Disclaimer: not mine, plain and simple ^_^
Warnings: no bashing! no humiliating! I would never, especially not to Bakura! I like him too much... then what's this about? Bakura's becomes a girl. Why? It's been done, right? for other fics yeah... so I figure I should give it a try. How did he? my 'counter-part/muse' makes a cameo...
Nanaki: WAI! I am now called her muse!!!
And... alright, let's start? Coupling...? it's me, I think it's kinda obvious...
Nanaki: Tristan/Bakura... *shrugs, then grins and opens a can of canned laughter*
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Bakura hopped out of the van, his eyebrow raised, impressed. It was a beautiful two-floored log cabin. Almost something out of a story. The whole building looked warm and inviting already, despite the small lack of civilization.
"Well, what do you think?" Joey Wheeler asked, with a grin.
"It feels like I'm imposing..." Bakura said, slowly.
"Why would you feel that way?" Yugi Muto asked, with a small smile. "Friends are allowed to come up here... and you're a friend..."
Bakura bit his lip, "yes... thank you, Joey..."
"Nah, no problem..." Joey replied, waving a hand cheerfully.
"Don't see why you invited me..." Seto Kaiba muttered, as he shouldered his backpack.
"Do one kind gesture, what's he do? Complain..." Joey said, with a roll of his eyes. Kaiba silently glared at him.
"Hey, as long as you guys get along, then there'll be nothing wrong with this trip..." Tea Gardner chirped cheerfully. She took a deep breath, "smell that air!"
"Smells like pine, what's the big deal?" Tristan Taylor asked, with a playful roll of his eyes.
"Crisp, isn't it?"
"Depends..." the brunette replied.
"Town's only half an hour away, so... see? Not that far from civilization..." Joey informed the others, with a grin.
"That's all well and good, Joey..." Kaiba said, coldly, as he rolled his blue eyes. "Now how about letting us in, before we all freeze...?"
Joey blinked, confused for a second. Then it dawned on him that he had the keys. "Oh yeah..." he dashed up the front steps, slipping slightly, then jammed the key in the lock, and unlocked the door.
"Come on in... shoes off... oh yeah, Tristan... you have firewood duty..." Joey said, with a small grin. Tristan pursed his lips for a moment, then he sighed in mild agitation.
"Typical... yeah, yeah... I'm off..." He strided up the steps, and dropped his bag inside, then headed for the back of the cabin, to get to the wood shed.
Bakura watched him walk away. Yugi looked up at the silver-haired boy, "Bakura?"
The taller boy jumped, and looked down at Yugi, hastily, "uhh, yes?"
Yugi raised an eyebrow. "Why were you looking at Tristan?" he asked, slowly.
Bakura swallowed, then shrugged, "ummm, I was just wondering if he's been here before... he seems to know what he's doing..."
Yugi nodded, "I think he's been up here two years ago, or so..."
"Oh..."
"Come on guys... you don't wanna catch a cold while we're up here, do you?" Tea called from the door. Both boys shook their heads, and walked up the steps.
***
"Tea...?"
Tea looked up from her magazine, "what's up, Yugi?"
Yugi sat across from her, "I'm just curious about something..." Tea blinked, as she pushed her magazine aside.
"Curious about what...?"
"About..." Yugi trailed off merely pointed at Bakura. He was glancing at Tristan, every so often. And he was very good at it. It went unnoticed. Well, with Yugi as the exception. Tea smiled, widely.
"Oh!"
Yugi shook his head, "not a word..."
Tea covered her mouth, then leaned closer to Yugi, unable to hide her grin. "Wow... you think...?" she started to whispered, eagerly.
Yugi shrugged, "he was also looking out the window, while Tristan was getting the firewood..." he informed her.
Tea tapped her chin. This had promise. Then her heart lifted. Tristan was playing chess with Joey. And the brunette snuck a casual glance at Bakura.
Tea's grin grew wider, and she started rubbing her hands together, Yugi sighed. Maybe it was a mistake to tell Tea, he thought, almost glumly.
***
"Well, goodnight, everyone..." Bakura said, as he stood up.
