Half way to the beach Yugi stopped. Turning to the small tri-colored haired teen Akane asked, "Is something wrong Yugi?"
"No." Yugi said, "I just feel like we're forgetting someone or something."
Akari spun on her heel, bringing up her finger she made a mental head count. Shaking her head she said, "Well, we aren't forgetting anyone, Everyone's here!" With that Akari challenged Malik to a race.
Running off Akari and Malik were trying desperately to make the other lose.
Shuyin barked and trotted close to Yami.
"I think he likes you Yami!" Sakura cooed, picking up Akari's beach bag that she dropped.
Yami looked at Shuyin then bent down to pick up his leash.
"Well who wouldn't like me?" Yami bragged. Seto, Bakura, and Akefia raised their hands. Yami put a hand to his heart, "Hurtful!" He whined. Everyone walked up the hill but what they saw when they got there had them sweat dropping. Akari and Malik were rolling on the dirt road pulling each others hair; after a second Akari was sitting on Malik's stomach holding his arms to his side. "Ha! I won!" Akari cheered. "Nu-uh!" Malik retaliated, just then Akari inched toward his face. "Are you sure?" She taunted, tightening her grip on his wrists. "Yeah." Akari then started gathering spit in her mouth, when she dubbed she had enough she dangled it in Malik's face, "Noo!" Malik screamed trying to push his head into the dirt more and when that failed he shook his head from side to side variously.
Just when Akari thought she had locked on her target out Yami grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder. "Do you like throwing me around like a Piñata?" She huffed, looking up at Yami.
"Yes, very much." Was her answer. With that everyone continued to the beach.
Akari was talking to Mokuba when she saw something in the corner of her eye, of course being the curious person that she was she looked over and saw a big black and brown fuzzy spider heading for Akane. Now Akari being the overgrazing person that she was thought she was being helpful in telling Akane what was coming. "AKANE, THINK FAST THERE'S A SPIDER HEADING STRAIGHT FOR YOU!" and fast thinking Akane did, she jumped 4 feet in the air and landed in Yugi's arms. "Get that thing away from me! Akari kill it!" Akane cried, holding Yugi like a life line.
"Uh I can't kill it caused I have blood going straight to my head and a sexy firm butt in my face." Akari stated, with a bored look on her face.
"Did you just call my butt sexy?" Yami laughed.
"You must have heard wrong or your mind said what you wanted to hear but never did." Akari lied.
"Well I don't thing my minds playing tricks on me." Yami thought, he then turned to the spider and kicked it like a soccer ball. "Home run!" Sakura cheered. Akari looked at Sakura, "Wrong sport Sakura." She stated. "Ok then, touch down!" Sakura smiled dancing like a cheerleader. "Sakura it's Goal! I won't stand for you to make fun of soccer or baseball, I love baseball and I can tolerate soccer so don't make fun of them, or you will find yourself sleeping with bugs!" Akari yelled, she looked at Sakura who turned pale and hid behind Atem. "Anything but the bugs Akari!" Sakura screamed. "Weren't you surrounded by bugs in the dessert?" Akefia questioned. "Yeah, but Akari got rid of them for us all but the snakes." Akari hopped out of Yugi's arms. "So the great Akari is afraid of snakes is she?" Malik teased, walking up to the upside down blond.
"And why would I be afraid of a petty little snake?" Akari countered.
"Well back in Egypt if you saw one you would scream and jump into the closest person's arms or on the nearest object." Akane stated.
"Oh shut spider-scaredy cat!" Akari yelled.
"At least I'm not afraid of snakes." Akane countered.
"I'm not afraid of either so ha!" Sakura announced in triumph, handing Akari's bag to Atem who kindly offered to take it.
"Well a least we're not afraid of bugs!" Akari and Akane yelled in unison.
"Hurtful!" Sakura whined.
Going back to being the upside down teen a thought finally occurred to Akari, "Hey Sakura?"
Sakura looked at her limp sister who was staring at the dirt covered ground, "Yeah?" Sakura questioned.
"Remember that show we always made fun of in Egypt? The show with the stupid men who need to learn to grow up? What was it called again?" Akari tapped her chin.
"Oh you mean the upside down show? I remember it, you always threw a fit if we changed it." Sakura laughed. "What about it?" Sakura questioned.
"Being upside down like this reminds me of it." Akari simply stated.
