Akari and Akina slowly came out of the bathroom and rejoined the gang in the hospital room. They retook their place of the hard hospital bed. Akari flopped back with disgruntled face.
"What's the matter, Love?" Spitfire asked, noticing the unhappy blonde.
"I want to get out of here. Where's the doctor? I want to be discharged," Akari explained, shooting up and looking around the room as if he was still in there.
"Akari, I may not be a doctor, but I don't think that's such a good idea. As your friend I'm saying, stay in the hospital," Seto remarked, taking a seat on the couch.
"Seto's right, Akari. You should stay in the hospital," Akane deadpanned. Akari glared at Seto and Akane before pointing to the door.
"I want everyone except Akina, Akane, Yami, Spitfire, Seto and Mokuba to leave the room so I can discuss this with them," Akari demanded. It took awhile to clear the room.
With everyone kicked out of the room, they took up post in the deserted hall way. Tristan, Joey, Atem, Akifa and a few others leaned against the wall facing the door. Sakura and the others sat on the floor, hugging their knees. Silence ticked by before everyone was jostled up when Akari screamed.
"Man, you'd think that she'd keep her voice down in the hospital," Atem joked, hoping to lighten the mood.
"Well, this is Akari we're talking about," Joey laughed. Everyone nodded in agreement as they heard the door open. When the wooden door opened, Akane stepped out with a sigh. She looked up; her ruby eyes scanning the group's concerned faces.
"You guys can go in if you want," she explained, heading down one end of the hall way.
"Where are you going?" Tristan asked. Akane looked over her shoulder and slowed her pace.
"To find the doctor," she added. Tristan nodded and took a step into the room. Yugi quickly ran back out of the room and caught up with Akane.
The gang walked in and reclaimed their spots throughout the room. Everyone was silent as they stared at the psychotic blonde and her twin.
"Well, I guess that you're not staying," Sakura sighed. Akari defiantly shook her head.
"There is no way that I'm staying in this hell hole," Akari almost yelled. Seto rolled his eyes and shifted his weight as he sighed.
"We hear you, Akari. There's no need to yell," There was a low knock on the door before it opened. Akane and Yugi stepped in with the doctor behind them.
"I brought the doctor," Akane bluntly remarked. Hearing the word 'doctor', Akari passed out for a few seconds.
"I heard that she wants to check out against medical preferences?" the doctor asked. Everyone in the room nodded. He sighed as he signed a line on the clipboard. He clicked his pen and shoved it in his pocket.
"When she gets up, she can leave. No matter how much it'll hurt her in the end," the doctor mumbled, leaving the room.
Akina gently shook her sister's shoulder, causing her to jump in surprise.
"What? What? I told the rabbit before that those were my Lucky Charms!" Akari bellowed. Yami and the other guys busted out laughing.
"Akari, if you want to leave. Now would be the best time to get dressed," Akane sighed, sinking to the floor. Akari blinked before the words scrambled together to make a comprehendible sentence.
"Alright, but before I do that. Spitfire, get the necessary arrangements made," she demanded. Spitfire blinked.
"Love, what are you talking about?"
Akari stood up and looked at him like it was the simplest thing in the world to know. With her hands on her hips, she leaned forward.
"The arrangements for places to stay and trips down to Egypt, what else?" Akari explained. Before more could be explained, she grabbed her bag and ran into the bathroom. Spitfire sighed, rummaged through his pocket and stepped out of the room. Akari stepped out of the room, her bag slung over her shoulder. She was happily chatting about the fun they were going to have when everyone got to Egypt when Spitfire walked back into the room.
"Here. The keys to your car, Akari," he remarked, flinging the keys at her. She easily caught them and watched him leave the room. She glanced down at the silver shapes in her hand and frowned.
"Whatcha frowning at, Akari-chan?" Mokuba asked. She held the keys out and continued to study them.
"These don't look like my car keys," Akari stated. Akane, Yami, Yugi, Seto, Sakura and Atem froze.
She shrugged it off and headed out of the room. The group released a breath that they had no idea that they were holding. Akari popped her head back into the room when she realized that no one was following her.
"Hey, are you coming? We have to go home so we can pack," she grinned.
"Yeah, yeah. We're coming," They all weakly walked out of the room in line after her. Happily, Akina and Akari skipped towards the elevator and pressed the button to go down. They rocked on their heels and hummed. The gang walked up behind them when the tiny bell rang, signaling the nearest person that the elevator was there. Everybody squished inside and chatted on the ride down.
When the doors opened Akari rushed out of the elevator, dragging Akina with her. As the two pile dived out of the elevator, the rest of the group fell face first onto the unforgiving laminate flooring. They groaned as they propped themselves up on their elbows. Akina and Akari were slowly disappearing from their line of vision.
