Serenity: Ceribi doesn't own any of the characters in Yu-Gi-Oh! except for
herself.
----------Yugi's POV----------
Why didn't Ceribi tell me that she likes Kaiba? Why? WHY?!
I deserve to know. I'm her little brother. I have a right to know. Doesn't she trust me?! I feel like she doesn't trust me because of this. She should have told me before. Even if I already knew, I had to figure it out and then get it confirmed by someone else. Why couldn't, no, why didn't she tell me?!
Maybe I shouldn't have yelled at her like I did. Maybe I shouldn't have forbidden her to call me by our favorite nickname. Maybe I should have just told her calmly how I felt.
I sat on my bed brooding the matter when Yami came in. I swear I've never seen him so... something. Through our link I felt his emotions: sorrow, slight anger, hurt, ashamed, sadness, incredulity.
"Yugi..." he started, and stopped. He just looked at me with this weird LOOK in his eyes. He kept shaking his head. "Oh Yugi... don't you realize what you've done?"
I looked at him, surprised. "What?"
"Yugi..." He was still shaking his head. He sat down on my bed next to me. "You've hurt your sister so much."
I looked away. "Serves her right," I muttered. I was surprised at my own forcefulness. Suddenly I looked at Yami and buried my head in his shoulder. "She should have trusted me Yami!" I cried. "She should have told me straight out before this! She shouldn't have waited for me to figure it out and get it confirmed by you!"
Yami stroked my head. "But Yugi, she was afraid."
"Afraid of what?!"
"Afraid of you doing exactly what you did! She was afraid that you would somehow reject her and her choice." I looked at him. "I already told you what you should have done, Yugi," he continued. "You should have been there for your sister, not snap at her like you did!"
I was silent. "What happened after she left my room?" I quietly asked him.
"She went into her own room sobbing. Kaiba found her there and comforted her. He told her that you were probably in shock, but, after he left, he quickly told me that he wasn't so sure about that."
I was in shock. I had been from the moment Yami confirmed my fears. I was also in denial. I told Yami this. He sighed.
"What should I do, Yami?"
"Go apologize to your sister and tell her how you feel. Tell her and then tell her the truth about what you think about her and Kaiba."
I nodded and thanked him. He hugged me. "I know you'll make the right choice, Aibou," he said, and went downstairs.
I walked over to Ceribi's room and, taking a deep breath, knocked on the door.
There was no answer. I entered and noticed that Ceribi was in her soul room. I sat on the bed, waiting, and said, "Big Sister, please come out. Please. I really need to talk to you about something very important."
I waited a few minutes. Finally Ceribi came. Her eyes were red from crying. "Little—Yugi."
"You can call me Little Angel, if you want."
She sat down on the bed, raised a hand to ruffle my hair, but put it back down again, afraid that I might become angry. I hugged her tightly. "Ceribi, I'm sorry."
"You're what?"
"I'm sorry for what I did to you. It came as a sudden shock. I thought deserved to know. I'm your little brother. I felt like you didn't trust me because of this. I thought you should have told me before. Even if I already knew, I had to figure it out and then get it confirmed by someone else."
"Is that why you were so mad?" she asked me. I nodded. She hugged me tightly.
"Yami said that you didn't tell me because you were afraid of my reaction. You were scared that somehow I would reject you and your choice."
She nodded. "Yami was right." She looked outside her window. "I'm sorry too. I should have told you, but I didn't want something like that to happen. Yet it did."
"Ceribi... I'm really sorry. And... I want you to know what I truly think about your decision." She looked at me. "I want you to know that I think, out of all of the people on Earth, your choice was the best you could have made."
She smiled. "Do you mean that Yugi?"
"Yes. Kaiba really opens up around two people and two people only: you and Mokuba. Firstly, he deserves to have someone like you, just like you deserve to have someone like him. He's really a great person at heart. I know it. And I really think you've chosen wisely."
She kissed me and hugged me. "Oh Yugi, you don't know how much that means to me."
I grinned wickedly at her. "Oh yes I do. It means that now you have Kaiba all to yourself."
She grinned and whacked me lovingly. "C'mon. I think it's time to tell the others."
We walked downstairs. Kaiba saw us smiling and smiled too. "So Yugi...?"
"Yes, Kaiba, it's all cleared up," I said.
"He's approved," Ceribi said. "And I think it's time the others knew about it."
"About what?" asked Serenity and Joey at the same time.
"About how Seto and I are going to start dating," said my big sister.
Everyone's jaws dropped to the floor, literally (except for Yami's, Seto's, Ceribi's and mine).
