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Chapter #13: Shopping Surprises.
A/N: This part of the story takes place much later in the school year-- around mid-semester.a few weeks before Spring Break.
*~*~*Joey's POV*~*~*
"Alright!" I shouted when I received my math test back. Thanks to Téa and Elaya's studying tips, I managed to get 94% on my last unit test. Everyone in the class looked up and stared at me when I jumped out of my seat.
"Mr. Wheeler?" Mr. Hogan asked, "I know that you're very happy about your mark, and frankly, so am I. But I think that the class would rather you sit down and not make a mockery of yourself."
I sat down, "Yes sir." Me and Tristan high-fived.and soon the whole gang were at my desk.
"Judging by your sudden outburst of joy, I'm guessing that you got over 60%." Téa stated.
I smiled "That's right! 94%! Read it and weep! My mark is sure to go up now!" I stood up and said, "And I owe it all to you two." I opened my arms to Elaya and Téa. "Hug?"
They both ran away from me. I ended up chasing them around the class for about five seconds before the teacher told me that this wasn't the time to practice track and field. So much time has passed. We were almost done school.almost done our last year together. It was sad.we only had limited time together before we all split up. On the plus side, that meant prom was coming. And hopefully, that would mean that I could finally ask Mai to come with me.
I hadn't told anyone about Elaya's healing powers.she had told the gang herself when she healed Yugi's black eye that he got from one of the bullies. Sometimes I feel as if she's holding back something.as if she's got a lot more secrets.
The lunch bell had rung, and we all went outside. We gathered around one of the benches that were near the trees and just talked. Somewhere during the conversation, Téa had brought up the prom and she suggested that we should all go shopping for our tuxes and dresses soon.
"Why don't we just go this weekend and get it over with?" Elaya said with boredom hanging off every word.
"Great idea! We'll get it first and not have to settle for what everyone else didn't want if we went later. Are you guys doing anything this weekend?" We all shook our heads. "Perfect!"
"What time?" Tristan asked with interest and enthusiasm. Sometimes, I worry about this guy.
"How about after lunch.around 1:00? Sound good?" Téa asked everyone. We all muttered 'yea'
"I'll have to ask my mom first. And get her credit card to actually buy the dress." Elaya said, getting up, ready to throw her garbage in the garbage can a few feet away from us. "Anyone else finished their lunch? I'm only going there once." She usually did this. Offering to throw out our garbage so no one would have to get up. Tristan and Yugi gave her their lunch bags and she went to the garbage can and came back quickly after disposing of the trash.
I didn't want the weekend to come. It meant that me and my friends' get- together time would be getting smaller.and it also meant that I'd be shopping with them for about five hours.
*~*~*Saturday-Shopping Day.Elaya's POV*~*~*
Téa, who had recently gotten her driver's licence, picked us all up at our houses and drove us to the mall. I never really liked to shop.it's not like I hated it or anything, but walking around in a store for hours, seemed kinda unfun. I wonder if 'unfun' is even a word.
"Here we are!" Téa announced, as she circled the mall's parking lot, breaking my thoughts about new words.
"Nice driving there Téa. Next time, try not to hit the stoplights." Joey whined from the back. Yugi and Tristan laughed. It was true. When Téa had come onto the highway intersection, she turned too quickly and landed herself driving on the sidewalk.
"Be quiet Joey. I don't see you driving at all!" Joey had just gotten his G- 1...while Tristan, Yugi and I were beginning to get our G's. Téa finally found a parking spot and everyone got out. We went into the mall and began to walk around looking for certain shops that sold nice dresses for cheap. When we made it to the food court-which was right in the middle of the first floor at the mall-Téa said, "Okay.me and Elaya will go shopping for our stuff and you three will shop for your stuff. We'll meet here at 4:00 and then go home if everyone has at least something. Agreed?" Tristan, Joey, and Yugi all nodded in agreement.
Just before me and Téa head off in the direction of the dresses, voice called out to us, "Hey you guys! Long time no see!" A female with long blonde hair wearing a purple skirt and a matching vest over a white tank top walked towards us.
"Hey Mai. Good to see you too!" Yugi chirped.
"Hey Mai," Joey said, "How've you been?"
"Great. You guys here for some shopping adventures?" she asked.
I rolled my eyes, "What's so adventurous about walking into stores and buying things anyways?"
Mai looked at me. "Huh.you're a new face. What's your name?"
"Elaya White." I held out my hand. She shook it.
"I'm Mai Valentine. What brings all of you guys to the mall?"
"We're buying our dresses and tuxes for prom. You?" Téa explained.
