Chione: I know, I'm late! Almost a week late. I thought I'd have the chapter up, but I never got time to work on it! So, don't blame me, blame my stupid homework and school play!

Yami: you didn't have to be in the play you know…

Chione: -whacks Yami- and miss an opportunity to be in the spot light! I don't think so!

Yami: x.x owie, my head… -rubs his head-

Chione: well, it was a fun play. It was called "Showdown at Sandvalley" and I played Percy Nebbets. GO ME!

Bakura: o.O you played a guy?

Chione: -.- yes. There were only eight parts, and only one of them was a girl. And I couldn't do a Scottish accent, so I didn't get it. The funny thing is that even though seven out of eight characters were guys, the entire cast was girls except for two guys.

Yami and Bakura: o.O

Chione: anyway, the play's over and I finally got the chapter done! Now, here to do the disclaimer is -drum roll- The Grinch!

Grinch: -scowls at everyone-

Yami: o.O the Grinch? For the Halloween special?

Chione: he looks like a monster! And, I promised Jack from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" that he could do the Christmas special…

Yami: ah…

Chione: so, Grinchy, take it away!

Grinch: -.- you can't tell me what to do! I'll start when I please.

-half an hour later-

Grinch: Chione doesn't own Yugioh, or the rabbit from that cartoon Pegasus loves so much, the pansy… or the Grim Reaper, or Jesus, or Kung Fu.

Chione: I don't even know Kung Fu. But it would be cool to own Jesus…

Everyone: o.O

Chione: shuttup! Let's just get on with the chapter! Oh, and when Joey's ranting about how Death can die, there really is a book that has what Joey says happen. It's called "On a Pale Horse" by Piers Anthony. It's SO good!

"Happy Halloween!"

Pegasus cried in joy as the group walked through the large, decorated doors. The man was dressed as the rabbit from his favorite cartoon, and threw candy over them as the entered the large mansion. A large piece managed to hit Yugi square in the head, further worsening his current mood.

"What's wrong, Yugi-boy?" The silver haired professor asked as he crouched down and patted Yugi's spiky head. "Are you grumpy that you don't get to go trick-or-treating?"

Yugi just glared at him, and continued to haul Joey into the house. Yami followed after him, shoving a giggling Dartz towards Pegasus.

"Dude, I see butterflies!" Dartz cried as Yugi, Yami and Joey retreated further into the house. Yami glanced over his shoulder to see his counter part's professor begin to dance and twirl around.

The inside of the house was decorated with black and orange. Jack-o-lanterns dotted the large room they had entered into, and ghosts, ghouls, and goblins hung from the walls and even the chandelier. The room was full of people in interesting costumes, but Yugi took no notice. Instead he pushed his way over to the punch bowl, which he hoped was already spiked, and began to fill himself a glass.

"Yugi, what's wrong?" The former pharaoh asked as he took a place at Yugi's side, taking Joey away from Yugi's care and propping the disposed young man against a wall.

As he did so, he saw a beautiful young woman walk past. She had long black hair, and wore a black dress that was short cut. A tail was pinned to the dress right above her rear, and black ears were propped on her head. A cat.

Joey, who was still quite stoned, grabbed Yami's face and made him look around at all the people. "Man… it's like something out of… an anime! Look at all the funny clothes!" He pointed to a young lady dressed as a bumblebee and began to laugh at her.

She scowled back at him, came over, and slapped him across the face. Then she turned on her heel and left, muttering, "Jerk."

Ignoring this incident, Yami quickly looked around for the cat woman again, but she was gone. Deciding it might be fore the best, he fixed his attention on Yugi. "Tell me what's wrong."

"Hey, look at that." Joey was muttering, pointing to the chandelier. "Do you think they're dead?"

"I'm not in the mood to party…" Yugi told his counter part, ignoring Joey and thinking back to what he had seen in the dorm. It made him shiver and feel sick. "I don't want to talk about it."

