Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The School-Theater ❯ The first rehearsal ( Chapter 9 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

School Theater 8

Author: Ashray

Summary: This is the afternoon from the last chapter, it was just too long to post it at once, and it would have gotten way too confusing.
(Oh yes, and this chapter starts with kind of a flashback)

Reviews: Thanks a lot for your nice reviews; I'm glad you like my evil Hikaris XD


If someone has a special wish about what should happen to Anzu, please let me know and if it fits in somehow I will try to make it (Because she can't get tortured enough, after all. ^__^)


/Hikari to Yami/
//Yami to Hikari//
(My comments)
'Thinking' will happen a lot
"Screaming"
"Quotes from the movie"


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The first rehearsal
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Not only the Hikaris wondered as no teacher showed up during the food fight in the cafeteria, but all the other students, too. They fled from the room to wait outside in the school-garden until it was save to come inside again.
They would have to stay in their clothes until after school, after all, so they didn’t want to get in the way and sit around in dirty clothes.
In the end, the teacher would properly think that they were playing a part in the fight, and they get in trouble for it!

Well, everyone besides Marik wondered about that little fact. But said Yami refused to talk about his evil deeds, which he was plotting as he run around the school alone. He carried them out shortly before the long break at noon begun.
Because Marik was a busy little Yami today and he used the time and absence of his Light to hatch his own, secret 'plans'.
And those were big plans; dark plans; but no one could know about them as he carefully and silently crept through the empty halls and chuckled evilly to himself.

Because there was a certain principal waiting for his visit, after all he always tries to torture and ruin an innocent, perfectly fine Hikari.
He keeps threading him with extra homework and even expelling! That has to stop, and Marik was there to make sure it stops!

And this time the insane one was all alone, with no Malik to hold him back from giving the man a piece of his mind.
The visit was in all innocence, of course, because he didn’t want to get Malik in trouble with the short-tempered man.

And in the end this so-called 'talk' was the reason why he let the Yamis destroy his cafeteria without even showing up and yelling at them, as he was supposed to do.
At that time he sat long since in his chair, restrained and bound with a few rolls of tape, several ropes, chains, ivy-tendrils from outside of his window and every cable that he found in the room.

Only his eyes and nose were still free, because Marik didn’t want him to suffocate, but otherwise he was safely tied up and unable to move more than his eyes to blink.

(It seems that Marik was in a very good mood at this moment, when the man actually survived his 'innocent visit')

Under all his bounds the poor man was deadly pale and he prayed to every god he could think of that soon someone would show up and protect him from that insane psycho.
After tying him firmly to his chair, Marik sat comfortably down on his table to tell him a nice little story.

A nice story about a cute little Hikari who once upon a day get expelled from his school without any real reason by a big, evil principal.
And about the older sister of that cute Hikari, who then got very angry and began to yell very loud at the poor, helpless Light…
And, of course, about the terrible, wicked Yami who will hunt the evil principal down and kill him in the most painful way he could think of for being cruel to his lighter half.

And Marik told him about the bloodbath that occurs when you remove entrails or hearts with a blunt object like a spoon.
Or when you cut body parts to small little pieces to feed them to a flower or little fishys with big teeth so they can grew taller and hunt bigger pray to grow even larger...
And he told him about the wails of pain that no one will hear, and the help that will never come…
And he also told him about the corpse that will never ever be found…

In his excitement Marik didn’t even notice that the poor man turned at first a sick green, and then he simply fainted after hearing all those bloody details in such a conversational tone, as if they were just talking about the damn weather!
And not about murdering him slowly!

For a moment Marik just glared sulkily down at the man: How did he dare to faint in the middle of his wonderful story?!
"If you were even a little bit polite, you would at last have waited until I finish speaking before you fall asleep!!!
It wasn’t that boring!" He pouted with a huff and gave the chair a good kick. The fainted man rolled into the corner and bumped against the bookshelf, a few books falling painfully down at his head.

Laughing the Yami strolled out of the room to wait a little before the teacher's room. There was something else he had to do, since he was at it. How knew when he gets such good chance again, after all.
And as all the teachers gathered in there after the bell rang for the long break at noon, he quickly glued the lock shut with industrial-glue.

"Thanks for the tip with the chemistry lab, tomb robber." He chuckled mischievously as he prepared the door and the lock.
'That should occupy those nuisances for a while, so they can't pester and torture innocent Hikaris with homework and such useless, time-consuming stuff!
They have Yamis to take care of, and Yamis always need a lot of attention and love!'

And so, while he and the other Yamis redecorated the cafeteria a little later, the teachers were busy being locked up and were unable to help or punish anyone!

And since Marik locked the teachers away, there were
Firstly: The whole break away, and
Secondly: Pissed off as they finally got out of their prison.
So it was really no surprise that every student with even half a brain tried to be careful and not get in their way too much.
Everyone else got detention, more homework and whatever else they could think of as punishment.

But since no Yami was wondering around in the halls at the moment, there were at last no weird incidents in the chemistry lab or the handicraft-room, even when the destruction in the cafeteria nearly lead to one or two heath attacks by the staff who was supposed to clean the mess.

//Yugi?// After some time Yami asks carefully through their mind link, not sure if his Light was really mad at him, or if he was just paying attention to his class to learn. That that was the reason why he was so quiet and silent, not saying a word to his darker half.
Yugi tried hard not to smile as he heard him, but it would look strange if he suddenly started to smile in the middle of math.

And he let him wait a little. It is not every day that Yami was nervous, after all, even if it was just a little.
/Yes?/ he finally answered him.
//Are you mad? You know, I was really just learning my script outside in the garden, because I don’t want to humiliate you when we are on stage.
You have to believe me, Aibou! I just try to do my best.
But Bakura was mean to me and wouldn’t shut up and die when I told him to, and then…//
Yugi couldn’t help but smile at Yamis whiny tone as he told him how cruel the thief was to him as he teased him.

It was just so damn hard to be angry with the pharaoh because of a few noodles, especially since the food was inedible anyway.

At last the Yamis had their fun with the nasty stuff, even if Hikaris normally shouldn’t encourage such behavior, or they do it all the time.
Sometimes they act just like little children!
But secretly Yugi was glad about the whole commotion, since it distracted everyone from Anzu and her 'bloodthirsty' bats.
No one will search for some little bats that got lost in the trees around the school when the cafeteria looks like a battleground after an epic fight.
Ryou shared Yugis option, and Malik only wanted to scare and tease his Yami anyway, since he didn’t had a chance to join in the fun.
So there was no harm done, really…

/Don’t worry, Yami. I'm not mad. I was never really mad in the first place… You saved the school from getting food poisoning, after all. How can I be mad at my hero?/
The silence of disbelief came from the other side of the mind link as Yugi giggled.
//You tricked me… You just said that so I would go home and shower alone instead of sitting with you on my lap under the trees.//
Yugi smiled calmly through their link as he felt Yami sulk and pout at this new realization.
//How mean! I have such a mean Light, I want my sweet, innocent little Yugi back!
I never did anything bad, and you are so cruel…// Yami sobbed dramatically, and Yugi had to draw up his Math-book to hide his smile behind it.

/Yami?/ But the Spirit ignored him for the moment to whine a little more about his oh-so-evil Hikari.
/Yami… ? Where are you? / he tried again to distract him a little from his dramatic outburst, and all of a sudden Yami was silent and sent him an alluring smirk.
Yugi shuddered as he felt that smirk directed at him, and he was now more than a little worried about that sudden mood swing.
That’s not good, and Yugi fidget nervously on his chair.
He just hoped he would not get in too much trouble for whatever Yamis is planning now…

From Yamis side of the link came suddenly pleasure and happiness together with lust and a lot of mischievousness.
A dangerous mixture…
Especially if you are a Hikari, and you don’t know what your Yami is doing or where he is at the moment…
/Yami? What are you doing?/ Yugi asks him again as he didn’t get an answer.

//Ooohhh, my little Hikari, I was hoping you would ask me that…// the former pharaoh all but purred, and Yugi saw his playful smirk and glittering red eyes clearly behind his closed eyes.
/Yami?/ 'What is it now?'
//Not only I will tell you what I do, I even will share it with you…//

Yugi behind his book crooked his head to the side in question.
/Sharing? What-/
But before he could ask more, he had suddenly a feeling as if he was standing under a rain of warm water, and he instantly knew where Yami was at the moment:
At home, still under the shower, just as he told him. And now the former pharaoh decided that he wants to talk with his light.

