Princess Strawberry: All right, the votes are in. Looks like Sleeping Beauty wins. And I got three more people who put me on their "Favourite Authors" list! Thank you to YumiYa, paperlilac, Ni-chan and Michi-chan!
Yami Strawberry: I think I know why we have so little reviews for this type of story. I mean fairy tales.
Yugi: Really? Why?
Yami: Oh? I never realized you were so smart. *grins*
Yami Strawberry: *glares* Humph. As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, I think that it is the idea that fairy tales are suited for little kids, and when you grow up, you dislike it more. Of course, I wouldn't know; I am three thousand years old, yet I take on the appearance of a fifteen year old! By the way, I propose that we change the title so it won't be so obvious that we are doing fairy tales.
Princess Strawberry: *grins mischieviously* Oh, yeah? Okay, I agree with you on the idea that we should change the title. But...you also have the brain size of a pea, the knowledge of a first grader, vocabulary of a grade twelve student, and wisdom of an extremely old man. That is a very odd combination. They don't balance out each other, you realize that?
Yami Strawberry: *growls* You are so dead! *gives chase*
Yugi: *yells after them* Hey, Yami Strawberry! You can't kill Princess Strawberry! All her hard work would be ruined, especially that she got nine reviews for her first shot at this! And she won't finish the Yami/Yugi fluff she promised us!
Yami: Err, aibou? I think that's why she wrote the plot for this chapter down. *thrusts papers under Yugi's nose* Here. She wrote here specifically that you are supposed to type it up.
Yugi: AGAIN!? I already typed up her "Cinderella in Yu-Gi-Oh! Syle!" chapter three and she still does this to me? She is _mad_. Mad, I tell you! Why can't you type it up?
Yami: *shrugs* She doesn't trust me with her computer. She thinks I am going to make it explode or something like that.
Yugi: Oh. . Well, I will type this up on one condition...
Yami: And that condition is...?
Yugi: You have to say the disclaimer.
Yami: *grumbles* Fine. Princess Strawberry does not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any characters she uses in this story except the teachers - with the help from some reviewers, of course. Just a little warning...do I have to say this?
Yugi: YES.
Yami: *sighs* This fic contains yaoi/shounen-ai fluff between Ryou and Bakura, me and Yugi, and Seto and Joey. Happy now?
Yugi: -^.^-
~*~"Speaking"
'Thinking'
/Yugi speaking telepathically to Yami/
//Yami speaking telepathically to Yugi//
\Ryou speaking telepathically to Bakura\
\\ Bakura speaking telepathically to Ryou\\
~ Scene Change: ________________~
*_______'s Point of View*
((Us interrupting you for a few seconds))
Let's Take the Arts at Domino High
Chapter 2: Deciding then Another Class
"Well?" Téa asked impatiently. "What do you think? Just choose one!"
They looked at each other and the same thought shot through their minds. Téa is totally obsessed with this upcoming assignment. Well, there should not be any harm in this at all...
//What do you think, aibou?//
/Um...I don't know. Both fairy tales are famous and are well-known. I guess I prefer the Sleeping Beauty one./
//Really? Okay, I am going to agree with you, since I don't know any of them.// Yugi giggled again.
"Me and Yami want to do the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale." Yugi announced when his fit of giggles went away. The others looked at him awkardly. The little boy was just having a giggling fit in the middle of the class? But what made him do such a thing?
"Whoa, too much questions. Reel back," Joey joked, following his words by actions. Unfortunately for him, or Seto, depending on your point of view, he fell backwards right into Seto's open arms. "Umpf." Joey's muffled voice cried as he hit the "target".
"GET off, puppy dog," Seto growled loudly, pushing Joey forward again. He hit Tristan on the side, and nearly became a set of dominoes, crashing each other down. Tristan couldn't take the impact of Joey falling on top of him, so he crashed into Duke, who in turn fell on top of Mai, and she tumbled on Yugi. Yugi cried out, and as he fell, he took Yami along with him, so that their faces were only mere inches apart. Their cheeks were immediately coloured with a bright red. Now only Ryou, Bakura, Téa and Seto are the only ones left standing. Seto looked smug at what he had done, and Téa was looking unhappy. Possibly the fact that Yami wasn't lying on top of her kind of - scratch that - greatly disappointed her. ((-Yami: Ugh, why did Princess Strawberry write that? I mean, that is totally disgusting. -Yugi: I so agree with you.)) Ryou and Bakura sweatdropped, and stared at each other with an eyebrow raised.
