Mystrana: "Hi everyone! Before I start the story for this week, I just
wanted to let you guys know some stuff!"
Nanaki: "Like what?"
Mystrana: "Well, I described the place where I live with all the bishies (feh, I should word that better, but oh well) and now I think I'll describe the neighborhood, just so people don't get confused."
Nanaki: "Oh, I get it. So that people don't wonder why there's like an ice cream shop downtown when there isn't by them?"
Mystrana: "Umm, right. Sure. Anyhow, my building is kinda in the middle, just for reference purposes. To the north east are were all the girls who go on the dates live. On the south east is downtown. The north west has shops and restaurants, as does the south east. See, isn't that easy?"
Nanaki: "You're nuts."
Mystrana: "And one last thing! I wrote most of this with my contacts out, so the screen was blurry . . . and I might have a few typos. Xx"
~~~~
Mystrana: "Well, finally!"
Seto: "Finally what?"
Mystrana: "Finally I finished cleaning up! And look, it's already Sunday again." (Sighs) "A whole week gone. . ."
Seto: "You're not REALLY upset about that, are you?"
Mystrana: (Brightens up) "Of course not! Spring break is coming up soon! And to celebrate, I'm going to make everyone go out on longer dates! Or attempt to, anyway."
Seto: "Good luck on that, you'll need it."
Mystrana: (Smile) "By the way, where did Nanaki and Ryou go?"
Seto: "Not a clue."
Nanaki's voice: (From the other room) "We went nowhere!" (There is a pause, some scuffling sounds) "Shut up!"
(Seto and Mystrana exchange looks)
Mystrana: "Okay then."
Seto: "So, ummm, who's up for dates today?"
Mystrana: (Checks her list) "Well, first, Ryou has a date, then you do, then Yami and Yugi, and then Bakura and then you again and then Yami."
Seto: "Geez, Yami is popular!"
Joey: "No dates for me? I feel so left out!"
Mystrana: "When'd you come by?"
Joey: "Well, I wanted to see if there was any candy left over from the party."
Mystrana: (Sweatdrops)
Seto: "Obviously, there isn't."
Nanaki's voice: "There's some candy in the kitchen in the small red bowl!"
Joey: "Really? Sugoi!" (Runs over into the kitchen)
Mystrana: (Loudly) "Thanks a lot Nanaki! Now I'm gonna have to pick up candy wrappers all day long!"
Nanaki's voice: "Get Bakura to do it for you."
Bakura: (Having just walked in) "Do what for who?"
Mystrana: (Sweetly) "Make out with Ryou."
Nanaki's voice: "HEY!"
Mystrana: "Geez, I was kidding!" (To Bakura) "No, actually, can you go into the kitchen and tell me how big of a mess Joey is making?"
Bakura: "I don't want to but . . . fine. . ." (Goes off)
Seto: "heh, I almost feel bad for him."
Mystrana: "As you should! Now! On with the dates!" (Yells loudly, even though Ryou is just in the other room) "RYOU YOU HAVE A DATE NOW!"
Ryou: (Comes out of the other room) "Could you yell just a tad louder next time so I can hear you?"
Mystrana: "Eh heh, sorry!" (hands him a map) "Here ya go! Now have fun on your date or I'm afraid I'll have to kill you."
Nanaki's voice: "You'll do no such thing!"
Mystrana: "Quit quoting Sailor Moon!"
Nanaki's voice: "Whatever!"
Mystrana: "Hmmph."
Seto: "Geez, did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something?"
Mystrana: "Hmmm, not really. I'm just not hyper yet, so I'm pissed."
Seto: (Sweatdrop) "Right, of course."
(Meanwhile, Ryou is happily walking outside. He glances at the map, which is hurriedly done in colored pencil, and makes no sense, and, whistling cheerfully, he chucks it into a nearby trashcan. Then he goes up to the right house and knocks on the door. A girl wearing blue jeans and a red shirt answers the door)
Stephanie: "Hi!" (Hugs him happily) "How are you?"
Ryou: (Being smashed) "I'm fine, thank you." (Gasps for breath)
Stephanie: (Lets go of him and smiles) "So, come in and lets decide where to go!"
(Ryou enters the house after Stephanie and they sit down in chairs in the living room)
Stephanie: "So, are you hungry or anything?"
Ryou: "Hmmm, not really. But if you are, I'll come too."
Stephanie: "Nah, that's ok." (Smiles brightly) "Well, let's go for a walk and maybe we'll find something to do! Or we could go to, ummm, a movie or something?"
Ryou: "Well, I wouldn't know any good movies. . ." (Blushes, kinda embarrassed)
Stephanie: "Don't worry about it! Come on, let's go."
(They walk outside and start going downtown)
Ryou: "Hmmm, so what do you think? There's a lot of places here we could go."
Stephanie: "Oh! I know!" (She points to a craft store that has a sign that says 'Free demos and practice today') "That looks interesting!"
Ryou: "Ok."
(They go into the shop, and in one corner is a couple of tables. On top of the tables are all sorts of beads and charms and scissors and the like)
Ryou: "Hey, this looks like fun." (Smiles happily and sits down, tugging open some cases of beads and charms)
Stephanie: (Smiling amusingly) "What are you going to make?" (sits down next to him and measures some string)
Ryou: "Well . . . how about. . . what is your favorite of these? Silver, gold or bronze?"
Stephanie: "I don't mind . . . silver looks cool."
Ryou: "Ok! Don't look while I work on this, ok?" (Smiles)
Stephanie: "Hehe, ok!" (Picks out some beads as well)
(So they work quietly side by side for awhile, and then Ryou jumps up happily)
Ryou: "Ok! I'm done with mine!"
Stephanie: (turns to him) "So am I."
Ryou: "Here, can I show you mine first, please?" (Smiles hopefully)
Stephanie: "Awww! Of course!"
Ryou: "Ok, here you go. . ." (He slips a necklace around her neck. It is made out of thin thread with tiny silver beads so that it looks like a silver thread, with a small silver heart shaped locket. The locket is really pretty, and has the tiniest engraved heart on it) "I hope you like it."
Stephanie: (Looks at it, and smiles) "Thank you so much!" (hugs him) "I love it!"
Ryou: (Tilts his head to the side cutely and smiles. Kinda hard to describe, but you know, the anime style of smiling and closing your eyes with your head tilted?) "I'm so glad you like it."
Stephanie: "Well, now it makes this look pretty stupid . . . man, you are GOOD at this arts and craft stuff, I'll tell you that!" (Pauses) "But here, this is for you . . . I don't know if you like jewelry much, but . . ." (She hands him a small necklace, made out of a thin black thread. There are no beads on it, but a cross charm, and a tiny millennium eye engraved onto the center of the cross)
Ryou: (Says nothing at first, but silently puts it on, where it hands just above his Millennium ring)
Stephanie: (Quietly) "So do you like it?"
Ryou: (Turns to her, and smiles brightly) "I love it." (He smiles even more and she hugs him again)
Stephanie: "I'm glad too." (She grins) "thanks again!"
Ryou: "You're welcome, of course."
(They thank the owner of the shop for letting them use the stuff and then decide to get a bite to eat after all)
Stephanie: "Here, let's try that restaurant, over there." (She points to a casual sit-down restaurant down the street)
Ryou: "Works for me!" (Smile)
(They go and sit down. A few minutes later, a grumbling Emily (the waitress) *Remember her from the sunflower restaurant?* comes up to them and half-smiles, giving them menus)
Emily: (To herself angrily) "Firing me just because I have a bipolar disorder. . . the nerve . . ." (Snaps her head up and smiles happily at the two) "How are you two today and what would you like to order?" (Growls, and says to herself) "And pick quickly, I have to get the orders for the OTHER two tables."
Ryou: (Blinks and orders)
Stephanie: (Blinks and orders)
Emily: (Smiles happily, waves and goes off grumbling)
Ryou: (Blinks again) "She scares me, to tell the truth."
Stephanie: "Yeah."
(Emily comes back after awhile and gives them their food)
Emily: "Sorry about before! I forgot to take my pills! Well, enjoy your food!" (Walks off normally)
(Ryou and Stephanie blink yet again, but then start eating and talking happily. Finally they go back to Stephanie's house)
Ryou: "Well, I hope you had fun . . ."
Stephanie: (Fingers her locket) "Yeah, I did."
(They pause, and then kiss before Ryou leaves)
~~~
Mystrana: "Kawaii!" (Pause) "Like all dates are, but even more so on account Ryou is such a kawaii person."
Seto: "Can you use the word 'kawaii' anymore than you already do?"
Mystrana: (Starts singing) "Kawaii! Kawaii! Ka~~~~wa~~~~~iiiiiiiiiii~~~~~"
Seto: "Kuso! Shut up!"
Mystrana: "Feh. I think my singing is VERY good." (Hums a little and then starts singing again) "Tokidoki wa setsunakutte!" (Pause) "Hey, if any of you guys can guess what song I'm singing, and what Anime it's from, I'll give you a guest appearance next week!"
Seto: "You're insane."
Mystrana: "Shush!"
Nanaki's voice: "Both of you shut up! I'm trying to listen to my show here!"
Mystrana: "What show?"
Nanaki's voice: "dot hack sign of course!"
Mystrana: "Yay!"
Seto: "I don't want to know."
Bakura: (Walks in, grumbling) "Joey has totally trashed the kitchen, making a 'sandwich' or so he calls it .. . ."
Joey: (Comes out of the kitchen holding a plate with a sandwich on it, peanut butter, cheese and pickles all visible) "Hi guys! I hope you don't mind I used some stuff to make a sandwich Mysty!"
Mystrana: (Groans) "I don't mind at all."
Joey: "Yeah!"
