Chapter 2:

"What?" Yugi shook his head with disbelief. "Why. How. What makes you think that?"

Ryou looked at a falling leaf. "You aren't alone on this Yugi. Bakura is cheating on me too."

"Ryou where are you getting these ideas?"

"I heard them."

"Heard who?"

"Yami and Bakura... They were... and I heard them... and Oh the mental pictures I got!!"

"You mean to tell me that Yami, my Yami, is cheating on me with your Bakura?"

"Yes. Its true."

Yugi burst out with laughter. "you aren't serious!"

Ryou growled angrily. "I am! If you don't believe me then come on!" Ryou began to walk away.

"Wait!" The small boy caught up with him. "Where are we going?"

"My house. They were doing it in the kitchen when I came to find you."

"Whatever you say. I think you have finally lost it."

~*~*~*~*~*

"Howdy!" Earl, Billy, Joey, and even Seto exchanged in greetings and hugs.

Earl ran inside a nearby gas station, and appeared a bit later looking much relieved.

"Alrighty then, lets go and put our luggage down somewhere!" Earl bellowed a little too loudly while standing next to Seto. The brunette rubbed his ears while they continued towards the house.

Billy and Earl gathered their luggage which on close examination turned out to be grocery bags full of clothes, and an ice chest full of who knows what.

The small group continued the way to the mansion on foot because it was a really short distance, and Seto didn't fill like hearing about how Earl felt on limos.

"Whoa Set, what did ya let them build that hotel on your property for?" Billy cocked his shaggy mop to one side.

"That would be because it isn't a hotel, that is my house."

Earl whistled, and Joey tried to hurry everyone inside.

A butler opened the door, and servants quickly took the luggage to a couple of the vacant rooms, while Joey led the way threw a maze of hallways and rooms to his favorite living room. Mokaba was already in there waiting.

"Hi!" He bounded over to the newcomers.

"Well, howdy there ya little varmit." Earl shook the small boy's hand so hard his whole body was beginning to flap around.

Billy wiped his hands on his overalls before also shaking the boy's hand, but much softer than his father.

Billy and Earl got a small tour after a few drinks in the living room. They pretty much stood back in awe of everything around them. Once their rooms where reached the two decided to stay there a moment to adjust.

Joey and Seto retreated back to the brunettes room to relax a moment. Things were just starting

~*~*~*

"This way!"

"No! It's this way!"

"It is not!"

"It is too!" "Is not!"

"Is too!"

"Isnot!!"

"Istoo"

"Snot!"

"Stew!"

People walked in a giant circled around the two angry boys. All they had been trying to do was find where Bakura lived, but they had gotten lost. Marik blamed Malik and vicey versy.

"What are you two yelling about?"

"STAY OUT OF THIS RYOU!" The two arguing Egyptains screamed.

"Wait! Ryou? Malik turned back around. "Ryou! You can help!"

Ryou looked vaguely annoyed. "Oh? How so?"

"We are looking for your house."

"Okay then, follow us and you can explain on the way."

Ryou continued walking, and Malik saw an extermly tired looking Yugi following him.

"We were just going to see your yami." Marik jogged to catch up with the three hikaris.

"Oh okay, just make sure you murder him slowly and painfully."

Yugi started to shake his head, while the other two shared confused glances.

"Wwwhhhhyyyyy?"

"None of your business." Ryou shot. "We are here. Who wants to go in first?"

"Ryou! You honestly can't think they are in there doing that!" Yugi spoke for the first time since they had met the others.

"I do! Now who wants to go in first?" The white haired boy sounded like he was going to lose his temper.

"Fine! I know they aren't so I will go!" Yugi stormed up to the house and banged on the door.

"Coming!" Was heard from the inside.

Bakura answered the door looking slightly ruffled up. "Hello Yugi! Come in, come in!" He pulled the boy into the house, then saw the others. "Come on!"

Yami appeared behind him. "It's rude to wait in door ways! Ida says so."

Ryou rolled his eyes at them, and grabbed the two stunned Egyptians pulling them inside.

~*~*

"AAAAHHHH!!"

Seto shot up from his comfortable position as he heard the scream. He recognized it as one of his younger maids.

The brunette quickly rushed out the door with Joey on his heels trying to determine where the source of the sound was.

"Please calm down Ma'am. It isn't real and it can't bite you. I shot it years ago, honestly!"

Earl's pleadings got the lady to shut up, and she ran out the door and down the stairs.

"What's going on here?" Seto demanded once he entered the room.

"The lady was trying to help me unpack and she came across this." Earl held out a stuffed jack-o-lope. "I guess she thought it was real." He turned the animal so that they were head to head. "Imagine that Skippy. She thought you were alive."

The CEO backed out of the room. "I am going to find the maid and calm her down. Joey why don't you help him finish unpacking?"

Seto followed the maid's path out the door but the noises coming from the next room made him stop a moment.

"Look I can take care of that! Hey stop that! Please lady! That's my stuff! A man's stuff is private!!"

Seto peeked inside the room to see Billy chasing around the maid, trying to make her stop unpacking his things. He grinned as he realized the lady could only speak Spanish, and all of Billy's pleas were falling on deaf ears.

~*~*

Marik looked practically unnerved. The other two yamis were fluttering about the house cleaning, cooking, and trying to show off their hosting skills. Malik and Yugi were eating all the sweets and treats brought out, while Ryou poked everything like it might be a bomb or was poisoned.

"Hey Marik come here a moment!" Bakura called from the kitchen.

"Uhh..." The dark was quite unsure of what to do. Normally when he got bored he had a knife fight in the kitchen with the white haired yami, but today wasn't very normal so far. "I am leaving, bye!" And with that the yami ran out the door and disappeared around the corner.

"Lucky Bastard." Ryou growled as he watched Marik run. Yugi rolled his eyes, while Malik stared confused.

Yami and Bakura had disappeared back into the kitchen. Suddenly a few strange noises started to come from the room.

The three Hikaris went to the door separating the kitchen from the hallway.

"Hurry, clean that up!" The voices were whispered and rushed. "No!" A small sound was emitted. A moan? "Don't. Do. That." The words were gasped out.

"Oh my gosh!" Malik whispered. "What are they doing?"

"They are cheating on us! See Yugi I told you!!" Ryou began poking at the other boy.

"Ow Ryou stop! They are not! I am going in there to prove it!" Yugi started towards the door.

"No Yugi! I can't let your innocence be corrupted!" Ryou yanked the boy away from the door, while the other two hikaris rolled their eyes. "Malik you go!"

"What? Why me?"

"Because I said so!" Ryou growled. "Now go!" He pushed the boy through the door.

"NO!! My innocent eyes!" Malik cried. He covered his eyes as he was pushed through the door, tripped, and landed in something wet. "AHH!! Its white!"

The door slammed shut right behind the Egyptian before the other two hikaris could even see inside.

Silence followed.

"Ryou?" Yugi asked timidly.

"Yes?"

"What do we do now?"

"I don't know Yugi. I just don't know." Ryou bowed his head in shame. "I know!" He suddenly cried making the other boy fly backwards in astonishment. "Come on!"

The white haired boy dragged the tri-colored hair boy out the door and around the corner.

~*~*

"Malik? What are you doing here?"

TBC

I have to mention Jack-o-lopes at this point. I love the things, and I used to think they were real, and I used to be scared to death of them. In case you don't know what they are because you are some sort of extermly sheltered child, they are rabbits (jackrabbits) with antlers (horns). Please review!