a/n: Okay, here we go again. My story will get more interesting I promise...
Please read and review!
May as well stick a disclaimer in here too: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, even though I wish I did!
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Queen, King, Ace, King, Ace, two, three, two, Ace...
Kai's hands flew to back and forth to her pile with speed that Yami had never seen before. He was going relatively quickly, but not fast enough. Kai slipped a seven on top of his eight. He tried to put another seven down to continue with a six, but Kai got there first with a nine. Yami was out of moves. He couldn't do anything with her pile and everything he had in front of him now was lower than an eight. All he could do was watch as Kai used up her cards.
As she put the last card down, Yami attempted to slap her pile, which was the smallest, but she got there a long time before he even moved. He was losing badly. Kai now needed him to give her cards, therefore she had none to flip. It would be all up to his pile.
He flipped.
Four. Immediately Kai was on it with a three, two, Ace... Yami managed to get in with a King, Queen... Kai brought it down with a Jack. Yami brought it up with another Queen. His speed was getting better, though it still couldn't rival Kai's.
Jack, ten, nine, ten...
Jack, Queen, King, Queen...
Yami was out of moves again. All he could do was wait for Kai's last card. As she put down the last Ace, Yami went for the table. Kai saw him move and her hesitation was all he needed.
Yami felt the wood of the coffee table under his hand and he knew he had won the round. He hadn't lost the game yet.
They grinned at each other and reshuffled their decks, Yami now in the lead with the smaller of the two. It was amazing to him how fast the game could turn. It reminded him of Duel Monsters.
They flipped.
Kai distracted him by going for his deck first. She couldn't do anything with her own and his was perfect for her hand. Nine, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, seven, six, five...
Yami managed to go to her deck with a Queen, Jack, Queen, King, Ace...
Before he could place another card down, however, he realized her hand was in the way. While he had been concentrating on getting his cards down, Kai had run out. She was once again in the lead.
Another game went by and Kai was victorious again. Yami found himself giving her more cards and he flipped. This time he got to it first. Seven, eight, nine, eight, seven...
Kai interrupted. Six, five, six, five, four...
Yami once again took control with a three, two, Ace, King, Queen, King... He reached for another card, but realized there wasn't one. He had run out! He went for the table, but Kai's hand got there first, resulting in his landing on top of hers.
"I win, Yugi. I have no more cards," she said with a victorious smile.
"I see that. Good job," he replied, extending his hand over the table to shake. She took it as the door to the house opened.
Joey, Tristan, Bakura and Tea entered the living room as Kai cleaned up the cards.
"What are you doing?" Joey asked, dropping onto the couch.
"Playing Spit," Kai replied, standing and wrapping a rubber band around the cards.
"What's that?" Tea asked, sitting beside Joey.
"It's a card game," she replied, placing the deck on the table.
"So you ditched Duel Monsters only to play another card game?" Joey asked Yami, who remained silent.
"It was my idea," Kai said.
"So, what's for dinner?" Tristan asked, now sitting on the other side of Joey.
"I don't know, what do you want?" Kai asked.
"Anything edible," Joey replied. Tea elbowed him as Kai went red slightly.
"Uh, right. Uh..." she stuttered.
"Didn't your Gran ever teach you to cook?" Joey asked.
"Well, no, not really..." Kai felt her face growing hot.
"What kind of mother doesn't teach her daughter to cook?" he asked carelessly. He stood and attempted to go into the kitchen, but he didn't get very far.
Yami knew at once that his friend had said the wrong thing. Kai's eyes blazed in fury as she swung her hand out to hit Joey's face. He fell back onto the couch, rubbing his cheek and staring at Kai, astonished by her sudden outburst.
"Don't you ever talk about my grandmother that way! She was an excellent mother! She was the only one I ever knew! How dare you insult her like that! You never knew her and you don't know me! So why don't you keep your comments to yourself!" she shouted before storming out the front door, slamming it behind her.
"I was only joking," Joey said, still in a state of shock.
"Why on Earth would you joke like that, Joey?" Tea asked, hitting her friend in the back of the head. "You saw the minute we got here she was sensitive about that!"
