Lanturn: Thanks to all who reviewed me!!!!!!!!!
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Chapter 5: Plan backfired
Joey woke up. He is obviously not sleeping in his own room. This room had a nice jasmine scent to it, while his place just smelled like crap and pizza.
"Hey balloon head, you finally decided to pop out of bed." Mai's sweet yet sarcastic voice called out to him.
"What am I doing here?" He yawned.
"You don't remember? It figures having such a puny-sized brain. You fell asleep on the sand yesterday afternoon. If it hadn't been for me, the rising tide would've drowned you, and there wouldn't be a stupid Chihuahua lying on my bed this very moment."
Joey felt his blood boil as his vein popped. "Chihuahua? You know, drowning doesn't seem that bad compared being called that."
Mai giggled in amusement. "That's the whole point of saving you."
"Actually, the point is because YOU still owe ME, because I saved you in that sandstorm." A sudden devilish grin spread across his face. "Or maybe....... it's because you don't want me to die for your own selfish reasons. Admit it Mai, you have a crush on me!"
She looked straight into his eyes. "Trying to start another fight?"
He flinched. "I was only speaking the truth....."
BAM. She already flung a pillow hitting his head quickly trying to run away.
He ran after her, wrapped his arms around her before she could escape and threw her on her bed. "I may not be the fastest in the brain, but how dare you think you could beat me in tag?"
"So you admit that you are not the smartest creature ever to walk the planet?"
"The truth hurts, but what could I do? Besides, I'll settle for being the cutest Chihuahua to ever crawl into your arms." He snuggled in Mai's chest making them both blush redder than a tomato.
"You know, sometimes I don't even know why we ignore each other and bicker that much. Isn't it tiring?" Mai said sincerely.
"Because you're too stubborn to admit how perfect I am."
"Okay fine. I admit you are perfect and I do have a crush on you, happy now?" Mai grinned maliciously.
Joey stopped smiling and blinked. "What?" Reality stood right in front of his face, but he's not willing to believe it. Some things are just TOO good to be true.
"So, when did you get so smart and figure all this out?" Mai asked
"I didn't." Joey reddened from embarrassment. "You told Serenity and she told me."
"I never tell her anything about my love life."
"Then I guess she was just lying............ Wait a minute, if she was lying then the whole Yugi dying chaos was just an act......."
"Do you want to fill me in on this?" Asked Mai without much excitement obviously didn't understand a word he just said.
"Yesterday, Serenity said Yugi was hit by a bus because she refused to love him. She dragged me to the hospital, and indeed Yugi was wrapped in bandages looking like he is almost dying. Serenity then lied about you loving me, and if I don't get together with you soon, you'll end up just like Yugi. Now I understand, she made Yugi play dying just to scare me, and make me confess sooner."
Mai nodded showing she understood. "But, there is one problem with your story. Let's pretend if my sister almost killed one of my friends, I wouldn't just let her off the hook that easily."
"Well I did punish her! I told her to take care of Yugi until he recovers or dies. Hell, I was so angry at her that day that I even made her promise to MARRY Yugi if he recovers."
Mai clapped her hands. "PERFECT! Now we can make her pay for messing with our lives!"
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3 months later:
"Serenity, how's my friend Yugi doing?" Joey said in a stern voice.
Serenity smiled. "He's all back to normal!"
Just then, Yugi came out of the hospital room accompanied by Mai. "Hi Joey! Thanks for caring to come down to the hospital again, good thing I finally recovered."
Joey cleared his throat. "Very well, I believe now is the appropriate time to discuss something. Serenity, you made me a promise after Yugi was car crashed that if he lives, you marry him. Now, a promise is a promise, so as a good big brother, I now will announce that you two are 'engaged'."
Serenity's face immediately paled. 'Shit I forgot all about that promise!' "Well um, Joey, we ummmm.... Help me out Yugi." She fiercely whispered to him.
He covered his mouth silently laughing at another plan of hers that backfired. Then he whispered back "This is too damn funny to spoil."
She glared at him. "Joey, we...I......"
"Hey Serenity, not to worry, I know you'd want a big fancy wedding and Yugi's too poor to afford it for you. Don't worry about that, we could all pitch in and get you the most beautiful gown." Mai whispered to her ear jokingly.
'Mai, the least of my worries is money right now.' Serenity mentally replied her.
Joey laughed. "Great then, everything's settled! Let's make the wedding next month! I call best man!"
"I call maid of honor!" Mai continued.
"But....but......wait!" Too late, Joey and Mai already disappeared running off to spread the news.