Seto: "Well, actually -"
Mystrana: (Cuts him off) "Come on Seto, you have a date now! Here's directions, now go!"
Seto: "Hey!"
Mystrana: "Just go!"
Seto: "What is wrong with you?"
Mystrana: (Pauses and whispers to Seto) "I don't want to upset Joey cos he doesn't have any dates today, ok?"
Seto: "Oh. So you're just trying to be miss Perfect." (Smirks and leaves Mystrana to deal with Joey, who is dripping chili cheese sauce all over the carpet)
Mystrana: (Sweatdrop) "Joey, can I have a word with you?"
Joey: (turns around) "Yeah?"
Mystrana: "Here, come eat in the kitchen . . ." (Leads him into the kitchen)
Bakura: "Heh, she's not gonna like what she sees!"
Mystrana's voice: ". . . . Joey?"
Joey's voice: "Yeah?"
Mystrana's voice: "Would you mind terribly if I killed you?"
~~~
(Seto, who has escaped the insanity for now, has changed into a tight, all black outfit. ^_^ He walks along the road, until he gets to the right house, knocks on the door, and waits patiently, leaning casually against the wall. Shortly, a girl answers the door)
Aleer: (Dressed in blue jeans and a black tanktop, with glitter eyeshadow) "Hi!"
Seto: "Hi."
(Aleer hugs Seto happily, and then smiles)
Aleer: "Come on, wanna go to, umm, how about . . . THE ZOO!"
Seto: (Blinks) "OK. I wanna see the giraffes, though."
Aleer: "Ok!"
(So they walk to the bus stop and get on the bus, because the zoo is kinda far away. However, they don't mind having time to talk)
Seto: "Mokuba, actually, does not like the zoo."
Aleer: "You're kidding! I expected he would have been, I dunno, really happy to go there! You know what I mean? I love going there, mostly because I can walk around a lot and it's fun!"
Seto: "Right! I thought the same thing with Mokuba; he's so hyper, you know; but we went there and he got terrified of the monkeys."
Aleer: "Oh, you're kidding!"
Seto: "Nope, one jumped on the tree branch right in front of him, and he got so freaked out . . . so we've never been back, needless to say."
Aleer: "That's so sad! I'm going to have to take him someday so he can have fun. One little bad experience shouldn't have to ruin it completely for him, you know?"
Seto: "Heh, as much as you say that, I don't think Mokuba will ever go back. Go ahead and try, though, I think if he ever does get over it, he will really enjoy it."
Aleer: "Exactly!"
(The bus stops and they get off a block away from the zoo. They walk over and Seto pays for admission and they go in)
Aleer: (Peering at the map) "Hmmmm." (Reads aloud) " 'this zoo is designed in a large circle for easy viewing of the furry (and not furry) animals that everyone loves to see.' " (Pauses) "Interesting."
Seto: "Hmmm, indeed." (Watches a family going in one way) "Here, let's go this way." (Points to the other way)
Aleer: "Ok." (glances at map) "Hey, this way we'll see the giraffes last! Best for last, no?" (Grins)
Seto: (Smirk) "Exactly!"
(So they start off, passing by the elephants first)
Seto: (Passes right by the elephants to get to the bear caves) "I do not like elephants. They stink."
Aleer: (Pauses and sniffs the air tentatively) "Yeah, but that could just be the general smell that most zoos have, multiplied over a long time of sitting here without cleaning the animals properly."
Seto: "Yeah, that too, but I don't like elephants." (Glances at the bear caves) "I like the brown bears and the black bears and the white bears!"
Aleer: (pause) "Don't you mean the polar bears, then?"
Seto: (Blink) "Yeah, I guess so."
(They continue on, to the zebras and then to the reptile house. Once they are out of that, they go into the bird/bat house)
Aleer: (Reading sign) " 'Be warned! Bats may land in your hair! Do not panic!' " (Laughs)
Seto: "I wouldn't laugh if I were you!"
Aleer: (As they continue walking though the dark room) "Why is that?"
Seto: (Struggling to pull a bat from his hair) "Because they refuse to get off of me!"
Aleer: (Turns around to see a whole heck of a lot of bats in Seto's hair) (Bursts out laughing and steps closer to Seto, trying to help him get the bats off his head) "Must be your shampoo!" (Grins and winks, though Seto really can't see that since he's kinda trying to pull bats off his head)
(However, they finally get out and they are at the halfway point of the circle, which is a picnic area, with a few places to buy food. Seto and Aleer stop in one of them, and get some food, then sit down to eat)
Seto: "Well, besides the smell, and the monkeys and the bats, I'd say this has been pretty enjoyable so far."
Aleer: "Agreed."
(They share some ice cream for dessert - it's an ice cream mold, shaped like a giraffe, by the way - and then set off again, seeing the tigers, lions and . . . oh wait, they already saw the bears. Never mind. Anyhow, then they go past the butterfly display, and then finally . . . they are at the giraffes)
Aleer: "Hmmm . . . so, Kaiba, how come you like the giraffes so much?"
Seto: "I dunno . . . I really like them though . . . I guess because they are so tall . . ."
Aleer: "Oooh! I get it! You look up to them! Literally!"
Seto: (Grins) "I guess so."
(And so, they take the bus back to Aleer's house, where they say their partings and kiss goodbye . . . .)
~~~
Mystrana: "As usual, I would be screaming 'kawaii' if not for the fact that . . ." (Huge sigh) "I'm tied up in a chair by Bakura." (holds up her hands, tied together, for proof) "Only because I was threatening people with my staff! I mean, it doesn't hurt THAT much."
Bakura: (Glares at her, holding ice on a large purple bruise on his arm) "Sure it doesn't. And you're going to stay on that chair until . . . well, until I'm done watching you be tortured."
Mystrana: "This could take awhile."
Joey: (Eats his sandwich happily)
Mystrana: (Squirms in her chair) "I hate sitting still!"
Bakura: "Well, ya better learn to like it."
Nanaki's voice: "Sucks to be you Mysty!"
Mystrana: "Feh!"
Nanaki's voice: "Whee! I love this show! Don't you Ryou?"
Ryou's voice: "Ummm, of course I do."
Nanaki's voice: "Yes! Of COURSE you do!"
Mystrana: "Hmmm, poor Ryou."
Bakura: "I wouldn't be saying that right now . . . you should concentrate on yourself, I think."
Mystrana: "Like it'll do me any good. I'm just Seto's not here to learn that I borrowed his ATM card again and . . . .ermm, accidentally . . . used his chocolate sauce and whipped cream."
Seto: (From right behind her) "You're glad I'm not here to learn what?"
Mystrana: (Huge Sweatdrop) "You know what . . . I'm supposed to be in charge here? What is up with this?"
Seto: "So. You borrowed my ATM card again. And you ate my chocolate sauce and whipped cream. I would say this merits punishment, but you are already tied to a chair, and that's pretty bad for you."
Mystrana: (Glare) "Tell me about it. I can move or anything!"
Bakura: "Haha, sucks to be you."
Mystrana: "Feh."
Seto: "Anyhow, back to the matters at hand. I'm going to . . .take away your yaoi stories for the rest of the day!"
Mystrana: O.o "No!"
Seto: "Serves you right!"
Mystrana: "Ack! Don't take away my yaoi stories . . . otherwise I'll be forced to make you and Yami make out!"
Seto: "Like you can do anything tied up in a chair . . .and besides, Yami's going to be out on a date." (Yells) "YAMI! You have a date! Mystrana says go right now or you'll be late!"
Yami's voice: "OK!"
Mystrana: (Sweatdrops) "Was he even in this building before?"
Seto: (Shrugs) "It's a pretty big building. And besides, don't you have enough bedrooms for all of us upstairs?"
Mystrana: "Yeah, so?"
Seto: (Sweatdrops)
~~~
(Well, anyway, Yami is happy. He is walking down the street, having changed into a leather blood red top, with lots of buckles, and black leather pants. ^_^ When he gets to the right house - he was smart and looked it up before - he rings the doorbell, and a girl with long brown hair, pulled back in a ponytail, answers the door)
Jasmine: (Wearing a pair of jeans and a black tank top) "Hi Yami . . . " (Smiles)
Yami: "Hi."
Jasmine: "Oh! Before I forget, I have a friend who'd like to hang out with Yugi. So, ummm, could you call Yugi here through your millennium puzzle?"
Yami: "Oh, sure." (Concentrates a moment and then Yugi appears)
Yugi: "Hiya Yami, what's up?"
Yami: "Talk to her." (Points to Jasmine)
Yugi: "Hello." (Shakes hands with her politely)
Jasmine: "Hello. Here, I have a friend who wants to hang out with you. Come inside, both of you."
(Yugi and Yami both enter the house. Inside a girl with black hair and glasses is sitting on the couch, watching TV. When she hears footsteps behind her, however, she turns around)
Ingrid: "Yugi!" (Gets up and hugs him happily) "How are you?"
Yugi: "I'm fine, thanks!"
Ingrid: "You're even politer than Ryou, aren't you sometimes?" (Smiles) "Come on, let's watch TV for now."
Jasmine: (Smiles) "And while they're doing that, let's go to the park Yami!"
Yami: "Ok." (As they walk out of the house) "Have fun Yugi."
Yugi: (In a happy voice, of course) "Of course Yami! Have fun too!"
(So Yami and Jasmine go outside and walk down to the park, which is a fairly large area of grassy playground and blacktop for biking and such)
Yami: "So what do you want to do here?"
Jasmine: (Looks around) "Hey! Let's go play basketball with them!" (She points to a group of people who are playing half court basketball in a corner of the blacktop)
Yami: "Ok. . . " (Pause) "I don't think I'm any good at basketball, though."
