A beauty pageant was the perfect plan, and now, the perfect plan was being carried out. Marik sneered as he looked upon the scantily clad females whom were all hoping to win the Pharaoh's heart. Soon, whomever the Pharaoh chose would be under his control as a mind slave… and obtaining the Millennium Puzzle for him.
The pageant was held courtesy of a few strings Marik pulled with his Millennium Rod. Naturally the Pharaoh objected at first, but with his entire high court agreeing, he was over ruled.
Girls of every class from every corner of Egypt had come, in hopes of capturing the Pharaoh's eye and winning his heart.
"The preliminaries will begin in 5 minutes!" a loud voice shouted, as all the girls began to line up against the wall.
Of course, not every girl who wanted to enter could enter, and so the high priests were in charge of choosing only the cream of the crop.
"Enjoying the view?" Rui-en taunted behind him, as Marik stared upon the mass of females. Turning around, he frowned and responded,
"I doubt there to be any female fairer than you, my mischievous and devious love," he smiled as he planted a soft kiss on her lips, which suddenly gave him an idea.
Rui-en smiled at him as they watched the judging of the preliminaries.
One by one, they began seeing girls either jump with glee and precede onto the large stage, or cry and run in the other direction. Either way, it was all very amusing to see the many broken hearts that were let down.
Suddenly, a voice called out, "Hey you! You up there! You qualify, so get on stage."
Looking down, they found one of the priests point to Rui-en.
Rui-en raised an eyebrow at Marik as he gave her a coy smile.
"This'll be fun," Marik scoffed, suppressing his laughter, as Rui-en glared daggers at him.
Noticing something amiss about the priest, Rui-en suddenly yelled, "Marik you jackass, did YOU do this??"
"And what if I did?" Marik smiled sinisterly, "Like I said, there is no fairer than you, and now you seem like you almost don't believe me. Don't worry love, perhaps the Pharaoh has a rather different preference than I do, and he'll simply choose some other female, although that will prove him as blind."
Still a bit perplexed and annoyed by Marik's practical joke, Rui-en was ushered onto the stage.
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"All right girls! This is your one and only chance to get within touching distance of the Pharaoh… don't kill it," one of the high priests announced.
"Ha! This will be a snap," one girl with luscious blonde hair snorted, twirling a strand of her sunlight colored curls around her finger.
"Don't be so easily mistaken," one of the girls Rui-en recognized as Serenity Wheeler replied. "He is a powerful man Mai, don't think you can get him with the same bag of tricks... after all, they didn't work on my brother Joey, so what makes you think it'll work on the Pharaoh?"
"Hmph! Pharaoh or not, he's just another man, and like every other man, he can't resist me! I know it!" Mai exclaimed, adjusting the hem of her revealing top, "... and as for your brother Joey... well, he's just stubborn. I know he wants me," she winked, as the rest of the girls glared at her with loathing.
Rui-en sighed at the predicament she was placed in as she listened to more girls bicker about who was more beautiful.
Gradually, the pageant finally started as drums began a steady rhythm and the Pharaoh assembled in his royal seat.
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The almighty Pharaoh of Egypt sat in his throne at the local festival. Apparently his royal counselors believed the Pharaoh was a bit "out of touch" with his people, and thought a public beauty pageant would bring the civilians and their ruler closer. Shyeah right, what a great idea THAT is... the Pharaoh thought numbly to himself. How was the judgment of beauty supposed to bring anyone closer? But as things had been arranged, Yami was the judge of the contest, and the winner would be invited to dinner with the Pharaoh that evening. He sighed as he glanced towards the scantily clad females making their way to the platform placed before him, where he would make the ultimate judgment…
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Liang: to be gay.. or not to be gay... that is the question.
Marik: I think he IS gay.
Liang: Shut up Marik, I'm starting to believe you WANT him to be gay... gee I wonder why... o__O
Marik: O_O Now that is absurd!!!! You can't---
Liang: SHHH! We'll just leave it at that. Hope you enjoyed this chapter ^__^ Reviews would be nice...
