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When Somebody Locks You In
Their Basement By: Amphitrite (papervanity@gmail.com) Rated: PG Pairing: Yami/Yugi),
Bakura/Ryou, Yami Malik/Malik, Seto/Joey, Mai/Téa Summary: When a head of security locks you in a certain
Funny Bunny fan's basement...you learn some strange things about friends that
you thought that you knew so well... Notes: This story’s title is grammatically incorrect. It
should be “His Basement”. That bugs me. Just thought that you should know. :)
Chapter
1: I’m A Flying Horsey! Sunday, April 26th / Maximillion
Pegasus sat in his chair in the empty dining room. 'Grape juice' and the
2036th episode of Funny Bunny! What more could a guy ask for? Okay, lots
more, but our Mister Pegasus isn't exactly your average guy. The credits
rolled. Pegasus
sighed happily. He loved that episode. Even after watching it 6,135 times, it
was still his favorite. Croquet, the head of security, watched the CEO of
Industrial Illusions and shook his head. Personally, he thought that Pegasus
was just loony. But did anyone care about the opinion of some guy in a black
suit who was named after a French game with mallets? Nooo. A
plan was being calculated in this man's mind. This man, meaning Croquet.
"Mister Pegasus, sir." he addressed half mockingly. "Yes,
Croquet?" replied Pegasus coldly. "A
friend told me there was going to be a Funny Bunny convention
in "How
delightful!" Pegasus answered, clapping his hands. "I must be off
at once!" "I'll
call for the packing of your belongings." said Croquet. Pegasus
waved his hand. "No, that's fine." Croquet gave him a confused
look. Pegasus opened the one of the windows of the room leapt onto the sill,
and jumped, yelling, "I'M A FLYING HORSEY!" Croquet just stood
there staring at the open window. Then
he shrugged. "I was only planning to rid of him for a day, but that'll
work too." he said. He went down to the first floor and bellowed,
"HE'S DEAD!" All the serv--staff of his castle froze.
Balloons instantly went up and a party was started. Croquet
made sure that nobody was around and pulled out his handy dandy
note-...um...sorry. Wrong show. He pulled out his cell phone. Dialing a
certain VERY LONG phone number, he waited patiently for the other end to be
picked up. "Hello?"
said a voice. "I
need them to be shipped in immediately." "'k."
the voice replied, not showing any confusion. "Thanks
Lei." he said, hanging up. Sunday, April 26th / "...and
then he bashed my Armored Lizard with this cool magic card called---"
The entire group of friends vanished. Okay, they weren't exactly all friends.
What about...circle of acquaintances? That works, I guess. This
"Circle" contained of: Yugi Moto, Yami (Yugi), Ryou Bakura, (Yami)
Bakura, Malik Ishtar, Yami Malik, Seto Kaiba, Joey Wheeler, Mai Valentine,
Téa Gardener, Isis Ishtar, and Serenity Wheeler. Tristan
was either dead, or at his uncle's house. We're not exactly sure which. So
what happened to them? They vanished. Not without a purpose though. Sunday, April 26th / Twelve
very confused people appeared in a large living room. They each were sitting
on a seat on the twisting sofa. They each exchanged confused glances with
each other until Bakura said, "Alright,
where the hell are we?" All
twelve exchanged confused looks again. Yami got up and found a steel door in
which there was a sign posted. It read: HAHAHAAH! You are in the basement.
Yami raised an eyebrow. He tried opening the handle, but it was locked.
He tried ramming into it, but it wasn't even dented. Joey
walked up to the door, tapping the steel. "I wonder what kind of steel
this is..." he said. Yami
raised his eyebrow again. "Why?" "I
collect pieces of steel and research it." Joey said solemnly. He tapped
the door again. "Probably built three years ago, fourteen layers.
Waterproof and fireproof." Yami snickered. "You
put on a very good act, Joey." he said. Joey looked at him. "Oh my
Ra, you're not kidding. Okay, I have just been truly freaked out." Yami said, running back to the couch. Joey followed him back. "We're
trapped." Yami Malik said simply. "Where
are we?" asked Serenity. "In
a room. In Japan." replied Malik. "We
know that, you idiot." she said. Malik scowled. Yugi, who had been
looking around, came back. "It's
huge! The biggest basement I've ever seen! There are six bedrooms, a kitchen,
three bathrooms, and a family room!" he exclaimed. "The bedrooms
have two beds each." "Okay,
since we seem to have to stay here for a while, so we might as well split up
the rooms. Téa and Mai can stay together, Joey
frowned and held up his fist. "Watch who you're calling a mutt!" he
threatened. Mai rolled her eyes as the two started arguing, like always. She
tapped the shoulder of the nearest person, who just happened to be Serenity.
"Do you think there could be something going on with those two?"
