"Do you think we lost them?" Aisling asked. "I hope so. I get the feeling
Bakura's probably still very angry at us." Ryou replied. "Most likely."
Bluefire agreed, nodding. "Crap. Let's hope they don't catch up to us."
Ryou looked in the back. "Don't look now, but I think we're being
followed." Aisling looked back. "No! They're practically right behind us!
Can't this thing go any faster?" Bluefire nodded. "Yeah. Hold onto your
butts, you two. We're about to break the sound barrier."
She pushed the pedal to the floor and pushed a small, red button on the wheel. The car jolted, throwing Aisling and Ryou around for a moment.
"Geez, warn someone, Bluefire." Ryou complained. Aisling nodded. "Yeah, really." Bluefire shrugged. "What? You wanted to go faster."
"Hai, but I don't feel like being tossed out of the vehicle or dragged along-side it. I've already had that happen to me once." Aisling shuddered at the memory. "Oh, crap!" Bluefire exclaimed. "I'd better be careful with the NOS." "NOS?" Ryou and Aisling asked. "Nitrous oxide. This car can go fast already, but I'd better be careful not to blow the engine. If the engine blows, then we're screwed." Bluefire explained.
"Sweet mecriful crap!" Malik exclaimed. "What?!" "Did you see that? They just totally blasted out of here!" Bakura whacked him upside the head. "I'm aware of that, you idiot! No matter, we'll still find them." "How?" Bakura rolled his eyes. "Just shut up and let me do the thinking." "Fine." Malik thought to himself, ~Bluefire's offer for
an alliance is looking good now.~ "THANK you!" Bakura thought to himself ~I don't know why I put up with that moron, he's worse than Aisling.~
Malik was obviously insanely bored, because he started to sing "I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves-" "SHUT YOUR FUCKING FACE!" Bakura bellowed. "Eep!! Sheesh, Bakura, don't burst a blood vessel. I'm just joking with you." "Malik, I'm warning you..." Bakura growled. Malik pouted adorably. "Fine, spoilsport." "Do me a favor and never sing that again." Bakura sighed, massaging his temples.
"Okay." Malik started to sing, "La mar estaba serena, serena estaba la mar. Le mer estebe serene. Serene esbtebe le mer-" "How the Hell did you learn that?" "Bluefire taught me."
"Do you even know what that means?!" Malik nodded. "Uh huh. It means 'the sea is calm, calm is the sea.' It's supposed to help teach me the vowels in Spanish." "I'm not even going to ask, Malik."
Malik shrugged and continued singing "La mar estaba serena, serena estaba la mar. Le mer estebe serene. Serene esbtebe le mer..." "Why me?" Bakura sighed. "You know you love me." "WHAT?! No I don't." "Fine. If you're going to be so mean, I'll just have to call Bluefire
and tell her no hard feelings." Bakura stared at his partner in crime in shock. "You wouldn't." "Want to bet?" Bakura muttered under his breath. "What was that? I couldn't hear you." Malik said innocently.
Bakura muttered again. "I knew you loved me!" Malik glomped him.
"Get off! You're creeping me out." Malik just grinned in reply. "I can't drive when you have my arms pinned to my sides."
"Sorry." Malik let go of him. "Thank you." Bakura muttered something about him being a manipulative little bastard. Malik pouted. "Would you stop that?"
Aisling looked back. "I don't see them anymore. I think we lost them. We should circle around a few times, make sure they lose our tracks so to speak."
"Good idea." Ryou agreed. Bluefire nodded. "Yeah. All right."
"So, now that I'm sure they know where we are, where to?" Ryou asked.
"Well, if I remember right, the mall's gonna be crowded at this time.
First, we put the stuff away, then we get there." Bluefire suggested.
"Then what?" Aisling asked. "Then, we hope that they don't catch us." "Why does that not make me feel better?" Aisling and Ryou said in unison. "It's the best we can do for right now." Bluefire shrugged.
"But if they know where we're staying, won't they go there and wait for us to come back? You know, an ambush?" Aisling asked nervously.
"She has a point." Ryou told her. "Well, we can't let the groceries spoil. But, you do have a point." Bluefire replied.
"So what do we do? I mean, should we stay and wait, maybe booby-trap the place, or run for it?" Aisling asked. "If they're not there yet, then booby- trap the place. Bluefire replied. "What if they are?"
"Then we get them out, booby-trap the place, and watch the sparks fly."
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Ryou sighed. Aisling leaned forward and lay her head on his shoulder. "So do I." "Hey! My plans aren't that bad. When was the last time one of my ideas didn't work?" Bluefire asked her friends. "Do you want the whole list?" Aisling replied. "Ha. Ha. Very funny, Aisling." "I can see why you get along the best with Malik, Bluefire." Ryou piped up. Aisling nodded. "Yeah, even though you hit him and tease him." Bluefire nodded. "Yeah, but at least I don't beat the crap out of him like Bakura does."
Ryou cringed. "Umm, Bluefire? A little close to the mark there." "Sorry." "It's okay, I guess."
"Hey, remember the time when she was sent to wake him up and you
could hear him complaining about her putting his pillow on his face and mashing her foot on it?" Aisling spoke up. Bluefire spread her arms in a helpless gesture and said "Hey, when I tried to wake him up normally, he grabbed my head and neck and pulled me in towards his mouth. I'm telling you, the guy has lethal morning breath. Anyway, he was all like 'Gimme a kiss,' all puckered up and everything. I tell him to get up, but he's all like 'I'll get up. Just give me a kiss.' So, after getting his arm off of me, I was inspired by an episode of Outlaw Star I saw a week ago. So, I took a leaf out of Jim's book. I grabbed his pillow, put it on his face and proceeded to mash my foot into it until he got up. He saw me and was all like 'Okay, okay. I'm up. Keep your shirt on. Although, I wouldn't exactly mind if you took it off.' He winked, so I just got off the bed, threw him a Lever 2000 antibacterial wipe and told him to get his ass out of bed and that if he tried that again or if he said something like that to me again, I'd castrate him with my weed whacker."
"He tried to kiss you?!" Aisling laughed. "Bwa ha ha ha ha!!!!!! Oh my God, that is *so* Bakura. Just don't tell Iris about that, because she might get mad. Although it might be funny to see her flush his head in the toilet again." "Ugh, please don't remind me of that, Aisling. It was rather disgusting. His morning breath almost made me pass out." "Okay, I'm not sure I really want to know." Ryou exclaimed. "Pass out? That bad, huh?" Aisling asked. Bluefire nodded. "Yes." "I believe it!" Ryou exclaimed.
"Really? Personal experience?" Bluefire asked. Ryou nodded. "Yeah, unfortunately. I happened to walk in on him when he was sleeping once. He was apparently dreaming about Iris or something, because as soon as I was close enough, he grabbed me and tried to kiss me too." Ryou shuddered at the memory. "Luckily I got out of there before he woke up and realized it was me."
