Results Report (Rei no Kaado)

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Atsuro was in a much better mood this time on his way to the apartments. He felt he was pretty much successful in his attempt to boost Anpu's ego sky high. A few snags had occurred that he hadn't expected, and he now had the feeling Anpu expected him to deliver the Ring to him... ha, like that was going to happen.

Atsuro heard a bark just as he was about to go inside the building Yuugi lived in. He turned toward where he heard it from and grinned. Sitting to his right was a white wolf with a disc on her back and odd markings.

"Heya girl," Atsuro said softly. He crouched down and scratched Amaterasu behind the ears. "I haven't seen you in a while. I guess you've been off doing goddess things since you helped us out." Atsuro noticed that there was a missing bouncing green light. "Where's that Issun guy?"

Amaterasu didn't answer, only giving a happy whine as Atsuro continued to scratch her behind the ears. Atsuro's grin softened into a smile. He always was more of a dog person than a cat person. Before everything had gone down, he'd had a dog, and he'd loved the thing to death.

"Lots of things have changed since I saw you last. I wonder how much has changed for you?" Atsuro asked. He stood back up again. "Well, I better get going."

He opened up the door and headed up the stairs. He reached Yuugi's apartment with no problems, and knocked a couple times on the door. He figured it was unlocked, but no need to barge in.

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Not long after Atsuro had left, the small little bouncing person Amaterasu traveled with returned to her side, carrying a rolled up sheet of paper.

Did you find it? Amaterasu asked.

"Yeah, took me a while. Why are we goin' after this Kaiba guy anyways?"

He's important to the path this world is going to take. And not only that, but he is in danger.

Issun frowned and hopped back onto Amaterasu's back. "Alrighty then, Ammy. 'Mansion' ho!" He unsheathed his blade and pointed forward as Amaterasu began to run.

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"Another one?" Jounouchi didn't sound like he believed what he was saying, "Oi, Yuugi, no offense, but aren't we kind of out of room?"

"I know, I know, Jounouchi-kun. But he doesn't have anyplace else to go. He and K1-kun had some kind of falling out. I can't just throw him on the street!"

"Then go and punch that Abel guy in the face!" Jounouchi said, "Even if we didn't all need a place to sleep, its crowded with all of us in the apartment at once! This isn't a big place!"

"Jounouchi-kun, Abel is a demon. While he doesn't seem to be at odds with us like Zorc was, he is still quite beyond being 'punched in the face'," Atem said.

"Honda, talk some sense into these guys!" Jounouchi said.

"I hate to admit the guy is right, but there really isn't room. I know I didn't object to it before, but how do you intend on doing this?"

Atem glanced at Yuugi, "I don't like having to kick Anzu out of the bedroom, but it does seem the only option. She can take the couch, other than Partner she's the only one short enough to really do so. At this point, it makes more sense for me and Partner to share the bedroom."

Jounouchi had opened his mouth to agree with Honda, but he paused. His face contorted a bit. Yuugi looked nervous at what seemed to be an expression at a mental image. Jounouchi opened his mouth again, but still no sound came out. They weren't intending on sharing a bed were they!?

"Yo, Jounouchi..." Honda said, passing his hand in front of Jounouchi's face.

"Jounouchi-kun, it's not a problem!" Yuugi sounded a bit insulted, "I don't even want to know what you're thinking about, but Atem is right. With Atsuro-kun staying here, we're gonna need to put two people in the bedroom."

"I know, I know..." Jounouchi said. He let out a sigh, "You gotta give a guy some time to get used to things, okay?"

Yuugi gave a weak smile, "Thanks, Jounouchi-kun."

Atsuro's knocks came on the door before the conversation could go further. Jounouchi was heading towards the door before there was a chance for reaction from the others. He opened it up and glanced down towards Atsuro.

"You that Atsuro guy?"

"Jounouchi-kun!" Yuugi said. He was almost facepalming at the rudeness, "Come on in, Atsuro-kun!"

