A love story………
Starring Seto Kaiba and Mai Valentine
Let me start by saying that I do not own Anime or Manga meaning I do not own Yugioh although I did email 4kids entertainment once.
In this story Mai is 21 years old and Seto is 22, Battle city has ended and Yami Yugi defeated Yami Marik, all is well for Yugi and the gang… but what about the outsiders? Seto Kaiba and Mai Valentine?
Chapter One:
Mai looks at her silver watch, the one she had gotten for her birthday eight years ago. The watch brought back many memories for Mai Valentine as the night she received that watch was also the tragic night her Mother was killed. Mai sulked to herself as the watch read 9.15pm. She thought of years gone by, when she was a little girl and her mother would sit by her bedside and braid her long blonde hair, she smiles as she remembers her mothers sweet smelling perfume and the chocolate chip cookies she would make every Saturday afternoon. Too many people then, Mai and her family were happy and contented and Mai was a sweet girl who was loved by all including the teachers at school as well as classmates. Mai was one pretty young thing with the world at her feet…..
"We duelling or what Mai?" Joey asked hoping to beat Mai for once in his life. Mai looked up and snapped out of her thoughts; she buried all the memories and heartache in as she continued to duel against Joey Wheeler. "Ha you call that fighting hon?" Mai sneers, "I was just warming up" she pulls out a card and hopes for the best. "Hey babes just remember who saved you from the shadow realm" Joey says looking at mai sweetly. To the entire group (yugi/serenity/Tristan/duke/Rebecca/varon/mokuba even seto kaiba) Joey was pretty infatuated with Miss Valentine. Was it her curly locks of golden blonde hair? The way she held herself with such poise and elegance? ( unlike his closest gal pal Tea gardener) or was it the fire in her heart that locked a lot of mystery about her life so no one not even her ex lovers could unlock and divulge.
Mai waited for Joey to make his move and was suddenly interrupted by the very happy cheering squad of Yugi, Tea and Tristan. "Come on you two what are you doing?" Duke asks flicking his long black hair back. "Oh I get it you want some alone time" Tristan winked with a cheeky look on his face. "Tristan" Yugi snapped. Tea giggled. Mai spun around and dropped her cards; they fell onto the ground on the night street they were playing on. "What did you say?" she lowered her voice. "ah nothing babe I was just joking ah yeah joking" Tristan backed away nervously, half expecting to be hit in the face with Mai's fist or worse, scratched with one of her manicured nails. Mai went to when Yugi held her back. "We are just friends guys" Joey adds standing by Mai but looking a little glum that Mai was so appalled to be seen in that way with him. Mai placed her hand on Joeys shoulder, and that is all we will ever be hon." she says quietly, "I gotta go back to the apartment, Vivian is probably waiting for me too tell her about you Yugi" she forces a smile. "Wish her well "Yugi replies waving. "Duke watched Mai walk off and raises an eyebrow at her short pleated skirt, "her legs go on forever don't they" Tristan said half druelling…. Joey glared at them before gathering his duel disc and heading off with Yugi and Tea to an achievement ceremony n Yami Yugi's Honour, Serenity had organised the buffet and was waiting for the guests to arrive.
"Hey Tristan" Duke says while getting dressed for the event at his flat, "you know how Joey and Mai will always just be friends?" "Yeah" Tristan replies pulling a blue silk shirt on (hoping to impress Serenity) "well what she said to Joey, you must have head a few million times from serenity huh?" He jokes Tristan goes bright red and throws a can of beer at him. Duke catches it in his hand and sighs. "Drinking at your age" "what will Serenity think?" Tristan just laughs and the two guys share a beer as well as a quick fantasy over Joeys little sister...
Meanwhile at Mai's: "Oh so you have to tell me" 'did you beat Joey?" Vivian Wong asks with her hair in braids and a towel wrapped around her. "Well actually Viv the duel was cut short" Mai replies sitting on her purple chair in her bedroom. "How?" Vivian asks. "well I sort of fazed out when I looked at my watch and then Yugi and Tea came along and before you knew it, the time was 9.30pm and I had to get ready for this dinner for Yami Yugi" Mai fits into a thin strapped lacy dress with a lilac purple outline and pauses again. She thinks of being trapped by evil Marik, she then flashed back to her work on the cruise ship where her fiancé begged her not to leave after 2 years, she then goes back further to her school days as cheerleader and Bandit Keith, the senior she hooked up with and lost her virginity to, Her thoughts go back further still to the night of her 11th birthday the night her Mother was shot.
That was the first chapter ahh hope it was okay.
I actually surprised myself when I read it. Its quite good.