"Oh my God, I'm sorry, love. You have my deepest condolences, if it's as bad as you both say, which I really wouldn't doubt. But just look at it this way, it could have been worse." Aisling told them.
"How so?" Ryou and Bluefire asked.
"It could have been Pegasus." Ryou did an anime fall, while Bluefire yelped "AISLING! That's disgusting!" "Hai, but at least it wasn't him." Aisling nodded. "I see your point, love." "But still, that was just all kinds of wrong!" Bluefire told her friend. "Gomen." Aisling shuddered at a sudden mental image. "Ugh, you're right, that is just all kinds of wrong." "Huh?" Ryou asked. "I just got a really evil mental image. You don't want to know, trust me. I didn't even want to know." "Okay, I really don't think we needed that little bit of information." Bluefire exclaimed. "Me neither." Ryou added. "Quick question, Ryou. Does your yami ever use mouthwash?" Bluefire asked. Ryou shrugged. "I have no idea. I've never asked him. I don't feel like having my head ripped off and handed to me."
"Why is he so mean to you, anyway?" Aisling asked. "I don't know, love. He claims I'm weak, but..." Aisling leaned forward again and hugged him. "It's okay, Ryou. You aren't weak, no matter what he thinks."
Bluefire nodded. "Yeah, I mean, if you were, you probably wouldn't have lasted more than a week with him around." Ryou flinched at the memories of the abuse he went through, sometimes so severe Aisling cried through the bond that they somehow formed when they first met.
Aisling glanced back and forth between Ryou and Bluefire. "I just wish there was some way to make him nicer." "Same here." Ryou and Bluefire said in unison.
"If you were as much as a chicken shit as he claims, then how come you're still alive and/or sane? Can you answer that?" Bluefire asked.
"Sometimes I wonder that myself. I wish I had an answer for that, but I don't. It seems like all he cares about most of the time is stealing all the Millenium Items." Ryou replied.
Aisling nodded. "Yeah, I know. There's got to be something we can do. But what?" Bluefire shrugged. "I have no clue, but I will say this: He really needs to use mouthwash,
cause his breath *stanks*! Not stinks, stanks! Stank is beyond stink. It makes my cat's litterbox smell like a field of roses." "Litter box? Roses? Hahahahaha!!!" Aisling laughed.
"Good one, Bluefire." Ryou added.
Bluefire shrugged. "Well, it's true."
"So what do we do now? Do we go back to the house or find a hotel or something?" "I have no idea. What about you, Ryou?"
"I don't know. If we go to the house, we'll most likely have to face those two tonight. But if we find a hotel, we'll only be temporarily prolonging it. It's up to you two, I suppose." "Aisling?"
"Ryou has a point. I doubt Malik would really try anything, no matter how mad he is. It's Bakura I'm worrying about."
"Same here." Ryou agreed.
"But I'm thinking that maybe together the three of us can win this, and if we go back now, we might have more of a chance, because they might not be there yet. If they aren't, we can set up some booby-traps to trip them up."
"So do we go back?" Bluefire asked.
Aisling looked over at Ryou, then back at Bluefire when he nodded reluctantly. "Hai, it's our only chance."
Bluefire nodded. "All right."
"They're not here." Bakura said. "Where could they be?!"
"I don't know, Kura. Is your link with Ryou still being blocked?"
Bakura nodded. "Yes, the little brat is still shielding himself."
"Wow, Kura. What did you do? Other than traumatize him, I mean."
"I didn't do anything to him. Now could you stop asking questions and let me think?" "Fine. Hey, look at that." "Look at what?!"
"There's a car heading towards us. Wait, isn't that Bluefire driving?"
"Yes, that's her. I'd recognize that lunatic anywhere."
"And look, Aisling and Ryou are with her."
Bakura laughed evilly. "Come on, before they see us."
The two ducked into the house through the door in the garage, shutting said garage door behind them before Bluefire and the two Hikaris could ever realize it was ever open. "Okay, open the door and we can get inside." Aisling said.
Ryou pulled the key from out of his pocket and unlocks the door, opening it for the two girls.
"Thanks, love, these bags are starting to...wait, something isn't right." "What is it?" Bluefire asked.
"Can't you sense them?" Ryou nodded. "Yes." "Damn it! How could they have beaten us here?" Bluefire asked. "I don't know. What do we do now?" Aisling asked. "I don't know either." Ryou replied. "If anyone has any suggestions, now is *really* not the time to be shy about it." "Maybe if things get ugly, throw some of the stuff on them as long as it's got a bunch of gunk in them, then we can get away." Bluefire suggested. "Point taken, but surely we can't keep running forever." Aisling told her. Bluefire nodded. "No, but it'll buy us some time."
"Maybe we should just leave now." Ryou suggested. "Where will go, Ryou?" Aisling asked. "We can't go back to the mansion right now, and I don't know if it's smart to hang around here. I was hoping they wouldn't be here yet." Bluefire thought for a while, before she said, "Wait. Aren't there any hotels nearby? We could stay the night there if possible." Ryou nodded. "Yeah, there's kind of a ritzy one not too far from here." "What are we waiting for? Let's get moving." Bluefire told them. Ryou shut the door again, picking up the grocery bags that he had put down a few moments ago, and they piled into the car this time with, Bluefire driving, and Ryou and Aisling scrunched together on the passenger's side. "How long do you think it'll take them to notice we're gone?" Aisling asked. "Well, Malik's a little brighter than he lets on, but even so, maybe a
few minutes." Bluefire told her. Aisling nodded. "True. How far away from here can we be by the time they figure it out?"
"I don't know. What do you think, Ryou?" Bluefire asked. Ryou thought for a moment, before he replied "Probably far enough that they wouldn't be able to track us, hopefully."
"Well, they wouldn't suspect that we'd go to a hotel so close by, would they?" Aisling asked. "I'm not so sure." Bluefire replied. "I spoke with Malik a week ago and apparently, for some
reason, he lets Yamyam do the thinking, even though he's pretty bright, street-wise.
But he still fails his classes, partly because his teachers don't like him, partly
because he don't understand and partly because of his record."
Aisling nodded in agreement. "You've got a point. He does seem to let Baku- chan do most of the thinking. Should we chance it? I mean, we could probably register under a different name. It might throw them off our tracks. What do you think, Ryou?"
"It's so crazy, it might actually work, but for how long?" Ryou replied. "I'd say a week, tops. But we'd have to go out eventually, I figure. Plus, the celebrities often register under fake names to throw off crazed fans. It works for a while, though." Bluefire told them. "Well, if necessary, I can cast that disguise spell again, it's obviously worn off by now, though." Aisling replied.
"How long does that usually hold up, anyway?" Bluefire asked.
"It depends. Usually, a few hours, sometimes longer. It depends on the extent of it. Call it a glamour spell of sorts." "That's what it sounds like. But, I'm sure that the spell will need to
be used on my car." Aisling nodded.
"Hai, probably. I've never tried to cast the spell on a car before, but surely it'll work on the car if it works on us."
