A/N: Greetings, loyal readers! I'm in the process of a mass update, so a quick peek at the mailbox then some poker action:
The Broken Bow: Thanks for the review, but when you start speaking like Yoda, it's indeed time for YOU to lay off the sugar a bit! (j/k) Glad you enjoyed it.
Kikoken: You're welcome for the praise, and thanks for reading. Glad you like it.
LadyPhoenix99: Thanks. I kinda cracked up myself when I was writing that whole Mai/Kaiba interaction. I don't know, I guess I have a taste in humor a little on the crude and juvenile side, but what the heck?
Elements: Thanks for the read…and I'll see if I can give the good people who read this chapter a chip count or something, so they know who has what amount of chips left. Look for that in the next chapter.
Sakina the Fallen Angel: Thanks for your praise and the compliments about my poker skills. I'm average at best at the game, and I rarely play for money. But, at least in my opinion, Poker isn't really a game of skill but a game of mental toughness and luck.The strongest player mentally usually wins, regardless of the cards given him/her. Oh, and I'm glad you like the little Yami quips...that will be a staple of this fic I guarantee!
With that out of the way...I guess I can get back to the fic! Enjoy!
Chapter Three: Rare Candy
As Ryou dealt out each player a new hand, Mai counted up her chips happily.
"Wow! That's about 500 chips I won in that hand alone! Thanks for being such a dear, Kaiba!" Mai gave Kaiba a quick wink, then looked at her new cards.
Kaiba, not amused by her antics, snarled at her before he looked at his next hand.
Hmmm...two kings. This should be fun.
Yami could barely contain his excitement as he uncovered his hand.
TWO ACES! BEHOLD, LITTLE YUGI! KAIBA WILL FALL BEFORE THE MIGHT OF OUR POWERFUL ACES!
In his soul room, Yugi rolled his eyes and tried to fall asleep, hoping that Yami stayed away from the stash of cookies he had just baked.
Meanwhile, in Ryou's mind, his Yami was becomming restless as well.
Let me take over, you fool! You'll lose all the money I stole..uh...I mean earned while I had possestion of your sorry carcass.
What are you talking about...and haven't I told you about stealing...it..
Yeah, Yeah, it's wrong! Whatever. If you lose any more money, I'm taking over dammit!
Back at the table, Serenity looked around, a little unsure of what to do with her hand...
Everyone around the table decided to stay in the hand, and Ryou proceeded with the community cards.
Ace of Spades, Queen of Hearts, King of Diamonds.
Tea scratched her brow in thought. Three face cards...that's interesting. "I'll stay."
Kaiba glared in her direction, attempting to read her actions. I wonder if Miss Friendship over there is as silly as she looks. "I'll raise fifty."
Everyone sitting at the table except Yami, Serenity and Kaiba folded their hands after the raise.
Yami and Serenity answered Kaiba's challenge and Ryou laid down the next card.
Queen of Diamonds.
Full house! Kaiba will tremble when my hand is revealed!
Hmmm...full house...that spike-haired fool will soon get what's coming to him.
Wow...I guess this is pretty good. I'll wait and see what the boys do.
The final card was thrown down, pretty much irrelevant...
Two of Clubs.
The betting then began againbetween the three remaining players in the hand.
"You're finished, Yami! Full house!" Kaiba exposed his two face down cards, which, combined with the availiable cards on the table had a hand with Three kings and Two queens, a "full house".
Yami laughed it off, and revealed his hand as well. "BEHOLD KAIBA...THE HEART OF THE CARDS WILL..."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, heart of the cards this, heart of the cards that, just show us your damn hand you freak!" Kaiba spat out, eager to get the hand over with.
"ACES OVER QUEENS! BEHOLD MY FULL HOUSE ATTACK!"
"Yug...poker cards don't have attacks." Joey put in, drinking some of his soda.
"Oh...and Kaiba doesn't have life points?"
Tea shook her head. "No, Yami. He has no life points. Um..Serenity..what do you have?"
Serenity looked away from the table, as if in deep thought. "Hmm...I think I have...FOUR OF A KIND!" Serenity slammed her Queens on the table, and greedily grabbed the pot. "Read it and weep, fools!"
She noticed that everyone was staring at her as if she was possessed by a demon of some kind, and proceeded to put on her sweetest, cutest, most innocent face.
"What is everyone staring at?"
It was Joey's turn to shake his head at his little sister's actions. Everyone thinks I'm da crazy one.
Ryou proceeded to deal another hand, and everyone gathered their cards up again. The betting went around the table, and seemed pretty normal, until Ryou placed his bet.
"I'm all in."
Needless to say, the table let out a collective "Whatinthehellishethinking!". But something was different about Ryou...it was as if something darker than usual had taken over...
Ryou has given his yami control! How will the tomb raider fare in his risky wager? Will Yami EVER understand that Duel Monsters and Poker are two entirely different games? And can Seto Kaiba recover from yet another embarassing hand? These and other pressing matters of our time will be answered next time. See ya!
BDB...out.