Yugi couldn’t help it; he closed his eyes for a bit to enjoy the heat and the tickling over his skin, even if it was Yami who actually felt it.

But of course Yami wouldn’t be Yami if he would just leave it at that.
Because suddenly Yugi could feel his palms tickle, and for a moment he was absolutely sure that there was warm, slick skin moving under his fingers, muscles rippling, and a quick pulse beating.
His fingers seems to stroke through heavy, wet hair and following the strands down where they spilled over strong shoulders before 'his' hands swabbed slowly, tenderly over a familiar, handsome face.

Yugi didn’t need his eyes to know this face.
A strong jaw; smooth, hairless cheeks; warm breath washed teasingly over searching fingers; Yugi knows them by heart.
How many times had he traced them with his own fingers, his own lips and teeth…
Covered then with nips and bites and kisses…

/Yami!/ But his darkness only chuckled at his protesting light.
//But Yugi, normally you love to do that!
And I thought, you know, since you can't be here with me, I can at last share my fun and pleasure with you…//
/But I'm in the middle of class! Damn it, just shower and let me learn in peace, and come back later…/ Yugi tried in vain to reason with him, but all he got from his darker half was an amused smile.

Yami in the meantime enjoyed it greatly, that he could be at home and have a nice shower, and at the same time tease his beautiful Hikari.
Not for the first time Yami was very grateful for their mind link, even if that wasn’t exactly its purpose…

Slowly he rubbed with his flat palm over his neck and down to his chest with slow, light touches. He made sure Yugi felt the same thing, as he circled around his nipples a few times before he rubbed and caressed them.
He pinched and played with the tender flesh until it was hard and sensitive to the touch.

Another heat then from the water spread through his whole body and traveled down to pool under his navel as the water hit his skin and aroused him even further.

Yugis protest in the back of his mind had trailed off long ago, but he could feel what kind of effect he had on his 'innocent' little Light.

He leant back against the cool tiles and closed his ruby-red eyes while he enjoyed the warm water caressing him gently like a lover.
Yami followed the path the water made over his skin down to stroke over his ticklish rips and the sensitive sides.

//Aibou…// he moaned deeply as he shivered under his own touch.
//I really wishes you could be here with me, little one. Then I could feel your gentle hands on my hot skin, and I wouldn’t have to settle for my own…

Then I could kiss your supple lips and taste your sweet mouth, swallow all those little whimpers and sighs you make when aroused.
And I could feel your breath ghost over my cheek while I kiss my way down from your chin to your shoulder, while my hands roam your back. I could feel you shivering as I cup and fondle your supple rear to kneed it tenderly.

I would stop to nip here and there on your soft skin and leave a few bit marks on your neck so everyone knows that you're taken, before I wander down again.
And I would be able to hear your breathless moans right in my ear while I hold you tight, and answer with a groan of my own, while your gentle hands caress my skin lovingly and wander more and more southwards, just where I need you so badly…//

And Yamis hands did exactly what he said; they rubbed over his flat belly and made a brief stop to circle around his navel.
He dipped his wet fingers a few times in it to tease himself even more before they strayed downwards again.
//Yugi…// the former pharaoh moaned huskily as his hand closed around hard, hot flesh and squeezed slightly.

By now Yugi wasn’t in his class anymore since he couldn’t hide behind his book any longer.
And so he had to flee from the class with a bright red face and a quickly stuttered excuse.
On his way out he held his book-bag discreetly before his lap and prayed that no one would notice the steadily growing tent in his pants, which he had thanks to a certain Yami and his damn teasing!

Poor Yugi was grateful that he was able to get into the safety of the bathrooms without seeing anyone.
It would have been hard (and embarrassing!) to explain why he was stumbling around with that bulge in his pants and panting like after a long run.
/Yami…/ he sighed back in the same breathless voice as he finally, finally sank to the floor after hurriedly locking the door behind him.
With trembling hands he opened his pants and shoved them, together with his boxers, down to his knees.
A tiny whimper escaped him as the cooler air in the room hit his stiff arousal.

/Damn it, Yami… I should kill you for that… later…/ he threatened halfhearted while he copied Yamis slow, steady pace.
He closed his violet orbs in relief and just enjoyed the feelings his other half sent to him over their link, as well as what he himself could feel.
Like so many times before Yamis emotions stirred in him a storm of desire, lust and want, and Yugi gave gladly in and let it take him away to incredible heights.

All too soon the slow pace and soft teasing wasn’t enough for them; they need more, and their hands moving faster over hot, hard flesh.
Both listen to the sensual noises the other made over the mind link. Breathless moans, gently sighs mixed with passionate growling and hissed names.

"Yami!!!"
Yugi covered his mouth with his free hand in fear someone could accidentally hear him as he reached the end.
He couldn’t take much more of the tension and he gave in as the world around him turned white in pure bliss.

Yami on the other side didn’t have any problems with his volume, since he was alone and he didn’t need to hold back his scream of completion.
"Yugi!!!" he moaned at the same time as Yugi came and then he sank slowly down as his trembling knees finally gave in under him.
But he didn’t really notice it because he felt too good, content and happy, to care about anything else at the moment.
If he now could have his Hikari lying in his arms, everything would be perfect…
He sat there, his ruby eyes closed, and let the water wash away everything. Proudly he listened to Yugis panting and gasping.

After some time Yugi got his breath back to nearly normal, too. For a moment he just starred at his wet, sticky hand before he got up to wash them.
'He's really unbelievable…' Yugi thought and shock his head with a dreamy smile on his lips. On the other side of their mind link, he could hear Yami purr in satisfaction, like so many times before.
That sound always made him drowsy, and for a moment he just wanted to curly up in a ball against his darker half and take a nap.

For now he feels too nice and fluffy to get upset that once more Yami managed it to lure him away from his class.
That will come later…

But his musing was interrupt by Yamis dark, smooth voice:
//Now look at that, little Hikari. What have you done, aren't you supposed to learn math?! And here you are, sitting on the floor and having fun with your Yami; bad, bad Aibou…// he teased him with a lazy smirk.

Yugi 'glared' at his reflection in the mirror and made sure Yami could at last feel it before he smirked.
/Just laugh, my Darkness, as long as you can…/
The seductive, tempting tone in his voice immediately caught Yamis full attention, and Yugi sent his darker half a promising smile:
/Because when we get home in the evening, I will tie you to our bed, and then we can see who will laugh!…/

//Promise?// Yugi could literally feel Yamis eyes gleam at the prospect, and he licked approvingly over his lips.
//I'm curious about what you're planning in that cute head of yours, little one. You want to tell me?//

/Patience, Yami./
//But I shared my fun with you, too! It is only fair when you share your secret…//
/And I will, but not now!/
//But I wanna know now! Aibou…//

/No! I will show you in the evening. And now finish your shower and take a nap or learn your lines or something!
Just don’t forget to show up for the rehearsal later./ Yugi had to slow him down a little before he could get too excited. Who knew, Yami might even come over on the spot and drag Yugi out of a full class, with everyone watching them.
'I wouldn’t be surprised if he tries that…' Yugi thought before he smiled evilly:

/I'm sure Anzu will be waiting yearningly for your appearance, and you don’t want to disappoint her…/
//Ouch! Damn it, Aibou, you sure know how to kill the mood!!!//
/That’s the point! Look, I have to go to my next class and you…/
Yugi giggled as he heard Yamis disappointed growl on his way out of the bathroom…
/Later, Yami…/
//Don’t think about the bitch, don’t think about the bitch…// Yugi could hear Yami chant as he tried to get her picture out of his head and replace it with one of his Light.

Later that evening the whole group meets again in their empty class for their daily rehearsal. And this time it shouldn’t be a 'Punch-and-Judy show' like yesterday.

Anzu was the first one to show up this time, because she didn’t want to risk it again that she couldn’t spend any time with her Yami and Bakura.
There is so much romance in this stage play and she intends to take full advantage of that fact, for her own benefit to finally win them over.
And then they could show her their romantic side and they will never leave her again.

Maybe she could even disgrace Ryou and Yugi somehow, to make them run away and never come back to bother her and her soon-to-be boyfriends!?
Malik and Marik will vanish on their own, they always look for an excuse to run off to make out or cause havoc. It shouldn’t be a big problem for her to give them a little push in the right direction.
And surly she could come up with something for Joey and Kaiba, too.

