{gasps} I'M HEEEEERRRRREEEE! {gasps again} And with a new chapter! Feel free to have heart attacks! Lol. XD Just kidding. I know it was a really long time, but GUESS WHAT?! =D I got ALL my inspiration back for this fic, so now I know how to write it to the end and updates will happen much more often then three months apart. {winces}
Anywho, thank you all SO MUCH for the kind reviews and for not giving up on me. I feel so honoured! {bows} Thanks to Kitty for not giving up on me and kudos to Xantcha and Hilary for bugging me about it every waking minute. (You too Andy. XD)
Again, so sorry for the long wait and I really really hope you guys will still read and review, because even though I don't deserve it, it IS much appreciated. Enjoy! =D
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Saturday morning, the girls actually managed to get Kitty out of bed by nine and decided to browse the nearby mall for the morning. Upon arrival, three jaws dropped. This mall was immense! All three grinned gleefully and began to wander.
About halfway through the morning, the girls were poking around a department store when suddenly Kat stopped short. Unawares, the other two walked into her. 'Oomph!'
'Xx What the.........? Kat, why'd you stop?' Kitty asked.
'I just had a thought. Are we supposed to have costumes for this thing?' Kat mused.
'Costumes?' Kitty was confused.
'Not costumes, exactly. I mean like matching outfits. We should at least have a colour scheme.'
Kurry furrowed her brow, glancing around at the department they were currently in. Then she suggested, 'We'd have to talk to the guys anyway, but let's look around and get some ideas.'
They promptly wove their way deep into the racks of clothing, calling out ideas to each other as they found them. Kitty soon got bored; shopping had never been her thing. Suddenly a mischievous grin spread over her face and she ducked low. Creeping in amongst the clothes, she waited for Kurry to rifle through the hangers before yelling 'BOO!' Kurry shrieked and fell back, seeing this face pop out at her from the shirts. Kitty cracked up. 'Y- you should've seen your f- face!' she chortled.
'Kitty!' Kurry gasped, startled. Kitty waved. ' Buhbye!' she teased and darted away. Giggling, Kurry gave chase. They dashed past Kat, who blinked, ('Hey!') and joined in. Weaving through the racks of clothing and giggling madly, the friends flew past an elderly salesperson, who just shook her head and smiled.
Later, as the friends walked back to the school, they talked about the ideas and worked out a plan for their outfits. Kat swooned suddenly when she thought of Bakura in his outfit and had to sit down on a bench. As such, they ended up getting back at one o'clock.
The girls had just put away their purchases when Kat turned to the other two and suggested, 'Let's go see what the guys are doing.'
Kurry looked hesitant. 'Uh, Kat, they're probably off doing their own thing. They might not even be in the school.'
Kat shrugged. 'Okay, so we'll walk around and if we see them we'll say hi. It can't HURT.'
The other girls finally agreed and they started off, chatting gaily. After touring around the immense campus, they found themselves in the same hallway as their practise room. Kurry stopped short all of a sudden and the other girls froze. Cocking her head to one side, Kurry grinned slyly and said, 'I think we've found the guys.'
Sure enough, the unmistakable "thump, thump" of a beat was issuing from the practise room.
The girls crept up to the double doors and eased one open a crack. Peeking through, they saw the guys go to freeze frame as the beat cut out. Apparently they'd just finished a song. Their formation broke as Bakura went to change the music. Ryou muttered something under his breath and Malik cracked up. (Kitty, whispering, 'KAWAII!') Ryou chuckled and shooed Malik off the floor. The sandy-haired teen went to perch comfortably on the risers while the other two prepared for the next tune. Getting an idea, Kurry suddenly pulled back from the thin crack and propelled them all through the door.
The boys looked over, mildly interested, as the girls slid into the room. Easing the door shut behind her, Kurry tapped her friends on the shoulder and gestured towards the risers. Malik motioned her over as she went to sit down. Kat moved to follow, but seeing Ryou indicate them to come near Kitty caught her sister by the sleeve and tugged her with her toward the white-haired guys.
Ryou watched Kitty pull her sister forward with an odd half-smile on his face. Bakura leaned down and muttered in his friend's ear, 'You gonna be able to sing with them here?'
Ryou cocked an eyebrow and answered quietly, 'Just watch and learn.' Then as the next beat began he cleared his throat, squared his shoulders and began to sing.
"Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine,
I'm leaving my life in your hands.
People say I'm crazy and that I am blind,
Risking it all in a glance.
How you got me blind is still a mystery,
I can't get you out of my head.
Don't care what is written in your history,
As long as you're here with me."
