Well!! I'm back where I was when this fic was started a year ago- that is, in the cottage by Lake Wallenpaupack in the Pocono Mountains. (Guess what episodes of DBZ are on. Go on, guess. If you want a hint, go to the first chapter.) Fortunately, that has INSPIRED ME!!! So I've returned to the fics I started last year.

A lot of stuff happens in this chapter. It's very long. Be happy!!

PEGASUS!!!!'s BOATS!!!

Chapter Four
Fun on the Lake, English, Safety Precautions, and Otogi's Brother!!!

PEGASUS!!!! stood up and straightened his good ol' Hawaiian shirt. "So… who's up for water skiing?"

Everyone raised their hands like good little schoolchildren.

"Okay then!" PEGASUS!!!! pulled out a hat from behind his back. "My boat can only carry four people at once, though. And I have to drive, so you guys have to all split into groups of three, which will be chosen at random!"

"So…" Yuugi spoke up. "You have slips of paper in that hat with our names on them, and that's how you choose who will be in what group."

PEGASUS!!!! blinked. "Yuugi-boy, don't give away my plans."

"Sorry."

Mai sighed. "Just choose the groups already."

"ALL RIGHT!" shouted PEGASUS!!!! in (broken) English.

Group 1 - The Cute Group (Yuugi, Bakura, Mai)
Group 2 - The "People that will all be related in the future" Group (Kaiba, Jounouchi, Mokuba)
Group 3 - The Cheerleader Group (Anzu, Honda, Otogi)
Group 4 - The Sugoroku Group (Sugoroku)

"YAY!" cheered Honda and Otogi. "We're together!"

Jounouchi and Kaiba were just glaring at each other, foaming at the mouth.

Anzu winced. "PEGASUS!!!!, this is going to be problematic…"

"Hmm… you're right…" He watched the two boys for a moment. "Well, one of them is going to have to switch out of that group!"

"I'm not leaving Mokuba with that nameless dog!" Kaiba demanded, pointing at Jounouchi accusedly.

"Yeah, well," huffed Jounouchi, "I don't want to be with Mokuba, what with that… hair… and the… things… and stuff…" (Jounouchi, of course, didn't mean any of this, because EVERYONE loves Mokuba, with the exception of the Duel Standby Gods, who only like Mini Mokuba. He was just saying this to spite Kaiba.)

"DON'T SEPARATE US!!!" cried Honda and Otogi, clasping each other frantically. (Author's note: Just so people know, they would probably do this in the actual show. Not the whole whining about being separated, but the clasping stuff.)

"Jounouchi can come with us!" smiled Mai. "Right, Yuugi-chan?" (Anzu growled at this.)

"Um… sure… but what about Bakura-kun?"

Bakura waved his hand dismissively. "I don't mind trading places with Jounouchi-kun."

"OKAY!" shouted PEGASUS!!!! (in English). "So now we have new groupings…"

Group 1 - The "Mieru kedo, mienai mono" Group (Yuugi, Jounouchi, Mai)
Group 2 - The "Names that end with 'A'" Group (Kaiba, Mokuba, Bakura)
Group 3 - The Cheerleader Group (Anzu, Honda, Otogi)
Group 4 - The Sugoroku Group (Sugoroku)

Now I will call Kaiba by the name of Seto, as I have been for the entire fanfic before this chapter. But the "Names that end with 'A'" group is STILL the "Names that end with 'A'" group.

"You know… the Sugoroku Group isn't really a group…" muttered Yuugi.

Sugoroku chuckled like the old man that he is. "You kids just go along and have your fun! I'm too old to be doing water skiing and those sorts of activities!"

"NO!" shouted PEGASUS!!!! (yet again, in English; not that he says "NO!" in any other language…). "You must come or I will steal your soul again!! EVERYONE must have fun!!!" He started throwing a temper tantrum.

"PEGASUS!!!!… can't you take him by yourself?" asked Anzu.

"No, I can't!!! He needs someone to watch him, or else it's NOT SAFE!!!"

"Um, it's all right…" Sugoroku said. "I don't want to go…"

"You MUST do SOMETHING on the lake!!!"

"I'll take him fishing!" called an awesome voice, sounding like a superhero that has just come to save the day!

Everyone turned around, and…

"BIG BROTHER!!!" shouted Otogi.

