Author's Notes: Well, *giggles* this will probably be the longest and the
silliest chapter. This is what happens when you wake up at 5:30 in the
morning and can't go back to sleep. *looks around, suddenly suspicious*
Yami and Bakura: *whistles in an innocent way that fools no one*
Yugi: *whispering to Ryou* There they go again.
Ryou: ^^;; When will they ever learn?
Author: *twitch* Do that again and I'll sick Yuumei on you both.
Yuumei: *pops into the fic suddenly* I believe I heard my name. Konnichiwa! Remember me? ^^
Yami and Bakura: *shudder in horror at Author's threat*
Yuumei: Oh, come on, you babies.
Author: *peace sign* ^____^ Anyway, below this is the list of the songs in this fic, who it's by/where it's from, and which character sings it in this fic. Is it just me, or is Bakura the only one singing a guy's song? o__o;;;;;
Yugi- Faith In Me by Jessica Simpson
Yami- White Reflection from Gundam Wing (Endless Waltz?)
Ryou- Irresistible by Jessica Simpson (I love that song...)
Bakura- Shape Of My Heart by Backstreet Boys
Author: Oh, and, by the way, sometimes, in the previous chapters (and this chapter, I think), you might see a "." in the middle of a sentence when there's not supposed to be one. That's because of the way FF.Net converts my Microsoft Word format. It's actually supposed to be "..." instead. I'll try and catch all of them, but I might miss a few. *grumbles about stupid MW format macros*
I also happened to notice that paragraph breaks, when it's changing scenes, doesn't work. SO I'm going to put ========================================================== in between whenever it changes scenes, okay? ^_~
Oh, and, by the way, tomorrow morning I'm going to be leaving for Florida for about a week, and then, a week after I come back, school will start, so I might not be able to work on my chapters as much. They might get shorter and shorter until a "chapter" might be half of my previous chapters. *bows* Gomen nasai.
Caffeinidated Elf: Wow! *blushes* Thanks for the compliments! I'm glad you got inspiration from it! This morning, I got inspiration from my N64 game which I haven't played in, like, two years. And, as for your comment to "Grr...", YOU RULE! Nice comments and points, there, Elf-san!
Yu-Gi-Oh: Soulmates
Chapter Four: Karaoke
"We're all going to go where?" Ryou managed to get out through a huge yawn.
"We're going to go to Six Flags! Don't you want to come?"
"Sure, if I can wake up enough. Otou-san is gone on a trip for work, so I don't have to worry about asking anyone. I'll just lock the house."
There was a pause. Yugi seemed to be speaking to someone.
"If you don't have enough money, Jiichan says he'll pay for you."
"Oh, no, no, no, I have enough. I could never let you pay for me," Ryou exclaimed. Yugi chuckled.
"Alright. See you at 7:45."
"Ja ne."
Ryou hung the phone, and immediately felt like plopping back down onto the bed and falling right back asleep. But if he did that he would never get ready in time to go. So, Ryou forced himself out of his bed, and crawled out of his room to the bathroom, where he showered.
He emerged from the bathroom, brushing his wild silver hair, and gave another yawn before entering his room and dressing. He paused before he exited the room, his eyes catching on the Millennium Ring, which he had set down on his dresser before going to shower. As always, he felt mysteriously drawn to it, despite what the spirit inside had done to him, and he slipped it over his head. It fell comfortably onto his clothed chest, and Ryou instantly felt safer, more at ease. Why, he didn't know. The Ring just had that effect on him.
He shrugged, and walked down the stairs into the kitchen. He hadn't heard another word out of his yami since he woke up yesterday to see his face looming above him, an odd look in his eye as Ryou jumped away in fear. Ryou had reacted before thought to what his yami had been saying to him through their link, and he immensely regretted leaping away from the spirit.
He fixed his breakfast absent-mindedly, barely noticing what he was doing with the stove. He regretted that as well a few moments later when he accidentally touched the white-hot stove. Ryou screamed in pain, jumping back and falling onto the floor, clutching his burned hand. Bakura was instantly at his side, hefting him to his feet and pouring cold water from the faucet onto the wound. Ryou winced, and then opened his eyes when the pain ebbed from the icy water. His eyes met his yami's.
Silence.
Ryou broke the silence after finally not being able to stand it, smiled, and said, "Arigatou. That really hurt."
Bakura blinked. "Aren't you..."
"Afraid of you?" Ryou supplied. Bakura's twitched, but nodded. Ryou smiled.
"A little. But I know you won't hurt me now."
"How?"
The question surprised Ryou. "How what?"
"How do you know if I'm going to hurt you or not?"
Ryou's eyes softened. "I can just tell. I'm sort of an empath. I can tell when people are sad or happy. They can just never tell if I'm sad."
Bakura looked at him for a long, long moment with an odd look on his face. Much like that of one who wants to say something, but has no clue what to say. Needless to say, it was a pretty funny expression. Ryou's mouth twitched a couple times, then he broke out into a smile, giggled, and then finally burst into laughter, collapsing against the taller boy for support as he clutched his shaking sides. Bakura got a confused look on his face, and turned off the water, supporting the smaller boy until he calmed down a little.
"What's so funny?" Bakura inquired, blinking in puzzlement. Ryou laughed for a little longer before gasping out his reply.
"Your face!" he breathed, giggling madly. "You had...hahah!...this ...heehee...hilarious...ahahahaha!...look on...*GASP!*...your face!"
Bakura blinked, and then shrugged. Once Ryou could stand without falling, Bakura finished cooking the younger boy's breakfast while Ryou tried to calm down. Bakura put the scrambled eggs on a plate, then added the bacon and the grits, and turned off the stove. Ryou watched him while he regained his breath.
"When did you...learn to use...a stove?" Ryou questioned between breaths. Bakura glanced at his aibou.
"I merely watched what you did in my soul room within the Ring."
Ryou blinked, suddenly blushing. "What else can you see through my eyes?"
Bakura grinned at him. "Sore wa himitsu desu." (For those who are not 'The Slayers TRY' or Xelloss fans, it means "That is a secret.")
Ryou frowned at Bakura, blushing, and watched as the taller boy took the plate of food and set it on the table.
"Eat up," Bakura suggested cheerfully before turning and walking towards the living room. He was stopped as arms wrapped around his middle. Bakura felt a head rest against his back.
"Bakura?"
"Hn?" Bakura inquired, blushing slightly himself.
"Does this mean we're going to be more like Yugi and Yami?" Ryou asked softly. Bakura's eyes softened and he smiled gently, turning around and enveloping the smaller boy in a hug. Bakura buried his head within the other boy's soft hair, and suddenly recalled how Yami had collapsed into Ryou's arms, sobbing and wishing that Yugi would love him.
"Yes, Ryou-chan, if you want it to be that way."
'But the question is,' Bakura mused to himself. 'Do I want it that way?' (Hey...there's another BSB song that's popped up in my story..."I Want It That Way")
He had no answer for himself, something that extremely bugged him.
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DING DONG!
"HAI!!!" Yugi called, rushing to the door. He flung it open, and was surprised to see Ryou standing in front of his door with Bakura at his side.
Yugi observed the all black leather outfit Bakura had on for a moment, before saying, "You know...you're gonna get really hot in that, Bakura- kun."
Bakura blinked, surprised that Yugi was not afraid of him or angry at him. Yugi's comment finally registered in his mind. "I am?"
"Of course, goofy!" Yugi laughed. "It's the middle of July! Come on in, I'm sure Yami will let you borrow some of his clothes!"
Yami walked into the room, wearing an apron. "Someone call my name?"
Ryou giggled for a moment before bursting out in laughter once again, holding his heaving sides. Bakura stared, and Yugi slapped his forehead.
"Yami-kun!!! How many times do I have to tell you that you don't HAVE to wear the apron in order to cook!"
"It's not my fault you dragged me out of bed so friggin early," the former Pharaoh muttered before taking the apron off and going back into the kitchen.
"If he's gonna wear that kind of style, I think I'm gonna stick with the black leather look," Bakura announced flatly. There was laughter from the living room, proof that Jounouchi, Anzu, and Honda had all arrived before them and had heard their conversation. Ryou shook with laughter for a few more moments before calming down enough to follow Yugi up to his and his yami's room to help Bakura pick out clothes.
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"Hey, Ryou-kun," Yugi suddenly said, a hint of laughter in his voice. Ryou peered up at him, and Yugi brought out a flowery dress.
"What about this?" he chirped, before bursting out in laughter. Ryou joined in, cracking up. Bakura frowned in disgust at it.
"Are you mad?" Bakura inquired calmly with the air of one asking about someone's zodiac sign. Yugi and Ryou merely laughed harder, so Bakura shut up, tapping his foot until the two calmed down.
"That was a good one, Yugi-kun," Ryou gasped, wiping tears from his eyes. Yugi chuckled a moment before putting his mother's dress back in the far end of the walk-in closet, and rummaged around for a moment.
"Aha!! Perfect!" Yugi declared, yanking an outfit out of the closet.
/"Yami-kun!"/ Yugi called. /"Can Bakura-kun wear this??"/
Yami, easily hearing his aibou through their mind-link, peered through Yugi's eyes.
//Sure. Breakfast is almost done.//
Yugi turned towards Bakura, and beamed. "Here you go."
Bakura took the clothes from him, peering at them from this angle, then that angle, and finally groaned. He was ushered into the bathroom by Yugi and Ryou, and emerged a minute later in the outfit. Ryou whistled.
"Very nice," Yugi complimented, then immediately declared, "I...am a genius."
"I believe you may be right," Ryou agreed, cocking his head at his yami's clothes. Bakura wore a tight-fitting, sleeveless shirt, identical to Yami's usual attire with all of the buckles, only it was of a rich royal blue material. (Yami's is purple) He also wore royal blue spandex shorts, and a pair of midnight blue shoes. Bakura frowned at the two teenagers standing in front of him.
