Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh and unfortunately never will, however I do own Mina.
Well this is my third story. Hopefully it will be better than my second one (I've even disowned it's name). Finally my technology coursework is finished and out of the way never to be looked at again!!! (Waves streamers in the air and has a party!) Even though I get off for study leave next week before my AS exams start (boooooo!!) I had a long weekend to get this story started. This one has been in the making for several months now and I've finally decided to get on with it.
Alter ego: with my help of course!
Deoki: yes, I know… this time my alter ego gave me a hand in writing this one, so you can guarantee Téa bashing in later chapters. If you're a Téa fan, I don't recommend that you read this.
Alter ego: too right, the bitch should be boiled alive in a bucket of her own friendship speeches mwhahahaaaaa!!
Deoki: nobody wants to know what you think, my dear alter ego.
Alter ego: you obviously do or you wouldn't have asked me to help write your story! And there's something I meant to ask you… why don't I have a name?
Deoki: because all you do is bitch and complain about everything and everyone and you forgot to give yourself a name! But if you must insist on having one then just call yourself my Yami.
Alter ego: how original…well… I suppose yami deoki sounds better than alter ego. Ok, it'll do… for now…
Deoki: why are you such a sarcastic bitch?
Yami deoki: and why the hell you boring everyone my dear hikari!? Just get on with the story!
Deoki: fine then! (Turns back to everyone else) Ok, just so you all know, Seto, Mina, Yugi, Joey, Tristan, Téa, Duke and Ryou are 22 years old, Mokuba is 16, Mai is 24, Serenity is 19 and Ishizu is 29. Also note that this is not, I repeat, this is NOT a continuation to Kaiba's Crisis so you don't have to have read that crappy story to understand this as who Mina is, is explained in this story. And yes, she is still Kaiba's younger twin.
Twisted Deceit
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Chapter 1 – The Joys of Life
The Domino Cinema was buzzing with excitement. Everywhere you turned, cameras were flashing and people were shouting and reporters from practically every newspaper and magazine in the country were pushing against each other to get as close to the red carpet as they possibly could. They all had one goal in mind… to see Mina Kaiba. She was one of the world's biggest movie stars and had returned to Domino for the premiere of her new movie. She not only returned for the movie premiere, she had also returned because she decided to take a year out to spend more time with her brothers Seto and Mokuba. All of her friends and Mokuba had already made it down the red carpet and were waiting for her in the cinema lobby.
"Where is she already, and where's Kaiba?" moaned a very impatient Joey
"Mina's on her way, and Seto is with her. She wanted him to walk down the red carpet with her, so he's in her limo with her," said an equally impatient Mokuba
"How come you're here with us? Why didn't you come with her?"
"She did want me to go with her too, but I decided to arrive a bit earlier to make sure everything was alright with the cinema and that there was enough security to deal with the press and the screaming fans," replied Mokuba
Just as Joey was about to start complaining again, his voice was drowned out by the screams of the fans and press at the approaching black limo. When the limo stopped at the end of the red carpet, the driver got out of the front and went to open the door at the back of the limo to reveal an unusually tall woman wearing a deep blue dress to compliment her eyes with a slit on the left to the top of her thigh, diamond studded sandals to match the diamond studded pattern on the dress and the diamond and sapphire choker around her neck. She had long brown hair, which came to about half way down her back and fell down the front of her shoulders. She looked very much like her male counterpart who emerged from the limo after her not wearing his usual trench coat, but wearing a black tux. This was Mina and Seto Kaiba. They had been voted 'world's sexiest twins' for the past three years in a row in almost every magazine on the planet. The Kaiba Corp CEO wasn't too pleased and preferred to keep his private life to himself, but when you've got a sister as famous as Mina, privacy is generally thrown out the window. In fact, a lot of the female fans in the crowds weren't there just to see Mina; they were also there to see Seto [a/n: why wouldn't they, he's totally hot!] They proceeded to walk up the red carpet (well, walk isn't a good word to use for Seto, he more or less ran up the red carpet to avoid the cameras) and Mina stopped about half way to talk to the fans and then to the press. She pulled Seto into a few pictures before he broke free and joined the others in the cinema.
"Where's Mina?" shouted Yugi because he could barely hear himself
"She's still talking to the press and posing for pictures…. (Looks around and sees Joey and Mai) what are the mutt and his bitch doing here? I thought this screening was for VIP's only, not common kennel folk" smirked the already pissed off Kaiba.
