Joey\ Jounouchi: I am so pissed at you!
Olivia: Why?
Joey: Because you made me out to be a huge jerk!
Olivia: Well you're the one that was acting like that-
Joey: You're the author. You're the one who wrote it. Now go back and change it or I swear-
Desirae: I will rip out your spleen if you finish that threat. No one threatens my hikari.
Olivia: Wow thanks Des! I didn't know you cared-
Desirae: No one but me! Now, both of you finish alphabetizing my arsenal! I got bored after about five minutes.
Olivia: But I don't-
Desirae: Do it or I will give the cat a full body wax and take away your ice cream sandwiches!
Olivia: Does the Ginsu Knife go under G for Ginsu or K for Knives?
Joey: Whatever, you might scare Olivia with sugar withdrawal, but you don't scare me.
Desirae: Do it or I will give you a full body wax and take away your Red Eyes!
Joey: It goes under K.
Desirae: We do not own YuGiOh (or Ginsu Knives).
Yami sighed in relief. He had narrowly avoided being seen by some blonde person on the street by twisting the shadows to hide his form. When the man looked away, Yami slid deeper into the shadows and walked around the back alley to get to the market. He felt a mild sting beside his eye and rubbed it, wondering what that could have been. A mosquito bite maybe? A few minutes of walking later, he cursed.
The market was already crowded with people. There was no way he was slipping unnoticed. If it were darker out, he could have blocked people's sight so he could take what he needed and go. But with the sun near it's peak in the sky, not only were shadows harder to control, but it could cause a mass hysteria if it suddenly got dark in the middle of the day. The last thing he wanted to do was draw anyone's attention.
"Freeze!" a stern voice came from behind, making him jump, "GCDC! You're coming with us!" He spun around with shadows emanating from his form, his eyes bright with power. Recognizing the face of the voice he relaxed, and put his hand over his heart as the shadows faded back.
"Mai," he said, panic leaving his voice, "Don't do that!" The violet-eyed blonde giggled and flipped her hair back, "Oh come on, you know it was funny." Yami shook his head.
"No it's not! I could have really hurt you." He crossed his arms, secretly amused by Mai's antics. They had met back when he and Yugi were ten, and since that time she had really become the sister they never had. This included the occasional, or in this case frequent, practical joke. Mai rolled her eyes.
"Oh please, like I'd let you hurt me. I can take care of myself, squirt. But I guess I do owe you for scaring you half to death." She stepped aside to reveal a wagon filled with fruits, vegetables, and boxes of granola bars. Yami was so shocked he didn't even bother to call her on the fact that releasing pheromones wasn't much protection against bloodthirsty shadow creatures.
"Where did you get all that?" he asked in amazement. Mai winked, "A man in lust will always do what a woman wants, even if it means breaking the law and ignoring her sunglasses. I didn't even need my powers for that, but a little insurance never hurts." She winked and tossed him an apple. Yami smirked and caught it in one hand.
"You're amazing, you know that?" he said, "Why do you have so much anyway? It's pretty risky carting that amount of stuff around."
"That's why we're stashing it at your place. Anyway, you never showed up last night to get your food supplies so I figured I'd help you and Yugi out if you hadn't gotten caught. Speaking of which, where is the little guy? You two are almost never apart." Yami nodded.
"The Gemologist Constabulary was hanging around our place. It was only two guards, but it would have been stupid to risk it. He was still sleeping when I woke up this morning. He looked like he was having a good dream so I just let him be. You know how he's been having nightmares since the, uh, incident." Mai nodded solemnly.
"Yea, I know. But it's good that he's finally having a peaceful sleep. It's been what, six months since then?" Yami nodded and Mai continued, "I was beginning to worry he'd been permanently scarred. And then you started with the nightmare thing. Twin empathy must be rough." Yami rolled his eyes.
"It's not as bad as you'd think. We can only feel each other's emotions and not each other's physical pain. If we did I couldn't have-" At that moment, he felt intense pain at the back of his head and brought his hands to hair.
