Finally, school is over and I can now move on to the eigth chapter. I wish no7 had come out better, but what can you do, eh? Anywho, this chapter will be a subtle. normal chapter, much like 1-5, and then the next chapter is where things get a tad bit queer... er. Yeah, you'll finally find out about who it is Kaiba has a purple passion for (get it! He's gay and his passion is PURPLE *begins to laugh at her horribly awful pun*) Yes now, let's first go onto thuis chapter where we find out the secret 'longings' of Ishtar, whom I didn't want to name Marik because I hate the dub of this show with the sharp ends of a hundred forks. Malik sounds strained, Ryou has a funny accent which can't pin point the origin of, same goes for Bakura except his voice is deeper, Jounouchi's is messed up, nobody can pronounce Malik's name, not even Malik (which awfully sad), and Kaiba sounds like he's constipated. There were two voices in it, though, I will say that I liked. First would be Mokuba, no real reason, it fits him, I guess (in my mind, anyway) and second would be Pegasus. No, I do NOT think he was dubbed well, but because his voice so awfully wrong, I can't help but laugh my ass off everytime he speaks a sentence. *imagination* Kaiba boy *LMAO* Sorry, if it isn't obvious, I'm easily entertained. Anyway, go on ahead and read the ficcy goodness and live on Kensh- er... fic reader (starting to get my TV series mixed up).

Chapter 8

Ishtar got up bright and early the next morning, and figured he might just head out early. He still had a few things he wanted to sort out in his mind, and really didn't want to be around anyone. Also, Yami had been clinging onto him a lot latley, so he figured it best to get out of there before he woke up. He put on his usual shirt and pants (geez, don't these people ever change their clothes) and walked outside. He thought it might be nice to walk to the sea shore since the sound of the ocean waves were always so soothing.

Back at the apartment, Yami was going into hysterics, seeing that his love pookie was no where to be found.

"Ishtar?! ISHTAR!! DON'T MAKE ME CALL YOU MARIK, YOU HEAR ME?!!" Bakura looked over at Yami with a new found anger.

"Will you shut up?! I was in the middle of a very pleasant dream that, morally, I shouldn't have been dreaming."

"YOU!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH ISHTAR?!! YOU ATE HIM, DIDN'T YOU?!!" Yami shouted accusingly at the albino, who was glaring back at him menacingly.

"Oh, your days are numbered!" Bakura quickly drew a stick Yami being shot at with a bazooka, and then glared back at him maliciously. "I have just determined your fate. Enjoy life while it lasts." Bakura then walked behind the counter where the mini kitchen was, beginning to make a stew pot worth of Lucky Charms for himself.

Jounouchi got up at hearing all the racket, and walked over to where Bakura was, hoping to relieve him of some of that cereal he had. It was then that it occured to Bakura. Jounouchi seemed to be your average glutton. Why not try to seduce him with nummy food? Sure, he was putting the failed whip cream incident behind him, but kept new hope for maybe a better day. As they say, if first you don't succeed, kill the bastard who beat you and force your subject to do what you want.

"Hey Jou, how would you like to have some delicious lucky charms? I'd be possibly willing to share with you if-"

"Don't mind if I do!" Jounouchi grabbed the stew pot and hauled it off to the couch, where the cereal disappeared within moments. Once again, Bakura's plan had been thwarted, but he still had a back up, which would call for a bed and an abandoned apartment... that or a hotel, but he's cheap like that, so kicking everybody out for the day would be in his best interest.

While all of that was going on, Kaiba was having his own problems. Ishtar hadn't been the only one missing, for Ryou and Mokuba were gone as well. Yugi realized that Kaiba was in a paniced state, and thought maybe he should question him about it.

"What's wrong?"

"It's Mokuba! I think that he may have run off with Ryou, that horrid fiend!"

"Nope, they're here. Ryou led Mokuba off over there, so I wouldn't be surprised if they're making out in the closet."

"... you think that Ryou is taking advantage of my little brother... and you didn't do anything? WHAT THE HELL'S WRONG WITH YOU?!" Kaiba stormed over to the closet, and sure enough, Mokuba and Ryou were there, but in much different circumstances than Kaiba had thought. Instead of making out they were... playing checkers?

