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University Daze	By : Kali Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 4265 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh!, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Warnings: How many times do I have to say it?! This chapter: not a thing. Again.
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Chapter
13 � No Matter What - Pt. 3
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Yami pulled Yugi down onto his lap and rested his chin on the hikari�s
shoulder.
//I hope this goes well. Even if
Joey doesn�t win, maybe Kaiba will respect him more. Joey is really good and he�ll definitely put up a fight.// Yugi said, silently.
//For Joey�s sake, aibou, I hope so too. But don�t get too hopeful.
Kaiba is extremely stubborn.//
Joey and Kaiba took up their positions and activated their duel disks,
drawing their starting hands.
�Go big brother!� Serenity
cheered. �You can do it Joey!�
He flashed a grin at her then studied his hand. He was nervous and his hands shook, just a
little.
�Since I challenged you, Wheeler, I�ll be generous and let you go
first. Make a move, if you can.�
Joey nodded and picked a card.
�Then I�ll place one card face down and summon my Kojikocy in attack
mode.� He kept a calm expression on his
face as he made his move. �That�s
it. Your turn, Kaiba.�
It�s probably a trap.
Kaiba mused. Foolish puppy. �I�ll summon my Battle Ox in attack mode and
play one card face down also. Now,
Battle Ox! Attack his Kojikocy!�
The Battle Ox attacked and Joey
smirked. �Not so fast, Kaiba. I play a magic card, Block Attack. It shifts your Battle Ox into defense mode
and leaves me free to destroy it.
Kojikocy! Attack!�
The Battle Ox took the hit and disappeared, destroyed. Kaiba shrugged indifferently. �Oh well.
It�s not like you took any life points.�
Joey frowned. Just you wait,
Kaiba. I�ll show you how much better I
am than I used to be. I�m just getting
started. He drew a card and added
it to his hand, thinking.
�Yeah, Joey!� Serenity cheered
again.
�Well, puppy? Are you going to
make a move or what?� Kaiba gave him a
bored yawn.
That, of course, annoyed Joey a
lot. But he remembered what Yugi had
said about ignoring the comments and names and said only, �I call Gearfried the
Iron Knight, in attack mode, and place another card face down. Your move.�
Kaiba raised an eyebrow. Hmm. He didn�t rise to the bait. He could have attacked my life points
directly. Must be worried about my trap
card. He drew a card then placed
that face down too. �One card face
down. And I summon Kryuel in defense
mode.�
Yami and Yugi frowned. Ryou
looked back with a puzzled look.
�What�s he up to? He doesn�t
usually play defensively.�
�I�m not sure, Ryou. But with
Kaiba, you can never be too sure what strategy he�ll use on you.� Yami answered. Yugi was tapping his fingers anxiously on the armrest.
�Joey�d better be careful.
Kaiba�s up to something.� He
muttered.
Joey was thinking the exact same thing.
He drew and studied his hand for a moment before choosing another magic
card from his hand and laying it face down.
�I�ll play this face down and sacrifice my Kojikocy to summon Jinzo!�
Rebecca made a face. �He�s kinda
ugly, isn�t he? Pretty powerful
though. An attack of 2400.�
�That�s not all.� Pegasus smirked. �He�s got a special effect too.
Let�s see how you deal with this, Kaiba-boy.�
Kaiba glared at him, then scowled at the Jinzo. �Very clever, Joey. Now my traps are useless. Lucky for me you can�t attack with him this
turn.�
�Yeah. I could attack with
Gearfried, though. But I�m not going
to.� Joey waved at Kaiba
negligently. �Your turn, Kaiba.�
Alright.
Maybe the puppy has gotten a bit better since Battle City.
Kaiba glanced at his hand. He�s
still not as good as me though. He
pulled another monster card and said, �I�ll sacrifice my monster to summon
Swordstalker in attack mode, and I�ll play this magic card face down.�
Kaiba smiled evilly at Joey�s look
of consternation then attacked Joey�s Gearfried. �Swordstalker! Take out
Wheeler�s Gearfried!�
Joey was ready for that though.