Bluefire nodded. "All right. When we get to the hotel, I'll take the car around the back and you can try. I don't think it would be a good idea if anyone were to see you using magic on the car and us."
Ryou nodded. "Good idea."
"Hai. Speaking of which, what name should we use to register a room under?" Aisling asked. "I'm usually good with fake names." Bluefire said, thinking for three seconds, before- "I've got it!
Aisling, you can be Victoria Finch, Ryou is Gregory McClintock and I'll be Rosario Arosamena."
"Victoria?" Aisling Anime fell, before nodding. Okay, I guess that'll work."
Ryou blushed slightly. "So are we getting one room, or two?" "I don't know. Which ould be cheaper?" Bluefire asked. "Probably one. Plus it would probably be a better idea, too, considering the circumstances." Bluefire nodded. "I guess so. But, we could say that we're on a field trip around the country." "I suppose so. So, two rooms then?" "Okay. But if we're nearby, then that would be great."
"Hai, probably. I've never tried to cast the spell on a car before, but surely it'll work on the car if it works on us.
Bluefire nodded. "All right. When we get to the hotel, I'll take the car around the back and you can try. I don't think it would be a good idea if anyone were to see you using magic on the car and us."
"Good idea?" Ryou asked.
"Yeah, and it would be easier if we need to make a fast getaway. Ryou and I can take one room, and you can have the other." Aisling said.
Ryou blushed, while Bluefire said "I like the arrangement, but if you two decide to get a little, um, busy,
then keep it down, okay?"
Ryou blushed even more, while Aisling said "Bluefire!"
"What?" Bluefire spread her arms in a helpless gesture. "I wouldn't put it past you two."
Aisling blushed furiously, while
Ryou muttered something under his breath.
"You said it, love."
Bluefire grinned and said "I don't know why you're making such a big deal out of it, I think it's kind of cute, actually. Anyway, soon as we get there, We're going to have to go shopping."
"But why, Bluefire?" Ryou asked.
"Two reasons: One I found a hundred-dollar bill on the floor of the produce
section at the supermarket and two, we need disguises. Ryou most of all."
"Why?" Aisling asked.
"How often do you see somebody with white hair? Not often. We should at
least make him look blonde, but any other hair color is okay, as well. I mean, I met an albino girl that has some slight blonde in her hair."
Ryou gulped. "Hair dye? Ummm, I'm not so sure that's such a good idea."
"It's only temporary." Aisling assured him. "It'll eventually fade. Personally, I think you'd look good as a brunette or with black hair."
Ryou sighed, before he said, with a really big sweatdrop "All right. What about you?" "I'll probably go with red." Aisling replied.
"You should probably make it a little shorter, too, Aisling." Bluefire told her. Aisling shook her head. "No way. That's where I draw the line. I'll just keep it pulled back in a braid or something." "Fine. I'm not sure about my hair color, though. Maybe a few fuschia spray-on
streaks. I'll have to pull mine back as well." "That would actually look neat with your hair color." "Thanks." "Hey, there's the hotel, a little farther down the road." Ryou spoke up. Bluefire nodded. "Okay. Now, everybody got their fake names and stuff straightened out?" "Yeah." "Good. I'll pull around the back long enough for you to cast the disguise spell on the car, and then we'll head in, ok?"
"All right." "Works for me." "Good. Now, after we register in the hotel, we need to find a place where we can get the hair stuff. Oh, and we may have to eat in a resteraunt. That okay?" Aisling nodded "Hai, it's fine with me. I still have plenty left on my credit card, so it's not a big deal." "I thought that was your brother's." Ryou replied.
Aisling sighed. "You're not going to let me live that down, are you? Sheesh, a girl pulls a prank on someone *one* time, and no one ever lets her forget it. And besides, this one is mine."
Bluefire spoke up. "You gotta admit, though, the look on Kaiba's face was pretty funny when he got the bill."
"Says you, but I thought he was going to kill me. Luckily Iris happened by about then and managed to calm him down. Of course, he just took it out on poor Joey." Ryou Anime fell. "Poor Joey. But the part where he bit him in the arm was hilarious, even if that got Seto started on the dog cracks again." Bluefire said. Aisling nodded. "Yeah, and then I had to pull out the paper fan and whack my dear brother in the head with it. If he wasn't family, he would have gotten the frying pan of doom."
"Paper fan? I'm not going to ask." Ryou said. "Let's just say I wasn't on his good side for about a week after that incident. Of course, it probably doesn't help matters that Mokuba and I put worms in his bed."
"Is that what he was screaming about in the middle of the night?" Bluefire asked. Aisling nodded. "Hai." "Sucks to be him." "Hai, it does. But it was really hilarious. Me and Mokuba still joke about it when Seto's not around. He doesn't know that we're the ones who did it. I think he thinks that either Malik, Bakura or Joey did it."
"That's evil love. Funny, but evil." Ryou said.
Aisling gave a playful bow. "Arigatou, I'll take that as a compliment." "I think Malik did that to Bakura once. Or was it Joey that he did it to? I don't remember." "Actually, I think he did it to both of them." "What is it with people and putting insects in other people's beds?" Ryou asked. Aisling shrugged. "I don't know, but it's funny." Bluefire nodded. "She's got a point. At least it wasn't something like slime or anything."
Ryou had a sweatdrop. "Oh, come on, Ryou-chan. It's not like you've ever actually had slime
in your bed, is it?"
Ryou nodded. "Actually, Bakura has been known to do that to me. So has Malik."
"That is so mean." Aisling said.
Bluefire nodded. "Yeah, it is, considering the fact that it's you they're doing it to."
"Hey, Bluefire? Turn in here, the hotel's right there, on your side of the road." Ryou told her. "Okay." She pulled over. "I'm sorry. But, you know. This little getaway may
just be the thing you need to get a bunch of stuff off your chest.And we'll
be there for you. Right, Aisling?"
Aisling nodded. "Yeah. We're here for you, Ryou." "Thanks." Ryou leaned over to Aisling and whispered "Aishertsu." Aisling returned the greeting. "Hey, you two. what did I say about flirting?" Bluefire teased. "Bluefire!" The both of them exclaimed in unison. "What? Sorry. Is everything straightened out?" The two nodded. "Good." Bluefire pulled in behind the hotel. Once they got out, Bluefire said "Okay, Aisling. Do your thing." Aisling nodded and started to chant. (Translation: Ancient spirits, hear my cry. The car's natural appearance now hide.) The dark blue car turned red. "Wow. It worked." Aisling bowed. "My adoring fans." "You're starting to sound like Joey now." "Let's just go to our rooms. Malik had turned on the TV, when he was watching something. "Hey, Kura." The blonde said. "I can see why you and Bluefire like that Sailor Moon show so much." "I do not like that show. And don't mention that lunatic's name to me."
Malik turned to him and grinned like an evil cat.
"What?" "You know you like her." Bakura smacked Malik upside the head.
