Chapter 7
The Big Night
Disclaimer: Uh.....can't think of anything witty to say. I only own the characters you don't recognize. *thinks* That ought to be a tear-off calendar.......you know, a witty disclaimer for every day of the year.....*sigh*
Note 1: There's some information concerning this story at the end of the chapter, just to let ya'll know.
Kamilah: Aibou, now they're gonna think you're giving up on the story.
Mojobubbles: Oh.....well that's not it......I'm sticking with this story!
Note 2: I am so sorry it's been so long since I last updated! I got a bit distracted by "Tatakai Yuki" and I went to Texas, and lately I've been suffering writer's block on this story, and I've been slightly depressed......
Mojobubbles: MY FIELDTRIP WAS SO COOL! I went to Baltimore and it was cool!!! We had a lot of fun. I dunno if I ever told you, but my friend Kirstie had a dream where she was in a class with Bakura, and when she asked him what his name was, he said it was Richard. So, anyway, we saw a sea turtle at the national aquarium, and we named it Richard!!! And the other turtles were Richard the 2, then the 3, and so on.
Kagome: How many Richards were there?
Kamilah: I think they got up to Richard the 29.
Mojobubbles: Yep!! And then me and Kirstie found a sea turtle plushie and we each got one and yes they are named Richard.
Y. Malik: And you saw me!!!
Mojobubbles: Yeah! We saw a boat that looked a lot like the boat that Malik has, and me, Kirstie, and Abby were like, "Where's Malik?!" Then we saw this guy at the front of the boat, and we thought that was Malik, but he was wearing orange-gold pants and a dark t-shirt like Y. Malik.
Kamilah: And those of you with rare cards ought to be careful! Aibou saw American Rare Hunters!
Mojobubbles: Yep. It was this little group of people in neon hoods. ^_^
Yami: Is she.......?
Kamilah: -Inu-Yasha high? Nope, she's just randomly hyper. Like always.
Mojobubbles: Hence the penname. And I get AOL instant messaging for my birthday, which is NEXT MONTH!!!!! Although about Inu-Yasha......that was soooooooooooooooooooooooo kawaii!!!!
Inuyasha: Can we please /not/ bring this up!?
Mojobubbles: But it was sooooooooo freaking kawaii when you hugged Kagome!!
Inuyasha: ^ -_,__,_- ^
Sesshomaru: *looks amused*
Mojobubbles: *to Sesshomaru* Boy, do you have one helluva chest!!!
Sesshomaru: ^@_,__,_@^
Kamilah: Mooooooooving on........
Mojobubbles: .....yah. Anyway.........I'm drinking diet vanilla Coke right now!!!!
Malik: Oh dear Ra......is it caffeine free?
Mojobubbles: I really don't know. It doesn't say there is caffeine-
All: *sigh with relief*
Mojobubbles: But then it doesn't say that it's caffeine free, either. *grins evilly*
All: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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Review responses:
Arian Starswing: Funky penname. ^_~ I didn't think of that! That /will/ be funny when Yami meets Malfoy.....*grins*
Daricio: COOLNESS! I MADE GOOD PAIRINGS!! Although half of them involve original characters.......*sweatdrop* But not Yami/Isis.....that is da BOMB! Why won't more people use that??? Ok now /I'm/ babbling......IT'S CONTAGIOUS!!!!! HIDE THE CHILDREN!!!!!!!
Blue Mystic Moon Warrior: Nope, it was Kura who was gambling. The hair's not spiky like when he's Y. Kura. DAMN YOU EVIL PERSON WHO HAS LOTS OF CARDS!!!!!! *sits back and ponders* I still can't get over the fact that we're friends now......I mean, we kinda hated each other in elementary school.......weirdness.
Blue Eyed Canadian Authoress: *shakes BECA* DON'T DIE, DAMMIT!!!!
Europa: Well actually they're not tattoos, but some big ol' story, and they call it the pharaoh's memory, and he got it carved into his back with a white-hot knife when he was ten!!!!! Cheery, huh? ^_~ Yeah. Cheese cubes rule!!!! BOW TO THE CHEESE CUBES!!!!
Evergladelord: Well, if he does that then that totally screws up Kaiba falling in love with a Slytherin!!!! And you did NOT just hear that........*shifty eyes*
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Happy little symbol things:
~blah~ Kaya to Yami or Yugi
++blah++ Yugi to Kaya
~~blah~~ Yami to Kaya
/blah/ hikari to yami
//blah// yami to hikari
[blah] someone thinking to themselves
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"We've got charms, c'mon!" Ron called, waving his friends on. The people in the hall stopped and stared, and some began whispering. Ever since the day Malik had blurted out that Yami was a pharaoh and the Slytherin attacked Isis, odd looks and mutterings followed the crew wherever they went.
Of course, no one seemed to be very antagonistic toward them, unless you counted the Slytherins, of course, but they were hostile toward pretty much everyone except themselves.
As Halloween grew closer, the excitement grew higher.
A few of the teachers, like Flitwick, even gave up trying to teach anything on the day before Halloween. So that day in Charms, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Lindsey, and the Domino-gang were discussing the ball.
The girls were discussing what they would wear, while the boys were discussing when Malik and Adara would kill each other.
A lot of the students found it strange yet impressive that this Yugi, Bakura, Kaya, Malik, and Isis had these special items that could probably destroy the world if one had enough of them. And of course, Malfoy didn't like that. Every morning, he would find some new way to insult them and tell it loudly to the Slytherin table.
