※ Part Fourty Three: Water Logged
※ Warnings - None - just remember that this is the unrevised version.
※ Disclaimer - I obviously don't own it.
Game after game Seto and Yami competed against each other. Every time they’d win a prize they’d give it to someone. Yami had just specifically won a giant Fairy Dragon for Ryou when he spotted a large plush Serpent Night Dragon hanging from one of the booth ceilings. Glancing up at the chibi who had yet to move from atop Joey’s shoulders, the mini pharaoh grinned to himself.
Yami had already won a big Saint Dragon, God of Osiris plushie for Yugi, a small Marie the Fallen One for Isis, a small Swamp Battleguard for Tristan, and a small Lava Battleguard for Joey. (Not to mention a small Magician of Black Chaos for himself.)
Seto had won a big plush Obelisk the Tormentor for his big little brother, a small Dark Sage for Yugi, a small Mystical Elf for Tea, a small Strike Ninja for Duke and a small Harpy Lady for Mai. (He too had won something for himself, a small Spirit Ryu.)
The game they decided on next seemed to be the only one they hadn’t played yet…and the only one they hadn’t been banned from. It was a dart game where you had to throw a dart with a dulled tip at a balloon hardly full of air, which made it harder to break.
All the while Yami was eyeing the Serpent Night Dragon, Seto had spotted four plushies that came together as a set. Scapegoat. For some reason Seto didn’t know or could explain, he wanted Joey to have them.
“How do you pway?” Yami asked the evil clown behind the counter, blinking his large eyes.
The fat clown explained, “I give you a dart, if you break a balloon you get whatever prize the balloon is carrying.”
Yami blinked again then shrugged, “Easy enough. I want the Sewpent Night Dwagon pwease.”
The clown laughed, “You have to win it first kid! And even I don’t know which balloon it’s in.”
Yami only narrowed his eyes, “It’s the one I want, and it’s the one I’ww get.” With that he looked at Yugi, “Pway?”
Yugi paid the guy for both Seto and Yami and they each got one dart.
Seto looked at all the different balloons. Red, yellow, green, blue, white, silver, pink and purple. As he studied each balloon he was strangely drawn to the pink balloon. Shrugging it off, Seto launched his dart. It went a little higher than he wanted it to go and bit began to head for the yellow one. Luckily the tip dropped and the dart fell, breaking the pink one open. Smiling in satisfaction, Seto waited to be told what he’d won.
“Here kid.” The clown handed Seto the stuffed Scapegoats, “Sorry they’re so small.”
“It’s what I wanted, thank you.” Seto said softly, not wanting to alert anyone of his fear of clowns.
Yami took his turn next, being drawn to the purple balloon the most. He threw the dart and being the perfect little pharaoh he was, the tip smashed into the balloon and broke it.
“You get - holy!” The clown seemed surprised at which prize Yami had won. To Yami’s satisfaction (and everyone else’s amusement) the stunned clown pulled down the Serpent Night Dragon and handed it to the boy. “Yer lucky kid. How’d you do it?” The clown asked as Yami hugged the toy.
Yami only shrugged, “Magic.” He grinned then thanked the clown before struggling with the overly large stuffed animal. It wasn’t as big as the Winged Dragon of Ra, but Yami hoped it would do. With that he motioned for Yugi to come closer. The smaller ‘adult’ knelt down so Yami could whisper into his ear. Smiling at what the little boy wanted, Yugi whispered the plan to Tristan.
Tristan picked Yami up and got him close enough to Joey, “Maywik! I want you to keep the Sewpant Night Dwagon.” Yami said to the chibi as he pointed down at the stuffed animal that had been left in Yugi’s care.
Marik tilted his head in confusion, he hadn’t been expecting that. “Weawwy?” He asked softly and after Yami’s enthusiastic nod, he shook his head, “But I don’t have noffing fow you.”
Yami only giggled, “I don’t want anyt’ing, only to give it to you.”
Marik looked unsure and Yami hated that look. The other child should be excited like Yami Bakura and Ryou. Finally the Egyptian chibi grinned, “Tank you ‘Ami.”
That was better! “You is wewcome. What’s next?” He wondered, looking at the adults.
“Well…” Yugi looked through his booklet. “We haven’t gone to the petting zoo yet…there’s also a haunted house, the log ride-”
“Wog wide!” All the chibis cried out suddenly, startling Yugi as he dropped the book. They all giggled as he picked it up again.
“Okay, log ride it is then.”
Luckily for the group the log rides were pretty close. They didn’t have to walk across the entire grounds like they were going to have to for the petting zoo. After Mokuba had called one of their chauffeurs to come get the toys they waited in the long line up they made themselves out into groups of four. The ‘cars’ which were the shapes of a tree log could only hold four people. After a long debate it was finally settled.
Yugi and Mai would ride first with Yami and Yami Bakura between them. Next Duke and Joey would ride with Marik and Ryou between them. Mokuba and Isis would ride with Malik and Seto between them and Tristan and Tea would be riding the next people in line.
Tea just happened to look behind them and she grinned at who the next to people in line were. “Mako? Roba? How long have you guys been standing there?” She wondered as the two she spoke to noticed her.
“We didn’t see you there!” Mako smiled as he looked over at the group, then looked confused when he saw the familiar looking children with them.
“My brothers made me promise to bring them, so here we are.” Roba shrugged and his three brothers (and one of their friends) waved from behind him. “We ran into Mako a few hours ago. Since there’s only four people allowed in each car, looks like we’ll ride with you and Tristan.”
