Kismet! Gosh, I likey that word! Anywho, time to address reviews! Thank you all so much who did! I really appreciated all those nice, wonderful, frenzied responses I received! And….
I've got no problem if you don't likey my story, but why? Please! If you're going to state that you don't like my story, let me know why or I'll pollute ff.net with more! MuhahaHA! Um…anyway…. Ramble brought to you by Spianal.
Eek, it appears some reviewers are turning rabid., though no offence is meant, I find hyper reviews most pleasing o^^o.
Yami: No duh. You're so lazy, never updating. Slacker! You deserve it!!!
Rioki: Shove it, Pharaoh-Boy. I don't own Uno, Sesame Street, Cheat, or Yu-Gi-Oh, any jokes in here that belong to Bunny. Although I do own a nice bath sponge.
Yami: O.o; Lazy and Pointless, you are.
Rioki: Kinda like this chapter. I got sort of lost, and I actually stopped writing it here for awhile because I just didn't know what to do until I thought of Uno. I forgot how to play Cheat too, that might have something to do with it. And sure, Yami could read people's cards, we're just going to forget about that… o.O::
Anyway, since Halloween is like…two days away? I thought I might write a Halloween based fic, but that's yet to be seen if I can think of a interesting plot. And apology-ness to Bunny, turns out Jacket Toitoi's her joke. And probably several more, so I'll just leave this to be.
And I apologize to Ryou fans, everyone's favorite soft, brown-eyed, absolutely ADORABLE cutie won't be making an appearance in this story, so Yami Bakura's just Bakura…. The very evil, eerily psychotic, but strangely sensitive yami that lives in a 70's disco medallion. Or…..something like that.
CHAPTER III - Death by Scariness
Seto Kaiba stared evilly at Pegasus from across the table. He shifted his gaze to look suspiciously at Yami and Bakura, who did the same. Pegasus, unaware at the looks of pure hate and despite he was receiving, smugly shuffled the deck, showing off by flipping the cards in the air and with his eyes closed. Everyone else sat, disgusted and unamused .
"So," he smiled. "are we going to place any bets?" Bakura glanced at the other two with a satisfied smile before raising everyone twenty bucks.
"Shit," Yami said, digging in his pockets before pulling out a twenty and laying on the table. Pegasus then began to deal the cards with that egotistical bastard look on his face, asking who would probably win.
"Why, me, who else?" Yami said coldly after a long silence. Seto and Bakura glared at him for allowing Pegasus to come and ruin their evening. And because the fact that he was acting like the self-centered jerk that they all just loved so much. Yami quickly shrugged at them and looked at his cards.
"One ace, three three's, two five's, whatever these are...Great," he snorted, loud enough for everyone but Pegasus to hear. They all looked at their cards until someone made the strangest sound. Seto tilted his head, Bakura bit a finger, and Yami, looking rather annoyed, glanced up at Pegasus, who giggled madly, covering one mouth with the back of his hand. Yami grimaced at the site, Bakura looked around nervously, while Seto appeared he would throw up any second.
Pegasus' giggled soon turned into a laughing fit. Seto ran for the bathroom.
"Come on!" Bakura told Pegasus sharply when Seto returned, looking awfully pale. "Stop that. You'll end up killing him if you keep laughing."
"He can't help the fact that he's a scariest guy alive," Yami leaned over and told Bakura under his breath, who nodded silently in agreement. Yami sat back up and explained to everyone "There won't be any murders in this house tonight, because I'd have to try and tell it to Yugi. I mean, if that's not hard enough, try explaining it to the press! 'Seto Kaiba killed, Main Suspect Pegasus to be Arraigned in Court, Charged with One Account of Murder By Scariness'-"
"Really, now," Pegasus said, looking slightly hurt. "It isn't my fault Seto doesn't like the way I laugh. Shall we continue? I'd really like to win and get home," he glanced at his watch. "I should be asleep by now."
Yami threw a look at the others, then returned to look at his hand. Pegasus started laughing again. Seto looked all right, but he tended to sway in his chair a bit. Bakura looked over and braced him with his elbow as he quietly told Seto what cards he had in his hand. Yami swore that they were muttering something else, but he didn't say anything and tried to concentrate on the game.
But even knowing each others cards, they still were losing to Pegasus the first half of the game. He was down to five cards when Yami looked up. And by the time he had played his fourth card, Pegasus had already played his last. Yami, who couldn't believe that he'd lost, began to look around frantically, trying to pin the blame on some other object.
