A/N: Thanks for the reviews on Chapter 10, it really means a lot. Anyway, in the last chapter, Stacey was being held prisoner in Pegasus' dungeons along with Mokuba. Kaiba had attempted to rescue them but was caught by Pegasus and he had handcuffed him and Stacey together, mistaking them for a couple. That is, until Stacey had snapped and angrily replied that she and Kaiba were just friends.
Seeing that she was trying to get together with Joey and only saw Kaiba as a friend and nothing else. Will she make it out alive?
FIND OUT NOW!
Chapter 11 - Cousins Reunited And The End Of A Friendship?
It was bad enough being shackled to a dungeon wall, but having to be handcuffed to Kaiba wasn't really a picnic. Yugi and Stacey could have
helped him get Mokuba back, but he had changed back to his old ways: cold-hearted and cruel. She just felt like punching herself,
how could she be friends with him if he's like that? He didn't say a word to her as they made their way back outside.
But instead of going out the back, Seto took her to the front of the castle, at the top of the stairs. Duelist Kingdom seemed really small compared to the height of the stairwell. "You'd think someone as rich as Pegasus would put in an elevator?"
She knew that complaining voice: Joey! the gang came up along the corner, and she was happy to see them all safe.
"Yugi cuz, guys! up here!" she yelled at them. As they looked her way, Yugi's smile had gotten so big, while the others cheered that she was okay, especially Joey. but when they saw Seto, the smiles dropped, as they all walked further to help her. she wanted to run and hug Yugi so badly, but then she remembered the handcuffs. "What's with this, Kaiba? she didn't want to stay with you, so you had to handcuff Stacey?"
Tristan yelled out. "I can't let you through, Yugi." Seto said. "I have 10 chips, so stand aside and let her go." Yugi called out angrily.
"You may have ten chips, but I can't allow you to face Pegasus. I have to, you and I are going to have one final duel and you will lose."
Yugi just gave him an angry look and walked further up, she reached out to take Yugi's hand, but Seto jerked his hand back, pulling her behind him. she could see a look of jealousy on his face. "Let her go, Kaiba!" Yugi growled at him. "Not until you agree to a duel."
"I don't have to duel you."
"No longer confident that the so-called heart of the cards will help you win? Or are you afraid that you can't beat me without Exodia?
I have changed, so let me duel you now for the right reasons."
With Seto's challenge, Yugi had no choice. she saw his transformation as he changed to look older and sound older. then came her turn as her body changed, feeling the spirit of the Millennium Anklet take over. "Kaiba, I accept your challenge, so let's see what you've really learned."
Yugi's spirit voice said. Seto took them to the top of the castle, on a ledge on the roof. Why he chose that place, she had no idea.
While Seto was setting up, she tried one last time to reason with him.
"Seto, you don't need to duel Yugi. he's the only one who can beat Pegasus."
"Please Stacey, I don't want to talk right now."
"Just listen to me, Seto, you don't know what you're up against..."
"I said, just leave me alone! I don't need your help!" he snapped at her.
Don't know why, but she felt her heart break a little, he was so angry about what happened. He threw Yugi his duel disk prototype,
telling him to lay down five chips. as they both drew cards, they laid them on the slots on the little Frisbee-like projector and threw them to the ground, making not only their monsters visible, but four huge cards appeared, facing them.
She could see Seto's hand, Reucashin, a trap card, a blue eyes, a clown and an ax man. Reucashin was in attack mode and Yugi pulled out his
Curse Of Dragon. Yugi easily attacked and made Seto's monster die. Seto just smirked, since he had something more up his sleeve.
Sword Stalker in attack mode, which gets a bonus for the last card to be destroyed. Meanwhile, while watching them both duel,
she was trying to squeeze her hand out of the handcuff. Seto attacked but with no luck, Yugi had a magic card that switched to Dark Magician.
She could hear the others cheer and tell Seto off, but it didn't even phase him. Kaiba had laid out a genie, which was also the monster that had activated his trap card. She knew he was killing time, until he got out all three blue eyes. her hand was almost out,
and she would have one big cut along the side of her hand. almost there! "De-Spell card." Seto said as he laid it out.
Man, Yugi lost a magic card in his hand, Swords Of Revealing Light. "You have no idea what I have in store for you, Yugi."
"Then maybe I should see for myself, my trap card is the all seeing eye of truth. Now I can see all the cards in your hand."
The cards turned, revealing the one Blue Eyes that he had in his hand, everybody gasped in shock.
"You can always count on Kaiba to have a Blue Eyes up his sleeve." Joey remarked. She could see the tension in Yugi's face, she guessed that he put two and two together. Seto just snickered a little, thinking that not even Yugi could guess what he had in store. she looked at Seto, his eyes just locked on his target,
waiting for Yugi to strike. Why was she friends with this jerk, why?! Yugi had something for Kaiba alright, Magic Box. She smiled, seeing Yugi destroy the lamp that the genie was hiding in. Seto's life points were now down to 800.
