Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Trials of Life ❯ Hello Again ( Chapter 8 )

Hello Again

AN: I swear this has got to be the easiest fic. that I've ever written.

And this chapter took a little longer because two of the women who go to my karate school tested for their black belts on Sunday and one of them took our family out for a celebration dinner at a Japanese restaurant. Otherwise it probably would've been out yesterday. We were at the restaurant for about two hours and I was at the test itself from about two-thirty to four. By the time I might've had time to write it was time for us to take a shower and go to bed `cause I had school today.

Thanks to all those that reviewed. That would be the following:

Yugi Motou

Dark_Fox

SoulDreamer

I also got a review from someone that seems to believe that this'll be a straight fic. or something. Sorry, but incase you missed it, this will be a shonen-ai, yaoi, gay story.

Finally, this fic. is now officially an angst/romance fic. as no one objected.

You know the rest.

~*~*~*~Last time~*~*~*~

As the music started they both started dancing like they hadn't a care in the world, neither noticing the addition of four familiar faces to the crowd. Though Damien and the other did notice and kept a close eye on them. When the music stopped both Selene and Yugi were panting and sweating slightly. The game turned out to be a draw and they high-fived each other in congratulations. When Yugi look back toward his other friends he suddenly caught the eyes of a very familiar face, a face that belonged to the man he had once fallen in love with.

As hard violet eyes met dark scarlet time seemed to stop.

~*~*~*~On with the story~*~*~*~

Yami was shocked. Yugi had changed so much. He could now easily reach his, Yami's, height. His once wide, innocent eyes had narrowed, though behind a mask could be seen a untouchable innocence, and his body had definitely filled out. It looked like Yugi had worked out quite a bit in the past two years.

Yugi, too, was surprised. This was the last place he had expected to first see his yami again. He knew he'd see him at school, but he hadn't been prepared for this. `He hasn't changed a bit.' Was the only thought running through Yugi's head at the moment.

Selene, seeing that her friend had temporarily gone into shock, grabbed Yugi's hand and practically dragged him off the platform. That seemed to shake Yugi back to his senses and he quickly followed Selene as she ran out of the arcade, away from his ex-friends and yami.

Yami, Jonouchi, Honda, and Anzu snapped out of their shocked state as Yugi and Selene ran out of the arcade. They tried to follow, but they were stopped just outside the door by three of the group of four boys that had been standing near them. The one with longish black hair also ran out of the arcade and followed Yugi and Selene. The group recognized them as the group that had always been around Selene two years ago, but they couldn't, for the life of them, remember their names.

"Get out of the way," Yami said. He was desperate to go after his hikari.

"No," said the red head, "you see, those three are our friends and we'd rather not have them bothered if they don't want to be."

"Just move, please," Anzu pleaded.

"To get to them, you'll have to get past me." Said the boy with the light brown hair.

"We don't have time for this, we have to go after Yugi." Jonouchi said, and he threw a punch at the last one who'd spoken. Now normally he wouldn't have done that, but right now he was desperate to go after his friend that he hadn't seen in what felt like forever. However, even his impulse action didn't work.

No one except the one's that had been with him in the first place saw exactly what the brown haired kid did to Jonouchi. All the others, including Jonouchi himself, knew was that one moment he was throwing a punch and the next he was flying over the other guy's shoulder to land harshly on his back, knocking the breath out of him. Next Honda came at the other guy and he aimed a kick to the guy's ribs. However all he hit was air as, at the last moment, the other guy had ducked down low and then kicked Honda's supporting leg out from under him. This caused him to land on Jonouchi, who was just about to get up, yet again forcing him to the ground and knock the breath out of him.

"Like I said, to get to them you'll have to get past us, and that'll be a damn hard job to complete." And with that said the other three took off in the opposite direction that Selene, Yugi, and Damien had gone, though Yami and everyone didn't know that. All that the other three did was take a roundabout way home.

Yami and Anzu, knowing that they probably wouldn't be able to catch the other teens even if they had been willing to leave Jonouchi and Honda lying on the ground, reached down and helped up Honda and the still winded Jonouchi.

"I did see Yugi, didn't I? I'm not hallucinating or anything." Anzu said.

"Not unless we all saw the same, and very painful I might add, hallucination." Jonouchi said, rubbing his back.

"It was Yugi, I'm sure of it. And that means the he's back." Yami said. He didn't say it, but this thought made him extremely hopeful. Maybe, just maybe, he would get a chance to clear everything up with his hikari and hopefully confess how he felt.