Mai whispered loudly. Serenity gave her a blank look, then
started giggling. Téa, who was sitting on the other side of Mai, cracked up
and started rolling around on the ground. The
entire group silenced. Téa realized that everyone was staring at her and blushed bright red, sitting back on the sofa. The murmur
of voices started again. While everyone was discussing their situation (okay,
MOST of everyone, Joey had started to talk to himself about chips), Bakura
was looking around the entire place. He
found a room that Yugi hadn't noticed. Strange though, because it had a door
that was painted pink. He opened it. Inside,
the walls were pale pink with a white border along the top. Bakura grimaced
at the "cutesy things", but what shocked him the most was what was
on the walls. Funny Bunny posters! He whitened. I bet you know where
this is going, don't you? Bakura raced out of the room and back into the
living room. "I
He
paused. "PEGASUS' CASTLE'S BASEMENT!" he screamed. Everyone's eyes
popped out. Sunday, April 26th / It
was approximately three hours later, and the group had decided to make the
best of the worst. They had found that even though it was Pegasus's basement,
it was still very nice. They were surprised that their belongings had already
been put in their rooms. It seemed that either someone had planned this out
very carefully, or they were all hallucinating. The first one was more
convincing. They
were all currently in the family room (which was pretty big), where there
were two armchairs, a sofa, and two love seats (two-seat sofa). There was
also an average sized television and a coffee table. The floor was covered in
the same beige carpet as the rest of the basement (except in the kitchen). Yugi
and Joey were dueling, using the table as a platform. Yami lay on the left
armchair, feet dangling off the side. Seto sat in the other armchair, closing
his eyes, but occasionally opening them to look at Yugi and Joey...or
specifically, Joey. Ryou
and his Yami sat on one of the love seats, Ryou resting his head on Bakura's
shoulder, who surprisingly didn't shove him off at
all. Téa and Mai sat on the other love seat, Téa cheering Yugi on and Mai
tossing insults at Joey for fun. On
the sofa, Serenity sat with Isis and Malik. Serenity was adding to Mai's
insults, grinning. Yami
Malik, unaware of being stared at, was leaning against the wall on the other
side of the room. Finding that he couldn't go back into the Millennium Rod,
he had been frustrated and had tried to go as far from the social group as
possible. In
fact, none of the Yamis could go back into their Millennium Items, for Ra knows
what reason. "Hey,"
spoke up Serenity. "How are we going to eat?" Everyone looked at
her, except for Yami Malik. They all shrugged. "Does
anyone know how to cook?" asked Yami incredulously. Yugi and
Bakura looked at Ryou. "What?
I can't cook for all of you!" he exclaimed. "At
least go check if there's anything in the refrigerator." she said. "But
I'm comfy here!" he whined. Bakura snorted. "Just
go." he said harshly. "You're the only one of us who can cook
anything edible." "Hey!"
shouted various people. Bakura scowled at them. Mai sighed. "I'll
go check. You cowards can't do anything for yourselves can you?" she
asked playfully. She walked into the kitchen and looked inside the silver
refrigerator. There was actually a lot of food, but nothing that you were
supposed to eat directly. Someone was being very evil to them. She walked
back to the family room. "So?"
asked Joey hopefully. She shook her head. "Everything
needs to be cooked." All eyes turned to Ryou. "WHAT?"
he exclaimed. " I am NOT cooking for all ten of
you!" "Eleven.
Twelve including you." Téa corrected. Ryou scowled. "Ryou,
what if you pick someone to help you?" Yugi asked, trying to help. Ryou
grinned. "Two
people." he said. "Fine."
Yugi said. Ryou's grin widened. "I
pick..." Who will Ryou pick? Is he really a
good cook, or will dinner spell disaster? How will the gang get out of
Pegasus' place? Find out in the next chapter,
"How come he gets to use a knife?" Chapter
2: How Come He Gets To Use A Knife? Sunday, April 26th / 6: "...Yami
Malik and...Bakura." Both
of them turned to glare at Ryou. Yami Malik growled from the other side of
the room. "I am NOT going to cook like a slave for all you." "AIBOU!
I don't serve anyone, especially not the Pharaoh!" Bakura exclaimed
angrily, jumping to his feet. Yami
laughed so hard that he fell off the armchair. "Looks like you don't
have a choice." he chuckled. Ryou glared at him. "You're
coming with me too." he said. Yami leapt to his feet in protest. "You
said two people!" he said, a frown crossing his face. Ryou shrugged. "I
changed my mind. Besides, there has to be something that you can
do." he replied. The three Yamis gave each other death glares; or rather
Bakura and Yami Malik glared at Yami and he glared at them in turn. Ryou
sighed. What have I gotten myself into now? he wondered vaguely to himself. He led them
into the kitchen, which was actually pretty nice. He peeked into the
refrigerator. There was actually lots of things to
cook. He finally settled on simple soup and rice. "Alright,
Yami, you can chop up the vegetables." Ryou said, handing a knife to
Yami. Yami grumbled and started cutting vegetables into...pieces. Bakura
scowled. "How
come he gets to use a knife? It's not fair!" he whined uncharacteristically.
Ryou raised an eyebrow. "You.
Boil the water." he said. Bakura grinned evilly. " "Uh...Yami
Malik. You can go set the table." Yami Malik walked off, scowling
heavily. Ryou looked around him and started to fill a pot with rice. Sunday, April 26th / "YAMI!"
