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"Dr. Bakura! We have a problem, sir," Number Honda called.
Dr. Bakura looked up from petting Mr. Ryousworth. "Can't you see I'm busy?!"
"Dr. Bakura..." Number Honda pleaded.
"ZIP IT!" Dr. Bakura barked.
"That line's meant to be for Mokuba..."
"Oh, quiet then."
"Erm, sir, some of the workers are rebelling because they're afraid of being sold."
"Make an example of them," Dr. Bakura suggested. "Oooh, have a public execution!" He laughed evilly.
"Sir, that's been illegal for years."
"Argh!" Dr. Bakura screamed, banging the table. "Damn communists!"
"Sir..."
"COMMUNIST!"
Number Honda sighed. "Sir, please-"
"SILENCE! I demand a public execution!"
"If we publicly execute anyone, the cops will arrest us and probably shut down the company."
"... That would be bad."
"Yes. Yes it would."
Dr. Bakura leaned back in his chair. "Then what?"
"We non-publicly execute them."
Dr. Bakura thought for a moment, then cackled evilly. "Works for me!"
Just then, Mokuba burst in followed closely by Frau Malik.
"Come back here!" Frau Malik snarled. Mokuba just laughed and continued to run. After circling Dr. Bakura twice, they ran back out of the room.
"Uhh... that was weird..."
Mr. Ryousworth looked up. "That did NOT look legal."
"Exactly. Mind following them to see what they're up to?"
"Hell no!"
Dr. Bakura twapped him over the head.
He turned to Number Honda. "/You/ go follow them to see what's going on."
"Uhh, I'd love to, but I have to go organise the executions. Bye!" Number Honda dashed out of the room.
Dr. Bakura sighed and rounded on Mr. Ryousworth.
"Fine! I'll go," the cat-boy grumbled.
Dr. Bakura grinned and sipped his latte, which had been there since morning. "Eew. It's cold..."
Dr. Bakura looked up as loud cries reached his ears.
"Put it on!"
"No way! It makes me look like a girl!"
"PUT IT ON!!"
"I will not!"
Mr. Ryousworth padded back in. "Yeah, you can figure what's going on without me."
Just as he returned to Dr. Bakura, the whole building (including the Starbucks downstairs) heard an almighty yell of triumph.
"YES!"
Frau Malik literally came dancing out of the room, holding Mokuba high.
"I DID IT!"
Mokuba, however, was nowhere near as happy. In fact, he looked PISSED. "MY HAIR IS IN /BRAIDS/!" He screeched.
"But you look so cute," Frau Malik cooed.
"You are INSANE!" shouted Mokuba.
Dr. Bakura, Mr. Ryousworth, and Number Honda all snickered as they looked at the pink overalls Mokuba was in.
"I HATE YOU!" Mokuba yelled, kicking Frau Malik.
Frau Malik laughed, hugging him. "He's like a doll!"
"AHHH! ENOUGH WITH THE TORTURE!" He screeched, jumping to the floor, and running to hide behind Mr. Ryousworth.
Frau Malik pouted. "You don't love me!"
"Duh."
Dr. Bakura rolled his eyes. "If you two are quite finished, we have employees to execute."

***

Three empty pizza boxes were lying on the floor when Yugi and Yami returned to the main room. Jou was happily licking the grease off of his fingers. He reached to do the same to Seto's fingers, but Seto smacked him.
"Aw, c'mon, Seto!"
Seto glared at him. "When did I give you permission to call me that?"
"You didn't-"
"Then don't call me that!"
Jou meeped. "But... you called me Jou earlier..."
"Don't you get it?! I was under the control of the evil Joes!"
"Gadzooks!"
"...Gadzooks?"
Yami and Yugi looked at each other, nodded, and disappeared into the back room again.
Jou slowly stuck his head into the hollow of Seto's shoulder. "I'll call you whatever." He mumbled.
"Mutt, move..." Seto hissed, but almost softened when he saw Jou was almost sleeping.
"No... sleepy..."
"Puppy, wake up. We have a plot to follow. We'll never get through it if you're asleep."
Jou sighed and sat up. "Fine, fine. But if I fall asleep at Ring Corp, it's your fault."
"If you fall asleep at Ring Corp, you're as good as dead."
"Optimistic, aren't we?"
"No, just honest."
"Pishaw." Jou grumbled, getting up. "So how do I seduce you by the end at this rate?"
"I'd rather not think about that."
"Kaiba, you want meeee."
"Will you stop saying that?!"
The two of them went downstairs to the motorcycle. As they went, Jou kept singing "Kaiba wants me!" and doing some sort of goofy dance.
"WILL YOU SHUT UP?!" Seto finally screamed.
"But-"
"No! On the motorcycle!"
They soon stopped at Starbucks for a coffee.
"Uh... aren't we meant to be after Ring Corp?" Jou asked.
"Yes, but I need coffee."
"Oh."
Once the coffee was had (what an odd phrase... is that english at all?), they were off to Ring Corp.
"So now that we're here, what do we do?" Jou asked, looking around nervously, half expecting Yami to leap out and molest him.
"We'll have to sneak into the conference room. I'm betting that's where Dr. Bakura is."
Jou nodded. "Come ON... I'm scared..."
"Fine, mutt." Seto sighed, dragging him along.
"Ow! Ow! I'll follow! Stop pulling my hair!"
They snuck through the hall towards the conference room. An open door along the hall caught Jou's eye. He stopped, although Seto kept walking. Jou looked into the room...