OMG, I am so sorry for the wait! I swear, writer's block will be the death of me--and Gaia Online isn't helping!

"World-Wide Fair, Here We Come!"

Damien POV

"Sonja…Son-ja…"

My sister completely ignored me, continuing to dig through her closet.

"You leave me no choice," I muttered, shaking my head. I then raised my voice. "Look—it's the Yuugi versus Yami episode!"

Sonja whipped around. "Where!"

I collapsed into laughter. "Sonja! I've done that to you a million times, and you still fall for it!"

Sonja growled at me, pushing her hair out of her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Anyway, did you want something?"

I pulled a folded piece of paper out of my pocket and tossed it to her. "Read this."

Sonja unfolded the paper and scanned it. Her eyes slowly widened. "Nuh-uh!"

I grinned. "Uh-huh. A fair is coming to town—and it'll be here this afternoon."

Sonja waved the paper through the air. "Yeah—and it's leaving tomorrow morning! How're we gonna get to it?"

My grin widened. "It's simple, really—all we have to do is change our business hours a little. We'll leave the karaoke bar and the shop open until noon, instead of five—that way we can hit the fair and hang out until it closes at seven."

Sonja made a face at me. "What about the others? Don't you think they'd want to come?"

I nodded. "Yeah—I'll call them up."

Sonja pumped her fist in the air. "Oh yeah! World-Wide Fair, here we come!"

Miriku POV

I carefully unwound the last of the linen. "There. Try it now."

Cautiously, Yami flexed his wrist. His face brightened. "It's a little stiff—but it's healed!"

I nodded triumphantly. "I told you I knew what I was doing!"

Rrrrrring…

Rrrrrring…

Rrrrrring…

I rolled my eyes, and grabbed the phone. "Hello?"

"Hey, Miriku—it's Damien."

"'Allo, Damien. What's up?"

"Not much. There's a fair coming to town today, and Sonja and I were wondering if you guys wanted to come."

I grinned. "A fair? Awesome! Hang on—I'll talk to Yuugi and Yami. We just took Yami's cast off, so that gives us even more of an excuse to go."

Yuugi stuck his spiky head into the living room from the kitchen. "Someone say my name?"

I looked over at him. "Yeah—there's a fair in town. Damien wants to know if you guys wanted to come."

Yuugi grinned. "I've never been to any American fairs before."

"They probably aren't that much different from Japanese fairs," I pointed out.

Yami grinned. "So? I think we should go!"

Yuugi nodded firmly. "Me too—it sounds like fun."

I grinned, and spoke back into the phone. "That's a big fat yes from us. Are you calling everyone else, too?"

"Yeah—this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They're setting up at the Youth Fair area, so that's got to be good!"

I gawked. "No way! They have permission to use the stuff?"

"Yep. The roller coasters, the Ferris Wheel, the Drop of Fear—you name it, they got it."

I grinned. "Sweetness! So it will be like the Youth Fair!"

"Mm-hmm. I'm going to call the others up now—you guys might want to start preparing. Getting snacks and water together, you know. Maybe even sun block."

"…When are we leaving for the fair, anyway?"

"Sonja and I figured around noon."

I glanced at the clock. "That gives us…three and a half hours to get ready. Right. See you there, then?"

"See you."

Click.

I hung up the phone—and let out a whoop, pumping my fist in the air. "All right! This is gonna be awesome!"

Yuugi grinned. "You said it, aneki! This is going to be fun!"

As we walked down the street, I checked my list. Yuugi and Yami searched through the backpacks—theirs and mine—to make sure we had everything.

"Sun block."

Rustle…

Rustle…

"Check."

"Check."

"Snacks."

Rustle…

Rustle…

"Check."

"Check."

"I've got the money."

"Mm-hmm."

"Right."

"Sunglasses and hats."

"Check."

"Check."

"Water bottles."

Rustle…rustle…rustle…

"Uh…"

I groaned. "Please don't tell me you forgot to grab water bottles, Yuugi!"

Yuugi grinned sheepishly. "Sumimasen, Miriku-aneki. I thought I had grabbed some."

I sighed. "It's all right. Yami, how much water do you have in your backpack?"

Rustle…Rustle…Rustle…

"Uh…"

I groaned. "Don't tell me—you forgot, too?"

"Umm…hai…"

"Boys," I muttered, shaking my head. I heaved a long-suffering sigh. "I have three bottles in my backpack."

Yami blinked. "That's only one for each of us!"

I rolled my eyes. "Thanks for the help, math genius. Now that we know you can divide, mind telling me where we can get more without having to go back to the apartment, or buying more with out fair money?"

"Uh…"

I shook my head, exasperated. "Never mind. I guess we'll just have to hope that the others have water."

Yuugi looked around, pushing back his flaming red bangs and wiping sweat off his forehead. "How much longer is it going to take to reach the fairgrounds?"

I grimaced. "We're going on foot. The grounds are three miles from my house. We've been walking for about twenty minutes. Do the math."

There was a minute or so of silence as Yuugi calculated in his head. "That's almost two hours!"

"Which is why we started early," I confirmed.