"I look like an idiot," he hissed as they dragged him down the stairs.
"Hmph," Yami commented, eyeing Bakura's outfit. "My style isn't that bad. You look fine."
"Oh, wow. 'Fine.' That tells me a lot," Bakura commented dryly. Yami saw through the dryness in his voice to the humor he was trying to attain, and smirked, chuckling.
"You look interesting. It's a new look that I think goes with you. Is that better, or am I going preppy?"
Yugi stared. "I didn't know you knew what 'preppy' meant."
Everyone lounging in the living room laughed heartily.
"Hey, Ryou-kun!! Bring in Bakura! We wanna see what you're all droning on about in there!" Honda called. Ryou pushed the unwilling yami into the room, and everyone gazed for a moment. Jounouchi and Honda shrugged.
"It's cool," they both commented at the same time.
"Fabulous!" Anzu declared, clasping her hands together and jumping up to examine the yami from every angle. "Very nice. It contrasts nicely with his hair. It's a bit Yami-ish, but, hey, it looks intriguing. It's a great job, Yugi-kun. Now if we could just make his hair look a little less wild..."
Bakura's eyebrow began to twitch, wishing with all his might that they would just forget about the damn clothes. What was so great about whether it matched or contrasted with your hair?! Bakura wondered if being with Ryou all the time meant hanging out with his clothing-loving friends. He hoped not.
'The leather looked sexier,' a voice in the back of Ryou's mind declared insistently.
Bakura wondered why Ryou began to blush crimson.
"Yugi!" Yami suddenly barked. "Do you want breakfast or not?!"
"Ack! Gomen ne, Yami-kun!" Yugi called back, racing towards the kitchen. Yugi's Grandpa walked into the room.
"Oh," he commented, surprised upon noticing Bakura. "We're having another one come along? Yugi, why didn't you tell me?"
"Caurse I dn'dt knrw," Yugi called back, obviously with a mouthful of food.
"Yugi!"
There was a pause, probably Yugi swallowing. "I said cause I didn't know!"
But his Grandpa barely heard him, looking from Ryou to Bakura, Bakura to Ryou, then repeating the process over and over again. He suddenly smiled.
"You two are like Yugi and Yami, aren't you?"
Ryou glanced up at his yami, who smirked, and he smiled at Yugi's grandfather, fingering his Millennium Ring. "Yep, we sure are."
Anzu peered at Bakura's expression interestedly.
'Yup, we have another one on our hands,' she thought, sighing inwardly.
"So, Anzu-chan, are you going to sit with Yugi on the rides?" Jounouchi questioned mischievously as Yugi and Yami came into the room. Yugi blushed, and Yami suddenly looked very interested in the wall nearest him.
/Eto...Bakura-kun?/ (Eto means "Er")
//Yes, aibou?//
/Do you think we should tell Yami how Yugi feels about him so we can stop this madness?/
//I don't know. What do you think?//
/I don't know either, but it's not fun seeing Yugi and Yami this way. I think I'm gonna tell them. You'll help me, right?/
//Of course.//
/Arigatou./
"Actually," Anzu smiled. "I only came to see you all off, remember? I've got work to do with my mom back home."
/Now this is an unexpected turn of events.../ Ryou thought to his yami, who made a noise of agreement.
"Alright, let's go!" Ryou suggested, looking around at everyone. They all said, "YEAH!", and piled into Yugi's grandfather's truck.
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"So, what do we want to ride first?" Grandpa asked.
"Superman!" Jounouchi, Yugi, and Honda chorused.
"You're all pathetic!" Yami declared, rolling his eyes. Ryou nodded.
"Yeah, cause we wanna ride the Batman, which totally defeats the Superman."
A fierce glaring contest ensued, with Bakura staring around in confusion.
"And the difference would be?" Bakura questioned.
"In the Superman, you feel like you're really flying!" someone declared.
"Oh yeah? Well the Batman goes faster than the Superman, and twists and turns so you feel like you're in a Sci-Fi flying car!" Ryou retorted. Grandpa merely chuckled.
"Let's ride the Superman first before the line gets long, and then we'll do the Batman. Is that alright with everyone?" Grandpa suggested.
Ryou and Yami grumbled, but nodded while everyone else minus Bakura cheered.
"What is this 'ride'?" Bakura inquired. Everyone sweatdropped. Ryou smiled.
"It's hard to explain. It's kind of like the truck seats- you're strapped down in the seat and what you're sitting on is moving. Or, as the case may be, what you're strapped to will be moving."
"And what's the point of this strapped-in moving thing?"
"To have fun!" Yugi chirped.
"Cause it goes extremely fast!" Jounouchi added. Bakura blinked. Everyone grinned at him.
"You'll see," Yami smirked. "Don't say I didn't warn you."
Bakura glared. "You didn't."
Yami chuckled. "Well, now I have."
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"This is SO cool!" Jounouchi declared, jumping into the air excitedly.
"Yeah, the line was barely filled with anyone," Ryou agreed.
"So who gets the front?" Grandpa inquired. Yugi's grandpa wasn't actually going to ride any of the rides, because he was so small and old, but he still felt like bringing everyone to have fun.
"Oh, can Bakura and I go in front?!" Ryou asked, practically bouncing. Bakura smiled at his aibou's antics. He had never seen him so happy.
'If you hadn't always been hurting him, maybe you would've seen him like this sooner,' a nasty voice in his head reminded him, and the smile on his face dropped. He felt a hand on his shoulder, and he looked to his right, where Yami stood. Yami gave him a soft, understanding smile.
"The pain will lessen as the years go by," he murmured softly before rejoining his own aibou.
"Anybody else want the front?"
"Me!" Both Honda and Jounouchi declared at the same time. Grandpa sighed.
"It's a three-fitter. We'll draw straws," he offered. He cut some straws with Yugi keeping watch to make sure no one saw which straws were in what position, and then turned towards the four people. They all drew out the straws, and Honda's face fell.
"Darnit."
"The line is short, so we'll just ride it again and switch positions, okay?" Ryou suggested.
"Yeah, and me and Yami will join you up front, okay?" Yugi suggested.
"Okay," Honda smiled.
Their turn came, and everyone piled in- Ryou, Bakura, and Jounouchi in front, Yugi, Yami, and Honda in second. Bakura glanced over at Ryou at his aibou strapped in. Bakura tried to copy what Ryou did with the seat extensions. Bakura squirmed once he was done.
"This is incredibly uncomfortable," he commented to Ryou. Ryou chuckled.
"That's only cause you're not used to it," Ryou reassured him. "You'll hardly notice when the ride begins. And, indeed, his aibou was right. The floor dropped away, and the seats tilted back until their face were staring at the floor.
"Holy Ra!" Bakura yelped, clutching the straps as the ride began to move, a few girls screaming, probably just for the heck of it, behind them all.
"Hey! Don't diss the Gods!" Yami called, and everyone in their group chuckled. Ryou grinned, bouncing in his seat. Which was hard to do, considering the fact that he was perched on the strap holding him in the seat. (Those things were actually pretty comfortable to me, except when you're hanging with your face staring at the ground. Lucky me, I hate heights. O.O And I even went on Acrophobia!!!
Bakura: *snickers* And when you were at the top you were whimpering that you wanted to get off. *notices Author's eyebrow-twitching Death Glare and runs, hiding behind Ryou*)
"This is so cool!" he declared. Bakura smiled nervously at him.
"I'm glad you're having fun," he commented as the ride began to go up stairs.
"Oh, come on, you're gonna love this, Bakura," Ryou assured him once again. His eyes got an odd light in them as they topped a hill in the ride.
"Here we go," he yelled as the back of the ride caught up with the front and they all plunged down. Bakura, for the first time since being sealed in the Millennium Ring, screamed. Ryou, too, was screaming, but Bakura noticed it was a different scream from that of pain. This kind of scream Bakura found himself liking. It was full of excitement and life. (Now don't get any ideas here, that comes later- IF I get enough reviews ^^)
"WHOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!" Ryou cheered, with Jounouchi doing almost the same thing next to him. The ride twisted and turned, diving and raising up. At one point they even plunged headlong into a loop, on which the scream Bakura was trying to let out of his throat stuck and no sound came out. The ride ended just as suddenly as it had begun, and Bakura remained silent for a moment, panting.
"Hey, look, Jou-kun, people dropped bubble-gum!" Ryou declared, pointing at all of the different colored globs littering the floor.
"Hey, you're right!" Jou laughed.
"That's disgusting!" they all heard Yugi exclaiming behind them.
"I think I'm gonna be sick," Bakura moaned, and there was laughter all around him.
"Daijobu ka, Bakura-kun?" Ryou inquired, the only one not laughing. ("Daijobu ka?" means "Are you alright?")
"Told ya," Yami called.
"Urusei, Pharaoh," Bakura called back, shaking his head slightly to clear his dizziness. The ride halted finally, and the seats all returned to their original position.
"That's better," Bakura commented as the thing holding down raised up and Ryou gently tugged him to his feet.
"And you called me weak," Ryou chuckled. Bakura's face fell.
"Sorry," Ryou muttered, looking away. He'd forgotten how much mentioning his yami's former occupation as his personal torturer hurt the yami now. Bakura slipped an arm around the smaller boy's waist as they walked out through the exit, rejoining Yugi's Grandpa.
"Daijobu." (It's alright.)
"Let's do that again!!!" Honda crowed.
"Yeah! That was awesome!" Jounouchi added, pumping his fist into the air. Bakura smirked.
"Sure thing."
"Aren't you afraid of getting sick?" Ryou questioned. Bakura grinned.
"Not anymore. I'm used to it now."
