Bakura: It's aliiiiive! Mwahahahah!
C12: (sweatdrop) Okay… anywho the score so far is:
Seto- 5
Ryou-1
Bakura-2
So far I'd like to thank Muggle Magic, -Mishti- , ChocoGal, and Chibified Indian for reviewing the last chapter. Ya'll get a Bakura plushie as I promised in my last author's note. (laughs) So yes here's the long awaited-
Bakura: And she means long.
C12: Ha ha funny. Yeah it was a bit overdue but moving on, here's chapter 4. Disclaimer please..
Ryou: Court12 doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter Four
As Joey and Serenity made their way to school the next day, they ran into Ryou on the sidewalk.
"Do you mind if I walk with you two?" he asked.
"Nah, so why ain'cha walkin wid Yugi?" asked Joey.
"His grandfather mentioned something about him having to leave early," replied Ryou.
"Oh."
The trio walked in a comfortable silence for a few minutes when Serenity decided to say,
"So I guess Bakura handled it well since you're not dead yet."
Ryou grinned, "Yeah he decided to take me off his 'Revenge List' since I had to help him wash off all of the eye-liner and mascara."
"Man I tink dat was da best day I've had all week," chuckled Joey.
"Yeah me too," Serenity laughed.
They arrived at the school and saw Yugi, Tea, and Tristan all out front waiting on them.
"Hey Yug!" shouted Joey, as he ran on ahead.
Serenity pulled Ryou back and they walked slower so they could talk without being overheard.
"Ryou, yesterday when I smarted off to Bakura he told me and I quote 'Just you wait mortal, paybacks are always worse.' Is he going to..?"
Ryou smiled, "No, he's just bluffing."
She sighed in relief, "Thanks Ryou."
"No problem. Trust me, if he did everything that he threatened he was going to do, we would all need to worry," he laughed.
"C'mon guys I think the bell just rang, so we need to go before we're late!" Tea exclaimed.
It was second period when Serenity caught up with the others.
"I swear I tink dat teacher has got it in fo' me," Joey whined.
"Well Joey, if you wouldn't fall asleep during class you wouldn't have had so much homework," reprimanded Yugi.
"Hey!" Serenity called out, as she neared the lockers.
"Hey 'Ren," Joey replied.
"What's with all the papers?" she asked, glancing at Joey while he stuffed his homework into his bag.
"Joey got in trouble again, so he was assigned more work," said Yugi.
"Joey!"
"Wha'? I can't help that teacher's a son of a b-"
"Joseph Wheeler, you should-"
Yugi coughed, "Guys sorry to interrupt and all but we need to get to class."
"Oh yeah, sorry Yugi," Serenity blushed.
"Yeah well see ya lata 'Ren," Joey waved.
"Bye," she called back.
She rushed on into class and took a seat beside Ryou.
Mr. Shore entered the room after the bell rang.
"Listen up class, there's to be a dance."
At the mention of the word 'dance' there was a flurry of whispers throughout the class.
"Yes, it's a make up of the Valentine's Day Dance that was interrupted."
Serenity and Ryou shared a smile. That interruption just so happened to be Joey and Tristan.
Flashback
"Hey Joey, I bet you ten dollars that you can't swing across on one of these streamers."
Joey eyed the said streamer in distrust, but at the mention of money his eyes lit up in enthusiasm.
"If I make it der and den swing back, it's twenty. Deal?"
They shook hands, "Aight Joey, you're on."
Joey grabbed a hold of the pink, frilly streamer, took a few steps back, and jumped off.
"I'm king of da world, I'm king of da world, I'm king of- uh, oh…"
About midways through, his streamer, which couldn't bare Joey's weight in the first place, began to pull apart. Now Joey was swinging out of control.
"Get outta da way!"
He crashed through the giant paper mache heart that took 3 days to make, got tangled
into every streamer and ripped them off, ran into the huge box of confetti (which went everywhere), and finally ended hanging upside down on the basketball goal.
"Well we learned one thing out of this," said Tristan.
