You know, when I first started writing this fic, I had no idea how long it was going to be. Well, my goal was to make it more than one chapter, because I thought that it would just be boring if I squeezed all of this into one big long chapter. Although, I never dreamed that I'd already be at chapter 11! Now that I have gotten this far, I'm trying to make a rough guess as to how many chapters I'll have when this is finished. I'd have to say that it will at least be about 15 chapters long. Most likely more, though. Not that I'm complaining. Writing fan fics is one of my favorite things to do. And I love hearing what others think of my writing. Speaking of which, I believe I have some reviewers to thank…
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…Like before, I'm still unable to thank everyone I want to in this chapter. But of course, in the next chapter, I'll try and thank the ones that I haven't been able to yet. Sorry if I don't get to you for a while. Your reviews still mean just as much to me as the others. Thank you so much! Also, those who I've thanked before in previous chapters, I still appreciate your reviews. I'll try and thank you individually when I get the chance. So, without a moment to spare, I'm proud to present my new chapter. And all you new readers please read/ review as well as those who have reviewed before. I never get tired of hearing what you think. Just please, don't flame me. Thankx. (A/N: I have to say, I give full credit to my dear friend Ice-Spirit Phoenix for this chapter...well, maybe partial credit, anyway. She told me about an incident similar to this one, and she suggested that I use it in my fan fic. Thankx Ice-Spirit Phoenix!!!!!!!!!)
I Didn't Know Raccoons Used Cell Phones
"So now that we have the sleeping arrangements down, what do we do now?" Malik asked.
"Yeah," The others began asking.
"What is wrong with you people!?!" Yugi shouted. "You sound like you've never been camping before in your lives!"
"Uh, I haven't," Kaiba stated.
"Well, you don't count," Yugi snapped. "You have a multi-million dollar company to run, so you don't have time."
"Actually, I've never been camping before either," Ryou spoke up. "And last I checked, I didn't have a multi-million dollar company."
"Me either," Malik remarked.
"Okay, so that's just three people," Yugi waved. "It's not like the rest of you have never camped before."
"Actually Yugi," Téa began. "I haven't been camping before either."
"So it four people," Yugi scoffed.
"Um, Yugi," Serenity began. "I've never camped before either."
"Five…" Yugi slowly looked at the others who hadn't spoken.
"Well, since my hikari has never been camping, I obviously haven't either," Bakura snapped.
"Dido," Marik added.
"Seven…" Yugi was now looking almost desperate for someone to say that they have had previous camping experience.
"I take it you've never been camping before either?" Yugi looked at Mokuba.
"You got it," Mokuba answered.
"Okay, who here has never gone camping before?" Yugi asked.
Everyone raised their hands.
Yugi sighed. "That's what I thought."
"You know Yugi, we haven't ever been camping before either," Yami piped up.
"HA!" Bakura pointed at Yugi. "You shouldn't be talking."
"Yami!" Yugi glared at his darker half.
"What? It's true," Yami shrugged.
Everyone else glared at Yugi.
"I hate you all!" Yugi screamed, and stormed off into the tent he was sleeping in.
"But, you never answered my question," Malik protested.
"Oh sorry," Yugi came back out. "What was the question?"
Malik sighed before answering, "I asked what we were supposed to do now that we have the sleeping arrangements figured out?"
"Well, there's lots of things we can do," Yugi said. "We could go for a hike, or climb some trees, or play a game or…"
"Playing a game?" Kaiba interrupted. "We can really play a game?"
"Yeah, sure," Yugi answered. Then he suddenly realized that something was very wrong.
"You want to play a game, Kaiba?" Yugi asked.
"Of course I do," Kaiba replied. "On my cell phone, that is."
He ran over to his briefcase and pulled out his cell phone.
"You brought a cell phone!?!" Everyone but Mokuba yelled at him.
"Yeah, so?" Kaiba answered, starting to push numbers on the phone.
