Chapter 2: We all got issues
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Mai choked. 'I'm going to kill that Joey!' She thought to herself as she silently followed Joey and Serenity through a sandstorm in the middle of nowhere.
'He's so pathetic' Mai knew Joey would run in trouble. Joey doesn't even know how to 'READ' a map. How is he supposed to reach Yugi? Mai pitied him, but cannot stop admiring his loyalty to friend.
So here she is, as elegant as ever, lost walking in circles in the dry, hot, and sandy desert, when she could've simply relaxed at home in her gigantic cool swimming pool actually 'enjoying' life. Now she pitied herself. Why in the world did she follow them in the first place?
The storm brewed as the sand got in her eyes, and she tripped over her extremely high heels falling on a cactus in the way. Her hands are probably filled with pricks and she's starting to bleed, but the poor girl couldn't do anything when she's blind surrounded with nothing but sand.
"HELP!!!!!"
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"Hey Joey, did you hear a scream behind us?" Serenity covered her mouth to avoid the sand.
Joey nodded. "It was crying for help." 'And the voice sounds a lot like Mai.'
He went back to help whoever it was who yelled for him.
There he saw a poor defenseless figure lying on her stomach. "Mai?!?" Joey gasped recognizing the person. Joey kneeled in front of her as she tried to get up. He gently pulled her over, and stood up with her in his arms.
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The first thing Mai saw after awakening was two worried chocolate brown eyes staring down at her. "Your okay." She heard a voice say.
"Where are we?" She asked wondering how she got out of the sandstorm.
Mai heard Serenity giggle behind Joey. "It was a good thing you followed us. Joey was so caught up worrying about you, that I snatched his precious map away, and led us into safety."
Joey's eyes popped out as smoke was coming out of his ears. "GOOD THING?!? Mai could've died!" He turned to Mai. "What are you doing here? Who gave you permission to just tag along!?"
Mai was shocked at his angry tone ignoring the hint Joey's angriness meant he cared for her. She admit it was kind of rude to spy and follow Joey all the way to another country, but all she wanted to do was make sure he's going to be safe. 'But it just ended up with him saving me.'
Even though she knew she was the wrong one, a person like Mai would never apologize. "Oh, I need permission? From who? From YOU! Please, who are you? My boyfriend? HAHAHAHAHA I only followed you to see Yugi. He's MY friend too, ya know!"
Joey boiled inside. He knew he's not Mai's boyfriend, and probably in her classily rich heart, he's not even worthy of a friend, but what really got to him is when Mai shouted out "Yugi is MY friend." To him, that sounded a lot like "I like Yugi, ya dimwit. Grow some brains and pick up the clues! I came all the way to Egypt just to see him."
Joey is outraged. "Who needs you! You couldn't even cross that storm without a dimwit's help!" After his idiotic speech, he seized Serenity's wrist and dragged her away from Mai.
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Egyptian Palace:
Here is our cute little Yami, pharaoh of Egypt, confused as ever. About a week ago, Yugi told him to return to Egypt, and live as royalty once again. Well.... why? Does Yugi want him to rule the country once again? But, all Yami does is play duel monsters. Since there is no more Egyptian Kings alive to duel for power, why should Yami even be here?
"Talk to me Yugi." The all so powerful Yugioh pleaded wanting so badly for his other half to respond. Why is he so afraid to come out?
BAM BAM BAM! "Hey Yuge, let us in." It's Joey's voice called from outside. He's come to get Yugi!
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"I see, so that's why Yugi ran away. " Yami finally understood after the brief explanation.
"Yeah, sorry Serenity caused so much trouble for Yuge." Joey apologized.
Yami was stunned. "So you're Serenity! For the past few days that name always for some reason flash across my mind. Yugi must've been thinking a lot about you that even I was affected. Sometimes I even wake up in the middle of the calling out your name........"
Before Yami finished his long list to embarrass Yugi, a blazing light emerged from inside of him, and after the light faded, Yugi was in his place blushing madly.
"Hehehe." He laughed uncomfortably. "Joey, Serenity, long time no see?"
"Yuge, are you okay man?"
"I'm doing much better now." He lied.
Joey glanced over at his sister, signaling for her to apologize.
Serenity glared at Joey, who gave her too much pressure. "Yugi, can I have a word with you ALONE?"
Yugi nodded following her to the balcony. He's prepared to heartbroken again. This time he'll really hide his emotions... forever.
"Look, I'm sorry Yugi. I didn't know that date was so important to you. I guess I hurt you pretty badly.... but don't worry, if you seriously want to, I'll date you."
