Ch.2 BUSTED!!!!

Next Morning Mai awoke panting with fear. She had the same dream again…and did the exact same thing to the strange Egyptian teen she saw in her dream…SCRATCHED HIM LIKE HELL!!!! (sorry I'm a bit on sugar high right now…) Mai sat up sweating and slightly shaking as she went to take her morning bath. A little later Joey woke up too. Mai came out of the bathroom and they went down to get breakfast together. Yugi, Tea and the rest of the gang were already waiting there for them. Tristan yawned loudly, getting a couple of stares from a few people nearby. Tea silenced him with a violent move of her hand in mid-air.

"But Tea…I'm tired…*yawn*," Tristan's eyelids began to drop.

"Well duh! We can't miss our targets!"

"But Tea…" Yugi chimed in, "you woke us up at 5:00 am and it's like 10:00 am right now. We just lost 5 hours of 'beauty' sleep that wasn't necessary!" Tea cocked an eyebrow.

"o.0 Beauty sleep…right…"

"Hey look! They're leaving!" said Serenity tugging at Tristan's shirt, and so, they followed. After a long taxi ride they arrived in Cairo where there were many people and shops everywhere. (I've never been to Egypt, so tell me if I get anything wrong) Of course, Mai went ballistic like she was on sugar-high, running about, scanning all the shops in the area.

"Shopping," she repeated, "my favorite hobby! Besides…winning a duel of course…" The exact same thing happened to Serenity and Tea that they almost ran straight into Mai and Joey!

"Watch it!" Tristan warned them angrily. The two ignored him. They looked at each other and grinned evilly.

"SHOPPING TIME!" and they ran off into the crowd of people.

"This is just great," Tristan smacked his head, "we've just lost two members in our already very small prank club-"

"Make that three!" Ryou interrupted, "hey! Wait for me!" he rushed off after the two girls.

"I always thought he had some girl cells in him. *sigh* what are we gonna do now?"

"I dunno," Yugi replied, "Do you have any better ideas?"

"Err…not at the moment…." Meanwhile, Joey was already carrying let's see…HEAVY bags under his arm.

"Uh…Mai?" he groaned, "can we um…rest for a while?"

"No way Joey! A girl needs exercise in shopping for at least 6 hours each day!"

"6 HOURS? YOU MEAN I HAVE TO KEEP THIS UP FOR THAT LONG?" Mai gave him the puppy-dog eyes. He became quiet immediately.

"Whoa…poor Joey," stated Tristan from behind some people, "and poor us too…at least we won't have to CARRY bags for 6 hours." Someone suddenly poked his shoulder gently. Tea, Serenity and 'Ryou' stood behind them with several large bags under their arms.

"On second thought…" Tristan mumbled before Tea and Serenity dumped their packages onto his head then headed off in search for more shops. Yugi sat still like a statue beside Tristan hoping 'Ryou' wouldn't notice him and have the same ending as Tristan, 'Ryou' turned to him, "Uh oh…" he thought, but to his surprise, 'Ryou didn't dump his packages on him, instead, he started groaning in annoyance.

"Bakura?!" Tristan and Yugi said in unison.

"Whazzup?" He replied.

"I thought you hated shopping!" asked Yugi.

"Yeah well Ryou's shopping not me. And guess what?"

"What?"

"HE'S MAKING ME CARRY ALL HIS STUFF WHILE HE CHOOSES THEM IN HIS SOUL ROOM!!!!! WHAT KINDA LIGHT IS HE? I'M NOT HIS BOYFRIEND! BUT HIS DARK SIDE! HIS MASTER! AN EVIL BEING! THE ONE SUPPOSED TO BE GIVING HIM ORDERS! NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!!!!!!" Luckily Mai and Joey were too faraway to have heard his shouting, but the people nearby did, and all eyed him cautiously like he was about to explode any second.

"Well he could make a good girlfriend is he was a girl…" Tristan suggested.

"WELL HE'S NOT!"

"Um…okay…I think Tristan gets the message Bakura…can you stop shouting now?"

Back to Tea and Serenity…

"Wow!"

"Prettty!"

"Cool!"

"I feel like I'm in Paris!"

"Or dreamland!"

"Excuse me ladies," the manager interrupted, "but if you two are GOING to buy something, will it trouble you to err…pick them a little…faster?"

"Ugh," Tea repeated pointing to herself sarcastically "is that the way you treat pretty female customers such as Moi?"

"And her friend here too?" Serenity chimed in. The manager sweat dropped, "this is gonna take pretty long…" he thought. Seven hours later when the sun was already setting, all the male member of the mini prank club including Joey hauled their girl's 'luggages' as they slowly returned to get a taxi back to their hotel. "That's it," all the boys said mentally to themselves, "NEVER go into a large city on vacation with ANY girls." Then Mai paused.

"Hey Joey?"

"Yes?"

"I want to thank you," she gazed into his eyes, "for accompanying me on this wonderful trip."

"No prob," said a tired Joey. Mai edged herself closer, then Joey was wide awake.

"You know," she said in a convincing tone, "maybe I shouldn't be so shy about kissing…" Joey turned bright red. Their lips were getting closer when…

Tristan was already half asleep, he barely kept up with the group with his eyelids getting heavier by the second, drooping over his eyes. His vision was blurry, limbs tired and weary. Unknown to him, letting his tired limbs lead him behind the group would be his final mistake as a member of the prank club he started himself. There was suddenly a sharp "Miaow!" and he tripped over a small cat, falling onto his friends. The group tumbled into a large pile of garbage as they struggled to get free. This caused a lot of noise, attracting all the attention around their quiet and peaceful environment. Joey and Mai looked over then spotted them but didn't recognize who they were since it was so dark. They walked over and offered them a hand when they saw who they were!

"WTF???" Joey gasped in surprise, along with Mai. Both turned red completely, yet they FURIOUS!  Tristan looked up shyly, knowing they were in DEEP TROUBLE!

"Um…hi!" he greeted in the best cheerful tone he could manage. The coupled only glared with their arms crossed. One by one, Tea, Yugi, Serenity and Ryou struggled free and noticed they were caught by their own targets.

"Sis??! You two???" Joey asked, all pissed off.

"Yeah…sorry bro…I just thought…"

"IT WOULD BE FUNNY TO BLACKMAIL US AFTER SNEAKING BEHIND MAI AND MY BACKS WITH VIDEO-CAMERAS HUH??" Serenity started sobbing. That softened Joey a bit up, he bent down to comfort his sister.

"Alright, we won't punish you…" he said comfortingly. Serenity grinned under her covered face…she actually got off the hook! (Serenity's not my fav character incase you think so!) Yugi tried the same thing and Mai let him off too! (Mai: He's so cute! A/N: Lucky I don't have a crush on him… Mai: Hey! Is that an insult??)

"Now," an evil smile played on Mai's lips as she cracked her knuckles. Tea made puppy-dog eyes. "Uhun, you're not getting off the hook this time hun."

"Dammit!" Tea thought, "can't copy Serenity's example!" Mai then proceeded to drag the three prank club members as she followed Joey to the taxi.

"M-Mai?" Tristan asked, "What are you going to do with us? Like um…the consequences??" Mai just continued to smile evilly.

"The fun hasn't even started yet, so why ask? Besides, you won't want to know the consequences before we get back to the hotel…you'll love them, trust me…"

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Uh oh…what have Tristan, Tea and Ryou gotten themselves into?? Oh boy…it usually doesn't mean good when Mai's so happy about a punishment…now THAT is bad…please review!