Princess Strawberry: Heehee...me evil, ne? ^-~ Sorta a mini-cliffhangie in the last chappie where Yami played a trick on Yugi. ^^ Just had to end it off somewhere...and thanks a lot to all of you who reviewed! Eighty-seven for three chapters!? @__@ Wow...

Yami Strawberry: Oh, so now you're praising yourself?

Princess Strawberry: Of course not! I'm just...encouraging myself.

Yami: *sarcastically* Oh yes. Just encouraging.

Princess Strawberry: *sighs* Whatever. Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Now go away! *makes shooing motion* And on with the second part of the swimming pool highness! -^__^-

~*~ "Speaking"

'Thinking'

_stress of word_

/Yuugi speaking to Yami telepathically/

//Yami speaking to Yuugi telepathicaly//

\Ryou speaking to Bakura telepathically\

\\ Bakura speaking to Ryou telepathically\\

=Malik speaking to Ishtar telepathically=

==Ishtar speaking to Malik telepathically==

A/N: Us interrupting you readers for a few seconds

Feeling Sporty?

"Yami!?" Yuugi cried anxiously as the still water showed no sign of movement. "Where are you!?"

Yami sniggered mentally, unheard by Yuugi. 'Oh, you'll get a very unpleasant surprise very soon, aibou...' And with as little movement as possible, he swam away.

"Yuugi!" Jounouchi called. "It's time to go!"

'Already?' Yuugi though frantically as there was still no bubbling of water to signal that Yami was within the area. "But Jou..."

"NO BUTS!!" Jounouchi hollered. "IT'S ALMOST ELEVEN THIRTY AND I'M STARVIN'!"

The others sweatdropped. Kaiba ventured forth to ask the hungry Jounouchi a question. "Hey, Katsuya..."

"What do you want NOW, Kaiba?" Jou seethed.

Kaiba was taken aback. The usual grinning-like-an-idiot face was gone, and was replaced by a mask one of fury and anger. What happened to the old Jounouchi he did not know, but intended full well to find out.

"Looks like no one told you to interrupt Jou's stampede of food rage," Honda commented, staying at a safe distance from the said boy. "The best thing to do now is to let his temper cool down."

"Well, considering that he rarely hangs out with people..." Otogi muttered under his breath, leaving his sentence unfinished.

Kaiba heard him though. He blinked, unsurfaced anger bubbling inside of him. It wasn't HIS fault that he didn't know; he had more important matters at hand than these fools! He growled. He was determined to go all out to find out all about Jounouchi, and to stop his childish behaviour before it got way out of hand.

Ignoring Honda's advice about the dangers that lie ahead, Kaiba stepped towards the blond boldly. "Jounouchi, listen to me."

Jounouchi turned around, and hungry, prowling eyes landed on the brunette that now stood in front of him. "For the last time, Kaiba, leave me alone!"

Refusal was blunt.

"No."

Blinking rather owlishly, Jounouchi dropped his gaze and his eyes wandered to where Yuugi was still searching frantically for his yami. He knew both boys' untold feelings toward each other, and for that he was envious. At least they care about each other to the point of sometime letting it slip that their guardian-protector relationship was beyond what they thought was "just-friends".

'Why can't I just admit my feelings?' Jounouchi thought angrily.

'Because it's Seto Kaiba, your worst enemy, a billionaire, CEO of Kaib-'

'Oh shut up.' He snapped at his inner voice.

'It's the sad, sad truth. Face it, kid.'

Oh great. Now he's talking to himself for one whole minute.

"Oi, Yuug'! You need some help?" he shouted, desperately trying to get his mind off the subjects, specifically about a certain brunette.

"Can you see Yami from over there, Jou?" Yuugi shouted back.

"Erm...wait! I see red...oh, that's just someone else's hair." He sighed in disappointment. "Yuug', wait, okay? I'll run around the pool to see if I can spot him."

BLEEP! BLEEP!

"No running on deck!" the girl lifeguard blew her whistle once more. "You, blondie, stop right there!" she came fast-walking. Her black braids hung loosely at around her shoulderblades. Underneath the white lifeguard uniform shirt was a lavendar swimsuit.

YS: Why does this remind of someone?
PS: ^^; I just couldn't resist but insert myself in here as a lifeguard. What!? I DID take swimming lessons before. Supposedly to be me before I cut my hair. *grumbles

"Whoa, miss, I was just trying to help my friend find his lost friend!"

"And who might be your friend be?" she asked coldly, finding that an unreasonable excuse for running on the deck. Rules are rules, no exception.

"Yuugi Motou."

Her eyes widened. "Not the Yuugi Motou who won the Duelist Kingdom championship and emerged as victor in the Battle City Tournament!?"

"That's him, miss."

"Oi! You should have told me earlier!" she took off (not running - she still had the lifeguard reputation to maintain) towards the direction of the tri-coloured boy.

"You didn't give me a chance!" Jounouchi called after her.

The lifeguard flung off her shirt and made a graceful dive into the water. She made several powerful strokes that propelled her directly in front of the young duelist. Jounouchi and the other guys' jaws (all except Kaiba, whose face remained neutral, unimpressed) dropped open.

