Chapter IV: Everybody Have Fun Tonight!

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Last time, Aster Phoenix, in an uncharacteristic display of emotion, found himself in the Truesdale home enjoying a steak dinner that Annie prepared. And then he slept over. Meanwhile, Annie and Sy found themselves enjoying a new part of their relationship, though Sy cut things off before they got too…intense. So what will happen the next evening when the gang gets together for their last bash of summer? Read on!

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The Duel Academy group spent the next day eating, sleeping and generally storing their energy for Saturday night's huge party. They packed their trunks and other things, for Sunday they were scheduled to meet the school boat. But they couldn't have known that they were the victims of a cruel plot. In one part of Domino, a young man checked a baseball field for what he planned. On Academy Island, a woman prepared for what would win her a young man. And in a shadowy place, another woman made preparations to capture and torture. And in Domino Park, a young man and woman were putting up decorations, setting up tables and other things. And then, 8 PM approached. Violet was currently blowing up some white balloons for the party, but yelped as one popped. She jumped back into a table they'd set up, both her and the table crashing to the ground.

"Oh, Violet, are you all right? Darling?" Bastion Misawa asked, moving to help her up.

Violet groaned as she was helped up, dusting herself off. "I think that's enough balloons. Did you set up the streamers?" she asked, righting the fallen table.

"Yes, and is it all right?" Bastion asked, gesturing at the streamers around the makeshift karaoke stage and then at the tables and on a fence.

Violet grinned. "It's perfect, Bastion-baby! Now all we have to do is set out the food and drinks!!" she replied excitedly.

"All right, then! I am glad you didn't tell me about this, darling," he said, hugging her to him.

She hugged him back happily, then ran over to the cooler. "See? I have my reasons!" she called, pulling out an armful of sodas.

"Well, I like your surprises better than some people's statements of fact," he concluded, helping get some chips out of a bag and into a bowl.

"Then would you prefer that I never stated the facts?" Violet asked slyly. She was now setting out some more chips and dip.

"No...I just love your surprises," he said easily. "I like it when you state the facts at times," he added in a slightly seductive tone. "For example...when you state how you feel towards me..."

Violet glanced in his direction without turning her head, a small smile on her lips. "You mean like how I love you and that adorable accent of yours?" she asked, moving to him.

"Yes, my love," he said, pulling her to him and kissing her. "And that fact makes me incredibly happy. Not to mention that you and I will be married someday..."

The purple-headed girl giggled. "That makes me even happier, Bastion-baby," she replied, reaching up to kiss him more deeply. Bastion kept his arms around his love and parted his lips to gently French kiss Violet. They were enjoying themselves very much in this pursuit. And then as seemed to be customary, someone interrupted things.

"Hey, has the party started already??" called a voice. It was none other than Atticus Rhodes, along with his two siblings and Jaden. The four had just walked-in on the couple's make-out session.

Alexis elbowed her older brother. "Atty!"

"Uh," Chazz said, stunned.

"Should we come back later?" Jaden added, dumbstruck.

Bastion fumbled free of the kiss. "Er...hello, everyone..."

Violet shook her head, flipping around to face the four. "Oh, uh, what time is it?! Eight already??" she exclaimed, blushing.

"Uh...I think we're unfashionably...early," Chazz said, still stunned. It was actually 5 minutes to eight.

Violet blinked. "Er...right! I thought the pizza guy might have been late," she replied innocently. Alexis face-faulted at the fact she wasn't upset that they'd walked in on the make-out session.

"Er..." Bastion was blushing a bit.

"Sorry, Bastion," Jaden apologized softly. "Didn't mean to...intrude..."

"It's...er...all right," Bastion answered.

And then..."I have a pizza order for Violet Haverbrook!" called a young man in a pizza delivery uniform.

"Here I am! Be right back!!" exclaimed Violet. She ran over to the pizza guy a few feet away, leaving Bastion in a still-tense situation.

Alexis sweat-dropped. "So...uh, the decorations look nice..."

"Cheers, Alexis," Bastion said, the blush beginning to leave his cheeks. "We got them done just a few moments ago."

"I like the balloons!" Atticus stated, balancing one on his head. Alexis rolled her eyes and groaned.

"I have the pizza!!" called Violet, running back over. She carried seven large boxes in her arms, and one had to wonder how she saw where she was going.

Bastion moved and grabbed a few boxes, as did Jaden and Chazz. "I think you need a little help, love," Bastion said.

"Yay! Pizza! You really went all out for this, Violet!" Jaden grinned.

"Yeah...pretty cool," Chazz added in his usual nonchalant manner.