They rode it once again, switching positions, and then they all made their way across the park to the Batman ride. They walked through the empty line blocks for what seemed like forever. (I swear, that thing they use to keep the line in place must be three miles long! I should know! I walked most of the way for what seemed like forever- and it was HOT in there too! Hotter than outside in the middle of July, which is when me and my dad went. Don't ask what possessed us to go in the hottest peak of summer.)
"Hey, it's a four-seater!" Yami called, getting the first view of the thing they would be riding in.
"Cool," Jounouchi commented. "All those with a yami or a hikari sit in the front first, and then switch positions with me'n Honda, k?"
Everyone agreed, and Bakura took the leftmost side, with Ryou next to him in the middle along with Yugi, and Yami on the rightmost side. (yes, those are words)
"Bring it on," Bakura declared loudly, and the ride seemed to answer him, plunging downward and twisting them all over the place, right, left, left, left, right, upside-down, headlong, right, up, loop, loop, twist. It ended with a jolt, and then everyone remembered to breathe.
"I didn't breathe through that whole ride!" Ryou exclaimed, laughing.
"I know!" Yugi exclaimed. "It kinda sucks the breath out of you!"
"You're telling me," Bakura gasped.
"That was so sweet," they all heard Jounouchi comment, and laughed. They rode it again, just like the Superman, and then gathered around a Dip 'N Dots ice cream parlor, munching on their ice cream. Bakura stared at his for a moment along with Yami, and then they both looked at their aibous eating it happily, shrugged at each other, and stuck a spoonful in their mouths.
"That's freaking cold!" Bakura exploded, coughing on the ice cream dots. Everyone laughed.
"Didn't you ever have one of those-" Yami began, referring to a extremely cold drink back in Egypt.
"Yes," Bakura interrupted. "It was disgusting."
Yami stared. "I didn't think anyone else shared my views on those cups of waste."
Bakura nodded, scooping another spoonful of the ice cream and fitting it in his mouth. "Hey, it's pretty good once you get over the coldness," he commented.
"Yep!" Ryou chirped. "It's called Banana Split, cause it has the ice cream flavors of vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and banana inside it."
Bakura stared. "'Flay-vou?' 'Van-ella'? 'Chock-o-lat', and what? What are these things?"
Ryou heaved a huge sigh. Yugi clapped him on the back companionably.
"Now you know what it was like for me to try and convert Yami to modern times." (LOL!)
Ryou groaned, and everyone except Bakura and Yami laughed. The two yamis merely frowned.
"To put it simply, 'flavor' is a type of something. It's what it tastes like in your mouth. Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and banana are all flavors, with noticeable qualities. Oh, and a word of warning. It also has another purpose- to get young people hyper."
"Hyper? What's that?"
Yugi and Ryou suddenly burst out laughing, giggling madly. Jounouchi and Honda joined in, cackling wildly, and they all started trying to fling the ice cream at each other. Yami heaved a huge sigh.
"THAT is hyper. It means they all get extremely excited from a rush of a material called sugar, which is in the ice cream, to their bloodstream, and they all start doing silly things. Once Yugi tried to turn Ryou-kun's hair pink."
"What a horrible food to invent," Bakura stared, horrified.
"No kidding," Yami growled as a clump of ice cream was flung over his head, his eyebrow twitching. (*lmao*)
"Alright, everyone, calm down," Grandpa instructed firmly. "This ice cream costs a lot here. I don't want you flinging all that money away."
"Gomen nasai," everyone murmured as one, immediately stopping their rampage.
"Luckily, it wears off easy," Yami commented as everyone finished their ice cream calmly. "Especially if Jiichan is around."
Bakura muttered, "Note to self: never let Ryou-chan have ice cream at home."
"Aww, come on, Bakura-kun, I used to always eat ice cream to get my energy back up after-" Ryou paled, and changed what he was about to say. "A-After homework."
Bakura's smile seemed strained. He knew full well what Ryou had been about to mention. "We'll see."
"Okay, so where to next?" Jiichan inquired.
"Karaoke!" Ryou immediately declared. Everyone looked at him, and he blushed. "It's not my fault I can sing."
"Yami can sing too!" Yugi declared. "Can't you, Yami-kun??"
Yami spluttered for a moment, embarrassed. Bakura smirked at him.
"You're right, the ice cream was a bad idea."
Yami grumbled as Yugi and Ryou dragged him towards the Karaoke building.
/Bakura-kun, you getting what I'm thinking?/
//Yep.//
Yami-kun, you really love Yugi, don't you? Bakura inquired in the Pharaoh's mind. Yami's eyes seemed far away as Yugi yanked him into the building.
Yes, I do...
You want to let him know in a way that won't quite be obvious but will be once you two are together?
Yeah, I guess...how?
Sing a song that has relation to the situation right now.
What song?
//What song is it again?//
/White Reflection./
Bakura repeated Ryou's words in Yami's mind. Yami blinked.
I know that song...
Good. It'll be easier for you to sing it.
Yami gave him a suspicious look that no one seemed to notice but Bakura.
Why are you suddenly helping me with this?
Bakura gave him a soft smile, and an understanding seemed to pass between them without words. Yami's eyes went wide.
When did this happen?
Bakura blushed a slight pink color that his hikari noticed.
I don't really know. It just...sorta...happened...
"Bakura-kun, are you alright? I hope you're not getting overheated- your face is all red."
Bakura smiled, forcing the redness to go away. "Nope, I'm fine."
"Alright, so who sings first?" Honda questioned.
"Aren't you gonna sing?" Yugi inquired. Honda and Jounouchi stared at him.
"Are you outta your mind?" Jounouchi demanded.
"You know we can't sing worth a flip," Honda finished. Yugi shrugged.
"Your loss, then."
Yugi and Ryou immediately flew over to the list of songs, quarreling over which song was the best. Bakura caught Yami's eye and gave him a small smile of encouragement. Yami found the number of the song Bakura had told him, and told it to the woman at the desk. She smiled, thanked him for the money he handed her, and then led him into the room where he would be singing. It was an opaque room, with tinted glass panes so he would be able to see everyone, but they wouldn't be able to see him.
"Just relax," the woman instructed with a kind smile, and shut the black door. Yami gulped, and a mechanical voice spoke to him from a speaker somewhere in the room.
"Your 1 minute practice session with the song will now begin in...3...2...1..."
Yami sang the song perfectly (Let's just pretend it's a guy who sings the song instead of a girl. It'll be easier that way, especially since Yami has such a deep voice.), and was a little disappointed when the practice session ended.
"We will begin recording now. Relax, and have fun. 5...4...3...2...1..."
Music began, and words in Japanese showed up on the screen. When it came time for Yami to sing the actual words, the words turned green.
"I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
mitsumekaesu hitomi ni
egaite harukana "NEVER ENDING STORY"
kanashimi mo itami
mo furikiru you ni habataku
anata ga kureta tsubasa wo kono mune ni hirogete...
aa kakegaenai ai no kodou wo
setsunaku kuruoshiku kanjiteitai
I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
atsuku yume wo kasanete
ayamachiosorezu ni motomeau seishun!!
I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
mitsumekaesu hitomi ni
egaite harukana "NEVER ENDING STORY"
afuredasu omoi wo suhada de sotto tsutaeru
yasashiku nareru tsuyosa wo dakishimeru mitai ni...
aa hageshiku yureugoku jidai wo
kedakaku shinayaka ni koeteikitai
I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
yurushiaeru shinjitsu
kuchizuke kawashitara mou nani mo iranai!!
I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
akiramenai jounetsu
shinjite tsuranuku "NEVER ENDING STORY"
I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
atsuku yume wo kasanete
ayamachiosorezu ni motomeau seishun!!
I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
mitsumekaesu hitomi ni
egaite harukana "NEVER ENDING STORY"..."
(I feel your love reflection; A far away, never ending story is painted in your eyes as you gaze back at me; The wings you gave me, I spread open in my heart; Their fluttering seems to shake off the sadness and pain. Aa, I want to feel the pain of the pulsing of irreplaceable love. I feel your love reflection.; Pile up the dreams thickly; Young ones who desire each other, fearless of mistakes. I feel your love reflection; A far away, never ending story is painted in your eyes as you gaze back at me.; I want to softly communicate to your bare skin; the feelings that are spilling over; As if hugging close the strength to become gentle. Aa, I want to nobly, lithely, overcome this unstable age. I feel your love reflection; The truth of our acceptance of each other; Kiss me, and there is nothing else I need!! I feel your love reflection; Believe in the passion that will not give up; Our piercing-through "never ending story." I feel your love reflection; pile up the dreams thickly; Young ones who desire each other, fearless of mistakes. I feel your love reflection; A far away, never ending story is painted in your eyes as you gaze back at me.)
When he finished, Yami blinked in surprise. It wasn't as hard as he thought it would be. The wait had definitely had been worse. The door opened, and Yami walked out calmly. Bakura was smirking at him, amused at something, and the woman gave him another small smile.
"We're going to play it outside the building now."
"NANI?!?!?" Yami shrieked, his face turning a pinkish color. Bakura chuckled, and Yami glared at him.
"C'mon, everyone, let's go see what Yami was like!" Yugi suggested, and they all ran outside. Yami groaned, and was forced to go outside with them.
When the song came on, and his voice rang over the microphone, Yami was horrified yet pleased to find he had a crowd gathering. His face was completely crimson, and he could barely move. Bakura ended up picking him up, moving him inside the building, and then setting him back down, forcing him to sit.
"So, who's next?" Grandpa questioned cheerily.
"Oo, I will, I will!" Yugi announced excitedly, pointedly looking at Yami. He scribbled down his song number on a sheet of paper after a few seconds, and told the woman he wanted the song added to the same CD Yami's song would be on. She stared at the sheet of paper for a moment, then looked up at him.
