I'm sorry for taking so long to write this chapter! It's been…(checks a watch)…THREE MONTHS! Oh my gosh, I am REALLY sorry, but, if you didn't see the warning on my profile, my laptop broke, and I had to try and grab another one. I got one that I could put my hardrive on, so I didn't lose what I already had of this chapter!
Yawi: So feel free to throw sticks at Hikari.
Hikari: (glares at Yawi) This really should be Humor/Romance from what I'm hearing in my wonderful reviews!
Yawi: (groans) Now we have to do review responses!
Hikari: BRING ON THE REVIEWS!
Aishi-Cc: (squeal) Thankies! I'll try and make this chapter better!
Dice: You liked the first-person! Awesome!
Largo: (cough) I don't know what you're talking about…
Yawi: Readers, that's her beta-reader and RP buddy. Ignore him.
Rissy-Riss: See? I'm updating right now! (gives you a cookie and a plushie of your favourite bishie) Thanks for putting this on your favourite stories list!
Yawi: Why did she do that?
Hikari: Because she liked it more than you like it.
Snowmouse: The story isn't really about Seto and Serenity. In fact, that may be his only part in the fanfiction! (watchs everyone gasp in shock)
Lynn10: I think I know that penname… (shrugs) Nope, not that I can recall. Thanks for the words of advice, though!
Kerochan606: (le GASP) YOU REVIEWED MY STORY! (glomps)
Yawi: Hikari loves reading and reviewing her story, Bakura's Pink Fluffy, er, Blood Read Diary, er,Book.
Hikari: I'll take both cookies, if you don't mind! I need the extra sugar! (snatchs both and eats them while typing)
If any of the people listed above review again, they get THIS! (holds up a shirt that says 'KA-BOOM! Your laptop go bye-bye!') In honor of the fact that although my old laptop broke, it didn't blow up! Serenity, cue the disclaimer!
Serenity: Hikari of the Moon does not own Yu-gi-oh, Yu-gi-oh! Waking the Dragons, OR Yu-gi-oh! GX. She owns…herself, her yami, the plot of this fanfiction, a busted laptop, and 40 cents.
Hikari: …Actually, its 26 cents now….
Dedicated to the first 30 reviewers of Yami Imitations and Other Ways to Get Out of Class
(Note: Reposted since the first section repeated before moving on. Thanks to Duke Devlin Boy for pointing that out.)
I saw Tea while skipping to Mai's house. I waved and yelled, "Hey Tea!" She turned and, seeing me, waved back and bounced over to me. "Where're you going?" I asked.
"Mai's house; she's having a sleepover tonight. What about you?" Tea asked back.
"Same place, same reason." I replied. Now, Tea may be one of my best friends, but she can be very annoying sometimes. She never shuts up! She must think her friends are plants that need talking to or it dies.
"Really? We'll have so much fun! Mai has lots of cool makeup and she said someone had some cool information to tell!" She droned on about what it might be. Her thoughts seemed to circle around the info being that Yami was in love with her. Poor Tea; when will she learn? Yugi's other half falling in love with her will happen when Ryou's other half dyes his hair pink and skips around wearing flowers!
"Uh, Tea?" I said, stopping her rant about her and Yami's wedding invitations.
She looked over at me and said, "What is it, Serenity? Am I ranting again? I'm sorry! Friends should let everyone have a chance to talk!"
"Well," I said, stopping her from going into another rant, "I forgot to pack for the sleepover. You see, I had to get out of the house fast."
Tea sighed and asked, "Your brother having another sleepover?" I nodded a yes. "I can see why you wanted to get out, Serenity. That's no problem, I packed two pairs of PJs."
"Thanks Tea!" I replied with a smile.
The walk there didn't take too long, although, it was plagued with Tea's annoying rants. I politely nodded, and at the correct point, said, "Yes Tea, I do think Yami would prefer a sleeveless wedding dress." I was VERY thankful when, a few blocks after she stopped talking about the wedding and started talking about the honeymoon, I saw Mai's roof peak over the other houses. Her home was a ranch-style house with a small crawl space she called an attic. But the roof was considerably higher than any of the other houses on the street.
We walked up to the doorstep, and, instead of ringing the doorbell, Tea screamed, "MAI! YOUR FRIENDS ARE HERE FOR A NIGHT OF FRIENDLY FUN!"
