Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh. If I did, nobody would like it because
it'd become a cheesy love story.
Chapter 4: A new day, a new story
I woke up slowly. I was rolling around in the sand, thinking that it was my bed. An arm stopped me from rolling around. I opened my eyes sleepily. There was Joey, staring into my eyes. His brown eyes were so gorgeous!
"Get up, Mai. It's morning." He told me.
"No..I don't want to," I moaned. I started to roll again, but Joey's arms stopped me.
"Get up, Mai! I thought that you wanted to become princess again. I'm going to help you figure out this mystery!" There was now determination in his eyes, and I just wanted to melt onto the floor.
I slowly got up. Where am I? I thought. Then I remembered. The night before seemed like such a nightmare. I was groggy from sleeping on the sand, until I looked into Joey's determined eyes once more. Then, I floated into a daydream..NO! I stopped myself. I didn't have time to daydream, and I didn't have anything to dream about. I had to get myself back home! The place where I could live in the lap of luxury, not sleep in the sand all night, and actually get 3 meals a day.
"Joey, I'm hungry," I complained.
"I'm sorry, Mai. I'll try to find food for us." Then he paused. "I'm sorry if I can't get you anything special. I know that we won't have the best life, but we'll manage."
Mai suddenly felt guilty for what she had done yesterday. He should have given him some food! But she had been too self-absorbed to even think about him. Maybe that was fate's way of punishing her.
"C'MON, Mai!"
I struggled to catch up to him. "Where are we going?"
"Aww.. Come on, Mai.let's go see if your house has a for-sale sign on it!" (A/N: Sorry about the historical inaccuracies, but it'll make the story more interesting.)
"Why do you care?" I snapped. I couldn't help it, because I was so grouchy.
"Just c'mon!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me to the back of the house, and shushed me.
We could hear my aunt and uncle talking. "What on earth?" I said
"Shut up!" Joey whispered to me.
We could hear their entire conversation. "What are we going to do now, now that the heir to the throne is gone?" They were talking about me.
"Where do you think she is? Do you think she survived last night?"
"Nah. Even if she did, she'd die of starvation today."
How dare they talk about me this way. They are SO dumb to think that I couldn't survive on my own!
"Well, the whole country knows that we have been robbed. What are we going to do now?"
"We have to make sure that our treasures stay hidden in the back yard. And then we can marry off Jewel to some lovesick merchant!"
I almost laughed out loud, until Joey covered my mouth. I could tell that they hid something underground. It was too hilarious to think of. All of the dirt was fresh, but they NEVER gardened. I knew that they were up to something.
I stayed and listened to their conversation some more, until Jewel, my oldest cousin, who's about 3 years younger than me, walked in, wearing MY best dress. I nudged Joey.
"What?" he asked.
"She wearing MY best dress! I can't believe her!"
I heard him mutter something like, "You'd look a lot better in it than she would."
I didn't want to watch or hear anything any longer. Also, I was hungrier than ever. My stomach growled, and I guess that Joey heard it, because he said, "Let's go get something to eat. Do you have anything with you?"
I searched through my rags, and found a single penny. I looked at it. It could probably buy us only a bit of food, but I was so hungry I didn't care how much I ate.
"Come on! I don't have all day!" I ran over to the market place. Joey followed, and I bought us some food. An ordinary guy looked over at me, and for some reason, was still dazzled by my looks.
I walked away, ignoring the guy, until I realized that he was following me.
"You still looks gorgeous in rags, and I still want you to marry me!" the guy said.
Then I recognized the voice. He was the son of my parents enemies, but for some reason, had asked me to marry him countless times.
"Ugh, not you again! What'd you want this time?"
"Just for you to marry me. And this will be the last time because it will be by force!" He grabbed me, refusing to let go. "I'm sure you'd like to be my princess now, because you wouldn't be in rags!"
"JOEY! HELP!"
Joey ran over to my side as soon as he heard.
"Let her go!" he snapped.
"Who's going to make me?"
"She doesn't love you, so why would she want to marry you?"
"And you would make a better husband to her?" He snickered. He dropped me, and I was about to fall onto hard cement, but Joey caught me. Joey sat me down gently, and knocked out the guy.
Joey and I started to walk back to the place that we slept last night.
"Thanks for saving me, Joey," I said.
"Aww.it was nothing."
I hugged him. What am I doing? I thought to myself. He is a complete stranger that I just met yesterday! Maybe I don't need to keep my promise. I wish that I could. Joey didn't know this, but I liked him more than any rich merchant that I would meet in the marketplace.
I saw Joey blush when I hugged him. He hugged back, and said that he was happy that he saved me.
That night, right before I was about to sleep, Joey poked me.
"What?" I asked sleepily.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah, sure. What is it?"
"Um.I just wanted to tell you that.um.I really like you."
"Me, too." I hugged him tightly.
"Mai, if you ever become princess again, will you please invite me to visit every once in a while?" He was teasing me, and flashed I hilariously cute grin at me.
"Aww.Maybe I'll forget about you and go off and marry some prince." I teased him back.
"Please, don't! I'll really really really really really really miss you!"
"Don't worry, Joey. I promised myself that I wasn't going to get married- ever."
He looked kind of disappointed, like he was thinking about wanting to marry me or something. His grin faded, so I snuggled into his arms. He seemed happier, but still had that disappointed look in his eyes.
Amazingly, I fell asleep in his arms that night. I stayed asleep through the whole night, unlike last night.