"You do know a girl sings this song, right?"
Everyone looked at Yugi in surprise. Even Yami seemed to come out of his trance a little more. Yugi blushed.
"Ryou-kun taught me how to sing high," he mumbled, and everyone's attention was moved to Ryou while the woman led Yugi into the room Yami had been in.
"You can sing high notes?" Jounouchi repeated. Ryou smiled.
"Yep. As a kid, I used to imitate how my mom sang. That is, before she died." (Is this wrong? Someone please tell me in a review if it is, please.)
"So what's this about you teaching Yugi?" Yami inquired. Ryou blushed slightly.
"Well, he saw a song that he really liked and wanted to sing along with it, but the problem was that he couldn't sing that high. Sooooo, I taught him how. He's very good. Wait till you hear him."
Yugi, inside the room Yami had been in, finished with the 1-minute practice session, and began to sing the actual song, thinking of Yami.
"Ho ooh.
When I see you there I'm so aware how lucky I am, baby.
Cause I don't deserve, I don't come close to understanding, baby,
The logic of your kind of trust. It amazes me.
It's the more like you would care enough to just believe.
Your faith in me. It pulls me through when there's nothing around to hold on to.
When I fall, when I'm weak, all the strength that I need is your faith, baby.
Your faith in me.
Even with your love I get along cause I've always been, baby,
It's a nice salvation to my soul cause that's how it feels, baby.
The sacred thing that I keep close to carry on.
And I know that I will be all right and you're here at all.
Your faith in me. It pulls me through when there's nothing around to hold on to.
When I fall, when I'm weak, all the strength that I need is your faith, baby.
Your faith in me.
You make me feel I can walk on water. (I can reach above the stars)
And now then comes our guessing, safe within your arms.
Your faith in me. It pulls me through when there's nothing around to hold on to.
When I fall, when I'm weak, all the strength that I need is your faith, baby.
Your faith in me.
When I fall, baby, when I'm weak, baby. All I need, baby. Is your faith in me.
When I fall, baby, when I'm weak, baby. All I need, baby. Is your faith in me.
When I fall, baby, when I'm weak, baby. All I need, baby. Is your faith in me.
When I fall, baby, when I'm weak, baby. All I need, baby. Is your faith in me.
Hoooo..."
The door opened after a moment's wait, and Yugi came out feeling oddly happy and excited inside. Yugi dragged Yami outside before anyone else could move, and they all listened as Yugi sang the song.
"You can sing high!" Honda declared, sounding surprised.
"What, didn't believe me?" Yugi countered. "Ryou can sing even higher."
Ryou blushed. "Yugi!"
"Well, you can!"
"Now who goes next?"
"I will," Bakura announced, looking at Ryou. Yami gave a small smirk as everyone stared at the silver-haired boy. (You know, Ryou/Bakura's hair changes so much. Depending on the lighting, it can be lavender, silver, light blue, white, I believe I've even seen it looking slightly pink!)
Ryou stared at Bakura as he wrote down the song number, handed it to the woman, told her to put it on a different CD -'Whatever that is,' Bakura thought-, and handed her the money. He then went inside the singing room.
"I didn't know Bakura-kun could sing..." Ryou mumbled, mostly to himself.
Bakura smiled as he began to sing the song, thinking of his hikari. (Is it just me, or is this chapter getting boring? Don't worry, something funny is coming up, an idea conjured up by my friend, who didn't even know which couples I was using in here.)
As he sang, Bakura found himself pouring all of his pent-up emotions into the song.
"Baby.please try to forgive me.
Stay here, don't put out the glow.
Hold me now? Don't bother,
If every minute it makes me weaker,
You can save me from the man that I've become.
Oh yeah...
Lookin' back on the things I've done,
I was trying to be someone,
Play my part, kept you in the dark...
Now let me show you the shape of my heart.
Sadness is beautiful,
Loneliness is tragical.
So, help me...I can't win this war. Oh, no...
Touch me now? Don't bother,
If every second it makes me weaker.
You can save me from the man I've become.
Lookin' back on the things I've done,
I was trying to be someone,
Play my part, kept you in the dark...
Now let me show you the shape of my heart.
I'm here with my confession.
Got nothing to hide no more.
I don't know where to start
But to show you the shape of my heart.
I'm looking back on things I've done.
I never wanna play the same old part,
Keep you in the dark,
Now let me show you the shape of my heart...
Lookin' back on the things I've done,
I was trying to be someone,
Play my part, kept you in the dark...
Now let me show you the shape of my heart.
Lookin' back on the things I've done,
I was trying to be someone,
Play my part, kept you in the dark...
Now let me show you the shape of my heart...
Show you the shape of my heart......"
Bakura was astonished to find a tear had made its way out of his eye and dropped on his hand. He hastily wiped it away, along with the wet trail left on his cheek, before the door opened. Ryou all but flew outside to await Bakura's song. Bakura chuckled, shaking his head at his aibou's antics, and walked calmly out of the building. Ryou's eyes went wide as he listened to the lyrics. Everybody else, except Yugi's grandfather, seemed to be getting the same impression, all of their eyes getting bigger. Yami was the only one not surprised. He just merely gave a soft smile, and clapped Bakura on the back companionably.
"Your voice got pretty emotional there," he teased. Bakura shot him a nasty glare, accompanied with his old sneer.
"Urusei, Pharaoh," he snarled. Yami's eyes flashed.
"Careful. It seems you're picking up on old habits again."
Bakura raised an eyebrow. "Old habits die hard," he commented flatly. "My favorite hobby just happens to be annoying you."
Yami knew he was just agitated about waiting for Ryou's response to the song, so he sighed, shaking his head, and went back into the building. Once everyone had gone inside except for Ryou and Bakura, Ryou looked up at his yami, tears brimming in his eyes.
"Arigatou," he whispered before giving his darker half an enormous hug. Bakura smiled, and hugged him back lightly.
"Come on, aibou, you have a song to sing."
Ryou grinned up at him in an odd, mischievous way. "That I do."
Ryou went into the building to sing, but Bakura stayed outside, wrapped in his thoughts.
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"Irresistible..." Ryou crooned into the microphone as his song began. He thought of Bakura, and a smile tugged at his lips as he sang.
"You know I don't know what it is,
But everything about you is so irresistible...
Don't you try and tell me that he's not my type,
To hide what I feel inside,
When he makes me weak with desire.
I know that I'm supposed to make him wait,
Let him think I like the chase, but I can't
Stop fanning the fire.
I know I meant to say no...
But he's irresistible,
Up close and personal,
Now inescapable,
I can hardly breathe...
More than just physical,
Deeper than spiritual...
His ways are powerful-
Irresistible to me... (ohhh, I can hardly breathe, yeah, yeah)
Don't you think I'm trying to tell my heart what's right,
That I should really say goodnight?
But I just can't stop myself from falling (falling)...
Maybe I'll tell him that I feel the same,
That I don't want to play no game (no)...
'Cause when I feel his arms wrapped around me,
I know I meant to say no (I meant to say no)...
But he's irresistible (irresistible)
Up close and personal,
Now inescapable,
I can hardly breathe (I can hardly breathe)...
More than just physical,
Deeper than spiritual (oh yeah)...
His ways are powerful-
Irresistible to me...
Can't you see, whenever he's close to me,
I really find it hard to breathe...
He's so irresistible...
Baby, you know it's more than just spiritual,
His kisses are powerful...
He's so irresistible (he's so irresistible)
Up close and personal, (oh yeah)
Now inescapable,
I can hardly breathe (I can hardly breath)...
More than just physical, (oh yeah)
Deeper than spiritual...
His ways are powerful-
Irresistible to me...
He's irresistible,
Up close and personal, (yeah)
Now inescapable,
I can hardly breathe... (irresistible to me)
More than just physical,
Deeper than spiritual...
His ways are powerful-
Irresistible to me..."
Ryou, liking to end a song his own way, raised his voice extremely high on the last part. He heard a distinct crack, and then, to his horror, the opaque glass panes broke from the pitch of his voice. (*giggles madly*)
He paused, his face a deep crimson as the panes fell to the ground. The noise attracted Bakura from outside, and when Bakura saw what Ryou had done, he tried vainly to suppress his smile.
"Oops?" Ryou muttered. The woman stared, as if in shock. Yugi's grandfather chuckled.
"I'll pay for the new windows, Miss."
She nodded, took the money he handed her, gave them their CDs, and then hastily bolted herself up in her office. Ryou felt his face burn as he was led outside.
"Dang, Ryou, you really can go high," Jounouchi teased.
"Oh, come on, you guys, give him a break," Yugi stood up for the boy.
"Hey, we never got to hear Ryou's song," Honda suddenly declared. Ryou face flushed with embarrassment.
"W-We don't have to..."
"Of course we do!" Yugi replied. Ryou grumbled until they all went to ride more roller coasters and then went home. In the truck, everyone tried to get Ryou to give them the CD so they could hear him sing, but he refused firmly, and held it close. Bakura watched with growing interest. Why would his hikari be hiding something he sang from them? They were all friends here.
Well, sorta.
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Author's Notes: YES!! I'm FINALLY done! Hrm...*frowns* No cliffhanger this time. You all better thank me for giving you mercy! A cliffhanger is coming up in the next chapter, so beware! BWUAHAHAHAHAH!!!
Ryou: *cowers in the corner, holding his CD close* Don't you dare make me play it for them.
Author: *grins evilly* Don't worry, I won't. *mutters under breath* Yet.
Bakura: What was that?
Author: *sweet, innocent look that convinces absolutely no one* Nothing.
Yugi: Anyway, be prepared to expect confessions,
Yami: And heartbreak,
Yami and Yugi together: In the next chapter!
Author: *stares* Yugi, how many commercials have you been letting Yami watch?