Joey was about to rip right into Kaiba when a very pregnant Mai got there first…
"For your information Mr. Kaiba, Joey and I just so happen to be very good friends of your dear little sister and she personally invited us to this screening. So if you don't like it, you can just piss off now!" snapped Mai who is just moments away from punching him
"Wheeler… why don't you be a gentleman and get your wife here a seat before she tires herself out, after all I don't want to be disturbed during the film by her falling into labour." And with that, Kaiba went back to the red carpet to retrieve Mina from the press
"You never know if he really cares or not do you, I mean, he's the only person I know who can show concern without emotion" remarked the white haired hikari
"Shut up Ryou and stop taking his side! Come on Mai, let's go, we'll meet them in the cinema"
"Since when do you take orders from Kaiba! I'll be fine, I came here because Mina invited us and I'm not leaving this spot until we see her and we can all go into the cinema together." Mai had Joey's hand by this stage and was giving him the puppy dog eyes, which everyone is only too familiar of.
Joey could do nothing but give in; Mai had him right where she wanted him. He simply put his arm around her and said, "alright, but just so that you can talk to Mina, and besides, we can't go in without the other two" he gave her a smile and kissed her.
After a few more minutes of standing around, 'the other two' Tristan and Serenity emerged from the red carpet…
"Where have you two been?" scolded Téa
"Sorry we're late, we got stuck in traffic and it didn't help to get stuck in the press swamping Mina either" panted Tristan who was out of breath.
"The idea was to get here before Mina arrived so that we wouldn't be crowded by everyone out there…dumb ass," remarked the dark and spiky haired guy with the dice hanging from his ear
"Shut up Duke! Look, I said we were sorry, don't be so uptight!" shouted back Tristan
"Calm down Tristan… look, here comes Mina now," said Serenity as she placed Tristan's hand in her own.
And sure enough, it was Mina herself, followed very closely by Seto. She met everyone in the traditional Hollywood style of air kisses on either cheek. Mina and Mai had been friends for a very long time since before Mai had even met Joey at Duellist Kingdom six years previously. Mina walked into the cinema linked to Mai with her right arm and Mokuba on her left. They were followed by Tristan and Serenity who were also linking arms, followed by Yugi and Ryou, a pissed off looking Téa and Duke and last but definitely not least, Seto and Joey. They just gave each other an evil stare until they found themselves being pushed by the people behind them who were also entering the cinema. After their silent staring match, they eventually joined the others already in the cinema to watch Mina's latest masterpiece.
When the movie was over, the gang went to the after party. Joey and Mai didn't stay long because Joey didn't want Mai to tire herself out and wanted her to go home, also Mai wanted to get Joey home before he ended up in fight with Kaiba as she didn't fancy having to drag him out of it. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves; even the CEO himself was caught with a smile on his face once he had a few drinks in him, although, he never actually got drunk as he was still sharp enough to pull the drink out of Mokuba's hand. Even Yugi and Ryou enjoyed themselves, or at least they think they did. They were both so plastered by the end of the night that they couldn't even stand up and they were barley able to remember anything beyond watching the movie, therefore they had to be dropped home by Tristan and Serenity. The only two who seemed like they really didn't want to be there were Téa and Duke. Téa was pissed off at Yugi and Ryou's behaviour and also the fact that Ryou narrowly missed puking on her and Duke seemed to be more annoyed at the fact that Tristan had dared to dance with and kiss Serenity in front of him – even though Tristan and Serenity had been going together for the past four years – the only reason was because Duke still resented the fact that a few months after he and Serenity had broken up, she got together with Tristan and Duke always hated it because he wanted to get back with her.
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Three days had passed since the movie premiere. Mina was back at home at the Kaiba mansion with Seto and Mokuba and some persistent photographers who were camping out down the street to catch a picture of her wherever she went. Of course today was going to be no exception as Mina was going out shopping with Mai and Téa. While the girls were out shopping, Joey went over to Yugi's house (who by the way still lives at the game shop)
"Hey Yugi! How's it goin'?"
"I'm fine thanks! How's you and Mai?"
"She's doing great. She's actually away out with Mina and Téa"
"Yeah I know, Téa told me this morning. How long does Mai have left now?" asked Yugi
"She's got about two weeks left, luckily she hasn't had any false alarms yet so at least I can still get a good nights sleep. Until the baby's born that is," sighed Joey
"Do you know what the baby is yet?"
"Nope. The doctors know though…they asked us if we wanted to know, but Mai and I decided to wait," said Joey with a big smile across his face. "Anyway, have you recovered from the party? I mean by the time Mai and I had left; you and Ryou were pretty out of it and from what Tristan told me yesterday, the two of you were completely wasted by the end of the night!"
Yugi started to blush at the thought of what happened only a few nights ago, "yeah…well, I don't really remember much, but I had one hell of a hangover and I've just been in bed until yesterday afternoon. It wasn't even our fault! It was Yami and Bakura!"