Malik pouted cutely, rubbing the back of his head as he whined "That hurt. You're mean, you know that?"
"I'm not mean, I'm evil. There's a difference. Now keep a look out for them." "Okay, but I don't think you'll find them. Yay! The show's just beginning!" Bakura sighed and shook his head, a sweatdrop beginning to form. "You are truly pathetic, you know that?"
Malik pouted adorably again. "But that's why you keep me around, is because I'm so pathetic. Face it, Kura, you're a softie and you know it." "I AM *NOT* A SOFTIE!!!!" Bakura yelled.
"Sure, whatever you say, Kura. If you don't mind, I want to watch this." "Fine." Bakura walked out, leaving the blond alone and muttering, "If you want something done right, you've got to
do it yourself."
"Oh, come on, Kura. You need to learn to relax once in a while." Malik yelled outside. "Besides, I thought you liked this show."
Bakura rolled his eyes and stepped outside to see if he could find any trace of them. "I need paper. And a pen." Malik said to himself, searching around, finds a paper and a pen.* He wrote down, reading aloud to make sure it was spelled right, "Ask Bluefire if she wants to watch Salor Moon with me one of these days." "Don't even think it, Malik!" Bakura yelled from outside. "You're no fun!" Malik pouted adorably.
"What's your point?" "I really must be quieter when making plans that Yamyam would hate." Malik muttered. Bakura came back inside. "I heard that, Malik. They're gone, and there's no sign of them coming back here. It seems we're going to have to search the city for them."
Malik pouted. "But I wanted to watch Sailor Moon."
"Not now Malik. Besides, you have every episode ever shown on tape at home. Now come on."
Malik sighed, reluctantly turned off the TV and stood up. "All right. Spoilsport. I take it Ryou's still cutting off his link with you?" "Yes. I am really going to hurt him when we find them. And because
of the crap you're pulling, I just might hurt your girlfriend, too." "Don't, Bakura. For another thing, Bluefire is not my girlfriend. Besides, I don't think Iris would forgive you for hurting her Hikari, or the other two." Bakura sighed. "Fine. I'll leave Aisling and I might leave your girlfriend, but I'm still going to have to get Ryou for this." "Why hurt Ryou? It's not right, Kura."
"Since when did you start getting soft on me, Malik?" "Uh..." "Never mind. Bluefire's poisoning your mind." "No she's not."
"Malik, I'm not in the mood. Move it." "Fine." Malik shuffled his feet, before he thought of something. "You remember when I brought home that great report card? I got 3 A's, 2 C's and 3 B's. That was one of the best report cards I got since I came here from Egypt." "Not now, Malik."
"I showed you and you barely looked at it. I showed Aisling. She seemed
amazed. I showed my sister and she gave me my props. I showed Ryou and he also seemed amazed. I showed Bluefire. Know what she said?"
"No. I don't know and I don't care, but you're going to tell me, right?"
"She also gave me my props. She saw it, seemed impressed, before she
said 'Wow. Miracles can happen after all. Muy buena. Very good, Malik- chan.'" "And you're telling me this because...?" "See? That's just like you. You don't care about anyone but yourself." "Not now, Malik." "It's true. You don't care." "Wow, this hotel is really nice." Aisling exclaimed,
Bluefire nodded. "You said it. Come on, let's go get our rooms."
"Wait a second. Let me put that spell on myself so no one recognizes me. I think it's pretty much common knowledge that Seto's my brother."
Ryou nodded. "I think so too."
"Okay, but go over there so no one will see you do it." Bluefire said.
Aisling ducked into an empty hallway, chanting in ancient Egyptian. "Aisling? Are you ready?" Ryou asked.
Aisling walked back over to them, only now she had short black hair and violet eyes, and a lighter complexion. "Yeah, let's go."
"Can I help you?" The desk clerk asked.
Bluefire nodded. "Yeah, we need two rooms, preferably next to each other if possible."
"Names?"
"Rosario Arosamena, Gregory McClintock and Victoria Finch." The desk clerk handed her two keys. "You're in luck. The last two available rooms are right across from each other. How long will you be staying with us?"
"At least a week, my good man." Aisling replied in a British accent much like Ryou's.
Ryou sweatdropped.
"Okay, that'll be $95.76."
Aisling discreetly conjured the cash from nowhere. "I've got it, Rosa." She said, handing the cash to the desk clerk::
The clerk took the money. "Your rooms are on the fourth floor. Please enjoy your stay with us."
"I'm sure we will."
They walked away, and got on the elevator, which was thankfully empty.
"Where did you get the cash? I thought you only had a credit card." Ryou asked.
Aisling shrugged innocently. "Another trick that Iris taught me. Conjuring stuff from out of nowhere. Besides, our whole scheme would have been ruined if he would have seen the name on the card."
Ryou nodded. "You have a point." "Plus, if there's cash, then they won't ask for ID, like say a credit card or checks. What say I bring my car around front? It'd kind of look wierd if we went in back and brought out a red corvette." Bluefire asked. Aisling nodded. "All right. We'll meet you up there." "Okay. Here's a key." Bluefire handed herone of the room keys. "Arigatou." Bluefire walked out, wondering to herself "Now, where's the car? Ah, there it is!" She unlocked the driver's seat door and got in. "Looks like I'll have to get some gas later." She drove
around front, before seeing a parking spot in front of the hotel. "Convienent."
She parked there and locked the doors, before going inside.
Aisling unlocked the door to her and Ryou's room, turning on the lights and dropping her purse on a chair as Ryou shuts the door. "Wow, this room is absolutely beautiful, don't you think?"
Ryou nodded. "Yeah, it is."
"And the bed's really soft too." She lay back on the soft mattress, grinning like a cheshire cat as Ryou joined her.
"I agree with you, love." Ryou kissed her cheek.
Just then the door opened, startling them.
"Sheesh, you two lovebirds can't keep your hands off each other for five minutes, can you?" Bluefire grinned as she walked in.
"Bluefire!" Aisling yelled, while Ryou said, blushing "It's not what it looks like..."
"Relax you two, I'm just joking." Bluefire assured them.
Aisling fell off the bed, anime style.
"Are you okay?" Ryou asked.
"Yeah, the floor broke my fall. And my pride."
"Don't worry about me. But you'd better be careful that nobody else sees." Bluefire told them.
"And that means that if you two decide to get a little, um, busy, then keep it down, kay?" "Bluefire!" Aisling yelped, sounding slightly whiny with a really big sweatdrop. "What? It's true." Bluefire said innocently. Ryou blushed as he helped Aisling up.
"Arigatou, love."
"You're welcome." "So, when are we getting the stuff?" Bluefire asked. "We have to do it before Aisling's glamour spell wears off. We need some new clothes and we need to get the hair stuff fast."
"It's not a matter of when it'll wear off, really. This particular one lasts about 24 hours." Aisling told them.
"It does?" Ryou asked.
"Hai." "Even so, we should go soon." Bluefire suggested.
Aisling nodded. "All right. Where do you want to go?"