She yanked a little at the handcuff, trying to finally escape, but one bolt was digging into her skin, making it impossible. she pulled more and with one quick move, she was free. She clutched her injured hand and ran to her friends and future boyfriend, entering a big group hug. Since she didn't want to get blood on them, she put her hand behind her back.
Joey grabbed the first-aid kit from the bag Téa had and began to bandage her up, while giving her a worried look.
and she blushed at his actions and then she burst into tears and cried into his shirt while he wrapped his arms tightly around her, while she told him about everything that had happened to her and how she wasn't able to see him, and how he was relieved to be with her once again.
Téa gave her some ointment for her burn, and she rubbed it in while the others watched the duel go on. since Téa was squeamish, she didn't help with the cut,
since she looked green while she saw blood dripping from her hand. Looking up, Yugi had his eyes on her, giving her such a worried look and Kaiba was doing the same. She gave Yugi a nod that she was okay and that the duel could continue.
Since she was feeling so weak, she held on to Joey to stand up, and so that she could rest a little. Seto infected Yugi's deck with a virus that made Yugi only play monsters up to 1500 attack points and his magic cards.
She knew that Seto wanted his brother back, but they could've settled that another way. but even with that, Yugi was still beating Seto. his life points were now down to 500, while Yugi's were 1500. and he finally put a Blue Eyes White Dragon on the field, destroying Yugi's monster.
Now Yugi was down to 400 life points. and she had a feeling that this duel wasn't going to end well. when Seto drew, he smirked so deviously, setting all three blue eyes on the field and used a fusion card. "Behold, Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" and with a trap card, Seto's life points went from 500 to 900.
and since his turn was over, Yugi drew from his deck. A laugh came from him, and she smiled, he had something. putting down the card, out came a...Kuribo?
AAAAWWW! it was so cute, but not exactly what she had in mind. "Come on, Yugi! this is just embarrassing! Kuribo is just a little runt." Seto yelled out.
And she could tell by the look on the Kuribo's face, that he didn't like that remark. Then Yugi played a magic card, Multiply. and tons of Kuribos came popping up
everywhere. Even when Seto attacked a lot of them, they still kept coming. then came something that she didn't even think was possible.
Yugi fused his Undead Mammoth with the Blue Eyes, causing it to start rotting, like in her duel with the Kaiba ghost. Yugi just waited another turn and let the dragon's attack slowly weaken.
Five minutes went by and Seto just had the most vacant look on his face. She was starting to worry, so she'd better see if he was okay.
Since she rested a little, she could walk again. so she made her way back to him. "Seto, are you okay?" she asked him.
He didn't answer, he just stared out into space like before. She shook him by the shoulders a little, while telling him, "Seto please, snap out of it! speak to me!"
Nothing. Yugi drew another card out and played Celtic Guardian in attack mode. it attacked one head and it fell down, disappearing.
Seto's life points were now down to 400. she had her grip on Seto's right arm, still shaking him a little to wake him up. then came a soft reply.
"Yugi." She turned to see Seto, his face as serious as ever. "This duel can't end this way, if I don't defeat you. Pegasus will keep my brother prisoner forever.
even though I don't have any cards to stop you from attacking, but I know one thing that can."
With an iron grip, he grabbed her hand, and just her luck, it was her cut hand. she yelped in pain, but that just made him grip her harder.
He backed up slowly, on to the ledge of the roof, climbing up on the stone barrier. Still gripping her, he pulled her up and pulled her close to him.
Then she got what he was doing, then she thought, he wouldn't. but by the look of desperation on his face, she knew he would.
"I'm sorry." She thought she heard him whisper to her. "I'm going to force your hand, Yugi. I have to win this duel."
Spirit, help me! what am I going to do? she asked her. Let Yugi attack. she answered back. What?! that would kill both me and Seto! she yelled back in her head.
Why care about him? he's risking your life. For Mokuba! he would never do this, just to win a duel.
"Next move is up to you, Yugi. you can attack again, but the resulting shock waves may cause me to lose my balance." Seto told Yugi.
"Don't tempt me!" Yugi yelled back. "You can win this duel, but if you do, would you risk Stacey's safety and mine?"
"You're bluffing!" She heard Joey yell. "Let her go! she has nothing to do with this!" Téa cried out. "Get down! you know Yugi would never hurt anyone!"
Bakura yelled out. Seto didn't even pay attention to them, he just wanted to see what Yugi would do next. Yugi's eyes read of confusion, wanting to think of a way out of this, but nothing he did would stop Kaiba. "Look, I care for her, but I care about my grandfather more. I could never hurt her, you Kaiba, are just wrong." Stacey growled as soon as she heard Yugi say that he cared about her uncle more than her, causing her to yell out in anger at him.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? ARE YOU SAYING THAT I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU TO CARE ABOUT? DAMN IT YUGI, WHAT THE HELL?"
Stacey screamed at her cousin, causing him to flinch and come face-to-face with his very angry cousin. "What? Stacey, that's not what I meant. I just..."
Yugi began, but Stacey stopped him.
