Dayum. I think I might be getting back to normal...
Thanks again for the help, Sonja! Couldn't have done it without ya!
Shopping Spree
Yuugi POV
Yami, Miriku, and I were the first three to reach the park. Yami had an arm around Miriku's shoulders, and he kept casting little smiles at her.
I rolled my eyes. I was glad that Yami wasn't going back into depression—but a loved one was a weakness. And who knew who had it in for Yami nowadays?
Miriku seemed to realize the same thing—or maybe she just thought it was a little too much. She bumped Yami's arm off her shoulders, grinning at him. "Please stop invading my personal space. The occasional hug is nice, but I'm not the kind of girl who needs constant contact with her boyfriend to feel loved."
Yami blinked at her. A smile crept across his face when he realized she wasn't upset, but stating a fact. "If you say so, Miriku-sama."
Miriku glared at him. "Oh, hell. Don't even start."
Yami held up his arms. "All right, all right!"
Miriku smiled. "Good boy." She looked around. "Where is everyone, anyway?"
"Everyone's here!"
The three of us whipped around. Everyone except Kaiba and Terra was there. I noticed that Damien was wearing his clothes from yesterday, and Marik and Erica seemed to be wearing their host's spare outfits, like Miriku was.
Anzu looked around. "The reason I called everyone is because I can't supply clothes for Damien, seeing as how I'm female. Miriku, Erica, Marik—you look like you've improvised pretty well, but…"
Yami furrowed his brow. "Hmm. That does make sense…I can't keep doing double with my clothes for Miriku…"
"Even though I don't mind," Miriku added.
Erica played with the hem of the white shirt she was wearing. It was much too big for her—Jonouchi had wide shoulders and a muscular build, as opposed to Erica's delicate frame. "I wouldn't mind getting some clothes that fit…no offense, Jonouchi…"
"None taken," the blond said quickly.
At that moment, Kaiba's blue Acura pulled up. Terra was also wearing yesterday's outfit.
Kaiba raised an eyebrow. "I see you've figured out our problem, as well. I suppose we need to go…dare I say it?"
Terra squealed. "Shopping!" She bounced excitedly in her seat.
I heard Miriku groan audibly, and grinned. She didn't really like shopping—a fact made evident when we had ended up in her world.
Kaiba sighed, unlocking the doors. "Pile in, people. And don't complain—there was even less room in Merekai's minivan."
No one complained. The only people with uncomfortable expressions were Anzu and Erica—but they'd never been inside the aforementioned minivan, so they wouldn't know.
Miriku POV
I glared at the building as we approached it. "I hate shopping," I muttered.
Sonja grinned. "We know, Miriku. But you don't have much of a choice. Do you really want to spend the entire time wearing Yami's clothes?"
"I don't particularly mind—except for the fact that I'm not quite as linear as Yami."
"And what's that supposed to mean?"
I rolled my eyes, looking at Yami. "You're a guy. You're built different. That's all I meant."
Yami's eyes glinted as he smiled.
"What are you guys waiting for?" Terra called impatiently. "I want to shop!"
I sighed, trotting over to her. "Fine…"
Kaiba gave a card to each of us. "Use these."
Terra's eyes widened. "This is a credit card! How much is on here?"
Kaiba grinned. "The equivalent of five hundred dollars."
Terra's eyes widened. "Cool!"
I sighed. "Let's just get this over with…"
Terra, of course, was first to max out her card. She bought two or three of every type of clothing—dresses, mini-skirts, tank tops, jeans, you name it. They were in all sorts of colors and styles. "I like having a large variety of clothes," she said as she paid for a blue tube top. "That way, I almost never wear the same outfit twice." She also bought slippers, sandals, and another pair of sneakers.
Mikey was a bit more subtle. She was partial to monochrome blouses, and got an equal number of skirts and jeans. And then she blew the rest of her money on accessories, the most expensive of which was a set of necklaces. One was made of pearls, and one of obsidian spheres. Hanging from the pearl necklace was the angel half of a Change of Heart, and the demon half was on the obsidian necklace. She immediately gave the obsidian one to Ryou.