'They are always busy with their little fights anyway; one comment and they are on each others throat. The day they get along with each other is the day Yami will leave me for someone better.'

(And again she forgets that he isn't together with her in the first place, and that he is not in love with her… ^___^ )

'And then I can be alone with my two beloved boyfriends…' she dreamed again with hearths in her eyes. She stroke through her hair to make sure it was neatly and perfect again, after her fight with those evil bats.
'I just hope no one will notice the missing strands.'
It had cost her the whole lunch-hour to get rid of the bats and then repair and cover up the damage they have done to her hair and clothes.
The little beasts made rifts in her new dress with their evil little claws and ruffled her hair until she looked like a scarecrow.
And what's even worse: They chased her around in front of the whole school!

No one had helped her as she ran screaming and yelling out in the garden!
But luckily the bats vanished after some time into the trees, and she hoped with all her heart that they remained there…
'What have I done to deserve this? At first that cruel letter, than the trap in my locker, and after that someone had to scare away my Yami!
Just when he asked me out for a hot date!
I wonder why he wasn’t there, I'm pretty sure that I wasn’t late…
He should have been there to help me.
But maybe he saw who put the bats in there, and he went after him or her?
But he didn’t warn me, why? I run directly into a dangerous, and possible deathly, trap!
But maybe he just forgot it in his eagerness to catch my torturer?
Yami would never let me get hurt if he can help it, after all.
He just run away to protect me from more harm…
Yes, that’s it, he want to protect me, and it was just a mistake that the bats got me. That’s the only logic explanation for his absence!'

She was so preoccupied with her daydreaming that she didn’t notice that Yami, Bakura and Marik, all clean and brightly polished, came into the class. They cast her a quick look and made a few choking noises in her direction.

Just a few moments later three cheerful Hikaris strolled in, together with Joey.
They gave their respective Yamis a sweet smile and winked in their direction, as they saw how clean they were.

Albeit Yugi tried immediately to glare at his Yami and he tried to punch him on the shoulder, which made Yamis grin even wider since he knows what it was about.

"That is for earlier! Because you were mean, you know!" The short Hikari hissed with a bright blush, and his Yami was just grinning suggestively at him as he licked over his lips.
His ruby-colored eyes glittered as he purred sexily, and only for Yugi to hear:
"But I didn’t hear you complain, Aibou. On the contrary, you even promised me something, remember?!
I think of it as a reward, and that means I must have been a good boy.
Right?
Right.
So don’t forget about it, little one."

Yugi turned a shade or two darker than before and pouted.
It was just not fair that Yami always had one excuse or the other ready whenever he needed them.
/And who said that I was talking about a reward? I could easily tie you down and let you lie there the whole night without touching you at all!/
"What? But that would be absolutely cruel!" Yami starred shocked at him. "You can't be serious!"

Ryou ignored Yamis troubled expression and patted Yugis shoulder:
"Oh yeah, that reminds me! I have to give you your Math-homework later. You disappeared so quickly out of the class, and you never came back… I doubt that you even know what the teacher was talking about before you left…"

Bakura started to listen more closely as he heard the suggestive tone his white-haired Hikari used, and he looked from one to the other.
Judging by Yamis grin he also knew what the two of them were talking about.
Bakura really hated it when he had no clue what the hell was going on around him!
"What's going on? What did you do? Why wasn’t I there, too? Tell me, I want to know!"

For a moment Yugi starred at him with wide eyes and opened his mouth, but no sound came out. So he just settled for hiding his bright red face on Yamis shoulder.
Bakura gaped at him blankly before it dawned at him what must have happened.
With such a red tinge on his cheeks there where not too many possibilities.
And surly playing chess was not one of them.

"Ähmm, forget that I said anything, okay." Said Bakura quickly and shook his head.

"That’s all your fault, Yami…" murmured Yugi quietly into the fabric of his jacket, and Yami just patted his tri-colored hair lovingly.
"Sure, Aibou."
"I mean it! It is your fault!
We are not even in the same building and I'm still not safe from you!" Yugi breathed in Yamis ear, but he didn’t sound really mad at him.
"I can't help it that you always have this kind of effect on me, Aibou! It happens every time I think of you…"

"And you can't do that alone? Do you need to drag me in it and distract me from my class…"
Yami crocked his head to the side and blinked innocently down at the beautiful boy in his arms:"But Aibou, alone is boring! And I love to share with you…"

Joey gave Ryou a questioning look: "Tell me, do I want to know what you are talking about?"
"Yugi just jumped up in the middle of our math-lesson, stammered something about 'Have to go' with a really red face and stumbled out…"

Bakura smirked at Yami, whose hands were no longer in Yugis hair, but went down to grope his ass.
"You really can't keep your hands to yourself, pharaoh!" Yamis hand stilled shortly before he could grab the clothed flesh of his rear, but then Yugi looked up from Yamis shoulder as he noticed his true intentions.
Quickly he skipped over to Ryou to escape those persistent fingers.
Yamis eyes are firmly attached to Yugis ass while he walked over and he murmured casually to the thief:
"Can you really blame me for it?"

But then he looked up to glare at the thief for chasing away his sweet Hikari, just as he had him in his grip:
"Spoilsport! Why couldn’t you just shut your damn mouth and bother someone else instead? Can't you see that I was busy?
Go playing with Marik, kill Anzu or find something else to do!
I don’t give a damn as long as you get lost!"
If Bakura hadn't said anything, Yugi would be still in his arms, and he could pat that nice, tight little ass a little more before Yugi could run away again!
But now Yugi was staying over there to talk to Ryou, instead of being in his arms and get groped by him!!

But of course, Bakura didn’t care about Yamis growling and swearing; its fun to bother the short pharaoh!
But luckily (for Bakura) they got interrupt before the pharaoh and the tomb robber could start a fight.
Again.

As the last one Kaiba strolled calmly into the room with just a short nod as greeting to everyone.
He didn’t say anything, but as he passed Joey, he gave him a light, swift pat on the butt:
"Hi, puppy."
"Hey! What the…" Joey yelled with a blush to rival Yugis color.
Surprised he covered his poor, abused behind with his hands to save it from Kaibas quick hand.
And as Malik beside him chuckled, his blush surpassed Yugis with ease. Not that Kaiba cared about it much; he simply ignored Malik and winked at Joey.

"So, what do we do today?" Marik asks Bakura and Yami eagerly with an (slightly) insane grin.
It was obvious that Malik was no longer angry with him, and so he was in a very good, although clingy, mood:
Marik stood behind his light and had one arm loosely around his slender waist to rub his belly, while his other hand tugged and played with blond strands. And Malik didn’t try to kick, bite or hit him for the moment.
For the Darker one it meant that his world was again all right and he cuddled his Light with a low purr.
From time to time he licked over a patch of skin or nipped at his earlobe affectionate. With sparking eyes he watched his fellow Yamis over Maliks shoulder.

Doubtlessly in hope that they will try another fighting scene with their Hikaris, which would mean another opportunity for him to grab a weapon or two, when no one was looking…
Yesterday Malik snatched away all the funny toys, he wasn’t even allowed to touch a single little knife, let alone play with it!
'How can a single Hikari be so cruel to me!… And he is my Hikari! He should help me and make me happy by giving me knives and daggers and such…' he pouted in his mind.
He was so lost in his own thoughts and dreams that he didn’t notice Malik looking up at him with narrowed eyes.

'Please, gods, don’t let them do another fighting scene!
I know I wasn’t always a good boy in the past, and sometimes I don’t eat all my veggies, but if you like me just a tiny little bit then you don’t let them do another fighting scene!' he prayed quietly in hope that there is a god listening to him.
And he didn’t even care which god it was, as long as Marik didn’t get a hold on a weapon.
He didn’t need the mind link to know what was going on under all that spiky hair; he knew well enough what his darkness is able to do if you just let him.

