Destined to be Yours

Chapter 44: Duel Disks

"Yugi! Wake up! We're going to be late!" Akia pulled and pushed her brother who was lying on the bed.

"...Hm? Akia...?" Yugi mumbled in confusion. He then rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. "Since when do you want to get to school early?"

"School? I wanted to go get the new duel disks now!" Akia exclaimed.

Yugi sighed. He figured as much. "Now? They're probably not even open yet. We're only going to be able to go get them after school."

Akia's face then became devoid of emotion as she processed what her brother just told her. She then turned around. "I'm going to sleep."

"Don't!" Her brother jumped out of his bed and tackled her on the floor.

On their way to school, Akia didn't stop pouting, annoyed that her brother forced her to get ready earlier than she was used to.

"Stop pouting. It's better that you don't have to rush in the morning," Yugi told his sister.

"No... It takes away from my precious sleeping time," Akia whined.

"Sleep earlier, then."

"I can't!"

"Stop watching those dramas; it's got you hooked."

"You just don't know how good they are..."

Anzu was walking with them, listening to them and giggling.

Jounouchi ran up to his friends just like every morning, interrupting their bickering. "Good morning!" He put an arm around Yugi's shoulders.

"Good morning, Jounouchi-kun!" Yugi greeted his friend.

Jounouchi then noticed Akia pouting. "What's up with you? Slept on the wrong side of the bed?"

"Hmph!" Akia turned her head away from Jounouchi.

"Did I say something?" The blond teen asked her brother.

"No, it's not you..." Yugi then explained the situation to Jounouchi.

The latter then blinked a few times. "Wait... There's a new Duel Monsters Tournament?! How come no one told me earlier?!"

"You didn't know?" Yugi asked.

Akia smiled smugly at Jounouchi, "have you been living under a rock or something?"

"Yeah, even I know about that," Anzu joined in on the fun of teasing their hyperactive friend.

"Come on! How was I supposed to know?! I bet Honda doesn't know," the targeted boy exclaimed.

"We'll see about that." Jounouchi paid no attention to Akia's comment, not wanting to think about it.

The group arrived at school laughing together. When they got to class, Honda revealed that he also knew about the Battle City Tournament, since it was all over the news.

"See? Even Honda knew," Akia poked fun at her friend.

"Shut up..." The blond teen mumbled.

After teasing Jounouchi some more, Akia went up to Bakura who was already in the class. "Ryou!"

When Bakura saw her, he smiled widely, "Akia-chan!"

Both of them talked a bit until the teacher came in and the class started. During the break, Akia, Yugi, Anzu, Honda, Jounouchi, and Bakura all headed up to the roof to talk about the tournament.

"So? You guys are planning to participate?" Jounouchi asked the twins.

"Yup, that's right. There's just this Ante rule that we need to be careful about," Yugi replied.