Chapter III: They Call Jay Cuban Pete

Hello again, dear readers. For those of you waiting for an update of Darkness Falls, it is coming very, very soon. We have had to rework a couple of things and then we will hopefully resume quicker updates. We apologize for any inconvenience. Peach's separate Yugi-verse, containing The Jedi League of Duelists, is still being updated, and due to her schedule, has been slowed up a bit. So again, apologies. And now, back to the Halloween special! Please see the previous chapters for our disclaimers! Enjoy!

Meanwhile, back at the headquarters of the Legion of Doom, also known as Annie, Syrus, Violet and Bastion's suite, six girls sat snacking on potato chips and soda. "I wonder what they're doing down at Ra," Mindy mused.

"Watching some movie with a ton of violence and action in it, I bet," Violet replied simply with a shrug.

"Hmmm... I heard they got the animated Transformers movie and the two Michael Bay movies... But Sy didn't want to see Revenge of the Fallen again... He said it gave him headaches," Annie murmured thoughtfully as she sipped on some diet Dr. Pepper.

"Really?" Alexis asked in surprise.

"Yeah. Apparently when Sy saw it, he said it was way too noisy for him," the dark-haired girl answered. "It's not that one..."

"Hmmm... Atticus wanted to see that old surf movie, Blue Crush," Jasmine theorized.

"Would the other guys want to watch that, though?" Rosa asked, frowning. Tyson didn't seem like the type who would enjoy watching a movie about surfing.

"They also wouldn't watch horror movies... Chazz freaks out with them," Mindy added, remembering just after the group had returned to school. She had asked if he'd like to watch 'Night of the Shadow Duelists' and for some reason, halfway into the film, he'd asked her to turn it off.

"Then what? A comedy?" Violet offered, blinking.

"They could be having an Adam Sandler night," Annie said. "Or... Jim Carrey... Oh, no... Jaden watching 'The Mask' again..." The last time Jaden had watched "The Mask," he had driven the campus insane singing "Cuban Pete" at the top of his lungs. He had somehow gotten his hands on a lot of candy, a ruffled mambo king shirt, maracas and some kind of pillow on his head for a hat. How he had imitated Jim Carrey, no one knew, but he had.

Alexis's eye visibly twitched. "They'd better not watch that movie again..."

"Or... Batman Forever... I love that movie, but if he imitates Jim Carrey as the Riddler again... I may have to hurt him," Annie admitted.

"You'll have to hurt him? I'll bring out my bazooka again!" Violet countered seriously. Yes, she loved playing around with movies too, but not THAT much.

"Jaden and Jim Carrey... not good," Mindy groaned.

"Maybe they're watching cartoons," Jasmine suggested.

"Maybe... I just hope they don't get a sugar rush off of caramel corn," Alexis stated, frowning.

"Well... as long as Violet's not down there... Remember the last time you had caramel corn, Violet?" Annie asked, thinking of the incident after they'd returned triumphantly from Domino City and had a Descendents of Darkness marathon.

Violet looked away, an innocent expression on her face. "Why, Annie, I don't know what you're talking about..."

"You ran around campus and Bastion and I had to track you down... We only got to the second arc of Descendents of Darkness... And I wanted to see the arc with the cruise ship!"

"Well, you know what caramel does to me! It's the worst kind of sugar you can give me!"

"And we all know what sugar does to Jaden," Mindy groaned. "Rosa, do you remember the last time Jaden loaded up on cake?"

"No... he's gone crazy too many times for me to keep track," she answered bluntly, causing the other girls to sweat-drop.

"Well, let's hope they don't get too out of hand tonight... Sy's been too worn out lately, helping to take care of me," Annie sighed.

"The only ones you need to worry about are Jaden, Jesse, and Atticus," Alexis confirmed with a nod. The girls all sweat-dropped at this. Somehow, they dreaded finding out what the boys were up to.

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A couple of hours later... "YEAH!!! THEY CALL ME CUBAN PETE!" Jaden sang out, dancing around the room with a pillow on his head.

"NOT CUBAN PETE, JAY!! YOU LOOK MORE LIKE A MARSHMALLOW ON TOP OF A CHILI PEPPER!!" Jesse countered from where he stood on the back of the couch. His boots were off and his vest was draped over his head like a hood.

"MARSHMALLOWS?! WHERE?!" Atticus shouted, jumping up to tackle Jesse. Both flew a good foot to crash into Jaden as well.

"WHOOO!! Guys! Let's go streaking again!" Jaden whooped, forgetting that he hadn't wanted to streak the last time.

"Absolutely not!!!" Bastion shouted, blocking the door.

The three sugar-hyped teens had already pulled their shirts off. "Aw, come on!! Don't be such a spoil-sport, Bastion!!" Jesse whined, grin twitching on his face from the rush. Bastion shared a look with Tyson, Axel, Adrian and Jim. As one, they tackled the would-be streakers.

