A/N: And I'm back! At 7:30 on a Saturday morning! But no-one cares! 'Cause nobody's reading! Except you, Willowwind…
Review Response:
Willowwind: The spelling thing- they were spelt wrong UNTIL I spellchecked it… heeheehee. As for your fic, I can't wait for the update! Go read and reviewit, everyone… NOW. Still, if I waited for a certain amount of reviews before updating, this fic would have stopped already. And this is one of my favourites so far, to. :'-( Excuse me while I go and mourn my self-esteem.
Three: To be Missed and have Misgivings
The next day, Mai had got everyone except Téa and Ryou round to Yugi's, at death's door or not, and she outlined the situation.
"We have got to get those two together." She announced a determined look in her eye.
"I was wondering when you'd show up again."
"Ahh. You missed me, Seto."
"Don't flatter yourself. So?"
"So what?"
"Didn't we already have this conversation?"
"No…Anyway, so what?"
"So, what are you forcing me to do next?"
"Getting into this a bit, aren't you Seto?"
"You didn't answer my question."
"Woah, that's so Matrix."
"…"
"Uh-uh. You aren't breaking me like that."
"…"
"I have three siblings, you know! I'm used to Death Glares!"
"…"
"I can sit here all day you know!"
"I doubt that. You're too hyper!"
"Ha! Broke your glare!"
"…"
"That's just cheating…"
"…"
"Fine. Be like that."
"…"
"Seto…"
"…"
"Two can play at that game, you know!"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…Ah, man!"
"I think you just lost."
"Bah."
"You should have realised that I'm no loser."
"…"
"Sulking? Please. That's so juvenile."
"Oh, and a glaring competition wasn't?"
"…"
"Well!"
"Hah. Touché."
"Thank you."
"However, you lost, so you have to tell me what we're going to do."
"Who says?"
"I do?"
"You're very interested…"
"Just 'Spill it', as you would say."
"Well…"
"Well?"
"I think we can leave them alone."
"What? You're finished?"
"Ha. No way. Don't get your hopes up."
"Then why the sudden reprise?"
"They don't need us. Mai Valentine is involved."
"Ah."
"Well, that's great, Mai," Joey yawned, lounging in an arm chair "Except for just one thing…"
"Which is?" Mai glared at him.
"Which is that Ryou didn't send the letter."
"He didn't?" Mai deflated onto a conveniently placed sofa. Yugi luckily had a lot of chairs in his house, due to his friends coming round so often. In fact, the main reason they always went round to Yugi's was so they could all sit down. "What makes you say that?"
"We do talk to each other, you know." Duke replied lazily. "He doesn't have a clue what's going on. In fact, he thinks Téa likes him." He didn't mention his part in this. He waited for a few moments for this to sink in. "Although…I agree, Mai. We should try and get them together." The other occupants minus Mai looked at him. He shrugged "Hey, someone else is obviously trying…and we know them better then anyone. We'd just be giving them a… push in the right direction to what's going to happen anyway."
"Hmm…" Joey considered, head on one side. "Yeah, alright." He said eventually, grinning "It'd do them some good."
"Yeah." Tristan agreed, nodding. "Who knows? She might be able to get Ryou out of his shell…" They all looked at Yugi.
"Um, guys…" He said slowly "I think you're missing the point… Like Mai and Duke said, they don't have any interest in each other."
"Yet." Duke's smile was so large it took up half his face and made him look rather malicious.
"Fine." Yugi sighed, eventually, seeing that he wasn't going to win "If only to make sure you guys don't do anything too stupid…" Now that he was 'in' the others ignored him.
"I think," Mai began "That the first thing to do would be to find out who sent that letter- or who's trying to set them up. Then maybe we could…team up, or something." The others nodded in agreement, except Yugi, who groaned, and went to answer the door; as the bell had just interrupted them.
"Hello?" he asked. He didn't recognise the girl at the door.
"Hello." She gave a slightly evil grin "You called?"
"You did WHAT!"
"I think I know someone that needs to take a chill pill…"
"Oh, for goodness sake…"
"What's the problem? I only told them what was going on…"
"Yes, and shot my reputation to pieces at the same time!"
"Ah, c'mon Seto… maybe it's not such a bad thing…"
"How so?"
"Well, it'll show that you actually HAVE a soft, sensitive side…"
"Let me guess. You 'forgot' the blackmail part, didn't you?"
"Might get you a girlfriend Seto-chan…" She had never bothered with name suffixes before. Now she was doing it to tease him, despite her frequent claims that she didn't understand them.
"…"
"Seto?" Had she overstepped the mark?
"Out." Yup.
"I'm…Sorry?"
"Get out. NOW."
"Fine. Sheesh."
Yugi?
/Hmm/
What's the matter…? If you don't mind my asking…
/Ah, that's okay, Yami. I was just thinking…/
…
/Yami/
Yes?
/What do you think of all this stuff? Y'know, with Ryou and Téa…/
Especially Téa?
/I…/
I wouldn't worry too much Yugi. Let the others have their fun… it'll work out in the end.
/I'm just worried they'll do more harm than good…/
Yugi, you of all people should know about Fate. It doesn't just dictate people's futures and destinies, you know. It works in love as well.
/…I guess…/
As I said, don't worry too much about it hikari. Fate can figure itself out. Unlike that Maths homework of yours…
/Yeah, I guess you're right…Any ideas on how to 'use Pythagoras' therom to prove that these triangles are equilateral/
Are you joking? I pay even less attention then you do in Maths. You're on your own.
/Arrrghhh…First I'm sick, then all this stuff with Ryou and Téa, and now IMPOSSIBLE maths homework…Give me shadow games any day…/
A/N: Forgot to mention. Surprisingly enough, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. Wow, bet ya never saw that bombshell coming. Hmmph. Anyhoo, that's the last of the original chapters! Yay! Chapter Five is ready and waiting for Wednesday, and it is Loooooooong. But, not much happens now that I think about it… Oh well. No-one's reading this anyway… So, let's end in the traditional way of rhetorical questions in a barely veiled attempt to bring people back on Wednesday for the next instalment! What will Azreal do now Seto's kicked her out! What will Yugi and the others do! And how will they react to Azreal herself! Speaking of Azreal, what is it about her that seems so strange! And will I get more readers next time! It's doubtful, really it is…
Sneak Preview:
If you're reading this, you've finally noticed I've gone. Took ya long enough! Anyhoo, I'm gonna go and talk to Seto… I have a plan of what to do next. You'll see… Just leave it to me, Kids!
Your Musing friend,
Azreal Kiyoko,
Muse 3rd class, Young adult, 2/5, Multi-task, 79268, West Block North, OPS (Optional Paid Service) (Minimum wage), Qualifications: Minimum, LIVR and bored of having to put all this junk every time I want to write my name….
Now, I have to go and work on this and my fic for White's Day… But first- Does anyone know how to get the damn spellchecker onto English English and not US English? Cause it keeps telling me I've spelt stuff wrong when I so obviously haven't, and it's doing my head in:-(
