CHAPTER SIX: IMPROVISED DUELS
"Hey, Seto," Yami called as he began making chocolate milkshakes. Seto arrived just as Yami Yugi poured the chocolate mixture into several tall glasses. Seto grabbed one and said, "What?"
"CHOCOLATE!" Said Ryou, zooming into the kitchen and bouncing up and down. "Can * bounce* I *bounce* have *bounce* one? *bounce*"
"Yeah, just stop bouncing. You're making the floor shake," Yami observed, handing Ryou a milkshake and taking his own. "Anyway, Seto, do you want to duel or something? I'm really bored."
"Yeah," Seto said gloomily. "Joey and Tristan are using the TV, Téa's still out with Malik, Mokuba and Ryou are having a chibifying contest, Bakura's using Karibou as basketballs outside and Yugi's polishing his Millennium Puzzle."
"Again?" They sat down on the infamous couch.
"Yeah. I would duel you, gladly, but I don't think it's a good idea to unleash Duel Monsters here, if you know what I mean." Seto looked around at the house. "I mean, the Dark Magician's an exception, sort of."
Yami nodded his agreement. "I wonder."
"Hey, Yami," Seto said, running upstairs, "I have an idea."
"Oh no," Yami muttered under his breath.
Seto returned. "Here they are!" He triumphantly held up . a pack of playing cards.
"Playing cards?" Yami asked in disbelief.
"Yes," Seto said excitedly. "I have this book of games, you see. It won't be as good as dueling, but it'll be fun. And I will still be able to beat you," he added, belatedly remembering they were supposed to hate each other.
"Yeah, right. Let's get some others first, though. Mokuba! Ryou!" Yami called, as Seto ran outside to fetch Bakura. "Wanna play cards?"
Within moments, Yugi, Seto, Yami, Bakura, Ryou, and Mokuba were gathered in a circle around the living room table. Seto was lying down on the couch. Yugi was sitting on the floor with his head against Seto's feet. Bakura was in a chair, using Yugi as a footrest. Ryou was sitting snuggled up against Bakura's chair. (Apparently the chibi effect had not entirely worn off.) Mokuba was lying down on the floor, his head propped up on Yami's feet. Yami was sitting in a large, comfy chair near Ryou (everyone wanted to be near the chibified Ryou. He was like a very large, adorable animated plushie.)
"We are going to play ." Yami paused for dramatic effect. (Well, not really. He was just flipping through the book for something that would appeal to everyone in the group.) ".Rummy!"
There was silence.
"Two games, probably," Yami said, digging another deck of cards out of a pocket. "Nice people and mean people. OK, that's Yugi, Mokuba, and Ryou in one group and Bakura, Seto and I in this group."
Yugi, Mokuba and Ryou moved off to another side of the room and began to play.
"Now," Seto said quietly, "for some incentive.why don't we bet things?"
"Good idea!" Bakura said. They each ran upstairs to find a trinket they would bet. Seto returned with a little robot (deprived of batteries). Bakura had a small vial of blood ("It's Tristan's!" he said proudly). Yami Yugi, preferring to keep his trinkets, had taken a miniature bottle of hairspray from Téa's bathroom. "It's Téa's," he said quickly as the others looked at him with odd expressions.
So their game of Rummy 2000 began. The first round was won by Yami Yugi. He wrote the points down and collected the trinkets, deciding to bet Tristan's blood. New trinkets were laid down; the blood that Yami was betting again, Seto's clothespin (he couldn't find anything else) and another bottle of blood from Bakura, labeled "Mokuba". That round was won by Bakura, who of course cheated outrageously. He regained his bottles of blood (although Seto tried to kill him when he saw the vial of Mokuba's blood) and the worthless clothespin.
Yami Yugi reached 2000 points first. By that time, Bakura had brought down a little shelf to hold bottles. Shelves like it were normally used for scientific purposes. Bakura, however, stored vial after vial of blood. There were labels on the bottles - "Joey", "Seto", and even "Yami Yugi". In the end, Bakura regained all his bottles - probably because no one else wanted them.
Seto ended up with a clothespin, the robot, a battery, half of a headphone, a dog biscuit, several scales from the Blue Eyes White Dragon, and a small instruction manual: "So You Want To Be A Tomb Raider".
Yami's trinkets were far more valuable; a lump of solid gold, a sterling silver ring with skulls engraved on it, a Buckle Replacing Kit, and a book called "Be Yami: The Real Dark".
The bottle of hairspray was put in the garbage.
"Bakura?" Yami asked as he thought of something.
"Yes?" Bakura had carefully stabbed Ryou's arm with a broken-off piece of Mokuba's hair and was holding up a vial to the cut. Ryou was whimpering.
"That's sick!" Yami shoved Bakura off Ryou and gave him to Seto, who quickly carried him upstairs and into the poor guy's room.
Bakura sulked. "I only got half a bottle."
Yami had a strong urge to knock the vial from his hand. However, he knew that if he did so, he would have to clean it up and he did not like the idea of cleaning up Ryou's blood. Therefore, he did not attack Bakura. "What I was going to say," he said with heavy emphasis, "is that I was wondering how you got my blood." He pointed toward the rack of blood bottles.
"Remember the time I stabbed you with Mokuba's hair?"
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Hee hee, this chapter was fun to write!! OK, just a warning: this may have a Fushigi-Yuugi crossover later on . and some slash, but that's because I HATE all the anime girls.
Thanks for all reviews!!! Also thanks to my sister . who is not my twin .