"Streaker, no streakin'!" Tyson groaned, getting hold of Jaden.

"Jess, this for your own good," Adrian added.

It took both Axel and Jim to hold down Atticus, as he was bigger, older, and more muscular than Jaden and Jesse. "Now just simmer down, mate! We're tryin' to help you!" Jim stated quickly.

"Atticus, do you want to go to detention?" Axel demanded.

"I didn't go to detention last time!! COME ON!!!" Atticus whined.

"No way, Atticus! We only got off because we were helping, if you'll remember.... JADEN!" Bastion shouted as he and Tyson lost their grip on the Slifer.

"I'm doing this all by myself!" he whooped.

And then Adrian, despite his decent strength, lost his grip on Jesse. "Oh, crap!!" The Slifer and the North Academy boy were wiry and quick.

"I'M COMIN', JAY!!!" the blue-haired teen shouted. The pants, boxers, and socks all went flying off to the side as the boys ran out the door.

Unfortunately, during the movies, a very worn out Syrus had fallen asleep in his seat on the floor. In a dead sleep, he didn't hear all of the commotion, until the twins ran over him in their haste to streak. When the dust cleared, Syrus was face down on the floor, footprints on his Obelisk blazer as his fingers twitched with pain. "O-Oww..."

"Syrus, are you all right?!" Bastion asked, quickly kneeling next to the small Obelisk.

Syrus shakily lifted his head, face red from where it had skidded along the floor. Waterfall anime tears streamed down his face, more out of shock and confusion than pain. "I... I think so... but... did anyone get the... license plate number of that delivery truck...?" he stammered, before his face hit the floor again and he passed out.

He came to sometime later hearing profuse apologies from two familiar sources. He was in a familiar soft bed and in his pajamas. "It was an accident, Annie, I swear!" Jaden was apologizing, sounding extremely upset.

"I know," she sighed in her typically patient manner.

"We're really sorry! We didn't mean to run over Sy!" Jesse added, as upset as his seeming twin.

"Urk..." Syrus groaned, opening his eyes slowly. However, everything was fuzzy because someone had taken his glasses. He felt one side of the bed lower slightly as someone sat down on it. A soft hand brushed his cheek.

"Honey, are you okay?" Annie asked, her eyes full of concern.

She was a colorful blur to him, but he would have recognized her even without her voice and touch. "Y-Yeah... I'm okay... where am I?"

"Back in our bedroom... you got a good clomp in the head..." She helped him get his glasses on and held his hand.

He blinked, remembering what had happened. "Oh yeah... uh, who ran me over?"

Jaden and Jesse move close to where Sy could see them. "We're sorry, Sy," Jaden apologized, bowing a bit.

"Yeah, little buddy. We were pretty whacked out there," Jesse added, also bowing.

Syrus blinked. "Whacked out?"

"We had too much sugar," Jaden groaned.

"Oh... I guess I fell asleep and didn't notice..."

"We're really sorry, Sy," Jaden said again. "We'll make it up... I'll do your homework!"

"And I'll... uh... clean your room!" Jesse added, nodding.

Syrus sweat-dropped, knowing that if his best friend did his homework, he wouldn't graduate on time. "Uh, guys, you really don't have to..."

"Guys... relax... Just... no more naked time," Annie sighed.

"You got it, Annie!" Jesse answered, giving a salute.

The boys headed out of the room and Jaden felt his ear being grabbed by a very familiar feminine hand. "ARGH! Alexis! I apologized!"

And then, a different feminine hand grabbed onto Jesse's ear. Jesse yelped in surprise, closing his eyes tightly in pain. "ARGH! Mindy?! I apologized too!"

Alexis's eyebrow twitched. "That may be true, but you two know better than to let the sugar get to you!! Jasmine's already taking care of Atticus."

Said brunette Obelisk male whimpered from across the room, where Jasmine had a firm hold on his ear as well, forcing him to lean downward. "I said I was sorry, Jazzy..."

"You're lucky you're not in more trouble!" Jasmine scolded him.

Mindy, meanwhile, smirked at the bluenette North Academy boy. "I had a conversation with your girlfriend... She told me what to do with you..."

Jesse froze, face paling significantly. "Ah, no! No way! NOT THE CURLING BROOM!!" he whimpered, flailing.

"I didn't understand that," Mindy said, confused.

"It's her... curling broom... The one she uses for practice and tournaments... Oh, I'd rather be forced to cross-dress any day than deal with that!" Jesse whined, grimacing.

"Uh... is that used to curl your hair or something?" she asked, still confused.

Everyone in the room who knew what curling was sweat-dropped. "Uh... no... It's a sport," Jesse muttered, blinking at her.

"Uh..." Unfortunately, Mindy couldn't remember that sport.

"It's that one where they push that big rock around, Mindy," Jaden explained.

"Oh..." Mindy blushed, feeling a little silly.