"No, don't jump my king!" Mokuba squealed in horror as Ryou took down his piece.

"Sorry, but I'm not gonna go easy on you just because you're a cutie."

"What the hell's going on here and why are you in the closet?" Kaiba was a tad confused since he had never played checkers before, and couldn't understand why they had to be in a closet to play it. Ryou noticed his confusion and cleared things up.

"You see, this is a board game's similar to chess but much less complicated. We're in the closet because originally we were planning to do very dirty things, but then realized there wasn't enough room, so we pulled this out instead." Ryou gave him a happy, innocent smile and Mokuba cried because of his ass getting totally kicked by the checker master. Kaiba really wasn't sure what to do in this perdicament, seeing that they weren't doing anything 'wrong,' but just admitted they had been planning to, not to mention lord knows what they had been doing before he had woken up. He then did what any responsible big brother would, and left them to their own devices.

Malik had just finished his shower, and quickly ran up to Kaiba's side, thinking that him only in a towel might turn the ex CEO on. Unfortunatley, Kaiba's mind was else where, and didn't pay much attention to Malik at all. Besides his brother damning his soul to the eternal fires of hell with his new dirty life style being formed, he had his own desires that were still unfilled. He wanted so bad to be with HIM right now, but HE didn't seem to realize his existance. Notice how we put HE and HIM in captitals to give it that more drama like effect.

Not really knowing what was going on in Kaiba's head but knowing that he wanted to help him out, Malik thought that he might as well try to ask him some questions, get some answers and make him feel better.

"What's wrong? You can tell me, you know," Malik said, trying to make eye contact. Kaiba sighed and plopped onto the floor.

"It's not anything really." Malik came behind him and began to massage his shoulders, thinking it might release some tension.

"I really do wish you would tell me. I want to help you," he said softly, bringing his arms around Kaiba's neck win a soft embrace.

In other parts of the apartment (the other room to be exact, considering there really aren't many to choose from), Ishtar had come back from his walk and had finally decided. He was going to tell HIM (here we go again) how he felt. It had taken some fresh air and some clearing of the mind, putting his doubts to rest, but he knew that if he didn't do this now, he probably would lose his nerve and not have another opportunity for a very long time. It had taken him a whole fifteen minutes to figure this out, and knew that the time was now. He walked up to the object of his desire and spoke.

"Hey, I wanted you to know that, well, I've been in love with you for a long time now and I just wanted you to know." He turned his face away, embarassed and also scared of what would happen next.

Bakura looked at him, seeing as that he had just gotten a profession of admiration. He thought Ishtar's word over carefully for a second, knowing that now he probably had a free bed ride when he didn't have one of his kooky plans in motion, and finally came up with his answer.

"Well, right now I'm working on my 'seduce Jounouchi project,' so I guess if all works out, I could squeeze you in for a threesome."

"... You really are kind of kinky, huh?"

"Yeah, just a tad."

Malik shook his head and smiled. "It all sounds good to me. You can fit me in on your messed up adventured whenever you like." For some reason, he found the thought of Bakura being freakishly psycotic and horny a big turn on. Also, as long as he had his thoughts being produced into real life scenarios, there would never be a dull moment.

A thought just hit Bakura's head. "Hey, while I'm figuring out my next move for my Jounouchi sceme, you wanna make out?"

"Okay!" They then got down behind the counter where they could have a bit of privacy, and Yami wouldn't be able to see what was going on, thus unable to throw a hissy fit. It had been decided that what he doesn't know won't hurt him, and besides, he'll have his own problems in the chapter to come. Yes, you guessed it, this is the end of chapter 8!!!

Ah, one more chapter down. Things are getting a bit strange, neh? The fist half of this story rides along with the other chapters but around the second half things started getting weird it was written while I had a major head ache from eating too many sweets, staying up till 2, waking up at 5am, watching Rocky Horror Picture Show a couple times, followed by listening to the soundtrack. Yeah, I'm still feeling rather tired but can't go to bed because it's 12 now, and when it's the afternoon, it's impossible to go back to sleep. In think I'll pt my DVD on again, and sing and dance along to the Time Warp. Till the next chapter!