Jasmine: "Why do you say that? You're the king of games, aren't you?"
Yami: "Oh yeah." (Groans) "But the last game I tried . . .football, I think it was - Malik nearly killed me! And Bakura! Geez!" (Pause) "Wait, they were both on my team though. . ."
Jasmine: (Laughs) "Poor Yami! Well, basketball isn't nearly as rough as football, so come on!"
Yami: "I hope that your are right or I'll be in pain again. . . not that I didn't try to banish them to the shadow realm, of course, but they ducked, sadly."
Jasmine: (Laughs again) "Just promise me you won't try to banish the people we play against to the shadow realm." (Pause) "Well, actually that would be pretty amusing, but still!" (Grins) "Let's go!"
(She and Yami go up to the group of people)
Jasmine: (Smile) "Hi! Can we play?"
Person 1: (About to say no, and then notices the glare he is being given by Yami, and pauses) "Yes!"
Yami: (Crosses his arms and smirks, feeling superior)
Jasmine: (Grins and grabs the ball) "Me and Yami and . . ." (Points to a random person) "Him against you three. Ok?" (Pause) "OK! Begin!"
(So they play basketball, and, hey, what do you know! Yami is super good at it, and ends up scoring like 30 points. After smirking for ten minutes straight, Yami had finally stopped smirking and that is because . . .)
Yami: "Ack! Kuso!" (Falls off the skateboard)
Jasmine: "Hmmm, so since skateboarding isn't a sport that means you don't have to be great at it?"
Yami: (Grumbles as he gets up) "Yeah, sadly."
Jasmine: "It's balance, you'll have to get it eventually!"
Yami: "Of course." (Stands on the skateboard. Falls. Stands on the skateboard. Falls.) "KUSO!"
(Back at the house, Yugi and Ingrid are watching TV still)
Yugi: "Did you just hear someone scream?"
Ingrid: (Shrug)
(They go back to watching TV. A few minutes later Yami and Jasmine come inside)
Yami: (Grumble grumble)
Jasmine: (Trying to hold back laughter)
Yugi: "Dare I ask?"
Yami: (Grumble)
Jasmine: "Let's just say . . . he can't skateboard and we'll leave it at that."
Yami: (Grumble)
Jasmine: "Oh, quit grumbling. Lets go randomly hack into websites."
Yami: (Cheers up considerably) "Ok! I can do that fairly well; Kaiba taught me some stuff . .."
(They go to the computer and boot it up. Ingrid and Yugi go back to watching TV. Time passes)
Yami: "Yeah! I've hacked into Kaiba's personal site!"
Jasmine: "What's so good about that?"
Yami: "From doing that, I can get the password into . . . " (Dun dun dun!) "Yugi's site! You need a password to get in!" (Types in some stuff and flashes a victory sign)
Jasmine: "And what, pray tell, is on Yugi's site that he won't let anyone see?"
Yami: (Whisper whisper)
Jasmine: "No kidding?"
Yami: (nod nod)
Jasmine: "Let's go!"
Yugi: (comes over) "Hey guys! What are you l-" (Goes pale) "How did you . . . get there?"
Yami/Jasmine: (Burst out laughing)
Yugi: (Pouts)
(And so . . . Yami and Yugi leave, arguing slightly. After saying good bye and smiling and hugging their dates of course!)
Mystrana: (Still bound in a chair) "Joey! Not the salsa!" (Grimaces) "That's gonna take forever to clean out of the carpet."
Bakura: (Casually grinding crackers into the carpet) "Gee, you sound like Malik now!"
Mystrana: (Pouts)
Seto: ('Accidentally' spills grape juice on a chair)
Mystrana: (Sighs) "I'm so making you clean that up."
Seto: "Oh really? Tied up like that?"
Mystrana: "Grrrr . . ."
Bakura/Seto: (Laugh)
Nanaki's voice: "This IS rather amusing."
Ryou's voice: "This is the most disturbing thing I've seen."
(A song can be heard from the room they are in)
Seto: (Recognizing the song) "Oh . . .crap . . ." (Runs into the room)
Nanaki's voice: "Oh, hi!" (Bursts out laughing)
Ryou's voice: "Must not laugh . . must not laugh . . kuso . . ." (Bursts out laughing)
Seto's voice: "You stupid idiots!" (A smashing sound is heard, and Seto comes out of the room looking happy)
Mystrana: (Sweatdrops) "Dare I ask?"
Seto: (Smirks) "I didn't like the tape they were playing, so I, ermmm, broke the VCR." (Smirks again)
Mystrana: (Groans)
Joey: "Hey! That must have been the blackmail tape, eh?"
Seto: "Shut up Joey, shut up!"
Bakura: "Not that tape!" (Bursts out laughing)
Seto: "SHUT UP!"
Mystrana: "Hey! Quiet! Bakura! You have a date! Get out of here! And Seto . . . Ryou. . . someone . . . untie me . . . please . . ."
~~~
(Bakura has run out as fast as he could, and has also changed into a pair of black jeans and a blue and white striped tank top. He goes up to a house and stops to catch his breath. Just as he's about to knock on the door, it opens and he nearly falls on top of a girl with red hair)
Bakura: "Ack! Why didn't you tell me you were going to do that?"
Crystella: (Smiles) "I was waiting for you!"
Bakura: "And that makes it alright for you to do that to me?" (Grumbles)
Crystella: "Oh, don't be mad. Come on, it's not that bad, right?" (Smiles happily)
Bakura: "I guess not." (Grumbles nonetheless) "Well, what do you want to do?"
Crystella: "How about we get some ice cream? It's really warm out!"
Bakura: "So I've noticed . . .having run here all the way . . ."
Crystella: "Well, why did you do that?"
Bakura: "To get away from the insanity, of course."
Crystella: (Laughs lightly) "I think you are the insanity!" (Smiles) "Come on, let's go!"
Bakura: "Hmmm, I even know where a good ice cream parlor is!"
Crystella: "Great!"
(So they walk to it. Not run, of course, because it's too warm for that! Along the way, however, they pass a pet store . . .)
Bakura: (Looks in the window of the pet shop) "WHAT THE HELL?"
Crystella: "What's wrong?"
Bakura: (Points to the pet shop) "You can buy pet SQUIRRELS! Who the bloody hell wants to buy a bloody *squirrel* as a bloody pet?" (Grumbles a bit more) "Bloody hell, I sound like my bloody hikari."
Crystella: (Giggles) "Well, I must say, I've never heard anyone say bloody so many times in less than a minute like that before!"
Bakura: "Heh, must be a new record . . . however, that doesn't solve my problem . . . they simply cannot sell squirrels to the public. You can wait here." (He marches into the shop)
Crystella: (Follows after) "Wait for me!" (Pauses to look at the fish tanks, with have new sparkly fish) "Ooooh, glitter!" (Pause) "Wait for me Bakura!"
Bakura: (Marches up to the main desk) "I have a bone to pick with your manager! Why are you selling SQUIRRELS to the public? Dammit, why?"
Cash Register Person: "Ummm, well, I dunno."
Bakura: "Where is your manager?"
Cash Register Person: "Ummm, well, I dunno."
Bakura: "Don't even start." (Throws a match into the cages with squirrels and storms out of the shop)
Cash Register Person: (blink blink)
Crystella: "Will you wait for me!" (Pause) "Ooooh, sparkly!"
(However, they soon make it to the ice cream parlor without anymore major incidents. Of course, the minor incidents included a gopher, a motorcycle and two hospital bills, but I digress. The ice cream parlor they went into was supposed to be old-fashioned, but in the worst way; there was a lot of pink and white and iron back chairs, which are not very comfortable and after sitting in one for a while, people will find themselves with quite stiff backs, but unfortunately I digress again.)
Bakura: "Hmmmm, just what I need. Sugar."
Crystella: "Come on, candy is good, right?"
Bakura: "Yeah, it is, but I don't need a sugar high . . ."
Crystella: "What's wrong with it?"
Bakura: (Pause) "I don't know. I'm starting to REALLY act like my hikari. That's scary." (Takes a few deep breaths and swears for a minute straight) "Ok, I'm good now."
Crystella: (Sweatdrops) "Of course." (Hugs him) "Now lets go get some sugar!"
Bakura: "Yeah!"
(They go up and order their ice cream, and get it in an amazingly fast amount of time. It probably had to do with the fact that there was no one else in the ice cream parlor, but who was paying attention to that anyway?)
Crystella: (Licking her mint chocolate chip cone) "Yum!"
Bakura: (Eating his hot fudge sundae) "And so, I've been uptight because of that all week."
Crystella: "No kidding? Well, I'm glad you trusted me enough to tell me why you were acting so weird!"
Bakura: "I guess it's just because not many people know . . . I wonder if it happens to Yami and Marik, too."
Crystella: "I'll bet it does!"
Bakura: "Yeah. I'll talk to them about it." (Grimaces) "Gah, that sounds like I'm going to a support group. I can see it now. CYA. Confused yami's anonymous, where yami's can come to discuss how they feel the one day out of the year when they act more like their hikari then themselves."
Cyrstella: "Haha! Don't worry about it though!"
Bakura: "Yeah . . ." (Pause) "I'm just sorry you had to see me like this today and all . . ." (Groans) "There I go sounding like my hikari again."
Crystella: "Don't worry! It's very amusing to me! In a good way, of course. And, hey, when you feel better, we can go out again or something ok?"
Bakura: "Ok." (Smiles) "Well, anyhow I had a good time!"
Crystella: "Me too!"
(Bakura leans in to kiss her good-bye but then pauses and blushes and then groans and then kisses her)
Bakura: "I hate my life sometimes."