"Hey," he said. "Hey, wait a minute. Pegasus!" he roared, standing up so fast that his chair shot out front under him. "PEGASUS! YOU'RE CHEATING!"
"Oh, am I?!" Pegasus giggled. Bakura caught Seto before he fell of his chair. "How silly of me! Oh, heh! Well, it doesn't matter now, because it appears that I, well, I am the winner!" He reached over to grab up the massive stash of money on the table. Seto lunched across and placed his arms over before Pegasus could swipe it all.
"You cheated. That means we have to play it over," he growled, looking up, his eyes narrowing to slits. Pegasus backed away and stood straight up, playing with the shirt cuff of his sleeve as he thought of what to say.
"You all cheated too," he said. Yami cringed. He'd been caught. They all had. And Pegasus knew it. "Now, do we all know that two wrongs don't make a right?" he preached, tsking his finger at them all. Seto's eyes rolled back into his head and he rolled off the table into an unconscious heap on the floor. Yami looked down to and nudged Seto's head, which just lolled around, with his toe to make sure he hadn't completely died, then turned back to face Pegasus.
"Why don't we play a new game," Bakura suggested. "Something that he can't cheat on, like War or something."
"But then we can't cheat either!" Yami hissed into his ear.
Bakura smiled slightly, figuring out the irony. "Oh yeah!" he reminded himself. "That's right." His smile faded into a pout. Yami and Pegasus then began to argue slightly over the game, Cheat or something else. Before long, Pegasus stopped mid-sentence.
"I say we all play Cheat again!" Pegasus demanded before he paused. Seto had managed to get back on his feet when Pegasus broke out into a wide, freakishly scary smile. He dropped back onto the floor again. Yami cringed as Seto's head hit the linoleum. When he looked up, Pegasus had sat back down again and was shuffling the cards.
"What? I'm not playing cheat!" Yami cried. Seto struggled back onto his chair and Bakura sat back down uneasily, not knowing what was going on in Pegasus' twisted mind.
"I figured we'd have Kaiba-boy here decide between Cheat and War," he grinned. Seto's jaw dropped.
"Go watch Funny Bunny, you jackass," Kaiba growled. "I say Uno." Bakura looked at him.
"What? Uno?" he asked. "What's that?"
Yami sighed, leaning over. "It's where you match cards of suit and number if you can, one or the other, until you only have one left. And when you do, you put it down and cry "Uno". I only know this because, well, I think for like Yugi's fifth birthday, someone bought him the Sesame Street version of the game."
"Aww, yes!" Pegasus smiled, getting up from his chair and walking upstairs.
"Hey! You Bastard! Where do you think you're going?" Seto Kaiba cried, leaping up from his chair and following Pegasus, who had reached the door to Yugi's room.
"Oh, Yugi-boy!" he cried, rapping his knuckles softly on the door. "Can you tell us where your Uno game is? Hello?" There was no response except for a faint muffle.
"Go away," Yugi demanded.
Yami marched up behind Pegasus. "AIBOU!" he cried, pounding on the door. "Where's your damned Uno game?!"
"Downstairs in the entertainment center. Now go away!" Yugi whined. Pegasus shrugged and marched downstairs. Seto followed him down, while Yami raced past Pegasus, ran down to his TV and rummaged around in the cabinet beside it. Pegasus stood by him, and offered to help him look for it.
"Get away from my television!" he hissed, his eyes narrowing and his teeth bared. Pegasus, frightened, back away to the table and sat back down. The others followed and sat down also, waiting for Yami to stop cursing and bring the game over. When he finally did, Pegasus started clapping merrily. Seto began to sway in his chair uneasily, but Bakura caught his shoulder tightly in time and was still able to stay on.
"There," Yami told everyone as he opened up the box. "Uno. Everyone happy? 'Cause this is all we're going to play, and if anyone says otherwise, that's just too damn bad." He shuffled and dealt the cards. Pegasus was about to start giggling when Yami hit him over the head with the box on his way into the kitchen.
He returned carrying a black bandanna in his hand. Bakura looked at him sideways, but understand when Yami tied it around Pegasus' left eye.
Before anyone could speak, Yami began giving a self-righteous sounding speech. "Rules! This will be a true Uno duel, that means no cheating. Anyone caught WILL be disqualified. Anyone who has over twenty cards in his hand will automatically be out. The winner will receive the title of "King of....Uno," bragging rights for two months, and all the cash in the pool. Agree?"
Everyone nodded silently.
Pegasus tugged lightly on the scarf. "Is this really necessary?" he asked innocently. All three replied with a yes.