Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A Perfect Match ❯ We Have A Plan ( Chapter 4 )

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~Recap

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

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"Let's have a masquerade," he finally said. "And we can set them up so that they get their last dance together, then they'll have to kiss!" Mai frowned contemplating, "One problem though, they're both boys so they will not take their last dance together."

Mokuba smirked, looking uncannily like his brother while doing so, "Since most of the gang are boys we can use that as an excuse, we'll do a lottery and whoever picks chits with `girl' written on it will have to dress up as a girl," he replied, "Absolutely `random' of course," he added as an afterthought. `All excepting Joey's and Seto's that is,' was the unspoken decision.

"And from then on we'll push them towards each other huh?" pondered Mai thoughtfully

"Yup!" Mokuba replied, "We'll ask Tea and see what she thinks of the plan"

"If she gives the green signal, then we'll go for it." said a convinced Mai

"So let's go and call her now," Mokuba suggested. Mai nodded yes and the two set out for the house, hidden by the tall grasses where they had been standing. They went in and sat near the living room phone; on Mai's old friend, the living room couch. Mai told him Tea's number, "Hello, may I speak to Tea? I'm a friend of hers." Mokuba said into the receiver.

"Speaking. Is it you Mokuba?" Tea replied from the other end

"Yea. Listen Tea, I need to talk to you. It's about my brother and Joey, do you think you could come over?"

"Sure," she checked her watch, "I'll be there in fifteen minutes, is that okay?"

"Fine," Mokuba told her. They hung up quickly and Mokuba turned to Mai, he opened his mouth but Mai nodded and said, "I heard, when is she arriving though?"

"In fifteen minutes," Mokuba informed her

"So let's start thinking of the décor," Mai suggested. "Do you have anything we could use to note ideas down?"

Mokuba nodded and said, "I keep a special book for that, it's in my room" with that he ran upstairs leaving Mai to her thoughts, `Seto and Joey, what a couple. Will they work out or not?' she gazed at the white and brown theme of the room taking everything in. `Does Joey really love Seto or is it puppy-love?' she stifled a laugh when she understood the involuntary pun she had made, `Will Seto see Joey as a weakness and push him away? I hope not' She sighed. `Where is Mokuba anyway?' she was brought out of her thoughts by the sound of the doorbell. She answered it since she was pretty sure that it was Tea arriving. She smiled at her, "Hey girl, how are you?"

"Never better," was the answer. Tea stepped inside and looked around, Mai smiled without realizing it. She had had a tiny crush on the girl in front of her ever since she had been beaten by her in Duel Monsters, but no one else knew, though she had a strange feeling that Yami Bakura had guessed. The way he would look at her every time she sat next to Tea, the small encouraging smile whenever she failed. It was a part of the albino yami that didn't seem to fit in, it made her realize how little she really knew about the past of a person she had already condemned. She started to fill Tea in on what she and Mokuba had decided; the girl listened and nodded, looking interested in the plan. Mokuba came into the room just when she had finished. "Hey Tea," he said from the stairs.

"Hey," Tea replied

"Sorry I took so long but I couldn't find it," he told Mai who gave him a swift smile. "I've just finished telling Tea about the masquerade idea," she said

Tea nodded and said, "It's a good plan, all we need to do is capitalize it."

Mokuba sat down on the couch on Tea's right side while Mai was on her left, they started discussing plans. After the better part of an hour, "So basically the theme will be on the Middle Ages? Any time from there? What about dressing Seto or Joey up as Guinevere and the other as King Arthur?"

Mokuba chuckled, Tea raised an eyebrow, "Why not? It'll attract them towards each other, and with Guinevere's face needing to be covered it'll become quite easy to keep their identities from each other."

Mokuba caught onto the spirit, "We can put on King Arthur's amour (1) on the other person. That'll make it nearly foolproof."

Tea nodded, Mai replied, "Yes but it'll still be pretty tough, we have to be careful!"

The three conspirators went on with their plans while one of the subjects was wondering about the other one, `Seto, will you ever know how much I love you? I don't know why. Maybe it's because you're so cold, and I can warm you up. I can if you let me, please let me,' The person thinking this sighed, "Wishful thinking never got you anywhere, Joey Wheeler, maybe I should tell him…" the boy smiled wistfully, "Yes, and maybe pigs have wings." He turned over and took out a book from the drawer beside his bed, a book called Pride and Prejudice. He smiled; no one knew that he had a soft spot for romance stories and this book was one of his favorites though he did not like many others of Jane Austen. He licked a finger and turned the pages. He started reading; soon he was completely engrossed in the adventures, or rather misadventures, of Elizabeth and her four sisters. He never noticed when the pages began to blur and the bright green of the wall faded slowly into a comforting dark where there was only himself and his thoughts.