Crystella: "Don't worry, have fun! I'll seeya later!" (Smile)
~~~
Mystrana: "Hmmm, serves Bakura right! Anyhow! Can I get out of this chair yet?"
Seto: "No."
Joey: "Aren't you having fun? I assumed that was why you were in the chair in the first place."
Mystrana: (bangs her head against the wall) "Seto, just go on your date now!"
Seto: (Shrugs and leaves)
Mystrana: (Continues to bang her head against the wall)
~~~
(Seto has now changed into a blue shirt, black jeans and black trench coat, and he looks at the directions Mystrana gave him, then goes to the house across the street from where he is supposedly supposed to be and knocks on the door. A girl with brown hair and blonde streaks answers the door. Her eyes are brown, but with green in the middle, and she has pale skin)
Bianca: (Wearing a deep green spring dress) "Hi Seto." (smiles nervously)
Seto: (Smiles back and presents her with a rose) "Hello, and here you go."
Bianca: (Takes the rose) "Oh wow! Thank you. . . here, come inside while I put this in water!"
Seto: "Ok."
(They go to the kitchen, where Bianca pulls out a vase and fills it with water and puts the rose in it)
Bianca: "There, that looks perfect. Thank you so much."
Seto: "You're welcome." (bows his head kinda to affirm that, kinda hard to describe)
Bianca: "Well, I guess, are you ready to go?"
Seto: "Certainly. I was thinking . . . there is a really nice art store down a ways, perhaps you'd like to go there?"
Bianca: "That sounds great! Just let me get my coat, then." (She pulls on her green coat to match her dress and they set off)
(Okidoki! The art shop they go to can be described as, well, different. It is a pure white place, with white walls and white ceilings and white flooring and white tables and basically everything is white, including the clay. However, you can paint the clay when it's done baking, so it's all good.)
Bianca: (Taking in the decorations, which include a lot of angels - since they're white - and random white things) "Interesting . . . I guess . . ."
Seto: "This place is actually pretty nice. You get as much clay as you need to make whatever you want and they'll even bake it for you and let you use whatever paint you need." (Pause) "I used to go here a lot when I was a bit younger."
Bianca: "Well, hey, might as well try it, I guess." (Smiles at Seto)
(They go up to the counter and Seto pays for two people and they are set up in a corner table with lots of white clay)
Seto: "So . . .what do you suppose you're going to make/"
Bianca: "Hmmm . . . I don't know yet . . ."
(They sit in silence for a bit, contemplating what to make, and then start slowly shaping their clay into things . . .)
Seto: "You know, actually, I still don't know what I'm making."
Bianca: (laughs lightly) "I know what I'm making."
Seto: "Unfortunately, I'm always like that when I make something. I just sort of make something until I can actually see what I'm making . . . ummm, if that makes sense."
Bianca: "Yeah, that makes perfect sense!" (Smiles at him) "But I bet you'll never guess what I'm making until I'm done!"
Seto: "Maybe . . . " (Looks at what she is making, and can't exactly tell. It seems familiar, but he can't quite place it)
Bianca: "Now, what are you making?" (Grins)
Seto: "I still don't know."
(They work for a bit longer, and then Seto's clay work begins to take shape in the form of a small pond with a water lily in the middle. It is still not certain what Bianca is making yet)
Bianca: (Looks at Seto's clay) "Wow! That's amazing . . . you're really good at this."
Seto: "Not compared to you . . ." (Pause) "I don't even know what you're making yet and it's still better than what I've made!"
(However, soon, they both finish what they are working on. Bianca hides what she made from Seto and they both give the guy their stuff to be baked)
Guy: "It'll take about half an hour. Here's your tickets, you can come back in a half hour to paint them."
Bianca: "Ok! Thank you."
Seto: "Shall we get lunch, then?"
Bianca: "Oh, good idea."
(They go to a restaurant across the street for lunch)
Seto: "So what did you end up making?"
Bianca: "You'll just have to wait to find out." (Smiles)
Seto: "Very well." (Pause) "If I guess what it is, will you tell me if I'm right?"
Bianca: "Maybe." (Smile)
Seto: "A dog?"
Bianca: "No."
Seto: "Umm, a cat."
Bianca: "Nope."
Seto: "Computer?"
Bianca: (Gives him a weird look)
Seto: (Shrugs) "I happen to think it's a pretty good suggestion."
Bianca: (Laughs) "That's what I love about you Seto! You're so funny!"
Seto: "Thanks."
Bianca: (Hugs him lightly) "You're welcome."
(So they go back to the art store and lo and behold their clay is ready to be painted. Seto gets to work painting his pond and water lily and Bianca begins painting her clay . . ."
Seto: "So, can I see?"
Bianca: "Just a minute . . . wait . . . ok . . . done!" (She turns around and shows him what she made)
Seto: "Wow . . ."
(She made a small carousel out of the clay, and on the miniature horses were tiny people. When Seto squints to look at it, he realizes those people are himself, and Bianca, and Yugi and Yami and everyone else, even Mokuba)
Seto: "That is amazing . . ."
Bianca: (Blushes a little) "Thank you."
Seto: "I'm very impressed." (Pauses, trying to think how to best say it, and then just shrugs) "You're really good at this stuff."
Bianca: (Smiles and blushes more) "Thanks again."
Seto: (Kisses her gently) "You're welcome."
~~~
Mystrana: "I hate this chair! But that date was really cute, and I happen to think it's a bit too late for me to be writing these dates because they are coming out so bloody sappy and fluffy now."
Bakura: "What was that?"
Mystrana: "Nothing. Untie me."
Bakura: "Not until you say 'Bakura is my master and I will serve him forever."
Mystrana: (Groans)
Bakura: "That's what I thought."
Mystrana: "Well, Nanaki will help me, right?" (Calls out) "Hey Nanaki!"
Nanaki's voice: "What is it?"
Mystrana: "They tied me to a chair! Would you help me?"
Nanaki's voice: "Not now! Inuyasha is on!"
Mystrana: Xx
Bakura: "This is most amusing."
Joey: (Drips cheese sauce onto the floor)
Mystrana: "Well, only one more date. Yami."
Yami: "I get the last date today?"
Mystrana: "Yup!"
Yami: "Yay!" (Runs off)
Bakura: "Now he's a very smart person."
Mystrana: (puzzled) "Why is that?"
Bakura: "Because he realizes that the moment you get out of this chair you're going to go on a rampage, and everyone near you had better watch out or else."
Mystrana: "Then why aren't you running?"
Bakura: "Please. Like I'd be scared of you."
Mystrana: "Hey!"
~~~
(Ok, last date for now. Yami, having changed into a blood red outfit, is waiting at the park for his date. A girl with wavy dark-blonde hair and hazel eyes comes up to him and smiles)
Laura: (Wearing a knee length denim skirt and a tan top with matching boots) "Hi Yami.
Yami: "Hi. How are you?"
Laura: "I'm good! Did I keep you waiting long?"
Yami: "Nah, I only just got here a few minutes ago."
Laura: "Oh, ok, good. Here, now I want to take you somewhere, ok?"
Yami: "Ok, where to?"
Laura: "Nope, I want it to be a surprise! So just follow me!"
(She begins walking and Yami follows. They walk for quite awhile)
Laura: "So, tell me, ummm." (She stops for a moment, and then asks quickly) "Would you read a story I've been writing and give me an opinion sometime?"
Yami: "Sure, what do you write about?"
Laura: "Well, stuff, obviously . . . I don't know how to categorize it . . . but I like to read and dance a lot too. What about you?"
Yami: "Well, I tried writing and Yugi read my story and kind of did that 'ummm, this is very bad but I don't want to hurt your feelings' thing, and I read sometimes, but otherwise, I'm ok at dancing."
Laura: "Hehe, ok."
(They continue to walk for awhile, and then arrive at a small café/dance club type thing. It doesn't have really loud music, but half of it is a restaurant and the other half is a dancing area)
Laura: "That means you won't mind dancing with me, right?"
Yami: (Looks around the place) "Yeah. Hey, where'd you find this place, anyway?"
Laura: "My friend told me about it. I've actually never been here; but I wanted to check it out and well, now I can!"
Yami: "Ahhh, I see." (Grins) "Eat now, dance later?"
Laura: "You got it!"
(They get seated and look over their menus before ordering and receiving their food. While they eat, obviously they talk about stuff, like most people tend to do, unless you are a yami and hikari in which case you will talk though your mind link, but anyhow!)
Laura: "And besides writing, I can play the guitar."
Yami: "No kidding?"
Laura: "Yeah. I like playing the guitar a lot."
Yami: "I guess I've never really tried an instrument, myself. But, actually, I can sing. No one would believe it, but I can. I'm actually pretty good at it."
Laura: (Smiles) "So then sing for me."
Yami: (Blushes) "I wouldn't know what to sing."
Laura: "So . . . sing something in a different language so if you mess up, I won't know!"
Yami: (Laughs) "Good idea!"
(He sings a bit to her, and he is pretty good at singing. They finish their meals and then move over to the other side of the place to dance)
Laura: "You sing good, you know that?"
Yami: "Yeah, you told me. Thanks, by the way."
Laura: "Hey no problem. You having fun?"
Yami: "Yeah!"
(They dance a bit longer, and then sit out a few dances, and talk some more. Finally, Yami walks Laura home)
Laura: "Here, wait, I'll play a song for you on the guitar really quickly, if you want to hear me play."
Yami: "OK."
(So they go inside, and Laura plays a song for Yami. He claps at the end of it)
Yami: "You are good at that!"
Laura: "Thank you."
(There is a slight pause before they kiss, and then Yami has to go)
~~~
Mystrana: (Still tied to the chair) "Unfortunately, I have nothing to say except more dates coming next Sunday so if you didn't get your date today, just be patient please! Yeah! Ja ne!"