"Hey! When Violet Haverbrook throws a party, it's one heck of a party!!" she replied, setting her pizzas down. "It didn't matter if it was only four people, we'd still bring down the house!"

"Well, this is going to be one heck of a party!" Jaden grinned. "Right, Lex?" he asked, kissing his fiancée on the cheek.

Alexis smiled, nodding. "Yeah! The others should be here soon," she replied.

"So, got anything else besides karaoke?" asked Atticus curiously.

Violet grinned. "You bet! There's also Twister!!"

"Twister?" Jaden and Chazz asked at the same time as they looked at each other.

"It's rather fun if you haven't played it before," Bastion said.

"I've played it before...but I suck," Chazz admitted.

Violet walked over to Chazz, placing a hand to her chin. "Hmm, let's see...you just need to stretch out a bit! Like this!!" she stated. Violet lifted her hands and then pushed down on Chazz's back, causing him to make a ninety-degree angle. One could easily hear a few bones crack.

"Ouch!" he yelped. "Are you sure you aren't a chiropractor?"

Violet blinked. "No, though I did use to crack my parent's backs by walking on them as a kid. Does that count?" she asked, pushing him upright again.

"That's good...I think I feel better..."

"Mom thinks you have lousy posture," Jaden said. "You're standing straighter..."

"Yeah, yeah...whatever..."

Violet grinned, flexing her fingers. "Anyone else want me to fix their posture?" she asked mischievously. Luckily, the others were saved as the Truesdale brothers, Annie, and Aster appeared.

"Hey, guys!" Aster called out.

"Evening, everyone," Zane added.

"Hey, everybody," Annie smiled from her wheelchair.

"Hey guys!" called Syrus, smiling.

Violet ran over to Annie, wrapping her in a hug. "YAY! You're here!!" she exclaimed happily.

"Now we're just waiting on Tyson and Rosa," stated Alexis.

Annie hugged back. "Yeah, we made it! And Aster stayed over with us last night! He's part of the family!"

"Say what?" Chazz yelped. "Mom and Dad have told him he's pretty much got a home with us," Zane explained. "It won't be like with you, Chazz, but it'll be something like it..."

"Man, before ya know it, we'll all be 'related'!" exclaimed Violet, grinning.

"Hola, chicos!!" called Rosa as she and Tyson arrived.

"Hey, Sarge!" Tyson yelled out. He gave everyone hugs and handshakes. "So, are we having a fiesta or a siesta?!"

Violet blinked. "What??" she asked.

"Are we partyin' or are we sleepin'?" Tyson asked, translating.

"Partying, of course!" Violet mimicked the voice of a studio game announcer. "We have three choices for our guests to pick from! Food, karaoke, or Twister!"

"FOOD!" Jaden yelled.

"Karaoke!" a few voices yelled.

"TWISTER!" another few voices yelled.

"Should we just vote on this?" Annie asked.

Violet sweat-dropped. "That may be a good idea. All right, who votes for food?" she asked. Atticus raised his hand. Jaden raised his hand as well. Aster raised his hand, and so did Tyson.

"Right, that's four for food. Now, how about karaoke?" continued Violet.

Atticus started to raise his hand, but Alexis pulled it down. "You can't vote twice!" she growled. Rosa raised her hand. Annie raised her hand and so did Zane to everyone's surprise. Bastion also raised his hand.

"That's four for karaoke. Which leaves three for Twister. Aw, man! It's a tie!!" groaned Violet.

"Sy...do you want to do Twister?" Annie asked.

"Uh, well, er," Sy mumbled nervously. He wanted to go with Annie, but was still wary about singing.

"Sy, it's okay if you don't want to sing right away," she said gently.

"Okay...thanks, Annie," Syrus replied, smiling a little.

Violet sighed. "But how are we supposed to solve a three-way tie??"

"Um...someone could change their vote," Annie said.

"So...who's going to do that?" Jaden asked.

Everyone looked at each other. Annie looked at Sy and thought about it. "I'll change my vote to Twister..."

Violet grinned. "Right! Twister it is!! I brought two of 'em since there's so many of us!" she explained, pulling out two boxes from under a table.

"Whoa!" Jaden grinned happily. "We should do this at Duel Academy, right, Sy?!"

Syrus smiled. "It would be pretty cool," he replied. Violet set up the two mats a few feet away from each other, and the group split in half. Syrus, Annie, Chazz, Atticus, Rosa and Tyson went to one mat, while Jaden, Alexis, Bastion, Violet, Zane, and Aster went to the other.

"Right, now who's gonna be the spinner for each team?" asked Violet.

"I volunteer," Zane said for his team.

Chazz, too, volunteered. "I'll do it."

