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Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter 3
Awe you guys are so great! I thank you all for the reviews I appreciate them very much. Also thank you very much for pointing out that I did have spelling mistakes, I knew I would -.- I will try harder to keep my writing as mistake free as possible Oh and Happy Valentines day!!!!!!!! Anyway onto Chapter 3! Please enjoy!
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"Ugh!" Jou yelled as he slammed his fist on the old oak door
There he stood the rain drenching right through his worn jean jacket, and a locked door. Jou glared at the door before he gave it a swift kick in his frustration. That as he guessed got him nowhere, Jou turned from the door and then he saw the window leading to his father's room. He knew he wasn't suppose to go in there but, his father always gave him that as one of the house rules. However there was no other way to get in. Jou grasped the damp railing of the patio he stood on; he then heaved his body very slowly onto the railing. It was wet and very slippery; Jou could feel as every time he moved his hand would slip further down the railing. He found himself now looking down at he sidewalk below; he lived in an old crappy apartment on the third floor. So at this view everything looked very tiny. Jou gulped hard as he shook his head ridding it off the terrible thoughts of falling from this height.
"If ever I was on a suicide mission this would be it" Jou said out loud as he slid his hand across the silk railing
As Jou moved inch by inch across the railing he could hear as it creaked and moaned under his weight. Jou looked nervously around the railing, (Oh man that really does not sound good) Jou thought as he quickened his pace. Finally Jou found that he had little enough space he could reach out at the latch on the window. Jou's hand went trembling and the rain beating hard on his back. It was cold and all he wanted to do was get inside his home, there he could wrap himself up and sleep for hours. Jou was too caught up in his own thoughts to see the woman watching him was amusement.
Mai had her one arm crossed over her chest and the other hand holding the umbrella Yugi had leant her for the walk home. A grin could be found plastered on her face as she watched Jou consistently try to reach the latch she knew he couldn't reach.
"You know there is a door!" Mia called as she placed her hand on her hip
Jou's eyes shot open wide as he felt his arms and legs grow weak with just the sound of her voice. However dangling from the third floor of a building was not the best place to be when something like that takes place. Jou's hands drop from the railing and his whole body flopped side ways, he then tightened his legs around the railing just stopping his whole body from going over the edge of the railing. Mai let out a soft laugh as she tilted her head to the side and looking at Jou. His hands hung over his head and his shirt was raised up so it exposed some of his well-sculpted stomach. Water poured down his stomach and down his arms and dripping off the ends of his blonde hair, making his resemble hanging laundry.
"Mai go away!" Jou hissed as he tried to reach his hands up and grasp the railing again
"Oh you not happy to see me?" Mai asked as she stuck her bottom lip out in a pout
"At this certain time.... no" Jou replied
"Well then maybe you could just tell me why you don't use the door?" Mai asked as he walked towards the stairs leading to the third floor patio that Jou was now hanging from
"Not that is your business but it's that's I don't it's that I can't" Jou said as he tried for a fourth time to reach the railing
"Typical man" Mai sighed as he leaned on the railing Jou hung from " Can't ask for directions, and can't go for help"
"Excuse me but I can take care of my own problems I don't need to ask for help every time something doesn't go my way" Jou retorted
"Well..." Mai started "This maybe a good time to ask for it"
"Ha!" Jou yelled I can get into my house when I'm ready"
"I'm sure you can, but maybe tonight you could throw your big man thoughts aside," Mai said mockingly
Jou only gave her a deadly look as he awaited the rest of her speech.
"And take a helping hand" Mai finished as she leant out her hand to Jou
Jou rolled his eyes as he looked at her hand reaching out for his. (I can't believe this!) Jou's mind yelled as he reached out and took her hand. He felt as his whole body was jerked onto the patio.
"Good then off to my place we go" Mai pronounced as she pulled Jou close so he was under the umbrella
Jou felt as his cheeks grew hot and his body shook just as it did the first time she had called out to him that night. It was then he hit the realization; he was going to spend the night at Mai's. His heart went into high speed and his stomach twist and turned. Mai felt Jou's constant flinching and him fumbling his thumbs back and fourth. She gave him a side grin and asked.