"Yugi, why didn't you say something?" She shouted.
"Why should I? I WANT to marry you!" He took off too, still laughing.
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'Yugi's getting married to Serenity...' Tea thought as she walked to school the next morning.
'I should feel happy for him. He found happiness in Serenity, but........why am I so jealous of her?'
Tea felt rotten to the core. She already chose Seto Kaiba, the icy blue-eyed hunk who plays pranks on her, but she couldn't even imagine Seto loving and caring about her as much as Yugi cared about Serenity. Now, she's even having second thoughts on who she likes more.
'But Yugi was never mine.'
'Seto isn't either!'
'Just think about Seto's hot appearance!'
'What good is appearance going to do? He's just like a bird with fancy attractive feathers, but Yugi could fly and soar higher. Why? Because I trust Yugi and not that creep!'
'But Seto admitted he loved you!'
'Yugi and I have such a long history together.'
Tea cleared her mind; she already lost Yugi, and she doesn't want to steal him away from Serenity when she knows perfectly well how much he loves her.
She finally got to the school. No one was there except for Yugi.
"Where is everybody?"
"Oh, hi Tea, why are you in school today? Today's Saturday."
"Oops! How could I forget? Silly me. But why are you here Yugi?"
"Hiding. Mai is chasing me everywhere making me buy a ring, a tux, flowers, etc. I get so tired of this marriage thing."
Tea is confused. "But didn't you want to marry her in the first place?"
Yugi rolled his eyes. "I like Serenity, but I never wanted to marry her!"
Yugi started telling her the whole story of how he got in this mess making Tea laugh as hard as he did.
'Maybe there is hope for us after all.' "Hey Yugi, since we're both here, do you want to go to a movie or something? It's been a long time since we've been together after Serenity came here."
"That's a great idea Tea! No one would ever find me in a movie theater, let's go."
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After the movie, in a fancy restaurant:
"Yugi, I've always wanted to ask you this question. How much do you love Serenity?"
"I don't know." Yugi said sincerely. "Sometimes I even wonder what is so great about her that makes me so attracted. Maybe it's her beautiful face."
"So a simple pretty face would let you like her. I'm guessing I am too ugly to accomplish that. But, I'm the one who really cares about your feelings, and all she does is use you to get Joey and Mai together. Yugi, why can't you open your eyes and see the truth? If you loved me as much as you love Serenity, I swear I will forever cherish that feeling." Tea blurted out everything at once.
"Really Tea? You care about me?"
She nodded, not knowing if she should.
"..........."
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"Good night Tea." Yugi walked her back to her house.
"I had fun today." Tea stared at the ground. "And if it makes you uncomfortable, please just forget what I said earlier. It just sort of came out. I didn't mean to confuse you in any way."
He smiled. "It's okay, I'm just sorry I could do nothing to stop my love for Serenity. We would've made a very good couple."
"Yes we would have." Tea gave Yugi a quick kiss on the cheeks and closed the door in his face.
"I applaud to you Tea." An irritating voice called out to her coming from her couch as she was locking the door.
'Oh no.'
Tea didn't even have to turn around, look at the person, scream, ask what she is doing here, and shoo her out to figure out whom the annoying voice belonged to.
"Long time no see Allison." She muttered.
'OH NOOOOOOOOO!'
"Oh yes, I'M BACK!"
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Lanturn:
Question of the week: Who is my favorite character from Yugioh?
To reviewers:
Jon Wells: Okay Okay, I get the point! Yugi/Tea sucks. Serenity/Yugi Forever!
Kair: This will be Seto/Tea in the end, but I don't like romance stories without conflicts, so it might take a while for them to get together.
T: I agree that the story should have a villain, but then Allison would kill me.
Aurora82: Thank you so much for reviewing Element Warriors. Not many people bother to read that because it was my first fanfic and it isn't really good.
DaRkShAdOwS: Please don't make Yami kill me, I'm too afraid of death!
May-star: Thanks for reviewing! I really like your pen name!
Lili: Thank you for your support about the pairings!
Black Magician Girl: Yes! I've succeeded in making Allison confusing! That's exactly how I meant to write her personality.
Chris Bowman: I really don't like Yugi/Tea pairings, but I will write a lot of it as conflicts to the story. However, I warn you that they won't end up together in this story.
Bana the Random: Thankie!
DaBlueGoo: As you wanted, I've changed my story to Romance/Humor.
BlackWings: Really? You liked the pranks? I will add more in the future.
MysticalDreamer: Your review really made my day! I always wanted to be funny, and now finally someone thinks so!
