Regalshipping

Regalshipping chapter 2

Zephyr of Darkness' notes: Thank you to UnknownH and magemongod for the comments. Also, thank you to the unknown voter at AFF who gave me a 5/5.

Special thanks to UnknownH again since he was the one who taught me the Airman/Woodman and Darth Vader references in this chapter.

I was thinking that I make Yami's personality more like in the Japanese version. It would be dead-hard to do it like in the English dub, where he is so damn serious. Anyway, he may be a little OOC, but heh, he has the hots! Don't we all act somehow different when we do? Yami may be a spirit, but he's still a guy.


Just in case,

- Blah blah = chatting.

"Blah blah" = thinking.

/Blah blah/ =Yugi's mind link to Yami.

//Blah blah// =Yami's mind link to Yugi.

Enjoy the fic!


Yugi had returned from school and was doing his homework so he'd be free from any burden to enjoy the evening. Yami was out of the puzzle and resting (or how close you can be to resting while anxious) in his ethereal form over Yugi's bed. He was worrying about how the evening would turn out, when Yugi dropped his pen in utter satisfaction and stood up, heading to the wardrobe.

- Whatever you put on, make sure you have nice underwear, aibou.

Yugi stopped cold on his tracks. - And what's that supposed to mean? - he eyed Yami suspiciously.

The former Pharaoh just smiled.

- ...ttaku. - Yugi turned to the wardrobe again, and started rummaging through it.

- I think the camo one will do. But the black boxer shorts will do nicely too.

- ...Since when are you worried about my underwear?

- Since I started to plan things in anticipation. - Yami winked.

Yugi looked at him and chose the black boxer shorts. Yami smiled, but couldn't make sense even to himself. He just wanted to see Mai tonight, had a burning desire to do so... and a strange hunch that he would. Could Mai be lured by the "Ladies night" promotion? ...not very convincing. But Yami had learned to trust his hunches and prepare for what they may bring his way.

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The arcade had a legend at the door: "It's ladies night, oh what a night".

Yugi met with his friends at the door. Tea was wearing a dotted white strapless top, a pink miniskirt, a green jacket above them, purple and black thigh-high stockings, and fuchsia shoes. Her Hello Kitty handbag made Yami wince. Joey was wearing simple blue jeans, trainers and a T-shirt that read: "There are three ways to do things: the right way, the wrong way, and my way". Tristan was wearing some indistinct clothing. (Come on, do you really care about what Tristan is wearing?)

- Ready to kick some butt at the arcade, guys?! - Tea exclaimed.

Yami rolled eyes. - This woman just makes things so easy for me I don't even want to get sarcastic...

- Yeah! You wanna try DDR, Tea?

- Yeah! Just watch me while I score higher than everyone else!

Yami shook his head. - So easy it's not even funny.

Tea scampered away to the DDR, but there were so many people before her that she was probably going to spend the whole night at the queue. She reached the place and stood at the end of the line, with a patient look on her face.

Tristan shrugged. - Let her be. See any hot babes around, guys?

Joey was sitting on a chair, arms resting over the back of it, head unmoving with his typical boredom expression.

- Onna Franken... ........another onna Franken.... a rather cute girl but on second thought I'm sure it's a trap.... - he sighed - I think I'm going to get drunk. - he grabbed a nearby flower pot, took out the flowers and drank from it.

- .... - Yugi sweatdropped. He noticed that Yami was staring in some direction, his face sported a quiet smile but a determined look. He looked in the direction he was staring at. It couldn't be...

---- Ten minutes later ------

Tea was still at the queue, when a local DDR star asked for an opponent. Tea jumped to the chance. This was the opportunity she was waiting for to show the world how cool she was!

Her opponent was a 60-years-old woman named Britney who was supposedly a music star in her youth, but had spent all her money in fees to get out of jail over and over again. To add theatricality to her act, she danced with a chihuahua dog named Paris. Rumor was it that Paris had been a Britney's friend singer who had passed away when smelling a perfume she had baptised with her name. In her loving remembrance, Britney had named her dog after her. Tea had heard such rumors, and wondered if the late Paris would have been offended knowing that a blonde, almost bald skinny bitch wearing a T-shirt with its own face now bore her name.

Tea stepped ahead, hurling her bag to the speakers like a samurai tossing the sheath of his blade. All of the elderly star's set-in-stage didn't impress her. She knew she could win!

The music started, and both women danced a heavy metal version of "Macarena". The noob technician who had done that setup that same morning winced, but everyone else seemed to enjoy the music. Tea smirked as she easily won. Britney may have had been a star on her youth, but she moved like a sack of potatoes now. It was Paris who did most of the moves for her, and Paris wasn't smart enough to follow the music at the right speed. "I'm smarter than you, bitch" - thought Tea as she smiled triumphally at the little dog. Paris just stared back. Its expression clearly stated. "WTF?"

- I won! I'm the Queen of Games! - exclaimed Tea. - Now give me your necklace as a prize!

- Never! - Britney yelled in her toad voice. She lunged forward and mugged Tea's Hello Kitty bag from the speakers. She ran away, saying to herself "Oops... I did it again".

"It's a good excuse for making the guys pay for me the rest of the evening. Not that I had any money left to begin with..." Tea's thoughts were interrupted as a general "Ooooooooooh!!!!" could be heard. She turned ceremoniously and stated out loud:

- I win!! - and she bowed. Strangely, there were no claps... no sound at all. She opened her eyes to see hundreds of people at a faraway videogames machine, and close by, one little kid. Just one.

- Hey, you don't know what you're missing! - the kid shouted - That guy has defeated Airman, and then Woodman!! He's amazing!!!