"Hun, going shopping for me is like an everyday thing. You should know that by now." Mai answered. "Well, I'm sure that you two girls will need some expert advice for prom dresses-"
"Where's the expert? All I see is you Mai." Joey interrupted. An animé stress vein popped on her forehead before continuing, "-from me. I know everything about fashion, and shopping so.off we go! This is going to be so much fun!" She pulled me and Téa along and out of the food court by our arms. Before we left the area, I think I heard Tristan say, "I feel really sorry for those two right now." So did I.
We entered the first store, and instantly, I knew it was way out of my pricing range. They had really nice dresses however. As we sorted through some of them, Mai found a light blue dress that was knee length, had little ruffles for sleeves and a grape vine design in green sparkles.
"How about this?" she asked. Téa checked the price.
"This is way out of our price range." She concluded.
"Well, how much were you two expecting on paying?"
Téa laughed, "A third of that. And plus, this dress is too casual for a prom." Mai sighed and said, "Fine. Moving on to another store."
Finally we found one. It had decent prom dresses and decent prices. Mai was looking for something for herself while me and Téa were inspecting the mostly-formal-and-a-bit-on-the-casual-side dress rack. I was thrilled to find this long silver dress that wasn't too puffy at the sides.only slightly. It was all sparkly and it came with a grey sash. Another plus: it was my size.
"Hey Téa! How about this?" I called out into the full store. Apparently, everyone had thought of going shopping this weekend for dresses. I recognized half of the girls that walked in here.
Luckily, Téa heard me and found her way back to me. "Good find." She said, "Go try it on, I think that it'll look good on you."
"Have you found one yet?" I asked her. She nodded and showed me her arm. It was draped with at least three dresses. One was a pale green; another one was a gold colour and the last one blue. The gold one was like mine, just a bit on the puffy side, but it had these light purple flowers embroidered along the edge of the dress. We both went into the change rooms, only to wait for about 20 minutes. Mai found us and pushed ahead of the line where we were.
"Lemme see your choices!" she squealed. We showed them to her. She agreed that the gold one would look best on Téa and that my silver dress was a good choice. Mai also had a few dresses tucked under her arm.
"Are you going to a prom or something too?" I asked innocently.
She laughed. "No, I was planning on wearing these for everyday purposes."
"You were planning on wearing a ballroom gown for everyday purposes?" Téa questioned. Mai got all huffy and puffy but didn't say a word. When we finally got dressing rooms, I undressed quickly and put the dress on. I looked great in silver. Even Justi said that I looked great. The dress went down to the floor to cover all of my legs and my toes. Along with the sash, I felt that I was like Cinderella.except without a pumpkin for a car and without a prince charming. The only thing that was out of place was my hair.it was all frizzy and sticking out. What would I do with it on prom anyways?
After I finished my vanity affair, I took the dress off and was about to redress into my jeans and T-shirt when I saw my scars in the mirror. They looked horrible.all bumpy and scaly and they had this reddish tinge to it that was a huge contrast to my normally pale legs. I heard Téa call my name. I didn't hear everything that she said before she turned the handle to my dressing room. At first I didn't care. Téa has already seen me in my bra and underwear like, everyday in the change room for gym. Then I remembered that I only had a T-shirt on.and that my legs were showing.
Téa saw my scars. Time stood still as she shut the door behind her.
"Elaya, what happened? How did you get those?" She was worried, but I didn't know what to say.
*~*~*Yugi's POV*~*~*
"I feel really sorry for those two right now." Tristan said as Mai pulled Elaya and Téa into the direction of the shops by their arms. "So.uh.where first?"
"Let's just walk around and see if we can find one of those direction- things that they have in the mall." Joey suggested. We ended up getting lost for about 15 minutes before we actually found the map overview of the mall. Most of the men's suit stores were on the second floor. We memorized some of the names and were soon in the elevators.
As we were going up, Joey said, "Hey Yug, I don't think that you'll find anything."
"Why not Joey?" I asked turning to face him.
"You won't fit into any of the men's suits. You're too." He started and put a hand on the top of my head, "Short." He smiled.
"I'll find something." Brushing his hand away from my head, I continued, "Height or no height. There's something for everyone Joey." I said in response, trying not to sound angry. It wasn't my fault. Did they always have to bring that up? Suddenly, the elevator jerked sharply, the lights flickered, and then it stopped moving.
"Uh, guys?" Tristan said, "What just happened?"
"What do you think? The elevator stopped.you dimwit." Joey said. Then, it started to get dark all around us, as if all of the lights in the mall shut off like the ones in the elevator. I heard that familiar cackle in the distance and saw those unforgettable red eyes through all of the darkness.