"You're... you're going to start dating?" asked Joey.
"Yes, we are. What's the matter, Wheeler? Shocked that someone like me could get a girl?" asked Kaiba sarcastically.
"Well, actually..." began Joey, but Mai whacked her boyfriend on the head.
"JOSEPH ANTHONY WHEELER!" Mai barked at him. She turned to us. "Good job you two. Finally together."
"I think it's great!" said Serenity.
"I think it's insane," said Bakura and Marik at the same time. Their lights both whacked them. (an: lot's of whacking in this chapter, ne?)
"We think it's a change," said the duel monsters together.
"Wow, Big Brother, you actually have a girlfriend!" squeezed Mokuba in delight.
"I take it that Mokuba likes your choice in girls, Seto," my sister teased.
"And who doesn't?" asked Kaiba, teasing back. Wow, they're hitting on each other! Dude, I wouldn't have thought that capable of Kaiba (an: I know Yugi doesn't say dude, but I couldn't resist).
"Malik and I both agree that we think you two belong together," said Ryou, glancing at his fellow hikari. "Isn't that right?"
"Yes!" said Malik eagerly.
My sister cocked an eyebrow in his direction. "Oh? Who would have known? Malik is eager to see us together?"
Malik blushed. We all laughed. "So, what do you want to do right now?" I asked.
"Truth or dare?" suggested Mai.
"NO!" screamed my sister and hew new boyfriend at the same time.
Everyone looked at their horrified expressions and burst out laughing. They themselves chuckled.
"Kaiba and Ceribi are afraid of a little game," I taunted.
"Me?! Afraid of a game?! I think not, o dear little brother!" said Ceribi dramatically. We laughed at that too.
"What about you, Big Brother? Are you afraid of some game?" asked Mokuba. He knew where I was going.
"I'm not afraid of just some game, Mokuba!" growled Kaiba.
"Let's play!" said Ceribi and Kaiba at the same time. Everyone grinned.
"The duel monsters should play too!" said Tristan eagerly. The duel monsters looked horrified, but we "masters" coaxed them into playing.
"Okay, why don't we spin a bottle to see who goes first?" suggested Serenity. We did so, and I got to go first.
"Hehe." I rubbed my hands together, looking for a potential victim. I spotted him. "Marik, truth or dare?"
"Dare," said Marik quickly. Guess he didn't want to be thought of as a wuss.
"I dare you too... dye your hair your hot pink," I finally said, smirking.
"Grrr..." grumbled Marik. "Merlin, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"I dare you too... call your masters 'Yugi' and 'Yami' for all of this week." Marik said his dare and left the dye his hair.
That didn't seem like much of a dare, but to Merlin it was. He was very polite.
"Kirian, truth or dare?"
"Truth," she said, tossing her hair.
"Whom do you like?" he asked his adopted sister.
"Aerandir, of course," she said, a little smugly. Aerandir blushed but beamed.
"Randy, truth or dare?" she asked Joey's Flame Swordsman.
"Dare," he said, a little nervously.
"I dare you to hit on Duplicate all of today!" she said, smirking. Wow, I never knew someone like my sister's Dark Magician Girl had it in her. Then again, she probably got it from her mistress.
"Julian, truth or dare?" asked Randy, a little annoyed.
"Dare," said the Cyber Commander.
"I dare you too... kiss Brier for thirty seconds on the lips!" Wow, Randy must also learn from his master.
Julian looked horrified. Brier hid behind his newly adopted brother and sister (Merlin and Kirian). "Let's get this over with," muttered the Cyber Commander, and did his dare. Brier and Julian threw themselves into the bathroom and gurgling could be heard.
"Ugg... Duplicate, truth or dare."
Light Duplicate and Dark Duplicate argued with itself until it decided. "We chose truth."
"Fine... if you were to kiss one of the masters or mistresses here, who would you chose?" Seems like all of the duel monsters had it in them.
"Mistress Ceribi." My sister paled. "Aerandir, truth or dare?"
"Dare," said my Celtic Guardian.
"Kiss your girlfriend for thirty seconds."
They enjoyed it while doing so. Finally it ended and Aerandir looked around at one of us. "Mistress Mai, truth or dare?" he asked politely. Meanwhile, Marik came back. We burst out laughing at his hair.
"Uh, truth. I don't want to do something messed up, even though it's coming from someone as kind as you," she said.
Aerandir nodded his thanks and thought for a moment. "Hmmm... say you were married to Master Joey and had a child. Out of your friends, whom would you name that child after?"
