Disclaimer: *pouts* fine... not mine... you win!
Kaiba&Nanashi: and it took how long for her to admit it? *look at each other, then shrug*
Warnings: SHOUNEN-AI! AND HENTAI!!!
Nanashi: *anime sweatdrops* and here I thought she wouldn't do it... Nanaki, it's NOT GONNA HAPPEN! *bops Nanaki with a foam bat*
Kaiba: *rolls his eyes* so hopeful... real warnings? Shounen-ai, and some sap...
Nanashi: *glares at Kaiba*
Kaiba: *smirks*
Nanaki: ack! @.@ *snaps out of it* lookie, lookie! *holds up a box* more gifts! From Angel Reaper... MINE! *glomps the cloning machine*
Kaiba: I'm suddenly very afraid for my life...
Nanashi: *reads the card* it's for both of us, doofus! *smacks Nanaki off the cloning machine with a foam bat*
Nanaki: *flies back* ack!
Nanashi: *opens the box, and pulls out a tin of sugar cookies* Yugi...
Yugi: *walks up* yeah?
Nanashi: AUGH! *anime sweatdrops* don't do that! *hands Yugi the tin*
Yugi: sorry... thank you ^_^
Nanashi: this is necessary... you have 5 seconds Yugi ^_^() *snaps her fingers*
Yugi: *blinks* what..? *disappears*
Nanashi: *pulls out some leather clothes* Yami...
Yami: yes?
Nanashi: hah! I was ready for you that time!
Nanaki: IT'S RELENA!
Nanashi: AUGH! WHERE!?!? *jumps and clings to a light fixture*
Yami&Kaiba: *anime sweatdrops*
Nanaki: *laughs hysterically*
Nanashi: *jumps down and smacks Nanaki upside the head, then hands Yami his gift* Yugi should be back, now
Yugi: *reappears, smiling with embarassment* heh, hi? ^_^
Nanaki: are you!? *eyes wide*
Yami: *anime sweatdrops*
Kaiba&Nanashi: *smack Nanaki with foam bats*
Nanaki: ack! @.@
Nanashi: your turn, Yami... *snaps her fingers* you have 5 seconds...
Yami: 5 seconds for what..? *disappears*
Kaiba: perhaps you're being too literal..?
Nanashi: nah... *hands Yugi a Hershey's Kiss* just in case, I am ^_^()
Kaiba: *rolls his eyes*
Yugi: *laughs*
Yami: *returns, blinking, and somewhat red in the face*
Yugi: hi Yami ^_^
Nanashi&Nanaki: hi Yami...
Nanashi: here... just in case *hands Yami a Hershey's Kiss*
Yami: *anime sweatdrops*
Nanashi: Tristan and Bakura...
Tristan&Bakura: *walk up* what is it?
Nanashi: *smacks Nanaki with a foam bat*
Nanaki: ow, what!?
Nanashi: *shrugs* precautions... here you go guys ^_^ it's cute...
Bakura: *blinks, then blushes, faintly* that was kind...
Tristan: alright... another favorite...
Bakura: *smiles in embarassment, and blushes*
Nanaki: KAWAII! *moves to glomp Bakura*
Kaiba: *holds Nanaki back* down girl...
Tristan: heh, thanks, Kaiba...
Nanashi: Kaiba, can you hand these out to the others..? *hands Kaiba a bag of a month's worth of everyone's favorite candy*
Kaiba: I only pray there's no gummi bears, or worms... *shrugs and takes the bag* here, take this... *hands Nanashi Nanaki*
Nanashi&Nanaki: *anime sweatdrops*
Nanaki: NO FAIR!
Nanashi: Yugi, get in here, please... *points at the cloning machine*
Yugi: *shrugs* as long as it's safe... *steps in, blinking cutely*
Nanaki: WAI! KAWAIINESS OVERLOAD!!! *waves her almighty spoon of hentai, eagerly*
Nanashi: *clones Yugi with some flashy lights and such* alrighty... ^_^ just as cute as the original...
Both Yugi's: *blush*
Nanashi: Yugi#1, you're the original?