"LITTLE BROTHER!!!" Ryouta (Mako Tsunami) shouted back. (Does Ryouta's dub voice sound superhero-ish to anyone else?) They embraced in a brotherly hug because, after all, they haven't seen each other for sixteen years and they MUST miss each other DREADFULLY!!!

Everyone stared blankly at the two brothers. "Um…?"

Ryouta turned to Sugoroku. "How about it, old man? Would you like to go fishing with me?"

Sugoroku smiled. "That sounds splendid!"

"It's settled then!" Bakura clapped his hands together. "The three groups are going to go on PEGASUS!!!!'s boat, and those two will go fishing!"

"I'll bring everyone some fish to fry for dinner!" chuckled Ryouta.

"But that's illegal, Ryouta-niisan!" Otogi replied. "You have to throw the fish right back after you catch them!"

"Aw, when has that stopped me before, Ryuuji-kun?"

Otogi blinked. "I don't know. This is my first time ever seeing your, Ryouta-niisan."

Why are they on such familiar terms, then? Well… they're magic.

So, everyone departed for their assigned destinations.

***

"STOP!" PEGASUS!!!! shouted (you guessed it, in English).

Yuugi froze, one foot poised over the dock, and the other on the rocky shore of the lake. Losing his balance, he fell over, and everyone chuckled.

"Aw, PEGASUS!!!!, what was that for…?" he whined.

PEGASUS!!!! cleared his throat, then continued. "You must ALL wear life jackets while you are on the dock."

Everyone paused. "That's stupid!" With that, they all ran onto the dock and over to boat slip number 18.

"Hey, Yuugi, Mai!" Jounouchi poked his two friends. "Mieru kedo, mienai mono!"

"Yuujou-san!" shouted Yuugi. "You taught me that, Jounouchi-kun!"

"I mean besides friendship, Yuugi!"

"Um…" Yuugi and Mai thought over that while the others watched on obliviously.

"Ah!" Mai pointed to a green film on PEGASUS!!!!'s boat where it touched the water. "Plankton! It's microscopic, but you can see the algae that it forms!" (Okay, maybe not. Pretend it is.)

"Right!" he cheered.

Seto cocked an eyebrow. "The nameless one knows what plankton is?"

"I have a name! It's Jounouchi Katsuya!"

"Well, I'm Kajiki Ryuuji!" announced 'Otogi.' Everyone stared at him. "What? I am."

"So… do we call you Kajiki now?" asked Jounouchi.

'Otogi' chuckled. "No, that's what you call my brother! You can call me…" He paused. "Call me Otogi."

"Okay," everyone agreed.

Suddenly, PEGASUS!!!! popped out of nowhere. "Alright, you guys don't HAVE to wear lifejackets on the dock, but you HAVE to on the boat!

"WE WERE GOING TO!!!"

"AND on the finger-docks!!"

"The wha?" Everyone looked to where PEGASUS!!!! was pointing.

"Those little dock-things protruding from the main dock." PEGASUS!!!! grinned. "They're very unstable. I mean, look at that one over there!" He pointed to another finger-dock, which everyone saw had lost its floatiness on the ends and was sinking into the water.

"Um…alright," said everyone in unison AGAIN.

"So!" PEGASUS!!!! stuck a finger in the air. "Yuugi-boy, Jounouchi-boy and Mai… Mai… can get into the boat first!" He threw them each a life-jacket (he made sure that Yuugi got the smaller of the lifejackets).

So they got their lifejackets on and the 'Mieru kedo, mienai mono' group went out to go tubing.

Meanwhile, the 'Names that end with A' group waited on the dock and watched the various boats, and the Cheerleader group went back to the cottage because they were going last and had a while before they were needed.

***

"Who wants to go first?!" asked PEGASUS!!!! once they were out in the cove a bit.

Jounouchi jumped up. "I'll go!" Then he went to the side of the boat where the tube was floating and jumped into it… which resulted in the tube capsizing and throwing Jounouchi into the water.

"Jounouchi-kun!" Yuugi cried worriedly. Mai just shook her head, chuckling.

PEGASUS!!!! crossed his arms. "Jounouchi-boy, get back into the tube. And sit in it properly."

Jounouchi managed to turn the tube right-side up and held on to it. "Well, what IS the proper way to sit?"

