Disclaimer: Do I have to?
Yami: Yes, last thing I need is you to own me! Just look at what you did to poor Bakura! For crying out loud a fried frog!
Author: But I don't want to say it!!! *starts crying*
Yami: Well you have to!
Author: Fine! But you will pay...muahahahahahahahaha..oh yeah, I don't own Yu-gi-oh!!!
Yami: *sighs in relief* Wait...
A/N: Wow, I can't believe how long it took me to get this written. I blame it on school and driver's ed. They're EVIL I say..EVIL. Please forgive me for taking a millennium to get this up, SORRY, LO SIENTO, GOMEN!!!!! *sigh* I can only wonder how long it'll take me to finish this fic..i'm a failier *cries*, okay not really but w/e. I'll let ya'll alone. Oh, I always give a big thanx out to my beta wildwolf ^_^. HA, u didn't bring Yugi on the last day of school like u said.anyways...
Chapter 5 - Hello Cactie
It was a night from hell! Every hour on the hour, I was awakened by one of the loudest snore's I had ever heard; I could only imagine how Seto's night was. Why did he have to start snoring now, when I just so happen to need all the rest I am able to get?
After a while of lying on the floor awake I noticed that Yami's snores were quieting down. I closed my eyes fast and fell back to sleep, finally some luck here. After about an hour of wonderful sleep I heard Seto moving around a lot. He was tossing and turning all while his arms and hands were flailing around. I didn't think much of it so I closed my eyes and when I did I heard something fall. My breath was knocked out of me and that was when I noticed what had fallen. It was Seto and he was lying right on top of me. I decided not to tell him to get off of me because his body kind of blocked out the sounds of Yami's snores and it acted as an extra blanket for me, a bath towel doesn't make for a good blanket. Hours went by and I slept like an angel.
"What is this?" I heard Yami yell.
I opened my eyes and saw Yami staring down at me plus the sleeping boy on top of me. "Hey Seto. Seto." He opened his eyes. When he looked down and saw me beneath him he screamed, "AHHHHHHHHH"
I did all I could and screamed too, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
"Hey! Is this a screaming contest?" Yami asked, "Well, let me join in the fun. AHHHHHHHHHH!"
We were all screaming like idiots. When we realized how stupid we sounded we stopped and looked at each other. Yami muttered some words that sounded like, "I won."
"Hey guys, we have to leave now so that we can go stop somewhere and get some necessary items."
"Yeah! Damn Seto, your breath smells like shit! Wow, you need a toothbrush and some of that new toothpaste with mouthwash in it. not to mention some Tic-tacs or Certs" Yami said.
"Aren't you just so kind Yami?" Seto asked him.
"I hate to say it but he is right. Your breath stinks!" I told Seto
"And yours does not?"
"At least mine isn't that noticeable."
"Ha, ha, ha. Now lets go!"
"Fine!" Yami and I shouted.
We headed out the door. Seto went to the lobby and I decided to follow him. There was one question I had to ask him. Yami walked over to the car and leaned against it, in yet another attempt to look cool. Seto went into the lobby and I followed. I just had to know. When he was done checking out and out the lobby doors I asked him,
"Seto, by any chance. did you mention something about teddy weddy last night?" He looked at me strange. "Just asking."
"How do you know about teddy weddy! I said nothing; there is no teddy weddy. What are you talking about? I'm thirsty."
"But last night, I can recall you saying 'I WUV you teddy weddy!' do you remember, or were you just dead asleep and blurting out random phrases that pertained to your dream?"
The look he gave was pure shock and panic. He grabbed me and whispered in my ear: "Say nothing to anyone about teddy weddy. Okay?"
I shook my head. I never knew that he was so touchy when it came to teddy weddy. Seto and I walked to the car and got in.
"So Seto, we going to get some needed items.like your breath freshener." Yami said.
"Yeah, and by the looks of it, we are going to go to Wal-Mart." Seto looked at the shopping center across from the hotel. "It's the closest to us." He started the car and of we were to Wal-Mart.
In the blink of an eye we were there; that's how close we were to the Wal- Mart. Seto's quest was on to find the "dream spot" (the parking space closest to the store), and for some reason the place was really crowded. Seto ended up parking in the spot farthest from the store; serves him right for trying to get a spot so close to the damn store, he almost ran over an old lady trying to get a good spot, and besides, he needs the exercise.
"So exactly what are we going to buy, Seto?"
"Personal items. toothbrush," he paused and smelled his breath, "strong mouthwash, some clothes to change into, ect."
"Oh." As I walked I only thought of one thing: Did the store have to be so far away? Nonetheless, I walked. Yami was hanging back trying to look so "cool," it was actually quite a pathetic sight, not to be rude or anything, but it really was, not to mention he had this demonic looking crow following him. Stupid crow has to look so creepy; because of it I picked up my pace. I didn't want to get killed by a crow! Wait, do crows have a history of murder? Whatever the answer is, this one must have. I looked at it and ran to the Wal-Mart. Yami and Seto wondered what was wrong and decided to run after me. As I got into the store, Seto yelled my name.
"Bakura! What was that for?"
"Ah." I looked around, just to make sure the crow wasn't around. "Nothing. It was just one of those spurts of energy."
"Energy! I'm tired as hell and you are having sudden spurts of energy! Where does all the energy come from?" he yelled. I swear if I didn't know him, I would have thought he was insane, but he does bring up a great point: where does all the energy come from? Yami walked up to Seto and I.
"Hey guys, how about we meet at register eighteen when we are done getting what we need?" Yami suggested.
"Sure," Seto replied, "but under one condition."
"And may the be?"
"We have to all be there in one hour; I prefer that we all get there in half an hour but if you must, be back here no later than one hour."
"Fine." Yami and I said.
We each grabbed our own shopping cart and went off on our own ways. I did see Seto go immediately to where the dental supplies were and I did see Yami go to the clothing department; I guess that he got sick of wearing the same clothes. Now, what do I need? I smelled my clothes and I caught a whiff of my hair. Okay, I thought that I was going to vomit after smelling that. So. I need clothes and shampoo. oh, and a toothbrush and all those other things. I headed over to the shampoo isle, but made a few stops to get some other items. As I walked into the shampoo isle guess who I saw. come on. GUESS! Fine, I saw Seto looking at all kinds of shampoo. I immediately saw the shampoo I use and put it into my cart but when I saw the shampoo Seto put in his cart I just wanted to die laughing.
"Seto!" I called out. He looked around and pretended that he didn't hear me. I walked up to him and looked into his cart. "Johnson Baby Shampoo?" I questioned. "So you really are a baby! Look at this. no more tears, now Seto-Wetto won't start crying when it gets in his wittle precious eyes." He started to blush and I started to laugh. Yami walked by me and grabbed a bottle of the same baby shampoo. I stop laughing and started wondering, does that stuff really work well on hair? Seto looked at me oddly and left. As soon as he turned the corner I grabbed the bottle of baby shampoo. The stuff sounded amazing! Before putting it in my cart I looked around to make sure no one was staring and when I saw that it was clear I threw it into the cart and speed off. I walked around and got the last of the supplies I needed.
As I got to our designated meeting place, I checked the clock on the wall and found out that I was almost half an hour late. Seto is going to kill me, that is unless I use some blackmail! Oh teddy-weddy. As I approached the meeting spot, Seto came up to me and whispered in my ear:
"You're late, you know that, right?"
I whispered back to him "Have you forgotten about teddy-weddy?" He got pissed. I think I shouldn't have said that but what's done is done. "Fine, you win. Get in line." He beckoned Yami to get behind me in the line and then he got behind him.
It worked! Good ol' blackmail. muahahahaha.
I began to place my items on the counter so they could be checked out. When I got to the baby shampoo I panicked and hid it under some boxers, at least the boxers didn't have a big yellow smiley. The old lady that was checking me out looked up and gave me an evil glare. Why me? Why must I be the one that old ladies dislike? My total came up to be one hundred five dollars. Seto came over and paid; I'm impressed that he didn't leave his wallet in the car that we had to abandon.
Yami was next to check out and the old lady gave him a nice, warming smile. Who should I damn, me or him? I'll just damn him. it's so much easier. Damn you Yami. I got even madder when I saw that his total came up to eighty- eight dollars. Seto gave me an evil stare. Someone somewhere must hate me.
After Seto paid for Yami's stuff he began to give the checker his items, once again the old lady gave a nice and warming smile. Damn that old lady. or should I damn myself, more specifically my luck. The checker rang up Seto's total and it came out to be ninety-two dollars. Damn luck of mine. Seto signed the receipt and gave me a very cold look.
"So," he whispered to me, "why is it that Yami and my total were way less than yours?"
"I don't know?"
"What do you know?"
"That you breath still smells disgusting! Kinda like shit and and a water treatment plant put together."
"Your mind comes out with the weirdest things."
"I know."
"Okay, enough wasting time, we got to be off."
We each brought our own carts to the car. We walked and walked, damn car just has to be so far. I still say that it serves Seto right and I still say that he needs the exercise.
We got to the car and loaded up the trunk. As Yami put the last of his bags in the trunk, and turned toward Seto. "Hey Seto, how about stopping somewhere for some breakfast?"
"I like your thinking." He glared at me. "How come you can't be as smart as Yami? I don't think that you could come up with an idea like that in a million years."
"I could come up with an idea like that," I said.
"Oh really, then how come you didn't come up with that idea just now?"
"I wasn't thinking!"
"When do you think?"
"I don't know."