"It's only 10:30..." Joey protested.
"Must be the early sunsets... goodnight..." Bakura said, with a small smile. He closed his book, and headed for the stairs. Joey raised an eyebrow, then shrugged. He turned back to the game, then blinked.
"You in there, Tristan?" he asked.
Tristan shifted his eyes back to Joey, "what?"
"Were you checking out Bakura?" Joey grinned. Tristan shrugged, and moved his rook across the board. "Were you?" the blonde asked, again.
"Your move..."
Joey sighed, and moved his pawn up. "Why not just admit it...? I mean I'm glad you're over Miho, and all, and you always do this... here you are, a perfect place to hook up with someone, and you're sittin here with me..."
Tristan frowned, and moved his pawn up, making sure to make it diagonal from Joey's pawn. "No offense, Joey... but it's none of your business..."
Joey sighed, and took Tristan's pawn, who took the pawn with his knight, leaving Joey's king in the open. "Check..." Tristan added.
Joey frowned, moving the king, only to lose his bishop. "You gonna do anythin...?"
Tristan rested his chin in his hand, looking over the board, "about what?"
"Bakura..."
Tristan was quiet for a moment, as he thought up a strategy. Spotting Joey shifting impatiently, the brunette sighed. "What am I supposed to do...?" he asked, dryly, seeing a particular move. But it would require sacrificing his knight. So he moved his bishop.
"Anythin... you've been looking at him for almost three months now..." Joey said, as he moved his king. "Don't think I haven't noticed..." Tristan smiled, wryly, as he moved a pawn for no real reason. Then Joey moved his bishop a few squares. "Check..."
Tristan moved his king. "Your move... look, I just don't think Bakura would be interested in someone like me... so, call it... worshipping from afar..."
Joey frowned, and moved his knight, to go after Tristan's queen. "I call it stupidity..."
Tristan smirked, "puh-tay-toe, puh-tah-toe..." he said, curtly. He ignored the knight for the time being. It was too far to worry about now. Joey grinned at his best friend, as he shook his head, in mild exasperation.
"You're hopeless.... always putting yourself down..." he blinked, as Tristan took his other rook with his own. He silently cursed himself for not noticing.
"Thanks, Joey... I forgot you could be a pop therapist..."
Joey sighed, and moved his other knight, since he was more partial to the knight rather than the bishop. Tristan moved his bishop a few squares. "I'm serious... you're a smart guy, you play chess... you have some musical skills... you're a hopeless romantic, too..." Joey pointed out.
"Again, thank you, Joey... but I don't need an ego-boost..." Tristan retorted as he moved his rook over, and took Joey's bishop. Without hesitation, Joey took the rook with his queen. Tristan smirked, and moved up his bishop, and took the queen.
"Damn..." Joey sighed, and glanced over the board. Take the bishop, he would be right in line with Tristan's knight. So without a better move, he moved a pawn.
"Well, as fun as all this is..." Tristan said shortly, and took his queen out. Joey sighed, shoulda seen that coming, he thought. Tristan always brought out his queen when he was ready for the kill. Joey looked over the board again. Tristan, he played strategically from the first move. And the duelist saw he was about to be handed his loss, after his next move.
Joey frowned, and pushed his knight up, taking Tristan's bishop. Tristan smiled, obviously an unimportant piece. He moved the queen, and smiled. "Check..."
Joey frowned, and held his king, as he looked for a place to move. Not there, the knight. Not there, either, the bishop. And of course the queen. Joey sighed, checkmate. He nudged the king, knocking it over. "Why do you say 'check' when you know it's a checkmate..."
Tristan shrugged, "I don't like to gloat..."
"Maybe I can play you, Tristan... you seem like a challenge..." Kaiba said, looking up from his laptop. Tristan raised an eyebrow, but nodded.
"Sure..."
Joey stood up, so Kaiba could take his seat, he punched Tristan lightly in the arm. "You gotta do something about it, sooner or later..."
Tristan nodded, without really listening, as he set up the pieces again. Kaiba, after taking Joey's seat, did the same.