~*~*~

Yugi and Selene arrived home about ten minutes after they left the arcade and Damien arrived shortly after them, followed by the others who arrived about five minutes after him.

"Well, for lack of a better word, that was most definitely interesting and unexpected." Selene said once they had all gathered in the living room.

"At least we now know that most of them didn't leave. Though we still have no idea about the white haired ones, I think their names were Ryou and Bakura." Damien added from his place beside Selene on the smaller of the two couches. Jason, Derek, and Jake sat on the larger and Yugi sat in one of the two armchairs.

"We also know that they definitely want to talk to Yugi at least." Jason said from where he was sitting between his boyfriends Jake and Derek.

"And how, pray tell, do we know that for sure? We guessed it, sure. But we don't know for sure." Yugi said.

"Well, we kinda had a rather abrupt encounter with them after you all took off." Jason said.

"Or rather, the blonde and brunette boy both had a very personal encounter with the concrete right outside the arcade." Jake said, a grin plastered on his face, and Derek blushed.

"And what exactly does that mean?" Damien asked, now grinning himself.

"It means that they tried to forcefully get past me and I stopped them." Derek said. "I didn't start it, I swear."

"Sure you didn't." Jason said, deciding to add his two cents. "All you said was that to go after Yugi, Selene, and Damien they would have to get past you. A near impossible feat I might add."

"Hey guys, I just got an idea." Selene said, a mischievous grin creeping it's way onto her face.

"What is it?" Yugi asked, he could tell by the look on her face that the person on the wrong end of the idea was not going to like it.

"Well, you know how you had feelings for Yami, right." Selene said to Yugi, the only one other than Yugi who knew that he probably still did have feelings for him. The others guessed it, but none of them knew for sure.

"Yeah," Yugi said, his face hinting at pink. Even now, talking about this kind of stuff still caused a slight blush to form on his cheeks.

"Well, what if, for a little while and only in public, one or more of us pretended to be the one that's with you. It's has the advantage of not only keeping admirers of yours at arms length, but also keep Yami from trying anything just yet, `cause I have a feeling that he may feel the same way you do." Selene said, and Yugi's cheeks turned slightly redder.

"Okay then, but who?" Yugi asked, trying and failing miserably to hide his blush.

"Well," Jason said, "now no one get pissed at this idea, but I think it should probably be Selene. Not only did you," he turned to Selene, "come up with the idea, but if your guess is right it might discourage Yami a little. After all, with any of the rest of us you're real sexuality would be obvious and he wouldn't be quite as wary. Plus the fact that having you in a gay relationship would gain us extra attention that we really don't need. But that is all up to you three." At this he gestured to Yugi, Selene, and Damien.

"Yeah," Derek said, "it's kinda like how we usually have to pretend to be just `friends' whenever we're out in a public place where it's easy for us to be noticed and we're on a mission at the same time."

"I can't say that I'll be entirely comfortably with this, but you guys are right and I would do just about anything to help you Yugi." Damien said with a sigh.

"It's fine with me, after all we're already really good friends and we would just have to put on a bit of a show for others to think that we're a couple. Many already did before I got together with Damien" Selene said.

"It'll be okay with me as long as you two are completely sure." Yugi said, and Damien and Selene nodded.

They all sat in silence for a while, each lost in their thoughts about what was to happen the next day when they join the school. Then the silence was broken by Derek saying, "Well, if we're to get up early tomorrow for school we better head off to bed." And he got up, shortly followed by Jake and Jason.

"Just make sure you actually sleep tonight!" Selene called after them, making Damien and Yugi burst into fits of laughter and a shout of indignation to come from the room the three boys had just entered.

As they all dropped off the sleep that night, they all had the same thought in their heads. Tomorrow would definitely be an interesting day.

~*~*~

It was Monday morning and Yami, Anzu, Jonouchi, and Honda were currently telling Ryou and Bakura exactly what had happened at the arcade the other day. Or more the like, Jonouchi, Anzu, and Honda were telling them while Yami was still thinking over what had happened.

Just as they had finished telling the two white haired boys what had happened the day before, the bell sounded, signaling everyone to get into their seats as the teacher walked in.

"Good morning class." Mr. Jiro said and continued when the class answered back. "Today we have a very special surprise for you all. It seems that we have some transfer students joining us. Though you don't have to worry because they do speak Japanese, as it is their native language. Please come in." He directed the last part to the open door and in walked familiar faces to anyone that had been in the school two years ago.

