A/N: Yay new story! Thank you everyone for your reviews on One Wish, and I hope this one turns out better. Characters are a bit ooc but hopefully not too much. Pairings are Bronzeshipping and Tendershipping. For people who don't live near the beach or are unfamiliar with the lifeguard system, here goes: Lifeguards watch people at the beach and rescue them from drowning. They set up two flags, both red and yellow, that mark areas not affected by rips or undertow. This is the system we use in Australia and possibly in other countries but I'm not sure. Hope this makes the story clearer if people are confused.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Gi Oh or characters - they belong to Kazuki Takahashi.
Warning: This story contains swearing, though not in this chapter.
Ring ring! Ring ring!
Ryou woke up from his nap with a start and reached for the phone, only to fall off the couch.
Ring ring! Ring ring!
"Ok, ok, I'm coming!" Ryou groaned as he picked himself up and answered the phone.
"Hello, Ryou speaking."
"Ryou! How are you?" his best friend's excited voice came through the phone.
Ryou smiled at his friend's enthusiasm. "I'm fine, Malik, how are you?"
"Good! I was wondering, would you like to come to the beach with us for the holidays? Ishizu said its ok."
"I'd love to! Are you sure I won't be a bother?"
"Of course you won't!" Malik reassured him quickly. "I get bored easily, so Ishizu thought I should bring someone to talk to."
"Fair enough. So, um, when?"
"I'll check. Hey, Ishizu! When do we leave?" Malik yelled.
"Wednesday, 10 o'clock!" She yelled back.
"Wedn-" Malik started.
"Yeah, I heard her. What day is it today? Oh yeah, Monday. So how far away is it?"
"About an hour and a half I think. You don't get car sick do you?"
"Nope."
"Oh good. Ok well we'll pick you up on Wednesday then."
"Ok, see you then! Bye."
"Bye!" Malik hung up.
Ryou replaced the phone on the hook and then did a weird little victory dance. "Woo, I'm going to the beach!"
~*~
On Wednesday morning, there was a sharp knock at the door. Ryou hurried to open it only to be glomped by a hyperactive Malik.
"Where are your bags, I'll help carry them," Malik offered once he stopped laughing at Ryou's shocked expression.
"Thanks, Malik, they're in here."
Malik and Ryou emerged from the apartment and dumped the bags in the car boot. Then they climbed into the backseat. Malik's older sister Ishizu turned around from the passenger seat and smiled. "Good morning, Ryou, glad you could come."
"Thanks for asking me," Ryou replied politely.
Odion, never a big talker, simply nodded from the driver's seat.
"Oh my god, Ryou, just wait til we get there, I can teach you to surf, there are some really good waves there, and along the beach a bit, there are some awesome caves! Oh and the best part: the lifeguards!"
"The lifeguards?" Ryou asked, puzzled.
"Yeah you know, they save you from drowning. Anyway, they are so fricking hot! I hope they're the same ones that were there last year..."
"Why, so you can embarrass yourself again?" Ishizu teased.
"I didn't embarrass myself!"
"What happened?" asked Ryou, amused.
"Well there's this one called Marik, right? Oh my god, wait til you see him, he's gorgeous! Anyway, I was going to go talk to him and-"
"He tripped over the lifeguard chair!" Ishizu erupted into a fit of giggles at her brother's discomfort.
"Yes, I tripped... and I sort of fell on him...."
Ryou and Ishizu both nearly died of laughter.
"So, wh-what did he s-say?" Ryou was struggling for breath he was laughing so much.
"Nothing, he caught me, laughed and walked off. I think he thought I did it on purpose..."
"I still think you did," Ishizu commented.
"Shut up."
~*~
When they arrived, Malik and Ryou grabbed their bags and raced into the Ishtar holiday house.
"Wow," Ryou breathed. "It's huge."
"Well none of us wanted to share a room," Malik said matter-of-factly. "You don't mind sharing with me do you?"
"Of course not."
"Good. Come on, I want to go to the beach!"
"Ok, ok. Just let me get my shorts."
Ishizu appeared at the door. "I'm coming down too, just let me change."
"Aww, she's going to take forever!" Malik whined.
Ryou laughed and rummaged through his bag for his towel.
Finally they were all ready to go, Malik racing ahead.
"God, he's acting like an eight year old," Ishizu remarked to no one in particular.
They set up the umbrella and lay their towels on the sand beneath it.
Ishizu stretched herself out to sunbathe. "You boys go have a swim, I'll mind the stuff," she said.
Malik didn't need to be told twice. "Thanks, sis!" he called, grabbing Ryou's hand and pulling him towards the water.
"And stay between the flags!" she yelled.
Ryou and Malik had a lovely time in the water, splashing and swimming around and diving under the big waves. After a while Malik motioned for Ryou to come closer.
"Ok, I'll show you who Marik is. But don't be too obvious, kay?"
"Ok."
"Alright, you see the lifeguards, right? In the yellow and red? Ok well there's that guy with the white hair. You see him? Ok next to him- Oh my god! Look away, look away! He saw us!" Malik quickly turned in the other direction.
Ryou snickered at his friend's antics. "You're acting like a girl," he said.
"Did you see him?"
Ryou followed Malik's finger and saw the tall tanned man with crazy spiked up blonde hair he was pointing to. However his gaze was almost immediately diverted to "that guy with the white hair."
"Who's the other guy?" he asked.
"That's Bakura. He's weird."
"Why, do you have a problem with white hair?" Ryou asked playfully.
"No, but he looks way like you. Do you have an older brother I don't know about or something?"
"Not that I know of."
"So what do you think of Marik? I know you can't really see him properly from here but he's the smexiest thing you've ever seen, right?"
"Heh, why don't you just go marry him then?" Ryou taunted.
Malik blushed. "If I had the chance, I probably would."
Ryou sighed exasperatedly and whacked him on the head.
~*~
Bakura watched the two teens romp playfully in the water before grinning and turning to Marik. "It looks like your little stalker friend is back," he teased.
Marik looked over and laughed. "Yeah I remember him. Who's the other kid? He looks a lot like you. Related?"
Bakura chuckled. "You know I have no relatives, Marik. Now do your job. You can't afford to be distracted."
"You started it," Marik retorted but looked away to keep an eye on the surfers.
A/N: Yeah so Marik is going to be ooc but I needed someone to be the voice of reason so Bakura gets to be his crazy self lol. Also Ryou is going to be bolder than he is often written, but still prone to blushing.