***
A nice dark room, it was warm, too. Even with the cold weather outside. Bakura laid in bed, snuggled cozily in his comforter. He was asleep. Unaware of the the slight jarring of the window.
A figure managed to push up the window, opening it. The figure was too skinny to be a guy. It was a girl. She stepped into the room, shivering. "No respect for geniuses..." she grumbled, then she grinned, at the sleeping figure. His breathing slow and rythymic, definitely a sign of sleepiness. She tip-toed over, and held up her hands, over Bakura's slender form. Softly, she recited an incantation. That sounded suspiciously like "bibidi, babadi boo..."
The girl cackled, in a slightly maniacal way. Bakura shifted slightly causing the girl to panic, so she turned, and scurried towards the window, trying to dive out. But the window slid down. WHUMP! And it was now holding her in place.
"Ack!" she yelped. She pulled at some dry weeds outside, to try and pull herself out. To no avail, since the weeds just got pulled out of the ground.
"Help me, furry friends!" she whispered, urgently. Then a Bambi-like fawn walked to her. "Good, good... get me out of here..." she hissed. The fawn never moved. The girl scowled, "get me outta here!" she repeated. The fawn nipped at her hair. The girl sighed, "fine furry friends my foot..."
Then a large buck appeared out of the nowhere, and grabbed the girl by her collar, then yanked her out. "OW! HEY! ACK!" the girl protested at the rough treatment, as she hit the ground. She jumped to her feet. "Okay... that works... and now, to the forest, my friends! To avoid..." she blinked, as the deer started running gracefully back into the forest, without her. "HEY! WAIT FOR ME!" she yelled, and ran after them, stumbling along the way.
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Nanaki: *smiles happily* guess who that was!? *blinks, reading it over* SKINNY!?
Nanashi: *shrugs* everything in the last part, belongs to Disney, okey- dokey? okey dokey...
Nanaki: I am not skinny!
Nanashi: of course you're not ^_^ alrighty, next up...
Nanaki: you think I'm skinny?!?!?!
Nanashi: *hums loudly, and starts working on the next chapter*
Warnings: no bashing! no humiliating! I would never, especially not to Bakura! I like him too much... then what's this about? Bakura's becomes a girl. Why? It's been done, right? for other fics yeah... so I figure I should give it a try. How did he? my 'counter-part/muse' makes a cameo...
Nanaki: WAI! I am now called her muse!!!
And... alright, let's start? Coupling...? it's me, I think it's kinda obvious...
Nanaki: Tristan/Bakura... *shrugs, then grins and opens a can of canned laughter*
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Bakura hopped out of the van, his eyebrow raised, impressed. It was a beautiful two-floored log cabin. Almost something out of a story. The whole building looked warm and inviting already, despite the small lack of civilization.
"Well, what do you think?" Joey Wheeler asked, with a grin.
"It feels like I'm imposing..." Bakura said, slowly.
"Why would you feel that way?" Yugi Muto asked, with a small smile. "Friends are allowed to come up here... and you're a friend..."
Bakura bit his lip, "yes... thank you, Joey..."
"Nah, no problem..." Joey replied, waving a hand cheerfully.
"Don't see why you invited me..." Seto Kaiba muttered, as he shouldered his backpack.
"Do one kind gesture, what's he do? Complain..." Joey said, with a roll of his eyes. Kaiba silently glared at him.
"Hey, as long as you guys get along, then there'll be nothing wrong with this trip..." Tea Gardner chirped cheerfully. She took a deep breath, "smell that air!"
"Smells like pine, what's the big deal?" Tristan Taylor asked, with a playful roll of his eyes.
"Crisp, isn't it?"
"Depends..." the brunette replied.
"Town's only half an hour away, so... see? Not that far from civilization..." Joey informed the others, with a grin.
"That's all well and good, Joey..." Kaiba said, coldly, as he rolled his blue eyes. "Now how about letting us in, before we all freeze...?"
Joey blinked, confused for a second. Then it dawned on him that he had the keys. "Oh yeah..." he dashed up the front steps, slipping slightly, then jammed the key in the lock, and unlocked the door.
