Mystrana: "Yay! I'm not tied to the chair, thanks to Mariana, who helped
me!"
Mariana: (Busily hugging Joey) "Joey didn't mean to drip the salsa and the onion and cheese chip dip on the ground, by the way."
Mystrana: (Looks at the mess on the floor) (Twitches) "It's ok . . . I don't blame him in the least." (Twitch)
Malik: (Rushes in with cleaning supplies) "I sense something needs to be . . . CLEANED!"
Mystrana: "Ack! Where'd you find all that stuff?"
Malik: "I have a Complete House Care Kit in my room for emergencies such as this."
Mystrana: "Ummmm, right, of course."
(Malik begins to scrub the floor)
Seto: (Walks in) "What the hell?"
Mystrana: "Don't ask me."
Malik: (Continues to clean)
Seto: ('Accidentally' knocks over a conveniently placed cookie with lots of frosting onto the ground)
Malik: (Zips over, cleans it up, and goes back to work on the salsa stains)
Mystrana: Oo
Seto: (Accidentally knocks more stuff over)
Malik: (Cleans it up)
Mystrana: "This is so screwed up . . ." (Pause) "I guess that means I should start getting the guys ready to go on dates."
Seto: (Pauses from knocking something over) "Who all has dates today?"
Mystrana: (Checking list) "Ryou, Yami, you, Joey, and Bakura. I'm in such a good mood with spring break and all!"
Seto: "So in other words, you want to torture us more because you're in a good mood?"
Bakura: "Now that . . . is screwed up."
Mystrana: "Feh, so what if it is?" (Grins) "It's fun, so there!"
Ryou: (Enters the room) "Hey, Mysty, I though I heard my name."
Mystrana: "Wow, you've got good hearing. Yeah, I did say your name, you have a date with a girl in ten minutes, ok?"
Ryou: "Oh, ok." (Leaves)
Seto: (Goes back to knocking things over)
~~~
(Ryou, now wearing a red shirt and silver pants walks to the house and knocks on the door. A girl answers the door, wearing a blue skirt and white long-sleeved shirt. Her hair is loosely tied back)
PhyscoCatGodess (PCG): "Hi Ryou." (Hugs him)
Ryou: "Hi. How are you?"
PCG: "I'm good. You?"
Ryou: "I'm doing fine myself, thank you."
PCG: (Smiles and nods, and then grabs Ryou) "OK! Enough politeness, let's go do something!"
Ryou: (As he's being dragged along) "Ok, what do you want to do?"
PCG: "Wanna go manga shopping and then get something to eat at the mall?"
Ryou: (Still being dragged along) "Sure. Sounds like fun." (Checks to make sure Bakura hasn't stolen his wallet or anything)
(At the mall)
Ryou: "Would you like to eat first or get manga?"
PCG: "Wanna get manga?"
Ryou: "Yeah!"
(So they run off in the direction of the nearest manga store, getting yelled at by security in the process, but Ryou just sort of flips them off)
PCG: "Ryou! I never would have expected you to do that!"
Ryou: (Hangs head) "I've been hanging around Bakura too much. He does that whenever we go someplace; he'll sit in the back of the car and flip everyone off."
PCG: "Heh, that's pretty amusing."
(They go into the manga shop, which is pretty well stocked with a ton of manga.)
Ryou: "Wow."
PCG: "They have all my favorites! Sailor Moon . . . Cardcaptor Sakura . . .Saint Tail . . . Chobits . . ."
Ryou: "What was that last one?"
PCG: "Chobits. It's by CLAMP. They did 'X/1999' too."
Ryou: "Chobits! I like that one a lot. And X is pretty good too."
(So they proceed to buy a lot of manga, and then they find out the store has a bit of anime figures and posters and the lot)
Ryou: "Look!" (Happily) "They have Hamtaro here . . ."
PCG: "Hamtaro is such a cute Anime! Just like Pokemon!"
Ryou: "Yeah." (Pause) "Here, let me get you a poster . . . what animes do you like?"
PCG: "You really don't have to . . ."
Ryou: "Please?" (Smiles)
PCG: "Oh . . .ok . . . I like Inuyasha, Yu Yu Hakusho, Sailor Moon . . ."
Ryou: "Inuyasha? Who's your favorite character?"
PCG: "Well, ummm, Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru are both pretty cool, and Naraku's ok. . . then there's Miroku and Kyouga . . . but I guess Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru are my favorites."
Ryou: (Searches though the poster bins until he comes up with a poster that is very sketchy like and all black and white except for a bit of color to the eyes, but with great detail otherwise. It has Inuyasha sitting like he does in the beginning of the 'Dearest' opening, with Sesshoumaru standing behind him, back towards him, but also turning his head around slightly to look at Inuyasha) "Here, what do you think of this one?"
PCG: ". . . Wow . . . "
Ryou: (Oh yeah, the background of the picture is a really pretty tree, with a lake off in the corner) "Then I'll get it for you!"
PCG: "Thank you."
Ryou: (Small smile) "I'm glad you like it."
PCG: (Smiles back happily) "Yeah! I do!"
(They pay for all the stuff they bought and then go to the food court to get burgers and pop to eat)
(And after that, Ryou brings PCG back home)
PCG: "Well, thanks for the poster and everything . . . I had such a good time. . ." (Kisses him lightly)
Ryou: "You're welcome." (Kisses her before leaving)
~~~
Mystrana: "Hehehe, kawaii . . . I love Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru! I want that poster, even though it doesn't exists!"
Bakura: "You know, you're quite pathetic."
Mystrana: "Oh, I know, I know, but I still want that poster!"
Bakura: "Can't you just be quiet for two minutes?"
Mystrana: "Yeah . . . when I sleep . . ."
Bakura: (Facefault)
Seto: (Having run out of things to drop on the floor, is now tracking mud onto the carpet)
Mystrana: "Dare I ask?"
Seto: (Shrugs) "It's really amusing."
Malik: (Compulsively cleaning up the mud)
Mystrana: "Seto!"
Seto: "Well, it is!"
Bakura: "Ummmm, who has the next date?"
Mystrana: (Glances at her list) "Yami. And then Seto."
Bakura: "Oh. Ok."
Mystrana: "I bet your just DYING to know who your dates are with!"
Bakura: (Shifty eyes) "Am not!"
Mystrana: "Like I'll believe that!" (Looks at list) "You have two dates."
Bakura: "Oh. Ok." (Pretends not to care, but goes upstairs to pick out outfits)
Mystrana: "He's so funny! Ummm, anyhow, Yami has a date now."
Yami: (Runs out) "Yeah, thanks, bye!"
Mystrana: "Gee, he only seemed a little happy about that."
Seto: "It's the fact that he gets to leave this place that he's so happy, you know."
Mystrana: (facefault) "You take that back."
Seto: "Well, it's true . . ."
Mystrana: ". . . . ."
Seto: (Doesn't turn around) "I mean, everyone really only stays here for the free food."
Nanaki's voice: (From the TV room) "And the PS2!"
Seto: "But don't take it personally; it's not because of you they don't stay around . . . well, not completely."
Mystrana: ". . .
Bakura: (Not noticing Mystrana) "Yeah, you're right Seto!"
Malik: "Well, I like cleaning!"
Bakura: "And that's just weird."
Seto: "Oh, and it would probably help if you didn't yell so much, you know?" (He finally turns around to look at Mystrana) "Mystrana?"
Bakura: "Where'd she go?"
~~~
(Ahem! Now to start the date out on a positive note! Yami is wearing a blue tank top and black leather pants. ^_^ He goes up to a house and knocks on the door, and a girl with long copper hair and brown eyes answers the door, smiling)
Vanessa: "Yami . . . hello!" (She is wearing a blue tube top, with a jean jacket and matching jeans)
Yami: "Hi, how are you?"
Vanessa: "I'm good, and hopefully you are too!"
Yami: "Yup! Hey, where do you want to go?"
Vanessa: "Well . . . I know! You're good at games, right?"
Yami: "Yeah."
Vanessa: "So let's go to the arcade!"
Yami: "That sounds good to me!"
(And so . . . they go to the arcade, which, of course, is pretty darn crowded with a ton of people, and of course, the bright flashing consoles)
Yami: "This place is great . . ." (Reads off names from a few nearby consoles) "SNK . . .Magical Drop III . . . King of Fighters . . . Last Blade - oh, I and II . . .these all look pretty interesting!"
Vanessa: "How about that last one you said? I challenge you to Last Blade II!"
(So they get a ton of tokens, and go up to the machine.)
Yami: "Hmmm, I pick . . . Kaede . . ."
Vanessa: "Then I'll pick . . .ummm, this girl, Yuki!"
(They begin a vicious battle of pressing buttons, and both of them do pretty good)
Yami: "Yuki isn't that bad."