Ryou slowly circled the two sisters, who tried desperately not to blush and failed. Casually sauntering around Kitty, he sent her a suave grin and paused behind Kat. Raising his eyebrows at Bakura as if to say 'Well?' he continued into the chorus.
"I don't care who you are
Where you're from,
What you did,
As long as you love me.
Who you are,
Where you're from
Don't care what you did,
As long as you love me."
Bakura looked mildly indignant for a sec, then he gathered his courage and started on his verse. Shooing Ryou away he moved to stand beside Kat, glaring a little at the other albino. Ryou grinned teasingly and guided Kitty toward a big crate. She swung up and dangled her feet off the side. Ryou leaned on one elbow on a shorter crate and Bakura and Kat stood next to them.
"Every little thing that you have said and done,
Feels like its deep within me.
Doesn't really matter if you're on the run
It seems like we're meant to be."
Over on the bleachers, Kurry leaned over to Malik and whispered, 'Why aren't you singing?'
Malik whispered back. 'They alternate leads for slow songs and I sing lead for fast songs.'
'Ah.'
"I don't care who you are
Where you're from
What you did,
As long as you love me.
Who you are,
Where you're from
Don't care what you did,
As long as you love me.
I've tried to hide it so that no-one knows,
But I guess it shows,
When you look into my eyes,
What you did and where you're coming from
I don't care
As long as you love me baby."
Kat was tapping her foot to the beat and really getting caught up in it when she sensed Bakura watching her. Their eyes locked and he sent her an almost shy half-smile. Kat flushed and suddenly found her feet very interesting. Ra, he was cool. Whew.
"I don't care who you are
Where you're from
What you did,
As long as you love me
Who you are,
Where you're from
Don't care what you did,
As long as you love me."
Watching the foursome from across the room, Kurry smiled with that 'Awww!' kind of look. Malik smirked at the sudden change in his two best friends. Kurry stretched a bit, muttering, 'How kawaii.' Then she turned to the violet-eyed guy next to her. 'Yo, while we're here, we might as well practise.'
Malik nodded thoughtfully. 'Yeah, I suppose. C'mon.'
Kurry followed him over to a big file cabinet. Malik whipped out a set of keys and unlocked the biggest drawer. Easing it out, he began to search through row upon row of CD's. 'I know I left it in here somewhere.........'
'That's a lotta CD's,' Kurry said absently, setting up the speaker system.
'Uh huh. This is only half of it.'
Finished, Kurry turned to the others, hollering, 'Oy! We're gonna practise!'
'Okay!' came the response. 'Go right ahead!'
'Wait.........what? How am I supposed to.........?' Kurry was cut off as Malik tugged on her elbow.
'Watch this,' he murmured, chuckling. Then he turned and called out, 'Hey lovebirds! Quit flirting and come practise!' This earned him twin death glares from the albinos. Kurry snorted with laughter at her blushing friends, who also glared at her.
They got into formation, the guys silently ribbing each other still. The girls had to work hard to stifle giggles at their hilarious antics.
After two hours of practise, they called it a day. Laughing and joking between them, the six teens cleaned up the music room and locked the door. They had walked out to the courtyard together when Malik glanced at his watch and suddenly jumped. 'Oh crapola! We've got exactly five minutes to get to that meeting Mr. Topoli called!'
Ryou smacked his forehead. 'Damn! I forgot! Sorry girls, but we're gonna have to go.'
'No problem. See you tomorrow for practise?' Kitty asked.
'You can count on it!' he answered, saluting smartly and dashing after Malik, who was running backwards and waving. Kat felt something thrust into her hand as Bakura brushed past her and instinctively she clenched her fist. It was a piece of paper. Kat looked up at Bakura, bewildered. He sent her a significant glance before jogging off after the other two. Seeing as how the other girls had gone ahead a little Kat deftly unfolded the paper and read:
Meet me in the gym after supper. I'll help you train.
B.
Kat gasped and in her excitement crunched the paper. 'Oops. ;' Smoothing it out, she reread it and giggled giddily. [Yippee! =D] Then she dashed off after her friends.
Later that evening after a complementary supper in the Hall, Kat whispered her plan to Kurry and Kitty, who promptly said, 'GO!' and shoved her out the door. Rolling her eyes at her over-enthusiastic friends, Kat set off for the gym.
All was dark when she arrived. Wondering if this was the right place, Kat peered into the gloom, cupping her hands around her face against the window. Suddenly a tall figure was there beside her and she nearly shrieked in fright. A hand was placed over her mouth and a familiar voice hissed, 'Shhh! It's me! D'you want to bring the entire security team down on us?!'
Kat blinked and relaxed as she recognised Bakura. 'Sheesh! Are you trying to give me a heart attack!?' she whispered furiously. He chuckled. 'I'm sorry. I couldn't resist, but I forgot girls tend to shriek when they're frightened.'
