Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry (continues repeating sorry over and over) (gets hit by reviewers) Xx

This chapter was supposed to be up yesterday (Valentine's Day), but we were having black-outs, and plus, I had that stupid hypothesis versus theory essay for geography due. (grumbles) Stupid school. . .

Anywho, I'm updating every fic this week! I know I promised this before, but this time, I'm being serious. Last time, things came up. This time, I shall post a new chapter! Or get killed by reviewers while trying! Yeah, I'm just a little out of it. . . (innocent smile)

Our Sucky Little Keyboard That No One Cares About and Will Probably Never Look At (OSLKTNOCAWPNLA for short )
Is OSLKTNOCAWPNLA even a word? Hmm, somehow, I don't think so...but, I can make up words! So can you! Like Fudgeamania! (watches readers back away slowly) ...oops?

Anything written in normal text (like this) is the actual story.
Anything written in italics (like this) is when flashbacks or dreams are occurring.
Anything written in bold (like this) is someone acting as a narrator-slash-voice over. (You think I'm rich enough to hire two people?)
Anything written in bold italics (like this) are song lyrics.


A bit later, while Yugi sat in the car, drumming his fingers against the steering wheel of his dad's Mercedes, Julia and Ishizu were in Ishizu's bedroom.

Julia fingered a silver choker necklace, admiring the dragon charm.

"Ishizu," Julia commented. "You sure do have a knack for taking something simple and making it beautiful."

Ishizu came out of her walk-in closet, holding a large, white box. "Well, you ain't seen nothing yet."

She laid the box down on the bed. "I was saving this dress for my next attempt down the aisle."

As Julia opened her mouth to comment, Ishizu cut in. "Long story."

Reaching over, Ishizu removed the lid and Julia's eyes went wide. "Oh. . .it's beautiful. Ishizu, I can't wear that."

"Yes, you can, and you will." Ishizu replied with a smile. That dress has been in that box for so long, it deserves a night out."

Julia smiled. "Let's go."


Students dressed in various costumes entered the banquet hall where the school had decided to hold the Halloween dance. The DJ, who was none other than a kid named Mokuba, was 'getting the party started'.

"Welcome North Valley High School seniors to the annual Halloween homecoming dance!" He cheered through the microphone while popping another CD into the player. "Tonight, our panel of teachers will use their eyes and their higher education training to choose our homecoming prince and princess. In true Japanese fashion, it's not about who you are, it's about what you wear."

His dark eyes sparkled. "Are you ready to crack it up?"

The students and he both cheered, "Yeah!"


Tea grumbled as she and Serenity both tried to walk. Their costume had been a conjoint cat.

"I cannot believe I put you in charge of costumes. I told you Siamese cats, not Siamese twins!"

"Are we having a cat fight?" Serenity questioned, an innocent tone to her voice.

Tea rolled her eyes as she took a step forward. However, since Serenity hadn't moved either, Tea lost her balance and rolled down the stairs, dragging Serenity with her. Both girls screamed as they hit the bottom of the stairs.


"Hey guys." Joey greeted as he walked up to Tristan and Yami.

Joey had been dressed up as a prince. He wore a long sleeved white blouse with a high collar that had a small, frill attached to it and a knee-length dark blue trench coat that had gold patterns outlining the collar of the jacket, and sleeves. The buttons of the trench coat were gold-coloured. He wore a pair of dark blue dress pants with a pair of black heelless shoes that were pulled up, and ended, just below the knee. His pants were tucked into the boots. All in all, he looked good.

"Sorry about your costume getting lost Joey." Tristan apologized.

"Good going." Joey replied, joking.

"No, it's not a good going." Yami whined lightly. "Now, we don't get to be the three musketeers. You get to be the Prince Charming. And we're the two whim and wits."

Tristan and Yami had both been dressed exactly the same as Joey, except their shirts were more frilly, and they had toy swords in toy sheaths that were strapped to their hips, and their main colour was black, not dark blue. They also wore black wide-brimmed hats with large white feathers coming out from the side.

Tristan switched his gaze from his two friends to the top of the stairs where Mai, Jamie-Ross, and Amara were. The three girls, all dressed up as angels, posed for a minute.

Mai, dressed in a strapless, low-cut dark violet dress and knee-high boots, with white wings strapped to her back, pulled out a mirror and studied her appearance. Her eye lids were covered in dark purple, sparkly, liquid eye shadow, and she wore pink lip gloss. Her blonde locks had been piled onto the top of her head.

