Sorry this chapter took so long!!!

Warning: A bit of OOC-ness in this chapter! But you didn't need to know that...It is me after all!

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Chapter Four: Shopping!

Laughter filled the streets as a group of teenagers and three kids walked through them, chatting about the trick they just pulled on the owner, earning themselves free ice cream.

Tristan held up his ice cream cone in front of Joey, "Mine's bigger!" he said. Everyone stopped walking and looked down to stare at him.

Joey held up his to match up against Tristan's...They were exactly the same. "Mine's biggerer!"

"Mine's the biggerest!"

Marik's eye twitched.

"Mine's the biggerestest!"

Tristan was at a loss of words, what comes after biggerestest? "...Stupid!"

Joey glared at him, "Idiot!"

"Ugly!"

Marik's eye twitched some more and he gritted his teeth. Malik inched away from him.

"Brat!"

"Stinky head!"

"Poopy brain!"

"Why I outta - " Tristan exclaimed then jumped at Joey.

Marik glared at Joey and Tristan who were now in an all out brawl.

Yugi sighed and pulled Joey back. "Would you cut that out?"

"He started it!" Joey defended himself, pointing an accusing finger at Tristan.

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

Marik's vein popped, "WILL THE TWO OF YOU LITTLE SHITS SHUT THE FUCK UP?!?!"

The two of them immediately shut up and looked up at him with big eyes.

"Don't you give me those innocent looks! Those don't work on me!" Marik added.

Joey bit his lip and his eyes filled up with tears. Marik took a quick glance at him and immediately looked away. Of course, this encouraged the two toddlers more.

"This is interesting," Bakura muttered to Ryou. Ryou nodded.

Tristan's lips started trembling. Joey whimpered a bit and tugged at Marik's pant leg.

Marik turned away, "I won't give in. I won't give in. I won't give in," he chanted repeatedly.

Joey and Tristan looked at each other then at Marik then hugged both his legs. Slowly, Marik looked down to see their tear-streaked faces.

"Aww...How can I resist those cute faces?!" Marik exclaimed and hugged both of them. Everyone's jaws dropped.

"Is this a good time to mention that my yami loves kids?" Malik asked sheepishly.

"I think we already see that..." Yami replied.

The window of the limo opened and out popped Seto's head. "What's taking so long?!" he shouted.

"Sheesh. Someone's in a bad mood..." Bakura mumbled.

Joey giggled(1), "Bad kitty! Bad kitty!" He chanted, pointing at Seto.

Seto rolled his eyes, "Whatever."

Yami chuckled, "You know-" he started.

Kaiba whisked his head around to glare at him, "I don't wanna hear it!" he snapped.

"Geez. Sor-ry..." Yami muttered then climbed into the car.

"I think it's the time of the month," Malik whispered to Marik. Marik snickered.

Sighing, Seto ignored all of them. "Just get in the car," he said, giving up.

"I want that one!" Joey said, pointing to a red shirt.

Yugi took it down and put it up against Joey's body. "I guess it'll fit," he said, throwing the shirt over his shoulder, whilst Yami tried to catch it before it hit the floor.

"Hikari! The least you could do is warn me first!" Yami whined.

Joey took Yugi's hand then led him to another section of the children's department. Yami reluctantly followed.

"I want that one!" Anzu said, mimicking Joey. She was pointing to a pink dress. Ryou got it from the rack and showed it to her.

"You want this?" he asked.

Anzu looked deep in thought. "No. I want that one, instead," she said pointing to a dress which looked excactly like the first except it was blue.

"This one?" Ryou asked, taking it down from the rack.

"I changed my mind. I want that one," she said pointing to - yet again - a dress similar to the first two except it was red.

Ten minutes later...

Ryou's eye already started twitching. "This one?" he asked, gritting his teeth.

"Um...On second thought, I want the purple one," Anzu said, grinning innocently.

Ryou snapped. "Will you make up your mind you little brat?!" he shouted.

"Now, now hikari. Be patient with the little shit. Don't get mad at her..." Bakura soothed. "That's my job," he said, grinning.

