Here is the actaul interview. I don't know much about interviews, so I hope that it's okay. Also, there might not seem like there are any commercial breaks, but pretend that there are.

Enjoy!


Chapter 42- The Interview part 2

Mai was sitting on the set where she would be interviewing the band. She was in her seat, and there were other seats there, too.

"Ms. Kujaku, we're ready when you are." the stage manager said.

"Then we should get started." Mai said. She glanced to where the band was and saw that they were waiting for when Mai called them out onto the stage.

"In five, four, three, two-" the manager said before giving Mai the go-ahead to start.

"Good morning, everyone. This is Mai Kujaku, and we have a special presentation that we will be giving you today. Since the discovery of who the members of the band Hikari and Aibou are, there are a lot of questions that need to be answered. So, I will be interviewing those very people now. Please help me welcome the members of Hikari and Aibou!" Mai said.

One of the songs that Hikari and Aibou sang played as the five walked out onto the stage along with Touma.

The studio audience started to clap and cheer as the band walked out onto the stage.

All six shook hands with Mai before they all took a seat.

"I can't tell you how honored I am to be the one doing this interview. This is one of the biggest secrets in the music world to come out. Just so we all know, what are each of your names?" Mai asked.

"Well, my real name is Yugi Mutou." Yugi said.

"And I'm Heba Mutou. Yugi and I are twins." Heba added.

"I'm Ryou Bakura." Ryou said.

"I'm Malik Ishtar." Malik said.

"And I'm Katsuya Jonouchi. Just Jou for short." Jou added in.

"Well, it's good to finally meet you all for real. I guess one of the biggest questions that everyone wants to know is why all the secrecy in who you really were?" Mai asked.

"The truth is that we just didn't want all the fanfare. We love to play and sing, and we also wanted to live normal lives, so we decided to use the disguises to hide who we are so that we can do what we love, and we could keep our quiet, normal lives in the processes." Yugi said.

"Well, that's certainly understandable. Something else that I'm sure viewers would like to know is who came up with the idea for your discusses?" Mai asked.

"Well, the idea for the disguises was Yugi's, but Touma was the one who actually came up with the design for what the disguises would be." Ryou said.

"Well, that interesting. How exactly did the band get together?" Mai asked.

"Well, at one time, we all lived in Egypt. We all met in school and became good friends. As we got to know each other, we found out that we all could play an instrument, and we all liked to sing." Yugi said.

"We originally started the band just to play at a school talent show. We did win first place in that contest." Jou said.

"Well, given your success, I can understand why." Mai said.

"Well, after we did so well, we decided to keep the band together, and we just started to play different little gigs that teenagers could play. One day, a manager for a music company heard us sing at a teenage club in Egypt, and he loved our music. He talked to us about making music our career." Ryou said.

"We weren't real sure at first, but we agreed to at least talk about what was going on." Malik said.

"We ended up talking with Touma about it, and he thought that we could give it a try, and he became the manager for the band." Heba said.

"You obviously did very well." Mai said.

"We did start in Cairo, Egypt with our career, but all of us except for Malik were originally from Japan, and we all wanted to go back, so we moved back here to Japan and picked up our careers here." Yugi said.

"Tell me. Does your success influence how you act or anything?" Mai asked.

"I don't think it does. We're just us. I mean, we do sing in a famous band, but at the same time, we like to do what nay other teenager does. We play sports, we hang out, and we go to school." Jou said.

"Speaking of school, why go to public school when you could attend private school?" Mai asked.

"We really don't want to go to private school. We enjoy just being regular kids in a regular high school. Plus, we really don't want to wear school uniforms." Heba said.

"Understandable. Is there anything that you do that regular kids wouldn't do?" Mai asked.

"Aside from practicing our music and recording the albums, I don't think that there is anything that we can say that there is anything we do that other kids don't." Ryou said.

"Well, we have been invited to a few parties that other stars have hosted and invited us to." Yugi said.

"Did any of those stars know your real identity?" Mai asked.

"No. There were only a select few people that knew who we really were, and they were people that we knew would not tell a soul who we were." Malik said.

"Something that I would like to ask you, Mr. Hashiba, is why you chose to let them become a band?" Mai asked.

