Warning: Fluff and fluff and more fluff. This is a continuation from Kuruma. I highly suggest you go an' read that first.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or it's characters. But I wish I did. ~.~;

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It was a year after Malik had died so suddenly in the tragic accident. Yuugi still felt the strange emptiness within him when he thought of the cry and the screeching tires, the blood and ambulance sirens. He had recovered for the most part, though. Life had returned to a relatively normal pattern. Isis, however, was also gone. Crushed by her little brother's death, she had gone back to Egypt, trying to escape the painful memories. Malik had said as he died that he wanted her to have his deck, but she had given it to Yuugi along with the Sennen Rod. "Keep it, please," she had begged, her eyes filling with tears. "It hurts to remember. I feel the emptiness all the more when I look the cards he once held."

Jounouchi, who had bounced back the fastest, decided out of the blue one day to take Shizuka to the beach, like he had promised long ago. The plans grew from a day of relaxation to tent camping right on the beach, and then all the more because everyone wanted to go along. In the end, they all decided on an overnight with Jounouchi, Shizuka, Yuugi, Honda, Anzu, Bakura, Mai, Seto, and Mokuba.

Setting up took a good while, but not overly long. After a lot of arguing about which way the poles and stakes went, they finally had the tents (a really big guys' tent and a smaller one for the girls) in a presentable fashion, but everyone was hot and irritated. Shizuka, ever the kind one, suggested that they change and go for a walk down the beach. This was met with unanimous approval, and after about five minutes, everyone was ready to go.

As they made their way down the sands, Jounouchi spotted something up ahead. "Hey look, guys! It's some sort of sand castle!"

As they got closer, it was evident that he wasn't exactly right. "It's…a pyramid!" exclaimed Yuugi. So it was. Made entirely out of sand, it was about three and a half feet tall and four-sided (not counting the base, which was buried). They stood around admiring it.

"It looks like it was just built."

"But there's no one else around here."

"You're right. But it's really nice."

"Hey, I bet I can jump right over it!"

"I bet you can't, Jounouchi."
"Just watch me!" Jounouchi took a running start and leapt, but tripped on a piece of coral that had washed up on the sands. He fell unceremoniously on his face into the structure, shattering it in an explosion of sand. He stopped half way, though, having hit something quite solid in the middle.

"Are you okay, Oniisan?"

"Just fine," he mumbled, sitting up. "Ow…"

"What's that in the sand?" asked Honda.

"Let's find out." They cleared the remains of the pyramid away to uncover something smooth and not quite round. It was…

"It looks like an egg," said Honda.

"An egg??" shrilled Anzu. "That thing has to be at least two feet long, and it's purple."

"Almost purple," put in Seto. "It's sort of goldish, too."

Upon further inspection, they realized that it was a deep purple with hairline threads of gold crisscrossing the surface, giving it a sort of shine in the sunlight. "I still think it's an egg," said Honda.

"Great!" exclaimed Jounouchi. "Can we cook it and eat?"

"Um…maybe we should see what comes out of it," suggested Yuugi, sweatdropping. "We've got plenty of other food at the campsite."

"Ohh…okay."

Using their famous method of teamwork, the group managed to roll the thing back to the campsite, where they left it under a tree. With the excitement of making dinner over a fire, they completely forgot about it in a very short time. Everyone crawled into his or her tent to sleep. There was a furious but short argument when Yami appeared, because of the combined factors of limited space and Yami's impossible hair. Yami protested but was locked in his soul room anyways. They finally settled down and were just falling asleep when Yuugi and Bakura sat bolt up at the same moment. "Nng…go back to sleep you guys," groaned Jounouchi.

Neither did.

Aren't I evil! You have to WAIT for me to update.