Jamie-Ross, dressed in a sleeveless emerald green low-cut dress that ended at her knees with a slit going up to her mid-thigh in the side, posed as well, looking to the side. White angel wings were strapped to her back, just like Mai. Her emerald green coloured boots ended at her ankles. Her normally-curly brown hair had been straightened. She, herself, wore dark green eye shadow and pink lip-gloss.

While Mai looked into the mirror, Jamie-Ross examined her silver charm bracelet.

And finally, the third female, Amara was dressed in a fuchsia coloured three-quarter length dress that ended at her knees and had a slit going up on each side, like Jamie-Ross's. Her fuchsia coloured boots ended half-way below her knee. On her back, like the other two, were white angel wings. Covering her eyelids was dark pink liquid eye shadow, and on her lips, she wore dark pink lipstick. Her lilac coloured hair had been pulled up into its normal half-ponytail with two clumps of hair braided and slung over her shoulders. Instead of orange feathers, however, the feathers were fuchsia coloured, and her hair had been curled. Her bangs were still parted to the side, but they were also curled.

When the three girls had posed, Amara had pulled out her cell phone and studied that while Mai looked at her mirror and Jamie-Ross looked at her charm bracelet.


"Julia," Yugi complained, walking down the hall with his best friend. "If you don't give me back my cape, what am I going to wear?"

Julia tossed a nervous look to Yugi, clutching his cape tighter around her body. "Sorry, I was freaking out!"

Yugi sighed. "Now, listen. It's going to be okay, alright?"

"Yugi, wait." Julia sighed. "Remember, I've got to be back at the diner by twelve, okay?"

Yugi blinked. "Uh, okay. Uh. . .give me your cell phone."

Julia nodded while Yugi continued, cheering like he was playing craps. "Come on cell phone."

Julia bent down and lifted the layers of her skirt, and pulled her cell phone off her shoe, where she had clipped it to. She stood back up and handed it to Yugi, who began to fool around with it.

"Okay, um. . ." Yugi said, fooling around with the phone. "I'm going to set the alarm, a quarter to twelve, okay?"

Julia nodded. "Okay."

Yugi flipped the phone closed and handed it back to Julia. "Okay, there. Alright."

He turned to Julia and held out a hand. "Now give me the cape. Come on, it's time."


Down on the dance floor, Mai stopped talking to Amara and Jamie-Ross as something caught her attention.

Tea and Serenity stopped fooling around with their costume and turned to the attention-catcher, as well as everyone else.

"Julia, what are they all staring at?" Yugi asked, turning to his friend, only to find her not behind him.

Yami, Tristan and Joey all stopped talking and their jaws dropped.

Julia was descending the stairs, wearing a strapless, white ballroom gown. The top of the dress was stretchy silk material that clung to her body while the skirt portion was consisted of layers of material. There were two layers of mesh upon a layer of silk. Covering half of her face was a white, lacy mask with two openings for eyes. Her dark brown hair had been curled and piled up on top of her head, two strands being curled and left hanging to frame her face.

Tristan and Yami wolf-whistled while Mai's face twisted in disgust.

"Love her dress." She commented. "Hate her."

Yugi took Julia's hand and led her to the middle of the dance floor, a smile on his face. He leant over and whispered in her ear, "Julia, don't worry, okay? Any guy will have to be completely insane not to like you. Hmm?"

Julia smiled slightly at Yugi, who smiled back. "Now, I'm going to be standing right over here, okay?"

Julia licked her lip-glossed lips and nods, smiling nervously. She watched Yugi walk off. A moment later, someone walked up right behind her.

"You know you're standing precisely in the middle of the dance floor?" the figure asked.

Julia turned around with a smile.

"Fate has brought us together right here at this anointed hour under the shimmering disco ball." Espa Roba smiled, as he took Julia's hand and lifted it up to his mouth, kissing it softly once.

Julia blinked. "Roba? Are you DuelistBoy?"

"DuelistBoy?" Espa Roba questioned, quirking a brow. "Indeed. I've traveled through time and space to find you. Now join me at the mating dance of Zion."

Espa Roba held out his hand before flapping the bat wings of his vampire costume with them, as he danced around Julia.

Julia watched, the strands of hair framing her face swaying from side to side lightly as the wind caused by Espa Roba hit her face.

"Uh, Roba," Julia said, smiling weakly. "That's nice."

Serenity, who was watching the scene with Tea, quirked a brow. "Hey, I know that girl from somewhere."