"I don't think it's to stand in the middle," Mai mumbled, grinning. Jounouchi just stuck his tongue out at her.

PEGASUS!!!! helpfully helped Jounouchi back into the tube. Isn't he a great guy? "You sit on the back end of the tube with your feet in the middle, and hold the handles at the front. Okay?"

Jounouchi nodded and did as PEGASUS!!!! told him. PEGASUS!!!! was about to push him off when he punched the palm of his hand. "Oh! I almost forgot to teach everyone the signals!!" He pointed to Yuugi and Mai. "One of you will have to watch for the signals that Jounouchi-boy gives. Everyone, pay attention." He gave the thumbs-up. "This means start, or go faster. This," he turned his hand to thumbs-down, "means slow down. And this," he made the slit-throat motion, "means stop. Everyone got that?"

"YEAH!" the three chorused. Then PEGASUS!!!! pushed Jounouchi off and they were on their way! YAW-RIGHT!!!

"I'll watch for the signals if you want, Mai," Yuugi said, smiling.

"Oh, thanks Yuugi." She laid down at the bow of the boat, and Yuugi sat in the passenger seat, turned backwards so that he could watch for Jounouchi's signals.

Jounouchi signaled to start and… THEY STARTED!!!

"Uh… Jounouchi says to go faster."

PEGASUS!!!! did so, but then Yuugi spoke up again.

"Faster. Faster. Faster still." Each time, PEGASUS!!!! sped up a bit. "Faster… PEGASUS!!!!, I said faster!"

PEGASUS!!!! frowned. "This is as fast as my boat goes, Yuugi-boy!"

"Well… Jounouchi is signaling to go faster with both thumbs in the air as high as they'll go…"

"WHAT?!" PEGASUS!!!! turned around to glance at Jounouchi. "YOU MEAN HE'S NOT HOLDING ON?!"

At that moment, a large wake came along and Jounouchi was flung out of the tube.

Mai's eyes widened. "Will he be okay?"

"He'll be fine," Yuugi assured her.

Meanwhile, PEGASUS!!!! drove the boat back over to where Jounouchi was floating, pulled out a ladder and hung it over the side. "Jounouchi-boy, I think that's it for you. Get back in the boat."

"Awww…" Jounouchi obeyed, then Mai climbed into the tube.

Yuugi smiled at Jounouchi. "I'll watch the signals for you so you can rest, Jounouchi-kun."

"Oh, thanks, Yuugi." Jounouchi collapsed at the bow of the boat (the bow of the boat is the best place to sit).

So, Yuugi watched Mai as she was pulled at a NORMAL speed, as opposed to the insanely fast speed that Jounouchi was pulled at.

***

"There's lots of food in here!"

"I'm hungry!"

"They've got room service!"

Honda, Anzu, and Otogi were having fun raiding Pegasus' cottage. (In case you didn't know, and/or haven't seen episode 80, that was Honda, Otogi, and Anzu speaking, in that order.) So… um… Otogi was eating cheese, Honda was drinking soda, and Anzu was looking over the room service menu.

SUDDENLY!!! There was a knock on the door!!!

The three cheerleaders looked at each other.

"Um… should we open the door?" Honda asked.

Otogi shrugged. "PEGASUS!!!! isn't here, so maybe we shouldn't."

"Oh, well!" Anzu walked to the door. "Let's just see who it is!" She opened it to reveal a couple ladies with cleaning equipment.

"Hi!" said one lady. "Would you like maid service, or just for us to replace the towels?"

The three stared blankly. "Um…"

Everyone was silent a moment. Then Anzu spoke up, looking about the cottage.

"Um… I guess we could just have new towels."

"Would you like us to clean up?"

"…Noooo…"

"Okay," said the lady. "Then go get them and bring them out and I'll give you the new towels."

Eh?! She turned around to see if Honda and Otogi could help her get ALL them towels, but they were nowhere to be found! Those boys… Then she went into the bathroom and started to pick up all the towels off the floor.

The second cleaning lady soon came in. "I have your new towels," she said.

Anzu smiled politely. "Thanks. Um… where…"

"Oh, the old towels?" The lady looked at all the towels in Anzu's arms. "You can just put them on the floor, I'll pick them up."

