CHAPTER EIGHT: THE WRATH OF BAKURA
"Uh," Seto and Yami said simultaneously.
"We were just leaving," Seto said weakly.
"Splendid," Bakura said nastily. He raised a small black object in his hand. Yami realized that it was some kind of remote control. With one button, Bakura turned off the flashing red lights; another turned on normal, yellow room light (although Yami couldn't see where it was coming from). A third button raised the thick, net-like cobwebs that had trapped Yami and Seto. Seto, naturally, made a break for the door, despite the fact that Bakura stood in front of it.
A small white object leaped from the closet and attached itself to Seto's leg. Seto yelped in pain and hopped around on one foot while trying to destroy the white . rabbit.
"Come here, Foo-Foo," Bakura said. The little bunny bounced over to Bakura, a picture of sweetness. Bakura picked it up and snuggled it. The bunny bared bloody fangs at Seto.
"That thing's a danger to society," Seto muttered, limping.
Bakura smirked. "Explanations, please."
"We, um, wanted to see if you were messing up your room," Yami said. It sounded stupid even as he said it.
"I see," Bakura said, smiling in an extremely sadistic way. "And do you think I am?"
"Well, uh, yeah," Seto said nervously. "I mean, you did put rolling tracks in the ceiling, and all that."
Bakura was still smiling. It reminded Yami of a wolf's smile right before the wolf bites.
"I have an idea," Bakura said with an evil grin.
*
"I can't believe he's making us repair his room!" Seto said in anger as he balanced precariously on a stepladder, gluing wood over the tracks in the ceiling.
"I don't think that's very permanent," Yami said critically. He was putting carpet down on the floor in tiles. (Carpet tiles are like 8 inches square, and they have paper on the back that you peel off. Then you just stick the tile on the floor.)
"Who cares?" Seto asked. He was interrupted by Bakura entering, preceded by the bunny. Its claws squeaked on the uncovered wood floor. The shrieking sound made Seto jump and fall backward off the ladder, knocking over a pile of tiles. His foot flew out and hit the ladder, which fell on top of him.
Bakura leaned against the door, laughing. Seto gave him a death glare and stood up, gathering the remains of his tattered dignity.
Bakura laughed harder. Then he opened the closet, revealing a television. He checked the tape in it, and then hit the "play" button. Seto watched in growing chagrin as the television replayed Seto's embarrassing fall moments earlier.
Yami grinned, putting another tile on the floor. He then managed to accidentally stick Bakura's foot onto the floor by sticking a corner of the tile to Bakura's boot. Bakura, naturally, had his foot stuck, since those tiles were very sticky. Shrieking curses at Yami in Egyptian (Ryou bolted) Bakura had his rabbit chew through the tile. Unfortunately, the tatter of tile still stuck to Bakura's boot.
"Did your camera get that, too?" Seto asked. Ryou reappeared at the door, tapping Bakura on the shoulder before he could kill Seto. "Yes, Ryou?" Bakura said in a nice tone as he turned around. It is always wise to stay on the good side of one capable of puppy eyes.
"Will you come make me brownies?"
"Why in Ra's name would I make you brownies?"
"You promised," Ryou said, unleashing the full power of puppy eyes.
Bakura glared, but his heart simply wasn't in it. "All right," he gave in.
"Thank you, Baku-Chan!" Ryou said, bouncing up and down and huggling Foo-Foo.
"You two," Bakura said, once more assuming his evil expression and turning to Yami and Seto, "come along. You can wash dishes."
Several minutes later, Ryou was ensconced in a kitchen chair eating ice cream while he waited for the brownies to finish baking. They actually looked pretty good, probably because at Bakura's incompetence at cooking Ryou had decided to let Yami cook. Poor Seto was still washing dishes.
"Yami," Ryou said, bouncing up and down in his chair happily.
"Yes?" Yami asked, professionally pulling a pan of brownies out of the stove and checking it with a toothpick. Looking at the globs of chocolate on the toothpick, Yami shook his head and put the brownies back in the oven.
"What's for dinner?" Ryou asked through a mouthful of Phish Food.
"I dunno, what do you think?" Yami poured some M&Ms on top of the chocolate chip brownies.
"Well, we have that steak you froze, right?"
"Yes."
"And we have potatoes, and chocolate chunks, right?"
"Ryou! Not again!"
"What?" Seto looked up from scrubbing a pan.
"Steak with mashed potatoes and chocolate cake," Ryou and Yami said in unison. "Ryou, we had that last week! And the week before!" Yami said in distress. (The store did not, after all, have an unlimited supply of hanger steak.)
"I think it's a good idea," Bakura said, poking his head in. "My bunny wants some more of that steak."
The three of them turned to look at Bakura in shock. Bakura looked at them curiously, not knowing what was wrong.
"Aren't bunnies supposed to be vegetarians?" Seto asked finally.
