Chapter 2

Sun, Sand, and Surf

A half an hour passed before Joey found the correct house. Believe it or not, quite a few people in Domino City owned beach houses. Confidently, Kayla had been the only one that wasn't ridiculously decorated with plastic pink flamingos, and tiki lamps.

"Alright. Everybody get the hell out." Joey said. "Exits are to your left and right. Thank you for flying Air Joey."

"Remind me to have someone other than Joey drive next time." Tea said.

"Hey it's not my fault you're a lousy co-pilot!"

"I pointed you in the right direction to begin with!" Tea argued. "You blatantly ignored me!"

"I swear this has become even more of a frequent thing with the two of them." Kayla said to Yugi.

Yugi nodded. "Yeah, it's getting a bit annoying."

Gavin had been the one to step in and end the arguing. When that had been situated, Kayla began to discuss the rooms.

"Alright, there are two master bedrooms upstairs, and there are three guest bedrooms downstairs. There are two beds in each room, so no one will have to share a bed if they're uncomfortable with that, and each room has a bathroom. The only down side is that almost everyone will have to share a room."

"Yumi and I will take one of the upstairs bedrooms." Gavin said. "If no one else has a problem with it of course."

No one said anything against it. With that decided, Gavin and Yumi (A/N: Picture of her is on my profile by the way) picked up their bags, and walked into the house.

"I guess I can take one of the rooms downstairs." Joey said. "Anyone care to join me?"

If there had been a cricket nearby, it would've chirped at that moment. No one voulenteered.

"Alright fine!" Joey said crossing his arms. "Be that way. This just shows the love everyone has for old Joey."

Tristan sighed. "Alright man. I'll bunk with you."

Joey grinned. "Thanks Tristan old buddy."

"I guess it's for the best." Kayla said. "That way the two snorers are downstairs."

After a moment of silence, Yugi piped up. "Um... Tea? You wouldn't mind sharing a room with me would you?" a slight blush crept across his face, and he was close enough to stuttering.

Tea smiled, flattered. "Of course Yugi! I wouldn't mind at all."

Yugi started grinning, and walked inside with her. Once they'd left, Bakura stepped forward to Kayla. "I guess that leaves just us."

Kayla nodded. "I guess it does." She said smiling. "But don't think that means anything Bakura. My brother is here too now."

"I know. But with that girlfriend of his, I'm almost certain he'll be busy for the rest of the two weeks."

Kayla sighed, disgusted with the thought. "Don't remind me. Please. Those two have been playing tonsil hockey since they got in the car. Not exactly what I want to see for two weeks."

"What about that bothers you by the way?" Bakura asked, as the two walked inside and up the stairs. "Is it the fact that it's you're older brother? Or the fact that they're constantly doing it?"

"A little bit of both to be honest." Kayla admitted. "I mean, say you had an older sister. Wouldn't you be grossed out if she and her boyfriend were constantly sucking on each other's faces all the damn time?"

Bakura chuckled. "I would assume so."

Kayla opened up the door to the bed room they would be sharing. The room had two of everything. Two beds, two side tables, two lamps, and two dressers. Kayla chose her bed, and set her backpack on top of it. "Well this is it."

"Is it really necessary to have everything so separate?" Bakura asked, setting his own backpack on his own bed.

"You've never met my dad. Likes everyone to keep their hands to themselves." Kayla said, unzipping her backpack and beginning to unpack. "That reminds me, you never have met my dad."

"Nor do I really want to." Bakura said.

"You'll have to meet him sooner or later."

"Not if I keep stalling." He said with a smirk.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Oh nothing. Nothing at all."

Kayla was about to respond when there was a knock at the door. "Who is it?" she asked.

"It's Tea." Tea said through the door. "We're all going swimming and going to hang out on the beach. Wanna come?"

"Hell yeah!" Kayla said, jumping up. "Just gimme a second." She grabbed her swim suit out of her backpack, and turned to Bakura. "You coming too?"

"I'm going to have to." Bakura said. "Think for a second. Wouldn't it seem weird if I don't"

"A little bit… But why even take over Ryou if you don't want to be out there with them?" Kayla asked.

Bakura found himself asking the same thing, he didn't even have a good excuse for it yet. The only thing he could think of was because he wanted to be with Kayla again… But he wasn't about to tell her that.

"You're right. I didn't even think of that." He said. "I think it's time Ryou had a little fun with his friends." There he went again, the word friends coming out as a sneer.

Kayla sighed, and went into the bathroom to change. She partially knew how Bakura felt about her, but sometimes, she knew that he wasn't be completely honest with her. This was one of those times. "Someday he'll be comfortable enough to actually tell me what's on his mind." She thought.

He'd actually taken the time to get to know her over the summer. They met up randomly to get out of each other's houses, sometimes at the local library, or the park. He'd listen to her interests. Her likes, her dislikes, hear hobbies, and her fears. When she'd first met him, she wouldn't have revealed that much. But she'd taken her own time to get to know him. She'd seen past everything he was showing her. The cold distance and hateful threats. They were just a mask. He was hurt, hurt by the many wounds that had formed over 5,000 years.

Which reminded her, she hadn't checked up on someone yet. "Hey Kaia? How you holding up?"

The Priestess yawned from within her soul room. "Just fine." She said smiling.

"Were you asleep?"

"Actually yes. For the first time in weeks!" The Priestess said cheerfully. "It's amazing what not sleeping can do to you."

"Were you going through your memories again?" Kayla asked.

"Yes. Nothing new came up unfortunately. But I'll keep looking while you have fun the next two weeks."

"You know you can take over whenever you want. Maybe even ask Yugi if you can talk to Yami for a little bit. He seems to like talking to you."

"I'll consider it Kayla. I don't want to make a habit of it."

"You haven't done it since the day after Battle City." Kayla said. "I want you to get some time with our friends too."

"As I said, I'll consider it. Now go and have fun. Everyone is waiting for you outside."

Kayla nodded, and quickly changed into her swimsuit. She then met up with everyone else outside. The boys were all dressed in swim trunks, and Yumi and Tea were wearing two piece bikinis. Kayla noticed that anytime Yugi so much as glanced in Tea's direction, his face became redder and redder. She found that extremely cute.

"Alright, so what do you guys want to do?" Kayla asked.

"Why don't we go surfing? The waves are perfect for it." Tristan suggested.

"What do you know about surfing Tristan?" Joey asked accusingly. "Last time I saw you surf you were clinging onto the board for dear life."

"Shut up Joey." Tristan mumbled.

"Alright, surfing it is then. There should be some boards in the shed." She jerked her thumb behind the house, and Joey ran to go grab them.

When everyone got their boards, the ran out into the crystal clear blue water, and began their day at the beach.

A/N: So yeah... *ahem* my fan fictions will contain the following pairings Polarshipping (Joey/Mai) Peachshipping (Yugi/Tea) Anchientshipping (Bakura/Kayla. I would like to thank tylerbamafan34 for the paring name) and possibly some current Kaia/Yami because it sounds interesting. But when i get around to doing season 5, there will be Vaseshipping (Mana/Atem) because it's practically freaking cannon. :D Enjoy the pairings people!