Tom-Tom

Author's note: Story's title from The Hundred in the Hands song "Tom Tom". Song has nothing to do with this chapter.

After they got the car, Mai sped off into the night. They were still laughing and filled with excitement. Yugi stopped and looked up at Mai.

Mai took a quick glance at him, "What's the matter?"

"I guess that's it."

Mai smiled, "It doesn't have to be. I have an idea." Mai parked the car and they got out. "Let's play some games." After they entered, Mai gasped as she starred at a prize in one of the machines. It was a little white bunny that was dancing. "OH, I want it!" She pouted, "But, I'm no good at this game."

"We can come back later and waste and rest of our quarters on it." Mai smiled at him and they went to get tokens. Everyone stared at the two of them, as they played various games throughout the arcade. "Yugi? My feet need a rest." They walked over and sat in a row filled with the same type of machine. "Have you ever played this one before?"

"No, Mai."

She smiled at him, "Just watch." She inserted some coins in the machine and a pin ball dropped from the top. Mai played with buttons as it came down, to knock other pinballs down with it. "It takes a while to learn, but once you got it, it can get pretty exciting."

"At this rate, you can get any prize you want! What were you thinking about getting?"

"Hmm...you know what? I don't even know. What are you getting?"

Yugi looked down and saw that he did not have many tickets to redeem for a prize. "Well, I don't have enough to get what I want."

Mai laughed, "If you get me a tiara, then I'll pay you back. I just need to rest my feet a bit more."

"Okay." Yugi walked over to the prize counter. He got one that was pink and purple. As he went back, he felt bad. If prom not was something that could haunt you for the rest of your life, then he wanted to get something special for Mai. The tiara just was not enough. As he walked towards Mai, he saw the machine with the prize that Mai wanted. He took a good look at it. He inserted four tokens. The machine lit up and a horizontal stick slowly moved upward. He pressed the button and the stick poked towards the bunny, but it missed the opening in the glass. Yugi tried about four more times. He was about to try again and saw that he had three coins left. Then, he remembered that he was keeping a spare quarter in his left shoe. He exchanged it for a token and went back to the machine to play his last dollar. The stick traveled up and Yugi waited, then he pressed the button. His timing was perfect and he lit up. The bunny fell out of the machine. After he retrieved it, he turned around and saw a teen, as tall as Tristan, looking at him.

"Gimme that," the teen yelled as he yanked the toy out of Yugi's hands and pushed him into the machine.

"Ouff!" Yugi landed on the ground.

He looked it over, "I'm taking your girl's toy."

The millennium eye flashed on Yugi's forehead, "Girls toy? Look again." Within the teen's mind, he saw the toy's facial expression morphed into a snarl with fangs and became a ravenous creature. The teen yells, tosses it in the air, and knocks himself out against a pillar. Yami caught the toy and walked back over to Mai. First, he held the crown in front of her.

"For me? Thank you!" She put it on her head. "How do I look?"

"Like a queen."

"What's that in your hand?"

Yami started focusing on the teens walking towards them, "We better go."

Mai peeked at them, next around each other, then looked at Yami, "This way." Mai collected her winnings, took Yami's hand, and lead him out of the arcade and they started running down the street and down a dark alley.

"Mai? Isn't your car the other way?"

"Wait here." Yami stopped and Mai walked up to a window. He could not make out whom she was talking to. She poured all of the steel balls to the other person and something was given to her. Mai placed it in her cleavage and walked back to Yami. "Let's go." They came out on the other side and Mai walked up to a club bouncer. She talked to him and waved Yami next to her. Mai pulled out a wad of money and waved it below her chest.

The bouncer looked at Yami, "I can't let him in. He has to prove that he's old enough to drink."

"WHAT-?"

"We're not a restaurant, lady! I don't make the rules! I suggest you leave before the cops come by." Mai and Yami walked towards the back of the line.

"Hmph! I didn't want to get into that lame place anyway. Let's find my car."

Mai parked her car on the street, "I want to pick up a few things before I head home. You want anything?" Yami did not say a word. "Suit yourself. I'll leave the music on." She left the car and walked into a store. While listening to the song, Yami decided that he liked the lyrics.

"Yami," Yugi said. "You didn't give it to her."

Yami looked down and saw that the prize was still in his hands, "You won it. It is only right that you give her this." Yami suddenly leaned closer to the passenger mirror, then turned to look out of the car. Mai was talking to a woman wearing dirty clothes. She took off her tiara and placed it on the woman's head and handed her some food.

She put her things in the back, then got into the driver's seat, "Ready to go?"

"Not yet." He nervously handed her the toy bunny. Mai gasped. She grabbed it and looked it over.

"Yugi!" She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. Yugi madly blushed. "Oh, Yugi, you shouldn't have..." She played with his hair a bit and smirked. "How about we go back to my place?" Yugi smiled back at Mai.