"Come on, guys. There could be trouble if we don't-" Sakura started.
"WHAT THE HELL? THIS ISN'T MY CAR!" Akari screamed.
"Too late," Seto sighed. Everybody scrambled up and out the door as quickly as their legs would carry them.
"What's the problem, Akari?" Yami asked, coming to stand beside her. She pointed to what was supposed to be her new car.
Trapped between two yellow lines was a sleek black Maserati Granturismo. Everyone was completely at a loss when they saw the car and a fuming Akari next to it.
"What's wrong with it?" Atem questioned, leaning over the hood to inspect the car.
"This isn't my custom altered car," Akari hissed, back pedaling away from the car.
"Oh, right. We didn't tell her what to her car, did we?" Joey questioned.
"Joey Wheeler!" Akane yelled, grabbing his ear. Joey squirmed and squealed as Akane angrily pulled him away. Akari squinted her blue eyes as she watched them disappear behind an ugly blue-green hospital garbage can.
"What is he talking about and why did Akane drag him away so suddenly?" Akari accused.
"It's nothing, Sister Dear. Let's just go home and get packed so we can go home to Egypt," Akina nervously suggested. Akari threw her keys onto the ground, folded her arms and turned away from the discarded metal.
"I'm not driving that car anywhere," she turned her head to face Yami. "Yami, you can have the horrible contraption," she growled.
Yami bent down and picked them up. He twirled the little loop around on his finger as he waited to see if anything would happen. Before anyone said anything they heard a loud yell. They curiously looked over at the garbage can.
"What is she doing to him?" Atem asked.
"I want to know, but I don't want to find out," Tristan shivered. Before they could get any more off topic, Sakura turned to Akari.
"Akari, you just can't give away your car," she scolded.
"Yes I can, Sakura. If I don't want it, I can give it away," Akari argued back.
The two began bickering back and forth as Akane and Joey walked and or limped out from behind the garbage can. Akane stopped and watched as the blonde and the red hair started yelling.
"They get in a fight over the car?" she asked. Everyone nodded as they watched them. Akane sighed as she walked over to Yami. She got his attention and whispered in his ear. He nodded and walked over to Akari. She was still arguing with Sakura, not noticing Yami walk up to her. He bent down and threw her over his shoulder.
"Again with the piñata, Yami?" she asked, glaring at Sakura. He nodded as he walked to the car.
"Anybody that needs a ride, hop in. I'm taking Akari to her house so she can pack," Yami remarked, unlocking the car. Akina, Akane and Yugi quickly jumped into the car. Yami threw Akari into the passenger's seat and slid in.
Yami pulled into the driveway and unlocked the doors. Akari, Akina and Akane climbed out of the car. Yami told them that he'd be back in the morning. They watched the youngest Motos back out of the drive way. The twins and Akane turned back to the house and headed inside. Akari and Akina went to Akari's room while Akane went to the kitchen for an apple. She was about to head out of the kitchen when Sakura walked in.
"Hey, Sakura. We're leaving for the air port in the morning. Just thought I'd let you know," Akane remarked, throwing away a spiral peel. Sakura nodded and leaned against the door frame.
"I have to ask. What in the world did you do to Joey when we were at the hospital?" she asked, honestly curious. Akane arched an eyebrow and squeezed by her.
"Are you going to answer me?" Akane stopped and looked at Sakura, the apple slightly slipping from her fingers.
"Let's just say, you don't want to know," she replied, before turning and walked away. Sakura stared at her and began thinking. Everything and everyone went to sleep and awaited the next morning.
~Morning~
Sakura was hauling her luggage down the stairs while Akane sat on the couch, affectionately rubbing Ryuma's feathery chest. Sakura stopped half way down the stairs, a fine sheen of sweat coating her forehead. She heavily breathed as she stared at Akane.
"Are you going to get your things or not?" she asked. Akane shrugged and continued the affection.
"I've already brought my things downstairs," she remarked. Sakura looked around and then her eyes landed on the door, where Akane's black and red suitcase stood beside the door frame. Sakura glared at the suitcase and then continued to struggle with her bag.
"Would you go wake up the dynamic duo?" Akane rolled her eyes and got up, causing Ryuma's wings to go into a startled flutter.
Akane walked up the stairs just as Sakura got to the bottom. She dropped the bright pink bag on the crème colored carpet and pulled it across to the door. She heaved it beside Akane's with a thud. She dusted off her hands as she turned away. She was about to take a step away, but was stopped when the doorbell rang. Sakura sighed as she turned back to the door knob and opened the door. Standing on the porch were the Moto brothers, a tiny bit of sleep still sticking to Yami's violet eyes.