"Serenity," said Mai instantly. "She would be my sister-in-law and because she's such a sweetie."
"Thanks Mai," said Serenity beaming.
"Now let's see... Kaiba, truth or dare?"
"What do you take me for?" demanded my sister's boyfriend. "Dare, of course."
"I dare you to piss off your girlfriend," said Mai.
Kaiba sighed and thought for a moment. He whispered something in my sister's ear.
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" she exploded. I grabbed her and reminded her that he was only doing a dare. She sighed and relented, giving Kaiba weird looks.
Everyone was stifling their giggles. "What did you say, Kaiba?" asked Mai.
"You don't want to know. Besides, I think Mokuba and the hikaris are a bit too young."
Mokuba and us lights glared at him. Kaiba whispered what he had said to each of the yamis, who agreed that their lights weren't hearing what he said. He told the others.
"Hey, Kaiba, isn't dat a bit extreme?" asked Joey.
Kaiba shrugged and looked at my yami. "Truth or dare?"
"Dare," said my yami haughtily.
"I dare you to... stay in your boxers all day when we're inside."
Yami looked horrified but did his dare. "Ceribi, truth or dare?"
"Dare, and it better not be something like the last time," she threatened.
"Oh it's not... it's worse! I dare you to kiss Marik on the lips for thirty seconds!"
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" exploded Marik, Ceribi and, I sniffling a laugh, Kaiba.
"Jealous, Kaiba?" asked Yami.
"As a matter of fact, yes," he said.
"NO!!!!! I rather kiss Bakura!" said Ceribi. "Oh wait, on second thought, I rather kiss you."
"Oh, come on, he's a pretty good kisser," said Ryou and Malik at the same time, both meaning their yamis. We stared at them. They both realized what they had said and buried their burning red faces in their yamis' shoulders.
"Uh... okay. But you either do that or become cross-dresser for a day," said Serenity.
Ceribi walked up to Marik and sighed. "I cannot believe I'm doing this," she said, and pressed her lips on his.
There was a silence as we watched. Ten seconds past and the two wanted desperately to run and hide. Twenty seconds they looked green. Thirty seconds later they exploded off of each other so fast that they seemed a blur. Gargling could be heard over our laughter as they desperately tried to clear their mouths.
"Oh God..." muttered Ceribi, coming back. She popped a piece of gum in her mouth to get rid of, eh, "Marik's flavor". "Hmmmm... who should I torture...?" Ceribi scanned the room. "Ah ha! Soul Stealer, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"I'm glad you chose that. Yami, it's payback time! Bakura, I dare you to kiss Yami for thirty seconds on the mouth... again! And this time it's a French kiss I'm after."
"Oh Ra, give me more much need strength," muttered my yami, who advanced on Bakura.
They held their kiss for thirty seconds, no more, no less, while we laughed. "Oh God... never again," said Bakura after cleaning his mouth. "Truth or dare, Brier?"
"Truth," said Brier.
"If you were to go out with one of the duel monsters in Ceribi's deck, who would you go out with?"
"I honestly don't know," he replied truthfully. "Uh... I guess it would have to be Mystical Elf."
"Yeah, she's pretty and nice, all right," said Kirian.
"My turn... Mokuba, truth or dare?" asked Brier.
"Truth."
"Okay... has your brother ever had a crush on someone other than Ceribi?"
"No," said Mokuba.
"I should hope not," said Ceribi. We giggled.
"No, but he doesn't have a crush on Ceribi. He loves her," said Mokuba, before he broke into fits of laughter.
"Oooooh," we all mocked. "Looks like someone's in love..."
"Shut up," said Seto amiably.
"Ryou, truth or dare?" asked Mokuba.
"Uh... truth!" said Ryou quickly.
"What's the matter, Aibou? Scared?" mocked his yami.
"Am not!" retorted his light. "I just don't want to make a fool of myself, that's all."
"Well, let's see..." said Mokuba thoughtfully. "Describe in ten words or less what would happen if someone did something to your yami."
"Doom, and death, but mostly doom!" said Ryou eagerly. "Truth or dare, Tristan?"
"Dare."
"Dancing with Malik seems like fun right about now, if you catch my drift, huh Tristan?" asked Ryou slyly.
Tristan whitened slightly, but danced with Malik anyway, while Marik glared at him. If looks could kill Ryou would be six feet under. "Uh, truth or dare Joey?" asked Tristan.
"Dare."
"I dare you to allow me and Serenity to go on one date without you. I promise that I won't do anything hasty," he added, after seeing Joey glare at him.