“Awesome!” Tea grinned.
“We’re next!” Mai called as she scooped up Yami Bakura and her, Yugi and Yami jumped into one of the logs.
“See you at the end!” Yami and Yami Bakura waved at everyone as their car moved out of sight.
“Guess that means it’s our turn.” Duke looked at Joey and the two jumped into the car with Marik and Ryou.
“Is this safe?” Seto wondered as he and Mokuba climbed in, followed by Malik and Isis.
Mokuba laughed, “Of course it is!”
As they passed through a ‘cave’ Isis noticed how quiet and subdued her brother seemed to be. “Malik?” She asked softly, so Mokuba or Seto wouldn’t overhear. “Is something wrong?” She wondered.
There was little light, but she could tell Malik had shaken his head, “No Sista’. I just…” He sighed, “Neva’mind.”
“Is it Marik?” Isis knew exactly what the problem was, but she wanted her brothers to figure it out on their own. This lesson would be good for them.
“Yeah.” Malik mumbled unhappily.
“Things will work out.” Isis promised as she messed up his hair just as they came into the light.
Giggling, Malik tried to shield his head from the attack and then they all looked around. Lavender eyes blinked wide, “Um…whewe’s the west of the wide?” He wondered as everyone looked ahead of them.
Mokuba gulped, “We drop…” He said and suddenly they were shoved over the edge. Their screams mixed with the other noises around them. At the bottom their car created a large wave, soaking everyone in the craft.
Seto giggled, “I wanna do that again!” He insisted, shaking the water from his hair.
“Oh, I’m sure there’s another drop…it’s a pretty big ride…” Mokuba smiled at his brother.
“Hey wook!” Malik pointed in front of them to where they could see Duke, Joey, Ryou and Marik. It seemed that they weren’t the only ones soaking wet.
“It’s swippawy!” Ryou stated as his hand slipped along the side.
Duke blinked the water out of his eyes, “Yeah, it is. Be careful you don’t fall in.” He warned.
“I won’t.” Ryou insisted as he moved to face the front again. He looked at the other chibi, “Having fun Maywik?” He asked, scooting closer to the other so they could hear each other over the sound of rushing water.
Marik grinned, “Yeah.” He nodded, “But it’s code!” He shivered lightly as if to prove his point.
“We’ll get dried once we get off.” Joey promised as he ruffled Marik’s damp hair. “Then we’ll find something else to do. Probably go to the petting zoo.”
“Otay.” Marik nodded as they entered another cave.
In the car in front of them the water had gotten into the car and the two smallest passengers were having fun throwing water at each other. Yami giggled as Yami Bakura’s throw hit Yugi instead. Retaliating, Yugi threw a handful of water back, but Yami Bakura dodged it and it splashed Mai.
Laughing, Mai grabbed the tiny tomb robber and held him as she poured water from her hand over his head.
“Ah!” Yami Bakura cried in between his giggles, “Hewp ‘Ami!” He glanced at the pharaoh.
Seemed Yami was having problems of his own as Yugi had grabbed him and done the same as well.
“Uh oh…” Mai suddenly got their attention, “Another drop!” She pointed ahead of them and they all braced themselves for the landing. A large wave sloshed into the car, rocking them slightly and almost carrying Yami right out of the boat.
“Whoa!” Yugi held onto his other tightly, “That was close!” He exclaimed as Yami only giggled.
“That was fun!” Yami argued as he and Yami Bakura continued to giggle.
In the second car they had just realized about the drop too.
“How long is this ride?” Duke wondered seeing as how Joey was the one in the front and could see more than him.
Joey looked around as he held tight to Marik, “I think there’s one more drop after this one!”
“Good!” Duke called back over the splashing, “I think I’m going to lose my pizza if this keeps up! I’m more of a games person than a ride person.”
Joey laughed, “You don’t know how to have fun! Here we go!”
The boat suddenly dropped, as did Duke’s stomach and when they reached the bottom they too experienced the wave.
“Wow.” Duke breathed, “Glad that’s over with.” He said then realized he was less one chibi just as Marik cried out.
“Wyou!” The little boy had gotten up and was hanging over the edge looking for the other chibi.
“What?” Joey looked over the edge too but couldn’t see anything, “Are you sure he went over the edge Marik?” He wondered.
Marik kinda tilted his head, “Whewe else would he go?” He wondered.
“Shit.” Duke turned around on his knees so he could look behind them. “That’s all we need…Ryou drowning…Hey guys!” He called to the boat behind them.
Mokuba and Isis looked up and they noticed Duke pointing into the water.
“What?” Mokuba yelled back but couldn’t make out what Duke was trying to say.
Malik and Seto got the idea though and they both went to the side of the car and peered down into the water. They looked at each other and nodded and as Seto got a good grip around Malik’s waist he held the smaller chibi over the side just in time for Malik to grab something floating in the water.
“Ow!” Ryou cried as he was plucked up and dragged into the car.
“Sowwy.” Malik grunted as all three of them landed against the plastic with a hard thud.
After he was finished coughing because he’d inhaled some water Ryou jumped on both Seto and Malik and hugged them. “You saved me!” He exclaimed before he began to shiver.
Immediately Seto and Malik huddled with the smallest chibi to keep him warm.
“Wow…” Mokuba stated, “That was close, I don’t think I like this ride anymore.”
“Me eitha’.” Seto agreed as he hugged Ryou.
Ryou sniffed, then sneezed, then coughed a little. He looked and Malik and sighed, “I fink they’ww give me anotha’ baf.” He whined.