Caught in Between

TB#2/part 2 & New faces!

"Yugi~! I'll remember next time to bring a whistle for you~!"

Yugi blinked twice, before that message was processed. "What?" Malik shook his head, "You don't get it, don't you! That way we know that you need help, okay?!" Ryou sweatdropped, "He's not a little kid anymore, you do know that Malik, right?"

Malik surrounded Yugi in a bone-crushing hug, "So, what does that have to do with what I'm saying?!" "M-Malik-can't-breathe!!" Instead of letting him go, Malik crushed him harder. "No~! No~! You're our little brother now~!"

"Malik--let him go!" Ryou pried Malik away from Yugi, who nodded thankfully as he tried to regain his breath and talk at the same time. "Malik, that person in the library didn't try to hurt me! He was helping me, how many times to I have to tell you?"

But it seemed as if Malik was off in another world. "Ryou~, Yugi is now our dear, adorable, little, innocent, cute--" "Malik! Stop treating Yugi like a child!" "But Ryou~! It's now our responsiblilty for the well-being of our new little brother! SO DON'T YOU DARE BACK OUT RIGHT NOW!!"

That's when Ryou cracked. "HOW DARE YOU! FINE, IF YOU WANT TO TREAT YUGI LIKE OUR BROTHER, THAN YOU WON'T DO THAT WITHOUT ME!" Malik than crushed a steaming Ryou, "Yay~! I knew I could convince you~~!"

Yugi sighed, Where do these two get their personality?! The bell suddenly rang, and students were coming out to the main courtyard. "It looks like school's over. Hey Yugi~, do you want to go get some ice cream~?" Malik asked in a sweet voice.

Wow, even after school they still treat me like I'm the little brother... Yugi smiled, still... He was about to reply when all of a sudden he felt something hit him in the back, causing him to fall forward.

"Yugi!!" Ryou and Malik ran forward, catching Yuugi right before he fell. "Ouch--I'm okay! I'm okay!," he smiled back at the two siblings in reassurance. But that smile didn't seem to work on the siblings, whose arouas turned a dark color.

"WHO THREW-KICKED-HIT-I DON'T GIVE A DAMN- THAT BALL?!" the white-hairs screeched, mostly Malik. A kid in glasses ran over and picked up the ball, but then ran over to Yugi. "I'm so sorry! I didn't see where I hit it. Are you okay?!"

By now, a growing crowd starting forming. Not wanting any more attention than necessary, Yugi smiled sweetly at the boy. "That's alright, it was an accident. No harm's done, so don't worry."

The boy looking confused started to blush lightly, including those who saw Yugi smile. Though Yugi didn't know it, it looked like he was shining with innocence and sweetness that could cause an angry horse to become calm.

"W-Well, at least let me help you up," he was about to offer a hand before another one slapped it away. "MINE! MINE! MINE!" Malik started jump and wave his arms, chasing the boy away, along with the crowd, scaring them away as Ryou helped Yugi up and dusted him off.

"Well, at least he apologized." Ryou said, now calm. Yet, it seemed that Yugi continued to have bad karma, for he was than yanked out of Ryou's hands, and was caught it a horrible noogie.

"Got yea'!" a brooklyn accent said with a laugh. "Hey! I demand that you release Yugi at once!" Ryou was about to snatch Yugi back, but Yugi told him that it was alright.

"This is Joey, a third year. He showed me where the main office was, plus he's really nice." Ryou raised an eyebrow, but sighed. "Alright," he glared at Joey, "but I'll keep an eye on him!"

Malik came running back from scaring everyone away, but then over-reacted with Yugi in Joey's arms. "MI--!" "Wait! Let me explain!" Once Yugi explained, Malik calmed down, also agreeing with Ryou response.