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Atsuro frowned at Jounouchi's words. "We've met before." Before Jounouchi would be able to get a response out, Yuugi had spoken, and Atsuro slipped past Jounouchi and headed into the apartment. He waved to Honda and looked toward Atem and Yuugi.

"I took care of what you asked me to do," Atsuro said. "Anpu believed everything I told him. He not only thinks I'm Bakura's old friend, but he thinks that he's managed to turn me against you, Atem. I think he's under the impression I'm going to bring him the Ring, too."

He sighed. "His Bakura impression was pretty flawless though. Looks like you were right, he CAN mimic Bakura pretty damn well."

[mugenginga]

Jounouchi opened his mouth to inform Atsuro he knew about that, but the shorter teenager had slipped past him. He twisted his mouth into a frown. He'd known the guy, he just wasn't sure it was Atsuro. There had been five people in that group, it wasn't his fault he couldn't remember the names of all of them.

"That might delay his attempt to escape..." Yuugi thought out loud. He gave a small smile towards Atsuro, "We can plan a little better if we have a window like that. Thank you."

"We were just discussing the sleeping arrangements, Atsuro," Atem said, "We think it is going to work better if me and Partner share the bedroom, but that puts Anzu out here with you guys."

"That's another issue," Jounouchi said, "She wasn't happy about sleeping with us during Duelist Kingdom, either. How exactly is she going to manage to stay seperate from us in the apartment?"

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Atsuro frowned. Yeah, that was a good point about the sleeping arrangements. He sighed.

"I guess she's just gonna have to deal with it until I can leave," Atsuro said. "I mean, don't get me wrong, I like you guys and all, but I don't intend on staying here forever. Just until I can get things situated."

He looked around the room. "If it bothers her that much, we could get a screen we could set up in here to split off a section of the room for her..."

[mugenginga]

There wasn't a chance to say anything else because there was a loud sneeze outside the door to the apartment. Yuugi blinked and looked up, and everyone else had done the same. A moment later, the door opened. Anzu stepped in, and she was wearing what looked like a long black trenchcoat. It was tied shut at the waist, and she was holding the collar shut. She hesitated in the door when she saw everyone gathered in the room, not even aware as she pulled the trenchcoat tighter.

"Um... hello everyone?" She looked towards Atsuro, "Oh, hello Atsuro-kun! Why are you over here?"

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Atsuro had looked toward the door as he heard the sneeze. Oh man, that was some timing... If it wasn't for the fact that he really didn't believe in coincidence anymore, he would have thought it really weird Anzu had gotten back at that time. He had to raise an eyebrow at how she was holding her trenchcoat. Before he had a chance to ask about that, she'd asked him a question.

Atsuro looked a little pained as he answered. "I had to leave Abel's Court... so I'm staying here for now."

[mugenginga]

Anzu looked worred as Atsuro spoke. No, it was more accurate to say she looked concerned. She forced a slight smile and nodded.

"Anzu... where did you get that coat?" Yuugi asked, pointing towards her.

Anzu looked a bit embarassed, "Th-this guy saw how nervous I was in the uniform and loaned it to me so I could cover up on the way home..."

Honda and Jounouchi exchanged worried glances. They didn't know what her uniform looked like, but they both remembered the way she had been acting about showing it. Atem and Yuugi looked a little concerned about her reaction as well.

"How is he going to get it back?"

"Oh! He gave me a phone numbe-"

"Wasn't he just hitting on you?" Jounouchi said.

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Atsuro raised an eyebrow. Uniform...? Atsuro could remember her Burger World uniform, and she hadn't been near as nervous about that. Just how bad was this current uniform?

"It is entirely possible he was hitting on you," Atsuro said, deciding to lend thought to the more cynical option, that the guy was just hitting on Anzu instead of genuinely helping.