Vanessa: "Neither is Kaede!"
Yami: "But here's where . . ." (Pause) "I win!"
Vanessa: "Oooh! So close! I almost won."
Yami: "We can have a rematch on this other game . . . Samurai Shodown IV, ok?"
Vanessa: "You're on!"
(They put tokens into the console, and Yami chooses to play Shizumaru, while Vanessa plays Rimururu)
Yami: "Yes . . . go, Shizumaru with your . . . umbrella weapon . . ."
Vanessa: "Yeah! This one is gonna be mine!"
(The press button frantically, and yet Yami still comes out as the winner)
Yami: "Sorry."
Vanessa: "No, it's ok . . . I would hate it if you tried to lose on purpose."
Yami: "Well, here, let's go do DDR!"
Vanessa: "Yeah! Ok!"
(They go over to where there are quite a few DDR consoles, and pick out one, both of them stepping onto either side)
Yami: "Pick a song, and let's go!"
(After a few games of DDR, they move over to the karaoke section of the arcade)
Vanessa: (Flipping though the song choices) "Ah ha! Here, I've got one to sing!" (She jumps up on stage and punches her choice into the karaoke machine) (The music starts and then she begins singing) "Asa mo ya ga Tadayaou machi no naka de/ Himeta kimochi setsunakute Tachi tomatta."
Yami: (Listens while Vanessa sings through the whole song, My Style by Orikasa Fumiko) (Claps when she is done)
Vanessa: (Smiles and bows to the crowd)
Yami: (To Vanessa while she's coming off the stage) "You sing beautifully."
Vanessa: (Blushes slightly) "Thank you."
Yami: "You did really good. I suggest we get some pizza to celebrate."
(And so, they do just that! And when they are done, Yami walks Vanessa home)
Yami: "I want to hear you sing again, someday." (Kisses her before leaving)
~~~
Seto: (Looking around) "Where in the world could she have gone?"
Bakura: "Do you suppose you got her mad?"
Seto: "I don't know! I mean, usually went she's acting mad, she's just more a bit upset, not really angry or anything."
Bakura: "You're an idiot."
Seto: "Well, you certainly aren't helping much!"
Bakura: "Well, ANYHOW! You have to go on a date now, so sucks to be you."
Seto: "Well, I wasn't joking when I said people were glad to be out of this place." (Leaves)
Bakura: (Mutters) "It's so quiet without Mystrana to yell 'kawaii' at every date. . . " (Pauses, hearing something) "Who's there?" (He goes around the room, finding someone hiding behind the sofa, and crying softly) "Mystrana?"
Mystrana: (Hastily stands up, brushing away tears) "Yeah?"
Bakura: "Are you ok?"
Mystrana: "I'm fine." (Pauses) "Seto, he . . . he wasn't kidding when he said that people don't like it here, was he?"
Bakura: (Hangs head)
Mystrana: "Sorry." (She walks away, quietly)
Bakura: (Looks up, and sees Mystrana is gone) "Mystrana? Where'd you go now?" (Notices she left her list of dates) "Hmmm, who's Seto going on a date with anyway?" (Blinks) "Hmmm . . . " (Goes out as well)
(Malik looks up, not hearing voices)
Malik: "Now, where did those guys all go? I thought a ton of people were in here just a minute ago." (Shrugs, and goes sits on the sofa. A minutes later, Mystrana comes and sits down, too) "Hey, Mystrana."
Mystrana: "Hi." (Small smile) "I see you did a wonderful job of cleaning up. Thank you."
Malik: "No problem, really, I love doing that sort of stuff. My sister says I should see a therapist, but there you are!"
Mystrana: "Heh heh . . . no kidding?"
Malik: "Yup. Although sometimes I hear voices in my head, and those are the worst! I mean, obviously, it's my yami, but still. . . hearing voices . . . is never a good sign." (Does the last part in high squeaky voice, imitating a 'therapist')
Mystrana: (Bursts out laughing)
~~~
(Meanwhile! Yup, Seto has changed, and, well, he's wearing a white shirt that has baggy sleeves that lace up, and leather pants that are tucked neatly into his really cool looking boots. He goes up to the house, and knocks on the door. A girl with eyes that aren't exactly blue, but not gray; some mix of the two, and with blonde hair to frame said eyes nicely answers the door)
Hyikia: "Seto! Hi!" (She is wearing black knee high boots, with matching tank top and skirt, and a striped button overshirt)
Seto: (Smiles) "How are you?"
Hyikia: "Oh, I'm good! I'm so happy and all that you could stop by and stuff . . . so . . . hey, wanna get something to eat?"
Seto: "Sure. I think I know a very nice restaurant just down a ways."
Hyikia: "Great."
(They go to the restaurant; it is lightly decorated with a crimson and silver theme, and in sort of an old Japanese style. Seto and Hyikia sit down, and Hyikia looks around excitedly)
Hyikia: "Wow . . . this place looks great! I think I'm really going to like it here. . . it's not too expensive, is it?"
Seto: (Shakes head) "Nope!"
(They get their menus and Hyikia sweatdrops)
Hyikia: "I think my idea of expensive and your idea are just slightly different."
Seto: (facefault) "Well, it doesn't matter; you can still get whatever you want."
Hyikia: (Laughs) "You rock!"
Seto: (Smiles)
(They order food and get it in record time)
Hyikia: "I'm really impressed with the service!"
Seto: "Yeah, they are pretty fast here."
Hyikia: "And the food is great! Wow! No wonder people like coming here!"
(They finish their food and get up to leave for the mall. Seto pulls out money for the bill and puts a hundred dollar bill down as a tip)
Hyikia: (Face fault) "No wonder we got such good service."
Seto: "What?"
Hyikia: "No, nothing."
Seto: "Oh, ok."
(Seto pays the bill and they leave to go to the store)
Seto: "So, how about the mall?"
Hyikia: "Sounds good to me." (Pauses) "Hey, do you feel like we're being followed?"
Seto: "Huh? What do you mean?"
Hyikia: "Guess I'm paranoid." (Bakura falls out of the tree nearby) "Ack! Or not!"
Seto: "Bakura! What are YOU doing here?"
Bakura: (Mumble, mumble) "Nothing."
Seto: (Rolls eyes) "Right, sure, uh huh. Go away and leave us alone!"
Bakura: "Feh." (Walks off)
Hyikia: (Sweatdrop) "Why was he here?"
Seto: "He's an idiot . . . I have no clue."
Hyikia: "Yeah . . . that was a bit weird." (Ponders it for a minute, and then shrugs) "Ah well, let's go to the mall!"
(So they go to the mall, and walk around for a bit, before Seto pauses and goes into a shop. Hyikia follows)
Hyikia: "Hmmm, what's this here?"
Seto: "Here . . . I want to buy you something . . . so close your eyes . . ."
Hyikia: "Ok. . ." (Closes her eyes, and feels Seto put something around her neck)
Seto: "Here, you can open your eyes."
Hyikia: (Does so and sees that Seto has put a necklace on her; a thin silver chain with a gray-blue pendant that matches her eyes) "No way . . . wow!"
Seto: (Smile) "I take it you like it?"
Hyikia: "I love it! Thanks so much!" (She hugs and kisses him, accidentally knocking the person next to her over, who happens to be Bakura) "Ack! You again!"
Bakura: "Ummm, hi?"
Seto: (Groans)
~~~
Mystrana: "Awww . . . that was cute . . ."
Malik: "Why do you say that about every date?"
Mystrana: "Because . . . it's so nice to see people get along."
Malik: (Softly) "Kinda why you did this in the first place, right?"
Mystrana: (Looks at him in amazement)
Malik: "I'm right, aren't I?"
Mystrana: "You're hardly ever here . . . " (Pause) "I mean, I don't know . . . you know . . ."
Malik: "You like seeing people get along. So you give them dates to get along with other people. It worked out for everyone . . . but you . . ."
Mystrana: ". . . . ."
Malik: "I'm not saying you should end this, you know."
Mystrana: "What? There's no way I would! I would never do that . . ."
Malik: "Exactly. Think about it. You put a ton of effort into making each date special, so maybe you should just try a tad harder to get along with everyone here."
Mystrana: "Well, I don't know when you became a therapist, but I think you're right."
Malik: (Smirks) "Well, of course I'm right! I'm always right!"
Mystrana: "Not always. But almost. And that's right for sure."
Malik: "Exactly." (Pause) "By the way. Those curtains you have over there . . ."
Mystrana: "Yeah?"
Malik: "Can I burn them? Please? Please?"
Mystrana: (Facefault) "Ummm, sure. Just, call Joey in on your way out - yes, you need to burn them in the backyard, I don't need to have the fire alarms being set off in here!"
Malik: "Yeah yeah." (Grabs the curtains and leaves)
(Joey comes in then)
Joey: "Yeah?"