Yugi laughed. "What kind of moron do you think I am? Don't worry, I'll tell Joey to get out of your business. From now on, I'll only see you as a friend."
"Are you okay though?" Serenity was half relieved she didn't have to go out with Yugi, but the other half felt so terrible. She had no right to break his heart.
Yugi noticed how sincerely sorry Serenity is. He smiled. "I'm fine now. It's just when you said you didn't like me, it felt like losing a battle. I'm not really good at dealing with losing and is not used to it, because in dueling games, I'll always win at the end. I guess love works differently than dueling games."
"Will you come back to Japan with Joey and me?"
"Yeah."
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"What cha doin?" Allison looked over Kaiba's shoulder while he's trying to play a computer game.
"How annoying can a person get?" Kaiba muttered to himself trying to concentrate.
"Much more annoying than what I am. And stop staring at that screen. It's bad for the eyesight. Your image will be completely blemished if you wore glasses."
"Who cares?" But Kaiba already shut the computer off fearing of losing his eyes. He doesn't want to look like that bug, Weevil. "I'll take a walk outside."
"I'll go with you!" Allison chirped happily.
"Watch over Mokuba." Seto couldn't be more relieved to get rid of her as he sprinted away.
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Running footsteps trailed after him.
'Oh no. Allison followed me!' Seto didn't bother to turn back. He just ran as far as his long legs could go headed towards a park.
"Kaiba! Wait up!" The feminine voice called out behind him.
'Yeah right. I just spend a whole week with you as my shadow, can't you just bug off?' Seto kept on running like they were playing a game of tag.
"What made you so angry at me, that you can't even stop and talk for a second?" The person behind him is still chasing.
"I'm trying to get rid of you, you stick-to-me-like-glue runt!"
"Fine Fine Fine! I just saw you running down the streets, and came to tell you Yugi's coming back!" The voice panted, slowing down.
Huh? How did Allison know Yugi's coming back while he had no clue? Seto finally turned around his head, and saw it was Tea running after him.
BANG!
He crashed into a tree, and disturbed a hive of bees. Let's just skip the details after that.
The two brown-haired blue-eyed people sat down on a bench.
Tea was the one who broke the awkward silence. "How are you these days Kaiba? Under some unusual stress? You look kind of painful."
"It's nothing." It's hard to explain, but underneath Kaiba's icy cold expression on his face, he felt a burning passion in his heart. (A/N: He reminds me of the Grinch with a smaller heart than any other living thing. Don't burn too hard Kaiba, or you won't have ANY heart left. )
"What about you, Tea?" Seto asked.
"What about me?"
"Well, don't you like Yugi too?" That was the most considerate thing Kaiba ever said.
Tea's eyes widened. "Was it that obvious?"
"Yes, it was." Seto replied. But truthfully, it was just a lucky guess.
Crazy thoughts raced in Tea's head. 'Oh my god, he knew I liked Yugi all along. Then, he might know that I like him too. Is that why he was running away from me? He called me "runt". Oh no, I'm doomed!'
Seto on the other hand is also trapped in his various thoughts. 'What! She likes Yugi! Damn.' (A/N: You get the point.....)
"SETO! I looked EVERYWHERE for you!" Allison popped out of nowhere as Kaiba vowed he'd kill her for intruding his peace.
Allison glanced at Tea and gasped. "Poor Seto, did this awful girl rape you? That's it! From now on, you will not go anywhere out of my sight!"
Tea and Seto blushed as red as a tomato, both don't know how to respond.
"It's getting quite late. I have to go to... wherever I had to go. See you." Tea dashed away leaving Kaiba alone with the hyperactive Allison.
Seto gave Allison a look that could kill. "That. Was. Cruel."
"What was?" The redhead always found the best times to play dumb.
"You scared her off!" After he finally had some time alone with her.
"Now now Seto, she was only after your money." She sounded like a mother deciding her son's marriage for him.
"Who died and made you boss?"
"Our parents. When mom and dad died, their wish was for us to take care of each other. Now that I've finally found you big brother, I have to be overprotective and make sure you date someone who loves you."
Seto sighed remembering the letter he read a week ago revealing Allison's true identity. His biological parents died leaving him, his sister, and Mokuba at an orphanage, but Allison somehow escaped and ran away, and they never saw her since. Kaiba even forgot all about her until Allison's letter refreshed his memory.
An evil grin curled up Allison's lips. "So, big brother, you like Tea don't you?"
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Lanturn: Cliffy! I just love them, don't you? It creates a lot of suspense for me, and torture for the readers. But, at least you don't have to continue hating Allison. I wasn't that cruel to make my original character a villain.