The two games started, and after five spins everyone was already tangled. "I'm slipping!" shouted Syrus. He fell onto Atticus, and the two crashed into the mat.

Meanwhile, Alexis was having a hard time of her own since her arms were twisted around Jaden's. "This is...uncomfortable..."

"Yeah," Annie added, trying to hold her position over her fiancé.

Jaden groaned softly and slipped. "Oh, crud!" he groaned, crashing to the mat as team one fell gloriously. On mat two, Tyson's leg was twisted around Rosa's arm and Bastion's backside was touching Violet's.

Aster groaned softly, stuck uncomfortably in the middle of the two couples. "This is just plain weird," he groaned.

Only one turn later, Violet slipped and brought team two crashing down as well. Unfortunately, she happened to be on the bottom of all those people. "Can't...breathe," she mumbled, only her right arm visible.

"Oh, bloody...Sorry, darling," Bastion apologized on top of her.

"Man down," Tyson groaned.

"Uh...can I move?" Aster added, sandwiched between Bastion and Tyson.

Rosa was the lucky one on top. "Er, lo siento," she apologized, standing.

"Uncle! Uncle, I say! Please get off!!" came Violet's muffled exclamation.

Everyone got up from the mats. "Glad I didn't do that," Chazz commented.

"Yeah," Zane added.

Meanwhile, Atticus moved away from the mat as Jaden and Alexis pulled free, leaving Sy and Annie where they were. "Uh...you two can get up now," Jaden pointed out.

Syrus blushed, Annie having been on top. "Uh...Annie?" he mumbled.

Meanwhile, Violet peeled herself from the mat, finally able to breathe. "Geez, you four are heavy! I'm surprised I don't need a chiropractor like Chazzy did!!"

Annie moved a bit, trying to dislodge herself, managing to roll off her fiancé. "Sorry..."

"Sorry, darling," Bastion said, helping his fiancée up.

"Sorry, Private Violet!" Tyson added.

"Sorry, Violet," Aster apologized as well.

Violet dusted herself off, a smile crossing her face. "Ah, well. It was fun!" she replied.

Syrus quickly jumped to his feet, then helped Annie up. "I-It's okay, Annie..."

Annie blushed. "So...uh...another round or do we do something else for now?" she queried.

Basically everyone agreed to take a break from the strain of Twister. "How about we eat, and then do karaoke?" offered Violet.

Everyone looked at each other. "Sounds good to me," Aster said. Everyone nodded.

"PIZZA!!" Jaden and the guys, save Aster and Zane, yelled.

Violet had joined in on the guys' yell, while the other girls sweat-dropped. "I guess there is a reason there are siete boxes of pizza," muttered Rosa, grinning sheepishly.

The group of kids got to the pizza, selecting their slices. Sy brought Annie a large slice of her favorite pepperoni and black olive pizza and a can of soda along with it. "Thanks, honey," she said softly.

"No problem, Annie," Sy replied. He also had a slice of his own favorite, pepperoni, and a can of soda.

"I think we need to practice for our wedding, Lex," Jaden said easily, holding his can of extra-caffeinated cola.

Alexis blinked. "Practice what for our wedding, Jay?" she asked.

He linked the arm that held his soda with hers. "You know...when we drink...well in our case, sparkling grape juice...and link arms...I want to do it right..."

"Oh, that! Okay." Alexis adjusted her arm to properly link with his, and together the two tried drinking the sodas.

Jaden ended up with some of the soda on his face. "Ha ha ha! LEX! I think we're doing it wrong!"

Alexis also had some on her own face. "Uh, probably...how did this go again?"

"I think we need more forearm and link at the elbows," he offered and they tried again.

"Right..." She copied him, and they once more drank from their sodas. This time, they got it right.

Meanwhile, Annie was slowly nibbling her slice of pizza and drinking a little soda. 'I have to eat more,' she thought, trying to make herself eat.

Syrus noticed her little problem, and knew only one way to solve it. So, he reached up and kissed her on the lips, hoping that's all he'd have to do at the moment. Annie kissed back, but tonight wasn't very enthusiastic. He pulled away after a short moment, looking at her. "Did that help?"

She sighed. "Thanks...I just don't feel like doing much at all right now...sorry, honey..."

Syrus sighed, but smiled. "All right, Annie. I understand," he replied.

As everyone finished up their pizza, Bastion had had the brilliant idea of sharing a slice of pizza with Violet which would result in a kiss. Violet, of course, had no idea such a thing was even a possibility. So, she went on ahead eating the slice with Bastion, and was surprised when their lips met. Bastion kissed her gently. "Surprise," he said as they broke apart.

