Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A Perfect Match ❯ We Need A Plan! ( Chapter 3 )

Next chapter, from now on I'm going to do my best to update at least once every two days. Sorry if I'm late.

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~Recap

Seto whipped around in his chair when he heard the sound of the door opening. His eyes widened slightly when he saw the person entering, he started speaking, "Oh…~

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…Mai, it's you again"

Mai nodded, "Yes, I had an appointment with my hairdresser, but he cut it off so I decided I would come here and start on the project. Are you likely to be free anytime soon?" Seto nodded, "In a few minutes."

In a silent agreement they followed the previous routine, Seto finishing his work at KaibaCorps. and Mai working on the project. After some time like this Mai unconsciously bit her lip, `He looks sort of tired, why didn't I notice it before?' She opened her mouth several times in an attempt to open a conversation but she didn't know what to say. Suddenly Seto sighed and leaned back in his chair, "What do you want to ask? I thought I had already proved to you that I don't eat people"

Mai smiled, "I wouldn't want to risk changing your views on cannibalism."

Seto rolled his eyes, "You very nearly already have, so what's one more step?"

"The line between almost done and done?" gibed Mai

"I'm almost dying of curiosity and I'm not even a cat, you are though" Seto added as an afterthought.

"I resent that." Mai huffed, but then she added, "No I don't, cats are adorable and they are worshipped in Egypt as you should know, O Most Mighty Ancient Egypt Noble."

"At least you admitted that I'm mighty," Seto replied

"Oh no! So I did!" exclaimed Mai

"Well, yes. Isn't that what I just said?" asked Seto raising an eyebrow

"What was the point of this conversation anyway?" she asked

"Let me review" Seto replied and from inside the top left-hand drawer of his desk he took out a small micro-mini chip designed to be hidden perfectly in a man's hand. He fiddled around with for a few moments and then pressed a nearly invisible button on top of the chip and it started playing, it replayed their conversation from the very beginning. Mai simply gaped and Seto nearly grinned at the expression on her face, "Close your mouth or a fly will go in Mai" he said coolly

"Holy Cow Kaiba! What is that thing?" she asked looking at him but still stealing occasional glances at the chip on the palm of his hand. "This?" asked Seto smirking

"Yes Kaiba. That." replied Mai.

"It's a little invention of mine, it's a mini recording system, it has about 50 GB capacity with a mistake capacity of only 5%. Since it's so small no one can see it, very useful gadget." said Seto looking at it absently

Mai whistled, "Tell me you're kidding?"

"Lying isn't on the top ten in my list of things-to-do today" was the answer

"What is it so useful for then?" she said

"You don't want to know"

"And if I do?"

"Then you won't find out in any case" he said coolly

"You are nasty, you know" she commented

"You find out now?" was Seto's reply

Mai made a non-committal noise when Seto spoke up again, "I'm done. Pack up quickly and I'll get us some juice to drink"

"Thanks Kaiba, run along now and lemme just finish this" replied Mai

"`run along'? `lemme'? Your vocabulary has just decreased into the realm of the mut…" Seto stopped suddenly, he was reminded of the dream he had before Mai came in.

"What were you going to say Kaiba? Was it by any chance `mutt'?" Mai asked slyly

"Forget about it," he said in a angry tone, "Just do whatever you are doing fast, I`ll be back in a second," he said in an easier tone

Mai turned back to the dates she was noting, but she stared at him through the corner of her eye, `He's going to crack soon, I hope Marik and the others will be able to help him. He respects Yugi a lot and a little healthy competition with Yami would be good for him. And he'll probably start thinking of Ryou as his surrogate little brother soon if I know anything about him,' then she sighed, `Unfortunately, I'm nearly sure that I don't!'

Suddenly a hand appeared in front of her face, she screamed, "Ahhh!" and fell over, "What the..?" Seto's hand appeared in front of her as an offer of help, "You were staring off into dream-world and wouldn't answer me," he explained

"Tha…that is why you made me fall off my chair?" she asked breathing deeply

"Obviously yes." he replied, then he added, "I'm expecting to see smoke coming out of your ears any second now, calm down."

"Calm down?" Mai repeated, "You are asking me to CALM DOWN? Just feel lucky I'm not pounding you with my handbag rich boy!"

Seto smirked, but it had the shadow of a smile in it, "You mean this handbag?" he held up a pink bag with golden stars on it

"How did you get that? You better not do anything with it, it's my favorite," she threatened

"It was lying beside you, I just took it." he explained, "And I don't intend to do anything to or with it, just get up and pack up will you?"

"Well, I would already be finished if it wasn't for a certain…" Mai began

"Puh lease Mai, tell me you aren't that childish," said Seto

"Caught it from you," replied Mai sticking her tongue out

Seto rolled his eyes, "Finished." Mai exclaimed

"Let's go then," Seto murmured preoccupied with his laptop

It was Mai's turn to roll her eyes, "Sometimes I wonder whether that thing isn't your child, and you're actually a cyborg from outer space! That would explain a lot!"

Seto simply nodded. Mai made a throttling motion with her hand, but Seto just nodded a second time. She sighed, "What are you looking at anyway?" Seto answered, "Files about another company," then he added, "Though I shouldn't be telling you that anyway."

Mai huffed, "Don't worry Richie Rich, I won't sell you out."

"Don't worry WHO?" Seto stared at her, laptop in his hand completely disregarded

"Oh, so that got your attention did it?" Mai smirked

"Well, duh Ms. Obvious, what was the name again?"