"Hey, guys. Come on in," she smiled, gesturing them in. They smiled and then walked inside.
"Good morning to you too, Sakura," Atem grinned, standing closer to her than what people would consider too close.
"Where's Akane?" Yugi asked. Sakura continued smiling at Atem as she answered.
"Waking the dynamic duo," Yugi nodded and then bounded up the stairs.
Sakura continued to smile goofily at Atem while Yami took the opportunity to fall face first onto the couch. A few minutes later, Akane and Yugi came bouncing down the stairs. They walked behind the couch and stared down at the unsuspecting Yami. Akane looked at Yugi from the corner of her eyes, a smirk playing across her lips. She was about to turn to go to the kitchen when the twins groggily walked down the stairs. Akane snapped her fingers in disappointment as she noticed them. Sakura jumped slightly when she heard an oof escape Yami's lips. She looked back at the couch, finding Akari and Akina laying on top of Yami. They sighed as they dragged Akari, Akina and Yami out of the house and into an awaiting vehicle.
~Airport~
Joey, Tristan, the Bakura brothers, the Ishtar twins and Tea were sitting in the terminal, waiting for their plane and friends to arrive.
"Hey, guys. It's a fabulous day to travel," Sakura beamed. Joey and Tristan looked at her, their eye brows clearly arched.
"How can she be so happy this early in the morning?" Tristan wondered, sinking lower into his seat.
"Dude, I have no clue either," Joey agreed, tilting his head back. They were about to fall asleep when the announcer's voice echoed through the terminal.
"Special group heading to Egypt. Your plane is now ready to board. Special ground heading to Egypt. Your plane is now ready to board. Please have your ticket, carry on items and other items ready and with you at the entrance. Thank you and please enjoy your flight," the voice clicked off and everybody and everything headed back to their original task. The rag tag group blinked and began gathering their things.
"That was fast," Akane sighed.
"Yeah," Akari agreed. She slung her bag over her shoulder and was about to talk a step when she stopped. "Wait, a minute. Where's Seto?"
Everybody looked around and then shrugged. Akari then began spinning in circles, attempting to see if he managed to get behind her.
"Oh, wait. Now I remember," Joey remarked, looking up at the paneled ceiling. Akari stopped turning and scrambled up to Joey, glaring at him with their faces only inches apart.
"Tell me," Her blue eyes growing wider with each passing second. Joey held his hands up, almost defensively.
"He told us earlier that he was taking a jet provided by Kaiba Corp. He was saying something about never flying with any of you Gales ever again," Joey nervously explained. Akari and Akina narrowed their eyes and thought for a moment. As if almost on pure luck, they turned and looked at each other and shrugged.
"What did he mean by 'Not flying with any of you Gales ever again', Akane?" Yugi asked. Akane smirked and twisted her fingers with Yugi's.
"You'll see in a second," She gently tugged him towards the gate. "Come on! I want to get to Egypt. I miss the sand!" Akane yelled, completely out of character.
They nodded and filed their way onto the plane. They walked down the long hallway, occasionally stopping to drag the twins the rest of the way. Once they got to the door and walked in, they found out that the whole plane was one of Spitfire's private jet. Akari took a seat on the long leather benches. Everyone taking their own seat around the general area Akari sat in. Akina's hand dove into her bag and pulled out a thick bar of chocolate. Akane, noticing the bar, sunk lower into her seat as the pilot came over the speakers, reminding everyone to buckle up. Akina laid the bar in her lap and listened to everyone click their buckles closed. There was a long drone as the engines started to warm up. Joey and Akari glued their faces, as best as they could, to the windows and watched the run way fly by.
They gaped as they started to tilt up and jump into the cloud filled sky. To everyone in the general area it almost looked like their eyes were glazing over with joy.
"Akari, sit back. This isn't the first time you've been on a plane," Sakura deadpanned. Akari huffed and leaned back.
"Whatever, Sakura," Akari growled, sticking her tongue out at the back of her pink head.
"You are now free to move about," the speakers chirped. Everybody mumbled finalizes as they unbuckled their belts.
"Sister dear, look what I have," Akina smiled. Akari turned to look at her, finding a bar of pure chocolate dangling to the side of Akina's sparkling eyes.
"You plan on sharing right, Sister dearest," Akari grinned. Akina nodded as she broke a piece off and handed it to Akari.
"Great," Akane groaned, sinking lower and lower into her seat, until she was partially concealed by the seat in front of her.
"What are you talking about, Akane?" Yugi asked, pulling out his IPod. Akane pointed at her sisters and quickly withdrew. Yugi watched as the clones stuffed the chocolate pieces into their mouth.