"You know, I think I see why they all love him so much," Kaya said Halloween morning, sitting down and jerking her head towards the Slytherin table. "I bet he's real good at Quidditch, what with that AERODYNAMIC HEAD OF HIS!" she finished, raising her voice. The Gryffindors all laughed loudly, even though it really wasn't that funny. They were giddy with excitement.
The Slytherins turned and glared at her, but she pretended not to notice.
"Blahdee blahdee blah....." She turned to the Slytherins. "What do you want!?"
(Yep, that really happened. The preps were giving us odd looks, so I called this one, Victoria (Ra/Kami/God, I absolutely loathe that girl.....) Yubaba, as in Yubaba from "Spirited Away" and she didn't get it, of course (anime-deprived fools!!) and even though it wasn't that funny, me and my friends just cracked up. Then she and her stupid lil friends kept staring at us and Kirstie went, "Blahdee blahdee blah.....*glare at preps* What do you want?!")
"Don't mind her," Yami said, taking control of Yugi's body and gesturing to Kaya. "This is how she gets when she's excited."
(Wow, that's how I get too! ^_~)
The Gryffindors eyed him uneasily.
Joey sighed. "Look, he ain't gonna hurt ya unless ya threaten us."
(AH! AH! I'VE WRITTEN MYSELF INTO A CORNER! HOW DO I MOVE ON?!?!)
The uncomfortable atmosphere disappeared as soon as the food magically appeared on the table as usual.
Of course, it had been a bit of a shock the first time it had happened for Yugi and the gang.
But their shock was soon forgotten when they started eating the house-elves delicious cooking.
Now, they headed out to the Quidditch field to watch Harry and the other Gryffindors on the team practice before they had lunch.
(Did I mention this is taking place on Saturday? Because it is.)
(Phew! I wrote myself back out of the corner! Thank the song "Groovy!" from Card Captor Sakura. It's on my burned Jap. anime CD and can be found on animelyrics.com (add the www. of course)
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"The Firebolt's so cool!" Tristan was saying as they headed into the Great Hall for lunch.
Harry just grinned and shook his head.
As soon as they were finished, Kaya, Hermione, Isis, Lindsey, and Tea excused themselves and ran off.
"They need /four hours/ to get ready?!" Joey gaped after them.
"That's how long Hermione needed last year," Ron replied, shaking his head.
"Girls," Malik finished, making a face.
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All the girls in Gryffindor soon joined Kaya, Hermione, Isis, Tea, and Lindsey, and their giggles could be heard all the way down in the common room.
"What da heck is so funny?" Joey said, looking up from his duel with Yugi. The boys took this opportunity to duel each other and the other Gryffindors. Harry was dueling Bakura, who was trying to keep his yami from coming out and kicking Harry's butt, and Ron was losing spectacularly to Malik. He probably would be doing better if Tristan would stop trying to give him hints.
Up in the girls' dormitory, they were all very giddy. Even Isis, who seemed to be infected by their excitement.
(Picture that. *pictures it* *bursts out laughing*
Isis: -_-)
Finally, about an hour before the ball began, the boys went into their own dormitory to change into their dress robes. They were rather excited as well, but not to the same extent as the girls.
"Let's go," Malik said solemnly, looking around at his comrades.
Joey grinned. "See, Malik's nervous, 'cause he's afraid his date's gonna kill him!"
"I am not afraid of Adara! If she tries to kill me I'll just Millennium-Rod her. And you know what?" Malik scowled. "Yugi, tell Yami and Kaya that if I die, it'll be they're faults."
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Finally, the Gryffindor boys left the dormitory for the common room.
"Oy!" Fred Weasley yelled up the stairs to the girls' dormitory. "Are you all ready yet?"
"We'll be down soon!" Katie Bell yelled back, and then she and the other girls erupted in giggles once again.
The boys rolled their eyes.
"Probably trying to make a big entrance," Seamus Finnigan said knowingly. (That really is how J.K. spells it.....weird. Kikyo doesn't like that name.
The real Kikyo: Would you stop calling you computer that?!
Mojobubbles: Hm.....let me think about that - no.)
They entered the Great Hall, and Malfoy nudged the other Slytherins and said loudly, "What a surprise!! None of the Gryffindors could get dates!" The Slytherins all laughed uproariously.
"That kid is so annoying!" Yugi remarked.
"You're just now figuring that out?" Ron said.
"Hey Yugi, where's the pharaoh?" Bakura asked.
"What's it to you, Bakari?" Yugi asked innocently.
"How'd you know it was me?" Bakari gasped.
Yugi just gave him a look.
"Err, right," Bakari sweatdropped.
"Anyway, he's still in the dormitory. He's trying to make a big entrance too."
Just then, the door opened, and the girls from Gryffindor strode in.
There was only one word to describe it - wow.
"I think they've made an entrance....." Harry said, and the others nodded.
The boys all walked up and found their respective dates.
Harry could hardly recognize Ginny; she looked very different in dress robes of deep blue that set off her red hair.
Hermione was wearing the same blue dress robes she had worn at the Christmas ball in their fourth year, but she still looked fantastic. Ron, dumbstruck, led her away to the dance floor.
Bakura smiled; Kaya had worn her magenta/purple kimono (they (the dudes from Japan) all got to ware whatever they want, remember?), and it brought out the color of her eyes and the purple/red tints in her hair.
Malik, wearing the lavender shirt and black pants from Battle City, had to admit that Adara looked nice in black dress robes decorated with blood-red flowers.