Yugi: ^____^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Not too much...
Author: *facevaults*
Yami and Bakura: *whistles in an innocent way that fools no one*
Yugi: *whispering to Ryou* There they go again.
Ryou: ^^;; When will they ever learn?
Author: *twitch* Do that again and I'll sick Yuumei on you both.
Yuumei: *pops into the fic suddenly* I believe I heard my name. Konnichiwa! Remember me? ^^
Yami and Bakura: *shudder in horror at Author's threat*
Yuumei: Oh, come on, you babies.
Author: *peace sign* ^____^ Anyway, below this is the list of the songs in this fic, who it's by/where it's from, and which character sings it in this fic. Is it just me, or is Bakura the only one singing a guy's song? o__o;;;;;
Yugi- Faith In Me by Jessica Simpson
Yami- White Reflection from Gundam Wing (Endless Waltz?)
Ryou- Irresistible by Jessica Simpson (I love that song...)
Bakura- Shape Of My Heart by Backstreet Boys
Author: Oh, and, by the way, sometimes, in the previous chapters (and this chapter, I think), you might see a "." in the middle of a sentence when there's not supposed to be one. That's because of the way FF.Net converts my Microsoft Word format. It's actually supposed to be "..." instead. I'll try and catch all of them, but I might miss a few. *grumbles about stupid MW format macros*
I also happened to notice that paragraph breaks, when it's changing scenes, doesn't work. SO I'm going to put ========================================================== in between whenever it changes scenes, okay? ^_~
Oh, and, by the way, tomorrow morning I'm going to be leaving for Florida for about a week, and then, a week after I come back, school will start, so I might not be able to work on my chapters as much. They might get shorter and shorter until a "chapter" might be half of my previous chapters. *bows* Gomen nasai.
Caffeinidated Elf: Wow! *blushes* Thanks for the compliments! I'm glad you got inspiration from it! This morning, I got inspiration from my N64 game which I haven't played in, like, two years. And, as for your comment to "Grr...", YOU RULE! Nice comments and points, there, Elf-san!
Yu-Gi-Oh: Soulmates
Chapter Four: Karaoke
"We're all going to go where?" Ryou managed to get out through a huge yawn.
"We're going to go to Six Flags! Don't you want to come?"
"Sure, if I can wake up enough. Otou-san is gone on a trip for work, so I don't have to worry about asking anyone. I'll just lock the house."
There was a pause. Yugi seemed to be speaking to someone.
"If you don't have enough money, Jiichan says he'll pay for you."
"Oh, no, no, no, I have enough. I could never let you pay for me," Ryou exclaimed. Yugi chuckled.
"Alright. See you at 7:45."
"Ja ne."
Ryou hung the phone, and immediately felt like plopping back down onto the bed and falling right back asleep. But if he did that he would never get ready in time to go. So, Ryou forced himself out of his bed, and crawled out of his room to the bathroom, where he showered.
He emerged from the bathroom, brushing his wild silver hair, and gave another yawn before entering his room and dressing. He paused before he exited the room, his eyes catching on the Millennium Ring, which he had set down on his dresser before going to shower. As always, he felt mysteriously drawn to it, despite what the spirit inside had done to him, and he slipped it over his head. It fell comfortably onto his clothed chest, and Ryou instantly felt safer, more at ease. Why, he didn't know. The Ring just had that effect on him.
He shrugged, and walked down the stairs into the kitchen. He hadn't heard another word out of his yami since he woke up yesterday to see his face looming above him, an odd look in his eye as Ryou jumped away in fear. Ryou had reacted before thought to what his yami had been saying to him through their link, and he immensely regretted leaping away from the spirit.
He fixed his breakfast absent-mindedly, barely noticing what he was doing with the stove. He regretted that as well a few moments later when he accidentally touched the white-hot stove. Ryou screamed in pain, jumping back and falling onto the floor, clutching his burned hand. Bakura was instantly at his side, hefting him to his feet and pouring cold water from the faucet onto the wound. Ryou winced, and then opened his eyes when the pain ebbed from the icy water. His eyes met his yami's.
Silence.
Ryou broke the silence after finally not being able to stand it, smiled, and said, "Arigatou. That really hurt."
Bakura blinked. "Aren't you..."
"Afraid of you?" Ryou supplied. Bakura's twitched, but nodded. Ryou smiled.
"A little. But I know you won't hurt me now."
"How?"
The question surprised Ryou. "How what?"
"How do you know if I'm going to hurt you or not?"
Ryou's eyes softened. "I can just tell. I'm sort of an empath. I can tell when people are sad or happy. They can just never tell if I'm sad."
Bakura looked at him for a long, long moment with an odd look on his face. Much like that of one who wants to say something, but has no clue what to say. Needless to say, it was a pretty funny expression. Ryou's mouth twitched a couple times, then he broke out into a smile, giggled, and then finally burst into laughter, collapsing against the taller boy for support as he clutched his shaking sides. Bakura got a confused look on his face, and turned off the water, supporting the smaller boy until he calmed down a little.
"What's so funny?" Bakura inquired, blinking in puzzlement. Ryou laughed for a little longer before gasping out his reply.
"Your face!" he breathed, giggling madly. "You had...hahah!...this ...heehee...hilarious...ahahahaha!...look on...*GASP!*...your face!"
Bakura blinked, and then shrugged. Once Ryou could stand without falling, Bakura finished cooking the younger boy's breakfast while Ryou tried to calm down. Bakura put the scrambled eggs on a plate, then added the bacon and the grits, and turned off the stove. Ryou watched him while he regained his breath.
"When did you...learn to use...a stove?" Ryou questioned between breaths. Bakura glanced at his aibou.
"I merely watched what you did in my soul room within the Ring."
Ryou blinked, suddenly blushing. "What else can you see through my eyes?"
Bakura grinned at him. "Sore wa himitsu desu." (For those who are not 'The Slayers TRY' or Xelloss fans, it means "That is a secret.")
Ryou frowned at Bakura, blushing, and watched as the taller boy took the plate of food and set it on the table.
"Eat up," Bakura suggested cheerfully before turning and walking towards the living room. He was stopped as arms wrapped around his middle. Bakura felt a head rest against his back.
"Bakura?"
"Hn?" Bakura inquired, blushing slightly himself.
"Does this mean we're going to be more like Yugi and Yami?" Ryou asked softly. Bakura's eyes softened and he smiled gently, turning around and enveloping the smaller boy in a hug. Bakura buried his head within the other boy's soft hair, and suddenly recalled how Yami had collapsed into Ryou's arms, sobbing and wishing that Yugi would love him.
"Yes, Ryou-chan, if you want it to be that way."
'But the question is,' Bakura mused to himself. 'Do I want it that way?' (Hey...there's another BSB song that's popped up in my story..."I Want It That Way")
He had no answer for himself, something that extremely bugged him.
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DING DONG!
"HAI!!!" Yugi called, rushing to the door. He flung it open, and was surprised to see Ryou standing in front of his door with Bakura at his side.
Yugi observed the all black leather outfit Bakura had on for a moment, before saying, "You know...you're gonna get really hot in that, Bakura- kun."
Bakura blinked, surprised that Yugi was not afraid of him or angry at him. Yugi's comment finally registered in his mind. "I am?"
"Of course, goofy!" Yugi laughed. "It's the middle of July! Come on in, I'm sure Yami will let you borrow some of his clothes!"
Yami walked into the room, wearing an apron. "Someone call my name?"
Ryou giggled for a moment before bursting out in laughter once again, holding his heaving sides. Bakura stared, and Yugi slapped his forehead.
"Yami-kun!!! How many times do I have to tell you that you don't HAVE to wear the apron in order to cook!"
"It's not my fault you dragged me out of bed so friggin early," the former Pharaoh muttered before taking the apron off and going back into the kitchen.
"If he's gonna wear that kind of style, I think I'm gonna stick with the black leather look," Bakura announced flatly. There was laughter from the living room, proof that Jounouchi, Anzu, and Honda had all arrived before them and had heard their conversation. Ryou shook with laughter for a few more moments before calming down enough to follow Yugi up to his and his yami's room to help Bakura pick out clothes.
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"Hey, Ryou-kun," Yugi suddenly said, a hint of laughter in his voice. Ryou peered up at him, and Yugi brought out a flowery dress.
"What about this?" he chirped, before bursting out in laughter. Ryou joined in, cracking up. Bakura frowned in disgust at it.
"Are you mad?" Bakura inquired calmly with the air of one asking about someone's zodiac sign. Yugi and Ryou merely laughed harder, so Bakura shut up, tapping his foot until the two calmed down.
"That was a good one, Yugi-kun," Ryou gasped, wiping tears from his eyes. Yugi chuckled a moment before putting his mother's dress back in the far end of the walk-in closet, and rummaged around for a moment.
"Aha!! Perfect!" Yugi declared, yanking an outfit out of the closet.
/"Yami-kun!"/ Yugi called. /"Can Bakura-kun wear this??"/
Yami, easily hearing his aibou through their mind-link, peered through Yugi's eyes.
//Sure. Breakfast is almost done.//
Yugi turned towards Bakura, and beamed. "Here you go."
Bakura took the clothes from him, peering at them from this angle, then that angle, and finally groaned. He was ushered into the bathroom by Yugi and Ryou, and emerged a minute later in the outfit. Ryou whistled.
"Very nice," Yugi complimented, then immediately declared, "I...am a genius."
"I believe you may be right," Ryou agreed, cocking his head at his yami's clothes. Bakura wore a tight-fitting, sleeveless shirt, identical to Yami's usual attire with all of the buckles, only it was of a rich royal blue material. (Yami's is purple) He also wore royal blue spandex shorts, and a pair of midnight blue shoes. Bakura frowned at the two teenagers standing in front of him.