"We could have called Mr. Motou for some more tents so that we wouldn't have to share!" Tristan yelled.
"We could have ordered a pizza from Pizza Hut!" Bakura shouted.
"Yeah, and we could have called Bozo the Clown and Britany Spears to come perform for us!" Yami exclaimed excitedly.
Everyone stared at him.
"And you morons wonder why I didn't tell you about my phone," Kaiba smacked his forehead.
"Well, just don't let Yami use it," Yugi said simply.
"Yugi, you're supposed to be on my side," Yami complained.
"Yeah well, you're not the one with the cell phone," Yugi answered.
"I guess you got a point…" Yami said.
"DIE MR. PACMAN!" Kaiba yelled at his cell phone that was now beeping.
The rest of the group just stared at him.
"Don't ask," Mokuba shook his head. "Just don't even ask."
"Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight," The rest of the group inched away from Kaiba.
"Hey lookie!" Yami screamed. "It's a raccoon!"
The group, with the exception of Kaiba, all turned and saw a small raccoon sitting a few feet away.
"Awww come here little guy," Yami cooed. "I just want to pet you."
"Uh, does he know that raccoons carry rabies?" Ryou asked.
"Obviously not," Bakura replied. "But that doesn't mean that we have to tell him that." He nodded towards the pharaoh.
"You know, this would be another good thing to add to our list of ways to eliminate Téa," Ryou whispered thoughtfully. "Lock her in a cage that's filled with rabid raccoons, while we sit there, eat popcorn, and watch her get attacked."
"Ooooh, I like that," Bakura pulled out a small notebook and quickly wrote it down.
"You know, I like it when you have evil thoughts," Bakura smirked. "Especially when they're as good as this one."
Ryou smiled. "Even hikaris can be evil sometimes."
Bakura nodded. "Yes…there just might still be hope for you yet."
"Kaiba, why did you even bring the cell phone in the first place?" Joey asked. "I mean, who were you going to call from all the way out here?"
"I'm not the one doing the calling," Kaiba answered, no longer playing Pac Man. "I'm waiting for a very important business call."
All of a sudden, the cell phone started to vibrate while playing a tune that was oddly similar to the Flintstones theme song.
"Well, that was perfect timing," Kaiba said, before answering his phone.
"Did I just hear the Flintstones theme song a few seconds ago?" Yami asked excitedly, looking away from the raccoon. "I love the Flintstones!"
Yugi sighed and smacked his forehead. "Yes Yami, I know you do. That's why you always wake me up at 3:00 in the morning on weekdays to watch it with you!"
"You bet I do!" Yami nodded.
He turned around to go try and play with his raccoon friend, when he realized that it was gone.
"Rocky?" Yami looked around. "Rocky, where did you go?"
"Uh, isn't Rocky a squirrel?" Tristan asked.
"Well, it's a raccoon now," Malik said as he watched Yami run around frantically looking for the raccoon.
They were all distracted when Kaiba screamed suddenly.
The group turned around to see what happened.
They were all shocked to see the raccoon making a chattering noise into Kaiba's cell phone, which was now in his paws.
"HEY! Give me back my cell phone you furry little rodent!" Kaiba screamed at the raccoon.
"Uh, Mr. Kaiba?" A mans voice on the other line could be heard.
"GIVE ME MY PHONE NOW!" Kaiba started to chase the raccoon, which still held on tightly to the mini phone.
The raccoon began to chatter back at Kaiba.
"Hey, now that wasn't very nice!" Marik snapped.
"You speak raccoon?" Serenity looked up at him. "No, but I can still tell that the raccoon said something mean."
"You little son of a…"Kaiba continued to yell at the raccoon.
"What did you say to me Mr. Kaiba!?" The voice on the phone yelled.
"Not you!" Kaiba snapped. "The stupid raccoon that's got my phone!"
"Hey! Rocky is not stupid!" Yami snapped.
"Isn't Rocky a squirrel?" The voice on the phone asked.
