Kitsune Kitten: Heh, heh. We just have so many ideas.
Disclaimer: Kazuki Takahashi owns Yu-Gi-Oh! I am not Kazuki Takahashi. Put two and two together and you get I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Warnings: OOC-ness, weirdness, shonen ai. Terminal Craziness.
KK: We accidentally made a few mistakes, so we had to repost it.
YAMIS AND HIKARIS ANONYMOUS
Chapter One: The Three C's of a Healthy Relationship.
Domino City Hall, Basement, 8:00 P.M., Monday
Mokuba straightened out the ring of chairs. He had six for the three yami and hikari pairs. One for him so he could be the group's 'therapist.' After all, if you can fly a blimp, you can be a therapist. The online degree helped too. His brother had decided to come to see his brother help the six psychos.
Eight all together. Mokuba made a large ring. That way if anyone else decided to show such as certain 'friends' who never left other 'friends', said 'friends' could sit.
Mokuba cleaned an old chalkboard and readied the nametags.
He was ready. Or . . . was he? Was that screaming upstairs? Did a lion roar? That sounded suspiciously like a squirrel. A loud bang and the squirrel noises stopped.
Mokuba gulped and waited.
Knock, knock.
"It's open, guys."
Ryou opened the door and dragged in Bakura who was in a little kid harness. Ryou tugged hard on the leash and Bakura was through the door. Bakura gave a tug on the leash in his hands and in came a lion.
"Sorry, about the lion, Mokuba." Ryou apologized. "But Mopsy goes everywhere. But don't worry. Mopsy only eats small animals."
"That's all right." Mokuba said, gulping nervously.
There was more screaming upstairs, maniacal laughter, and a bunch of . . . screeching birds?
Marik and Malik Ishtar popped through the door wheeling a wagon with a freakishly huge birdcage. The birds flew around at the top and . . . ferrets rolled around the bottom?
"Guys, this isn't a zoo." Mokuba insisted.
"Dude, I'd rather see Mopsy eating ferrets and birds than my legs. I still have scars!" cried Malik.
"Next time, don't kick it." Marik advised, laughing at his hikari's misfortune.
Seto walked through the door next. Not toting any animals, might I add. Mokuba heaved a huge sigh of relief.
"Big brother, you're here! You're here!" he cried.
"I have a small wager with a rival that you would succeed." Seto said.
"You're betting on my success?" Mokuba demanded.
"Yami said your degree was fake. I told him you earned it. 50 bucks says you can keep control for the full hour and a half. Though, the menagerie is a damper." Seto explained.
At that moment, Yami walked through the door. Yugi bounced in still eating a pixie stick.
"If I hear 999,999,999,999,999 Bottles of Sugar, I mean Beer On the Wall EVER again, it'll be too soon." Yami announced.
"You want me to sing it again?" squeaked Yugi.
"NO!" shouted the room except Mokuba.
"All right. It's 8:06; let's begin." Mokuba said.
Just then, Jounouchi popped in.
"You don't have a yami," stated Seto. "Besides there are enough animals here as it is."
"But Mokuba, you said that the Species Confused Humans/Dogs Anonymous was here tonight." Jou cried.
A big, fat, shiny sweat drop glistened on Mokuba's head.
"Actually I double booked the basement. You can feel free to join us, Jou." He stated, grabbing a chair for the poor Species Confused Human/Dog.
"All right." Jou agreed taking a seat next to Seto.
"Shouldn't you lay on the floor, mutt?" Seto asked sounding aloof.
"Seto, that's enough. We're here to build Healthy Relationships and work on our faults as well as support each other. No name-calling." Mokuba scolded.
"You're grounded." Seto stated.
"Seto, I ask that you respect that four the next hour and twenty-two minutes, I am the superior authority. After that, you may resume you position of guardian. Until then, please cooperate." Mokuba stated.
Seto shut up. After all, he wanted to win his wager.
"Now, let's go around and—" Mokuba started as there came a knock.
Honda and Otogi came in.
"Oops. Sorry, guys. I quadrupled booked the basement for four meetings. My bad." Mokuba said. "Come on in. Grab chairs and settle down."
Honda and Otogi sat down next to Jou.