"Oh great," muttered Joey. "Truth or dare, Serenity?"
"Truth," said Serenity nervously.
"Okay... who do you like better? Me or Tristan?"
"Well I love you both, but I'd have to chose you because you've always been there for me. You've always protected me from anything and everything. You went all the way to Duelist Kingdom just to get money for my eye operation. You gave me the courage to take off my bandages at Battle City and you wanted to stop Noah before he turned me into a statue."
There was a silence. Joey looked a little smug. "Truth or dare, Malik?" Serenity asked him.
"Truth!" he said, and, like Bakura, Marik taunted his light.
"I just don't want to end up doing something extreme," retorted Malik.
"Hmmm..." said Serenity, thinking about a good question to ask. "What do you think of your yami?"
"I think he's hot and a good kisser," said Malik eagerly.
"Okay, that was random," said Ceribi, blinking rapidly.
"Didn't know ya felt dat way, Malik, but, uh, okay..." said Joey uncertainly.
"Well at least you're not the only one who thinks that of their yami," I said cheerfully.
"Yeah, I agree," added Ryou.
All of the yamis were beaming. Heh, guessed they enjoyed our "praise". But, anyway, at last, it was my turn.
"Truth or dare, Yugi?" asked the blushing Malik.
"Truth. I don't want to do something weird, especially if it's coming from an Egyptian psycho." Malik and Marik glared at me while the others chuckled.
"Did you ever have a crush on an annoying dancer who used to always give friendship speeches by the name of Téa?" Malik asked me, smirking.
I groaned at the thought. "I was stupid to have a crush on her." I shuddered.
Our game was done and over with. Stephen, Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon, was still pacing the back yard, still insisting that there was something wrong. I shrugged that off. The doorbell rang, signifying that Isis had come back to us. Mokuba wanted to play and took me to the entertainment room. Everyone else stayed behind.
----------Yami's POV----------
Excellent. Mokuba has done his part well. Now that my light is distracted, we can talk about what we will do for his 16th birthday, which is on Saturday, a mere two days away.
"Turning 16 is a special occasion," said Ceribi. "This has to be very special. Since I didn't have a good 16th birthday party, I want Yugi to have one fit for a king."
"Why didn't you have a good birthday?" I asked, curious.
"Long story."
"Well I bought most of the items on the list," said Kaiba, pulling out the list Ceribi had made before. "Outfits, check. Decorations, check. Invitations, check. Ingredients for food, check. Snacks, check. I've also taken the liberty of getting a band to play. They're called the 'Serria Smileys'."
Ceribi was gaping at him. As a matter of fact, so were Mai, Joey, Serenity, Tristan, Ryou, Malik, and Isis were all gaping at him. "What?" he demanded. "Do you like that band?"
"That is the best band ever!" squeaked Mai.
"Yeah, Kaiba, dere an awesome band!" said Joey.
"You actually got the Serria Smileys?!" asked Ryou.
"Even I know that they are amazing!" said Isis.
"I've known the creator and lead singer of the band since I was two!" squeaked Ceribi.
"You know Serria Vaughn?!" Mai, Joey, Serenity, Tristan, Ryou, Malik, and Isis asked at the same time.
"The one and only!"
"CAN WE GET BACK ON THE TOPIC?!" shouted Bakura. Ryou, Ceribi, and Malik were the only ones brave enough to glare at him.
"Yes, well, anyway, who's going to do what?" asked Marik.
"Mai and I will do the decorations!" said Joey, Mai agreeing with him.
"We'll help, won't we Tristan?" asked Serenity, and Tristan nodded.
"I'll do the invitations, since I'm the only one who knows everyone who's coming," offered Ceribi.
"Ryou and I could do the food," offered Isis. Ryou nodded.
"I'll keep my light busy," I said.
"Marik, would you mind become a temporary head of security?" Kaiba asked him. "My old one quit when he saw Stephen."
Marik nodded. "I'll help him," said Bakura after Ryou gave him a LOOK.
"That means I'll make sure everything's in order," said Kaiba, nodding. "This will work out."
We continued to make plans. I would distract Yugi until 5:00 at night on Saturday. Then the duel monsters would carry Yugi away while I go to the Main Hall. There, Ceribi and I would get ready to do part of Yugi's birthday gift. The duel monsters would bring Yugi into the Main Hall. There, the beginning part of the gift will start. At the end, the lights will go on (previously the lights will focus on me, Ceribi, and my aibou). Ceribi will shout, "Happy birthday Yugi!" while we cheer. We then shall commence with the party.
