Chapter 19:It Gets Worse

"And that's what happened," Yugi concluded sadly. They all had turned away in remembrance of Yami's broken heart. What threw them off was that there was no response from Rya. "Rya?" Yugi asked and looked to her.

What Yugi saw startled him. Her fists were clenched so tight they were shaking. Her eyes had became a darker blue, as is the ocean in her eyes was now a storm. Rya's head was now bowed down. "How...dare she..." she said eerily quiet and calm. Her head snapped back up at the sight of them coming back. When Rya noticed that Yami was not pushing her away, she got to thinking. "He never even told her to leave him alone, he's been a perfect gentleman to her. Perhaps he has forgiven her, or something like that. I'd best not provoke anything. I don't want to hurt him," she thought to herself, and unclenched her fists. "Yugi? Perhaps it would be best that you not tell Yami that you told me what happened. It might upset him," Rya told him. Yugi just nodded and waited for them to come over.

"Hey guys," Lisa said with a scowl on her face. Which wasn't any different from the faces of everyone else but Rya. "Yami and I were just talking about you guys in line. Who knew that Tea and Yugi would get together? I mean look at the height difference!" she laughed, even though no one else found it amusing.

"Lisa," someone called out. They all turned to see that it was Rya. "I would appreciate it if you did not talk about my friends that way. I think it would be best if–"

"If we all went on another ride? Oh I love that idea 'Rika'!" Lisa laughed.

"It's Rya, Lisa, and personally I don't love that idea," Yami growled.

"Oh come on, Yami! You know I'm only joking around!" Lisa continued laughing.

'I can't take anymore' Rya thought to herself. 'There's only one way to settle this.' "Lisa? I challenge you to a duel!" Rya called out. Everyone's shocked faces turned to her.

"Excuse me?" Lisa asked narrowing her eyes at Rya.

"You heard me. You and me in a game of Duel Monsters. If I win, you never bother Yami again. If you win..." Rya stopped.

"If I win, I get to go on a date with Yami, alone. And, you will never speak to him again." Lisa smirked. Rya hesitantly nodded. "That settles it. Oh and by the way, if Yami's going to be a part of this, then let's make it a tag team duel. My partner will be..." they all waited for the name. "Yami!" Yami and the others gasped.

"No! I refuse!" Yami yelled angrily.

"Oh Yami, don't you know the rules? Once an opponent declares the match a tag team duel, and name their partner, any argument causes the duel to be forfeit. In this case, I'd win," Lisa smirked. Rya was the one most surprised by this, but nodded anyway.

"Very well. I will pick my partner. Our duel will be held in two days. We'll discuss the place tomorrow," Rya stated sadly. Yami looked at her sadly.

"Rya..." he said quietly. He wanted to walk up and hold her, only to be pulled away by Lisa. "Rya! You don't have to do this!" he yelled back to her.

"I know," she cried with her bowed. "But I will, because I love you." Yami couldn't hear her because of the distance between them.

They decided to head home, seeing as how Yami wasn't with Rya anymore, she couldn't bear to stay there any longer. They dropped her off at the mansion as she ran in and once again jumped into the tank. Even though she knew she couldn't breathe underwater anymore, she refused to surface, and bear the world that seemed against her. Once she realized her limits under the water, she tried to swim back to the surface. Only, she couldn't make it in time and was able only to have her hand shoot through. Before she blacked out, she felt a hand grab hers. "Yami?" she thought to herself, and all went black.

Rya woke up on the couch in Kaiba's living room. She sat up too quickly and felt her head pounding. "Hn. Never thought of you as someone for suicide. Especially by drowning yourself," someone said. Rya slowly turned to see someone sitting in a chair next to her that she didn't expect.

"Kaiba?" she asked.

"Came back early and I wanted to see if you ran away or not. Then I saw you practically drowning. Care to explain why you aren't a mermaid anymore?" Kaiba asked monotonously.

Rya went on to explain how she had gotten legs by the magic of the stone across her neck. Kaiba barely believed her, but couldn't think of his own explanation. "I probably won't be this way too much longer," Rya said sadly.

"And why is that?" Kaiba asked crossing his arms over his chest.

"Because...when I made the wish on the stone, I said for me to be human until...I no longer wish to be a human. I told the stone that once my final wish is made, I will destroy it, and the final wish will be permanent. Whether I'm a human, or a mermaid," Rya explained.

"What a joke. You expect me to believe that?" Kaiba chuckled.

"Believe what you wish Kaiba. It either means that I was never a mermaid and you were fooled, or that I'm actually telling the truth," Rya said a little angrily.

"Whatever. And just to humor me, why would it be that you'd wish to be a mermaid again? Don't you have something for Yami?' he asked raising a brow.

"I...it's hard to explain," Rya said bowing her head.

"Let me guess. You made a wager with someone about who gets your boyfriend. The problem is, not only is she using him as a partner, but you barely have a clue about how to beat her. Right?" Kaiba smirked.

"But how did–" Rya gasped.

"While you were knocked out I called Yugi and got the story. He also told me that he wants to teach you and be your partner. The Mutt said the same thing," he explained.

"It's kind of them to want to help," Rya smiled weakly.

"Whatever. They say they'll come by tomorrow, but don't expect too much from those amateurs. They can barely play themselves as opposed to teaching someone how to play," Kaiba stated. "Now go to sleep. They'll be here in the morning." Rya nodded and started making her way up with him on the stairs. He walked into his own room while Rya continued walking to hers. She halted when she heard his voice boom through the empty hallways. "WHO'S BEEN WEARING MY CLOTHES?" he yelled. Rya ran the rest of the way to her room and quickly closed the door.

A/N: Hey everybody! Wow, it's been a while huh? Well I hope this chapter makes up for it. I'd like to thank Tonks-HPfan for the awesome idea of having Rya challenge Lisa to a duel. THANK YOU! Now to tell you the truth, I had a whole different idea for this chapter, but this may actually work out better. Yami must seem pretty weak if he can be dragged off by only one girl, hehe, sorry. Anyways, I hope that this chapter doesn't confuse anyone. If it does, please feel free to email me. And if you just want to send an email go ahead, hehe. Thank you very much! I will hopefully be updating more often, I just have to see where the story goes from here. :)