//Notes from the Authoress//: Well, I just got into Yu-Gi-Oh recently, but
I absolutely love it! So I thought I'd try my hand at some fanfiction. A
far cry from my usual musical themes, but I hope it is received well.
Okay, disclaimer... I own none of the original anime characters. But I will be making up a few cards/monsters of my own, so don't try to find or hear of them in the shows. And if I misspell any original cards, forgive me.
Well enough of my blathering, here's my tale! R/R Please!
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Dueling Hearts
Chapter One: Who Knew?
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"Yessir!" Joey shouted, punching thin air. "Three more star chips to go! Tomorrow's gonna be my lucky day! My lucky star is shining for me now!"
"Where? How can you see any stars through all those clouds?"
Tristan's question was answered with a pillow flying into his head from across the clearing.
"I didn't mean a real star you doofus!" Joey said, upset that his confident moment had been broken. Tristan yawned and snuggled into his newly received pillow.
"I'm sure we'll find some great duelists tomorrow," Yugi said, climbing into his sleeping bag. "But if we want to beat them we've got to get some sleep."
"Ah, who could sleep with only a few star chips left to get?" Joey beamed, his smile rapidly disappearing when Tea's pillow smacked right into his nose.
"You'd better sleep or I'll come over there and knock you out," Tea muttered. Bakura, who was already asleep, tossed in his bag and snored rather loudly. Tea moaned and pulled the flap of her bag over her head, complaining of the male sleeping pattern. "Goodnight!" she mumbled through the barrier of cloth.
"Shish, never try to psych yourself up at night around these guys," Joey mumbled, sinking into the warm sleeping bag. "Goodnight, Tea!" he shouted, causing a low growl to issue from her form.
Joey sighed. He didn't really want to sleep just yet. If he did, the dream would come back and leave him wide-awake for the rest of the night. That dream; beautiful, impossible, and unbearably realistic. He gazed up at the clouded sky, watching the purple swirling masses move across the velvet expanse, the royal hue reminded him vaguely of a gaze holding the same rich color. Their movements were lazy and tranquil and calmed Joey's mind a great deal. Just watching them made his eyelids sink and finally fall. The lovely, familiar face graced his dreams once more and he slept with a smile lingering on his lips. His sleeping mouth formed a name, but it could have been anything.
A rustle from the bushes, too quiet to wake anyone, announced an unseen presence. A pair of silver-blue eyes watched the camp as the five friends slept. If anyone were awake to see, they would say a smile full of malice overspread the lips of the night-watcher.
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The embers of the fire pulsed brightly in the island night, their faint glow casting vague light into a pair of violet eyes. A long, tired sigh escaped the throat of the figure as a gentle breeze lifted soft locks of pure golden hair from her shoulders. She knew it was inevitable for her to make friends with that little group, but never in her permed, manicured life did she ever think she would come to this; to falling in love.
Mai gazed intently into the dying campfire and stirred the hot coals slowly, a thousand confused thoughts running a marathon in her brain. Sleep absolutely refused to accompany her tonight. Not that she ever got a lot of sleep ever since she got to the island, but she would have welcomed it tonight. Anything would be welcome over thinking of HIM.
Thinking of what exactly? He confused her so much, and yet made such sense to her. She just couldn't shake this new feeling off. She didn't even know how or why it happened, but she definitely knew when. That day he touched her hand. It was by no means a tender touch, but it was friendly, firm and very unexpected. Especially coming from him, the one she thought was too soft for this competition.
Yet he proved more than once that he wasn't. The duels she had witnessed were close to unbelievable. If they both made it to Pegasus' castle, she knew he would be very tough competition. But never once had he acted to good to duel her or treated her with disrespect or piety, with which, she was ashamed to admit, she'd often treated him. He'd even stuck up for her against the eliminator, Panik.
Heaving another sigh, Mai crawled back into her sleeping bag and snuggled against the hard ground beneath her. Yet, somehow she knew that even sleep wouldn't erase him for even a while. She knew he would haunt her dreams with that strangely unique grin that belonged to him alone.
"Why?" she asked aloud, "Why won't you leave me alone? Don't you have anything better to do than ruin my beauty rest?" She grimaced and curled up into a ball. "Why did it have to be you!" she half sobbed, half shouted. She shoved her arms under the pillow with a rude grunt and buried her face in it. Then, because she knew she wouldn't be heard, she said his name for the first time in days.
"Joey..."