[mugenginga]

Anzu had flushed bright red as Jounouchi asked his question. She looked up and looked about ready to rip him a new one when Atsuro spoke too. She looked very annoyed, but the anger seemed to have abated. It wasn't... impossible she supposed, but every other guy there (and at least one girl, she noted, he expression becoming a little ill at the thought) had just oggled her. They hadn't tried to help. And he'd seemed really polite.

"Jeez, he didn't even give me the phone number until after I asked him how I'd get the coat back to him! Why do you guys have to jump to something like that?"

"We're just worried about you, Anzu," Yuugi said.

"I know, I know... Are my clothes still in the bathroom?"

"They're folded up and under the sink," Atem said.

"Thank you. I'll be right back!"

Anzu walked past everyone and went into the bathroom. She gave it a bit fo a firm shut, but it wasn't really a slam. Atem looked towards Yuugi.

"Given the uniform, its more than likely she was being hit on," Atem said.

"I trust Anzu's judgement, Atem," Yuugi said.

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Atsuro just watched Anzu as she ran to the bathroom. He sweatdropped and looked toward Yuugi and Atem.

"What's so bad about her uniform, anyways?" Atsuro asked. "Is it really skimpy?"

[mugenginga]

Yuugi looked nervous. Atem glanced towards Jounouchi and Honda, who both seemed to be a bit more interested in the conversation than they had a few moments before. Yuugi scratched the back of his head and shifted his weight.

"I'm sure there's worse..." Yuugi muttered, his cheeks a little red.

"She was the one that wanted to work there," Jounouchi crossed his arms, "It's not like I haven't seen the thing. She should just let us see her in it."

"I haven't seen anything that revealing as something one would wear at a normal business," Atem answered, "However, it seems Angel Mort is nothing more than a restuarant with a focus on desserts."

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Okay, so the uniform was revealing. Apparently, extremely revealing. Atsuro had been to some pretty crazy maid cafes before, but never one with a uniform as apparently revealing as Anzu's.

His eyes widened pretty badly as Atem mentioned the name of the restaurant before Atsuro finally broke down laughing.

"She's working at Angel Mort?!" Atsuro asked incredulously. "Oh man... wow. That's... that's great!" He was having a hard time not laughing at the moment, even though he knew it was going to get him some nasty glares. He'd seen the Angel Mort uniforms before on some anime. Now Atsuro had to wonder what was going through Anzu's head when she decided to get a job there. She had to have known that was going to be the uniform, right?

[mugenginga]

There wasn't really any glares from the group. Yuugi looked a little nervous, and seemed to be holding back a nervous chuckle. Atem gave a sigh at the reaction, but he didn't really seem surprised or upset. Atsuro knew the restaurant, it seemed. Despite the amount of time they'd been on the Island, they hadn't really explored much, so he hadn't even known it existed. Jounouchi grinned a bit at the reaction and nodded.

"I know! But she's been really stingy about showing anyone but Yuugi and Atem!" Jounouchi said.

Honda rolled his eyes, "I'm surprised that isn't where you were at when you went out earlier."

Jounouchi looked at him, "Are you kidding!? Didn't I tell you how she reacted at Burger World? And that was damn tame in comparison to this place!"

"If I recall right, you were too busy freaking out about that one escaped convict setting himself on fire," Honda stated, his tone making it clear he was harassing Jounouchi.

"In any case," Atem had spoken up rather... quickly in regards to that comment, "Atsuro, did you have an idea on how to set up that wall? That doesn't sound like a bad idea."

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Atsuro was still grinning now that his laughter had finally abated. Even as they got into talking about that convict Atem had managed to light on fire before, he was still grinning.

He looked toward Atem as he asked him about the wall. He frowned.

"We could probably move the couch to set something up until we get something better," Atsuro said. "We could hang a blanket from the wall or something, too. Like, set up a clothesline and string the blanket from that. It wouldn't be a very solid screen, but it would work, right?"