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Me: Yes, I know I haven't updated in a long time, but I had to move an didn't have internet.I'm sorry.
Mai waited for Rex to finish his duel and then walked over to him. The boy glared suspiciously at her as she approached and she didn't blame him. He had learned the hard way not to pick a duel with her.
"Rex, dear. I have a job for you."
"And why should I listen to you? You tricked me and humiliated me!" She smiled sweetly at him.
"Well, if you do as I ask, you can get a rematch and all you have to do is defeat an amateur duelist. His name is Joey and if you do this then we will duel." She watched as he though about it and the grin that spread across his face stated that he accepted. He nodded, confirming what she knew and they both headed over to Yugi's last location, knowing the group would stay together.
When she issued the challenge to Joey and then stated that Yugi couldn't help, she had the satisfaction of watching his confidence start to slip away. It also helped that a friend of his had taken off. She listened to the insults and watched the duel and knew she should be happy with the way things were turning out, but she wasn't.
In between the turns when she wasn't yelling at Rex, she looked over to were only the girl was left cheering Joey on. It hurt her to see the blond left alone, but she couldn't afford to let him in. He would ruin everything. Then both of Joey's friends returned and Joey drew strength from them being there, even if they couldn't help him out.
She no longer concentrated on the duel until she saw Rex try and double- cross her. But it didn't work. Rex lost and Joey won. Mai left in a daze wondering how he had turned around the hopeless match.
She won a few more duels and then night was starting to fall. She was looking for a place to stay the night when she heard the group of friends. They were all hungry it seemed. She smiled. She had a bag of food that she wouldn't need come tomorrow. She stepped out of the shadows in front of the group and then started to eat in front of them. She nearly laughed when Joey was about to go after her.
She dumped the food on the ground and listened as Joey called all the junk food. She then sent them off on chores. She turned to the girl.
"Tea, right? Well there's a make-shift shower over there to freshen up. Just because you hang out with these boys doesn't mean you have to smell like them." The girl nodded and walked over to the shower and Mai stood guard outside of it. They had a brief conversation about friends and then Mai watched as Joey cooked. The boy was amazing and she said as much in her sarcastic compliments.
After eating, Yugi tried to become friends with her and she quickly stopped all chances of that and left to go for a walk.
"I don't need them, I can do this on my own." She walked some more and stopped at a cliff. "I mean they're just a bunch of losers, even if they are nice losers." She shook her head quickly. "I can't let them get in, no matter how much I want too." She closed her eyes and wings closed around her, offering her support and comfort, both she accepted gratefully.
But she wasn't to have them for very long.
Someone grabbed her from behind and she found herself forced into a duel. A duel with an eliminator. At first she could hold her own, but not for long, this thing, this 'Panic', had her completely undone, he destroyed her friend and she was lost, not only losing herself, but her star chips as well. It was at that time that the others arrived on the scene.
"You're too late." She stared at them as she spoke and urged them to get out, but they would have none of it. Yugi challenged Panic to a Duel, to get back Mai's star chips. She watched from the sidelines and briefly noted that someone else had joined their group, a white haired young man with an English accent.
She saw Yugi's duel and compared it with her own, sawing what she thought were faults. Her mind replayed her own duel and she remembered the dispair she had felt when she realized the amateur mistakes she was making. She had told all her strategies and hadn't been able to focus on her trick.
She also remembered one other thing, one thing that had caught her attention. At the last moment when her Harpie Lady Sisters had been destroyed, her friend had turned to her and it felt that the wings once again held her close. She concentrated on that moment, that one instant, blocking out the duel in front of her,
Wings.
The call.
A friend.
A dream..she snapped back to the here and now and was shocked. Yugi had won and was handing her back her chips, but she couldn't accept them, it wasn't till Joey was going to take them that she reacted.
"Hey there mine!" She yelled and reached out for the hand that held them. He smiled and slapped them into her hand.
"Of course they're yours, here ya go!" She looked in surprise at the chips in her hands and watched as Joey walked away. The blond had tricked her! She called out to Yugi, promising to return the favor, and in her heart, she also promised Joey. In the end it was his act of making her accept help, forcing her to react, that made her really see what was being offered, without a price.
She smiled. It was her who had the wings now. She left that night and went in search of other duelists. She had eight star chips to earn and a certain blond to find again.
But as she dozed in the early morning, she dreamed. And in her dream arms wrapped around her and kept her safe. She smiled in her sleep, her mind knowing exactly who those arms belonged too.
Me: Yeah, I know, it's short but I wanted something for you guys to read so here it is. Next chapter will hopefully be out soon.