"The part with the balcony! I want to play the part with the balcony!" Anzus loud and shrill voice pulled them all out of their thoughts.
She hopped up and down and waved her arms as if she wants to fly away, but sadly she couldn’t get up from the ground:

"Please, Yami, please, please, please!
That part is sooo romantic! And sweet! And touching! And great!
I can practice with my Bakura-dear? And Yami-love too, I will help you both, we can do this together!
Don’t worry, I will help you as best as I can, you just have to repeat what I say, and we can do this together!
I know what I do, trust me, my love; I promise I don’t let you down! So, can we do that, can we, that’s so romantic and I would like to show you the balcony-scene with Yami; and after that you can show us what you can and if you can do it better, Bakura… I bet we will do great, you show them what we can do…"

She didn’t even notice that her 'Bakura-dear' turned a sick green, his Hikari on the other hand an angry red.
Yugi beside him stroked his shoulder calmingly and whispered: "Breath, Ryou, just breath! Don’t forget you're a Hikari, and it's not very decent and proper for a Hikari to jump at and strangle someone…
At last not when others are watching, so take a deep breath and just wait… Your time will come, and then we can burn, strangle or squash her as much as we want before we kill her to death. And no one will ever know…"

"She didn’t get it! We gave her more then one fair warning; only a few hours previous; and she just fucking ignores them! She doesn't give a damn that they don’t even like her!
Okay, you know what? Until now I still had something like pity with her, but that’s over now…
No more nice Hikaris…"
"Okay, so that means after school we collect everything we need for our next plan tomorrow. We get rid of her before the performance, don’t worry about it!"
"Well, I hope so, or I will strangle her, no matter if someone is watching or not!"

By now Anzu had once more attached herself to Yamis and Bakuras arm and she begged and whimpered while squirming around:“Oh please, can you do that part, for me? Please, I'm sure you will do very well, especially when I say your lines for you and all you have to do is repeating them. We can practice it later more and I can show you how you should walk and talk and look and…"
She looked up at them with big, wet eyes, at which both tried to make another step back and away from her. Sadly for them it was not enough for her to loosen her hold on their arms, they were still trapped.

Yami tugged at her wrist to ease her grip, while at the same time Bakura shock his arm around until her feet left the ground and she dangled in the air.

Marik sat down on a table with his Light in his lap to watch the drama with a wide grin.
His chin rests on Maliks shoulder, his arms are around the saner ones waist and their feet swung back and for at the same pace:
"And now watch, Hikari-pretty, soon it will happen.
Not long, and there will flow blood, lots of blood.
Nasty, squidgy Anzu-blood will splash around everywhere; all over the wall and the floor and the ceiling. She's too stupid to see the signs, to know what's good for her. And if she don’t let go of them soon…"

Malik chuckled, just as interested at their reactions as his lover:
"Yeah, Bakura already has this murderous gleam in his eyes; and Yamis eyebrow twitches suspiciously…"
"And even their Hikaris can't help her when they snap."
"In case they even want to help her."
Marik starred at the teen in his lap
"Of course they would help her, they are a more peaceful and fragile kind of Hikari then you!"
With a laugh he dragged his wet tongue over Maliks cheek and nuzzled his nose lovingly in his neck:
"Yugi and Ryou would never wish someone something bad, they aren't bloodthirsty! Its against their nature, they are just not able to!"
He shook his head at the mere suggestion that the other Hikaris wouldn’t help Anzu if Yami or Bakura decided that they have enough of her and try to kill her. The idea just made him laugh:
"So, what do you think, who will snap at first? Yami or Bakura?"

But before Malik could make a guess, something else happened.
Ryou and Yugi came up to their Yamis with those yellow books in their hands to bring about peace between them.
"Can we do this scene instead?" Yugi asked cutely with his head tilt to the side and perfect puppy-eyes aimed at his Yami, as he points at a certain page in his book.

"Yeah, I would like to see that, too! And yesterday you choose what we do, so can we today…" With a gently smile Ryou played with one of his long, white strands. He tinned and twisted it between his fingers as he blinked shyly up at his tomb robber.
Brown doe-eyes caught and enthralled Bakuras gaze immediately, and he took in a deep breath of the familiar, sweet smell of Ryous hair.

"… try something we choose?" Yugi finished Ryous sentence hesitantly and he blinked up at Yami from under his blonde bangs. He held his hands together behind his back and tilt his head a little to the side to expose more of his neck, as if inviting his lover to come near and .

Anzu growled as the two Hikaris got the full attention of their darker halves, while she did exactly the same thing and just gets ignored!
Impatiently she tugged at Yami and Bakura while they only have eyes for their lights.
"Hey, that’s mean! Why do you react instantly to them when they look at you like that; and when I do the same you just ignore me!"

"Because they look cute like that…" growled Bakura and pushed her away.
"…while you look like a goggle-eyed frog!" finished Yami with a step back as she looked up to him in hope at last he would defend her.
All she could do was stare at them offended and hurt:
"Yami! How can you say something so mean to me, you know you don’t mean it like that! You can't think that, it would be so cruel, and nasty, and…"

But they didn’t listen to her babbling anymore since they didn’t care for what she has to say anyway.
They preferred to hug their Hikaris softly and run their hands all over the delicate body.
This was the first chance to ravish them since the disaster in the cafeteria, and the Yamis intent to take advantage of it as best as they could!

One of Bakuras hands wandered up to play with soft hair while the other made its way down to rest on the small of his back and make small circles there:
"You are cruel to me, Ryou, leaving me alone for the whole day… And then, just when we have time to cuddle a little, you have to send me home, all alone! I could have needed your help with washing my hair… And my back, you know I don’t reach it as easy as you…"

The thief whispered softly in Ryous ear, his breath washed over the pale skin and he licked and nipped a wet trail from his ear to the corner of his mouth.
"You know, I missed you under the shower, my fluffy Hikari. We could have had so much fun, if you wouldn’t stuck in school…"
Bakura bit lightly in the soft flesh of his lower lip and enjoyed the shudder and gasp he earned.

Yami had his Hikari also in a tight hug and pressed him firmly against his own body:"Well, I think we could do the scene you two picked out for us, Aibou.
Even if I have to force Bakura to play along by kicking his sorry ass into the next millennia!…
And later, when I did well, you could give me a hand with something?…" he purred in Yugis tri-colored hair in which he hid his face at the moment.

Slowly his hand slinked under Yugis shirt to caress bare skin while he rubbed the front of his pants against him to make clear what kind of help he was talking, or rather purring, about.

(Insatiable, those Yamis ^___^ *dirty grin* they just can't keep their hands, and other body-parts, to themselves…)

Anzu couldn’t understand the world anymore: How could a single look from the midgets get such a reaction, while she did the same and earned only a harsh growl?! When they even looked her way, that is!

She noticed Yugi looking at her over Yamis shoulder, and for a moment she would have sworn there was something like triumph shining in those normally kind amethyst eyes.
Just for a moment they seem to laugh at her and mock her for thinking that she could steal Yami from him.
Surprised she blinked a few times, but the strange look was gone before she could think twice about it and Yugi was busy nuzzling his nose in Yamis neck with a happy purr.
Two small, pale hands came around to gently cup Yamis rear possessively and squeeze it slowly and thoroughly.

Yugi knew very well that Anzu was still watching him with envy in her eyes, and he smirked as he heard a quite growl from the annoying girl:
'Yeah, I know you would love to do that to him, right? But he's mine, and only I am allowed to touch him like that, stroke and fondle that nice, firm ass…'

"Ähem…" Of course Kaiba had to interrupt them with his coughing. "As cozy as it may look, would you four be so kind and do that later?"
"Maybe when we don’t have to watch you?" Joey backed him up eagerly. He just wasn’t sure where to look when they 'cuddled' like that.
Especially since the Yamis usually don’t stop at simply cuddling.
"I don’t have any objections, I would like to watch! Don’t let us bother you, just ignore us and go on as if we weren't here!" Marik told them with a dirty smirk while his Hikari, still sitting on his lap, just rolled his eyes at his pervert darker half.

"Like I said: Do. That. Later!" Kaiba growled impatiently, "I want to actually get something down today, and not wasting my time like yesterday. And the days before that."
"As if you hadn't had your fun, too!" Malik grinned at him and wriggled suggestively with his eyebrows, and Joey turned instantly bright red again.

Kaiba at the other hand didn’t react to his taunting, and Malik pouted sulkily. The CEO smirked and picked up the yellow book, which Yugi had dropped carelessly at one point or another, and he looked at the page.
With a grin he gave it back to the smaller boy, who finally, and much to Anzus relief and Yamis regret, let go of Yamis leather-clad ass.
"That’s actually a good idea you two had there. I would like to see it, too. We will try this part today, if they want or not."