"Stop, I get it! It's obvious that you don't love me. You want to act like a dick, fine! I'm out of here! Oh, and here's your stupid card, dumb ass!" She screamed, getting out the 'Fire Princess' card and aiming it right at his head and causing him to catch it.
Stacey's eyes were full of tears and she had run off toward the same place where she and Yugi had found Tristan after his fight with Joey.
"STACEY, WAIT! YUG DIDN'T MEAN THAT!" Joey yelled as he ran after her, causing Tristan to glare at him. "Nice, Yugi! You scared her off!" he angrily yelled.
Meanwhile, Stacey was running until her legs were numb. She began to repeatedly punch a tree until her knuckles bled.
"Hey, stop!" Joey shouted, while he ran over and gently removed her fist to prevent it from bleeding more. She flailed her arms like a crazy woman and screamed in anger until she gave up and cried loudly, while he gathered her in his arms and laid her head against his chest and waited for the cries to stop.
"I can't believe Yugi would say that about me. What-the-hell's-his-problem?!" Stacey asked, while she hiccuped now. "I don't know. Yug's goin' through a rough time right now. I mean, he did lose his grandfather and your uncle to Pegasus. So, if ya got a problem, don't blame it on Yugi. Blame it on Pegasus."
Joey said, while he gently lifted Stacey's chin so that she could be at his eye level.
"Look, I know that you're having a rough time right now with losing your uncle and everything, but what can I do to cheer ya up and make it up to ya?" he asked. Stacey looked at him with a glazed look on her face, bit her lip and said seductively: "Kiss me." Joey pushed Stacey against the tree, smiled and lifted her legs up and wrapped them around his waist and they began making out.
After they stopped kissing, they went back to the duel arena where the duel between Yugi and Kaiba was still going on. Seto brushed it off and pulled out a card from his deck. Monster Reborn. Using it, he brought back the Blue Eyes head that was just destroyed. It was strong again and able to kill anything.
"We're tied in life points, Yugi. Strike me now, if you dare. if not, next turn I swear I will take you down."
We have to do this, Yugi. She heard someone in her head, since it was the voice of Yugi's Millennium Spirit, she could assume that she could hear them talking.
I can't hurt her! Yugi's normal voice yelled out, this isn't right! there has to be another way!
There isn't. The coldness in his voice rang out in her head. the puzzle spirit was willing to risk Seto's and her life? she could sense the fighting within himself.
then came something she didn't think he would do. "If you think this would stop me, you're wrong, Kaiba! Celtic Guardian attack!"
It seemed like everything was going in slow motion. the monster slowly tried to make his way down to the dragon to finish it off. then it just came out of her.
"Yugi, please! stop! you know this isn't right! I don't care about my safety, but think about Seto's! please don't do this! this isn't like the Yugi I know!"
She's right, we can't do this. Yugi's thoughts called out. He fell down to his knees, hiding his face. but then she heard normal Yugi yell out...
"STOP!" And just like that, Celtic Guardian stopped, setting down his sword. Yugi's heavy breathing could be heard from a long distance away.
"Couldn't do it, huh, Yugi?" Seto said, with such arrogance in his tone. "White Lightning Attack!" Celtic Guardian was destroyed and Yugi was defeated.
Seto let her go, and she ran to Yugi's side, wrapping her arms around him. he began to cry and so did she.
"I'm sorry, forgive me for what I almost did and for saying that I care about my grandpa more than you!" Yugi begged.
"It's fine. you're forgiven. you have nothing to be sorry about."
"I almost couldn't control him, the spirit."
"I know, it did the same with me."
"What spirits?" she heard Tristan ask. looking around her, she saw all the guys and Téa huddled around her. "Like me, Yugi and Stacey both have spirits within the Millennium items." Bakura told him. "I don't think I can duel again, Stacey, I almost hurt you." Yugi said softly.
"Looks like Yugi never had any nerve at all. he could have won, but he was too chicken to go through with it." Kaiba said.
"You mean he cares about me so much that he couldn't bear to see me hurt. unlike you, you bastard! I can't believe I thought you were my friend, but I was wrong! Just get out of my sight, you fucking dip shit! This friendship is over!" she yelled at Kaiba. She could see heartbreak in his eyes,
but she was too angry at him to care. He opened his mouth to say something, but she yelled at him again. "Just go away, Kaiba!"
He left, and she was in tears again. How could he have done this, and she still cared for him?!
A/N: Whew! Lots of drama here. But at least Yugi and Stacey have both made up with each other, despite him saying that he cared more about his grandfather and her uncle, leaving her in tears and being angry with him at first, resulting in Joey to go after her and the two sharing a moment of passion in the forest by the lake, even though I should have included a steamy sex scene between them.
But I'd rather wait until they are actually dating to do that. Which will probably happen either towards the end of Season 1 or the beginning of Season 2. Because I'd rather focus on their friendship first, before I decide to take their friendship to the next level, even though it would be wise to wait until they marry. But knowing them, they would rather break the rules and have sex before marrying each other, given how sexually active they'll both become.
So tell me what you think in the reviews. Should I include a lemon now or later on when they start dating? LET ME KNOW! Thanks! :)