New A/N: I was rereading this story, and I decided I didn't much like it. It didn't flow well, people where out of character for my fics, and it general was a mess. So I've rewritten this chapter and chapter 2.

This chapter has only minor changes; mostly in the beginning. Changed a bit of dialouge and added more thoughts and such.

That's about it for the new notes. As usual, I'm leaving the original notes in place.

A/N: Baaaad me. I said I wouldn't write any side story with more than one chapter. [Sigh] But Itsumo is stressing me and I wanted to write something fun and amusing. This takes place just a little before Eien, probably about a month and a half, (though you don't have to read it to understand this), and is one of the random events that is briefly mentioned in one of the chapters. (No one ever mentioned a road trip, but they did mention other things that happened on the road trip. XD) This'll be a humor/action/adventure fic, since it's not going to be ALL humor (though I couldn't figure out what the secondary genre should be... General, I suppose, but whatever...)

If anyone's wondering about the title of this fic... The working name was 'cartrip' which I kept reading as 'catnip'. So... There you have it. XD Besides, the infamous Mafdet'll be joining them once again. XD

Warnings: Small amount of language, most likely.

Disclaimer: I got Turn 16! But I don't own Yugioh itself. If I did, Yami torture would abound. XD

Catnip; part 1
by: Amiasha

Yami was a bit confused, and slightly frightened. Sugoroku and Yuugi were looking far too happy, about something they hadn't told HIM. Which meant it was something he wasn't going to like.

"Aibou, jiichan, what exactly are so happy about?" The spirit asked, tilting his head slightly to the side as he watched them continue bouncing about the living room.

Yuugi turned toward him for a moment, grinning. "We're going on a roadtrip!"

That just confused Yami more. "Roadtrip? What is a roadtrip?" He asked, head tilting farther.

Sugoroku finally realized Yami was asking a question and quit his frolicking. He looked over at his oldest grandson as Yuugi ran up to his room. "A roadtrip is a trip that a lot of people take part in, where you all get in a car and go sightseeing. They're more than one day long, as well."

Yami stared blankly. "I don't understand. We're going to drive around with no set destination in mind? In a car full of other people? What will happen to the gameshop? And when will we come back?"

Sugoroku sweatdropped. Yami was far more adult than the man was used to seventeen-year-olds being. "Well... Yes. We're going to drive around with no destination in mind and with a bunch of other people. As for the gameshop, it'll simply be closed for awhile. And we'll come back in... A week to two weeks."

Yami paled slightly. "Two weeks!?"

Sugoroku blinked at him. "Is that a problem?"

Yami stared. "Jiichan... Two weeks in a CAR with other people? I don't LIKE other people! Or cars!"

Sugoroku mushroom sighed as Yami twitched. "They're not going to be STRANGERS." He said, blinking. "Yuugi's going to bring Joey, Tristan, Ryuuji, and Bakura. Tea wanted to come, but she has a family reunion and her dance classes are picking up more. It'll be a boys' trip."

Yami paled slightly. 'Roadtrip without Tea? The voice of reason? The only intelligent, mature person in aibou's group of friends? What a nightmare...' Shaking himself from his thoughts, the spirit replied, "Is that supposed to make me feel better? I like Aibou and my's friends, yes, but I don't know if I can stand that much time with them."

Sugoroku smiled at him, shaking his head slightly. "We won't be in the car all the time. We'll be staying at hotels, stopping at museums and tourist attractions, and all sorts of things. It'll be fun Yami, really. I'll even let you sit in the passenger's seat the whole trip, so you won't be crushed to death by the other boys." He said, laughing.

'... I'm just not going to win...' Yami thought somewhat sadly, before sighing and giving in. "Alright.I'll go along with this. But just how long were you planning this without telling me!?"

Sugoroku sweatdropped. "... A few weeks?"

At the death glare from the boy, Sugoroku laughed nervously. "What don't you go help Yuugi pack?"

The spirit complied, heading for the stairs, but his death glare lingered until he was out of sight.

A little annoyed, Yami stalked up the stairs, but nearly fell to his death when he tripped over a certain redhaired kitten who had decided the stairs were a good place to sleep.

Mafdet yowled, sounding quite offended, and glared at Yami. Said spirit's eyes were wide as he clung to the railing, even though he had regained his footing. Slowly he turned his attention to the tiny kitten, who had stopped looking annoyed and now looked concerned, and he smiled at her. She mewed happily and ran off down the stairs.