"I didn't mean to make her mad; I was just kidding!" he protested.
Yami said nothing to Joey, but made his way out the front door to Kai.
She was sitting on the steps, glaring at the road, tears streaming down her face. "Are you all right?" Yami asked gently, sitting beside her.
"I'm fine," she said, not taking her eyes off the road. Kai wiped the tears away, but they were only replaced by more.
"You shouldn't let Joey bother you. He says things like that all the time. He didn't mean for it to be an insult."
"Yeah, but it was," she replied. "If you really don't want to be here then why don't you just leave?" She stood and walked over to the tall oak in the middle of her yard, placing a hand on it.
"What makes you think we don't want to be here?" Yami asked, following her.
Kai hesitated for a second. "Because... because earlier today you guys just got up and left the table without even saying anything to me. You didn't come out to see where I was until you wanted to go play Duel Monsters."
"You mean after breakfast?" he asked, standing behind her. "We thought you would just come in when you had finished with the dishes. We didn't mean to make you feel excluded."
"Maybe you didn't, but Joey and the others..."
"They didn't either. Kai, Joey is weird sometimes. Don't let him get to you. We want to stay here... if you'll allow us to." Yami put a hand on her shoulder and she looked at it.
"Of course I'll allow you to," she said softly. She turned around and wiped the tears away. This time they weren't replaced. "I hope I didn't hurt Joey. I'm really sensitive about Gran."
Yami chuckled, his hand still on her shoulder. "He's needed that for a long time." She gave a small laugh and looked at him. "Let's go back inside."
Kai nodded and they walked back to the house.
"Kai, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to insult you," Joey said when she came into the living room.
"It's okay. I'm sorry I hit you," she replied.
"I deserved it," Joey responded.
Kai was about to say something when the phone rang. "Just a sec," she said as she ran to pick up the phone. "Hello?" she said, holding the receiver to her ear.
"What are you doing tonight?" came the voice on the other end.
"Uh, nothing. What about you?" she asked. Covering the mouthpiece, she said to the others, "It's Carlos."
They nodded and began a conversation.
"We're having lasagna tonight. You want to have a break from your usual dinner disasters and come over?" he asked.
"Oh! Yeah! Sure! Hey, can I bring my friends?" she asked.
"Uh, I guess so, sure. The friends from Randy's Pizzeria yesterday?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. Just stay out of the bedrooms with all those guys," Carlos joked.
"Shut up," she said with a laugh. If he had been standing there she would have smacked him in the back of the head.
"Have I ever?"
"You know, one day they're going to find you and put you in that rubber room they have reserved just for you."
"And you'll be in there right along with me."
"Yeah, right. You wish."
"Being alone with you? Are you kidding? I'm wishing for that not to happen!"
"Oh, sure. You know you want me," Kai joked. Yami overheard and raised his eyebrows. Joey snickered and the other three exchanged confused looks.
"Yeah, about as much as I want my sister," he teased back.
They both laughed and Kai said that they'd be over in a few minutes. The two of them hung up and Kai jumped over the back of the couch, landing beside Joey.
"What do you say to going over to the Trevino's and having lasagna? Carlos' mom makes killer lasagna," she said.
Joey refrained from saying, "If it's anything like yours, I'm sure it's killer." He knew that would upset her and he didn't really feel like getting hit again. He settled for, "Sure."
"Sounds good!" Tea said.
"Lasagna always is!" Tristan replied.
"Not if I'm the chef," Kai joked, standing and heading for the door. The rest of them laughed and followed her out.
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"Where's Elaine?" Kai asked. She was in the kitchen with Carlos while his mother showed the others their seats in the living room.
"She's spending the night at her friend's... Charlotte I think," he replied. His sister was mature for fifteen, and Kai sometimes hung out with her, but nowhere near as much as with Carlos.
"Oh. Do you need any help?" she asked him.
"Nah. I'm done," With that, Carlos took the pan of lasagna into the living room with Kai behind him.
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a/n: Third chapter! Wow, I'm getting these out fast. More to come soon! Please Read and Review! Sorry it hasn't gotten interesting yet... it will! I promise! Keep reading please!