\What just happened?\
\\ Looks like they were talking through their mind link...and were not very aware that they are still in class.\\
\...right.\
\\ So...what are we doing for the presentation?\\
\Um, how about Sleeping Beauty? It would be the perfect opportunity for Yami and Yugi to admit to each other. But...Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs holds the same chance. So which one do you want?\
\\ How about Sleeping Beauty? They already voted for that, so why not.\\
\Okay.\ "Hey, you guys? Me and Bakura decided to do Sleeping Beauty as well."
A jumble of murmurs arose from the group. Mainly the words repeated were, "okay, they have decided on their topic, but what about us?" Finally Joey gave up. "Ungh, what the heck. Just go along with their idea and choose the characters."
Yugi was shocked. "Joey!" he exclaimed. "You can't be serious as to doing whatever we want to do! After all, you have a part in the play too!"
"I was just kidding, Yug'," Joey grinned. "All right...I do prefer Sleeping Beauty anyways."
"Sounds good to me," Tristan agreed whole-heartedly.
"Did everybody figure out their play yet?" Keiko-sensai called out. Most of the groups nodded, excluding Yugi's group, of course. "All right, I am going to take down your topics. Tell me when I come to your group." The students nodded again.
"So," Téa asked the remainder of the group, concentrating on Duke, Mai, and Seto. "What's it going to be, guys?"
"Since you put it that way, I think I am going to go along with the Sleeping Beauty theme, too," Mai sighed, defeated.
"Count me in!" Duke chimed in.
Now everyone in the group looked at Seto. He was the only one left to choose, but he doesn't really stand a chance. They stared at him expectantly, waiting for a response. None came. That is, until Joey whispered something in Yugi's ear and he smirked at it. Seto Kaiba, the well-composed Seto Kaiba, became a little nervous and fidgeted. What are they going to do to him?
"Let's go Yug'!" Joey shouted. "Turn on the charm!"
The others were confused. What charm? The answer came soon enough.
Yugi walked up to Seto, and with big, imploring eyes, looked at Seto. Seto gulped. This is not going well. Not at all. Yugi's lips turned into a pout.
"Come on, Seto," Yugi whined. "Choose the fairy tale...Please?" The big chibi eyes were back.
Inside Seto's head, he was chanting a mantra. 'Don't look into the eyes. Don't look into the eyes. Don't look...AARGH!!! This is hopeless!' "All right! All right! All right!" he shouted out loud. "There is really no point of me choosing anyways....there is like all of you against one! Just do Sleeping Beauty, okay?" he glared at the group.
There was silence. Someone had to break the ice. And who better do it than Joey. He gave a triumphant cheer. "Oh yeah, Yug'! Yer the man! Un huh!"
The teacher passed by. "What's the topic, kids?" she asked.
"Sleeping Beauty," Téa told her firmly. The teacher scribbled that down on the clipboard she was carrying. She nodded when she was done. "Okay. Now pick who plays which role."
Bakura suddenly got another wicked idea. I have no idea how they get into his head...I guess they just pop up somewhere, in the most unexpected places. "Ooh...can we choose by picking straws?" he asked eagerly, trying not to arouse suspicion. But too bad, Ryou knows him too well.
\Just what are you up to, Bakura?\
\\ Blending in a bit of magic so that they would end up with the roles that would suit them perfectly.\\
\...I see.\
\\ You will soon enough.\\ Bakura finished making the straws, holding the coloured end tightly in his fist. He turned back to the group and said, "Okay, here are the choices. The colour Black would represent the evil person. (He meant Mistress Maleficent - the Fairy of Darkness) The colour red represents the first fairy - Mistress Fauna, green represents the second fairy - Mistress Flora, and blue would represent the third fairy - Mistress Merryweather. As for the prince - Prince Philip, the colour would be yellow, and purple for the princess - Princess Aurora. The father of the princess - King Stefan - would have the colour orange, and the mother of the princess - the Queen - would have the colour pink. The narrator and the props director would have the colour brown. If any one of you pulls out brown and matches with the other person, decide amongst yourselves who is who. You all got me?" They nodded. "Oh, and also, one of the person that is either the narrator or the props director would have to be the father of the prince - King Hubert. So, who is willing to be the first victim of the draw?" he smirked evilly.