"What do you know?"
"That your breath STILL stinks and that you are beginning to gain some weight in the hip and upper thigh area." Seto looked at me in shock. His mouth was wide open and he gave me that "How did you know that?" look.
"Fine, you've proven yourself."
We got into the car and we were off, off to find a decent place to have breakfast. I could sure go for some eggs and coffee, preferably Starbucks coffee. Seto dove out of the Wal-mart parking lot and onto the road that ran in front of it. He drove for a while and right before the entrance to the interstate was a tiny little restaurant called Ellen's. Seto drove into its tiny parking lot and decided to double park. Shame on you Seto! Are you just that lazy? You can't even park the car properly. My stomach growled loudly. We got out of the car and almost literally ran into the restaurant.
We were greeted by this a friendly looking old lady. She gave Yami a smile, she gave Seto a smile, and when it came to me her smile turned upside-down. Damn me and my cursed luck, especially with old ladies. The old lady lead us to a table a handed us each a menu.
"What would ya'll fellows like to drink?" she asked us. We all looked at each other.
"I'll have coffee." Seto said.
"I'll have the same." Yami said.
"And I'll also have the same." I said.
She gave us a weird look and asked us if we like a particular brand or type of coffee.
Seto asked, "Do ya'll have Starbucks already ground coffee?"
"Sure we do, honey. So that would be three Starbucks coffees to drink?"
"Yes."
"Very well. I'll be back with your drinks and to take y'all's orders." She left and I picked up the menu. It all looked so good, but I wonder if they have some eggs. I skimmed through the menu and there it was, eggs. I knew what I wanted but I couldn't help but wonder what the other two were going to have.
"So what are y'all going to have?" I asked.
"I'm having waffles," Yami said, "it's been so long since I have had them, last time I tried to make them I wanted to see if the waffle maker was hot enough so I put my hand in it and the lid fell. well, you get the picture."
"Ouch! What about you Seto, what are you having?"
"I'm having some eggs."
"Same here" I said. The waitress came back with nice hot cups of coffee. I grabbed my cup and took a big gulp. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! Hot, Hot, Hot, VERY HOT!!!!"
"I guess I forgot to mention that it is very hot, sir." she grinned at me. I bet she didn't tell me because she wanted to see me burn my tongue and suffer. If that was her wish, it sure as hell has been granted. "May I take your orders, or would y'all like a few more minutes?"
"We'll order." said Seto.
"And what'll it be?"
"He and I want the eggs."
"How would y'all like 'em?"
"Scrambled, dry. You, Bakura?"
"I would like my just plain scrambled."
"Very well, and for you, sir?"
"Waffles."
"Okay, your orders will be out momentarily." the old lady left. Damn that old lady. She so reminds me of this one evil old lady at Garden Ridge. All I did was place some flowers in the wrong place and this old lady comes out of practically nowhere and yells at me. From then on my luck has gone downhill, at least with old ladies, not even my grandma likes me anymore. Then again, I think that it was because I feed her damn parrot a paperclip. How was I to know that a parrot could not eat a paper clip? I was only sixteen! After Polly's death she never did like me. Wait, it also could be the time I was feeing her fresh water fish and accidentally put salt in the water instead of their food. It's not my fault both containers looked so alike! Enough of this memory lane stuff, next thing you know I'll go into the stories of when my dad tried to potty train me and I.
SLAP!
NO! I shouldn't even think of it. Memories evil! My little trip down memory lane took longer than I would have ever thought. The waitress came and brought the wonderful food. I could almost feel my stomach begin to devour itself. We all thanked the "kind" old lady and dug in. It was all so good. Seto looked like a pig and Yami looked like a hyena, I never knew he liked waffles so much and not to mention he wouldn't stop drinking coffee. Our food was gone in a matter of minutes. Seto paid and we left. I can only wonder where we are going now. As we got in the car, Seto asked us a question.
"Hey guys, how about we take a little detour up north?"
"Where do you want to go, Seto?" I said flatly.
"Death Valley."
"Any particular reason you want to go to a damn desert?"
"I have always wanted to." He smiled. Wow, a smile, a rare moment in the life of Seto Kaiba.
I sighed. "I'm fine with that. What about you, Yami?"
"Fine with me, I've always wanted to see a real desert."
"Then it's settled." Seto said. "We're going to Death Valley!" Seto peeled out of the parking lot and speed down the road. I can only wonder if he knows where he is going, not even I know where we are going and I'm the Map Master. What I do know is that our final destination is Death Valley. Fun, fun, fun, I'm going to see cacti and dying rodents in the blistering heat. Fun, fun, fun. When are we going to get to Disney World? When? I looked at Seto and then at Yami. Yami seemed to be having fun. He was sitting on the backseat staring deep into space.
"Hey Seto, how about we turn on the radio?"
"Be my guest BUT don't break the knob off this time, okay?"
"Okay." I turned the knob and the radio turned on.
"I am Pegasus yo, yo, yo. Call me the J. Crawford Yeah man. I am Pegasus yo, yo, yo-"
All of our eyes widened. OH MY GOD! I think I'm going deaf. It was Pegasus and to make things worse he was rapping, or at least trying to rap. When the song was over, thank God, the radio jock said that it was one of Pegasus's newest song; "I am Pegasus Remix". Creepy. Before the next Pegasus song came on Seto turned of the radio.
"Makes me glad that you broke the radio in the other car. really glad." I turned around and took a look at Yami. He was in the process of staring into space while attempting to strangle himself. Seto drove on. I got bored and since we had about an hour before we would get there I took out my puzzle book and pink, sparkly gel pen. Okay, three across. ....................
A while later we passed the Welcome to Death Valley sign. Wow, the place was just as I had pictured it. Cacti, dying rodents, and blistering heat. Seto stupidly turned off the air conditioning so that we could get the feel of the desert. It was so "interesting," I think I would have more fun staring at my rock collection for the next million years. I looked at Seto and saw that he was ecstatic; I never knew a desert could do something like this to a person. I looked at Yami and he was squirming around quite a bit, what was his problem?
"Hey, Yami, are you okay?" I asked.
He shook his head vigorously. "No."
"What's the problem?" He used hand gestures to tell me to come closer.
"I have to really have to go." I went wide-eyed. "I think I had a little to much coffee to drink."
"You think?"
"Okay, I know I have had too much to drink. I don't want to tell Seto."
"Then I will, okay?" He nodded. "Hey Seto, I have to go."
"Go where?" he asked.
"Go and take a nice, long piss. Oh, Yami is coming with me, I don't trust the desert."
"Okay, get out and go find a nice bush. I will sit here and admire the beauty of this lonely desert." Seto said. Yami and I got out of the car and went in search of the perfect bush.
"Yami, when you see where you want to go let me know so I can leave you in peace, okay?"
"Yeah." Yami looked around and the saw the perfect spot. "Hey Bakura, I'm gonna go over there okay?"
"Sure, I'll be over here then. Holler if a snake attempts to bite your ass." Yami went his way and I went my way.
Yami's POV (A/N: the first time I break away from Bakura's POV. OMG!) I walked over to what I thought was the perfect spot. As I relived myself of all the extra liquid in my body I looked around. Man this desert place is boring, and I thought that listening to Bakura talk about nonsense was unentertaining; I was wrong. I looked around some more and then I saw it. It was the new love of my life, hiding behind a bush in the near distance. She was beautiful and as soon I finished up with nature's call I ran to her.
"Yami, is everything okay?" Bakura called out to me.
"Yeah, I just don't trust this bush in front of me. It keeps giving me this evil glare."
"Okay, but you should hurry things up. It's getting way to hot out here. At least in the car the sun isn't constantly beating you on the back."
"Okay." I ran toward my new love. I'm coming! Please wait for me! When I got to her I marveled at her beauty. A lovely tone of green, tiny spikes protruding from its body. She was beautiful, a beautiful cactus.
(A/N: I'm so going to get flamed for this aren't I?)
I took off my shirt and used it as an aid to digging her up. After successfully digging her up I wrapped her in my shirt and headed back to where Bakura was.
Bakura's POV: Yami walked toward me. Why did he have no shirt on, and what the hell was he holding in his hands? Whatever it was looked bulky and was wrapped in his shirt.
"Bakura, tell Seto to open the trunk."
"Why?"
"Look." He revealed to me a cactus, now why would he have a cactus with him? Maybe, just maybe, he wanted to start growing cacti back home in Texas, but he could just go a buy a damn plant at home.
"May I just ask one question?" He nodded. "Why do you have a cactus?"
"No reason in particular."
"What, did you just like it or something?"
"I guess you could say that."
"Okay." I walk toward the car. Seto was still admiring the desert. How much could you really admire in this place? Sand? I guess you could admire each and every piece of sand; knowing him, he would. You have to remember that this is Seto we're talking about, the guy that named each and every one of his Cheerios before chomping down on them.
"Seto, could you open the trunk?" I yelled. He didn't hear me; he was too busy looking down at the sand. I walked over so I was right beside him. I didn't want it to come to this. I keeled down so my mouth was level with his ear.
"Oh SETO!" I yelled.
"What?"
"Open the trunk!"
"Fine!" He opened the trunk, and Yami ran for it. He threw the cactus in the trunk and grabbed a new shirt.
"So sorry, my love." He whispered. "What should I call you?" He thought and whispered to it. "Your name will be Cactie."
"Yami, if you don't want to stay in this desert forever, I recommend that you get in the car now."
