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Chapter 2-Mai's secret
Disclaimers: I don't own Yu-gi-Oh. No more say there.
Author's note: Hey you guys... hope you like this chappie even if it's too short and it's stupid. R&R please!
To:
Subaru the Jaguar: Hey, thanks for the review! Glad you still have the patience to R&R my fics... thanks so much for that. Luv ya! Hahaha. Anyway, you got a cool idea... but I already finished this chapter before you reviewed... aw, I'm sorry, but anyway... maybe I can put your idea in the next chapter, yeah?
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To all the others who reviewed: Hey guys! Thanks for reviewing me! Don't think that just because I didn't reply directly to your review doesn't mean I don't like you okay? Please R & R this chappie! Luv you all!
SETOXSERENITY RULES!!!! Luv all you peeps! Thanks for reviewing! Don't forget to review this chap, okie?
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Mai couldn't believe that she was talking to Joey Wheeler again. She hadn't seen him since Duelist Kingdom.
They were in the cafeteria using one of the water taps and a bar of laundry soap. She was helping Joey clean out his dirty backpack as they settled for a talk.
"So... how've you been doing all these years?" Joey asked her. He worked hard on scrubbing out an ice cream stain.
"Well... nothing much, I just started attending Domino High last year. I've been living in an apartment and managing two jobs. What about you?" She said lightly. She found it quite easy to talk to Joey.
"Hmmm... my sister Serenity and I are starting high school this year, like you already know. I'm taking on a job right now. Boy, it's a long time since we last saw each other." Joey said.
"Yeah." She agreed. "Sooo... I haven't seen your kid sister yet. Is she okay?" she asked.
"Yeah, she is. I think you'll like her." Joey smirked. Suddenly the water ran out. "Damn!" they both shouted out. Then Mai laughed. Joey joined in. Soon they were laughing like Joey's backpack was not there. The bell rang for the recess and Mai turned serious again. "Hey, listen Joey, see ya around. I got some of my own matters to attend to first," she said.
"Sure, I'll meet you at lunch, okay with you?" Joey asked. "I'll introduce you to Serenity." He added.
Mai smiled. "That's perfect. Okay, see you later." She said with one last smile and went out of the cafeteria. 'If Joey ever knew about this... he'd freak. He has no idea what I'm going through.' She thought.
She headed out to the school's backyard and took out her cellphone, dialing her apartment's number.
"Hello? Sis? Everything okay there?" Mai asked.
"Mai! I thought you were supposed to be studying." Her older sister asked sternly.
"It's recess. Hey, is mom alright?" she asked.
"Yeah, but she's pretty dismal. She doesn't stop whining for another drink." Her sister replied.
Mai sighed. "Okay, I'll check up on you guys later." She replied and hung up.
She sighed again. It was tough having to deal with a lot of problems. She rested on the cool bench nearby, watching Domino's soccer team playing from a distance.
The truth was that her mother was a drug addict. It was bad enough that she had to go to school when she had to be there for her mother. She had just gone through rehabilitation after a bad dose of alcohol while she was driving. Mai had been worried about her ever since, and her sister had come home from another town in Japan to look after their mother. She sure didn't want Joey to know about this bit of information not because she was ashamed of it, but because she knew that he would probably not want to keep up their friendship when he knew about it.
She twirled a blonde lock of her hair. It was not normal for her to be this stressful. It was just not her style, but when it came to people she cared about, she knew she would have to worry.
'I wonder what Joey would say if he knew about this.' She thought sadly.
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"Serenity? Hello? Earth to Serenity!"
"What?" Serenity asked.
"Did you hear anything I just said?" her brother asked her.
"Um... yeah!" she said. The truth was, she had really not been listening. She had been thinking about Kaiba and his spoiled brat attitude that she had hardly paid any attention to what Joey was saying.
"Yeah, um, about you falling in the dumpster thing?"
"I was done with that a while ago! I was talking about my friend Mai Valentine." Joey said.
"Oh, um... what about her?" she asked. 'This is déjà vu...' she thought, reminded of what happened in her chem. class.
"She's one of my good friends. Remember what I told you about Duelist Kingdom? She helped me out by giving me a card I needed to go on against one of my opponents. It's only now that I've seen her again." Joey said. Serenity giggled. She noticed the light in her brother's eyes while he was talking about this Mai.
"Did I say something wrong?" Joey asked.
"No, I just thought that... well... never mind." Serenity answered.
"Come on, tell me!"