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Mai choked. 'I'm going to kill that Joey!' She thought to herself as she silently followed Joey and Serenity through a sandstorm in the middle of nowhere.
'He's so pathetic' Mai knew Joey would run in trouble. Joey doesn't even know how to 'READ' a map. How is he supposed to reach Yugi? Mai pitied him, but cannot stop admiring his loyalty to friend.
So here she is, as elegant as ever, lost walking in circles in the dry, hot, and sandy desert, when she could've simply relaxed at home in her gigantic cool swimming pool actually 'enjoying' life. Now she pitied herself. Why in the world did she follow them in the first place?
The storm brewed as the sand got in her eyes, and she tripped over her extremely high heels falling on a cactus in the way. Her hands are probably filled with pricks and she's starting to bleed, but the poor girl couldn't do anything when she's blind surrounded with nothing but sand.
"HELP!!!!!"
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"Hey Joey, did you hear a scream behind us?" Serenity covered her mouth to avoid the sand.
Joey nodded. "It was crying for help." 'And the voice sounds a lot like Mai.'
He went back to help whoever it was who yelled for him.
There he saw a poor defenseless figure lying on her stomach. "Mai?!?" Joey gasped recognizing the person. Joey kneeled in front of her as she tried to get up. He gently pulled her over, and stood up with her in his arms.
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The first thing Mai saw after awakening was two worried chocolate brown eyes staring down at her. "Your okay." She heard a voice say.
"Where are we?" She asked wondering how she got out of the sandstorm.
Mai heard Serenity giggle behind Joey. "It was a good thing you followed us. Joey was so caught up worrying about you, that I snatched his precious map away, and led us into safety."
Joey's eyes popped out as smoke was coming out of his ears. "GOOD THING?!? Mai could've died!" He turned to Mai. "What are you doing here? Who gave you permission to just tag along!?"
Mai was shocked at his angry tone ignoring the hint Joey's angriness meant he cared for her. She admit it was kind of rude to spy and follow Joey all the way to another country, but all she wanted to do was make sure he's going to be safe. 'But it just ended up with him saving me.'
Even though she knew she was the wrong one, a person like Mai would never apologize. "Oh, I need permission? From who? From YOU! Please, who are you? My boyfriend? HAHAHAHAHA I only followed you to see Yugi. He's MY friend too, ya know!"
Joey boiled inside. He knew he's not Mai's boyfriend, and probably in her classily rich heart, he's not even worthy of a friend, but what really got to him is when Mai shouted out "Yugi is MY friend." To him, that sounded a lot like "I like Yugi, ya dimwit. Grow some brains and pick up the clues! I came all the way to Egypt just to see him."
Joey is outraged. "Who needs you! You couldn't even cross that storm without a dimwit's help!" After his idiotic speech, he seized Serenity's wrist and dragged her away from Mai.
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Egyptian Palace:
Here is our cute little Yami, pharaoh of Egypt, confused as ever. About a week ago, Yugi told him to return to Egypt, and live as royalty once again. Well.... why? Does Yugi want him to rule the country once again? But, all Yami does is play duel monsters. Since there is no more Egyptian Kings alive to duel for power, why should Yami even be here?
"Talk to me Yugi." The all so powerful Yugioh pleaded wanting so badly for his other half to respond. Why is he so afraid to come out?
BAM BAM BAM! "Hey Yuge, let us in." It's Joey's voice called from outside. He's come to get Yugi!
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"I see, so that's why Yugi ran away. " Yami finally understood after the brief explanation.
"Yeah, sorry Serenity caused so much trouble for Yuge." Joey apologized.
Yami was stunned. "So you're Serenity! For the past few days that name always for some reason flash across my mind. Yugi must've been thinking a lot about you that even I was affected. Sometimes I even wake up in the middle of the calling out your name........"
Before Yami finished his long list to embarrass Yugi, a blazing light emerged from inside of him, and after the light faded, Yugi was in his place blushing madly.
"Hehehe." He laughed uncomfortably. "Joey, Serenity, long time no see?"
"Yuge, are you okay man?"
"I'm doing much better now." He lied.
Joey glanced over at his sister, signaling for her to apologize.
Serenity glared at Joey, who gave her too much pressure. "Yugi, can I have a word with you ALONE?"
Yugi nodded following her to the balcony. He's prepared to heartbroken again. This time he'll really hide his emotions... forever.
"Look, I'm sorry Yugi. I didn't know that date was so important to you. I guess I hurt you pretty badly.... but don't worry, if you seriously want to, I'll date you."