"Hey why are you so bunched up about"?
Jou dropped his hands and glared at her, he stuck his nose in the air and answered. "I'm fine I don't know why you have ask all these stupid questions," Jou snapped
"Because I'm talking to a stupid boy" Mai snapped back
"That doesn't even make sense," Jou cried as he looked up at her this was the first time he noticed that she was little taller than him no more than an inch or so but she still was
"Nothing has to when I'm talking to you" Mai grinned she knew she was getting to him and it was funny and least it was for her
Jou just threw his arms up in the air and gave her a snarl as his response. No longer after that Mai came to a stop just in front of a huge beautiful house. It stood a least two stories high and had a white outside with black trim. Mai pushed open the huge black gate and started forwards with Jou close on her heels. His eyes traveled over the yard, it was covered with huge trees and the lushest flower gardens Jou had ever seen. He knew it even her home was too good for him. Jou stopped dead in his tracks, his head looking down at his scruffy old sneakers. Mai heard as the extra footsteps stopped, she turned her head to see that Jou was no longer at her side.
"Hey why did you stop, my house is still a little ways up" she chuckled
"Ah Mai maybe this is a bad idea I should just go back and wait for my dad" Jou said as he was about to turn from Mai
"Nonsense" Mai cried as she grabbed his arm "Your not waiting up for him, he may not be home for hours. I said your staying with me and that's final. Besides I need to speak with you anyway"
Jou felt his heart almost skip a beat, (Talk with him he didn't like the sounds of that, not at all)
"Mai I really think I should be going" Jou said as he tried to turn again from the forceful Mai
Jou never even got a response this time one a sharp tug on his arm. Jou came stumbling behind Mai as she dragged him up to a huge black painted door. She released his arm then began fumbling through her purse, Jou watched as he tossed aside papers, pens, make up and other things until she came across her keys. Mai flipped through the number of keys she owned until she came to a gold key with heart shaped end. Jou raised a brow at the key; he found it odd the shape the key was.
"Here we are Jou" Mai said as she swung open the black door
Jou nervously peeked around the corner of the door and took a look inside the beautiful home. Right from the front door Jou could see what looked like a sitting room, with velvet seats of the finest kinds and a polished wood table right in the middle. Jou felt as he was pushed In by Mai, he then entered further, only to see a winding staircase leading to the top floor, and then a set of double door leading to another room. Mai tossed her jacket onto a couch Jou stood near, and then she walked over to the double doors.
"Well make your self at home," Mai said as she opened one of the double doors. "I'll get us something to drink"
Jou watched as she entered the room, then the swinging doors closing behind her. He sighed deeply as he carefully sat on her couch. Jou felt as he instantly sunk into the chair, his legs rose up so he looked like a child that was too small for a kitchen chair.
"Ok..." Jou said out loud as he tried to push himself out if the chair however that proved to be more difficult than it looked
Jou grumbled as he reached his hand overt he rim of the seat and tried to pull his body so it sat properly on the chair. Jou found that that made him sink only further into that horrible chair. (I don't believe this" His mind whined as he felt his legs rise even higher off the ground. It was at this point Mai came from the kitchen.
"Jou I hope...." Mai stopped when she saw Jou half buried in her couch "Root beer" she finished
"Ah just put it there" Jou instructed as he kicked his legs in a feeble attempt to regain his proper seat on the chair
Mai sat down on the couch opposite of his and she leaned back watching him. She wanted to laugh out loud as he repeatedly tried to get himself unstuck. Jou could feel her eyes on him and his face went what seemed like for the hundredth time since he's seen her a deep red.
"You can stop staring at anytime," Jou snapped
"Oh no I think this quiet fun thanks" Mai grinned as she leaned on the palm of her hand and watched him even closer.