Kat's vivid green eyes flashed angrily. 'Well I'll have you know, you were bloody close to getting a roundhouse kick to you-know-where! And if you think I'm easily scared off, you've got another thing coming!'
Bakura's eyes softened. She was somehow more stunning when she was annoyed. Bowing slightly, he said sincerely, 'I'm sorry. Please forgive me so we can practise.' Kat nodded acquiescingly and said, 'Okay.'
Flashing his card past the I.D. sensor pad, Bakura unlocked the gym and the two slipped inside. Flicking on lights, he moved towards the back of the room. Kat paused to take a gander about the place. It was quite large; the space nearest the door was taken up mostly by body building equipment and weights. There was a side room with a sign that said 'Rentals' and the back was taken up entirely by mats, with huge mirrors along one wall. It was towards these that Bakura moved, motioning for Kat to follow.
'The front's mostly for body building,' he intoned, stating the obvious. 'Back here's where we learn the true art of fighting.'
Kat was already wearing her gi. Placing her shoes next to the mat, she turned to stretch.........and promptly choked when she saw Bakura. He'd removed both shoes AND shirt and was going through a short warm up. He was.........quite nicely built, she noticed, feeling a blush spread over her like wildfire. Seeing how she was staring, Bakura chuckled and said cryptically, 'The less hindrance I have, the better I fight. If you're flustered I can put my shirt back on.'
Now scarlet, Kat managed to regain her power of speech. 'You fight your way and I'll fight mine.'
Bakura smirked, eyes still closed in meditation. 'Very well.'
Kat did a few stretches to warm up, then went into a fighting stance. Squatting leisurely, Bakura said casually, 'You ever fight a guy before?'
'No,' Kat admitted.
'Are you nervous?' he teased.
'I can hold my own!' she shot back.
Bakura chuckled inwardly. He admired her spunk. She'd make a fair match for him, fightwise of course. He crouched into his own fighting position and Kat had to admit he made a formidable sight.
'I'll go easy on you for now,' Bakura quipped.
'Bring it on,' Kat goaded him.
He darted towards her and man, was he ever fast! Somehow she managed to dodge him, surprising herself. His eyebrows went up, impressed.
'You're faster than I thought you were,' Bakura complimented her. Kat raised a puzzled eyebrow. 'I'm faster than I thought I was too, apparently. My reaction time must be getting better.' He nodded and launched himself at her again.
They danced around each other for a minute before finally making body contact. He hit her square with his shoulder and neatly rolled her until she was pinned. 'Not bad for a first timer,' he joked, rewarded with a knee in the side. Rolling again, Kat pinned him on his front, smooshing his face into the mat a little. 'I've been doing this since I was five,' she mock- growled, grappling with him when he escaped and tried to roll her again.
'Awww, how cute!' he teased her, earning a devious tap to the groin that made him catch his breath.
'DON'T underestimate me,' she growled, glaring at him through slitted eyes.
They were at a standstill, a pause to catch breath. She'd backed off a bit, giving him full view of the fiery tempest she was. Her hair was askew, eyes blazing with adrenaline and panting with exertion. She really was quite stunning.
'Don't worry, I won't.'
The next morning, Kitty stood before the window, wringing out her hair after her shower. Quietly getting dressed, she glanced fondly at her still-sleeping sister. Kat had come back late last night looking bushed, and had promptly collapsed. Hey, at least I woke up ahead of her for once, Kitty thought, grinning.
Just then there came a timid knock at the door. Kitty hastened to open it for fear of waking Kat, and was surprised to see Ryou standing there.
'How good are you at football?' he asked breathlessly, holding up a worn ball. Rather taken aback, Kitty said, 'Not very.' Ryou looked relieved. 'Me neither.' Both chuckled nervously, then Ryou added, 'Wanna play anyway?' Kitty almost giggled at the nervous look on his face, but she grabbed the key and slipped out of the dorm.
Down on the football pitch Ryou seemed more relaxed. 'That's your end- zone and this is mine,' he stated, pointing them out for her benefit. 'If you touch the ball down, that's a touchdown and then you get to kick it.........'
Kitty was grinning; he was cute when he was flustered. 'Why don't we just play catch?' she suggested casually.
Ryou almost seemed to freeze, a helpless look on his face, then he relaxed and grinned nonchalantly. 'Er.........yeah, sure, whatever you wanna do.'
'Kay.' Kitty promptly snatched the ball and took off, giggling madly.
'Hey!' Ryou gave chase.
They were out there for a good hour, tossing back and forth, and chasing each other. Finally becoming quite breathless, Kitty stopped running. Unbeknownst to her, Ryou was right behind. He skidded into her and the two of them rolled to a halt, Ryou barely an inch from Kitty's face.