"I look like an idiot," he hissed as they dragged him down the stairs.
"Hmph," Yami commented, eyeing Bakura's outfit. "My style isn't that bad. You look fine."
"Oh, wow. 'Fine.' That tells me a lot," Bakura commented dryly. Yami saw through the dryness in his voice to the humor he was trying to attain, and smirked, chuckling.
"You look interesting. It's a new look that I think goes with you. Is that better, or am I going preppy?"
Yugi stared. "I didn't know you knew what 'preppy' meant."
Everyone lounging in the living room laughed heartily.
"Hey, Ryou-kun!! Bring in Bakura! We wanna see what you're all droning on about in there!" Honda called. Ryou pushed the unwilling yami into the room, and everyone gazed for a moment. Jounouchi and Honda shrugged.
"It's cool," they both commented at the same time.
"Fabulous!" Anzu declared, clasping her hands together and jumping up to examine the yami from every angle. "Very nice. It contrasts nicely with his hair. It's a bit Yami-ish, but, hey, it looks intriguing. It's a great job, Yugi-kun. Now if we could just make his hair look a little less wild..."
Bakura's eyebrow began to twitch, wishing with all his might that they would just forget about the damn clothes. What was so great about whether it matched or contrasted with your hair?! Bakura wondered if being with Ryou all the time meant hanging out with his clothing-loving friends. He hoped not.
'The leather looked sexier,' a voice in the back of Ryou's mind declared insistently.
Bakura wondered why Ryou began to blush crimson.
"Yugi!" Yami suddenly barked. "Do you want breakfast or not?!"
"Ack! Gomen ne, Yami-kun!" Yugi called back, racing towards the kitchen. Yugi's Grandpa walked into the room.
"Oh," he commented, surprised upon noticing Bakura. "We're having another one come along? Yugi, why didn't you tell me?"
"Caurse I dn'dt knrw," Yugi called back, obviously with a mouthful of food.
"Yugi!"
There was a pause, probably Yugi swallowing. "I said cause I didn't know!"
But his Grandpa barely heard him, looking from Ryou to Bakura, Bakura to Ryou, then repeating the process over and over again. He suddenly smiled.
"You two are like Yugi and Yami, aren't you?"
Ryou glanced up at his yami, who smirked, and he smiled at Yugi's grandfather, fingering his Millennium Ring. "Yep, we sure are."
Anzu peered at Bakura's expression interestedly.
'Yup, we have another one on our hands,' she thought, sighing inwardly.
"So, Anzu-chan, are you going to sit with Yugi on the rides?" Jounouchi questioned mischievously as Yugi and Yami came into the room. Yugi blushed, and Yami suddenly looked very interested in the wall nearest him.
/Eto...Bakura-kun?/ (Eto means "Er")
//Yes, aibou?//
/Do you think we should tell Yami how Yugi feels about him so we can stop this madness?/
//I don't know. What do you think?//
/I don't know either, but it's not fun seeing Yugi and Yami this way. I think I'm gonna tell them. You'll help me, right?/
//Of course.//
/Arigatou./
"Actually," Anzu smiled. "I only came to see you all off, remember? I've got work to do with my mom back home."
/Now this is an unexpected turn of events.../ Ryou thought to his yami, who made a noise of agreement.
"Alright, let's go!" Ryou suggested, looking around at everyone. They all said, "YEAH!", and piled into Yugi's grandfather's truck.
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"So, what do we want to ride first?" Grandpa asked.
"Superman!" Jounouchi, Yugi, and Honda chorused.
"You're all pathetic!" Yami declared, rolling his eyes. Ryou nodded.
"Yeah, cause we wanna ride the Batman, which totally defeats the Superman."
A fierce glaring contest ensued, with Bakura staring around in confusion.
"And the difference would be?" Bakura questioned.
"In the Superman, you feel like you're really flying!" someone declared.
"Oh yeah? Well the Batman goes faster than the Superman, and twists and turns so you feel like you're in a Sci-Fi flying car!" Ryou retorted. Grandpa merely chuckled.
"Let's ride the Superman first before the line gets long, and then we'll do the Batman. Is that alright with everyone?" Grandpa suggested.
Ryou and Yami grumbled, but nodded while everyone else minus Bakura cheered.
"What is this 'ride'?" Bakura inquired. Everyone sweatdropped. Ryou smiled.
"It's hard to explain. It's kind of like the truck seats- you're strapped down in the seat and what you're sitting on is moving. Or, as the case may be, what you're strapped to will be moving."
"And what's the point of this strapped-in moving thing?"
"To have fun!" Yugi chirped.
"Cause it goes extremely fast!" Jounouchi added. Bakura blinked. Everyone grinned at him.
"You'll see," Yami smirked. "Don't say I didn't warn you."
Bakura glared. "You didn't."
Yami chuckled. "Well, now I have."
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"This is SO cool!" Jounouchi declared, jumping into the air excitedly.
"Yeah, the line was barely filled with anyone," Ryou agreed.
"So who gets the front?" Grandpa inquired. Yugi's grandpa wasn't actually going to ride any of the rides, because he was so small and old, but he still felt like bringing everyone to have fun.
"Oh, can Bakura and I go in front?!" Ryou asked, practically bouncing. Bakura smiled at his aibou's antics. He had never seen him so happy.
'If you hadn't always been hurting him, maybe you would've seen him like this sooner,' a nasty voice in his head reminded him, and the smile on his face dropped. He felt a hand on his shoulder, and he looked to his right, where Yami stood. Yami gave him a soft, understanding smile.
"The pain will lessen as the years go by," he murmured softly before rejoining his own aibou.
"Anybody else want the front?"
"Me!" Both Honda and Jounouchi declared at the same time. Grandpa sighed.
"It's a three-fitter. We'll draw straws," he offered. He cut some straws with Yugi keeping watch to make sure no one saw which straws were in what position, and then turned towards the four people. They all drew out the straws, and Honda's face fell.
"Darnit."
"The line is short, so we'll just ride it again and switch positions, okay?" Ryou suggested.
"Yeah, and me and Yami will join you up front, okay?" Yugi suggested.
"Okay," Honda smiled.
Their turn came, and everyone piled in- Ryou, Bakura, and Jounouchi in front, Yugi, Yami, and Honda in second. Bakura glanced over at Ryou at his aibou strapped in. Bakura tried to copy what Ryou did with the seat extensions. Bakura squirmed once he was done.
"This is incredibly uncomfortable," he commented to Ryou. Ryou chuckled.
"That's only cause you're not used to it," Ryou reassured him. "You'll hardly notice when the ride begins. And, indeed, his aibou was right. The floor dropped away, and the seats tilted back until their face were staring at the floor.
"Holy Ra!" Bakura yelped, clutching the straps as the ride began to move, a few girls screaming, probably just for the heck of it, behind them all.
"Hey! Don't diss the Gods!" Yami called, and everyone in their group chuckled. Ryou grinned, bouncing in his seat. Which was hard to do, considering the fact that he was perched on the strap holding him in the seat. (Those things were actually pretty comfortable to me, except when you're hanging with your face staring at the ground. Lucky me, I hate heights. O.O And I even went on Acrophobia!!!
Bakura: *snickers* And when you were at the top you were whimpering that you wanted to get off. *notices Author's eyebrow-twitching Death Glare and runs, hiding behind Ryou*)
"This is so cool!" he declared. Bakura smiled nervously at him.
"I'm glad you're having fun," he commented as the ride began to go up stairs.
"Oh, come on, you're gonna love this, Bakura," Ryou assured him once again. His eyes got an odd light in them as they topped a hill in the ride.
"Here we go," he yelled as the back of the ride caught up with the front and they all plunged down. Bakura, for the first time since being sealed in the Millennium Ring, screamed. Ryou, too, was screaming, but Bakura noticed it was a different scream from that of pain. This kind of scream Bakura found himself liking. It was full of excitement and life. (Now don't get any ideas here, that comes later- IF I get enough reviews ^^)
"WHOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!" Ryou cheered, with Jounouchi doing almost the same thing next to him. The ride twisted and turned, diving and raising up. At one point they even plunged headlong into a loop, on which the scream Bakura was trying to let out of his throat stuck and no sound came out. The ride ended just as suddenly as it had begun, and Bakura remained silent for a moment, panting.
"Hey, look, Jou-kun, people dropped bubble-gum!" Ryou declared, pointing at all of the different colored globs littering the floor.
"Hey, you're right!" Jou laughed.
"That's disgusting!" they all heard Yugi exclaiming behind them.
"I think I'm gonna be sick," Bakura moaned, and there was laughter all around him.
"Daijobu ka, Bakura-kun?" Ryou inquired, the only one not laughing. ("Daijobu ka?" means "Are you alright?")
"Told ya," Yami called.
"Urusei, Pharaoh," Bakura called back, shaking his head slightly to clear his dizziness. The ride halted finally, and the seats all returned to their original position.
"That's better," Bakura commented as the thing holding down raised up and Ryou gently tugged him to his feet.
"And you called me weak," Ryou chuckled. Bakura's face fell.
"Sorry," Ryou muttered, looking away. He'd forgotten how much mentioning his yami's former occupation as his personal torturer hurt the yami now. Bakura slipped an arm around the smaller boy's waist as they walked out through the exit, rejoining Yugi's Grandpa.
"Daijobu." (It's alright.)
"Let's do that again!!!" Honda crowed.
"Yeah! That was awesome!" Jounouchi added, pumping his fist into the air. Bakura smirked.
"Sure thing."
"Aren't you afraid of getting sick?" Ryou questioned. Bakura grinned.
"Not anymore. I'm used to it now."