----------Yugi's POV----------
Why didn't Ceribi tell me that she likes Kaiba? Why? WHY?!
I deserve to know. I'm her little brother. I have a right to know. Doesn't she trust me?! I feel like she doesn't trust me because of this. She should have told me before. Even if I already knew, I had to figure it out and then get it confirmed by someone else. Why couldn't, no, why didn't she tell me?!
Maybe I shouldn't have yelled at her like I did. Maybe I shouldn't have forbidden her to call me by our favorite nickname. Maybe I should have just told her calmly how I felt.
I sat on my bed brooding the matter when Yami came in. I swear I've never seen him so... something. Through our link I felt his emotions: sorrow, slight anger, hurt, ashamed, sadness, incredulity.
"Yugi..." he started, and stopped. He just looked at me with this weird LOOK in his eyes. He kept shaking his head. "Oh Yugi... don't you realize what you've done?"
I looked at him, surprised. "What?"
"Yugi..." He was still shaking his head. He sat down on my bed next to me. "You've hurt your sister so much."
I looked away. "Serves her right," I muttered. I was surprised at my own forcefulness. Suddenly I looked at Yami and buried my head in his shoulder. "She should have trusted me Yami!" I cried. "She should have told me straight out before this! She shouldn't have waited for me to figure it out and get it confirmed by you!"
Yami stroked my head. "But Yugi, she was afraid."
"Afraid of what?!"
"Afraid of you doing exactly what you did! She was afraid that you would somehow reject her and her choice." I looked at him. "I already told you what you should have done, Yugi," he continued. "You should have been there for your sister, not snap at her like you did!"
I was silent. "What happened after she left my room?" I quietly asked him.
"She went into her own room sobbing. Kaiba found her there and comforted her. He told her that you were probably in shock, but, after he left, he quickly told me that he wasn't so sure about that."
I was in shock. I had been from the moment Yami confirmed my fears. I was also in denial. I told Yami this. He sighed.
"What should I do, Yami?"
"Go apologize to your sister and tell her how you feel. Tell her and then tell her the truth about what you think about her and Kaiba."
I nodded and thanked him. He hugged me. "I know you'll make the right choice, Aibou," he said, and went downstairs.
I walked over to Ceribi's room and, taking a deep breath, knocked on the door.
There was no answer. I entered and noticed that Ceribi was in her soul room. I sat on the bed, waiting, and said, "Big Sister, please come out. Please. I really need to talk to you about something very important."
I waited a few minutes. Finally Ceribi came. Her eyes were red from crying. "Little—Yugi."
"You can call me Little Angel, if you want."
She sat down on the bed, raised a hand to ruffle my hair, but put it back down again, afraid that I might become angry. I hugged her tightly. "Ceribi, I'm sorry."
"You're what?"
"I'm sorry for what I did to you. It came as a sudden shock. I thought deserved to know. I'm your little brother. I felt like you didn't trust me because of this. I thought you should have told me before. Even if I already knew, I had to figure it out and then get it confirmed by someone else."
"Is that why you were so mad?" she asked me. I nodded. She hugged me tightly.
"Yami said that you didn't tell me because you were afraid of my reaction. You were scared that somehow I would reject you and your choice."
She nodded. "Yami was right." She looked outside her window. "I'm sorry too. I should have told you, but I didn't want something like that to happen. Yet it did."
"Ceribi... I'm really sorry. And... I want you to know what I truly think about your decision." She looked at me. "I want you to know that I think, out of all of the people on Earth, your choice was the best you could have made."
She smiled. "Do you mean that Yugi?"
"Yes. Kaiba really opens up around two people and two people only: you and Mokuba. Firstly, he deserves to have someone like you, just like you deserve to have someone like him. He's really a great person at heart. I know it. And I really think you've chosen wisely."
She kissed me and hugged me. "Oh Yugi, you don't know how much that means to me."
I grinned wickedly at her. "Oh yes I do. It means that now you have Kaiba all to yourself."
She grinned and whacked me lovingly. "C'mon. I think it's time to tell the others."
We walked downstairs. Kaiba saw us smiling and smiled too. "So Yugi...?"
"Yes, Kaiba, it's all cleared up," I said.
"He's approved," Ceribi said. "And I think it's time the others knew about it."
"About what?" asked Serenity and Joey at the same time.
"About how Seto and I are going to start dating," said my big sister.
Everyone's jaws dropped to the floor, literally (except for Yami's, Seto's, Ceribi's and mine).