"All right. Today's the first meeting. So, we're going to get special name tags." Mokuba started.
"Can we ask questions?" Marik asked.
"Do you have a question?" Mokuba asked. Oh, God, why, oh why, did I ever think this was a good idea?
"Are the name tags sharp and/or pointy?" asked Marik.
"No. They're paper on string. Perfectly safe." Mokuba said. "Now, we'll go around and introduce ourselves and why we're here. I'll go first."
Mokuba put on a nametag that said 'Mokuba.'
"My name is Mokuba." Mokuba stated. "And to be really corny in this plot, you all say 'Hi, Mokuba.' "
"Hi, Mokuba," everyone sounded out monotonously.
"And I'm here because a few friends requested help with their yami's/hikari's." Mokuba finished.
He turned to the left where Yami sat. "Your turn."
"My name is Yami." Yami stated.
"Hi, Yami."
There were two boos and a loud roar from Mopsy.
"And my hikari is ignorant to the point of annoyance."
"Let's try not to be accusatory." Mokuba stated. "Yugi?"
"Hi, I'm Yugi!" Yugi shouted, getting up and doing a cartwheel.
". . . Hi, Yugi . . ."
"And my yami is TOO competitive." He did a back flip to his seat.
Ryou was next.
"My name is Ryou Bakura."
"Hi, Ryou."
"And my yami is destructive and enjoys tormenting. I have to keep him on a harness, and he's really starting to get on my nerves."
Bakura was next. He grinned maniacally.
"My name is Bakura."
"Hi, Bakura."
"My hikari thinks I'm insane. And he's right. I'm a 3,000-year old spirit and quite frankly I've went out of my mind. And I'm highly claustrophobic."
"This is very good. We're already making progress."
"Mokuba, Mopsy wants a turn." Bakura whined.
"Okay. Go ahead Mopsy." Mokuba said, calmly and patiently. In the back of his head he was debating whether this experience would lead him to teaching preschool or an insane asylum.
"RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRR!"
"Hi, Mopsy." The gang chorused.
"RAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR, RAAAAAAAAAARRRR, RAAR!"
"She's hungry." Bakura translated. "Hand me a ferret."
"I don't think so!" Mokuba commanded. "You feed Mopsy at your house. I refuse to alone any living being to be harmed here."
"Ryou, did you bring the carrots?" Bakura asked.
"Yes, dear." Ryou sighed handing him a bag of carrots.
"We have refreshments over there." Mokuba said.
"Mopsy's a vegetarian." Explained Ryou. "But she likes to eat with a ferret on her back."
"But, you said it ate small animals!" Mokuba cried.
"Eh . . . well, you see, Bakura informed me Mopsy should be viewed as a scary creature that eats animals. Mopsy was ejected from the pride. Self- esteem issues, catch my drift?"
"Rawr," Mopsy moaned.
"You made him upset! Not speaking to you until I forget I'm angry." Bakura huffed.
Mokuba blinked twice before regaining his nerve.
"All right, then. Seto, it's your turn." Mokuba said.
"My name is Seto Kaiba. Anyone calls me Seto I will—"
"Seto, please!"
"My name is Seto."
"Hi, Seto."
"My little brother decided to host the group therapy session."
"My name is Katsuya."
"Hi, Katsuya."
"And I get called a dog so often, I'm beginning to become worried."
"My name is Hiroto."
"Hi, Hiroto."
"And I'm here to attend the 'Sidekick who Appears Only Because He's Strongest Anonymous' because I have self-esteem issues."
"My name is Ryuji."
"Hi, Ryuji."
"And I'm here because I'm overly proud and need to develop better People Skills."
"Hi, I'm Marik."
"Hi, Marik."
"And I'm here because there was a trail of Tootsie Rolls on the ground."
"I put them there. Hi, I'm Malik."
"Hi, Malik."
"I'm here because Marik drives me insane."
"I don't have a license though." Marik insisted.
"We've had this argument before." Malik sighed. "And remember what I said?"
"Just because I want to run over small animals/children, and elderly people, doesn't mean I'm allowed to drive." Marik recited.
Malik handed him a Tootsie Roll.
"All right." Mokuba said. "Good start. Now that we know what our problems are, we can hope to fix them."
