Zanbato: My big sister, Nez, would like to formally apologize to Fish-chan, for not giving her a bigger part in this chapter and to Fufulupin for all the awkwardness between her alter-ego and herself. (Which she completely blocked out to make the story flow better.) Unfortunately, she is not here to apologize herself, being as she is held captive by Akina, Tsukinooni, Fufulupin and various other people who wanted in on this project. –closet behind him screams- -eyes shift- BLAME TSUKI!

-Nez bursts out of closet and mercilessly beats Zan-

Nez: YOU LITTLE RAT!!! –Zan runs away- Damn pervert brother...

Part Two: Cards

They all decided to do something together, the six of them.

"Let's play cards!" Fish-chan suggested.

"Okay, as long as I call game," James smiled. Nehszriah and Fish-chan agreed, as long as it wasn't Egyptian Rat-Screw, which only Fish-chan knew how to play anyways. Peter decided to go to bed instead of joining the 'festivities' in the common room (considering he couldn't play cards to save his life). The five remaining teens pulled chairs up to a round table and sat around it while James dealt out five cards to each player.

"Guess what we're playing," he said smoothly. "Don't pick up the cards yet, guess, all of you."

"Poker?" Fish-chan asked.

"Crazy Eights?" Remus questioned.

"Euchre?" Sirius asked. (This got him hit up the back side of his head.)

"Nehszriah?" James asked. "What's your guess?"

She sat there, thinking for a second. She thought and thought, until it came to her.

"You pervert...... strip poker."

James's smile screamed: "Aaaaand we have a winner!"

There came a round of cursing from the table as James did this. Everyone picked up their cards and they went slowly, starting with stuff like watches and Nehszriah's hair ties and then moved upward.

-Forty-five minutes later-

"Prongs, you are never calling the game again," Sirius muttered. Fish-chan backed out of the game immediately and therefore, got to keep all her clothes. Nehszriah was near totally dressed (minus the hair ties and a few of her endless layers of black t-shirts) while the Maraurders were each all one way form losing everything.

"Same rules boys," Nehszriah said with a big grin as she dealt the cards.

"I swear, you're cheating!" James said.

"Hey, you are talking to the two-time winner of the 6th Grade Valentine's Day Poker Tournament here, not some run of the mill cheat," she said with a fake 'I'm shocked' sound in her voice.

"Really?" Remus asked, face red from embarrassment. "How can it be two times in the same year?"

"The boys wanted a re-match."

"Don't blame them. Playing for clothes or money in your tender school years?" Sirius joked.

"Are you kidding? We played for candy. I went to a private Muggle Catholic school for eight years. That one was my last."

"I can tell why," Fish-chan snickered.

Nehszriah shot her a look of loathing. Then, James and Sirius folded.

"Remus," she said. "I call you."

The poor werewolf put his hand down on the table, embarrassed at his obvious lack of poker skills.

"That's full house you got there," Nehszriah said as she put her cards down. Remus didn't even see the combo and grinned triumphantly as Nehszriah took off her last shirt before the long sleeved one. She gave him the same smooth smile as she did earlier and winked at him.

"Moony's got a girlfriend, Moony's got a girlfriend!" Sirius and James started to chant. Remus went even redder. He shuffled and dealt the cards quickly.

"I'm going to bed," Fish-chan yawned.

"Where?" James asked. "You don't go to school here."

"Some random bed in the girls' dorm..." she said as she disappeared from view.

"I call all of you," Remus quickly said. Nobody else except Nehszriah was able to trade in their cards at all.

"Ah, crap! I've got nothing!" James wailed as he put down his pathetic hand. Sirius just thrust his cards down madly, for he obviously got nothing.

"Hang on guys..." Remus said right before they got up. "Nehszriah still hasn't shown us her hand. If I win, the game is over and you don't have to do anything."

Sirius and James were overjoyed at this, considering their friend's confident face.

"Come on, Nehszriah, call."

"Lay your hand down, Remus."

"Two kings. Not bad, huh?"

Nehszriah started to laugh.

"Royal Flush."

She laid down the appropriate queen, 10 and jack, along with...

"Two jokers?!?!" Sirius and James yelled. "That hand would have been nothing if it weren't for those jokers!"

"You two don't like how I play, than so be it. Keep your shorts on. The one I really wanted to get is right across the table, but I doubt I'll be able to get him tonight's game. Later."

Nehszriah gathered her clothes, walked up towards the girls' dorm and went to sleep right on the bed next to Fish-chan's. The boys, however, stayed in their seats, in a state of shock and embarrassment, especially when Sir Nearly-Headless Nick wanted to know what they were doing in the middle of the common room, in just boxer shorts with the rest of their clothes sprawled out around the table.

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