Chapter 4: A new day, a new story
I woke up slowly. I was rolling around in the sand, thinking that it was my bed. An arm stopped me from rolling around. I opened my eyes sleepily. There was Joey, staring into my eyes. His brown eyes were so gorgeous!
"Get up, Mai. It's morning." He told me.
"No..I don't want to," I moaned. I started to roll again, but Joey's arms stopped me.
"Get up, Mai! I thought that you wanted to become princess again. I'm going to help you figure out this mystery!" There was now determination in his eyes, and I just wanted to melt onto the floor.
I slowly got up. Where am I? I thought. Then I remembered. The night before seemed like such a nightmare. I was groggy from sleeping on the sand, until I looked into Joey's determined eyes once more. Then, I floated into a daydream..NO! I stopped myself. I didn't have time to daydream, and I didn't have anything to dream about. I had to get myself back home! The place where I could live in the lap of luxury, not sleep in the sand all night, and actually get 3 meals a day.
"Joey, I'm hungry," I complained.
"I'm sorry, Mai. I'll try to find food for us." Then he paused. "I'm sorry if I can't get you anything special. I know that we won't have the best life, but we'll manage."
Mai suddenly felt guilty for what she had done yesterday. He should have given him some food! But she had been too self-absorbed to even think about him. Maybe that was fate's way of punishing her.
"C'MON, Mai!"
I struggled to catch up to him. "Where are we going?"
"Aww.. Come on, Mai.let's go see if your house has a for-sale sign on it!" (A/N: Sorry about the historical inaccuracies, but it'll make the story more interesting.)
"Why do you care?" I snapped. I couldn't help it, because I was so grouchy.
"Just c'mon!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me to the back of the house, and shushed me.
We could hear my aunt and uncle talking. "What on earth?" I said
"Shut up!" Joey whispered to me.
We could hear their entire conversation. "What are we going to do now, now that the heir to the throne is gone?" They were talking about me.
"Where do you think she is? Do you think she survived last night?"
"Nah. Even if she did, she'd die of starvation today."
How dare they talk about me this way. They are SO dumb to think that I couldn't survive on my own!
"Well, the whole country knows that we have been robbed. What are we going to do now?"
"We have to make sure that our treasures stay hidden in the back yard. And then we can marry off Jewel to some lovesick merchant!"
I almost laughed out loud, until Joey covered my mouth. I could tell that they hid something underground. It was too hilarious to think of. All of the dirt was fresh, but they NEVER gardened. I knew that they were up to something.
I stayed and listened to their conversation some more, until Jewel, my oldest cousin, who's about 3 years younger than me, walked in, wearing MY best dress. I nudged Joey.
"What?" he asked.
"She wearing MY best dress! I can't believe her!"
I heard him mutter something like, "You'd look a lot better in it than she would."
I didn't want to watch or hear anything any longer. Also, I was hungrier than ever. My stomach growled, and I guess that Joey heard it, because he said, "Let's go get something to eat. Do you have anything with you?"
I searched through my rags, and found a single penny. I looked at it. It could probably buy us only a bit of food, but I was so hungry I didn't care how much I ate.
"Come on! I don't have all day!" I ran over to the market place. Joey followed, and I bought us some food. An ordinary guy looked over at me, and for some reason, was still dazzled by my looks.
I walked away, ignoring the guy, until I realized that he was following me.
"You still looks gorgeous in rags, and I still want you to marry me!" the guy said.
Then I recognized the voice. He was the son of my parents enemies, but for some reason, had asked me to marry him countless times.
"Ugh, not you again! What'd you want this time?"
"Just for you to marry me. And this will be the last time because it will be by force!" He grabbed me, refusing to let go. "I'm sure you'd like to be my princess now, because you wouldn't be in rags!"
"JOEY! HELP!"
Joey ran over to my side as soon as he heard.
"Let her go!" he snapped.
"Who's going to make me?"
"She doesn't love you, so why would she want to marry you?"
"And you would make a better husband to her?" He snickered. He dropped me, and I was about to fall onto hard cement, but Joey caught me. Joey sat me down gently, and knocked out the guy.
Joey and I started to walk back to the place that we slept last night.
"Thanks for saving me, Joey," I said.
"Aww.it was nothing."
I hugged him. What am I doing? I thought to myself. He is a complete stranger that I just met yesterday! Maybe I don't need to keep my promise. I wish that I could. Joey didn't know this, but I liked him more than any rich merchant that I would meet in the marketplace.
I saw Joey blush when I hugged him. He hugged back, and said that he was happy that he saved me.
That night, right before I was about to sleep, Joey poked me.
"What?" I asked sleepily.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah, sure. What is it?"
"Um.I just wanted to tell you that.um.I really like you."
"Me, too." I hugged him tightly.
"Mai, if you ever become princess again, will you please invite me to visit every once in a while?" He was teasing me, and flashed I hilariously cute grin at me.
"Aww.Maybe I'll forget about you and go off and marry some prince." I teased him back.
"Please, don't! I'll really really really really really really miss you!"
"Don't worry, Joey. I promised myself that I wasn't going to get married- ever."
He looked kind of disappointed, like he was thinking about wanting to marry me or something. His grin faded, so I snuggled into his arms. He seemed happier, but still had that disappointed look in his eyes.
Amazingly, I fell asleep in his arms that night. I stayed asleep through the whole night, unlike last night.