Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh. No one is surprised, so we move on.
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Something About A Trip
by xdragonslayerx
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Chapter 2: Packing ...(or Many Much Fighting)
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"Put them down!"
"Why?"
"Marik!"
"Malik."
Ryou watched the exchange in concern, while Bakura was laughing his but off on the hotel couch. Marik had a hold of Malik's boxers, running around the circular table set up in the middle of the room.
"Give them back!" Goes to the left.
"No." Moves out of reach.
Ryou reached a hand out, "Um, maybe,"
"Get back here!" Malik rushed around, completely ignoring what his friend tried to say.
The whitenette sighed and put his hand down. "Never mind."
Marik psyched a move to the left, then hopped over the king sized bed. Malik ran over, and dove to tackle. "Got cha!"
They both fell with a huge boom over the side of the bed. Bakura fell off the couch he was laughing so hard. Ryou was torn between checking on his boyfriend, or stopping the wrestling match.
Malik was on top, tugging on his black satin boxers that had cost him an arm and a leg to get. "Let go!" Marik pulled them back, "No!" They played a short game of tug-o-war, until a terrible ripping sound hit their ears.
Ryou winced when he heard the noise, "That can't be good." Bakura wiped away some moisture from his eyes, "That's the sound of underwear torn to shreds. You should know it by now, Ryou. After what happened last night..."
The light's face turned pink, "Ba-Bakura!"
"I'm gonna kill you!" Malik brought a fist up to swing-.
"Don't!" Ryou dove over the bed and gripped Malik fist. "It's just boxers, Malik!"
The blonde bared his teeth in fury, "Damned expensive, boxers!"
There was a banging on the hotel door. "Brother? Is everything alright?" The sound of a key sliding into the mechanism.
Malik jumped off and sat on the bed, panicked and hid his torn boxers underneath a pillow. Marik flew up and dashed over to a seat, and decided sitting on the boxers was a good idea. Ryou calmly went to sit on the couch, as did Bakura.
Isis walked in, hotel card in hand. "What was all that noise?"
Malik and Marik looked at each other. Not even under threat of death would they admit the truth to his sister. "Um," Malik was waiting for a believable lie to come to him, "Well..."
"We were reenacting an old duel between Bakura and Atem. We got a little out of hand." Bakura gaped at his light, who had lied with such a smooth tongue. /How the hell/
"Oh, I see." Isis smiled at them. "It's so nice to see you all getting along." She turned to leave, but remembered something. "Oh, yes! Malik, don't forget to buy our Pharaoh's light a present."
Malik gave her a thumbs up, "Sure thing." He motioned to Ryou, "We're going to get him a sort of combined gift."
"Alright, just making sure you remember to get it after you're done packing." Ishizu nodded to the others in the room. "Farewell everyone." She turned around and left.
Marik was the first to bring up Ryou's sudden aptitude at a certain skill, "How did you learn to lie like that?"
Malik smiled, "Thank you for that, but..." He flopped onto his stomach, and rested his chin on his hands. "I am also very curious."
Ryou shrugged, "I had to lie so much when Bakura was-."
"No you didn't, I did all the lying for you." Bakura was a tad upset his perfect light was able to be so deceiving.
Ryou gave him a bemused look, "But I had to lie to my friends at school, to my father over the phone, to my teachers, counselors and/or therapists. You only lied half those people."
Malik and Marik were getting wilder smiles as Bakura seemed to become more and more agitated. "But-but, how-? I mean did I-? Wait, father-?" He put his hands over his face with a groan. "I tainted my light."
Ryou rolled his eyes, "Don't be such a drama queen."
Marik cackled and Malik snickered at Bakura's horrified expression. Malik casually looked over to the clock. "Hey, it's past four. Shouldn't Jou be here?"
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Jou panted and once again attempted to get the collar off his neck. "Kaiba! Let me go!"
The CEO had the end of the leash tied to his bedpost. He was sitting at his desk typing away, "Are you going to tell me the truth?" (a/n: I couldn't resist.)
Jou's cloths were a bit messed up from the pre-bondage fight. "I'm late for-."
"You and those odd balls are scheming a surprise birthday party for the runt. Not important."