Everyone was having a great time. Well, Adara wasn't. She sat next to the refreshment table, arms folded, while Malik, Bakura, and Kaya stood sipping drinks.
Just then, the door opened again, and Yami and Isis stepped in.
Malik's mouth dropped open. Bakura nearly dropped his cup. Kaya accidentally spat a mouthful of pumpkin juice on a couple of first years nearby.
"I can't believe he still has that!!!" Kaya spluttered.
"I don't think it's the original, Ky," Malik said dryly.
"Oh.....right," Kaya said, grinning sheepishly. "But still-!!!"
Yami was wearing a loose pair of pants and a loose white tank top. He had a light purple cape, and many gold adornments.
(Ok, Yami's wearing a simplified version of a outfit I saw him in, and there's a link to a pic of the outfit all the way at the bottom.)
~SHOW-OFF!!!!~
Yami winced as her loud scream echoed through his head.
~~No need to scream, Kaya.~~
~I can't believe you! You are such a show off, you know that?!?~
~~Thank you.~~
~You've been hanging around Malik too long.~
~~Speaking of which, has he tried to talk with Adara yet?~~
~Nope, not yet.~
He sighed mentally. ~I'm not surprised......~
She cut off the link, because Bakura was trying to get her attention.
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Malik watched Bakura and Kaya go off to dance, frowning. Then he turned to Adara, who was staring straight ahead, arms folded.
"Anata-wa daijobu ka?" he asked, wondering if she knew that much Japanese. She seemed surprised.
"H-hai......"
"Nihongo-o doyatte-ni ka?"
"Watashi-no shumi-wa J-Rap-desu. Nan-de Hogwarts-ni ki-mashita ka?"
"Dumbledore-ga watakushitachi wo maneku-mashita."
They both lapsed into silence, and finally Adara said, switching back to English, "Actually, I'm not fine. I'm really pretty pissed off."
"Doushite?" Malik asked. ('Doushite' means 'why')
"'Cause I think you and me were set up."
"How?"
"I was dared to go with the first person who asked me, by that Kaya person."
"What?!" Malik gasped. "See, I was playing a game with Yami Yugi and if I lost then I had to ask you out!"
"Oh, so that way you and me would have to go together, huh?"
"I guess.....so how do we get revenge?"
Adara thought for a minute. "Come with me!" she said, grabbing his arm and dragging him out of the Great Hall.
(Alright, translation!
Malik: Are you alright?
Adara: Y-yes......
Malik: How do you know Japanese?
Adara: My hobby is J-rap. (Japanese rap) Why are you here in Hogwarts?
Malik: Dumbledore invited us.)
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Kaiba was bored. Very bored. He was quickly gaining fangirls, especially because he was wearing the purple trench coat he wore to Domino Museum the night he met Isis. (That's a cool outfit! Why doesn't he wear that more often?!)
Then he turned and saw that Slytherin girl, Aneko, staring at him - again.
"What are you looking at?" he asked sharply.
She turned away, and he noticed she was holding something in her fist.
It was a locket. He was shocked when he noticed tears in her eyes. He stalked over to her.
"What is the matter with you?" he asked, but gentler this time. She shook her head and pushed passed him out of the Great Hall.
He decided to follow.
Aneko, being pursued by Kaiba, passed Adara and Malik on their way back into the Great Hall.
"Whaddya think that was 'bout?" Adara asked, her mouth full of bubblegum.
Malik shrugged and blew a huge bubble. It popped, and he stuck the goo back in his mouth.
"'Kay," he began. "What now?"
Adara grinned evilly, which is kinda hard to do with a mouthful of gum. "You'll see. I'fe done thish many times 'afore."
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(Urgh, this part'll hard to write........)
(Which is weird, considering it's drama and I'm good at writing drama/angst.......)
(I'll put it in Kaiba's POV to make it easier......another thing I'm good at writing are POVs)
(And for future reference, 'tatakai yuki' means 'fighting spirit'.)
Aneko darted out the main doors and shut them right in my face.
"What is your problem?" I growled, trying to open the door.
"Leave me alone!!" she called, pushing against the door.
For a 15-year-old girl, she was pretty strong.
(Once more, I've written myself into a corner. -_- *puts on her Jap. anime CD* It worked last time......)
Just then, her strength gave in and the door burst open, and I flew outside, losing my locket in the process.
(And once again, "Groovy!" from Card Captor Sakura has saved the day!! *waves Digital Dobby Jr. around in triumph*)
Aneko picked it up off the ground and flicked it open. She stared in wonder at the picture of Mokuba.
"Can I have it back?" I asked impatiently, holding my hand out. She gave it back, but showed me her locket too.
The picture was rather old, like mine, but I could still clearly see the small boy with black hair and blue eyes.
"Your brother......looks so much like Hiroshi," she whispered. I stared at her, and finally remembered what the name Aneko means.
It means 'big sister'.
"Is Hiroshi your little brother?" I asked.
"Was," Aneko said bitterly. "He died just last summer."
"So you've been here.....in Hogwarts, this whole year, and your little brother-?"
She nodded, looking as though she was holding back tears.
"I can relate," I said softly. "My brother.....my Mokuba......I almost lost him forever......I was.....scared.....for the first time in my life, I was truly terrified......"
Aneko nodded vigorously. "When they told me he had cancer.....I was so scared.....Then I went in to see him, and he said he'd keep his 'tatakai yuki'......"