/ Yami? What is happening? / I asked my other half.
\ I think that it is Dieen again Yugi. Quick, we need to switch! \
/ Okay / was all I could get out before Yami came out of his soul room and took over.
"Uh.Yugi? What's happening? Where did all this darkness come from?" Tristan called. I could barely see him, or Joey, it was as if a barrier kept both of my friends away.
"Dieen!" Yami called out fiercely into the darkness. "Or whoever you are, come out this instant!"
Silence. But then, puffs of smoke reappeared, like in my first encounter with her, and she began to laugh. She floated slowly towards us.
"Pharaoh?" she asked. "I'm giving you this one chance to hand over your Puzzle and all the power within it now, and I promise that I won't hurt your friends." She smiled.
"No. You need my Puzzle to merge the Shadow Realm with our world.so if I do give it to you, my friends will be hurt by your evils." Yami responded.
"You sound a lot smarter than you look Pharaoh. But now, I confirmed my suspicions about your weakness." She laughed again. "And do you know who told me? Your good friend, Yami Marik. And also, that portion of Seto Kaiba that you sent to me."
Yami stood there motionless.
"You see, Pharaoh, every time you send someone to the Shadow Realm, they come to me. And most of them resent you entirely for that matter, so when I do take your Puzzle, you'll be in for a little reunion with your favourite pals. Good bye Pharaoh, I am coming very soon.so very soon."
She disappeared into the darkness. Soon the darkness that shrouded my friends was gone and the elevator started up again.
"Yugi! What happened?!" Joey cried.
"By the looks of it, something not so good." Tristan answered.
"You're right Tristan." Yami said, "Something evil is among us."
"Again?" Joey whined. Yami shook his head in agreement. "But I'm not sure what it'll do to take what it wants."
*~*~*Elaya's POV*~*~*
For someone who was lost for words, I sure said a lot. I babbled everything that I could about my scar burns to Téa in one breath. I told her that I was an orphan and that my family died in a house fire. She sat there quietly for a long time.
"I see. I'm sorry about your parents." was all she said after three minutes of awkward silence. "So is that why you don't like wearing shorts and stuff?"
"Yeah, pretty much. I used to get teased a lot whenever I did."
"Oh." Téa responded. She then hugged me. "I wouldn't care if your entire body was like that.or worse. You're still the same good-hearted Elaya that I can call my friend."
I felt so relieved. "So you don't care?"
"Of course not! Friends are friends no matter what type of abnormalities they have. Okay?" She was smiling. And, for once after telling someone about them, so was I.
\\ It appears that Téa has passed the test. \\ Justi said.
// She aced it with flying colours. //
"Now," Téa said, "Let me see you in your dress."
"But I just took it off." I whined. I put it back on me anyways and Téa complimented me on it. "The gold one looks really good on you, Téa."
"So, are we gonna take these ones? Are we gonna go look for shoes next?"
"Yup. Come on, get changed and we'll go to the register and meet Mai." I said. Mai apparently was already waiting for us-impatiently I might add-at the register.
"Where have you two been? I've been waiting for ages out here!" She had already paid for her outfits as we got in line.
"We got a little preoccupied in the mirror, that's all." Téa said.
Mai laughed "And you guys call me vain."
Finally, after we made it out of the shop, we went across the hall to a shoe store called 'First Step.' Mai was telling us that we should find shoes that were the same colour as our dresses. Téa knew that finding a gold-coloured pair of shoes was going to be difficult, but luckily, the store had one pair left in her size. As we were trying on the shoes Mai asked us, "So, are you guys excited about prom?"
"Definitely." Téa responded. I nodded as well.
"I guess this means that you and little Yugi will be dancing up a storm, eh Téa?" Mai enquired. Téa blushed as she said, "We're just friends, Mai."
"Please Téa," I started, "I've seen the way you look at him during third period." She blushed even more. Before her entire head would be a tomato, she asked Mai, "Well, who did you dance with at prom?"
"I didn't have one." Mai answered, dropping her gaze to the floor.
"What?!" Téa and I asked.
"Well, it's not like I didn't graduate.I did with honours by the way.I was asked to leave the hall when the principal said that my behaviour was unacceptable."
"What did you do?" My eyes were practically popping out of their sockets.
"I threw an entire bowl of punch over this guy's head when he asked if I wanted to get down with him. When I refused he called me a bunch of names and threatened to spread rumours around that I slept with the teachers to get my high marks. Apparently, he had the authority to do that.and I had already gotten a bad rep like that, so I slapped him, punched him in the stomach and drenched him in red fruit juice. That boy didn't do any of the things that he threatened to do afterwards but I got in trouble anyways. I was asked to leave."