Ryou screeched at his own Yami. Puzzled, Yugi's Yami turned around. "Yes--"
He chuckled amusedly at the scene. Ryou was chasing Bakura around holding a
frying pan threateningly. Bakura was scorched...making his clothes sooty
grey...and had succeeded in causing a minor fire on the stove. "YOU
CRASH
The sound of glass breaking came from the table, which was in a room that was
connected to the kitchen. He peered at what had caused that noise. What he
found was Yami Malik sitting midst a huge mess including tons of shattered
glass from cups, bowls, and plates; silverware; and paper napkins scattered
all over. "Oops..."
said Yami Malik uneasily, glaring at the silverware that just had decided to
make a circle around him, sticking straight up. Ryou
turned an angry red. He looked as if steam was going to come out of his ears
any minute. Then, he proceeded to chase, or attempt to chase, Yami Malik, but
eventually ended up face flat on the ground due to all the 'weapons' on the
wooden floor. Yami roared with laughter, causing Ryou to raise his head and
glare at him with a look that could boil water. Yami
laughed nervously and went back to chopping onions. He made a mental note not
to make Ryou angry any time soon. Glancing back at the table, he accidentally
missed the vegetables with his chopping knife and gave himself a huge cut. "OOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Then he started to run around the kitchen,
carefully avoiding the area around the table, wringing his abused hand. At
this time, the entire gang just randomly decided to make an appearance. What
they saw, was mind scarring. Bakura,
was lying on the floor near the stove, and was scorched very badly. He was
all covered in gray/black and had a frying pan over his head. Yami
Malik was sitting on the floor near the table with silverware weapons poised
for attack around him. Ryou
was lying face down on the ground and had shattered pieces of glass (and
plastic) and silverware surrounding him. Yami
was running around the entire room, cursing loudly in Ancient Egyptian and
wringing his hand. There was a large red mark across several fingers. What
happened next was also a bit strange. Malik, staring at the mess in horror,
grabbed a broom and was instantly cleaning up everything. Everyone blinked in
surprise, except for those who were...supposedly supposed to be cooking. Instead
of the messy kitchen they had been staring at a second and a half ago, there
was a shining room glinting back at them. They all blinked in unison again. This
time, when everyone opened their eyes again, Bakura, Ryou, Yami Malik, and
Yami were all sitting at the dinner table. Food was on the table and a
serving of everything was on the plates. Bakura, Ryou, and Yami just sat
there, staring at the food then at Malik. Food. Malik. Food. Malik. Food. Malik. Food. Yami
Malik, on the other hand, was a completely different story. He was bouncing up
and down in his seat and had finished everything on his plate. He also had a
big goofy grin plastered on his face. Malik
was grinning proudly, holding a ladle in his right hand for some unknown
reason. "AGAIN!"
she shouted. Malik nodded. She rolled her eyes. The others were just standing
there, clueless to what the heck they were talking about. Some were still
mesmerized by the cleanliness of the kitchen. "...how
did you do that?" wondered Yami from the table. "Ooh!
I know!" shrieked Yami Malik happily. "It was the funny voice in
his head. The one that tells him to clean things or else he'll steal Hikari's
blackmail stuff." Everyone turned their eyes to Yami Malik. Yami Malik
had just called Malik...Hikari. What the? Then,
all of a sudden. Yami Malik shuddered. He stopped bouncing and the grin was
replaced by the evillest of all smirks. He glared back at everyone.
"What are you looking at?" he hissed. They each raised an eyebrow.
Malik shook his head. "Y-Yami...just
go." he pushed his Yami out of the room. Yami Malik returned to his
gloomy corner in the family room. The
others sat down to eat. Yugi nodded in satisfaction. "This is good,
Malik!" Malik
blushed slightly. "Uhh...t-thanks, Yugi." Yugi grinned and went
back to drinking his bowl of soup. Sunday, April 26th / Mai
yawned. "I need my beauty sleep. Good night." She walked into her
room. The others agreed and went into their respective bedrooms, bidding the
others a good night. Then, there was a shout from Seto and Joey's room.
"THERE'S ONLY -
- - - - Yugi and Yami - - - - - Yugi
yawned tiredly. He climbed into bed and snuggled next to Yami, instantly
falling asleep. Yami watched his aibou and sighed contentedly. He leaned his
own head on Yugi's and drifted off to sleep. -
- - - - Ryou and Bakura - - - - - "G'night,
Yami." said Ryou softly. He glanced at his Yami, already in bed, curled
up. Ryou smiled. He looks so peaceful when he's sleeping. Like an angel. Ryou thought to himself. He climbed into bed and
turned the lights off. He wrapped an arm around Bakura and fell asleep. -
- - - - Malik and Yami Malik - - - - - Malik
stared into the eyes of his Yami. /Good
night, Yami./ Yami
Malik smiled, a true smile, and put his arm around Malik protectively. Malik
cuddled against his other half and fell asleep. A thought coming from Yami
Malik echoed through his dreams... /'Night,
my sweet Hikari./ -
- - - - Téa and Mai - - - - - Mai
and Téa lay in bed, silent. Tea decided to speak up. "Good
night, Mai." Mai didn't reply. Tea sighed and buried herself underneath
the covers. On the other side of the bed, Mai mouthed, 'Good night, Téa.' -
- - - - Serenity
hesitated. "So how do we do this?" she asked "How
about we alternate turns on who sleeps on the bed and who sleeps on the
couch?" She pointed to the large couch on the other end of the room.
Serenity nodded. "Okay.
Who sleeps on the bed tonight?" she asked. "Are
you sure?" Serenity asked. "Doesn't
make any difference to "Thanks.