"Is there a mall or something close by?" Bluefire asked.
Ryou nodded. "Yeah, the Domino City mall. There's some nice stuff there, plus it's a large mall and always crowded, so it would be easy to hide from Bakura and Malik if they should show up there."
She pushed the pedal to the floor and pushed a small, red button on the wheel. The car jolted, throwing Aisling and Ryou around for a moment.
"Geez, warn someone, Bluefire." Ryou complained. Aisling nodded. "Yeah, really." Bluefire shrugged. "What? You wanted to go faster."
"Hai, but I don't feel like being tossed out of the vehicle or dragged along-side it. I've already had that happen to me once." Aisling shuddered at the memory. "Oh, crap!" Bluefire exclaimed. "I'd better be careful with the NOS." "NOS?" Ryou and Aisling asked. "Nitrous oxide. This car can go fast already, but I'd better be careful not to blow the engine. If the engine blows, then we're screwed." Bluefire explained.
"Sweet mecriful crap!" Malik exclaimed. "What?!" "Did you see that? They just totally blasted out of here!" Bakura whacked him upside the head. "I'm aware of that, you idiot! No matter, we'll still find them." "How?" Bakura rolled his eyes. "Just shut up and let me do the thinking." "Fine." Malik thought to himself, ~Bluefire's offer for
an alliance is looking good now.~ "THANK you!" Bakura thought to himself ~I don't know why I put up with that moron, he's worse than Aisling.~
Malik was obviously insanely bored, because he started to sing "I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves-" "SHUT YOUR FUCKING FACE!" Bakura bellowed. "Eep!! Sheesh, Bakura, don't burst a blood vessel. I'm just joking with you." "Malik, I'm warning you..." Bakura growled. Malik pouted adorably. "Fine, spoilsport." "Do me a favor and never sing that again." Bakura sighed, massaging his temples.
"Okay." Malik started to sing, "La mar estaba serena, serena estaba la mar. Le mer estebe serene. Serene esbtebe le mer-" "How the Hell did you learn that?" "Bluefire taught me."
"Do you even know what that means?!" Malik nodded. "Uh huh. It means 'the sea is calm, calm is the sea.' It's supposed to help teach me the vowels in Spanish." "I'm not even going to ask, Malik."
Malik shrugged and continued singing "La mar estaba serena, serena estaba la mar. Le mer estebe serene. Serene esbtebe le mer..." "Why me?" Bakura sighed. "You know you love me." "WHAT?! No I don't." "Fine. If you're going to be so mean, I'll just have to call Bluefire
and tell her no hard feelings." Bakura stared at his partner in crime in shock. "You wouldn't." "Want to bet?" Bakura muttered under his breath. "What was that? I couldn't hear you." Malik said innocently.
Bakura muttered again. "I knew you loved me!" Malik glomped him.
"Get off! You're creeping me out." Malik just grinned in reply. "I can't drive when you have my arms pinned to my sides."
"Sorry." Malik let go of him. "Thank you." Bakura muttered something about him being a manipulative little bastard. Malik pouted. "Would you stop that?"
Aisling looked back. "I don't see them anymore. I think we lost them. We should circle around a few times, make sure they lose our tracks so to speak."
"Good idea." Ryou agreed. Bluefire nodded. "Yeah. All right."
"So, now that I'm sure they know where we are, where to?" Ryou asked.
"Well, if I remember right, the mall's gonna be crowded at this time.
First, we put the stuff away, then we get there." Bluefire suggested.
"Then what?" Aisling asked. "Then, we hope that they don't catch us." "Why does that not make me feel better?" Aisling and Ryou said in unison. "It's the best we can do for right now." Bluefire shrugged.
"But if they know where we're staying, won't they go there and wait for us to come back? You know, an ambush?" Aisling asked nervously.
"She has a point." Ryou told her. "Well, we can't let the groceries spoil. But, you do have a point." Bluefire replied.
"So what do we do? I mean, should we stay and wait, maybe booby-trap the place, or run for it?" Aisling asked. "If they're not there yet, then booby- trap the place. Bluefire replied. "What if they are?"
"Then we get them out, booby-trap the place, and watch the sparks fly."
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Ryou sighed. Aisling leaned forward and lay her head on his shoulder. "So do I." "Hey! My plans aren't that bad. When was the last time one of my ideas didn't work?" Bluefire asked her friends. "Do you want the whole list?" Aisling replied. "Ha. Ha. Very funny, Aisling." "I can see why you get along the best with Malik, Bluefire." Ryou piped up. Aisling nodded. "Yeah, even though you hit him and tease him." Bluefire nodded. "Yeah, but at least I don't beat the crap out of him like Bakura does."
Ryou cringed. "Umm, Bluefire? A little close to the mark there." "Sorry." "It's okay, I guess."
"Hey, remember the time when she was sent to wake him up and you
could hear him complaining about her putting his pillow on his face and mashing her foot on it?" Aisling spoke up. Bluefire spread her arms in a helpless gesture and said "Hey, when I tried to wake him up normally, he grabbed my head and neck and pulled me in towards his mouth. I'm telling you, the guy has lethal morning breath. Anyway, he was all like 'Gimme a kiss,' all puckered up and everything. I tell him to get up, but he's all like 'I'll get up. Just give me a kiss.' So, after getting his arm off of me, I was inspired by an episode of Outlaw Star I saw a week ago. So, I took a leaf out of Jim's book. I grabbed his pillow, put it on his face and proceeded to mash my foot into it until he got up. He saw me and was all like 'Okay, okay. I'm up. Keep your shirt on. Although, I wouldn't exactly mind if you took it off.' He winked, so I just got off the bed, threw him a Lever 2000 antibacterial wipe and told him to get his ass out of bed and that if he tried that again or if he said something like that to me again, I'd castrate him with my weed whacker."
"He tried to kiss you?!" Aisling laughed. "Bwa ha ha ha ha!!!!!! Oh my God, that is *so* Bakura. Just don't tell Iris about that, because she might get mad. Although it might be funny to see her flush his head in the toilet again." "Ugh, please don't remind me of that, Aisling. It was rather disgusting. His morning breath almost made me pass out." "Okay, I'm not sure I really want to know." Ryou exclaimed. "Pass out? That bad, huh?" Aisling asked. Bluefire nodded. "Yes." "I believe it!" Ryou exclaimed.
"Really? Personal experience?" Bluefire asked. Ryou nodded. "Yeah, unfortunately. I happened to walk in on him when he was sleeping once. He was apparently dreaming about Iris or something, because as soon as I was close enough, he grabbed me and tried to kiss me too." Ryou shuddered at the memory. "Luckily I got out of there before he woke up and realized it was me."
"Oh my God, I'm sorry, love. You have my deepest condolences, if it's as bad as you both say, which I really wouldn't doubt. But just look at it this way, it could have been worse." Aisling told them.
"How so?" Ryou and Bluefire asked.