"I'll go!" Téa squealed. She skipped all the way towards Bakura, who looked kind of scared, and jumped up and down when she reached him. "Let me pick now!" she demanded, motioning towards his head that held the straws.
'Okay, it's Téa, she is perfect for the evil person job.' The Ring glowed dully, but nobody noticed it except Ryou. "Sure, Téa," Bakura said brightly. "Choose your pick."
'Please let it be the princess. Please let it be the princess.' a mantra chanted inside Téa's mind. She finally decided on one and picked it out. She stared at the coloured straw end in a mixture of anger and shock. It was black.
The rest of the group looked on silently, awaiting for her reaction. They were right...
All hell broke loose.
"AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Téa screamed out loud, alarming the rest of the class.
"Ms. Gardner!" the teacher warned. "Behave yourself!"
"Yes, Keiko-sensai," Téa said, slightly calmer. The rest of the students went back to whatever they were doing before they were interrupted. Yugi's group approached Téa with more caution than they show.
"Okay, Kaiba," Bakura sneered. "Your turn to pick."
And out came an orange straw. King Stefan.
"Joey," Bakura continued.
Joey grinned and mouthed, "Wish me luck." to his friends (except Téa) and picked...a pink straw. That made him the Queen. His eyes widened considerably. He was the Queen, and Seto Kaiba was the......King. Seto was stunned into silence too. To break the silence, Bakura resumed his duties and held out his hand to Mai, but not before he snickered at the pair's "fortunate" turn of events.
Mai picked out a brown straw, and Duke had the same thing. Those two huddled for a discussion on who is going to be narrator and props director. Every now and then you could hear arguments arise from that little corner.
Bakura now shoved his head under Tristan's nose and snarled, "Make your choice before I clobber you," and he picked out a straw with a trembling hand. Red. Tristan sighed. Today was really not his day.
The only ones left were Yugi, Yami, Ryou, and Bakura himself. And the only straws left were purple, yellow, blue, and green. Bakura mumbled a soft spell so that Yugi would pick purple and Yami would pick yellow. "Here Yugi," Bakura said gently, which of course frightened Yugi a little because he knew that Bakura was not this kind. "Choose a straw."
After a moment's hesitation and a bit of Yami's encouragement, Yugi picked out a straw and the result was...((Me: Everybody say this with me.))...purple. Which meant the princess. Yugi almost fainted out of pure shock when he got the role of a girl.
"It's your turn, Pharaoh," Bakura sneered out the last word. When Yami looked uncertainly at the straws, Bakura tempted him by saying, "What's the matter, Pharaoh? Scared?"
That did it. Yami glared hard at Bakura and picked out a yellow straw. Meaning he was the...prince.
"Want to pick, Ryou?" Bakura asked, turning so he was facing his aibou. Ryou shook his head.
"There is only two more straws left, and they are both fairy roles. I see no point." Bakura nodded at his logic.
"I see your point."
The bell rang at that time. "Class is over for now, class," Keiko-sensai shouted before anyone left the room. "Make sure you have all your roles all written down so when you come in again next class, we can get started right away. The scripts will be handed out next class. Class dismissed."
The students made a mad dash to the exit and headed in different directions. Yami and Bakura checked their schedules. They almost groaned in agony.
It was Music.
~ To be Continued ~
Authoress' Notes:
Yugi: I can't believe this! I go through this whole thing, and I still end up being the princess! But oh well. At least there are advantages. I can rehearse the play with Yami even when we are at home! ^.^
Yami: ...right. There isn't really anything to add to the Authoress' Notes, because Princess Strawberry hasn't really written it down...but we'll make it up 'cause the opening notes were so long.
Yugi & Yami: Please read and review!