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Disclaimer: (See chapter one)
"Blah" = speech
'Blah' = thoughts
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Joey's PoV
We arrived at the mall. As Tristan and I headed for the drug store for some hair jel (he hates having his hair not jelled), I realized felt the hairs on the back of my neck prickle. I turned around to see the last thing I thought I'd see looking at me, the queen of harpies herself: Mai Valentine.
"Hey Joey, Tristan. What are you doing here?" she said, looking at me like she was holding something back.
"Hey Mai. Shopping I guess." Tristan said calmly, his brown and black hair hanging in his eyes.
"Tristan, what happened to your hair?" Mai asked surprised. I was surprised that she hadn't noticed that earlier.
"Ran out of hair jel." Tristan answered. "Was going to get some right now."
"Hey Tristan, do you mind if I take Joey and do a little shopping of my own?" Mai asked him calmly.
"Say WH-AT? What do ya mean take me?" I asked half scared.
"But then I wouldn't have anyone to shop with. He stays with me." Tristan said shaking his head.
"I'll shop with you Tristan." I heard a familiar accented voice say from behind me. Ryou Bakura walked up to stand beside Tristan.
"Thanks Bakura." Tristan said mischievously. "All right Mai. He's all yours."
"What do ya mean 'All yours'?" I exclaimed getting mad, I put one of my fists up (which was shaking with rage). "Nobody can trade me around like a leashed puppy!"
"Then you'll turn down my offer? I thought you were a decent man Joey. Breaking the hearts of women with out even blinking." Mai said putting on that feminine charm. "Oh well, I'll just have to shop alone then."
"Fine. I'll go with ya. Just don't drag me into any of dem underwear stores." I surrendered, walking over to her.
"You have my word on it kiddo. Come on lets go!" She said before waving to Ryou and Tristan. With that she and I walked down through the mall Randy River.
"What would ya want in Randy River, Mai?" I asked puzzled.
"It's not for me, it's for you." Mai said looking me up and down. " You look like you slept in that green shirt and your jeans are wrinkled."
"So what if I decided about midnight last night I wanted ta sleep at Tristan's." I said defensively.
"I'm not shopping with the human wrinkle so come on." She said forcefully as she dragged me into the store.
About 20 minutes later after about 7 shirts and 6 pairs of jeans, I exited the store dressed in a black shirt with a black one with shiny red flames on the bottom over it and a pair of black jeans. Believe it or not, I felt a little better in the different clothes that were not part of my style.
"You look a bit better but it's the best I could come up with on a short notice." Mai said looking at me from a slight distance.
"But Mai, How am I going to pay for this?" I asked nervously.
"I've got it." She said handing me a bag with my old clothes in it. "Come on. We've got to go to the hair stylers."
"H-hair stylers?" I asked, once more half scared, half puzzled. "Why there?" I asked half intimidated.
"Because your hair is a mess. Didn't you comb it?" she asked looking at my extremely messed hair.
"I was at Tristan's, remember?" I said trying to defend myself.
"Men!" Mai said rolling her eyes. " Come on Wheeler. Lets go."
When we got there, there was a man that looked more than a little gay behind the counter. He was dressed in a spandex, sparkly shirt and leather pants. I sweatdropped.
"Hello Harry. Could you get someone to give Joey here a go over?" Mai asked politely.
"Yeas, Mai." Harry said looking at me. " So this is the Joey Wheeler you've been talking about. I have to admit, he is pretty sexy. You've always had a good choice of men. Why I'd date him if he wasn't yours."
"He-y! What was dat supposed ta mean?" I asked getting slightly pissed again.
"Now Harry, I'm not actually going out with Joey. He's…. well I'll just have to tell you when he's having his job done.
"Why me??" I asked, little rivers of tears running down my cheeks. A woman came out and beckoned for me to come behind the divider. I hesitated, scared of what people would think of me going to a girls hair salon.
"Go on Joey. What are you waiting for?" Mai said looking at me. "We haven't got all day."
'Aww man! How'd I get into this again? Oh now I remember. I'm gonna kill Bakura fer showing up then.' I thought.