"Fine" Jou said as he stopped trying to get out and fell back into the seat. "I am not giving you a reason to laugh at me"
"So you sleeping there?" Mai asked
"Looks like I am" Jou said as he now reached for his glass which was can you guess out of his reach
Jou frowned why was he having such an awful night? And being in front of Mai was worst of it; there she sat just laughing at him. She thought he was a big joke. And the sad truth was, it was true.
"So what was your problem tonight?" Mai began
Ah what a great way to start a conversation, just what he wanted to answer a question that he didn't even know the answer to. "Mai I was having a rough night that's it don't you have those they have a name for girls" Jou said
"You mean PMS" Mai laughed
"Sure" Jou said
"Boys don't have PMS" Mai explained
"Well why not what's our excuse for having a bad day!" Jou yelled
"Men don't need excuses they are grumpy because their men" Mai grinned "But go on tell me why were you in such a bad mood tonight?" Mai asked
"Mai I think I'm gonna sleep ok" Jou said
(Man he's really bent on keeping quiet, what ever it is must be really deep in there) Mai thought as she looked over Jou his face had dropped from its defensive look to a tired and helpless one.
"Fine you have the right to keep quiet, but here let me get you out of there and find you a room" Mia said as she gave Jou's hand a quick jerk and his whole body popped right out if the chair
Jou landed clumsily on the floor, but he managed to keep himself from falling. Mai lead him from the sitting room up the winding staircase, he still had his pop in hand as Mai took a right hand turn and lead him to another closed door. She gently opened the door, revealing another beautifully decorated room, a huge bed with a dark red canopy and gold silk sheets stood right under a huge window. In the right hand corner stood a new looking wooden desk with such features as a telephone and a large pile of drawing papers, along with a single cup full of pens and pencils.
"Wow who stays here?" Jou asked still taking in the wonderful room Mia had placed before him
"Meh" Mai just shrugged her shoulders "Anyone who comes over I guess"
"Well thanks I've never seen a room like this before it's bigger than my living room" Jou laughed as he bounced lightly on the bed
"Your very welcome but I'll leave you to sleep, there's no school tomorrow Yugi let me know so if you want you can sleep in?" Mai said
"Oh really?" Jou felt a little confused "Ok But I should leave as soon as I get up"
"Ok then I'll give you a wake up call then" Mai winked as he she closed the door tightly behind her
Jou smiled as he flopped backwards onto the bed, he let out a deep sigh as he looked over at the desk. He should really call his dad and let him know where he had gone off. Jou rolled over and took hold of the phone, he felt as he hesitated before pressing the buttons on the dial.
"Hello" Came a gruff voice on the other end
"Hi... dad?" Jou said as he placed his head down on the silk covers and the feeling of sleep almost over whelming
"Jou!" He yelled, "Where are you?" He asked
Jou found this a little odd he almost sounded concerned and his father never showed any worry over him before. "I'm at a friends house I got locked out and it was raining and..." Jou stopped
"Your ok though?" He asked
'Yeah I'm just fine" Jou answered
"Fine but you had better be home by tomorrow" And with that Jou heard the click of the phone and then a dial tone hit his ear
Jou slowly hung up the phone as he stared blankly at it. He the smothered his face into his pillows before his eyes began to grow heavy with sleep. Jou then realized the light was till on, with a groan Jou raised from the bed. He staggered over to the wall, and was about to hit the switch when he heard Mai talking. Jou leaned closer to the door to listen more carefully.
"I still don't know I think I'm gonna try to convince him to stay home tomorrow and I'll talk to him" Mia said "No he doesn't know" Mai laughed
Jou felt his heart race and his palms grow sweaty was she talking about him? No she couldn't be, why would she try to... Jou shook his head. He was thinking stupidly, what he needed right now was some sleep. He headed for the large bed and fell onto it, his head spinning with the feeling of sleep and his body relaxing. Soon Jou was completely out and the quiet room filled with his snores. Mia smiled from the door way as she watched peaceful sight, she then hit the switch Jou had all forgotten about when he had heard her. Then she left him to sleep, she would deal with him in the morning.