Reluctantly Yami and Bakura let go of their smaller lights. Finally they also wanted to know what part of the whole stupid play they were supposed to play.
Secretly they both cursed Kaiba for always spoiling their fun, but it gave their blood time to cool down a little. And after a few moments their pants weren't so tight and constricting anymore, and they could move more then just their hands (^___^)

Yugi took a step back and grabbed the cursed book to present it proudly to his Darkness.
Yami looked at the page.
Looked at Yugi.
Looked back at the page.

With great interest Bakura watched Yami slowly loosing every color in his face until he looked like a death ghost, before wide, red eyes starred again helplessly down at his Yugi.
He looked so much like his lighter half at the moment, it was hard for Bakura not to laugh at his shocked, frighten face as he yanked the book out of Yamis frozen hands:"Give me that, 'oh great pharaoh of all midgets'!
How bad can it be, when the suggestion comes from our Lights!
Hell, you are such a drama-queen; you just have to overdo it…"

Yami didn’t even move or react to the insults; he just stood there and starred unseeingly at his innocent blinking Hikari. Beside him Bakura let the Book drop down on the ground after a look at the opened page:
"Hikari! You can't be serious!" the shocked question jerked Yami out of his daze, and he protested again.

"Yugi, you don’t really want that, right? Yugi? Aibou? My sweet little angel…"
Yugi blinked innocently up at him as he bit his lower lip while pouting adorable.
Pale little hands played with the sleeve of Yamis dark jacket and caressed the firm chest underneath it.
"But Yami… We have to try it sooner or later anyway…"
"Then I say later!"

"Yeah, me too! Later is good! Much later, the best would be after the performance! That’s good! That’s soon enough, right, Ryou? Say that it's enough, that you agree with me, please Hikari…!"
"Bakura! That’s too late! I certainly don’t agree with you!
And yesterday we played along too!" Ryou protested with a 'glare'. Well, it was supposed to be a glare, even when it looked more like a cute, angry pout.

"And may I remind you that a rocket launcher is not really light?! And I still did my very best and tried to carry it for you, even though I'm just a small, helpless Hikari, and the rocket launcher was sooo big and heavy!
And now I have blue bruises on my shoulder…"

Suddenly there came roaring laughter from Mariks direction as he couldn’t hold it back anymore.
He could clearly see that the other Yamis would soon give in at the sight of their innocent, sweet Hikaris with their cute puppy dog eyes and pouting lips.
If they want to see that part so badly, they will find a way to get what they want.
Like always.
"No doubt, they have them on a fucking leash.
If I didn’t see it, think I wouldn’t really belief it!
The mighty pharaoh of Egypt and the great king of thieves, powerless against the brief glance of two small, weak children…"

However, his laughter got stuck in his throat as Maliks elbow dug harshly into his rips, while at the same time a knife suddenly stuck out of his crazy blond hair.
"Next time I’m not aiming at that monster you call hair, you stupid asshole! Next time I make a new hole in your empty head!"

"Yugi is neither a child nor is he weak, and his height is just right for me!
He fits perfectly in my arms, so I suggest you shut the fuck up, or I make you!" Yami growled fiercely towards Marik, and the golden eye gleamed treating on his forehead.
At the same time frowned Ryou at his darker half with his hands on his hips. For a moment Bakuras only though was who much his Hikari looked like his evil bunny, before Ryou called him back to order.

"Bakura! What did I tell you about knives in school?!"

"That you don’t want to see them?" Bakura murmured quietly and guilty lowered his head, making Marik laugh at him again.
'And until now you didn’t see them… Damn Marik, it's all his fault… I should kill him… And steal his Hikari… And his Millennium-Rod too… And all his cookies and sweets...'

(Yes, Bakura has his priorities…)

Bakura growled angrily in his mind, but he made sure his Light couldn’t hear him. Last thing he needed now was to get in even more trouble with his Light and get banned at the couch.
Alone…
All night long…

"That’s enough! Can't you once, just once, keep your hands to yourself; no flirting, fighting, kissing or groping?
And instead maybe you can be so kind and concentrate on doing your job here? You know, Romeo and Juliet? Ring any bells?"

But Kaiba saw Bakura and Yami, yet again, leering down at their Hikaris without paying attention to him. And so he wracked them over the head with the yellow book in his hand and a frown on his face:"And no, I'm not talking about that job, you horny idiots! I'm talking about this!"
He waved the book into Yamis face before he hands it over to Bakura.
"And now go ahead, the sooner you get it over with, the sooner you can drag your midgets away for some quality time!"

"You are just jealous because your puppy refuses to sit on your lap like a good little doggy!"
"Whether my puppy is sitting on my lap or not is none of your concern, get it? So mind your own business, or I will make your life a living hell!"

"I'm not a dog!" Joey yelled with an angry glare, but they just ignored him, Kaiba even patted his head absentminded.
"Sure, puppy, whatever you say."
"You should be careful, Joey. Who knows where he pats you next. If you know what I mean…"
"Exactly, you feel Joey up all the time, so you shouldn’t talk about us! You’re not better then we!"

"Hey, don’t you ignore me! Did you hear me? And I'm not a dog!!! Hey! I'm talking to you!"

"It's just a little tip, Joey: Be careful if he ever gives you a collar with a leash! Who knows what he wants to do with you?!"
"That’s none of your concern, get it?!!! It doesn’t matter to you if I keep him on a leash, tie him to my bed or let him bring me my newspaper!
He's my puppy, so shoo; go and play with your Hikari and leave us alone!"

"Do you all even listen to me? I'm not a damn dog!" Joey straightens up to his full height in front of Kaiba, so the CEO had to look at him. He tried to glare as dark and treating as possible up to the taller one.
Not that it helped him in anyway...

Kaiba gave him a short look, laid an arm around the others waist and crushed the startled blond against his chest.
Gently he bent down a little and pressed his lips slowly against Joeys and gave him an, at first, caste kiss. He ignored Joey's growl of protest, and soon his puppy gave in and just enjoyed it. But within a few moments the slow kiss grew more passionate and intense, until they craved for more.
The CEO coxed the others lips open a bit to get a taste of his puppy, and he smirked against him as the other fought with him.
Kaibas grip around the blonds hips tighten, and Joey's hands wrinkled the shirt over Kaibas chest as he held on to him.

None of them heard the catcalls and whistles around them

All Joey could do was starring speechlessly up at the taller one as they had to part for air, and he didn’t know what to say or think.
So he settled for blinking blankly, not even blushing, sine he still forgot about the others in the room.
Kaiba just gave him another pat at the ass and then left him standing there gasping for air.
'I was right: This is really the quickest way to shut him up, and it really seems to work every single time...'

"Hey, Kaiba, what page are we talking about?" Malik interrupted Kaibas happy thoughts about kissing his puppy, since he got more and more curious what Yugi and Ryou wanted their Yamis to do.
With a nearly invisible smile he told him the page, and soon the blond Hikari was laughing his ass off too, while his Darkness encouraged his fellow Yamis to go on with their show:
"Come on, I want to see something, don’t be so shy.
Come on, thief, be a man! And play a girl." But the last part was just whispered, so Malik was the only one who heard him, and he chuckled also.

"Just keep it up, psycho, and you will no longer be a man!"
"Hey! Don’t dare to damage my lover, because I like him just the way he is!" Malik turned around to throw his arms around his neck as if to protect him.
At the same time he fished the knife, which was still somewhat lost in wild blond spikes, out and gave it back to the tomb robber before Marik got a hold on it.

"Yugi..." Yami whined and tried to look as unhappy and pitiful as possible. "Is this really what you want? You are my lover. My cute little Aibou. The only human alive who I love the most and trust with all my heart and my soul and... "
"... and all your flatteries wouldn’t help you this time, Yami. This time you can't talk your way out of this..."
"Damn it!" Yami made a sulky face.
And no, he was not pouting!
Sure as hell not, former pharaohs don’t pout, no matter how mean and unfair the world was to them!
They bear their fait with dignity and pride.
They don’t try to sway their Hikaris with whining and begging…

"Ryou..." Bakura tried now, but one glance from his Ryou shut him up before he could even try.
"Now look, Bakura, we can do that do that the easy way or the hard way. Just like you want, it's your own decision."
"What are we talking about here?" The tomb robber asked hopefully, maybe there was really a small chance to escape this torture.
And 'the hard way' didn’t sound that bad, it could be interesting...
He saw all kind of chains, handcuffs, blindfolds and other... funny things... before his inner eye...