"You watched to upside down show? Isn't that for 4 year olds?" Malik questioned.
"Hey we only watched Nick Jr. or sprout to make fun of the shows that brain wash children! We don't want them to be mindless government experiment drones, we're looking for an antidote against the shows. We are just looking out for the children's wellbeing!" Akari defended.
Bakura looked at Akane. "She believes in government conspiracies doesn't she?" Akane just shook her head. "You have no idea! She also believes in at least 20 ways the world is going to end."
"Really?" Akefia asked.
"Oh yeah watch this- Akari name the number 1 reason the world is going to end."
"Akane don't get her started with that!" Sakura begged.
Taking deep breath Akari started. "Well everybody knows that evil little bastard- puppet thing Akane loved as a 3 year old named Elmo right? Well when the world ends in 2012 he will take over the world and the saddest part is he's going to have all his friends from Sesame Street help him! Why cookie monster why? Any way back to the point,- then the Aliens from all around will hear of the evil dictator Elmo, and will come abduct him then, the stupid space chicken's- who by the way are plotting our demise- and the space cows they will blow up earth. The survivors will be taken in by Space Ranger Buzz Light-year of Star Command, and be made into space rangers who save the planet but the sad thing is they later get eaten because American's fail, that's why I laugh when I see them fall in the water on Ninja Warrior."
"Wow." Was all everyone said.
"See that's why I don't like going into end of the world conspiracy's with Akari!" Sakura stated.
"I can never look at Elmo the same again." Mokuba whined.
"DO NOT SAY THAT HORRIBLE NAME AGAIN! AND YOU SHOULN'T BE WATCHING HIM! HE WILL CORRUPT YOUR MIND!"
"How so?" Mokuba, Marik, Yugi and Ryou cutely tilted their heads.
Thunder flashed and creepy music started to play out of nowhere. "Well that's not creepy at all." Joey said jumping when the thunder flashed.
"Elmo will tell you where babies are made!" The innocent ones in the group screamed in terror and ran to hide behind their older brothers.
And sadly Akari came face to face with the ground because Yami dropped her to hide behind Atem.
"SAVE US BIG BROTHER!" the younger siblings cried.
Akari turned to Joey who looked pale but stayed in his spot. "You have a sibling don't you Joey?" Akari stated rather then asked. Her answer was Joey nodding. "Well I rather her not know where babies come from until she's older but I think I want to save my mind from being corrupted first!" Joey stated then moved to hid behind Seto.
"look what you just started Akari now all the innocent teens and kid is scared shitless!" Sakura yelled grabbing her air in frustration.
"Hey, in my defense; Marik, Akefia, Bakura and Joey are anything but innocent and yet Marik's hiding behind his Spiky haired twin Malik, Joey's behind our loveable and caring C.E.O Seto along with Mokuba, and Bakura just had to hide behind Ryou whose behind Akefia and Akefia behind Yami and Yugi, who are finally behind Atem, whose behind you might I add!" Akari defended/laughed.
Sakura then looked behind her and sure enough there was the Bakura brothers and the Motou brothers.
"Oh grow a pair you guys!" Sakura yelled.
"Grow a pair! Grow a pair!" Akane and Akari cheered, Akane helping Akari stand up off the dirt ground.
Brushing off the dirt from her shorts Akari turned to Akane.
"Hey, 'Kane since you're good with puppets and wood do you think you can make them a pair?"
Akane stifled her laughter but fallowed in her reply. "I don't know if their worthy of my puppet master fabulousness!" Akane and Akari then ended back on the dirt ground laughing.
Akefia and Bakura turned to Sakura, "Sometimes I pity you."
"And the other times?" Sakura questioned.
"We wish we were related to them!" They smiled and pointed at the laughing idiots on the ground.
Sakura just shook her head.
"Bark!" Shuyin barked wiggling out of his collar and jumped on Akari's tummy.
"Hello gorgeous where have you been all my life?" Akari cooed lifting Shuyin in the air. Shuyin just barked happily and wagged his tail.
The others just stared on in amusement at the interaction of owner and pet.
Akane was the first to jump off the dirt ground, looking down she saw Akari laying on her back with Shuyin sitting on her stomach pawing at her shirt as if it were a blanket and asking to come in.
"Shuyin my shirt isn't a blanket." Akari laughed, petting the German Sheppard Puppy.
That didn't stop Shuyin from trying to get under Akari's shirt. Laughing again Akari asked for her beach bag.