Chapter 3
Awe you guys are so great! I thank you all for the reviews I appreciate them very much. Also thank you very much for pointing out that I did have spelling mistakes, I knew I would -.- I will try harder to keep my writing as mistake free as possible Oh and Happy Valentines day!!!!!!!! Anyway onto Chapter 3! Please enjoy!
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"Ugh!" Jou yelled as he slammed his fist on the old oak door
There he stood the rain drenching right through his worn jean jacket, and a locked door. Jou glared at the door before he gave it a swift kick in his frustration. That as he guessed got him nowhere, Jou turned from the door and then he saw the window leading to his father's room. He knew he wasn't suppose to go in there but, his father always gave him that as one of the house rules. However there was no other way to get in. Jou grasped the damp railing of the patio he stood on; he then heaved his body very slowly onto the railing. It was wet and very slippery; Jou could feel as every time he moved his hand would slip further down the railing. He found himself now looking down at he sidewalk below; he lived in an old crappy apartment on the third floor. So at this view everything looked very tiny. Jou gulped hard as he shook his head ridding it off the terrible thoughts of falling from this height.
"If ever I was on a suicide mission this would be it" Jou said out loud as he slid his hand across the silk railing
As Jou moved inch by inch across the railing he could hear as it creaked and moaned under his weight. Jou looked nervously around the railing, (Oh man that really does not sound good) Jou thought as he quickened his pace. Finally Jou found that he had little enough space he could reach out at the latch on the window. Jou's hand went trembling and the rain beating hard on his back. It was cold and all he wanted to do was get inside his home, there he could wrap himself up and sleep for hours. Jou was too caught up in his own thoughts to see the woman watching him was amusement.
Mai had her one arm crossed over her chest and the other hand holding the umbrella Yugi had leant her for the walk home. A grin could be found plastered on her face as she watched Jou consistently try to reach the latch she knew he couldn't reach.
"You know there is a door!" Mia called as she placed her hand on her hip
Jou's eyes shot open wide as he felt his arms and legs grow weak with just the sound of her voice. However dangling from the third floor of a building was not the best place to be when something like that takes place. Jou's hands drop from the railing and his whole body flopped side ways, he then tightened his legs around the railing just stopping his whole body from going over the edge of the railing. Mai let out a soft laugh as she tilted her head to the side and looking at Jou. His hands hung over his head and his shirt was raised up so it exposed some of his well-sculpted stomach. Water poured down his stomach and down his arms and dripping off the ends of his blonde hair, making his resemble hanging laundry.
"Mai go away!" Jou hissed as he tried to reach his hands up and grasp the railing again
"Oh you not happy to see me?" Mai asked as she stuck her bottom lip out in a pout
"At this certain time.... no" Jou replied
"Well then maybe you could just tell me why you don't use the door?" Mai asked as he walked towards the stairs leading to the third floor patio that Jou was now hanging from
"Not that is your business but it's that's I don't it's that I can't" Jou said as he tried for a fourth time to reach the railing
"Typical man" Mai sighed as he leaned on the railing Jou hung from " Can't ask for directions, and can't go for help"
"Excuse me but I can take care of my own problems I don't need to ask for help every time something doesn't go my way" Jou retorted
"Well..." Mai started "This maybe a good time to ask for it"
"Ha!" Jou yelled I can get into my house when I'm ready"
"I'm sure you can, but maybe tonight you could throw your big man thoughts aside," Mai said mockingly
Jou only gave her a deadly look as he awaited the rest of her speech.
"And take a helping hand" Mai finished as she leant out her hand to Jou
Jou rolled his eyes as he looked at her hand reaching out for his. (I can't believe this!) Jou's mind yelled as he reached out and took her hand. He felt as his whole body was jerked onto the patio.
"Good then off to my place we go" Mai pronounced as she pulled Jou close so he was under the umbrella
Jou felt as his cheeks grew hot and his body shook just as it did the first time she had called out to him that night. It was then he hit the realization; he was going to spend the night at Mai's. His heart went into high speed and his stomach twist and turned. Mai felt Jou's constant flinching and him fumbling his thumbs back and fourth. She gave him a side grin and asked.
