Author's Notes:

Well, the chapters for this week are mostly characterization and the comedy will come later on, when the characters actually go on vacation. Like I said, I am playing this story out by day.

Okay, the idea for this chapter and the two after it came from me watching season zero, and well how they had the beauty contest. So, I am sorry for the perversion that is Minume, and that is the only thing (well character I own). All other things are owned by their original creator.

Enjoy…I hate this chapter…

"I'm scared, oh, what if I mess up, then I'll never make it to the big time!" Ryou whines as she looks over herself for like the fiftieth time that day. It wasn't that Ryou really cared about being popular, hell she hadn't even entered herself, but there was someone special she wanted to be escorted by, that and the fact that this could be what takes off as her singing career.

"Ha, the likeliness that you would even be able to sing, especially against me is low." Minume, the most popular girl in school says with a confident smile. Minume is about 5'7, the height Ryou was before she became a girl. She had long pure blonde hair, large breasts, yet a perfect figure. Her eyes are a steel gray, and well, to most guys at our school, the definition of perfection. She took over the year that the other girl left…what was her name?

"I can sing!" Ryou says, however looks down afterwards. It is true that as a guy she could sing, but would that mean that she could actually sing as a girl. Minume, apparently picking up on the girls doubt smirks and leaves.

Ryou sighs, takes one last look in the mirror before doing some basic vocal warm-ups. She smiled when she realized she still had the ability to sing, or at least somewhat. At that moment her friends decide to walk into her dressing area and smirk.

"So, you're okay." Joey says, causing Ryou to freak out. Okay is not going to win the contest for her, oh no, she had to be good.

"Calm down Ryou, my Ra, you actually are a girl!" Marik says, only to have one of the most painful slaps of all time be sent across his face. Marik gasps and pulls back, somewhat offended, only to be met by the image of a pouting girl. The girl can't help but smirk. Ryou had always been cute when "he" pouted, but now that he was a she, it was just wrong. Her eyes were even larger and her cheeks looked even pinchier…if that is even a word, then before.

"C'mon you two, we should probably get to the waiting area so that they could acknowledge us." Yugi says a smile on her face as she makes her way to the staging area.

"First up is Akashi Minume." The announcer states and Minume makes her way out onto the stage where she is met by thousands upon thousands of screams from the audience.

"Contestant number two is Mutou Yugi." The announcer says, as Yugi strides somewhat confidently onto the stage, where she stands there with her hands folded in front of her, a heavy blush dusting over her cheeks. From the back clapping could be heard for Yugi, her friends right there to support her.

"Contestant number three Katsuya Jounouchi," The director says, as Joey shoots him a glare. "Fine, Joey." The male corrects himself, as Joey stands there, basically radiating confidence.

"Contestant number four Mazaki Anzu!" The announcer says, smiling and waving as the brown-haired girl made her way onto stage. Many cheers erupted from the crowd, Anzu being one of the most popular girls in the school because of her fight for female rights.

A couple more names were said before they finally reached the last two people from the grade that were still in the competition.

"Contestant number eight Ishtar Marik." The boy says as Marik frolics onto the stage, smiling and waving happily, almost goofily at the crowd. Some people, like Minume and her crew, snickered, while others outright laughed, and then there were the people who thought that though it was goofy, it was cute, and they cheered the girl on.

"And lastly, contestant number nine, Bakura Ryou." Cheers erupted from the viewers, but no girl wen on the stage. The other girls looked at Ryou and raised an eyebrow at her; however, the girl just shook her head no. The others then decided to give their friend a helpful nudge, which, in English, was pushing her onto the stage with such force that she nearly fell onto her face. Some laughter broke out again, but Ryou did her best to ignore it and simply walked out to the middle of the stage, her head down so that her bangs covered her eyes.

\You can do this no problem hikari, so hike up your skirt and do the damn thing already. There is a reason that I signed you up!\ Bakura hisses through the mind-link, and immediately Ryou's head shoots up, her eyes brimming with tears. She then turns and quickly makes it off the stage, however, there isn't laughing from the crowd, instead sad murmuring.

"Okay, for our first event, we have talent." The announcer announces as everyone goes back to their tiny little room to prepare themselves for the next part of the competition.

"Okay, first we have Akashi Minume." The announcer says, and at that point a girl rises up from the stage, smoke clouding around her for affect. The music starts playing as Minume steps out from the smoke dressed in the shortest white skirt in history and a dark blue tank top with a black sleeveless, zip-up vest, unzipped.

I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
Come on Barbie, let's go party!