"Yuugi?"

He turned around, face showing temporary relief before turning into disappointment. "Yes?" his voice held agitation.

"I'm here to help you find your yami."

Slowly the disappointment melted away to be replaced with eagerness and recognition. "You...you're Kaoru! The one who won first place in the past eight years of music competition! On piano OR flute! You were fantastic!"

She blushed at the praise.

YS: NANI!? You're not THAT good!
PS: --; It's a story, YS. Let my pride shine.

"Demo...what are you doing here as a lifeguard?"

With the red patches still stained to her cheeks, she replied off-handedly, "Part time volunteer job."

"Volunteer job?"

"They were lacking a lifeguard at the time. When that guy comes back from who-knows-where, I'll be back to my musical life." She grumbled under her breath. "And I hope soon, because I'm getting sick of this job." She raised her voice a little higher. "But enough of that right now. We still have to find your darker half!"

The words jolted Yuugi back to the present situation. "Oh yeah!" he smiled sheepishly.

"Now, Yuugi, how long ago was it when you last saw your yami?"

Yuugi thought for a minute and then replied, "I think it was fifteen minutes ago."

"Fifteen, huh?" Kaoru pondered on this piece of information. "Around here?"

"Around here," the duelist confirmed.

"Then he couldn't have stayed underwater for that long, even for a spirit," she analyzed. "Could he disappear into the Senne Puzzle even if he's not wearing it?"

"Sometimes. It depends on the situation and the level of emergency he feels."

Kaoru raised an eyebrow. "You seem to know a lot about him."

This time it was Yuugi who got very red in the face. "Well, we're half of a soul...I feel what he feels, and he feels what I feel."

The lifeguard smirked at Yuugi's predicament. She lowered her face to his level. "Then you know how he feels about a certain somebody?" she poked him gently on the chest with her long index finger.

Yuugi turned his head, face turning scarlet. "You're getting off topic," he stuttered.

"Too true," she grinned. 'That's one mystery solved for me!'

"How about you look in the changerooms just in case he disappeared into the Sennen Puzzle? I'll look around here." Before Yuugi could utter a protest, Kaoru pushed him to the shallow end and hoisted him up. She leaned on the tiles and grinned. "Go on!"

Yuugi turned to look at her before going in the men's changerrom, but she had already gone under the chlorine water, searching for his darker half.

'All right, Pharaoh no baka, even if you can hide from Yuugi, you can't hide from me,' Kaoru thought angrily as she kicked off for the deep end for the fifth time that day. She thought carefully. Her eyes lit up as an idea occurred to her. Nobody would ever think of looking for Yami THERE!

"Brilliant!" she told herself quietly as she was scooting up the stairs.

"Alright, Pharaoh no baka, hiding time's over! It's explanation time!" she muttered as she stalked up to the figure that was crouching by the corner, overcame with helpless laughter.

She tapped him on the shoulder, and when he didn't respond, she yanked him up by the neck. His head whipped around, ruby eyes startled that someone discovered his hiding spot.

"Pharaoh no baka, explain yourself," she hissed at his face.

He remained silent, though a self-satisfied smirk worked its way to his lips.

"Explain yourself!" Kaoru was positively mad by now. "Pharaoh no baka, you'd better have a good explanation as to _why_ you scared Yuugi half to death!"

Yami was speechless, to say the least. This isn't the kind of reaction he expected from Yuugi. He thought he could be more of a stronger person...he didn't plan for this!

"Where's Yuugi?" he asked frantically.

Kaoru crossed her arms. "You're not going anywhere, buster, until you explain your childish behaviour."

Yami's eyes blazed with life. "I'm a PHARAOH, for Ra's sak-"

"You're not a Pharaoh anymore."

Yami faltered a bit before regaining his composure. "Well, fine, I'm still older than you."

She shook her head. "Older than me doesn't give you the privilege to scare the daylights out of someone."

Yami was practically seething by now. "Look, miss, just get of the way so I can find my aibou and comfort him!"

Her eyes softened. "Yuugi means a lot to you, doesn't he?"

He shifted. Could he trust her on his secret? After all, she _did_ just yell at him. With shifty eyes, he started to tell his tale; from the beginning, where he was released from the Sennen Puzzle, and the progressing days on how his crush on his lighter counterpart constantly grew.

Kaoru listened attentively, and when Yami finished, she sighed. "Yami, why don't you just go tell him?"

"I can't!" he cried. "Aibou would hate me!"

"I'm sure he won't," she said soothingly, a mischievous glint in here eyes.

He raised an elegant eyebrow. "And how would you know?"

"I have my sources," she grinned. "Now, why don't we go back to your friends and you can apologize."

"Excuse me!?" he jumped up. "I am NOT apologizing to those three Egyptians."

"Everyone's hungry, you big baby, so just get it over with." She quickly descended the stairs after making sure Yami got on his feet and followed her.

They reached the rest of the gang.