Nanaki: "Like what?"
Mystrana: "Well, I described the place where I live with all the bishies (feh, I should word that better, but oh well) and now I think I'll describe the neighborhood, just so people don't get confused."
Nanaki: "Oh, I get it. So that people don't wonder why there's like an ice cream shop downtown when there isn't by them?"
Mystrana: "Umm, right. Sure. Anyhow, my building is kinda in the middle, just for reference purposes. To the north east are were all the girls who go on the dates live. On the south east is downtown. The north west has shops and restaurants, as does the south east. See, isn't that easy?"
Nanaki: "You're nuts."
Mystrana: "And one last thing! I wrote most of this with my contacts out, so the screen was blurry . . . and I might have a few typos. Xx"
~~~~
Mystrana: "Well, finally!"
Seto: "Finally what?"
Mystrana: "Finally I finished cleaning up! And look, it's already Sunday again." (Sighs) "A whole week gone. . ."
Seto: "You're not REALLY upset about that, are you?"
Mystrana: (Brightens up) "Of course not! Spring break is coming up soon! And to celebrate, I'm going to make everyone go out on longer dates! Or attempt to, anyway."
Seto: "Good luck on that, you'll need it."
Mystrana: (Smile) "By the way, where did Nanaki and Ryou go?"
Seto: "Not a clue."
Nanaki's voice: (From the other room) "We went nowhere!" (There is a pause, some scuffling sounds) "Shut up!"
(Seto and Mystrana exchange looks)
Mystrana: "Okay then."
Seto: "So, ummm, who's up for dates today?"
Mystrana: (Checks her list) "Well, first, Ryou has a date, then you do, then Yami and Yugi, and then Bakura and then you again and then Yami."
Seto: "Geez, Yami is popular!"
Joey: "No dates for me? I feel so left out!"
Mystrana: "When'd you come by?"
Joey: "Well, I wanted to see if there was any candy left over from the party."
Mystrana: (Sweatdrops)
Seto: "Obviously, there isn't."
Nanaki's voice: "There's some candy in the kitchen in the small red bowl!"
Joey: "Really? Sugoi!" (Runs over into the kitchen)
Mystrana: (Loudly) "Thanks a lot Nanaki! Now I'm gonna have to pick up candy wrappers all day long!"
Nanaki's voice: "Get Bakura to do it for you."
Bakura: (Having just walked in) "Do what for who?"
Mystrana: (Sweetly) "Make out with Ryou."
Nanaki's voice: "HEY!"
Mystrana: "Geez, I was kidding!" (To Bakura) "No, actually, can you go into the kitchen and tell me how big of a mess Joey is making?"
Bakura: "I don't want to but . . . fine. . ." (Goes off)
Seto: "heh, I almost feel bad for him."
Mystrana: "As you should! Now! On with the dates!" (Yells loudly, even though Ryou is just in the other room) "RYOU YOU HAVE A DATE NOW!"
Ryou: (Comes out of the other room) "Could you yell just a tad louder next time so I can hear you?"
Mystrana: "Eh heh, sorry!" (hands him a map) "Here ya go! Now have fun on your date or I'm afraid I'll have to kill you."
Nanaki's voice: "You'll do no such thing!"
Mystrana: "Quit quoting Sailor Moon!"
Nanaki's voice: "Whatever!"
Mystrana: "Hmmph."
Seto: "Geez, did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something?"
Mystrana: "Hmmm, not really. I'm just not hyper yet, so I'm pissed."
Seto: (Sweatdrop) "Right, of course."
(Meanwhile, Ryou is happily walking outside. He glances at the map, which is hurriedly done in colored pencil, and makes no sense, and, whistling cheerfully, he chucks it into a nearby trashcan. Then he goes up to the right house and knocks on the door. A girl wearing blue jeans and a red shirt answers the door)
Stephanie: "Hi!" (Hugs him happily) "How are you?"
Ryou: (Being smashed) "I'm fine, thank you." (Gasps for breath)
Stephanie: (Lets go of him and smiles) "So, come in and lets decide where to go!"
(Ryou enters the house after Stephanie and they sit down in chairs in the living room)
Stephanie: "So, are you hungry or anything?"
Ryou: "Hmmm, not really. But if you are, I'll come too."
Stephanie: "Nah, that's ok." (Smiles brightly) "Well, let's go for a walk and maybe we'll find something to do! Or we could go to, ummm, a movie or something?"
Ryou: "Well, I wouldn't know any good movies. . ." (Blushes, kinda embarrassed)
Stephanie: "Don't worry about it! Come on, let's go."
(They walk outside and start going downtown)
Ryou: "Hmmm, so what do you think? There's a lot of places here we could go."
Stephanie: "Oh! I know!" (She points to a craft store that has a sign that says 'Free demos and practice today') "That looks interesting!"
Ryou: "Ok."
(They go into the shop, and in one corner is a couple of tables. On top of the tables are all sorts of beads and charms and scissors and the like)
Ryou: "Hey, this looks like fun." (Smiles happily and sits down, tugging open some cases of beads and charms)
Stephanie: (Smiling amusingly) "What are you going to make?" (sits down next to him and measures some string)
Ryou: "Well . . . how about. . . what is your favorite of these? Silver, gold or bronze?"
Stephanie: "I don't mind . . . silver looks cool."
Ryou: "Ok! Don't look while I work on this, ok?" (Smiles)
Stephanie: "Hehe, ok!" (Picks out some beads as well)
(So they work quietly side by side for awhile, and then Ryou jumps up happily)
Ryou: "Ok! I'm done with mine!"
Stephanie: (turns to him) "So am I."
Ryou: "Here, can I show you mine first, please?" (Smiles hopefully)
Stephanie: "Awww! Of course!"
Ryou: "Ok, here you go. . ." (He slips a necklace around her neck. It is made out of thin thread with tiny silver beads so that it looks like a silver thread, with a small silver heart shaped locket. The locket is really pretty, and has the tiniest engraved heart on it) "I hope you like it."
Stephanie: (Looks at it, and smiles) "Thank you so much!" (hugs him) "I love it!"
Ryou: (Tilts his head to the side cutely and smiles. Kinda hard to describe, but you know, the anime style of smiling and closing your eyes with your head tilted?) "I'm so glad you like it."
Stephanie: "Well, now it makes this look pretty stupid . . . man, you are GOOD at this arts and craft stuff, I'll tell you that!" (Pauses) "But here, this is for you . . . I don't know if you like jewelry much, but . . ." (She hands him a small necklace, made out of a thin black thread. There are no beads on it, but a cross charm, and a tiny millennium eye engraved onto the center of the cross)
Ryou: (Says nothing at first, but silently puts it on, where it hands just above his Millennium ring)
Stephanie: (Quietly) "So do you like it?"
Ryou: (Turns to her, and smiles brightly) "I love it." (He smiles even more and she hugs him again)
Stephanie: "I'm glad too." (She grins) "thanks again!"
Ryou: "You're welcome, of course."
(They thank the owner of the shop for letting them use the stuff and then decide to get a bite to eat after all)
Stephanie: "Here, let's try that restaurant, over there." (She points to a casual sit-down restaurant down the street)
Ryou: "Works for me!" (Smile)
(They go and sit down. A few minutes later, a grumbling Emily (the waitress) *Remember her from the sunflower restaurant?* comes up to them and half-smiles, giving them menus)
Emily: (To herself angrily) "Firing me just because I have a bipolar disorder. . . the nerve . . ." (Snaps her head up and smiles happily at the two) "How are you two today and what would you like to order?" (Growls, and says to herself) "And pick quickly, I have to get the orders for the OTHER two tables."
Ryou: (Blinks and orders)
Stephanie: (Blinks and orders)
Emily: (Smiles happily, waves and goes off grumbling)
Ryou: (Blinks again) "She scares me, to tell the truth."
Stephanie: "Yeah."
(Emily comes back after awhile and gives them their food)
Emily: "Sorry about before! I forgot to take my pills! Well, enjoy your food!" (Walks off normally)
(Ryou and Stephanie blink yet again, but then start eating and talking happily. Finally they go back to Stephanie's house)
Ryou: "Well, I hope you had fun . . ."
Stephanie: (Fingers her locket) "Yeah, I did."
(They pause, and then kiss before Ryou leaves)
~~~
Mystrana: "Kawaii!" (Pause) "Like all dates are, but even more so on account Ryou is such a kawaii person."
Seto: "Can you use the word 'kawaii' anymore than you already do?"
Mystrana: (Starts singing) "Kawaii! Kawaii! Ka~~~~wa~~~~~iiiiiiiiiii~~~~~"
Seto: "Kuso! Shut up!"
Mystrana: "Feh. I think my singing is VERY good." (Hums a little and then starts singing again) "Tokidoki wa setsunakutte!" (Pause) "Hey, if any of you guys can guess what song I'm singing, and what Anime it's from, I'll give you a guest appearance next week!"
Seto: "You're insane."
Mystrana: "Shush!"
Nanaki's voice: "Both of you shut up! I'm trying to listen to my show here!"
Mystrana: "What show?"
Nanaki's voice: "dot hack sign of course!"
Mystrana: "Yay!"
Seto: "I don't want to know."
Bakura: (Walks in, grumbling) "Joey has totally trashed the kitchen, making a 'sandwich' or so he calls it .. . ."
Joey: (Comes out of the kitchen holding a plate with a sandwich on it, peanut butter, cheese and pickles all visible) "Hi guys! I hope you don't mind I used some stuff to make a sandwich Mysty!"
Mystrana: (Groans) "I don't mind at all."
Joey: "Yeah!"