Me: Yes, I know I haven't updated in a long time, but I had to move an didn't have internet.I'm sorry.
Mai waited for Rex to finish his duel and then walked over to him. The boy glared suspiciously at her as she approached and she didn't blame him. He had learned the hard way not to pick a duel with her.
"Rex, dear. I have a job for you."
"And why should I listen to you? You tricked me and humiliated me!" She smiled sweetly at him.
"Well, if you do as I ask, you can get a rematch and all you have to do is defeat an amateur duelist. His name is Joey and if you do this then we will duel." She watched as he though about it and the grin that spread across his face stated that he accepted. He nodded, confirming what she knew and they both headed over to Yugi's last location, knowing the group would stay together.
When she issued the challenge to Joey and then stated that Yugi couldn't help, she had the satisfaction of watching his confidence start to slip away. It also helped that a friend of his had taken off. She listened to the insults and watched the duel and knew she should be happy with the way things were turning out, but she wasn't.
In between the turns when she wasn't yelling at Rex, she looked over to were only the girl was left cheering Joey on. It hurt her to see the blond left alone, but she couldn't afford to let him in. He would ruin everything. Then both of Joey's friends returned and Joey drew strength from them being there, even if they couldn't help him out.
She no longer concentrated on the duel until she saw Rex try and double- cross her. But it didn't work. Rex lost and Joey won. Mai left in a daze wondering how he had turned around the hopeless match.
She won a few more duels and then night was starting to fall. She was looking for a place to stay the night when she heard the group of friends. They were all hungry it seemed. She smiled. She had a bag of food that she wouldn't need come tomorrow. She stepped out of the shadows in front of the group and then started to eat in front of them. She nearly laughed when Joey was about to go after her.
She dumped the food on the ground and listened as Joey called all the junk food. She then sent them off on chores. She turned to the girl.
"Tea, right? Well there's a make-shift shower over there to freshen up. Just because you hang out with these boys doesn't mean you have to smell like them." The girl nodded and walked over to the shower and Mai stood guard outside of it. They had a brief conversation about friends and then Mai watched as Joey cooked. The boy was amazing and she said as much in her sarcastic compliments.
After eating, Yugi tried to become friends with her and she quickly stopped all chances of that and left to go for a walk.
"I don't need them, I can do this on my own." She walked some more and stopped at a cliff. "I mean they're just a bunch of losers, even if they are nice losers." She shook her head quickly. "I can't let them get in, no matter how much I want too." She closed her eyes and wings closed around her, offering her support and comfort, both she accepted gratefully.
But she wasn't to have them for very long.
Someone grabbed her from behind and she found herself forced into a duel. A duel with an eliminator. At first she could hold her own, but not for long, this thing, this 'Panic', had her completely undone, he destroyed her friend and she was lost, not only losing herself, but her star chips as well. It was at that time that the others arrived on the scene.
"You're too late." She stared at them as she spoke and urged them to get out, but they would have none of it. Yugi challenged Panic to a Duel, to get back Mai's star chips. She watched from the sidelines and briefly noted that someone else had joined their group, a white haired young man with an English accent.
She saw Yugi's duel and compared it with her own, sawing what she thought were faults. Her mind replayed her own duel and she remembered the dispair she had felt when she realized the amateur mistakes she was making. She had told all her strategies and hadn't been able to focus on her trick.
She also remembered one other thing, one thing that had caught her attention. At the last moment when her Harpie Lady Sisters had been destroyed, her friend had turned to her and it felt that the wings once again held her close. She concentrated on that moment, that one instant, blocking out the duel in front of her,
Wings.
The call.
A friend.
A dream..she snapped back to the here and now and was shocked. Yugi had won and was handing her back her chips, but she couldn't accept them, it wasn't till Joey was going to take them that she reacted.
"Hey there mine!" She yelled and reached out for the hand that held them. He smiled and slapped them into her hand.
"Of course they're yours, here ya go!" She looked in surprise at the chips in her hands and watched as Joey walked away. The blond had tricked her! She called out to Yugi, promising to return the favor, and in her heart, she also promised Joey. In the end it was his act of making her accept help, forcing her to react, that made her really see what was being offered, without a price.
She smiled. It was her who had the wings now. She left that night and went in search of other duelists. She had eight star chips to earn and a certain blond to find again.
But as she dozed in the early morning, she dreamed. And in her dream arms wrapped around her and kept her safe. She smiled in her sleep, her mind knowing exactly who those arms belonged too.
Me: Yeah, I know, it's short but I wanted something for you guys to read so here it is. Next chapter will hopefully be out soon.
