YGO - YGO

Victoria had been up all night trying to figure out how the artifacts went together with almost no luck at all. She put like, two pieces together, but that was it. 'Man, I wonder if this is how Yugi felt when he was trying to figure out how to solve the millennium puzzle.' She thought. 'This is so exhausting!'

"Victoria?" Someone asked from behind her, and she turned to see who it was.

"Oh... hello, Mahad." She said as she turned back to her desk to keep looking at the puzzle aritfacts.

"Mahad?"

"Well, that is your real name, is it not?"

"Yes."

"Then, why are you not letting me call you by it? Oh, I'm sorry, you must only want my ancestor to call you that. You're her husband after all, right?"

"You're a little... testy right now I can see."

Victoria sighed, got out of her seat, and walked up to him. "Sorry. I'm just tired, and I'm sorry for saying that to you."

"It's alright."

"No, it was mean and uncalled for."

"Really, Victoria... it's alright." He said, and she looked at him to see the smile on his face, and she just hugged him. He was rather shocked at first before he gently hugged her back. He then, hesitantly, placed a kiss on the top of her head, and felt her shiver, lightly. 'How long has it been... since a beautiful woman let me hold her like this? ...How long has it been since I've felt this way?' He thought, and pulled her closer which made her gasp a little, but he didn't even notice. 'Take away my pain... make me feel love again.' He thought before separating the hug, then looked into her silver eyes before leaning down to capture her lips in a loving kiss.

Victoria's eyes widened to at least twice their normal size, and she gasped into the kiss. Her only reply was to feel him deepen the kiss more. 'What is he doing? Does this mean that he... loves me?' She thought. Then, she felt a tongue brush against her lips, asking approval to enter. She closed her eyes as she wrapped her arms around his neck, then slightly opened her mouth to give in to his request.

His tongue entered her mouth to gently stroke her's. He heard her moan a little, and felt her brush her tongue against his in return. He pulled her even closer, without physically hurting her.

All of a sudden, they heard someone clear their throat. So, they broke the kiss to look at the doorway, and they saw Yami leaning against the open door.

"Pharaoh..." Victoria whispered, and she felt Mahad(1) let go of her before bowing.

"Master... please forgive me... I lost control of my actions, and-"

"Chill, I wasn't gonna bust you two for anything. I just wanna know what happened."

"What do you mean?" Victoria asked. "We just kissed."

"Just a kiss, huh?" Yami asked. "The way you two were kissing made it look like you two had just gotten through with making love or something." He said, which made both of them blush a deep shade of red. He just laughed. "You did, didn't you?"

"No. Really, master. It was just a kiss." Mahad said.

"Oh really?"

"Yes really."

"Did you mean it?" Yami asked.

"Of course I did."

"Well then, what about you, Victoria? Did you mean it?"

"Yes. He kinda shocked me at first, but I still meant it."

"So, you two really love each other?"

"...Yes." They both answered.

-- Later that day --

There was a knock at the door and Annie answered it, along with Amanda and Emily Lynn. Who should walk in, but Marik.

"Hey! Where's Melody?" He asked, and right when he asked that he picked up her voice and looked at the top of the stairs to see her talking to Aster.

"Why can't you just accept the fact that you wanna sleep with him?!" Melody yelled.

"No way! It's not time yet! I'm not ready!"

"Grr!" Melody said. "You make me so mad sometimes that I just wanna-" She cut herself off when she saw who was standing by the door. "Marik!" She yelled and ran up to him to tackle him in a hug.

"Omph!" He groaned when Melody's body crashed into his. "It's good to see you too, Mel." Marik said as he wrapped his arms around her, then kissed her neck.

"What are you doing here? I thought you were going to Egypt."

"Well, I am, but I asked Ishizu if I could take my girl with me, and she finally caved. So, will you come with me?"

"You guys are goin' to Egypt?!" Annie asked, sounding excited.

"Not you!"

"Aw, come on."

"Marik, if you wanna take me, you gotta take my friends." Melody said. "And my brother. He needs to get away for a while. Seeing as he won't go further in his relationship, and maybe the heat will make him feel differently."

