[Kitty: Chapter 10. Reviews at end. BTW, this is where the love triangle
starts. ^_^
Marik: WITH WHOM?! 0`_`0
Kitty: 0_0;;;;; (quickly) Let's start!
Marik: 0_0;;;;; No, no, Kitty, wait! Who's going to----]
Chapter Ten: Solitaire
"Finally, we're on our way to the finals!" said Joey, "And Yugi and I will take it again, easily!"
"Yeah, right," Mai muttered, rolling her eyes, "I doubt very highly that I wouldn't be in the top four, and then number one."
"You wish, Mai!" Joey said.
"No, Joseph, I know!"
"Do not!" "Do too." "Do not!" "Do too." "Do not!"
"Shut it, both of you," snapped Tristan. He was in a pretty crabby mood since Duke was grabbing Serenity's attention, "And start walking, all of us need to get there unless we want to be left behind."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kara folded her arms. She couldn't believe that Ishizu wasn't even trying to stop her brother from doing stupid things... And Marik, creating a black- market group and trying to take over the world!
Kara frowned. This was starting to sound less like the Marik she knew and more of that phony Marik.
"Battle City," said the Ride-On driver, "I repeat, we're in Battle City."
Kara grabbed her backpack, and trotted off the Ride-On bus that she had to use. She neither owned a motorcycle nor a bike, because Roth didn't want her to be able to get away on her own vehicle until she gave up the idea to find Marik.
She looked around. Now what? She shrugged, and assumed that she'd have to find a duelist to ask where were held.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Alright, Mai," Joey said, suddenly smirking, "if you're so good at dueling, let's see who can get to the site first!" He started running, and hollered, "Race ya!"
Mai fumed a little, yelling, "NO FAIR! CHEATER!" as she ran after him.
"Cute couple," said Tea. "Yep," agreed Yugi.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kara frowned. No sign of a duelist anywhere! 'There must be less since many are disqualified before the finals start,' she thought, 'Most of the people left are finalists or close to it.'
Suddenly, someone collided with her, causing her stuff to go everywhere.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" said the person, sounding alarmed and concerned, "Here, let me help you."
Kara looked up. The boy had blond hair, chocolate brown eyes, blue jeans and a casual blue and white T-shirt.
'He's cute,' thought Kara. She stomped on the thought. She liked Marik, not this guy, not matter how cute he was! She didn't even know him!
[Marik: W-W-W-W-W-WHEELER?!
Kitty: ^_^;;; I like Joey/Mai, I really do! I just thought this would be cool, Joey/Kara/Marik..
Yugi: She uses me too much, Tristan and Duke are chasing after Serenity, and if she used Seto, Jesse would kill us all... 0_0;;;;;;;;
Joey: *heart eyes* ^______^ I like it!!!!]
~*~Joey's POV~*~
I helped the girl pick her things up, and put them in her bag. When I handed her backpack to her, I had a good look at her face.
I couldn't stop myself from staring. She was beautiful.
This girl had medium, wavy brown hair, emerald green eyes, and a dark tan. She was wearing jeans, a tan shirt with red print spelling out "Ruby in the Sand", and brown ankle boots.
"Thanks," she whispered, "Thanks for your help." She swung her bag over her shoulder.
"Y-you're welcome," I stammered, "Uh.. my name's Joey. Joey Wheeler. What's yours?"
"Takara Rozene," she said timidly, "But you may call me Kara, everyone does."
"Kara? That's a pretty name."
"Thank you."
Kara then noticed my Duel Disk.
"You're a duelist?!"
"Yeah," I said shyly, showing her my six locator cards (and I'm rarely shy at all, Kara was just too pretty), "Finalist."
~*~Kara's POV~*~
A finalist?!?! Just like Marik! Maybe he could help me find him!
Wait. Marik's now a thief on the black market, looking to destroy the Pharaoh.. it might be too dangerous to say that I'm looking for him.
"Wow, you must be a very good duelist," Kara said, smiling, "I wasn't even good enough to be invited to any tournaments."
I could've sworn that I saw Joey blush.
"You know, you kind of remind me of someone I met earlier when you talk like that..."
Could he be talking about Marik?
[Marik: 0`_`0 HE IS! ASK!
Kitty: ^_^ l.o.l., she won't have time to]
"Joey, what's the hold-up?"
A blond girl came up behind him. She wore purple boots, a lavender top under a purple jacket, and a purple skirt. All the shades of violet matched with her eye color.