"What do ya mean?" said a puzzled looking Joey
"I remember the start of the party; Ryou didn't want to stay too long, but Bakura had other ideas. So he ended up swapping with Ryou and stayed in control for most of the night. After he had a few drinks, he got a bit mouthy and started challenging me to a drinking competition. I couldn't have cared less about what he wanted, but you know Yami, he can't resist a challenge. And the next thing I know, Bakura starts calling Yami all the chickens and cowards under the sun, and that's when Yami came barging into my mind and took over to accept the challenge. I remember them making us take shots of this weird Russian stuff and I don't remember much after that…well, I remember waking up in the back of Tristan's car but I fell asleep again after that so I don't remember exactly how much Yami made me drink!"
Joey could do nothing but laugh at Yugi, "Better you than me man!"
"I guess Mai really has whipped you into shape!" smirked Yugi "you're quite different now that you're married, it's only been a year and you're a lot more mature than you once were."
"Well, when you find the girl of your dreams I can say the same about you… oh wait, you already have!" Joey said in an annoying sarcastic tone [a/n: a bit like you my yami. YD: oh shut up deoki and get on with the story!]
"What do you mean, I already have?"
"Well, there's... Oh I don't know…. oh yeah, her name's Téa isn't it!?" once again in an annoying tone
Yugi started to blush again and didn't reply
"Oh come on Yugi, don't stand there and tell me you don't like her!" laughed Joey
"I didn't say anything!" Yugi remarked
"You didn't need to, your silence did the talking for you. And you still didn't answer me. I know you've been after Téa for years, we all do! Hell even Kaiba knows and that's saying something and I wouldn't even be surprised if she knew herself!" smirked Joey
"It's not like I haven't tried" frowned Yugi
"How do you mean?" said Joey in quite an enquiring voice
"I've already asked her out twice before and she said no" Yugi's frowns almost made him look totally depressed now
"WHAT!!" screamed Joey, "you've never told me that before! And she said no?" Joey now started to scratch his head as if in deep thought. "Why would she say no? I always thought she wanted you to ask her out, we all did…I'm confused!"
"I think she said no because…she likes someone else" replied Yugi
"Someone else? Like who?" Joey's still confused
"Like Tristan"
"TRISTAN!!" Joey screamed again, "don't be ridiculous Yugi, and besides, Tristan's with Serenity and if I ever found out that he was cheating on her, he wouldn't be around for very long to continue! What makes you think Téa likes Tristan? Did she tell you?"
"No, she didn't tell me exactly, it's just the way she gets on around him. I mean, she always wants to hang out with him, and she's always really happy and cheery around him and all she does is flirt with him…"
"So what! She flirts with everyone; I've even seen her use her 'good girl' routine on Kaiba! Not that he plays along or anything, he usually tells her to piss off…" he then sees the annoyed look on Yugi's face, "but anyway…"
Yugi cuts him off, "but nothing… have you never noticed that when he's on his own, she's as nice as anything around him and even her normal self yet whenever he's with Serenity – and I've noticed this a lot lately – she's very bitchy and has a short fuse, it's as if she's annoyed by them being together…she reminds me a bit of Duke actually!"
"Funnily enough, no, I hadn't noticed. You're imagining things Yugi. But it goes to show just how much you like Téa if you're noticing tiny little details like that!" said Joey with a smile on his face trying to cheer Yugi up. "Anyway, speaking of Tristan and Serenity, they've invited us all round to dinner at their house this evening…"
"Yeah, I know, Tristan called not long before you arrived. He said that he and Serenity have something to tell us. Do you know what it is?" said a happier Yugi
"No. Just 'cause I'm her brother doesn't mean I know all her secrets. She just said it was important that we were all there."
"Yeah, you're right, he did say it was important… I wonder what it could be? Yugi thought out loud
"Don't know… anyway, I'd better be getting back before Mai does. Don't forget, we're picking you up, so I'll see you tonight at around 6?" Asked Joey as he was about to leave the shop
"Sounds great, see you then. Bye Joey!"
"See you later Yugi!"
Joey then left the shop thinking to himself what could be so important that his sister and Tristan had summoned everyone round to their house. He just hoped it wasn't anything bad…
Well that's the first chapter, I know that not much happened, but be patient, the point of this chapter is to set up atmosphere and to understand the relationships between the characters as it will become important later in the story, also note some of the dialogue as it is also important to remember for later.
Also thanks to wanderer for your review, it was greatly appreciated and I agree Joey and Mai are a very good couple!
Please remember to review; all types of flame and constructive criticism are welcome as it helps me to write better stories
Yami deoki: hey when do I get a turn to write!?
Deoki: when it's the murder scenes
Yami deoki: oh good! So who's the first victim?
Deoki: you'll have to wait and see…