"We were born in Japan, and that's where we lived until I was 11 and Hiroshi 8," she went on. "I remember once, we were playing tag, and I was 9, and I think Hiroshi was 6. I had just tagged him, and he tripped, and then he said 'you're too fast! I give up!' And I asked him where was his tatakai yuki, his fighting spirit? He said he had plenty......"
"And Hiroshi was right, because he battled the cancer as long as he could......"
I watched her, trying to keep my face expressionless, but it was hard. I reached out and put my hand on her arm.
"Um, sorry...."
She looked up at me, tears still sparkling in her deep blue eyes, blue like mine, and the moonlight illuminating her deep rusty red hair......and I feel my heart skip a beat.
She stared at me a moment, then without warning she launched herself into my arms.
I was pretty shocked. This girl I've just met is sobbing into my coat like we've known each other for years.
But the strange thing is, she reminded me of Mokuba.....so I reached out and put my arms around her.
(Ok, some of you who have read my other fic "Tatakai Yuki" probably think this scene comes from that.
Well, you're WRONG!
It's actually based on a lil thing I did in gifted class.....I wrote a short story about a girl named Kaya and her two best friends are Joey and Serenity, and she drives race cars in honor of her little brother Hiroshi who died, and before the race starts she's remembering once when she played tag w/ him and Hiroshi was losing and she asked him where was his 'tatakai yuki.' I'd post it, but I don't have it! ^_~)
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Malik and Adara were both hiding under the refreshment table, formulating their plan.
"So, when theh get close, jus' stick it in theh haih?" he asked, mouth full of gum. Adara nodded. "Can we gum that Maffoy kid too? He ish so annoying." Adara nodded again, only more vigorous this time.
"I'll go ge' Kaya, you go ge' tha' Yami Yugi guy," Adara said.
Malik nodded, and they both snuck back out from under the table.
As he snuck over towards where Yami and Isis were, he had to admit this night was turning to be pretty fun. Adara was a lot cooler than he first thought.
Malik saw them coming over to sit down. He casually sat down in a seat and yanked out about half of his gum. Making sure no one was watching, he stuck the gum on a chair.
'SCORE!' Malik thought as Yami sat down right on top of the sticky candy.
He sauntered off to check on Adara's progress, still reveling in his victory.
Adara had a straw in one hand, and she had about half of her gum in the other.
"How'd it go?" she asked Malik as she began to stuff the gum in the straw.
"He sat in it!" Malik said gleefully.
"Hm. I would've just gone for the hair, but that's a good place too," Adara said. "I'll have to try that sometime." She turned to him, and neither of them said anything for a moment.
'Oh boy.......not this again....' Adara thought. 'Love SUCKS. I don't want it. I don't need it.'
"You ok?" Malik asked. "You started staring at me all of a sudden."
'DAMMIT GIRL, SNAP OUT OF IT,' she mentally slapped herself.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she said quickly, then she turned to the crowd and saw Kaya coming closer. She drew in a deep breath and blew as hard as she could.
She and Malik hi-fived each other when they saw the gum land right on target. They nearly burst out laughing when Kaya touched the back of her head, wondering what had hit her.
"What the heck!?" she shouted, as she attempted to yank the gum from her hair.
Trying not to laugh, they snuck under the Slytherin table, where Malfoy was laughing at Kaya. Malik and Adara took out their remaining pieces and mooshed them together to form a pretty big piece of gum. When Malfoy leaned forward, Adara stuck the piece to the part of the table he had been leaning against. Malfoy leaned back, right into the gum.
Malik grabbed Adara's hand and yanked her into the hallway, where they could laugh as loud as they wanted. They both slumped against the wall, unable to catch their breath.
"That was so cool!" Adara said.
Malik, still grinning, nodded. Then, on a whim, he grabbed Adara's shoulders and kissed her square on the lips.
(DOWN MALIK DOWN!!!!)
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Mojobubbles: Ok, here's the note about the fate of this story. I was washing my face (don't ask.....I get inspired a lot while doing random personal hygiene things) and I realized that after this chapter there are only 4 more, and the story ends near the end-of-the-year feast, and this is only the beginning of November, meaning there is sooooooooo much I'm leaving out.
Kamilah: Yeah. There has been no Quidditch matches, and hardly any class incident-things, and you haven't been introduced to Aristole Leorian at all, who's a very humorous guy, so we're going to be adding a couple chapters to spread out the year some more.
Mojobubbles: Now that that's out of my system......I FOUND PICS OF INUYASHA NAKED!!!!!!
Kamilah: *rolls eyes* All the 'parts' were covered up.....
Mojobubbles: ^_^U Yeah.....ok, I need some opinions: I want so start a blog. Does anyone know of any good FREE sites where I could host one/get one? Plus, does anyone have any CD's by Our Lady Peace? I'm thinking of asking for one of theirs for my b-day.....which one is the best?
Kamilah: By the way, here's a link to the pic of the complicated version of Yami's outfit. What he wore in the chapter is basically a simplified version of this: w w w .y u g I o h .e s m a r t k I d .c o m /I m a g e s /m a n g a g a l l e r y/ 2 7 9 .j p g
We put in all those spaces so ff.net didn't kill the link
Mojobubbles: I first saw this pic and I almost drooled all over the keyboard. I know, I need a life. Right, Daricio? *hi-fives Daricio*
Mojobubbles: Grrr......eeeeeeeevil livejournal.com........you can't join unless you have one of those invite code thingies......*smiles sweetly* Just curious, but does anyone have a livejournal? ^_~ *hint, hint*
The Big Night
Disclaimer: Uh.....can't think of anything witty to say. I only own the characters you don't recognize. *thinks* That ought to be a tear-off calendar.......you know, a witty disclaimer for every day of the year.....*sigh*
Note 1: There's some information concerning this story at the end of the chapter, just to let ya'll know.
