Chapter 17: Maids in hand baskets

Sorry I haven't updated everyone. I've been extremely busy with school and life. I have two more weeks until I get out for the semester. I know this chapter may not be like the rest, but hey after doing so much homework and dealing with life, anything would look good to read at this point.

Well Enjoy!

Duke is refusing to loose to a girl and plans to set the boys free so they won't have to answer to the girls.

"Tea, can we please come to a better understanding?" Yugi asks looking up from his deck.

"No. You pulled the choking up blood trick and now you owe me for scaring me." Tea states.

"Well Tea it's not my fault. I was put up to it." Yugi complains.

"Well for whoever put you up to it, then you have to blame them for getting you and the rest of the boys in this." Tea says drawing another card. She places on the field. Yugi looks down at it and frowns.

::::I hope one of the other guys are winning because at this rate, I'm going to make sure we are all in aprons.::: Yugi thinks to himself.

Mai and Joey*

Mai seems to have the upper hand, while Joey seems to try to regain the rest of his life points. He currently stands at 100, despite the upper hand he had.

"Mai would it be ok to forfeit now?" Joey asks looking up from his deck.

"From what I see, you still have a chance to win." Mai says looking down at both their ends.

"You're just saying that." Joey says laying out a card, much weaker then Mai's.

"Well I gave you a chance." Mai says laying out a card to make her harpy lady much stronger. The last of Joey's life points are eliminated. Mai stands up.

"Attention ladies, I just made one of the good apples of the group go bad, so guess what its time for." Mai says now seeing all the boys look in horror and now stare a death glare at Joey.

"I tried." Joey says now lowering his head in shame.

"Tea, have I ever told you how much I really, really, really love you today?" Yugi asks trying to suck up to Tea.

"You know the rules, you loose and the rest of the boys and you have to wait on us hand and foot. Get to work." Tea says now collecting her cards.

Moments later*

The boys are in the kitchen cooking wearing aprons. Joey has to tend to Mai's every need, while Bakura is at Serenity's mercy.

"I'm not liking this." Yugi says standing over the stove, putting noodles in a pot of boiling water.

"If it weren't for Joey and his weakness for Mai." Duke to says now picking up some flour and putting it in a zip lock bag. He fills the bag up and seals it. He turns to the couch to where Joey and Mai are sitting and slings the bag at Joey. It explodes when it comes in contact with Joey's head.

"Hey who the hell threw that?" Joey says now noticing a huge mess behind him and in his hair.

"Dork." Duke yells. "Now if you boys don't mind, I have to make soup for Stacey. She likes little hot dog bits in hers."

Livingroom*

"This is the life huh ladies?" Tea says looking up from the movie.

"Yeah it is." Isis says now twitching from the rough filing Yami is inflicting. "Watch it with the file."

"Sorry Isis." Yami says as he resumes filing and throwing a death glare to Joey.

"I was going to do my toe nails tomorrow, but I'm glad it's getting done now." Mai states now turning to Joey who is trying not to smell the nail polish remover.

"Mai, do I really have to use this first and then the nail polish?" Joey asks moving the nail polish remover away from his face.

"Yes you do, now stop asking questions and continue removing." Mai demands turning her attention back to the magazine she's reading.

"Serenity I think I brushed your hair enough." Bakura says now putting the brush down and massaging his hand.

"Did I says stop?" Serenity asks making Bakura twitch. He goes back to brushing. He, too, throws a death glare at Joey.

In the kitchen*

Yugi and the other guys are still cooking. Yugi is adding some more ingredients to the pot.

"I never did this before and if I know one thing, Tea is going to be sick off of this." Yugi says looking in the pot at what he did put in. Duke walks over and looks in the pot too.

"Yeah, not only will she be sick, but regretting she is keeping us here." Duke says, now grinning to himself. "That's perfect."

"No I'm not trying to make her sick." Yugi says turning off the fire.

"You see Yugi you don't get it. If we serve this to one girl, she'll pass the dish around and then while they are in the bathroom throwing their guts up, we can get out." Duke says nodding as Yugi smiles.

"Well as mean as that sounds, I guess it could work." Yugi says now agreeing to Duke's plan.