"RAAAAAAR!"
"Except Mopsy. Mopsy's problem is solved." Bakura said, nuzzling Mopsy's neck.
"Except the self-esteem issues," added Ryou.
"That's right! I'm not speaking to you!" Bakura said. "Mopsy would be better if you left her alone."
"Right.." Mokuba said, deliberately ending that conversation. "For tonight, we're going to go over 'The Three C's of a Healthy Relationship.' That way, we can help Each Other."
Mokuba stood up next to the chalkboard and wrote three large C's.
"The first C is Cooperation. We have to work together to overcome out problems. That's why this is a group." Mokuba said. "Now, my problem is my friends are unhappy. So I work with my friends to make them happier."
"Um, Mokuba?" Bakura asked.
"Yes?"
"Does it count if Marik and I kill the pharaoh together?"
"Killing's not allowed in group therapy meetings. But if you worked together to take away Yugi's pixie stick, that'd be a good example. Then, he wouldn't annoy Yami." Mokuba explained.
"Why would we help him?" Marik asked, looking confused.
"Because it's a C." Mokuba said slowly so Bakura could understand. "The second C is Communication. We have to be able to talk to each other civilly. For example, Marik and Bakura can learn to address people by their names. And you have to be able to say nice things about other people. Let's go around the circle and say one nice thing to the person we like least here." Mokuba suggested. "I'll go first. Mopsy, your mane is very shiny."
"RAAAAAAAAAR!"
"Aw, Mokuba! He likes you!" Bakura cried.
"Yami, go ahead." Mokuba advised.
"Can't you go the other way? I need time to think." Yami said.
"Right. Malik, go ahead." Mokuba said.
"Yugi, um . . . that was a great back flip earlier." Malik said, rather ground out between his teeth. Yugi just giggled.
"Good job. Marik?" Mokuba said.
"Yami . . . uh . . . nice Puzzle." Marik tried.
"It's a start. Ryuji?" Mokuba prompted.
"Seto, your coat flares quite nicely and not to mention dramatically." Ryuji said, smoothly.
"Wow, I didn't know you liked Seto the least. I thought it was Yami." Mokuba commented.
"Yes, it was. But now I know that Seto has a personal vendetta against Pegasus." Ryuji replied.
"To each his own. I'm not a personal fan either." Mokuba stated.
That earned Mokuba a loud hiss.
"Uh . . . moving on. Hiroto?" Mokuba said.
"Yugi, your hair gel works nicely." Hiroto stated.
Giggle.
"I thought it was natural. Jou?" Mokuba kept going.
"You have lots of money, Seto." Jou said, eye twitching like mad.
"Seto, I know you can do this. Go ahead." Mokuba said, inwardly groaning.
"You are a loyal person, Katsuya." Seto growled out.
"That wasn't so bad. Mopsy?" Mokuba went on.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAR, RAAAAAAARAAAAAAAAAAAAA, GRRRRR!" Mopsy . . . roared. I mean, what else can a lion do?
"He said you'd make a great mate Seto." Bakura informed him.
"Oh, and you can speak lion?" Seto challenged.
"No. Actually, Mopsy prefers speaking tiger. But you're not smart enough to know." Bakura replied with false sweetness laced in his voice.
"Come on, guys. We're doing so well. Let's keep it up. Bakura, go on." Mokuba said.
"Yami, your eyes are a beautiful color." Bakura said. "Same color as squirrel blood."
"Disturbing, but you did it. Ryou, I know YOU can do this." Mokuba said, feeling reassured.
"Seto, you raised your brother so well." Ryou said.
"Why doesn't anybody like me?" Seto complained, OOC-ness kicking in.
"Ryuji's not the only one who has to work on people skills," Mokuba hinted. "Yugi, go on."
"Like, okay! Seto, you're company is totally awesome!" Yugi chirped.
"Uh, yes. Can I have the pixie stick?" Mokuba asked.
"MINE! YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS! MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Yugi yelled standing on his chair and flipping onto the ferret on Mopsy's back. "RIDE LIKE THE WIND!!!"
"GET OFF OF MOPSY! MY POOR, POOR LION!!!!" shrieked Bakura.