Inwardly Anzu was screaming bloody murder in frustration, but EVERYONE knows that she wouldn't do that OUTWARDLY. So she dropped the towels on the floor and went to look out the window. "Hey, Honda, Otogi!! Come out from wherever you're hiding, we should be going down soon!!"

The two boys emerged from their various hiding places and joined Anzu at the window.

"Well…" Otogi looked over at his half-eaten cheese. "Can we at least finish our food first?"

Anzu paused. "All right."

Then they all ran back over to the refrigerator.

***

"Nii-sama!!! Look at this, Nii-sama!! Look at this!!!"

Seto groaned and turned to where Mokuba was jumping up and down on the end of a finger-dock. "Mokuba, stop it."

"Yes, please," moaned Bakura, who was curled up in a ball a few feet from Mokuba. "I really don't like this, Mokuba-kun."

"NII-SAMA!! NII-SAMA!! NII-SAMA!! NII-SAMA!! NII-SAMA!!!!"

"MOKUBA, STOP!!" Seto stood up and ran to Mokuba so that HE could stop him himself.

"GODDAMMIT, YOU UNPLEASANT CHILD!!!"

Meanwhile, Mokuba continued his jumping. "NII-SAMA!! NII-SAMA!! NII-SAMA!!!!!"

CRACK!!!

The floating things on the bottom of the finger-dock broke off right then, and the three boys fell into the water, losing their balance. (Actually, Bakura probably ROLLED off. Since he was curled in a ball.)

Mokuba resurfaced, smiling from ear to ear. "YAY!! That was fun!!!"

"I'll show you fun, brat!!" Bakura lunged at Mokuba, his Millennium Ring glowing.

Fortunately, before Bakura could reach Mokuba, Seto hit him upside the head and the ring stopped glowing.

"Stop that, Bakura!"

"Ahh, ahh!" The pale-haired boy grabbed his head, tearing up. "Ahh, that hurts!! I'M WET!! I'M WET!!! AHH!!!"

Seto grabbed his head in frustration. "Bakura, you are such a wimp!!"

***

Yuugi watched Mai boredly. She really wasn't making many signals, but he still had to watch. Especially since there was a certain boat driving towards them…

"Um, PEGASUS!!!!?"

"Yes, Yuugi-boy?"

Yuugi pointed to the boat. "There's a boat with flashing blue lights driving towards us."

PEGASUS!!!! thought about this for a second. "Oh, shoot! It's the cops!!" He quickly turned the boat off so that the policeboat could speak to them.

"Heyyyyy!" Mai yelled. "What's going on?"

The policeboat stopped next to the side Yuugi was on (port, or the left side) and the cop stared at him. "Hello, little boy."

Yuugi growled. "I'm 16 years old…"

"Oh really?" the policeman asked incredulously. "Do you know the signals for skiing?"

"Um…" Yuugi blinked. "I know the ones for tubing…"

"They're the same signals, kid."

"Oh, he knows them!" PEGASUS!!!! laughed. "I taught them the signals, don't worry officer!"

The cop crossed his arms. "Well, if he knows the signals, he wouldn't mind taking a test, would he?

"Uh… a tes-"

"Of course he could!" PEGASUS!!!! grinned at Yuugi. "Right, Yuugi-boy?"

Yuugi winced involuntarily. "R… right…"

"Alright, then." The officer made the thumbs-up. "What does this mean?"

"Faster… or go."

The officer nodded and turned his hand the other way. "How about this one?"

"Um… slower…"

"Yes. And this?" The cop made the motion of slitting his throat.

"That's… s… stop…"

"Well, you got them all right." The policeman turned back to the steering wheel of his boat. "You're free to continue then."

PEGASUS!!!! grinned. "Thank you officer!" he called as the policeboat drove off.

"Um, okay…" Mai waved her hand in the air- she was in the water. Apparently, a large wake had come along and Mai had been flung out of the tube during Yuugi's test. "I'll come back on the boat now!"

"Alright!" PEGASUS!!!! directed the boat back to where Mai floating by the upside-down tube, and Jounouchi helped her climb in.

Yuugi looked around, still a little shaken up from the encounter with the police. "Is… is it my turn now?"

"YUP!" they all answered.

"Oh… okay…" He turned the tube right-side up and climbed in.

"ALRIGHT!! Let's go!!" PEGASUS!!!! gleefully pushed Yuugi off… and a large wake came along and Yuugi was flung out of the tube.