�Activate trap card Shift! Now
your attack is directed at my Jinzo, who is more powerful by 400 attack
points. Good-bye Swordstalker!�
�Wrong. Nice try, Wheeler, but
I�ve equipped a magic card called Sword of Deep Seated on my Swordstalker
making him stronger than your Jinzo.�
Kaiba grinned. �Good-bye Jinzo!�
�Ah!� Joey cried as his Jinzo
was obliterated and one hundred of his life points were lost. �Great.
Jinzo was one of my best cards too.�
Joey swore under his breath and delivered a tiny glare at Kaiba�s arrogant
smirk.
{Don�t get too confident.} Kaiba
blinked and looked up at Yami. {He�s
got more where that came from, Seto.}
{Stay out of it, Yami. I don�t
need your help.}
{No. I wasn�t offering
help. Just some friendly advice. You have to admit, he almost had you
there.} Yami�s voice was amused.
{Ha. Ha. All right, yes. I�ll admit he�s better than he used to be. But he�ll never win against me
Yami.} Seto said with supreme
self-confidence.
{Maybe not. But you�d better
believe he�ll go down fighting. Even
then, Seto, perhaps you�ll recognize the truth.}
{What truth?} Kaiba asked,
confused. He got no reply though.
�Earth to Kaiba.� Joey was
watching him impatiently. �Are you done
spacing out? I�d like to move along, if
you don�t mind.�
�Whatever. My turn is
done.� Kaiba shot Yami a look then went
back to concentrating on the duel.
It continued on for half an hour.
Back and forth the two dueled, whittling away at each other�s life
points. Soon, however, Joey�s worst
fears were realized as Kaiba managed to summon all three of his Blue-Eyes White
Dragons.
�Eeep!� Joey squeaked. Staring down three of the most powerful
dragons in the game, he felt a moment of sheer panic.
�You can do this Joey!� Yugi
called from the sidelines. �You have the
cards to do it! Just trust your deck!�
Kaiba scowled at Yugi. �You stay
out of it, Yugi.�
Yugi sighed and leaned forward to watch the outcome.
Joey swallowed. He already had
his Time Wizard out on the field face down.
He needed his Baby Dragon now for this to work. And he only had two hundred and fifty life
points left, while Kaiba had three fifty.
It was a close duel and this was the last move Joey had to make.
He drew.
�Alright!� He wanted to jump up
and down for joy, but managed to restrain himself and played his card. �Baby Dragon! In attack mode.�
Serenity and Yugi cheered from the side.
Kaiba scoffed, not realizing what kind of trouble he was in (or simply
not caring). �You�re going to attack me
with that little dragon?
Please.�
�Just you wait, Kaiba. I�m not done yet. Go Time Wizard! Time
Roulette!�
�What?!� Kaiba mentally kicked
himself. He�d forgotten that Joey had
that card.
Everyone waited anxiously for the little arrow to stop spinning, holding
their collective breaths. All, that is,
except Kaiba, who appeared a little too calm.
The arrow stopped on a time warp and Joey released his breath in
relief. �Time Warp!�
�Trap card activate!
Spellbinding Circle!�
�No way!� Now Joey was kicking
himself. He�d completely forgotten Kaiba�s
face down card.
�Sorry Wheeler.� Kaiba gave him
a smug grin. �But without your Time
Wizard, you�re history. Blue-Eyes White
Dragon! White Lightning attack!�
That, of course, meant instant obliteration for Joey�s Baby Dragon.
It was over.
Joey sighed and took off his duel disk, removing his deck and handing
the disk to Kaiba. Serenity hurried
down the steps and hugged her older brother.
�That was great Joey! You did so
well! I�m so proud of you, big
brother.�
He returned her hug, though inside he was heartbroken. I�ll never get his respect now. He thought mournfully, watching Kaiba walk
away over Serenity�s head.
Yugi approached. Pegasus was
busy with his walkie-talkie trying to find out if everyone was clear of the
area yet. The others were moving around
and working the kinks out of their limbs from sitting so long on the hard stone
steps.