"Yugi Mutou! Get off the lion's back or I will take that pixie stick. And I'll tell your grandfather about your behavior. And he will ground you. Just calm down." Mokuba ordered.
"HE HURT MOPSY! I SHOULD KILL YAMI!" cried Bakura. He stood up and began lunging at Yami.
"Down, boy!" cried Ryou, using the leash to pull him down.
Yugi jumped off of Mopsy's back. Unfortunately, he had turned green. He ran out. Disgusting noises could be heard.
"EW!" cried Ryou, in a girly voice.
"Calm down. Yami, please go check on Yugi. Bakura, please get off the floor." Mokuba advised.
"Stupid harness. I'll just send it to the Shadow Realm." Bakura said, having a major breakthrough.
A swirl of black, blue and purple, and the harness vanished. Bakura began cackling maniacally, until he began coughing. Ryou gently slapped his back till he stopped.
"Thank you," Bakura said. "You're a good person Ryou."
The rest applauded. They had demonstrated the first two C's of a Healthy Relationship.
Yami popped his head back in.
"Yugi had too much sugar. We've got to get home. Oh, and Seto, you're eyes are really pretty when you duel." Yami quickly closed the door.
No one could see but he carried his poor hikari up the four flights of stairs to the ground level first floor city hall. Why anyone needs four staircases to get to a basement, Yami wondered.
Back in the basement, Mokuba grinned. "Now, we're cooking."
"Is that the last C?" asked Jou. "If it is, that's great!"
"The last C is consideration. Bakura thanking Ryou is Considerate. Bakura gets the Three C's of a Healthy Relationship. So, now, we have another half hour. So, we're going to play a game." Mokuba said. "A little fun is always good. Everyone pair up, with someone you don't know or don't like being around. And if you pair up with someone you know well, I'll give you a new partner."
Five minutes later, the partners sat by each. Mokuba had teamed with Mopsy. Seto was sitting angrily by Katsuya (who had tried to team up with Mopsy who bit him). Ryou was sitting with Bakura because he hardly knew his other half. Ryuji was teamed with Malik who was tired of dealing with his yami. Honda therefore ended up with Marik. Unfortunately, Marik decided to be 'considerate' and give him a ferret. However, Honda had a deep fear rooted in a ferret attack when he was three. Honda was then changed with Malik who heaved a large sigh.
"All right. This is the game. It's kind of Jeopardy style. See, I've done some Internet searching. I've compiled a game based on the knowledge I've gathered." Mokuba explained. He rolled the chalkboard around so the other side was showing. There were eight columns. "Our columns today are Birthday, Animals, Dislikes, Crushes, Shoe Size, Phobias, Money, and Lucky Chance."
There were points listed under each column. 200 to 1600 counting by 200's.
"All right, we'll keep track of points on top of the board so everyone knows. Each group gets one question. If they cannot answer it, the next group can answer it. Then, they take their turn. As I know all the answers, Mopsy and I are disqualified." Mokuba announced. He knelt down to Mopsy. "I'll give you a bag of carrots later. Promise."
"RaaaaaaR?" asked Mopsy.
"Promise." Mokuba stood up. "Alphabetical order, Bakura, you first."
"Ryou, you pick." Bakura suggested.
"Crushes, 200," Ryou picked.
"Anzu is the answer." Mokuba read.
The albinos shuddered and conversed for a second.
"Who is Yugi's crush?" answered Ryou.
"Yes. Next, Hiroto." Mokuba said.
The two conversed.
"Lucky Chance for 1600." Hiroto stated; Ryuji looked pretty smug.
"Roll two for a monster." Mokuba stated.
"What is summoning crests from Dungeon Dice Monsters?" yelled Ryuji.
Hiroto gave a huge sweat drop.
Mokuba glanced at his watch. 9:34.
"We'll continue this Wednesday. Meeting adjourned. Great progress guys." Mokuba said. "And then Mopsy, I'll have you a bag of carrots."
TO BE CONTINUED . . .
KK: Oh, my Ra. What happened there? We came up with this on a whim but I couldn't stop.
Four reviews for chapter 2!
KK: We also would like to say that we like Seto. Which is why the most people said nice things to him. We doesn't make sense exactly but. . . then again, the fic is quite different.