"Sorry, Mai," Joey said, looking at the girl, "I was only trying to be polite, after all, I did knock into her."
Joey turned back to me, "Kara, this is Mai. Mai, Kara."
"Nice to meet you," Mai said, holding her hand to shake hers.
"Likewise, I'm sure," Kara replied, smiling, as she shook Mai's hand.
"Joey, Mai, wait up!" A group of five came up behind them.
In front of them was a short boy will spiky, tricolored hair and purple eyes. Around his neck was an upside-down pyramid around a silver chain.
Kara almost stared.
THE MILLENNIUM PUZZLE.
THE PHARAOH.
YUGI MUTOU.
"Oh, hello" a girl with short brown hair and blue eyes said to me, "Did Joey here bother you at all?"
"Oh, no, he was quite a gentleman," I said kindly, making Joey blush, "If anything, I was the one that could've bothered anyone..I mean, I was kind of in the way."
"Well, it wasn't really your fault," said Yugi, "After all, Joey did knock into you."
"I'm Takara Rozene," I introduced myself, "You may call me Kara."
"Tea," said the brown haired girl.
"Duke," said a black haired boy in the back.
"Tristan," said a brown haired boy.
"Serenity," said a auburn haired girl, "I'm Joey's sister."
I smiled. Boy, is she lucky to have a brother like him! Me, I have to have Roth!
"And you're Yugi Mutou, I presume?" I said as he was about to speak, "Your hair's a bit of a giveaway."
Yugi blushed a little, as the others smirked. "Yeah, I am," he said sheepishly.
"So, you're all duelists?" I asked.
"No," said Yugi, "Only Joey, Mai and I are competing."
"I'm just here to see my big brother duel, that's all," said Serenity.
"You must be very proud of him," I stated.
"I am."
"You deserve to be. Being in Kaiba's finals is very impressive."
"You any good Duel Monsters?" asked Mai.
"Nah," I replied, "I'm better at other card games, you know, like poker, spades and solitaire."
"Solitaire's easy," said Mai, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, I do it quite often since I don't have to look for an opponent," I said truthfully, "Anyway, d'you mind if I go to the finals with you? I'm looking for a friend of mine there."
"What's his name?" asked Yugi, "We might know him."
"No, you wouldn't," I said quickly, "He's not from around here."
"Oh, well," said Joey, "Sure, you can come with us."
"Thanks," I said, smiling at Joey, who blushed quite red when he smiled back.
'Black on the red and red on the black,
It's a tic of a tired mind,
Come and sit down, won't you try your luck,
See if you'll unwind.
Never use your threes and twos,
Follow superstition,
Otherwise you're going to lose,
Compulsion makes you listen.
Take what's wrong and make it go right,
Weave it like a prayer,
Wonder if you'll spend the night
Playing solitaire?'
-Suzanne Vega, 'Solitaire'
[Kitty: That's all!
Lina: 0_0 Joey/Kara/Marik triangle...
Marik: NO! ;_;
Kitty: *ahem* Any reviews, Lina?
Lina: Um... *looks through the reviews* Yeah, three of 'em.
Yugi: Okay, let's get started!
Kitty: Kani- Yeah... poor ickle Kara. ;_;
Marik: What about me?! ;`_`; I don't even know she's there!
Kitty: -_-;;;;;; Well, you did do stupid things while she wasn't around..
Yugi: Airimis- Yeah, they kinda do! 0_0 That's kinda freaky, but kinda cool too! ^_^
Kitty: Your story's nice, so I'll take that as a very good compliment! ^_~
Lina: StoryWeaver1- Yeah.. Kara doesn't really hold a grudge over Ishizu because she didn't know her that directly.. Roth, on the other hand.. o`_`o
Roth: *comes out from under Kitty's bed* 0_0 EEP!
Lina: *smirks, and "burrows" a Whack-a-Mole mallet from her bishie, Bakura* ^`_`^ my favorite game, Whack-a-Roth!
Roth: AAAH! *hides in the Whack-a-Roth board* AAH, NOT THAT! NOT THAT!
Lina: *turns on the machine* Let's get ready to rummmmmmbbbbblllllle! ^`_`^
Roth: *pops up, goes down, up, down like a Whack-a-Mole*
Lina: *hits him on the head, and Roth gets a pyramid shaped bump*
Roth: Owwwwwwwwwwwww... ;_;
Kitty: -_-;;;;;;; R&R!]