"You're... you're going to start dating?" asked Joey.
"Yes, we are. What's the matter, Wheeler? Shocked that someone like me could get a girl?" asked Kaiba sarcastically.
"Well, actually..." began Joey, but Mai whacked her boyfriend on the head.
"JOSEPH ANTHONY WHEELER!" Mai barked at him. She turned to us. "Good job you two. Finally together."
"I think it's great!" said Serenity.
"I think it's insane," said Bakura and Marik at the same time. Their lights both whacked them. (an: lot's of whacking in this chapter, ne?)
"We think it's a change," said the duel monsters together.
"Wow, Big Brother, you actually have a girlfriend!" squeezed Mokuba in delight.
"I take it that Mokuba likes your choice in girls, Seto," my sister teased.
"And who doesn't?" asked Kaiba, teasing back. Wow, they're hitting on each other! Dude, I wouldn't have thought that capable of Kaiba (an: I know Yugi doesn't say dude, but I couldn't resist).
"Malik and I both agree that we think you two belong together," said Ryou, glancing at his fellow hikari. "Isn't that right?"
"Yes!" said Malik eagerly.
My sister cocked an eyebrow in his direction. "Oh? Who would have known? Malik is eager to see us together?"
Malik blushed. We all laughed. "So, what do you want to do right now?" I asked.
"Truth or dare?" suggested Mai.
"NO!" screamed my sister and hew new boyfriend at the same time.
Everyone looked at their horrified expressions and burst out laughing. They themselves chuckled.
"Kaiba and Ceribi are afraid of a little game," I taunted.
"Me?! Afraid of a game?! I think not, o dear little brother!" said Ceribi dramatically. We laughed at that too.
"What about you, Big Brother? Are you afraid of some game?" asked Mokuba. He knew where I was going.
"I'm not afraid of just some game, Mokuba!" growled Kaiba.
"Let's play!" said Ceribi and Kaiba at the same time. Everyone grinned.
"The duel monsters should play too!" said Tristan eagerly. The duel monsters looked horrified, but we "masters" coaxed them into playing.
"Okay, why don't we spin a bottle to see who goes first?" suggested Serenity. We did so, and I got to go first.
"Hehe." I rubbed my hands together, looking for a potential victim. I spotted him. "Marik, truth or dare?"
"Dare," said Marik quickly. Guess he didn't want to be thought of as a wuss.
"I dare you too... dye your hair your hot pink," I finally said, smirking.
"Grrr..." grumbled Marik. "Merlin, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"I dare you too... call your masters 'Yugi' and 'Yami' for all of this week." Marik said his dare and left the dye his hair.
That didn't seem like much of a dare, but to Merlin it was. He was very polite.
"Kirian, truth or dare?"
"Truth," she said, tossing her hair.
"Whom do you like?" he asked his adopted sister.
"Aerandir, of course," she said, a little smugly. Aerandir blushed but beamed.
"Randy, truth or dare?" she asked Joey's Flame Swordsman.
"Dare," he said, a little nervously.
"I dare you to hit on Duplicate all of today!" she said, smirking. Wow, I never knew someone like my sister's Dark Magician Girl had it in her. Then again, she probably got it from her mistress.
"Julian, truth or dare?" asked Randy, a little annoyed.
"Dare," said the Cyber Commander.
"I dare you too... kiss Brier for thirty seconds on the lips!" Wow, Randy must also learn from his master.
Julian looked horrified. Brier hid behind his newly adopted brother and sister (Merlin and Kirian). "Let's get this over with," muttered the Cyber Commander, and did his dare. Brier and Julian threw themselves into the bathroom and gurgling could be heard.
"Ugg... Duplicate, truth or dare."
Light Duplicate and Dark Duplicate argued with itself until it decided. "We chose truth."
"Fine... if you were to kiss one of the masters or mistresses here, who would you chose?" Seems like all of the duel monsters had it in them.
"Mistress Ceribi." My sister paled. "Aerandir, truth or dare?"
"Dare," said my Celtic Guardian.
"Kiss your girlfriend for thirty seconds."
They enjoyed it while doing so. Finally it ended and Aerandir looked around at one of us. "Mistress Mai, truth or dare?" he asked politely. Meanwhile, Marik came back. We burst out laughing at his hair.
"Uh, truth. I don't want to do something messed up, even though it's coming from someone as kind as you," she said.
Aerandir nodded his thanks and thought for a moment. "Hmmm... say you were married to Master Joey and had a child. Out of your friends, whom would you name that child after?"