"Hey, it's okay. A lot of people don't know about it. Now... can you let go of my ear? Please?" Jesse tried, giving her the puppy dog eyes.

Mindy sighed. "Okay, okay... I'll tell Willow you've been good..."

Jesse tackled Mindy with his hug. "Thank you, thank you, thank you! No curling broom for me when I get home!"

Alexis sighed and let go of Jaden's ear. "I guess I can let you off the hook too, since you did apologize for it...."

"I wouldn't hurt Sy, Lex..."

"I know you wouldn't. You see what sugar does to you?" she asked, arms akimbo.

"Yeah... Especially caramel..."

"I told you it's the worst kind of sugar!" Violet yelled from the bedroom she shared with Bastion.

Jaden sighed. "How did she do that?"

Alexis sweat-dropped. "I've learned to stop asking that question, Jay."

"Probably a good idea around here... Guess we make our grand appearance tomorrow... Right, Jesse?"

Jesse groaned. "Ya had to remind me. I just hope we don't get smothered by those crazy fan girls..."

"Yeah... me too, man..."

Back in Annie and Sy's room, the dark-haired girl sighed, smiling as she pulled off her uniform and grabbed her pajamas lying on the bed. "You fell asleep?"

He grinned sheepishly. "Yeah, I guess so..."

"What were you guys watching?"

"Uh..." Atticus had said not to tell the girls, so that his idea would be a sure surprise. "The Mask."

"Oh, no... Jaden sang Cuban Pete again, didn't he?"

"Uh, maybe... I was asleep, remember? One of the guys would know..."

"I'll ask them later..." She got her pajamas on and cuddled down next to him.

He pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her with a contented sigh. "Tomorrow's gonna be crazy..."

"Yeah... How's your head?" she asked, feeling his warm breath on her neck.

"I'm pretty sure I'm fine... I think I was just surprised and tired..."

"I'm glad. Just tell me if your ears are ringing or anything, okay?"

"Okay... is that a bad thing?"

"Just... Miss Fontaine said to check on that... You did hit your head and she's just worried about a possible concussion."

"Oh, okay. Well, I don't think it's that bad..."

"Okay... just wake me if you feel sick or hear ringing in your ears, all right?" she asked softly.

"I will, Annie," he answered, smiling. They cuddled close and fell asleep.

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Meanwhile, downstairs in Alexis and Jaden's room, the Slifer sighed, looking at his hair. "I look so stupid..."

Alexis propped herself up on an elbow in their bed, looking at him with a wry smile. "No you don't..."

"Yeah, I do... Remember that dress you hate?"

"The red one with the yellow polka dots?"

"Yeah, that one... even though people tell you that you look good in it, you still hate it..."

"Well... I guess I see what you mean, but it's only for three days."

Jaden was in his classic sulk mode. "You try wearing that dress for three days," he muttered.

A vein popped out on Alexis's forehead, but she suppressed the urge to knock him out of this state. "Jaden, come on. It's really not as bad as it could be."

"Yeah, it is!" he whined.

"Okay, fine. Then I suppose going back to the idea of dying your hair blue would be better for you?" she countered swiftly.

Jaden's eyes went wide in horror. "Wait.... What?"

Alexis smirked. "You see? Be glad that it's only a wig."

"Yeah... Lex... sorry..."

"It's all right, Jay. I can understand why you might be acting like this..."

He sighed, getting his pajamas on. "Yeah... I just feel... out of it..."

"Well, you do look pretty different with blue hair. But you can take it off for now," she reminded.

"Oh... yeah," he remembered. "I forgot...."

She grinned. "Need some help?"

"Yeah, babe... please?" he requested.

She laughed a bit and climbed out of bed, carefully sliding off the styled blue wig. Setting it on a pedestal that had come with it, she then yanked off the skin cap. Alexis blinked as Jaden's hair poofed back into its normal unruly shape.

"Ah..." Jaden felt the cool air assault his natural hair and his scalp. "That's so much better... You want a back rub?"

Alexis blinked again at the random change of subject. "Uh, sure... that was a pretty random question."

"You just to put up with me whining about nothing," he pointed out. "I think I owe you, Lex..."

She laughed again as she lay down on the bed, resting her head on her crossed arms. "Good point. Massage away."

"I hope I do better than last time... And since Atticus isn't going to walk in on us like last time, I think I will do better," he grinned as he got her favorite lotion and got to work.

She sighed, closing her eyes. "Just keep doing what you're doing and we won't have a problem..."

"No problem," he answered, rubbing slowly up and down her back.

No, this is not leading to a lime or lemon scene, people. As Ned Flanders pointed out in The Simpsons episode where Marge wrote a trashy romance novel, a backrub doesn't have to lead to adult situations. Anyway, next time, the situation for the boys becomes a little more painful. So stay tuned for "Bad Hair Day!" Thank you for reading and your reviews in advance, and stay tuned!