Téa's mouth was a perfect 'O' shape when Mai was done.
"Why don't you come to ours?" I asked. "You could get back the prom that you left."
Mai straightened up before saying, "Now why would I want to hang out with a bunch of seventeen year olds?"
"Joey will be there." Téa added, smiling.
Mai blushed. "Uh.What does that have to do with anything?" I giggled softly as Téa continued. "It's so obvious that Joey likes you and that you like him. Come on, admit it." When Mai said nothing, I added, "Mai, it doesn't matter who or what you go with. A prom is a prom. It's a final celebration before everyone moves on with there lives.to find careers and stuff.a celebration between friends. Aren't you one of our friends? Just come. It'll be fun, I promise."
After some quiet consideration, Mai stood up, "All right, I'll come. And it's not because of Joey." Téa gave me the yeah-right-she-is-so-lying look as she rolled her eyes. "Are you sure that I can come?" Mai asked.
"Don't worry. I'll just get an extra ticket for you. Some kids don't go, so you can take their place. But if the principle asks, you're a foreign exchange student who just came when the tickets got sold."
Mai laughed. "Okay, get your shoes together and let's pay for them."
*~*~*Yugi's POV*~*~*
After the whole elevator fiasco, Joey, Tristan and I found one of the suit stores and noticed that half of our grade was in there. We rushed in, hoping to find something, anything that would fit us and that we could afford.
"Yugi? How are you holding out? You okay?" I heard Joey call.
"Yeah.Oh! I think I found something in your size Joey! Oh! And you too Tristan!" I called from inside the circular clothes rack. There were some suits that were hiding on the inside of the rack, and I was the only one who could fit in it to get them. I wedged my hand through an opening and crawled out. I dusted myself off before giving them the clothes that I found. Joey liked the black suit that I pulled out and so did Tristan. The only tuxes that they had weren't in our sizes.and we checked the other stores and they were all too expensive.
"Alright! Good job Yug." Tristan said. "Did you find something for yourself?"
I nodded. Even though I found it in the boys' section, a suit was a suit. All we had to get now were some nice blouses and ties.
Remarkably, the suits that we got looked a lot like tuxes. Mine fit perfectly.
\ You look very nice Yugi.\
/ Thanks Yami! / I said as I saw him in the mirror / so do you! / My suit was black like Joey's and Tristan's and had close fitting pants.
"Hey Yugi!" Joey called from outside. "Check it out!" I opened the door to find Joey in his suit, with his hands on his hips and a huge smile on.
"You look great Joey!"
"Really? You think so?" He asked.
"Yeah!" I nodded.
"I knew it all along." He laughed and went back into the change room. Tristan came out later already changed. He told me that he liked it and was going to buy it. As we waited for Joey, Tristan and I were looking at the blouses on display. Tristan was trying to decide between dark blue and white. I chose my size in white. I already had a black tie at home to match.
"Tristan, buddy, why are you stressing out so much on what colour shirt to wear? Just pick one and be done with it!" Joey said as he walked towards us.
"He's doing that so he can look good for the girls so he can dance with them." I said. Tristan blushed as he chose the dark blue blouse instead of the white one.
"Finally!" Joey said. He randomly picked out a colour in his size. "There, perfect! That didn't take too long, now did it?" He got this off- white coloured shirt. It was very pale beige. For a tie, he got a black bow tie, while Tristan got a grey tie.
After we all paid and were leaving the store, Joey asked me, "So, Yugi.are you going to ask Téa to dance with ya?"
I felt myself glowing red "Uh." I said nervously, "Maybe"
"Are you going to ask Mai, Joey?" Tristan asked.
"What?!?" Joey yelled. He calmed down a few minutes later. "I mean.now why would I do something like that...It's none of your business."
"Okay," Tristan started, "then I guess that it's none of your business if I ask your sister to come with me."
Joey flipped out. But before he could do any physical harm to Tristan voices called out to us from in front. "HEY GUYS!" Elaya, Téa and Mai were running towards us with shopping bags in each hand. Well, Mai had at least three in each.
After they caught up with us, Téa asked, "So, are you guys done?"
All three of us nodded. We all had dress shoes at home. "It sure looks like you guys are done." Joey said.
"It's four o'clock already? Okay, well, I guess I'll see you guys soon." Mai said with a smile. "Later!" She waved goodbye and walked past us.
"Come on," Téa said, "We all have to get home now anyways." So we all headed in the direction of the exit into the parking lot showing each other what we bought.