Yami sighed. "I completely underst-"

"What was Tea doing with Tristan!" Yugi cried out, cutting off Yami. "I mean, they're together! That's not suppose to be how things go! Me and her are suppose to be together! THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD'VE BEEN!"

"There's nothing you can do." The former spirit said sympathetically, patting the shorter young man's shoulder. "Other than complain to the authoress…" He added in a mumble.

"What was that?"

Yami looked up. "Hm? I said nothing."

"Oh…"

They continued to just stand there, looking at all the other people having a good time, thinking their own thoughts. Yugi was thinking about how Tea and Tristan had destroyed his dreams, Yami was thinking about how he could cheer Yugi up, and Joey was thinking about strawberry ducks.

"You know, this is so pointless." Yugi finally mumbled, putting his drink down. "This punch isn't even spiked, what a waste. I think I'll just head home."

He began to make his way through the crowd and towards the door when two arms wrapped around him.

"Yugi-boy, where are you going!"

It was Pegasus. And he squeezed Yugi tight, smiling like an idiot.

"I, um, I was going to head home."

"What for? Not having a good time?"

"No, not really…"

A creepy smile crept across Pegasus' face. "Well, I know how to turn that frown up-side-down!"

"What?" His professor's grin was making Yugi a bit uneasy.

"Shh! It's a surprise!" And before Yugi could object, the silver haired man was pulling him through the crowd and through some other doors, disappearing from sight.

"Well, that was interesting…" Yami mumbled from where he still stood by the punch bowl, sipping his drink.

Then he saw her again, the lady in the cat costume, just a few feet from him, heading in the other direction. "Ra, she's a beauty. Don't you think so, Joey?"

No answer. He looked beside him to see the blonde had vanished. "Joey! Now where have you gone!"

He jumped up on the snack table, completely forgetting he was wearing a short skirt, and began to look around the room frantically for Joey. A few guys passed the table, and one, being a huge perv, decided to sneak a peak.

Too bad for him, Yami wasn't actually a girl, and the sight that the young man peaked was rather disturbing. His face turned green and he jumped away from the table.

"OH MY GOD!" He cried. "THAT CHICK'S A DUDE!"

Yami spun around, wide eyed. Just behind this hysteric man as Kaiba, dressed up in a knight's costume. He was watching the scene, one eye arose in question.

Crap! He'll recognize me if I don't do something! Yami thought in horror.

So, swallowing his pride, he jumped down from the table and over to the screaming young man. And in his most feminine voice said, "Who are you calling a dude, you hooligan! How dare you look up a young lady's dress!"

"Back off!" Another girl cried, stepping between Yami and the other man. "Leave my boyfriend alone, you, you-"

"Man." Her boyfriend supplied for her.

"Yeah, you man!"

"Man!" Yami cried, his voice going higher than he though possible. "I have you know that I'm more woman than you, bitch! Now, step off before a scratch out your eyes!" And he swept past both of them with the air of a drama queen. Emphasis on queen.

Just beyond, heading off to the other side of the room, he saw the lady in the cat costume. Perfect, he could finally go talk to her! Even though he should be trying to find Joey… oh well, this was more important!

As he began to head off, something (or someone) made him stop.

"Well, aren't you a tough one?"

Yami froze. That voice belong to Kaiba. He turned to his rival/unknowing roommate standing behind him. The brunette was looking at him in a strange way, and he didn't like it.

"Maybe I am." The former spirit said, keeping his voice in the tone of a girl's. "What of it?"

Kaiba gave him a small smile. "Nothing. But there are some nastier men around here. Maybe you should be a bit more careful. If you stay with me, I'll make sure no one bothers you anymore."

Yami's eyes went wider than he thought they could. Is he-? NO, HE CAN'T BE!

"How about I get you a drink?"

Yep. He's definitely hitting on me... Yami tried to give Kaiba a smile, and a sweat drop formed on the back of his head. Who knew Kaiba had it in him? Well, I guess it's safe to say he doesn't recognize me…

"Well?"

