Author's Note: Thanks to DJ Rodriguez DBZ Warrior1 SilverTiger-GoldenPhoenix and Depressed Pixie for reviewing.

Chapter 7 – The New Contract

"I honor'd him, I lov'd him; and will weep my date of life out, for his sweet life's loss" William ShakespeareKing John, Act iv, Sc.3

One Minute Earlier

Tears fell from Mai's eyes as she looked down the scope at her target, the man she loved,

Her hands shook as she took the gun in her hands tilting it downwards and looking through the scope,

She saw Yugi, his amethyst eyes full of life his infectious smile that made her go weak at the knees, she was in love with him, and now she was going to kill him.

Mai wrapped her hand around the handle of the gun resting her finger on the trigger she waited for the right moment she saw it as he turned towards her, his eyes as if looking into her soul.

Mai pulled the trigger...

She tried to pull the trigger but her hands wouldn't comply they wouldn't squeeze the trigger... "I, I can't do it, I can't kill him, I love him." Mai whispered tears still falling from her eyes.

"I refuse to kill him!" Mai said defiantly.

Mai no longer gave a damn what happened to her she loved Yugi he was the first man she ever fell in love with the first man who was ever kind to her, he treated her like a princess, and she couldn't kill that light.

Mai looked back down the scope at him smiling, but she sensed something, that something was very wrong.

Mai saw two men dressed entirely in black, Mai could sense it she could smell it, they were here to kill someone.

The two men drew their weapons and opened fire, "NO YUGI!?" Mai screamed.

Meanwhile Yugi heard the shots he ran, bullets screaming past him at high speed, Yugi had been expecting this,

Yugi ran up the street trying to stay low to ground to avoid the bullets trying to find a safe haven somewhere he could maybe fight back from,

"KILL HIM!?!" One man screamed.

The men continued to fire Yugi felt sharp pain in his arm he gripped his upper right arm as blood poured from the wound losing his balance he collapsed to the ground the two men that had been pursuing him immediately ran over,

"Hey nothing personal kid." One man said in a cordial voice placing the gun against Yugi's right temple.

Mai pulled the trigger,

The man with the gun to Yugi's head collapsed to the ground blood pouring out the back of his head Yugi looked around to try and see who'd fired the shot as a second struck the other man before he had a chance to kill Yugi, Yugi closed his eyes thinking he was next, but it didn't come,

A second later Yugi heard the rev of car engine and looked up to see a woman with blonde hair screaming out of the area.

"Mai?" Yugi whispered shocked.

'Why was she here, did she kill these men, why didn't she kill me to?' Yugi questioned himself mentally.

Yugi heard the sounds of sirens in the distance as he got up,

Several minutes later the scene was cordoned off the two men were dead and Yugi was getting patched up, Téa was hysterical with Yugi shot scaring the living daylights out of the Paramedics as they sewed Yugi up, the bullet had passed straight through his arm so it only required stitches and a bandage that they could do at the scene, as Yugi was having a bandage applied to his arm Detective Manganji walked over.

"Mr. Motou I have one question before you go." Manganji said as Yugi looked up.

"Do you have any idea who did this?" He asked.

"No I don't." Yugi answered as Téa watched on.

"Are you sure?" Manganji asked.

"Yes I am, very sure, I think I may have seen a bald man coming out of one of the buildings directly after the shooting but I was in a lot of pain." Yugi explained.

"Ok thank you Yugi you're free to go." Manganji said walking away.

Several hours later Yugi was in the games shop resting his arm when Téa came over and sat next to him.

"Yugi what really happened out there today?" She asked.

"I told the detective," Yugi started but was cut off by Téa.

"You lied to him, please don't lie to me." Téa asked Yugi nodded.

"I did see who killed those two men but it doesn't make any sense," Yugi said perplexed.

"What do you mean?" Téa asked.

"It was Mai I'm sure of it..." Yugi said and Téa's eyes widened.

"YUGI YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE DETECTIVE SHE JUST TRIED TO KILL YOU!?" Téa screamed.

"She didn't though." Yugi said Téa looked confused.

"She had plenty of opportunity but when she had the chance she didn't, Mai killed the two men who were trying to kill me." Yugi explained sounding as confused as Téa looked.

The two Motou Foster siblings sat in silence thinking with only one question on their minds,

"Is Mai really trying to kill you Yugi?" Téa asked.

The New Target

Once again it was another simple day at school for Serenity Wheeler, but all day she had been preoccupied with whether Mai was going to kill Yugi or not,

"Hey Wheeler you listening?" Asuka asked nudging Serenity in the ribs.

"Hmm oh yeah sure Asuka." Serenity replied.

"Yeah, what is with you today, it's been all day?" Asuka asked concerned.

"Maybe she's been thinking about me, isn't that right Serenity?" Toji said confidently.

"She's distracted Toji, not suicidal." Asuka spat causing Toji to anime fall.

"Why do you always have to do that?" Toji asked Asuka shrugged and was about to respond when she saw his eyes glaze over.

"Whoa the babes back." Toji said pointing to Mai who was leaning against the Viper looking over her sunglasses at Serenity.

"She's still not that good looking/" Asuka said whispering "Bleach blonde bimbo." under her breath.

"I've got to go cya guys." Serenity said waving back at them as she left.

The Viper roared down the road at high speed Serenity stayed quiet for a minute before asking.

"Did you go through with it?" She asked.

"No Serenity, I couldn't." Mai said.

Serenity smiled at her she was well aware of what this could mean but she didn't care.

"What now?" Serenity asked Mai pulled a folder from the back and handed it to Serenity.

"Were going to kill the man who hired us." Mai explained.

"Why?" Serenity asked.

"Because Serenity even if we die Yugi will be safe and that's all I want." Mai said Serenity smiled and nodded.

"That's what I want to, him and Téa safe." Serenity agreed opening the file.

"Meet Marik Ishtar." Mai said.

"Ugh, he's definitely not as good looking at Yugi." Serenity said disgusted Mai agreed with her.

"Wait." Serenity said now out of breath.

::Flashback::

Serenity ran down an alley way of Domino in the pouring rain she heard shouting ahead of her it sounded like her brother,

Serenity kicked in the door of a nearby warehouse trying to find him, she found him.

Her brother Joey was lying on the ground blood seeped from his gun shot wounds as he lay on the ground...

"JOEY?!" Serenity screamed running over to him...

"Serenity..." He whispered.

"Who did this?" Serenity pleaded trying to clean up the wounds.

"Ma, Ma, Marik." Joey stuttered.

"Serenity... I love...you..." Joey said his head dropping to the ground, dead...

::End Flashback::

"He's the guy who killed Joey." Serenity growled.

"Then we have a double incentive." Mai said.

"Watch out Marik, were coming for you." Serenity said coldly.

"And Noir always gets the bastard."

Next – Missing You

Author's Note: I hope that was better than last chapter, less random, Until Next Story, Cya.