Lady Ai: Grrr I hate this. I hate me.
Yami Ai: Take it easy one yourself. It's not your fault you write too many stories at once...
Lady Ai: Is that sarcasim?
Yami Ai: I don't know, is it?
Lady Ai: You're pissing me off...
Yami Ai: Suki dayo /kisses Ai/
Lady Ai: .../blush/ Er, on with the chapter...
Disclaimer: I don't own...
Warning: Same as last time...Mild language and a plan to put Joey and Seto together (yes... beware my puppyshipping craze). Oh and um, sorry for some OCC.
Masquerade Without Masks
Chapter Two
Mask of Pride (lack of one)
"Mokuba, I feel ridiculous."
"Non sense! You look very handsome!"
Seto glared at his little brother then looked himself over at the mirror. Black dress shoes, ok. Silk black pants, ok. Silk red belt and white blouse? Maybe. But the hat is a bit much. And the feather?-!
Kaiba immediatly threw off the feather from his hat and tug at one corners of the hat. The sales lady walked in, "How are we doing in here, Mokuba?"
"Seto doesn't like it." Mokuba and the sales lady (Arika) rolled their eyes and sighed. Kaiba glared and looked at himself again. Mokuba perked up. "Just two last things!"
Mokuba ran to the back of the room and came back holding a bag. He took out a long silk black cape and handed it to Seto. He raised an eyebrow at the thing. "You want me to wear this?"
"Duh!" Mokuba and Arika said. Kaiba groaned but placed the cape on none the less. "Now close your eyes." Arika said giggling. "Why?" Seto asked caustiously. "Just shut up and close your eyes!" Arika yelled. Seto sighed and closed his eyes. Mokuba took out the second item in the bag and tossed it to Arika.
She stood behind Seto (on a chair) and carefully slipped on the black eye mask across the bridge of his nose, placing the eye slits right over his eyes. "Okay!" Seto immediatly opened his eyes. And he didn't like it. "What the hell is this?"
"A mask, stupid." Arika giggled. Seto glared at her. "Well, there's no denying Joey'll pass you up now."
"WHAT?-!"
"Nothing!" Arika snickered and left. Mokuba grinned and gave Seto a fake sword. "Do I really need the sword?"
"Um. . . . it'll make you look sexier?" Seto rolled his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. At that moment they both heard a bell ring from the front of the building of the costume shop. "Please. . . don't let it be-" Seto stopped in mid sentence, taking a peek out of the changing rooms. "Yugi-tachi." He groaned.
And sure enough, there they were. Yugi, Yami, Ryou, Bakura, Tristain, Duke, Mai, Tea, Marik, Malik and worst of all Joey. Mokuba, before Kaiba can stop him, ran to the front desk to say hi. Kaiba locked himself in one of the changing boothes, cursing that this was the only costume place in all of Domino.
"Hey guys!" Mokuba chriped.
"Hey Mokie! What are you doing here? I would've thought you and Kaiba had your costumes made by hand in your mansion." Yugi said.
"Yeah, we could've done that. But I wanted to see my good friend Arika. She's the owner of the store. She's somewhere around here, I'm sure." Mokuba then smirked. "Can I help you guys with finding the perfect costume?"
Yugi looked back at the gang as they nodded an okay. "Sure, Mokie. How about we go in order?" Mokuba nodded, grabbing Yugi and Yami's hands and dragging them to the fairy tale isle.
"Hm, Yami for you...the frog prince!" Yugi giggled. Yami raised an eyebrow. "The frog prince? What's that?"
"Well, there's a story where a handsome prince gets turned into a frog as a prank and the only way he can turn back into a human is if the love of his life were to kiss him. That's where you come in Yugi!" Mokuba grabbed a hanger and tossed it over to Yugi. It was a light blue dress, with matching silvery crown. Yugi blushed. "I'm going to..."
"Don't worry Yugi. You're not going to be the only one to cross dress, I'll make sure of that!" Mokuba handed a frog suit to Yami and walked back to the group. "Okay!" Yelled Mokuba, startling most of the gang. "Who's next? Ah- Ryou, Bakura and Marik, Malik. Come with me!" The four teens followed the younger one into some random section.
"Ryou and Bakura should be the sterotypical Angel and Demon."
"Can I be the angel?" Asked Bakura with a sly grin. Mokuba laughed. "That'd make a nice twist. Bakura should be a fallen angel though so gray wings. And Ryou should be the outcasted demon so white wings with red tipped feathers." Mokuba found the perfect costumes.
Bakura wore silver leather pants and a gray tank, gray wings and a sprakly silver mask. Ryou wore black leather pants with a white tank, white wings with red tipped feathers and a half white, half black mask.