Yugi laughed. "What kind of moron do you think I am? Don't worry, I'll tell Joey to get out of your business. From now on, I'll only see you as a friend."
"Are you okay though?" Serenity was half relieved she didn't have to go out with Yugi, but the other half felt so terrible. She had no right to break his heart.
Yugi noticed how sincerely sorry Serenity is. He smiled. "I'm fine now. It's just when you said you didn't like me, it felt like losing a battle. I'm not really good at dealing with losing and is not used to it, because in dueling games, I'll always win at the end. I guess love works differently than dueling games."
"Will you come back to Japan with Joey and me?"
"Yeah."
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"What cha doin?" Allison looked over Kaiba's shoulder while he's trying to play a computer game.
"How annoying can a person get?" Kaiba muttered to himself trying to concentrate.
"Much more annoying than what I am. And stop staring at that screen. It's bad for the eyesight. Your image will be completely blemished if you wore glasses."
"Who cares?" But Kaiba already shut the computer off fearing of losing his eyes. He doesn't want to look like that bug, Weevil. "I'll take a walk outside."
"I'll go with you!" Allison chirped happily.
"Watch over Mokuba." Seto couldn't be more relieved to get rid of her as he sprinted away.
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Running footsteps trailed after him.
'Oh no. Allison followed me!' Seto didn't bother to turn back. He just ran as far as his long legs could go headed towards a park.
"Kaiba! Wait up!" The feminine voice called out behind him.
'Yeah right. I just spend a whole week with you as my shadow, can't you just bug off?' Seto kept on running like they were playing a game of tag.
"What made you so angry at me, that you can't even stop and talk for a second?" The person behind him is still chasing.
"I'm trying to get rid of you, you stick-to-me-like-glue runt!"
"Fine Fine Fine! I just saw you running down the streets, and came to tell you Yugi's coming back!" The voice panted, slowing down.
Huh? How did Allison know Yugi's coming back while he had no clue? Seto finally turned around his head, and saw it was Tea running after him.
BANG!
He crashed into a tree, and disturbed a hive of bees. Let's just skip the details after that.
The two brown-haired blue-eyed people sat down on a bench.
Tea was the one who broke the awkward silence. "How are you these days Kaiba? Under some unusual stress? You look kind of painful."
"It's nothing." It's hard to explain, but underneath Kaiba's icy cold expression on his face, he felt a burning passion in his heart. (A/N: He reminds me of the Grinch with a smaller heart than any other living thing. Don't burn too hard Kaiba, or you won't have ANY heart left. )
"What about you, Tea?" Seto asked.
"What about me?"
"Well, don't you like Yugi too?" That was the most considerate thing Kaiba ever said.
Tea's eyes widened. "Was it that obvious?"
"Yes, it was." Seto replied. But truthfully, it was just a lucky guess.
Crazy thoughts raced in Tea's head. 'Oh my god, he knew I liked Yugi all along. Then, he might know that I like him too. Is that why he was running away from me? He called me "runt". Oh no, I'm doomed!'
Seto on the other hand is also trapped in his various thoughts. 'What! She likes Yugi! Damn.' (A/N: You get the point.....)
"SETO! I looked EVERYWHERE for you!" Allison popped out of nowhere as Kaiba vowed he'd kill her for intruding his peace.
Allison glanced at Tea and gasped. "Poor Seto, did this awful girl rape you? That's it! From now on, you will not go anywhere out of my sight!"
Tea and Seto blushed as red as a tomato, both don't know how to respond.
"It's getting quite late. I have to go to... wherever I had to go. See you." Tea dashed away leaving Kaiba alone with the hyperactive Allison.
Seto gave Allison a look that could kill. "That. Was. Cruel."
"What was?" The redhead always found the best times to play dumb.
"You scared her off!" After he finally had some time alone with her.
"Now now Seto, she was only after your money." She sounded like a mother deciding her son's marriage for him.
"Who died and made you boss?"
"Our parents. When mom and dad died, their wish was for us to take care of each other. Now that I've finally found you big brother, I have to be overprotective and make sure you date someone who loves you."
Seto sighed remembering the letter he read a week ago revealing Allison's true identity. His biological parents died leaving him, his sister, and Mokuba at an orphanage, but Allison somehow escaped and ran away, and they never saw her since. Kaiba even forgot all about her until Allison's letter refreshed his memory.
An evil grin curled up Allison's lips. "So, big brother, you like Tea don't you?"
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Lanturn: Cliffy! I just love them, don't you? It creates a lot of suspense for me, and torture for the readers. But, at least you don't have to continue hating Allison. I wasn't that cruel to make my original character a villain.