Ryou rolled his eyes, "Whatever."

Anzu looked up -- considering she only reached about three inches above their knees -- at the two identical people in front of her. Her eyes became filled with confusion as she furrowed her brows in thought.

"Why are there two Mister Ryous?" she asked, confused. She rubbed her eyes as if to confirm if she was seeing correctly.

"You got it all wrong. I'm Bakura. Can you say it? Ba-ku-ra," Bakura informed, saying his name carefully.

Anzu looked at the mean looking Ryou, thinking of a name for him. "Evil Lookie Ryou!" she said, pointing to Bakura.

Bakura raised an eyebrow. "Can't you be more original?"

"Leave her be, Bakura...She doesn't have enough brain cells to think of an original nickname..." Ryou spat.

Bakura looked at Ryou, surprised. "Is that you, Ryou? You're actually insulting a poor, defenseless kid?" he asked, shocked.

"I'm so proud of you, Ryou!" he said, hugging Ryou and wiping away a fake tear. Ryou just rolled his eyes.

"I guess this is everything..." Seto said, putting the last piece of clothing on the counter.

The cashier told him the final price and Kaiba held out his platinum card, which gleamed under the store's bright lights.

"Ooh...Shiny..." Malik said, mesmerized by the glow of the card under the light, reaching out for it.

Seto pulled his hand back. "Mine!" he said childishly.

Marik raised an eyebrow then snorted. "Tsk, tsk, tsk...High and mighty Seto Kaiba, acting like a little kid. I expected better of you, Kaiba..." he smirked.

Seto hit him hard in the balls with his knee, smiling as the yami fell to the floor and started to cry. "Anyway! Let's get going," he said and picked up the paper bags.

"So, we're getting this-" Yugi threw a pair of jeans behind him, letting it land on the pile of clothing in Yami's arms.

"And this, and that, and this. Oh! And that, too!" Yugi continued, throwing an article of clothing, one after the other behind him.

Thankfully, Yami had fast reflexes for he caught each and every one of them.

"Will that be all, Yugi?!" Yami asked, twitching violently, holding his anger in.

Yugi turned to him and gave him the puppy-dog eyes. "You're mad at me, Yami?"

Yami sighed then replied, "No." Of course, he couldn't help but give in.

Seto, Malik, and Tristan walked up to Ryou and Bakura, who seemed like they didn't have any progress.

"Hello Mister Evil Lookie Man!" Anzu greeted, grinning. Seto merely glared at her.

"So, you done yet?" Malik asked.

"No," Ryou replied bitterly. "Anzu can't make up her mind. I mean, geez! She's worse when she's younger!"

"I can see your point," Seto said, spotting the piles of dresses in the basket at Ryou's feet.

"Hey Kaiba. Hey Malik," Yugi said, walking towards them with Joey. Behind them was Yami, who's arms were filled with clothes.

Kaiba shrugged. "Let's just pay for all those dresses and get out of here."

Bakura looked around, "Hey, where's Marik?"

"He couldn't walk so he went back into the rod," Malik replied.

Bakura's eyes widened. "I'd rather not ask..."

"Harahetta! Harahetta!(2)" a small voice below them piped up.

Kaiba looked down at the miniature Joey and raised an eyebrow. "Again? You just ate ice cream," Joey grinned in response.

Yugi glanced at his watch. "I think we should eat, Kaiba. It's already 11:30."

Seto sighed for the umpteenth time that day. "Not like I can do anything about it... Where do you want to eat?"

"Pizza Hut!" was the resounding answer from all of them.(3)

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1 - It seems okay to make him giggle. He is a little kid at the moment...

2 - Not sure if that's how you spell it. If you know how, please tell me. ; By the way, that's the favorite line of Goku from Gensomaden Saiyuki, and it means "I'm hungry"...I think. LOL. He's my fave character from that show. If you're asking why I put that line, shrug I just wanted to. From now on, this fic will be all English.

3 - Is there Pizza Hut in Japan? Oh well...Now there is! :D

Sorry if it was kinda rushed. I just wanted to update it already.

Review please!