CANDYLAND!!!!

"But, Bakura! I wanna play!!" Ryou complained. He tugged on the back of Bakura's jacket. "Please, can't I play?"

"Go play by your yourself," Bakura said in an annoyed tone. "I'm busy at the moment!"

Ryou stuck out his tongue. "You're just taking over the souls of the United Nations leaders. Besides, you can't play Candyland by yourself."

"Then invite some friends over," Bakura told him. Then his eyes widened greedily. "In fact, why don't you invite MALIK over? He's good at, um...games!"

Ryou gave him a strange look, then shrugged. "Okay. We can invite Yugi and Jonouchi, too!"

Bakura sighed and rolled his eyes. "What is the rule about inviting Jonouchi?" he asked. Ryou sighed dejectedly.

"Only if you invite Kaiba to keep him under control," he recited. Bakura grunted his approval and turned back to work.

Ryou pouted at his back before turning to the phone book. When Bakura had been angry this morning (because the supposedly pulp-free orange juice actually did have pulp in it) he had killed the address book, therefore forcing Ryou to look up the numbers all by himself. He opened the book and took a long look at the page. Then he frowned, and a little tear appeared at his eye. "Bakura?" he whined. "Who's Duo Maxwell?!"

Bakura rolled his eyes. "Gimme," he said, taking the phone book. "He's from another series. You look at the top of the page here and then you turn to the letters you need. See? Here's Mutou. That's Yugi's last name. And here is Sugoroku Mutou. That's Yugi's old geezer. You can call him there, at that number."

"Cool!" Ryou said. "I can use a phone book!"

Bakura sighed and patted his head. "You certainly can. Now I have to get back to work." He turned and went back to his little work station and tried taking over free minds again. Shortly after he was interrupted again.

"Bakura?" Ryou called. "What comes before K?"

*half an hour later*

"Yay! Everybody's here!" Ryou cried joyfully. Bakura looked at Marik and Yami with resentment.

"Don't look at me like that! I don't wanna be here either!" Yami said defensively. "Damn police officer said Yugi was too young to drive!"

"He's right, you know," Yugi pointed out.

"Shut up!" Yami said. "If you were tall enough to see over the dashboard, you wouldn't have wound up in Mexico!"

Bakura tried to remain calm. "Well, now that you're here, you might as well stay," he said as calmly as he could.

Ryou smiled at the guests. "Would you like some cookies? Bakura made them all by himself!" There was a small stampede to the kitchen as everyone admired Bakura's cookies.

"Oh.my.God." Jonouchi whispered in awe.

"Sweet Re," Malik said.

Festively arranged and neatly plastic wrapped was a small pile of cookies shaped like bunnies. They were stained glass cookies carefully shaped and expertly color coordinated for maximum cuteness. Every one averted their eyes, except for Yami, who kept staring from Bakura to the cookies.

"For Re's sake, Pharaoh, look away," Marik whispered.

"I can't help it.it's so beautiful."

Bakura screamed at them and punched a hole in the wall before he dashed, crying into the bedroom. "No, Bakura, wait!!" Ryou cried, running after him. "They didn't mean it!! They're manly cookies, MANLY cookies!!"

Half an hour later, when Bakura had controlled himself (and changed his tampon. Just kidding!), the eight of them sat around the Candyland board. "Okay, since there are so many of us, we should make four teams."

"I wanna be on Bakura's team!" Marik said suddenly.

"NO!" Bakura shouted, grabbing Ryou possessively around the waist. Kaiba rolled his eyes.

"Whatever, just as long as you don't pair me with Yugi or the puppy dog," he said. Jonouchi pouted and mumbled something about puppy dogs and a very uncomfortable ass.

"Okay, how about we have the Yamis with their Hikaris, since it's easier," Yugi suggested. Yami shot him a very provocative look.

"No!" Kaiba yelled. "I will not be with the puppy dog! You can't make me!"

"Yes we can!" Bakura and Yami said at the same time. Kaiba growled, but he thought Shadow Realm Candyland would be a little too fun for his taste, so he kept his mouth shut.

"Looks like you're with me after all, Mr. Tight-ass!" Jonouchi said happily.

"Very tight, this ass," Yami said, poking it. Kaiba yelped and jumped up out of his seat.

"Will everyone please calm down?" Malik said. "If we can't play Candyland like civilized adults, I don't know what the world's coming to."

"My domination!" Marik yelled. "Yes, I shall be the ruler of-"

"Yes, yes, of course you will, dear," Malik said with a sigh.

"Can we play now?" Ryou whined.

"SHUT UP!!" Everyone yelled.

"Oh, great, now you've made Yugi cry!"