Mystrana: "Hey, you've got a date, ok?"
Joey: "Oh. Ok. See ya later." (He leaves)
Mystrana: "Hey, maybe Malik is right . . ." (Glances out the window and watches as a huge smoke screen rises up from the pile of burning curtains) (Sweatdrops)
~~~
(Anyhow! Joey is running along in his ever favorite outfit - blue jeans and blue and white t-shirt - trying not to be late. He runs up to the house and rings the doorbell. A girl with long blonde hair and crimson eyes opens the door)
Bria: (wearing a white belly shirt and a black short skirt) "Hi Joey!" (Notices he's all out of breath) "Oh, are you ok?"
Joey: "Ah, I'm fine . . ." (Straightens up) "Just ran a bit, yup."
Bria: "If you're fine then, we can get something to drink along the way!"
Joey: "Cool! Hey, where are we going?"
Bria: (Happily) "Shopping!"
(They walk along the road until they get to a casual restaurant, where Joey orders a coke, and shares it with Bria)
Joey: "Anything in particular you want to buy?"
Bria: "Actually, I heard that the book store is having a raffle! I think we should go and enter, because we could win manga!"
Joey: "No kidding? Well, then, what are we waiting for? C'mon, lets go!" (He jumps up)
Bria: "Don't forget your soda!" (She gets up too, grabs the soda, and they walk quickly to the bookstore)
Joey: "Wow! It's PACKED!"
Bria: "I guess we're not the only ones to hear about the contest." (Sweatdrop)
Joey: "Yeah, no kidding. Geez!"
(Somehow they manage to squeeze their way into the store and get their names entered. The guy tells them that prizes are going to be given out in an hour, so they decide to look around some instead of leaving. After checking out some of the manga and new book releases, the two of them find themselves in the café)
Bria: "Heh, something tells me you and caffeine doesn't work well together."
Joey: (Pretends to be upset) "Hey!" (Puase) "Hehe, just kidding. They sell a lot of chocolate and stuff here, do you want some cake?"
Bria: "Why not, I guess?"
(Joey orders some chocolate cake and some coffee for both of them, and when they get it, they sit down to enjoy it)
Bria: "Mmmm, this is really good."
Joey: "Yeah, for some reason book store café's ALWAYS have the best cake and coffee. I guess it's the books. Maybe they have how-to books on coffee and cake and café's you know?"
Bria: (Laughs) "You mean like 'The Idiot's Guide To Book Store Café Business?' "
Joey: "Exactly!"
(They both laugh as they finish their cake. A voice announces it's time for the raffle, so they throw out their napkins and go over to where the crowd is forming to watch and see if they won)
Guy: "Alright, folks, I'll be picking three winners, and each winner receives 65 dollars to buy anything in the store, etc, etc, and all that fine print junk."
Bria: "Heh."
Joey: "I hate the fine print! Ya know, it's always so hard to see and then afterwards I always realize it says something important!"
Bria: "I know." (Smile) "But this contest has no fine print, so all we have to worry about is if you win and the book you want is in fine print." (Laughs)
Joey: "Yeah!" (Laughs as well) "Man, that'd kill me if it happened."
Guy: "The first winner is Tskuimaru Atahi."
(Some random guy goes up and gets his certificate for 65 dollars)
Joey: "One down . . ."
Bria: (Smiles and crosses her fingers)
Guy: "The second winner is Joey Wheeler!"
Joey: "What? Wahoo! I won!" (Dances around happily and goes get his certificate)
Bria: "Congratulations!"
Joey: "Thank you!"
(The third winner is announced, and then the crowd disperses)
Joey: "Well, because I would have never known about this contest if it hadn't been for you, I'm going to let you pick out whatever books you want, and I'll use my certificate for you."
Bria: "Really?"
Joey: (Nods)
Bria: (Smiles and hugs Joey)
Joey: (Hugs her back)
~~~
Mystrana: "Now, see, isn't that cute?" (Notices there is no one around her) (Sighs)
(Nanaki comes into the room)
Nanaki: "Hey Mysty, we're out of chips."
Ryou: (bobs his head apologetically) "They were really good chips."
Mystrana: "What does that have to do with me?"
Nanaki: "Can you give me money to buy more?"
Mystrana: "Um sure . . ." (Pulls out Seto's wallet, hides the identification to it, and hands over twenty dollars to Nanaki)
Nanaki: "Yay! Thanks!" (Skips off)
Ryou: (Leaves after her)
Mystrana: "And it gets even quieter."
(Someone suddenly sits down next to her. It is Seto)
Seto: "Do you like the quiet?"
Mystrana: (Looks away) "Not really. I like being loud and hyper."
Seto: "Do you now?"
(They sit there in silence for a bit, and then Mystrana glances at her list)
Mystrana: "Umm, do you know where Bakura is? He has a date now and stuff."
Seto: "Yeah, he knows." (Pause) "Hey, Mystrana?"
Mystrana: "Yeah?"
Seto: "I really did . . . mean what I said . . . but . . .I didn't mean to hurt your feelings and for that, I'm sorry."
Mystrana: (Bows her head) "Thank you Seto. I'm sorry too."
(They sit there in silence, neither of them saying anything. And then a blur rushes by. It is Bakura)
Bakura: "I'm gonna be late!" (Rushes by)
(Mystrana and Seto both paused for a moment, and then burst out laughing)
~~~
(Meanwhile, Bakura has just managed to make it to the right house on time, and he knocks on the door. The girl who answers the door has black hair and sparkling blue eyes)
Bakura: "Hi."
Taynia: "Hi Bakura!" (She is wearing a black skirt, a crimson skirt and tall black boots. She smiles) "Did you just run a marathon?"
Bakura: "No, I just ran late." (Laughs weakly at his bad pun)
Taynia: (Smiles) "Here, come and get a drink of water."
(Bakura goes inside and gets his drink of water, and the two of them discuss where to go for the date while he drinks it)
Bakura: "Technically, shouldn't we know where we are going before we go on the date?"
Taynia: "Yeah, that would make a lot of sense, but that's not always a good thing."
Bakura: "Indeed."
Taynia: "Anyhow . . . I know that Tuxes'R'Us is having a sale, so lets go there!
Bakura: (Blinks) "But why?"
Taynia: "Because you're going to get a tux, that's why!"
Bakura: "Sure, but why?"
Taynia: "Because the shop next to it is having a formal party and we can go if you get a tux!"
Bakura: "Oh, that makes sense!"
Taynia: (Smiles) "Yup!"
(So they go to Tuxes''R'Us . . . picture the sign as having a guy being fitted for a tux with his arms out for the 'T' in "tuxes'_
Bakura: "Well, let me tell you now, I'm not getting one of those all-white tuxes! They bug me!"
Taynia: "Don't worry, you don't have to." (Glances around, and spots a really nice looking black tux) "Here! This one!"
Bakura: (Tries it on, and it fits very nicely. Plus it comes with a crimson tie that pretty much matches Taynia's shirt, so they look coordinated, but not exactly the same together)
Taynia: "hey, it looks great on you!"
Bakura: (Looking in the mirror) "Hmm . . . hmm . . . yes, I do think I like it!" (glances at the price tag) (Facefault) (Faint)
Taynia: (Pokes him with a hanger) "Ummm, Bakura? Don't forget this is a half off sale! Bakura?"
(Anyhow, after Bakura wakes up and buys his tux, they go next door to the party, which happens to be a art store, celebrating it's 50th anniversary. Lots of the decorations are very creative and such because of that)
Bakura: (Looking at the hanging paintbrush wind chimes; the top part looks like a palette) "Wow, these are pretty nice . . ."
Taynia: "And here I though you were hard to amuse!"
Bakura: "Well, stuff like this is pretty amazing. I wish I could do stuff like it, to tell the truth." (Pause) "But don't tell anyone I said that! Because that's the kind stuff my hikari likes and I don't need people comparing me to him, if you know what I mean?"
Taynia: "Yeah, I do." (Grins) "But hey, isn't this cool too?" (Points to small clay figurines)
Bakura: "Yeah."
(They look at all the art stuff for awhile, and then music starts playing so they dance some and get some stuff to eat as well)
Bakura: "I'm gonna have to say I'm having a lot of fun."
Taynia: "Yeah, so am I." (Grins and eats a 'painted' frosting cookie) "And this food is so original!"
Bakura: (Eating chips and 'paint' dip) "Yeah. I have to admit, some people are really geniuses when it comes to art."
Taynia: "So I have noticed."
(About then, a slow dance comes on, and they both put down their food to dance. When the song is over, Bakura smiles and kisses Taynia)
~~~
Mystrana: (Smiles) "Doesn't that make you feel all warm and fluffy now?"