Tea's eye twitched, "And what is that?"
"Monkey's can't fly," laughed Tristan, "Hey Joey pay up!"
Joey glared, "When I get down I'm going to-"
"Help clean up," Tea shouted, "You too Tristan."
"Aw man," they groaned.
Flashback EndsMr. Shore cleared his throat, "It will be held this Friday, so that leaves you a few days to get yourself ready. Now to more important matters, everyone pull out your books and turn to page 378. Yesterday when we last left off we…"
Serenity looked over at Ryou and mouthed, Are you going?
I don't know, you?
Maybe, I wouldn't have a clue as to what to wear.
Ryou smiled, I'm sure whatever you pick you'll look still look beautiful.
Serenity blushed then grinned, Maybe I could get a few tips from Bakura.
They both silently laughed and turned to their books.
The bell rang signaling the first classes of the morning were over and it was lunch. The group sat down at their usual table. Joey and Tristan were arm wrestling over the last brownie; Yugi and Ryou were discussing Duel Monsters and Tea listening with rapt attention. Serenity sighed and looked around and spotted Sarah sitting alone at her table.
"Hey guys I'm going to go talk to Sarah."
Ryou was the only one who seemed to notice and mouthed, Ok, so he wouldn't interrupt Yugi. She blushed and headed toward Sarah's table. Why am I acting this way around Ryou? Her thoughts were interrupted when Sara asked,
"Hey Serenity, what are you doin over here?"
"Hm? Oh I saw you sitting by yourself so I decided to come sit with you."
Sarah smiled, "That's cool. Well as you can see," she gestured down the table, "I'm packed. Don't have enough room for an eyelash."
Serenity laughed, "I bet."
"Yep. But seriously at my old school that was the honest truth," Sarah sighed, "I wish ya'll could meet'em."
"During the summer maybe if you ever visit them you could take us along or if they visit you we could meet them," smiled Serenity. (1)
Sarah chuckled, "Yeah if they'd ever get up off their lazy butts and come see me."
They both laughed and Serenity looked over to her table. Tea was scolding Joey for something with Tristan laughing, and Yugi was still talking to Ryou about who knows what. Ryou caught her eye and he smiled over at her. She waved and smiled back. Serenity turned back and saw Sarah grinning like a Cheshire cat.
"I saw that."
Serenity looked quizzically at her, "Saw what?"
Sarah's grinned broadened, "Never mind. So anything new happen lately?"
Serenity fidgeted, "Not really but I did have this really weird dream last night."
"Wait was it about the purple monkeys and the tye-dye tutu wearing bears?"
Serenity laughed, "Nope not this time."
Sarah grinned, "Alright, sorry for the interruption. Go ahead."
"Anyways, well you know Bakura right?"
"Yeah the cross dresser."
They both laughed and Serenity carried on,
"That's one way to put it. Yeah so I was at school and I was late and there wasn't a soul around. I bolted into one of my classes and realized no one else was there except-"
"I'm guessin Bakura."
"Yeah, then I asked him what he was doing there and he come off with a smart remark about it being a free country. Then well he walked over to me and right when he was about to kiss me Joey woke me up," Serenity blushed cherry red.
"Well that is kinda strange."
Serenity sighed, "I know. I mean I never thought about Bakura like that ever, so I have no clue what it means."
Sarah looked over at Ryou then back at Serenity, "Maybe you like a certain other albino," she grinned, "and just got them mixed up."
Serenity's mouth made an 'O' and her eyes widened.
"What? You mean Ryou?"
"Nah Yugi, he just dyes his hair, of course Ryou!"
Serenity looked over at Ryou, "I don't know cause well I've never really thought about Ryou that way either. I mean he is sweet and all, but I don't know."
Sarah put her hand over her heart in mock seriousness, "Wait I know who your true love is," she paused, "none other than the one the only…Seto Kaiba!"
Serenity raised an eyebrow, "Riiiight."