I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation

I'm a blond bimbo girl, in the fantasy world
Dress me up, make it tight, I'm your dolly
You're my doll, rock'n'roll, feel the glamour in pink,
kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky...
You can touch, you can play, if you say: "I'm always yours"

In the background Ryou was pale, and no, it isn't because she was scared. "Dear Ra, is she trying to be provocative, cause if so, I'm about to puke." Ryou says, holding her stomach as though she is in immense pain.

Marik laughs at that comment as she inspects Ryou's hair. "Hey, you added clip-on highlights!" Marik whines as he notices the aqua, sea green, and lavender stripes that color the girls hair. Ryou turns to her friend and smiles.

"I've always wanted stripes…well ever since I was a girl. White, it is just such a plain color; I decided to spice it up. Hey, Marik, you never told me, what are you doing for the talent portion of the contest?" Ryou asks, swatting away her friend's hand that is still pestering her clip-on highlights.

"Still a secret my little Ry-Ry." Marik says, tapping the other girl on the nose. Ryou grumbles under breath before turning on her heel and leaving the area. Marik sighs, thinking that she just drove her best friend away.

The horrid song soon ends and the Yugi makes her way onto the stage with a small smile on her face. She is wearing some gray sweat pants and a white tank top, her black hair with purple tips in a ponytail, and her blonde bangs just hanging out. She makes her way to the end of the stage and with a quick smile and wink at the crowd the girl does a back handspring, another one, a back walkover which slows her momentum, another back handspring and then a back tuck, landing perfectly. Cheers erupt from the crowd once she is done, however, Yugi simply runs a bit before doing a round-off, back handspring, back tuck, and then a back twist (like a back tuck but your body is straight and you twist) and then lands perfectly again. This gains a standing round of applause. Yugi smiles, bows and then turns and makes her way off of the stage.

"Now, contestant number three Katsuya Joey." The announcer announces, and Joey walks onto the stage, dragging some poor boy from their class. It's not like the boy is a nerd or anything, in fact, the boy is pretty well built, he just isn't good enough for Joey, and he gets beaten up.

Behind the curtains Anzu was freaking out. Ryou was standing there with her, trying to calm down the frantic girl.

"I don't get it Anzu, why are you so scared, you're a talented dancer and you've danced in front of large crowds before." Ryou says, trying to calm down her frantic friend.

Anzu sighs, looking Ryou dead in the eyes. Ocean meets emerald as Anzu finally opens her mouth, "Last year, when I did this someone switched my music with some folk music, and a bunch of people started insulting me for it." The girl explains, and Ryou smiles at her.

"But, it's highly likely that that person is gone from the school now, therefore they can't do anything like that again, right? Plus, what is life with no risks?" Ryou asks with a smile. Anzu looks at Ryou and smiles too, pulling the girl into a quick hug before leaving to put her music into the cassette player.

"Contestant number four Mazaki Anzu," The announcer states, and Anzu steps onto the stage. The music starts playing, and Anzu starts dancing. However, unlike the previous year in which the dance was hip-hop, this dance is ballet. It is elegant, and Anzu uses her long legs to make some beautiful lines. Ryou smiles happily, only when she turns around she is confronted with Minume.

"What, you aren't scared to sing after me, are you?" She asks in a taunting and deploring voice.

Ryou smiles, "Of course not, not after that performance, I've been singing all my life. My worries are my friends, they are really talented. My, my, you might end up getting last." Ryou says as she turns and watches Anzu do a jump.

"When did you get so lippy?" Minume hisses. Ryou turns her attention back to the girl in front of her and raises an eyebrow. "You never talk, you would always mutter something and now all of the sudden you have the audacity to look me in the eye and tell me that I can't sing!" Minume screeches, completely ignoring the fact that other people are still preforming.

Ryou simply shrugs. "Whenever I am about to do something musical or artistic I get into my zone, and when I am in my zone I am cool and confident." Ryou says, moving her hand in a horizontal line across the air to signify what she means. The other girl just rolls her eyes.

"Yeah whatever, just mess up." She says, purposefully forgetting to say "don't" just to try and intimidate the other girl. However, it was lost on Ryou who was way to calm. She really was in her zone, music, art, and diving was her childhood…his…whatever.

"Contestant number eight Ishtar Marik." The presenter declares as Marik gets up and makes her way to the center of the stage, a crazed smile on her face. The girl suddenly pulls out four knives, causing half of the school to gasp and teachers to jump up, reading to take the girl down if the need be.

Marik then starts spinning the knives between her fingers at extremely high speeds, causing them to blur together. She then starts to do some form of a dance which includes many hops, twists, and flips that require her to pass the knives throughout her entire body.

Of course, Ryou wasn't impressed. She had Bakura, and then Bakura had forced her to learn her how to do most of the tricks. However at the same time Ryou was impressed, because she would never do that with a knife, and to be quite honest, the dance was rather intriguing. In the end Marik simply put the knives down and walked off of stage, the teachers quickly getting rid of them.