Yami and everyone else watched in slight shock as the four boys from the arcade yesterday, Selene, and Yugi walked into the class room, Yugi and Selene right in the middle of the group with the boy with ebony hair to Selene's right and the boy with blond hair to his right. To Yugi's left stood the boy with light brown hair, the one who had beaten Jonouchi and Honda the day before, and to his left was the red head.

"Okay, will you please give your names to the class?" Mr. Jiro asked.

The red head spoke first. "My name is Jake Meitou."

The boy with light brown hair followed Jake. "My name is Derek Bushi."

Next was the boy with ebony hair. "My name is Damien Kushin."

Then the blonde, "My name is Jason Chisei."

Next was Selene, the only girl of the group, "My name is Selene Chousen."

And finally it was Yugi's turn. "My name is Yugi Mutou."

The whole class went deadly silent. Everyone, and I mean everyone, had heard of Yugi Mutou, King of Games, who had mysteriously disappeared. Even those who hadn't been in the area, much less the city or school, had heard something about his disappearance two years ago. The only ones who weren't quite as surprised were Yami, Jonouchi, Honda, Anzu (they had seen him the day before), Bakura, and Ryou (they had just finished being told about what had happened) though they were still shocked. They hadn't expected to see Yugi in the school much less their own class.

"Well then, we need to find you seats." Mr. Jiro looked around the room, and his eyes settled on the two rows of three desks each that was behind Yami, Jonouchi, and Honda. "Why don't you take the seats behind Mr. Mutou, Mr. Jonouchi, and Mr. Honda? It's in the back right corner, by the window." And the six `new' students walked to their seats.

They walked past Yami, Jonouchi, and Honda without a word. In fact the only one to even spare them a glance was Selene, and that itself was more of a glare. Jake sat right by the window in the seat right behind Honda, Derek sat right beside him and right behind Jonouchi, and Jason sat to the left of both of them and right behind Yami. Behind them were Yugi who was right behind Jake, Selene who was right behind Derek, and Damien who was right behind Jason.

Homeroom went rather quickly after that and Selene, Damien, Yugi, Jason, Jake, and Damien made sure to get out of the classroom quickly so as to avoid an encounter with Yami and the gang just yet.

As he didn't get a chance to talk to his hikari after homeroom he and the others agreed to confront him during lunch. As he entered the cafeteria he saw the six go outside to eat, but he also saw something that infuriated him. Selene was holding his hikari's hand. Yami was all ready and willing to go after them right then, but Jonouchi, who'd seen the same thing, held him back.

"Let's wait a bit. At least until we find out where they're eating." He said, and Yami agreed.

Yugi, Selene, and them, on the other hand, were having a great time. They had to keep from bursting out into fits of laughter at the faces of the "Fan Club", as they called themselves, whenever Selene and Yugi walked past hand-in-hand. It seems that the Fan Club was a group of females who went after the current heartthrob of the school, and it also seems that they have set their sights on Yugi. Though they were shocked to find out that he supposedly already had a girlfriend, and the new girl who wore the BOY'S uniform at that.

But somehow they managed to hold out until they reached a rather secluded area of the courtyard. Then their laughter burst forth.

"Oh gods, I can't believe their faces. If they get that jealous over a little hand holding, how are they going to react if we decide to take this further?" Selene managed to choke out between laughs. That just sent the others off again. A few minutes later, though, they managed to catch their breath, calm down, and finally speak normally.

"I'd say our plan worked, and worked well at that." Jake said.

They were all just about to get out their lunches when Selene stiffened and her eyes hardened to a level that none had ever been able to stare down. Jake and Damien, who were on either side of her glanced up and they too glared. Yugi, Jason, and Derek immediately knew who was behind them. After all, only one group of people who went to this school could warrant that reaction from not just one of them, but all three that could see them. It was obvious that behind them stood Yami, Ryou, Bakura, Jonouchi, Anzu, and Honda.

`Damn,' Yugi thought, `looks like I won't get to eat my lunch after all.'

Yugi eyes hardened as he turned to face his ex-friends and yami. "Well, well," he said as he slowly turned in his seat, his eyes hard and a smirk plastered on his face, "look who we have here. Looks like the gang decided to pay us a visit." Then his violet eyes yet again met scarlet and he said, "Hello again, Yami."

TBC…..

AN: I know that seems similar to plenty of other fic.'s but I wanted them to be able to talk without drawing attention so I put them in the courtyard instead of in the actual cafeteria or in the class or halls.

Please review and tell me what you think. I really, REALLY do appreciate all that you've done for me.