Good night." Serenity replied, closing the lights and getting into the
covers. -
- - - - Seto and Joey - - - - - Seto
jumped into bed. Joey shoved him off. "What makes you think you're going
to get the bed?" "Well,
I assumed, because DOGS SLEEP ON COUCHES!" Seto said angrily. "If
you call me a dog again, I'm gonna-" Joey was interrupted. "You're
going to what? There's nothing you can do to "What
if we both share the bed?" he said. Seto,
knowing that this wasn't going to get anywhere, just said, "Fine."
Joey smirked. They both got into bed. But
unknown to the other, they both tried to sleep the closest they could to each
other. What will happen the next day? How
will they survive this horrible predicament? Why did I write such a strange
humor scene? ...don't ask. Find out in the next chapter, 'Never
fear, Yuugioh is here!' Chapter
3: Never Fear, Yuugioh Is Here! Monday, April 27th / Seto
sat up. He looked around wildly. He wasn't in his room. Or his own house, for
that matter. And he was sleeping next to Wheeler. He jumped out of the bed in
surprise. Then it all came rushing back to him. Trapped...with a bunch of
idiots...in PEGASUS' basement. On
the bed, Joey was talking in his sleep. "Daddy...no, don't! Don't hurt
her! Mommy loves you! NO! Daddy!" Seto put on a pained expression and
raised the covers over Joey carefully. He sighed and put on his trenchcoat,
walking out of the room. As
he reached the kitchen, the smell of a good breakfast filled the room. He
glanced around to find Malik joyfully flipping pancakes and frying bacon at
the stove. Yugi, Yami, Ryou, Yami Malik, "Morning,
Seto!" he chirped. "Yeah,
yeah. Good morning yourself." Seto muttered. Malik came over and placed
a plate in front of him. Plus silverware, a paper napkin, and a glass of
orange juice. Seto just raised an eyebrow as Malik came back with more
breakfast on plates. After everyone was served, he sat next to Yami Malik,
grinning. Everyone stared at him. "Enjoy!"
he exclaimed, then started stuffing his face with his own food. Monday, April 27th / Mai
walked into the family room and found nearly everyone there. Malik was
cleaning the table with Windex and a cloth and Yami Malik was watching him
boredly. Joey was flipping through the channels of the television... which
didn't have cable. (A/n:
THE HORROR!) Seto
was sitting on the ground, working on his laptop. Serenity was dueling Yugi,
though it was quite obvious who was going to win. Yami sat at Yugi's side and
kept giving him advice while Yugi kept saying that he didn't need it. Téa and
Isis were engaged in a lively conversation where "Morning,
sleepyhead." Joey said, never taking his eyes away from the screen. Mai
rolled her eyes. "For
your information, Joseph, I wasn't sleeping. I was applying my make-up and
doing my hair. I woke up at seven." she stated. Téa nodded. "She
kept screaming about how there she couldn't find her shampoo." Serenity
looked up from the duel. So that's why I heard all that
screaming." Seto raised an eyebrow. "It
takes you four hours to do your make-up?" Téa shook her head. "It
takes ten minutes tops to apply make-up. But Mai uses like three
layers." "Seven."
Mai corrected, taking a seat on an armchair. Yami Malik rolled his eyes. "Girls."
he scoffed. All four of them jumped up. "Is
there something wrong with girls?" they shrieked simultaneously. Yami
Malik sighed and waved his hand dismissively. They went back to what they
were doing. Joey
threw the remote at Ryou. "WHY IS THERE NOTHING GOOD ON?" The
object impaled Ryou. He sat up, startled. "WHAT
THE HELL WAS THAT?" "Watch
your mouth, Ryou." said Malik cheerfully. He dropped the bottle of
Windex on his foot. "DAMNIT!"
he screamed. Yami chuckled. "WHY
IS THERE NOTHING ON TV?" Joey screamed again. Seto stood up. "THERE'S
NO CABLE, YOU MORON!" he yelled at the top of his lungs. He glared at
everyone. " Everyone
stopped talking. Crickets could be heard chirping in the silence. Yugi
glanced at the screen of Seto's laptop. "Um...Seto?
You're playing Tetris." he said timidly. Everyone peered at the screen.
Sure enough, a game of colorful blocks was paused. Seto blushed slightly. Yami
sat himself in front of the computer. "Is it a game?" he asked,
staring at the screen. Ryou
nodded. "It's pretty much unbeatable." Yami grinned. "Never
fear, Yuugioh is here!" he said, starting a new game. Seto pulled the
laptop away from him. Or...attempted to. He looked at the screen where the
blocks were falling rapidly. "YOU
IDIOT! That was my highest score and you wrecked it!" he screamed. Yami
tugged the computer back and began to play. Seto growled and tried to take it
back, but Yami wasn't showing any sign of loosening his grasp. Seto sighed
and plopped himself down next to Ryou. He
looked at Joey, who was trying repeatedly to get the '3' button on the remote
to work. "Where's
your bone, "Go
to Hell, Kaiba." he said. Seto
smirked. "I'd say 'I'll save you a seat.' but it's too late, I'm already
there." Joey ignored him. Seto sighed. Insulting the dog wasn't as fun
as it used to be before. He actually felt kind of sorry for Joey. Ack,
what am I thinking? Why would I feel sorry for that piece of dirt? he thought. Monday, April 27th / "I'm
bored!" whined Malik. He had successfully cleaned everything in the
basement (and cooked lunch), which was just...scary. Now he was sitting on
the couch and complaining about the lack of things to clean. Bakura
threw a pillow at him. "Would you shut up?" Malik frowned and threw
the pillow back at him. Bakura ducked and the pillow struck Yami on the side
of his head. He didn't even notice, but just continued playing Tetris on
Seto's laptop. Being
bored, Joey tossed pillow at Mai, which bounced off her hair and hit Yugi.
