A/N: Hello all! Thank you again for reading, reviewing, and favoring! I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own the songs mentioned in this chapter nor do I own the Phantom of the Opera play/story : P

/Thoughts/

*Mind Link*

The cast of the play ran around in a tizzy the entire day. Some were working on last minute backdrop details, some set up the lighting and made sure all of the costumes and stage makeup were in place; others warmed up their vocal cords. The play started that night and Ms. Davidson downed countless mugs of coffee. Her light brown hair a frizzy mess as she coordinated the actors and stagehands to ensure everything was set for opening night.

She cornered Yugi and Yami on their way to the dressing rooms, "Please you two, be careful with how you sing tonight. Take them on a journey with your voices, but do not concentrate too much on swaying their emotions." The tri-colored look-a-likes merely smiled at her.

"We will be careful. We both have had a lot more practice with controlling our powers than when we first started," Yugi gave her a comforting smile. He noticed her small form trembling, "How much caffeine have you had?"

"Um…" her green eyes glanced upward thinking, "One..two..three.." she trailed off…"eleven."

Yugi's violet orbs widened, "And how much have you eaten?"

She blinked as she tried to recall the last time she ate, "This morning."

Yugi reached into his backpack and handed her a granola bar, "Your hypoglycemic remember. Eat."

She smiled at him, "Thank you." Yugi nodded as he and Yami turned to go prepare for the start of the play.

They walked into their separate dressing rooms, Yugi's spotted his costumes and noticed that they hung in the order in which he needed them. He blushed brightly as he remembered how fast a few of his costume changes were going to have to be. Ms. Davidson decided that as soon as the play started, his costume rack would be rolled out closer to the stage. There were a few stage hands specifically instructed to help Yugi with costume changes.

The petite siren dropped his bag next to the vanity mirror. He sat in front of the mirror; staring at himself. He had a lot of work to do in only a short amount of time.

After a lot of hassle, Yugi was able to get his spiky gravity defiant hair to lay flat. The thick tri-colored hair went half way down his back. He picked up a curling iron; working it through the tri-colored tresses. He had Anzu teach him how to curl his hair a week before. He clipped his hair into a partial bun with curls falling around his shoulders and surrounding his delicate face.

Next he worked on the makeup, putting on cover up, eyeshadow, blush, mascara, and lipstick. He blinked at himself barely recognizing the reflection staring back at him. He looked like a girl. His face turned red; he couldn't believe he was going to pull off the female lead role in this play. His heart fluttered as he grabbed his first costume. He exchanged his school uniform for the chorus girl costume. The violet eyed siren slid the light brown beaded skirt up to his hips. The skirt was long in the back going all the way down to the floor. The front was much shorter only going to his knees. He pulled the light brown corset on; tugging at the ties making them as tight as he could handle while still being able to breathe and sing. The corset was was short; only coming up to directly underneath his ribs. His creamy white delicate stomach on display for all to see.

He thanked Ra that Ryou was able to heal him well enough to remove the scars. Well..most of them. There was still one large one that he was not able to heal away. Ryou said there was one other thing they could try in order to remove it but it would be insanely painful. Yugi had not quite decided if he wanted to try it.

He took one last glance at himself in the mirror giving a quick wink before heading over to Yami's dressing room. He knocked on the door; entering when he heard the silky baritone voice respond with permission to come in.

His smile fell when he entered, "Yami, why aren't you ready?"

The Egyptian siren turned to face him and nearly passed out. The crimson orbs stared unblinking at the beautiful creature in front of him. The costume showing all of Yugi's curves and the mascara making his violet orbs stand out even more so than usual.

Yami shook his head regaining his focus, "What?"

"I asked you why you're not ready! The show starts in less than one hour."

Yami leaned back in the chair, "I just need to put the tuxedo and the mask on. There's not much else I have to do."

Yugi rolled his violet orbs, "Yami! You are the Phantom! You need scars on the right side of your face and you also need stage makeup. The stage lights will blur your features if you don't."

Yami blushed, "Oh. I didn't know I needed makeup."

"Come on, we have a lot to do!" Yugi grabbed Yami's hand and pulled him back to his dressing room where all of his makeup was still out.

"What are we doing?" Yami asked as he was shoved into the chair in front of the vanity mirror.

