A Series of Unfortunate Substitutes-
samuraiduck27 and PsychoKitty13
A/N: SD27 is seen skipping around the authoress' space while PK13 looks on in horror and amusement. GDP is somewhere in the background, cursing whoever gave SD27 sugar because of the effects it has on that authoress.
PK13: Not the sugar…
SD27: Whee! Pixy Stix! And guess what, PK- we finally hit 50 reviews! Half way to 100!
PK13: Oh, wow. Go us!
SD27: And we got so much support from our reviewers, who want to hurt our flamer for us! (gives hugs to reviewers)
PK13: …wait a sec- you had Pixy Stix? And you didn't give me any!
SD27: Hehe. Nope. All mine! My precious…
PK13: No more LOTR for you…and you being sugar high is amusing, but it's getting to be annoying.
SD27: At least I didn't have Peeps! No…not the Peeps… Xx (clutches stomach in pain)
PK13: Ah, the after-effects of a sugar high. Wonderful.
GDP: At least she's not going through her sugar hangover again. Man- she was scary. Rather grumpy too.
SD27: Shut it, Katie! (continues to moan in pain)
GDP: (glares) Peeps.
SD27: (feels like puking)
PK13: You wanna do the disclaimer? Cause I don't think SD's up to doing it today.
GDP: SD27 and PK13 don't own anything in this fic besides SD and PK, the plot, and random OC's (though a few of them are based on kids at school who deserve to rot in hell for their stupidness and just because they're there.)
SD27: We know, you have something against Marshall… ugh…
PK13: Onward!
Just FYI-
The good Marik will be referred to as Malik, and Y. Marik will be referred to as Marik. Just so ya know.
#Malik to Marik#
/Marik to Malik/
Chapter 6-OfAngry Item Holders and Dueling With Instruments
"So…what'll we be doing today without Hobbs?" Katie asked.
SD and Katie took their places in the Soprano section of the choir, waiting for the bell to ring.
"Probably nothing, unless we actually get a teacher who knows something about music." she replied.
"And that is something I highly doubt."
"Bored, bored, bored…" sighed PK to herself.
Without SD, it was gonna be harder to annoy the unlucky substitute who got assigned to the Band room. But she could do it- it'd just take a little more effort on her part. But what could she do…hmm. Guess it really mattered on the sub she had to annoy.
The bell rang, and out strode a blond haired, tanned, Egyptian teenager from the band office. He wore a pair of faded black jeans, and a purple short-sleeved shirt (A/N:I don't think they'd let him wear the short lavender shirt, so I changed it…gomen, all.) along with various gold jewelry and black combat boots. His violet eyes gleamed with mischief, and he carried the Millennium Rod in his back pocket.
Don't see why Ryou wanted to switch classes with me, but I'm not complaining. Art's no fun. he thought.
Dude- it's Malik! I have no need to drive him insane, since he already is… but I think we'd get along quite well. Hmm- I wonder if he'd let me borrow his Millennium Rod… PK thought, imagining all the things she could do to some of the more annoying kids in her band class.
Meanwhile, in the Choir room next door, SD and Katie were eagerly awaiting their next vict- I mean, teacher. Katie not so much as SD, but she did enjoy watching SD work and didn't mind helping her here and there. Out of the choir office came a reddish-purple haired guy about a little taller than Katie, wearing a pair of black slacks and a white t-shirt, covered with an open, green, button-up one. Katie recognized him, and so did SD.
"Hey- isn't that Shuichi Shindou?" Katie whispered.
"Who? Oh- from Gravitation." SD replied, "Looks like we got a teacher who knows something about music- go us."
But Katie, however wasn't listening to the blond next to her; her mind was on other things…
"I wonder if he brought Yuki with him…mmmmmmm, Yuki. Hehe."
SD smacked her head- typical Katie. While trying to snap her friend out of her trance, Shuichi decided to introduce himself to the class.
"Alright- konnichiwa, minna!" the class gave him odd looks- except for a few people- "Uh, I mean hello, everyone! The name's Shuichi Shindou, and I'll be your sub today. Don't bother with the Mr. Shindou crap, just call me Shuichi. Got it? Good."
"Oi- shut up, will ya?" was the first thing Malik said to get everyone's attention.
Surprised at the lack of formality the new sub showed, everyone shrugged and did as told. They sat in their seats and waited for him to introduce himself. Quite a few girls were taken with their substitute's looks, but then again, who could blame them?