Kaiba was still waiting for Yami to answer him.

"Uh… sure." The former pharaoh said slowly.

"Alright. I'll be right back, don't move." He gave Yami a small wink and began to move towards the snack table.

Yami waited for Kaiba to turn his back, then bolt to the other side of the room. Feeling a bit sick, he leaned against a wall and tried to catch his breath.

What a night… When can it be over!

He looked around frantically. No, the cat lady was gone, again. Damn!

And he still needed to find Joey. Ironically enough, he saw the blonde, slowly moving down a hallway with another figure dressed all in black holding a scythe. White hair poked out of his hood.

"It's Ryou!" Yami cried, recognizing his friend. Quickly he bound after the two, calling out their names.

Ryou turned, smiling when he saw Yami. "There you are. We were looking for you. Where's Yugi?"

"Pegasus hauled him off somewhere. Who knows where they are. Where did you find Joey?"

"Trying to climb into some poor girl's cleavage, I'm afraid." Ryou slowly shook his head. "What happened to him?"

With a sigh Yami quickly told Ryou what had happened at the dorm. When he finished Ryou was shaking his head even more slowly.

"Well, that explains why when Dartz saw my scythe outside he screamed and said, "Don't hurt me. I'm not made of wheat…""

"He said that to you?"

"No, he said that to the scythe. And then he continued to have a conversation with it about raindrops."

Yet another sweat drop formed on Yami's head. "Alright… Um, where's Bakura?"

"Me and him split up to find you two. So, he still must be out in the ballroom."

"Uh, do you think it was wise to let him go off on his own?"

Ryou smiled a bit sinisterly. "We won't dare do anything in the costume he's wearing. One false move, and the cat's out of the bag, as it were."

The spiky haired young man blinked in confusion. "Right…"

"What's that?" Joey finally spoke. He was pointing at something down the hall.

Slowly the group went towards it and saw that it was a painting that had caught Joey's attention. In the painting was a large cross with wings.

The blonde was staring at it warily. "What does it mean?"

"It's represents death." Ryou muttered, pointing to a little plaque sitting beside it.

"Looks more like it should represent religion to me." Yami muttered.

Joey scratched his chin, thinking. Maybe the drugs were wearing off…

"If they were going to represent death, they should've put the Grim Reaper on one side, and maybe Jesus on the other… OH, the Grim Reaper and Jesus fighting each other using Kung Fu!"

And maybe they weren't….

"Well, we all know who won that fight, now don't we?" There was a huge grin on Joey's face.

Yami and Ryou exchanged looks. "We do?"

"Yeah, Jesus died, so Death won!" Joey cried happily. Then he frowned. "Or did he? Because Jesus was resurrected… so that means Death lost… but if he lost, it means he died…"

"How can Death die?" Ryou asked.

"Get shot."

"What?"

"I read this book once. This guy shot Death, and Death died, so the guy that shot him became the new Death."

"But how can Death die? He's immortal."

"Only if he wears his robe. If he doesn't, then he's just a regular guy, and he ages like everyone else. If he wears his robe, he stops aging."

"So, if Jesus killed Death, Jesus would become Death?"

"Whoa, I guess that's what happened… Jesus is Death, man that's freaky!" Joey continued to smile like a fool.

Ryou just nodded. "But, if Death killed himself, who would be Death?"

"Man, that's a good question… we should ask him sometime."

"How can we ask Death a question?"

"I just saw him here." The blonde began to look around. "I swear he was just here."

"You saw Death?" Ryou's tone was disbelieving.

"Yeah." Joey turned and jumped away from him. "Man, I found him!"

The white haired young man looked around. "Where?"

"Right here."

Ryou turned back to the blonde to see Joey was pointing at him. He frowned. "Me?"