"Well, after listening to them, even before they went to the school talent show, I knew that they had a lot of talent. They were all talented in the instrument that they played, and they were all great singers. They also had a talent for writing their own songs as most of the songs the band does are written by the band. I would go with them to the different places that they would play at. I was with them when they were approached by the scout for the music company. He believed that they had a shot, and I knew that they would be able to make it if what they really wanted was to be a band. I told them that if they wanted to give it a shot, then I would manage them. They agreed, and they did great in Egypt, and they are doing even better here in Japan." Touma said.

"Now, I know that they are all underage. Who is their guardian?" Mai asked.

"I am the guardian for all five of them. For various reasons, they all needed a guardian, so I decided that I would take them all in. I already had guardianship of all five when they formed the band." Touma said.

"I guess being the guardian of all five makes it easier to keep the band together." Mai said.

"It does." Touma agreed.

"Well, no one knows who it was that took that picture that exposed your secret, but I was wondering what you think of the individual that did take that picture." Mai said.

"Well, truth be known, I'm certain that we all feel some level of anger toward him. I mean, he exposed us, and well, pretty much turned out lives completely upside down." Yugi said.

"Not one of us would like this man or woman, whoever it is. Honestly, they didn't have a right to do what they did, but there's not much that we can do about it." Heba added.

"What would you do if you ever found out who it was?" Mai asked.

Touma glanced over at the five, wondering how they would react to that question.

"I'll be open and honest. I'd probably give him a good solid punch and tell him he had better not ever invade my privacy again." Jou said.

"Same thing. I'd do it without remorse." Malik agreed.

"And what about you three?" Mai asked.

"I would probably do nothing. He's already done what he wanted to do, and there's nothing we can do to change that. We're just going to live with it." Yugi said.

"It's about all we can do, although I might just have to say a few things about how low and wrong he is to do that, although I don't think that he would really listen or care about what I had to say." Heba said.

"Honestly, a guy like that isn't worth the time." Ryou said.

"Well, I'd like to thank you for your honesty. Now, we've asked fans to send in their questions, and one question that has been asked repeatedly is what will happen to the band now? Are you going to keep the band going, or you going to call it quits?" Mai asked.

"We've all talked about it, and we don't plan to disband the band at the moment. We're going to keep playing and touring when we can. We're not going to give up what we love to do just because of this." Yugi said.

"Would you start to perform without the disguises?" Mai asked.

"No. I don't think we would. The disguises is one of the things that made us Hikari and Aibou. It was our trademark, I guess you could say." Ryou said.

"Yeah. We'd keep those disguises and wear them during concerts." Jou agreed.

"Everyone knows what your stage names are, so I was wondering if you would tell us who was who when you were on stage?" Mai asked.

"There's no harm in anyone knowing now." Touma answered, telling the five with his answer to just tell them.

"Well, I was Hikari." Heba said.

"And I was Aibou." Yugi added in.

"I'm Snow." Ryou said.

"I was Keeper." Malik said.

"And I was Puppy." Jou said.

"Well, we're going to go for a commercial break for a moment, but we'll be right back with more from Hikari and Aibou." Mai said.

Then, the show went to a commercial.

"I'll tell you that you'll only have about five minutes, then we're getting on to the dating stuff." Mai said.

The group nodded.

Yugi and the others got up and headed over to their boyfriends.

"I don't think that that was too bad." Seiji asked.

"Those were questions that we all expected." Touma said.

"Yeah, but we're getting to the dating stuff now." Heba said.

"You are?" the group asked.

The six nodded.

"Ms. Kujaku said that we'd be doing that next, so you all need to be ready for when that comes." Touma said.

"I just hope that we can say the right things while we're on." Atemu said.

"Don't worry. We'll try to take most of the heat, but just remember what we told you back in the dressing room." Yugi said.

"We'll try to remember that." Yami said.

"I just hope that this is over soon." Bakura said.

"Kura!" Ryou said warningly.

"What?" Bakura asked.

"Just don't say things like that out there. For once, try to be a polite human being." Seiji said.

"He means don't be yourselves." Seto added.

"Yeah. We get it." Marik said.


Shin and Shu were watching the interview while Jun was playing in the living room.

"I guess that they're not doing bad. I mean, all this is stuff that people probably want to know right now." Shu said.