Seto: "Well, actually -"
Mystrana: (Cuts him off) "Come on Seto, you have a date now! Here's directions, now go!"
Seto: "Hey!"
Mystrana: "Just go!"
Seto: "What is wrong with you?"
Mystrana: (Pauses and whispers to Seto) "I don't want to upset Joey cos he doesn't have any dates today, ok?"
Seto: "Oh. So you're just trying to be miss Perfect." (Smirks and leaves Mystrana to deal with Joey, who is dripping chili cheese sauce all over the carpet)
Mystrana: (Sweatdrop) "Joey, can I have a word with you?"
Joey: (turns around) "Yeah?"
Mystrana: "Here, come eat in the kitchen . . ." (Leads him into the kitchen)
Bakura: "Heh, she's not gonna like what she sees!"
Mystrana's voice: ". . . . Joey?"
Joey's voice: "Yeah?"
Mystrana's voice: "Would you mind terribly if I killed you?"
~~~
(Seto, who has escaped the insanity for now, has changed into a tight, all black outfit. ^_^ He walks along the road, until he gets to the right house, knocks on the door, and waits patiently, leaning casually against the wall. Shortly, a girl answers the door)
Aleer: (Dressed in blue jeans and a black tanktop, with glitter eyeshadow) "Hi!"
Seto: "Hi."
(Aleer hugs Seto happily, and then smiles)
Aleer: "Come on, wanna go to, umm, how about . . . THE ZOO!"
Seto: (Blinks) "OK. I wanna see the giraffes, though."
Aleer: "Ok!"
(So they walk to the bus stop and get on the bus, because the zoo is kinda far away. However, they don't mind having time to talk)
Seto: "Mokuba, actually, does not like the zoo."
Aleer: "You're kidding! I expected he would have been, I dunno, really happy to go there! You know what I mean? I love going there, mostly because I can walk around a lot and it's fun!"
Seto: "Right! I thought the same thing with Mokuba; he's so hyper, you know; but we went there and he got terrified of the monkeys."
Aleer: "Oh, you're kidding!"
Seto: "Nope, one jumped on the tree branch right in front of him, and he got so freaked out . . . so we've never been back, needless to say."
Aleer: "That's so sad! I'm going to have to take him someday so he can have fun. One little bad experience shouldn't have to ruin it completely for him, you know?"
Seto: "Heh, as much as you say that, I don't think Mokuba will ever go back. Go ahead and try, though, I think if he ever does get over it, he will really enjoy it."
Aleer: "Exactly!"
(The bus stops and they get off a block away from the zoo. They walk over and Seto pays for admission and they go in)
Aleer: (Peering at the map) "Hmmmm." (Reads aloud) " 'this zoo is designed in a large circle for easy viewing of the furry (and not furry) animals that everyone loves to see.' " (Pauses) "Interesting."
Seto: "Hmmm, indeed." (Watches a family going in one way) "Here, let's go this way." (Points to the other way)
Aleer: "Ok." (glances at map) "Hey, this way we'll see the giraffes last! Best for last, no?" (Grins)
Seto: (Smirk) "Exactly!"
(So they start off, passing by the elephants first)
Seto: (Passes right by the elephants to get to the bear caves) "I do not like elephants. They stink."
Aleer: (Pauses and sniffs the air tentatively) "Yeah, but that could just be the general smell that most zoos have, multiplied over a long time of sitting here without cleaning the animals properly."
Seto: "Yeah, that too, but I don't like elephants." (Glances at the bear caves) "I like the brown bears and the black bears and the white bears!"
Aleer: (pause) "Don't you mean the polar bears, then?"
Seto: (Blink) "Yeah, I guess so."
(They continue on, to the zebras and then to the reptile house. Once they are out of that, they go into the bird/bat house)
Aleer: (Reading sign) " 'Be warned! Bats may land in your hair! Do not panic!' " (Laughs)
Seto: "I wouldn't laugh if I were you!"
Aleer: (As they continue walking though the dark room) "Why is that?"
Seto: (Struggling to pull a bat from his hair) "Because they refuse to get off of me!"
Aleer: (Turns around to see a whole heck of a lot of bats in Seto's hair) (Bursts out laughing and steps closer to Seto, trying to help him get the bats off his head) "Must be your shampoo!" (Grins and winks, though Seto really can't see that since he's kinda trying to pull bats off his head)
(However, they finally get out and they are at the halfway point of the circle, which is a picnic area, with a few places to buy food. Seto and Aleer stop in one of them, and get some food, then sit down to eat)
Seto: "Well, besides the smell, and the monkeys and the bats, I'd say this has been pretty enjoyable so far."
Aleer: "Agreed."
(They share some ice cream for dessert - it's an ice cream mold, shaped like a giraffe, by the way - and then set off again, seeing the tigers, lions and . . . oh wait, they already saw the bears. Never mind. Anyhow, then they go past the butterfly display, and then finally . . . they are at the giraffes)
Aleer: "Hmmm . . . so, Kaiba, how come you like the giraffes so much?"
Seto: "I dunno . . . I really like them though . . . I guess because they are so tall . . ."
Aleer: "Oooh! I get it! You look up to them! Literally!"
Seto: (Grins) "I guess so."
(And so, they take the bus back to Aleer's house, where they say their partings and kiss goodbye . . . .)
~~~
Mystrana: "As usual, I would be screaming 'kawaii' if not for the fact that . . ." (Huge sigh) "I'm tied up in a chair by Bakura." (holds up her hands, tied together, for proof) "Only because I was threatening people with my staff! I mean, it doesn't hurt THAT much."
Bakura: (Glares at her, holding ice on a large purple bruise on his arm) "Sure it doesn't. And you're going to stay on that chair until . . . well, until I'm done watching you be tortured."
Mystrana: "This could take awhile."
Joey: (Eats his sandwich happily)
Mystrana: (Squirms in her chair) "I hate sitting still!"
Bakura: "Well, ya better learn to like it."
Nanaki's voice: "Sucks to be you Mysty!"
Mystrana: "Feh!"
Nanaki's voice: "Whee! I love this show! Don't you Ryou?"
Ryou's voice: "Ummm, of course I do."
Nanaki's voice: "Yes! Of COURSE you do!"
Mystrana: "Hmmm, poor Ryou."
Bakura: "I wouldn't be saying that right now . . . you should concentrate on yourself, I think."
Mystrana: "Like it'll do me any good. I'm just Seto's not here to learn that I borrowed his ATM card again and . . . .ermm, accidentally . . . used his chocolate sauce and whipped cream."
Seto: (From right behind her) "You're glad I'm not here to learn what?"
Mystrana: (Huge Sweatdrop) "You know what . . . I'm supposed to be in charge here? What is up with this?"
Seto: "So. You borrowed my ATM card again. And you ate my chocolate sauce and whipped cream. I would say this merits punishment, but you are already tied to a chair, and that's pretty bad for you."
Mystrana: (Glare) "Tell me about it. I can move or anything!"
Bakura: "Haha, sucks to be you."
Mystrana: "Feh."
Seto: "Anyhow, back to the matters at hand. I'm going to . . .take away your yaoi stories for the rest of the day!"
Mystrana: O.o "No!"
Seto: "Serves you right!"
Mystrana: "Ack! Don't take away my yaoi stories . . . otherwise I'll be forced to make you and Yami make out!"
Seto: "Like you can do anything tied up in a chair . . .and besides, Yami's going to be out on a date." (Yells) "YAMI! You have a date! Mystrana says go right now or you'll be late!"
Yami's voice: "OK!"
Mystrana: (Sweatdrops) "Was he even in this building before?"
Seto: (Shrugs) "It's a pretty big building. And besides, don't you have enough bedrooms for all of us upstairs?"
Mystrana: "Yeah, so?"
Seto: (Sweatdrops)
~~~
(Well, anyway, Yami is happy. He is walking down the street, having changed into a leather blood red top, with lots of buckles, and black leather pants. ^_^ When he gets to the right house - he was smart and looked it up before - he rings the doorbell, and a girl with long brown hair, pulled back in a ponytail, answers the door)
Jasmine: (Wearing a pair of jeans and a black tank top) "Hi Yami . . . " (Smiles)
Yami: "Hi."
Jasmine: "Oh! Before I forget, I have a friend who'd like to hang out with Yugi. So, ummm, could you call Yugi here through your millennium puzzle?"
Yami: "Oh, sure." (Concentrates a moment and then Yugi appears)
Yugi: "Hiya Yami, what's up?"
Yami: "Talk to her." (Points to Jasmine)
Yugi: "Hello." (Shakes hands with her politely)
Jasmine: "Hello. Here, I have a friend who wants to hang out with you. Come inside, both of you."
(Yugi and Yami both enter the house. Inside a girl with black hair and glasses is sitting on the couch, watching TV. When she hears footsteps behind her, however, she turns around)
Ingrid: "Yugi!" (Gets up and hugs him happily) "How are you?"
Yugi: "I'm fine, thanks!"
Ingrid: "You're even politer than Ryou, aren't you sometimes?" (Smiles) "Come on, let's watch TV for now."
Jasmine: (Smiles) "And while they're doing that, let's go to the park Yami!"
Yami: "Ok." (As they walk out of the house) "Have fun Yugi."
Yugi: (In a happy voice, of course) "Of course Yami! Have fun too!"
(So Yami and Jasmine go outside and walk down to the park, which is a fairly large area of grassy playground and blacktop for biking and such)
Yami: "So what do you want to do here?"
Jasmine: (Looks around) "Hey! Let's go play basketball with them!" (She points to a group of people who are playing half court basketball in a corner of the blacktop)
Yami: "Ok. . . " (Pause) "I don't think I'm any good at basketball, though."
Jasmine: "Why do you say that? You're the king of games, aren't you?"
