By Rhapsody and Sky-Pirate-Tat
Yu-Gi-Oh! belongs to Kazuki Takahashi.
Malik had been following Kikai and Ryou, just to keep his evil tailing skills in practice, and he'd heard the whole thing… He popped out from behind a tree to talk to Kikai.
"My, this is very interesting," he said.
"Malik…" Kikai sighed. "Don't go blabbing this to everybody."
"But it's amusing, now isn't it? The pharaoh not only playing shadow games but girls as well?" The psycho cocked his head to the side.
Meanwhile with Yugi and the other peoples…
Surprisingly, Joun and Honda got inside the yami convention.
"Look at this!"
"Don't touch that!"
"What does this do?"
"YO KID! YOU BREAK IT YOU BUY IT!"
Eh…Yug.." Joun sweatdropped and held his hand out, a gesture that meant: 'Can ya lend me some cash?'
The tri-color-haired boy groaned.
Meanwhile with Yami…
"Wow, lots of people, but where's the Yami that matters most?"
Kikai… he thought to himself. She's so pretty, smart, smells good...
"And she's a D-cup!"
Everyone stared at Yami.
Did I just say that out loud?!
"Kikai…" Ryou said uncertainly as they approached the squat brick building holding the convention. Malik was walking with them, his arms behind his head, whistling a song he had written about his revenge on Yami. He was still amused about Yami's history with Kikai.
"Yeah, what is it?" Kikai said, imagining what she would do to poor Yami to completely break his heart as hers had been.
"I… wish you wouldn't do this. To Yami."
Kikai laughed and glomped the boy. "Ryou, you're so cute! Always worrying over your friends…"
"So you won't-?"
"Of course I will. This doesn't change anything!" she announced with a grin.
"Present your Millennium Item for admittance, please," the guard asked. They had reached the front door. Ryou surrendered to his yami (who was as amused as Malik) and they went in.
/Ah, there she is… /
Yami spotted Kikai's silvery hair in the crowd.
"Come on!" he said to Joun and Honda, who were arguing with a yami over the validity of their Items. Yami almost skipped over to Kikai, who obligingly draped her arms around his shoulders and kissed him on the cheek.
"Hey, koibito, what's up?"
"Isn't that cute?" an old woman yami whispered to another as they watched the pair from a distance. "Young yami love…" Her companion nodded, neither knowing the incongruity of it.
"Hello, Kikai dear…" Yami sighed happily.
Ryou gave him a look of such pity that he frowned.
"What's bothering you, Bakura?"
Yami Ryou (aka Bakura) took back his facial control from his meddling Light and replied happily, "Nothing at all! My Light's just being a pain."
Yami nodded in sympathy. "So, Kikai… what would you like to do?" he whispered into her ear.
Expose you for the fraud you are, Yami, and strew the ashes of your broken heart among hot Egyptian sands! But not yet, not yet…
"Oh, but who are your friends?" she asked, noticing Joun and Honda. "I thought they didn't have ya-"
Joun clamped his hand over her mouth. "Sshh! We're incognito. We wanted to come too! See my Millennium Sock?"
He held it up for her inspection. Her face turned slightly green. "I can smell it…"
"Joun, put that wretched thing away!" Yami insisted immediately.
Joun took a look at his love-struck friend and did as told, upon which large yami enforcers came and dragged him away. Yami, already turned back to Kikai, didn't notice.
"Excuse me, excuse me! Could I have your attention please?"
It was Pegasus on the stage. Yami gasped in amazement, but Pegasus didn't seem to be doing anything evil.
"Greetings, ladies, gentlemen, and yamis. I am Pegasus J. Crawford, creator of modern-day Duel Monsters, and possibly the most famous yami in the world. On behalf of our sponsor, I'd like to welcome you all to this convention. And would Kikai Bakura come up here please? She's our guest of honor, and I'd like her to say a few words."
Kikai unwrapped herself from Yami and strode up to the stage.
/This is it…/ she thought. /Time to expose Yami for the jerk he is…/
/This is it…/ Yami Bakura thought as she mounted the platform. /Time for my attack!/
He leapt at Yami but was intercepted by a tan-skinned blond… Malik.
"What are you doing?" he hissed at him.
"I want to kill him!" Malik said. "Not you! He killed my father!"
"But he tried to remove me from my host twice!"
"I wanna kill him!"
"I want to!"
They continued to argue. Right before them the object of their hatred stood, completely unaware of their fight. Yami was a very lucky guy.
"Hello, everyone, I'm Kikai Bakura, and I have a very important message for you," Kikai began…
/Kikai, don't do this,/ a small voice spoke up from the back of her mind.
/Be quiet, Light. You don't understand…/
/I don't think you do either… /
Kikai coughed. "Excuse me for just a moment…"