Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Trials of Life ❯ Tensions Rising ( Chapter 12 )

Tensions Rising

AN: Another chapter to be finished before I can post it.

If this comes out with chapters ten and eleven then it's because FF.Net is still being a bitch and won't load. And I'm on serious fanfic deprivation at this time.

Just so you know Yugi and co. entered Domino High on Monday and the last chapter happened on Thursday. I know it seems like a lot to happen in a normal week, but no one said that this group was normal.

Finally, Selene is tired later and curses a lot so please just ignore her potty mouth. Just remember that she'd only gotten about two hours sleep the previous night when she is cursing. And the fact that she's seen someone she really doesn't like right then doesn't help either.

You all know the rest…..

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

He leaned forward and, all the while blessing his growth spurt a year back, kissed her on the cheek first before kissing her firmly on the lips. He had a hard time holding back his laughter as he felt her kiss back. She really was a perfect actor.

When they pulled apart it was to the sounds of several bodies hitting the floor. All of the other girls, eleven in all, had been in the Fan Club and had fainted at the sight of the two kissing while the boys, six not including the others in their gang who knew what was going on, looked shocked.

It seemed that the rumor mill would be on an extra high tomorrow.

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

It was a normal Friday morning. Yugi, Selene, Jake, Damien, Jason, and Derek were huddled around their desks, not letting anyone else in their conversation. Though from the looks on their faces they were very amused about something.

Yami, Jonouchi, Honda, Ryou, and Bakura were currently sitting in their little group as well. They weren't really talking about anything in particular until Anzu came in with some startling news.

"You guys," Anzu said as soon as she reached the group, "you'll never believe what I just heard."

"What is it?" Jonouchi asked, obviously curious.

"Well, you all know how the Fan Club seems to have picked Yugi as their current target right?" she said and continued when everyone nodded. "Remember yesterday during lunch when the leader of the Club and Selene got into a big row? It seems that they really did face off in their next period since it was gym. During their match, Selene completely flattened her. Selene actually threw Chelsea over her. But that wasn't the strangest part. It seems that the Club leader managed to scratch her and afterward Yugi came up and they kissed."

"What?!?!" was the general reaction that Anzu's story got out of the group.

"Yeah, though there isn't very much known about after that because it seems the other girls, all members of the Club, fainted when they saw that." Anzu concluded.

Yami was practically growling at this point. It seems that he was extremely jealous of Selene. `I have to talk to Yugi. But not when anyone else is around. I guess that means I'll have to find out where they live.'

After the rather eventful homeroom, the day passed relatively calmly. After school Jonouchi and the others said they were going to the arcade, but Yami said he had something else to do.

He quickly spotted the group that was around Yugi and when he got close enough he heard them talking.

"You guys go ahead and go home. I need to stop off at the store. I'll be home a few minutes after you all, so don't worry." Selene said.

"Are you sure?" Damien asked, shooting her a strange look. He knew that Yami could hear them, but it was usually better not to question exactly what she was doing. And she did seem to know what she was doing. When she nodded the rest of the guys took off toward their home.

Yami decided to follow Selene as it seemed that there would be less of a chance of being spotted if he did. Selene headed to the grocery store neat by and came back out with a couple bags after a few minutes. Yami followed her all the way to an apartment building, about ten to fifteen minutes from the school. He watched her take the elevator up to the seventh floor and then went over to the empty clerk's desk. He opened the records of renters to the pages for the seventh floor. He quickly found what he was looking for when he saw the only one with six people, room 782. He would be paying a visit to them the next day.

Selene, in the meantime, had reached the apartment, opened the door, and gone it. After which she was promptly bombarded by questions from Damien and Yugi. It seems that the others were rather too busy making out at the moment to really wonder what was going on.

"Okay, I know you hadn't planned on going to any store until just a few minutes ago. And I know you knew that Yami was within hearing distance. What are you up to?" Damien asked.

Selene just smiled her secretive smile that always meant that they weren't going to get any more out of her. "You'll see. Trust me, you'll understand soon enough."

~*~*~

The next morning woke to a loud rapping on the door. She cursed. It was too damn early to get up. They'd had a long night of staking out the museum last night and she had gone to bed exhausted, not even bothering to change out of her day clothes. When she finally looked at the clock she saw that, to her shock, it was already noon. Then she remembered that Damien, Jake, and Jason had gone out for a while earlier since they'd been the first on patrol, she and Yugi had been the last two and the patrol had lasted from midnight until eight. And she hadn't been able to get anymore sleep before hand because she'd had too much on her mind.

"Shit," she muttered as she heard the rapping on the door again. It was obvious that the person at the door wasn't about to give up.

As she walked past the door she saw a drowsy-eyed Yugi open the door and ask, "Neko, do you want me to get it?"

"I'll get it, you just get back to bed Hikari." Selene said. Neither had changed out of their clothes from the day before.

Yugi shrugged and closed his door to try and get back to sleep.

When Selene opened the door she was met with, in her opinion, and very unpleasant, if not totally unexpected, sight for when she just woke up. It seems that Yami had paid them a visit.

~*~*~

Yami had left the house for the apartment that he knew the group with Yugi and Yugi himself was staying at around 11:30. He planned to talk to his hikari, and hopefully without anyone else around. When he got there he spent about five minutes knocking on the door before he heard the sounds of someone stumbling around come from inside the apartment. Then he heard his hikari's voice, though he couldn't make out what it was saying, followed by Selene's.

When Selene opened the door he saw that her hair was slightly tousled and her clothes were slightly wrinkled. Combine those with the voices he'd heard earlier and he made an assumption that he really didn't like. The fact that Selene looked as though she hadn't gotten very much sleep before now didn't help at all.

~*~*~

"What the fuck do you want?" Selene asked rather hostilely. It was rather obvious that she didn't like to be woken up two hours after she'd finally been able to fall asleep after everything only to be met with the sight of the one person she really didn't want to see.

"I want to talk to Yugi." Yami said rather calmly. On the inside he was burning with anger at the assumption he'd made when he saw her.

"Hell no." Selene snarled. She wasn't in the mood to deal with him right now.

"Why not?" Yami asked suspiciously, he knew that Yugi was there `cause he'd recognized his voice.

"He's busy, now shove off." Selene said.

"I have to talk to him." Yami said.

"Let me tell you something Yami." Selene said, glaring viciously, "Yugi is the best person I've ever known and I'll never let you hurt him again. He may have forgiven you but I sure as hell haven't." she almost laughed at the look of surprise on Yami's face. "Yeah, he's forgiven, but that doesn't mean he's forgotten or that the rest of us have done either. He's one of the few people I really care about and I'll be damned if I let you hurt him again."

"At least tell me something," Yami said and Selene raised an eyebrow, indicating for him to continue. "Are you and Yugi in love?" Yami had to know this.

Her face and voice were completely deadpan as she said, "No, it's all an act to keep the fans away." And Yami couldn't honestly tell if she was being sarcastic or not.

"Now if that's all, have a good day," Selene said, and then couldn't help one more sarcastic remark. As she closed the door she added, "Pharaoh."

Yami stared at the door in shock for a few seconds before regaining his senses and walked out of the building. All the while he was thinking about what she'd just said. `She knows about Yugi's and my past.' And he was still amazed at the amount of loyalty she had toward him.

TBC…..

AN: So, what do you think? Please review.

And for those of you wondering why Selene said that to Yami it was because she wanted him to know that she did know about his powers and she still wasn't afraid of him. She really would protect Yugi no matter what. She is a truly devoted friend.

Finally don't worry to all those who want a happy ending between Yami and Yugi. You will get it; I just want quite a bit to happen in between time.