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Call On Me
Chapter 14:
Another leaf fell from the large oak tree just outside the school. Being that it was mid-fall, the leafs were all but dead and gone. Though it was depressing to think of it this way, it was more than beautiful to watch the little cups of life freefall from the high branches and into the schoolyard. The moon, large and pale, hung over the building like a screen from a horror movie. Only it was opposite of one of those dreary, horrid movies… this night was loud.
And the louder it became, the more Marik cringed from inside the car. Not only was the music from the gymnasium pounding in his ears, Yami had been talking their ears off ever since they left the house. It was "Back in Egypt" this and "When I was Pharaoh" that. And no one got more of it than Marik.
"… But of course, I said no way. How could I allow them to lock him away? I mean, he hadn't even been tried yet. And since the proceedings were a day away, I let him go. Do you remember that, Bakura?"
"Oh yeah…" Bakura made a gagging noise in the back of his throat.
Marik was mindlessly fingering the edges of his fake millennium puzzle. He'd been drifting in and out of consciousness for the past fifteen minutes. Not sure what was real anymore. For all he knew, Yami wasn't really Yami, he was Malik. And Bakura wasn't really Bakura, he was Yugi. But… then, what would that make him?
"A monkey's uncle." Marik answered his own question out loud, receiving skeptical glances from everyone else.
"Okay, everyone, we're here! Out, out!" Ryou cried, cheerfully, turning the keys and opening the car door.
They all filed out and emerged in a crowded parking lot, filled with their classmates, most of whom they'd never even seen before. It was a sad thing really… here, it was apparent that the faculty was doing their best to make this dance enjoyable. Loud music, decorations, food… and here were the seniors, making out under the bleachers.
Sad.
"…What's going on here?" Malik asked, looking around. The elder students flipping him off as he continued to stare at them, "Aren't they supposed to be inside?"
"C'mon, Kilam." Ryou tugged on his sleeve and led the group through the front, "We don't want to stare. Might catch something."
Double doors to the gym were wide open and, even from twenty feet away, the lights from inside glowed and when they were at the door, it blinded them. Literally. Yugi was given sunglasses at the door because he went temporarily blind. Which was a tad bit embarrassing, but I digress.
When they got inside, the gym was decorated fabulously… all except the posters and banners with Tea's sickly sweet face on them. Her name hung in lights over the stage that they had decorated with streamers and balloons. The DJ was on the turntables mixing every song he could find. And upon further inspection of the DJ, the group of boys recognized him as Tristan.
"Tristan?" Yugi walked up to him, "What are you doing?"
"Heh heh! Well, you see…" He lifted his sunglasses and pointed over near the stage at a girl with long brown hair and a soft smile, "The principle and I made a deal that if I supplied the music, he'd pay for Serenity. I couldn't sell my stuff."
Bakura rolled his eyes, "Big surprise there."
Tristan shot him a mean look and then continued, while he switched volumes, he said, "Joey and Otogi are here, they went somewhere. Any requests?"
Ryou beamed, "Ooh, ooh! Tristan, could you play Chariot by Gavin Degraw? Please, please!"
"Comin up!"
In less than a second the remix of the song began to fill the large room, sound bouncing off the walls and finally Ryou jumped up and squealed, grabbing his yami's arm forcefully and racing off onto the dance floor, "C'mon, 'Kura, don't you adore this song?"
"Nooooo…!" He yelled but it was in vain.
Yugi actually had a thing for this particular song and skipped off happily after Bakura and Ryou with Malik in tow, he didn't object because, like singing, dancing was also something Malik considered himself good at. (A/N: Wow, can you imagine Yugi dancing with Malik? Rockin.)
Of course, Marik would've given anything to go out and dance rather than listen to Yami talk about himself. Or his past self. It seemed that our dear Egyptian just couldn't catch a break.
"And I remember on my third birthday, I was given this rattle made of gold with a millennium eye on it and I later found out that I had taken the millennium rod from the chamber in my sleep. Did you know that I still sleepwalk? Yes, a few weeks ago, in the middle of the night, I woke up and found myself in Grandpa's bedroom with a rubber tree plant in one hand and a pair of scissors in the other."
"…" Marik quirked an eyebrow, "What does that mean?"
Yami blushed, "…"
Marik sighed and as Yami began another of his regaling stories, he looked down at his puzzle and at the real one hanging around Yami's neck, 'I need to switch these things. If I don't this whole mess will be for nothing and I've endured too much and come too far to not get this tonight.' He bit his lip and as Yami was continuing with his story and Marik thought this would be the perfect opportunity.
He gingerly lifted his fingers and touched the tip of the real millennium puzzle. Yami didn't seem to notice and so he continued sliding his index finger over to the loop and noticed the heavy chain it was attached to, he grunted, he'd need a chainsaw to cut it down.
"… It rained that day for the first time in months and that was when the hippopotamuses came out and ate my pineapples-" Yami looked down and saw Marik using his house keys to try and saw off the chain, of course it wasn't really working… "Kiram? What're you doing?"