Disclaimer: Kazuki Takahashi owns Yu-Gi-Oh! I am not Kazuki Takahashi. Put two and two together and you get I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Warnings: OOC-ness, weirdness, shonen ai. Terminal Craziness.
KK: We accidentally made a few mistakes, so we had to repost it.
YAMIS AND HIKARIS ANONYMOUS
Chapter One: The Three C's of a Healthy Relationship.
Domino City Hall, Basement, 8:00 P.M., Monday
Mokuba straightened out the ring of chairs. He had six for the three yami and hikari pairs. One for him so he could be the group's 'therapist.' After all, if you can fly a blimp, you can be a therapist. The online degree helped too. His brother had decided to come to see his brother help the six psychos.
Eight all together. Mokuba made a large ring. That way if anyone else decided to show such as certain 'friends' who never left other 'friends', said 'friends' could sit.
Mokuba cleaned an old chalkboard and readied the nametags.
He was ready. Or . . . was he? Was that screaming upstairs? Did a lion roar? That sounded suspiciously like a squirrel. A loud bang and the squirrel noises stopped.
Mokuba gulped and waited.
Knock, knock.
"It's open, guys."
Ryou opened the door and dragged in Bakura who was in a little kid harness. Ryou tugged hard on the leash and Bakura was through the door. Bakura gave a tug on the leash in his hands and in came a lion.
"Sorry, about the lion, Mokuba." Ryou apologized. "But Mopsy goes everywhere. But don't worry. Mopsy only eats small animals."
"That's all right." Mokuba said, gulping nervously.
There was more screaming upstairs, maniacal laughter, and a bunch of . . . screeching birds?
Marik and Malik Ishtar popped through the door wheeling a wagon with a freakishly huge birdcage. The birds flew around at the top and . . . ferrets rolled around the bottom?
"Guys, this isn't a zoo." Mokuba insisted.
"Dude, I'd rather see Mopsy eating ferrets and birds than my legs. I still have scars!" cried Malik.
"Next time, don't kick it." Marik advised, laughing at his hikari's misfortune.
Seto walked through the door next. Not toting any animals, might I add. Mokuba heaved a huge sigh of relief.
"Big brother, you're here! You're here!" he cried.
"I have a small wager with a rival that you would succeed." Seto said.
"You're betting on my success?" Mokuba demanded.
"Yami said your degree was fake. I told him you earned it. 50 bucks says you can keep control for the full hour and a half. Though, the menagerie is a damper." Seto explained.
At that moment, Yami walked through the door. Yugi bounced in still eating a pixie stick.
"If I hear 999,999,999,999,999 Bottles of Sugar, I mean Beer On the Wall EVER again, it'll be too soon." Yami announced.
"You want me to sing it again?" squeaked Yugi.
"NO!" shouted the room except Mokuba.
"All right. It's 8:06; let's begin." Mokuba said.
Just then, Jounouchi popped in.
"You don't have a yami," stated Seto. "Besides there are enough animals here as it is."
"But Mokuba, you said that the Species Confused Humans/Dogs Anonymous was here tonight." Jou cried.
A big, fat, shiny sweat drop glistened on Mokuba's head.
"Actually I double booked the basement. You can feel free to join us, Jou." He stated, grabbing a chair for the poor Species Confused Human/Dog.
"All right." Jou agreed taking a seat next to Seto.
"Shouldn't you lay on the floor, mutt?" Seto asked sounding aloof.
"Seto, that's enough. We're here to build Healthy Relationships and work on our faults as well as support each other. No name-calling." Mokuba scolded.
"You're grounded." Seto stated.
"Seto, I ask that you respect that four the next hour and twenty-two minutes, I am the superior authority. After that, you may resume you position of guardian. Until then, please cooperate." Mokuba stated.
Seto shut up. After all, he wanted to win his wager.
"Now, let's go around and—" Mokuba started as there came a knock.
Honda and Otogi came in.
"Oops. Sorry, guys. I quadrupled booked the basement for four meetings. My bad." Mokuba said. "Come on in. Grab chairs and settle down."
Honda and Otogi sat down next to Jou.
"All right. Today's the first meeting. So, we're going to get special name tags." Mokuba started.