Kamilah: Aibou, now they're gonna think you're giving up on the story.
Mojobubbles: Oh.....well that's not it......I'm sticking with this story!
Note 2: I am so sorry it's been so long since I last updated! I got a bit distracted by "Tatakai Yuki" and I went to Texas, and lately I've been suffering writer's block on this story, and I've been slightly depressed......
Mojobubbles: MY FIELDTRIP WAS SO COOL! I went to Baltimore and it was cool!!! We had a lot of fun. I dunno if I ever told you, but my friend Kirstie had a dream where she was in a class with Bakura, and when she asked him what his name was, he said it was Richard. So, anyway, we saw a sea turtle at the national aquarium, and we named it Richard!!! And the other turtles were Richard the 2, then the 3, and so on.
Kagome: How many Richards were there?
Kamilah: I think they got up to Richard the 29.
Mojobubbles: Yep!! And then me and Kirstie found a sea turtle plushie and we each got one and yes they are named Richard.
Y. Malik: And you saw me!!!
Mojobubbles: Yeah! We saw a boat that looked a lot like the boat that Malik has, and me, Kirstie, and Abby were like, "Where's Malik?!" Then we saw this guy at the front of the boat, and we thought that was Malik, but he was wearing orange-gold pants and a dark t-shirt like Y. Malik.
Kamilah: And those of you with rare cards ought to be careful! Aibou saw American Rare Hunters!
Mojobubbles: Yep. It was this little group of people in neon hoods. ^_^
Yami: Is she.......?
Kamilah: -Inu-Yasha high? Nope, she's just randomly hyper. Like always.
Mojobubbles: Hence the penname. And I get AOL instant messaging for my birthday, which is NEXT MONTH!!!!! Although about Inu-Yasha......that was soooooooooooooooooooooooo kawaii!!!!
Inuyasha: Can we please /not/ bring this up!?
Mojobubbles: But it was sooooooooo freaking kawaii when you hugged Kagome!!
Inuyasha: ^ -_,__,_- ^
Sesshomaru: *looks amused*
Mojobubbles: *to Sesshomaru* Boy, do you have one helluva chest!!!
Sesshomaru: ^@_,__,_@^
Kamilah: Mooooooooving on........
Mojobubbles: .....yah. Anyway.........I'm drinking diet vanilla Coke right now!!!!
Malik: Oh dear Ra......is it caffeine free?
Mojobubbles: I really don't know. It doesn't say there is caffeine-
All: *sigh with relief*
Mojobubbles: But then it doesn't say that it's caffeine free, either. *grins evilly*
All: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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Review responses:
Arian Starswing: Funky penname. ^_~ I didn't think of that! That /will/ be funny when Yami meets Malfoy.....*grins*
Daricio: COOLNESS! I MADE GOOD PAIRINGS!! Although half of them involve original characters.......*sweatdrop* But not Yami/Isis.....that is da BOMB! Why won't more people use that??? Ok now /I'm/ babbling......IT'S CONTAGIOUS!!!!! HIDE THE CHILDREN!!!!!!!
Blue Mystic Moon Warrior: Nope, it was Kura who was gambling. The hair's not spiky like when he's Y. Kura. DAMN YOU EVIL PERSON WHO HAS LOTS OF CARDS!!!!!! *sits back and ponders* I still can't get over the fact that we're friends now......I mean, we kinda hated each other in elementary school.......weirdness.
Blue Eyed Canadian Authoress: *shakes BECA* DON'T DIE, DAMMIT!!!!
Europa: Well actually they're not tattoos, but some big ol' story, and they call it the pharaoh's memory, and he got it carved into his back with a white-hot knife when he was ten!!!!! Cheery, huh? ^_~ Yeah. Cheese cubes rule!!!! BOW TO THE CHEESE CUBES!!!!
Evergladelord: Well, if he does that then that totally screws up Kaiba falling in love with a Slytherin!!!! And you did NOT just hear that........*shifty eyes*
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Happy little symbol things:
~blah~ Kaya to Yami or Yugi
++blah++ Yugi to Kaya
~~blah~~ Yami to Kaya
/blah/ hikari to yami
//blah// yami to hikari
[blah] someone thinking to themselves
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"We've got charms, c'mon!" Ron called, waving his friends on. The people in the hall stopped and stared, and some began whispering. Ever since the day Malik had blurted out that Yami was a pharaoh and the Slytherin attacked Isis, odd looks and mutterings followed the crew wherever they went.
Of course, no one seemed to be very antagonistic toward them, unless you counted the Slytherins, of course, but they were hostile toward pretty much everyone except themselves.
As Halloween grew closer, the excitement grew higher.
A few of the teachers, like Flitwick, even gave up trying to teach anything on the day before Halloween. So that day in Charms, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Lindsey, and the Domino-gang were discussing the ball.
The girls were discussing what they would wear, while the boys were discussing when Malik and Adara would kill each other.
A lot of the students found it strange yet impressive that this Yugi, Bakura, Kaya, Malik, and Isis had these special items that could probably destroy the world if one had enough of them. And of course, Malfoy didn't like that. Every morning, he would find some new way to insult them and tell it loudly to the Slytherin table.