�It�s alright, Joey.� Yugi, with his newfound Power, was very
sensitive to others� emotions, though he didn�t need Power to tell him how Joey
was feeling. �I think that was the
absolute best duel you�ve ever fought.�
�Thanks, Yug. I really
appreciate that. But it didn�t get me
anywhere, did it?� Joey felt tears
welling up. �He still doesn�t think I�m
a real duelist and he never will. I
don�t understand how you can put up with having a loser like me as a friend,
Yugi.�
�Joey!� Serenity gasped. She hugged him tighter. �You�re not a loser.�
�She�s right, Joey. And so what
if you lost to Kaiba. You�re still my
best friend, Joey! Remember our promise? At Duelist Kingdom? We said we�d be friends forever, always
there for each other. No matter what.� Yugi poked him in the stomach with one
finger to drive home his point. �Are
you going to back out on that now?
Because I�m not.�
Joey sniffled, then smiled.
�No. I always keep my promises.�
�Good.�
Kaiba, who�d moved a little way away, but was still standing close
enough to hear, unnoticed, had been listening with a little bit of
surprise. Why did his opinion matter so
much to Wheeler?
{Do you understand?} Yami was
looking at him gravely. {The only
reason he wanted to duel you, Kaiba, was to gain your respect. I know how he feels. It�s hard enough to get your attention, but
harder still to get any respect from you.}
{Buy why? I don�t see why my
opinion should matter so much.} A
thought crossed Kaiba�s mind suddenly.
{He doesn�t ... like me, does he?}
Yami blinked. {Ah ... I couldn�t
tell you, Seto. I don�t think so, and
he is still dating Mai Valentine, after all.
Would you be offended if he did?}
Yami�s tone was a little curious and a little peeved.
Kaiba just gave him a look that said, �What do you take me for?� {Yami, I just, in essence, �married� you and
Yugi. Do you think I would have done
that if I�d had a problem with gay people?}
Yami sighed. {All right. I get it.
What I meant, more specifically, was would you be at all interested if
any guy made a pass at you?}
{Gee, Yami. Are you asking me
out?} Kaiba teased, getting a
distinctly frustrated glare and a mental growl in answer.
{You know I�m not.} Yami
snapped.
{Oh, grab a sense of humor.
Look, not that it�s any of your business, but I might be
interested. But like you already said,
it takes a great deal of effort to catch my interest.} Kaiba took off his duel disk and walked
towards the throne, climbing the steps swiftly. {I still don�t see why my opinion should matter so much.}
It was Yugi who answered. He�d
followed Kaiba back to the throne and caught most of the conversation, since
Yami hadn�t closed the link to block Yugi out.
�Your opinion matters, Seto, because you are one of the best. And, more, because you are one of the few
people who can get under his skin with a mere glance.�
�I repeat: So?�
Yami nodded wisely. �Yes,
aibou. I think you�re correct. Joey craves his enemies respect more than
anything because it tells him that he really is a good duelist. In his own mind, at least.�
�Yes. It�s easy enough to gain
respect from your friends. And we all
encourage him all the time. But it�s
not enough, sometimes, to make Joey believe it.� Yugi caught Kaiba�s gaze. �Take Mai, for instance. She thought he was a loser wanna-be too. It took making it to the finals at Duelist
Kingdom to gain her respect. And it
helped him get as far as he did. And at
Battle City he gained the respect of a lot of top duelists, including Malik and
Marik.�
Kaiba stared at him.
�Do you understand?� Yami asked
again, quietly. �You, Seto Kaiba, are
the one duelist left that he wants respect from. You could say you�re the ultimate duelist, to him. He looks up to you.�
�I never realized.� Kaiba,
despite his indifference towards the world in general, began to feel just a
little bit guilty for how he�d treated Joey all these years. He looked down from beside the throne at the
blond duelist, who was wandering around with Serenity showing her the
hieroglyphs and even translating some for her.
�Well, my people say the area�s clear.�
Pegasus announced, getting everyone�s attention. �I don�t know what you�ve got planned, exactly,
but now is the time to do it.�
Yami stood and walked down the steps to stand near the center of the
room.
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Authoress�
Notes: I�d just like to say, for the record, that I
don�t know for sure if the cards I mentioned are actually in Joey�s or Kaiba�s
decks. I just used �em for my own
purposes, okay? I also don�t know how
accurate all my little strategies were but let�s all pretend they�re completely
accurate. R/R!
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