Next chapter.Yay! Sorry it has taken me so long to update. I refuse to write this story without a sugar high. It just doesn't work without it.

With Snow Comes Insanity

Chapter 9

Yugi darted into the Toy R' Us with Yami running right behind him.

"Yugi? Where are you going?" Yami asked.

Yugi didn't answer. He ran down several isles in search of something very specific. Yami was no longer chasing him because he'd found something more amusing. "Oh." Yami said. He stared at the box sitting up on the shelf. He pulled it down and opened it up. Inside was a small kiddy trampoline, which Yami pieced together and started jumping on. "Weeeeee!" He shouted. He jumped harder and bounced even higher into the air. He wondered where Yugi was and decided to jump even higher so he could get a better look.

"Yugi?" Yami asked. He then heard a buzzing noise getting closer and closer. "Yugi?" Yami asked. He was starting to get worried. He could now hear Yugi trying to match the buzzing noise with his own voice. He suddenly came around the corner in a tight turn. He was riding in a small battery charged jeep he'd found back with the bikes. Yami had no time to react. He was in mid jump as Yugi's car drove underneath him. While it did resemble a really cool stunt done on TV there was one slight side effect. Yugi had pushed the trampoline out from under his feet in the process. Yami panicked while in the air. He looked like a cat that had just fallen out of a tree.

"Yugi!" He shouted.

Yugi looked back and saw his look-alike in deep trouble. He watched in horror as Yami came crashing down to the ground with a deep thud while hitting his head on several shelves in the process. Yugi back up next to his dazed friend. "Are you okay Yami." Yugi held his sanity for the moment out of fear that Yami was really hurt. Yami sat up. "I'm okay. Thank you for asking talking pink rabbit." Yami said. The blow to his head must have been pretty bad.

"Uh oh." Yugi said. He then felt the sugar start to over take him again. "I'm not a rabbit. I'm a race car." Yugi said. He then pulled away from Yami and drove off into the rest of the store.

"Bye pink rabbit!" Yami waved after him.

Meanwhile in the Magazine Isle.

"GIRLS!" Yami Bakura shouted.

Yami Malik walked into the store and gave a deep sigh. "Bakura. Come on. We all need to find a place to sleep."

"I'm sleeping right here!" Yami Bakura snapped.

"Yami Bakura. I hate to tell you this but.I think you're a pornoholic." Yami Malik told him.

"What? That's ridiculous." Yami Bakura said. "I'm not some freak that's addicted to porn."

"Look at yourself Yami Bakura. You're a mess. You've been in here ever since we got trapped in the mall."

"I like to read." Yami Bakura said. The hugged onto one of the books tightly. "Yami Bakura, you have centerfolds from play boy stuck to your hair. You haven't even had anything to eat." Yami Malik said.

"You're wrong! There's nothing wrong with me!" Yami Bakura shouted.

"Then prove it. Put the books down and walk away." Yami Malik said.

"Fine." Yami Bakura said. He stood up. "I can do this. It's not like the books control me." He sat the book down and started to walk away. He turned and looked back at the pile on the floor. "See. I can do it."

Yami Malik gave him a skeptical look. Yami Bakura felt his face begin to sweat. "I.I." He dove back into the books. "I can't do it!" He cried. He grabbed on of the books and held it up against his face like a tissue.

Yami Malik knelt down next to him. "It's okay. The first step is admitting you have a problem." Yami Malik said.

"What's the second step?" Yami Bakura asked.

"The second step is beginning to separate yourself from the books." He told him.

"Do they make a patch for that?" Yami Bakura asked.

"For the love of Ra! It's not like smoking!" Yami Malik shouted. He then saw the hurt in Yami Bakura's eyes. "Well start out slow. First were going to leave this store and find a place to sleep. You can take one book with you and only one. Then slowly we will take the book away for short whiles until you are free of your addiction." He said.

"Thank you." Yami Bakura said. Yami Malik stood up and began to leave and turned around when he realized that he wasn't being followed. "What's wrong?" Yami Malik asked.

"I can't decide which one I want."

Yami Malik rolled his eyes.

Meanwhile in the hall.

Joey carefully crept down the hall. He didn't want to be seen by anyone. He was trying to find something to eat and then a place to sleep. So far so good. He tiptoed down the hall carefully, trying not to make any noise. He his behind garbage cans and the fake potted trees he found. He had actually gotten pretty bored. He hadn't seen or heard anyone I the hall so he started to sign the theme song from mission impossible as he went down the hall. He then spotted a place to eat. He was so close. Only another three stores to go and he'd be in. Just three more.

"Well well." A cold voice said. "Who let you out of your cage?"

Joey turned around to see his greatest fear. Seto.

"I knew you were a dog Joey but I didn't think you were so accepting of it." Seto teased.

"Shut up Kaiba!" Joey snapped.

"Oh? And why should I? It's like you're asking me to make fun of you wearing that ridiculous outfit Fido."

"Just leave me alone. I have my reasons for being dressed like this." Joey said. He started to walk over to the store he'd been trying to get to.

"I bet Sparky." Seto grinned.

"Shut up." Joey said.

Seto began to sing (as awkward as you think it would be.) "Who let the dog out?"

"Shut up!" Joey shouted.

"Shut up!" A voice mimicked.

"What was that?" Seto asked.

They looked up and saw the Macaw that Yami Malik had set free earlier, now perched up on a ledge.

"That's the bird from the pet store." Joey said.

"What's it doing out of it's cage?" Seto asked.

"Yami Malik must've set it free." Joey said. He noticed the bird was staring directly at him. "What wrong wit' it?" He asked.