Livingroom*

Tea's stomach suddenly growls.

"Yugi, how much longer? I'm getting hungry." Tea demands now turning towards the kitchen.

"Not long Tea." Yugi calls back now turning back to the stove. Duke grabs the hot sauce.

"What the hell are you going to do with that?" Yugi asks as Duke takes the top off.

"She might not like hot food so she might over heat after eating this." Duke says about to put some hot sauce in the pot, but is stopped by Yugi.

"An if she does?" Yugi asks.

"Oh I never thought about that." Duke says as Yugi rolls his eyes.

"Oh Yugi remember, I like my food spicy, but not too hot." Tea calls to Yugi.

"That answers your question?" Yugi asks looking annoyed at Duke.

Duke shrugs.

"Joey can you hurry up, I'm getting a cramp in my foot." Mai complains. Joey is getting dizzy from the nail polish fumes.

"Mai, I'm getting dizzy." Joey says putting the nail polish down.

"Now Joey you know the only reason I'm doing this is because I love you." Mai says in a pity voice.

"I've seen and felt love and believe me this is far from love." Joey says lying back on the couch trying to get his sense of smell back.

"Ok I can't brush anymore." Bakura says putting the brush down.

"Well there is something else you can do for me." Serenity says. Bakura prepares for the worst. She gets up and takes Bakura by the hand. Tristian, from the kitchen spots them leaving the area and to the back.

"I can't believe this. I'm stuck cooking and she walks off with someone like him." Tristian says with burning anger building up.

"Hey where is Marik? Isn't he suppose to be doing this with us?" Duke asks.

Marik comes from the back holding a toilet brush and wearing some yellow gloves.

"Answers your question?" Yugi says now turning to Duke.

"Man that is just wrong." Duke says spotting Marik.

"I'm assuming you did a great job." Tea says looking up at Marik.

"I guess." Marik says with an exhausted expression. "Please no more work."

"I'll think about it." Tea says grinning at Marik.

Yugi is finally done with his meal for Tea and puts it on a plate. He carries it out to the livingroom to her.

"Here's your meal." Yugi says handing it to her.

"Thank you." Tea says taking it from him. Just then the phone rings. Tea reaches over and picks it up.

"Hello Gardner Residence." Tea answers.

"Hi dear. How's everything at home?" a familiar voice on the other end asks.

"Oh everything is great mom." Tea says into the other end, now getting everyone's attention.

"Ok well that's great, you did remember the no boys rule." Mrs. Gardner says.

"Oh yeah I sure did mom." Tea says nervously.

"Well dear, I know I said we'd be home by Sunday, but we are coming home a lot sooner." Mrs. Gardner says, making Tea sit up.

"How soon?" Tea asks, swallowing the lump in her throat.

"In about two hours dear." Mrs. Gardner says.

"Ok mom, see you and dad then." Tea says hanging up the phone with a gaze of horror on her face.

"What's wrong?" Mai asks putting her magazine down.

"My parents will be home in two hours and this place is a mess." Tea says putting the plate aside and standing up. "Bakura and Serenity." The two come from the back.

"Ok everyone, help me clean up because if they come home and see this mess, I am so grounded forever." Tea freaks out. "Especially if they find out that I had boys over and that will double it."

"Come get up Joey. We have to get this place cleaned up." Mai says turning to the half-conscious Joey.

"Please no more nail polish." Joey says unaware.

"This is no time to talk about nail polish Joey." Mai says grabbing him up by the collar. "We have to clean this place up."

"Everyone, hurry now." Tea freaks and forgetting about the plate Yugi made for her.

"I went through all that trouble for nothing?" Yugi asks himself. "Well at least I won't let it go to waste."

Yugi takes the plate and begins eating while everyone begins cleaning up.

Ok Like I said before, sorry I haven't updated in like forever. I have been busy with school and dealing with my life along with writer's block. I don't care who doesn't like this chapter because this is the chapter and all I came up with. The next chapter should be out shortly. I'm not sure.

To flamers, you're only going to be wasting your breath, so save it because I won't care what you have to say. I would like for to do a better job and if you can't, cram it.

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