"Better. I'm Malik, and I'm gonna be teaching this so-called Band class today. We aint doing anything, since I know nothing about music, so do whatever you guys want- just don't wreck anything. On second hand…free range! Whoever sets something on fire first gets 20 extra credit points!"
Malik started laughing, and the students did as well- albeit nervously and thinking along the lines of "Is he a psychopath or something?".
"No, seriously- don't. I'm the only one who can do that. So, um- free hour. I'll be playing games on the office computer if anyone needs me." and with that lovely parting statement, he left the room.
"Alrighty- now listen up. This isn't gonna be a free hour like most of you are probably thinking. I'm the lead singer for my very own band, Bad Luck, and I can also play the keyboard. So we'll actually be working today." Shuichi said.
Groans came from the class, "Now just wait a sec- I don't work the same way as your regular teacher. I think this will be…hehe- rather fun."
SD looked over to Katie- "I don't like the look on his face."
"He's probably never been in charge of such a big group of people before- I'd say he's in Power-Hungry-Dictator Mode." she replied.
"Goody. What I wanna know is why the Shuichis are both red-heads. I mean- that can't be a coincidence."
"Huh?"
"Kurama-Shuichi has red hair, right?"
"Right…"
"And this Shuichi has it too. Odd, don't you think?"
"Uh, are you color blind? His hair's purple."
"No, it's red."
"Purple."
"Reeeed."
"Purple!"
"It's red, damn it!"
Katie and SD stopped their little spat when they noticed most of the class and the object of their argument staring at them strangely. The two smiled sheepishly.
"Okay, then…everyone get your music out." Shuichi said.
SD pulled out her folder and muttered to Katie in a sing-song-y voice, "It's reeeeeeeed."
"Purple!"
Malik was sitting in the office, playing a game he had downloaded from a gaming site. It was something called "Alchemy", and you had to line up these annoying little runes in a row to make the whole board glow gold. His yami had found it, and gotten Malik addicted to it as well.
"Grr…go there! Stupid game!" Malik said, growing frustrated with the computer.
/Having fun, Hikari/
#No- this game is getting me aggravated.#
/Sorry to hear that. Are you gonna let some stupid game beat you/
#Hell no- and stop it! You're throwing off my concentration!#
Malik turned his attention to the screen just in time for it to flash "Game Over" with a stupid magician's face flashing on the screen. And he was so close to beating his all-time high score, too!
"Grr…Ra damn this piece of crap!" he yelled, hitting it and hurting his hand in the process.
/…/
#Stop laughing, damn it!#
"That's it- Shadow Realm time for you!" Malik said, whipping out his Millennium Rod from his pocket and sending the poor computer to the Shadows.
After that was said and done, the Egyptian hikari sat in the swivel chair and turned around a few times.
"I'm bored." he muttered, "This sucks."
Next door, Shuichi was having fun playing choir leader- and was actually not that bad at it. But, he didn't agree with the songs Hobbs had picked out for the class to sing at the upcoming concert, and did agree with SD and Katie when they declared "Let's burn 'em!".
"Okay guys- one more time." Shuichi sighed. The class was great- but the songs, ugh.
Do you love me?
(Do you love me?)
Do you love me?
(Do you love me?)
Now that I
Can dance…
(Dance)
(Dance)
"Good, good. But why is she making you sing such a limiting song?" Shuichi said as the finished the chorus, "You guys are great! The song's just too corny."
"I wish we could sing some Evanescence, like "My Immortal", or "Hello"." Katie muttered.
"Heck yeah- this is just…sad." agreed SD.
"I agree! Who knows where your teacher keeps her music records?" Shuichi asked, overhearing SD and Katie.
A brunette named Bethany raised her hand, and was sent off to get the binder storing the list of all the songs Hobbs had to work with. After flipping through it, and finding a piece written for a SATB choir (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) he chucked evilly and went to grab enough copies for the students.
"Okay- this…is not good." Katie muttered.
"What do you guys think he went to go get?" asked one of the other girls- Julie- who happened to be good friends with SD and Katie.
"Hopefully something better than "Do You Love Me?"." added Chris, coming over to the group.
"Hopefully." replied SD.
"Okay group- pass these around. This is one of my favorites- not a bad song if you ask me." Shuichi announced, throwing a stack of sheet music at a student while keeping one for himself.
While the class passed the copies around, Shuichi started to play the accompaniment- which was a dreary, bluesy tune.
SD got her copy first and opened it up, "Hn. Not a bad choice is right- "Killing Me Softly" eh? Hobbs'll have a fit after this. Hehe."
"What else is he passing around?" asked Katie, grabbing another stack of music heading their way.