"Fine!" He snapped and went into the car. I went around the car to close the trunk. He is so lazy, can't even close the trunk. I looked down and an arm of the damn cactus caught my eye's attention. "So you're Cactie. Hello Cactie. goodbye Cactie." I slammed the trunk shut and got in to the car.
"Seto, how about we get a move on?"
"Huh?" His attention was directed towards the sand once again. Damn sand, damn desert, damn vulture that just had to land on the hood of the car, damn evil glare it gave me. Don't vultures follow things that are about to die? Another one landed right next to my side of the car and another landed next to Seto. I guess they are just bored. Another vulture landed on the roof of the car. This isn't normal, is it?
"Seto, if you haven't noticed we are about to be ambushed by a bunch of vultures."
"Huh?" He said. I would have thought that he had learned his lesson to listen to me when I speak to him but I guess not. I once again moved my mouth next to his ear.
"SETO! LISTEN TO ME!"
"What!!!!!!!!!"
"How about we leave now? We can stop by the desert on the way back or something, okay?"
"Fine." Seto closed the driver's door and started the car. "I'm not going to turn the air conditioning until we are out of here."
"Fine, just go!" He speed off and accidentally hit a vulture that thought it was okay to stand in front of a car. I looked back and all the other vultures began to devour their fallen friend. Seto drove us back to where we were suppose to be, Interstate 5. I looked back every now and then to see exactly what Yami was doing. He was banging his head on the window, muttering stuff to himself and was playing tic-tac-toe in his mind. I wondered if I should ask him what he was doing but as I saw him hit his head in the glass again I decided that I better not.
"How much longer do you think it will take till we get to our next stop?" I asked.
"A few hours if traffic keeps up like this." Seto told me. We were basically stuck in what seemed to be stand still traffic. Let me see. I guess we moved about two millimeters every five minutes- do you consider that stand still traffic or slow moving traffic, emphasis on the word slow? We basically sat there for the next two hours; Seto was bored out of his mind while I had my puzzle book. Muahahahahahahahahaha, I wasn't bored and he was. Yami, on the other hand, kept banging his head on the window. Note to self: take Yami to physiologist.
Finally, the traffic began to move, but I still couldn't find a reason for the slow down. A few minutes later, I found out the stupid reason for the slow down. They had reduced the interstate to one lane because a squirrel that looks almost like the evil squirrel that stalks me, was hit. The people got the paramedics and everything for the damn squirrel, and I bet if I was ran over they would let me rot and die on the side of the road.
"All of this for a damn squirrel! What has this world come to?"
"I feel bad for the poor thing." Seto said.
"What? Did I here you correctly?"
"What if you were that squirrel? Would you like it if they just let you lay there and rot on the side of the road?"
I remained silent, if I answer I'll start this huge debate over nothing but if I stay silent for long he'll start it anyways. decisions, decisions.
"Hey Seto, can you tell Yami to stop banging his head on the window?"
Seto looked back and saw Yami constantly banging his head on the window. "Nah, I rather him stop by himself."
I glared.
"What, he's not bothering me."
I glared some more. "Well, he's bugging me! So," I growled.
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."
"Down boy."
I glared at him once more and then decided to go back to my wonderful little book of puzzles; the more I do the easier they seem to get. Like Seto said, it was a few hours before we got to our next stop.
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"So where are we Seto?" I asked.
"Oregon.Salem, Oregon." he replied.
"Any place to eat?" At those words Yami stopped banging his head at stared, the best he could, at Seto for his answer.
"What about over there?"
"Where?" I asked
"There"
"Where?"
"There"
"Where?"
"There! Over at Cracker Barrel."
"Oooohhhhh, there." I said.
"My God. How did you make it so far in life?" I just shrugged. "Anyways, is it okay if we eat over there?"
"Yeah." I said.
"Anywhere!" Yami yelled. Seto drove over to the Cracker Barrel he pointed out earlier and parked in the best spot, the dream spot. As I got out of the car I felt the draft. NO! I thought I fixed that problem!
Flash Back
We were right outside the restaurant's entrance (restaurant where I got the fried frog), when Seto told me to stand still. He asked Yami to stand beside him so he could fix a little problem with my outfit. Seto got some safety pins from who knows where and began to pin the back of my gown shut.
"You're lucky that I had some pins on me" Seto said to me.
"Yeah, I'm also lucky that I have Yami blocking the direct view of my ass from prying eyes. I really think that some old lady behind you is trying to check me out."
"Whatever you say, Bakura."
"Really! I see her out of the corner of my eye." I started to jerk away from Seto, so I could turn around and prove to him I was right. He held me tight in place.
"Whatever Bakura, and STOP moving unless you want a pin stuck in your ass, which, not to mention, will hurt quite a bit."
When he said that, I became as still as the clothes-less statue. As Seto finished my clothing. alterations, I guess you could call it, a little girl walked up to that statue. She stared at it intently, she didn't even blink. What crept me out was the fact that the statue was of a clothes-less guy and a big rock behind him. The little girl kept staring at the statue and then she yelled out to he parents: "Hey Mommy and Daddy, what's that weird looking thing on the guy?"
That was my cue to get out of the area; that was a curious little girl, and unusually curious little girls aren't a good thing.
"Guys, lets get out of here, that little girl is creeping me out."
End Flashback
"Hey Seto, can you open the trunk real fast?"
"Why?"
"So I can get a change of clothes. If you want, you and Yami can go in and get a table."
"Fine." Seto pressed the button on the side of his car door and the trunk flew open. Yami darted to the trunk, probably to say hello to Cactie, of all plant life out there he just had to go with one that had spikes.
"Come on Yami, you don't need anything out of the trunk." Seto grabbed Yami by the ear and dragged him inside, a priceless sight.
My attention now turned toward the trunk. Damn Yami's cactus! It was lying on top of all my brand new clothes. I stared down at the cactus and whispered, "Damn you, Cactie." Quickly yet carefully I moved Cactie to the side of the trunk using a shirt. Now to grab some real clothes. I picked up the first things I saw and jumped into the car. A lesson to all, never try to change clothes in the passenger's side of the car. I struggled and struggled but I did it, I got the damn clothes on! I'm so cool. As I got out of the car I hit my head on the roof and when I closed the door, I closed it on the bottom of my shirt. So maybe I'm not that cool, but that's beside the point. I yanked my shirt out from in between the car door and frame and casually walked into the restaurant. I walked over to where I say Seto and Yami sitting.
"Does your head hurt, Bakura?" Yami said with a smirk on his face.
"Did you rip your shirt when you yanked it from the car?" Seto asked maliciously. I just stared at both of them. What were they talking about. I'm not stupid enough to do such things.
"I saw you struggling to change your clothes. was it really that hard?" Yami said.
"It looked like you had gone to war with your new clothes" Seto added. I kept staring at them, then it clicked. Were they talking about.? I looked to the left of them and there was a big window and right outside of that window you could see the car. damn.
"Guys, do think I'm dumb enough to do all that stuff? That was my stunt double you saw. not me."
"Bakura, when I say this I say it as a friend, a very honest friend; you truly are stupider than you look." said Seto.
My mouth fell open at his words. "Gee, thank you."
"You're welcome."
"So, where are we?" Yami asked.
"Salem, Oregon." Seto said.
"Hey, isn't this the place were they hung all the witches and the place that held the Salem witch trials?"
"Seto, you were right, he is dumber than he looks." Yami said.
"Yeah. Bakura what you are speaking about is the Salem in Massachusetts."
"Oh, well, SORRY."
"You're forgiven." Seto said. I sighed. I sat down opposite of the evil ones. The waitress came by and asked us what we wanted to drink.
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"That went well." Seto said.
"Yep." Yami agreed. I sat in the passenger's seat with my head low. The only reason it when so well was because I was the target of insults. Oh well, at least I got rid of that nasty hospital-looking gown and I jacked up Seto's bill at the Cracker Barrel. We were on the road now and not to mention we were in the middle of nowhere. We passed a road sign that intrigued me. It said that in the next couple of exits there was a ghost town. A ghost town? A ghost town in Oregon?
"Hey Yami would you like to go to a ghost town?" Seto asked.
"Sure, it should be something to break away from the usual."
"What has been usual on this trip?" I asked.
"Everything" I rolled my eyes. whatever. If that was usual I hate to see what unusual is.
When the appropriate exit came, Seto took it and off we were to see a ghost town. I wonder if they are going to have people dressed up as cowboys or if it is just going to be an abandoned city out in the middle of nowhere. I guess we'll find out when we arrive. I really don't know why but Yami started to once again bang his head against the window, I bet he is doing it just for fun, but how is banging your head fun? Out of curiosity I started to bang my head against the window. Hey, this is kinda fun. painful but fun all at the same time. When we got there, Seto grabbed me by the back of my shirt and dragged me out through the driver's side of the car.
"Do we have to be here?" I complained.
"Of course we do." he said.
"Why?"
"Because, I say so and it might be fun." I rolled my eyes. Fun that is what it is going to be. just a whole lot of fun. I looked down from Seto's face only to see Yami darting past us; he must really want to see a ghost town. Seto dragged me all the way to the entrance of the ghost town. Wow, you have to actually pay here, it is only fifty cents, but it is the concept of it all. Seto paid the measly seventy-five cents and we entered.
The town was decrepit. The roads were made of loose sand and the sidewalks, or what I thought to be sidewalks were made of thin wooden boards. The buildings looked haunted with rotting wooden panels and peeling paint. I walked close by Seto due to the fact that this place kinda scared me.