"Oh, alright, since you insist. Um, promise me you won't get mad. I think that you like Mai." Serenity blurted out.
Joey almost choked on his soda. "LIKE HER? In that way? You're kidding right?" Joey could have laughed his head off.
"No, it's true Joey, I saw a light in your eyes while you were talking about her. I haven't seen that in a long time ever since we saw each other again." She told him seriously.
Joey snorted. "Right. I like Mai?? Give me a break." He said in a denying voice. 'Maybe she is right. Maybe I DO have something for Mai. I mean, I can't stop thinking about her!' he thought as he glanced at Serenity.
She looked like she didn't believe what he just denied. But she dropped the subject.
"Hey look, it's Yugi and the others!" she called and waved. Joey turned around and glimpsed his friends walking toward their table. Joey waved at them.
"Hey, guys! Where have you been? We haven't seen you anywhere around." Yugi said as he sat down.
"That's true with us. We haven't seen you all morning!" Joey replied. He exchanged high fives with his best friend, Tristan.
"Well, I'm in Class C. I'm in there with Tea." Yugi said, biting off the tip of his French fry.
"And I'm in Class E with Tristan." Duke said, grinning at Serenity. She smiled back.
Joey shot him a glare saying 'Don't you even think about it.' But Duke didn't notice it.
"I guess that explains why we haven't seen each other all morning," Serenity said. She propped open her history book and started on the introduction. Duke sat beside her, telling her all about World War I.
She sighed. She knew that Duke and Tristan have had crushes on her ever since they met her. But she didn't like any of them. She kind of preferred Kaiba's looks to theirs... she could imagine his chestnut brown hair, those ice blue orbs, the highly kissable lips, and his cold, hard expression... she thought that Kaiba, instead of repelling the women who liked him with his essence of giving a person fear, he was attracting them.
She giggled, thinking on this fact. 'Wait... am I actually thinking that I like Kaiba? Oh man, Joey will kill me...' she thought. But the thoughts of Kaiba occupied her mind the rest of the day.
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Okay, that was REALLY short... I guess that's all for chappie 2! I got a good idea for chapter 3, thanks to Subaru the Jaguar! Thanks a lot! I'll be working on it!
Chapter 2-Mai's secret
Disclaimers: I don't own Yu-gi-Oh. No more say there.
Author's note: Hey you guys... hope you like this chappie even if it's too short and it's stupid. R&R please!
To:
Subaru the Jaguar: Hey, thanks for the review! Glad you still have the patience to R&R my fics... thanks so much for that. Luv ya! Hahaha. Anyway, you got a cool idea... but I already finished this chapter before you reviewed... aw, I'm sorry, but anyway... maybe I can put your idea in the next chapter, yeah?
Cute peridot 816: Hey!!! When are you gonna sign up???? Thanks for reviewing me!!! Luv ya!!!
To all the others who reviewed: Hey guys! Thanks for reviewing me! Don't think that just because I didn't reply directly to your review doesn't mean I don't like you okay? Please R & R this chappie! Luv you all!
SETOXSERENITY RULES!!!! Luv all you peeps! Thanks for reviewing! Don't forget to review this chap, okie?
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Mai couldn't believe that she was talking to Joey Wheeler again. She hadn't seen him since Duelist Kingdom.
They were in the cafeteria using one of the water taps and a bar of laundry soap. She was helping Joey clean out his dirty backpack as they settled for a talk.
"So... how've you been doing all these years?" Joey asked her. He worked hard on scrubbing out an ice cream stain.
"Well... nothing much, I just started attending Domino High last year. I've been living in an apartment and managing two jobs. What about you?" She said lightly. She found it quite easy to talk to Joey.
"Hmmm... my sister Serenity and I are starting high school this year, like you already know. I'm taking on a job right now. Boy, it's a long time since we last saw each other." Joey said.
"Yeah." She agreed. "Sooo... I haven't seen your kid sister yet. Is she okay?" she asked.
"Yeah, she is. I think you'll like her." Joey smirked. Suddenly the water ran out. "Damn!" they both shouted out. Then Mai laughed. Joey joined in. Soon they were laughing like Joey's backpack was not there. The bell rang for the recess and Mai turned serious again. "Hey, listen Joey, see ya around. I got some of my own matters to attend to first," she said.
"Sure, I'll meet you at lunch, okay with you?" Joey asked. "I'll introduce you to Serenity." He added.