UltraViolet: THANK!!!!! YOU!!!!!!!!
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Chapter 5: Plan backfired
Joey woke up. He is obviously not sleeping in his own room. This room had a nice jasmine scent to it, while his place just smelled like crap and pizza.
"Hey balloon head, you finally decided to pop out of bed." Mai's sweet yet sarcastic voice called out to him.
"What am I doing here?" He yawned.
"You don't remember? It figures having such a puny-sized brain. You fell asleep on the sand yesterday afternoon. If it hadn't been for me, the rising tide would've drowned you, and there wouldn't be a stupid Chihuahua lying on my bed this very moment."
Joey felt his blood boil as his vein popped. "Chihuahua? You know, drowning doesn't seem that bad compared being called that."
Mai giggled in amusement. "That's the whole point of saving you."
"Actually, the point is because YOU still owe ME, because I saved you in that sandstorm." A sudden devilish grin spread across his face. "Or maybe....... it's because you don't want me to die for your own selfish reasons. Admit it Mai, you have a crush on me!"
She looked straight into his eyes. "Trying to start another fight?"
He flinched. "I was only speaking the truth....."
BAM. She already flung a pillow hitting his head quickly trying to run away.
He ran after her, wrapped his arms around her before she could escape and threw her on her bed. "I may not be the fastest in the brain, but how dare you think you could beat me in tag?"
"So you admit that you are not the smartest creature ever to walk the planet?"
"The truth hurts, but what could I do? Besides, I'll settle for being the cutest Chihuahua to ever crawl into your arms." He snuggled in Mai's chest making them both blush redder than a tomato.
"You know, sometimes I don't even know why we ignore each other and bicker that much. Isn't it tiring?" Mai said sincerely.
"Because you're too stubborn to admit how perfect I am."
"Okay fine. I admit you are perfect and I do have a crush on you, happy now?" Mai grinned maliciously.
Joey stopped smiling and blinked. "What?" Reality stood right in front of his face, but he's not willing to believe it. Some things are just TOO good to be true.
"So, when did you get so smart and figure all this out?" Mai asked
"I didn't." Joey reddened from embarrassment. "You told Serenity and she told me."
"I never tell her anything about my love life."
"Then I guess she was just lying............ Wait a minute, if she was lying then the whole Yugi dying chaos was just an act......."
"Do you want to fill me in on this?" Asked Mai without much excitement obviously didn't understand a word he just said.
"Yesterday, Serenity said Yugi was hit by a bus because she refused to love him. She dragged me to the hospital, and indeed Yugi was wrapped in bandages looking like he is almost dying. Serenity then lied about you loving me, and if I don't get together with you soon, you'll end up just like Yugi. Now I understand, she made Yugi play dying just to scare me, and make me confess sooner."
Mai nodded showing she understood. "But, there is one problem with your story. Let's pretend if my sister almost killed one of my friends, I wouldn't just let her off the hook that easily."
"Well I did punish her! I told her to take care of Yugi until he recovers or dies. Hell, I was so angry at her that day that I even made her promise to MARRY Yugi if he recovers."
Mai clapped her hands. "PERFECT! Now we can make her pay for messing with our lives!"
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3 months later:
"Serenity, how's my friend Yugi doing?" Joey said in a stern voice.
Serenity smiled. "He's all back to normal!"
Just then, Yugi came out of the hospital room accompanied by Mai. "Hi Joey! Thanks for caring to come down to the hospital again, good thing I finally recovered."
Joey cleared his throat. "Very well, I believe now is the appropriate time to discuss something. Serenity, you made me a promise after Yugi was car crashed that if he lives, you marry him. Now, a promise is a promise, so as a good big brother, I now will announce that you two are 'engaged'."
Serenity's face immediately paled. 'Shit I forgot all about that promise!' "Well um, Joey, we ummmm.... Help me out Yugi." She fiercely whispered to him.
He covered his mouth silently laughing at another plan of hers that backfired. Then he whispered back "This is too damn funny to spoil."
She glared at him. "Joey, we...I......"
"Hey Serenity, not to worry, I know you'd want a big fancy wedding and Yugi's too poor to afford it for you. Don't worry about that, we could all pitch in and get you the most beautiful gown." Mai whispered to her ear jokingly.
'Mai, the least of my worries is money right now.' Serenity mentally replied her.
Joey laughed. "Great then, everything's settled! Let's make the wedding next month! I call best man!"
"I call maid of honor!" Mai continued.
"But....but......wait!" Too late, Joey and Mai already disappeared running off to spread the news.
"Yugi, why didn't you say something?" She shouted.
