a bet's worth

disclaimer: i do not own yugioh.

Mai and serenity were standing outside a mall with a lot of shopping bags. They had been shopping for 4 hours straight. They were tired but happy at the same time. They had gotten what they wanted.
Serenity: “oh mai, I am so happy. Seto will love these clothes.”
Mai: “I am sure he will. I picked them myself. They will have him drooling over you. In fact, I think all the others will be after you as well.”
Serenity: “come on mai. Don’t say that. You are just saying that to make me happy. The truth is that seto doesn’t even notice me. No one does except tristen and joey. Even duke stopped paying attention to me.”
Mai: “I know but it’s not your fault.”
Serenity: “I know it’s that bitch tea. She is such a slut. She is always with all the boys, getting their attention. Its like she put a spell on them or something. At first it was just yugi but now, bakura, marik and duke all are crazy about her. She probably sleeps with them.”
Mai: “its good that she doesn’t have any interest in joey and tristen…. just yet.”
Serenity: “hey look. Seto is coming. So my hair looks good?”
Mai: “calm down. You look great.”
Serenity: “hey seto. How is everything.”?
Seto: “don’t call me seto. To you and the other losers, I am “kaiba”. You got that.”
Mai: “don’t yell on her kaiba. You have no right.”
Seto: “she has no right to call me “seto” and she doesn’t seem to get that. Beside I can do anything I want to her.”
Serenity: (after gaining some courage)”you can’t do anything”
Seto: (smirking) “I think I can. And you know why. Because you would let me. I know all about your little crush on me and I am not surprised. Every girl in the town has crush on me. You are no different. I can have anyone I want.”
Mai: “no you can’t. Not everyone does seto kaiba. “
Seto: “I dare you to name one.”
Mai: “I can. But before I tell you the name, I wan you to make a deal with me. If you make her fall for you, serenity and me will do anything you say. But if you lose, you will have to go on a date with serenity. No wait. You will have to go on a double date with me and joey.”
Seto: “the name valentine.”
Mai: “tea. Tea Gardner. So do you except?”
Seto: (thinking) ‘Gardner is a tough challenge, I have to admit. But I never backed sown from a challeneforefore.’ “I agree but when I win, you and that little wheeler will have to be my maids for a week.”
Mai: agreed. But you only have two weeks.”
Seto: I will see you at my mansion in two weeks. And don’t bother to wear anything fancy because you will have to dress in maids clothes.”
And with that he started walking away.
Serenity: “mai. What was that all about? Now seto will spend time with that whore. She will fuck him and get him. How could you do this?”
Mai: “calm down hun. There is nothing to worry about. I know tea. She will never fall kai kaiba in two weeks. And any way, kaiba will never love her. He wouldn’t want to lose to me. You just wait and see. Even if he does make tea love him, he will leave her broken. He will rob her of her honor. In both cases, we win.”

Then mai and serenity walked towards the game shop. When they entered the shop, they saw joey, tristen and yugi talking about stuff. Bakura and marik were sitting on the couch and duke was sitting with tea.
Mai: “hey everyone.”
Joey: “hey. How are you girls doing.”?
Serenity: “fine.”
Duke: “hey guys. So how about my proposition. Tea what do you say?”
Tea: “I don’t know duke. I am not the one to make the decision. If everyone else agrees, then I will agree too.”
Duke: “come on tea. If you agree, everyone else agrees. Please.” He gave her the puppy dog eyes.
Tea: “ok duke. You win. What do you say guys?”
Yugi: “if its okay with you, its okay with me.”
Marik: “I am on board.”
Bakura: “count me in as well.”
Joey: “me and tristen are game.”
Duke: “perfect. Let’s go then.”
Serenity: “where are you going?”
Duke: “oh, we are going to my place. I got a new home theatre system that I wanted to show the guys. Before I could talk about it, tea said she wanted to see a movie. So I invited her and everyone else to come to my house and see it at my place.”
Tea: “yea. Duke says its cool. Do you wanna come?”
Marik: “that’s a laugh. It’s a scary movie. Not the type you two should see. “
Duke: “it doesn’t have any romance or emotional scenes. So you won’t like it.”
Joey: “in simple words, it’s a movie for men.”
Mai: “then tea shouldn’t go either. Its for “men”.”
Duke: “how can she not go. It was her idea in the first place and she was the one who picked the movie.”
Yugi: “and anyway, tea is as strong as any of us. We have seen hundreds of scary movies with her. She never gets scared by something like a movie.”
Tristen: “besides, she is the one who keeps joey from screaming or sleeping.”
Joey: “I know I should object but its true.”
Duke: “what are we waiting for. Lets go.”
Tea: “see ya."