Yugi#1: *nods*
Nanashi: okey dokey... go with Yami... Yugi#2, you're off to Angel Reaper ^_^ take care *snaps her fingers*
Yugi#2: *bows* it was nice meeting you... ^_^ *disappears*
Nanashi&Nanaki: awwwwwwwww... cutie ^_^
Nanashi: alrighty, time to get started...
Nanaki: alright! *punches the air*
Nanashi: you're mocking me aren't you...?
Nanaki: *grins* a bit...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"So tired..." Tea mumbled, practically dragging herself after the others.
"Heard you the first dozen times..." Kaiba said, with a roll of his eyes. He sighed, and looked up, the sky now getting orange and pink streaks on the horizon.
"Is it supposed to be getting this cold..?" Malik asked, as he tightened his jacket around himself.
Yugi blinked, "I don't think so... but it's really hard to tell about the weather around here..."
"If it's this cold now, imagine how cold it'll be when the sun goes down..." Joey said, with a grimace. He never was fond of the cold.
Yami glanced back at the others. "How're you holding up...?"
"Fine and dandy..." Tristan said, with a small roll of his eyes. He was still carrying Malik, and Yami B and YamiM weren't exactly getting along.
"I hit the squirrel! The 10 points go to me!" YamiM snapped.
"I did! The 10 points are mine!" Yami B retorted.
Bakura sighed, "Yami..."
All the Yamis looked at him.
"My Yami..."
"Oh..." Yami and YamiM looked away.
"What is it?" Yami B asked, glaring at YamiM, slightly.
Bakura smiled, "maybe you should go back to to your chamber... get some rest..."
Yami B frowned, "why?"
"To put it bluntly, your arguing with Malik's Yami is getting on my nerves..."
"Oh..." Yami B sighed, "didn't expect you to be that blunt..." Then he shrugged, "fine... I'll be back later..." Then he disappeared. YamiM whooped, and did a little jig of victory.
"MY 10 POINTS! ALL MINE!"
"Yami..." Malik said, slowly.
Yami and YamiM looked at him.
"My Yami..."
"Oh..." Yami looked away, again.
"Can you go to your chamber, too?"
YamiM blinked, "why?"
Malik shrugged. YamiM rolled his eyes, "well, since you put it that way..."
"I just think eight people walking on the road is a little less suspicious looking, that's all... okay?" Malik said, gently. Well, how could anyone say no to such a face? Oh yeah, and the logic. With a sigh, YamiM nodded. Then disappeared.
***
More walking.
And it was considerably more quiet without Yami Bakura, and Yami Malik's arguing. But then, it was like second nature to have arguing in this particular group.
"So where's this town?" Joey asked, impatiently.
Kaiba checked his watch. Then looked up at the darkening sky, "we're in trouble..."
"What!?"
"There's no light, whatsoever, no moon, no stars... we're gonna be wandering in the dark..." Kaiba explained, with a small frown.
Yugi bit his lip, "maybe Tea has a flashlight..?" he glanced back. "Tea, do you... Tea?" Yugi stopped, and looked around. "Tea!? Guys! Tea's gone!"
"Big loss..." Kaiba said, with a careless shrug.
"It is pretty cold... maybe she..." Bakura started to say.
"Froze to death?" Malik suggested.
Bakura rolled his eyes, "no... stopped to rest... or warm up."
"Where can anyone warm up, here?" Joey asked, confused. Tristan sighed, and sat Malik down.
"Maybe we should go look for her..."
"Tea!" Yami and Yugi already started yelling.
Kaiba frowned, again, "she just has to stay on the road... it's not like anyone can get lost here!" then he rolled his eyes, "what am I saying..? Like these guys would leave a 'friend' behind... TEA! GET OUT HERE, NOW! WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY!" Kaiba shouted.
Yugi looked up a Yami, "I'm worried..."
Yami sighed, then he gave his aibou an assuring smile. "She'll show up... maybe if we wait a few minutes..."
Bakura bit his lip, as he hugged himself, "I don't think Tea would want us to freeze, waiting for her..."
"Tristan, let's backtrack..." Joey suggested, "Tea probably saw some flowers or somethin..."
Tristan nodded. Then gave Bakura a concerned look. With a shrug, he took off his jacket and handed it to Bakura.
