"I'm so nervous…" Miho mumbled. I looked at her.
"Relax Miho, you'll do great!" I encouraged.
"But Miho! I'm amazed you entered!" Tea exclaimed. "What happened?"
She smiled and blushed. "Just something." I leaned down and whispered.
"She met a Ryou." She looked at me.
"Guy from the future?" She asked. I nodded. Miho stood up.
"Alright! I'm definitely going to win!" She exclaimed and the orange head from earlier opened the curtain.
"I heard something about winning just now." She said.
"You should know your place." Glasses said.
"It's not that absurd." Orange told her. "There is dignity in just participating." We got angry.
"You don't know who'll win yet!" Tea exclaimed angry.
I nodded. "So why don't you keep your ugly mouth shut and let us do the talking."
Miho smiled cruelly. "Please be gentle. All we have is our youth. It's like the contest is between how tight our skin is." I fought back an evil laugh.
She said it now. I thought evilly.
"How rude! Kaoruko is also—" Kaoruko cut her off.
"Very well. When the results are in we'll see." She closed the curtain and I let out my evil laugh.
"So now we will introduce the contestants for this year's first popularity contest!" The announcer announced. "Entry number one! Kaoruko Himekoji!"
Que the extremely bitchy orange head.
"Entry number 5, Joey Wheeler!"
Que Joey pumping his fist in the air screaming Yay!
"And to continue entry number 6 Naru Scarlet!"
I appeared with my arms crossed. I was a bit surprised at how many followers I had.
Cheering cheering Naru! cheering cheering.
"Entry number 7 Tea Gardner!"
She appeared giving a light bow.
more cheering and name calling.
"Finally, entry number nine, Miho Nosaka!"
Miho appeared having her hands in front of her like \/.
More cheering.
"So let's quickly prepare for the freestyle." He announced.
I eavesdropped on the 3's conversation.
"Kaoruko I just checked. Half of the female students are for Naru Scarlet and the other half Tea Gardner. Half of the first and second year males are for Miho Nosaka. And half of the second year males are for Naru Scarlet."
Kaoruko gasped. "What!? That many!?"
"But… our fanclub has a hold of all the 3rd year males." She explained. "We're also luring the first year males with the prospect of a date with Kaoruko."
"Really? I see." She said. "Shh!" I froze and walked away with Tea and Miho.
"Let's do our best guys!"
"Yeah!"
"To take our mind off of this, entry number 6! Naru Scarlet's Umbrella Spinning!" (Dunno what it's called.)
I was wearing a purple Kimono with a black obi spinning an umbrella with 3 balls on top, trying to keep them on. It went on for a few minutes and I decided to throw the umbrella in the air, do a twirl, catch it, and continue spinning. I stopped the umbrella and caught the balls. I did a bow.
Clap clap clap clap. Cheer cheer cheer Naru! cheer cheer clap clap.
"Entry number 7. Tea Gardner and her hip hop dance!" I watched as Tea walked off the stage sadly because she couldn't do her dance.
Miho came up and I watched as she did the thing with the katana's.
Later Bikini style contest part…
"Man, I'm pissed!" Shouted Tea. " I wonder who switched the tapes."
I coughed. "Kaoruko!"
"Miho, Scarlet, one of you gotta win!"
"I'm going to go ahead and put mine on alright." I told them. Tea nodded.
"Alright." Miho said. I heard a shout of shock and guessed that Miho found what Kaoruko did to her swimsuit. I put on my black two piece and purple skirt thingy.
"Entry number 6 Naru Scarlet!" I looked at them.
"Be fast!" And walked out. I was fighting the blush at the stares I was getting.
There were cheering and oh's and ah's.
I left the stage.
"Entry number nine! Miho Nosaka!" They waited. "Miho! What's going on!?"
"Thank you for waiting!" She exclaimed and climbed up a ladder. Miho was wearing a mermaid outfit.
"Alright! One more step to Victory!" I heard Miho say once we were back inside.
"Really!" She shouted. I looked down, upset.
I should follow her and make sure she doesn't get hurt. I thought. I grabbed my dark purple dress and put it on. I was about to leave when I was called.
"Entry number 6! Naru Scarlet!" I ran out, stopped, did a few twirls and left.
I arrived in the alley to see her on the ground with her yellow dress torn. I punched a wall making my fist bleed.
"Damn it! I was too late! This is why I didn't want to enter in the first place!" I shouted tears making its way into my eyes.
"Miho!?" Came Yugi's voice.
I looked at him and fell to my knees. "I was too late. I could've stopped her."
"Who did this to her?" He asked. I pointed at the rose petals on the ground.
"I have to go…" Miho mumbled. "Because I'm going to win…"
I saw Yugi shake with anger and his puzzle began to glow. I looked at Yami.
"Make her pay." I said, angry that I couldn't stop this. He looked at me.
"I will, but you got a contest to win."
I nodded, stood up and picked up Miho. Slowly making my way back to the contest.
When I was in the changing room I set Miho down and made my way backstage where Yami and Kaoruko should be.
"It's game time." I heard. I walked toward the sound of their voices.
"What are you inviting me to do?" She asked.
"It's a really simple game." Yami said and began to explain. "We'll take turns pulling from the flowers you have. The person who pulls the last one loses. We're free to pick one to three flowers."
"You're right. It's simple." She said and held out her bouquet. "Then go ahead." Yami pulled one, she pulled two, he pulled one, she pulled one, and it went on like that for a while. I watched from behind a curtain.
"Fool! I won." Kaoruko said "They're five left. Whoever picks first will lose." She told him, pulling a flower. "I wonder how many you'll pick?"
"I see." He said.
"If you pick one, I'll pick three. That leaves one. If you pick one, I'll pick one. If you pick three, then I'll pick one and leave one. Either way the last one to pick is you."
"You're right. Let's try it then" Yami said and grabbed one.
"I told you. It's no use." She said as she pulled three leaving one left. "You lost." Yami made to pick the flower but went to the one in her hair instead. I smiled.
"I said the flowers you had. I didn't say the bouquet." He explained. Her eyes widened.
"That can't be!" Yami pointed at her.
"The Door of Darkness has opened." He said. She screamed and walked over to a mirror.
"I-Is this…me?" She asked, frightened. Her reflection was one of an old hag.
"Beauty doesn't last forever." Yami told her. "Remember that." He walked away from her and towards me. He held out the flower he grabbed from Kaoruku to me. I blushed and took it.
"Th-thank you." I said looking at it surprised. He nodded. I watched from afar as Kaoruko poured buckets of water over her head and walked off the stage.
"W-well since…Kaoruko has apparently disqualified herself, the winner is Naru Scarlet!" A light shone on me and I blinked. I looked up and waved nervously.
"Th-thank you!" I exclaimed, waving.
I was pretty sure I was redder than a tomato on the way home. I will never enter another contest again.
Back to the point. I was looking at the rose the Pharaoh gave me after his Shadow Game with Kaoruko. Yugi looked behind him in thought.
I heard music playing and looked around. No music boxes or radios so why…oh yeah. Anime right. Silly me!
Well at least it was following the anime today. I remember it better than the manga.
A limo passed by and I think I saw Mokuba in it. I blinked.