Gathering up my courage I went in. There was a lot of pink stuff there along with a bunch of hair stuff. What scared me the most was who was sitting in the chair next to the one that I sat in. One of Pegasus's flunkies… hmm what was his name again? Oh! Right, Kemo (A/N I don't know if that's his name or not so I'm just improvising)! You know the one with the pointy Tristan like Hair and the bug muscles.
"Hey! You're that one of those kids that saved Kaiba from his video game. What are you doing here?" He asked me, not even looking over.
"I could ask ya the same question." I said coolly.
"I like your current hair style on you, Joey." A pink haired woman said from behind me. " But you've got so many split ends I'll have to trim it all right?"
"All right, just don't cut it all off. I like my hair." I answered her politely.
"I'm only here because my sister owns this place and I can get hair cuts for free. Your turn, kid." Kemo said coolly.
"Mai dragged me here. She said my hair looked terrible." I replied, closing my eyes and relaxing.
"You're lucky she cares about you. She's hot. You're one lucky kid." He said.
"What do ya mean lucky? I asked looking at Kemo.
"You really are dense. She has a crush on you you dolt." Kemo said chuckling.
"A crush? On me? Why?" I asked shocked.
"Don't ask me what she sees in you kid. Women are strange creatures." He replied shrugging.
"So what are ya doing now dat Kaiba's seized control of his company again?" I asked, trying to strike up a conversation.
"I'm reduced to mall security until someone needs me." He answered calmly.
"Uhhh, don't kick me out with out a good reason all right?" I half asked, half ordered.
"Don't worry. I won't. Well, I'm done." Kemo said getting up and leaving. "See you later kid."
"Looks like you're done too, Joey! Have a look!" The ultra ditzy hairdresser exclaimed.
"Uh, okay." I said looking at my reflection in the mirror. My hair looked 100% neater and it was done perfectly. I smiled happily. "All ri-ght! Dat's da way I like it."
"I thought so, Joey! It flatters you!" She exclaimed happily, her pink hair bouncing. "Now lets go show Mai!"
"Sure!" I said happy to be leaving the salon. I walked out and to look at Mai, who was telling off Kemo.
"What do you mean you'll kick me out of the mall if I don't enter the current contest with Joey? That's absurd!" Mai shouted at Kemo.
"Contest?" I asked. "What contest?"
"It's couple's day. You guys could enter and get some cool prizes." Kemo said calmly.
"What's in it for me?" Mai asked the big pointy haired man. I sweatdropped, a look of astonishment on my face.
'What if Kemo wasn't lying? What if she really does care for me? Even worse! What if I get dragged into this contest!' I thought, worried.
"The prize is the perfect date. Dinner for the two of you, tickets to a club, a limo. All expenses paid by the C.E.O of Industrial Illusions. Oh and you'll also get a $1000 gift certificate for the mall. To get the proper clothing." Kemo explained, "What do you say?"
"Hmm… sounds interesting." Mai thought out lout, her lips pursed. "I'll do it. So where do we enter?" Mai said, obviously taken in by the prize. Too taken in to notice the sponsor. The C.E.O of Industrial Illusions, and if I'm not mistaken, that's Pegasus him self.
"All right I'll lead the way." Kemo said grabbing on to both, Mai and my arms and half leading, half leading me. Leading me into god knows what.
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That's the end of this chapter. I know, you're looking for the action. The "time warp." It'll happen in three chapters. Don't worry. And now for the preview of the next chapter:
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* Lively preview music starts playing *
Bold = Joey Italics = MaiBold Italics = Mai and Joey
Okey! I shredded da script! That's a good idea. I was dumb. So.* watching the preview video * What's dis? A talent show? And who's that mysterious white haired woman with the chocolate eyes? Her outfit is atrocious. But who's she with? They won't show his face. But I'd know that outfit anywhere. Who is it Mai? You'll see next chapter. Dammit! So stay tuned for, Between Bandits and Unicorns! Who comes up with the titles for these chapters? I think it's the White haired demon over there. Better watch what you say. He'll steal your soul. AaH! Scary.
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And that as they say is that. Please R&R. You probably see more of this story though. I'm having too much fun! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! This is fun.