Jou practically growled like the mutt Kaiba accused him of being, "This ain't fair!"
Kaiba stopped typing and gave Jou a hard glare. "Not fair?"
Jou gulped, 'Oh no, the look!'
"I would think it unfair for you to keep vital information from me." Kaiba raised himself, his body graceful like a cat's, yet every move was made for a reason. More like a deadly cobra waiting for the right moment to strike. "Perhaps I should persuade you to talk."
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Anzu held up a shirt for Yugi's inspection. "What about this one?"
The teen tilted his head, then shook his head. "Yellow is a bad color for you."
The girl sighed, and threw the blouse over her shoulder, adding to the humongous mountain of clothes. "This is so frustrating!" She pulled a hand through her hair. "I mean, I just have to have the right cloths for the trip!" Anzu was getting a bit panicky. 'I can't keep Yugi distracted forever! I'm running out of cloths!'
Atem was leaning in the doorway, "What about calling Mai? Surely she would have a few things." Translation of code words, 'Should I call the guys and make them hurry up?'
Anzu gave him a beaming smile, "That's a good idea. Could you call her for me?" Translation, 'Yes, please!'
Atem nodded his head and closed the door. Yugi suddenly gave Anzu a dirty look, "I know what you're up to."
The brunette gasped, "Wha-what are you talking about?" She was sweat-dropping big time.
Yugi crossed his arms, "Come on. Asking me to help you pack? I'm not stupid."
'Oh, no!' Anzu shrugged her shoulders and held up her hands, "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Yugi got up, "It's so freakin' obvious!" The teen girl gulped, 'I'm sorry everyone!'
He stomped his foot, "You're trying to move in on my boyfriend!"
Shocked silence..."Huh?"... Anzu snapped out of it. "No! That's not true, Yugi!"
"Yeah right! You've always had a crush on him!"
"That's not-Well, yes, but-."
"See! I knew it!" Yugi pointed at her, "You're a traitor to friendship!"
Gasp! Anzu's face went bright red. "Take it back!" She fisted her hands, 'Friendship means everything to me. He knows that!' (a/n: dear god, everyone knows that.)
Yugi stuck out his tongue, "Make me."
Meanwhile, Atem was talking into his cell phone as quietly as possible. "What do you mean Jou never showed up?"
Ryou's voice answered him, "I know, it's so unlike him. He hasn't called you, has he?"
"No, what about Kaiba?"
"I can't get a hold of him...Do you think they're...?"
Atem shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know."
"Well, I guess we'll just have to try again tomorrow. Can you keep Yugi occupied?"
..."What did you mean by that?"
"Uh, nothing. Why?"
"Never mind." Atem heard some loud thumps coming from Anzu's room. 'It sounds like they're fighting.' Then, an idea came to him. "I'll take Yugi to visit Tristan. That should give you guys about two hours."
"Alright, call me before you guys leave your house."
Bang! Thump/Atem! Help/
"I gotta go Ryou." He hung up and rushed over to open the door. "Yugi!" He coughed, 'What is that?' The overpowering smell invaded all his senses. 'Flowers?'
A little body hurried over and grabbed his wrist, "Run!"
Livid, Anzu came out of her room, "Get back here and apologize!" Both her hands she held colorful bottles like duel-wielding pistols.
Atem couldn't believe his eyes/Anzu was spraying you with perfume! Why/
/It's a long story! Just run/
Anzu was right on their heels, "Damn you!" She shrieked and threw a bottle at them. "Say you're sorry!"
The bottle missed both boys, and shattered on the wall to their left.
/Oh, god/ Atem's eyes started to water. /It's so strong/
/Almost to the door/ Yugi didn't bother to grab their shoes, just flung the door opened and flew out of the apartment like a bat out of heck.
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Jou gasped and finally cried out, "My dad is a jerk, alright? He hits me and stuff!"
Kaiba smirked devilishly, "See, that wasn't so hard now was it?" He wiped his mouth provocatively.
The blonde screeched, "You're such a freakin' tease!"
Kaiba smirked, "Yeah, I know."
"Damn it, moneybags, let me have the stupid sandwich!"
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