Espa Roba, who had stopped dancing, took Julia by her hands and dipped her in his arms, his teal coloured bangs falling into his grey eyes.

Julia sighed disappointedly. "Uh, I'm thirsty. I've got to get some –"

"Some light beacon for the fair lady?" Espa Roba questioned. "Your wish is my command."

He stabled Julia and bowed, kissing her hand once more before disappearing into the crowd. Julia sighed with a pout.

So much for DuelistBoy. . .

"I knew this was too good to be true." She muttered.

Joey walked up behind Julia and quirked a brow. "Princeton Girl?"

Julia turned and blinked a couple times in surprise. "Joseph Wheeler-Kaiba? You're DuelistBoy?"

Joey smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, um. . .I guess my costume didn't do a very good job, and I'm not who I am."

"I know. I know exactly who you are." Julia cut him off with a wave of her hand. "I'm sorry. This is a little bit of a mistake. I've got to go."

She turned to leave, but Joey grabbed her by the arm lightly and spun her back to face him.

"Wait, wait, wait. It's not a mistake." He countered.

"Don't you know who I am?"

"Of course I do. You're Princeton Girl, the girl I've been waiting to meet." Joey replied, a smile crossing his face. In a tone filled with confidence, he added, "I know exactly who you are. What's your name?"

Just then, Espa Roba walked up with two drinks. He glanced at Joey.

"You sweet liberations, my lady." Espa Roba said, nodding his head.

"Mr. Wheeler-Kaiba." Joey introduced himself, nodding in reply.

"Joseph Wheeler-Kaiba with the lady." Espa Roba closed his eyes for a brief moment, before opening them again. "A devastating blow, a worthy opponent."

Bowing, Espa Roba turned and left with a sigh.

Julia turned to Joey. "What about your girlfriend?"

"It's over." Joey answered, looking down and studying the shorter girl.

Overhearing what Joey said, Mai, who had been standing a few feet away, crossed her arms in anger.

Julia and Joey moved over towards a table where the punch was as well as desserts.

"I guess," Joey started. "You're expecting some guy who hangs out at Starbucks and writes poetry?"

"Something like that." Julia replied, in a disappointed tone.

"Come on. You're Joseph Wheeler-Kaiba." Julia said after a moment, ignoring the gaze Joey was sending her way. "You're football captain and Student Body President. And closet poet?"

She turned to face him fully, pointing a finger at him. "You can't be both guys."

"I'm not."

"Then who are you?"

"On September 7th, I wrote you, 'I live in a world where people pretend to be something they're not. But when I talk to you. . .'" he trailed off.

"'. . .I'm the guy I want to be.'" Julia finished off, more to herself than to Joey.

Joey watched her for a moment, his brown eyes locking with Julia's blue eyes. "Give me a chance to be that guy."

Julia sighed, and changed the topic. "If you wanna be voted homecoming prince, you better stand aside and away from me, you know."

Joey shrugged. "I don't care about being homecoming prince."

Yugi, who had been watching the scene from the second floor, smiled to himself, while Mrs. Wells, the school vice-principal, watched the scene as well, from another area of the banquet hall. She smiled and looked down at the clipboard in her arms, scribbling something down onto it.


There's this chapter, and next chapter will include the romance! I can't wait! giggles I love romance!

Star-Blue-Angel: Oh man, I know what you mean. I had a lot of school stuff too, like I already explained last chapter. Right now, the semester is pretty light, so we don't have a lot of stuff. I'm hoping to update the rest of my fics and finish this one off before I take yet another leave of absence. Yeah (grins) I can't wait till I get to the Kaiba and Joey scenes. It'll be priceless to read and write. And remember, next chapter, Mai and Yugi both get surprises. (grins evilly)

chinkeepdaughter126: Sorry you had to wait so long for this chapter. I'm not gonna bother explaining myself cause it's always the same excuse and I'm sure everyone is a little tired of hearing the same stuff over and over again, including me. Oh, make sure you update as well! I wanna read more of your fic too! It's not nice to torture reviewers. Unless of course, you like being tortured by evil cliffhangers?

scarlettWALES: I updated! Whoo-hoo! And you know what, I was watching Valon on TV and realized how I made him act here is nothing like how he acts in the show. He's very OOC here! LOL. Being OOC is great, if it helps out the plot line, but if it does gonna destroy the plot line or the character, it just sucks, doesn't it?

There's chapter five! Be on the look out for the next chapter soon!