"It could have been Pegasus." Ryou did an anime fall, while Bluefire yelped "AISLING! That's disgusting!" "Hai, but at least it wasn't him." Aisling nodded. "I see your point, love." "But still, that was just all kinds of wrong!" Bluefire told her friend. "Gomen." Aisling shuddered at a sudden mental image. "Ugh, you're right, that is just all kinds of wrong." "Huh?" Ryou asked. "I just got a really evil mental image. You don't want to know, trust me. I didn't even want to know." "Okay, I really don't think we needed that little bit of information." Bluefire exclaimed. "Me neither." Ryou added. "Quick question, Ryou. Does your yami ever use mouthwash?" Bluefire asked. Ryou shrugged. "I have no idea. I've never asked him. I don't feel like having my head ripped off and handed to me."
"Why is he so mean to you, anyway?" Aisling asked. "I don't know, love. He claims I'm weak, but..." Aisling leaned forward again and hugged him. "It's okay, Ryou. You aren't weak, no matter what he thinks."
Bluefire nodded. "Yeah, I mean, if you were, you probably wouldn't have lasted more than a week with him around." Ryou flinched at the memories of the abuse he went through, sometimes so severe Aisling cried through the bond that they somehow formed when they first met.
Aisling glanced back and forth between Ryou and Bluefire. "I just wish there was some way to make him nicer." "Same here." Ryou and Bluefire said in unison.
"If you were as much as a chicken shit as he claims, then how come you're still alive and/or sane? Can you answer that?" Bluefire asked.
"Sometimes I wonder that myself. I wish I had an answer for that, but I don't. It seems like all he cares about most of the time is stealing all the Millenium Items." Ryou replied.
Aisling nodded. "Yeah, I know. There's got to be something we can do. But what?" Bluefire shrugged. "I have no clue, but I will say this: He really needs to use mouthwash,
cause his breath *stanks*! Not stinks, stanks! Stank is beyond stink. It makes my cat's litterbox smell like a field of roses." "Litter box? Roses? Hahahahaha!!!" Aisling laughed.
"Good one, Bluefire." Ryou added.
Bluefire shrugged. "Well, it's true."
"So what do we do now? Do we go back to the house or find a hotel or something?" "I have no idea. What about you, Ryou?"
"I don't know. If we go to the house, we'll most likely have to face those two tonight. But if we find a hotel, we'll only be temporarily prolonging it. It's up to you two, I suppose." "Aisling?"
"Ryou has a point. I doubt Malik would really try anything, no matter how mad he is. It's Bakura I'm worrying about."
"Same here." Ryou agreed.
"But I'm thinking that maybe together the three of us can win this, and if we go back now, we might have more of a chance, because they might not be there yet. If they aren't, we can set up some booby-traps to trip them up."
"So do we go back?" Bluefire asked.
Aisling looked over at Ryou, then back at Bluefire when he nodded reluctantly. "Hai, it's our only chance."
Bluefire nodded. "All right."
"They're not here." Bakura said. "Where could they be?!"
"I don't know, Kura. Is your link with Ryou still being blocked?"
Bakura nodded. "Yes, the little brat is still shielding himself."
"Wow, Kura. What did you do? Other than traumatize him, I mean."
"I didn't do anything to him. Now could you stop asking questions and let me think?" "Fine. Hey, look at that." "Look at what?!"
"There's a car heading towards us. Wait, isn't that Bluefire driving?"
"Yes, that's her. I'd recognize that lunatic anywhere."
"And look, Aisling and Ryou are with her."
Bakura laughed evilly. "Come on, before they see us."
The two ducked into the house through the door in the garage, shutting said garage door behind them before Bluefire and the two Hikaris could ever realize it was ever open. "Okay, open the door and we can get inside." Aisling said.
Ryou pulled the key from out of his pocket and unlocks the door, opening it for the two girls.
"Thanks, love, these bags are starting to...wait, something isn't right." "What is it?" Bluefire asked.
"Can't you sense them?" Ryou nodded. "Yes." "Damn it! How could they have beaten us here?" Bluefire asked. "I don't know. What do we do now?" Aisling asked. "I don't know either." Ryou replied. "If anyone has any suggestions, now is *really* not the time to be shy about it." "Maybe if things get ugly, throw some of the stuff on them as long as it's got a bunch of gunk in them, then we can get away." Bluefire suggested. "Point taken, but surely we can't keep running forever." Aisling told her. Bluefire nodded. "No, but it'll buy us some time."
"Maybe we should just leave now." Ryou suggested. "Where will go, Ryou?" Aisling asked. "We can't go back to the mansion right now, and I don't know if it's smart to hang around here. I was hoping they wouldn't be here yet." Bluefire thought for a while, before she said, "Wait. Aren't there any hotels nearby? We could stay the night there if possible." Ryou nodded. "Yeah, there's kind of a ritzy one not too far from here." "What are we waiting for? Let's get moving." Bluefire told them. Ryou shut the door again, picking up the grocery bags that he had put down a few moments ago, and they piled into the car this time with, Bluefire driving, and Ryou and Aisling scrunched together on the passenger's side. "How long do you think it'll take them to notice we're gone?" Aisling asked. "Well, Malik's a little brighter than he lets on, but even so, maybe a
few minutes." Bluefire told her. Aisling nodded. "True. How far away from here can we be by the time they figure it out?"
"I don't know. What do you think, Ryou?" Bluefire asked. Ryou thought for a moment, before he replied "Probably far enough that they wouldn't be able to track us, hopefully."
"Well, they wouldn't suspect that we'd go to a hotel so close by, would they?" Aisling asked. "I'm not so sure." Bluefire replied. "I spoke with Malik a week ago and apparently, for some
reason, he lets Yamyam do the thinking, even though he's pretty bright, street-wise.
But he still fails his classes, partly because his teachers don't like him, partly
because he don't understand and partly because of his record."
Aisling nodded in agreement. "You've got a point. He does seem to let Baku- chan do most of the thinking. Should we chance it? I mean, we could probably register under a different name. It might throw them off our tracks. What do you think, Ryou?"
"It's so crazy, it might actually work, but for how long?" Ryou replied. "I'd say a week, tops. But we'd have to go out eventually, I figure. Plus, the celebrities often register under fake names to throw off crazed fans. It works for a while, though." Bluefire told them. "Well, if necessary, I can cast that disguise spell again, it's obviously worn off by now, though." Aisling replied.
"How long does that usually hold up, anyway?" Bluefire asked.
"It depends. Usually, a few hours, sometimes longer. It depends on the extent of it. Call it a glamour spell of sorts." "That's what it sounds like. But, I'm sure that the spell will need to
be used on my car." Aisling nodded.
"Hai, probably. I've never tried to cast the spell on a car before, but surely it'll work on the car if it works on us."
Bluefire nodded. "All right. When we get to the hotel, I'll take the car around the back and you can try. I don't think it would be a good idea if anyone were to see you using magic on the car and us."
Ryou nodded. "Good idea."