"Serenity," said Mai instantly. "She would be my sister-in-law and because she's such a sweetie."
"Thanks Mai," said Serenity beaming.
"Now let's see... Kaiba, truth or dare?"
"What do you take me for?" demanded my sister's boyfriend. "Dare, of course."
"I dare you to piss off your girlfriend," said Mai.
Kaiba sighed and thought for a moment. He whispered something in my sister's ear.
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" she exploded. I grabbed her and reminded her that he was only doing a dare. She sighed and relented, giving Kaiba weird looks.
Everyone was stifling their giggles. "What did you say, Kaiba?" asked Mai.
"You don't want to know. Besides, I think Mokuba and the hikaris are a bit too young."
Mokuba and us lights glared at him. Kaiba whispered what he had said to each of the yamis, who agreed that their lights weren't hearing what he said. He told the others.
"Hey, Kaiba, isn't dat a bit extreme?" asked Joey.
Kaiba shrugged and looked at my yami. "Truth or dare?"
"Dare," said my yami haughtily.
"I dare you to... stay in your boxers all day when we're inside."
Yami looked horrified but did his dare. "Ceribi, truth or dare?"
"Dare, and it better not be something like the last time," she threatened.
"Oh it's not... it's worse! I dare you to kiss Marik on the lips for thirty seconds!"
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" exploded Marik, Ceribi and, I sniffling a laugh, Kaiba.
"Jealous, Kaiba?" asked Yami.
"As a matter of fact, yes," he said.
"NO!!!!! I rather kiss Bakura!" said Ceribi. "Oh wait, on second thought, I rather kiss you."
"Oh, come on, he's a pretty good kisser," said Ryou and Malik at the same time, both meaning their yamis. We stared at them. They both realized what they had said and buried their burning red faces in their yamis' shoulders.
"Uh... okay. But you either do that or become cross-dresser for a day," said Serenity.
Ceribi walked up to Marik and sighed. "I cannot believe I'm doing this," she said, and pressed her lips on his.
There was a silence as we watched. Ten seconds past and the two wanted desperately to run and hide. Twenty seconds they looked green. Thirty seconds later they exploded off of each other so fast that they seemed a blur. Gargling could be heard over our laughter as they desperately tried to clear their mouths.
"Oh God..." muttered Ceribi, coming back. She popped a piece of gum in her mouth to get rid of, eh, "Marik's flavor". "Hmmmm... who should I torture...?" Ceribi scanned the room. "Ah ha! Soul Stealer, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"I'm glad you chose that. Yami, it's payback time! Bakura, I dare you to kiss Yami for thirty seconds on the mouth... again! And this time it's a French kiss I'm after."
"Oh Ra, give me more much need strength," muttered my yami, who advanced on Bakura.
They held their kiss for thirty seconds, no more, no less, while we laughed. "Oh God... never again," said Bakura after cleaning his mouth. "Truth or dare, Brier?"
"Truth," said Brier.
"If you were to go out with one of the duel monsters in Ceribi's deck, who would you go out with?"
"I honestly don't know," he replied truthfully. "Uh... I guess it would have to be Mystical Elf."
"Yeah, she's pretty and nice, all right," said Kirian.
"My turn... Mokuba, truth or dare?" asked Brier.
"Truth."
"Okay... has your brother ever had a crush on someone other than Ceribi?"
"No," said Mokuba.
"I should hope not," said Ceribi. We giggled.
"No, but he doesn't have a crush on Ceribi. He loves her," said Mokuba, before he broke into fits of laughter.
"Oooooh," we all mocked. "Looks like someone's in love..."
"Shut up," said Seto amiably.
"Ryou, truth or dare?" asked Mokuba.
"Uh... truth!" said Ryou quickly.
"What's the matter, Aibou? Scared?" mocked his yami.
"Am not!" retorted his light. "I just don't want to make a fool of myself, that's all."
"Well, let's see..." said Mokuba thoughtfully. "Describe in ten words or less what would happen if someone did something to your yami."
"Doom, and death, but mostly doom!" said Ryou eagerly. "Truth or dare, Tristan?"
"Dare."
"Dancing with Malik seems like fun right about now, if you catch my drift, huh Tristan?" asked Ryou slyly.
Tristan whitened slightly, but danced with Malik anyway, while Marik glared at him. If looks could kill Ryou would be six feet under. "Uh, truth or dare Joey?" asked Tristan.
"Dare."
"I dare you to allow me and Serenity to go on one date without you. I promise that I won't do anything hasty," he added, after seeing Joey glare at him.