Yami groaned. "The last time I walked this much was after the train crash!"

Yuugi blinked. "You were in a train crash?"

Yami nodded. "That was right before we met Ironheart."

"Oh."

Suddenly, there was a loud honk from behind us. Startled, we turned around—and were surprised to see Merekai's mom's charcoal Dodge minivan pull over beside us. We were even more surprise when the driver's window rolled down—and it was Ryou. Beside him in the middle-front seat was Mikey, and riding shotgun was Dean.

Ryou grinned, waving. "Yuugi-san! Yami-san! Miriku-san! Need a ride?"

I blinked at the white-haired teen. "Ryou. You're fifteen. How is it that you're driving?"

Ryou grinned, flashing a plastic card at me. "In Japan, you test for a driver's license on your fifteenth birthday. Besides, I'm going to be sixteen in two months, so what does it matter?"

He looked over his shoulder. "You guys should get in now—they're getting impatient. Careful—it's a bit crowded back there."

I snorted, grabbing the door handle. "Honestly, Ryou, how bad could it—"

I never got to finish. The second I pulled open the door, Kaiba and Terra fell out, knocking me backwards into Yuugi and Yami. All five of us ended up on the ground, Kaiba and Terra deathglaring each other, Yami, Yuugi, and I laughing our heads off.

Sonja stuck her head out, and looked at Kaiba and Terra. "Guys, what are you doing? Get back in here!" Terra and Kaiba both glared at Sonja, before climbing back into the van.

Sonja blinked. "Hey, Yami—your cast is off!"

Yami grinned, waving his hand in front of Sonja's face. "Got it off this morning—it's great to be able to use my hand again!"

"Well, good for you," came Bakura's sarcastic voice. "Now get your happy butts in here before I really lose it."

"Cool it, thief," Damien snapped.

Sonja rolled her eyes. "You two had better get in here, before I kill a certain tomb robber that is currently sitting across the van from me. Careful—Mere took out the seats so that there would be more room, but it's still a little tight."

A little tight was the understatement of the year. The three of us ended up squeezed at the back, behind Joey, Sonja, and Damien. And we had to sit like that for the remainder of the trip—half an hour.

Suddenly, Ryou hit a bump in the road, sending those of us in the back sliding. We all skidded around, before finding something to grab hold of and getting back into place.

"Thanks a lot, baka hikari," Bakura said sarcastically. "Mind hitting it harder next time? I wasn't tossed about hard enough."

Ryou rolled his eyes. "Would you like to drive, then?"

"…"

"Thank you. Now be quiet and let me take care of this."

/Hmm. Having fun?

I rolled my eyes, exasperated. /I'm squashed at the back of a minivan, Kimiru. What do you think?

I got the sense that Kimiru was sniggering. /No. Are you having fun where you're sitting?

I blinked—and then realized that I was practically sitting on Yami's lap. I blushed a little, scooting over.

Yami blinked at me. Is something wrong, Miriku-koi? Why did you move?

I glared at him. Shut up, pharaoh-boy. You could have at least warned me.

Yami smirked. But I like you sitting there!

Perv.

Your point?

I deathglared him. Please go back to your normal self. This acting-like-Bakura thing does not work out for you.

Fine.

Bakura looked over at Ryou. "How much longer 'til we reach the fair? I'm bored out of my mind back here!"

Malik rolled his eyes. "Then go cuddle with hippie-girl over there, and leave us alone!" he snapped, irritated.

"Not funny!" Bakura and Sam shouted at the same time.

Ryou sighed. "It won't be much longer. Try to keep from murdering each other until then, will you?"

Marik giggled, scooting a little closer to Malik. "You'll protect me—won't you, Malik-kun?"

Malik edged away. "In your dreams, woman!"

Kaiba smirked. "Why do I think that this dream might end up becoming a reality?"

Terra elbowed him. "Shut up, Kaiba."

"Why?"

"Because I told you to."

"Why should I do what you tell me to do?"

"Because I'm the good girl, and you're just a prick."

"Oh well. I guess you'll have to deal."

Terra yanked on her hair. "You're impossible!"

"Thank you."

Terra's hands twitched. "I swear, one of these days…"

Sonja grabbed her wrists. "Easy there, Terra! You're going to end up giving yourself a heart attack!"

Terra growled, but sat back and calmed down.

John looked at Kaiba. "Saved by a girl, from a girl. And you aren't the least bit embarrassed?"

Everyone laughed, while Kaiba deathglared him and Bakura gave him a high-five.

Suddenly, Dustil began to bounce in his seat. "Look! I can see the entrance from here!"

And sure enough, when we all looked out Dustil's window, the tall wall with the ticket lines came into our line of vision. You could see the taller rides—the Dopple Looper roller coaster and the Drop of Fear, to name two.

Mikey pumped her fist in the air. "Yeah! It's time to have some fun!"

There was a resounding cheer from all of us inside the car (excluding Kaiba, of course) as Ryou pulled into the overly large parking lot of the fair.

Hoyeah! It's time for some psycho fun-ness at the fair! Review, please--I have more sugar cookies!