Seto: "Not really, but then again, not much does. Except for when I'm sick, and then I get that feeling right before I throw up . . ."
Mystrana: (Grimace) "Great to know. Great to know."
Seto: "Isn't it though?" (Smirks)
Mystrana: "Yeah." (Checks list) "Hey, Bakura has another date already! Heh, I don't know whether to feel sorry for the poor guy, or to hope he's having fun actually getting out and doing stuff besides burning squirrels with Malik." (Pause) "Of course, there is nothing wrong with setting squirrels on fire, but that's not the point! I digress. I digress a lot, actually. Sometimes I'll be talking about something or another and then I kinda just lead off into something else. Once I just up and made a sandwich for no reason and -"
Seto: "Digression. You digress."
Mystrana: "Oh, right! Sorry! Anyhow, Yay! Two more dates left!"
Seto: "Then you just need to start this all over again for next week, ya know."
Mystrana: "Yeah, but I've got time!"
Seto: "Suuuuure. I bet when you post this, it'll already be Monday in Britain."
Mystrana: (Does some addition in her head) "Actually . . . it already is . . ."
Seto: "Well, then you'd better hope none of your readers live in Britain or you've let them down."
Mystrana: "Feh, that's not true! Sunday doesn't end until the clocks in my house say midnight!"
Seto: "Well, at this rate, they defiantly will be saying that when you finally go to bed."
Mystrana: (Yawns) "Feh."
Malik: (Comes in, covered in dust from the fire) "Wheee, that was fun." (Plops down on the couch)
Mystrana: (Leans against him and falls asleep)
Seto: (Explaining) "She was up since 6 this morning and didn't go to bed until past midnight yesterday. It would be best for her to sleep."
Malik: (Blinks) "Umm, right." (Shifts so that he still has circulation to his arm)
~~~
(And elsewhere, Bakura is on time for his next date and he goes up and rings the doorbell. A girl with shoulder length dark purple and blue hair with purple eyes opens the door)
Bakura: "You would be Anja Kuroki, right?"
Anja: "No, I'm her sister." (Grins) "Just kidding, that would be me." (She is wearing a sky blue tank top, black jeans and white platform shoes, so she and Bakura are about the same height right now, give or take an inch or two)
Bakura: "Heh, I can tell now. So what do you want to do?"
Anja: (Shrugs) "Well, I like singing. Know any good karaoke restaurants?"
Bakura: "Ummm, ummm, ummm . . ." (Thinks hard for a minute and then nods) "Yeah, actually I do! C'mon, I'll show you."
(So Anja gets her coat, on account it's a little chilly out now that it's later, and they make their way to the China Buffet, which is a Chinese restaurant with a karaoke room)
Bakura: "So, do you think this will work?"
Anja: (Takes in the Chinese decorations and the intricate pictures on the wall) "Hmm, not bad, not bad."
Bakura: "Ok, that's good then."
(They sit down and order their food. Once they get it, they begin talking about random stuff, of course)
Anja: "My hikari can be kinda mean to me sometimes."
Bakura: "I'm afraid I can't relate; my hikari is very nice to me. Can't say the same thing in reverse, though."
Anja: "Heh, true."
Bakura: "But, Ryou is a nice guy and I'm glad that he's the other half of me and not some random bum off the street."
Anja: (Laughs) "I'd feel sorry for you then!"
Bakura: "Yeah, but see, it's all good. "
Anja: (Laughs) "Yeah."
(They eat in silence for a bit, until they finish and then . . .)
Anja: "Karaoke time! Time to sing!" (Runs into the karaoke room)
Bakura: (Follows quickly after)
Anja: (Steps up to the mike, puts a song going, and starts singing) (BTW, the song is called 'Feel' just cos I don't think many people would know it) "Sono te o . . . watashi e to . . . azukete . . . mayotojite . . ."
Bakura: (To himself) "Wow. . . she is good."
Anja: (singing) "Sono toki made . . inoru kara . . ." (She sings the last note until it fades away and then everyone cheers happily and she grins and does a victory pose before going over to Bakura) "Did you like the song?"
Bakura: "Yeah, it was really good. You're good at singing; do you take lessons or something?"
Anja: "No, but you know . . . it can get boring sometimes when I'm in my soul room, so I practice a lot."
Bakura: "Ahhh, that makes sense."
(After awhile, Anja goes back up and starts singing another song - a really pretty one called Yasahii Yoake - from .hack//sign for anyone who watches that)
Anja: (Singing) "Eien ni kimi wa . . ."
(And finally, when she is done again, they go order some dessert, and after that, Bakura brings Anja home)
Bakura: "Well, thanks for letting me take you out, I guess. You have a very nice voice."
Anja: (Smiles) "Thank you."
Bakura: (Kisses her before leaving)
~~~
Mystrana: (still resting on Malik)
Seto: (Pokes Mystrana with a stick) "Are you dead?"
Mystrana: (Blinks and sits up) "Sorry Malik."
Malik: "Whatever."
Mystrana: "Oh! Did I miss the date? No!"
Seto: "Ummm, it's not the end of the world."
Mystrana: "Oh, I know, but still . . . I like watching the people have fun."
Seto: "Of course."
Mystrana: "Well, I do! And hey, what do you know? One more date and then I can actually go to sleep! In my bed! With a soft pillow! Not to be rude, really, Malik, but your armbands are not the most comfortable things to rest your head on."
~~~
(Somehow Yami mystically knows it's his turn to go on a date - ok, ok, so Mystrana called him - but anyways, he's walking up to a somewhat familiar house . .when he gets there, Jewel opens the door and slips out quickly)
Jewel: (Wearing a white shirt and jeans) "Hi Yami!" (Hugs him quickly) "Come on, let's go."
Yami: "Ok, where are we going?"
Jewel: "No place right now, but my yami has been a bit upset that I get to go out with you and I don't want her coming see you and then trying to mess up our date, is all."
Yami: "Ahhh, I get it. Ok."
(So they quickly walk/run to the park at the corner of the block and sit down on the swings, discussing what to do for the date)
Yami: "We could go to a restaurant, or shop - maybe - well, I actually would like to buy more duel monsters cards - but anyhow, what do you think we should do?"
Jewel: "I know, let's get some ice cream. It's nice enough out for it!"
Yami: "Yeah, true. Know any good ice cream places?"
Jewel: "As a matter of a fact . . . I do!"
(So they set off . . .and when they get there, outside the shop is a guy in a costume - an ice cream cone costume - holding a sign that says 'Ice Cream Sunday Day - Buy One, Get One Half Off!')
Jewel: "When they put it like that, it seems like they're selling books or something, you know?"
Yami: "Yeah, I see what you mean. But hey, what kind ice cream do you want?"
Jewel: "Well, we might as well get the sundaes, right?"
Yami: "Yeah. I think I'll get plain vanilla."
Jewel: "And I think I'll get one scoop vanilla, one chocolate."
(So they order their sundaes, and while they wait for them, the ice cream cone person comes inside the store to take a break and get a drink. Yami and Jewel pay it no mind . . . but then when they get their ice cream and go off to eat outside on some benches . . .)
Jewel: (Blinks) "Is that ice cream cone following us?" (Blinks) "That sounds weird."
Yami: "I know what you mean." (Glances at the ice cream cone person, who is sort of trying to hide behind a tree, but it's not really working) "I think it is."
Jewel: (Shudders) "I wonder why."
Yami: "I don't know . . .let's just eat our ice cream for now, and then go from there."
Jewel: "Ok."
(So they eat their ice cream, and when they are done, they get up to leave and the ice cream cone follows them)
Jewel: "This is kind of strange, you know?"
Yami: "Yeah . . . I suppose it won't do any harm to us, so let's just ignore it."
(So for the rest of the date, they try to ignore it, but it keeps popping up everywhere, and finally they're back at the park in the corner, and haven't seen it for awhile, so they're just talking. There's a pause and then Yami leans in to kiss Jewel, and then the Ice Cream Cone Person pops up right behind them)
Yami/Jewel: "ACK!"
Ice Cream Cone Person: "Ah ha! I knew it! You guys were going to kiss!"
Jewel: (Blinks) "Oh . . . my . . - Jordan, is that you?" (To Yami) "She's my yami."
Jordan: "Awww, how'd you know?"
Jewel: "Why did you follow me!?"
Jordan: "Feh."
Jewel: "Jordan!"
Jordan: "What?"
Jewel: "Don't follow me again, ok?"
Jordan: "Feh."
Jewel: "And one more thing. WHY are you wearing that weird ice cream cone thing?
~~~
Mystrana: (Sighs happily) "That was funny! Poor Yami and Jewel, I would be scared to death if an ice cream cone person was following me. You know?"
Seto: "Yeah, I see where you're coming from."