"Hai. Speaking of which, what name should we use to register a room under?" Aisling asked. "I'm usually good with fake names." Bluefire said, thinking for three seconds, before- "I've got it!
Aisling, you can be Victoria Finch, Ryou is Gregory McClintock and I'll be Rosario Arosamena."
"Victoria?" Aisling Anime fell, before nodding. Okay, I guess that'll work."
Ryou blushed slightly. "So are we getting one room, or two?" "I don't know. Which ould be cheaper?" Bluefire asked. "Probably one. Plus it would probably be a better idea, too, considering the circumstances." Bluefire nodded. "I guess so. But, we could say that we're on a field trip around the country." "I suppose so. So, two rooms then?" "Okay. But if we're nearby, then that would be great."
"Hai, probably. I've never tried to cast the spell on a car before, but surely it'll work on the car if it works on us.
Bluefire nodded. "All right. When we get to the hotel, I'll take the car around the back and you can try. I don't think it would be a good idea if anyone were to see you using magic on the car and us."
"Good idea?" Ryou asked.
"Yeah, and it would be easier if we need to make a fast getaway. Ryou and I can take one room, and you can have the other." Aisling said.
Ryou blushed, while Bluefire said "I like the arrangement, but if you two decide to get a little, um, busy,
then keep it down, okay?"
Ryou blushed even more, while Aisling said "Bluefire!"
"What?" Bluefire spread her arms in a helpless gesture. "I wouldn't put it past you two."
Aisling blushed furiously, while
Ryou muttered something under his breath.
"You said it, love."
Bluefire grinned and said "I don't know why you're making such a big deal out of it, I think it's kind of cute, actually. Anyway, soon as we get there, We're going to have to go shopping."
"But why, Bluefire?" Ryou asked.
"Two reasons: One I found a hundred-dollar bill on the floor of the produce
section at the supermarket and two, we need disguises. Ryou most of all."
"Why?" Aisling asked.
"How often do you see somebody with white hair? Not often. We should at
least make him look blonde, but any other hair color is okay, as well. I mean, I met an albino girl that has some slight blonde in her hair."
Ryou gulped. "Hair dye? Ummm, I'm not so sure that's such a good idea."
"It's only temporary." Aisling assured him. "It'll eventually fade. Personally, I think you'd look good as a brunette or with black hair."
Ryou sighed, before he said, with a really big sweatdrop "All right. What about you?" "I'll probably go with red." Aisling replied.
"You should probably make it a little shorter, too, Aisling." Bluefire told her. Aisling shook her head. "No way. That's where I draw the line. I'll just keep it pulled back in a braid or something." "Fine. I'm not sure about my hair color, though. Maybe a few fuschia spray-on
streaks. I'll have to pull mine back as well." "That would actually look neat with your hair color." "Thanks." "Hey, there's the hotel, a little farther down the road." Ryou spoke up. Bluefire nodded. "Okay. Now, everybody got their fake names and stuff straightened out?" "Yeah." "Good. I'll pull around the back long enough for you to cast the disguise spell on the car, and then we'll head in, ok?"
"All right." "Works for me." "Good. Now, after we register in the hotel, we need to find a place where we can get the hair stuff. Oh, and we may have to eat in a resteraunt. That okay?" Aisling nodded "Hai, it's fine with me. I still have plenty left on my credit card, so it's not a big deal." "I thought that was your brother's." Ryou replied.
Aisling sighed. "You're not going to let me live that down, are you? Sheesh, a girl pulls a prank on someone *one* time, and no one ever lets her forget it. And besides, this one is mine."
Bluefire spoke up. "You gotta admit, though, the look on Kaiba's face was pretty funny when he got the bill."
"Says you, but I thought he was going to kill me. Luckily Iris happened by about then and managed to calm him down. Of course, he just took it out on poor Joey." Ryou Anime fell. "Poor Joey. But the part where he bit him in the arm was hilarious, even if that got Seto started on the dog cracks again." Bluefire said. Aisling nodded. "Yeah, and then I had to pull out the paper fan and whack my dear brother in the head with it. If he wasn't family, he would have gotten the frying pan of doom."
"Paper fan? I'm not going to ask." Ryou said. "Let's just say I wasn't on his good side for about a week after that incident. Of course, it probably doesn't help matters that Mokuba and I put worms in his bed."
"Is that what he was screaming about in the middle of the night?" Bluefire asked. Aisling nodded. "Hai." "Sucks to be him." "Hai, it does. But it was really hilarious. Me and Mokuba still joke about it when Seto's not around. He doesn't know that we're the ones who did it. I think he thinks that either Malik, Bakura or Joey did it."
"That's evil love. Funny, but evil." Ryou said.
Aisling gave a playful bow. "Arigatou, I'll take that as a compliment." "I think Malik did that to Bakura once. Or was it Joey that he did it to? I don't remember." "Actually, I think he did it to both of them." "What is it with people and putting insects in other people's beds?" Ryou asked. Aisling shrugged. "I don't know, but it's funny." Bluefire nodded. "She's got a point. At least it wasn't something like slime or anything."
Ryou had a sweatdrop. "Oh, come on, Ryou-chan. It's not like you've ever actually had slime
in your bed, is it?"
Ryou nodded. "Actually, Bakura has been known to do that to me. So has Malik."
"That is so mean." Aisling said.
Bluefire nodded. "Yeah, it is, considering the fact that it's you they're doing it to."
"Hey, Bluefire? Turn in here, the hotel's right there, on your side of the road." Ryou told her. "Okay." She pulled over. "I'm sorry. But, you know. This little getaway may
just be the thing you need to get a bunch of stuff off your chest.And we'll
be there for you. Right, Aisling?"
Aisling nodded. "Yeah. We're here for you, Ryou." "Thanks." Ryou leaned over to Aisling and whispered "Aishertsu." Aisling returned the greeting. "Hey, you two. what did I say about flirting?" Bluefire teased. "Bluefire!" The both of them exclaimed in unison. "What? Sorry. Is everything straightened out?" The two nodded. "Good." Bluefire pulled in behind the hotel. Once they got out, Bluefire said "Okay, Aisling. Do your thing." Aisling nodded and started to chant. (Translation: Ancient spirits, hear my cry. The car's natural appearance now hide.) The dark blue car turned red. "Wow. It worked." Aisling bowed. "My adoring fans." "You're starting to sound like Joey now." "Let's just go to our rooms. Malik had turned on the TV, when he was watching something. "Hey, Kura." The blonde said. "I can see why you and Bluefire like that Sailor Moon show so much." "I do not like that show. And don't mention that lunatic's name to me."
Malik turned to him and grinned like an evil cat.
"What?" "You know you like her." Bakura smacked Malik upside the head.
Malik pouted cutely, rubbing the back of his head as he whined "That hurt. You're mean, you know that?"
"I'm not mean, I'm evil. There's a difference. Now keep a look out for them." "Okay, but I don't think you'll find them. Yay! The show's just beginning!" Bakura sighed and shook his head, a sweatdrop beginning to form. "You are truly pathetic, you know that?"
