Lila: I am soooooooooooooooooooo sorry I haven't updated in sooooooooooo long. I should do better that this but writer's block got the best of me. Okay. No more excuses. I'll just write the next chapter. Just please don't strangle me!

TALENT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE

CHAPTER 4

The entire building had to be cleaned out and the remainders of the talent show had to be rescheduled for the next day. This was actually a good thing because other students were able to participate. Mai looked over the new list of performers. "You've GOT to be kidding me!" She said.

"Something wrong?" Bakura asked. (He'd been made the new stage manager for the talent show as sadly the prior one had a mental break down from all the stress.)

"Yes. This line up. Have you looked at this line up?"

"Yes. What's wrong with it?" Bakura asked.

"Half the people on this list don't even go to this school!" She said. Joey stood in Bakura's view and began to mock Mai's movements.

"So? It's a town talent show too." Bakura said. He was fighting a grin as he watched Joey behind Mai.

"Half these people aren't from this town!" She shouted flailing her arms with Joey following in perfect sync.

"Mai. Just deal with it. I have to get ready for the first performers." Bakura said and walked off.

The entire auditorium was buzzing. The room quickly fell silent when the curtains came open and Mai walked out. She walked to the podium taking in the applause and the occasional catcall. "Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Are you ready for the second part of the talent show?"

There was a nervous applause. People were obviously still afraid of what happened last time.

Mai grinned, "Good." She said. "Our next performer is from outside of town. In fact, he's ably too old to be in the talent show but he is. Ladies and gentlemen.. Give it up for the song styling of Mr. Maxamillion Pegasus!"

"Pegasus!" Yami cried. Bakura shushed him loudly.

Pegasus walked out onto the stage. He was wearing one of his traditional suits but was wearing a rather vintage style looking hat. He walked up to the front and the music started playing.

Bakura raised an eyebrow. "Frank Sinatra?"

"Fly me to the moon. Let me play upon the stars!" Pegasus sang.

Yami was being held back. "No. I have to stop him before he traps more innocent people in the shadow realm!" He cried.

"Yami! Get over it! That was years ago. Pegasus doesn't even have his millenium eye anymore."

This didn't phase Yami. He was determined to 'save' the school. Yami tugged and fought.

"Jupiter and Mars!" Pegasus sang.

"It's almost over! It'll be too late!" Yami cried.

"He's not going to hurt anyone Yami!"

"If he sings any higher he might hurt my ear drums." Joey said.

"You see! He's trying to kill us with song! He wants to make us deaf so we can't hear ourselves being sucked into the shadow realm!"

"Don't you think that's pushing it a bit Yami?"

"We really need to get that poor guy a girl. Or at least a hobby. He's becoming obsessive." Tristan said.

The music ended and Pegasus bowed.

"Hey. He was pretty good." Some of the others said. They accidentally released Yami to applaud Pegasus and Yami took off like a shot.

"Yami! No!" Tea cried.

"I'll get you Pegasus!" Yami shouted. "AHHHHHH!" He screamed.

"AHHHHH!" Pegasus screamed back as the 3000-year-old Pharaoh plowed into Pegasus like a NFL offensive lineman.

"Oh dear." Bakura said. "Security. Can you please subdue Yami?"

Too gruff looking men walked over to the brawl in the middle of the stage and attempted to break it up. (It wasn't really a brawl. More so Yami kicking and punching Pegasus while Pegasus screamed like a girl.)

"Yami has some serious issues he needs dealt with." Joey said.

"I'm telling ya. He needs a girl." Tristan said.

"Is that all you think about?" Tea asked.

"That and motorcycles." Tristan shrugged.

"Someone close the curtains till this is fixed." Bakura ordered. He was near the point of pulling his own hair out in frustration.

"They won't close."

"There's a jam at the top."

"Well someone go UN-jam it!" Bakura hissed.

They all looked at each other. "Who ever does it needs to be small enough to fit in between the bars up there. "They all looked at Yugi (who was nursing his rabbit wounds). "No way. I'm still healing." Yugi said.

"Please Yugi." Tea pleaded. "It would help us out so much."

"No."

"How about for this sandwich?" Joey said holding it out.

"Okay." Yugi said and began to climb up the siding towards the top. (He must have worked up an appetite from fighting off the rabbit)

"He'd rather go for a sandwich than me?" Tea asked.

"Looks like you're losing your touch." Joey teased.