Shaking his head, Yami continued up to the room he and Yuugi shared. Yuugi was sitting in the middle of the floor with clothes and games everywhere, and a few bags scattered around. The younger boy looked up at Yami and grinned. "Hi Yami!"

Yami smiled back, wondering why Yuugi was so hyper, and sat down on the floor next to him. "Jiichan sent me to help pack."

Yuugi shrugged. "Go ahead and help if you'd like. I'm trying to pack games and clothes for both of us. It's not too hard to pack for you, since you don't have all that many clothes, but I've got a ton and I have no idea what to bring."

The Egyptian glanced at the clothes, than at Yuugi. "How far do cars take you in two weeks? Will there be a significant temperature change, or can you assume it'd be safe to pack clothes for the weather it is now?"

Yuugi looked over at him and giggled. "You're way too logical, Yami." He teased, poking the other boy in the side.

Yami poked him back. "You said I could help, so I was helping." He replied, smiling.

"Well, fine then." Yuugi said, giggling again. Placing a few articles of clothing in a suitcase, Yuugi looked back at his dark. "How long can you stay out?" He asked.

Yami thought for a second. "Probably until 10:00 or so. It's 4:00 right now, yes?"

Yuugi nodded. "Yep. You've been out since 8:00 this morning, so if you don't have to go back into the Puzzle until 10:00, that'll be fourteen hours!" The boy exclaimed. "Wow, that's a lot longer than last month."

Yami nodded in agreement. "Yes it is. As long as I go into the Puzzle every night, I hsould be able to be out every day of this ordeal."

Yuugi laughed. "Ordeal? Come on Yami, this'll be fun."

Yami sweatdropped. "I can't see how, aibou."

"That's 'cause you're closeminded." Yuugi responded, bursting into giggles as his dark made an insulted face.

"What?" The spirit asked, sounding offended. "Closeminded? I am not! I'm just logical." He said, nodding and crossing his arms.

Yuugi giggled at him again, tossing a stuffed pryamid at the older boy playfully. Yami cought it, and blinked absently at the plush toy. "... Aibou, where did you get this thing?"

Yuugi shrugged. "I have no clue, actually." He admitted, giggling yet again. "I wanna' know how it stays in that shape."

Yami nodded his agreement, before tossing the pyramid right back at Yuugi. It smacked the teen in the face, and then fell into his lap. Yuugi looked at it blankly while Yami smirked, before turning and pouncing on his dark. "You threw a plushie at me!"

"You threw it at me first!" Yami replied, shoving at Yuugi lightly. "Just because I can actually throw..."

Yuugi giggled and sat up, letting go of the spirit. "You whine a lot, you know that?" He teased, waving a finger at the the other boy. "I mean, a LOT."

"I do not!" Yami responded, looking vaguely offended. "You whine far more than I do."

"No I don't!"

"Yes you do, aibou."

"Don't."

"Do."

"Don't."

"Do."

"Don't-"

"I almost hesitate to ask what you two are arguing over." Sugoroku commented, sweatdropping as he stared at his two grandchildren from the doorway of their room.

Both boys looked up and blushed slightly, which was very amusing to see from the two at the same time. Sugoroku chuckled at them, as they both looked like they'd been caught in an embarrassing moment. Yuugi opened his mouth to respond, but shut it again as Yami calmly raised a hand and pointed at the younger boy. "He started it, jiichan."

"I WHAT!?" Yuugi exclaimed, starign at the former Pharaoh with a shocked expression. Yami turned his head to look at him, a devilish smirk on his face. "Oh you're so dead, Yami. Again, dead."

Yami lept to his feet, striking a pose, which was a bit uncharacteristic for him. "You'll never catch me!" He proclaimed, before rushing out of the room in a flurry of gold and blue. Yuugi stared after him for a moment, before jumping to his feet as well. "Just watch me!" He replied, before tearing out of the room as well.

Sugoroku stared after them as the dustcloud settled and papers stopped flying everywhere. He blinked a few times, before looking up and shaking his fist, apparently trying to complain to a higher power. "... I still want to know what I did to deserve them!"

Loud cackling from one of the boys and then some thumping came from downstairs, and Sugoroku sweatdropped again. "They're going to be the death of me, I just know it."
New A/N: Much better.

Original word count: 1294

Revised word count: 1397
A/N: I adore cartrip fics. XD So I had to write one. Besides, as anyone who's read Eien knows... I love writing hotel scenes. XD

And don't worry, Yami B'll show up. He and Yami aren't as friendly at this time either, so it'll be interesting. XD

Please review, people!