"Hmm?" Marik jumped up and blushed, searching for something to say, "W-Well, you see… your… puzzle's chain was… I-It was dirty and I… was shining it with my… house key."
Yami's face lit up as he glomped Marik, "Oh, you are my best friend! I'll never let you go!" His grip tightened and his voice dropped down to a dramatic whisper, "Never."
Just as Marik was about to take advantage of this situation, another song started to play and I believe this one was called Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani. Yami immediately let go of Marik, causing Marik to almost fall, and squealed the way Ryou had earlier, "Ra! I love this song! C'mon, Kiram!"
He dragged Marik over to where both their hikaris along with Ryou and Bakura were already dancing. Ryou had talked Bakura into doing the Jitterbug with him. They'd found Joey and Otogi who were doing the Grind over by the punch table. Yami and Yugi were doing a little something called the Wiggle and Marik and Malik rolled their eyes and whispered to each other.
"Did you switch your puzzle yet, Marik?" Malik asked, holding back a laugh at the sight of Yugi doing the Wiggle. (A/N: Any of you ever seen the Wiggle? Nasty, old dance.) It was an odd sight.
"No, I didn't. You?"
"Yugi's been dancing the entire time. Do you even know how hard it is to try and steal a millennium puzzle off of someone who wont stop their moving around? And somehow, Yugi talked me into doing a weird dance called the Jerk and I can't feel my hands anymore, they're numb."
Marik glanced at his Light, giving him a look that said 'What the hell…?'
'Don't ask.' Was Malik's reply glance.
In a second, Bakura sauntered over to them and sighed. They looked at him and smirked in unison. "Tired from Jitterbugging, 'Kura?" They both mocked Ryou's voice.
He growled, "Hey, I never said I wanted to. He dragged me into it." The he looked back at Malik, "At least I didn't have to Jerk."
"…Shut it."
"You guys get the real puzzles, yet?"
Marik shook his head and nodded towards the fake around his neck, "We've been trying to, but those two just wont stop moving long enough for us to switch. Damn it, I'm beginning to wonder if this whole night is going to be a waste of time."
Bakura looked up at the bright lights, thoughtfully. He smiled at them and started to walk away, "Follow me, you two."
"Where are we going…?" They asked, though their question went unanswered. They followed anyway. Bakura led them through the back of the gym and into the main school building. They went up a familiar fifteen floors and into the girl's bathroom. Marik scowled at the old memories that lay here.
Bakura grinned, pointing to the middle toilet, "Go ahead, Marik, call her."
"Why?" He whined, obviously not over the 'I don't know' she gave them.
"Look, do you want to subdue Yami and Yugi or not? Oracle T, as much as I hate her, has a thing for this. Now summon her, dammit!"
Marik rolled his eyes and stood over the toilet, "Oracle T, I summon thee! Rise by my mighty fist and bestow upon me the future!"
The water stirred and rose into the form that was a dancing Tea, mamboing around the porcelain bowl, "Wee! Ah, can you believe the Friendship Dance is actually happening again? Oh, this is wonderful!" She looked down at the three boys in front of her and squealed in glee, "Ooh, Bakura! Have you come to take me to the Friendship Dance?"
"No."
"B-But…" She spread her arms out and twirled around, modeling a pink dress that looked a bit odd on her, sliding down her chest due to her non-existent bosom. "Look! I'm all dressed up…!"
Bakura nodded solemnly, "That you are. And now my friends would like to speak to you." He pushed Marik and Malik forward and left.
Oracle T sat down on the toilet and sighed, "Yet another night of giving myself hickies with the vacuum cleaner…"
Marik sighed, "Listen here… Oracle T. Tea… whatever. Bakura said you had something that could help us. We need Yami and Yugi… I dunno, to stop moving around so we can get something from them."
"… Stop moving?"
"Ugh. You know. What was that word Bakura used?" He asked his hikari.
"Subdued."
"Oh, yeah." He turned to Tea, "We need to subdue them to get their… stuff." Marik didn't want to say millennium puzzle because he thought that if Tea knew, she wouldn't help out.
Little did he know that Oracle T had misunderstood what he was talking about and took it to mean something entirely different. Her eyes rounded as she starred at the two boys, "Oh, my gosh… Hold on."
She vanished into her toilet and materialized once again in a few seconds. She held out a small Ziploc bag with two white pills inside. Malik took it and they both inspected it as Tea spoke, "These will give you exactly what you want. Just put them in Yugi and Yami's drinks when they're not looking." She winked, "Exactly. Completely subdued."
Marik tilted his head, not seeing the underlying message. He nodded and turned around, Malik at his side, "Um, thanks. I guess I forgive you for last week."
"Good luck," She whispered after they had left. 'Gosh, this is such a dirty school...'
When they were out of the bathroom, they saw Bakura leaning on the wall, a smirk on his face as he noticed the bag that Malik was holding. Malik looked at him, "Well, we got them. Whatever they are… Let's go."