"I don't see the problem," Yugi stated, stuffing an ear bud into his ear. Akane looked up at him from her spot deep in the cushion of her seat.
"Not yet, you don't. But you will," she concluded, turning back to stare at the back of the leather seat.
~Egypt Airport~
The plane landed and everybody filed out of the plane. Each of them staring at something distantly in their minds.
"Now I understand why Kaiba doesn't fly with you guys anymore," Tristan stated, rubbing his cheek.
"How in the world did they do that with the…" Tea started, but suddenly got side tracked by something more interesting in the area of her train of thought. Akane sighed and rubbed her neck as a way to semi-relax.
"I thought Sakura and I cleaned out any source of chocolate in both of your bags," Akane sighed. Akina and Akari shook their heads, their blue eyes wide and the little black dot in the center of a sea of blue was the size of a pin prick.
"Come on, we better get our things and head outside," Sakura sighed. Everyone nodded as they headed to gather their things.
They made their way outside, happily chatting as they slowly returned to normal. Everybody was laughing as the automatic doors slid open.
"Well, it took all of you long enough to get here," Akari and Joey stopped in their tracks and looked towards the street. Leaning against a long, sleek black limo, their bags standing side by side was none other than the Kaibas.
"Seto Kaiba!" Akari yelled. Seto held his hands up as a sign of defense and stood that way as Akari walked up to him and glared. She continued to glare as their friends just waited.
"Akari, Seto. As much as I would love to watch the great CEO get the crap beat out of him, I think we should take our luggage to the house and then go to the zoo," Akane sighed, leaning on the handle of her suit case. Akari jumped back and smacked her forehead.
"I almost forgot about that," everyone rolled their eyes and nodded.
They piled into the limo and continued their happy chatter. Everyone watched as the scenery passed by seemingly faster than it should have been. They pulled into a drive way, piled out, walked into the house, placed their things in their respected rooms and piled back into the limo.
"Now where are we going?" Joey asked, staring out the window.
"The zoo. I have to check on the animals," Akari explained. Everyone nodded and began chatting about what they wanted to see when they got to the zoo.
~Zoo~
The limo pulled into the parking space and placed it in park. Akari burst out of the limo and took off for the zoo entrance. Everybody clambered out of the limo and watched the train of dust disappear.
"Did she miss the zoo that much?" Duke asked as he blinked multiple times.
"You have no idea," Sakura sighed. "Come on, we better get in there before she tries something stupid," Everybody made their way to the front and walked in. Looking from one side to the other, they thought they could find her by the same trail that had lead them into the zoo.
"Where could she have gone? It's not like she's an invisible freak of nature," Tea scoffed. Akane looked around, ignoring the group as they tried to figure out where she was. She had craned her neck to stare down one lane when she spotted a familiar face.
"Hey, I'll be right back," Akane boredly remarked.
"Akane, we have to stay together," Yugi pleaded. Everybody else continued to converse, completely unaware of the whispering mini teens.
Akane rolled her eyes as she shook her head. She stuffed her hands in and out of her pockets repeatedly.
"Not necessarily. I've been in this zoo many a times. I basically know it like the back of my hand. Besides I'm just going to talk to one of the keepers, I'll be right back," Akane assured as she pointed in the direction of the zoo keeper. Yugi stared at the zoo keeper and then back at Akane. He nervously nodded his head. Akane smirked, turned and walked over to the zoo keeper. Yugi fidgeted as she conversed and laughed with the keeper. His violet eyes jumping from Akane to the group of crazed teens. He turned back finding Akane already inches from his face, a smirk playing on her features.
"Found her," she grinned.
"What are you talking about, Kane?" Sakura asked, sounding exhausted.
Akane looked at Sakura and rolled her eyes. She stepped to the side of Yugi, staring at Sakura.
"I mean, I know where she's at," Akane deadpanned. Tea and Sakura jumped back, slightly startled.
"How is that even possible?" Tristan stammered.
"We couldn't even figure it out," Duke added. Akane grinned and leaned back so she was leaning at a slight angle.
"Unlike a majority of you," Akane explained, scanning her red eyes over the group. "I actually look at my surroundings and ask for certain information. Now come on. She's in the lion's exhibit," Akane sighed, turning down a small cobble stone lane.
They got to the lion exhibit, only to find Akari rolling on the ground with the lions playfully playing with her. Tea, Yami, Bakura and Atem stared at the scene trying to process what was happening when it clicked. When it finally did they ran up to the glass, plastering their faces to it.
"Oh my…. Shouldn't we help her?" Bakura screamed.
"What are you talking about?" Joey asked, waltzing up to the glass. Tea pointed out the window.
"That. They freaking going to kill her," Tea screeched. Akane sighed and ran her hand through her brown hair.