Yami: "Oh yeah." (Groans) "But the last game I tried . . .football, I think it was - Malik nearly killed me! And Bakura! Geez!" (Pause) "Wait, they were both on my team though. . ."
Jasmine: (Laughs) "Poor Yami! Well, basketball isn't nearly as rough as football, so come on!"
Yami: "I hope that your are right or I'll be in pain again. . . not that I didn't try to banish them to the shadow realm, of course, but they ducked, sadly."
Jasmine: (Laughs again) "Just promise me you won't try to banish the people we play against to the shadow realm." (Pause) "Well, actually that would be pretty amusing, but still!" (Grins) "Let's go!"
(She and Yami go up to the group of people)
Jasmine: (Smile) "Hi! Can we play?"
Person 1: (About to say no, and then notices the glare he is being given by Yami, and pauses) "Yes!"
Yami: (Crosses his arms and smirks, feeling superior)
Jasmine: (Grins and grabs the ball) "Me and Yami and . . ." (Points to a random person) "Him against you three. Ok?" (Pause) "OK! Begin!"
(So they play basketball, and, hey, what do you know! Yami is super good at it, and ends up scoring like 30 points. After smirking for ten minutes straight, Yami had finally stopped smirking and that is because . . .)
Yami: "Ack! Kuso!" (Falls off the skateboard)
Jasmine: "Hmmm, so since skateboarding isn't a sport that means you don't have to be great at it?"
Yami: (Grumbles as he gets up) "Yeah, sadly."
Jasmine: "It's balance, you'll have to get it eventually!"
Yami: "Of course." (Stands on the skateboard. Falls. Stands on the skateboard. Falls.) "KUSO!"
(Back at the house, Yugi and Ingrid are watching TV still)
Yugi: "Did you just hear someone scream?"
Ingrid: (Shrug)
(They go back to watching TV. A few minutes later Yami and Jasmine come inside)
Yami: (Grumble grumble)
Jasmine: (Trying to hold back laughter)
Yugi: "Dare I ask?"
Yami: (Grumble)
Jasmine: "Let's just say . . . he can't skateboard and we'll leave it at that."
Yami: (Grumble)
Jasmine: "Oh, quit grumbling. Lets go randomly hack into websites."
Yami: (Cheers up considerably) "Ok! I can do that fairly well; Kaiba taught me some stuff . .."
(They go to the computer and boot it up. Ingrid and Yugi go back to watching TV. Time passes)
Yami: "Yeah! I've hacked into Kaiba's personal site!"
Jasmine: "What's so good about that?"
Yami: "From doing that, I can get the password into . . . " (Dun dun dun!) "Yugi's site! You need a password to get in!" (Types in some stuff and flashes a victory sign)
Jasmine: "And what, pray tell, is on Yugi's site that he won't let anyone see?"
Yami: (Whisper whisper)
Jasmine: "No kidding?"
Yami: (nod nod)
Jasmine: "Let's go!"
Yugi: (comes over) "Hey guys! What are you l-" (Goes pale) "How did you . . . get there?"
Yami/Jasmine: (Burst out laughing)
Yugi: (Pouts)
(And so . . . Yami and Yugi leave, arguing slightly. After saying good bye and smiling and hugging their dates of course!)
Mystrana: (Still bound in a chair) "Joey! Not the salsa!" (Grimaces) "That's gonna take forever to clean out of the carpet."
Bakura: (Casually grinding crackers into the carpet) "Gee, you sound like Malik now!"
Mystrana: (Pouts)
Seto: ('Accidentally' spills grape juice on a chair)
Mystrana: (Sighs) "I'm so making you clean that up."
Seto: "Oh really? Tied up like that?"
Mystrana: "Grrrr . . ."
Bakura/Seto: (Laugh)
Nanaki's voice: "This IS rather amusing."
Ryou's voice: "This is the most disturbing thing I've seen."
(A song can be heard from the room they are in)
Seto: (Recognizing the song) "Oh . . .crap . . ." (Runs into the room)
Nanaki's voice: "Oh, hi!" (Bursts out laughing)
Ryou's voice: "Must not laugh . . must not laugh . . kuso . . ." (Bursts out laughing)
Seto's voice: "You stupid idiots!" (A smashing sound is heard, and Seto comes out of the room looking happy)
Mystrana: (Sweatdrops) "Dare I ask?"
Seto: (Smirks) "I didn't like the tape they were playing, so I, ermmm, broke the VCR." (Smirks again)
Mystrana: (Groans)
Joey: "Hey! That must have been the blackmail tape, eh?"
Seto: "Shut up Joey, shut up!"
Bakura: "Not that tape!" (Bursts out laughing)
Seto: "SHUT UP!"
Mystrana: "Hey! Quiet! Bakura! You have a date! Get out of here! And Seto . . . Ryou. . . someone . . . untie me . . . please . . ."
~~~
(Bakura has run out as fast as he could, and has also changed into a pair of black jeans and a blue and white striped tank top. He goes up to a house and stops to catch his breath. Just as he's about to knock on the door, it opens and he nearly falls on top of a girl with red hair)
Bakura: "Ack! Why didn't you tell me you were going to do that?"
Crystella: (Smiles) "I was waiting for you!"
Bakura: "And that makes it alright for you to do that to me?" (Grumbles)
Crystella: "Oh, don't be mad. Come on, it's not that bad, right?" (Smiles happily)
Bakura: "I guess not." (Grumbles nonetheless) "Well, what do you want to do?"
Crystella: "How about we get some ice cream? It's really warm out!"
Bakura: "So I've noticed . . .having run here all the way . . ."
Crystella: "Well, why did you do that?"
Bakura: "To get away from the insanity, of course."
Crystella: (Laughs lightly) "I think you are the insanity!" (Smiles) "Come on, let's go!"
Bakura: "Hmmm, I even know where a good ice cream parlor is!"
Crystella: "Great!"
(So they walk to it. Not run, of course, because it's too warm for that! Along the way, however, they pass a pet store . . .)
Bakura: (Looks in the window of the pet shop) "WHAT THE HELL?"
Crystella: "What's wrong?"
Bakura: (Points to the pet shop) "You can buy pet SQUIRRELS! Who the bloody hell wants to buy a bloody *squirrel* as a bloody pet?" (Grumbles a bit more) "Bloody hell, I sound like my bloody hikari."
Crystella: (Giggles) "Well, I must say, I've never heard anyone say bloody so many times in less than a minute like that before!"
Bakura: "Heh, must be a new record . . . however, that doesn't solve my problem . . . they simply cannot sell squirrels to the public. You can wait here." (He marches into the shop)
Crystella: (Follows after) "Wait for me!" (Pauses to look at the fish tanks, with have new sparkly fish) "Ooooh, glitter!" (Pause) "Wait for me Bakura!"
Bakura: (Marches up to the main desk) "I have a bone to pick with your manager! Why are you selling SQUIRRELS to the public? Dammit, why?"
Cash Register Person: "Ummm, well, I dunno."
Bakura: "Where is your manager?"
Cash Register Person: "Ummm, well, I dunno."
Bakura: "Don't even start." (Throws a match into the cages with squirrels and storms out of the shop)
Cash Register Person: (blink blink)
Crystella: "Will you wait for me!" (Pause) "Ooooh, sparkly!"
(However, they soon make it to the ice cream parlor without anymore major incidents. Of course, the minor incidents included a gopher, a motorcycle and two hospital bills, but I digress. The ice cream parlor they went into was supposed to be old-fashioned, but in the worst way; there was a lot of pink and white and iron back chairs, which are not very comfortable and after sitting in one for a while, people will find themselves with quite stiff backs, but unfortunately I digress again.)
Bakura: "Hmmmm, just what I need. Sugar."
Crystella: "Come on, candy is good, right?"
Bakura: "Yeah, it is, but I don't need a sugar high . . ."
Crystella: "What's wrong with it?"
Bakura: (Pause) "I don't know. I'm starting to REALLY act like my hikari. That's scary." (Takes a few deep breaths and swears for a minute straight) "Ok, I'm good now."
Crystella: (Sweatdrops) "Of course." (Hugs him) "Now lets go get some sugar!"
Bakura: "Yeah!"
(They go up and order their ice cream, and get it in an amazingly fast amount of time. It probably had to do with the fact that there was no one else in the ice cream parlor, but who was paying attention to that anyway?)
Crystella: (Licking her mint chocolate chip cone) "Yum!"
Bakura: (Eating his hot fudge sundae) "And so, I've been uptight because of that all week."
Crystella: "No kidding? Well, I'm glad you trusted me enough to tell me why you were acting so weird!"
Bakura: "I guess it's just because not many people know . . . I wonder if it happens to Yami and Marik, too."
Crystella: "I'll bet it does!"
Bakura: "Yeah. I'll talk to them about it." (Grimaces) "Gah, that sounds like I'm going to a support group. I can see it now. CYA. Confused yami's anonymous, where yami's can come to discuss how they feel the one day out of the year when they act more like their hikari then themselves."
Cyrstella: "Haha! Don't worry about it though!"
Bakura: "Yeah . . ." (Pause) "I'm just sorry you had to see me like this today and all . . ." (Groans) "There I go sounding like my hikari again."
Crystella: "Don't worry! It's very amusing to me! In a good way, of course. And, hey, when you feel better, we can go out again or something ok?"
Bakura: "Ok." (Smiles) "Well, anyhow I had a good time!"
Crystella: "Me too!"
(Bakura leans in to kiss her good-bye but then pauses and blushes and then groans and then kisses her)
Bakura: "I hate my life sometimes."
Crystella: "Don't worry, have fun! I'll seeya later!" (Smile)
~~~
Mystrana: "Hmmm, serves Bakura right! Anyhow! Can I get out of this chair yet?"