"Tristan, I can't! You'll..." Bakura started to protest.
"Relax, I'll be fine..." Tristan assured him. "Me and Joey will be doing some running... that should be enough to keep me warm, okay?"
Bakura started to shake his head. But Tristan and Joey were already running back the way they came.
***
Tea hummed to herself, as she played with her new fur coat. Then she looked up. Joey and Tristan? "Hey guys!" she called.
"Tea! Are you okay!?" Joey asked, as they stopped.
"Of course..."
Tristan frowned, "where were you...?"
Tea shrugged, "I was getting pretty cold, so I went and got me a coat..."
Joey and Tristan stared at the fur coat in shock. "You... You hunted an animal down, and made a coat out of it!?" they both asked.
Tea giggled, "don't be ridiculous... there was a fur trading post back there... just had to give up my hairdryer and curling iron, and I got this..."
Joey and Tristan fell over, "erk..." Then they jumped back up, "a trading post?"
"Yeah... back there... it's on a dirt road, not a paved road... I thought you guys knew it was there, so I went there..."
"WELL, WE DIDN'T!"
Tristan rolled his eyes, "the others are freezing right about now..."
"Go call 'em, Tristan... I'll go check out this trading post thing..." said Joey. Tristan nodded, and headed back towards the others.
***
"Tea! I was so worried that you might've gotten hurt!" Yugi said, looking immensely relieved. A very cute look. Tea turned to mush.
"Awww, Yugi, I'm sorry... but I'm fine, okay?"
Yugi nodded. The others started to look around. Malik poked at a bobbing fisherman. Joey poked at a mounted fish on the wall. Kaiba was looking at everything in disgust. Yami examined an old chessboard, next to a fireplace, which wasn't on. And Bakura was trying to warm up Tristan's hands.
"Ah, customers..."
Everyone looked up at the owner/manager. And all screamed. He was a scraggly, old guy, white hair growing out of his ears, his grin only had three teeth, two on top, one on the bottom. And white shaggy hair that went around his head, rather than over. Yugi gulped.
"Ummm, hello..."
"I'm closed..."
"Er, yeah... sorry, we didn't mean to intrude... but, it's really cold, and..."
"I'm closed..."
Yugi bit his lip, suddenly feeling afraid. Yami stepped up, behind Yugi, "we just stopped by, to see if we could warm up here..."
"Ah yes... brisk night, isn't it?
"Brisk..?" Kaiba said, with a roll of his eyes. Only to get nudged in the ribs by Joey.
"Hmmm, I'm not sure if I should let a pack of strange kids stay here... how do I know you're not a pack of savage homicidal maniacs, hm?"
Yugi managed a tight smile, "do we look like a pack of savage homicidal maniacs..?"
"How would I know..? I've never seen a pack..."
Everyone fell over, "erk..."
After getting back up, Tea glanced at the others, nervously. "This isn't going well, guys... Yugi's having no effect on him..!"
"You go, then," Malik suggested. He grinned at Tea's shocked expression. "Maybe he's one of those perverts... like on those animes."
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!!!???" Tea yelled.
"A little..." said the old man, with a cackle. Everyone froze, sweatdrops forming.
"Suddenly, the cold doesn't seem so bad, anymore..." Bakura said, slowly, as he stepped closer to Tristan.
"We should be okay..." Tristan said, with a nod of agreement. "Well, let's get walking again..."
The old man then dashed past them all, and went to the door, standing in front of it. "You ain't goin nowhere, kiddies! You'll keep ol' Cletus company, tonight!"
"B-But... we could be homicidal maniacs..." Yugi yelped, nervously.
"Heeheeheehee, I've had worse..."
Everyone glanced at each other, fearfully.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Nanashi: ummmmmmmm...
Nanaki: well... it seems long...
Kaiba: when in actuality, it isn't...
Nanashi: *shrugs* I'm workin on it *grins* I have an idea...
Kaiba: been there...
Nanaki: done that...
Nanashi: yeah... you might be right... *wallops the Slump monster over the head with a wooden bat* GET AWAY FROM ME!!!
Nanaki: am I glad I get the foam one ^____^()
Kaiba: *raises an eyebrow* who wouldn't be?