Sakura curiously handed her sister the bag only to see Akari pull out a blanket that looked like it was for a baby; it had an animal pattern on the light blue blanket with Egyptian flowers scattered around the blanket like the animals, the sun at the top had some hieroglyphics in it.
"What's that?" Duke questioned.
"Shuyin's blanket, I had it custom made just for him, he loves how soft it is." Akari opened the blanket wide and Shuyin without hesitation jumped into the blanket. Akari cooed when Shuyin snuggled closer into the soft fabric.
"What's it made of?" Yugi asked, walking up to Akari to touch the soft material, When he touched his eyes went wide with fascination. "Egyptian cotton, the outer part of the blanket is made of Egyptian silk." Akari informed standing up holding Shuyin close to her chest.
Malik and Marik stepped forward to touch the soft material as well. "It's been awhile since we touch Egyptian fabric." Malik murmured. "doesn't your sister have some at your house?" Akefia questioned the spiky haired Egyptian.
"Yes but Malik was playing with a lighter so we were told we could go near the material for 3 months.
Akari bent down to get her bag then turned and started walking. "Where are you going?" Tristan asked looking at Akari's retreating back.
"The beach." She stated as if she was talking about the weather.
With that the others made their way to catch up to the blond.
Once they arrived Akari put Shuyin down and plopped onto the sand.
"Sand!" She yelled happily rolling around in the warm sand. "I take it you miss Egypt?" Seto asked.
"But of course I miss my homeland! I'm not tan anymore!" Akari whined laying in the sand and started making a sand Angel.
"You weren't tan to begin with!" Sakura argued.
"I was darker then I am now!" Akari retaliated.
"Not much."
"What are you guys talking about?" Duke asked throwing his beach bag on the sandy ground then with the help of Tristan he put the beach umbrella in the sand.
"they're talking about when we lived in Egypt and Akari doesn't look like she lived in a dessert." Akane informed.
"Yeah you don't look tan like Atem, Malik, Marik, or Akefia." Tristan agreed.
"Well excuse me for being as pale as my mother and not getting as tan as those losers- NO offence." Akari yelled.
"Oh none taken." The guys smiled then they let what Akari said sink in. "Hey!" They yelled in unison.
The others just laughed and started setting up all the stuff they brought for fun in the sun and sand.
Laying in sand was Sakura who was wearing a pirate type bikini, getting a sun tan, Akane was detailing a puppet she just made sitting under the protection of the umbrella.
Akari was wearing her shorts and tank top to hide her bathing suit playing in the sand with Mokuba, Ryou and Yugi.
The poor sucker that was stupid enough to fall asleep when those 3 where building a sand castle was Tristan; who was sleeping was now being buried in the sand and it looked like he was buried up to his neck and was being turned into a mermaid.
Yami and Atem were dunking Bakura and Akefia only to be dragged under by Duke.
Malik was trying to dunk Seto but was always dunked under by the C.E.O. Marik was behaving jumping by jumping off the pier into the water. Shuyin was by a small tide pool pawing at the fish like a cat.
Jumping up Akari observed their work on Tristan before running to get her camera.
"Mokuba did you put on Sun Screen?" Akari called digging through her bag for her camera.
"No." Mokuba answered uneasily.
Akari then turned to the three boys looking at her. "Did any of you put on Sun Screen?" She questioned, Akari sighed when the three shook their heads 'No'.
Akari took off her tank top show a sport bra swimming top that was black and had blue stars on it, she then shed her short to reveal her body shorts that were blue with black stars. Picking up the camera and sun screen Akari made her way over to the teens and sleeping Merteen. While Akari was rubbing some Sun block on his arms Mokuba was talking to Ryou and Yugi, Something Shiny in the corner of his eye caught Mokuba's attention. Looking down Mokuba was surprised to see that Akari had a belly button ring.
Ryou and Yugi fallowed Mokuba's line of vision and gasped in shock at what was attached to Akari's belly button.
Akari lowered Mokuba's arm and asked him to hand her his other arm, she was shocked when the preteen didn't move.
"Mokie…Moku-Chan…Mokuba!" Akari yelled, shaking the boy, when she didn't get an answer or any indication on moving she did the only thing she could think of. "SETO!"
Looking at his long time friend Seto saw she was hysterical with panic.
"What is it Akari?" He called back.
"I THINK I BROKE MOKUBA!"