Sam was definitely the most flamboyant of all of us. She bought jeans that had been artfully ripped and had splashes of color, lots of randomly colored tie-die T-shirts, a burlap hip bag, and a pair of rubber sneakers. She also bought a charm necklace with little animals on it. Bakura made a few comments about it, but stopped after being repeatedly elbowed in the ribs.
Erica got a lot of blouses, most either red or black. Many were polka-dotted, which, according to Jonouchi, made her look like a ladybug. She also bought jeans, a pair of earrings, a black-and-red headband, and, oddly enough, a small container of kohl. (Jonouchi made a comment about looking like a female Otogi, but for her brown hair and eyes. She just glared, pocketing it.)
Marik was pretty limited in what she liked. She mostly got shirts of dark colors that showed her stomach, had chains, or both. She also got black jeans and black leather pants, with a few skirts thrown in for good measure. She was tempted to buy a cloak that resembled Malik's from a Halloween store—but her mind was forcibly changed as he dragged her away ("But Malik!" "No. No, no, no!").
When it came to tops, Sonja was very particular. She mostly got T-shirts and blouses, and they all had at least a hint of sparkles. She nearly emptied one store of their black jeans, proclaiming the fact that she hated skirts of any sort ("I'm glad I don't have a monstrous bank account, or I'd be in Kaiba's position right now," Damien commented, earning him a deathglare from said CEO). What little was left of her account was spent buying a few pairs of black leather boots and a black leather jacket.
Damien bought a bunch of plain polo shirts, a white hat with a black band around it ("Don't want to attract too much attention from Kaiba's fangirls," he said as he flipped it on, earning himself another deathglare), and, like his sister, lots of black jeans. ("What is wit' da Edachi twins an' black?" Jonouchi asked.) In one of the stores, he spotted a black blazer, and immediately rushed in to buy it ("Kaiba may love his trench coats, but 'nii-san really has an affinity for those blazers," Sonja said with a smile.). And then, he went into a game store and bought…
"You bought a Duel Disk?" Sonja whined. "You don't even duel that much!"
Damien grinned, waving it in front of her face. "You're just jealous because you blew the rest of your credit on that jacket."
"I can't believe you! You know how much I want one of those things!" She pouted, and then pointedly turned away from her brother. "Go ahead and gloat, just like your egotistic twin over there." Kaiba glared at the back of her head.
Damien nearly collapsed laughing, and pulled it off of his arm. "Relax, Sonja! I got it for you! I was just pretending it was mine to see that look on your face!"
Sonja glared at him, snatched the Duel Disc from his arms, and just stared at it, practically drooling.
Yami furrowed his brow. "Wait a second…you two duel?"
At that, we all anime-fell.
Anyway, I was the last to max out. And what does a girl who hates clothes-shopping buy? Well, I bought a lot of blue, white, and silver T-shirts, and jeans. I bought two form-fitting shirts—one blue with a black dragon on it, and the other white with the phrase "Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional!" in sparkling silver. I also bought a few black tank tops, blue blazers, and black leather pants—styled for females, of course. At just about everyone's insistence ("You'd look lovely in it!" Terra exclaimed, getting nods of agreement all around.), I also bought a light blue tube top/long skirt outfit and a long blue dress. Of course, Terra made me buy black dress shoes to go with the outfits, and I also bought myself a new pair of sneakers. With the rest of my money, I bought Duel Discs for the rest of us who wanted them.
Once everyone was finished, we swung by the food court for lunch and a rest. My legs felt like they were about to fall off, and my arms hurt from the handles of the shopping bags digging into them. I couldn't imagine how Terra could enjoy it.
As Jonouchi went to get our food, Mikey looked around, smiling softly. "This is so weird. I first met you guys in the mall back home, while you were shopping for them. Now we're in a mall in their world, shopping for us!"
I grinned lopsidedly at her. "Oh, the irony."
Jonouchi walked up, multiple trays and bags balanced in his arms. "Here ya go! Dig in!"
He took his seat next to Sonja. "Ya know—ya told me you dueled, but ya never said you were any good!"