Tea blinked rapidly, then slowly, and started looking around. Where did they serve alcoholic drinks in this place...?

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Yami sighed as he stood up from the machine. He had completed Megaman 2 in 15 minutes and a few seconds. The whole of patrons was gawking at his game.

- I'm done playing. You can take my place.

A kid felt the winning streak and sat at the machine. Within two minutes he had lost all nine lives Yami had gathered through his game. The kid never believed in winning streaks again.

Yami sighed again. The first part of his dream was complete, but Mai was nowhere to be seen. He did remember that he didn't see Mai anywhere when he was playing; that came later. And he didn't know what had happened between both scenes; no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember.

An odd scene caught his eye.

- This is MY drink! Hic! - said Joey as he hogged the flower pot away from Tea.

- Somebody stole my bag! I have no money! I thought you were my friend!

Yami rubbed his temples. - Am I dreaming again?. - Joey was getting drunk off a flower pot... and somebody had stolen Tea's hideous bag?

- You're not my friend! Friendship is the best thing ever, because friends support each other through thick and thin...!

- Oh, no... - Yami mumbled - No... it is a friendship speech... No... no...

- You know you can trust and depend on your friends when you need them. They are always there to help you. They are always with you...!

- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Yami ran away, exiting the arcade. He rested the back on the wall outside it, gasping.

- I don't deserve that... I didn't do anything wrong... And Joey hasn't done anything so bad to be punished like that... - Yami looked back inside. Tea was still talking to Joey. He couldn't hear what she was talking about, but he was sure he saw her lips form the word "friendship" twice in a single phrase. Joey, on his part, was drinking from another flower pot... or better said, this new one was a vase. And where was Tristan, at a time like this? Yami had no idea... and didn't give a damn, either.

He stood outside the arcade, looking from time to time to see if Tea was done with her friendship spèech... but this one seemed like a particularly felt and powerful one, so it didn't seem it was going to end anytime soon. While patiently waiting for better conditions, a car screeched by the walkroad.

- Standing at the side of a 'Ladies night' sign? What happened, did you realize it was not your night, or is it that you didn't have any luck? - a coaxing and sarcastic voice came out of the car.

Yami's heart jumped. - Uh...! Mai! - he blinked. Yeah, it really was Mai in her car that was in front of his eyes!

- The one and only. - Mai tilted her head - So what are you doing at this place?

Yami remembered his dream. It wasn't the time to get embarrassed or shy. It was the time to raise and be forward.

- I was waiting for you. - he said, quite frankly.

Mai lowered her head and laughed. She wasn't expecting that answer. - Honored to hear that, Yugi. And what would you have done if I hadn't come by?

- Well.... - Yami acted as if he gave that question a deep thought. - I get lots of kids who come to my home for an autograph... - he raised his head - There's bound to be many of them who know where the most beautiful duelist live too, don't you think?

Mai laughed - Oh, Yugi... You're such a gentleman, you know?

- Yes, I am... but I can stop being it if you want me to. - he winked.

Mai smirked. - So, were you going to enter the arcade?

- I was inside, actually. But I can think of more interesting plans now that you're here. - it was Yami's turn to smirk.

Yugi was listening from his soul room, blushing. He would never dream of facing a woman the way Yami was... let alone a sex bomb like Mai. But it seemed she was amused by their conversation.

- Well, I was going to a club. Wanna hop in, Yugi? I'm sure you'll find something that interests you.

- Yes. Let me say goodbye to my friends first. They are inside the...

- We heard! You're going to a club, guys? Can we go along? - asked Tea, opening the door at Yami's side. Tristan was holding Joey upright, who didn't seem to notice anything around him. Such was the state of drunkenness in... flower pot water he was.

Mai sighed. - I guess you can come along. Get in the back of the car, you three. Yugi, you sit on the front.

- Don't give orders to me, coplady! I'll get outta jail and rip all your brooms... all your brooms... all... your... - Joey's voice extinguished.

- ...Did your friend get drunk... at the arcade? - asked Mai, puzzled.

- He got drunk... drinking from a flower pot. - Yami assured.

- A... flower pot? - Mai gave a wry look to Yami as she started driving away.

- It's the truth. Don't ask me why. I have no idea. - he shrugged.

- Hm. Better keep an eye on him. - she told Tristan and Tea, looking at them in the reverse mirror.

Yami twisted the corner of his mouth. He was up and ready to make a move on Mai... but how could he do that while his friends were around? He got an idea. It was risky... but the results could be very well be worth the risk.

- How far is this club, Mai? - he asked, nonchalantly.

- We'll be there in about ten minutes. - Mai replied.

- Good. What can you do there?

Mai smirked. Yami had a weird sensation, just like a strange reversal role had just been played and he had become the prey instead of the hunter.

- Enjoyable things.

- Huh... - Yami was kind of scared to ask further. He considered his plan to have failed. Rapidly, he set up a plan B, the same moment he caught Mai winking at him, which got him even more nervous. Nobody said anything for what seemed like long minutes.

- We've arrived. - she said at last, parking.

The club almost looked like a normal house with a bulletin board outside. The gang peered inside from the car. It looked like your usual bar, just some tables and the normal stuff in a bar. Tea and Tristan looked at each other and shrugged.


TO BE CONTINUED...

Heh, what a place to cut it, eh? Actually, I wrote chapter 2 and 3 together, so I had to make a place to cut it. Okay boys and girls, missed the hentai in this chapter? Never fear, next chapter there is a lot... I mean, some! That club our friends arrived at looks pretty normal, doesn't it? T' ain't so. Watch out for next chapta-- 'Upscale strip club!' See you around the corner!