A panting Ryou, tied to their bed with straps of shiny leather; unable to move and begging for Bakura to take him again and again…
His beautiful eyes covered with a silky blindfold, the only cloth on the graceful arching teen.
Long white hair, sprawled out over black sheets, subtle lips red from kissing, pale skin flushed with arousal and covered in sweat and love-bites.
The delicate body shivering and trembling under his skilled hands and expert touch…
Long, slender legs parting for him…

“Oh yes…” moaned Bakura quietly, and Ryou sent him a sideway glance before he shook it off as unimportant.

"Anyway. The easy way is that you are working with us, learn your text and get it over. Easy as that, you will never again hear about it."

“Except when we tease him about playing a girl, wearing a frilly dress and pretending to love Yami!” chirped Marik happily, and Ryou hissed at him irritated. He tried to get Bakura to work with them, and Marik sabotaged him?

"And the hard way...?" Bakura asked huskily, again thinking about Ryou tied to the bed, and he licked over his lips with a smirk.
"You can be stubborn and not working with us and you will sleep alone on the couch until the school festival is over. After you cook your own dinner, because I wouldn’t feed you!"
"And you call that 'having a choice?! That’s blackmailing, and noting else!
You know I love your cooking, and I hate sleeping without you in my arms!"

"I could fill in for you if you want, Bakura-dear!" Anzu squealed with her annoyingly high voice as she saw which page they were talking about.
"I could show you with Yamis help how to do it, if you are nervous, or afraid. I would love to help you…" and she winked ‘seductively’ in their direction.
Yami and Bakura made a step back to keep their distance to her before she could attach herself to them again.

Yugis smile at his own Yami was cute and sugar-sweet: "You see, Yami, you too can choose now. But yours is a little different then Bakuras:
Whose suggestion do you like more; ours or hers? You have to choose one of them."

Yugi looked deep in ruby-red eyes, both palms flat on his darker half's chest to play lovingly with the buttons, and he teased the nipples hidden under the shirt.
He made little circles around the delicate flesh, pinched it lightly and smiled mischievously as he heard a gasp.
He stood up at his tiptoes, stretched up a little to bring his lips to Yamis ear and whispered hotly:"Let me reword it a little:
Whom would you rather kiss? Bakura, who is just like you acting a make his Hikari happy; or Anzu, who would never let you alone again and would drag you to a priest a few moments later?"

Yami grabbed Bakura roughly by his arm and dragged him to the middle of the class, where they had cleared all tables and chairs away to make room.
He took one of the yellow books, and gave Bakura one, too:
"I take the lesser evil. Definitive the lesser evil...." he murmured sadly and tried very hard to ignore the two laughing Egypts in the background.
Even when they were laughing really loud.

The only good thing about this mess was Anzus stony face as her 'generous offer' was so rudely rejected.
'I'm not an evil...' she pouted upset. ‘And I’m definitive not the lesser evil!’

Bakura freed himself from Yamis firm grip and glanced down at the shorter one: "Who do you call small, you broken garden gnome!
I'm taller than you are, so be careful who you are calling small! Or are you that calcified in your ancient brain that you can't even see that I‘m taller than you?!"

With a satisfied grin he watched the former pharaoh's face getting darker and darker with every passing moment, his hands began to tremble and he held his breath.
But then, just as Bakura was sure the other would simply explode, Yami let out a deep sigh.

He noticeable calmed down, even if it was with great effort.
"Forget it, thief, you're not worth it. Also, I want to see how you humiliate yourself and then die in shame on stage, with everyone and your Hikari watching you.
Because I know that tiny brain of yours is way too small to even read your lines properly, let alone remember them later when you need them."

"Well, we better get it over with! And then we will see who the idiot is." Bakura growled at the whispered challenge and crossed his arms over his chest.
"But I get a reward later, right?" he asked in Ryous direction, who nodded with a smile as he sat down beside Yugi on a table to watch them.

Yami took a deep breath, licked nervously over his lips and looked from Bakura to Yugi and back.
Why couldn’t they start with something else, like the gunfight at the beginning of the movie, or something else funny?

Why did it have to be the first kiss, of all things, the meeting at the party with all that sappy claptrap? Why not the part before that, the party itself. That’s perfectly harmless, and easy...

"Now come on, Yami! You can do it, go ahead." Yugi tried to support his pharaoh, who nodded slowly, albeit reluctantly.
He just wants to get it over with, quickly.

"If I... I pro..., if I profane… profane with,… with unwor-" Yami said quietly, and it was hard for them to even hear him, let alone understand what he says.
"Louder, Yami, we can't hear you! And please stop stuttering, that’s so unlike you!" Yugi told him with a reassuring smile, and Yami blushes a little and looked up:
"But Aibou! It sounds stupid! And I don’t want to say that to him!" He pointed at Bakura, who smirked widely:"What, the great, great Yami can say a few sentences straight and without stuttering? Shame on you! Really!" he mocked.

"If I profane with my unworthinest hand this holy shrine-," Yami yelled right into Bakuras face, who glared at him, while Kaiba shook his head.
"Yami. I think with louder he meant in a normal tone that we all could hear. Without yelling, if that is possible."
//Yugi, do you think I can send Kaiba to the shadow realm for a bit? Not long, but at last he would stop bothering us-//
/No, and now try to talk normal, Yami!/

"If I profane with my unworthinest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this." He said with a monotone voice, but clearly louder than before. But Yami still had his head down and his fists clenched. His red eyes were shut tightly, as if he had to swallow something bitter and nasty tasting.
"Try to look up at him, Yami! He is you one and only love-"

"If that were the case, I would jump from the next bridge! With a smile on my face and a happy song on my lips!" Yami interrupt Kaiba immediately, and the thief gave the other Darkness a cuff on the head:
"Hey, do you want to insult me, or what? Ryou never complains about me!"
"Yeah, and I'm still not sure if we shouldn’t get him professional help, because that can't be healthy!"
"As if I could ever understand how someone sane can fall for something like you, shorty! You're not the pride of creation either!"

"Yami!" Yugi warned his lover, and Ryou also tried to interfere before they could start a real fight, yet again:"Bakura, be nice!"

"Hey! I am nice! He is short, after all! That’s no secret, so why do you complain?"
Yami turned to his Aibou with narrowed eyes: “Are you really sure we need him? Maybe no one will notice or miss him when I kill him-"
"I would miss him! So don’t even think about it!"

"Yami… If you kill him, Anzu will replace him."
"Okay, I'm good, I'm good, don’t worry, Yugi!"

"Now look at each other and speak clearly, because you will repeat that until you can do it right!" Kaiba explained to the stubborn Yamis gleefully.
Yes, he really enjoyed that he was responsible of everything for the moment.
He could order them around as he pleased, and they couldn’t do a thing against it.

Because he had at last two out of three Hikaris on his side, with their famous, and sometimes feared, puppy dog-eyes.
And that’s better than a whole, heavily armed goon squad is.
At last when it came to dealing with Bakura and Yami and their stubbornness.
Because they could easily take care of a goon squad, but they could never resist or refuse something their Hikaris ask them...
"And now we try again, from the beginning. A little more serious this time. Yami, if you would..."
"You enjoy that a little too much for my liking. Just be careful and watch you back, or else…!" but all protest was in vain, so he just looked up at Bakura.

"If I profane with my unworthinest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this. My lips, two blushing pilgrims ready stand to smooth-"

"Come on, pharaoh; say it with a little more feeling! Love at the first sight, and everything!" Marik interrupt them this time and earned evil glares for that. "And the book says that you are supposed to hold his hand!"
"Don’t forget that you are in love with him! And there you are, making it sound like you are reading a shopping list, not declaring your eternal love." Malik supported his darkness with an eager nod. Both were grinning over their whole face, and found everything funny and entertaining. After all, they don’t have to do anything and could just lean back and watch the other fight with their lines.

"As much as I hate to say that-" and Kaiba made a grimace as if he really hated to say it, "-but they are right."
"Yes!!!!" Marik cheered, "We are right! Did you hear that, Hikari-Pretty, we are right! We are right, we are right..."
And he wriggled around until Malik fell from his lap and landed hard on his ass at his sudden movement.
Marik tilt his head to the side and blinked surprised down at his fallen Light:
"Hikari? What are you doing down there on the floor? You can't see anything, come back up to me!" He patted his lap invitingly, with a leer on his tanned face
"Right there where you belong."
"Then try to sit still for longer then just 2 minutes, damn it! Maybe I wouldn’t fall down then!"

