Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Pools of Glass ❯ To Be or Not To Be ( Chapter 7 )

JG: Here is chappie 7… I don't know WHERE the idea for this chapter came from, and sorry to disappoint you if you liked the character that I'm about to wipe out XD but hopefully I'll make it better… somehow XD email me if you have any questions or comments ^_^

Kaita the Lag Demon: Hey thanks for the review, I really appreciate it! I hope you don't mind character death though…

Avvy: So you like Malik huh? Well I'll try to put as much of him in it as I can just for you ^_^

To Be or Not To Be
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Anzu opened her eyes and rolled over in bed. Remembering it was Saturday; she jumped up, grinned to herself and started jumping up and down wildly on her bed.

"TONIGHT IS THE PROM!!!!!!!!" She screamed. All the birds in the tree next to her window flew out instantly due to her screaming. She sweatdropped and put on her slippers, making her way down the stairs to prepare a light breakfast.

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Jou groaned as the sound of a phone rang through his ears. After avoiding it for several minutes Jounouchi finally got pissed off with it and bolted through to the kitchen and picked up.

"WHAT?!"

[Nice way to greet someone, mutt.]

"Eh?"

[It's Kaiba. And don't get used to these phone calls, for this will be the only call you EVER get from me.] Kaiba emphasized.

"What the hell do you want?" Katsuya asked as he rubbed a sleepy eye.

[Just incase you've already forgotten, tonight is the prom. You and the rest of your moron-brigade are to report at my place at seven thirty. Is that quite perfectly clear?]

"Hey my girlfriend is part of the so-called "moron-parade" you're ranting on about Kaiba!" Jounouchi shrieked.

[Keeping in mind that she's also my date for tonight, mongrel. My limo leaves at eight, be there.] He hung up.

"FUCK YOU!" Jou pointlessly screamed down the receiver.

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Jounouchi, Yuugi, Honda and Otogi all disagreed on playing at the prom tonight, as they wanted to enjoy the night for themselves, rather than please the other students. Besides, the school had already organized a DJ and live band to come and play for them. Ryou was a little saddened, as he was looking forward to letting the world hear his angelic voice, but all thoughts were pushed aside when his yami eloped away with him into their own little world of bliss… which happened to be quite often, might I add.

Men's Barbershop…

"DON'T mess with the bangs, please. I don't want those scissors within half a MILE of my bangs." Otogi protested as the hairdresser ran her fingers through his thick raven hair.

Jounouchi, in the same salon (also with Honda and Ryou) was getting his head massaged in a basin of soapy warm water, and was nearly falling asleep, it felt so good. He imagined Bell being the one doing it, and nearly got an erection just at the thought.

"NO!" Ryou shrieked, making every customer in the shop jump.

"What? What have I done wrong?" The hairdresser asked, shaking slightly.

"Not TOO short! Please…?" Ryou nearly cried.

"Alright… I'm sorry!"

"So you should be." Bakura muttered as he took over Ryou's body to have a say in the issue. The hairdresser sweatdropped and began clipping away again.

7:30PM…

Bell was wobbling all over the place in her stiletto high-heels as she came down the stairs of Kaiba's mansion in her prom gown. It was made of satin (therefore quite heavy) and was strapless, black, with a string of tiny white diamantes running down one side. Her hair was curled and pinned to the top of her head with a few strands hanging at the sides of her face.

Kaiba in himself was dressed to utmost perfection - a classic black and white tuxedo with shiny black leather shoes and not one hair out of place. He crosses his arms and smirked as he watched Bell come down the stairs, somewhat inelegantly. She blushed sheepishly and came to his side.

"You look ravishing." Kaiba complimented.

"Thanks," Bell squeaked. "You turned out pretty well yourself."

"Hmm."

Abruptly the doorbell rang, echoing throughout the main entrance hall of the house. Kaiba's butler sailed over gracefully to open the door, and in walked Yuugi, Ryou, Jounouchi, Honda, Anzu, Otogi and … Malik?! Bell's jaw literally dropped to the floor when she saw the platinum-haired Egyptian follow behind Ryou in a black suit and dark purple silk shirt on underneath with the first two buttons undone.