Sonja grinned. "Put it this way, koinu," she said smoothly, sipping her chocolate shake. "If you don't want to be humiliated, then don't even ask."
Jonouchi growled. "Dat's jus' great. Now I got you callin' me dat, too!"
Damien grinned, patting the distraught blonde's shoulder. "There, there, Jonouchi…"
Yuugi laughed at Jonouchi's expression, and scooted closer to Sonja. "May I see your deck?"
Sonja shook her head, grinning apologetically. "No can do, short stack. One of the rules I remember is not to let anyone look through your deck, to avoid sabotage." Damien nodded in agreement.
Yuugi sighed a little.
"Well, look who we have here! What is this, a huge joint date or something?"
Anzu looked up. "Hey—Otogi! I thought you were in America!"
Ryuji Otogi grinned, straightening his red-and-black headband. A tray was balanced in his left arm. "I was—but I'm back. So, who are these guys?"
Bakura grinned. "The people everyone said were figments of our imaginations."
"They're some of the people we met in that alternate dimension," Yami explained.
Otogi blinked. "You mean, you weren't making that up? Weird…"
I noticed that Erica kept glancing at him and looking away. Then I remembered she had a crush on him.
I stood up. "Don't you think we should introduce ourselves?" I asked pointedly, glaring at the girls and Damien.
Otogi grinned. "I already know who you must be—the one and only Miriku Hernandez. You're the only one here who looks crazy enough to be her."
I glared at him, and then at the others at the table who were on the verge of falling out of their seats laughing. "Hey, just because he was right—!"
Yami grabbed my wrist. "Just leave it. I don't want any fighting…"
I sighed, sitting down. I noticed Anzu deathglaring me, though she turned her attention back to Otogi as soon as I looked at her. Oh, great. Friendship-girl is still jealous. La dee friggin' da.
Terra grinned, and then waved at Otogi. "Terra Cooper, at your service. I'm with Kaiba."
"Cooper!"
"Hah! I told ya you were agoraphobic!"
"I am not!"
Otogi raised an eyebrow. "…Do they always do that?"
"More than you know," Damien said dryly. "And before you say anything, I'm not Kaiba's long-lost twin. The name's Damien Edachi. That's my sister, Sonja."
Sonja deathglared him. "I'm fully capable of introducing myself, you know."
"So?"
"Rawr."
"Oh, I'm so scared."
Mikey rolled her eyes. "Mikayla Labrador—Mikey. Pleasure."
Sam nodded. "Samantha Parker. That's Sam, to you."
"And everyone else," Bakura muttered, earning himself a glare.
Marik grinned. "I am—MARIK RAMA! FEAR ME!"
Malik elbowed her. "Could you have been any louder?" he hissed.
"Yep!" Marik said cheerfully. Everyone sweatdropped.
Erica glanced up at Otogi, and back at her food. "Erica Drache," she murmured.
Otogi grinned. "Nice to meet you all. …You got room here for one more?"
"Sure!" Yuugi said brightly.
Otogi took the empty seat next to Erica, smiling. "Hope you don't mind if I sit here. You look like you need a friend!"
Erica blushed so bright a red that it set everyone off into gales of laughter.
As soon as he finished his food, Jonouchi clamored for the arcade. Yuugi glared at him. "We went yesterday!"
"An' your point is?"
Yami sighed. "We'll call a vote. Who wants to go to the arcade?"
Everyone except Yuugi and Kaiba raised their hands.
Yami grinned. "Well, I guess we're going to the arcade—but I do think we should go home and change first."
Sonja nodded. "That's a good idea. Kaiba can drop us all off, since he has a car!"
Kaiba looked about to protest, but Terra elbowed him. "Of course he will!" She glared at him until, with a defeated sigh, he nodded.
I grinned. "I guess it's settled then! Go home, get changes, go to the arcade, and kick some butt at DDR!"
Anzu smirked. "You'll have to go through me first."
"Was that a challenge?"
"Hai."
I laughed. "You're on!"
DDR! DDR! DDR! I love DDR!
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