"No they won't. They're just playing," Akane explained, walking over to the side. She slide down the side beside the window and stared out the window with distance look in her eyes. Tea, Yami, Bakura, Atem and Joey continued to stare out the window in disbelief.
Yami, unaware if he could take any more of this, decided to knock on the window, hoping to get her attention. He rapped on it a few times. That caught the attention of not only Akari, but the lions. Once he saw her ocean eyes staring at her, he waved and motioned for her to come out. From the distance everyone was at they just saw her shake her head, but there was a possibility she had rolled her eyes. She got up, dusted off, walked over to the door and walked right out of the exhibit as if it happened every day.
"Took you all long enough to get here," Akari beamed.
"Well excuse us for not knowing where the heck everything is," Tea barked. Akari rolled her eyes and placed her hands on her hips.
"I wasn't talking to you," she turned back to everyone else. "Welcome to the Egyptian Zoo. This was one of the exhibits I was in charge of when I worked here," Akari continued to beam.
The gang looked at the area around them and slightly nodded. Joey walked up to the glass and stared at the lions on the other side as they widely opened their mouths, the pointed teeth gleaming in the afternoon sun. He jumped back slightly as he saw their length and thickness. He stared at them and then glanced at Akari.
"I can see why they didn't eat you when you went in there," Joey remarked. The gang raised an eyebrow in curiosity.
"What in the world are you talking about, Mutt?" Seto asked, pinching the bridge of his nose. Joey pointed to the lions and then pointed to Akari.
"The fact that she's skinnier than heck means that the lions wouldn't eat her when she entered the exhibit. Air-go her still being here," Joey explained.
"Um…. I don't think that's it, Joey," Mokuba nervously laughed.
"There's no other possibility," Joey stated, ending the discussion with that final say.
Everyone started chatting as they waited for Akari to explain to another zoo keeper that the animals needed more one on one care. Of course hearing that come from Akari, the other zoo keepers got a bit nervous. She was now happily guiding them through the zoo when her phone began ringing.
"When they take it off! When they take it off! Everybody take it off! There's a place I know, if you're looking for a show! Where they go hard core! And there's glitter on the floor!" Joey started laughing hearing the ringtone.
"I recognize that ringtone!" Akina shouted, rushing to her sister's side to confirm.
"Vladimir sent us a text message," Akari remarked, looking at her opened phone.
"Who's Vladimir?" Atem asked. Akari didn't seem to be paying attention as she smiled and scrambled to answer his message.
"Vladimir happens to be a designer who is making the outfits for Akari's gang ball. He probably wants everyone over there ASAP to get the rest of your measurements," Akane explained through a sigh.
Akari snapped her phone shut and grinned widely at the group. Akane slumped beside Yugi as her suspicions were confirmed.
"Akane is correct. He wants us there now. So come on, back to the limo," Akari smirked. Everybody nodded and followed Akari back through the crowd in a weaving pattern.
~Vladimir's place~
The outside of the building was plastered with glass windows as tall as the building itself. Lining the window sills were mannequins dressed in peacock purples, sapphire blues, pine greens, sunflower yellows and bleeding heart reds, each varying with a variety of other colors and styles. As everyone filed out of the limo, Sakura and Tea glued their faces to the stain free windows, smearing them with their finger and cheek prints. The white doors opened to a man with sparkly, black spiky hair. His skinny legs were wrapped in white washed light colored jeans. His shirt was a loose fitting white t-shirt. Wrapped loosely around his hips was a rainbow studded belt that hung off his right hip.
"Could the two of you please try not to get smears all along my windows? I have to run a business, ya know. And it's kind of hard to look at fabulous creations when the windows are covered with smears," he remarked, running a ring covered hand through his sparkling hair.
Akari and Akina looked him up and down a few times, taking in the newest fashion statement. After raking their eyes over the colorful man in front of them, they turned and grinned.
"Vladimir, it's been too long," Akari beamed. The man, Vladimir, looked towards Akari and stared in shock. His features quickly melted into a flurry of joy.
"Akari, honey. It has been too long," he shuffled his way over to her. They placed air kisses on each of their cheeks before he turned to Akina and did the same. He looked over the twin's shoulders at the small group of teens.
"Akari, dear. Are these the people Mister Spitfire wants outfits made for?" Vladimir asked, walking around them.
"Yes sir," she grinned. He nodded, turned to his building and clapped his hands.
"Alright then. Please come this way," he ordered, pointing with his extended hand at the building entrance.
Everybody followed him in and waited patiently as he disappeared behind curtains. The lights turned off and a bright spotlight lit a medium sized circle in the middle of the velvet curtains.