"You know, I think I see why they all love him so much," Kaya said Halloween morning, sitting down and jerking her head towards the Slytherin table. "I bet he's real good at Quidditch, what with that AERODYNAMIC HEAD OF HIS!" she finished, raising her voice. The Gryffindors all laughed loudly, even though it really wasn't that funny. They were giddy with excitement.
The Slytherins turned and glared at her, but she pretended not to notice.
"Blahdee blahdee blah....." She turned to the Slytherins. "What do you want!?"
(Yep, that really happened. The preps were giving us odd looks, so I called this one, Victoria (Ra/Kami/God, I absolutely loathe that girl.....) Yubaba, as in Yubaba from "Spirited Away" and she didn't get it, of course (anime-deprived fools!!) and even though it wasn't that funny, me and my friends just cracked up. Then she and her stupid lil friends kept staring at us and Kirstie went, "Blahdee blahdee blah.....*glare at preps* What do you want?!")
"Don't mind her," Yami said, taking control of Yugi's body and gesturing to Kaya. "This is how she gets when she's excited."
(Wow, that's how I get too! ^_~)
The Gryffindors eyed him uneasily.
Joey sighed. "Look, he ain't gonna hurt ya unless ya threaten us."
(AH! AH! I'VE WRITTEN MYSELF INTO A CORNER! HOW DO I MOVE ON?!?!)
The uncomfortable atmosphere disappeared as soon as the food magically appeared on the table as usual.
Of course, it had been a bit of a shock the first time it had happened for Yugi and the gang.
But their shock was soon forgotten when they started eating the house-elves delicious cooking.
Now, they headed out to the Quidditch field to watch Harry and the other Gryffindors on the team practice before they had lunch.
(Did I mention this is taking place on Saturday? Because it is.)
(Phew! I wrote myself back out of the corner! Thank the song "Groovy!" from Card Captor Sakura. It's on my burned Jap. anime CD and can be found on animelyrics.com (add the www. of course)
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"The Firebolt's so cool!" Tristan was saying as they headed into the Great Hall for lunch.
Harry just grinned and shook his head.
As soon as they were finished, Kaya, Hermione, Isis, Lindsey, and Tea excused themselves and ran off.
"They need /four hours/ to get ready?!" Joey gaped after them.
"That's how long Hermione needed last year," Ron replied, shaking his head.
"Girls," Malik finished, making a face.
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All the girls in Gryffindor soon joined Kaya, Hermione, Isis, Tea, and Lindsey, and their giggles could be heard all the way down in the common room.
"What da heck is so funny?" Joey said, looking up from his duel with Yugi. The boys took this opportunity to duel each other and the other Gryffindors. Harry was dueling Bakura, who was trying to keep his yami from coming out and kicking Harry's butt, and Ron was losing spectacularly to Malik. He probably would be doing better if Tristan would stop trying to give him hints.
Up in the girls' dormitory, they were all very giddy. Even Isis, who seemed to be infected by their excitement.
(Picture that. *pictures it* *bursts out laughing*
Isis: -_-)
Finally, about an hour before the ball began, the boys went into their own dormitory to change into their dress robes. They were rather excited as well, but not to the same extent as the girls.
"Let's go," Malik said solemnly, looking around at his comrades.
Joey grinned. "See, Malik's nervous, 'cause he's afraid his date's gonna kill him!"
"I am not afraid of Adara! If she tries to kill me I'll just Millennium-Rod her. And you know what?" Malik scowled. "Yugi, tell Yami and Kaya that if I die, it'll be they're faults."
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Finally, the Gryffindor boys left the dormitory for the common room.
"Oy!" Fred Weasley yelled up the stairs to the girls' dormitory. "Are you all ready yet?"
"We'll be down soon!" Katie Bell yelled back, and then she and the other girls erupted in giggles once again.
The boys rolled their eyes.
"Probably trying to make a big entrance," Seamus Finnigan said knowingly. (That really is how J.K. spells it.....weird. Kikyo doesn't like that name.
The real Kikyo: Would you stop calling you computer that?!
Mojobubbles: Hm.....let me think about that - no.)
They entered the Great Hall, and Malfoy nudged the other Slytherins and said loudly, "What a surprise!! None of the Gryffindors could get dates!" The Slytherins all laughed uproariously.
"That kid is so annoying!" Yugi remarked.
"You're just now figuring that out?" Ron said.
"Hey Yugi, where's the pharaoh?" Bakura asked.
"What's it to you, Bakari?" Yugi asked innocently.
"How'd you know it was me?" Bakari gasped.
Yugi just gave him a look.
"Err, right," Bakari sweatdropped.
"Anyway, he's still in the dormitory. He's trying to make a big entrance too."
Just then, the door opened, and the girls from Gryffindor strode in.
There was only one word to describe it - wow.
"I think they've made an entrance....." Harry said, and the others nodded.
The boys all walked up and found their respective dates.
Harry could hardly recognize Ginny; she looked very different in dress robes of deep blue that set off her red hair.
Hermione was wearing the same blue dress robes she had worn at the Christmas ball in their fourth year, but she still looked fantastic. Ron, dumbstruck, led her away to the dance floor.
Bakura smiled; Kaya had worn her magenta/purple kimono (they (the dudes from Japan) all got to ware whatever they want, remember?), and it brought out the color of her eyes and the purple/red tints in her hair.
Malik, wearing the lavender shirt and black pants from Battle City, had to admit that Adara looked nice in black dress robes decorated with blood-red flowers.