Marik: WITH WHOM?! 0`_`0
Kitty: 0_0;;;;; (quickly) Let's start!
Marik: 0_0;;;;; No, no, Kitty, wait! Who's going to----]
Chapter Ten: Solitaire
"Finally, we're on our way to the finals!" said Joey, "And Yugi and I will take it again, easily!"
"Yeah, right," Mai muttered, rolling her eyes, "I doubt very highly that I wouldn't be in the top four, and then number one."
"You wish, Mai!" Joey said.
"No, Joseph, I know!"
"Do not!" "Do too." "Do not!" "Do too." "Do not!"
"Shut it, both of you," snapped Tristan. He was in a pretty crabby mood since Duke was grabbing Serenity's attention, "And start walking, all of us need to get there unless we want to be left behind."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kara folded her arms. She couldn't believe that Ishizu wasn't even trying to stop her brother from doing stupid things... And Marik, creating a black- market group and trying to take over the world!
Kara frowned. This was starting to sound less like the Marik she knew and more of that phony Marik.
"Battle City," said the Ride-On driver, "I repeat, we're in Battle City."
Kara grabbed her backpack, and trotted off the Ride-On bus that she had to use. She neither owned a motorcycle nor a bike, because Roth didn't want her to be able to get away on her own vehicle until she gave up the idea to find Marik.
She looked around. Now what? She shrugged, and assumed that she'd have to find a duelist to ask where were held.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Alright, Mai," Joey said, suddenly smirking, "if you're so good at dueling, let's see who can get to the site first!" He started running, and hollered, "Race ya!"
Mai fumed a little, yelling, "NO FAIR! CHEATER!" as she ran after him.
"Cute couple," said Tea. "Yep," agreed Yugi.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kara frowned. No sign of a duelist anywhere! 'There must be less since many are disqualified before the finals start,' she thought, 'Most of the people left are finalists or close to it.'
Suddenly, someone collided with her, causing her stuff to go everywhere.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" said the person, sounding alarmed and concerned, "Here, let me help you."
Kara looked up. The boy had blond hair, chocolate brown eyes, blue jeans and a casual blue and white T-shirt.
'He's cute,' thought Kara. She stomped on the thought. She liked Marik, not this guy, not matter how cute he was! She didn't even know him!
[Marik: W-W-W-W-W-WHEELER?!
Kitty: ^_^;;; I like Joey/Mai, I really do! I just thought this would be cool, Joey/Kara/Marik..
Yugi: She uses me too much, Tristan and Duke are chasing after Serenity, and if she used Seto, Jesse would kill us all... 0_0;;;;;;;;
Joey: *heart eyes* ^______^ I like it!!!!]
~*~Joey's POV~*~
I helped the girl pick her things up, and put them in her bag. When I handed her backpack to her, I had a good look at her face.
I couldn't stop myself from staring. She was beautiful.
This girl had medium, wavy brown hair, emerald green eyes, and a dark tan. She was wearing jeans, a tan shirt with red print spelling out "Ruby in the Sand", and brown ankle boots.
"Thanks," she whispered, "Thanks for your help." She swung her bag over her shoulder.
"Y-you're welcome," I stammered, "Uh.. my name's Joey. Joey Wheeler. What's yours?"
"Takara Rozene," she said timidly, "But you may call me Kara, everyone does."
"Kara? That's a pretty name."
"Thank you."
Kara then noticed my Duel Disk.
"You're a duelist?!"
"Yeah," I said shyly, showing her my six locator cards (and I'm rarely shy at all, Kara was just too pretty), "Finalist."
~*~Kara's POV~*~
A finalist?!?! Just like Marik! Maybe he could help me find him!
Wait. Marik's now a thief on the black market, looking to destroy the Pharaoh.. it might be too dangerous to say that I'm looking for him.
"Wow, you must be a very good duelist," Kara said, smiling, "I wasn't even good enough to be invited to any tournaments."
I could've sworn that I saw Joey blush.
"You know, you kind of remind me of someone I met earlier when you talk like that..."
Could he be talking about Marik?
[Marik: 0`_`0 HE IS! ASK!
Kitty: ^_^ l.o.l., she won't have time to]
"Joey, what's the hold-up?"
A blond girl came up behind him. She wore purple boots, a lavender top under a purple jacket, and a purple skirt. All the shades of violet matched with her eye color.