"Oh. Shut up." She hissed.

"Go Yugi!"

"You can do it!" Joey said with a mouth full of sandwich

Yugi reached the top and swung across to the jam in the curtain. He pulled at it and it didn't come loose. He tugged and yanked. "Come on you piece of- " He was cut off from his thought as he began to free fall towards the stage floor from the curtain coming loose. "AHHHH!" Yugi cried. "I've got you! "I've got you!" Joey said and ran underneath Yugi.

"AHHHHH!"

Joey was only a few steps away before Yugi came crashing down to the ground.

"Are you okay?" Joey said.

Yugi looked up sheepishly. "I think I fixed it." He immediately passed out after this.

"How's Yami doing?" Bakura asked.

"GRRRRR." Yami said from the cage he'd been placed in.

"Calm down Yami. Pegasus is gone now." Joey said.

"GRRRR." Was his only response.

"What should we do with him?" Joey asked.

"Yami! Here's a girly mag to look at." Yami Bakura said holding out the magazine.

Yami growled and snarled. He snatched up the magazine and tore it into tiny shreds.

There was momentary silence. Yami Bakura's eyes began to fill with tears before he burst out crying. "WHAAAAA!"

"Oh Dear." Bakura said watching the rather childish scene his Yami was making.

"Shut up Yami Bakura! Between you and Yami the whole audience is wondering what the hell is going on back here!" Tea snapped.

The drama teacher stormed backstage. "What is going on here?" He demanded.

"Oh sir. I was just." Bakura began to explain.

"No excuses! This production is my--- your big chance to show this school your talent. Blow it and you'll all be doing Swan Lake for me next semester!" He warned.

Everyone shook his or her heads violently. "Yes sir." They said and watched him storm back out.

"Here Yami. Look at this." Joey said. He handed a book to Yami.

"A dictionary?" Tristan asked raising an eyebrow.

"It's all I could find." Joey shrugged.

Yami didn't tear up this book. He actually began to look through it.

"Thank you Joey. Now let's get the next act going shall we." Bakura said.

Mai introduced. "Ladies and Gentlemen. Put your hands together for the one.. The only.. Duke Devlin!"

Naturally Duke had positioned his little girl squad up front so as to make it appear like he had a huge following.

"Duke, duke, he's our man! If he can't do it no one could----I mean can!" They shouted.

"Is it just me or is Duke's little groupies slightly dumber than last time we saw them?" Joey asked.

Duke was up center stage in an over dramatic pose. A single light spilled down onto his and the hip-hop music began to play. Duke began to bust moves like no one else.

"He's break dancing?" Joey asked.

"Yeah and he's pretty good." Mai said.

Duke spun on the floor light a top and instantly froze facing the crowd. Everyone went wild.

Tea walked over next to Joey and saw Devlin. "What? Duke is break dancing! I'm the only dancer here! ME! ME! ME!"

"Tea. I've never seen you so self centered." Mai commented. "I finally feel like we're connecting." She sniffed.

"I've been little miss cheerleader for too long. I have a right to be a little 'self concerned.'" Tea said.

Duke hopped up on his hands and flipped up onto his feet.

"He's stealing my spot light dammit!" Tea shouted. "I can't take anymore!"

She stormed out onto the stage.

"Someone stop her! She's not up yet!" Bakura shouted.

"Stop Tea? She's got freaky upper body strength man. I try to stay out of the way when she gets mad." Joey shuddered.

"You said it man." Tristan nodded.

Duke stopped momentarily as Tea walked out. She began to break dance along with him. Duke (who also didn't like being shown up) began to break dance even harder.

They spun and kicked. Jumped, flipped and danced as hard as they could.

"Give up yet?" Tea asked.

"Why couldn't you just wait your turn? This must be so embarrassing for you." Duke commented.

This infuriated her. They continued to dance duel until finally they lost all sense of where they were and spun right off the stage into the cheer leading squad.

"Oh dear." Bakura said, his fingers now in position to rip out his hair.

"Duke Duke, he'd the best, he's gonna go beat all the others..we mean rest!" The stunned cheerleaders said.

"Yep. Definitely dumber." Joey said.

"Medic!" Bakura shouted and began tugging on his hair. The school nurse ran out, picked up Duke and Tea and carried them out.

Mai laughed nervously. "Er um. This seems as good as anytime for an intermission eh?" Mai said.

END OF CHAPTER 4

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