Yuugi – "quoted" (out loud)

Yami- italisized (thinking)

Anyone else - /back slashed/ (out loud) arrow if two-sided person

Hey all my readers, or reader. I really do not know whose out there. Anyway, a reader of mine and also a friend of mine wrote this chapter! Thank you SILVERSHADOWFIRE (great idea) and JUNKO THE LOST (great writer). See, this is what happens when you review with ideas. Sena-chan publishes you! RRE

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Malik whirled into the Motou residence, grinning like an evil, demonic, slightly hungry kitten. Like usual, he hadn't bothered knocking, merely allowing himself inside. But inside, he found something quite unexpected, Ryou and Jouno, cowering in front of Yuugi. He stifled a small giggle before he saw the look in Yuugi's eyes.

/Um . . . hi,/ he muttered, turning to do a complete 180 and walk back out the door before Yuugi grabbed him by the back of his shirt. /Heh-heh, what's up, Yuugi?/ He smiled nervously.

"I have decided, since you guys find it so funny to impose in my house you can start earning your keep," Yuugi growled.

/But I-/ Malik started, ready to make a million and one excuses.

"I don't care and I do not want to know, now, go get started cleaning the bathroom." Yuugi pointed upstairs, his eyes narrowed to dangerous slits. Malik finally got a good look at Yuugi's outfit. He wore a pink apron, and along one strap, a line of army stripes went down, ranking him as a general. "Oh, and before you go, drop and give me fifty."

Ryou and Jouno instantly went to work doing push-ups as Malik just stood and gaped.

"Did I tell you to stand around like a moron?" Yuugi asked, voice a dangerous growl of annoyance. Ryou reached up and pulled Malik down to the ground. Yuugi smiled and walked out of the room with a usual hyper perk to his step.

/Better do what he says, he's really mad,/ Jouno huffed.

/He's not serious, is he? I can't clean, I've never cleaned a day in my life. I'll ruin my clothes. Not to mention my hair, and my eyeliner./

Ryou rolled his eyes. /You're going to have to. He gets like this every once in awhile, goes a little insane. You should have seen the time my Yami broke his vase. I swear he did the most accurate demon impression I've ever seen./

Jouno chose this moment to enter the conversation. /Yeah, and then there was the time he went insane and nearly ate all the food in the fridge. Wait, that was me./ Jouno looked confused and appeared to be thinking hard. Ryou and Malik just stared in utter bewilderment.

/C'mon we better go get started cleaning," Ryou said, standing up. /We really don't want to make him any angrier, believe me./ Malik grumbled something about stupid hygiene tendencies, but followed, albeit reluctantly and appearing to try to thwart the air with his rod.

Suddenly Ryou stopped on the stairs, freezing. He got a huge grin on his face and turned to look into the living room, upon the table was sitting Yuugi's deck.

Just as quickly, his eyes softened, looking very, very afraid. /No, Yami, you can't./

Oh, but I can, dear hikari, a much deeper voice said.

/But that's Yuugi's./

That's why I'm going to STEAL it. To the onlooker it would have appeared that Ryou was arguing with himself, but Malik knew that the spirit of the Ring was possessing him, although he wasn't trying to stop it. Hell, he found it hilarious.

Suddenly, he was being tapped on the shoulder. He whirled around to face a very confused looking Jounouchi.

/What?/ he questioned, very annoyed at having been interrupted in what might possibly be his only entertainment all day.

/Why is Ryou yelling at himself?/ Jounouchi replied.

Malik sweat-dropped, sighing to himself. At that moment, Yuugi walked back into the room, apparently having heard the arguments of Ryou and Yami Bakura.

He grabbed the Ring from around Ryou's neck, walked over to the fish tank, and dropped it inside, walking back into the kitchen once again. The others just watched as the ring sunk to the bottom of the fish tank, some fish floating around it as it bubbled helplessly.

/Wow, who would've thought of that?/ Ryou asked, clearly amazed.

/I know,/ Malik said in equal awe, though a bit perturbed that Yuugi had ruined his only form of entertainment, though it was even funnier to think of the mental image of Yami Bakura sitting at the bottom of the fish tank, looking pissed as bright purple fish floated around him.

/Anyone hungry?/ Jouno questioned, at exactly the wrong time. Both Malik and Ryou glared at him as he raised his hands in silent surrender. /Jeez, I'm just hungry./

From the kitchen, Yuugi shouted, "Did I or did I not tell you to clean the bathroom? Unless you never want to be allowed into my house again."

Ryou, Malik, and Jouno scrambled upstairs.

Yuugi?Yami questioned.

"What?" Yuugi replied.

Don't you think you're being a little harsh on them?

"No, they deserve it." Yuugi smiled to himself, very happy that he'd finally put his friends in their place.

Yami suddenly started giggling inside Yuugi's head.

"What's so funny?"

Just thinking about how angry the tomb robber's going to be when he gets out of the fish bowl.

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There you go. I thought that was funny (because she got all the odd little jokes set into my other chap-lettes.) I shall be back with another of my own chap-lettes. Review with ideas! Arigato!