"Hey why are you so bunched up about"?
Jou dropped his hands and glared at her, he stuck his nose in the air and answered. "I'm fine I don't know why you have ask all these stupid questions," Jou snapped
"Because I'm talking to a stupid boy" Mai snapped back
"That doesn't even make sense," Jou cried as he looked up at her this was the first time he noticed that she was little taller than him no more than an inch or so but she still was
"Nothing has to when I'm talking to you" Mai grinned she knew she was getting to him and it was funny and least it was for her
Jou just threw his arms up in the air and gave her a snarl as his response. No longer after that Mai came to a stop just in front of a huge beautiful house. It stood a least two stories high and had a white outside with black trim. Mai pushed open the huge black gate and started forwards with Jou close on her heels. His eyes traveled over the yard, it was covered with huge trees and the lushest flower gardens Jou had ever seen. He knew it even her home was too good for him. Jou stopped dead in his tracks, his head looking down at his scruffy old sneakers. Mai heard as the extra footsteps stopped, she turned her head to see that Jou was no longer at her side.
"Hey why did you stop, my house is still a little ways up" she chuckled
"Ah Mai maybe this is a bad idea I should just go back and wait for my dad" Jou said as he was about to turn from Mai
"Nonsense" Mai cried as she grabbed his arm "Your not waiting up for him, he may not be home for hours. I said your staying with me and that's final. Besides I need to speak with you anyway"
Jou felt his heart almost skip a beat, (Talk with him he didn't like the sounds of that, not at all)
"Mai I really think I should be going" Jou said as he tried to turn again from the forceful Mai
Jou never even got a response this time one a sharp tug on his arm. Jou came stumbling behind Mai as she dragged him up to a huge black painted door. She released his arm then began fumbling through her purse, Jou watched as he tossed aside papers, pens, make up and other things until she came across her keys. Mai flipped through the number of keys she owned until she came to a gold key with heart shaped end. Jou raised a brow at the key; he found it odd the shape the key was.
"Here we are Jou" Mai said as she swung open the black door
Jou nervously peeked around the corner of the door and took a look inside the beautiful home. Right from the front door Jou could see what looked like a sitting room, with velvet seats of the finest kinds and a polished wood table right in the middle. Jou felt as he was pushed In by Mai, he then entered further, only to see a winding staircase leading to the top floor, and then a set of double door leading to another room. Mai tossed her jacket onto a couch Jou stood near, and then she walked over to the double doors.
"Well make your self at home," Mai said as she opened one of the double doors. "I'll get us something to drink"
Jou watched as she entered the room, then the swinging doors closing behind her. He sighed deeply as he carefully sat on her couch. Jou felt as he instantly sunk into the chair, his legs rose up so he looked like a child that was too small for a kitchen chair.
"Ok..." Jou said out loud as he tried to push himself out if the chair however that proved to be more difficult than it looked
Jou grumbled as he reached his hand overt he rim of the seat and tried to pull his body so it sat properly on the chair. Jou found that that made him sink only further into that horrible chair. (I don't believe this" His mind whined as he felt his legs rise even higher off the ground. It was at this point Mai came from the kitchen.
"Jou I hope...." Mai stopped when she saw Jou half buried in her couch "Root beer" she finished
"Ah just put it there" Jou instructed as he kicked his legs in a feeble attempt to regain his proper seat on the chair
Mai sat down on the couch opposite of his and she leaned back watching him. She wanted to laugh out loud as he repeatedly tried to get himself unstuck. Jou could feel her eyes on him and his face went what seemed like for the hundredth time since he's seen her a deep red.
"You can stop staring at anytime," Jou snapped
"Oh no I think this quiet fun thanks" Mai grinned as she leaned on the palm of her hand and watched him even closer.