"I welcome you to my humble store, friends of Akari," Vladimir's voice echoed over the hidden speakers.
Tristan looked around and stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"Humble isn't the first word that comes to mind," he grinned. Joey and Duke nodded as they agreed. Multi colored lights began blinking as the curtains swished open. Vladimir had quickly changed clothes so he was wearing a rather interesting outfit. His pants were a bright green and had glitter running up and down the side. Attached to the back of the pants was this giant tail that had feathers with an odd eye looking shape at the tip. His shirt was green and fitted rather snuggly around his chest. His eyes were dusted with sapphire blue and gold flecks.
With his hands placed firmly on his hips, he strutted down the long walk way until he was directly in front of the gang. The lights flashed back on and returned to normal. With Vladimir posing in front of them, the gang was silent.
"I would like to introduce myself. I am Vladimir Antonio Romano Ivan Shakira Toris Matthew Alfred Arthur Francis Natalia Rodriguez. It's a pleasure to meet you," he explained, swooping his hand around before he bowed.
"Wow. You must have practiced that before you could say your name without a single breath," Duke joked. Akari looked back at him, her face slightly depressed.
"You have no idea," she remarked, shaking her head. Vladimir clapped his hands again, returning everyone's gazes to him.
"Alright, on with the reason why you are all here," Vladimir strutted back and disappeared behind the curtains again.
Everyone waited for him to come back out, but then were suddenly whisked away by multiple people.
"Akari! Help us!" Mokuba yelled, twisting around. His small hands reaching out to Akari.
"I'm sorry, Moku! But I can't interfere with his work!" she yelled back. A few more people guided the Gale siblings and Seto, who happened to avoid the crowd that shuffled everybody behind the curtains, to a small seating area beside the walk way that Vladimir strutted down. Akane glanced over at Seto and raised her eyebrow.
"Why aren't you with them, Seto?" Akane asked, shifting her legs.
"I already commissioned my outfit before we left Japan," he stated, firmly crossing his legs at the knees. Akane nodded and turned back to the walk way.
The lights dimmed again and Vladimir strutted back down the walk way. He stood behind Akari's chair and rested his gold ringed fingers on the back.
"I want to get an idea with these friends of yours and then I shall get to work on their designs. Although I think the brunette girl will give me a hard time," Vladimir scowled as he mentioned Tea.
"Oh, just don't work too hard on hers. I don't really intend to leave her be at all while she's hanging around," Akari explained. Vladimir nodded and snapped his fingers, signaling that they were ready. The curtains opened and music began playing as the lights changed colors.
"First up we have the smallest boy," Vladimir smiled.
Mokuba nervously walked down the walk way, his small shoulders hunched up to his ears. Akari sat up, trying to get a better look. He wore a white sailor suit with dark blue sparkles adorning the sides and lines on the neck. His dark blue shorts fell to just above his knees and flared out with silver tassels. The seams on the sides were lined with silver sparkles. On top of his dark hair was a white sailor's cap. A mixture of silver and blue made the small anchor in the center. Mokuba glanced over at his older brother, his eyes pleading with sympathy. Seto looked back at him, his eyes glowing with as much sympathy as Mokuba's eyes demanded. Vladimir rapidly twirled his hand, sending Mokuba back up the walk way.
"Next we have the short high schooler," Vladimir stated, examining his nails. The curtains closed and then reopened.
The lights continued to changed colors. Yugi shuffled down the walk way rather awkwardly as he kept fidgeting with his chosen outfit. His wore a white, button up dress shirt that had a black vest coat and suit coat over top. Covering every square inch of the suit coat were different colored straps, crosses and chains. He wore black dress pants that were cut half way down his left thigh. The bottom half of his left pant leg was held to the top with a black buckle. He wore a thick black tie that had a white cross at the bottom around his neck. Atop his spiky head was a tiny black hat, trimmed with white. His shoes were black dress shoes with large white crosses at the tips. Akane continued to stare as he stood at the end of the walk way. She grinned up at him as he nervously looked at her. He fidgeted and then turned and walked back down the walk way.
Yami was so quick to walk down the walk way that he was just a blur of orange and red. Bakura on the other hand, strutted down the walk way like he owed it. His hand placed firmly on his torn clothed hip. He stopped and posed directly in front of everybody. His outfit was a torn and dirty pin stripe suit. His right sleeve was on the verge of falling off. He was missing a shoe and his face was paler than normal. But all in all he seemed to be enjoying himself. Akefia strutted his way down the way. His hips jutting out more than what you'd expect for him.