"Sorry, Mai," Joey said, looking at the girl, "I was only trying to be polite, after all, I did knock into her."
Joey turned back to me, "Kara, this is Mai. Mai, Kara."
"Nice to meet you," Mai said, holding her hand to shake hers.
"Likewise, I'm sure," Kara replied, smiling, as she shook Mai's hand.
"Joey, Mai, wait up!" A group of five came up behind them.
In front of them was a short boy will spiky, tricolored hair and purple eyes. Around his neck was an upside-down pyramid around a silver chain.
Kara almost stared.
THE MILLENNIUM PUZZLE.
THE PHARAOH.
YUGI MUTOU.
"Oh, hello" a girl with short brown hair and blue eyes said to me, "Did Joey here bother you at all?"
"Oh, no, he was quite a gentleman," I said kindly, making Joey blush, "If anything, I was the one that could've bothered anyone..I mean, I was kind of in the way."
"Well, it wasn't really your fault," said Yugi, "After all, Joey did knock into you."
"I'm Takara Rozene," I introduced myself, "You may call me Kara."
"Tea," said the brown haired girl.
"Duke," said a black haired boy in the back.
"Tristan," said a brown haired boy.
"Serenity," said a auburn haired girl, "I'm Joey's sister."
I smiled. Boy, is she lucky to have a brother like him! Me, I have to have Roth!
"And you're Yugi Mutou, I presume?" I said as he was about to speak, "Your hair's a bit of a giveaway."
Yugi blushed a little, as the others smirked. "Yeah, I am," he said sheepishly.
"So, you're all duelists?" I asked.
"No," said Yugi, "Only Joey, Mai and I are competing."
"I'm just here to see my big brother duel, that's all," said Serenity.
"You must be very proud of him," I stated.
"I am."
"You deserve to be. Being in Kaiba's finals is very impressive."
"You any good Duel Monsters?" asked Mai.
"Nah," I replied, "I'm better at other card games, you know, like poker, spades and solitaire."
"Solitaire's easy," said Mai, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, I do it quite often since I don't have to look for an opponent," I said truthfully, "Anyway, d'you mind if I go to the finals with you? I'm looking for a friend of mine there."
"What's his name?" asked Yugi, "We might know him."
"No, you wouldn't," I said quickly, "He's not from around here."
"Oh, well," said Joey, "Sure, you can come with us."
"Thanks," I said, smiling at Joey, who blushed quite red when he smiled back.
'Black on the red and red on the black,
It's a tic of a tired mind,
Come and sit down, won't you try your luck,
See if you'll unwind.
Never use your threes and twos,
Follow superstition,
Otherwise you're going to lose,
Compulsion makes you listen.
Take what's wrong and make it go right,
Weave it like a prayer,
Wonder if you'll spend the night
Playing solitaire?'
-Suzanne Vega, 'Solitaire'
[Kitty: That's all!
Lina: 0_0 Joey/Kara/Marik triangle...
Marik: NO! ;_;
Kitty: *ahem* Any reviews, Lina?
Lina: Um... *looks through the reviews* Yeah, three of 'em.
Yugi: Okay, let's get started!
Kitty: Kani- Yeah... poor ickle Kara. ;_;
Marik: What about me?! ;`_`; I don't even know she's there!
Kitty: -_-;;;;;; Well, you did do stupid things while she wasn't around..
Yugi: Airimis- Yeah, they kinda do! 0_0 That's kinda freaky, but kinda cool too! ^_^
Kitty: Your story's nice, so I'll take that as a very good compliment! ^_~
Lina: StoryWeaver1- Yeah.. Kara doesn't really hold a grudge over Ishizu because she didn't know her that directly.. Roth, on the other hand.. o`_`o
Roth: *comes out from under Kitty's bed* 0_0 EEP!
Lina: *smirks, and "burrows" a Whack-a-Mole mallet from her bishie, Bakura* ^`_`^ my favorite game, Whack-a-Roth!
Roth: AAAH! *hides in the Whack-a-Roth board* AAH, NOT THAT! NOT THAT!
Lina: *turns on the machine* Let's get ready to rummmmmmbbbbblllllle! ^`_`^
Roth: *pops up, goes down, up, down like a Whack-a-Mole*
Lina: *hits him on the head, and Roth gets a pyramid shaped bump*
Roth: Owwwwwwwwwwwww... ;_;
Kitty: -_-;;;;;;; R&R!]