Kaiba rubbed his forehead. What did he do to deserve that?! He could sit peacefully in his office and fight with hostile businessmen who try to take over his company.
But no!
He had to be here and play with those amateurs!
"Okay, start all over again." he said slowly and as patiently as he could. "Yami, why don’t you pretend that you are talking to Yugi? Maybe it's easier for you."

Yami took his position in front of Bakura, who had his arms still crossed over his chest and was glaring down at the smaller Yami. Yami took the same pose and starred right back. A short glance to Yugi, who nodded encouraging, and he took a deep breath.

"If I profane with my unworthinest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this. My lips, two blushing pilgrims ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."

Yami tried to take Bakuras hand, but the white-haired thief backtracked it just in time to avoid that and growled back at him:
"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand-"
"Bakura! At last give Yami your hand."
"Then do it yourself, moneybags, if you don’t like the way I do this! Aua!" Ryou rolled one of the books up and hit his darker half quickly over the head with his new weapon:
"The more you refuse the longer we will repeat it. So..."

Bakura rubbed over his poor, abused head: "I really don’t know where he got such cruelty." The tomb robber growled and Yami smirked gleefully: "Well, he is your problem, so deal with it and shut up."
"Call Ryou a problem again and you will have one; with me to be exact!"
"Oooohhhh, the king of thieves is mad, now I'm really scared! Please, someone save me, I'm trembling and shuddering in fear, I don’t know what to do."

"So what's up with you, are you doing something today, or shall I better come back tomorrow?!" Kaiba growled annoyed. "And this time give Yami your hand; I'm sure he wouldn’t bite!"
"I really hope so!"
"Bakura!"
"Yeah, yeah, I hope I don’t get germs."
"Hey! I'm the one who has to disinfect his hand after that, you dirty thief. And I bet I need to count my fingers, too!"
"You stupid midget, do you think I'm a disease?!"

/Come on, Yami, let him be and give in for now! You are the clever one, right?! Just let him talk and ignore him./
Yami nodded with a small smile at his light.
"Right. He is the idiot here." but Yami began again with his text before Bakura could protest or ask anything.

"If I profane with my unworthinest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this. My lips, two blushing pilgrims ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."

Yami looked in Kaibas direction to wait for more protest, and grabbed Bakuras wrist roughly. But the protest never came; Kaiba didn’t even bother to tell Yami that he should give the other a kiss on his hand.
In the end they would properly just throw their books at him.
Or worse. They could throw some duel monsters at him.
There was time for the details later on.

"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much with mannerly devotion shows in this. For saints have hands that pilgrims hand do touch-," Bakura piped quietly. But his soft, sugar-sweet voice didn’t match his dark, murderous glare.
And the paper in his hand got holes and wrinkles as he scrunched it up.
"-and palm to palm is holy palmers kiss."

"Bakura!" reminded Kaiba sharply. The Yami rolled his eyes, but tried to look less like a crazy murderer and more like a lovestruck girl.
With little success, but well.
"And Yami, you should hold his hand, not breaking it."
'Same difference!'

"Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?" with a forced smile, even when it looked more like he was baring his teeth, Yami loosened his grip a little bit, while he proceeded with the text. He didn’t want to start all over again; this sappy shit was bad enough, even without repeating it always all over again!

"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer."
"Well, then, dear saint-"

"Ha! I'm a saint! Did you hear that? You all heard it, right? He said that I'm a saint!
Finally someone acknowledges that!" At this point, Bakura simply couldn’t hold back any longer, and he laughed. Even more so as he saw Yamis face. The former pharaoh looked like he just ate a lemon.

"Bakura!" Yami kicked Bakura shin.
"It's bad enough that he-" and he pointed accusingly at Kaiba "-always interrupts us! And they-" this time he pointed at the laughing Egyptian couple "-are no help either.
We don’t need you interrupting us, too! I want to get it over with this crap, damn it! It's hard enough as it is!
I already feel like a fool, being practically forced to say this shit to you like I mean it!"
Yami defended himself with a huff, before he waved around in Anzus direction.
"And if you are a saint, then this is breathtaking and amazingly beautiful!"

"Yes! Did you hear that? Yami called me breathtaking! And amazingly! And beautiful, too! That’s sooo cute and sweet and I am so happy..."
"Can we- please- continue?" Kaiba asked, not so patiently anymore, but with a slightly desperate tone.
Only a few, short sentences, why was it such a big problem to say a few, sort sentences without fighting...
'I would hit my head against the wall, but I don’t want only hurt myself even more. The headache they give me is enough…'

"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer." Bakura said quickly as he saw Ryou again standing up, waving his rolled-up book treating in his general direction.

"Well, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair."

This time it was Yami himself who couldn’t go on anymore, and he let go of Bakuras hand to make a step back.
He made noises as if he would gag and throw up and die on the spot a painful (and noisy) death.
"Isn't that enough? I can't anymore, I feel sick and I think I must puke from this crap. I feel like iiihhh, and wäähh, and uuuhhh…"
And Yami made all sort of moaning noises as he held his throat. Slowly he sank down on his knees and coughed, before he rolled over on his back. He twitched a few times and stretched his arms and legs out. He coughed, shivered and then lies perfectly still with closed eyes.

No one said anything, everyone just starred at the Yami on the floor.
Said Yami opened one red eye carefully to look up at them: "Ähmmm… I'm death…"
'And death pharaohs don’t need to play Romeo…' he thought hopefully.
(It seems that he forgot that he is already dead since a few thousand years, and he still has to play his part ^___^)

"Well, you know, Yami, I was just about to suggest that we call it a day, since you both worked so hard and you were rather well-behaved until a few moments ago.
But since you don’t want to finish this little part... I think it is time to consider Anzus suggestion...."

But before Kaiba cold treat them more, Yami made a miraculously recovery, jumped up from the floor and grabbed Bakuras hand again.
And this time even without nearly breaking it!

"Well, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair."
"Saints do not move, though grant for prayers sake." Bakura whispered with a small, although feigned, smile. It seems that Yamis wasn’t the only one impressed by Kaibas treat.
"Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take." Yami whispered softly back. Both starred in each other's eyes without moving a bit or saying a word.

The whole room was silent, as if they were waiting for something specific to happen.
Yami and Bakura blinked at each other.
"Ähm…"
"Go on, Yami. Now all you have to do is giving Bakura a small little kiss, and you are through, you are over and done with it." Yugi told him encouraging and you could clearly hear the smile in his gentle voice. Ryou held his hand over his mouth to stifle his laughter as he saw their baffled faces.

The thief and the pharaoh stood opposite each other, holding hands, in the middle of the room. Both were heavily blushing, and both were hopping that he wasn’t serious.
"Yugi…."

"Yami…" he said back with the same whiny voice. It seems Yugi has no pity today with a poor, unlucky, tormented Pharaoh…

"Looks like my Ryou isn't the only cruel Hikari in this room. Yours is even worse!" Bakura exclaimed with a smirk. He was still very sure that Ryou would protest, since he was his lover. He would never let him kiss someone else.

"Well? We are waiting, Bakura." Bakuras eyes nearly fell out of his face as Ryou didn’t say that he should stop it! His Hikari even told him to go on!?

"I really wonder what's wrong today…" again Yami took Bakuras hands in his smaller ones and stood up on his tiptoes.
In his mind he cursed at Bakura for being taller than he is, and that he had to act as if he would kiss him, and that the Hikaris were watching them, and that the Egyptians were laughing at them...
He took a deep breath and pretends to kiss the thief.
With at last a handbreadth or more distance between them!

Quickly he made a step back again and looked eagerly at Yugi.
'Come on, say that it is enough. Say it, say it, say it, pleeeaassseeeee!!!!!!!!' he prayed in his mind, even as Yugi wasn’t able to hear him.

"Come on Yami, that’s all? You didn’t even touch him! If you call this a kiss, I really can't understand how you can ever satisfy Yugi!" Joey yelled in between, much to Maliks and Mariks amusement.

"Does that look like my little Aibou, hä?" Yami yelled angrily at Joey and pointed accusingly with his finger at Bakura. The tomb robber had to cross his eyes to look at the offending digit, then growled darkly before he happily bit down on it.
Hard.