Kaiba&Nanashi: and it took how long for her to admit it? *look at each other, then shrug*
Warnings: SHOUNEN-AI! AND HENTAI!!!
Nanashi: *anime sweatdrops* and here I thought she wouldn't do it... Nanaki, it's NOT GONNA HAPPEN! *bops Nanaki with a foam bat*
Kaiba: *rolls his eyes* so hopeful... real warnings? Shounen-ai, and some sap...
Nanashi: *glares at Kaiba*
Kaiba: *smirks*
Nanaki: ack! @.@ *snaps out of it* lookie, lookie! *holds up a box* more gifts! From Angel Reaper... MINE! *glomps the cloning machine*
Kaiba: I'm suddenly very afraid for my life...
Nanashi: *reads the card* it's for both of us, doofus! *smacks Nanaki off the cloning machine with a foam bat*
Nanaki: *flies back* ack!
Nanashi: *opens the box, and pulls out a tin of sugar cookies* Yugi...
Yugi: *walks up* yeah?
Nanashi: AUGH! *anime sweatdrops* don't do that! *hands Yugi the tin*
Yugi: sorry... thank you ^_^
Nanashi: this is necessary... you have 5 seconds Yugi ^_^() *snaps her fingers*
Yugi: *blinks* what..? *disappears*
Nanashi: *pulls out some leather clothes* Yami...
Yami: yes?
Nanashi: hah! I was ready for you that time!
Nanaki: IT'S RELENA!
Nanashi: AUGH! WHERE!?!? *jumps and clings to a light fixture*
Yami&Kaiba: *anime sweatdrops*
Nanaki: *laughs hysterically*
Nanashi: *jumps down and smacks Nanaki upside the head, then hands Yami his gift* Yugi should be back, now
Yugi: *reappears, smiling with embarassment* heh, hi? ^_^
Nanaki: are you!? *eyes wide*
Yami: *anime sweatdrops*
Kaiba&Nanashi: *smack Nanaki with foam bats*
Nanaki: ack! @.@
Nanashi: your turn, Yami... *snaps her fingers* you have 5 seconds...
Yami: 5 seconds for what..? *disappears*
Kaiba: perhaps you're being too literal..?
Nanashi: nah... *hands Yugi a Hershey's Kiss* just in case, I am ^_^()
Kaiba: *rolls his eyes*
Yugi: *laughs*
Yami: *returns, blinking, and somewhat red in the face*
Yugi: hi Yami ^_^
Nanashi&Nanaki: hi Yami...
Nanashi: here... just in case *hands Yami a Hershey's Kiss*
Yami: *anime sweatdrops*
Nanashi: Tristan and Bakura...
Tristan&Bakura: *walk up* what is it?
Nanashi: *smacks Nanaki with a foam bat*
Nanaki: ow, what!?
Nanashi: *shrugs* precautions... here you go guys ^_^ it's cute...
Bakura: *blinks, then blushes, faintly* that was kind...
Tristan: alright... another favorite...
Bakura: *smiles in embarassment, and blushes*
Nanaki: KAWAII! *moves to glomp Bakura*
Kaiba: *holds Nanaki back* down girl...
Tristan: heh, thanks, Kaiba...
Nanashi: Kaiba, can you hand these out to the others..? *hands Kaiba a bag of a month's worth of everyone's favorite candy*
Kaiba: I only pray there's no gummi bears, or worms... *shrugs and takes the bag* here, take this... *hands Nanashi Nanaki*
Nanashi&Nanaki: *anime sweatdrops*
Nanaki: NO FAIR!
Nanashi: Yugi, get in here, please... *points at the cloning machine*
Yugi: *shrugs* as long as it's safe... *steps in, blinking cutely*
Nanaki: WAI! KAWAIINESS OVERLOAD!!! *waves her almighty spoon of hentai, eagerly*
Nanashi: *clones Yugi with some flashy lights and such* alrighty... ^_^ just as cute as the original...
Both Yugi's: *blush*
Nanashi: Yugi#1, you're the original?