"See!" Tristan exclaimed. "He knew it too!"
"I don't care what its name is!" Kaiba screamed. "All I know is that I'm having barbecued raccoon for dinner tonight!"
"Noooooo! Run Rocky! Run!" Yami screamed frantically.
"Why is it that the pharaoh somehow befriends every animal we come across?" Malik asked.
"You noticed that too?" Bakura asked. "Did you also notice how he always gives them a weird name?"
"Yeah, I wondered about that too!" Malik nodded.
"I'm beginning to think he's finally snapped," Marik spoke up.
"You're just beginning to notice that!?!" Bakura exclaimed.
"Sheesh yami, I knew you were slow on the up take, but I didn't think you were THAT slow!" Malik added.
"YOU STUPID ANIMAL!" Kaiba continued screaming at the top of his lungs. "YOU JUST WAIT UNTIL I GET MY HANDS ON THAT FURRY LITTLE NECK OF YOURS!"
"Rocky!" Yami shouted; now chasing Kaiba. "Leave Rocky alone Kaiba!"
"GIVE ME BACK MY PHONE!" Kaiba completely ignored Yami's pleas, and continued to chase the raccoon.
"Kaiba!" Yami threatened. "Don't make me hurt you!"
"Yeah right," Kaiba scoffed. "As if you could!"
"Alright then," Yami yelled. "You asked for it." He quickly grabbed one of the bags as he ran past the tents, and began to try and whack Kaiba with it.
"Hey, that's my bag!" Joey exclaimed, suddenly recognizing the object in Yami's hands. "Get back here Yami!" He too joined the chase.
"What do you think you're doing!?" Kaiba yelled back at Yami while continuing to chase the raccoon while dodging Yami, only by now he had gotten his hands on a two by four.
"Where'd Kaiba get that two by four?" Bakura asked.
The rest of the group shrugged.
"That's it Yami!" Joey screamed. "If you won't stop on your own free will, I'll just have to stop you by force!"
Suddenly, he launched himself at Yami, grabbing the ancient pharaoh's legs.
The momentum of the force from Joey and Yami's running caused them both to go flying forward, and crashing into Kaiba. The great amount of energy caused all three of them to go sailing straight at the raccoon. With a crash, they all fell to the ground in a tangled up heap.
The rest of the group came running over.
"Joey, are you alright?" Serenity asked worriedly.
"Yami?" Yugi asked, gently poking Yami's sprawled out arm.
"Seto, can you hear me?" Mokuba asked; his eyes full of concern.
"Can't…breathe…" Seto choked out. "Idiot and mutt…too heavy...need to go on diets."
Serenity and Tristan pulled Joey off of Yami, Kaiba, and Rocky.
Yugi, Téa, Ryou quickly pulled Yami up after.
Mokuba went over next, and he, with Bakura and Malik's help, managed to get Kaiba on his feet.
Marik, since he was the only one left, went to pull up the raccoon.
"Uh Yami," Marik began. "I think something might be wrong with Rocky."
The raccoon was completely flattened to a pancake.
"Rocky!!!" Yami sobbed. "NO!!!!!!!!!!! Why does this always happen to me!?"
"Maybe because you're the one always trying to befriend wild animals?" Ryou suggested.
"Uh Kaiba," Marik began again. "I think there's something you need to see too."
He held up the crushed cell phone.
"My cell phone!" Kaiba screamed. "NO!!!" He snatched it out of Marik's grip. "This can't be! That was a VERY important business deal I needed to finish. NO!"
Kaiba fell to his knees, and began to sob hysterically.
"Oh no!" Malik screamed.
"What now?" The rest of the group asked.
"That cell phone was our only means of communication with civilization!"
"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Everyone else fell to their knees as well, and began crying their eyes out.
So there they all knelt; Yami weeping over Rocky, Kaiba sobbing over his business deal, and the rest crying over the loss of the cell phone.