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//Short, I know, but a good 1st chapter, yes? No? Wanna find out who the mystery character is? Reviews are necessary for my confidence. So review, or I will send my army of Karibos after you! :squeaka, squeaka!://
Okay, disclaimer... I own none of the original anime characters. But I will be making up a few cards/monsters of my own, so don't try to find or hear of them in the shows. And if I misspell any original cards, forgive me.
Well enough of my blathering, here's my tale! R/R Please!
--
Dueling Hearts
Chapter One: Who Knew?
--
"Yessir!" Joey shouted, punching thin air. "Three more star chips to go! Tomorrow's gonna be my lucky day! My lucky star is shining for me now!"
"Where? How can you see any stars through all those clouds?"
Tristan's question was answered with a pillow flying into his head from across the clearing.
"I didn't mean a real star you doofus!" Joey said, upset that his confident moment had been broken. Tristan yawned and snuggled into his newly received pillow.
"I'm sure we'll find some great duelists tomorrow," Yugi said, climbing into his sleeping bag. "But if we want to beat them we've got to get some sleep."
"Ah, who could sleep with only a few star chips left to get?" Joey beamed, his smile rapidly disappearing when Tea's pillow smacked right into his nose.
"You'd better sleep or I'll come over there and knock you out," Tea muttered. Bakura, who was already asleep, tossed in his bag and snored rather loudly. Tea moaned and pulled the flap of her bag over her head, complaining of the male sleeping pattern. "Goodnight!" she mumbled through the barrier of cloth.
"Shish, never try to psych yourself up at night around these guys," Joey mumbled, sinking into the warm sleeping bag. "Goodnight, Tea!" he shouted, causing a low growl to issue from her form.
Joey sighed. He didn't really want to sleep just yet. If he did, the dream would come back and leave him wide-awake for the rest of the night. That dream; beautiful, impossible, and unbearably realistic. He gazed up at the clouded sky, watching the purple swirling masses move across the velvet expanse, the royal hue reminded him vaguely of a gaze holding the same rich color. Their movements were lazy and tranquil and calmed Joey's mind a great deal. Just watching them made his eyelids sink and finally fall. The lovely, familiar face graced his dreams once more and he slept with a smile lingering on his lips. His sleeping mouth formed a name, but it could have been anything.
A rustle from the bushes, too quiet to wake anyone, announced an unseen presence. A pair of silver-blue eyes watched the camp as the five friends slept. If anyone were awake to see, they would say a smile full of malice overspread the lips of the night-watcher.
--
The embers of the fire pulsed brightly in the island night, their faint glow casting vague light into a pair of violet eyes. A long, tired sigh escaped the throat of the figure as a gentle breeze lifted soft locks of pure golden hair from her shoulders. She knew it was inevitable for her to make friends with that little group, but never in her permed, manicured life did she ever think she would come to this; to falling in love.
Mai gazed intently into the dying campfire and stirred the hot coals slowly, a thousand confused thoughts running a marathon in her brain. Sleep absolutely refused to accompany her tonight. Not that she ever got a lot of sleep ever since she got to the island, but she would have welcomed it tonight. Anything would be welcome over thinking of HIM.
Thinking of what exactly? He confused her so much, and yet made such sense to her. She just couldn't shake this new feeling off. She didn't even know how or why it happened, but she definitely knew when. That day he touched her hand. It was by no means a tender touch, but it was friendly, firm and very unexpected. Especially coming from him, the one she thought was too soft for this competition.
Yet he proved more than once that he wasn't. The duels she had witnessed were close to unbelievable. If they both made it to Pegasus' castle, she knew he would be very tough competition. But never once had he acted to good to duel her or treated her with disrespect or piety, with which, she was ashamed to admit, she'd often treated him. He'd even stuck up for her against the eliminator, Panik.
Heaving another sigh, Mai crawled back into her sleeping bag and snuggled against the hard ground beneath her. Yet, somehow she knew that even sleep wouldn't erase him for even a while. She knew he would haunt her dreams with that strangely unique grin that belonged to him alone.
"Why?" she asked aloud, "Why won't you leave me alone? Don't you have anything better to do than ruin my beauty rest?" She grimaced and curled up into a ball. "Why did it have to be you!" she half sobbed, half shouted. She shoved her arms under the pillow with a rude grunt and buried her face in it. Then, because she knew she wouldn't be heard, she said his name for the first time in days.
"Joey..."
--
//Short, I know, but a good 1st chapter, yes? No? Wanna find out who the mystery character is? Reviews are necessary for my confidence. So review, or I will send my army of Karibos after you! :squeaka, squeaka!://