Xantcha: W00T! Anyways, was last chap okay?

Ryou: It was funny...but I'm sure that Bakura is still just as confused as I am...

Bakura: -typing away on laptop-

Xantcha: What are you doing?

Bakura: Seeing if you're really my sis. -clicks on mouse- Everyone knows that you can find almost anything on the internet....

Ryou: What a scary thought....0.o

Xantcha: You won't find it there 'Kura.

Bakura: And why not?

Xantcha: -smiles- Cause you'd haveta go to Egypt...

Bakura: -blinks, then grins evilly-

Ryou: What the?

Bakura: I just ordered a plane ticket for tomorrow...;

Ryou: -sighs- You won't give up, will you? Xantcha does not own anything but herself and her pendant!

Xantcha: Probably not....anyways, on with the story!

Riyo giggled like a maniac as Xantcha got up and brushed herself off, frowning. "And who would you suggest I go with?" Xantcha was putting up a know-it-all attitude, and Riyo loathed it when the once-queen became a show-off. Riyo sighed. "Well, who would you like to go with?" Xantcha stopped and wiped the smug smile off of her face. 'Who? Well...' A certain king came to mind, and before Xantcha could get the picture out of her mind, Riyo stated a fact. "....Well, why don't you get the pharaoh to take you? There's a lovely restaurant on the coast of Domino Lake...." Before Riyo could finish, she glanced at Xantcha and stopped. Xantcha was as red as her eyes. "...Hnnnnnn......" Riyo smiled to herself as she glanced at Xantcha's face. Xantcha was beat red, and was completely embarrassed. Riyo then thought of something. "For Ra sakes, Xantcha, you were marr-..." Xantcha placed a hand over her friend's mouth as they walked into the tomb-robber's house. "NOT another WORD!" Riyo gaped at her friend as they walked up the stairs to the bedroom.

Riyo was absolutely puzzled at the sudden out burst of her friend. 'Now why would she say something like that? Did something happen that I never knew about?' Xantcha walked ahead a little bit, and opened the door to the guest room. On the two beds were the pharaoh and hikari ring holder. Xantcha walked over to Yami's side as Yami sat up, mumbling something. Yami glanced over at Xantcha and smiled. His face went from content to semi-shocked as he saw Riyo. Guard and King stared at each other for one moment, until Riyo burst out laughing. Yami was now the confused one as Xantcha took in everything. Yami finally get enough courage to speak. "What in Ra's name....?" Riyo continued to giggle as Xantcha sighed.

"Alright then.....Yami, meet Riyo, Riyo meet Yami. Do you remember her?" The pharaoh shook his head no as Riyo continued to grin like a loon. "Well, pharaoh, you do not remember me, and I certainly didn't recognize you with that clothing!" King and queen glanced at each other before Xantcha broke in. "Number one, what is so ridiculous about his clothing? Two, he doesn't even remember you." Riyo stopped and blinked. "Well, his clothing.....I thought he would be dressed more.....more classy than THAT...like Seto Kaiba!" Yami twitched at the name and Xantcha laughed. "Well, that outfit in Battle City one WAS a little better than....." Xantcha stopped and smiled sheepishly as Yami frowned. "So I am now being rated by what I wear, hmmm?" Riyo and Xantcha looked at each other before Riyo smiled. "Uh.....yeah, anyways, I was Xantch's guard back in the old days!" Yami blinked. Xantcha sighed as she shook her head chuckling, and walked downstairs to the kitchen to get a drink. Riyo and Yami started talking about something, but Xantcha couldn't hear. She finally walked back in and sat down in a chair across from the stairs. "By the way, about Battle City.." Xantcha heard someone coming down the stairs and stopped short.

"Alright then, sis. What about it?" Xantcha stopped what she was doing and smiled. "When does it begin again? Like, three days or something?" Bakura nodded and smirked. "We leave tomorrow though. Pharaoh," Yami looked up and blinked. " you won't win this time, hn?" The once ruler shrugged. "Don't mind me. I'll just beat you within 6 turns or something." Bakura growled at the comment. "You'll see. My deck has been modified." Xantcha broke in with her say next. "Yeah, but I bet that MY deck will beat both of yours!" She gave a cheeky grin as Bakura slapped his forehead and Yami narrowed his eyes playfully. "Want to make a bet?" Bakura immediately caught on to his words and smirked. "Be nice pharaoh, lest I be protective." Xantcha and Yami looked at each other with a confused look, then realization hit for Yami.