Then they ran out of the house, towards duke’s house. Mai and serenity were jealous of tea. They hated her. It wasn’t tea’s fault she spent more time with them then shopping and getting her nails done. She understood them. She had spent so much time with them that they trusted her with their secrets. Tea knew more about joey then mai and serenity added together. This is what bothered them the most.

At kaiba mansion, seto was sitting on the computer. He was digging up any information he could find about her. It didn’t help much because he already knew every thing about her. She was kind, friendly, trust worthy, beautiful and not a slut, which was very rare. She was perfect. That was going to make this bet “interesting”. All he had to do was to show her he was not as bad as he really was. “let the game begin.” He said.

The gang except serenity and mai were walking out of duke’s house. They had a great time but tea said she had to do her homework so they decided to leave. But they did promise to do it some other time. They all went to yugi’s game shop where all of their stuff was and started working. Mai and serenity entered the game shop and saw everyone sitting in a circle. They went to see what they were doing and saw books, a lot of books.

Mai: “what is going on here?”
Joey: “can’t you see mai? We are working.”
Serenity: “we can see that you are working but what surprises us the most is that you are …working.”
Tristen: “hey, we aren’t that bad you know. How do you think we pass every class.”?
Duke: “maybe because tea helps you in tests and you copy her home work.”
Tea: “duke, that’s not true. They used to do that but now they really understand what they are doing, at least they try to.”
Joey: “way to go tea.”
Tristen: “yeah, thanks a bunch for supporting us.”
Bakura: “you guys might want to hurry up. Its really late and we should get home now.”
Then they all packed up and went home.

~~~|||The next day|||~~~

The gang was in school, sitting in the class, waiting for their teacher to come. Yugi and joey were having a little duel, tea and bakura were on yugi’s side and tristen and duke were on joey’s side. Seto was sitting in the back, alone, watching tea. He had been watching her every move like a stalker. He saw as she jumped in joy as yugi won but patted joey’s back. Her eyes were shining like two sparkling stars. She looked beautiful, like an angel. She was as innocent and as pure as an angel. Before he could continue his chain of thoughts, the teacher came in the class, interrupting it.
Teacher: “sorry I’m late. We are going to working on a project today…in groups. And you can choose your group.”

Sounds of “oh yeah”, and “cool” rang in the class. Very soon, every one was in a group. Yugi, tea, joey, tristen, bakura and duke were in one group. Seto sat alone in is chair. No one ever came to him because he scared every one off. He took out his laptop and started working. Tea saw seto sitting alone. She felt sorry for him. No one wanted to take him in his or her group. It was his fault but she still wanted to help him. So she got up and walked towards him.

Tea: “hi kaiba.”
Seto: “gardner.”
Tea: “why aren’t you alone and not in a group?” Even though she knew the answer, she didn’t know how to start the conversation.
Seto: “I think it’s pretty obvious, no one wants me in their group.”
Tea: “that’s not true. If you just ask someone, they will let you in.”
Seto: “they won’t. I know them. But you sound sure. I don’t see anyone who would want to be my partner. Would you?”
Tea: (nervously) “me…. I am sure the guys would want you in the group. I am gonna ask them.”
Seto smirked as she went to talk to them. He knew joey would never let it happen. Everything was going according to plan.
(back with the gang)
Joey: “what were you doing talking to kaiba.”?
Tea: “he doesn’t have a partner so I said he can join our group. What do you say?”
Tristen: “are you nuts. Its kaiba.”
Joey: “I am not letting him in out group no matter what and that’s final. You may think he is nice but I don’t.”
Tea: “fine. Then I am going to be his partner. We have to do this project in group and two people make a group.”
Then she walked away from them, towards kaiba. Seto saw her coming and smirked.
Tea: “they don’t want you in their group but it’s okay. If you don’t mind, I can be your partner.”
Seto: t wot would be okay. I’ll see you at my mansion, 7:00. Ok.”
Tea: “okay.”
Then she went to the guys again. Seto smiled evilly to himself. Working in his house will give him an edge. He will be waiting with all his traps open for her and he will make sure she doesn’t escape.