"Ugh, my head's pounding! I feel like I was just kicked or something." Mai tilted her head to the side, "A headache maybe?" Yami shook his head.
"No, it can't be. I usually feel them coming on, and this one-" he paused mid sentence. As quickly as the pain came, it subsided. Yami brought his hands down, "and this one just left." Mai rolled her eyes.
"Maybe your twin empathy intensified. I heard traumatic experiences can cause that." Yami glared at her, "Are you insinuating Yugi is hurt? That's not funny." This time he was not amused. Mai blinked, realizing she crossed a line.
"No, sorry. I'm sure he's fine. Gee, you really are overprotective of him." Yami sighed, but something still stayed with him. A feeling he should go back to the warehouse to check on his brother.
"It's okay, you were only joking. Still, I will feel better when I get back." Mai smiled, "Let me come with, we need to drop off your share of this anyway."
Honda rode his motorcycle down the street, letting the wind go through his pointy brown hair. It always amused him that the company that made his motorbike was also his namesake, so it was like it was professionally monogrammed just for him.
He stopped at a red light and from his pocket, heard his phone ring loudly. He pulled the bike over and checked the caller ID.
Jounouchi, he thought with a sigh. This kid called him to tell him the most random things, from 'Dude, I just found 10 bucks on the street' to 'Dude, I just bought a burger! It has pickles'. It got to the point where Honda had to make him promise not to call him more than twice a day. Thank goodness for unlimited calls.
Honda flipped his phone open and put it to his ear, "Okay Jou, what did you eat for lunch today?" He was surprised to hear Jounouchi breathing deeply.
"That'll have to wait for later, I just stumbled onto something huge. Where are you?" This had to be something big. Apart from his sister, food was the most important thing to Jounouchi. For him to say food can wait could almost qualify as a sign of the apocalypse.
"I'm on my bike. Jou, you're scaring me. What's going on?" There was a pause before Jounouchi responded, "You'll see when you get here. Come pick me up." Honda shook his head in resignation. He wasn't getting anything out of Jounouchi until they were face to face.
"Where are you?" Honda nodded as Jounouchi told him the place rather hesitantly as though he weren't exactly sure, "I'll be there in five." He put the phone back in his pocket and revved the engine before driving off, wondering what the heck was up with his friend.
Mai started to walk with Yami back to the warehouse in virtual silence on Yami's part. She'd tried to strike up conversation with him, but he seemed too preoccupied with his own thoughts.
Poor guy, she thought, I must have really worried him. She looked down at his hands to see that he still held the unbitten apple and rolled her eyes. It was childish for him to refuse to eat until he'd checked on his brother.
About six or seven minutes later, they arrived at the entrance of the building. Yami walked in ahead of her, leaving Mai to pull the wagon in herself. She huffed loudly before pulling the wagon up the three step stairway into the building.
Sometimes she thought it would be easier if she could use her powers on Yami to make him do what she wanted like every other guy she used them on. Unfortunately for her, when they had first met they had made a pact not to use their powers on each other.
Yugi had been excluded from agreeing to the pact, having no powers of his own, but was still protected under Yami's conditions. Not that Mai would ever use her powers on Yugi. He was just too… what was the word. Innocent? Yea, that suited.
"Aibou?" she heard Yami call as he made his way up the stairs to the second floor. She just pulled the wagon over the last step when she heard him call out more urgently.
"Aibou!" Mai dropped the wagon handle and dashed after Yami, passing the apple he had dropped down the stairs. When she reached the top of the stairs, the sight she saw both scared and confused her.
Olivia: Dun dun DUUUHHH!
Desirae: Get back to alphabetizing!
Olivia: What? I was just-
Desirae: No. Just... no. Stop talking.
Olivia: Please review!
Desirae: There go the sandwiches!
Olivia: NO! *tackles Desirae*
Joey: *sneaks box of ice cream sandwiches and escapes while the girls are fighting*