Malik pouted adorably again. "But that's why you keep me around, is because I'm so pathetic. Face it, Kura, you're a softie and you know it." "I AM *NOT* A SOFTIE!!!!" Bakura yelled.
"Sure, whatever you say, Kura. If you don't mind, I want to watch this." "Fine." Bakura walked out, leaving the blond alone and muttering, "If you want something done right, you've got to
do it yourself."
"Oh, come on, Kura. You need to learn to relax once in a while." Malik yelled outside. "Besides, I thought you liked this show."
Bakura rolled his eyes and stepped outside to see if he could find any trace of them. "I need paper. And a pen." Malik said to himself, searching around, finds a paper and a pen.* He wrote down, reading aloud to make sure it was spelled right, "Ask Bluefire if she wants to watch Salor Moon with me one of these days." "Don't even think it, Malik!" Bakura yelled from outside. "You're no fun!" Malik pouted adorably.
"What's your point?" "I really must be quieter when making plans that Yamyam would hate." Malik muttered. Bakura came back inside. "I heard that, Malik. They're gone, and there's no sign of them coming back here. It seems we're going to have to search the city for them."
Malik pouted. "But I wanted to watch Sailor Moon."
"Not now Malik. Besides, you have every episode ever shown on tape at home. Now come on."
Malik sighed, reluctantly turned off the TV and stood up. "All right. Spoilsport. I take it Ryou's still cutting off his link with you?" "Yes. I am really going to hurt him when we find them. And because
of the crap you're pulling, I just might hurt your girlfriend, too." "Don't, Bakura. For another thing, Bluefire is not my girlfriend. Besides, I don't think Iris would forgive you for hurting her Hikari, or the other two." Bakura sighed. "Fine. I'll leave Aisling and I might leave your girlfriend, but I'm still going to have to get Ryou for this." "Why hurt Ryou? It's not right, Kura."
"Since when did you start getting soft on me, Malik?" "Uh..." "Never mind. Bluefire's poisoning your mind." "No she's not."
"Malik, I'm not in the mood. Move it." "Fine." Malik shuffled his feet, before he thought of something. "You remember when I brought home that great report card? I got 3 A's, 2 C's and 3 B's. That was one of the best report cards I got since I came here from Egypt." "Not now, Malik."
"I showed you and you barely looked at it. I showed Aisling. She seemed
amazed. I showed my sister and she gave me my props. I showed Ryou and he also seemed amazed. I showed Bluefire. Know what she said?"
"No. I don't know and I don't care, but you're going to tell me, right?"
"She also gave me my props. She saw it, seemed impressed, before she
said 'Wow. Miracles can happen after all. Muy buena. Very good, Malik- chan.'" "And you're telling me this because...?" "See? That's just like you. You don't care about anyone but yourself." "Not now, Malik." "It's true. You don't care." "Wow, this hotel is really nice." Aisling exclaimed,
Bluefire nodded. "You said it. Come on, let's go get our rooms."
"Wait a second. Let me put that spell on myself so no one recognizes me. I think it's pretty much common knowledge that Seto's my brother."
Ryou nodded. "I think so too."
"Okay, but go over there so no one will see you do it." Bluefire said.
Aisling ducked into an empty hallway, chanting in ancient Egyptian. "Aisling? Are you ready?" Ryou asked.
Aisling walked back over to them, only now she had short black hair and violet eyes, and a lighter complexion. "Yeah, let's go."
"Can I help you?" The desk clerk asked.
Bluefire nodded. "Yeah, we need two rooms, preferably next to each other if possible."
"Names?"
"Rosario Arosamena, Gregory McClintock and Victoria Finch." The desk clerk handed her two keys. "You're in luck. The last two available rooms are right across from each other. How long will you be staying with us?"
"At least a week, my good man." Aisling replied in a British accent much like Ryou's.
Ryou sweatdropped.
"Okay, that'll be $95.76."
Aisling discreetly conjured the cash from nowhere. "I've got it, Rosa." She said, handing the cash to the desk clerk::
The clerk took the money. "Your rooms are on the fourth floor. Please enjoy your stay with us."
"I'm sure we will."
They walked away, and got on the elevator, which was thankfully empty.
"Where did you get the cash? I thought you only had a credit card." Ryou asked.
Aisling shrugged innocently. "Another trick that Iris taught me. Conjuring stuff from out of nowhere. Besides, our whole scheme would have been ruined if he would have seen the name on the card."
Ryou nodded. "You have a point." "Plus, if there's cash, then they won't ask for ID, like say a credit card or checks. What say I bring my car around front? It'd kind of look wierd if we went in back and brought out a red corvette." Bluefire asked. Aisling nodded. "All right. We'll meet you up there." "Okay. Here's a key." Bluefire handed herone of the room keys. "Arigatou." Bluefire walked out, wondering to herself "Now, where's the car? Ah, there it is!" She unlocked the driver's seat door and got in. "Looks like I'll have to get some gas later." She drove
around front, before seeing a parking spot in front of the hotel. "Convienent."
She parked there and locked the doors, before going inside.
Aisling unlocked the door to her and Ryou's room, turning on the lights and dropping her purse on a chair as Ryou shuts the door. "Wow, this room is absolutely beautiful, don't you think?"
Ryou nodded. "Yeah, it is."
"And the bed's really soft too." She lay back on the soft mattress, grinning like a cheshire cat as Ryou joined her.
"I agree with you, love." Ryou kissed her cheek.
Just then the door opened, startling them.
"Sheesh, you two lovebirds can't keep your hands off each other for five minutes, can you?" Bluefire grinned as she walked in.
"Bluefire!" Aisling yelled, while Ryou said, blushing "It's not what it looks like..."
"Relax you two, I'm just joking." Bluefire assured them.
Aisling fell off the bed, anime style.
"Are you okay?" Ryou asked.
"Yeah, the floor broke my fall. And my pride."
"Don't worry about me. But you'd better be careful that nobody else sees." Bluefire told them.
"And that means that if you two decide to get a little, um, busy, then keep it down, kay?" "Bluefire!" Aisling yelped, sounding slightly whiny with a really big sweatdrop. "What? It's true." Bluefire said innocently. Ryou blushed as he helped Aisling up.
"Arigatou, love."
"You're welcome." "So, when are we getting the stuff?" Bluefire asked. "We have to do it before Aisling's glamour spell wears off. We need some new clothes and we need to get the hair stuff fast."
"It's not a matter of when it'll wear off, really. This particular one lasts about 24 hours." Aisling told them.
"It does?" Ryou asked.
"Hai." "Even so, we should go soon." Bluefire suggested.
Aisling nodded. "All right. Where do you want to go?"
"Is there a mall or something close by?" Bluefire asked.
Ryou nodded. "Yeah, the Domino City mall. There's some nice stuff there, plus it's a large mall and always crowded, so it would be easy to hide from Bakura and Malik if they should show up there."