"Dunno- looks like…hell yes!" SD exclaimed, opening the music to find the title.
"What?" asked Katie, before opening hers as well. "'Heaven's A Lie' by Lacuna Coil. Score!"
"But how are we gonna sing this? It doesn't have a piano line." said Julie, looking at her copy.
"I gots an idea." muttered SD, going down to Shuichi and saying something before leaving the room and going somewhere else.
"Now what is she up to?"
SD snuck into the band room- when she saw what was going on her jaw dropped.
"Now this isn't fair." she whined to herself.
Malik had let Marik out for Ra knows what reason, and the two were wrestling on the floor over a saxophone of all things. Most of the class were cheering one or the other on, and by the sounds of it, Malik had more supporters. But the oddest thing was that PK was refereeing the fight, in a way- not trying to break them up but commentating on the fight.
"And Marik gets a hit in the gut as Malik reaches over for the saxophone- and I think he's got it, ooh! Pulled back from behind by his violent counterpart right when his fingers brushed the keys, and they're at it again, folks."
SD walked up to her friend and narrowly avoided getting hit in the leg by the scuffling Egyptians.
"Geez- why is it wherever you go, you get to deal with the psychopaths and the chaotic people? That just aint right." she said.
"You mean people like you? Just kidding- not my fault. Hey! Wait a sec- what are you doing here?" PK replied.
"Shuichi said to ask if any of you guys wanted to help us with a song. We need a guitarist, a drummer, a bassist…" SD said, thinking, "And I think that's it."
"Wait- Kurama's doing Choir? What happened to Science?" PK asked, confused.
"Not that Shuichi, the one from Gravitation. Baka."
"Well, sorry! I've never read or seen Gravitation."
"Oh yeah…aren't you gonna break those two up?"
"Nah- they're amusing. Oh look- they're sword-fighting now!"
Marik and Malik has given up on trying to beat each other to pulps, and instead they were dueling with Malik holding a clarinet from some unlucky girl, and Marik fighting back with the Millennium Rod.
"I knew I should've joined Band…you guys get to have all the fun." SD sulked.
"Hey- they're not part of the class. They're supposed to be the subs, though they're not acting like them." PK shrugged.
"Go Malik! Bash his face in!" SD yelled.
Just then the door opened, and in stepped the one person that both Ishtars were frightened of…
"What the hell is going on here! Malik- give back that clarinet! Marik! Why are you even out?" Isis yelled at the two cowering boys.
Isis had been subbing for the Drama teacher in a classroom down the hall. After hearing all the commotion and a loud declaration of "Go Malik! Bash his face in!" she had decided to intervene.
I thought Ryou was in charge of this class…guess they switched. thought Isis.
"What's going on here?" Shuichi asked.
The class turned to the small hallway connecting both the Choir and Band offices to see a good portion of the Choir class coming through, looking on in wonder at the overturned chairs and various broken trophies and pictures that had the unfortunate luck of getting in the middle of the two halves' duel. In short- the room was pretty much trashed.
"How come we can't do this stuff?" asked Katie, coming up to stand near SD and PK.
The two shrugged and watched on in glee as Malik and his yami got verbally lashed by their older sister.
"You two are going to be grounded for the longest time- and I'm taking your Millennium Rod as well. I thought you gave it to the Pharaoh!"
"Well, he…uh, gave it back?" stuttered Malik.
"…You stole it? What did I say about stealing?"
"That's it, I've had enough of this." muttered Marik before using the M. Rod to control the body of a tuba player named Tim and make him stuff his instrument over Isis's head, getting her stuck.
"Get this off of me! NOW!" yelled Isis, though her voice was muffled through the brass of the tuba.
Most of the students were erupting in laughter, and a few tried to get it off. Those few were the goody-goodies of the classes. You can see why they aren't very well liked.
They finally got the tuba off- for it to land on a short- even shorter than SD, which is saying something- blond, very annoying girl name Sylvia.
"Help! Get it off!" she yelled.
"This is the best day of my life…" PK sighed, before yelling, "Anyone who even tries to take that off of her will have to answer to me!"
Needless to say, when PK made a threat, she kept good on it. So it's no wonder when no one tried to help the poor girl. Eventually she ran into a wall and fell over, unconscious. Then PK allowed someone to take it off and give it back to Tim, who was still dazed and wondering what was going on.
Isis had gone on a screaming rampage at the two boys, and they had finally decided that the smart thing to do was to run and barricade themselves in the band office, looking out of the windows and sticking their tongues out at Isis. They knew they were going to get it later, but they weren't going to go losing face in front of so many students.