"Aua! Shit, are you crazy, you fucking asshole? Let go of me, or I tear your teeth out, too! You will never bite me again, you motherfucker!" Yami spat and he turned bright red in his fury.
It happened so quickly, you could nearly see and hear his blood pressure rising higher and higher.
But, like most of the time, Bakura wasn’t really impressed by his temper tantrum and just shrugged his shoulders:
"Well, I through you want me to bite you, since you waved it around in my face."

The former pharaoh grabbed Bakuras collar, but before he could start strangling the thief, Kaiba was spoiling his fun.
Yet again!

"Maybe you want to continue that later? Please get it over with that scene, and you can kill each other later on. At last then I would have one problem less..."

Reluctantly they took their place opposite each other to finally end their suffering for today. Yami took one of Bakuras hands in his own and laid his other hand on his shoulder. 'Damn thief, can't he be shorter….'
Bakura has his eyes tightly closed as if he was awaiting a faith so terrible he couldn’t even look. His lips were just a thin line, and his knuckles were white as he clenched his fists.

Warm breath was the only warning he got, and then he felt warm, soft lips on his skin for a brief moment, as Yami gave him a quick kiss.

It was just a short touch, a tiny peck, but for a seemingly endless moment neither of the two Yamis was able to move. They just stood there, in the middle of the silent room, surrounded by friends and psychos, and starred at each other with wide, shocked eyes.
They couldn’t believe it that Yami really did it!

"Wääääähhh!!!!!" Pharaoh and tomb robber yelled suddenly at the same time as it dawned on them what exactly happened.
"Uuuhhhh, Yami-germs!"
"Wäghs, I think I feel sick again!"
"Iiiiiihhhh, gross! The pharaoh licked my face!"
"I need a tetanus-shot, as fast as possible!"
Yami wiped fanatically over his mouth, while Bakura rubbed his cheek, as if trying to get rid of the fleeting touch.

Both spirits glared furiously at each other and then turned around at the same time to rush out of the room.
All they want to do at the moment was washing their face to get rid of the evidence of this… this… outrageousness.
From the corner of their eyes they could see Yugi and Ryou rolling on the floor, laughing and gasping for breath:
"Did you see Yamis face?" Yugi panted, and Ryou nodded!
How mean! Hikaris are supposed to be caring and compassionate!
"Yes, next time they think twice before they overdo it again with the weapons, like they did yesterday!"
Both 'innocent' Hikaris shared a gaze with twinkling eyes before they burst out laughing again!

Bakura nearly tripped over Yami in his hurry to get to the restroom, while Yami pushed Bakura so he hit the wall beside him hard.
As soon as they were in the restroom, they washed their faces thoroughly with hot water and a lot of soap.
"Damn it, Yami, because of you I need a new face now!"
Yami looked up for a moment with water running over his chin and his bangs sticking to his wet skin:
"Well, you could use the opportunity and get a better one. The one you have now… well…you know… it could be better…"

He washed his face again and ignored Bakuras dead glare. "As soon as I get home I need to brush my teeth… And I need a shower, I touched you, after all… I can't believe that I did that…" he mumbled more to himself then to the white-haired thief beside him. But suddenly he had a weird feeling, and he dodged quickly out of the way.

And just in time to avoid the soap dispenser, which flew by where his head was just a moment ago.
The mirror broke with a loud clatter.

Yami turned around and stuck his tongue out: "Ha, you moron couldn’t possible hit an elephant with a cannon in two feet distance! So why don’t you give it up and drop death! You would make us all happy, you know! Ryou would get over it sooner or later, so don’t worry about him. We would take care of him."
And this time Yami didn’t wait for Bakura to say something, he just turned around and left as long as he still had the last word.

Behind him he could hear a muttered "Hey! It's all your fault, so don’t blame me! Come back and fight, you little…"

It took Ryou and Yugi some time, after their Yamis fled the room in a hurry, to calm down enough to get up from the floor.
But then they shoot Anzu a quick glance and blinked at each other conspiratorial.
But Anzu was the only one who noticed it.
"Ähm, well, guys, we would like to stay, really, but we have things to do, important things. And we have to talk, and… yes…" Yugi muttered quickly, because they want to get out of here before one of the other could say anything.
But sadly, they weren't fast enough, because the voice of a certain, unconvincable girl stopped them.

"Tell me, was it a coincidence that you choose this part of all things, or was it on purpose? I bet you did it just because I had a very great idea! You didn’t like that one bit, did you?
You just tried to gain their attention, like always, because they only had eyes for me, and you were jealous! That’s the only reason you always disagree with me! Because you are mean and unfair, and you want them all to yourself!"

Both Hikaris looked at her with big puppy dog eyes, but Marik was faster with a replay:
"They and mean? I bet they just showed them the first page they opened! I mean, look at them! The only way they even know how to be cruel is when their Yamis tell them what to do!
But on their own they wouldn’t even play a prank on their worst enemy, let alone anyone else!"

The idea of a cruel Yugi and Ryou was funny for him, and Malik agreed that Anzu most properly had some damage from the bat-attack. It was the only rational explanation in their eyes how Anzu could think that the other Hikaris could ever be mean on purpose.
If he would go after his own Yami, on the other hand… Well, let's just say that there would be a very happy Yami, when he gets a gift to play and torture…

"Mean Hikaris, really. Like something like that really exists, sure… I think that’s a rumor." Marik laughed it off as something impossible.
Yugi and Ryou never tried to correct them, but they used the opportunity to slip quietly and unseen out of the class.
There was really no need to tell them that all those accidents were alone their fault!
Besides, Malik could also be pretty mean if he wants to, Marik should know that better than anyone else.
So much for 'Hikaris can't be mean and are always nice!'

As everyone noticed that neither the two horrified Yamis nor their evil Hikaris would come back today, they decided to just call it a day and leave.
(If they carry on at this pace, they don’t finish it before next year)

Marik pushed his Hikari-Pretty to the door, to 'have a little fun with him', as he said with a dirty smirk. And Kaiba and Joey also saw no reason to stay any longer.
After all, they rehearsed.
Even if it wasn’t much, it was better than nothing.

And once again Anzu was all alone by herself in the empty classroom. She had the bad feeling that something was off with Yugi and Ryou.
But she couldn’t say what it is…
She just remembered Yugis possessive glare at her while he touched Yamis rear. What she couldn’t understand was that Yami didn’t push him away. But maybe he didn’t think anything of it, and thought that it was normal to hug his Hikari.
'My Yami is so innocent; I bet he would never think that Yugi could hit at him! That little runt takes advantage of him, and he didn’t even notice it! Who know what he does to my poor Yami when no one is watching!'

Anzu shuddered at the thoughts that run through her head, about Yugi creeping into the bathroom while Yami is under the shower. How her poor, helpless Yami don’t knows how he can get out of the room without Yugi groping and touching him…
"Don’t worry, Yami, I will protect you from the evil Hikari! As soon as you are mine I make sure he will never ever touch you again. Oh, my poor Yami, how much you must suffer with him always around you, no wonder you don’t show how much you love me… I bet you are afraid…"

She was more then just a little disappointed and angry that Yami and Bakura left without coming back for her, and without saying good-bye.
But she wanted to go home with them!
With a pout she left the school also, without looking left or right, still fuming in her mind because Ryou and Yugi kept getting in her way.
She felt safe, like nothing could happen to her, and that was a big mistake!

Because suddenly they were back, and they were even more and even worse than before!
The bats from earlier!
They came in masses out of the trees and attacked her again.
The squeaking little animals pulled at her, and scratched and bite her on her whole way home, until she could finally close the door behind her.
Relieved she leant against the door and sank slowly down on the floor.
Outside she could hear the bats flying against the door, or scratching with their little claws on the windows as they searched for a way to get in to her.

"Get lost, you little devils, or I will call Yami! And he will kill you as soon as he hears what you do!"

*Hatschie*
Yami rubbed his nose puzzled at the sudden sneeze.
Where did that come from?
He wasn’t ill, and there was nothing tickling his nose, so…
"I bet that Ra-damned thief talks bad about me again! Some day I will kick his ass if he can't leave me alone, and no Hikari will stop me then. I just kill him and no one will ever know."
The former pharaoh growled darkly under his breath as he hurried home to his (hopefully) waiting Light.

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TBC:
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I have the text directly from the movie (which I don’t own, by the way), so don’t wonder that it sounds a little weird.
Oh, and I call this chapter 'The first rehearsal' because yesterday doesn’t really count, since it was more of a dalliance then a real rehearsal…