"Now you can't tell me he ain't hot, even if he's not exactly my type, he is pretty fine," Sarah grinned.
Serenity blushed, "Yeah ok I agree with you there."
"I promise I won't tell a soul. Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye," Sarah winked.
The bell rang and lunch was now over. Students were starting to leave the cafeteria. Joey was waving for Serenity to come over.
"Uh yeah, well I've got to go."
Sarah got up and headed in the opposite direction, "Yeah see ya last period!"
They waved to each other and Serenity dashed over to Joey.
"Yo sis afta school we're all gonna head ova to Yug's house, ya comin?" asked Joey.
"Sure I guess."
"Great. Lata 'Ren!"
After History, Serenity met up with Tea outside the dressing rooms.
"So who are you going with to the dance?" asked Serenity.
Tea blushed, "Promise you won't laugh?"
"Yeah, why would I laugh?"
"Oh nothing. Well I was hoping, well I… uh I can't do this it's way to hard and he would never go for it anyways," muttered Tea.
Serenity asked, "Who is it you want to go with?"
"Yami," mumbled Tea.
Serenity grinned, "Really?"
"You promised you wouldn't laugh," Tea sulked.
"I'm not laughing. I think it's great! When are you going to ask him?"
"I was hoping today when we're all over at Yugi's, ya know. I thought it would be a good time," replied Tea.
"I'll help distract everyone so you can ask without causing, well more like Joey causing, a scene," Serenity offered.
Tea smiled, "Thanks Serenity, you're a life saver."
"Anytime."
As they headed out onto the court Tea asked,
"Wait, you never told me who you was going with. So who is it?"
Serenity picked up a volleyball, "Oh I don't know yet."
"Well Tristan will eventually work up the nerve to ask you, so he could take you."
Serenity tossed Tea the ball, "I don't know, I mean he's nice, but he's a wee bit obsessive, don't you think?"
Tea served the ball, "Just a little. Well there's always Yugi, of course he would probably only go as friends."
Serenity laughed, "Yeah but that's all I see Yugi as anyways."
"Hmm, well you could call up Duke, he would just love to take you," laughed Tea.
"How bout…no. That seems to work."
Tea rolled her eyes, "Well whoever takes you I'm sure you'll like them. Now come on we got a game to win."
Serenity entered 7th period in high spirits. She spotted Sarah and noticed she had saved her a seat. She set her bag down and sat down.
"So how's your day been?" asked Serenity.
"Pretty good, you?"
"Good."
While they were talking, the door to the classroom opened and Seto Kaiba entered.
"Hey look talk, dark, and foreboding just came in," Sarah pointed out.
"I wonder why he came in last period?"
"I've heard some teachers say that since he runs a company he's allowed to miss however many classes or what not," replied Sarah.
"Ohhh."
Sarah winked, "So what do you think of his choice of dress today?"
Serenity looked over to where Seto was sitting. For Kaiba it must have been casual because he was wearing a solid black trench coat without the KC symbol, a navy blue shirt with black pants and shoes. Seto sensed someone staring at him so he looked over and saw Serenity looking at him.
He smirked, "Like what you see Wheeler?"
Serenity blushed and turned back around to face Sarah.
"Oh wait Wheeler, I almost forgot to tell you I spoke to our English teacher about our project and how I missed today," he smiled wickedly innocent, "she came up with the brilliant idea for us to get together after school and work on it. Now we wouldn't want to disappoint her, would we?"
Serenity's eyes widened in disbelief, "W-what?"
"So glad you agree, so today after school you'll meet me by the student parking lot," and with that Seto smirked and turned back to his laptop.
Serenity sat there dumbfounded.
"D-did he just say that I, I have to…"
Sarah patted her arm, "Things could be worse."
"Oh my gosh! What am I going to tell Joey! He's going to blow a fuse!"
"No he won't, I'll cover for you."
Serenity smiled, "Thanks, I owe you one."
Sarah laughed, "Nah, now where is he going to be later?"
"Everyone's going over to Yugi's house and…," she groaned, "aw man, I was supposed to help Tea."