"Joey! You messed up my hair!" they both shouted in unison. Joey
snickered loudly. He was bombarded with pillows from Yugi, Mai, and Seto. "No
fair!" he said, then started throwing pillows
at random people. "HEY!" "MY
HAIR!" "STOP
IT!" "MY
HAIR!" "YOU'LL
PAY FOR THAT!" "STOP
HITTING ME!" "OW,
THAT HURT!" "STOP!" "MY
POOR HAIR!" "WOULD
YOU IDIOTS SHUT UP?" Silence. Everyone
looked around to see who said that. Yami Malik growled and stomped upstairs,
cursing in Egyptian. They all glanced at each other and the pillow fight
resumed. Pillows hit everyone, everyone threw pillows. Except for Yami. He
just sat, frozen, at the computer, staring blankly at the screen. The only
part of his body that was moving was his fingers that were on the keyboard. The
words, 'YOU LOSE! HAHA!' flashed on the screen. Yami's jaw dropped in horror. "I...I...I
lost? I LOST!" he screamed. Everyone stopped the Pillow War. The last pillow,
thrown by Serenity, hit Seto on the head without him noticing. They stared
blankly at the screen in silence. The
silence was broken by a snickering Bakura. "YOU LOST! I guess the King
of Games isn't so mighty after all, huh?" He laughed insanely and
started rolling around on the ground, knocking over various items. Yami
didn't even tell him to shut up. He just sat there, staring. He
slowly started a new game, with everyone watching. Monday, April 27th / "Hey,
Malik's cooking again, right?" asked Yugi worriedly. Serenity nodded. "I
think he's starting right now." "I
think I'll go help him. It's better than sitting here and watching Yami play
Tetris." He said, standing up from his spot on the couch. Serenity
glanced around at everyone watching Yami on the computer. She rolled her
eyes. "I
think I'll follow you." Yugi shrugged and led the way to the kitchen. A
heavenly smell was coming from the oven. They both sniffed the air.
"Wow, Malik. Smells good. What is it?" wondered Serenity. Malik,
who had just picked up something in a silver pan from the oven, shrieked in
surprise. During the process, he dropped the pan onto his foot (the same one
that the Windex bottle had dropped on). He yelped at the burn and leaned down
to pick it up, except that he dropped it again, this time on his other foot.
He screamed and slipped his foot away from under the pan. Yugi
and Serenity watched, mildly amused. Suddenly, "He
dropped something from the oven on his foot." Yugi explained, pointing
at the open oven door. "Looks
like he won't be able to cook dinner tonight." she commented, dragging
the body into the living room. Yugi and Serenity followed. She
looked at Yami. "Is he still playing that never ending
game?" Everyone nodded in unison. She rolled her eyes again. "Well,
we still need dinner." At the word 'dinner', everyone's attention left
the computer screen. "What
are we going to eat?" "Who's
cooking?" "Get
this mortal body off of me!" "Aibou,
get OFF!" "..mgn.." "WHO'S
GOING TO COOK?" "How
are we going to eat without Malik?" "I'm
sure we can think of something." "Must...have...food..." "Who
will cook?" "How
about we draw straws?" Serenity suggested. Everyone but Yami looked at
her. Bakura and Yami Malik gave her confused looks. "We get twelve
straws and three of them will be shorter than the others. Whoever draws those
three straws has to cook for the rest of us." she explained. Mostly
everyone agreed to this. "But
how about we eliminate Yami Malik, Bakura, Yami, and Ryou from the choices?
The last time they were responsible for cooking...it didn't turn out all that
well." said Téa. Ryou blushed crimson at her comment. They nodded. "But
we should probably eliminate Yami and Malik, too. They don't seem to be in
the condition to cook." Mai added. Everyone nodded again. So Joey and
Téa were sent out to hunt for straws. Which three "lucky" people
will have to cook for the others? Why did I end at almost the same place as
the first chapter? Why do I get a feeling that dinner will be pure torture? Find out in the next chapter, 'You could've
landed on the moon.' Chapter 4: You Could’ve Landed On The Moon Monday, April 27th / 6: Surprisingly
enough, Joey found straws under the bathroom sink. They were very thin and
the exact color of Pegasus’ suit. (A/n:
cringes) Joey
brought the box of straws back to the living room where everyone was gathered
and set it on the table. Serenity took a pair of scissors and seven straws.
She was about to cut one when Bakura stopped her. “Can
I cut them?” he asked sweetly, mimicking Ryou. Serenity shrugged and handed
them over to him. He turned his back to everyone and started snipping. A
few minutes later, he turned back around, holding all seven straws in his
right hand. Ryou frowned suspiciously. Bakura walked up to Joey. “Pick a
straw,” he commanded. Joey grabbed a random straw, looked, at it, and
grinned. “No
kitchen for me!” he said happily. Bakura rolled his eyes and moved onto Seto.