Please read and review!
May as well stick a disclaimer in here too: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, even though I wish I did!
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Queen, King, Ace, King, Ace, two, three, two, Ace...
Kai's hands flew to back and forth to her pile with speed that Yami had never seen before. He was going relatively quickly, but not fast enough. Kai slipped a seven on top of his eight. He tried to put another seven down to continue with a six, but Kai got there first with a nine. Yami was out of moves. He couldn't do anything with her pile and everything he had in front of him now was lower than an eight. All he could do was watch as Kai used up her cards.
As she put the last card down, Yami attempted to slap her pile, which was the smallest, but she got there a long time before he even moved. He was losing badly. Kai now needed him to give her cards, therefore she had none to flip. It would be all up to his pile.
He flipped.
Four. Immediately Kai was on it with a three, two, Ace... Yami managed to get in with a King, Queen... Kai brought it down with a Jack. Yami brought it up with another Queen. His speed was getting better, though it still couldn't rival Kai's.
Jack, ten, nine, ten...
Jack, Queen, King, Queen...
Yami was out of moves again. All he could do was wait for Kai's last card. As she put down the last Ace, Yami went for the table. Kai saw him move and her hesitation was all he needed.
Yami felt the wood of the coffee table under his hand and he knew he had won the round. He hadn't lost the game yet.
They grinned at each other and reshuffled their decks, Yami now in the lead with the smaller of the two. It was amazing to him how fast the game could turn. It reminded him of Duel Monsters.
They flipped.
Kai distracted him by going for his deck first. She couldn't do anything with her own and his was perfect for her hand. Nine, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, seven, six, five...
Yami managed to go to her deck with a Queen, Jack, Queen, King, Ace...
Before he could place another card down, however, he realized her hand was in the way. While he had been concentrating on getting his cards down, Kai had run out. She was once again in the lead.
Another game went by and Kai was victorious again. Yami found himself giving her more cards and he flipped. This time he got to it first. Seven, eight, nine, eight, seven...
Kai interrupted. Six, five, six, five, four...
Yami once again took control with a three, two, Ace, King, Queen, King... He reached for another card, but realized there wasn't one. He had run out! He went for the table, but Kai's hand got there first, resulting in his landing on top of hers.
"I win, Yugi. I have no more cards," she said with a victorious smile.
"I see that. Good job," he replied, extending his hand over the table to shake. She took it as the door to the house opened.
Joey, Tristan, Bakura and Tea entered the living room as Kai cleaned up the cards.
"What are you doing?" Joey asked, dropping onto the couch.
"Playing Spit," Kai replied, standing and wrapping a rubber band around the cards.
"What's that?" Tea asked, sitting beside Joey.
"It's a card game," she replied, placing the deck on the table.
"So you ditched Duel Monsters only to play another card game?" Joey asked Yami, who remained silent.
"It was my idea," Kai said.
"So, what's for dinner?" Tristan asked, now sitting on the other side of Joey.
"I don't know, what do you want?" Kai asked.
"Anything edible," Joey replied. Tea elbowed him as Kai went red slightly.
"Uh, right. Uh..." she stuttered.
"Didn't your Gran ever teach you to cook?" Joey asked.
"Well, no, not really..." Kai felt her face growing hot.
"What kind of mother doesn't teach her daughter to cook?" he asked carelessly. He stood and attempted to go into the kitchen, but he didn't get very far.
Yami knew at once that his friend had said the wrong thing. Kai's eyes blazed in fury as she swung her hand out to hit Joey's face. He fell back onto the couch, rubbing his cheek and staring at Kai, astonished by her sudden outburst.
"Don't you ever talk about my grandmother that way! She was an excellent mother! She was the only one I ever knew! How dare you insult her like that! You never knew her and you don't know me! So why don't you keep your comments to yourself!" she shouted before storming out the front door, slamming it behind her.
"I was only joking," Joey said, still in a state of shock.
"Why on Earth would you joke like that, Joey?" Tea asked, hitting her friend in the back of the head. "You saw the minute we got here she was sensitive about that!"