"Ooh- lookie what I found!" sung PK, picking up a golden object off of the floor.
"The Millennium Rod! Give it!" exclaimed SD, reaching for it- only for PK to put it up over her head, just out of SD's reach.
"Finder's keepers, loser's weepers. Let's see what this baby can do." PK said, sticking her tongue out.
Pointing the Rod at a random student, she tried to make that person do a tap-dancing rendition of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"…but nothing happened.
"What's with this piece of junk?" PK frowned, whacking it against one of the music stands.
"Um, PK- you're not a Millennium Item holder, so it aint gonna work for you." SD told her.
"Well, that sucks. They really should put a label on this saying that so people don't go around making idiots of themselves." she replied.
"I'll make a mental note of that and tell the two psychos, okay?" SD said sarcastically.
"You do that- I won't remember anyways." PK shrugged, totally missing the sarcasm.
In the office…
"Hey Yami? You do have the Rod, right?"
Marik turned from making faces at Isis, "Hmm? What? I thought you had it."
Both boys paled, "Shit."
"I'll take that, thank you." Isis said, plucking the Rod right out of PK's hands.
"Hey! Give that back!" she whined.
Isis raised an eyebrow at the whining brunette, "It's not yours, so why should I?"
"Arigato, Isis-san." smirked SD, plucking the Millennium Rod right out of Isis's loose grip and running off.
"What the- hey! Get back here!"
"You go out and get it." Malik said.
"No- you go out and get it." countered Marik.
"You."
"You."
"You."
"You!"
"You, infinity plus one, no adding."
"…Damn hikari."
Marik vanished from sight and went back into the Millennium Rod. A few gasps were heard from outside, and Malik smacked his head for not closing the blinds.
"Stay back! I'll use this thing!" SD threatened after being cornered by an irate Isis.
Now I know why those two are scared of her temper…
Isis moved closer and SD pointed the Rod at her. It glowed and SD shreaked in surprise.
"I didn't do it!" she stuttered, still pointing the Rod at Isis.
"Holy Ra- you're an Item holder?"
"No! Damn thing's malfunct- I mean, yes indeed I am! Mwahahahaha! Fear me!"
SD let out an evil laugh that wasn't half bad- she had been practicing, after all- and Isis backed up. She thought Kaiba was supposed to be the owner of the Rod. So what was all this? The Rod gave out another glow of golden light and Isis shut her eyes.
"Feh. You wish, Blondie." Marik said, appearing from the Rod and grabbing it from her.
"Mine. Not yours. Got it?" he snarled, giving her a glare.
"Yessir…" SD mumbled.
"Marik…" growled Isis, "You wanna explain why you just appeared out of nowhere in front of a classroom full of people! Do you want your secret to get out or something?"
"Hehe- oops." he said before running back into the office.
SD sat pouting on the floor- the choir students had headed back into the choir room after gathering their needed musicians- and music could be heard flowing through the open doors.
Set me free, your
Heaven's a lie…
Set me free with your love
Set me free
Yeah…
"Crap! They started without me!" moaned SD, "That wasn't nice!"
"Well- they all kinda left after you went all creepy-evil-laughing-psycho on us. Not a bad laugh by the way. Needs a bit of work though." PK told her.
"Shut it." she snapped, looking over at the office, where Isis was banging on the window.
"Think we should help them?" PK asked.
"Which one- the boys or Miss PMS-ing Fortuneteller?"
PK laughed at SD's name for Isis, "The boys."
SD thought for a moment, "No- Marik took my shiny away."
"…right."
Isis gave up, and sent what PK and SD guessed were Arabic curses and death threats to the boys before leaving the room. A few minutes later Malik and Marik popped their heads out of the office, asked "Is she gone?", then came out.
"Now where'd that saxophone go?" mused Malik.
"Hey- I'm playing the saxophone!" argued Marik.
And once again, the Band room was filled with flying instruments, possessed minds, fighting, and the occasional yell for Malik or Marik as the two fought over a simple instrument that they could have borrowed a second one from another student.
"You know- we didn't have to do much to get them all riled up." SD noticed, pushing a random kid off his chair and leaning back. She decided not to go back to Choir.
"They basically did it all themselves." added PK, smirking and cheering Malik on.
"I wonder whose sax that is…" SD mused.
"Dunno- I hope it's Sylvia's." PK grinned, "Cause by the way they're going at each other, it's gonna be crushed."
"You really hate her, don't you?"
"…you're just now figuring this out?"