Seto: "No."
Joey: "Aren't you having fun? I assumed that was why you were in the chair in the first place."
Mystrana: (bangs her head against the wall) "Seto, just go on your date now!"
Seto: (Shrugs and leaves)
Mystrana: (Continues to bang her head against the wall)
~~~
(Seto has now changed into a blue shirt, black jeans and black trench coat, and he looks at the directions Mystrana gave him, then goes to the house across the street from where he is supposedly supposed to be and knocks on the door. A girl with brown hair and blonde streaks answers the door. Her eyes are brown, but with green in the middle, and she has pale skin)
Bianca: (Wearing a deep green spring dress) "Hi Seto." (smiles nervously)
Seto: (Smiles back and presents her with a rose) "Hello, and here you go."
Bianca: (Takes the rose) "Oh wow! Thank you. . . here, come inside while I put this in water!"
Seto: "Ok."
(They go to the kitchen, where Bianca pulls out a vase and fills it with water and puts the rose in it)
Bianca: "There, that looks perfect. Thank you so much."
Seto: "You're welcome." (bows his head kinda to affirm that, kinda hard to describe)
Bianca: "Well, I guess, are you ready to go?"
Seto: "Certainly. I was thinking . . . there is a really nice art store down a ways, perhaps you'd like to go there?"
Bianca: "That sounds great! Just let me get my coat, then." (She pulls on her green coat to match her dress and they set off)
(Okidoki! The art shop they go to can be described as, well, different. It is a pure white place, with white walls and white ceilings and white flooring and white tables and basically everything is white, including the clay. However, you can paint the clay when it's done baking, so it's all good.)
Bianca: (Taking in the decorations, which include a lot of angels - since they're white - and random white things) "Interesting . . . I guess . . ."
Seto: "This place is actually pretty nice. You get as much clay as you need to make whatever you want and they'll even bake it for you and let you use whatever paint you need." (Pause) "I used to go here a lot when I was a bit younger."
Bianca: "Well, hey, might as well try it, I guess." (Smiles at Seto)
(They go up to the counter and Seto pays for two people and they are set up in a corner table with lots of white clay)
Seto: "So . . .what do you suppose you're going to make/"
Bianca: "Hmmm . . . I don't know yet . . ."
(They sit in silence for a bit, contemplating what to make, and then start slowly shaping their clay into things . . .)
Seto: "You know, actually, I still don't know what I'm making."
Bianca: (laughs lightly) "I know what I'm making."
Seto: "Unfortunately, I'm always like that when I make something. I just sort of make something until I can actually see what I'm making . . . ummm, if that makes sense."
Bianca: "Yeah, that makes perfect sense!" (Smiles at him) "But I bet you'll never guess what I'm making until I'm done!"
Seto: "Maybe . . . " (Looks at what she is making, and can't exactly tell. It seems familiar, but he can't quite place it)
Bianca: "Now, what are you making?" (Grins)
Seto: "I still don't know."
(They work for a bit longer, and then Seto's clay work begins to take shape in the form of a small pond with a water lily in the middle. It is still not certain what Bianca is making yet)
Bianca: (Looks at Seto's clay) "Wow! That's amazing . . . you're really good at this."
Seto: "Not compared to you . . ." (Pause) "I don't even know what you're making yet and it's still better than what I've made!"
(However, soon, they both finish what they are working on. Bianca hides what she made from Seto and they both give the guy their stuff to be baked)
Guy: "It'll take about half an hour. Here's your tickets, you can come back in a half hour to paint them."
Bianca: "Ok! Thank you."
Seto: "Shall we get lunch, then?"
Bianca: "Oh, good idea."
(They go to a restaurant across the street for lunch)
Seto: "So what did you end up making?"
Bianca: "You'll just have to wait to find out." (Smiles)
Seto: "Very well." (Pause) "If I guess what it is, will you tell me if I'm right?"
Bianca: "Maybe." (Smile)
Seto: "A dog?"
Bianca: "No."
Seto: "Umm, a cat."
Bianca: "Nope."
Seto: "Computer?"
Bianca: (Gives him a weird look)
Seto: (Shrugs) "I happen to think it's a pretty good suggestion."
Bianca: (Laughs) "That's what I love about you Seto! You're so funny!"
Seto: "Thanks."
Bianca: (Hugs him lightly) "You're welcome."
(So they go back to the art store and lo and behold their clay is ready to be painted. Seto gets to work painting his pond and water lily and Bianca begins painting her clay . . ."
Seto: "So, can I see?"
Bianca: "Just a minute . . . wait . . . ok . . . done!" (She turns around and shows him what she made)
Seto: "Wow . . ."
(She made a small carousel out of the clay, and on the miniature horses were tiny people. When Seto squints to look at it, he realizes those people are himself, and Bianca, and Yugi and Yami and everyone else, even Mokuba)
Seto: "That is amazing . . ."
Bianca: (Blushes a little) "Thank you."
Seto: "I'm very impressed." (Pauses, trying to think how to best say it, and then just shrugs) "You're really good at this stuff."
Bianca: (Smiles and blushes more) "Thanks again."
Seto: (Kisses her gently) "You're welcome."
~~~
Mystrana: "I hate this chair! But that date was really cute, and I happen to think it's a bit too late for me to be writing these dates because they are coming out so bloody sappy and fluffy now."
Bakura: "What was that?"
Mystrana: "Nothing. Untie me."
Bakura: "Not until you say 'Bakura is my master and I will serve him forever."
Mystrana: (Groans)
Bakura: "That's what I thought."
Mystrana: "Well, Nanaki will help me, right?" (Calls out) "Hey Nanaki!"
Nanaki's voice: "What is it?"
Mystrana: "They tied me to a chair! Would you help me?"
Nanaki's voice: "Not now! Inuyasha is on!"
Mystrana: Xx
Bakura: "This is most amusing."
Joey: (Drips cheese sauce onto the floor)
Mystrana: "Well, only one more date. Yami."
Yami: "I get the last date today?"
Mystrana: "Yup!"
Yami: "Yay!" (Runs off)
Bakura: "Now he's a very smart person."
Mystrana: (puzzled) "Why is that?"
Bakura: "Because he realizes that the moment you get out of this chair you're going to go on a rampage, and everyone near you had better watch out or else."
Mystrana: "Then why aren't you running?"
Bakura: "Please. Like I'd be scared of you."
Mystrana: "Hey!"
~~~
(Ok, last date for now. Yami, having changed into a blood red outfit, is waiting at the park for his date. A girl with wavy dark-blonde hair and hazel eyes comes up to him and smiles)
Laura: (Wearing a knee length denim skirt and a tan top with matching boots) "Hi Yami.
Yami: "Hi. How are you?"
Laura: "I'm good! Did I keep you waiting long?"
Yami: "Nah, I only just got here a few minutes ago."
Laura: "Oh, ok, good. Here, now I want to take you somewhere, ok?"
Yami: "Ok, where to?"
Laura: "Nope, I want it to be a surprise! So just follow me!"
(She begins walking and Yami follows. They walk for quite awhile)
Laura: "So, tell me, ummm." (She stops for a moment, and then asks quickly) "Would you read a story I've been writing and give me an opinion sometime?"
Yami: "Sure, what do you write about?"
Laura: "Well, stuff, obviously . . . I don't know how to categorize it . . . but I like to read and dance a lot too. What about you?"
Yami: "Well, I tried writing and Yugi read my story and kind of did that 'ummm, this is very bad but I don't want to hurt your feelings' thing, and I read sometimes, but otherwise, I'm ok at dancing."
Laura: "Hehe, ok."
(They continue to walk for awhile, and then arrive at a small café/dance club type thing. It doesn't have really loud music, but half of it is a restaurant and the other half is a dancing area)
Laura: "That means you won't mind dancing with me, right?"
Yami: (Looks around the place) "Yeah. Hey, where'd you find this place, anyway?"
Laura: "My friend told me about it. I've actually never been here; but I wanted to check it out and well, now I can!"
Yami: "Ahhh, I see." (Grins) "Eat now, dance later?"
Laura: "You got it!"
(They get seated and look over their menus before ordering and receiving their food. While they eat, obviously they talk about stuff, like most people tend to do, unless you are a yami and hikari in which case you will talk though your mind link, but anyhow!)
Laura: "And besides writing, I can play the guitar."
Yami: "No kidding?"
Laura: "Yeah. I like playing the guitar a lot."
Yami: "I guess I've never really tried an instrument, myself. But, actually, I can sing. No one would believe it, but I can. I'm actually pretty good at it."
Laura: (Smiles) "So then sing for me."
Yami: (Blushes) "I wouldn't know what to sing."
Laura: "So . . . sing something in a different language so if you mess up, I won't know!"
Yami: (Laughs) "Good idea!"
(He sings a bit to her, and he is pretty good at singing. They finish their meals and then move over to the other side of the place to dance)
Laura: "You sing good, you know that?"
Yami: "Yeah, you told me. Thanks, by the way."
Laura: "Hey no problem. You having fun?"
Yami: "Yeah!"
(They dance a bit longer, and then sit out a few dances, and talk some more. Finally, Yami walks Laura home)
Laura: "Here, wait, I'll play a song for you on the guitar really quickly, if you want to hear me play."
Yami: "OK."
(So they go inside, and Laura plays a song for Yami. He claps at the end of it)
Yami: "You are good at that!"
Laura: "Thank you."
(There is a slight pause before they kiss, and then Yami has to go)
~~~
Mystrana: (Still tied to the chair) "Unfortunately, I have nothing to say except more dates coming next Sunday so if you didn't get your date today, just be patient please! Yeah! Ja ne!"