"It looks angry." Seto commented.

"What do you mean it looks angry?" Joey asked.

"Well. Bird like that tends to ruffle it's feathers when they are mad. But a little mutt like you wouldn't understand that." Seto said.

"Stop calling me a dog!" Joey shouted.

"Dog." Seto said.

"Dog." Said the bird.

Seto laughed. "Hey. That bird is pretty smart." Seto said.

"Shut up!" Joey snapped.

"Shut up! SQUAK!" The bird said.

"I'm really starting to hate that bird." Joey said.

"If the bird is angry it must be because you've invaded its territory." Seto told him.

"What? I never did nothin' of the sort. The bird live in the cage." Joey said.

Seto thought for a moment and then grinned. "Where'd you get the suit?" Seto asked.

"I don't know. Mai found it." Joey said.

"Oh. So that's your new form of foreplay?" Seto teased.

"Shut up!" Joey shouted.

"Shut up!" The bird squawked. "You shut up!" Joey yelled at the bird. This seemed to upset the bird as it took off and dived bombed straight at Joey. "AHHHHHH!" Joey shouted. "First the rat and now the frikin' bird! This just isn't fair!" He shouted.

Seto was running with him. "Way to go Wheeler." Seto said.

"Don't blame this on me!" Joey shouted.

The two boys were so busy arguing that they didn't realize that they were coming to an escalator that took them to the basement. Seto did see in time and slammed on his brakes. Joey was less fortunate and tumbled down the escalator at full force. "AHHHHHHH!" He screamed till he hit the ground. This seemed to please to the bird and it took off in the other direction. Seto looked down at the tangled mess at the bottom of the moving staircase. He went down the escalator. "That was very graceful Wheeler." Seto teased again. "Shut up Kaiba. You could have warned me." He said.

"Now where would the fun be in that?" Seto asked. Joey growled at him. Joey had sat up and was leaning on the staircase. "I wouldn't do that Wheeler." Seto warned him.

"Shut up Kaiba." Joey snapped.

"Fine." Seto said. He walked off to find something more amusing to do but not before turning around and watching what happened to Joey. The back of Joey's costume was caught in the escalator and it began eating his costume. "AHHH! Something is attacking me!"

Seto started to laugh.

"Someone help! AHHHH!" Joey shouted. He struggled to get free put the staircase continued to devour his doggy suit. Eventually the force of the machine ripped it off. He now stood in this Sailor Moon print boxers. He covered himself in embarrassment.

By this point Seto was rolling around on the ground laughing hysterically. "Shut up Kaiba!" Joey shouted.

Seto gasped for air between laughing fits. "I.I tried to warn.but you.oh man.you are a stupid dog!"

"Joey!" A voice from the top of the stairs yelled. "Where is your costume!"

"The stairs ate it Mai." Joey protested.

"That's no excuse. You broke your promise." She said.

"But---But it's not fair." Joey whined.

"Too bad." She said and then stormed off.

Joey sat whimpering at the bottom of the stairs. 'It's no fair." He pouted.

Seto suddenly felt tight arms wrap around his waist. "Daddy!" The voice boomed.

"What the hell?" Seto yelled. He turned to see that he was now in the tight embrace of a three thousand-year-old pharos. "Oh dear Ra." He said.

"Daddy! I'm so glad to see you. I was so scared. The pink bunny drove away and I was all alone and ..." Yami whimpered.

Seto turned and saw that despite the fact that Joey was now only in his boxers, he was laughing hysterically at Kaiba.

"Shut up Wheeler." Seto said.

"Daddy said a bad word. That makes baby sad. WHAAAA! Mommy!" Yami cried. He then ran over and lepted at Joey. He wrapped his arms around him. "Mommy, I'm scared."

"Waaaa? This isn't right at all." Joey said.

Seto smirked. "He has his mother's brains." Seto said.

Joey glared. He tried to pry Yami off but all of his struggles were in vain. Yami had a firm grip.

"Mommy. You have no boobies!" Yami said.

Joey felt his face growing hot. "Get off of me you freak!" Joey shouted. Yami stood up.

"The pink bunny is coming!" He cheered.

Joey was very confused by this but then heard the buzzing noise. Yugi came out of nowhere and hurtled the car down the escalator. It was actually quite impressive to watch. Joey stared in horror as the car came closer and closer. He jumped out of the way and was nearly hit. The car came to a halt and Yugi turned to see Joey.

"You're naked." Yugi said.

"Not shit Sherlock." Joey said.

Yugi frowned at this. "I'm not Sherlock. I'm a race car and do you know what race cars do?" Yugi asked.

"Race?" Joey asked.

"Not this race car." Yugi said. "This race car runs over PEOPLE." He gave an evil smile, which made Joey run for it. "Help!" Joey screamed.

"Vroom! Vroom!" Yugi shouted as he chased his friend down the hall. This left Yami and Seto alone. Seto saw the look on Yami's face. "I'm not your daddy." Seto said.

"Yes you are. You're daddy. Daddy! WHAAAAA!" Yami shouted and began to have a fit on the ground.

"Shut up!" You could hear echo from down the hall.

"Okay. Okay. Stop whining!" Seto ordered.

Yami immediately stopped and looked up at Seto.

"Daddy?" Yami asked.

"Whatever." Seto said.

"Yay!" Yami shouted. He grabbed Seto's hand and began bouncing around talking a mile a minute as they headed back towards the fountain. Seto couldn't have said anything if he wanted to. He wasn't even sure if Yami was taking breaths.

The snow just had to melt soon. Seto prayed.

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