A little while later, the bell rang, Marik got the saxophone- but had to give it back to the student it belonged to, Malik was nursing a bump on his head, and SD and PK were plotting what to do for next class.
As for Sylvia- PK noticed she was waking up, so she whacked her on the head and she was out like a light.
SD shook her head as the two walked out the door, "You have problems, PK. Anger management ones."
"Like you don't?"
SD27: That. Was. Long.
PK13: Over your stomachache, SD?
SD27: Yep. For now. Sorry minna-san for the long wait on this chapter! It's been what-
GDP: 26 days since you last updated. Lazy.
SD27: ...hehe.
PK13: You waited that long?
SD27: I said I was sorry!
GDP: Just do the reviews…
Reviewer Replies:
Alana-Star/SugarCat- Thanks for your review!
Jasmine Reinier- Thanks for your review! Hope Hiei's not too angry with you…lol. Hmm, I think I may be able to fit Saitou and Chou in here- can't make any promises though.
XxMidnightRosesxX- Thanks for your review! You're a pyro too? Yay for you!
GDP: God help us…
Ti- Hoped you liked this chapter! Thanks for reviewing!
Nytingale- If we told you if Hiei and Kurama caught them, they'd kinda be dead, ne? So I think it's safe to say that the two pranksters got away…for now.
PK13: What you do mean, for now! I don't wanna die!
And yes- our chemistry class does have all that stuff in it, at least- mine and GDP's does. Thanks for reviewing!
Baka Basher- Glad you liked the chappie, thanks for reviewing!
Alexa Midori McClintock-Kaiba- Thanks for reviewing! You almost set your sensei's hair on fire! Lucky…me n GDP's sensei's bald, so we can't do that. May I ask how that almost happened? You've got my interest sparked…
GDP: Don't you dare tell her!
Jenika- Glad you love the story so far! Genius, eh? Lol. We know Fluffy's probably gonna kill us, so we're saving him for the end. You've never read/watched YYH or YGO? And you still understand this? Wow- nice to know we're doing a pretty clear job of getting this through. And yes- Kikyo must die! Us three are pretty much Kikyo bashers.
Shadowed Kitsune- Thanks for reviewing! But- YOU LIVE CLOSE TO EMERICK AND I WASN'T INFORMED?
PK13: hehe- my bad.
We'll have to put the rocket plan in motion, don't ask PK for help though. She's a goodie-goodie.
PK13: And proud of it, damn it!
And yes- you have first dibs on drawing the SD and Hiei's katana picture. Can't wait to see it!
AnmarRanma- Thanks so much for your reviews! We're your heroes? Wow- thanks! You're gonna use our ideas on the last day of school? Let us know how it goes- I'm already planning to pull the rocket one off. Glad you like the fic!
Supper Sailor Darkness- Thanks for the review! I like it when the bad guy gets away- I'm tired of the same old thing where the good guy always wins in the end. But will that be the case for this fic? Hmm- dunno yet.
GreenEyedFloozy- Thanks for the review! And thanks for killing off our flamer for us! You…you gave me a flamethrower? (teary-eyed) Thank you! Hehe- oh, how I can't wait 'til Monday…
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Arano Honou- Glad you like this so much! Go ahead and put it in your C2. Thanks for reviewing!
TiNaBoBiNa17- Lily! (hugs) Glad you like it! I guess you stealing my notebook in science was a good thing. We have corrupted you! (evil laugh) hehe…um. Yes- the guy with the girly scream was based off of Jeff, I was wondering if you or Katie would catch that. Hmm- maybe me and Kevin can team up and hack into LC's computers. Get rid of that cheating thing for you, too. Oh- stop it with the loverly thing! Argh! And yes- all teachers should suffer the same fate as Yusuke…only we should whip them if they stop running or slow down. And I like Gardner- just not the subject she teaches… thanks for reviewing!
ComputerFreak101- Wow, another one of my favorite authoresses! I feel so loved! Glad you like this so much, and yes…if Hiei and Kurama catch me and PK, we're screwed.
GDP: (laughing)
That's why if we get caught, it'll be up to GDP to finish up this fic. Hah!
GDP: (choking sound) What?
The thing with the flamer I explained in my review to your Japanese Idol fic. Sorry for that again, but I just copy and pasted the flame and didn't read it over. Thanks for the review!
SD27: Holy Ra- 28 reviews.
PK13: Wow.
SD27: My fingers hurt… TT.
PK13: Cry me a river and go drown yourself.
SD27: That's mine!
PK13: Well, anyways…
Ja ne, minna-san!
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