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Chapter #13: Shopping Surprises.
A/N: This part of the story takes place much later in the school year-- around mid-semester.a few weeks before Spring Break.
*~*~*Joey's POV*~*~*
"Alright!" I shouted when I received my math test back. Thanks to Téa and Elaya's studying tips, I managed to get 94% on my last unit test. Everyone in the class looked up and stared at me when I jumped out of my seat.
"Mr. Wheeler?" Mr. Hogan asked, "I know that you're very happy about your mark, and frankly, so am I. But I think that the class would rather you sit down and not make a mockery of yourself."
I sat down, "Yes sir." Me and Tristan high-fived.and soon the whole gang were at my desk.
"Judging by your sudden outburst of joy, I'm guessing that you got over 60%." Téa stated.
I smiled "That's right! 94%! Read it and weep! My mark is sure to go up now!" I stood up and said, "And I owe it all to you two." I opened my arms to Elaya and Téa. "Hug?"
They both ran away from me. I ended up chasing them around the class for about five seconds before the teacher told me that this wasn't the time to practice track and field. So much time has passed. We were almost done school.almost done our last year together. It was sad.we only had limited time together before we all split up. On the plus side, that meant prom was coming. And hopefully, that would mean that I could finally ask Mai to come with me.
I hadn't told anyone about Elaya's healing powers.she had told the gang herself when she healed Yugi's black eye that he got from one of the bullies. Sometimes I feel as if she's holding back something.as if she's got a lot more secrets.
The lunch bell had rung, and we all went outside. We gathered around one of the benches that were near the trees and just talked. Somewhere during the conversation, Téa had brought up the prom and she suggested that we should all go shopping for our tuxes and dresses soon.
"Why don't we just go this weekend and get it over with?" Elaya said with boredom hanging off every word.
"Great idea! We'll get it first and not have to settle for what everyone else didn't want if we went later. Are you guys doing anything this weekend?" We all shook our heads. "Perfect!"
"What time?" Tristan asked with interest and enthusiasm. Sometimes, I worry about this guy.
"How about after lunch.around 1:00? Sound good?" Téa asked everyone. We all muttered 'yea'
"I'll have to ask my mom first. And get her credit card to actually buy the dress." Elaya said, getting up, ready to throw her garbage in the garbage can a few feet away from us. "Anyone else finished their lunch? I'm only going there once." She usually did this. Offering to throw out our garbage so no one would have to get up. Tristan and Yugi gave her their lunch bags and she went to the garbage can and came back quickly after disposing of the trash.
I didn't want the weekend to come. It meant that me and my friends' get- together time would be getting smaller.and it also meant that I'd be shopping with them for about five hours.
*~*~*Saturday-Shopping Day.Elaya's POV*~*~*
Téa, who had recently gotten her driver's licence, picked us all up at our houses and drove us to the mall. I never really liked to shop.it's not like I hated it or anything, but walking around in a store for hours, seemed kinda unfun. I wonder if 'unfun' is even a word.
"Here we are!" Téa announced, as she circled the mall's parking lot, breaking my thoughts about new words.
"Nice driving there Téa. Next time, try not to hit the stoplights." Joey whined from the back. Yugi and Tristan laughed. It was true. When Téa had come onto the highway intersection, she turned too quickly and landed herself driving on the sidewalk.
"Be quiet Joey. I don't see you driving at all!" Joey had just gotten his G- 1...while Tristan, Yugi and I were beginning to get our G's. Téa finally found a parking spot and everyone got out. We went into the mall and began to walk around looking for certain shops that sold nice dresses for cheap. When we made it to the food court-which was right in the middle of the first floor at the mall-Téa said, "Okay.me and Elaya will go shopping for our stuff and you three will shop for your stuff. We'll meet here at 4:00 and then go home if everyone has at least something. Agreed?" Tristan, Joey, and Yugi all nodded in agreement.
Just before me and Téa head off in the direction of the dresses, voice called out to us, "Hey you guys! Long time no see!" A female with long blonde hair wearing a purple skirt and a matching vest over a white tank top walked towards us.
"Hey Mai. Good to see you too!" Yugi chirped.
"Hey Mai," Joey said, "How've you been?"
"Great. You guys here for some shopping adventures?" she asked.
I rolled my eyes, "What's so adventurous about walking into stores and buying things anyways?"
Mai looked at me. "Huh.you're a new face. What's your name?"
"Elaya White." I held out my hand. She shook it.
"I'm Mai Valentine. What brings all of you guys to the mall?"
"We're buying our dresses and tuxes for prom. You?" Téa explained.