"What the heck?!" Jounouchi demanded, running a hand through his hair. "How did he get flung out?! He was just sitting there!!"

Mai frowned. "The same thing happened to me. I was just sitting there and a large wake came along and I was flung out of the tube." She thought for a second. "And it was at that exact same spot, also."

"Hey, yeah!" Jounouchi leaned out of the boat and looked round. "This is where I fell, too!!"

Everyone paused.

"It's the Bermuda Triangle!" Yuugi proclaimed, bobbing along in the water.

PEGASUS!!!! laughed. "Silly Yuugi-boy! We're not even NEAR Bermuda!"

"Yeah… but still…"

"Whatever, we'll just stay away from there." PEGASUS!!!! pointed to the tube, which was yet again upside-down. "Yuugi-boy, turn that over and get in. Then I'll tow you around the cove!"

The rest of their trip was mostly uneventful, except for when Yami Yuugi took over in the middle of Yuugi's ride, throwing off their concentration and tipping over. In the same place.

***

Seto, Mokuba and Bakura were still floating in the water when Group 1 came back.

"Kaiba-boy!" PEGASUS!!!! scolded as they came up to the dock. "What are you three doing in the water WITHOUT lifejackets on?!"

Seto grunted. "It wasn't by choice."

"Well, STILL!! I told you not to go on the finger-docks without lifejackets on!"

"May we get on the boat now?" Bakura asked.

"Of course!" PEGASUS!!!! turned to Group 1. "You guys give your lifejackets to them. Yuugi-boy, make sure that you give yours to Mokuba-boy."

Yuugi grumbled at being teased for his size for the third time in this chapter, but gave his lifejacket to Mokuba anyway.

So… um… Group 2 got on the boat and went off to go tubing!!

"Um, PEGASUS!!!!?" Bakura ventured. "You're driving in a different direction than before…"

PEGASUS!!!! sighed wistfully. "Well, there's a very dangerous spot in the cove, so I'm going to drive you all closer to the dam." He looked at the others. "So, who's going first?"

Seto averted his eyes, and Mokuba was busy hanging halfway out the boat to listen. So, Bakura raised his hand meekly.

"Yaw-RIGHT!" PEGASUS!!!! said cheerily. "Bakura-boy gets to go first!" So, he helped Bakura get into the tube, taught everyone the signals, and off they went!!

"Hey, PEGASUS!!!!?" Mokuba picked up the air horn that was sitting near the steering wheel. "What's this for?"

"Oh, that's for if I get stranded in the lake and need help!"

"Cool…" Mokuba looked at the horn and saw a cap that could be taken off. Being the curious little boy that he is, he took the cap off… and there was a metal ring with a spring underneath it, and the metal ring was sprung into the air and fell into the water! "Oops."

"MOKUBA!" PEGASUS!!!! snatched the air horn back and put the cap back on. "What do you think you're doing?!"

Seto pulled his brother back towards him and glared at PEGASUS!!!!. "PEGASUS!!!!, don't yell at my brother like that."

"I'll do what I want, Kaiba-boy! And YOU should be watching for Bakura-boy's signals."

Seto glanced behind PEGASUS!!!! at the other boy in the tube. "Um, well…"

While this whole ordeal had taken place, Yami Bakura had gained control of his host's body and was now clawing at the tube, attempting to pop it, being the destructive spirit that he is. He would have used a knife, but who puts a knife in his swimming trunks?!

"He wants to go top speed, PEGASUS!!!!" Seto simply said.

"All right!" So PEGASUS!!!! went as FAST as the boat could possibly go and Yami Bakura, who wasn't holding on to the tube, was instantly thrown out of the tube.

"Oh, he's down."

They rode back over to where Yami Bakura had been left, laughing at his expense. "DAW HAW HAW HAW!!!"

"DAMN YOU, PEGASUS!!!!" he screamed. "I should kill you AGAIN for doing that!!"

Everyone ignored that comment and Bakura, back in control of his own body, climbed back into the boat, complaining that his ride had been dreadfully short. Then Mokuba climbed into the tube and YAY!!!!

PEGASUS!!!!, however, wanted revenge for his air horn and went top speed, ignoring Seto yelling at him to slow down. Needless to say, Mokuba soon fell out of the tube.