"Contestant number nine Bakura Ryou." The announcer says, and Ryou makes her way onto the stage with her keytar strapped over her shoulder. The girl is wearing a navy, gray, and white plaid skirt that reaches about mid-thigh. Her top consists of what looks like the average preppy girl clothes, however, one sleeve is torn off and the tie is distraught, there are also some other tears and things that make the outfit look even messier. The girl's hair was in a very messy bun, though it just added to the rocker look. To say people were astonished would be an understatement. Ryou was supposed to be innocent, not this hot punk rocker thing.

She swung her keytar so that it was facing her and started playing the instrument to a tune everyone was familiar to, and that's when she started singing.

I'm Falling Down Into My Shadow
iki wo hisomete matteiru Deadly Night
Don't scary majou ga egaita KABOCHA no basha mo
sono me ni utsuseru kara

See you in your dreams Yeah Baby
kowai yume dato shitemo

Fairy Blue kimi no tame ni hoshi wo kudaki
kasaritsuketa Black Paper Moon
shinjitekureta nara When you're lost here I am
Forever with your soul
miagereba kagayaku tsuki no you ni

amai shinku no JAMU mo
otoshita KA-DO ni ukabi agaru moji
Your Destiny kimi ga nozomeba donna sekai mo
sono te ni tsukameru kara

madowasarenai de
dare ni mo kowasenai

Fairy Blue kimi ga kureta ikiru akashi kizuna to iu eien
sakende kureta nara I will find you, My dear
doko ni ite mo
karamitsuku jubaku wo tokihanatte

dare mo shinjirarenakute hikutsu ni naru toki mo aru
soredemo kimi no kotoba ha itsudemo mune ni hibiiteru

Fairy Blue kimi no tame ni hoshi wo kudaki kazaritsuketa mejirushi
yume wo miushinatte mayotta toki
miagete hoshii

Fairy Blue kimi ga kureta ikiru akashi kizuna to iu shinrai

kimi ha hitori janai
When you're lost here I am
Forever with your soul
tadoritsukeru kimi ga shinjiru nara

(I'm Falling Down Into My Shadow
and hold my breath because what's waiting is a Deadly Night.
Don't scary, the witch just drew a pumpkin carriage and
is only reflected in your eyes.

See you in your dreams. Yeah Baby,
Even if they are nightmares.

Fairy Blue, for you, I shatter the stars
and use them to adorn the Black Paper Moon.
Because you believed in me, when you're lost, here I am
Forever with your soul.
If I look up, you shine like the moon.

The sweet Crimson Jam
that fell in the card raised the spell.
Your Destiny, if you wish for it, no matter the world,
you can grasp it with those hands.

Don't be confused,
don't let anyone shatter it.

Fairy Blue you gave me proof to live, a bond called eternity.
If you call for me, I will find you, My Dear,
No matter where you are,
I'll release you from your curse.

I didn't want to believe in anyone, there was a time I was mean,
but even so, your words have always resounded in my heart.

Fairy Blue, for you, I shatter the stars and adorn the signs.
When you lose sight of your dreams and get confused,
please raise your head.

Fairy Blue you gave me proof to live, a bond called confidence.

You aren't alone,
When you're lost here I am
Forever with your soul
because you finally trust in me!)

When the girl was done singing everyone just stared. At first Ryou was worried that she had done bad, but then slowly, everyone got to their feet and applauded the girl for the song she had just sang. Ryou even saw her own yami clapping in the background, and that act alone truly touched her heart.

Ryou bowed deeply, a small smile on her lips before she turned and made her way off of the stage, to her friends who were still in awe back stage.

"OMFR! Ryou, had any of us known that you were that good, we wouldn't have joined the competition, I mean holy frack Ryou! That was amazing." Marik exclaims the moment Ryou makes it to the group. Ryou flushes a deep scarlet and looks away.

"When did you learn to do that?" Yugi asks, her eyes wide with shock.

Ryou looks up, the scarlet coloring her face still very evident. "I've been singing since I was young. I used to sing with my sister, I'd play the piano or guitar, and she would play whatever instrument fit the song. Our main song was Piano Man, oh the good ol' days." Ryou says, reminiscing in memories of her sister.

"Wow, that's really cool, you two must've been really good." Yugi continues, and that's when Ryou frowns, however, since this is supposedly a more so upbeat story, the reason she frowns will not be mentioned.

"Come on guys, the bikini contest is next." Anzu says, and the girls nod, making their way back to their changing rooms to prepare.

Author's Notes:

And people wonder why I do not write comedy, however the idea attacked me and it would not go away. Anyways, tell me what you think, and vote on my poll!