Leadshipping (Yami no Yugi x Jonouchi x Keith)
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"Augh! My card? Where is it?"
Jonouchi searched frantically through his pockets as Keith grinned from the other side of the table and waved his own entry card lazily in view of Croquet.
Yami no Yugi's hands tightened on the railing. He glared down at the scene from his place on the balcony. That grin of Keith's...the missing card...
"You have five minutes to return with the entry card," Croquet said.
Jonouchi swore and bolted for the hallway. Keith flipped off the boy's fleeing back, then leaned back and threw his feet up onto the table. He looked a little too incredibly pleased with himself...
"How could Jonouchi have misplaced something so important?" Anzu said, eyes wide.
"He didn't," Yami no Yugi said through gritted teeth.
He could see that little card, even from here, with the painting of a mound of gold on it. He could also see the small crease in the corner, that Jonouchi had accidentally put on it when he took the card from Yugi.
He stole Jonouchi's card, Yami no Yugi thought. He stole it, and it's going to knock Jonouchi out of the tournament – where is Jonouchi going to get another one? I could try and expose him, but I have no proof, and it's no loss to Pegasus if Jonouchi doesn't go any farther...
He snarled under his breath, fingers tightening further on the railing.
Then suddenly, Jonouchi burst into the room, face flushed and holding a card high in the air. Yami no Yugi's heart leapt and a broad grin stretched across his face. Keith nearly fell out of his chair – he had been leaning back too far.
"Got it! We can start now!" Jonouchi said.
"The hell?" Keith said. "Where'd you –"
He seemed to hesitate then. Although it was hard to tell with his sunglasses, he seemed to look up and notice Yami no Yugi's cold glare. Yami no Yugi saw a definite shudder run through the man, and the American dropped his eyes. Yami no Yugi couldn't help but feel a small rush of satisfaction at that. It had been close, but Keith had almost revealed that he had stolen Jonouchi's card. Too bad that he hadn't – it didn't matter, though. Jonouchi would defeat him.
He caught his friend's eye and sent the blonde a thumb's up. Jonouchi grinned his usual goofy grin and returned the gesture. Then his expression slid into one of seriousness as Croquet called the match to start.
Yami no Yugi folded his arms, still smiling slightly.
Jonouchi is going to destroy you, Keith, he thought. And it's just as well, too. Because if you had met me this time last year...you'd probably be dead by now.
The idea was actually rather satisfying, but he knew better.
It would be better for Jonouchi, the one that Keith underestimated, to take him down a few pegs.
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A/N: Dude, if Keith had met Season 0 Yami no Yugi he would have been dead before you could say "in America." XD Next is Lawshipping (Isis x Akhenaden). Gross.