"Well... If I'm not, tomb robber?" Bakura chuckled. "Then I'm going to have to cut-" Before he could finish his threat, Riyo started laughing. "Hey Xantch, isn't this better than a soap opera?" Xantcha gave her another confused look. "What do you mean?" Riyo stopped before grinning. "Ra, you are naive." Yami smirked as Bakura laughed and she blinked. Then it dawned upon her. "Oh! Then that means..." Her train of though paused before she went deep crimson. "BAKA!" Bakura shrugged as she sighed and shook her head. Looking over at Yami, her eyes slit, she huffed. "And YOU...Ra knows innocence is over rated with you and him in the same room..." It was his turn to blush and smile sheepishly as he explained. "Well, he started it..." Riyo now was on the floor laughing. "And then you talk like a two year old!" Xantcha gently scolded him while shaking her head.

"Well, asked her yet then, pharaoh?" Bakura laughed and went to the stairs as Yami suddenly went red and Xantcha glared at the top of the pharaoh's head. "Okay, Yami....what's going on?" Yami sighed. "Anou....." Xantcha blinked. What WAS going on? "Yami?" Bakura was watching around the corner and growled. Whispering to Ryou and Riyo, he smirked. "I'd best give them a push, ne?" Bakura walked down the rest of the stairs and stated what was the not-so-obvious. Well, almost. The doorbell rang and everyone turned to the door.

Ryou looked around, shrugged, and answered the door. Duke stood there, blinking. "Uhhhh....hi? Riyo said to meet me here...This is Ryou Bakura's house, right?" Everyone but Xantcha stood there with mouths open. Before anyone could say a word, Riyo leapt up, shut the door quickly and whipped around to face her friends. Bakura died laughing as Riyo spoke fast. "YamiwaswonderingifhecouldtakeyoutolunchwithDukemeMalikandKurry."

Xantcha blinked. Ryou laughed as Bakura spoke the inevitable. "Did you get all of that?" Xantcha suddenly cried out and backed up two steps. "WHAT?! NOW? I'M NOT READY!!!!"

Yami blinked twice as Xantcha flew up the stairs to where her bag of items was. She started flinging pieces of clothing out of her bag until Riyo came into the bedroom. "Uhhhhh, Xantch? What about this one?" It was quite a simple outfit, really. Black shorts, with belt buckles galore. Then a navy blue shirt with a dragon running down the side. The dragon had a millennium eye on it's forehead, and the dragon itself was gold. Xantcha stared for a moment until she realized that Riyo was talking about one she recieved for Hilary as a present from America. Xantcha went by her in a flash, grabbing the outfit and heading to the bathroom to change.

Meanwhile, Yami and co. were staring at the ceiling, waiting. 'Did that mean yes? Or was she just shocked? Hn...' Duke had already heard the explanation of why Riyo shut the door on him, and he had laughed afterwards, not caring about the little details the group tried to provide. Malik and Kurry soon arrived, with Malik beet red and Kurry grinning widely. "We're here!! Oy, Yami, where's the empress? She ready yet?" Yami once again decided that specks of dust were interesting as Bakura died laughing. Duke was a little confused by this point, and decided not to say anything.

Xantcha came down the stairs rather quickly with Riyo on her heels. Malik and Kurry headed out with Riyo and Duke, but Yami stared for a minute at Xantcha. The once-ruler of Egypt had put a couple of arm bands on for appearance. They were silver, and had been inscribed with the image of Slifer the Sky Dragon. Kurry smiled at the scene and quickly grabbed her camera, snapping a picture and bringing the king and queen back to reality.

Both Yami and Xantcha suddenly gasped and took off out the door after the photographer. "KURRY!" Xantcha suddenly found that even with Riyo saying earlier that the two had been ....well, engaged, she was still embarrassed about everything that involved her and the pharaoh. Yami had already gotten into full speed by this time, and was gaining on Kurry. Rather than let Kurry to her doom, Malik came by her, and, with what seemed like a sleight of hands, grabbed the camera and took off faster than all three. Once he was a safe distance away, the rest of the group walked up to him, Yami and Xantcha red with anger and embarrassment, and Kurry red from running and laughing. Duke and Riyo were not far behind, engrossed in conversation. Slowly, Yami and Xantcha caught their breath and the troop headed to the restaurant.