"I can cover that too. So what's up with Tea?"
"I owe you one big time. Well Tea is going to ask Yami to the dance and she wanted me to distract everyone so she could ask him without causing a scene."
Sarah grinned, "I am ze master at distractions. It will be no problem."
"Everyone PLEASE pay attention," Mr.Hartz' voice rang out.
The two faced the front. I hope Joey doesn't find out he will so kill me! Serenity glanced over at Sarah taking notes. I'm so glad Sarah's such a good friend, I would have no clue what to do if she wouldn't have helped. Serenity snapped out of her thoughts and started to copy the notes from the board.
The bell rang and students rushed out of the building, glad to finally be out. Sarah walked with Serenity to her locker. They met Tea on the way back, near the water fountains.
"So what's the plan?" Tea asked nervously.
Serenity glanced over at Sarah then back at Tea, "Well there's been a slight change in the plans."
"W-what?"
"Oh it's nothing to worry about, let me explain. Remember when I told you how Kaiba ended up being my English partner? Well since he missed today, somehow Mrs. Roxy got the 'genius' idea for us to work on it together after school," replied Serenity.
"So this is where I come in," smiled Sarah, "we both cover for her and I help you out as well."
Tea sighed with relief, "Thank you both. Good luck with Kaiba, Serenity."
She rolled her eyes, "I'm most definitely going to need it."
"Alright so maybe if it isn't too late we'll catch up with ya later," Sarah said while the three walked outside.
"Okay, I've got to head this way so see you two later," waved Serenity.
"Bye," Tea and Sarah said in unison.
Sarah winked at Tea, "Aight ma main lets head on over to Yugi's place to get yo man."
Tea blushed, "I wouldn't exactly call him my-"
Sarah laughed, "I know, I know. I'm just kidding. Now let's go!"
Serenity made her way to the student parking lot, which by this time was totally deserted. He said to meet him and he isn't even out here yet. She rolled her eyes. And everyone says he's always punctual, sheah right.
"I was half expecting you not to show up Wheeler."
A cold voice interrupted her thoughts. Spoke to soon. She turned to face him.
"You said we needed to work on our project so here I am."
He smirked, "Good."
Serenity looked around, "Where exactly are we going to work on our project at?"
"My house of course. Why else do you think I told you to meet me at the parking lot?"
She blushed, "I was just asking," she raised an eyebrow, "Where's your car at then, if we're going to your house?"
His smirk widened, "Today actually, we're going to take the limo."
With that he gestured behind him and she noticed a sleek, black limo pulling up into the parking lot. Serenity's eyes widened. It pulled up to a stop and Kaiba's chauffer got out and went around the side and opened the door.
Kaiba gestured to the door, "Ladies first."
Still speechless she nodded and stepped into the limo. Whoa, this is nice. Joey would love it with its game systems and food. Serenity snapped out of her thoughts when she heard the door shut. She glanced over and noticed Kaiba was talking on his cell-phone.
"I don't care to know nor do I want to know how it gets done, just do it. And if it isn't done by this afternoon you're fired."
He hung up and looked over at Serenity and smirked.
"So Wheeler, have you worked on any of our project? Or are you to incompetent to handle even that much work?"
Serenity glared, "For your information, I only have half a page left until my paper is finished. And you?"
"You're still not finished? Well I finished my report yesterday so now I'm waiting on you, and then we have to choose a scene," he smirked devilishly, "I already have one in mind."
"What scene, exactly, did you pick?" she asked suspiciously.
"You'll see, you'll see."
Serenity glared at him before turning to face the window. Great, this is just fantastic. Whatever it is I doubt I'm going to like it. She sighed. Why does it always have to be me?
"So Tea, I was wondering, how long have you liked this Yami guy?" asked Sarah, "I mean if it's not too nosy," she hastily added.
Tea laughed, "No that's alright. To tell you the truth I don't really know it just sort of happened, ya know?"