"Now for Marik and Malik...hm..." Mokuba studied the two tanned boys carefully. They started to get uncomfortable when Mokuba finally thought of an idea. "Bunnies!"
"Bunnies?" Mokuba giggled and winked at them. "Yeah, buunniies!" Marik and Malik laughed as they got the meaning. Mokuba handed them a couple of matching bunny suits and came back to the group to torture more people.
Tristain dressed up as a unicorn, which was easy for him with -that- hair do. Duke got stuck being a dice, which Tristian laughed because Duke looked fat in it. Mai and Tea dressed up as two of the Harpy Ladies and Mokuba ended up getting himself some fangs and a small cape to be a vampire. All the masks matched what they wore.
"And last but not least, Joey." Mokuba grinned as his slided over to Joey's side. "I've reserved a special costume for you. Follow me." Mokuba walked Joey over to the changing rooms were Mokuba had the extra costume.
'It should be safe now, I guess.' Kaiba ulocked the dresser and looked up to see Mokuba dragging Joey in. Honey brown eyes met the cold blue ones. Seto's face was emotionless as he turned back into the dresser, clearly locking himself inside yet again.
Joey blushed as he got a sneak peak at what Kaiba was going to wear. 'God, he looked yummy. Sexy son of-"
"You realize you said that loud enough for me to hear right?" Mokuba giggled as he saw Joey turn 80 shades of red. "Don't worry, I don't think he heard you, you said it in a whisper. Anyway! Time for your costume." Mokuba grabbed another bag from the back and was about to hand Joey the costume when he noticed his brother's head sticking out from the dresser to catch a peak.
"Get dressed, and get out Seto. You are not allowed to see the costume until it is time for the party!" In five minutes Kaiba came out of the dresser in his own clothes and walked out.
"Hey Kaiba!" Yugi yelled as he saw Kaiba coming out. Kaiba took one good look at the gang... and visibly bit his lip to stop from laughing. He coughed to hide the chuckle he let out as he saw Tristain.
"I feel sorry for you people. Mokuba is a good weapon to unleash on people, ne?" Kaiba smirked and walked out of the store. Everyone glared at the CEO (with the exception of Yugi and Tea, both to overly happy about the party) when they heard a terrible shriek.
"HOLY SHIT! F--K NO! I AIN'T GONNA WEAR THAT!"
"COME ON JOEY! I PROMISE YOU'LL LOOK GOOD IN IT!"
The gang heard alot of crashing and bangs. "JUST STAY STILL JOEY!"
"DON'T TOUCH THAT PART!"
"HAHAHA! JOEY, I WOULD HAVE NIGHTMARES! NOW STAY STILL LET ME DO IT OR YOU PUT IT ON YOURSELF! PICK!"
"FINE! I'LL DO IT MYSELF!" Yugi-tachi all had wide eyes as they guessed the 'sacred part' Joey had mentioned. They heard a few more crashes.
"JOEY! DON'T YOU DARE TRY TO ESCAPE. REMEMBER WHO I TAKE AFTER!"
"ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT! NO NEED TO PUNCH ME!" Some groans and finally peaceful silence. Mokuba walked out of the changing rooms first.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: JOEY WHEELER!" Mokuba stepped aside as Joey's head popped out first, a blue mask with a pink outlining across his face. An all to clear blush appeared on his face as he fully stepped out.
Eyes widened and jaws slacked, everyone gasped as they took in the sight. Joey glared daggers on fire to anyone who showed any sign of laughing. He was wearing the most ridiculous costume ever.
Mokuba slided over to whisper in Joey's ear. "I'll bet you 50 dollares that big brother will kiss you by the end of the night." Joey smirked. How could he lose? "Deal." He shook the younger's hand and walked off to his friends. "Well, let's go! We don't want to delay the party any futher!" As soon as Joey got out of the shop, the whole store shook with the force of everyone's laughter. Mokuba had to give himself props, he did a good work with Joey's costume. If won the deal, he'd gain 50 bucks AND his brother's happiness. If he loses than...well, atleast it'd be fun to watch Joey stumble around in a short skirt.
Lady Ai: There's more to Joey's costume then you might think! Don't worry. You'll get to see it soon enough for the party. And no, it's not a dog costume -.-;
Yami Ai: Remember, love...Lime!
Lady Ai: Yeah, yeah. I know. Imma lose the bet for sure now. But it's all for fan service right? GO PUPPYSHIPPERS! WOO!
Yami Ai: PUPPYSHIPPERS UNITE!
Lady Ai: hehehe, until next time. Ja ne!