When they all got there, Duke asked to be placed near a arcade, which made Riyo laugh. Some people were dueling on the dueling stage, and many people were around the Dance Dance Revolution machine. The place was alive with music and people as the group ordered some pizza. Duke killed himself laughing when Riyo commented on how this place wasn't what she had imagined. "Well, you have got to admit, the food smells great, it's got dueling stages, and it's home to one of my favourite foods, PIZZA!" The others started to laugh at Duke when Xantcha caught sight of the red-haired duelist on the dueling machine. 'He looks...familiar. I wonder...' Xantcha was lost in thought until Riyo shook her from her reverie. "Hey, Xantch? Whatcha thinking about?" Xantcha shook her head to clear her thoughts as she smiled. "It isn't anything, just some daydreaming..." Kurry was about to burst at this point and grinned. "About WHO?" Xantcha blinked twice than squeaked. "Not WHO, WHAT!" The group sat patiently as she sighed. "I am NOT telling ANY of you, so don't ask!" They all started to laugh until a unknown male voice rang in the air. "I suppose that you are the American Champion Duelist? The one who beat Bandit Keith?"

Everyone jumped in surprise.(except Yami, he just glared.) Xantcha smirked and locked onto his eyes. "And you think you could do any better, Erikaan?" The boy simply growled at her statement. "Actually, in fact, I could do a lot better. I challenge you!" Yami cut in as Xantcha stood up. "Why would you challenge her?" Erikaan laughed as they all looked on in disgust. "I merely want to see if legend is true that she is known as a shinigami." Then it was Duke's turn. "Doesn't that mean Angel of Death, or something of the like?" Xantcha shook her head yes. "Many people called me that in the past. But now, I am going to prove it! Erikaan Mune, I accept your challenge."

The two walked up to either side, Xantcha on the blue, Erikaan on the red. "I will take your monsters and destroy you with them, you do know that, ne?" Erikaan laughed his eery laugh again as people gathered around them. "I doubt that, Shinigami. For, I, Erikaan Mune, will remove your title!" Xantcha didn't know if he talked seriously or not, but the whole 'removing her title' part got to her. "That's enough chat!" The two glared at each other until the Shinigami spoke. "Now, you may have the honor of going first." Mune laughed then placed his deck down. "Don't you remember me? I always bet something, koi." Xantcha growled as she glanced over to Yami. "YOU are NOT my koi, so forget about it. I knew you only wanted to duel me for a 'prize'. Mainly, me. It won't work, trust me." The pharaoh was open mouthed now as Kurry tried to explain. "This guy has been after her for a year now. He just doesn't give up."

"How about we make a deal then. Say... I win, and I take you out for Dinner. And if you win..." He glanced around until he saw Yami glaring at him and laughed. "My 'rival' will take you out instead." The two rulers went wide eyed as Xantcha sputtered. "He's NOT your rival one, two, why him?" Erikaan laughed. "Because he'll never win. Now, allow me to take my turn. On second though, ladies first." Xantcha narrowed her eyes and 'hpmh'ed. "Fine. As long as it's alright with him, I'll go with the stakes." Yami nodded, then glared at Mune once more. "Then don't lose to this jerk." The singer nodded as she drew her cards. "I never thought I'd ever say this but, it's time to duel."

Bakura: -smirks- I bet Mune-boy is gonna lose....

Xantcha: -grins- Maybe....But maybe something will also happen, ne? Oh, and sorry for not updating! Remember, I've now got three fics to do!

Ryou: What? Is there gonna be a surprise or something?

Bakura: -blinks- Aibou...do you think that she would?

Ryou: I hope not...

Bakura: -sighs- You wouldn't...

Xantcha: I would! -looks over at confuzzled readers.- Don't worry, you'll see what I'm talking about next chappie...

Ryou: -smiles- So, when will he come in?

Xantcha: 0.0 QUIET! -laughs nervously and covers Ryou's mouth- See ya next chappie!

Ryou: ....-mumbles something into Xantcha's hand-

Xantcha: Whoops, sorry. -removes hand-

Ryou: Read and Review, onegai!!

Xantcha: Oh, here's a vocab. for this chappie. I really should've done this for the others.

Onegai - Please

Koi - Love

Ohayou - Hello, etc.

Baka - Idiot, Stupid... Others, if ye will. :P