The Yami Convention 2

*which has sadly come to an end…*

by Rhapsody Moonschild and Tat Claire Kokoro

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It's been a fun ride, people.  We've enjoyed all the comments and reviews…  Hope you enjoy this final chapter!  If you do, please review, then scroll back up top and click on our profile…  We're prolific writers, mostly because we poke each other until we get our chapters done—procrastination, which Rhapsody is fond of, does not exist when collaborating fics.  But anyway…  Hope to hear from you all soon, all comments/questions appreciated!

Watashi no ai, Rhap-chan and Tat-chan*~|

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: ANOTHER MUSHY ENDING (by Rhapsody)

Yami leaned up to kiss his fiancée but she pushed him back, frowning and tilting her head.

"What?"  Yami was confused.  She had just said she'd marry him, so why wouldn't she let him kiss her?

"I hear something…  Ah, Bakura must have woken up!  He should be here…"  She glanced at her wrist (though she wore no watch).  "In three, two, one…"

There was a sudden violent beating on the front door.  All within could hear Bakura's yelling with quite foul language at "that **bleep** pharaoh" and his "damnfool cousin."

"I'm almost afraid to open the door," Yami mused to Kikai.  "I think he really would kill me…"  He sweatdropped.

"I'll get it," she smiled.  "Even in an evil rage he wouldn't hurt me, just yell at me a bit.  You… better prepare yourself for an attack, I think, koibito."

Yami nodded and she walked towards the door…

"Catch, boy, catch!" Malik yelled and threw the stick.  The evil yami dog known as Inu chased happily after the stick.  He brought it back and laid it at Malik's feet.

"Good dog," Malik cooed, and bent down to rub the dog's belly.

Okay, now that you're totally wondering when that happened, I'll explain…  After a fruitless discussion about Malik lending his Rod to the dog, they had decided on a partnership in evil.  When Malik did finally end up killing Yami and ruling the world, Inu would be in charge of all the dogs of Earth.

This arrangement pleased both of them, and Malik was finding that having a pet was actually a pretty nice thing…  It helped him to relax…  Maybe he should get Bakura an animal.  A fluffy white kitten—the color of Bakura's hair.  Malik snickered at the thought, knowing that the cat would end up drowned in the lake, but picturing the look of Bakura's face as he received the gift.

Human sl—er, Malik, Inu began, What do you want to do tomorrow night?

Malik grinned.  "The same thing we do every night, Pink—um, Inu…  Try to take over the world!"

Yugi and Pika Pika were both blushing furiously.  After a moment he said, "That's a, um… a promise ring.  And my promise is… if you want to, when we're eighteen, I'll marry you, Pika Pika."

He looked up at her, almost afraid of her reaction, but she pulled him to her and embraced him in a manner reminiscent of Kikai.  "I can't wait," she whispered in his ear.  "I can't wait."

Yugi almost melted for happiness, and so did she.

"Mmmph!  Rrmmph!"  Bakura insisted around his gag.  His earth-colored eyes glared stonily at Yami.

Kikai sighed.  "Onii-chan, if you would only stop with the death threats, we would untie you…"  Fearing for Yami's life, together they had managed to hold Bakura down and tie him to a kitchen chair using various belts and chains from their rather gothic outfits.  Bakura, as one might guess, was not happy about it.  He shook his head vehemently and struggled against his bonds.

Kikai moved back from his struggling form to her place at Yami's side.  He put his arm around her waist and she held his other hand, a position they slipped into almost automatically.  She leaned up and kissed him slowly, enjoying herself, while Bakura stewed in his bindings.

"Bakura, I'm going to marry Yami.  So you'll just have to get used to it.  Heck, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were jealous," she said with a joking grin.  Bakura protested in such a way that one was glad for the gag.

"I love him," she continued.  "So tough luck."

Yami murmured, "I love you too," and kissed her again, happier than he'd ever been in his long, long life.

Isis was watching from the window.  She simmered in a rage mimicking Bakura to see Yami and Kikai together and the ring on the girl's hand.  She said some unladylike Egyptian expletives and wondered what to do next.  Obviously this plan had flopped…

"Isis!" Joun called out, and she sweatdropped to see him approaching her.  He ran to her side and then paused a moment, panting.  "Isis, I just want to—"

"Declare your undying love, no doubt," she said dryly, knowing it to be the truth.  If only he hadn't stolen Yami's ice cream, greedy brat, then none of this would have happened…

"Actually…" he began, and then burped loudly.  Disgusting!  "Actually, I just wanted to tell you I don't love you anymore.  Sorry 'bout that."

He walked away and Isis stamped her foot angrily.  Couldn't she get anything right?!  Her potion must have worn off.  Sadly she narrated aloud, "And so Isis's brilliant plan to entrap Yami into loving her again has failed.  Not to any fault of her own, of course.  And her love spell wore off her irritating blond stalker…  Actually, he was kind of cute," she mused.  "C'est la vie*, I guess.  And so ends my tale…"

((*C'est la vie is French for that's life.))

Shadi was weeping openly from his spot in a nearby tree.  "So beautiful," he sighed.  "Yami engaged to Kikai, Yugi promised to Pika Pika, all villains foiled, and that's that!"

Police lights illuminated his spot.  "Sir, we're going to have to arrest you.  This is the second call we've had of your disturbing the peace.  Come down the tree, and keep your hands in the air…  Er, well, keep them where we can see them."

Shadi began to vacate his spot, sad now that the story was over.  He didn't mind going to jail—what prison can hold a guy who can go through the floor?—but he wished the story would go on…  Oh well.

He let the policemen handcuff him and didn't listen as they read his Miranda rights, still musing over the wonderful sequel to "The Yami Convention."

"Mmm!" Bakura said loudly, wishing his insolent cousin would take his gag off.  She had a lecture coming to her, definitely…

Suddenly her eyes sparkled.  When she and Yami were done with their kiss she struck a pose.

"I have an idea!" she declared.

"What is it, koibito?" Yami asked fondly.

"I know how to make Bakura happy again…  Let's get him a girlfriend!"

Yami nodded slowly.  "Sounds good to me…"

Oh dear Ra, why me? Bakura thought, and he was just lucky that we ended the story here.

END