Parent Problems

By: DayDreamerz

Disclaimer: Nope, the last time I checked, I don't own YuGiOh.

Author's note: No reviews in all caps please! They really insult me. And just to give you some background information, Joey and Mai have been going out for a few months, and Mai's rich and Joey's well, pretty low class.

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Chapter 1: What?!

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Today started out as an ordinary day. I woke up in my teeny tiny apartment, and did my usual morning routine. I didn't have time for breakfast, so I ran off to school, hoping to see my girlfriend, Mai, before class.

I saw her at her locker, looking extremely sad. I wondered what was wrong. She's really tough, so almost nothing gets her sad. I went up to her.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

She didn't answer me. I think that I saw her wipe a tear off her face.

"Mai, tell me what's wrong. You usually aren't like this."

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This morning, I woke up with my brat of a sister, Carrie, jumping on top of me. She's only 7, but really annoying and heavy enough to smash you while you're having one of your best dreams.

"MAI! Mom wants to talk to you."

"Why'd you jump on me?"

"Cause you turned off your alarm on purpose." She stuck her bottom lip out.

"What does she want this time?" My mother hardly ever asks me to talk to her in the morning. She's usually off to work by now. We have so many maids in our house, we don't need a baby- sitter for Carrie when I'm not home after school.

"MAI! Are you up?"

I quickly slipped on my bathrobe and muttered a yes. I went downstairs and saw Kaiba there with my mother. Oh, brother, what are they up to now?

"Mai, Seto's here to ask you something." My mother turned over to look at look at Kaiba.

"What'd you want?" I snapped at him.

"Only to ask for you to be my wife." He held out a ring to me and kissed my hand.

"ARE YOU KIDDING?! I'll never marry you! I love Joey!" I protested.

My mother said, "You don't need that scrap of garbage as your husband. I've already accepted Kaiba's request for you."

"I promise I'll be far more worthier than that little puppy dog of a boyfriend of yours. I don't even know why you stayed with him after all this time. You could have been with me, you know." He gave me an icy smile. He leaned out to kiss my hand again, but I stiffened and quickly took my hand away.

I didn't smile back. I half-scoffed, instead. "If you'll excuse me, I'm going to get ready for school." I left the room then, leaving Kaiba and my mother discussing wedding plans.

I can't believe that MY mother accepted MY marriage proposal! She cant do that to me! I don't care that my parents were friendly with the Kaibas! No matter WHO makes me, I'm not marrying that bitch!

As soon as I reached my room, I slammed the door and locked it. I brushed my teeth furiously, didn't bother with my make-up and my hair, threw on some clothes, and ran off to school. I would do anything just to get away from Kaiba. But then a second thought came to my mind. He went to my school! He would be at my house after school! There was no way that I could avoid him.

Joey asks me if I was ok in school. I ignored him, but still let him walk me to class. At lunch, I knew that I could avoid him. He's in all of my classes, and I sulked the whole time.

During lunch, Joey pulled me to table where he knew that nobody would come and listen to us at.

"Mai, I've been watching you the whole day. Are you sure that nothing's wrong?" He sounded more worried than ever.

I had to tell him. I knew that I did. "I have to marry Kaiba," I whispered.

"Why?" He sounded angry. Not at me, at Kaiba, his biggest arch rival.

"My mom made me. It has nothing to do with me. I hate him just as much as you."

"Mai...If you are just trying to tell me that you don't like me, you could just tell it to my face. You don't have to make up all sorts of lies."

I was about to cry. Joey wasn't taking me seriously! When he looked at me, holding back tears, he realized that he said something wrong. "Oh...I'm sorry. Sometimes I love you so much that I forget how rich you are..." he drifted off.

"Joey, I still love you. You don't need to worry about that."

"I know. It's just really low of Kaiba to actually propose to you and think that he can get away with it."

I groaned. I knew that this was going to happen. I watched Joey walk over to Kaiba and his fangirls, and started to mouth off to him. Things didn't turn out too pretty after that.

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I cannot believe this! That Kaiba has some nerve to kiss up to Mai's mother, and make Mai marry him. I know that he did all of that just to insult me. The Kaibas were good friends of the Valentines, until they died, but for some reason, Kaiba's kept a good relationship with the parents, but not Mai. So, he knows that Mai's mother hates me and calls me a street rat.

I punch Kaiba in the stomach, but a teacher saw me and I got detention. Kaiba snickered at me. He knew that he'd find time with Mai after school. He was at her house more than I ever was. I've only been there once, and it looked like a palace!

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