Yugi#1: *nods*
Nanashi: okey dokey... go with Yami... Yugi#2, you're off to Angel Reaper ^_^ take care *snaps her fingers*
Yugi#2: *bows* it was nice meeting you... ^_^ *disappears*
Nanashi&Nanaki: awwwwwwwww... cutie ^_^
Nanashi: alrighty, time to get started...
Nanaki: alright! *punches the air*
Nanashi: you're mocking me aren't you...?
Nanaki: *grins* a bit...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"So tired..." Tea mumbled, practically dragging herself after the others.
"Heard you the first dozen times..." Kaiba said, with a roll of his eyes. He sighed, and looked up, the sky now getting orange and pink streaks on the horizon.
"Is it supposed to be getting this cold..?" Malik asked, as he tightened his jacket around himself.
Yugi blinked, "I don't think so... but it's really hard to tell about the weather around here..."
"If it's this cold now, imagine how cold it'll be when the sun goes down..." Joey said, with a grimace. He never was fond of the cold.
Yami glanced back at the others. "How're you holding up...?"
"Fine and dandy..." Tristan said, with a small roll of his eyes. He was still carrying Malik, and Yami B and YamiM weren't exactly getting along.
"I hit the squirrel! The 10 points go to me!" YamiM snapped.
"I did! The 10 points are mine!" Yami B retorted.
Bakura sighed, "Yami..."
All the Yamis looked at him.
"My Yami..."
"Oh..." Yami and YamiM looked away.
"What is it?" Yami B asked, glaring at YamiM, slightly.
Bakura smiled, "maybe you should go back to to your chamber... get some rest..."
Yami B frowned, "why?"
"To put it bluntly, your arguing with Malik's Yami is getting on my nerves..."
"Oh..." Yami B sighed, "didn't expect you to be that blunt..." Then he shrugged, "fine... I'll be back later..." Then he disappeared. YamiM whooped, and did a little jig of victory.
"MY 10 POINTS! ALL MINE!"
"Yami..." Malik said, slowly.
Yami and YamiM looked at him.
"My Yami..."
"Oh..." Yami looked away, again.
"Can you go to your chamber, too?"
YamiM blinked, "why?"
Malik shrugged. YamiM rolled his eyes, "well, since you put it that way..."
"I just think eight people walking on the road is a little less suspicious looking, that's all... okay?" Malik said, gently. Well, how could anyone say no to such a face? Oh yeah, and the logic. With a sigh, YamiM nodded. Then disappeared.
***
More walking.
And it was considerably more quiet without Yami Bakura, and Yami Malik's arguing. But then, it was like second nature to have arguing in this particular group.
"So where's this town?" Joey asked, impatiently.
Kaiba checked his watch. Then looked up at the darkening sky, "we're in trouble..."
"What!?"
"There's no light, whatsoever, no moon, no stars... we're gonna be wandering in the dark..." Kaiba explained, with a small frown.
Yugi bit his lip, "maybe Tea has a flashlight..?" he glanced back. "Tea, do you... Tea?" Yugi stopped, and looked around. "Tea!? Guys! Tea's gone!"
"Big loss..." Kaiba said, with a careless shrug.
"It is pretty cold... maybe she..." Bakura started to say.
"Froze to death?" Malik suggested.
Bakura rolled his eyes, "no... stopped to rest... or warm up."
"Where can anyone warm up, here?" Joey asked, confused. Tristan sighed, and sat Malik down.
"Maybe we should go look for her..."
"Tea!" Yami and Yugi already started yelling.
Kaiba frowned, again, "she just has to stay on the road... it's not like anyone can get lost here!" then he rolled his eyes, "what am I saying..? Like these guys would leave a 'friend' behind... TEA! GET OUT HERE, NOW! WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY!" Kaiba shouted.
Yugi looked up a Yami, "I'm worried..."
Yami sighed, then he gave his aibou an assuring smile. "She'll show up... maybe if we wait a few minutes..."
Bakura bit his lip, as he hugged himself, "I don't think Tea would want us to freeze, waiting for her..."
"Tristan, let's backtrack..." Joey suggested, "Tea probably saw some flowers or somethin..."
Tristan nodded. Then gave Bakura a concerned look. With a shrug, he took off his jacket and handed it to Bakura.