They rode it once again, switching positions, and then they all made their way across the park to the Batman ride. They walked through the empty line blocks for what seemed like forever. (I swear, that thing they use to keep the line in place must be three miles long! I should know! I walked most of the way for what seemed like forever- and it was HOT in there too! Hotter than outside in the middle of July, which is when me and my dad went. Don't ask what possessed us to go in the hottest peak of summer.)
"Hey, it's a four-seater!" Yami called, getting the first view of the thing they would be riding in.
"Cool," Jounouchi commented. "All those with a yami or a hikari sit in the front first, and then switch positions with me'n Honda, k?"
Everyone agreed, and Bakura took the leftmost side, with Ryou next to him in the middle along with Yugi, and Yami on the rightmost side. (yes, those are words)
"Bring it on," Bakura declared loudly, and the ride seemed to answer him, plunging downward and twisting them all over the place, right, left, left, left, right, upside-down, headlong, right, up, loop, loop, twist. It ended with a jolt, and then everyone remembered to breathe.
"I didn't breathe through that whole ride!" Ryou exclaimed, laughing.
"I know!" Yugi exclaimed. "It kinda sucks the breath out of you!"
"You're telling me," Bakura gasped.
"That was so sweet," they all heard Jounouchi comment, and laughed. They rode it again, just like the Superman, and then gathered around a Dip 'N Dots ice cream parlor, munching on their ice cream. Bakura stared at his for a moment along with Yami, and then they both looked at their aibous eating it happily, shrugged at each other, and stuck a spoonful in their mouths.
"That's freaking cold!" Bakura exploded, coughing on the ice cream dots. Everyone laughed.
"Didn't you ever have one of those-" Yami began, referring to a extremely cold drink back in Egypt.
"Yes," Bakura interrupted. "It was disgusting."
Yami stared. "I didn't think anyone else shared my views on those cups of waste."
Bakura nodded, scooping another spoonful of the ice cream and fitting it in his mouth. "Hey, it's pretty good once you get over the coldness," he commented.
"Yep!" Ryou chirped. "It's called Banana Split, cause it has the ice cream flavors of vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and banana inside it."
Bakura stared. "'Flay-vou?' 'Van-ella'? 'Chock-o-lat', and what? What are these things?"
Ryou heaved a huge sigh. Yugi clapped him on the back companionably.
"Now you know what it was like for me to try and convert Yami to modern times." (LOL!)
Ryou groaned, and everyone except Bakura and Yami laughed. The two yamis merely frowned.
"To put it simply, 'flavor' is a type of something. It's what it tastes like in your mouth. Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and banana are all flavors, with noticeable qualities. Oh, and a word of warning. It also has another purpose- to get young people hyper."
"Hyper? What's that?"
Yugi and Ryou suddenly burst out laughing, giggling madly. Jounouchi and Honda joined in, cackling wildly, and they all started trying to fling the ice cream at each other. Yami heaved a huge sigh.
"THAT is hyper. It means they all get extremely excited from a rush of a material called sugar, which is in the ice cream, to their bloodstream, and they all start doing silly things. Once Yugi tried to turn Ryou-kun's hair pink."
"What a horrible food to invent," Bakura stared, horrified.
"No kidding," Yami growled as a clump of ice cream was flung over his head, his eyebrow twitching. (*lmao*)
"Alright, everyone, calm down," Grandpa instructed firmly. "This ice cream costs a lot here. I don't want you flinging all that money away."
"Gomen nasai," everyone murmured as one, immediately stopping their rampage.
"Luckily, it wears off easy," Yami commented as everyone finished their ice cream calmly. "Especially if Jiichan is around."
Bakura muttered, "Note to self: never let Ryou-chan have ice cream at home."
"Aww, come on, Bakura-kun, I used to always eat ice cream to get my energy back up after-" Ryou paled, and changed what he was about to say. "A-After homework."
Bakura's smile seemed strained. He knew full well what Ryou had been about to mention. "We'll see."
"Okay, so where to next?" Jiichan inquired.
"Karaoke!" Ryou immediately declared. Everyone looked at him, and he blushed. "It's not my fault I can sing."
"Yami can sing too!" Yugi declared. "Can't you, Yami-kun??"
Yami spluttered for a moment, embarrassed. Bakura smirked at him.
"You're right, the ice cream was a bad idea."
Yami grumbled as Yugi and Ryou dragged him towards the Karaoke building.
/Bakura-kun, you getting what I'm thinking?/
//Yep.//
Yami-kun, you really love Yugi, don't you? Bakura inquired in the Pharaoh's mind. Yami's eyes seemed far away as Yugi yanked him into the building.
Yes, I do...
You want to let him know in a way that won't quite be obvious but will be once you two are together?
Yeah, I guess...how?
Sing a song that has relation to the situation right now.
What song?
//What song is it again?//
/White Reflection./
Bakura repeated Ryou's words in Yami's mind. Yami blinked.
I know that song...
Good. It'll be easier for you to sing it.
Yami gave him a suspicious look that no one seemed to notice but Bakura.
Why are you suddenly helping me with this?
Bakura gave him a soft smile, and an understanding seemed to pass between them without words. Yami's eyes went wide.
When did this happen?
Bakura blushed a slight pink color that his hikari noticed.
I don't really know. It just...sorta...happened...
"Bakura-kun, are you alright? I hope you're not getting overheated- your face is all red."
Bakura smiled, forcing the redness to go away. "Nope, I'm fine."
"Alright, so who sings first?" Honda questioned.
"Aren't you gonna sing?" Yugi inquired. Honda and Jounouchi stared at him.
"Are you outta your mind?" Jounouchi demanded.
"You know we can't sing worth a flip," Honda finished. Yugi shrugged.
"Your loss, then."
Yugi and Ryou immediately flew over to the list of songs, quarreling over which song was the best. Bakura caught Yami's eye and gave him a small smile of encouragement. Yami found the number of the song Bakura had told him, and told it to the woman at the desk. She smiled, thanked him for the money he handed her, and then led him into the room where he would be singing. It was an opaque room, with tinted glass panes so he would be able to see everyone, but they wouldn't be able to see him.
"Just relax," the woman instructed with a kind smile, and shut the black door. Yami gulped, and a mechanical voice spoke to him from a speaker somewhere in the room.
"Your 1 minute practice session with the song will now begin in...3...2...1..."
Yami sang the song perfectly (Let's just pretend it's a guy who sings the song instead of a girl. It'll be easier that way, especially since Yami has such a deep voice.), and was a little disappointed when the practice session ended.
"We will begin recording now. Relax, and have fun. 5...4...3...2...1..."
Music began, and words in Japanese showed up on the screen. When it came time for Yami to sing the actual words, the words turned green.
"I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
mitsumekaesu hitomi ni
egaite harukana "NEVER ENDING STORY"
kanashimi mo itami
mo furikiru you ni habataku
anata ga kureta tsubasa wo kono mune ni hirogete...
aa kakegaenai ai no kodou wo
setsunaku kuruoshiku kanjiteitai
I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
atsuku yume wo kasanete
ayamachiosorezu ni motomeau seishun!!
I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
mitsumekaesu hitomi ni
egaite harukana "NEVER ENDING STORY"
afuredasu omoi wo suhada de sotto tsutaeru
yasashiku nareru tsuyosa wo dakishimeru mitai ni...
aa hageshiku yureugoku jidai wo
kedakaku shinayaka ni koeteikitai
I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
yurushiaeru shinjitsu
kuchizuke kawashitara mou nani mo iranai!!
I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
akiramenai jounetsu
shinjite tsuranuku "NEVER ENDING STORY"
I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
atsuku yume wo kasanete
ayamachiosorezu ni motomeau seishun!!
I FEEL YOUR LOVE REFLECTION
mitsumekaesu hitomi ni
egaite harukana "NEVER ENDING STORY"..."
(I feel your love reflection; A far away, never ending story is painted in your eyes as you gaze back at me; The wings you gave me, I spread open in my heart; Their fluttering seems to shake off the sadness and pain. Aa, I want to feel the pain of the pulsing of irreplaceable love. I feel your love reflection.; Pile up the dreams thickly; Young ones who desire each other, fearless of mistakes. I feel your love reflection; A far away, never ending story is painted in your eyes as you gaze back at me.; I want to softly communicate to your bare skin; the feelings that are spilling over; As if hugging close the strength to become gentle. Aa, I want to nobly, lithely, overcome this unstable age. I feel your love reflection; The truth of our acceptance of each other; Kiss me, and there is nothing else I need!! I feel your love reflection; Believe in the passion that will not give up; Our piercing-through "never ending story." I feel your love reflection; pile up the dreams thickly; Young ones who desire each other, fearless of mistakes. I feel your love reflection; A far away, never ending story is painted in your eyes as you gaze back at me.)
When he finished, Yami blinked in surprise. It wasn't as hard as he thought it would be. The wait had definitely had been worse. The door opened, and Yami walked out calmly. Bakura was smirking at him, amused at something, and the woman gave him another small smile.
"We're going to play it outside the building now."
"NANI?!?!?" Yami shrieked, his face turning a pinkish color. Bakura chuckled, and Yami glared at him.
"C'mon, everyone, let's go see what Yami was like!" Yugi suggested, and they all ran outside. Yami groaned, and was forced to go outside with them.
When the song came on, and his voice rang over the microphone, Yami was horrified yet pleased to find he had a crowd gathering. His face was completely crimson, and he could barely move. Bakura ended up picking him up, moving him inside the building, and then setting him back down, forcing him to sit.
"So, who's next?" Grandpa questioned cheerily.
"Oo, I will, I will!" Yugi announced excitedly, pointedly looking at Yami. He scribbled down his song number on a sheet of paper after a few seconds, and told the woman he wanted the song added to the same CD Yami's song would be on. She stared at the sheet of paper for a moment, then looked up at him.
"You do know a girl sings this song, right?"