"Can we ask questions?" Marik asked.
"Do you have a question?" Mokuba asked. Oh, God, why, oh why, did I ever think this was a good idea?
"Are the name tags sharp and/or pointy?" asked Marik.
"No. They're paper on string. Perfectly safe." Mokuba said. "Now, we'll go around and introduce ourselves and why we're here. I'll go first."
Mokuba put on a nametag that said 'Mokuba.'
"My name is Mokuba." Mokuba stated. "And to be really corny in this plot, you all say 'Hi, Mokuba.' "
"Hi, Mokuba," everyone sounded out monotonously.
"And I'm here because a few friends requested help with their yami's/hikari's." Mokuba finished.
He turned to the left where Yami sat. "Your turn."
"My name is Yami." Yami stated.
"Hi, Yami."
There were two boos and a loud roar from Mopsy.
"And my hikari is ignorant to the point of annoyance."
"Let's try not to be accusatory." Mokuba stated. "Yugi?"
"Hi, I'm Yugi!" Yugi shouted, getting up and doing a cartwheel.
". . . Hi, Yugi . . ."
"And my yami is TOO competitive." He did a back flip to his seat.
Ryou was next.
"My name is Ryou Bakura."
"Hi, Ryou."
"And my yami is destructive and enjoys tormenting. I have to keep him on a harness, and he's really starting to get on my nerves."
Bakura was next. He grinned maniacally.
"My name is Bakura."
"Hi, Bakura."
"My hikari thinks I'm insane. And he's right. I'm a 3,000-year old spirit and quite frankly I've went out of my mind. And I'm highly claustrophobic."
"This is very good. We're already making progress."
"Mokuba, Mopsy wants a turn." Bakura whined.
"Okay. Go ahead Mopsy." Mokuba said, calmly and patiently. In the back of his head he was debating whether this experience would lead him to teaching preschool or an insane asylum.
"RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRR!"
"Hi, Mopsy." The gang chorused.
"RAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR, RAAAAAAAAAARRRR, RAAR!"
"She's hungry." Bakura translated. "Hand me a ferret."
"I don't think so!" Mokuba commanded. "You feed Mopsy at your house. I refuse to alone any living being to be harmed here."
"Ryou, did you bring the carrots?" Bakura asked.
"Yes, dear." Ryou sighed handing him a bag of carrots.
"We have refreshments over there." Mokuba said.
"Mopsy's a vegetarian." Explained Ryou. "But she likes to eat with a ferret on her back."
"But, you said it ate small animals!" Mokuba cried.
"Eh . . . well, you see, Bakura informed me Mopsy should be viewed as a scary creature that eats animals. Mopsy was ejected from the pride. Self- esteem issues, catch my drift?"
"Rawr," Mopsy moaned.
"You made him upset! Not speaking to you until I forget I'm angry." Bakura huffed.
Mokuba blinked twice before regaining his nerve.
"All right, then. Seto, it's your turn." Mokuba said.
"My name is Seto Kaiba. Anyone calls me Seto I will—"
"Seto, please!"
"My name is Seto."
"Hi, Seto."
"My little brother decided to host the group therapy session."
"My name is Katsuya."
"Hi, Katsuya."
"And I get called a dog so often, I'm beginning to become worried."
"My name is Hiroto."
"Hi, Hiroto."
"And I'm here to attend the 'Sidekick who Appears Only Because He's Strongest Anonymous' because I have self-esteem issues."
"My name is Ryuji."
"Hi, Ryuji."
"And I'm here because I'm overly proud and need to develop better People Skills."
"Hi, I'm Marik."
"Hi, Marik."
"And I'm here because there was a trail of Tootsie Rolls on the ground."
"I put them there. Hi, I'm Malik."
"Hi, Malik."
"I'm here because Marik drives me insane."
"I don't have a license though." Marik insisted.
"We've had this argument before." Malik sighed. "And remember what I said?"
"Just because I want to run over small animals/children, and elderly people, doesn't mean I'm allowed to drive." Marik recited.
Malik handed him a Tootsie Roll.
"All right." Mokuba said. "Good start. Now that we know what our problems are, we can hope to fix them."