"Aw. is little Bakura scared of the old ghost town?" Yami said. I turned around and said, "As a matter of fact I am." I can tell by his facial expression that he was shocked.
We continued to walk and take in the sites. As we walked by the barbershop I saw an evil glint in Seto's eyes. He glared at me and then at my hair. I looked at him with that scares puppy look and attempted to run. He grabbed my shirt at looked into my eyes intently.
"Oh Bakura." I swallowed hard in fear of what he was about to say "Your hair looks as if it could use a nice trimming."
"I like it this length." I said.
"No you don't." I looked at him with fear. "And you know what?"
"What?" I asked regretfully.
"I'm gonna be nice a take you to that barber shop to get your hair cut."
I looked to my right at left to make sure everything was clear. When Seto let me go I ran as fast as I could, to bad I never really a good runner. I looked back and saw Seto and Yami looking strangely at me. What Seto did next came as a surprise to me. He stopped staring at me and started to chase me. WHY ME!? What did I ever go to him to deserve this?
Within a matter of seconds he caught me and walked me over to the barbershop. I resisted going in as much as I could but failed. When Seto, Yami and I got in I could not believe who I say getting a haircut. In the barber's chair sat one of Pegasus's Duelist Kingdom people, Kimo. He was sitting on the chair panicking due to the fact that the barber seemed to be insane. Kimo, with his usual pointy hairstyle, could be heard complaining.
"I'm going to cut ALL your hair off! Muahahahahaha!" the barber said.
"NO! I just want the sides trimmed."
"To bad, sonny." He turned on the razor. "You're gonna be as bald as my great granpapy was, hehehehehehehehehehehe." This barber really was insane. He raised the vibrating razor up high and swung it swiftly passed his hair. Oh dear, he just cut the point of Kimo's hair off.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Muahahahahahahahahahaha!" the barber laughed.
Within the next few seconds, and I mean seconds, Kimo's head looked like a shiny flesh colored bowling ball. When he saw his reflection he ran out of the shop, crying. The barber glared at me and said:
"You next sonny, hehehehehehe."
I looked strait into his creepy eyes and ran out of the place, Seto and Yami decided to run right behind me. I ran and ran until my legs could not go any more. We saw a little bar and decided to go in and sit for a while. Yami and Seto sat at the counter and I sat at a tiny table next to a stage with mechanical dancing women. At least I didn't have to get my hair cut, or should I say shaved off. Yami started to order some western liquor, since when does he drink? Seto did they same and was even "kind" enough to order me a drink. When the old bartender (who or what here isn't old?) served me my drink, I debated over what to do with it. To drink or not to drink that tis the question. I looked at Yami and Seto, they seemed to be enjoying it (they wear already on their 3rd glass), so I picked up my glass and took a small sip.
11 drinks later.....
"I'm Superman!" I yelled.
"How can you be when I am!?" Seto yelled.
"Both y'alls are lying cuz I am Superman!" Yami yelled while swinging his glass of liquor. I can believe I drank 11 glasses of whatever the hell that stuff was. Hmmmmm, I wonder what I would look like in that mechanical girl's dress. I ran up and took the clothes off the machine girl. I put it on sloppily and glomped Seto.
"Look at me look at me! I'm a woman dancer thing. Aren't I cute?" I started to dance to the Can Can. Seto and Yami looked at me in awe, maybe because I could kick so high or maybe it was because I was the best damn looking dancer on that stage. I danced and danced to the damn Can Can; speaking of which, this dress makes my can look big. After a while the drunken Seto and Yami had to pull me off the stage, before I started to sing my lungs out.
As they dragged me off the stage and passed the counter I grabbed a tall glass of whatever the hell I was drinking. Since the two drunks where busy dragging me they failed to notice my actions. When it came to getting through the door the two of them ran into the doorframe while I sat on the ground drinking my drink. Upon finishing it I fell to the ground unconscious.
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As I woke up I noticed I was in a moving vehicle with two figures whom I did not recognize. "Where am I and who might these people be?" The two figures looked at me with confusion.
"Don't worry, Yami." Said the one with the brown hair. "I know just the thing to get him back to his regular self."
The brown haired boy pulled onto a driveway and perpendicular parked the car. I was dragged out of the car and pulled into a small but cozy looking shop. The walls were decorated with pictures of coffee beans and coffee cops with abstract forms of steam being emitted. The spiky-haired one sat me down in a comfy armchair while the brown-haired one went to order something; that would be my guess at least. While sitting I looked around and to my left I saw a sigh that had the letters; StarBucks Coffee. I sounded out the word and then it clicked..StarBuck's Coffee! I looked over to the brown-haired boy. That's Seto! I looked to my right. You're Yami! And this is. HEAVEN, or wait, it's STARBUCK'S!
Yami looked at me as if I was insane. I looked back at him and stuck my tongue out then I looked down. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Why am I wearing a dress, a very tacky one at that? If I'm gonna wear a dress I should at least wear a tasteful one.
"Yami, why am I wearing a dress?" He shrugged at me. "That doesn't really help answer my question now, does it?"
"I guess not."
"So how about you give me a real answer?"
"Okay, here's my answer. You were drunk, I was drunk, and Seto was drunk. Does that help you at all?"
My eyes widened then as my mind processed the information Yami had just given me. The light bulb in my head when off and I responded to Yami, "Yes, it does." He looked at me strangely again and so I yet again responded in sticking my tongue out at him. The glare I received was almost as bad as a glare from Seto. I went back to looking around the cozy little building until I saw Seto walking toward the little sitting area where Yami and I were. In his hands he held a tray with three venti (large) drinks. When he got to us he passed them out and I looked at it inquisitively. It was a frozen drink, I could tell due to the fact that it was cold to the touch, with whip cream, chocolate and toasted coconut shavings. It looked delectable but I could help but wonder what it was.
"Hey Seto, what is this?" He looked at me, then the drink.
"It called a Mocha Coconut Frappuccino."
I took a sip of the cold, slushy drink. The flavor that remained in my mouth was intoxicating. I grabbed the venti cup, shoved the straw in my mouth and drank it in record time. Yami and Seto stared at me as I fell to the floor, body convulsing and mind freezing with a temperature below absolute zero.
"Good. so. very. good." I said while shivering on the floor. An employee walked from around the counter and stood above my head. She looked over toward Yami and Seto and asked if I was okay. They both looked at me and Seto, as "kind" as he is told the employee, "Ma'am, for him this is what we call normal." She looked at him for a while trying to fully comprehend the words spoken to her. With realization she smiled at Seto and when back to her appointed position. So it was her that puts the delectable whip cream on the decadent drink.
What seemed to be an hour to me was about fifteen minutes in reality. Yami and Seto decided to finish their drink slowly, to prevent a major brain freeze (unlike me). They walked over to the trashcan and stood. Seto threw the plastic cup away and started out the door, I followed him. Yami, on the other hand, stood beside the trashcan contemplating whether or not to throw away his cup. If my ears heard correct he was standing there, saying things like, "I bet Cactie would love to take a sip of this," or, "does Cactie really need coffee?"
I walked to the car and got in. Soon after Seto asked me why Yami wasn't here in the car. I had no clue how to answer his simple question. I couldn't just say he is contemplating whether or not he should give a cactus coffee; I had to come up with something believable. Without warning the I gave an answer to his question.
"He's not here because he is in the uh. bathroom. that's it. He's is in the bathroom, Seto." He looked at me as if I was lying, I feel insulted. wait, never mind. I was lying.
"Oh, okay then."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Okay," said Yami. We both looked at the backseat and saw Yami placidly sitting there. Seto turned around without a word and started the car. He got out of the parking space and peeled away. Was he ticked off or something? I personally think he is acting like it. He speed on the feeder road and speed a hell of a lot more on the entrance ramp to the interstate.
"So Seto, where are you taking us?"
"I don't know Ryou, or should I say, Map Master." I forgot about my map master duties. I scrounged around the passenger's side of the car in search of a map. Noooooo, I can't find it!
"Seto! Pull over!"
"No!" He said flatly.
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!" I leaned over, grabbed the steering wheel and jerked the car to the right. Just as I had expected Seto slammed on the brakes and the car came to a screeching halt. When the car stopped I jumped out and ran to the trunk. After pounding on it several times Seto decided to open the damn thing. As it opened, my hands rummaged through the mess in search of a map.
"OUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! DAAAAMMMMNNNNIIIITTTT!" My hand had just slammed itself into Yami's lover, Cactie. Despite the terrible (emphasis on terrible) pain my hand continued its search for a map. With my "wonderful" luck I found a map and ran back to the car.
"The Map Master is back!" I yelled.
"Great." Seto said sarcastically, "Now you can tell me were to go." At those words I bit my tongue in a desperate attempt to suppress the pain in my hand. Damn Cactie! Just had to have spiky things on it. I unfolded the map and began to look. Hmmmmm. we're here so I guess we need to go. straight.
"Seto, go straight!" I lowered my tone of voice and added, "the Map Master has spoken."
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2 LONG hours later...
"Hey guys" Seto said, "What is that up ahead?"
"It looks like another state border," Yami said.
"It looks like a security check of you ask me," I said.
"I can only wonder," said Seto.
And so they approached.....
A/N: I'm still so VERY VERY VERY VERY sorry for the late update. *cries* I'm trying so hard (doesn't look like it I know but I am) Anyways, I hope ya'll enjoyed. ((The BETA is also very sorry, cause it's partially her fault too.)) Ch. 6 is on the way.
