Ch.3 FINALLY something serious

Ryou groaned loudly. So far, he, Tea and Tristan had to make Joey and Mai supper, clean their clothes, wash the dishes, get them groceries, carry their bags during shopping, find them any good entertainment, carry their towels, do whatever they ordered (even disgusting stuff but not mushy!) and practically be treated as slaves except they don't get beaten up and that kind of stuff. They were forced to listen due to their punishment. Yugi and Serenity on the other hand had the best time of their lives since they got off the hook. Joey took care of Serenity carefully along with Mai caring for Yugi. The two made sure their 'sweet little angels' would be extremely happy all the time, treating them like the king and queen of the world. Mai's dream of the Egyptian in shadows had been continuously bothering her every night although she didn't talk about it. Everyday she would wonder why it kept bugging her nonstop, it was really irritating to tell the truth, but her curiosity about the dream still hung onto her making her want to find the truth about it. Joey noticed her spacing out in thought during the last few days, once she would have gotten herself hit by a car in the middle of the road if Joey hadn't pushed her. Now he was worried, why was Mai spacing out in thought like that these days? She doesn't have a Yami like Yugi to talk to…

"Mai?" he asked during the seventh night of Ryou and the other's punishment.

"What is it Joey?"

"I just wanted to ask…"

"Hmm?"

"Well you see, I've noticed you acting kinda strange lately, especially when you almost got hit by that car. And you also don't seem to have so much interest in skipping around the shops on the streets anymore. Is there something wrong? Something you want to tell me?" Mai blinked in a fake-curious face.

"What are you talking about? I was just…tired…that's all…"

"Are you sure?" Mai nodded. "All right then…" Joey got up to leave, "if there's anything you want to tell me…"

"Don't worry. I'll come to you immediately," she winked. Joey smiled and walked off to his own room. Mai sighed heavily…if only I could tell…would they even believe me?

"That's it!" Tristan roared, "I've had enough of this slave work! Our punishment should have been over for at least a century by now!!! Come on people! Time for a rebellion barrage!!" Rou and Tea were sleeping peacefully beside him. He looked down angrily and stomped off by himself cursing heavily under his breath. "Buncha slackers…" Then he saw Mai asleep on the sofa. He rubbed his hands evilly…payback time…Tristan filled up a bucket full of water and stood in front of Mai, Now…this is for all the misery you caused me…consider yourself lucky its just this…the same dream got its grip on Mai again, and she attempted the same ending and succeeded. But she ended up scratching the bucket instead of the figure when she awoke. The buket toppled over and spilled onto Tristan.

"ACK!" Tristan yelled. Mai screamed and Joey came running.

"Mai? Mai! Are you okay???" they saw Tristan.

"Dammit. Back fired," he choked out. The couple growled and chased him around the room. Joey wrestled him to the floor while Mai began hitting him madly. Yugi and Serenity darted into the room along with Ryou and Tea. An all out catfight began as they too joined in to aid their allies. (Mai, Joey, Yugi, Serenity vs Tea, Ryou, Tristan) A light knock unheard over the cat war came from the door. "Housekeeping! Hello? Is anyone in there? Hello…???? Grr…ahh screw it…" the sound of footsteps slowly drifted away…Back inside the cat war, Tristan and Joey had a tight grip on each other's hair. Mai had her hands full with Tea while Bakura took over to fight Yugi and Serenity so he could make sure Ryou wasn't going to make him take him to the hospital again. A big cloud of (anime) dust surrounded the fighting group as Ryou cheered happily in his soul room.

[[SHUT THE *BEEP!* UP RYOU!!!]]

[But I'm just cheering you on!]

[[WELL I CAN'T CONCENTRATE WITH IT SO STOP THAT!]]

[Go Bakura go! Go Bakura go! *takes out puffy stuff cheerleaders use and starts waving them in air*]

[[You know Ryou, I don't think you're really my reincarnation]]

[Why not? I mean who else can it be?]