Mystrana: "Anyhow, if you didn't see your date this time, it'll be here next week, and until then, ja ne!" (Falls asleep again)
Mariana: (Busily hugging Joey) "Joey didn't mean to drip the salsa and the onion and cheese chip dip on the ground, by the way."
Mystrana: (Looks at the mess on the floor) (Twitches) "It's ok . . . I don't blame him in the least." (Twitch)
Malik: (Rushes in with cleaning supplies) "I sense something needs to be . . . CLEANED!"
Mystrana: "Ack! Where'd you find all that stuff?"
Malik: "I have a Complete House Care Kit in my room for emergencies such as this."
Mystrana: "Ummmm, right, of course."
(Malik begins to scrub the floor)
Seto: (Walks in) "What the hell?"
Mystrana: "Don't ask me."
Malik: (Continues to clean)
Seto: ('Accidentally' knocks over a conveniently placed cookie with lots of frosting onto the ground)
Malik: (Zips over, cleans it up, and goes back to work on the salsa stains)
Mystrana: Oo
Seto: (Accidentally knocks more stuff over)
Malik: (Cleans it up)
Mystrana: "This is so screwed up . . ." (Pause) "I guess that means I should start getting the guys ready to go on dates."
Seto: (Pauses from knocking something over) "Who all has dates today?"
Mystrana: (Checking list) "Ryou, Yami, you, Joey, and Bakura. I'm in such a good mood with spring break and all!"
Seto: "So in other words, you want to torture us more because you're in a good mood?"
Bakura: "Now that . . . is screwed up."
Mystrana: "Feh, so what if it is?" (Grins) "It's fun, so there!"
Ryou: (Enters the room) "Hey, Mysty, I though I heard my name."
Mystrana: "Wow, you've got good hearing. Yeah, I did say your name, you have a date with a girl in ten minutes, ok?"
Ryou: "Oh, ok." (Leaves)
Seto: (Goes back to knocking things over)
~~~
(Ryou, now wearing a red shirt and silver pants walks to the house and knocks on the door. A girl answers the door, wearing a blue skirt and white long-sleeved shirt. Her hair is loosely tied back)
PhyscoCatGodess (PCG): "Hi Ryou." (Hugs him)
Ryou: "Hi. How are you?"
PCG: "I'm good. You?"
Ryou: "I'm doing fine myself, thank you."
PCG: (Smiles and nods, and then grabs Ryou) "OK! Enough politeness, let's go do something!"
Ryou: (As he's being dragged along) "Ok, what do you want to do?"
PCG: "Wanna go manga shopping and then get something to eat at the mall?"
Ryou: (Still being dragged along) "Sure. Sounds like fun." (Checks to make sure Bakura hasn't stolen his wallet or anything)
(At the mall)
Ryou: "Would you like to eat first or get manga?"
PCG: "Wanna get manga?"
Ryou: "Yeah!"
(So they run off in the direction of the nearest manga store, getting yelled at by security in the process, but Ryou just sort of flips them off)
PCG: "Ryou! I never would have expected you to do that!"
Ryou: (Hangs head) "I've been hanging around Bakura too much. He does that whenever we go someplace; he'll sit in the back of the car and flip everyone off."
PCG: "Heh, that's pretty amusing."
(They go into the manga shop, which is pretty well stocked with a ton of manga.)
Ryou: "Wow."
PCG: "They have all my favorites! Sailor Moon . . . Cardcaptor Sakura . . .Saint Tail . . . Chobits . . ."
Ryou: "What was that last one?"
PCG: "Chobits. It's by CLAMP. They did 'X/1999' too."
Ryou: "Chobits! I like that one a lot. And X is pretty good too."
(So they proceed to buy a lot of manga, and then they find out the store has a bit of anime figures and posters and the lot)
Ryou: "Look!" (Happily) "They have Hamtaro here . . ."
PCG: "Hamtaro is such a cute Anime! Just like Pokemon!"
Ryou: "Yeah." (Pause) "Here, let me get you a poster . . . what animes do you like?"
PCG: "You really don't have to . . ."
Ryou: "Please?" (Smiles)
PCG: "Oh . . .ok . . . I like Inuyasha, Yu Yu Hakusho, Sailor Moon . . ."
Ryou: "Inuyasha? Who's your favorite character?"
PCG: "Well, ummm, Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru are both pretty cool, and Naraku's ok. . . then there's Miroku and Kyouga . . . but I guess Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru are my favorites."
Ryou: (Searches though the poster bins until he comes up with a poster that is very sketchy like and all black and white except for a bit of color to the eyes, but with great detail otherwise. It has Inuyasha sitting like he does in the beginning of the 'Dearest' opening, with Sesshoumaru standing behind him, back towards him, but also turning his head around slightly to look at Inuyasha) "Here, what do you think of this one?"
PCG: ". . . Wow . . . "
Ryou: (Oh yeah, the background of the picture is a really pretty tree, with a lake off in the corner) "Then I'll get it for you!"
PCG: "Thank you."
Ryou: (Small smile) "I'm glad you like it."
PCG: (Smiles back happily) "Yeah! I do!"
(They pay for all the stuff they bought and then go to the food court to get burgers and pop to eat)
(And after that, Ryou brings PCG back home)
PCG: "Well, thanks for the poster and everything . . . I had such a good time. . ." (Kisses him lightly)
Ryou: "You're welcome." (Kisses her before leaving)
~~~
Mystrana: "Hehehe, kawaii . . . I love Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru! I want that poster, even though it doesn't exists!"
Bakura: "You know, you're quite pathetic."
Mystrana: "Oh, I know, I know, but I still want that poster!"
Bakura: "Can't you just be quiet for two minutes?"
Mystrana: "Yeah . . . when I sleep . . ."
Bakura: (Facefault)
Seto: (Having run out of things to drop on the floor, is now tracking mud onto the carpet)
Mystrana: "Dare I ask?"
Seto: (Shrugs) "It's really amusing."
Malik: (Compulsively cleaning up the mud)
Mystrana: "Seto!"
Seto: "Well, it is!"
Bakura: "Ummmm, who has the next date?"
Mystrana: (Glances at her list) "Yami. And then Seto."
Bakura: "Oh. Ok."
Mystrana: "I bet your just DYING to know who your dates are with!"
Bakura: (Shifty eyes) "Am not!"
Mystrana: "Like I'll believe that!" (Looks at list) "You have two dates."
Bakura: "Oh. Ok." (Pretends not to care, but goes upstairs to pick out outfits)
Mystrana: "He's so funny! Ummm, anyhow, Yami has a date now."
Yami: (Runs out) "Yeah, thanks, bye!"
Mystrana: "Gee, he only seemed a little happy about that."
Seto: "It's the fact that he gets to leave this place that he's so happy, you know."
Mystrana: (facefault) "You take that back."
Seto: "Well, it's true . . ."
Mystrana: ". . . . ."
Seto: (Doesn't turn around) "I mean, everyone really only stays here for the free food."
Nanaki's voice: (From the TV room) "And the PS2!"
Seto: "But don't take it personally; it's not because of you they don't stay around . . . well, not completely."
Mystrana: ". . .
Bakura: (Not noticing Mystrana) "Yeah, you're right Seto!"
Malik: "Well, I like cleaning!"
Bakura: "And that's just weird."
Seto: "Oh, and it would probably help if you didn't yell so much, you know?" (He finally turns around to look at Mystrana) "Mystrana?"
Bakura: "Where'd she go?"
~~~
(Ahem! Now to start the date out on a positive note! Yami is wearing a blue tank top and black leather pants. ^_^ He goes up to a house and knocks on the door, and a girl with long copper hair and brown eyes answers the door, smiling)
Vanessa: "Yami . . . hello!" (She is wearing a blue tube top, with a jean jacket and matching jeans)
Yami: "Hi, how are you?"
Vanessa: "I'm good, and hopefully you are too!"
Yami: "Yup! Hey, where do you want to go?"
Vanessa: "Well . . . I know! You're good at games, right?"
Yami: "Yeah."
Vanessa: "So let's go to the arcade!"
Yami: "That sounds good to me!"
(And so . . . they go to the arcade, which, of course, is pretty darn crowded with a ton of people, and of course, the bright flashing consoles)
Yami: "This place is great . . ." (Reads off names from a few nearby consoles) "SNK . . .Magical Drop III . . . King of Fighters . . . Last Blade - oh, I and II . . .these all look pretty interesting!"
Vanessa: "How about that last one you said? I challenge you to Last Blade II!"
(So they get a ton of tokens, and go up to the machine.)
Yami: "Hmmm, I pick . . . Kaede . . ."
Vanessa: "Then I'll pick . . .ummm, this girl, Yuki!"
(They begin a vicious battle of pressing buttons, and both of them do pretty good)
Yami: "Yuki isn't that bad."
Vanessa: "Neither is Kaede!"