"I'm going to do your makeup," Yugi smiled jumping up onto the table in front of the mirror. Yugi's barefoot went slightly between Yami's legs and hooked onto the chair Yami sat in. With his leg, he pulled Yami closer to him while digging in his kit for liquid latex.

"What the hell is that? It looks like skin colored snot," Yami cringed.

"It is liquid latex. I'm going to use it to form the scars on your face," Yugi smiled as he applied the sticky substance. Once he was satisfied with the shape of the scars, Yugi grabbed the bronze coverup and applied that to Yami's face. He then used different colors to highlight and shade in the scars. He added blush to Yami's cheeks and then a small amount of lipstick to define his lips.

"Where did you learn all of this?" Yami asked as he watched the progress in the mirror.

Yugi smiled, "I love playing with stage makeup. It is one of my favorite parts of theater."

"You are amazing at it. You have a real talent for this, Yugi."

A bright blush painted the violet eyed siren's cheeks. He found himself once again thanking Ra that night. The makeup blush for the play hiding his real blush, "Thank you."

Yugi heard the beginning of the play start in the distance, "Shit! I have to go. Get dressed and please be careful not to smudge the makeup or get makeup on your costume!"

Yami nodded, "I will be careful." Yami watched as Yugi hopped off of the table and ran out of the room pushing his costumes to an area just off stage and out of site. He took several deep breathes before running onto the stage with the other chorus girls. He pranced here and there as he danced with the others. His curls flowing with each movement he made.

Yami appeared off stage and was lost instantly in the elegant movement of the young siren. He watched the beginning of the play progress. Yugi stepping forward to sing "Think of Me." In the middle of the song the curtains lowered as Yugi ran off stage for his first costume change. The stage hands and Yami all pulling at the chorus girl costume to remove it and carefully lowering the long flowing blue dress over his head. The whole costume change took a matter of seconds. Yugi ran back out to the center of the stage to finish the song.

Before long, Yami's first part came. He did not have to go out on stage just yet, he just had to sing this time. His deep baritone voice carrying through the theater sending chills down the spine of every member in the audience.

The entire group sat in the audience, coming to support their friends. Bakura snickered as Yugi and Yami took to the stage together to sing "Angel of Music," "Phantom of the Opera," and "Music of the Night."

Ryou raised an eyebrow and whispered to the shadow elf, "What's so funny, Kura?"

"Besides the fact that the shrimp is dressed like a girl, I think it is genius that the drama teacher cast two sirens for the leading roles in a musical."

Ryou smiled, "It is genius. They can really take you on a journey with their voices," he looked down briefly a little saddened, "well, the humans they can take on a journey; us, not so much. At least they are pleasant to listen to."

The entire play went phenomenally. They did not have any serious mistakes or costume mishaps. The play would be repeated each Saturday night for the next two months.

A stage hand was given a microphone to name the cast as they each bowed when their names were called. Yami removed the small red rosebud that Ms. Davidson clipped to his jacket pocket at the beginning of the play and handed it to Yugi. His dusky tan lips brushing gently on the youth's cheek when their names were called. Yugi linked his hand in Yami's and bowed to the roaring audience.

*A standing ovation! I can't believe they are all standing and applauding!* Yugi squeaked through their mind link.

Yami responded with a gentle chuckled, *You did very well, Aibou.*

*So did you!* Yugi winked at his crimson eyed doppelganger.

The curtain fell as the cast gathered around each other congratulating one another on a job well done. They all felt confident; if the opening night went this well, imagine how well the rest of the performances would go.

Yugi and Yami headed back to their dressing rooms to be changed and to wash the stage makeup off. Yugi couldn't wait for his hair to go back to its gravity defiant ways. It was just too hot draped all over his neck.

A soft knock sounded at the door to his dressing room, "Come in." Yugi responded as he pulled the hairpins from his curly tri-colored hair. The Egyptian siren stepped into the room already changed and the makeup already removed. Yugi giggled, "That was fast."

"I'm not a huge fan of the makeup, but that was fun."

"I'm glad you had fun. I did too."

"Yugi, I.." Yami took as step closer to him, a light blush painting his cheeks red.

"What is it?" Yugi asked turning towards the crimson eyed siren.

Yami held out a large fragrant red rose, "Yugi, will you please do me the honor of attending Winter Formal with me? As my date?"