"Hun, going shopping for me is like an everyday thing. You should know that by now." Mai answered. "Well, I'm sure that you two girls will need some expert advice for prom dresses-"
"Where's the expert? All I see is you Mai." Joey interrupted. An animé stress vein popped on her forehead before continuing, "-from me. I know everything about fashion, and shopping so.off we go! This is going to be so much fun!" She pulled me and Téa along and out of the food court by our arms. Before we left the area, I think I heard Tristan say, "I feel really sorry for those two right now." So did I.
We entered the first store, and instantly, I knew it was way out of my pricing range. They had really nice dresses however. As we sorted through some of them, Mai found a light blue dress that was knee length, had little ruffles for sleeves and a grape vine design in green sparkles.
"How about this?" she asked. Téa checked the price.
"This is way out of our price range." She concluded.
"Well, how much were you two expecting on paying?"
Téa laughed, "A third of that. And plus, this dress is too casual for a prom." Mai sighed and said, "Fine. Moving on to another store."
Finally we found one. It had decent prom dresses and decent prices. Mai was looking for something for herself while me and Téa were inspecting the mostly-formal-and-a-bit-on-the-casual-side dress rack. I was thrilled to find this long silver dress that wasn't too puffy at the sides.only slightly. It was all sparkly and it came with a grey sash. Another plus: it was my size.
"Hey Téa! How about this?" I called out into the full store. Apparently, everyone had thought of going shopping this weekend for dresses. I recognized half of the girls that walked in here.
Luckily, Téa heard me and found her way back to me. "Good find." She said, "Go try it on, I think that it'll look good on you."
"Have you found one yet?" I asked her. She nodded and showed me her arm. It was draped with at least three dresses. One was a pale green; another one was a gold colour and the last one blue. The gold one was like mine, just a bit on the puffy side, but it had these light purple flowers embroidered along the edge of the dress. We both went into the change rooms, only to wait for about 20 minutes. Mai found us and pushed ahead of the line where we were.
"Lemme see your choices!" she squealed. We showed them to her. She agreed that the gold one would look best on Téa and that my silver dress was a good choice. Mai also had a few dresses tucked under her arm.
"Are you going to a prom or something too?" I asked innocently.
She laughed. "No, I was planning on wearing these for everyday purposes."
"You were planning on wearing a ballroom gown for everyday purposes?" Téa questioned. Mai got all huffy and puffy but didn't say a word. When we finally got dressing rooms, I undressed quickly and put the dress on. I looked great in silver. Even Justi said that I looked great. The dress went down to the floor to cover all of my legs and my toes. Along with the sash, I felt that I was like Cinderella.except without a pumpkin for a car and without a prince charming. The only thing that was out of place was my hair.it was all frizzy and sticking out. What would I do with it on prom anyways?
After I finished my vanity affair, I took the dress off and was about to redress into my jeans and T-shirt when I saw my scars in the mirror. They looked horrible.all bumpy and scaly and they had this reddish tinge to it that was a huge contrast to my normally pale legs. I heard Téa call my name. I didn't hear everything that she said before she turned the handle to my dressing room. At first I didn't care. Téa has already seen me in my bra and underwear like, everyday in the change room for gym. Then I remembered that I only had a T-shirt on.and that my legs were showing.
Téa saw my scars. Time stood still as she shut the door behind her.
"Elaya, what happened? How did you get those?" She was worried, but I didn't know what to say.
*~*~*Yugi's POV*~*~*
"I feel really sorry for those two right now." Tristan said as Mai pulled Elaya and Téa into the direction of the shops by their arms. "So.uh.where first?"
"Let's just walk around and see if we can find one of those direction- things that they have in the mall." Joey suggested. We ended up getting lost for about 15 minutes before we actually found the map overview of the mall. Most of the men's suit stores were on the second floor. We memorized some of the names and were soon in the elevators.
As we were going up, Joey said, "Hey Yug, I don't think that you'll find anything."
"Why not Joey?" I asked turning to face him.
"You won't fit into any of the men's suits. You're too." He started and put a hand on the top of my head, "Short." He smiled.
"I'll find something." Brushing his hand away from my head, I continued, "Height or no height. There's something for everyone Joey." I said in response, trying not to sound angry. It wasn't my fault. Did they always have to bring that up? Suddenly, the elevator jerked sharply, the lights flickered, and then it stopped moving.
"Uh, guys?" Tristan said, "What just happened?"
"What do you think? The elevator stopped.you dimwit." Joey said. Then, it started to get dark all around us, as if all of the lights in the mall shut off like the ones in the elevator. I heard that familiar cackle in the distance and saw those unforgettable red eyes through all of the darkness.