"RAAAAAAR!"
"Except Mopsy. Mopsy's problem is solved." Bakura said, nuzzling Mopsy's neck.
"Except the self-esteem issues," added Ryou.
"That's right! I'm not speaking to you!" Bakura said. "Mopsy would be better if you left her alone."
"Right.." Mokuba said, deliberately ending that conversation. "For tonight, we're going to go over 'The Three C's of a Healthy Relationship.' That way, we can help Each Other."
Mokuba stood up next to the chalkboard and wrote three large C's.
"The first C is Cooperation. We have to work together to overcome out problems. That's why this is a group." Mokuba said. "Now, my problem is my friends are unhappy. So I work with my friends to make them happier."
"Um, Mokuba?" Bakura asked.
"Yes?"
"Does it count if Marik and I kill the pharaoh together?"
"Killing's not allowed in group therapy meetings. But if you worked together to take away Yugi's pixie stick, that'd be a good example. Then, he wouldn't annoy Yami." Mokuba explained.
"Why would we help him?" Marik asked, looking confused.
"Because it's a C." Mokuba said slowly so Bakura could understand. "The second C is Communication. We have to be able to talk to each other civilly. For example, Marik and Bakura can learn to address people by their names. And you have to be able to say nice things about other people. Let's go around the circle and say one nice thing to the person we like least here." Mokuba suggested. "I'll go first. Mopsy, your mane is very shiny."
"RAAAAAAAAAR!"
"Aw, Mokuba! He likes you!" Bakura cried.
"Yami, go ahead." Mokuba advised.
"Can't you go the other way? I need time to think." Yami said.
"Right. Malik, go ahead." Mokuba said.
"Yugi, um . . . that was a great back flip earlier." Malik said, rather ground out between his teeth. Yugi just giggled.
"Good job. Marik?" Mokuba said.
"Yami . . . uh . . . nice Puzzle." Marik tried.
"It's a start. Ryuji?" Mokuba prompted.
"Seto, your coat flares quite nicely and not to mention dramatically." Ryuji said, smoothly.
"Wow, I didn't know you liked Seto the least. I thought it was Yami." Mokuba commented.
"Yes, it was. But now I know that Seto has a personal vendetta against Pegasus." Ryuji replied.
"To each his own. I'm not a personal fan either." Mokuba stated.
That earned Mokuba a loud hiss.
"Uh . . . moving on. Hiroto?" Mokuba said.
"Yugi, your hair gel works nicely." Hiroto stated.
Giggle.
"I thought it was natural. Jou?" Mokuba kept going.
"You have lots of money, Seto." Jou said, eye twitching like mad.
"Seto, I know you can do this. Go ahead." Mokuba said, inwardly groaning.
"You are a loyal person, Katsuya." Seto growled out.
"That wasn't so bad. Mopsy?" Mokuba went on.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAR, RAAAAAAARAAAAAAAAAAAAA, GRRRRR!" Mopsy . . . roared. I mean, what else can a lion do?
"He said you'd make a great mate Seto." Bakura informed him.
"Oh, and you can speak lion?" Seto challenged.
"No. Actually, Mopsy prefers speaking tiger. But you're not smart enough to know." Bakura replied with false sweetness laced in his voice.
"Come on, guys. We're doing so well. Let's keep it up. Bakura, go on." Mokuba said.
"Yami, your eyes are a beautiful color." Bakura said. "Same color as squirrel blood."
"Disturbing, but you did it. Ryou, I know YOU can do this." Mokuba said, feeling reassured.
"Seto, you raised your brother so well." Ryou said.
"Why doesn't anybody like me?" Seto complained, OOC-ness kicking in.
"Ryuji's not the only one who has to work on people skills," Mokuba hinted. "Yugi, go on."
"Like, okay! Seto, you're company is totally awesome!" Yugi chirped.
"Uh, yes. Can I have the pixie stick?" Mokuba asked.
"MINE! YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS! MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Yugi yelled standing on his chair and flipping onto the ferret on Mopsy's back. "RIDE LIKE THE WIND!!!"
"GET OFF OF MOPSY! MY POOR, POOR LION!!!!" shrieked Bakura.