Frantic footsteps were heard, and the door was flung open, revealing a panicked looking Mai standing there. She thrust a green piece of paper into Tea's hands and, out-of-breath, said, "Here's $20. Don't talk about friendship in my neighborhood."
Tea uncharacteristically smirked, pocketed the money, and whispered to me, "That's how you use your personal talents to turn a buck." All I could do was stare at Tea, who smiled innocently and followed Mai back into the house. Dumbfounded, I walked after them both.
The inside of Mai's house was just like her: Wild, unique, and totally stylish. (A/N: Unlike me, who wouldn't know style if it bit me in the leg! So forgive me if this stinks) Her walls were a calm pink, the carpet was pale green, and, what made it fun, was that purple paint was splashed randomly over the walls and carpet! I walked over to my favourite spot in the room, a moderately sized blotch right under an air-conditioning vent, and yelled, "Hey Tea! Did you bring two sleeping bags too?"
Tea sighed and replied, "Sorry friend! I only brought one!" And believe me, after I saw her sleeping bag, I didn't want her to have brought me one. Her sleeping bag was hot pink, and the parts I could see were coated in Care Bears, unicorns, rainbows, and people hugging. I had to take a week extra therapy after seeing that. But I got to take that week with Mai, so it wasn't too bad.
Speaking of Mai, after she saw the sleeping bag, she laughed, and said, "Well at least it's not Yami!" Unfortunately, Tea turned over the sleeping bag and revealed a full length picture of Yami on it, who was winking at the photographer and, in turn, making every fan-girl swoon at first sight. Mai gaped at the picture and half-whispered, "I'll get my spare from the closet." Whether she was talking about a sleeping-bag, or a roll of duct tape to cover Yami's photo with, I didn't care. I'd love to have either one.
Ten minutes later, Mai came back with two sleeping bags. One was bright orange, and the other was navy blue. She held them both out to me, and I considered which one wanted. I thought about it, then grabbed the bright orange one, spread it out over my spot, and sat on it with a smile. "What's first, Mai?" I asked, ready to get this slumber party started!
"First, I wanna know what your brother was yelling you couldn't do when you called over here, Serenity." said Mai, laying her sleeping bag between mine and Tea's. I coughed, and Tea lifted her head from staring at Yami's body to face me.
"He didn't want me coming over here because, to quote him, you're 'hot, and nice, and hot, and sweet, and hot, and good at dueling, and hot, and-'." By that point, I had interrupted Joey while he was talking, and now, Mai was staring at me, slack-jawed. I started laughing at her astonished face, and Tea just smiled. "It's a direct quote, you know."
"He said that?" Mai stammered out.
"Yup. But fortunately, Yugi-" Tea smiled as I said that, thinking of Yami, "-intervened and told me I should sleep-over somewhere."
"So Joey was having another sleep-over?" Mai asked.
"Yeah."
"So they sent you here instead spending money on extra therapy?"
"Exactly!"
Two inhuman roars sounded loudly, and it caused the three of us to laugh. "Sorry Mai, I forgot to eat before I came over." Tea apologized.
"That's okay, I made some snacks. I'm hungry too!" Mai said, jumping to her feet. "You coming, Seren'?"
"I ate out on my date, but I'll grab a drink. AND I can talk about Joey's crush on you!" I stood up with Tea, and the three of us began walking to the kitchen.
However, before we got there, we hear a loud crash from behind us. We all spun around to find three figures in black standing in Mai's living room; the window behind them broken. The one on the right screamed, "Watch it! That hurt!"
"Well, we had to get someone to go first!" The one in the center countered.
The one on the left yelled at his partners, "SHUT UP!" He then turned to us and shouted, "To paraphrase that Jesse boy, GIVE ME YOUR SOUL!"
And even though we recognized the voices of the masked men, all we could say was, "You listen to Jesse McCartney!"
OOOOOHHHH! CLIFFE!
Yawi: Shut up.
Hikari: Betcha ten dollars no one knows who those masked men are, Yawi!
Yawi: You're on! And I know who they are, they're-
Hikari: (gags Yawi) He he. I don't own Jesse McCartney, or the song 'Beautiful Soul' that one of the masked men in black paraphrased. Review to make me happy, and to make the next chapter come before three months have passed! Adios 'till next time!