"Oh great," muttered Joey. "Truth or dare, Serenity?"
"Truth," said Serenity nervously.
"Okay... who do you like better? Me or Tristan?"
"Well I love you both, but I'd have to chose you because you've always been there for me. You've always protected me from anything and everything. You went all the way to Duelist Kingdom just to get money for my eye operation. You gave me the courage to take off my bandages at Battle City and you wanted to stop Noah before he turned me into a statue."
There was a silence. Joey looked a little smug. "Truth or dare, Malik?" Serenity asked him.
"Truth!" he said, and, like Bakura, Marik taunted his light.
"I just don't want to end up doing something extreme," retorted Malik.
"Hmmm..." said Serenity, thinking about a good question to ask. "What do you think of your yami?"
"I think he's hot and a good kisser," said Malik eagerly.
"Okay, that was random," said Ceribi, blinking rapidly.
"Didn't know ya felt dat way, Malik, but, uh, okay..." said Joey uncertainly.
"Well at least you're not the only one who thinks that of their yami," I said cheerfully.
"Yeah, I agree," added Ryou.
All of the yamis were beaming. Heh, guessed they enjoyed our "praise". But, anyway, at last, it was my turn.
"Truth or dare, Yugi?" asked the blushing Malik.
"Truth. I don't want to do something weird, especially if it's coming from an Egyptian psycho." Malik and Marik glared at me while the others chuckled.
"Did you ever have a crush on an annoying dancer who used to always give friendship speeches by the name of Téa?" Malik asked me, smirking.
I groaned at the thought. "I was stupid to have a crush on her." I shuddered.
Our game was done and over with. Stephen, Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon, was still pacing the back yard, still insisting that there was something wrong. I shrugged that off. The doorbell rang, signifying that Isis had come back to us. Mokuba wanted to play and took me to the entertainment room. Everyone else stayed behind.
----------Yami's POV----------
Excellent. Mokuba has done his part well. Now that my light is distracted, we can talk about what we will do for his 16th birthday, which is on Saturday, a mere two days away.
"Turning 16 is a special occasion," said Ceribi. "This has to be very special. Since I didn't have a good 16th birthday party, I want Yugi to have one fit for a king."
"Why didn't you have a good birthday?" I asked, curious.
"Long story."
"Well I bought most of the items on the list," said Kaiba, pulling out the list Ceribi had made before. "Outfits, check. Decorations, check. Invitations, check. Ingredients for food, check. Snacks, check. I've also taken the liberty of getting a band to play. They're called the 'Serria Smileys'."
Ceribi was gaping at him. As a matter of fact, so were Mai, Joey, Serenity, Tristan, Ryou, Malik, and Isis were all gaping at him. "What?" he demanded. "Do you like that band?"
"That is the best band ever!" squeaked Mai.
"Yeah, Kaiba, dere an awesome band!" said Joey.
"You actually got the Serria Smileys?!" asked Ryou.
"Even I know that they are amazing!" said Isis.
"I've known the creator and lead singer of the band since I was two!" squeaked Ceribi.
"You know Serria Vaughn?!" Mai, Joey, Serenity, Tristan, Ryou, Malik, and Isis asked at the same time.
"The one and only!"
"CAN WE GET BACK ON THE TOPIC?!" shouted Bakura. Ryou, Ceribi, and Malik were the only ones brave enough to glare at him.
"Yes, well, anyway, who's going to do what?" asked Marik.
"Mai and I will do the decorations!" said Joey, Mai agreeing with him.
"We'll help, won't we Tristan?" asked Serenity, and Tristan nodded.
"I'll do the invitations, since I'm the only one who knows everyone who's coming," offered Ceribi.
"Ryou and I could do the food," offered Isis. Ryou nodded.
"I'll keep my light busy," I said.
"Marik, would you mind become a temporary head of security?" Kaiba asked him. "My old one quit when he saw Stephen."
Marik nodded. "I'll help him," said Bakura after Ryou gave him a LOOK.
"That means I'll make sure everything's in order," said Kaiba, nodding. "This will work out."
We continued to make plans. I would distract Yugi until 5:00 at night on Saturday. Then the duel monsters would carry Yugi away while I go to the Main Hall. There, Ceribi and I would get ready to do part of Yugi's birthday gift. The duel monsters would bring Yugi into the Main Hall. There, the beginning part of the gift will start. At the end, the lights will go on (previously the lights will focus on me, Ceribi, and my aibou). Ceribi will shout, "Happy birthday Yugi!" while we cheer. We then shall commence with the party.