"There's more to a relationship then sex!" Aster yelled from the top of the stairs.

Melody broke away from Marik and said, "I know that, but the point is that you two have been together for almost three years, and neither of you have made a move to get some yet!"

"Well, maybe I just move a little slower than you!"

"Well, move a little faster! You're driving me insane!"

Satorious came up to Aster, rubbing his eyes from sleep and he yawned. "What's going on out here? What's all the yelling about?" He asked, tiredly, and Melody came up to them and hugged Satorious.

"I mean... how could you not wanna sleep with this man?"

"What? W-will you get out of here?!" Aster yelled.

"Not until you tell Satori that you're gonna sleep with him!"

"I am not gonna tell Satorious that I'm going to sleep with him!" He yelled, then mumbled, "And if I were, I wouldn't tell him in front of you."

"I heard that!" Melody said.

"Heard what?"

"...I don't know, but whatever it was, I heard it!"

"You're an idiot!"

-- Meanwhile, at the bottom of the stairs --

"Got any fours?" Annie asked.

"Go Fish." Emily Lynn said. Her, Annie, and Amanda were sitting on the floor now playing Go Fish.

"What are you guys doing?"

"We made a promise to each other that whenever Melody and Aster get into a fight, we'd play Go Fish to pass the time." Amanda explained. "They can fight for a really long time."

"In that case... can I join?" Marik asked, and Emily Lynn handed him five cards. "Thanks." He said as he sat down and started playing with them.

-- About a half an hour later --

Melody came down the stair, mumbling curses about her brother to herself.

"Oh... Melody, you're finally away from that fight. How did it go?"

"Fine, I guess."

"So, are you coming with me and Ishizu?" Marik asked, and Melody gave him a puppy dog pout. "Yes, you can bring your friends with us if you must."

"All of them?"

"All of 'em? Melody, are you trying to kill me? I got into enough trouble trying to convince Ishizu for you to come, and now you're saying all your friends?"

"Yes... and we're taking Satorious, but not Aster."

"What?!" Aster yelled from the top of the stairs.

"Yeah! Maybe being away from him for a week or two will clear your head!"

"Back to the game." Amanda said.

"Cool! I was winnin' anyway!" Marik said.

-- A couple days later --

"Yes! I finally get to visit Egypt! After all this time, I'm finally here!" Victoria excitedly said as she ran out onto the sand covered grounds of Egypt's desert, just outside Cairo. "We would of come here earlier if it weren't for you two." She said as she pointed to Aster and Melody.

"Us?" Aster asked. "Melody was the one who held you guys up for so long and made us miss the first flight. Besides Victoria, you didn't really help either, all that ranting about how cool it'll be to come here, didn't help us catch that flight any quicker."

"Hey, hey. It was nobody's fault, you know? Hello! They said there was a sandstorm occuring here at the time. I mean, everyone knows that it's nearly impossible to fly in any storm." Lily said.

"Yeah! That's it! The storm hit, and the plane couldn't fly!" Jaden said, and they all laughed.

"That's no excuse for being late." Victoria said.

"So, what are they gonna do... fire us?" Marik asked, and they all laughed again.

"Rookies. They're all the same." Ishizu said. "Look, Victoria... we made it here today. Enough said." She told her, and Victoria just gave her a look.

-- Somewhere on the other side of Cairo --

"Finally. She's here. The reincarnation of Mert-Re. I'll destroy her for sure this time." A girl said.

"Master Aemilia(2)," One of her servents said. "When do we strike?"

"When the timing is right, my slave... when the timing is right." She said.

YGO - YGO

(1): The name Mahad is easier to keep writing than the name Dark Magician so that's what he's gonna be called from now on! It's easier for me!

(2): Aemilia is Roman for "rival".

So... what do you think? Pretty intense, huh? I loved writing the part when they were playing Go Fish when Melody and Aster were fighting!

So, uh... any guesses on who this new girl could be... and why does she want to destroy Victoria?

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