Mai smiled. "That's perfect. Okay, see you later." She said with one last smile and went out of the cafeteria. 'If Joey ever knew about this... he'd freak. He has no idea what I'm going through.' She thought.
She headed out to the school's backyard and took out her cellphone, dialing her apartment's number.
"Hello? Sis? Everything okay there?" Mai asked.
"Mai! I thought you were supposed to be studying." Her older sister asked sternly.
"It's recess. Hey, is mom alright?" she asked.
"Yeah, but she's pretty dismal. She doesn't stop whining for another drink." Her sister replied.
Mai sighed. "Okay, I'll check up on you guys later." She replied and hung up.
She sighed again. It was tough having to deal with a lot of problems. She rested on the cool bench nearby, watching Domino's soccer team playing from a distance.
The truth was that her mother was a drug addict. It was bad enough that she had to go to school when she had to be there for her mother. She had just gone through rehabilitation after a bad dose of alcohol while she was driving. Mai had been worried about her ever since, and her sister had come home from another town in Japan to look after their mother. She sure didn't want Joey to know about this bit of information not because she was ashamed of it, but because she knew that he would probably not want to keep up their friendship when he knew about it.
She twirled a blonde lock of her hair. It was not normal for her to be this stressful. It was just not her style, but when it came to people she cared about, she knew she would have to worry.
'I wonder what Joey would say if he knew about this.' She thought sadly.
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"Serenity? Hello? Earth to Serenity!"
"What?" Serenity asked.
"Did you hear anything I just said?" her brother asked her.
"Um... yeah!" she said. The truth was, she had really not been listening. She had been thinking about Kaiba and his spoiled brat attitude that she had hardly paid any attention to what Joey was saying.
"Yeah, um, about you falling in the dumpster thing?"
"I was done with that a while ago! I was talking about my friend Mai Valentine." Joey said.
"Oh, um... what about her?" she asked. 'This is déjà vu...' she thought, reminded of what happened in her chem. class.
"She's one of my good friends. Remember what I told you about Duelist Kingdom? She helped me out by giving me a card I needed to go on against one of my opponents. It's only now that I've seen her again." Joey said. Serenity giggled. She noticed the light in her brother's eyes while he was talking about this Mai.
"Did I say something wrong?" Joey asked.
"No, I just thought that... well... never mind." Serenity answered.
"Come on, tell me!"
"Oh, alright, since you insist. Um, promise me you won't get mad. I think that you like Mai." Serenity blurted out.
Joey almost choked on his soda. "LIKE HER? In that way? You're kidding right?" Joey could have laughed his head off.
"No, it's true Joey, I saw a light in your eyes while you were talking about her. I haven't seen that in a long time ever since we saw each other again." She told him seriously.
Joey snorted. "Right. I like Mai?? Give me a break." He said in a denying voice. 'Maybe she is right. Maybe I DO have something for Mai. I mean, I can't stop thinking about her!' he thought as he glanced at Serenity.
She looked like she didn't believe what he just denied. But she dropped the subject.
"Hey look, it's Yugi and the others!" she called and waved. Joey turned around and glimpsed his friends walking toward their table. Joey waved at them.
"Hey, guys! Where have you been? We haven't seen you anywhere around." Yugi said as he sat down.
"That's true with us. We haven't seen you all morning!" Joey replied. He exchanged high fives with his best friend, Tristan.
"Well, I'm in Class C. I'm in there with Tea." Yugi said, biting off the tip of his French fry.
"And I'm in Class E with Tristan." Duke said, grinning at Serenity. She smiled back.
Joey shot him a glare saying 'Don't you even think about it.' But Duke didn't notice it.
"I guess that explains why we haven't seen each other all morning," Serenity said. She propped open her history book and started on the introduction. Duke sat beside her, telling her all about World War I.
She sighed. She knew that Duke and Tristan have had crushes on her ever since they met her. But she didn't like any of them. She kind of preferred Kaiba's looks to theirs... she could imagine his chestnut brown hair, those ice blue orbs, the highly kissable lips, and his cold, hard expression... she thought that Kaiba, instead of repelling the women who liked him with his essence of giving a person fear, he was attracting them.
She giggled, thinking on this fact. 'Wait... am I actually thinking that I like Kaiba? Oh man, Joey will kill me...' she thought. But the thoughts of Kaiba occupied her mind the rest of the day.
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Okay, that was REALLY short... I guess that's all for chappie 2! I got a good idea for chapter 3, thanks to Subaru the Jaguar! Thanks a lot! I'll be working on it!