"Hey, Yami, what took you, buddy?" Jounouchi asked immediately. "Yuugi was worried sick about you."

The guilt piled up on Yami's conscience. Kaoru nudged him in the ribs. "Say it now," she hissed at him.

"Look, guys," Yami began, catching everyone's attention. "I'm really sorry about this...delaying our lunch time. I didn't really mean it..."

"Aw, it's okay, man!" Jounouchi gave him a slap that almost smacked him back to the shallow end.

"Jounouchi!" Anzu shrieked. "Watch what you're doing!" She hurried over to Yami's side and latched on to his arm like no tomorrow. "Are you alright, Yami-chan?"

Everyone groaned at this display. Yami, with his free hand, rubbed his temple in a very frustrated manner. As much as he loved getting attention, this is _not_ the person he wants to receive it from.

"Anzu," he said in an extremely calm but dangerous voice. But Anzu, being the idiot that she is, hasn't noticed the change in tone. "Could you PLEASE get off of me? If you don't," he paused for a minute, mind searching for a good threat. "I'll hate you for life." 'As if I don't already do.'

Her eyes widened fearfully. "Y-you w-wou..uldn't, Yami-chan!" fake tears started to gather up at the bottom of her eyes.

"Yes I will if you don't let go right now," Yami said coldly, trying to wrenchs himself free without Anzu's co-operation.

Without thinking, Anzu glomped Yami. "Aww...who are you trying to scare?"

//OH MY RA I THINK I'M GOING TO LOSE IT SOON!// Pratically immobilized by Anzu, Yami stood glaring at her. Nobody wanted to come near, for fear that they too, would be in a death-grip.

Kaoru stood there, anger boiling inside her. 'Oh no, she's not going to ruin any chance of Yami admitting his feelings for Yuugi!' As a lifeguard of the swimming pool, she had the power to banish anyone from it. This gave her a great idea.

BLEEP! BLEEP!

She blew her whistle to catch their attention. At her position, Anzu looked like she was doing rather inappropriate things to Yami. A/N: Arg, I can't believe I actually WROTE that! x.x;

"You're Mazaki, right?" Kaoru asked, staring at her.

"No, no, I'm Anzu, not Mazaki."

"Whatever. This is the _pool_, miss, and we do not tolerate anyone who tries to suffocate another."

"Oh, that's okay, I'm not suffocating anyone," she said happily.

Kaoru gave her whistle three short beats, then three long, then three short again. Other lifeguards marched out and surrounded Anzu and Yami.

"Take the girl out," Kaoru ordered. They nodded and dragged a screaming Anzu out to front entrance. One of them grinned, opened the door, and kicked her outside, leaving her in her ugly swimsuit in wide public. Faint laughter reached her ears before she banged on the door, demanding entry.

"Forget it!" one of them shouted, chewing on a doughnut.

"We're not letting you in!" another called.

She stood there until the messages got through her brain. "AAAAAARRRRGHHH!!!!" she screamed to the sky, where several people looked at her weirdly and dug wildly into their groceries bag.

"You're a disgrace to public!" the women yelled, throwing apples or tomatoes at her. "Geez, you would have thought that girls these days would dress a bit wild, but this is ridiculous!"

Anzu ducked behind the giant pine tree and waited with baited breath. The women moved away with their kids, muttering, "Oh no, now I have to spend _more_ money to buy my wasted food on some blasted girl."

Meanwhile, the boys, Shizuka, and Mai changed back to their usual attire. They invited Kaoru to eat lunch with them, and she agreed, since there was another lifeguard on the shift.

"Hey, Kaoru!" another almost identical girl ran up to her. "Finally, your shift's off?"

"Sister!" the lifeguard ran to her happily. "How come you're here?"

"Taking you out to lunch, of course!" she smiled broadly. Her braces flashed at her surroundings. A loosely tied ponytail was hanging from the back. She then noticed the people behind her younger sister, and asked, "who are they?"

"My new friends I met today!" she rattled off the names rather hurriedly.

"It's nice to meet you all," Kouichi greeted. "As a treat, I'll take you all out for lunch!"

Cheers erupted from the group. "Be careful to what you agree to, Kouichi! Jounouchi alone can use up all your money!" Kaoru laughingly told her older sister.

"Hey, I'm not THAT much of a pig!" he said with some dignity, even though he was smiling widely.

Bickers and playful insults led all the way to their destination.

~ To be Continued ~

Authoress' Notes:

Princess Strawberry: Hope that wasn't too boring. ^^; Probably was, I don't mind if you point that out to me. There was a HUGE writer's block...*sighs* Hate it, don't you? And if this chapter had too much Mary Sue in it too, don't hesitate to tell me that too. ^_^ Don't you just love criticism?

Yami Strawberry: Yup, she's definitely off her rocker.

Princess Strawberry: Anyway, here're the choices for the next chapter:

1. Biking [got the suggestion from dark fairy]

2. Basketball

3. Volleyball

4. Beach Volleyball

5. Soccer

Please read and review, guys! Maybe I can get the next chapter out more sooner than this one...*kicks script*