Violet blinked, then grinned. "Oh, you sneaky devil, you!" she scolded.

"I can surprise you too, love...now shall we sing?"

"Yup! And I already know how we're gonna decide the order!!" she replied. She reached under the table and pulled out a large black top hat with six slips of paper inside. "Each slip has a duet's name on it! So, who would like to grab one of the papers?"

Jaden said, "I'll do it! This has to be better than golden eggwich day!" he said cheerfully as he drew the first paper. "Oh, the first duet is...Aster and Zane..."

"Oh, lord," Zane groaned softly.

"Do you say that a lot?" Aster asked as the other kids cracked up.

"It's become my catchphrase," Zane answered drily.

"Oh," was all Aster could say.

Violet grinned and shoved the two pros over to the karaoke stage. "Pick a song you two! I want to hear you guys sing!!" she stated excitedly.

"This is so humiliating," Aster groaned.

"Aw, come on...could be worse...Sally Fofesca could be here," Zane answered calmly.

"She could be..."

"No...she doesn't go where Lexi is...it's good to have a tough surrogate sister...I know just the song..."

Zane picked it and Aster's eyes widened. "You've got to be kidding..."

"We shall be singing..." Zane announced.

"The Moulin Rouge! edition of 'Like a Virgin,'" Aster groaned softly, giving Zane his own version of a death glare. "This is revenge, isn't it?"

"No, revenge would be beating you, which I will do," the dark-haired pro duelist promised with a slight but noticeable grin.

Syrus and Alexis' jaws dropped, shocked that the two most serious people they knew would sing such a song. It was like having Bastion say he was going to sing "I'm Too Sexy for My Shirt"...not that Violet wouldn't enjoy it. "Never seen the movie, but I've heard the normal version of the song! This'll be great!!" the purple-headed girl shouted, grinning.

Annie was laughing very hard. "Which one of you is the Duke and who's Zidler?"

"I'm the Duke," Aster sighed.

"And I'm Zidler," Zane said with a smirk.

"Oh, man, this is sweet!" Jaden grinned.

"Uh...what's goin' on, Sarge?" Tyson asked.

"You'll see...this is hilarious!"

"I haven't seen that movie...Annie? Why is this so funny?" Bastion asked.

"Think of it as Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd doing this," she explained. "It's great!"

Rosa was the most lost, having never heard of "Moulin Rouge," Like A Virgin, or any of the Looney Tunes characters. She decided to just go with it and hopefully understand why it was so funny to everyone. Meanwhile, Violet typed the song number into the karaoke machine and tossed the pair two microphones. "Here it comes!"

Zane and Aster took the mikes and began singing. Within seconds, they were dancing around as well, and everyone was laughing hysterically. And they ended the song as it had ended in the movie. "Like a VIIIIRR-GIN!!!!"

Violet and Atticus were on the ground, close to suffocating from laughing so hard. "Ha ha—I can't—ha ha ha—I can't breathe—ha ha!" she gasped. Syrus and Alexis were close to the same state, having seen the movie version. Even Rosa found the act hilarious.

"Lieutenant Truesdale! That was...the funniest thing...since Vice President Cheney's rap!" Tyson laughed.

"Oh that was great!" Annie shrieked with laughter.

Jaden was giggling like an idiot and Chazz had to hang onto a tree. "That is great!"

Finally, after about five minutes, everyone had calmed down. "All right, someone grab another slip of paper from the hat," stated Violet, sighing.

Tyson reached in next. "All right...let's see who's next!" He pulled out the slip of paper. "Privates Bastion and Violet!" he read triumphantly.

Violet blinked in surprise. "Well, that was fast," she stated, expecting they'd be around last. She didn't mind much, though, and went to punching in the number for their song. "Are you ready for this, Bastion-baby?" she called.

"Ready as I'll ever be, Violet my dear," he answered nervously.

"GO BASTION!" Jaden shouted in encouragement.

"GO SENOR BASTION!!!" cheered Rosa.

The others shouted similar encouraging words as Violet gave him a quick kiss. "You'll do fine! Don't worry!!" she stated as they got on stage. Violet picked up one of the mikes, grinning maniacally. "We're singing 'Every Time We Touch' by CASCADA!!!" Bastion swallowed nervously, and began to sing with Violet. The words of the song described his feelings when he was with her perfectly. It was a somewhat techno song, and a good one. Violet felt the exact same way, and danced on stage with the beat of the song. Of course, since it was techno, it fit her abnormal dance moves perfectly. Bastion danced, too. And at the end, he twirled her around so he was hugging her at the end of the song and kissed her gently. "You did splendidly, love," he whispered in her ear as everyone clapped and cheered.