"Richie Rich," Mai slowly repeated, "He's a really nice boy who is the heir to the giant estate of the Rich's."

Seto nodded, "What are his parents like?" he inquired

"Nice," Mai laughed and added, "And a tiny bit stupid"

Seto nodded again, this time slower. "Oh, and his friends?" By this time they had reached the car, Seto held the door open for Mai then slipped in himself. He told the driver to go home. The car started moving and Mai started talking again, "His friends are a boy and a girl whom he loves. A dog named Dollar, and the butler of the household. It's really a kid's carton show"

Seto said, "I know, Mokuba watches it." in a surprisingly gruff voice. Mai turned around to look at Seto, she was surprised to see tears shining in his eyes. She was even more surprised as she felt herself knowing what to do, she said quietly, "You love him don't you?"

"Who?" he asked stubborn as always

"Joey," she answered, `I have to know!'

He was silent, for so long that Mai thought he wouldn't answer, "Yes, yes I do" he said softly in wonder. Almost as if hearing it for the first time himself. "So won't you tell him?" Mai asked

"Not yet, I want to know he cares," was the reply

"Would you believe that he cares if someone else said it?"

"Maybe, but I wouldn't want to know it from anyone else. It wouldn't feel right," Seto looked at her and nearly smiled, a wistful look filled his face. The car screeched to a stop. They stepped out and went to the living room as before. They worked in a peaceful silence, like old friends. And indeed it felt like that. Soon after they had finished and Mai started stretching out on the sofa, a voice came into the room, "Big brother? I'm home!" Mokuba bounced into the room, his eyes sparkling with mischief. To Mai's surprise, Seto caught him and swung him around, "Hey li'l bro!"

Both were laughing in pure happiness, Mai sat quietly and watched. Seto set Mokuba down, "What happened at the park?"

"Oh, Seto it was so much fun. First we were at the water park and Tom fell into th…" Mokuba suddenly caught sight of Mai, "Oh hello!" Mokuba waved at her. Mai smiled and waved back, "Hello there, little man".

Mokuba bounced over to where she was sitting and asked her, "Why are you here?"

"Kaiba and I were working on a history project, we've finished now though!"

"Oh, that's great. Are you busy? If not you can come with me and big brother to the garden, it's really cool!" Mokuba exclaimed

Seto spoke up from behind them, "I'm sorry Mokuba but I can't go. I have to do some research work and well…" he shrugged, "Sometime later, alright?"

Much to Mai's astonishment, all Mokuba did was nod. She was looking closely at Seto when, "Sure, what about you Mai?"

Mai hurriedly looked back at Mokuba, "Oh, of course I'll go."

Mokuba took her hand, "This a-way," he said in a sing-song voice. Mai let herself be pulled along by the `little man' as she had long ago dubbed Mokuba. They were pulled into a garden patch by Mokuba who beamed at Mai's, "Oh my!" The place was very beautiful. Filled with flowers exotic and local; of all colors and some, or rather most, of more than one color. The sun shone onto the pond nearby and the surface sparkled where it caught the sun's rays. Mai's eyes widened even more, as far as that was possible, everywhere where statues of duel monsters. On a platform in the middle of the water in a place of honor was a Blue-Eyes White Dragon and, Mai stifled a laugh, a Red-Eyes Black Dragon. If Mai didn't know better she would have thought the fighting pose that the Blue-Eyes had taken was to protect the Red-Eyes, but of course she knew better so she realized that it was to fight the Red-Eyes even though the Red-Eyes itself was not in a stance. She giggled, "Hey Mokuba, want to help me with something?" she had realized that since Seto wasn't going to confess to Joey until Joey confessed to him and Joey was too scared to make the first move, she was really going to need some help. `Since Serenity isn't here, next best thing, which is quite as good, is Mokuba,' she had thought.

"Help you with what?" Mokuba asked curiously

"Getting your brother and his crush together?" replied Mai

"Wow! So who's the lucky guy?" Mokuba asked excited

Mai gaped at him, "You knew about Seto liking…?"

Mokuba shrugged, "Yeah, he told me the day he found out himself"

"Well, anyway it's Joey," said Mai smug at the fact that there was something Mokuba didn't know about Seto and she did.

It was Mokuba's turn to gape, "Joey? Are you sure?"

"Positively, got it from the lion's mouth," Mai affirmed

"My brother told you? Before he told me?" Mokuba looked hurt

"Actually he didn't tell me, I saw his diary and then bugged him until he said yes or no. And your brother is a truthful person so he said yes and here I am!"

"That's great. Of course I'll help. First thing is of course a party…" Mokuba started

"And lovely wonderful party games…" Mai continued

"Truth and Dare!" Both of them shouted together.

They started running inside to get everything ready when Mokuba suddenly stopped, Mai looked back surprised, "Hey little man, what's wrong? Got a cramp in your leg?"

Mokuba shook his head, "No, just a very good idea"

"For getting Joey and Kaiba together?" asked Mai

Mokuba nodded this time, "But we'll need another person's help. We can't do this alone."

Mai smiled, "No problemo," she replied, "Tea is going to help us anyway, and by the way Joey likes your brother too and she's the one who found out"

"That's great," Mokuba exalted, "Now all we need to do is make the proper plans!"

"Hey little man, I don't even know your great idea yet, spill will you?"

Mokuba looked around, "Good, nobody is here. My idea is," he leant over to whisper

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Oksie, next chapter out as soon as the next review is (laughs) Hope you enjoyed!