"Hey!" he whined. "That wasn't fair! I didn't want to go that fast!!"

PEGASUS!!!! scoffed. "Too bad, get back in the boat. It's Kaiba-boy's turn!!"

"I don't want to go," Seto said.

"But… Kaiba-boy… you MUST!!!"

He sighed. "All right, fine." So he climbed into the tube and as soon as the boat started up, he purposely tipped the tube over.

"Daw, Kaiba-boy!" PEGASUS!!!! said as he drove up to Seto, bobbing in the water. "That was really short! Sorry about that. It's Group 3's turn now, though."

"It's all right." Seto climbed back into the boat, upset that he got wet but feeling triumphant for getting to NOT have a tube ride.

***

"FISHING IS FUN!!" Ryouta yelled, floating around in his tiny little fishing boat.

"Um… yeah…" Sugoroku stared at his fishing rod, waiting for SOME sort of bite.

***

"WOO-HOO!!!" cheered all the cheerleaders as they climbed onto the boat. "YAY, WE GET TO TUBE NOW!!!!!"

"YEAH!" PEGASUS!!!! cheered along. "I wish the others were as enthusiastic as you guys are!!"

Honda shrugged. "I guess they have NO taste!!"

"Yeah!!" Otogi punched the air.

Anzu was smiling from ear to ear. "This'll be FUN!!!"

Everyone paused.

"Okay, that was really freaky," Otogi said, coughing.

"Yeah," everyone agreed.

There was another long pause.

"So," PEGASUS!!!! said, clapping his hands together. "Who goes first?"

Anzu, Honda, and Otogi all raised their hands.

PEGASUS!!!! scratched his head. "Well… let's go alphabetically by given names!"

"Um…" Honda spoke up, "that's the same as if we went alphabetically by the names we're called in this fic."

There was yet another long pause.

"Whatever," PEGASUS!!!! shrugged. "In any case, Anzu… Anzu… person gets to go first."

"Don't you have a suffix that you use for females?" Otogi asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No."

"Oh, all right."

So, Anzu got to go first and Red-Eyes Toon Dragon was happy!!

Or… Anzu just got to go first and RETD was not mentioned at all.

Fortunately, nothing bad happened when Anzu was tubing, and RETD was happy again!!!

Wait… I said I wouldn't mention him. He probably doesn't even read this. Oh, well.

In fact, NOTHING bad happened while ANY of the cheerleaders were tubing! WOW!!! (I'm getting tired of writing this, can you tell?)

The bad thing happened after they were all done tubing.

"Let's go back to the dock now!" PEGASUS!!!! said happily.

"YAW-RIGHT!" all the cheerleaders cheered.

So, PEGASUS!!!! started to drive the boat… and then it died.

Honda started panicking. "What happened? Why aren't we moving?! I DON'T WANT TO BE A MECHANICAL MONKEY!!!"

"That has nothing to do with this, Honda-kun," Otogi grunted.

"Oh, all right, Otogi." Honda sighed in relief. "That's good, uki!"

Anzu rolled her eyes. "Honda, stop fooling around. You're not turning into a monkey, and you don't go 'uki.' "

"Oh, fine."

"Don't worry, everyone!" PEGASUS!!!! said, grabbing his air horn. "Everything's a-okay!"

"YAY!!!" everyone cheered.

So, PEGASUS!!!! pressed the button on his air horn… and nothing happened. He glared at the horn. "Damn that Mokuba-boy." He threw it in a random direction, and it hit Otogi in the forehead. Luckily, his headband acted as a cushion and he didn't get hurt AT ALL!! "Well, somebody's going to have to get out and drag the boat to the dock. I'd use paddles to get ups back there, but I don't have them."

Everyone groaned.

"I'm not going to pull the boat!" Anzu declared.

"Of course not, Anzu-person!" PEGASUS!!!! chuckled. "You are far too frail to be pulling a boat occupied by three full-grown males!"

Anzu grunted. "Thanks."

"You're welcome."

Then Red-Eyes Toon Dragon came and gave Anzu a hug and so she felt all bett- WAIT! No, no!! I said he would NOT be mentioned! ARGH!!!

Anyway…

"I'll pull the boat!" Honda volunteered, puffing out his chest to look tough.

"So will I!" Otogi made a similar display, and of course he was more successful in looking tough. If his cheerleaders were with him, they'd be all over him, but that's really not anything new. And they're not, so… yeah.