She smiled happily, glad she'd picked that song. "You did pretty awesome, too, Bastion-baby!" She noticed he was still holding her and sweat-dropped. "Uh, someone grab the next duet, please!" she called.

The four remaining pairs looked at each other. "Uh...who draws?" Annie asked.

"I did already," Jaden pointed out.

"Uh...I drew already," Tyson pointed out.

"Oh, great," Chazz groaned. "Bro...You draw," he said to Atticus.

Atticus blinked, then shrugged and pulled out a slip of paper. "Looks like it's you and me, bro!" he stated, grinning.

"Oh, great," Chazz groaned again. 'Now I understand how Lex felt,' he thought. "I'm picking the song," he said clearly.

Atticus pouted. "Aw, fine. And I had a good one in mind, too," he grumbled as they got on stage.

"Just tell me which one," Chazz said, choosing to surrender to his big brother's taste.

"I'm Too Sexy for My Shirt," Atticus stated simply. Most of the gang face-faulted.

Chazz looked at his big brother. "Aw what the heck! Let's do it!"

Once again, the gang face-faulted, especially Alexis. Violet shrugged and punched in the number, the music starting as the brothers grabbed the mikes. Chazz did the catwalk maneuvers as he sang, actually having fun with the song. He pulled off his jacket and swung it around. And, of course, Atticus hammed it up as he always did. Alexis had to admit it was fun to watch her brothers, but was glad they weren't in public.

At the end, Chazz grinned at his brother. "That was actually fun, bro! We Chatticused it up!"

"That we did, bro!" Atticus replied as they high-fived and got off the stage.

"All right, who hasn't picked yet?" asked Violet.

Annie and Sy raised their hands, as did Alexis, Bastion, Aster, and Zane. "Sy, you draw," Annie said softly.

"Right," Syrus replied, nervously pulling out a slip of paper. He sighed in relief when their names weren't on it. "The next duet is Rosa and Tyson."

Tyson looked at Rosa. "Still on for Ricky Martin, Spanish Rose?" he asked.

Rosa grinned. "Of course! Are you?" she asked as they got on stage.

"You bet, mi amor...Let's go!" he answered. "Private Violet! Let's do it!"

"You got it!" Violet replied, punching in the number.

The upbeat Latin music played and everyone danced. Tyson couldn't dance like Ricky Martin, but with Rosa by his side, he didn't care. Rosa had some more success with the Latin beat, literally dancing circles around Tyson. But she only did this to tease him, and fell into his arms at the end of the song.

"That was great, darlin'! You have fun?" he asked.

"Si! It was muy divertido!!" she replied happily, kissing him.

Violet smirked, and lifted the hat one last time. "All right, someone pick one!" she stated.

Bastion drew the next set of names from the bag, "The next couple to grace us with their singing is the future Mr. and Mrs. Truesdale..."

Syrus' eyes widened a little. "Uh, uh, okay," he mumbled.

"Are you two still singing 'Never Had a Dream Come True'?" asked Violet.

Annie looked at Sy. "I want to if you do," she said to her fiancé.

He nodded as they got on stage. "Y-Yeah. I'm fine with that one..." So, Violet punched in the number as the two grabbed the microphones.

Annie drew a deep breath and began to sing with the young man she loved. 'This is amazing,' she thought as they sang together. Syrus thought it was going to be a lot harder to do this, but actually found it a bit easy. He wasn't as nervous around his friends, and Annie was singing with him. The song ended and Annie looked deep into her love's eyes, feeling wonderful. He looked back, feeling just as great. Syrus reached up to kiss her for a long moment, while Violet turned to the last couple. "All right, you two are up. What was your song again?" she asked Jaden and Alexis.

"'Hero,' by Nickelback," Jaden said. "You still okay with that, babe?" he asked Alexis.

Alexis smiled and nodded. "I couldn't think of a better song, Jay," she replied. The two got on stage and grabbed the mikes, while Violet punched in the number.

They sang as one, and had anyone had any doubt as to how much they loved each other, they wouldn't have it now. "I'm glad we started out as friends, babe," he said softly, kissing her when the song ended.

Alexis deepened the kiss a little before pulling away. "I'm glad that you won that duel against Harrington," she added happily.

"Me too, babe..." They got off of the stage, still smiling.

"That was great!" Annie said. And then...the lights around them went out.

That can't be good, dear readers. The lights have gone out, and now, a night that was supposed to be all fun is the beginning of the toughest time of their lives to date. Next time, "Fire and Electricity! Tyson Versus Jorge!"So please read, review and stay tuned! Thank you!