Motivateshipping (Jonouchi x Mai x Keith)
That bastard kid Jonouchi should have gotten knocked out of the tournament. He should never have been able to show up with the card he needed – causing him to automatically forfeit, and Keith would have won! But he had made it, somehow, and he had won. Dammit, how was that even possible! Keith had taken his entry card! Where had he gotten another one?
"Kujaku-san! Mai! Wait – wait up! Just a second!"
"Bandit" Keith Howard glanced up from where he was hiding in the hallway. He was waiting for Pegasus to come down this way. There was a gun tucked into Keith's vest, and his hand drummed against the holster. He was going to get that money from Pegasus if it was the last thing he did.
At the other end of the hallway, he caught a glimpse of that damn, bastard boy Katsuya Jonouchi. He was running to catch up with a tall woman in heels, that Mai Kujaku woman who had lost to Yugi in the semi-finals. Keith's hand tightened on his gun.
"Goof. What are you doing running around?" Mai asked, raising an eyebrow. "Aren't you supposed to be dueling?"
"You – didn't – leave," Jonouchi huffed, hands on his knees and grinning that stupid, stupid smile of his. "I thought you – were leaving."
Mai just smiled slightly.
"Good job," she said softly. "Congrats on winning."
"You watched?"
"Of course I watched, you doofus."
The woman bonked Jonouchi on the side of the head.
"What, did you think I was going to give you my entry card and then wait to hear about the results? Stop being such a block head!"
"Again with the name-calling," Jonouchi said, but he was still grinning.
Keith's fingers were now so tight on his gun that he could feel the texture being etched into his hand. "...give you my entry card..." That woman...had given Jonouchi her entry card? That's where that bastard kid had gotten another one?
Now Keith was shaking, the rage boiling up in the center of his chest and starting to spill outwards.
"It's really about time somebody showed Keith who's boss," Mai said to Jonouchi, grinning. "Seriously, that guy was getting way out of control."
It was all the motivation Keith needed. He stalked down the hall towards them, pulling his gun from his vest. He was going to be killing Pegasus anyway...he had six shots. He could at least shoot the broad.
But Jonouchi saw him coming towards them, and his eyes narrowed.
"What are you doing here, Bandit?" Jonouchi said, fists tightening.
Keith ignored him, glaring at Mai instead.
"So you gave this bastard an entry card, huh?"
Mai folded her arms, frowned, and raised one eyebrow.
"And you stole his," Mai said. "I'm not stupid – I know that you weren't officially invited. And I saw your face at dinner last night when they talked about the cards. I still had mine, and Yugi had his – you obviously stole Jonouchi's."
Keith lifted his gun to point right at her forehead, and that cynical look dropped away, replaced with shock.
A fist connected with the side of Keith's head before he could pull the trigger. He tried to pull it anyway, hoping to hit something, but someone's hand snapped around his wrist and pushed his hand inwards, causing his hand to open automatically. The gun clattered to the floor.
"What the hell!" Jonouchi shouted in his ear. "Ever hear about being a good loser, you damn bastard?"
Keith threw Jonouchi off of him – Jonouchi was tough, but he didn't have the built up muscle that Keith had. The gun – where was the gun?
And then a foot with a pointy toe snapped up into his groin. He choked on his own air and dropped to his knees.
"Jonouchi, let's go," Mai's harsh voice said somewhere over Keith's head. "Quick."
"R-right," Jonouchi said, sounding a bit awed. "That was – awesome."
"Boys always underestimate the heels," Mai said.
Keith couldn't really think past the pain. He could hear the soft footfalls of Jonouchi and Mai moving quickly away down the hallway. He had lost his chance to shoot them – damn. Never mind, it didn't matter.
He found his gun, and put it back in his vest.
Pegasus would be coming around soon enough – after that was done, Keith could go back and get that bitch...he'd shoot her in the back of the head, next time...
A/N: Can you tell I hate Keith? Can you? Or am I too subtle? XD Next is Morishipping (Yami no Bakura x Honda). Somehow, this is very popular. :/ I do not understand.