"Come on in... shoes off... oh yeah, Tristan... you have firewood duty..." Joey said, with a small grin. Tristan pursed his lips for a moment, then he sighed in mild agitation.
"Typical... yeah, yeah... I'm off..." He strided up the steps, and dropped his bag inside, then headed for the back of the cabin, to get to the wood shed.
Bakura watched him walk away. Yugi looked up at the silver-haired boy, "Bakura?"
The taller boy jumped, and looked down at Yugi, hastily, "uhh, yes?"
Yugi raised an eyebrow. "Why were you looking at Tristan?" he asked, slowly.
Bakura swallowed, then shrugged, "ummm, I was just wondering if he's been here before... he seems to know what he's doing..."
Yugi nodded, "I think he's been up here two years ago, or so..."
"Oh..."
"Come on guys... you don't wanna catch a cold while we're up here, do you?" Tea called from the door. Both boys shook their heads, and walked up the steps.
***
"Tea...?"
Tea looked up from her magazine, "what's up, Yugi?"
Yugi sat across from her, "I'm just curious about something..." Tea blinked, as she pushed her magazine aside.
"Curious about what...?"
"About..." Yugi trailed off merely pointed at Bakura. He was glancing at Tristan, every so often. And he was very good at it. It went unnoticed. Well, with Yugi as the exception. Tea smiled, widely.
"Oh!"
Yugi shook his head, "not a word..."
Tea covered her mouth, then leaned closer to Yugi, unable to hide her grin. "Wow... you think...?" she started to whispered, eagerly.
Yugi shrugged, "he was also looking out the window, while Tristan was getting the firewood..." he informed her.
Tea tapped her chin. This had promise. Then her heart lifted. Tristan was playing chess with Joey. And the brunette snuck a casual glance at Bakura.
Tea's grin grew wider, and she started rubbing her hands together, Yugi sighed. Maybe it was a mistake to tell Tea, he thought, almost glumly.
***
"Well, goodnight, everyone..." Bakura said, as he stood up.
"It's only 10:30..." Joey protested.
"Must be the early sunsets... goodnight..." Bakura said, with a small smile. He closed his book, and headed for the stairs. Joey raised an eyebrow, then shrugged. He turned back to the game, then blinked.
"You in there, Tristan?" he asked.
Tristan shifted his eyes back to Joey, "what?"
"Were you checking out Bakura?" Joey grinned. Tristan shrugged, and moved his rook across the board. "Were you?" the blonde asked, again.
"Your move..."
Joey sighed, and moved his pawn up. "Why not just admit it...? I mean I'm glad you're over Miho, and all, and you always do this... here you are, a perfect place to hook up with someone, and you're sittin here with me..."
Tristan frowned, and moved his pawn up, making sure to make it diagonal from Joey's pawn. "No offense, Joey... but it's none of your business..."
Joey sighed, and took Tristan's pawn, who took the pawn with his knight, leaving Joey's king in the open. "Check..." Tristan added.
Joey frowned, moving the king, only to lose his bishop. "You gonna do anythin...?"
Tristan rested his chin in his hand, looking over the board, "about what?"
"Bakura..."
Tristan was quiet for a moment, as he thought up a strategy. Spotting Joey shifting impatiently, the brunette sighed. "What am I supposed to do...?" he asked, dryly, seeing a particular move. But it would require sacrificing his knight. So he moved his bishop.
"Anythin... you've been looking at him for almost three months now..." Joey said, as he moved his king. "Don't think I haven't noticed..." Tristan smiled, wryly, as he moved a pawn for no real reason. Then Joey moved his bishop a few squares. "Check..."
Tristan moved his king. "Your move... look, I just don't think Bakura would be interested in someone like me... so, call it... worshipping from afar..."
Joey frowned, and moved his knight, to go after Tristan's queen. "I call it stupidity..."
Tristan smirked, "puh-tay-toe, puh-tah-toe..." he said, curtly. He ignored the knight for the time being. It was too far to worry about now. Joey grinned at his best friend, as he shook his head, in mild exasperation.