Akefia's outfit was ancient Egyptian. His white outfit bottom was slung low on his hips and wrapped nicely around his legs. Dangling happily on his wrists were gold bands. Hugging his neck rather tightly was a solid gold and ruby necklace. His chest was cleanly exposed, showing off the striking scar. He grinned, jutting his hips out one last time and strutted back, swaying his hips as he went. Everybody else took their turns to walk down the long walk way. Each getting respectful 'Oohs' and 'Awws'. When everyone had returned their normal clothes to their bodies, they returned to the front and claimed any untaken seat.
"Alright, I have my ideas. You are free to go," Vladimir remarked, reaching for his sketch book. Akari and her rag tag group about to walk out of the building when Vladimir remembered something.
"Oh wait, I forgot to tell you, Akari dear," Vladimir smirked. Akari stopped dead in her tracks.
"Oh? I wonder what it could be?" she nervously replied.
"Mister Spitfire wants you to report to his office ASAP. He needs to talk to you about the party and decorations, I believe," Vladimir propped his sketch book on his knee and began sketch each design.
"Right. Thanks again, Vladimir," she grinned, returning to the limo. Vladimir just waved for a brief second and then returned to his sketches, not even bothering to lift his head up.
~Inside HQ~
Spitfire sat at his desk, his slender fingers busy tapping away at the keys on his computer keyboard. He jumped slightly when the large wooden doors opened, splitting slightly. He sighed as he watched the clones walked to sit on the front of his desk.
"Akina, Akari, loves. Was it really necessary to slam my door open?" he asked. The twins nodded and then motioned everybody into the office. He began messaging the bridge of his nose as everyone took up position around the room, slightly in their own groups.
"You wanted us for a reason, Jester of Boring?" Akina questioned. Spitfire stopped messaging the bridge of his nose and glanced at the twins wearily.
"Yes, actually, Loves. I was planning on sending a few of your friends on a few errands, not a lone; mind you. But while they are out, I will talk to you. Akane, dear, will you go with Yugi to get some streamers?" Spitfire asked, glancing at the two short teens.
Akane looked at Yugi who shrugged. She turned back to Spitfire and shrugged.
"I don't see why we can't," she replied. Spitfire smiled and nodded. He turned to Sakura.
"Sakura, will you take Atem, Tea and Joey with you to get some table clothes," Sakura nodded as she hurriedly grabbed her selected victims and left the office. Akane rolled her eyes as she and Yugi trudged out of the office. Spitfire, the twins and the rest of the rag tag group waving them off.
~With Sakura's group~
Sakura happily walked beside Atem as Tea tried to ignore Joey and his rant of how hot it was out.
"Joey, how many times do I have to tell you? We are in the lower hemisphere so of course it's going to be hot," Tea sighed. Joey just didn't seem to hear her, because he kept on complaining. Sakura and Atem rolled their eyes and continued walking along.
"Do you think it matters what color he wants them in?" Sakura asked, looking into a nearby window. Atem shrugged and stared at across the crowded street hoping to find any store that would sell table clothes.
"Probably not, but I wish he had told us what color to get before we left," he sighed, closing his eyes in frustration.
"Yeah, same here," Sakura agreed, her eyebrow beginning to twitch with annoyance.
~Akane and Yugi~
Akane and Yugi stood side by side, the tips of their shoulders brushing lightly against each other. Their finger tips brushing together before rushing to their rightful sides. Something caught Akane's attention as they got closer. Hanging a few inches from the stone work was a wooden sign. Scribbled in dark brown letters was the word Henna. Little flowers floating around it as it stood proudly at the front. Akane stopped and stared up at the sign as Yugi continued to walk straight ahead. He stopped when he didn't hear her footsteps beside his. He looked back to find Akane's head tipped back staring at a sign.
"I think we should get tattoos, Yugi," Akane deadpanned. Yugi reeled back in shock.
"W-what are you talking about, Akane? We're too young for them," he tried to reason. Akane rolled her eyes and shook her head as she walked over to him.
She gripped his hand and pulled him back to her original spot. She turned his face to the sign and pointed.
"Henna. It's a form of tattoo that is temporary. It's made of herbs so it's good for your skin," Akane explained. "Not only is it good for your skin, Yugi, but it smells delicious," Akane grinned. Yugi looked a little hesitant as she walked towards the door. He slowly followed her into the building, the smell of herbs hitting his nose.
"This sound be an interesting experience," Yugi sighed, caving into the smaller teen's unusual request.
~After supplies were gathered~
Sakura sat next to Atem and Tea, her pale legs crossed at her knees. She was happily chatting with Tea while everyone else sat around in their own little groups and chatted. Spitfire attempted to ignore everybody as he talked to someone on the phone about his party ideas.
"We're back!" Yugi cheerfully beamed, walking into the office room.
