Hey y'all! Been a while, hasn't it? Sorry for the HEE-YUUUUUUGE delay! I don't think we've worked on this since before I got my laptop! Oh, yeah, we're writing this fic at our condo (Well, mine, actually.) on my laptop. Here's Confusion with the disclaimer!
Confusion: Yeah well, by now you should know that if it's on fanfiction WE DON'T OWN IT thank you!
Serenity's POV
I laughed at the sight before me. Poor Joey. Confusion was glomping the life out of him with this adorable cat-like smile on her face. "Come on now," I said with a giggle.
Confusion jumped off Joey and sat in front of me, tail wagging. "Okay," she chirped. She looked like a puppy the way she smiled and wagged her tail. I couldn't help but laugh at how adorable she was. "So-so… What do you wanna do now?Wanna play tag? ONETWOTHREENOTIT!"
"Okay, not it!" I said. Confusion and I looked over at Joey. He stared back with his "Oh crud" look. "Oh Jo-ey!" I cooed. "Come and play with us!"
Out of nowhere, Atem strolled by. Confusion grinned at him. "Hey, 'Tem! Wanna play tag with us? Joey's it!"
The Pharaoh sweat-dropped. "… Okay."
The three of us ran past Joey with goofy smiles on our faces, yelling "Catch me if you can!" over our shoulders. We ran through Taimat's den (being quiet as we passed her burrow; she was sleeping) with Joey chasing us. We randomly came to a bend where Yugi and Téa were making out in the dark corner. We all paused for a minute. They didn't appear to notice us. Atem coughed. That got their attention.
Awkward silence…
Confusion popped up between them and squeaked, "C'mon guys! Play tag with us! Joey's it!"
Téa and Yugi were silent. "… Okay."
The game resumed. We all laughed and smiled as we ran through the spacious den. And somewhere in the middle of it all, Seto popped up. He looked thoughtful. I looked up at him, smiling. "Hey Seto. Wanna play tag with us? Joey's it."
He looked at me blankly. "Wha-?"
I laughed and ran away when I saw my brother. I could tell Seto was watching me when Joey tagged him, yelling, "Tag! You're it!"
That got Seto into the game. I heard him yell, "That's it, Wheeler! You're not getting away from me!" He chased us relentlessly. I swore I saw a playful grin on his face as the lot of us ran.
Unfortunately, we failed to lower our voices as we passed Taimat's burrow again. Our game was halted when we heard her angry roar rattle the den. She stormed out of her burrow. You could almost see the tick-marks on her forehead. "CAN'T a drake get any SLEEP around here?"
Confusion smiled nervously. "Oh, h-hey Taimat…" She paused. "Wanna play tag with us?"
Any traces of a bad mood dissolved from Taimat. Her eyes lit up. "… Okay!"
And without us realizing he was close enough to pull it off, Seto tagged Taimat on the nose. "You're it!"
We all ran off, laughing happily. Taimat's fang-y grin was never far behind. (She's fast for an old dragon… Don't tell her I said that!)
A little later, after Taimat tagged Atem, who tagged Yugi, who tagged me, who tagged Confusion, who tagged Téa, who tagged Joey… Yeah, you get it. Anyway, Joey was it again. He chased us to the front of the den. We all almost barreled into a solid wall of white scales. Diamond Rush (who was out grocery shopping; I know, right?) almost dropped her armful of bags as she glared at us with her dark sapphire eyes.
"I leave for FIVE MINUTES (AN- Julie: Well, it had to have been longer than that. CHN: It's… an under-statement.) and come back to see MY MOTHER being CHASED by a HUMAN!"
Taimat sweat-dropped. "Um, well, you see…"
Diamond Rush, having already set the groceries down, interrupted. "Can I join?"
Confusion grinned. "Sure! Joey's it!"
We spent the rest of the day playing tag. It was about five hours. When the moon was high, we were all in a dog pile on Taimat. Of course, we humans were on top. (AN- CHN: That's what she said!) All of us were laughing and trying to catch our breath through our laughter.
And then, Mokuba showed up. (AN- CHN: EPIC! Julie: … Don't know where we're going with this yet.)
Julie: Well that was a fun chapter.
CHN: This… is so full of win! Join us next time!
Julie: Next time! When we find out what Mokuba was doing there!
