The Yami Convention 2
*which includes a lot of ice cream*
by Tat Claire Kokoro and Rhapsody Moonschild
|~*DISCLAIMER: Yu-Gi-Oh! is the property of Kazuki Takahashi. It does not belong to Rhapsody Moonschild and/or Tat Claire Kokoro. "Pika pika" may not be copyrighted, but just in case… Pokemon is not our property either.*~|
CHAPTER TEN: ICE CREAM AGAIN (by Rhapsody)
Rhapsody read over Tat's chapter and groaned loudly.
"Not a cliffhanger! Lazy Tat-chan…" she mumbled and made a mental note to end a chapter with one too.
"What am I to do with this?" she said to herself (no one else to talk to, after all). "I guess I'll use my favorite writing tactic… Start writing something and see where it leads…"
"Something strange is about to happen," Yami said, voicing everyone's thoughts.
"The calm before the storm," Yugi agreed. He took Pika Pika's hand and squeezed it for mutual comfort.
No one moved for a few long seconds, so when a certain white-furred dog appeared all eyes were on it. After a moment Kikai squealed with delight.
"It's Inu, my doggy!!!"
She ran over and huggled it. Everyone else sweatdropped.
"Kind of anticlimactic," Shadi commented.
"Why are you still here?" Pika Pika commented, raising an eyebrow.
He shrugged and wandered off down the street, whistling a happy tune.
"Is that the dog Bakura made you throw out?" Yami asked his girlfriend.
"Oh, Bakura's just an old softy. When I gave him puppy dog eyes he said, "Okay, you can keep it…""
Everyone else fell over anime-style. Bakura, nice??? That was as impossible to imagine as… little Yugi suddenly becoming six feet tall.
"He said that if it tried to take over the world it wasn't his problem, too, but I think he was kidding."
Bakura, kidding? Yami held up a hand to silence her. "Enough out-of-character for today, koibito, we can't take anymore!"
She smiled and petted the dog once more, then rose back to her feet and huggled Yami in much the same way she did the dog. He kissed her and then said, "Hey, I have an idea. Since no unbelievable doom has descended upon us, let's go for ice cream!"
"Sure, why not?" they all agreed. Who cared that it was only eight in the morning? They trooped down to the ice cream parlor where Ryou worked.
And there he was, bright and early. He yawned and then said, "What'll it be?"
They all gave their orders and sat down in a booth. After a moment Joun came in and joined them. They all gave him looks of surprise.
"What are you doing up before noon?" Yami asked him.
Joun shrugged. "I wanted to see what morning was like. Kind of pretty."
"Um, yeah…" Yugi agreed and Ryou brought their orders.
Isis, who was at that moment tucked under sand-colored satin sheets, snoring delicately, would have been very pleased to know that Yami would soon be under her spell. Annoying Malik had worked wonderfully and Bakura had given the potion to Ryou and instructed him to give it to Yami, making up a rather lame excuse that nonetheless fooled the slightly naïve boy.
"Open up!" Kikai commanded as usual to Yami, and as usual he refused.
"But—"
She shoved the spoon in his mouth when he opened it to protest. Yugi and Pika Pika ate their food with sweatdrops; Joun darted a look at Yami and, seeing him preoccupied, stole his ice cream. Yes, the ice cream containing Isis's love potion. This would be interesting…