Yami: "But here's where . . ." (Pause) "I win!"
Vanessa: "Oooh! So close! I almost won."
Yami: "We can have a rematch on this other game . . . Samurai Shodown IV, ok?"
Vanessa: "You're on!"
(They put tokens into the console, and Yami chooses to play Shizumaru, while Vanessa plays Rimururu)
Yami: "Yes . . . go, Shizumaru with your . . . umbrella weapon . . ."
Vanessa: "Yeah! This one is gonna be mine!"
(The press button frantically, and yet Yami still comes out as the winner)
Yami: "Sorry."
Vanessa: "No, it's ok . . . I would hate it if you tried to lose on purpose."
Yami: "Well, here, let's go do DDR!"
Vanessa: "Yeah! Ok!"
(They go over to where there are quite a few DDR consoles, and pick out one, both of them stepping onto either side)
Yami: "Pick a song, and let's go!"
(After a few games of DDR, they move over to the karaoke section of the arcade)
Vanessa: (Flipping though the song choices) "Ah ha! Here, I've got one to sing!" (She jumps up on stage and punches her choice into the karaoke machine) (The music starts and then she begins singing) "Asa mo ya ga Tadayaou machi no naka de/ Himeta kimochi setsunakute Tachi tomatta."
Yami: (Listens while Vanessa sings through the whole song, My Style by Orikasa Fumiko) (Claps when she is done)
Vanessa: (Smiles and bows to the crowd)
Yami: (To Vanessa while she's coming off the stage) "You sing beautifully."
Vanessa: (Blushes slightly) "Thank you."
Yami: "You did really good. I suggest we get some pizza to celebrate."
(And so, they do just that! And when they are done, Yami walks Vanessa home)
Yami: "I want to hear you sing again, someday." (Kisses her before leaving)
~~~
Seto: (Looking around) "Where in the world could she have gone?"
Bakura: "Do you suppose you got her mad?"
Seto: "I don't know! I mean, usually went she's acting mad, she's just more a bit upset, not really angry or anything."
Bakura: "You're an idiot."
Seto: "Well, you certainly aren't helping much!"
Bakura: "Well, ANYHOW! You have to go on a date now, so sucks to be you."
Seto: "Well, I wasn't joking when I said people were glad to be out of this place." (Leaves)
Bakura: (Mutters) "It's so quiet without Mystrana to yell 'kawaii' at every date. . . " (Pauses, hearing something) "Who's there?" (He goes around the room, finding someone hiding behind the sofa, and crying softly) "Mystrana?"
Mystrana: (Hastily stands up, brushing away tears) "Yeah?"
Bakura: "Are you ok?"
Mystrana: "I'm fine." (Pauses) "Seto, he . . . he wasn't kidding when he said that people don't like it here, was he?"
Bakura: (Hangs head)
Mystrana: "Sorry." (She walks away, quietly)
Bakura: (Looks up, and sees Mystrana is gone) "Mystrana? Where'd you go now?" (Notices she left her list of dates) "Hmmm, who's Seto going on a date with anyway?" (Blinks) "Hmmm . . . " (Goes out as well)
(Malik looks up, not hearing voices)
Malik: "Now, where did those guys all go? I thought a ton of people were in here just a minute ago." (Shrugs, and goes sits on the sofa. A minutes later, Mystrana comes and sits down, too) "Hey, Mystrana."
Mystrana: "Hi." (Small smile) "I see you did a wonderful job of cleaning up. Thank you."
Malik: "No problem, really, I love doing that sort of stuff. My sister says I should see a therapist, but there you are!"
Mystrana: "Heh heh . . . no kidding?"
Malik: "Yup. Although sometimes I hear voices in my head, and those are the worst! I mean, obviously, it's my yami, but still. . . hearing voices . . . is never a good sign." (Does the last part in high squeaky voice, imitating a 'therapist')
Mystrana: (Bursts out laughing)
~~~
(Meanwhile! Yup, Seto has changed, and, well, he's wearing a white shirt that has baggy sleeves that lace up, and leather pants that are tucked neatly into his really cool looking boots. He goes up to the house, and knocks on the door. A girl with eyes that aren't exactly blue, but not gray; some mix of the two, and with blonde hair to frame said eyes nicely answers the door)
Hyikia: "Seto! Hi!" (She is wearing black knee high boots, with matching tank top and skirt, and a striped button overshirt)
Seto: (Smiles) "How are you?"
Hyikia: "Oh, I'm good! I'm so happy and all that you could stop by and stuff . . . so . . . hey, wanna get something to eat?"
Seto: "Sure. I think I know a very nice restaurant just down a ways."
Hyikia: "Great."
(They go to the restaurant; it is lightly decorated with a crimson and silver theme, and in sort of an old Japanese style. Seto and Hyikia sit down, and Hyikia looks around excitedly)
Hyikia: "Wow . . . this place looks great! I think I'm really going to like it here. . . it's not too expensive, is it?"
Seto: (Shakes head) "Nope!"
(They get their menus and Hyikia sweatdrops)
Hyikia: "I think my idea of expensive and your idea are just slightly different."
Seto: (facefault) "Well, it doesn't matter; you can still get whatever you want."
Hyikia: (Laughs) "You rock!"
Seto: (Smiles)
(They order food and get it in record time)
Hyikia: "I'm really impressed with the service!"
Seto: "Yeah, they are pretty fast here."
Hyikia: "And the food is great! Wow! No wonder people like coming here!"
(They finish their food and get up to leave for the mall. Seto pulls out money for the bill and puts a hundred dollar bill down as a tip)
Hyikia: (Face fault) "No wonder we got such good service."
Seto: "What?"
Hyikia: "No, nothing."
Seto: "Oh, ok."
(Seto pays the bill and they leave to go to the store)
Seto: "So, how about the mall?"
Hyikia: "Sounds good to me." (Pauses) "Hey, do you feel like we're being followed?"
Seto: "Huh? What do you mean?"
Hyikia: "Guess I'm paranoid." (Bakura falls out of the tree nearby) "Ack! Or not!"
Seto: "Bakura! What are YOU doing here?"
Bakura: (Mumble, mumble) "Nothing."
Seto: (Rolls eyes) "Right, sure, uh huh. Go away and leave us alone!"
Bakura: "Feh." (Walks off)
Hyikia: (Sweatdrop) "Why was he here?"
Seto: "He's an idiot . . . I have no clue."
Hyikia: "Yeah . . . that was a bit weird." (Ponders it for a minute, and then shrugs) "Ah well, let's go to the mall!"
(So they go to the mall, and walk around for a bit, before Seto pauses and goes into a shop. Hyikia follows)
Hyikia: "Hmmm, what's this here?"
Seto: "Here . . . I want to buy you something . . . so close your eyes . . ."
Hyikia: "Ok. . ." (Closes her eyes, and feels Seto put something around her neck)
Seto: "Here, you can open your eyes."
Hyikia: (Does so and sees that Seto has put a necklace on her; a thin silver chain with a gray-blue pendant that matches her eyes) "No way . . . wow!"
Seto: (Smile) "I take it you like it?"
Hyikia: "I love it! Thanks so much!" (She hugs and kisses him, accidentally knocking the person next to her over, who happens to be Bakura) "Ack! You again!"
Bakura: "Ummm, hi?"
Seto: (Groans)
~~~
Mystrana: "Awww . . . that was cute . . ."
Malik: "Why do you say that about every date?"
Mystrana: "Because . . . it's so nice to see people get along."
Malik: (Softly) "Kinda why you did this in the first place, right?"
Mystrana: (Looks at him in amazement)
Malik: "I'm right, aren't I?"
Mystrana: "You're hardly ever here . . . " (Pause) "I mean, I don't know . . . you know . . ."
Malik: "You like seeing people get along. So you give them dates to get along with other people. It worked out for everyone . . . but you . . ."
Mystrana: ". . . . ."
Malik: "I'm not saying you should end this, you know."
Mystrana: "What? There's no way I would! I would never do that . . ."
Malik: "Exactly. Think about it. You put a ton of effort into making each date special, so maybe you should just try a tad harder to get along with everyone here."
Mystrana: "Well, I don't know when you became a therapist, but I think you're right."
Malik: (Smirks) "Well, of course I'm right! I'm always right!"
Mystrana: "Not always. But almost. And that's right for sure."
Malik: "Exactly." (Pause) "By the way. Those curtains you have over there . . ."
Mystrana: "Yeah?"
Malik: "Can I burn them? Please? Please?"
Mystrana: (Facefault) "Ummm, sure. Just, call Joey in on your way out - yes, you need to burn them in the backyard, I don't need to have the fire alarms being set off in here!"
Malik: "Yeah yeah." (Grabs the curtains and leaves)
(Joey comes in then)
Joey: "Yeah?"