"I know. Nothing bad has come out at the moment. Of course, they haven't gotten to the other thing that people really want to now about." Shin said.

"Meaning that they want to know about their love lives." Shu said.

"Right. I think that almost every fan wants to hear about that over everything else." Shin agreed.

"I just hope Yugi can get everything sorted out after what the girl said." Shu said.

"Well, we'll find out soon." Shin said.

The two were watching Jun as he played.

"At least no one has brought Jun up at the moment." Shu said.

"Yeah, but that could change." Shin said.

"Well, the focus is on Yugi, Heba, Ryou, Malik, and Jou right now, so I would think that Jun wouldn't come into the picture since he is Seiji and Touma's son. I mean, Touma's not going to be one of the main ones they're going to be asking questions about." Shu said.

"I know." Shin said.

"We'll see where it goes to from here." Shin said.


Touma noticed Mai waving them over and said, "Come on. Ms. Kujaku is ready to start again."

The six then walked back out and sat back in their seats, knowing that they had to be out there when the show started again.

Yami and the other five waited because they knew that they would be called in at a certain time by Mai.

The stage manager gave Mai a nod, signaling that she could start.

"And we're back with the band Hikari and Aibou. We'll be continuing to interview them." Mai said. She then turned to look at the members of the band, who had a chair in-between each of them. "There have been reports that all of you are dating someone. Are these reports true or not?" Mai asked.

"The reports are true. All of us are dating someone at the moment." Yugi said.

"I had the opportunity to meet them beforehand so why don't we bring them all out now?" Mai asked.

The studio audience clapped and cheered as the six came out onto the stage floor and sat down beside their respective boyfriends.

"Well, we're all glad to finally see them. Now, we would all like to know what you're name's are and who you are actually dating." Mai said.

"My name is Atemu Sennen, and I am dating Heba." Atemu said.

"I'm Yami Sennen. Atemu and I are twins, and I am dating Yugi." Yami said.

"So, the twins are dating the twins?" Mai asked.

"Pretty much." Yugi said.

Mai then motioned for the others to introduce themselves.

"I'm Seto Kaiba. I'm dating Jou." Seto said.

"I'm Bakura Mao. Ryou and I are dating." Bakura said.

"My name's Marik Ishtal, and I'm dating Malik." Marik said.

"So, how did you all meet?" Mai asked.

"We started attending Domino High School at the start of this year, and we met them there since they have been going to Domino the last few years." Yugi said.

"Did you all hit is off at the start?" Mai asked.

"No. There were a few bumps along the way, but things did work out in the end." Atemu said.

"How long have you all been together?" Mai asked.

"Well, Yugi and I have been together about four months." Yami said.

"The rest of us have all been together for about three months." Bakura added.

'Polite and direct without sarcasm. Wish he was like this all the time.' Seiji thought.

"I think one of the things that everyone would like to know concerns you, Yugi." Mai said.

'Here it comes.' Yugi thought.

"Everyone knows that a girl named Rebecca Hawkins made a statement to the press saying that you were engaged to her. Is that true or false?" Mai asked.

"Ms. Kujaku, Yami is the only person I'm dating. Rebecca came to our school about two months ago, and she has become obsessed with me. She is constantly coming onto me, and she had even tried to use various stunts to break Yami and me up. I have nothing to do with Rebecca Hawkins. What she told the press was an outright lie. She knows that there is nothing between us. There never has been, and I don't intend to have anything to do with her." Yugi said.

"So, she completely made up this entire thing?" Mai asked.

"Yes, she did. I don't know what her reason for lying like that was, but I can assure you that the only person I am dating is Yami, and I am certainly not engaged to Rebecca Hawkins." Yugi said.

"Well, I am certain that this clears up a lot with the viewers." Mai said. She then turned her attention to Seiji and Touma. "Now, don't think that I forgot about you, Mr. Hashiba. Who is this man with you?" Mai asked.

Touma had seen this coming.

"My name is Seiji Date. I'm Touma's fiancé." Seiji said.

"Fiancé?" Mai asked.

The two nodded.

"Then I assume that you two are very happy about the coming baby." Mai said.

"Yes. We are." Touma agreed.

"Now, I would like to know how all this is going to affect the suture of the band." Mai said.