"Hey, Seto," Yami called as he began making chocolate milkshakes. Seto arrived just as Yami Yugi poured the chocolate mixture into several tall glasses. Seto grabbed one and said, "What?"
"CHOCOLATE!" Said Ryou, zooming into the kitchen and bouncing up and down. "Can * bounce* I *bounce* have *bounce* one? *bounce*"
"Yeah, just stop bouncing. You're making the floor shake," Yami observed, handing Ryou a milkshake and taking his own. "Anyway, Seto, do you want to duel or something? I'm really bored."
"Yeah," Seto said gloomily. "Joey and Tristan are using the TV, Téa's still out with Malik, Mokuba and Ryou are having a chibifying contest, Bakura's using Karibou as basketballs outside and Yugi's polishing his Millennium Puzzle."
"Again?" They sat down on the infamous couch.
"Yeah. I would duel you, gladly, but I don't think it's a good idea to unleash Duel Monsters here, if you know what I mean." Seto looked around at the house. "I mean, the Dark Magician's an exception, sort of."
Yami nodded his agreement. "I wonder."
"Hey, Yami," Seto said, running upstairs, "I have an idea."
"Oh no," Yami muttered under his breath.
Seto returned. "Here they are!" He triumphantly held up . a pack of playing cards.
"Playing cards?" Yami asked in disbelief.
"Yes," Seto said excitedly. "I have this book of games, you see. It won't be as good as dueling, but it'll be fun. And I will still be able to beat you," he added, belatedly remembering they were supposed to hate each other.
"Yeah, right. Let's get some others first, though. Mokuba! Ryou!" Yami called, as Seto ran outside to fetch Bakura. "Wanna play cards?"
Within moments, Yugi, Seto, Yami, Bakura, Ryou, and Mokuba were gathered in a circle around the living room table. Seto was lying down on the couch. Yugi was sitting on the floor with his head against Seto's feet. Bakura was in a chair, using Yugi as a footrest. Ryou was sitting snuggled up against Bakura's chair. (Apparently the chibi effect had not entirely worn off.) Mokuba was lying down on the floor, his head propped up on Yami's feet. Yami was sitting in a large, comfy chair near Ryou (everyone wanted to be near the chibified Ryou. He was like a very large, adorable animated plushie.)
"We are going to play ." Yami paused for dramatic effect. (Well, not really. He was just flipping through the book for something that would appeal to everyone in the group.) ".Rummy!"
There was silence.
"Two games, probably," Yami said, digging another deck of cards out of a pocket. "Nice people and mean people. OK, that's Yugi, Mokuba, and Ryou in one group and Bakura, Seto and I in this group."
Yugi, Mokuba and Ryou moved off to another side of the room and began to play.
"Now," Seto said quietly, "for some incentive.why don't we bet things?"
"Good idea!" Bakura said. They each ran upstairs to find a trinket they would bet. Seto returned with a little robot (deprived of batteries). Bakura had a small vial of blood ("It's Tristan's!" he said proudly). Yami Yugi, preferring to keep his trinkets, had taken a miniature bottle of hairspray from Téa's bathroom. "It's Téa's," he said quickly as the others looked at him with odd expressions.
So their game of Rummy 2000 began. The first round was won by Yami Yugi. He wrote the points down and collected the trinkets, deciding to bet Tristan's blood. New trinkets were laid down; the blood that Yami was betting again, Seto's clothespin (he couldn't find anything else) and another bottle of blood from Bakura, labeled "Mokuba". That round was won by Bakura, who of course cheated outrageously. He regained his bottles of blood (although Seto tried to kill him when he saw the vial of Mokuba's blood) and the worthless clothespin.
Yami Yugi reached 2000 points first. By that time, Bakura had brought down a little shelf to hold bottles. Shelves like it were normally used for scientific purposes. Bakura, however, stored vial after vial of blood. There were labels on the bottles - "Joey", "Seto", and even "Yami Yugi". In the end, Bakura regained all his bottles - probably because no one else wanted them.
Seto ended up with a clothespin, the robot, a battery, half of a headphone, a dog biscuit, several scales from the Blue Eyes White Dragon, and a small instruction manual: "So You Want To Be A Tomb Raider".
Yami's trinkets were far more valuable; a lump of solid gold, a sterling silver ring with skulls engraved on it, a Buckle Replacing Kit, and a book called "Be Yami: The Real Dark".
The bottle of hairspray was put in the garbage.
"Bakura?" Yami asked as he thought of something.
"Yes?" Bakura had carefully stabbed Ryou's arm with a broken-off piece of Mokuba's hair and was holding up a vial to the cut. Ryou was whimpering.
"That's sick!" Yami shoved Bakura off Ryou and gave him to Seto, who quickly carried him upstairs and into the poor guy's room.
Bakura sulked. "I only got half a bottle."
Yami had a strong urge to knock the vial from his hand. However, he knew that if he did so, he would have to clean it up and he did not like the idea of cleaning up Ryou's blood. Therefore, he did not attack Bakura. "What I was going to say," he said with heavy emphasis, "is that I was wondering how you got my blood." He pointed toward the rack of blood bottles.
"Remember the time I stabbed you with Mokuba's hair?"
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Hee hee, this chapter was fun to write!! OK, just a warning: this may have a Fushigi-Yuugi crossover later on . and some slash, but that's because I HATE all the anime girls.
Thanks for all reviews!!! Also thanks to my sister . who is not my twin .