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I know you have all been anxiously waiting for this chapter (crickets chirp) and so here it is!
Some of you had questions as to why Bakura could play DDR so well, and some of you thought people should've been scared of a ghost instead of laughing at Tea. Well, you will find out the answer to the first one in this chapter, but as for the second one, I don't know what chapter the answer will appear in.
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Temporary Illness
By: Chi Yagami
Chapter Four – Thinking of You
Ryou woke up the next morning – or say, the next afternoon – to find that Bakura had already left to go somewhere.
'Where in the world would a tombrobber need to go on Saturday afternoon?'
He sighed and sat down on the couch, thinking of yesterday. He smiled at the thought that Bakura actually enjoyed DDR.
It had all started a couple of years ago at summer camp…
–Flashback Mode–
The third day at Camp Woodard was always Olympics Day. Ryou wasn't very good at sports, and he hated Olympics Day.
'Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah! You suck at sports!'
'Shut up Bakura! I can't believe you have to be here, too. I hate this stupid Ring. Why couldn't I have gotten something else for Christmas?'
Ryou sighed and looked around. Every camper had to participate in at least one event. Ryou usually tired the beanbag toss, but this year he was too old for that.
'Hey, since you're a little girl, why don't you try that dancing game over there?'
'I don't need your help. And I'm not a girl! You look just like me, ya know.'
'I know.'
'Well, if you're so confident, why don't you do DDR?'
'I think I will!'
Bakura had then taken over Ryou's body and challenged one of the girls to a game of DDR. He lost of course, and he swore to have his revenge one day.
–End Flashback–
The very next day after Ryou had come back from camp, Bakura made him buy a DDR machine, so that he could practice every day and become the world champ. Then he would go back to that camp and challenge them again. Too bad Ryou never went back after that.
"Ah, the good old days," Ryou murmured. He opened a soda and took a sip.
Suddenly, the door slammed and Bakura came into the den.
"Where have you been?" Ryou asked. Bakura gave him a loathing look.
"Watching your girlfriend and the spiky yellow moron have sex."
Coke was spewed all over the coffee table, and Ryou looked as if he was about to barf.
"WHAT!"
"Oh yes," Bakura snickered with a tone of hatred, "I saw them doing it on the couch last night. And they kissed."
"Are you SURE?"
"Well, at least that's what it looked like."
Ryou slammed his fist onto the table. He had to do something. Even if she didn't like him back, that didn't mean she should go and have sex!
"Come on; let's go do something."
"TEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?"
"What NOW, Yami!" the brunette asked, turning the clothes rack. They were going shopping for Prom outfits (1). Serenity, Mai, and Ishizu were all busy, so Tea had taken the next available person.
"I have to pee!" he whispered, holding his pants and squashing his legs together like a little boy.
"Then go find a bathroom!"
"But…"
"JUST GO!"
Tea wandered off to the purse section while Yami looked for a bathroom.
"I hate malls," he muttered. "You can never find anything…"
He spotted a directory and hurried over to it, but he stopped when he saw a certain someone talking to himself.
"Are you sure she said she would be here?" Ryou was saying. "I mean, you heard Tea say she was going shopping at this exact mall?"
Yami froze. How did Ryou know that they were shopping? And what was he doing here? He held his breath when he heard–
"–don't KILL Yami!"
This guy was absolutely crazy and delusional. Yami had to warn Tea.
Tea was busy looking at blouses when Yami returned.
"What's wrong?"
"We have to leave. Now. Ryou Bakura is here, and he's looking for you and me. I heard him say something about killing me!"
She dropped the shopping bag.
"Are you sure?"
"YES! We have to get out of here now!"
The two ran from the department store and out into the open.
"Tea!"
They turned around to see an oh-too-familiar albino running after them.
"RUN!"
Tea and Yami sped down the aisle, getting weird looks from the people around them. Ryou stared after them confused.
"Why are they running away?"
"Maybe because they think you're crazy," Bakura suggested sarcastically.
The two practically ran down the escalator and into the food court. Bakura was hot on their tail, way ahead of Ryou, who'd gotten stuck in the elevator.
Tea propped herself with one hand resting on a table. She happened to glance down and see, written in ketchup on the tabletop—
TEA,
I AM SO SORRY! WON'T YOU GIVE ME A SECOND CHANCE?
She screamed and showed it to Yami.
"What the hell?" he asked. "Is he like stalking you?"
"I don't know… Let's just get out of here!"
"It's a good thing we got out of there!"
"Yet we're STILL shopping for clothes!"
"Yami," she giggled, "you HAVE to wear a tux! What would Ishizu say if her date showed up in leather!"
"She'd say I'm sexy!" he joked. Tea bopped him on the head. They had ditched the mall and were now at a different one.
"I still can't figure out how he wrote that on the table," she pondered. Yami picked up a purple tie with hieroglyphics.
"Awesome," Tea said, giving him a thumbs-up. "Ishizu will love it!"
Meanwhile…After Bakura had rescued Ryou from the elevator, they headed after the other two.
"How do you know where they're going?" his hikari asked confused.
"Just a guess," he mumbled. He really didn't know why he was even helping his hikari.
'Am I going soft? What is wrong with me?'
"Well, Domino is a pretty small city… They couldn't have gone far."
The two entered the only other mall in the city, hoping Tea would be there.
She was.
Bakura first noticed her going into a dress shop with Yami. He secretly followed them, listening to their conversation. Ryou was looking on the other half of the mall.
"Tea," Yami wined, "do you really need to get a new dress?"
"YES. Stop complaining!"
Bakura chuckled. He watched her show of several dresses to Yami, but none of them seemed to complement her. He glanced around and noticed a sapphire blue dress with a VERY low neck. It was all sparkly and had a low back. He smirked at how he thought the v-neck would look on her.
He snatched the dress off the rack and threw it into the pile of dresses she was about to try on. About a minute later, she came out wearing the blue dress.
"Wow," Yami said. "Tea, you look wonderful! And it fits you just right!"
"Yeah… I don't remember picking it up though…"
"Good thing you did."
"The neck's a bit too low," she said, sighing. She didn't like the fact that some of her cleavage was revealed; however, somebody else in the room was actually enjoying themselves.
'She better buy that dress!'
Bakura loved the way it fit her every curve, and he actually thought she looked good.
'Wait… Am I having feelings for this mortal girl whom my hikari likes! Dear Ra, I hope not! No… It's just the dress…'
She bought the dress and they continued shopping.
As Tea and Yami were leaving the mall, she smiled. She had actually liked running away from Ryou. It was almost as if she was toying with him… flirting with him…
(1) Prom is a special dance for only juniors and seniors in high school, but I'm making it all of high school. It's basically just a really special (really-money-spending) dance.
Yea! Go me! Another chappie finished!
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