/ Yami? What is happening? / I asked my other half.
\ I think that it is Dieen again Yugi. Quick, we need to switch! \
/ Okay / was all I could get out before Yami came out of his soul room and took over.
"Uh.Yugi? What's happening? Where did all this darkness come from?" Tristan called. I could barely see him, or Joey, it was as if a barrier kept both of my friends away.
"Dieen!" Yami called out fiercely into the darkness. "Or whoever you are, come out this instant!"
Silence. But then, puffs of smoke reappeared, like in my first encounter with her, and she began to laugh. She floated slowly towards us.
"Pharaoh?" she asked. "I'm giving you this one chance to hand over your Puzzle and all the power within it now, and I promise that I won't hurt your friends." She smiled.
"No. You need my Puzzle to merge the Shadow Realm with our world.so if I do give it to you, my friends will be hurt by your evils." Yami responded.
"You sound a lot smarter than you look Pharaoh. But now, I confirmed my suspicions about your weakness." She laughed again. "And do you know who told me? Your good friend, Yami Marik. And also, that portion of Seto Kaiba that you sent to me."
Yami stood there motionless.
"You see, Pharaoh, every time you send someone to the Shadow Realm, they come to me. And most of them resent you entirely for that matter, so when I do take your Puzzle, you'll be in for a little reunion with your favourite pals. Good bye Pharaoh, I am coming very soon.so very soon."
She disappeared into the darkness. Soon the darkness that shrouded my friends was gone and the elevator started up again.
"Yugi! What happened?!" Joey cried.
"By the looks of it, something not so good." Tristan answered.
"You're right Tristan." Yami said, "Something evil is among us."
"Again?" Joey whined. Yami shook his head in agreement. "But I'm not sure what it'll do to take what it wants."
*~*~*Elaya's POV*~*~*
For someone who was lost for words, I sure said a lot. I babbled everything that I could about my scar burns to Téa in one breath. I told her that I was an orphan and that my family died in a house fire. She sat there quietly for a long time.
"I see. I'm sorry about your parents." was all she said after three minutes of awkward silence. "So is that why you don't like wearing shorts and stuff?"
"Yeah, pretty much. I used to get teased a lot whenever I did."
"Oh." Téa responded. She then hugged me. "I wouldn't care if your entire body was like that.or worse. You're still the same good-hearted Elaya that I can call my friend."
I felt so relieved. "So you don't care?"
"Of course not! Friends are friends no matter what type of abnormalities they have. Okay?" She was smiling. And, for once after telling someone about them, so was I.
\\ It appears that Téa has passed the test. \\ Justi said.
// She aced it with flying colours. //
"Now," Téa said, "Let me see you in your dress."
"But I just took it off." I whined. I put it back on me anyways and Téa complimented me on it. "The gold one looks really good on you, Téa."
"So, are we gonna take these ones? Are we gonna go look for shoes next?"
"Yup. Come on, get changed and we'll go to the register and meet Mai." I said. Mai apparently was already waiting for us-impatiently I might add-at the register.
"Where have you two been? I've been waiting for ages out here!" She had already paid for her outfits as we got in line.
"We got a little preoccupied in the mirror, that's all." Téa said.
Mai laughed "And you guys call me vain."
Finally, after we made it out of the shop, we went across the hall to a shoe store called 'First Step.' Mai was telling us that we should find shoes that were the same colour as our dresses. Téa knew that finding a gold-coloured pair of shoes was going to be difficult, but luckily, the store had one pair left in her size. As we were trying on the shoes Mai asked us, "So, are you guys excited about prom?"
"Definitely." Téa responded. I nodded as well.
"I guess this means that you and little Yugi will be dancing up a storm, eh Téa?" Mai enquired. Téa blushed as she said, "We're just friends, Mai."
"Please Téa," I started, "I've seen the way you look at him during third period." She blushed even more. Before her entire head would be a tomato, she asked Mai, "Well, who did you dance with at prom?"
"I didn't have one." Mai answered, dropping her gaze to the floor.
"What?!" Téa and I asked.
"Well, it's not like I didn't graduate.I did with honours by the way.I was asked to leave the hall when the principal said that my behaviour was unacceptable."
"What did you do?" My eyes were practically popping out of their sockets.
"I threw an entire bowl of punch over this guy's head when he asked if I wanted to get down with him. When I refused he called me a bunch of names and threatened to spread rumours around that I slept with the teachers to get my high marks. Apparently, he had the authority to do that.and I had already gotten a bad rep like that, so I slapped him, punched him in the stomach and drenched him in red fruit juice. That boy didn't do any of the things that he threatened to do afterwards but I got in trouble anyways. I was asked to leave."