Joey was running around in a forest, as if he was playing hide and seek and looking for a place to hide. But who from? He looked around and hid himself behind a chestnut tree. He heard a cry, "Ready or not, here I come!" he giggled quietly to himself, no one could find him here. Except one person, the person who at the moment had his arms around his waist and was smugly demanding a kiss for finding him. Joey sat down between the open feet of the person and rested his head against a hard chest looking up, straight into blue eyes that warmed up especially for him. "You want a kiss? Then take it!" he exclaimed teasingly. "Good idea," the other person said, not at all joking. Joey gazed up into twin blue pools and found himself safely resting in them, `He won't let me go, he won't let me drown. Not even in his eyes,' he was thinking when warm lips closed over his own. After some time and a lot of teasing the lips left his own and a gentle kiss on his earlobe gave away his place, a soft voice whispered in his ear, "Do you love me?" Joey nodded, light-headed as he was, he would have answered so even if it was not true. The hands around him abruptly left and Joey fell to the ground, "You do?" the voice repeated, this time in a hard tone. "Then come find me and tell me so," he disappeared into the dense forest and Joey simply sat there stunned, elbows supporting his body legs stretched out in front of him. Then he jumped up and ran, ran as fast as he could, "Where are you?" he yelled turning this way and that, but there was no sign of anyone. Only the echoes of his own voice came to taunt him. He fell to his knees, exhausted and whispered, "Who are you?" Joey bolted upright on the bed in a semi-conscious state. When he finally had full consciousness he found himself drenched in sweat and panting as if he had run a race, a long race. The bright sheet on which he was sitting as well as the general bright atmosphere around his room contrasted with his melancholy state. His head dropped into his arms and he moaned despairingly, `Feels like the worst hangover of my life!' his thoughts turned to his dream, `It was so…vivid. What if it is a warning? That I have to tell Seto I love him.' it was a topic that would not stray from his mind for some time but at the moment the exhausted boy fell back onto the bed and went to deep, blissfully dreamless, sleep.

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"So, in class then?" Malik asked.

Yugi nodded, "Yes, we all have gym together."

Ryou cut in, "But be careful, Seto's not the easiest person to get along with. Don't make him mad or we may lose our chance."

Joey snorted; they were walking to school today as they had decided the day before. "He's always mad, how do you guess if he's madder than usual?"

Yami Bakura, who was strolling along with Malik, Yami and Mai at the back wolf-whistled, "Smart thinking Wheeler, answer that if you will Ryou!"

Tea talked fast so that no one interrupted, "It doesn't matter, we'll handle it. And maybe you should walk properly Joey, remember what happened yester…" she started screaming a little too late. Once more Joey was on the lap of Seto Kaiba, one. This time he seemed more amused than surprised, "Twice in as many days pup? You should be more careful."

Yami raised an eyebrow, "Talk of the devil…" he held out a hand for Joey to take. Joey pulled himself up using it as leverage; the small spirit had a lot more spirit than most people assumed. Seto got up, and brushed himself off, "You were talking about me? Should I be flattered or wary?"

"Both Kaiba, both." relied Marik swinging the, thankfully still fastened, briefcase at him. He caught it with one hand, the other hand in the pocket of his trenchcoat, "Oh oh oh, sounds dangerous."

Ryou eyes were larger than a kitten's by this time, `What the…?' he mouthed to his yami who simply shook his head and told Seto, "You seem to have quite a talent for loosing your so-called grace while Wheeler here is around."

"Hn," was the only answer he got.

"What?" this was Marik taunting him, "Back to monosyllables again Kaiba?"

"Well, no not really. Something must be done to drown out your voice, and the only way is to talk even louder so…" he shrugged

The three more innocent of the small crowd were watching with gaping mouths. The other two suspicious ones were simply waiting and watching. Joey at the side was staring off into oblivion at, Tea noted with amusement, Seto's face. Yami spoke up, "Indeed, I never thought I would be saying this so excuse me for the blasphemy, but I agree with Kaiba."

"You do, do you?" Marik growled out

Yami gazed at his nails while Seto answered, "Are you deaf or have you just lost the ability to understand English?"

"Assuming you actually ever had it, that is," Yami added

"Two against one isn't really fair so…," Yami Bakura trailed off smirking

"Two against two then?" asked Seto

"Not that that's fair either," Yami cut in, "Either of us against both of you would even the odds slightly"

"Whatever you say, Pharaoh," was Bakura's bored reply

"Oh you were saying something!" Marik exclaimed in a mock-surprised voice, "I thought you were just making the sounds you usually do"

"That would have been easier to understand for you correct?" Seto defended Yami, "Since you make those `noises' all the time"

By this time they had reached the school and the hikaris had managed to hinge their jaws up more tightly. Seto separated from them to go to his homeroom though Joey decided to go a little later "So what was that all about?" Joey asked coolly enough though he was secretly jealous of the obvious closeness the three shared.

"Good question," Bakura shrugged and shared an odd look with Yami and Marik, the last of whom immediately turned away to, unsuccessfully, hide a snigger. Joey stared at them in confusion, "What bit you, Marik?" Tea and Mai stared in slow comprehension and the hikaris simply stared. "Bit me?" Marik repeated, "Hmm… only a certain someone who is…

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Who is what? I wonder…so do you I'm sure, I'll update as soon as I can and I'll try to make it much quicker this time. But I'm going on a trip from the 21st to the 31st, no laptops or such allowed.
(1) I deliberately misspelled `armor'. Amour means a secret lover. Don't ask, I have a very odd sense of humor