"Dude, I'm standing in front of Death!" Joey grinned, then turned to Yami. "Hey dude, I'm talking to Jesus. Jesus! Can you believe it!" He turned back to Ryou. "Jesus man, I thought you were dead. You never told me you were still alive!"

Ryou hid his face in his hands. "Oh. My. God…"

"God? Is your dad here with you, man?"

Yami was watching this exchange go on with an extremely confused look on his face. "Let me get this straight… Joey can read!"

"You two are absolutely hopeless!" Ryou cried. "Yami, go find Bakura, I think we'd better leave."

"And what will you and Joey do?" Yami questioned.

"I'll take care of Joey and we'll both find Yugi. Now, go find Bakura."

Yami looked back out across the ballroom. He could see Kaiba slowly looking over people's heads, probably for him.

"How about I take care of Joey and you go find Bakura."

"No. Both of you are so crazy you can't be trusted to go through this place on your own. It's safer if I take care of Joey, and you go back into a roomful of people."

"Why is it good for me to go into a roomful of people?"

"Because if you do something stupid, everyone will see. And you'll be so humiliated you'll never do it again."

Yami blinked at him. "I feel like a dog…"

"Ironically, you look like a tramp." Ryou said with a smile. "Now, go find him!" He shoved Yami into the crowd and quickly pulled Joey off down the hall.

Noticing Kaiba was getting closer, Yami quickly dropped to his knees and crawled through the feet and legs of all the other guests until he was at a safe distance.

As he came to a stop he noticed he was standing beside a girl with rather nice legs. And from his spot on the floor, and with her back turned to him, he noticed she had a rather nice rear. And just above her rear was pinned a long black tail.

A pussy cat... Yami thought. Instantly he jumped up, red in the face. It was her! His cat lady!

For some reason he had the urge to do something spontaneous. Like kiss her!

But how could he kiss her? He looked down at himself, remembering he was suppose to be a girl. Well, girls kissed other girls. He had watched it happen on TV, and everyone knew that anything that happened on TV could happen in real life.

So, he reached out, grabbed her arm, spun her around, and in his most girliest voice said, "I like girls!" Then, he kissed her.

And she shoved him away, slapping him across the face. "You perv! I am no woman!"

Yami's eyes widened as he looked at the face of the girl. Even under all that makeup, he knew by the voice it was-

"Bakura!"

"Yami!"

They stared at each other in horror. Yes, the lady in the cat costume was Bakura. At the same time, they both felt rather sick. Under all their makeup, they both turned green and ran to the nearby punch bowl, throwing up into it.

Once he was done, Yami wiped his mouth and spun on Bakura. "You were the cat lady!"

"And you were the French Maid! I kept seeing you, thinking you must be so wonderful! Now I know you're just a man in a dress!"

"You're one to talk!" Yami snapped back.

Bakura glared at him, then flipped some of his black wig over his shoulder. "At least I make it look good. And I actually look like a woman! It's so obvious you're a male!"

"Oh really?" The former pharaoh frowned and crossed his arms. "You just said when you saw me before you thought I must be wonderful!"

"What can I say? I have low standards."

"If I'm so manly, why did one guy grab my ass earlier tonight, and another hit on me?"

"Obviously they have low standards, too."

Yami glared at him. "One GRABBED my ASS! That definitely means I look like a girl!"

"And YOU KISSED ME!"

This made them both remember the horrible ordeal, and they couldn't look at one another anymore.

"Let's just forget about this." Bakura finally offered. "We'll never speak of it again. No one will ever know."

"Yes, I like this idea. But you can't tell anyone!"

"Why the bloody hell would I tell someone you kissed me? That's absolutely horrible! Now, if it was Kaiba…"

Yami shivered and jammed his fingers in his ears. "You did not just say that. I did not hear you just say that!"

"Oh Ra, did I just say what I think I said!" Bakura asked in horror. "I've been in his bloody dress for too damn long! Let's get out of here!"

"I agree."

Quickly the two went towards the door, where they saw Ryou, Joey, and a rather pale Yugi waiting for them.