Seto didn’t even look as he took a red straw. He looked at it. “DAMN!”
he screamed. Joey snickered. “Oh
man, Kaiba’s cooking…” he trailed off, bursting into a fit of hysterical
laughter. Seto turned red. “Shut
up, Chihuahua.” he growled. Joey
stopped and glared at him. “I still think I liked being called porky better.”
he muttered. Seto heard him. “Porky?”
he snickered. Joey glared darkly at him. Serenity cleared her throat. Both
boys stopped arguing and turned back to Isis, who had just drawn a straw. She
grinned happily for not having to cook. Mai drew…one of the short straws. “WHAT?”
she screeched. “I’M NOT COOKING FOR YOU PILE OF LOSERS!” Joey looked at her
curiously. “Didn’t
you say you were our friends?” he asked. Mai
glanced at him. “So? That doesn’t mean that I can’t make fun of you, right?” “Mai,
just deal with it. Remember, Seto has to cook too.” Ryou sighed. Serenity
took a straw. It was normal sized. Téa took a straw. She looked at it and
fainted. Everyone who was not unconscious raised an eyebrow. Malik,
on the other hand, rocketeered way up in the air and dropped back down on
Yami Malik. Bakura rolled his eyes. “Wow,
Malik. You jumped so high that I think you could’ve landed on the moon!” he
commented sarcastically. Malik glared at him and snuggled against Yami
Malik’s chest. Everyone blinked in confusion, then shook their heads, not
wanting to know. Yami Malik smirked and pushed Téa off. She landed in a pile
on the ground. Yugi
blinked. “Umm…okay…” He took one of the remaining straws from Bakura’s fist.
He blinked again and shrugged. “I’m okay with cooking…I
guess.” he said. Joey
grinned. “Okay, Yuge, Kaiba, and Mai are cooking.” He pushed them into the
kitchen and walked back to the living room, where he proceeded to laugh his
head off. Seto
muttered angrily underneath his breath and Mai just scowled. Yugi looked at
the other two. “Um…where
do we start?” he asked timidly. Mai shrugged. Seto glared at him. “We’ll
each prepare a dish. Those losers can pick what they want.” he said, walking
to the refrigerator. Yugi nodded and Mai just shrugged again. They
started to cook. Monday, April 27th / “What
is this stuff?” asked Joey, disgusted. The three ‘cooks’ blinked. On
the table, there was a big plate, several small plates, and a big pot. On the
big plate was what was apparently supposed to be…mashed potatoes, but looked
like oatmeal instead. Courtesy of Seto. Mai
had just put water in the big pot, put on the stove, and thrown in random
things (such as butter, milk, lettuce, and sliced ham). Both
of the above did not look or sound very…appetizing. The smaller dishes were
made by Yugi, and actually looked edible. They were a bunch of traditional
Japanese simple dishes. Everyone instantly started eating from Yugi’s cooking
and not even looking or touching Mai and Seto’s food. Mai
scowled darkly, but ate from Yugi’s dishes. Seto just stood in the corner,
glaring at everyone as if daring them to try his so-called mashed potatoes.
Finally, the hunger got to him and he sat himself down, scooping some of the
potatoes onto his plate. He took a bite and spit it out onto “WATCH
IT!” she screamed. Hey, wouldn’t you do the same thing if somebody had just
spit mush onto your face? Ewww… Anyway,
Yami
was in the exact position he had been in for the last three hours. Except
that his eyes were narrowed more than usual and his face was dangerously
close with the screen. His fingers clicked quickly on the keyboard. Yugi
blinked. He watched as his Yami grinned triumphantly and then… “I-I-…”
he started. “I
LOST AGAIN?” he screamed an ear-shattering scream. So obviously, the eating
people heard and ran into the living room. Yugi was still blinking at Yami.
Bakura went into another fit of hysterical laughter and started rolling
around on the ground. Ryou
glared at his Yami and pulled him up. Bakura wobbled on his feet. “Dizzy…Ry…ou….”
He stood up straight, his face a few centimeters away from Ryou’s. Ryou blushed bright crimson at the closeness and backed away. Yami
was about to press the ‘play again’ button on the computer when Yugi pulled
it away. He handed it to Seto, who put it away in his room. Yami pouted. “Aibou…”
he whined. Yugi shook his head. Meanwhile, Joey had gone back to the kitchen. “Guys,
look what I found!” he shouted. They rushed back into the kitchen, a
little curious. Joey had lined up two bottles of soda. But it didn’t actually
look like soda. It was reddish-pink and had lots of fizzy bubbles. Joey
grabbed some plastic cups. “Want some?” he asked. Yami,
Seto, and Bakura all nodded. Joey poured carefully and handed them the cups.
They drained them quickly. Yami
made a face. “Kind of…sweetish-like…” he commented. Joey shrugged and poured
himself one and drank it in one gulp. Ryou
gave them a worried look. “Guys, are you sure that was safe?” he asked. Serenity
agreed. “This is Pegasus’ basement you know.” The
four guys glanced at each other and simultaneously shrugged carelessly. Everyone
decided to have a Duel Monsters Tournament, since there was nothing better to
do. Monday, April 27th / Téa
woke up to see everyone crowding around Mai and Ryou, who were dueling. So
far, Mai was winning. She yawned. Everyone ignored her. Or maybe they just
didn’t hear. Whatever. So she wandered into the kitchen. Since she was
thirsty, she poured herself a cup of the pink soda. She sipped it. “Hmm.