"All right!" PEGASUS!!!! took out two ropes and handed them to the boys, who jumped into the water and started to pull the boat back to the dock.

"Does this happen very often, PEGASUS!!!!?" Anzu inquired.

PEGASUS!!!! nodded. "Oh, yeah. This is a very temperamental boat."

"Oh…"

Eventually, Honda and Otogi managed to get them back to the dock, and the two other groups just WATCHED as they struggled to pull the boat!! Finally, the boat was nestled safely back in boat slip 18!

"Phew," Honda sighed, climbing out of the water. "That was hard."

"Yeah," Otogi agreed.

Anzu wasn't paying any attention to them, because she was listening to a little girl in the boat across from them tell a story.

"I once got my hand stuck in the dishwasher!" she said happily.

"Oh, my!" Anzu gasped softly.

"And then," the girl continued, just as happily, "we had to call the firefighters to get it out!"

Anzu slapped her hands over her mouth, terrified for the poor little girl.

PEGASUS!!!! got out of the boat onto the dock. "Tonight," he announced, "We're going to Kmart!!!"

***

For your convenience, here's a list of the things mentioned in this chapter that really happened! I'll do this for the previous chapters, also, once I can get to them.

The sinking finger-dock
(Not jumping up and down and causing it to break, but the one that was already broken

The towels
(The cleaning ladies came and asked me what to do. I had no idea, so I took a gamble. And, yes, they did tell me to pick up the towels from the floor and then drop them back on the floor.)

The policeman's test
(This happened to my brother last year while my mom was skiing. I wasn't there, but I've heard the story.)

The Bermuda Triangle
(I swear, this is real. There was this one spot in the cove where we fell out several times one year.)

The metal ring in the air horn
(My brother, again. He was an idiot and broke our dad's new air horn, then had to pay for a new one.)

Getting stranded in the lake
(Several times, as PEGASUS!!!! said. The boat dies on us at least once a year, at various places in the lake. Once it died on us and a rainstorm came along. This year, my brother had to pull the boat back to the dock.)

The girl who got her hand stuck in the dishwasher
(I heard some little girl telling this story yesterday. It amused me SO much, considering her happy tone of voice.)

Before I get attacked by Bakura fangirls, I'd like to supply an explanation of Seto's "wimp" statement. Now, you may or may not be aware that Bakura doesn't KNOW he has the spirit of a homicidal maniac sharing his body with him. So, this causes for some confusion when Bakura comes back in control.
A very good example of this is the following: The first time Bakura took control of his body after Yami Bakura teamed up with Malik (of course, Yami Bakura had had complete control for long before that), it was at the very end of a duel with Yuugi in the Battle City finals (the times before that when he appeared to be regular Bakura was just Yami Bakura pretending to be regular Bakura). So, remember how Yami Bakura had cut his arm so that Malik could trick everyone into thinking that he was NOT Malik? Well, Bakura had complete control again, and he suddenly found himself standing on top of a blimp in the dark of night, with very strong winds, and he had a big gash in his arm. Needless to say, he was really freaked out and doubled over and started whining and crying and all that (I don't think he was crying as in TEARS crying, but I can't remember…). Poor thing, I felt so bad for him.
So, anyway, when Bakura fell into the water, Yami Bakura had control of his body, but when Bakura took control again he found himself suddenly soaking wet and his head had a throbbing pain in back, but he had no idea how it happened. So he was crying and yelling out of surprise, not that he was scared of the water or anything- but that's how Seto saw it. So he called him a wimp.
And don't attack me for writing what I did. I was just trying to keep Bakura in character. Somewhat.

And Honda's whole thing about being a mechanical monkey… later in the anime everyone is sucked into a virtual world, and the Big 5 steals Honda's body and Honda is turned into a monkey robot. And… "uki" is the sound a monkey makes in Japanese.

As for the whole thing about Otogi and Ryouta being brothers… I'm not going to explain it here. If you want to know about it, go to the "Pages" part of my site (I am ADVERTISING!!). It's the page with the title that says something about Otogi not having a family (kindly ignore the fact that he has an abusive clown for a father in the manga).
There's also a drawing I did of PEGASUS!!!! in his Hawaiian threads on the site. Go to the "Us" section, and then to "Fanart."