Mystrana: "Hey, you've got a date, ok?"
Joey: "Oh. Ok. See ya later." (He leaves)
Mystrana: "Hey, maybe Malik is right . . ." (Glances out the window and watches as a huge smoke screen rises up from the pile of burning curtains) (Sweatdrops)
~~~
(Anyhow! Joey is running along in his ever favorite outfit - blue jeans and blue and white t-shirt - trying not to be late. He runs up to the house and rings the doorbell. A girl with long blonde hair and crimson eyes opens the door)
Bria: (wearing a white belly shirt and a black short skirt) "Hi Joey!" (Notices he's all out of breath) "Oh, are you ok?"
Joey: "Ah, I'm fine . . ." (Straightens up) "Just ran a bit, yup."
Bria: "If you're fine then, we can get something to drink along the way!"
Joey: "Cool! Hey, where are we going?"
Bria: (Happily) "Shopping!"
(They walk along the road until they get to a casual restaurant, where Joey orders a coke, and shares it with Bria)
Joey: "Anything in particular you want to buy?"
Bria: "Actually, I heard that the book store is having a raffle! I think we should go and enter, because we could win manga!"
Joey: "No kidding? Well, then, what are we waiting for? C'mon, lets go!" (He jumps up)
Bria: "Don't forget your soda!" (She gets up too, grabs the soda, and they walk quickly to the bookstore)
Joey: "Wow! It's PACKED!"
Bria: "I guess we're not the only ones to hear about the contest." (Sweatdrop)
Joey: "Yeah, no kidding. Geez!"
(Somehow they manage to squeeze their way into the store and get their names entered. The guy tells them that prizes are going to be given out in an hour, so they decide to look around some instead of leaving. After checking out some of the manga and new book releases, the two of them find themselves in the café)
Bria: "Heh, something tells me you and caffeine doesn't work well together."
Joey: (Pretends to be upset) "Hey!" (Puase) "Hehe, just kidding. They sell a lot of chocolate and stuff here, do you want some cake?"
Bria: "Why not, I guess?"
(Joey orders some chocolate cake and some coffee for both of them, and when they get it, they sit down to enjoy it)
Bria: "Mmmm, this is really good."
Joey: "Yeah, for some reason book store café's ALWAYS have the best cake and coffee. I guess it's the books. Maybe they have how-to books on coffee and cake and café's you know?"
Bria: (Laughs) "You mean like 'The Idiot's Guide To Book Store Café Business?' "
Joey: "Exactly!"
(They both laugh as they finish their cake. A voice announces it's time for the raffle, so they throw out their napkins and go over to where the crowd is forming to watch and see if they won)
Guy: "Alright, folks, I'll be picking three winners, and each winner receives 65 dollars to buy anything in the store, etc, etc, and all that fine print junk."
Bria: "Heh."
Joey: "I hate the fine print! Ya know, it's always so hard to see and then afterwards I always realize it says something important!"
Bria: "I know." (Smile) "But this contest has no fine print, so all we have to worry about is if you win and the book you want is in fine print." (Laughs)
Joey: "Yeah!" (Laughs as well) "Man, that'd kill me if it happened."
Guy: "The first winner is Tskuimaru Atahi."
(Some random guy goes up and gets his certificate for 65 dollars)
Joey: "One down . . ."
Bria: (Smiles and crosses her fingers)
Guy: "The second winner is Joey Wheeler!"
Joey: "What? Wahoo! I won!" (Dances around happily and goes get his certificate)
Bria: "Congratulations!"
Joey: "Thank you!"
(The third winner is announced, and then the crowd disperses)
Joey: "Well, because I would have never known about this contest if it hadn't been for you, I'm going to let you pick out whatever books you want, and I'll use my certificate for you."
Bria: "Really?"
Joey: (Nods)
Bria: (Smiles and hugs Joey)
Joey: (Hugs her back)
~~~
Mystrana: "Now, see, isn't that cute?" (Notices there is no one around her) (Sighs)
(Nanaki comes into the room)
Nanaki: "Hey Mysty, we're out of chips."
Ryou: (bobs his head apologetically) "They were really good chips."
Mystrana: "What does that have to do with me?"
Nanaki: "Can you give me money to buy more?"
Mystrana: "Um sure . . ." (Pulls out Seto's wallet, hides the identification to it, and hands over twenty dollars to Nanaki)
Nanaki: "Yay! Thanks!" (Skips off)
Ryou: (Leaves after her)
Mystrana: "And it gets even quieter."
(Someone suddenly sits down next to her. It is Seto)
Seto: "Do you like the quiet?"
Mystrana: (Looks away) "Not really. I like being loud and hyper."
Seto: "Do you now?"
(They sit there in silence for a bit, and then Mystrana glances at her list)
Mystrana: "Umm, do you know where Bakura is? He has a date now and stuff."
Seto: "Yeah, he knows." (Pause) "Hey, Mystrana?"
Mystrana: "Yeah?"
Seto: "I really did . . . mean what I said . . . but . . .I didn't mean to hurt your feelings and for that, I'm sorry."
Mystrana: (Bows her head) "Thank you Seto. I'm sorry too."
(They sit there in silence, neither of them saying anything. And then a blur rushes by. It is Bakura)
Bakura: "I'm gonna be late!" (Rushes by)
(Mystrana and Seto both paused for a moment, and then burst out laughing)
~~~
(Meanwhile, Bakura has just managed to make it to the right house on time, and he knocks on the door. The girl who answers the door has black hair and sparkling blue eyes)
Bakura: "Hi."
Taynia: "Hi Bakura!" (She is wearing a black skirt, a crimson skirt and tall black boots. She smiles) "Did you just run a marathon?"
Bakura: "No, I just ran late." (Laughs weakly at his bad pun)
Taynia: (Smiles) "Here, come and get a drink of water."
(Bakura goes inside and gets his drink of water, and the two of them discuss where to go for the date while he drinks it)
Bakura: "Technically, shouldn't we know where we are going before we go on the date?"
Taynia: "Yeah, that would make a lot of sense, but that's not always a good thing."
Bakura: "Indeed."
Taynia: "Anyhow . . . I know that Tuxes'R'Us is having a sale, so lets go there!
Bakura: (Blinks) "But why?"
Taynia: "Because you're going to get a tux, that's why!"
Bakura: "Sure, but why?"
Taynia: "Because the shop next to it is having a formal party and we can go if you get a tux!"
Bakura: "Oh, that makes sense!"
Taynia: (Smiles) "Yup!"
(So they go to Tuxes''R'Us . . . picture the sign as having a guy being fitted for a tux with his arms out for the 'T' in "tuxes'_
Bakura: "Well, let me tell you now, I'm not getting one of those all-white tuxes! They bug me!"
Taynia: "Don't worry, you don't have to." (Glances around, and spots a really nice looking black tux) "Here! This one!"
Bakura: (Tries it on, and it fits very nicely. Plus it comes with a crimson tie that pretty much matches Taynia's shirt, so they look coordinated, but not exactly the same together)
Taynia: "hey, it looks great on you!"
Bakura: (Looking in the mirror) "Hmm . . . hmm . . . yes, I do think I like it!" (glances at the price tag) (Facefault) (Faint)
Taynia: (Pokes him with a hanger) "Ummm, Bakura? Don't forget this is a half off sale! Bakura?"
(Anyhow, after Bakura wakes up and buys his tux, they go next door to the party, which happens to be a art store, celebrating it's 50th anniversary. Lots of the decorations are very creative and such because of that)
Bakura: (Looking at the hanging paintbrush wind chimes; the top part looks like a palette) "Wow, these are pretty nice . . ."
Taynia: "And here I though you were hard to amuse!"
Bakura: "Well, stuff like this is pretty amazing. I wish I could do stuff like it, to tell the truth." (Pause) "But don't tell anyone I said that! Because that's the kind stuff my hikari likes and I don't need people comparing me to him, if you know what I mean?"
Taynia: "Yeah, I do." (Grins) "But hey, isn't this cool too?" (Points to small clay figurines)
Bakura: "Yeah."
(They look at all the art stuff for awhile, and then music starts playing so they dance some and get some stuff to eat as well)
Bakura: "I'm gonna have to say I'm having a lot of fun."
Taynia: "Yeah, so am I." (Grins and eats a 'painted' frosting cookie) "And this food is so original!"
Bakura: (Eating chips and 'paint' dip) "Yeah. I have to admit, some people are really geniuses when it comes to art."
Taynia: "So I have noticed."
(About then, a slow dance comes on, and they both put down their food to dance. When the song is over, Bakura smiles and kisses Taynia)
~~~
Mystrana: (Smiles) "Doesn't that make you feel all warm and fluffy now?"
Seto: "Not really, but then again, not much does. Except for when I'm sick, and then I get that feeling right before I throw up . . ."