"Yeah, that's kewl. So what am I going to have to do to keep everyone else preoccupied?"
"Usually Duel Monsters works, wait if Mai's there she could help out a lot."
"Who's Mai?"
"You never got to meet her did you? Well she's about our height with waist length curly, blonde hair, and striking purple eyes. She's really nice once you get to know her," replied Tea.
They arrived at the Kame Game Shop and saw a light purple convertible sitting out front.
"Let me guess, Mai?" Sarah grinned.
"Yeah she loves the color purple," laughed Tea.
The duo walked into the shop and saw Yugi talking to Tristan, Joey and Mai arguing, Ryou talking with Yami, and Bakura sitting in a chair in the corner.
Sarah nodded over to Joey and Mai, "Do they do that a lot?"
Tea glanced over, "Yes, they're both so headstrong and stubborn it's a wonder they can even stay in the same room sometimes."
When Joey stopped shouting, Mai got a chance to look around the room and noticed a new girl had come in with Tea. Mai waved Joey off and walked over to them.
She held out her hand, "Hello, Mai Valentine."
Sarah smiled, "Hi, Sarah Croft."
Mai raised an eyebrow, "Have I seen you somewhere before?"
"I don't think so, but who knows," Sarah shrugged.
"True, so where's Serenity at?"
Tea waved her hand, "Keep it down. Follow me and I'll explain, and we're going to need your help."
Mai nodded, and Tea led the two into the kitchen. From there she proceeded to explain.
"So now do you get why we need your help?" Tea nervously asked.
"Honey, this is going to be a piece of cake," Mai replied.
"What do we tell Joey?" asked Sarah.
"We'll say Serenity decided to help out one of her teachers after school, and then we'll get everyone together and start watching a movie. I'll hint at Yami to pop some popcorn since he's the ever-generous host, then BAM! Tea you go into the kitchen and ask him, you got yourself a date," Mai beamed.
"Do you think it'll work?"
"Tea, it's me we're talking about, of course it's going to work!"
Sarah started leaving the kitchen, "Aight, so now we can get the show on the road!
When Sarah walked out of the kitchen, Joey walked up to her and asked,
"Have you seen 'Ren?"
"Yeah she bumped into me in the hall and said that she had to help one of her teachers grade papers or something," Sarah replied.
"Oh well dat's ok."
Tea and Mai walked over to Sarah.
"So did he buy it?" asked Mai.
"Yep so who's gonna ask about the movie?"
The both looked pointedly at her.
Sarah sighed, "Somehow or another I knew it was gonna be me."
They joined the rest of the group.
"Any of ya'll want to watch a movie?"
"Yeah that sounds good," Mai replied and winked at Tea.
"A movie sounds like fun," Tea answered.
"Ok," Yugi got up and started rummaging through shelves, "what type of movie?"
"Horror," Bakura and Sarah said in unison.
Mai made a face, "Too much gore."
Sara grinned, "Never a such thing as 'too much gore'."
"I agree whole heartedly," Bakura put in.
"Thanks."
"How about romance?" Tea asked.
"Yeah," replied Mai.
"Nah, sumtin wid action," Joey said.
Tristan did a karate move, "Yeah an action flick."
Yugi sighed, "Yami, Ryou what do you guys want to watch?"
Ryou shrugged, "Doesn't really matter to me."
"Me either," agreed Yami.
Yugi rummaged around on his shelf and pulled out five movies.
"Okay I'm going to call these out to you, then you vote and when I call them back out, we'll all decide."
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.
" 1) Van Helsing
2) Unleashed
3) Diary of a Mad Black Woman
4) Nightmare Before Christmas
5) The Devil's Rejects "
A/N: So that's all folks.
I may be adding one of Sarah's friends into it, to "spice" things up. Mwahahahahahahahaha!
Bakura: That is so my thing, you baka mortal.
C12: (shrugs) Eh. Now to all my lovely lil reviewers, do what you do best. That tis review, and tell me what movie you would like for them to watch! Pip, pip cheerio! (smiles and waves)