Jounouchi on the other hand, found himself drooling at the brunette girl in black standing timidly next to Kaiba. Then he growled. Then he went over to her and took her arm. "You look amazin'!" Jou cried.

"You polished up quite nicely too, Jou." Bell said, smiling.

Malik, after a bit of staring, recognized Bell and went over to her. "Fancy seeing you here."

Bell swallowed and plastered a smile on her face. "Malik… are you coming to the prom too?"

"Yeah, Ryou invited me to come along with him. I've never been to a prom before." He said sheepishly.

"I see… well, this will be my first prom too." Bell replied and quietly sweatdropped in the background.

"Are all you morons ready to go? It's almost eight o'clock." Kaiba asked impatiently.

Jounouchi grated his teeth and kept Bell close by him. Before long they had all piled into the back of a very expensive-looking black limousine and were bouncing along to the prom which was being held at a five-star hotel called the `Idris', which had only just been built about three or so weeks ago.

"Wow would you look at this place?!" Anzu cried as she tilted her head to the ceiling, taking in the astounding ornaments and things around the room. Sparkling crystal chandeliers hung from assorted places on the ceiling and bronze statues of animals such as tigers and deer stood in some corners of the foyer.

As the night went on, more and more people arrived and shortly everyone was getting into the dancing spirit. Anzu was already on the dancefloor with Honda and Otogi, and Jou and Kaiba were having a glaring competition over who would have the first dance with Bell. Ryou, Yuugi and Malik were tucking into the fruit punch.

"Hey Jounouchi! Want some punch? It's really good!" Yuugi called from the other side of the dancefloor.

Jounou nodded his reply. "I'll be back in a minute, Bell. Do you want anything to eat or drink?"

Bell shook her head. "No, no. I'm fine for now thanks, Jou."

Jou nodded and left Kaiba and Bell sitting by themselves at a rounded glass table in the corner. Bell tried to avoid the CEO's burning gaze toward her, but as soon as they caught eyes she immediately had his attention.

"Care to dance?" He asked.

Bell's stomach lurched. "Sure…" Together they stood up and glided onto the dancefloor. Kaiba put his hand on Bell's petite waist and slipped his hand into hers.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen! I would like to announce that the judging for prom King and Queen of the year is about to begin! Get those butts shaking!" the DJ announced.

Anzu immediately grabbed Otogi and started going wild, busting out her best moves. Honda sweatdropped and went to find Shizuka. Hey, it doesn't hurt to try, right?

"Hey Jounouchi…" Malik began. "Is that, Kaiba dancing with Bell?"

Jounou's fruit punch nearly came out his nose as he noticed the blue-eyed brunet slyly having a dance with his girlfriend. One look at him and he felt his blood pressure rise. How he reviled him! Clenching his fists into balls, he was about to stalk over and break the two of them up when a reverberating sound followed by a slight vibration throughout the hall initiated. That slight vibration began to get harder and louder and the teens at the prom began to get unnerved.

"What the hell is that?" Honda shrieked.

"Is it an earthquake?!" Anzu asked.

"I don't like the sound of that!" Otogi cried.

Suddenly a blood-curdling scream was heard from one side of the room, and hundreds upon hundreds of 12th graders flooded to the other side of the room screaming. A violating crash sounded from the now-empty spot as a steel beam came tumbling down from the ceiling. The whole crammed room was now in a frenzy of frightened, panicking teenagers.

"Jou!" Bell cried.

"Bell! Let's get outa here!" Jounouchi exclaimed.

Now registering that the entire ceiling was about to cave in on them, the youths ran to every exit they could find. Giant slabs of concrete and plaster were falling from the ceiling and were crushing anything in its way. Jou instinctively ran to Bell's side, but was quickly reframed from a large steel beam falling down in front of him. The sound was absolutely deafening.

"Jounouchi!" Bell screamed, picked up her dress and made a run for her one and only love.

"Bell! Don't!" Kaiba yelled after her.

"NO! BELL!!"

Crushed. Just like that.

"NO!! NO! NO, NO, NO, NO!!!" Jounouchi's screams became weakened as he saw his girlfriend's corpse crushed under a thick rod of steel about four metres long by a foot wide. Puddles of blood gathered around her, her face draining in colour, her eyes like pools of glass.

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