"Why should I? I WANT to marry you!" He took off too, still laughing.
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'Yugi's getting married to Serenity...' Tea thought as she walked to school the next morning.
'I should feel happy for him. He found happiness in Serenity, but........why am I so jealous of her?'
Tea felt rotten to the core. She already chose Seto Kaiba, the icy blue-eyed hunk who plays pranks on her, but she couldn't even imagine Seto loving and caring about her as much as Yugi cared about Serenity. Now, she's even having second thoughts on who she likes more.
'But Yugi was never mine.'
'Seto isn't either!'
'Just think about Seto's hot appearance!'
'What good is appearance going to do? He's just like a bird with fancy attractive feathers, but Yugi could fly and soar higher. Why? Because I trust Yugi and not that creep!'
'But Seto admitted he loved you!'
'Yugi and I have such a long history together.'
Tea cleared her mind; she already lost Yugi, and she doesn't want to steal him away from Serenity when she knows perfectly well how much he loves her.
She finally got to the school. No one was there except for Yugi.
"Where is everybody?"
"Oh, hi Tea, why are you in school today? Today's Saturday."
"Oops! How could I forget? Silly me. But why are you here Yugi?"
"Hiding. Mai is chasing me everywhere making me buy a ring, a tux, flowers, etc. I get so tired of this marriage thing."
Tea is confused. "But didn't you want to marry her in the first place?"
Yugi rolled his eyes. "I like Serenity, but I never wanted to marry her!"
Yugi started telling her the whole story of how he got in this mess making Tea laugh as hard as he did.
'Maybe there is hope for us after all.' "Hey Yugi, since we're both here, do you want to go to a movie or something? It's been a long time since we've been together after Serenity came here."
"That's a great idea Tea! No one would ever find me in a movie theater, let's go."
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After the movie, in a fancy restaurant:
"Yugi, I've always wanted to ask you this question. How much do you love Serenity?"
"I don't know." Yugi said sincerely. "Sometimes I even wonder what is so great about her that makes me so attracted. Maybe it's her beautiful face."
"So a simple pretty face would let you like her. I'm guessing I am too ugly to accomplish that. But, I'm the one who really cares about your feelings, and all she does is use you to get Joey and Mai together. Yugi, why can't you open your eyes and see the truth? If you loved me as much as you love Serenity, I swear I will forever cherish that feeling." Tea blurted out everything at once.
"Really Tea? You care about me?"
She nodded, not knowing if she should.
"..........."
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"Good night Tea." Yugi walked her back to her house.
"I had fun today." Tea stared at the ground. "And if it makes you uncomfortable, please just forget what I said earlier. It just sort of came out. I didn't mean to confuse you in any way."
He smiled. "It's okay, I'm just sorry I could do nothing to stop my love for Serenity. We would've made a very good couple."
"Yes we would have." Tea gave Yugi a quick kiss on the cheeks and closed the door in his face.
"I applaud to you Tea." An irritating voice called out to her coming from her couch as she was locking the door.
'Oh no.'
Tea didn't even have to turn around, look at the person, scream, ask what she is doing here, and shoo her out to figure out whom the annoying voice belonged to.
"Long time no see Allison." She muttered.
'OH NOOOOOOOOO!'
"Oh yes, I'M BACK!"
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Lanturn:
Question of the week: Who is my favorite character from Yugioh?
To reviewers:
Jon Wells: Okay Okay, I get the point! Yugi/Tea sucks. Serenity/Yugi Forever!
Kair: This will be Seto/Tea in the end, but I don't like romance stories without conflicts, so it might take a while for them to get together.
T: I agree that the story should have a villain, but then Allison would kill me.
Aurora82: Thank you so much for reviewing Element Warriors. Not many people bother to read that because it was my first fanfic and it isn't really good.
DaRkShAdOwS: Please don't make Yami kill me, I'm too afraid of death!
May-star: Thanks for reviewing! I really like your pen name!
Lili: Thank you for your support about the pairings!
Black Magician Girl: Yes! I've succeeded in making Allison confusing! That's exactly how I meant to write her personality.
Chris Bowman: I really don't like Yugi/Tea pairings, but I will write a lot of it as conflicts to the story. However, I warn you that they won't end up together in this story.
Bana the Random: Thankie!
DaBlueGoo: As you wanted, I've changed my story to Romance/Humor.
BlackWings: Really? You liked the pranks? I will add more in the future.
MysticalDreamer: Your review really made my day! I always wanted to be funny, and now finally someone thinks so!
UltraViolet: THANK!!!!! YOU!!!!!!!!