"You're hopeless.... always putting yourself down..." he blinked, as Tristan took his other rook with his own. He silently cursed himself for not noticing.
"Thanks, Joey... I forgot you could be a pop therapist..."
Joey sighed, and moved his other knight, since he was more partial to the knight rather than the bishop. Tristan moved his bishop a few squares. "I'm serious... you're a smart guy, you play chess... you have some musical skills... you're a hopeless romantic, too..." Joey pointed out.
"Again, thank you, Joey... but I don't need an ego-boost..." Tristan retorted as he moved his rook over, and took Joey's bishop. Without hesitation, Joey took the rook with his queen. Tristan smirked, and moved up his bishop, and took the queen.
"Damn..." Joey sighed, and glanced over the board. Take the bishop, he would be right in line with Tristan's knight. So without a better move, he moved a pawn.
"Well, as fun as all this is..." Tristan said shortly, and took his queen out. Joey sighed, shoulda seen that coming, he thought. Tristan always brought out his queen when he was ready for the kill. Joey looked over the board again. Tristan, he played strategically from the first move. And the duelist saw he was about to be handed his loss, after his next move.
Joey frowned, and pushed his knight up, taking Tristan's bishop. Tristan smiled, obviously an unimportant piece. He moved the queen, and smiled. "Check..."
Joey frowned, and held his king, as he looked for a place to move. Not there, the knight. Not there, either, the bishop. And of course the queen. Joey sighed, checkmate. He nudged the king, knocking it over. "Why do you say 'check' when you know it's a checkmate..."
Tristan shrugged, "I don't like to gloat..."
"Maybe I can play you, Tristan... you seem like a challenge..." Kaiba said, looking up from his laptop. Tristan raised an eyebrow, but nodded.
"Sure..."
Joey stood up, so Kaiba could take his seat, he punched Tristan lightly in the arm. "You gotta do something about it, sooner or later..."
Tristan nodded, without really listening, as he set up the pieces again. Kaiba, after taking Joey's seat, did the same.
***
A nice dark room, it was warm, too. Even with the cold weather outside. Bakura laid in bed, snuggled cozily in his comforter. He was asleep. Unaware of the the slight jarring of the window.
A figure managed to push up the window, opening it. The figure was too skinny to be a guy. It was a girl. She stepped into the room, shivering. "No respect for geniuses..." she grumbled, then she grinned, at the sleeping figure. His breathing slow and rythymic, definitely a sign of sleepiness. She tip-toed over, and held up her hands, over Bakura's slender form. Softly, she recited an incantation. That sounded suspiciously like "bibidi, babadi boo..."
The girl cackled, in a slightly maniacal way. Bakura shifted slightly causing the girl to panic, so she turned, and scurried towards the window, trying to dive out. But the window slid down. WHUMP! And it was now holding her in place.
"Ack!" she yelped. She pulled at some dry weeds outside, to try and pull herself out. To no avail, since the weeds just got pulled out of the ground.
"Help me, furry friends!" she whispered, urgently. Then a Bambi-like fawn walked to her. "Good, good... get me out of here..." she hissed. The fawn never moved. The girl scowled, "get me outta here!" she repeated. The fawn nipped at her hair. The girl sighed, "fine furry friends my foot..."
Then a large buck appeared out of the nowhere, and grabbed the girl by her collar, then yanked her out. "OW! HEY! ACK!" the girl protested at the rough treatment, as she hit the ground. She jumped to her feet. "Okay... that works... and now, to the forest, my friends! To avoid..." she blinked, as the deer started running gracefully back into the forest, without her. "HEY! WAIT FOR ME!" she yelled, and ran after them, stumbling along the way.
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Nanaki: *smiles happily* guess who that was!? *blinks, reading it over* SKINNY!?
Nanashi: *shrugs* everything in the last part, belongs to Disney, okey- dokey? okey dokey...
Nanaki: I am not skinny!
Nanashi: of course you're not ^_^ alrighty, next up...
Nanaki: you think I'm skinny?!?!?!
Nanashi: *hums loudly, and starts working on the next chapter*