"Uh," Seto and Yami said simultaneously.
"We were just leaving," Seto said weakly.
"Splendid," Bakura said nastily. He raised a small black object in his hand. Yami realized that it was some kind of remote control. With one button, Bakura turned off the flashing red lights; another turned on normal, yellow room light (although Yami couldn't see where it was coming from). A third button raised the thick, net-like cobwebs that had trapped Yami and Seto. Seto, naturally, made a break for the door, despite the fact that Bakura stood in front of it.
A small white object leaped from the closet and attached itself to Seto's leg. Seto yelped in pain and hopped around on one foot while trying to destroy the white . rabbit.
"Come here, Foo-Foo," Bakura said. The little bunny bounced over to Bakura, a picture of sweetness. Bakura picked it up and snuggled it. The bunny bared bloody fangs at Seto.
"That thing's a danger to society," Seto muttered, limping.
Bakura smirked. "Explanations, please."
"We, um, wanted to see if you were messing up your room," Yami said. It sounded stupid even as he said it.
"I see," Bakura said, smiling in an extremely sadistic way. "And do you think I am?"
"Well, uh, yeah," Seto said nervously. "I mean, you did put rolling tracks in the ceiling, and all that."
Bakura was still smiling. It reminded Yami of a wolf's smile right before the wolf bites.
"I have an idea," Bakura said with an evil grin.
*
"I can't believe he's making us repair his room!" Seto said in anger as he balanced precariously on a stepladder, gluing wood over the tracks in the ceiling.
"I don't think that's very permanent," Yami said critically. He was putting carpet down on the floor in tiles. (Carpet tiles are like 8 inches square, and they have paper on the back that you peel off. Then you just stick the tile on the floor.)
"Who cares?" Seto asked. He was interrupted by Bakura entering, preceded by the bunny. Its claws squeaked on the uncovered wood floor. The shrieking sound made Seto jump and fall backward off the ladder, knocking over a pile of tiles. His foot flew out and hit the ladder, which fell on top of him.
Bakura leaned against the door, laughing. Seto gave him a death glare and stood up, gathering the remains of his tattered dignity.
Bakura laughed harder. Then he opened the closet, revealing a television. He checked the tape in it, and then hit the "play" button. Seto watched in growing chagrin as the television replayed Seto's embarrassing fall moments earlier.
Yami grinned, putting another tile on the floor. He then managed to accidentally stick Bakura's foot onto the floor by sticking a corner of the tile to Bakura's boot. Bakura, naturally, had his foot stuck, since those tiles were very sticky. Shrieking curses at Yami in Egyptian (Ryou bolted) Bakura had his rabbit chew through the tile. Unfortunately, the tatter of tile still stuck to Bakura's boot.
"Did your camera get that, too?" Seto asked. Ryou reappeared at the door, tapping Bakura on the shoulder before he could kill Seto. "Yes, Ryou?" Bakura said in a nice tone as he turned around. It is always wise to stay on the good side of one capable of puppy eyes.
"Will you come make me brownies?"
"Why in Ra's name would I make you brownies?"
"You promised," Ryou said, unleashing the full power of puppy eyes.
Bakura glared, but his heart simply wasn't in it. "All right," he gave in.
"Thank you, Baku-Chan!" Ryou said, bouncing up and down and huggling Foo-Foo.
"You two," Bakura said, once more assuming his evil expression and turning to Yami and Seto, "come along. You can wash dishes."
Several minutes later, Ryou was ensconced in a kitchen chair eating ice cream while he waited for the brownies to finish baking. They actually looked pretty good, probably because at Bakura's incompetence at cooking Ryou had decided to let Yami cook. Poor Seto was still washing dishes.
"Yami," Ryou said, bouncing up and down in his chair happily.
"Yes?" Yami asked, professionally pulling a pan of brownies out of the stove and checking it with a toothpick. Looking at the globs of chocolate on the toothpick, Yami shook his head and put the brownies back in the oven.
"What's for dinner?" Ryou asked through a mouthful of Phish Food.
"I dunno, what do you think?" Yami poured some M&Ms on top of the chocolate chip brownies.
"Well, we have that steak you froze, right?"
"Yes."
"And we have potatoes, and chocolate chunks, right?"
"Ryou! Not again!"
"What?" Seto looked up from scrubbing a pan.
"Steak with mashed potatoes and chocolate cake," Ryou and Yami said in unison. "Ryou, we had that last week! And the week before!" Yami said in distress. (The store did not, after all, have an unlimited supply of hanger steak.)
"I think it's a good idea," Bakura said, poking his head in. "My bunny wants some more of that steak."
The three of them turned to look at Bakura in shock. Bakura looked at them curiously, not knowing what was wrong.
"Aren't bunnies supposed to be vegetarians?" Seto asked finally.