"Welcome back," Yami remarked, stretching his arm high above his head. Yugi walked with Akane until he was beside his brother. Akane on the other hand continued towards Spitfire's desk to place the streamers on his desk. She walked back after they hit the desk and sat on the floor beside Akari and Akina.
Although Sakura was on the other side of the room she could still see something on the base of Akane's neck before it crawled to barely below her ear.
"Akane Luminista Gale! What is that on your neck?" Sakura screeched. Akane blinked while Yugi slunk back, hopping to disappear into the wood work. Akane gingerly touched her neck when she remembered what it was. Akari and Akina got close to her neck as they studied the design. There was a heart in the center, swirls extending their reach around the heart. At the center of the heart were the letters Y and A.
"Well? What is it?" Sakura seethed, her foot beginning to tap. Akane just sat there and let the twins study the brown markings. Akari and Akina started to laugh when it registered to them what it was.
"Oh, quit your gripping, Sakura. It's just henna," Akina explained through a laugh, falling back into her seat.
Sakura reeled back and stared in disbelief, her eyes wide with shock. She slumped forward again and exhaled a breath she didn't realize she was holding. Yami blinked and then glanced at Yugi. Even though Yugi wasn't facing him, he still noticed the same swirling brown lines on his neck. He leaned closer to Yugi's neck, getting a better look.
"Hey, it looks like Yugi got a matching one," Yami grinned, causing Yugi to jump. His hand wanting to fly to his neck, but suddenly stopped when he remember that it peeled easily.
"You're joking, right?" Atem asked, getting up to study his younger brother's neck.
"Hahaha, you wish I was," Yami continued to grin. Yugi looked at Akane for help, but he noticed that she was too surrounded to help him in any form.
He sighed as the older Motos gushed and then remembered gender and backed away. Sakura sighed as she sat back down.
"Loves, I would love for you to stay and chat in my office, but I kind of need the room so I can get ready for the party. You and your friends can go do whatever you want now," Spitfire remarked, picking up his phone. Akari and Akina nodded as they rushed over to the door.
"Alright! Let's go the Nile!" They screeched. Seto, Mokuba, Akane and Yugi sighed as everybody else cheered with joy.
"Thank you, Spitfire. You may have caused half of their deaths," Akane deadpanned, walking away. Spitfire looked at her curiously, unaware of the sentence that had left the twins lips.
~Surface~
Bakura, Marik, Sakura, Tea, Duke, Joey and Tristan peered over the edge of the Nile's bank, watching the water rush away from them.
"I can't believe that she's so fascinated by the dang thing and she use to live here," sighed Seto, rubbing his hand down the side of his face.
"Well, you better believe it," Akane added, shifting her wait. Akina and Akari were busy whispering to the side of the group, evil glints playing in their eyes. They quickly looked side to side before quietly tip toeing over to Akane.
They managed to get beside her and continued to look from side to side, making sure the coast was clear.
"Hey, Akane," Akari whispered. Akane raised an eyebrow and looked to the side.
"What?" she asked.
"Do you want to help us mess with Sakura and Tea?" Akina grinned. Akane raised her eyebrow again, clearly asking them to go on. They grinned and whispered in her ear. She smirked and nodded as they pulled away. They carefully walked behind Tea and Sakura and remained quiet.
"This place is so beau-," Tea remarked before something harshly pushed on her back.
Tea and Sakura's arms rapidly spun in circles as their eyes grew wide as the water was quickly gaining height. They slammed their eyes shut as the water around them engulfed them completely. The cold feeling hit them instantly as they floated below the surface for a second. Remembering that they were under water, they pushed their way to the surface. There was a small wave as their heads breached the water. Both began puffing for air as their feet paddled beneath them.
"Who did that?" Sakura bellowed, angrily pushing her bangs out of her face.
"Man, you two should see yourselves," Duke laughed, clutching his side.
"It's to hilarious," Tristan added, falling to the ground. Sakura screamed as she smacked the water, causing it to create a mini tidal wave.
"Who did this?" Sakura asked again.
"Who do you think, Sak-ur-a?" the twins mocked. Sakura glanced at the twins as they smirked, Cheshire cat grins.
"The two of you are so dead when I get out of here," she screamed.
"Key word is 'If', Sakura," Akina grinned.
FB: *in the shadows* My readers. I'm sorry its taken me so long to write this. My sister was begging me to write so I let her write this chapter. But I have something to tell you. Usually this would be Fire-blossom19 writing your authors note, but you would be mistaken to believe that this is her. *appears out of shadows* I am actually her sister, Firedemon45.
FD- I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. I wanted to make it perfectly. Please tell me how you felt about this story. You don't have to place them on the comments here if you don't want to, but if you do then I don't mind. Just please tell me how you like it. Please, please, please review. Thank you