Test of Friendship Chapter 11, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

A/N: Hey everybody, trying to get one mass update of all my stories done in the next 2-3 days so there will be no time to waste. Here are the responses to your reviews:

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Before I continue, I just want to make one thing crystal clear: This is NOT an anti-Kaiba or Kaiba-bashing fic. I don't want some unfortunate Kaiba fan girl to stumble on this and think I hate the guy (when truth be told he's actually one of my fave characters) and bash me for the evil things he does. Truth is, somebody had to be the "bad guy" and I figured him to be the most logical choice. It's not that I've had any problems pertaining to that, I just want to stop the whole thing before it gets started. Enjoy the chapter folks.

Test of Friendship

Chapter 11

Mai instantly had regretted hitting Seto Kaiba. In less than five seconds, she found herself on the carpet floor pinned underneath his deceptively strong grip. She could feel his warm breath on her neck and face, and was seriously worried by the sick smile he was giving her.

"What shall I do with you, my dear? With the information that you know now it will be pretty hard to keep your affection and your silence at the same time."

Mai struggled and squirmed, but with her wrists pinned to the floor and the CEO on top of her, the struggle was hopeless. "GET OFF OF ME!"

"What will I get in return?" Kaiba gave her body a quick glance over as she again tried to break away from his grip.

Mai let out a gasp of horror. She did NOT like the direction this was going. "Please..just get off of me..."

Mai looked over at Serenity, her eyes pleading for help. The brown eyes that gazed back at her were sad and defeated, however. There's no way that Serenity would join up with Kaiba willingly...is there?

After a long, hot bath Tea decided that it was time for her to go to bed for the evening. Just as she was about to slide under the warm covers and get some rest when she heard her phone ring. Letting out a grunt of frustration, she got of her comfortable queen sized bed to answer it. She nearly stumbled over her own backpack as she finally reached her dresser.

"Hello?"

"Hello Tea."

Oh my God!...he called. Is he still angry? Does he still love me? What does he want?Come on, you silly girl! Think of something to say dammit!

"Hello Yugi. Is there something you want to talk about?"

"Yeah...could you meet me in the city park at about midnight? I'll be standing by the big oak tree we always used to play under."

"Um...alright."

Joey walked down the sidewalk, turning the corner to his apartment complex.

Dis is pretty hard...I don't know why, but I still love her. But there is one problem: I'm fallin for Tea too. I mean, it was kinda ackward at first. But the more I'm around her, the more I like her.

Joey finally made his way up the stairs to his apartment. He unlocked the door and found Serenity sitting on the couch, eating an ice cream sundae and watching some late-night talk show.

"Hello big brother!" She turned around and looked at him with a smile on her face. Joey could see through the facade, however. He noticed the tearstains on her face, and her eyes were a shade of pink from all of the crying. "Is something wrong, Joey?"

"Why don't you tell me...everything alright 'Ren?"

"Everything is just fine, Joey. What makes you think something would be wrong?"

"Well..ya look like ya have been cryin ya eyes out! Are you sure that everythings-"

"EVERYTHING'S PERFECTLY FINE! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO NAG SO MUCH?"

Serenity looked up at her brother. Her face was filled with frustration and bitterness. He and her both knew she was lying; she was never good at it.

"Alright, 'Ren. Whateva ya say."

With that, Joey stuffed his hands in his pockets and went into his room.

Seto Kaiba went through the cards in his deck, shuffling them until he was satisfied.

"So, Mai...do you understand the rules of this game?"

Mai went through her own cards, hoping that her proposition could result in an end to this situation.

"Yes, Kaiba. Should I win, you'll confess to Yugi and his friends the terrible things that you are responsible for!"

Kaiba crept behind her, his hot breath sending chills down her spine. "And what if you lose, my dear?"

"Then...I'm yours...forever." Mai shuddered at that last word. She couldn't possibly imagine being with this terrible human being for the rest of her life. She had to win this duel, too much was at risk. She was about to duel him not only for her own well-being, but for Yugi, for Tea, for Serenity...and especially Joey. She had too much motivation to lose to him.

"Alright, my wife-to-be. How does 4000 life points apiece sound?"

"It sounds fine. And I don't plan on being your wife anytime soon, you bastard!"

Kaiba chuckled at her comment.He had laughed outright at her idea, butthought of it as just another way of tourturing her. Giving her false hope that she could escape his grasp, then crushing it all in onepowerful blow.This should be extremely easy. If she couldn't even beat that mutt Wheeler, how does she plan on standing a chance against me? "When this duel is over...you won't have any say in the matter!"

The two drew their cards, and their struggle began.

Yugi leaned up against the old oak tree that he had spent so much time playing on when he was a little younger.In his mind, he thought back on all of the times that he and Tea would play together, sometimes bringingtheir lunches with them. They would spendnearly the entire day together. The young boy smiled as he thought of thosehappier times which unfortunately seemed like distant past instead of only a couple of years ago.He glanced down at his watch and realized that it was only ten minutes until midnight.

Yami...do you think she'll come?

Yes.

What should I say to her?

Just tell her how you feel, and forgive her for her mistake. That's all you can say.

B..but what if-

Yugi! There she is.

Yugi looked up and saw that his beloved was standing in front of him, one of her favorite light blue blouses on with a matching mini-skirt. She appeared nervous as she walked over to the tree and leaned against it beside him.

"Hello, Yugi."

"Hello, Tea."

Well that's it and that's all. I hope that this chapter wasn't too predictable for you people. Oh, don't worry, there won't be a chapter of nothing going on except for Kaiba and Mai dueling and such. There will only be a brief scene in which their battle will end. (I bet you think you know who will win, don't you? hehe) I'll update as soon as I get at least 90 reviews, so please leave one on the way out, eh? One more thing, I have a Seto/Serenity fic called "Summer Burns, Winter Scars" up, so if your a fan of that couple you might want to check it out. See ya!

BDB...out