Téa's mouth was a perfect 'O' shape when Mai was done.
"Why don't you come to ours?" I asked. "You could get back the prom that you left."
Mai straightened up before saying, "Now why would I want to hang out with a bunch of seventeen year olds?"
"Joey will be there." Téa added, smiling.
Mai blushed. "Uh.What does that have to do with anything?" I giggled softly as Téa continued. "It's so obvious that Joey likes you and that you like him. Come on, admit it." When Mai said nothing, I added, "Mai, it doesn't matter who or what you go with. A prom is a prom. It's a final celebration before everyone moves on with there lives.to find careers and stuff.a celebration between friends. Aren't you one of our friends? Just come. It'll be fun, I promise."
After some quiet consideration, Mai stood up, "All right, I'll come. And it's not because of Joey." Téa gave me the yeah-right-she-is-so-lying look as she rolled her eyes. "Are you sure that I can come?" Mai asked.
"Don't worry. I'll just get an extra ticket for you. Some kids don't go, so you can take their place. But if the principle asks, you're a foreign exchange student who just came when the tickets got sold."
Mai laughed. "Okay, get your shoes together and let's pay for them."
*~*~*Yugi's POV*~*~*
After the whole elevator fiasco, Joey, Tristan and I found one of the suit stores and noticed that half of our grade was in there. We rushed in, hoping to find something, anything that would fit us and that we could afford.
"Yugi? How are you holding out? You okay?" I heard Joey call.
"Yeah.Oh! I think I found something in your size Joey! Oh! And you too Tristan!" I called from inside the circular clothes rack. There were some suits that were hiding on the inside of the rack, and I was the only one who could fit in it to get them. I wedged my hand through an opening and crawled out. I dusted myself off before giving them the clothes that I found. Joey liked the black suit that I pulled out and so did Tristan. The only tuxes that they had weren't in our sizes.and we checked the other stores and they were all too expensive.
"Alright! Good job Yug." Tristan said. "Did you find something for yourself?"
I nodded. Even though I found it in the boys' section, a suit was a suit. All we had to get now were some nice blouses and ties.
Remarkably, the suits that we got looked a lot like tuxes. Mine fit perfectly.
\ You look very nice Yugi.\
/ Thanks Yami! / I said as I saw him in the mirror / so do you! / My suit was black like Joey's and Tristan's and had close fitting pants.
"Hey Yugi!" Joey called from outside. "Check it out!" I opened the door to find Joey in his suit, with his hands on his hips and a huge smile on.
"You look great Joey!"
"Really? You think so?" He asked.
"Yeah!" I nodded.
"I knew it all along." He laughed and went back into the change room. Tristan came out later already changed. He told me that he liked it and was going to buy it. As we waited for Joey, Tristan and I were looking at the blouses on display. Tristan was trying to decide between dark blue and white. I chose my size in white. I already had a black tie at home to match.
"Tristan, buddy, why are you stressing out so much on what colour shirt to wear? Just pick one and be done with it!" Joey said as he walked towards us.
"He's doing that so he can look good for the girls so he can dance with them." I said. Tristan blushed as he chose the dark blue blouse instead of the white one.
"Finally!" Joey said. He randomly picked out a colour in his size. "There, perfect! That didn't take too long, now did it?" He got this off- white coloured shirt. It was very pale beige. For a tie, he got a black bow tie, while Tristan got a grey tie.
After we all paid and were leaving the store, Joey asked me, "So, Yugi.are you going to ask Téa to dance with ya?"
I felt myself glowing red "Uh." I said nervously, "Maybe"
"Are you going to ask Mai, Joey?" Tristan asked.
"What?!?" Joey yelled. He calmed down a few minutes later. "I mean.now why would I do something like that...It's none of your business."
"Okay," Tristan started, "then I guess that it's none of your business if I ask your sister to come with me."
Joey flipped out. But before he could do any physical harm to Tristan voices called out to us from in front. "HEY GUYS!" Elaya, Téa and Mai were running towards us with shopping bags in each hand. Well, Mai had at least three in each.
After they caught up with us, Téa asked, "So, are you guys done?"
All three of us nodded. We all had dress shoes at home. "It sure looks like you guys are done." Joey said.
"It's four o'clock already? Okay, well, I guess I'll see you guys soon." Mai said with a smile. "Later!" She waved goodbye and walked past us.
"Come on," Téa said, "We all have to get home now anyways." So we all headed in the direction of the exit into the parking lot showing each other what we bought.
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