Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Trials of Life ❯ Encounters ( Chapter 14 )

Encounters

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You'll find out all about Yugi and Selene's past soon enough. And you'll find out how Selene helped to get Yugi away from his father. So don't worry, but I need some things to happen and she's going to tell everyone. You'll see soon enough.

Yes, I did get the pudding idea from "Princess Diaries." I actually hadn't planned on that, but the idea came into my head as I was writing and it fit so. Actually, that happens a lot. I hadn't planned on some of these things until I had actually written it and it fits so I leave it there.

Finally, someone asked for a little demo of Yugi's new skills and you're going to get it in this chapter.

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

The next morning there was a news report on their break in and the missing gem. Evidently, of course, the guards were none to happy about being had as one of them kept screaming something along the lines of "their just kids" and "it just isn't normal." The fact that they managed to shut down the cameras so they had no idea who these kids were didn't help matters at all. In fact it just made the preciously mentioned officer to scream said sentences louder. They all had a good laugh over that before heading out to another day of school. Looks like they'd be staying in Domino for a while.

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

It was Monday during homeroom and the group of six was currently huddled in their normal morning routine.

"We need to get out and see if we can gather any information today." Selene said, referring to the discovery of their rival team last night. "I know we probably won't find much, if any at all, but we need to check."

"I agree with Selene," Damien said and Yugi nodded in agreement. "We may not find anything at all, but if we do a little is better than nothing."

The others in the group nodded. It was agreed, they would start the search as soon as school let out.

"We'll all split up and report back the apartment be six, what do you say?" Selene said. Again they each nodded in agreement.

School passed relatively quickly that day and soon they were standing outside the school building, preparing to go their separate ways. Yugi was to head off in the direction of the park and the game shop. Selene and Damien would tackle the worse part of town. Jason, Derek, and Jake would split the rest of the area between them. You'd be surprised how fast they could search any area if they wanted to. Yugi was also given a smaller area so he might have time to stop by and say hello to his grandpa.

When Yugi was in a less occupied part of the park, a well-known if not well-used shortcut, he heard some footsteps behind him. Hoping for some kind of lead he made sure to show no falter in his step and casually headed into a clearing he knew to be up ahead. When he turned around he was met, not with at least one member of his rival gang as he had hoped, but a few of his old bullies.

"Well, well Yugi, long time no see and now you don't have your new friends to hide behind. So, what're you going to do?" said the biggest of the group of five, puffing himself up in hopes to seem more intimidating. To Yugi he just resembled a puffer fish. He had to work hard to keep his straight face at this thought.

"If you don't leave now, I'm going to make sure that you regret ever approaching me." Yugi said, a vicious smirk making it's way onto his face.

The bullies looked flabbergasted for a moment before each of them growled. Evidently the new side of Yugi had shocked and then pissed them off. They suddenly came at him and Yugi, having been ready for an attack long before, reacted. The intensive training with his team definitely came in handy now. He was so immersed in keeping the bullies away from him and incapacitating them at the same time that he didn't notice another familiar shadow behind the trees.

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Yami watched Selene, Damien, Yugi, Jake, Jason, and Derek split up. Making a split second decision he followed Yugi as he headed into the park. He made sure to keep well back and walk as silently as possible. Shortly before Yugi stepped off the trail he was on he saw a group of bullies that had made their way in between him and his hikari.

Suddenly afraid for his hikari's safety he sped up. As he approached he could hear the leader of the bullies he'd seen speak.

"Well, well Yugi, long time no see and now you don't have your new friends to hide behind. So, what're you going to do?" was what the voice said. Yami was all prepared to go in there and Mind Crush said bullies when the voice of his hikari stopped him.

"If you don't leave now, I'm going to make sure that you regret ever approaching me." It was different than before, more confident and slightly mocking. He'd never heard that tone of voice. Then again, until recently there was a lot about his hikari he'd never seen before.

He heard the bullies growl after a moment and looked through the trees just as they attacked.

Yugi, evidently having prepared for the attack, dropped back and kneed the first bully in the groin extremely hard, effectively putting him out of action for this fight and used him as a temporary shield while he got out of range of the others. As one came at him with a round house punch Yugi stepped inside and, grabbing his arm, kicked his leg out from under him, causing the other bully to fall and knock the breath out of him. He took one second to hit a pressure point on the bully's neck the knocked him out before backing away from the attack of another. The other three, now more cautious, back away and circled around him. Then all at once they came at him. Yugi, seeing that the only way out was up, quickly jumped and grabbed onto the nearest tree limb, hoisting himself onto said limb. The three slightly below him rammed heads and Yugi, deciding to take advantage of the situation, jumped onto one of their heads and knocked him out cold. One of the two remaining bullies came up behind him and tried to get him into a bear hug from behind. Yugi stopped the hands and grabbed a couple of fingers in each hand and, using them to move him, effectively moved the other into the line of fire from his partner. One of the hits, fired before the firer could realize what he was doing, hit the other guy square in the center of the face hard enough to where it knocked him out. The last guy backed up slightly in fear, this was definitely not the little defenseless kid they used to beat up. He pulled out a switchblade and flicked it open. Yugi, spotting the blade, prepared for the thrust he could see coming from the stance the other guy took. When the other guy came at him he stepped to the outside of the attack and quickly slammed the guy's hand into the nearest tree. The guy howled as his wrist broke but was quickly silenced as Yugi took the opportunity to slam his palm into the bottom of the guy's chin, knocking him out and ending the fight. He picked up the switchblade and closed it before pocketing it. He also checked the other guys for weapons just in case, you could never be too careful. He found that each of them had had one switchblade on them. He took those too and stuck them into his abandoned book bag.

As he straightened he heard some leaves rustle to his left. He turned his body slightly in that direction and called out, "I know you're there, who ever you are. You can stop hiding now." And, much to his surprise, stepped out Yami.

Yami, for his part, had been shocked as he watched his counterpart take out all five of the bullies without so much as breaking a sweat. One of them had even taken a knife out on him and all five had had to weigh twice as much as he did easily and were at least a good five to six inches taller. It was just plain amazing.

"Yami," Yugi said in shock. He really hadn't been expecting this. He had expected, at the very least, a very freaked out no one. He had actually thought that Yami would be out with his friends. Looks like he had followed his hikari after all.

"Yugi, what happened just now? You took out five guys like it was nothing." Yami said.

Yugi sighed, "Let's go to the Kame shop and I'll explain a little there."

And together the hikari and yami walked off to one's old home and the other's current home.

TBC…..

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

I also hoped you liked the demo of Yugi's new skills. I know I enjoyed writing the bullies getting their come-uppance.