The Reason That The Sun Sets

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Disclaimer: Nopenopenope. Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or any random things mentioned in here. I own this fanfic, but that's the gist of it. Oh, Bandit Timeaka, too. Yup.

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"I love you, Keith," Mai whispered as she laid her head against his muscular chest. His troubled, sapphire eyes looked down the bridge of his nose at her, and he held back a scoff. She slowly shifted her body weight on top of his and fixed her face so that she could see him. "I really do."

Keith merely muffled a silent, "Mm'hmm…" and shrugged away, beginning to push Mai off of his chest. He stretched his arms out and yelled, looking around the room as his eyes froze onto the clock.

"Don't you love me, too?"

"Erm…" Keith wiggled uncomfortably and slid out of bed, reaching and grasping his pile of clothes, as he began to pull his jeans up. "Doll face, you know I think that you're a cutie," He explained, zipping up his pants and beginning to fiddle with his belt. "but you also know that I ain't too big on commitments…"

"What are you saying?!" Mai's eyes shot open and she pulled the bed sheets over her chest, her eyes widening. She pulled the sheets off the bed and scrambled to her feet, pointing at him. "Keith?"

"Gorgeous, you're amazing. But I ain't too big on that kinda, Mrs. Keith Howard thing, y'know? I mean, baby, you're a great lay and all, but let's get real. You're an ex-trick, who is, by far, too young for me."

"Keith, wait-…" Mai froze and looked up at him in terror, tears trickling down her cheeks. She bit back her tears and suddenly her face flushed with anger, and she slapped the wall. "I should have known! I should have known that it was too good to be true! I hate you!"

"Mai, baby, beautiful, don't be so rash…" He walked over to her and stroked her cheek gently. "Come on, we can talk about this. But you know, now, my spot is kinda hot. I have jobs to do, people to see, things to do…I have dueling tournaments coming up and all, and I can't give that up just yet! I'm only nineteen, babe."

"I'm fifteen, Keith! I gave up my career for you!"

"Career? Baby girl, tricking is barely a career?"

"Shutup!" Mai backhand slapped Keith and watched his face turn red upon the imprint beginning to show. He grabbed her wrists and shoved her against the bed, getting up and kicking her legs against the bed. "Ow!"

"Don't ever talk to me again, you stupid whore. I'm done with you!"

Mai watched as Keith tugged his shirt on and slammed the Hotel door behind him, causing a picture to drop from the wall and shatter. She began to cry silently, hugging herself as she rolled onto her side. "I'm sorry, Keith…I didn't mean it…"

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-Fifteen Years Later-

Mai sat infront of the Hotel, poking her head into the room. "Bandit? Bandit, what is taking you so god damn long?!"

"I didn't wanna look like you," She mumbled, stepping out of the room. "sorry to be interrupting your good time with what's-his-face." Bandit tied the camouflage bandana at the nape of her neck and stretched her arms upwards, the baggy sleeves of her black hoodie slid down. She pulled them back to their original starting place and adjusted her jean skirt.

"Oh Timeaka, you're so beautiful. I wish you'd dress to impress more often."

"Impress who?" Bandit asked, pulling strands of dirty blonde hair from underneath the bandana. "I don't have anyone to impress." She whispered, looking around.

"Well, I wish you'd dress more like a young lady!" Mai sighed as she looked Bandit up and down. "You look so much like your father. God, when you dress like that, I could mistake you two for each other."

"Yeah, I bet you made him wear skirts, too." Bandit rolled her eyes and kneeled down, retying her shoelaces. Her face turned bright red as a car drove by and honked her horn, and she spun around, too late to say anything.

"Honey, you would be amazed. A girl like you could do anything you please, just on your looks."

"That's great. I'll be going now."

"Where to?"

"Hell. Why, do you want to come?"

"I don't like that attitude, Timeaka Kujaku. Who are you gonna be with?"

"My right ass cheek." She rolled her eyes and began to cross the street, glancing back to look at her mother. "I'll be back, Mai, okay?!"

Mai nodded from the distance, and Bandit rolled her eyes, running and running. She finally came to a stop in front of an alley, and began going down the alley, pulling a flyer out of her pocket. The top, in very bold lettering, read 'American Dueling Champion, Bandit Keith Howard to visit the Dark Lagoon Tomorrow!' She glanced over at a staircase going down, with a neon light reading 'The Dark Lagoon.' She inhaled for a moment, and then stepped downwards, pushing the door open.

The room was filled with thick smoke and the stale smell of Whiskey filled the air. A few men sat at the bar counter and the pool tables sat abandoned as everyone gathered around one small table in the corner.

Bandit glanced around and walked to the bartender, smiling. "Hey Georgie," Bandit whispered, and the bald bartender looked up. "Hey! Bandit!"

Suddenly, a tall, bulky male stepped away from the table which everyone crowded around, and they followed him as he turned toward the bartender. "Hey, did you call me?" Yet suddenly, his eyes fell on the small girl standing at the bar, staring back at him with his own wide, troubled eyes. "Holy shit, Mai?!"

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Rika: Well…Um…I don't have much to say. This is kinda-sorta based on a series of rp's between me and a group of friends, so, well…Deal with it. Yeah…

Keith: Yup. So review, or else.

Rika: Where the hell did you come from?

Keith: Your bed. Well, guys, we gotta jet, but please, please, please review…Please?

Rika: -Cough- Asskisser. Ja ne!