Everyone was having a great time. Well, Adara wasn't. She sat next to the refreshment table, arms folded, while Malik, Bakura, and Kaya stood sipping drinks.
Just then, the door opened again, and Yami and Isis stepped in.
Malik's mouth dropped open. Bakura nearly dropped his cup. Kaya accidentally spat a mouthful of pumpkin juice on a couple of first years nearby.
"I can't believe he still has that!!!" Kaya spluttered.
"I don't think it's the original, Ky," Malik said dryly.
"Oh.....right," Kaya said, grinning sheepishly. "But still-!!!"
Yami was wearing a loose pair of pants and a loose white tank top. He had a light purple cape, and many gold adornments.
(Ok, Yami's wearing a simplified version of a outfit I saw him in, and there's a link to a pic of the outfit all the way at the bottom.)
~SHOW-OFF!!!!~
Yami winced as her loud scream echoed through his head.
~~No need to scream, Kaya.~~
~I can't believe you! You are such a show off, you know that?!?~
~~Thank you.~~
~You've been hanging around Malik too long.~
~~Speaking of which, has he tried to talk with Adara yet?~~
~Nope, not yet.~
He sighed mentally. ~I'm not surprised......~
She cut off the link, because Bakura was trying to get her attention.
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Malik watched Bakura and Kaya go off to dance, frowning. Then he turned to Adara, who was staring straight ahead, arms folded.
"Anata-wa daijobu ka?" he asked, wondering if she knew that much Japanese. She seemed surprised.
"H-hai......"
"Nihongo-o doyatte-ni ka?"
"Watashi-no shumi-wa J-Rap-desu. Nan-de Hogwarts-ni ki-mashita ka?"
"Dumbledore-ga watakushitachi wo maneku-mashita."
They both lapsed into silence, and finally Adara said, switching back to English, "Actually, I'm not fine. I'm really pretty pissed off."
"Doushite?" Malik asked. ('Doushite' means 'why')
"'Cause I think you and me were set up."
"How?"
"I was dared to go with the first person who asked me, by that Kaya person."
"What?!" Malik gasped. "See, I was playing a game with Yami Yugi and if I lost then I had to ask you out!"
"Oh, so that way you and me would have to go together, huh?"
"I guess.....so how do we get revenge?"
Adara thought for a minute. "Come with me!" she said, grabbing his arm and dragging him out of the Great Hall.
(Alright, translation!
Malik: Are you alright?
Adara: Y-yes......
Malik: How do you know Japanese?
Adara: My hobby is J-rap. (Japanese rap) Why are you here in Hogwarts?
Malik: Dumbledore invited us.)
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Kaiba was bored. Very bored. He was quickly gaining fangirls, especially because he was wearing the purple trench coat he wore to Domino Museum the night he met Isis. (That's a cool outfit! Why doesn't he wear that more often?!)
Then he turned and saw that Slytherin girl, Aneko, staring at him - again.
"What are you looking at?" he asked sharply.
She turned away, and he noticed she was holding something in her fist.
It was a locket. He was shocked when he noticed tears in her eyes. He stalked over to her.
"What is the matter with you?" he asked, but gentler this time. She shook her head and pushed passed him out of the Great Hall.
He decided to follow.
Aneko, being pursued by Kaiba, passed Adara and Malik on their way back into the Great Hall.
"Whaddya think that was 'bout?" Adara asked, her mouth full of bubblegum.
Malik shrugged and blew a huge bubble. It popped, and he stuck the goo back in his mouth.
"'Kay," he began. "What now?"
Adara grinned evilly, which is kinda hard to do with a mouthful of gum. "You'll see. I'fe done thish many times 'afore."
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(Urgh, this part'll hard to write........)
(Which is weird, considering it's drama and I'm good at writing drama/angst.......)
(I'll put it in Kaiba's POV to make it easier......another thing I'm good at writing are POVs)
(And for future reference, 'tatakai yuki' means 'fighting spirit'.)
Aneko darted out the main doors and shut them right in my face.
"What is your problem?" I growled, trying to open the door.
"Leave me alone!!" she called, pushing against the door.
For a 15-year-old girl, she was pretty strong.
(Once more, I've written myself into a corner. -_- *puts on her Jap. anime CD* It worked last time......)
Just then, her strength gave in and the door burst open, and I flew outside, losing my locket in the process.
(And once again, "Groovy!" from Card Captor Sakura has saved the day!! *waves Digital Dobby Jr. around in triumph*)
Aneko picked it up off the ground and flicked it open. She stared in wonder at the picture of Mokuba.
"Can I have it back?" I asked impatiently, holding my hand out. She gave it back, but showed me her locket too.
The picture was rather old, like mine, but I could still clearly see the small boy with black hair and blue eyes.
"Your brother......looks so much like Hiroshi," she whispered. I stared at her, and finally remembered what the name Aneko means.
It means 'big sister'.
"Is Hiroshi your little brother?" I asked.
"Was," Aneko said bitterly. "He died just last summer."
"So you've been here.....in Hogwarts, this whole year, and your little brother-?"
She nodded, looking as though she was holding back tears.
"I can relate," I said softly. "My brother.....my Mokuba......I almost lost him forever......I was.....scared.....for the first time in my life, I was truly terrified......"
Aneko nodded vigorously. "When they told me he had cancer.....I was so scared.....Then I went in to see him, and he said he'd keep his 'tatakai yuki'......"