Yami: Yes, last thing I need is you to own me! Just look at what you did to poor Bakura! For crying out loud a fried frog!
Author: But I don't want to say it!!! *starts crying*
Yami: Well you have to!
Author: Fine! But you will pay...muahahahahahahahaha..oh yeah, I don't own Yu-gi-oh!!!
Yami: *sighs in relief* Wait...
A/N: Wow, I can't believe how long it took me to get this written. I blame it on school and driver's ed. They're EVIL I say..EVIL. Please forgive me for taking a millennium to get this up, SORRY, LO SIENTO, GOMEN!!!!! *sigh* I can only wonder how long it'll take me to finish this fic..i'm a failier *cries*, okay not really but w/e. I'll let ya'll alone. Oh, I always give a big thanx out to my beta wildwolf ^_^. HA, u didn't bring Yugi on the last day of school like u said.anyways...
Chapter 5 - Hello Cactie
It was a night from hell! Every hour on the hour, I was awakened by one of the loudest snore's I had ever heard; I could only imagine how Seto's night was. Why did he have to start snoring now, when I just so happen to need all the rest I am able to get?
After a while of lying on the floor awake I noticed that Yami's snores were quieting down. I closed my eyes fast and fell back to sleep, finally some luck here. After about an hour of wonderful sleep I heard Seto moving around a lot. He was tossing and turning all while his arms and hands were flailing around. I didn't think much of it so I closed my eyes and when I did I heard something fall. My breath was knocked out of me and that was when I noticed what had fallen. It was Seto and he was lying right on top of me. I decided not to tell him to get off of me because his body kind of blocked out the sounds of Yami's snores and it acted as an extra blanket for me, a bath towel doesn't make for a good blanket. Hours went by and I slept like an angel.
"What is this?" I heard Yami yell.
I opened my eyes and saw Yami staring down at me plus the sleeping boy on top of me. "Hey Seto. Seto." He opened his eyes. When he looked down and saw me beneath him he screamed, "AHHHHHHHHH"
I did all I could and screamed too, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
"Hey! Is this a screaming contest?" Yami asked, "Well, let me join in the fun. AHHHHHHHHHH!"
We were all screaming like idiots. When we realized how stupid we sounded we stopped and looked at each other. Yami muttered some words that sounded like, "I won."
"Hey guys, we have to leave now so that we can go stop somewhere and get some necessary items."
"Yeah! Damn Seto, your breath smells like shit! Wow, you need a toothbrush and some of that new toothpaste with mouthwash in it. not to mention some Tic-tacs or Certs" Yami said.
"Aren't you just so kind Yami?" Seto asked him.
"I hate to say it but he is right. Your breath stinks!" I told Seto
"And yours does not?"
"At least mine isn't that noticeable."
"Ha, ha, ha. Now lets go!"
"Fine!" Yami and I shouted.
We headed out the door. Seto went to the lobby and I decided to follow him. There was one question I had to ask him. Yami walked over to the car and leaned against it, in yet another attempt to look cool. Seto went into the lobby and I followed. I just had to know. When he was done checking out and out the lobby doors I asked him,
"Seto, by any chance. did you mention something about teddy weddy last night?" He looked at me strange. "Just asking."
"How do you know about teddy weddy! I said nothing; there is no teddy weddy. What are you talking about? I'm thirsty."
"But last night, I can recall you saying 'I WUV you teddy weddy!' do you remember, or were you just dead asleep and blurting out random phrases that pertained to your dream?"
The look he gave was pure shock and panic. He grabbed me and whispered in my ear: "Say nothing to anyone about teddy weddy. Okay?"
I shook my head. I never knew that he was so touchy when it came to teddy weddy. Seto and I walked to the car and got in.
"So Seto, we going to get some needed items.like your breath freshener." Yami said.
"Yeah, and by the looks of it, we are going to go to Wal-Mart." Seto looked at the shopping center across from the hotel. "It's the closest to us." He started the car and of we were to Wal-Mart.
In the blink of an eye we were there; that's how close we were to the Wal- Mart. Seto's quest was on to find the "dream spot" (the parking space closest to the store), and for some reason the place was really crowded. Seto ended up parking in the spot farthest from the store; serves him right for trying to get a spot so close to the damn store, he almost ran over an old lady trying to get a good spot, and besides, he needs the exercise.
"So exactly what are we going to buy, Seto?"
"Personal items. toothbrush," he paused and smelled his breath, "strong mouthwash, some clothes to change into, ect."
"Oh." As I walked I only thought of one thing: Did the store have to be so far away? Nonetheless, I walked. Yami was hanging back trying to look so "cool," it was actually quite a pathetic sight, not to be rude or anything, but it really was, not to mention he had this demonic looking crow following him. Stupid crow has to look so creepy; because of it I picked up my pace. I didn't want to get killed by a crow! Wait, do crows have a history of murder? Whatever the answer is, this one must have. I looked at it and ran to the Wal-Mart. Yami and Seto wondered what was wrong and decided to run after me. As I got into the store, Seto yelled my name.
"Bakura! What was that for?"
"Ah." I looked around, just to make sure the crow wasn't around. "Nothing. It was just one of those spurts of energy."
"Energy! I'm tired as hell and you are having sudden spurts of energy! Where does all the energy come from?" he yelled. I swear if I didn't know him, I would have thought he was insane, but he does bring up a great point: where does all the energy come from? Yami walked up to Seto and I.
"Hey guys, how about we meet at register eighteen when we are done getting what we need?" Yami suggested.
"Sure," Seto replied, "but under one condition."
"And may the be?"
"We have to all be there in one hour; I prefer that we all get there in half an hour but if you must, be back here no later than one hour."
"Fine." Yami and I said.
We each grabbed our own shopping cart and went off on our own ways. I did see Seto go immediately to where the dental supplies were and I did see Yami go to the clothing department; I guess that he got sick of wearing the same clothes. Now, what do I need? I smelled my clothes and I caught a whiff of my hair. Okay, I thought that I was going to vomit after smelling that. So. I need clothes and shampoo. oh, and a toothbrush and all those other things. I headed over to the shampoo isle, but made a few stops to get some other items. As I walked into the shampoo isle guess who I saw. come on. GUESS! Fine, I saw Seto looking at all kinds of shampoo. I immediately saw the shampoo I use and put it into my cart but when I saw the shampoo Seto put in his cart I just wanted to die laughing.
"Seto!" I called out. He looked around and pretended that he didn't hear me. I walked up to him and looked into his cart. "Johnson Baby Shampoo?" I questioned. "So you really are a baby! Look at this. no more tears, now Seto-Wetto won't start crying when it gets in his wittle precious eyes." He started to blush and I started to laugh. Yami walked by me and grabbed a bottle of the same baby shampoo. I stop laughing and started wondering, does that stuff really work well on hair? Seto looked at me oddly and left. As soon as he turned the corner I grabbed the bottle of baby shampoo. The stuff sounded amazing! Before putting it in my cart I looked around to make sure no one was staring and when I saw that it was clear I threw it into the cart and speed off. I walked around and got the last of the supplies I needed.
As I got to our designated meeting place, I checked the clock on the wall and found out that I was almost half an hour late. Seto is going to kill me, that is unless I use some blackmail! Oh teddy-weddy. As I approached the meeting spot, Seto came up to me and whispered in my ear:
"You're late, you know that, right?"
I whispered back to him "Have you forgotten about teddy-weddy?" He got pissed. I think I shouldn't have said that but what's done is done. "Fine, you win. Get in line." He beckoned Yami to get behind me in the line and then he got behind him.
It worked! Good ol' blackmail. muahahahaha.
I began to place my items on the counter so they could be checked out. When I got to the baby shampoo I panicked and hid it under some boxers, at least the boxers didn't have a big yellow smiley. The old lady that was checking me out looked up and gave me an evil glare. Why me? Why must I be the one that old ladies dislike? My total came up to be one hundred five dollars. Seto came over and paid; I'm impressed that he didn't leave his wallet in the car that we had to abandon.
Yami was next to check out and the old lady gave him a nice, warming smile. Who should I damn, me or him? I'll just damn him. it's so much easier. Damn you Yami. I got even madder when I saw that his total came up to eighty- eight dollars. Seto gave me an evil stare. Someone somewhere must hate me.
After Seto paid for Yami's stuff he began to give the checker his items, once again the old lady gave a nice and warming smile. Damn that old lady. or should I damn myself, more specifically my luck. The checker rang up Seto's total and it came out to be ninety-two dollars. Damn luck of mine. Seto signed the receipt and gave me a very cold look.
"So," he whispered to me, "why is it that Yami and my total were way less than yours?"
"I don't know?"
"What do you know?"
"That you breath still smells disgusting! Kinda like shit and and a water treatment plant put together."
"Your mind comes out with the weirdest things."
"I know."
"Okay, enough wasting time, we got to be off."
We each brought our own carts to the car. We walked and walked, damn car just has to be so far. I still say that it serves Seto right and I still say that he needs the exercise.
We got to the car and loaded up the trunk. As Yami put the last of his bags in the trunk, and turned toward Seto. "Hey Seto, how about stopping somewhere for some breakfast?"
"I like your thinking." He glared at me. "How come you can't be as smart as Yami? I don't think that you could come up with an idea like that in a million years."
"I could come up with an idea like that," I said.
"Oh really, then how come you didn't come up with that idea just now?"
"I wasn't thinking!"
"When do you think?"
"I don't know."
"What do you know?"