Not bad. Might need some more flavor though.” She finished drinking and set
the cup in the sink, rinsing it out first. She blinked. Even though she had
just awoken, she was still sleepy, so she settled on the bed in her room. One
word was uttered before she fell into a dreamless sleep. ”Mai.” The
duel between Mai and Ryou took a while to finish. The ending result?
Surprisingly, Ryou won. Mai scowled and said it was just beginner’s luck. Bakura
growled. “Who
are you calling a beginner?” he growled, hugging Ryou. Ryou’s face turned an
interesting shade of red at the embrace. “Yami?”
he squeaked. Bakura looked down at him. “What?” “Why
are you hugging me?” “Why
am I wh--” he looked down and instantly drew his hands back. He turned a
light pink as well. He laughed nervously. Yami
smirked. “Going soft, Thief? Do you love your hikari so much that you’re turning
nice?” he said mockingly. Bakura glared darkly at the former Pharaoh. “I
could say the same for you.” He hissed angrily. Yami blushed lightly and
backed away. With questioning eyes, Yugi looked up at his darker half. Yami
went to his room, Yugi following him to ask him a question. If
Joey had been more careful, he would’ve seen the little note that had once
been pasted on the two bottles before they had been taken out. Peggy’s Red Love Drink Warning: DRINK WITH CAUTION. Makes drinker crazily in love with the
first person they see in the morning after they awaken. May cause
certain…difficulties. Drink one sip only. Too much may overwhelm and
cause obsession. Drink effects will stop only if the person the drinker falls in
love with says the words, “I love you, ” to drinker.
Feelings must be genuine. Drinker will only remember vague details. There is NO antidote. If drinker does not
have somebody say the words by the sunset of the third day, drinker will
suffer extreme consequences. Side Effects: Giggling,
obsession, hiccups, no appetite, MUCH change of personality. Enjoy. Who will Yami, Joey, Seto, Bakura, and Téa
fall in love with? (Actually, it should be pretty obvious.) Why have I added
this incredibly stupid “Love drink” into the plot? What kind of weird and
insane things will happen with this added into the story? Find out in the next chapter, "Love
Drink: Day One" Chapter 5: Love Drink: Day One Tuesday, April 28th / Yugi
blinked as he woke up. He looked to his side. Yami was sitting there, staring
at him with a playful smile. Yugi smiled back,
completely unaware of the reason Yami was staring. “Morning,
Yami.” Yami grinned and hugged Yugi. He blinked confusedly. Was Yami hugging
him? What the? “Morning,
Hikari.” Yami replied, letting go of Yugi and grabbing his arm. He pulled
Yugi out of bed and dragged him to the family room, which had become the
gang’s ‘meeting place/hangout’. Yugi gaped at the sight he was faced with. Seto
and Joey were cuddling and giggling in the corner of one of the couches… Téa
had a tight grip Mai’s ankle. Mai (who DID NOT have any make-up on), was
trying to pry Téa off so she could go and put on her make-up. Malik
and his Yami were engaged in a contest to see who could hold the most pillows
on top of his head…while… …kissing
the other. Obviously,
Malik was winning because…well, you can’t really stack pillows up on Yami
Malik’s hair, right? Both
Yugi
rubbed his eyes to make sure he was seeing correctly. The first thought that
ran through his head was… WHAT IN THE WORLD HAD HAPPENED WHILE I WAS SLEEPING? Yami
giggled softly. Yugi looked up at him. “What
kind of Lovefest is this?” Yugi screamed at the horror of the
sight…of…everything. Tuesday, April 28th / Ryou
opened his eyes to see Bakura looking at him. Their faces were only a few
inches apart. Ryou backed up in surprise, banging his head on the headboard. “Ow…”
he mumbled. Bakura frowned and patted Ryou’s head softly. He leaned down and
nuzzled Ryou’s neck. Ryou let out a short scream of terror and tumbled out of
bed. Bakura looked down at his aibou and blinked cutely. (A/n:
Yes, Bakura blinking cutely. Kind of hard to imagine, ne?) He
jumped down from the bed and landed carefully next to Ryou. “Are
you okay?” he asked worriedly. Ryou looked at his Yami in confusion. Why
is he being so nice? It’s really scaring me. He thought. “What
kind of Lovefest is this?” screamed Yugi from the family room. Ryou blinked
again. Lovefest? He decided to go to the family room to see what Yugi
was shouting about. Bakura followed him, giggling insanely. When
Ryou was faced with the scene in the family room, he was about to scream in
horror. “I
don’t know what’s going on here either.” she answered the unspoken question.
Ryou gaped wordlessly. It
was a strange and oh so disturbing scene to watch. “I…I
think something is wrong with my Yami too…” he trailed off, glancing at
Bakura, who was currently chasing Yami around the room. Yami was screaming
like a girl with his hands in the air. Yugi
was giving the same look to Yami that Ryou was giving to Bakura. The look of
shock. “Téa,
get the f off of me!” Mai screamed angrily, desperately trying to get back to
her room. “I need to put on my make-up!” Téa pouted. “But
you look pretty without it!” she whined. Mai blushed
dark red at the compliment. Serenity started to snicker quietly, quickly
covered her mouth, though it was evident that she was still laughing. Yugi
looked at Ryou. “Uhh…something happened here.” “Duh.”