"We were born in Japan, and that's where we lived until I was 11 and Hiroshi 8," she went on. "I remember once, we were playing tag, and I was 9, and I think Hiroshi was 6. I had just tagged him, and he tripped, and then he said 'you're too fast! I give up!' And I asked him where was his tatakai yuki, his fighting spirit? He said he had plenty......"
"And Hiroshi was right, because he battled the cancer as long as he could......"
I watched her, trying to keep my face expressionless, but it was hard. I reached out and put my hand on her arm.
"Um, sorry...."
She looked up at me, tears still sparkling in her deep blue eyes, blue like mine, and the moonlight illuminating her deep rusty red hair......and I feel my heart skip a beat.
She stared at me a moment, then without warning she launched herself into my arms.
I was pretty shocked. This girl I've just met is sobbing into my coat like we've known each other for years.
But the strange thing is, she reminded me of Mokuba.....so I reached out and put my arms around her.
(Ok, some of you who have read my other fic "Tatakai Yuki" probably think this scene comes from that.
Well, you're WRONG!
It's actually based on a lil thing I did in gifted class.....I wrote a short story about a girl named Kaya and her two best friends are Joey and Serenity, and she drives race cars in honor of her little brother Hiroshi who died, and before the race starts she's remembering once when she played tag w/ him and Hiroshi was losing and she asked him where was his 'tatakai yuki.' I'd post it, but I don't have it! ^_~)
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Malik and Adara were both hiding under the refreshment table, formulating their plan.
"So, when theh get close, jus' stick it in theh haih?" he asked, mouth full of gum. Adara nodded. "Can we gum that Maffoy kid too? He ish so annoying." Adara nodded again, only more vigorous this time.
"I'll go ge' Kaya, you go ge' tha' Yami Yugi guy," Adara said.
Malik nodded, and they both snuck back out from under the table.
As he snuck over towards where Yami and Isis were, he had to admit this night was turning to be pretty fun. Adara was a lot cooler than he first thought.
Malik saw them coming over to sit down. He casually sat down in a seat and yanked out about half of his gum. Making sure no one was watching, he stuck the gum on a chair.
'SCORE!' Malik thought as Yami sat down right on top of the sticky candy.
He sauntered off to check on Adara's progress, still reveling in his victory.
Adara had a straw in one hand, and she had about half of her gum in the other.
"How'd it go?" she asked Malik as she began to stuff the gum in the straw.
"He sat in it!" Malik said gleefully.
"Hm. I would've just gone for the hair, but that's a good place too," Adara said. "I'll have to try that sometime." She turned to him, and neither of them said anything for a moment.
'Oh boy.......not this again....' Adara thought. 'Love SUCKS. I don't want it. I don't need it.'
"You ok?" Malik asked. "You started staring at me all of a sudden."
'DAMMIT GIRL, SNAP OUT OF IT,' she mentally slapped herself.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she said quickly, then she turned to the crowd and saw Kaya coming closer. She drew in a deep breath and blew as hard as she could.
She and Malik hi-fived each other when they saw the gum land right on target. They nearly burst out laughing when Kaya touched the back of her head, wondering what had hit her.
"What the heck!?" she shouted, as she attempted to yank the gum from her hair.
Trying not to laugh, they snuck under the Slytherin table, where Malfoy was laughing at Kaya. Malik and Adara took out their remaining pieces and mooshed them together to form a pretty big piece of gum. When Malfoy leaned forward, Adara stuck the piece to the part of the table he had been leaning against. Malfoy leaned back, right into the gum.
Malik grabbed Adara's hand and yanked her into the hallway, where they could laugh as loud as they wanted. They both slumped against the wall, unable to catch their breath.
"That was so cool!" Adara said.
Malik, still grinning, nodded. Then, on a whim, he grabbed Adara's shoulders and kissed her square on the lips.
(DOWN MALIK DOWN!!!!)
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Mojobubbles: Ok, here's the note about the fate of this story. I was washing my face (don't ask.....I get inspired a lot while doing random personal hygiene things) and I realized that after this chapter there are only 4 more, and the story ends near the end-of-the-year feast, and this is only the beginning of November, meaning there is sooooooooo much I'm leaving out.
Kamilah: Yeah. There has been no Quidditch matches, and hardly any class incident-things, and you haven't been introduced to Aristole Leorian at all, who's a very humorous guy, so we're going to be adding a couple chapters to spread out the year some more.
Mojobubbles: Now that that's out of my system......I FOUND PICS OF INUYASHA NAKED!!!!!!
Kamilah: *rolls eyes* All the 'parts' were covered up.....
Mojobubbles: ^_^U Yeah.....ok, I need some opinions: I want so start a blog. Does anyone know of any good FREE sites where I could host one/get one? Plus, does anyone have any CD's by Our Lady Peace? I'm thinking of asking for one of theirs for my b-day.....which one is the best?
Kamilah: By the way, here's a link to the pic of the complicated version of Yami's outfit. What he wore in the chapter is basically a simplified version of this: w w w .y u g I o h .e s m a r t k I d .c o m /I m a g e s /m a n g a g a l l e r y/ 2 7 9 .j p g
We put in all those spaces so ff.net didn't kill the link
Mojobubbles: I first saw this pic and I almost drooled all over the keyboard. I know, I need a life. Right, Daricio? *hi-fives Daricio*
Mojobubbles: Grrr......eeeeeeeevil livejournal.com........you can't join unless you have one of those invite code thingies......*smiles sweetly* Just curious, but does anyone have a livejournal? ^_~ *hint, hint*