"What happened to him?" Yami asked, nodding towards Yugi.

"Pegasus was forcing him to watch some movies about some creepy rabbit in an attempt to cheer Yugi up." Ryou explained, patting the young man in question's shoulder.

Yugi shivered. "Evil… rabbit… of… HELL!"

"Let's get him home." Yami mumbled.

"What happened to you two?" Joey asked, eyeing Bakura and Yami suspiciously. "You two look like you're sick…"

The two former spirits went stiff. "We're fine! Nothing happened! Let's go home!" And together they began to push the others towards the door.

"Wait, wait!"

They all turned to see Kaiba running towards him.

"I wonder what he wants…" Joey said his thoughts aloud.

"Oh crap." Yami uttered, and quickly he jumped behind Ryou.

Kaiba stopped before him, catching his breath. When he did, he pushed Ryou aside to reveal Yami cringing in fear. The former pharaoh forced himself to smile as he looked up at Kaiba.

"You were gone when I came back." The brunette said darkly.

"Something… came up." Yami said through clenched teeth, once again sounding like a girl. "I'm, uh, sorry?"

"It's fine, it's fine. I found you again."

Oh yay… He thought, but said, "Oh, but it's a shame, I was just about to go home."

Kaiba looked around and finally realized the others that were there. They were all watching with questioning looks. "How do you know these geeks?"

"He-I mean, she's my cousin." Yugi quickly piped, forgetting about the horrific rabbit and popping up beside Yami. "Yeah, and now she has to take her long trip home back to, um…" His voice trailed off, lost for a location to say.

"Uh…" Yami, too, was at a loss.

"South Africa!" Ryou piped, and quickly both Yami and Yugi nodded too, muttering about South Africa.

Kaiba raised an eyebrow. "South Africa? What a shame. When does your flight leave?"

"Right away!" Yugi cried. He grabbed Yami's arm and pulled him back a few steps. "So, we have to get to the airport. So sorry."

Yami began to inch away with Yugi, nodding all the while. "Yes, so sorry. It's too bad we, uh, didn't get better acquainted, I felt a real, um, a real connection with you. But, maybe it's for the best. Good bye!" And he spun around, quickening his pace. The others followed his lead, hurrying to catch up.

"But I don't even know you're name!"

He froze, then turned around. "It's Ya-" He began, but Yugi elbowed him in the ribs.

"Fake name! Fake name!" His counterpart said lowly.

"-Aaaamy. Yeah, Amy."

To his surprise, Kaiba had caught up to them all. "Well, until we meet again, Amy." And he grabbed Yami's hand and kissed it. Stunned, Yami stood there and became extremely white with fear and a bit of sickness.

But Yugi grabbed Yami and pulled him away, and before anything else could be said, the whole group took off down the street.

Once they were a few blocks away, they all stopped to breathe.

Bakura was the first to speak. "So, the pharaoh and Kaiba. When was I going to know about this?"

Yami glared at Bakura. "Watch your mouth, thief."

But the thief wouldn't watch it. "Yami, was Kaiba the guy who was hitting on you, or the one who grabbed your ass?"

"That's enough from you Bakura!"

"Kaiba grabbed Yami's ass!" Joey cried. Quickly he covered Ryou's ears. "Don't listen about this unholy act, Jesus!"

Ryou pushed Joey into the ground. "For the last time, I am not Jesus!"

Yugi watched as Ryou and Joey fought, and as Bakura and Yami fought. He sighed and followed them down the street.

Some things will never change… He thought.

Slowly they all calmed down, and then became silent as they all reflected on the night's events.

"You know," Ryou finally said, bringing everyone out of their own thoughts. "For a tea party, I don't remember there being any tea…"

It was true. And they all laughed. And laughed. And laughed. Until Joey told Ryou he was funny for a dead guy, and Yami said something about Bakura was kissed by a guy, and once again all hell broke loose.