange and absorbed the attack easily before returning to normal. He charged up a few more balls of fire and chucked them at the wall before moving on to firerain.

Yami watched Yuugi out of the corner of his eye while warming-up as well. He started with a firebolt, which the wall easily absorbed, then moved on to flame sheets. He sent them dancing around himself, keeping far enough away so that they wouldn't burn him. 'Yuugi's getting better. He can put more energy into the attacks, and his accuracy seems to be improving.' Yami thought to himself, smirking slightly.

"Hey, Yuug! Ready to spar yet?" Jounouchi called from the other side of the room.

Yuugi canceled the attack he had been about to cast and turned. "If everyone else is."

"We're ready." Ryou replied, moving up next to Honda.

"Alright. We're going to have to take turns since we have an odd number of people. Who want to sit out first?" Yami spoke up, looking around at each of them.

"I will." Honda spoke up. "I want to warm-up some more anyway."

"Alright." Yuugi said, then suggested. "Jou, how about you and I pair up and Yami and Ryou can pair up for now."

They all nodded. Yami went over to Ryou and Jounouchi ran over to Yuugi. Yuugi smiled, Jounouchi was always eager to do anything that actually involved the practical application of magick. Anything theoretical though, and he total spaced out.

"You can go first, Jou." Yuugi stated. "But we should keep the attacks at low power."

"No problem, Yuug." Jounouchi assured him, grinning.

Yuugi set himself, and watched Jounouchi carefully, waiting for him to attack. Since the fire element was relatively weak against the water element, he would have to be careful. 'But that's okay.' Yuugi thought, smirking to himself. 'I love a challenge almost as much as Yami does.'

Jounouchi stated with a waterspout. He reached back his arm, and when he flung it forward he sent a large, but low-level blast at Yuugi. He smiled, thinking he had caught Yuugi by surprise, but the smile turned into a frown when Yuugi raised a hand and the stream of water evaporated an inch from it.

"Good move, Yuug. But lets see you deal with this!" Jounouchi called out, sending another stream of water at Yuugi.

'What's he doing?' Yuugi thought, superheating the air in front of him to evaporate the water again. He got his answer as a drop of water fell on his nose. He flinched in surprise, then looked up. A large cloud had formed over him and was starting to pour rain down on him. He grimaced. He really hated getting wet.

He quickly shunted his energy into creating a low-level heat shield around himself to at least warm the water up. He glared at Jounouchi then sent an attack of his own at his "opponent". A sheet of flame appeared around the laughing Jounouchi. He yelped in surprise and quickly shifted the cloud over himself to put out the flames that were getting closer than he liked. They weren't really hot enough to give him more than a first-degree burn if they touched, but that still hurt.

Quickly, before Jounouchi could send the cloud back at him Yuugi sent a large ball of fire at him. Jounouchi yelped again and dodged to the right. Yuugi laughed as his friend hit the deck. Jounouchi glared at him, then smirked. Yuugi had less than a second to brace himself for the blast of water that hit him in the back.

"Jou!" He shouted, the blast of water knocking him off his feet.

"Ha ha! I win, Yuug!" Jounouchi crowed, leaping up and dancing around.

Yuugi glared playfully at him, then started laughing.

"Jou, you might want to put that out!" He called, still on the floor.

"Huh? Put out what?" Jounouchi replied, then he realized that the tips of his hair was on fire. "Ahhh!! Put it out! Put it out!"

The others looked up at the commotion and started laughing as well. Jounouchi ran around in circles, slapping at the growing flames. Yuugi finally took pity on him and called the flame to himself. It disappeared as soon as it landed on his hand. Everyone else was still laughing. Honda was laughing so hard that he was rolling on the ground.

"Ah, shut up Honda!" Jounouchi called, blushing. "It wasn't that funny!"

"Yes it was!" Honda called back.

Jounouchi glared, then ignored him.

"Sorry, Jou." Yuugi called, finally getting up. "But that was pretty funny. And you should have noticed it sooner."

"Yeah yeah." Jounouchi replied.

"Ready to switch guys?" Ryou asked.

"Sure." Yuugi replied. "I'll sit this next one out. I want to dry off anyway."

"I'll spar with Yami." Honda spoke up.

Ryou nodded and moved over to the still disgruntled Jounouchi. Yuugi moved as far away from the combatants as he could and started to dry himself off. He heated the air around himself to dry off quicker.

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We'll see the other's duels next chapter. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review?!