"Fine" Jou said as he stopped trying to get out and fell back into the seat. "I am not giving you a reason to laugh at me"
"So you sleeping there?" Mai asked
"Looks like I am" Jou said as he now reached for his glass which was can you guess out of his reach
Jou frowned why was he having such an awful night? And being in front of Mai was worst of it; there she sat just laughing at him. She thought he was a big joke. And the sad truth was, it was true.
"So what was your problem tonight?" Mai began
Ah what a great way to start a conversation, just what he wanted to answer a question that he didn't even know the answer to. "Mai I was having a rough night that's it don't you have those they have a name for girls" Jou said
"You mean PMS" Mai laughed
"Sure" Jou said
"Boys don't have PMS" Mai explained
"Well why not what's our excuse for having a bad day!" Jou yelled
"Men don't need excuses they are grumpy because their men" Mai grinned "But go on tell me why were you in such a bad mood tonight?" Mai asked
"Mai I think I'm gonna sleep ok" Jou said
(Man he's really bent on keeping quiet, what ever it is must be really deep in there) Mai thought as she looked over Jou his face had dropped from its defensive look to a tired and helpless one.
"Fine you have the right to keep quiet, but here let me get you out of there and find you a room" Mia said as she gave Jou's hand a quick jerk and his whole body popped right out if the chair
Jou landed clumsily on the floor, but he managed to keep himself from falling. Mai lead him from the sitting room up the winding staircase, he still had his pop in hand as Mai took a right hand turn and lead him to another closed door. She gently opened the door, revealing another beautifully decorated room, a huge bed with a dark red canopy and gold silk sheets stood right under a huge window. In the right hand corner stood a new looking wooden desk with such features as a telephone and a large pile of drawing papers, along with a single cup full of pens and pencils.
"Wow who stays here?" Jou asked still taking in the wonderful room Mia had placed before him
"Meh" Mai just shrugged her shoulders "Anyone who comes over I guess"
"Well thanks I've never seen a room like this before it's bigger than my living room" Jou laughed as he bounced lightly on the bed
"Your very welcome but I'll leave you to sleep, there's no school tomorrow Yugi let me know so if you want you can sleep in?" Mai said
"Oh really?" Jou felt a little confused "Ok But I should leave as soon as I get up"
"Ok then I'll give you a wake up call then" Mai winked as he she closed the door tightly behind her
Jou smiled as he flopped backwards onto the bed, he let out a deep sigh as he looked over at the desk. He should really call his dad and let him know where he had gone off. Jou rolled over and took hold of the phone, he felt as he hesitated before pressing the buttons on the dial.
"Hello" Came a gruff voice on the other end
"Hi... dad?" Jou said as he placed his head down on the silk covers and the feeling of sleep almost over whelming
"Jou!" He yelled, "Where are you?" He asked
Jou found this a little odd he almost sounded concerned and his father never showed any worry over him before. "I'm at a friends house I got locked out and it was raining and..." Jou stopped
"Your ok though?" He asked
'Yeah I'm just fine" Jou answered
"Fine but you had better be home by tomorrow" And with that Jou heard the click of the phone and then a dial tone hit his ear
Jou slowly hung up the phone as he stared blankly at it. He the smothered his face into his pillows before his eyes began to grow heavy with sleep. Jou then realized the light was till on, with a groan Jou raised from the bed. He staggered over to the wall, and was about to hit the switch when he heard Mai talking. Jou leaned closer to the door to listen more carefully.
"I still don't know I think I'm gonna try to convince him to stay home tomorrow and I'll talk to him" Mia said "No he doesn't know" Mai laughed
Jou felt his heart race and his palms grow sweaty was she talking about him? No she couldn't be, why would she try to... Jou shook his head. He was thinking stupidly, what he needed right now was some sleep. He headed for the large bed and fell onto it, his head spinning with the feeling of sleep and his body relaxing. Soon Jou was completely out and the quiet room filled with his snores. Mia smiled from the door way as she watched peaceful sight, she then hit the switch Jou had all forgotten about when he had heard her. Then she left him to sleep, she would deal with him in the morning.