"Yugi Mutou! Get off the lion's back or I will take that pixie stick. And I'll tell your grandfather about your behavior. And he will ground you. Just calm down." Mokuba ordered.
"HE HURT MOPSY! I SHOULD KILL YAMI!" cried Bakura. He stood up and began lunging at Yami.
"Down, boy!" cried Ryou, using the leash to pull him down.
Yugi jumped off of Mopsy's back. Unfortunately, he had turned green. He ran out. Disgusting noises could be heard.
"EW!" cried Ryou, in a girly voice.
"Calm down. Yami, please go check on Yugi. Bakura, please get off the floor." Mokuba advised.
"Stupid harness. I'll just send it to the Shadow Realm." Bakura said, having a major breakthrough.
A swirl of black, blue and purple, and the harness vanished. Bakura began cackling maniacally, until he began coughing. Ryou gently slapped his back till he stopped.
"Thank you," Bakura said. "You're a good person Ryou."
The rest applauded. They had demonstrated the first two C's of a Healthy Relationship.
Yami popped his head back in.
"Yugi had too much sugar. We've got to get home. Oh, and Seto, you're eyes are really pretty when you duel." Yami quickly closed the door.
No one could see but he carried his poor hikari up the four flights of stairs to the ground level first floor city hall. Why anyone needs four staircases to get to a basement, Yami wondered.
Back in the basement, Mokuba grinned. "Now, we're cooking."
"Is that the last C?" asked Jou. "If it is, that's great!"
"The last C is consideration. Bakura thanking Ryou is Considerate. Bakura gets the Three C's of a Healthy Relationship. So, now, we have another half hour. So, we're going to play a game." Mokuba said. "A little fun is always good. Everyone pair up, with someone you don't know or don't like being around. And if you pair up with someone you know well, I'll give you a new partner."
Five minutes later, the partners sat by each. Mokuba had teamed with Mopsy. Seto was sitting angrily by Katsuya (who had tried to team up with Mopsy who bit him). Ryou was sitting with Bakura because he hardly knew his other half. Ryuji was teamed with Malik who was tired of dealing with his yami. Honda therefore ended up with Marik. Unfortunately, Marik decided to be 'considerate' and give him a ferret. However, Honda had a deep fear rooted in a ferret attack when he was three. Honda was then changed with Malik who heaved a large sigh.
"All right. This is the game. It's kind of Jeopardy style. See, I've done some Internet searching. I've compiled a game based on the knowledge I've gathered." Mokuba explained. He rolled the chalkboard around so the other side was showing. There were eight columns. "Our columns today are Birthday, Animals, Dislikes, Crushes, Shoe Size, Phobias, Money, and Lucky Chance."
There were points listed under each column. 200 to 1600 counting by 200's.
"All right, we'll keep track of points on top of the board so everyone knows. Each group gets one question. If they cannot answer it, the next group can answer it. Then, they take their turn. As I know all the answers, Mopsy and I are disqualified." Mokuba announced. He knelt down to Mopsy. "I'll give you a bag of carrots later. Promise."
"RaaaaaaR?" asked Mopsy.
"Promise." Mokuba stood up. "Alphabetical order, Bakura, you first."
"Ryou, you pick." Bakura suggested.
"Crushes, 200," Ryou picked.
"Anzu is the answer." Mokuba read.
The albinos shuddered and conversed for a second.
"Who is Yugi's crush?" answered Ryou.
"Yes. Next, Hiroto." Mokuba said.
The two conversed.
"Lucky Chance for 1600." Hiroto stated; Ryuji looked pretty smug.
"Roll two for a monster." Mokuba stated.
"What is summoning crests from Dungeon Dice Monsters?" yelled Ryuji.
Hiroto gave a huge sweat drop.
Mokuba glanced at his watch. 9:34.
"We'll continue this Wednesday. Meeting adjourned. Great progress guys." Mokuba said. "And then Mopsy, I'll have you a bag of carrots."
TO BE CONTINUED . . .
KK: Oh, my Ra. What happened there? We came up with this on a whim but I couldn't stop.
Four reviews for chapter 2!
KK: We also would like to say that we like Seto. Which is why the most people said nice things to him. We doesn't make sense exactly but. . . then again, the fic is quite different.