"Tristan, I can't! You'll..." Bakura started to protest.
"Relax, I'll be fine..." Tristan assured him. "Me and Joey will be doing some running... that should be enough to keep me warm, okay?"
Bakura started to shake his head. But Tristan and Joey were already running back the way they came.
***
Tea hummed to herself, as she played with her new fur coat. Then she looked up. Joey and Tristan? "Hey guys!" she called.
"Tea! Are you okay!?" Joey asked, as they stopped.
"Of course..."
Tristan frowned, "where were you...?"
Tea shrugged, "I was getting pretty cold, so I went and got me a coat..."
Joey and Tristan stared at the fur coat in shock. "You... You hunted an animal down, and made a coat out of it!?" they both asked.
Tea giggled, "don't be ridiculous... there was a fur trading post back there... just had to give up my hairdryer and curling iron, and I got this..."
Joey and Tristan fell over, "erk..." Then they jumped back up, "a trading post?"
"Yeah... back there... it's on a dirt road, not a paved road... I thought you guys knew it was there, so I went there..."
"WELL, WE DIDN'T!"
Tristan rolled his eyes, "the others are freezing right about now..."
"Go call 'em, Tristan... I'll go check out this trading post thing..." said Joey. Tristan nodded, and headed back towards the others.
***
"Tea! I was so worried that you might've gotten hurt!" Yugi said, looking immensely relieved. A very cute look. Tea turned to mush.
"Awww, Yugi, I'm sorry... but I'm fine, okay?"
Yugi nodded. The others started to look around. Malik poked at a bobbing fisherman. Joey poked at a mounted fish on the wall. Kaiba was looking at everything in disgust. Yami examined an old chessboard, next to a fireplace, which wasn't on. And Bakura was trying to warm up Tristan's hands.
"Ah, customers..."
Everyone looked up at the owner/manager. And all screamed. He was a scraggly, old guy, white hair growing out of his ears, his grin only had three teeth, two on top, one on the bottom. And white shaggy hair that went around his head, rather than over. Yugi gulped.
"Ummm, hello..."
"I'm closed..."
"Er, yeah... sorry, we didn't mean to intrude... but, it's really cold, and..."
"I'm closed..."
Yugi bit his lip, suddenly feeling afraid. Yami stepped up, behind Yugi, "we just stopped by, to see if we could warm up here..."
"Ah yes... brisk night, isn't it?
"Brisk..?" Kaiba said, with a roll of his eyes. Only to get nudged in the ribs by Joey.
"Hmmm, I'm not sure if I should let a pack of strange kids stay here... how do I know you're not a pack of savage homicidal maniacs, hm?"
Yugi managed a tight smile, "do we look like a pack of savage homicidal maniacs..?"
"How would I know..? I've never seen a pack..."
Everyone fell over, "erk..."
After getting back up, Tea glanced at the others, nervously. "This isn't going well, guys... Yugi's having no effect on him..!"
"You go, then," Malik suggested. He grinned at Tea's shocked expression. "Maybe he's one of those perverts... like on those animes."
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!!!???" Tea yelled.
"A little..." said the old man, with a cackle. Everyone froze, sweatdrops forming.
"Suddenly, the cold doesn't seem so bad, anymore..." Bakura said, slowly, as he stepped closer to Tristan.
"We should be okay..." Tristan said, with a nod of agreement. "Well, let's get walking again..."
The old man then dashed past them all, and went to the door, standing in front of it. "You ain't goin nowhere, kiddies! You'll keep ol' Cletus company, tonight!"
"B-But... we could be homicidal maniacs..." Yugi yelped, nervously.
"Heeheeheehee, I've had worse..."
Everyone glanced at each other, fearfully.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Nanashi: ummmmmmmm...
Nanaki: well... it seems long...
Kaiba: when in actuality, it isn't...
Nanashi: *shrugs* I'm workin on it *grins* I have an idea...
Kaiba: been there...
Nanaki: done that...
Nanashi: yeah... you might be right... *wallops the Slump monster over the head with a wooden bat* GET AWAY FROM ME!!!
Nanaki: am I glad I get the foam one ^____^()
Kaiba: *raises an eyebrow* who wouldn't be?