I've got to stop writing this stuff. I'm pretty sure I have at least over 500 stories in-progress at the moment and none of them are even close to being finished. Oh, well…Review because it makes me happy and makes me feel wanted.

About an hour into our walk, we were passing an alley when a man stepped out in front of us. "Hey, you're a pretty one," he said. "Ditch the blondie and me and my boys will show you a good time." He gestured at the 4 men still standing in the alley, then took a step toward me.

"If you don't want to get beat up by a girl, you better leave," I said sweetly, moving to walk past him.

"Ain't never gonna happen, sweetie," the man replied, grabbing my arm.

Sighing, I brought my arm down and back, then looked up at him and punched his jaw, pretty much knocking him out. "Anyone else wanna try?" I asked, crossing my arms. When no one answered, I smirked and turned around. "Thought not," I said, taking Joey's hand again. "Come on, let's go, Joey."

"She's my kind of girl," Joey thought as we walked back to Kaiba's mansion. "She can hit a guy twice her size and knock 'im out."

"What are you smiling at?" I asked, looking at Joey's face.

"Nothin'," Joey replied, walking with me to the tree in the back of the mansion.

"If you say so," I muttered, jumping up to grab a branch. Scampering up the tree, I waited by the window as Joey climbed up behind me.

"Miss Hitachiin," I heard Kaiba say from behind the door. "May I come in?"

"Hang on!" I called as Joey climbed in the window. "Okay, come in!"

Kaiba walked in, a couple of clothes in his hands. "I'm sorry I wasn't here today, but tomorrow we can duel," Kaiba apologized, handing me the clothes.

"Thanks," I said. "I'll see you tomorrow, then."

Nodding slightly, Kaiba walked out of my room, shutting the door behind him. unfolding the clothes I had, I saw that Kaiba had given me a pair of black silk pajamas and a pair of navy blue cotton ones. "I think these are for you," I said, tossing the cotton pajamas to Joey. Walking to the closet, I kept my black tanktop on and slipped on the pajamas, buttoning the shirt up half-way.

Walking out of the closet, I climbed into the bed closest to the door and quickly fell asleep. Looking over at me, Joey smiled and fell asleep as well.

The next morning, I rolled out of bed when light shone through my closed eyes. Running a hand through my hair, I left Joey to sleep and walked downstairs, ignoring the sleeve that had fallen off my shoulder. "Need…caffeine…" I mumbled, walking into the kitchen. Opening the fridge, I grabbed a bottle of the most-caffeinated soda I could find and started drinking, walking back up to my room.

"Joey, wake up," I yawned, looking for something to change into. As Joey slowly woke up, I changed into a pair of faded and ripped jeans, and a white T-shirt. Running a brush through my hair, I left it down as I slipped on a pair of socks, my belts, and deck. Grabbing my soda from my bed, I walked back downstairs to find Kaiba waiting for me.

"Come with me," Kaiba said, handing me a duel disk.

Slipping the duel disk on, I followed Kaiba to an outdoor duel arena just outside his house. "Let's get this over with," I said, shuffling my deck.

"Very well, then," Kaiba replied, pulling his deck out. "Duel!"

"I'll go first," I said, drawing a card. "First off, I summon my Dark Elf in attack mode. Then, I play 2 face-downs and end my turn."

"No matter what you do, you won't win," Kaiba told me as he drew a card. "I pay a monster face-down and place 1 card face-down."

"This'll be easy," I thought, taking my turn. "I summon a monster face-down. Then, I use the spell Dark Magic Curtain to summon Dark Magician and place 1 monster face-down. Beat that, Kaiba."

Smirking slightly, Kaiba drew his card and grinned. "I use the spell, Brain Control," he said, activating the card, "and take control of your Dark Elf. Then I sacrifice them both to summon Blue Eyes White Dragon!" As the dragon appeared, I took a slight step back. "I end my turn."

"Why did you end?" I asked, drawing. "You could've destroyed my Dark Magician."

"I decided to give you a fighting chance."

Scowling, I flip-summoned my Red Eyes Black Chick, then tributed it to summon Red Eyes Black Dragon. "I play the field spell Yami and equip my Dark Magician with Book of the Secret Arts. Now, destroy his Blue Eyes!"

"What?!" Kaiba exclaimed as his monster shattered.

"Should have destroyed him while you had the chance," I smirked, also attacking him with my Red Eyes. "I end my turn."

Kaiba half-glared at me, then ended his turn as quickly as it had started. "Done already," I said smugly. "So sad. I summon my Whiptail Crow, now, attack." One by one, my monsters attacked, slicing away at Kaiba's lifepoints until they reached 0. "Too cocky and arrogant," I said as my monsters disappeared.

"That was awesome!" Joey exclaimed, running up to me.

"Thanks, I—" I was cut off as Joey took my waist and pulled me into a kiss. He pulled away after a few seconds, looking like he was off in his own little world. Blushing a dark red, I pulled the duel disk off my arm and, setting it on the ground, ran back up to our room.

"Em?!" Joey exclaimed, running after me.

"I lost…" Kaiba thought, staring at his cards.

"Em?!" Joey called again as he ran into our room.

"I'll be back before dark," I whispered, jumping out of the tree. I ran down the street toward Yugi's house, not sure where else to go.

"Hey, Em," Yugi said as I walked in the door. "How'd your duel go?"

"I won," I replied, hopping up onto the counter.

"Then where's Joey?"

"Still at Kaiba's. I'm heading back there in a bit."

"You didn't tell him where you were going?"

"No. Yugi, after my duel, Joey ran up to me and kissed me. What am I supposed to do?"

"It's up to you. He likes you. Wait it out and see what happens. You might like the results."

Smiling, I hopped off the counter and hugged Yugi. "Thanks, Yugi," I said, walking out the door. "I'll be back later." Running back toward Kaiba's, I nearly ran into Joey. "Joey!" I exclaimed, looking up at him. "What are you doing?"

"Looking for you," Joey replied. "Let's go."

Smiling, I took off running, Joey right behind me. "What time is it?" I thought, looking at my watch as I raced up to our room. "6, not bad, but I'm still kinda tired." Quickly changing into my pajamas, I hopped into bed and fell asleep, Joey doing the same.

About halfway through the night, I sat up, trying not to think of the dream I'd just had. Walking toward Joey's bed, I gently shook him awake. "Joey?" I asked softly as he woke up.

"What's up, Em?" Joey asked, yawning.

"I kinda had a bad dream," I replied, looking down. "Can I…um…can I sleep with you?"

"Of course!" Joey answered immediately, then blushed slightly and looked away. "I mean, if you want to you can."

"Thanks," I said, climbing in next to him. Crawling under the blankets, I quickly fell asleep.