Ryou replied and sighed. “The problem is, what to we do about it?” Tuesday, April 28th / 2:53 p.m. outside of the Basement, somewhere in
Pegasus’ castle Croquet
smiled to himself. He had just been appointed the head of the employees
because it was rumored through the serv—uh, workers that he had pushed
their boss, or formal boss, out of the window. It had kind of a truth to it,
but Croquet hadn’t actually pushed him out the window. He
wasn’t really the type to go pushing people out windows. Well, there was that
one time Pegasus had told him to throw Bandit Keith off the cliff. That was
fun. Heh. He laughed to himself. Now that he pretty much owned all of
Pegasus’ stuff, he could do whatever he wanted to! So you know what? He decided
to go gambling in But
he didn’t remember that our favorite Mister Pegasus had been ‘informed’ that
there was going to be a Funny Bunny fan convention in that very city. So
he walked right into a trap. Tuesday, April 28th / 3: Mai
groaned. Téa hadn’t stopped being annoying, and was currently babbling
happily about her trip to Malik
and his yami were sleeping, arms around each other. Joey and Seto were extra
giggly and laughing about a joke that Joey had told Seto. A lame joke. A really
lame joke. The
two other dark spirits were currently cuddling with their aibous, who
couldn’t help but cuddle back, making both of the hikaris turn bright red. Serenity
was trying to eat a sandwich, but every time she looked up, she would turn an
unnatural color and have to go to the bathroom to throw up. This happened
every three minutes or so. “Aww…I
love you, Ryou.” Bakura said, arms around Ryou
protectively. Serenity turned an odd shade of yellow and left at once for the
bathroom. You could hear her puking. Ryou
blushed. Had he heard right? Did his Yami just say, “I love you, Ryou”?
Was he hearing wrong? He rubbed his ear. “Excuse
me?” he asked. Bakura pouted slightly and hugged Ryou again. Ryou just
blinked confusedly. Something
slammed onto his head. “OWW!”
he yelled. He heard giggling behind him and turned around. Seto was hiding
behind Joey, both giggling extremely loudly and disturbingly. They were
pointing at something on his head and cracking up. Yami
looked at him and gave a squeak of laughter. Yugi grinned. “Uhh…Ryou?” “What?”
Ryou asked confusedly. “You-you-Go-go-go
look in the mirror.” Yugi said before bursting into a fit of giggles. Ryou
frowned lightly and walked to the nearest of the three bathrooms that
Serenity was not in. … He
looked in the mirror and saw his reflection. He had a frying pan on his head
upside down and on the top, or bottom, it said: Hello, my name is Ryou and I
insert heart Bakura. Ryou blushed an interesting
shade of scarlet and attempted to pull the pan off. It
didn’t work. However
hard he pulled, the bloody pan just wouldn’t come off. It just stuck there.
He pouted at his reflection in the mirror and tried to remove the pan off
slowly. No
such luck. He
sighed. Knock. Knock. Knock knock knock. The door flung open and
Bakura ran in. He frowned. “Why’d
you leave?” Ryou
gave his yami a blank look and pointed to the pan on his head. Bakura blinked
confusedly. “Oh.
I thought you came like that.” He gave a nervous giggle. Ryou
raised an eyebrow, still clueless to what had happened to his yami. He made
up his mind to go punish whoever had done this to him. He tugged Bakura’s
hand and dragged the tomb robber back to the living room. When
he arrived in the ‘meeting place’, nobody noticed him. They were all (except
for Malik and Yami Malik) crowded around Yami and Yugi. Yami made a
hiccupping noise and a half dozen of bright pink bubbles in the shape of
hearts erupted from his mouth. Ryou
raised and eyebrow while Téa said, “Ooh! Pretty bubbles!” Yami covered his
mouth before another load of bubbles came from his mouth. Yugi cocked his
head to the side. “Yami?
Why are you hiccupping pink bubbles?” Yami shrugged and started to say
something again, but hiccupped again. Bakura giggled and ran up to the
bubbles, trying to pop them before they disappeared. Mai,
looked back at Ryou. “Hey, Ryou. Did you get the pan off?” Ryou raised his
eyebrow once again and pointed warily at the pan still stuck on the top of
his white hair. Mai frowned slightly. “Oh.” “Okay,
who did this?” Ryou yelled. The extra weight of the pan was finally getting
on his nerves. Everyone was silent for a few minutes. Until…Seto
and Joey started to giggle in that disturbing way again. Ryou turned on them.
Seto raised his left hand shakily, grinning goofily. Ryou spotted a tube of
superglue in his right hand, still open. He gaped. “Uh-oh…if
it’s superglue…” he started nervously. “It’ll
never come off!” Joey said cheerfully. “Seto?
Where did you get that?” Ryou asked. Seto’s grin widened even more, if that
was possible. He walked out of the living room and to the hall, most everyone
following him cautiously. He stopped suddenly and pointed to a large neon
sign. It
was in the shape of a arrow pointing to the room
right next to it and in bright flashing pink letters it said: The Ultimate
Supply of Superglue. Ryou crept into the room. It was as small as a pantry,
but the entire room except for the area in front of the door was filled with
various tubes of superglue, each looking identical to the one Seto had. Ryou
stomped out of the room and slammed the door harshly. He sank to the ground
in front of the door. “I’m
doomed.” What will happen now? Will Yami ever stop
hiccupping disturbingly pink hearts? Will Ryou ever be able to remove the
frying pan stuck to his head? Can Seto and Joey do anything but giggle? Find out in the next chapter,
"Love Drink: Day Two" |