"That your breath STILL stinks and that you are beginning to gain some weight in the hip and upper thigh area." Seto looked at me in shock. His mouth was wide open and he gave me that "How did you know that?" look.
"Fine, you've proven yourself."
We got into the car and we were off, off to find a decent place to have breakfast. I could sure go for some eggs and coffee, preferably Starbucks coffee. Seto dove out of the Wal-mart parking lot and onto the road that ran in front of it. He drove for a while and right before the entrance to the interstate was a tiny little restaurant called Ellen's. Seto drove into its tiny parking lot and decided to double park. Shame on you Seto! Are you just that lazy? You can't even park the car properly. My stomach growled loudly. We got out of the car and almost literally ran into the restaurant.
We were greeted by this a friendly looking old lady. She gave Yami a smile, she gave Seto a smile, and when it came to me her smile turned upside-down. Damn me and my cursed luck, especially with old ladies. The old lady lead us to a table a handed us each a menu.
"What would ya'll fellows like to drink?" she asked us. We all looked at each other.
"I'll have coffee." Seto said.
"I'll have the same." Yami said.
"And I'll also have the same." I said.
She gave us a weird look and asked us if we like a particular brand or type of coffee.
Seto asked, "Do ya'll have Starbucks already ground coffee?"
"Sure we do, honey. So that would be three Starbucks coffees to drink?"
"Yes."
"Very well. I'll be back with your drinks and to take y'all's orders." She left and I picked up the menu. It all looked so good, but I wonder if they have some eggs. I skimmed through the menu and there it was, eggs. I knew what I wanted but I couldn't help but wonder what the other two were going to have.
"So what are y'all going to have?" I asked.
"I'm having waffles," Yami said, "it's been so long since I have had them, last time I tried to make them I wanted to see if the waffle maker was hot enough so I put my hand in it and the lid fell. well, you get the picture."
"Ouch! What about you Seto, what are you having?"
"I'm having some eggs."
"Same here" I said. The waitress came back with nice hot cups of coffee. I grabbed my cup and took a big gulp. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! Hot, Hot, Hot, VERY HOT!!!!"
"I guess I forgot to mention that it is very hot, sir." she grinned at me. I bet she didn't tell me because she wanted to see me burn my tongue and suffer. If that was her wish, it sure as hell has been granted. "May I take your orders, or would y'all like a few more minutes?"
"We'll order." said Seto.
"And what'll it be?"
"He and I want the eggs."
"How would y'all like 'em?"
"Scrambled, dry. You, Bakura?"
"I would like my just plain scrambled."
"Very well, and for you, sir?"
"Waffles."
"Okay, your orders will be out momentarily." the old lady left. Damn that old lady. She so reminds me of this one evil old lady at Garden Ridge. All I did was place some flowers in the wrong place and this old lady comes out of practically nowhere and yells at me. From then on my luck has gone downhill, at least with old ladies, not even my grandma likes me anymore. Then again, I think that it was because I feed her damn parrot a paperclip. How was I to know that a parrot could not eat a paper clip? I was only sixteen! After Polly's death she never did like me. Wait, it also could be the time I was feeing her fresh water fish and accidentally put salt in the water instead of their food. It's not my fault both containers looked so alike! Enough of this memory lane stuff, next thing you know I'll go into the stories of when my dad tried to potty train me and I.
SLAP!
NO! I shouldn't even think of it. Memories evil! My little trip down memory lane took longer than I would have ever thought. The waitress came and brought the wonderful food. I could almost feel my stomach begin to devour itself. We all thanked the "kind" old lady and dug in. It was all so good. Seto looked like a pig and Yami looked like a hyena, I never knew he liked waffles so much and not to mention he wouldn't stop drinking coffee. Our food was gone in a matter of minutes. Seto paid and we left. I can only wonder where we are going now. As we got in the car, Seto asked us a question.
"Hey guys, how about we take a little detour up north?"
"Where do you want to go, Seto?" I said flatly.
"Death Valley."
"Any particular reason you want to go to a damn desert?"
"I have always wanted to." He smiled. Wow, a smile, a rare moment in the life of Seto Kaiba.
I sighed. "I'm fine with that. What about you, Yami?"
"Fine with me, I've always wanted to see a real desert."
"Then it's settled." Seto said. "We're going to Death Valley!" Seto peeled out of the parking lot and speed down the road. I can only wonder if he knows where he is going, not even I know where we are going and I'm the Map Master. What I do know is that our final destination is Death Valley. Fun, fun, fun, I'm going to see cacti and dying rodents in the blistering heat. Fun, fun, fun. When are we going to get to Disney World? When? I looked at Seto and then at Yami. Yami seemed to be having fun. He was sitting on the backseat staring deep into space.
"Hey Seto, how about we turn on the radio?"
"Be my guest BUT don't break the knob off this time, okay?"
"Okay." I turned the knob and the radio turned on.
"I am Pegasus yo, yo, yo. Call me the J. Crawford Yeah man. I am Pegasus yo, yo, yo-"
All of our eyes widened. OH MY GOD! I think I'm going deaf. It was Pegasus and to make things worse he was rapping, or at least trying to rap. When the song was over, thank God, the radio jock said that it was one of Pegasus's newest song; "I am Pegasus Remix". Creepy. Before the next Pegasus song came on Seto turned of the radio.
"Makes me glad that you broke the radio in the other car. really glad." I turned around and took a look at Yami. He was in the process of staring into space while attempting to strangle himself. Seto drove on. I got bored and since we had about an hour before we would get there I took out my puzzle book and pink, sparkly gel pen. Okay, three across. ....................
A while later we passed the Welcome to Death Valley sign. Wow, the place was just as I had pictured it. Cacti, dying rodents, and blistering heat. Seto stupidly turned off the air conditioning so that we could get the feel of the desert. It was so "interesting," I think I would have more fun staring at my rock collection for the next million years. I looked at Seto and saw that he was ecstatic; I never knew a desert could do something like this to a person. I looked at Yami and he was squirming around quite a bit, what was his problem?
"Hey, Yami, are you okay?" I asked.
He shook his head vigorously. "No."
"What's the problem?" He used hand gestures to tell me to come closer.
"I have to really have to go." I went wide-eyed. "I think I had a little to much coffee to drink."
"You think?"
"Okay, I know I have had too much to drink. I don't want to tell Seto."
"Then I will, okay?" He nodded. "Hey Seto, I have to go."
"Go where?" he asked.
"Go and take a nice, long piss. Oh, Yami is coming with me, I don't trust the desert."
"Okay, get out and go find a nice bush. I will sit here and admire the beauty of this lonely desert." Seto said. Yami and I got out of the car and went in search of the perfect bush.
"Yami, when you see where you want to go let me know so I can leave you in peace, okay?"
"Yeah." Yami looked around and the saw the perfect spot. "Hey Bakura, I'm gonna go over there okay?"
"Sure, I'll be over here then. Holler if a snake attempts to bite your ass." Yami went his way and I went my way.
Yami's POV (A/N: the first time I break away from Bakura's POV. OMG!) I walked over to what I thought was the perfect spot. As I relived myself of all the extra liquid in my body I looked around. Man this desert place is boring, and I thought that listening to Bakura talk about nonsense was unentertaining; I was wrong. I looked around some more and then I saw it. It was the new love of my life, hiding behind a bush in the near distance. She was beautiful and as soon I finished up with nature's call I ran to her.
"Yami, is everything okay?" Bakura called out to me.
"Yeah, I just don't trust this bush in front of me. It keeps giving me this evil glare."
"Okay, but you should hurry things up. It's getting way to hot out here. At least in the car the sun isn't constantly beating you on the back."
"Okay." I ran toward my new love. I'm coming! Please wait for me! When I got to her I marveled at her beauty. A lovely tone of green, tiny spikes protruding from its body. She was beautiful, a beautiful cactus.
(A/N: I'm so going to get flamed for this aren't I?)
I took off my shirt and used it as an aid to digging her up. After successfully digging her up I wrapped her in my shirt and headed back to where Bakura was.
Bakura's POV: Yami walked toward me. Why did he have no shirt on, and what the hell was he holding in his hands? Whatever it was looked bulky and was wrapped in his shirt.
"Bakura, tell Seto to open the trunk."
"Why?"
"Look." He revealed to me a cactus, now why would he have a cactus with him? Maybe, just maybe, he wanted to start growing cacti back home in Texas, but he could just go a buy a damn plant at home.
"May I just ask one question?" He nodded. "Why do you have a cactus?"
"No reason in particular."
"What, did you just like it or something?"
"I guess you could say that."
"Okay." I walk toward the car. Seto was still admiring the desert. How much could you really admire in this place? Sand? I guess you could admire each and every piece of sand; knowing him, he would. You have to remember that this is Seto we're talking about, the guy that named each and every one of his Cheerios before chomping down on them.
"Seto, could you open the trunk?" I yelled. He didn't hear me; he was too busy looking down at the sand. I walked over so I was right beside him. I didn't want it to come to this. I keeled down so my mouth was level with his ear.
"Oh SETO!" I yelled.
"What?"
"Open the trunk!"
"Fine!" He opened the trunk, and Yami ran for it. He threw the cactus in the trunk and grabbed a new shirt.
"So sorry, my love." He whispered. "What should I call you?" He thought and whispered to it. "Your name will be Cactie."
"Yami, if you don't want to stay in this desert forever, I recommend that you get in the car now."