"As far as I can tell, it won't affect the band that much. As they have already said, there are no plans to discontinue the band. They want to keep the band going, and I have no intention of taking that away from them." Touma said.

"Then everyone can expect to see more from Hikari and Aibou." Mai said.

""Undoubtedly." Touma answered.

"Well, that's all the time that we have for this interview today. I would like to thank you all for coming out here and answering all the questions that were given." Mai said.

"We were glad to do it." Yugi said.

"That's all we have today from Hikari and Aibou." Mai said.

"And cut." the stage manager said, ending the segment.

Everyone stood up.

"Thanks for coming down. We really appreciate this." Mai said.

"Not a problem. Thank you." Touma said.

The group then walked off the set.

"What do you think will happen now?" Yami asked.

"Well, this most certainly won't be the last interview." Touma said.

"By the time we get home, there will be a lot of people calling wanting to conduct their own interview with us." Yugi added.

"Are you going to do all of them?" Bakura asked.

"I'll pick and choose which ones they will do. This is the only one for today." Touma said.

The group headed toward the exit and found it was still crowded with fans.

"Run?" Heba asked.

"Yep." Touma replied.

The group broke out into a run and ran across the parking lot to the cars with the media snapping pictures and fans shouting and asking for autographs.

Once they were all in the safety of the cars, the group headed for the house.


Jun heard the front door open and ran to it. "Papa! Daddy!" Jun called.

Seiji picked up the boy as he launched into his arms. "Hey, Jun." Seiji said.

Shin and Shu walked into the room with them.

"I think that went pretty well." Shin said.

"Yeah, but I know that this won't be the last interview that they do." Touma said.

Ironically enough, the phone rang.

"Speaking of which-" Touma said as he went to answer the phone.

"Thanks for watching Jun for us, guys. I hope he wasn't too much trouble." Seiji said.

"I wasn't trouble!" Jun protested, pouting.

The group laughed at Jun's look.

"He really wasn't any trouble. He played most of the time, and we played with him, too." Shu said.

"Well, thanks, guys." Seiji said.

Shin and Shu nodded and then left the house.

Touma walked back in.

"The first call for another interview?" Yugi asked.

"Yep. We'll be getting a lot more of them now." Touma said.

"We knew it was coming, Touma." Yugi said.

"I know. I think that you guys will be doing a lot of interviews for the next week or so." Touma said.

"And say the exact same thing at each one." Malik said.

"Well, you know that each lace does their own interview." Touma said.

"I know. I guess we don't have a choice." Malik said.

"I'll start getting them set up. The sooner that we get the interviews done, the better off we'll be." Touma said.


~1 and ½ weeks later~

"Hey, guys. Here's another magazine." Bakura said.

"Not interested." Ryou said.

"Yeah. They all say the same thing." Heba added.

Bakura smirked. "Oh. You're going to want to see this one, especially Yami and Yugi." Bakura said.

"Why us?" Yami asked.

"Because it's about the slut." Bakura said.

Yugi took the magazine, looked at it, and then burst out laughing.

"What?" Marik asked.

"Well, this magazine has not only talked about how she is a liar, but whoever wrote this article found out about her bed hopping and exposed her for it." Yugi said.

The entire group started laughing.

"I'm certain that she is thoroughly embarrassed." Atemu said.

"Yeah, and this is a national magazine. Everyone will know that not only did she lie about being engaged to me, but they'll also know that she is a slut." Yugi said.

"Well, it serves her right." Malik said.

"Oh, trust me. She's going to get it when we go back to school." Yami said.

"You're going to let her have it?" Seto asked.

"Most definitely." Yami said.

"You're not the only one." Yugi said.

"Are you guys going back to school with us?" Marik asked.

"Yeah. We're not going to let this stop us from finishing school. Besides, we already know who our real friends are, so we don't have to worry about being taken advantage of since everyone already knows." Ryou said.

"Well, just make sure that we're there to watch when you let her have it." Marik said,

"Of course we will." Yugi agreed.

"You know, it's a good thing that Vivian and Anzu are gone now, or they might be coming onto us now." Heba said.

"Then let's be thankful that they're not here now." Yami said.

The group couldn't wait to go back to school so that they could let Rebecca have it.


Hope you liked it.

Next: Rebecca gets it for her stunt.

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