Instantly they both froze. Normally Ryou would have been up faster than lightning but something was holding him back. Kitty was staring openly. He had the most beautiful chocolate brown eyes she'd ever seen.
Suddenly those eyes looked terrified and he leaped up. 'I'm sorry!' he almost yelled, now scarlet. 'Are.........are you okay?!'
Kitty sat up, a little dazed. 'Er.........yeah, I'm fine. You.........you wanna keep practising or call it a day?'
Ryou checked his watch. 'Actually, we're having a practise later this afternoon so I should go.........um, prepare. So, I'll see you there?'
'Sure.'
'Okay, so.........um.........uh.........er, bye!' He pointed in random directions before breaking completely and taking off at a dead run. In doing so he completely missed the huge grin that spread over Kitty's face.
[He was this close to me! =D]
'I was this close to her! I swear, she's gonna hate me now!' Ryou moaned, collapsing into a chair.
'You think you've got it bad?! At least you can get near her, I can't go anywhere near Kat! Ra, if she looks at me with those gorgeous green eyes one more time I'm going to melt on the spot! And I'm NOT the melting type!' Bakura groused, flopped on the couch.
'That's it, we're done for. The minute we started falling for those two our fates were sealed. Not that I mind so much.........Kitty's damn fine, if ya know what I mean.........' Ryou trailed off absently.
'I know, I know, and the worst part is they're not gonna be here for that long,' Bakura groaned, running a hand through his already unruly hair.
Both albinos sighed heavily. Each was completely at a loss at to what to do. On the one hand, for all his bad-ass attitude Ryou was really quite shy and on the other, Bakura was sure the emerald-eyed beauty hated him. It was hopeless.
Just then Malik popped in, whistling jovially as he chucked his keys on the counter. He stopped short, however, at the gloomy expressions on his friend's faces.
'Well, aren't you two enthusiastic?' he chortled, leaning casually on the doorframe.
'Oh shuttup Malik!' Bakura groaned, chucking a pillow at him.
'We've got a major dilemma on our hands, mate,' Ryou confessed.
'Oh? What's that then?' Malik came forward to perch on a chair.
'I'm falling for Kitty and Bakura's falling for Kat. Hard and fast.' Ryou winced.
Malik was confused. 'So.........isn't that a good thing?'
'No! No, it's not! I mean, yes, it's nice NOW. But it'll only last for, what, a fortnight?! Then what?' Ryou burst out.
'Not to mention Kat thinks I'm a berk,' muttered Bakura forlornly.
'She doesn't think you're a berk, mate, now buck up,' Ryou consoled him, trying to lend support to the distraught teen. 'It's never as bad as it looks, but it IS a dilemma, alright?' He let his head drop into his hands, rubbing his face tiredly. 'I'm not sorry I've fallen for her though. Kitty's smart, beautiful, artistic, talented, musical.........I could go on!' He sighed. 'She's perfect and I don't deserve her, but I'd never forgive myself if I didn't at least TRY to tell her how I felt.'
Bakura put his hands behind his head, staring up at the ceiling with a half smile on his face. 'Oh, you should've seen Kat at the dojo last night. She was awesome, a real fighter. She was even a match for me, as it happens. Gods, I'd love to match wits with her again.'
Malik sniggered. 'Are you sure that's all you'd want to do?' he asked slyly, earning another pillow to the head. 'Hentai!'
The boys chuckled, then Ryou stretched. 'Well, we've got rehearsal, gentlemen. If we bite the dust, we'll do it together.'
Malik rolled his eyes. 'You're so dramatic, Ryou.' Then his eyes lit up. 'Hey, I know! We can invite the girls to that dance club we always go to! They can dance their hearts out and we'll be showing them a good time! Whadda ya say?'
Ryou shrugged. 'It's worth a shot.'
Bakura sighed and hauled himself off the couch. 'I suppose.'
'Okay then, it's done! We'll ask them out at practise, okay?'
'Right, let's do it!'
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END! =D Okay, couple more notes. A fortnight, for those of you who don't know, is fourteen days, which of course is about the two weeks that the girls are remaining at the guys' school. Just to clarify that for y'all. Also, a reminder that I do not own any of the songs, YuGiOh, or Andy, Xantcha, Kitty or Kat. They all own themselves. I only own the plot and my name, and the names of the teachers. (Which suck anyway. --;) Other than that, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, sorry for the long wait, I PROMISE it won't be that long next time and please review. Thanks.
(P.S: My posting date is the fourteenth of each month, so I'm hoping to get back to that. Keep your eyes open, okay peoples? Thanks again.)