"Fine!" He snapped and went into the car. I went around the car to close the trunk. He is so lazy, can't even close the trunk. I looked down and an arm of the damn cactus caught my eye's attention. "So you're Cactie. Hello Cactie. goodbye Cactie." I slammed the trunk shut and got in to the car.
"Seto, how about we get a move on?"
"Huh?" His attention was directed towards the sand once again. Damn sand, damn desert, damn vulture that just had to land on the hood of the car, damn evil glare it gave me. Don't vultures follow things that are about to die? Another one landed right next to my side of the car and another landed next to Seto. I guess they are just bored. Another vulture landed on the roof of the car. This isn't normal, is it?
"Seto, if you haven't noticed we are about to be ambushed by a bunch of vultures."
"Huh?" He said. I would have thought that he had learned his lesson to listen to me when I speak to him but I guess not. I once again moved my mouth next to his ear.
"SETO! LISTEN TO ME!"
"What!!!!!!!!!"
"How about we leave now? We can stop by the desert on the way back or something, okay?"
"Fine." Seto closed the driver's door and started the car. "I'm not going to turn the air conditioning until we are out of here."
"Fine, just go!" He speed off and accidentally hit a vulture that thought it was okay to stand in front of a car. I looked back and all the other vultures began to devour their fallen friend. Seto drove us back to where we were suppose to be, Interstate 5. I looked back every now and then to see exactly what Yami was doing. He was banging his head on the window, muttering stuff to himself and was playing tic-tac-toe in his mind. I wondered if I should ask him what he was doing but as I saw him hit his head in the glass again I decided that I better not.
"How much longer do you think it will take till we get to our next stop?" I asked.
"A few hours if traffic keeps up like this." Seto told me. We were basically stuck in what seemed to be stand still traffic. Let me see. I guess we moved about two millimeters every five minutes- do you consider that stand still traffic or slow moving traffic, emphasis on the word slow? We basically sat there for the next two hours; Seto was bored out of his mind while I had my puzzle book. Muahahahahahahahahaha, I wasn't bored and he was. Yami, on the other hand, kept banging his head on the window. Note to self: take Yami to physiologist.
Finally, the traffic began to move, but I still couldn't find a reason for the slow down. A few minutes later, I found out the stupid reason for the slow down. They had reduced the interstate to one lane because a squirrel that looks almost like the evil squirrel that stalks me, was hit. The people got the paramedics and everything for the damn squirrel, and I bet if I was ran over they would let me rot and die on the side of the road.
"All of this for a damn squirrel! What has this world come to?"
"I feel bad for the poor thing." Seto said.
"What? Did I here you correctly?"
"What if you were that squirrel? Would you like it if they just let you lay there and rot on the side of the road?"
I remained silent, if I answer I'll start this huge debate over nothing but if I stay silent for long he'll start it anyways. decisions, decisions.
"Hey Seto, can you tell Yami to stop banging his head on the window?"
Seto looked back and saw Yami constantly banging his head on the window. "Nah, I rather him stop by himself."
I glared.
"What, he's not bothering me."
I glared some more. "Well, he's bugging me! So," I growled.
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."
"Down boy."
I glared at him once more and then decided to go back to my wonderful little book of puzzles; the more I do the easier they seem to get. Like Seto said, it was a few hours before we got to our next stop.
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"So where are we Seto?" I asked.
"Oregon.Salem, Oregon." he replied.
"Any place to eat?" At those words Yami stopped banging his head at stared, the best he could, at Seto for his answer.
"What about over there?"
"Where?" I asked
"There"
"Where?"
"There"
"Where?"
"There! Over at Cracker Barrel."
"Oooohhhhh, there." I said.
"My God. How did you make it so far in life?" I just shrugged. "Anyways, is it okay if we eat over there?"
"Yeah." I said.
"Anywhere!" Yami yelled. Seto drove over to the Cracker Barrel he pointed out earlier and parked in the best spot, the dream spot. As I got out of the car I felt the draft. NO! I thought I fixed that problem!
Flash Back
We were right outside the restaurant's entrance (restaurant where I got the fried frog), when Seto told me to stand still. He asked Yami to stand beside him so he could fix a little problem with my outfit. Seto got some safety pins from who knows where and began to pin the back of my gown shut.
"You're lucky that I had some pins on me" Seto said to me.
"Yeah, I'm also lucky that I have Yami blocking the direct view of my ass from prying eyes. I really think that some old lady behind you is trying to check me out."
"Whatever you say, Bakura."
"Really! I see her out of the corner of my eye." I started to jerk away from Seto, so I could turn around and prove to him I was right. He held me tight in place.
"Whatever Bakura, and STOP moving unless you want a pin stuck in your ass, which, not to mention, will hurt quite a bit."
When he said that, I became as still as the clothes-less statue. As Seto finished my clothing. alterations, I guess you could call it, a little girl walked up to that statue. She stared at it intently, she didn't even blink. What crept me out was the fact that the statue was of a clothes-less guy and a big rock behind him. The little girl kept staring at the statue and then she yelled out to he parents: "Hey Mommy and Daddy, what's that weird looking thing on the guy?"
That was my cue to get out of the area; that was a curious little girl, and unusually curious little girls aren't a good thing.
"Guys, lets get out of here, that little girl is creeping me out."
End Flashback
"Hey Seto, can you open the trunk real fast?"
"Why?"
"So I can get a change of clothes. If you want, you and Yami can go in and get a table."
"Fine." Seto pressed the button on the side of his car door and the trunk flew open. Yami darted to the trunk, probably to say hello to Cactie, of all plant life out there he just had to go with one that had spikes.
"Come on Yami, you don't need anything out of the trunk." Seto grabbed Yami by the ear and dragged him inside, a priceless sight.
My attention now turned toward the trunk. Damn Yami's cactus! It was lying on top of all my brand new clothes. I stared down at the cactus and whispered, "Damn you, Cactie." Quickly yet carefully I moved Cactie to the side of the trunk using a shirt. Now to grab some real clothes. I picked up the first things I saw and jumped into the car. A lesson to all, never try to change clothes in the passenger's side of the car. I struggled and struggled but I did it, I got the damn clothes on! I'm so cool. As I got out of the car I hit my head on the roof and when I closed the door, I closed it on the bottom of my shirt. So maybe I'm not that cool, but that's beside the point. I yanked my shirt out from in between the car door and frame and casually walked into the restaurant. I walked over to where I say Seto and Yami sitting.
"Does your head hurt, Bakura?" Yami said with a smirk on his face.
"Did you rip your shirt when you yanked it from the car?" Seto asked maliciously. I just stared at both of them. What were they talking about. I'm not stupid enough to do such things.
"I saw you struggling to change your clothes. was it really that hard?" Yami said.
"It looked like you had gone to war with your new clothes" Seto added. I kept staring at them, then it clicked. Were they talking about.? I looked to the left of them and there was a big window and right outside of that window you could see the car. damn.
"Guys, do think I'm dumb enough to do all that stuff? That was my stunt double you saw. not me."
"Bakura, when I say this I say it as a friend, a very honest friend; you truly are stupider than you look." said Seto.
My mouth fell open at his words. "Gee, thank you."
"You're welcome."
"So, where are we?" Yami asked.
"Salem, Oregon." Seto said.
"Hey, isn't this the place were they hung all the witches and the place that held the Salem witch trials?"
"Seto, you were right, he is dumber than he looks." Yami said.
"Yeah. Bakura what you are speaking about is the Salem in Massachusetts."
"Oh, well, SORRY."
"You're forgiven." Seto said. I sighed. I sat down opposite of the evil ones. The waitress came by and asked us what we wanted to drink.
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"That went well." Seto said.
"Yep." Yami agreed. I sat in the passenger's seat with my head low. The only reason it when so well was because I was the target of insults. Oh well, at least I got rid of that nasty hospital-looking gown and I jacked up Seto's bill at the Cracker Barrel. We were on the road now and not to mention we were in the middle of nowhere. We passed a road sign that intrigued me. It said that in the next couple of exits there was a ghost town. A ghost town? A ghost town in Oregon?
"Hey Yami would you like to go to a ghost town?" Seto asked.
"Sure, it should be something to break away from the usual."
"What has been usual on this trip?" I asked.
"Everything" I rolled my eyes. whatever. If that was usual I hate to see what unusual is.
When the appropriate exit came, Seto took it and off we were to see a ghost town. I wonder if they are going to have people dressed up as cowboys or if it is just going to be an abandoned city out in the middle of nowhere. I guess we'll find out when we arrive. I really don't know why but Yami started to once again bang his head against the window, I bet he is doing it just for fun, but how is banging your head fun? Out of curiosity I started to bang my head against the window. Hey, this is kinda fun. painful but fun all at the same time. When we got there, Seto grabbed me by the back of my shirt and dragged me out through the driver's side of the car.
"Do we have to be here?" I complained.
"Of course we do." he said.
"Why?"
"Because, I say so and it might be fun." I rolled my eyes. Fun that is what it is going to be. just a whole lot of fun. I looked down from Seto's face only to see Yami darting past us; he must really want to see a ghost town. Seto dragged me all the way to the entrance of the ghost town. Wow, you have to actually pay here, it is only fifty cents, but it is the concept of it all. Seto paid the measly seventy-five cents and we entered.
The town was decrepit. The roads were made of loose sand and the sidewalks, or what I thought to be sidewalks were made of thin wooden boards. The buildings looked haunted with rotting wooden panels and peeling paint. I walked close by Seto due to the fact that this place kinda scared me.