[[Bet it's a girl. A VERY girlish girl too]]

[Yay! I'm a girl! Go Bakura go! Thanks a lot Bakura! I love being a girl!]

[*sweat drop and…* ]

"OW!"

"Gotch'ya!" Yugi punched his fist in the air with Serenity cheering beside him.

"WHY YOU TWO LITTLE BRATS…" the two backed off. Bakura sent them ferocious glares and leaped over to plant another attack. Joey and Mai saw this so they finished off both their enemies with one kick (ever notice all the good guys in shows or video games almost always takes a long time to fight a few weaker enemies but can finish them all with one tiny attack when it's time to go?) then dashed up to Bakura, pinned him to the ground, and pummeled him like a sand bag. Bakura's attempts of fighting back proved useless as Mai and Joey teamed up and finished him off with their "love punch" (a couple holding a dance position hitting their enemy with the two hands held together). The tomb-robber slumped to the floor, unconscious. Ryou didn't dare take over yet, unless he wanted be punched in the face too.

"We win!" said Joey brightly.

"Grr…"

"Come on Trsitan…cheer up!"

"We've been treated like your slaves during the past few days, and now you're telling US to cheer up? You've been putting us through hell incase you haven't noticed yet!!" he shot back. His best friend put on his innocent grin.

"Well since I enjoyed that last victory you're all of the hook now. Bye bye!" Ryou took over and stormed out the hotel room with Tea and Tristan.

"Shall we go to sleep my dear?" Joey asked politely.

"Why not?"

Mai's dream

In her dream, Mai saw the teen again. Who are you?? She kept asking, but the teen didn't seem to have heard her, he just stood motionless like a statue until Mai got close enough. "No way hun," Mai said, "you're getting close to me this time. Cause I'm ready for you!" she charged at him in attempt to attack him. He dodged easily hit Mai hard on the gut. "Owww…." She moaned painfully, "at least SOMETHING different is happening now…" her knees hit the ground but she managed to keep herself conscious, waiting for the next blow. To her surprise, the young Egyptian, face still covered in shadows held a tiny golden object leveled to her eyes for her to see. The golden surface sparkled brightly under the dim light, Mai realized what it was immediately. Another Millennium Item! But why? And…what exactly is it? So small…a hand pushed Mai backwards so she looked up and saw…

"AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! YAMI???"

"OW! That hurts my ear ya know!" Yami grunted, holding both his ears painfully.

"B-But…how? Why?? Wait a minute…why didn't you just talk to me in like, reality…? You're not trying to…"

"OF COURSE NOT! (A/N: I'll leave that to your imagination…) I wouldn't even want to think about it…anyways, about two months ago, the gods visited me in my dream and told me it was time to regain an important person to me from ancient Egypt by returning to her, the eighth millennium item… And this person happens to be you, Mai Valentine. By the way this is just an illusion." Mai could only stand there in shock, gaping at him as the item in his hand flashed and disappeared.

"What Millennium Item is it??? And…why am I important to you back in ancient Egypt?"

"But unfortunately," Yami answered, "I don't know what the heck it is, and I don't know what the heck's goin' on either," he said proudly. Mai collapsed beside him, anime-style.

"So the great pharaoh doesn't even remember the millennium items he himself specifically ordered to be made? How embarrassing…" Mai cocked an eyebrow. Yami growled in anger.

"Hey it's not my fault! Who told them to seal my soul away in order to save the shadow realm?! Thanks to THEM, I've lost a large amount of pleasant memories and great powers!"

"Actually, Mr. Great pharaoh. YOU ordered them to do it."

"I did?"

"Of course. You told me and the others that like…ages ago." Yami smacked his head, "Oh…right…I did…"

"Then do you know where the real item is?"

"I have no idea," replied Yami.

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And once again, another chapter of mine, ending in suspense. I know this chapter wasn't too funny, but I just HAD to add something serious…plz R&R….