"I didn't mean to make her mad; I was just kidding!" he protested.
Yami said nothing to Joey, but made his way out the front door to Kai.
She was sitting on the steps, glaring at the road, tears streaming down her face. "Are you all right?" Yami asked gently, sitting beside her.
"I'm fine," she said, not taking her eyes off the road. Kai wiped the tears away, but they were only replaced by more.
"You shouldn't let Joey bother you. He says things like that all the time. He didn't mean for it to be an insult."
"Yeah, but it was," she replied. "If you really don't want to be here then why don't you just leave?" She stood and walked over to the tall oak in the middle of her yard, placing a hand on it.
"What makes you think we don't want to be here?" Yami asked, following her.
Kai hesitated for a second. "Because... because earlier today you guys just got up and left the table without even saying anything to me. You didn't come out to see where I was until you wanted to go play Duel Monsters."
"You mean after breakfast?" he asked, standing behind her. "We thought you would just come in when you had finished with the dishes. We didn't mean to make you feel excluded."
"Maybe you didn't, but Joey and the others..."
"They didn't either. Kai, Joey is weird sometimes. Don't let him get to you. We want to stay here... if you'll allow us to." Yami put a hand on her shoulder and she looked at it.
"Of course I'll allow you to," she said softly. She turned around and wiped the tears away. This time they weren't replaced. "I hope I didn't hurt Joey. I'm really sensitive about Gran."
Yami chuckled, his hand still on her shoulder. "He's needed that for a long time." She gave a small laugh and looked at him. "Let's go back inside."
Kai nodded and they walked back to the house.
"Kai, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to insult you," Joey said when she came into the living room.
"It's okay. I'm sorry I hit you," she replied.
"I deserved it," Joey responded.
Kai was about to say something when the phone rang. "Just a sec," she said as she ran to pick up the phone. "Hello?" she said, holding the receiver to her ear.
"What are you doing tonight?" came the voice on the other end.
"Uh, nothing. What about you?" she asked. Covering the mouthpiece, she said to the others, "It's Carlos."
They nodded and began a conversation.
"We're having lasagna tonight. You want to have a break from your usual dinner disasters and come over?" he asked.
"Oh! Yeah! Sure! Hey, can I bring my friends?" she asked.
"Uh, I guess so, sure. The friends from Randy's Pizzeria yesterday?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. Just stay out of the bedrooms with all those guys," Carlos joked.
"Shut up," she said with a laugh. If he had been standing there she would have smacked him in the back of the head.
"Have I ever?"
"You know, one day they're going to find you and put you in that rubber room they have reserved just for you."
"And you'll be in there right along with me."
"Yeah, right. You wish."
"Being alone with you? Are you kidding? I'm wishing for that not to happen!"
"Oh, sure. You know you want me," Kai joked. Yami overheard and raised his eyebrows. Joey snickered and the other three exchanged confused looks.
"Yeah, about as much as I want my sister," he teased back.
They both laughed and Kai said that they'd be over in a few minutes. The two of them hung up and Kai jumped over the back of the couch, landing beside Joey.
"What do you say to going over to the Trevino's and having lasagna? Carlos' mom makes killer lasagna," she said.
Joey refrained from saying, "If it's anything like yours, I'm sure it's killer." He knew that would upset her and he didn't really feel like getting hit again. He settled for, "Sure."
"Sounds good!" Tea said.
"Lasagna always is!" Tristan replied.
"Not if I'm the chef," Kai joked, standing and heading for the door. The rest of them laughed and followed her out.
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"Where's Elaine?" Kai asked. She was in the kitchen with Carlos while his mother showed the others their seats in the living room.
"She's spending the night at her friend's... Charlotte I think," he replied. His sister was mature for fifteen, and Kai sometimes hung out with her, but nowhere near as much as with Carlos.
"Oh. Do you need any help?" she asked him.
"Nah. I'm done," With that, Carlos took the pan of lasagna into the living room with Kai behind him.
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a/n: Third chapter! Wow, I'm getting these out fast. More to come soon! Please Read and Review! Sorry it hasn't gotten interesting yet... it will! I promise! Keep reading please!