Everyone looked at Yugi in surprise. Even Yami seemed to come out of his trance a little more. Yugi blushed.
"Ryou-kun taught me how to sing high," he mumbled, and everyone's attention was moved to Ryou while the woman led Yugi into the room Yami had been in.
"You can sing high notes?" Jounouchi repeated. Ryou smiled.
"Yep. As a kid, I used to imitate how my mom sang. That is, before she died." (Is this wrong? Someone please tell me in a review if it is, please.)
"So what's this about you teaching Yugi?" Yami inquired. Ryou blushed slightly.
"Well, he saw a song that he really liked and wanted to sing along with it, but the problem was that he couldn't sing that high. Sooooo, I taught him how. He's very good. Wait till you hear him."
Yugi, inside the room Yami had been in, finished with the 1-minute practice session, and began to sing the actual song, thinking of Yami.
"Ho ooh.
When I see you there I'm so aware how lucky I am, baby.
Cause I don't deserve, I don't come close to understanding, baby,
The logic of your kind of trust. It amazes me.
It's the more like you would care enough to just believe.
Your faith in me. It pulls me through when there's nothing around to hold on to.
When I fall, when I'm weak, all the strength that I need is your faith, baby.
Your faith in me.
Even with your love I get along cause I've always been, baby,
It's a nice salvation to my soul cause that's how it feels, baby.
The sacred thing that I keep close to carry on.
And I know that I will be all right and you're here at all.
Your faith in me. It pulls me through when there's nothing around to hold on to.
When I fall, when I'm weak, all the strength that I need is your faith, baby.
Your faith in me.
You make me feel I can walk on water. (I can reach above the stars)
And now then comes our guessing, safe within your arms.
Your faith in me. It pulls me through when there's nothing around to hold on to.
When I fall, when I'm weak, all the strength that I need is your faith, baby.
Your faith in me.
When I fall, baby, when I'm weak, baby. All I need, baby. Is your faith in me.
When I fall, baby, when I'm weak, baby. All I need, baby. Is your faith in me.
When I fall, baby, when I'm weak, baby. All I need, baby. Is your faith in me.
When I fall, baby, when I'm weak, baby. All I need, baby. Is your faith in me.
Hoooo..."
The door opened after a moment's wait, and Yugi came out feeling oddly happy and excited inside. Yugi dragged Yami outside before anyone else could move, and they all listened as Yugi sang the song.
"You can sing high!" Honda declared, sounding surprised.
"What, didn't believe me?" Yugi countered. "Ryou can sing even higher."
Ryou blushed. "Yugi!"
"Well, you can!"
"Now who goes next?"
"I will," Bakura announced, looking at Ryou. Yami gave a small smirk as everyone stared at the silver-haired boy. (You know, Ryou/Bakura's hair changes so much. Depending on the lighting, it can be lavender, silver, light blue, white, I believe I've even seen it looking slightly pink!)
Ryou stared at Bakura as he wrote down the song number, handed it to the woman, told her to put it on a different CD -'Whatever that is,' Bakura thought-, and handed her the money. He then went inside the singing room.
"I didn't know Bakura-kun could sing..." Ryou mumbled, mostly to himself.
Bakura smiled as he began to sing the song, thinking of his hikari. (Is it just me, or is this chapter getting boring? Don't worry, something funny is coming up, an idea conjured up by my friend, who didn't even know which couples I was using in here.)
As he sang, Bakura found himself pouring all of his pent-up emotions into the song.
"Baby.please try to forgive me.
Stay here, don't put out the glow.
Hold me now? Don't bother,
If every minute it makes me weaker,
You can save me from the man that I've become.
Oh yeah...
Lookin' back on the things I've done,
I was trying to be someone,
Play my part, kept you in the dark...
Now let me show you the shape of my heart.
Sadness is beautiful,
Loneliness is tragical.
So, help me...I can't win this war. Oh, no...
Touch me now? Don't bother,
If every second it makes me weaker.
You can save me from the man I've become.
Lookin' back on the things I've done,
I was trying to be someone,
Play my part, kept you in the dark...
Now let me show you the shape of my heart.
I'm here with my confession.
Got nothing to hide no more.
I don't know where to start
But to show you the shape of my heart.
I'm looking back on things I've done.
I never wanna play the same old part,
Keep you in the dark,
Now let me show you the shape of my heart...
Lookin' back on the things I've done,
I was trying to be someone,
Play my part, kept you in the dark...
Now let me show you the shape of my heart.
Lookin' back on the things I've done,
I was trying to be someone,
Play my part, kept you in the dark...
Now let me show you the shape of my heart...
Show you the shape of my heart......"
Bakura was astonished to find a tear had made its way out of his eye and dropped on his hand. He hastily wiped it away, along with the wet trail left on his cheek, before the door opened. Ryou all but flew outside to await Bakura's song. Bakura chuckled, shaking his head at his aibou's antics, and walked calmly out of the building. Ryou's eyes went wide as he listened to the lyrics. Everybody else, except Yugi's grandfather, seemed to be getting the same impression, all of their eyes getting bigger. Yami was the only one not surprised. He just merely gave a soft smile, and clapped Bakura on the back companionably.
"Your voice got pretty emotional there," he teased. Bakura shot him a nasty glare, accompanied with his old sneer.
"Urusei, Pharaoh," he snarled. Yami's eyes flashed.
"Careful. It seems you're picking up on old habits again."
Bakura raised an eyebrow. "Old habits die hard," he commented flatly. "My favorite hobby just happens to be annoying you."
Yami knew he was just agitated about waiting for Ryou's response to the song, so he sighed, shaking his head, and went back into the building. Once everyone had gone inside except for Ryou and Bakura, Ryou looked up at his yami, tears brimming in his eyes.
"Arigatou," he whispered before giving his darker half an enormous hug. Bakura smiled, and hugged him back lightly.
"Come on, aibou, you have a song to sing."
Ryou grinned up at him in an odd, mischievous way. "That I do."
Ryou went into the building to sing, but Bakura stayed outside, wrapped in his thoughts.
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"Irresistible..." Ryou crooned into the microphone as his song began. He thought of Bakura, and a smile tugged at his lips as he sang.
"You know I don't know what it is,
But everything about you is so irresistible...
Don't you try and tell me that he's not my type,
To hide what I feel inside,
When he makes me weak with desire.
I know that I'm supposed to make him wait,
Let him think I like the chase, but I can't
Stop fanning the fire.
I know I meant to say no...
But he's irresistible,
Up close and personal,
Now inescapable,
I can hardly breathe...
More than just physical,
Deeper than spiritual...
His ways are powerful-
Irresistible to me... (ohhh, I can hardly breathe, yeah, yeah)
Don't you think I'm trying to tell my heart what's right,
That I should really say goodnight?
But I just can't stop myself from falling (falling)...
Maybe I'll tell him that I feel the same,
That I don't want to play no game (no)...
'Cause when I feel his arms wrapped around me,
I know I meant to say no (I meant to say no)...
But he's irresistible (irresistible)
Up close and personal,
Now inescapable,
I can hardly breathe (I can hardly breathe)...
More than just physical,
Deeper than spiritual (oh yeah)...
His ways are powerful-
Irresistible to me...
Can't you see, whenever he's close to me,
I really find it hard to breathe...
He's so irresistible...
Baby, you know it's more than just spiritual,
His kisses are powerful...
He's so irresistible (he's so irresistible)
Up close and personal, (oh yeah)
Now inescapable,
I can hardly breathe (I can hardly breath)...
More than just physical, (oh yeah)
Deeper than spiritual...
His ways are powerful-
Irresistible to me...
He's irresistible,
Up close and personal, (yeah)
Now inescapable,
I can hardly breathe... (irresistible to me)
More than just physical,
Deeper than spiritual...
His ways are powerful-
Irresistible to me..."
Ryou, liking to end a song his own way, raised his voice extremely high on the last part. He heard a distinct crack, and then, to his horror, the opaque glass panes broke from the pitch of his voice. (*giggles madly*)
He paused, his face a deep crimson as the panes fell to the ground. The noise attracted Bakura from outside, and when Bakura saw what Ryou had done, he tried vainly to suppress his smile.
"Oops?" Ryou muttered. The woman stared, as if in shock. Yugi's grandfather chuckled.
"I'll pay for the new windows, Miss."
She nodded, took the money he handed her, gave them their CDs, and then hastily bolted herself up in her office. Ryou felt his face burn as he was led outside.
"Dang, Ryou, you really can go high," Jounouchi teased.
"Oh, come on, you guys, give him a break," Yugi stood up for the boy.
"Hey, we never got to hear Ryou's song," Honda suddenly declared. Ryou face flushed with embarrassment.
"W-We don't have to..."
"Of course we do!" Yugi replied. Ryou grumbled until they all went to ride more roller coasters and then went home. In the truck, everyone tried to get Ryou to give them the CD so they could hear him sing, but he refused firmly, and held it close. Bakura watched with growing interest. Why would his hikari be hiding something he sang from them? They were all friends here.
Well, sorta.
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Author's Notes: YES!! I'm FINALLY done! Hrm...*frowns* No cliffhanger this time. You all better thank me for giving you mercy! A cliffhanger is coming up in the next chapter, so beware! BWUAHAHAHAHAH!!!
Ryou: *cowers in the corner, holding his CD close* Don't you dare make me play it for them.
Author: *grins evilly* Don't worry, I won't. *mutters under breath* Yet.
Bakura: What was that?
Author: *sweet, innocent look that convinces absolutely no one* Nothing.
Yugi: Anyway, be prepared to expect confessions,
Yami: And heartbreak,
Yami and Yugi together: In the next chapter!
Author: *stares* Yugi, how many commercials have you been letting Yami watch?
Yugi: ^____^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Not too much...
Author: *facevaults*