"Aw. is little Bakura scared of the old ghost town?" Yami said. I turned around and said, "As a matter of fact I am." I can tell by his facial expression that he was shocked.
We continued to walk and take in the sites. As we walked by the barbershop I saw an evil glint in Seto's eyes. He glared at me and then at my hair. I looked at him with that scares puppy look and attempted to run. He grabbed my shirt at looked into my eyes intently.
"Oh Bakura." I swallowed hard in fear of what he was about to say "Your hair looks as if it could use a nice trimming."
"I like it this length." I said.
"No you don't." I looked at him with fear. "And you know what?"
"What?" I asked regretfully.
"I'm gonna be nice a take you to that barber shop to get your hair cut."
I looked to my right at left to make sure everything was clear. When Seto let me go I ran as fast as I could, to bad I never really a good runner. I looked back and saw Seto and Yami looking strangely at me. What Seto did next came as a surprise to me. He stopped staring at me and started to chase me. WHY ME!? What did I ever go to him to deserve this?
Within a matter of seconds he caught me and walked me over to the barbershop. I resisted going in as much as I could but failed. When Seto, Yami and I got in I could not believe who I say getting a haircut. In the barber's chair sat one of Pegasus's Duelist Kingdom people, Kimo. He was sitting on the chair panicking due to the fact that the barber seemed to be insane. Kimo, with his usual pointy hairstyle, could be heard complaining.
"I'm going to cut ALL your hair off! Muahahahahaha!" the barber said.
"NO! I just want the sides trimmed."
"To bad, sonny." He turned on the razor. "You're gonna be as bald as my great granpapy was, hehehehehehehehehehehe." This barber really was insane. He raised the vibrating razor up high and swung it swiftly passed his hair. Oh dear, he just cut the point of Kimo's hair off.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Muahahahahahahahahahaha!" the barber laughed.
Within the next few seconds, and I mean seconds, Kimo's head looked like a shiny flesh colored bowling ball. When he saw his reflection he ran out of the shop, crying. The barber glared at me and said:
"You next sonny, hehehehehehe."
I looked strait into his creepy eyes and ran out of the place, Seto and Yami decided to run right behind me. I ran and ran until my legs could not go any more. We saw a little bar and decided to go in and sit for a while. Yami and Seto sat at the counter and I sat at a tiny table next to a stage with mechanical dancing women. At least I didn't have to get my hair cut, or should I say shaved off. Yami started to order some western liquor, since when does he drink? Seto did they same and was even "kind" enough to order me a drink. When the old bartender (who or what here isn't old?) served me my drink, I debated over what to do with it. To drink or not to drink that tis the question. I looked at Yami and Seto, they seemed to be enjoying it (they wear already on their 3rd glass), so I picked up my glass and took a small sip.
11 drinks later.....
"I'm Superman!" I yelled.
"How can you be when I am!?" Seto yelled.
"Both y'alls are lying cuz I am Superman!" Yami yelled while swinging his glass of liquor. I can believe I drank 11 glasses of whatever the hell that stuff was. Hmmmmm, I wonder what I would look like in that mechanical girl's dress. I ran up and took the clothes off the machine girl. I put it on sloppily and glomped Seto.
"Look at me look at me! I'm a woman dancer thing. Aren't I cute?" I started to dance to the Can Can. Seto and Yami looked at me in awe, maybe because I could kick so high or maybe it was because I was the best damn looking dancer on that stage. I danced and danced to the damn Can Can; speaking of which, this dress makes my can look big. After a while the drunken Seto and Yami had to pull me off the stage, before I started to sing my lungs out.
As they dragged me off the stage and passed the counter I grabbed a tall glass of whatever the hell I was drinking. Since the two drunks where busy dragging me they failed to notice my actions. When it came to getting through the door the two of them ran into the doorframe while I sat on the ground drinking my drink. Upon finishing it I fell to the ground unconscious.
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As I woke up I noticed I was in a moving vehicle with two figures whom I did not recognize. "Where am I and who might these people be?" The two figures looked at me with confusion.
"Don't worry, Yami." Said the one with the brown hair. "I know just the thing to get him back to his regular self."
The brown haired boy pulled onto a driveway and perpendicular parked the car. I was dragged out of the car and pulled into a small but cozy looking shop. The walls were decorated with pictures of coffee beans and coffee cops with abstract forms of steam being emitted. The spiky-haired one sat me down in a comfy armchair while the brown-haired one went to order something; that would be my guess at least. While sitting I looked around and to my left I saw a sigh that had the letters; StarBucks Coffee. I sounded out the word and then it clicked..StarBuck's Coffee! I looked over to the brown-haired boy. That's Seto! I looked to my right. You're Yami! And this is. HEAVEN, or wait, it's STARBUCK'S!
Yami looked at me as if I was insane. I looked back at him and stuck my tongue out then I looked down. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Why am I wearing a dress, a very tacky one at that? If I'm gonna wear a dress I should at least wear a tasteful one.
"Yami, why am I wearing a dress?" He shrugged at me. "That doesn't really help answer my question now, does it?"
"I guess not."
"So how about you give me a real answer?"
"Okay, here's my answer. You were drunk, I was drunk, and Seto was drunk. Does that help you at all?"
My eyes widened then as my mind processed the information Yami had just given me. The light bulb in my head when off and I responded to Yami, "Yes, it does." He looked at me strangely again and so I yet again responded in sticking my tongue out at him. The glare I received was almost as bad as a glare from Seto. I went back to looking around the cozy little building until I saw Seto walking toward the little sitting area where Yami and I were. In his hands he held a tray with three venti (large) drinks. When he got to us he passed them out and I looked at it inquisitively. It was a frozen drink, I could tell due to the fact that it was cold to the touch, with whip cream, chocolate and toasted coconut shavings. It looked delectable but I could help but wonder what it was.
"Hey Seto, what is this?" He looked at me, then the drink.
"It called a Mocha Coconut Frappuccino."
I took a sip of the cold, slushy drink. The flavor that remained in my mouth was intoxicating. I grabbed the venti cup, shoved the straw in my mouth and drank it in record time. Yami and Seto stared at me as I fell to the floor, body convulsing and mind freezing with a temperature below absolute zero.
"Good. so. very. good." I said while shivering on the floor. An employee walked from around the counter and stood above my head. She looked over toward Yami and Seto and asked if I was okay. They both looked at me and Seto, as "kind" as he is told the employee, "Ma'am, for him this is what we call normal." She looked at him for a while trying to fully comprehend the words spoken to her. With realization she smiled at Seto and when back to her appointed position. So it was her that puts the delectable whip cream on the decadent drink.
What seemed to be an hour to me was about fifteen minutes in reality. Yami and Seto decided to finish their drink slowly, to prevent a major brain freeze (unlike me). They walked over to the trashcan and stood. Seto threw the plastic cup away and started out the door, I followed him. Yami, on the other hand, stood beside the trashcan contemplating whether or not to throw away his cup. If my ears heard correct he was standing there, saying things like, "I bet Cactie would love to take a sip of this," or, "does Cactie really need coffee?"
I walked to the car and got in. Soon after Seto asked me why Yami wasn't here in the car. I had no clue how to answer his simple question. I couldn't just say he is contemplating whether or not he should give a cactus coffee; I had to come up with something believable. Without warning the I gave an answer to his question.
"He's not here because he is in the uh. bathroom. that's it. He's is in the bathroom, Seto." He looked at me as if I was lying, I feel insulted. wait, never mind. I was lying.
"Oh, okay then."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Okay," said Yami. We both looked at the backseat and saw Yami placidly sitting there. Seto turned around without a word and started the car. He got out of the parking space and peeled away. Was he ticked off or something? I personally think he is acting like it. He speed on the feeder road and speed a hell of a lot more on the entrance ramp to the interstate.
"So Seto, where are you taking us?"
"I don't know Ryou, or should I say, Map Master." I forgot about my map master duties. I scrounged around the passenger's side of the car in search of a map. Noooooo, I can't find it!
"Seto! Pull over!"
"No!" He said flatly.
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!" I leaned over, grabbed the steering wheel and jerked the car to the right. Just as I had expected Seto slammed on the brakes and the car came to a screeching halt. When the car stopped I jumped out and ran to the trunk. After pounding on it several times Seto decided to open the damn thing. As it opened, my hands rummaged through the mess in search of a map.
"OUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! DAAAAMMMMNNNNIIIITTTT!" My hand had just slammed itself into Yami's lover, Cactie. Despite the terrible (emphasis on terrible) pain my hand continued its search for a map. With my "wonderful" luck I found a map and ran back to the car.
"The Map Master is back!" I yelled.
"Great." Seto said sarcastically, "Now you can tell me were to go." At those words I bit my tongue in a desperate attempt to suppress the pain in my hand. Damn Cactie! Just had to have spiky things on it. I unfolded the map and began to look. Hmmmmm. we're here so I guess we need to go. straight.
"Seto, go straight!" I lowered my tone of voice and added, "the Map Master has spoken."
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2 LONG hours later...
"Hey guys" Seto said, "What is that up ahead?"
"It looks like another state border," Yami said.
"It looks like a security check of you ask me," I said.
"I can only wonder," said Seto.
And so they approached.....
A/N: I'm still so VERY VERY VERY VERY sorry for the late update. *cries* I'm trying so hard (doesn't look like it I know but I am) Anyways, I hope ya'll enjoyed. ((The BETA is also very sorry, cause it's partially her fault too.)) Ch. 6 is on the way.