Mystrana: (Grimace) "Great to know. Great to know."
Seto: "Isn't it though?" (Smirks)
Mystrana: "Yeah." (Checks list) "Hey, Bakura has another date already! Heh, I don't know whether to feel sorry for the poor guy, or to hope he's having fun actually getting out and doing stuff besides burning squirrels with Malik." (Pause) "Of course, there is nothing wrong with setting squirrels on fire, but that's not the point! I digress. I digress a lot, actually. Sometimes I'll be talking about something or another and then I kinda just lead off into something else. Once I just up and made a sandwich for no reason and -"
Seto: "Digression. You digress."
Mystrana: "Oh, right! Sorry! Anyhow, Yay! Two more dates left!"
Seto: "Then you just need to start this all over again for next week, ya know."
Mystrana: "Yeah, but I've got time!"
Seto: "Suuuuure. I bet when you post this, it'll already be Monday in Britain."
Mystrana: (Does some addition in her head) "Actually . . . it already is . . ."
Seto: "Well, then you'd better hope none of your readers live in Britain or you've let them down."
Mystrana: "Feh, that's not true! Sunday doesn't end until the clocks in my house say midnight!"
Seto: "Well, at this rate, they defiantly will be saying that when you finally go to bed."
Mystrana: (Yawns) "Feh."
Malik: (Comes in, covered in dust from the fire) "Wheee, that was fun." (Plops down on the couch)
Mystrana: (Leans against him and falls asleep)
Seto: (Explaining) "She was up since 6 this morning and didn't go to bed until past midnight yesterday. It would be best for her to sleep."
Malik: (Blinks) "Umm, right." (Shifts so that he still has circulation to his arm)
~~~
(And elsewhere, Bakura is on time for his next date and he goes up and rings the doorbell. A girl with shoulder length dark purple and blue hair with purple eyes opens the door)
Bakura: "You would be Anja Kuroki, right?"
Anja: "No, I'm her sister." (Grins) "Just kidding, that would be me." (She is wearing a sky blue tank top, black jeans and white platform shoes, so she and Bakura are about the same height right now, give or take an inch or two)
Bakura: "Heh, I can tell now. So what do you want to do?"
Anja: (Shrugs) "Well, I like singing. Know any good karaoke restaurants?"
Bakura: "Ummm, ummm, ummm . . ." (Thinks hard for a minute and then nods) "Yeah, actually I do! C'mon, I'll show you."
(So Anja gets her coat, on account it's a little chilly out now that it's later, and they make their way to the China Buffet, which is a Chinese restaurant with a karaoke room)
Bakura: "So, do you think this will work?"
Anja: (Takes in the Chinese decorations and the intricate pictures on the wall) "Hmm, not bad, not bad."
Bakura: "Ok, that's good then."
(They sit down and order their food. Once they get it, they begin talking about random stuff, of course)
Anja: "My hikari can be kinda mean to me sometimes."
Bakura: "I'm afraid I can't relate; my hikari is very nice to me. Can't say the same thing in reverse, though."
Anja: "Heh, true."
Bakura: "But, Ryou is a nice guy and I'm glad that he's the other half of me and not some random bum off the street."
Anja: (Laughs) "I'd feel sorry for you then!"
Bakura: "Yeah, but see, it's all good. "
Anja: (Laughs) "Yeah."
(They eat in silence for a bit, until they finish and then . . .)
Anja: "Karaoke time! Time to sing!" (Runs into the karaoke room)
Bakura: (Follows quickly after)
Anja: (Steps up to the mike, puts a song going, and starts singing) (BTW, the song is called 'Feel' just cos I don't think many people would know it) "Sono te o . . . watashi e to . . . azukete . . . mayotojite . . ."
Bakura: (To himself) "Wow. . . she is good."
Anja: (singing) "Sono toki made . . inoru kara . . ." (She sings the last note until it fades away and then everyone cheers happily and she grins and does a victory pose before going over to Bakura) "Did you like the song?"
Bakura: "Yeah, it was really good. You're good at singing; do you take lessons or something?"
Anja: "No, but you know . . . it can get boring sometimes when I'm in my soul room, so I practice a lot."
Bakura: "Ahhh, that makes sense."
(After awhile, Anja goes back up and starts singing another song - a really pretty one called Yasahii Yoake - from .hack//sign for anyone who watches that)
Anja: (Singing) "Eien ni kimi wa . . ."
(And finally, when she is done again, they go order some dessert, and after that, Bakura brings Anja home)
Bakura: "Well, thanks for letting me take you out, I guess. You have a very nice voice."
Anja: (Smiles) "Thank you."
Bakura: (Kisses her before leaving)
~~~
Mystrana: (still resting on Malik)
Seto: (Pokes Mystrana with a stick) "Are you dead?"
Mystrana: (Blinks and sits up) "Sorry Malik."
Malik: "Whatever."
Mystrana: "Oh! Did I miss the date? No!"
Seto: "Ummm, it's not the end of the world."
Mystrana: "Oh, I know, but still . . . I like watching the people have fun."
Seto: "Of course."
Mystrana: "Well, I do! And hey, what do you know? One more date and then I can actually go to sleep! In my bed! With a soft pillow! Not to be rude, really, Malik, but your armbands are not the most comfortable things to rest your head on."
~~~
(Somehow Yami mystically knows it's his turn to go on a date - ok, ok, so Mystrana called him - but anyways, he's walking up to a somewhat familiar house . .when he gets there, Jewel opens the door and slips out quickly)
Jewel: (Wearing a white shirt and jeans) "Hi Yami!" (Hugs him quickly) "Come on, let's go."
Yami: "Ok, where are we going?"
Jewel: "No place right now, but my yami has been a bit upset that I get to go out with you and I don't want her coming see you and then trying to mess up our date, is all."
Yami: "Ahhh, I get it. Ok."
(So they quickly walk/run to the park at the corner of the block and sit down on the swings, discussing what to do for the date)
Yami: "We could go to a restaurant, or shop - maybe - well, I actually would like to buy more duel monsters cards - but anyhow, what do you think we should do?"
Jewel: "I know, let's get some ice cream. It's nice enough out for it!"
Yami: "Yeah, true. Know any good ice cream places?"
Jewel: "As a matter of a fact . . . I do!"
(So they set off . . .and when they get there, outside the shop is a guy in a costume - an ice cream cone costume - holding a sign that says 'Ice Cream Sunday Day - Buy One, Get One Half Off!')
Jewel: "When they put it like that, it seems like they're selling books or something, you know?"
Yami: "Yeah, I see what you mean. But hey, what kind ice cream do you want?"
Jewel: "Well, we might as well get the sundaes, right?"
Yami: "Yeah. I think I'll get plain vanilla."
Jewel: "And I think I'll get one scoop vanilla, one chocolate."
(So they order their sundaes, and while they wait for them, the ice cream cone person comes inside the store to take a break and get a drink. Yami and Jewel pay it no mind . . . but then when they get their ice cream and go off to eat outside on some benches . . .)
Jewel: (Blinks) "Is that ice cream cone following us?" (Blinks) "That sounds weird."
Yami: "I know what you mean." (Glances at the ice cream cone person, who is sort of trying to hide behind a tree, but it's not really working) "I think it is."
Jewel: (Shudders) "I wonder why."
Yami: "I don't know . . .let's just eat our ice cream for now, and then go from there."
Jewel: "Ok."
(So they eat their ice cream, and when they are done, they get up to leave and the ice cream cone follows them)
Jewel: "This is kind of strange, you know?"
Yami: "Yeah . . . I suppose it won't do any harm to us, so let's just ignore it."
(So for the rest of the date, they try to ignore it, but it keeps popping up everywhere, and finally they're back at the park in the corner, and haven't seen it for awhile, so they're just talking. There's a pause and then Yami leans in to kiss Jewel, and then the Ice Cream Cone Person pops up right behind them)
Yami/Jewel: "ACK!"
Ice Cream Cone Person: "Ah ha! I knew it! You guys were going to kiss!"
Jewel: (Blinks) "Oh . . . my . . - Jordan, is that you?" (To Yami) "She's my yami."
Jordan: "Awww, how'd you know?"
Jewel: "Why did you follow me!?"
Jordan: "Feh."
Jewel: "Jordan!"
Jordan: "What?"
Jewel: "Don't follow me again, ok?"
Jordan: "Feh."
Jewel: "And one more thing. WHY are you wearing that weird ice cream cone thing?
~~~
Mystrana: (Sighs happily) "That was funny! Poor Yami and Jewel, I would be scared to death if an ice cream cone person was following me. You know?"
Seto: "Yeah, I see where you're coming from."
Mystrana: "Anyhow, if you didn't see your date this time, it'll be here next week, and until then, ja ne!" (Falls asleep again)