Regalshipping chapter 5

Zephyr of Darkness' notes: Okay, since I didn't get any comment from last update at any of the places I upload this at, that got very well over 500 visits since last time, I'm gonna use this space I usually dedicate to thank and comment for something else.

Zephyr: *tickles Yami*

Yami: Waaaaah!!!

Zephyr: *tickles Yami more*

Yami: Waaaaaaaaaah!!!!

Zephyr: *tickles Yami some more*

Yami: *squirming* Waaaaahhhhh!!!!! T_T

Oh yeah, this chapter is actually the second part of chapter 4, which I divided because it was too long.

Yugi focused on his outer surroundings again. He walked back to the Kame Shop slowly. Despite all that had happened, he was grateful for some thing: Yami hadn't spoken of phoning Mai. Perhaps he was planning to do it once they'd reached home, but it was still strange. And another idea hovered in his mind. Carefully, he shut his mind link with Yami.

What did he say? Try your hand with somebody else? Would that mean anybody? Yugi liked Tea very much, but he wasn't a doll either. He was very nice and overly optimistic, but Tea's doing was starting to take its toll on him. Not only for being irresponsive to his advances... Tea's can't-reach-me attitude with him and would-do-anything with Yami had started to erode his esteem of her.

And Yami really knew his stuff, it seemed. After all, he had managed to get Mai. Maybe, with his help, he could get some beautiful girl for himself...

Opening his mind link again so it wouldn't be suspicious, Yugi walked the few blocks that separated him from his house.

- Aaaah.... Finally, home sweet home. Tadaima! Grandpa!

- Welcome back, Yugi! - Grandpa said from the kitchen.

Yugi climbed the stairs in a fast, heavy pace. He entered his room, closing the door behind him. His backpack flew right to one corner, and he dropped on the bed, arms wide open. - Man, I'm beat.

Yami appeared in his ethereal form at his side and sat at the end of the bed. He covered his mouth with a hand, making an ever-so-slight yawn.

- I agree it was a pretty eventful day. So what about it, Yugi? Where are you going this night?

Yugi turned his head to him. He didn't want to remind Yami of Mai's phone... but he really doubted he would have forgotten about it. There must have been another reason.

- You... I thought you would be calling Mai tonight.

Yami frowned severely and stared back at Yugi for a couple of seconds. Then his expression suddenly relaxed, melting in a sweet grin.

- Yes... I should have figured you would think like that. But no... It's too soon.

- Oh? You mean...

- I can put that up for later. I will give her the privilege of not seeing me today.

- The privilege of not seeing you?

Yami just chuckled, and then just stared away from Yugi.

Yugi stayed silently for a while. Then an idea came to his mind. - Does that have something to do with what you said to me... "You're overdoing it for someone who isn't committed"?

Yami smiled and turned to him. - I see you're getting the gist of my thinking.

- .... Not overdoing it.... huh.... - Yugi said distractedly.

"Well, at least it seems something stuck" - thought Yami.

They kept silent for long minutes, Yami staring away, Yugi sprawled on the bed, slowly getting sleepy. He moved his arms closer to his body, curling slightly. He then managed the courage to say what had roamed his mind for hours.

- Hey...... Yami.

- Hmmm? - the Pharaoh absently responded.

- You said earlier... that if I forgot about Tea, I might get luckier with someone else.

- I did, yes.

- But... if I blew it with someone else, and Tea hears of it, I'll lose any chance with her.

- ....Not again.... aibou... - Yami rolled eyes. He looked like he was about to cry.

- Well, it's true. - he stated, very seriously.

- It's funny that you think that way since she knows I kissed Mai and despite it, she seems more determined than ever to get me.

Yugi got silent. He mumbled something like "know you're right...", but Yami wasn't sure.

- But... - Yugi spoke up - I'm nowhere near you. You... you're so experienced, confident... You... you're just in another league.

- Well, I can help you with that... if you're willing to learn, that is.

- Really? Do you think I could get any girl if you teach me how... like you do? - Yugi's tone increased in excitement as he pronounced those words.

- Well... it's not like that, aibou. I can't just get "any girl". But a high percentage, yes.

- ...what high percentage are we talking about here?

- Of available girls? About ninety per cent.

Yugi choked. That was a dream beyond a dream for him!!!

- What?!!! Really?!! - Yugi sprang on the bed, getting in all fours.

- That would include everyone that's not lesbian, a big weirdo, or a severe nutcase. And you wouldn't like that anyway.

- Wow... Yami... that's too good to be true...

- It doesn't have to be. I...

- How did you get so good? How was life in ancient Egypt? Did you have a harem?!

- I... no... I don't think so... - Yami closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead - I kind of vaguely remember I did sleep with lots of people... and there was someone special to me...

- Someone special?

- I... aaargh! I don't remember... - Yami frowned - I just have this very vague feeling about things...

- But you said...

- Yeah, I know, I know. Maybe my subconscious mind knows things that I don't.

Yugi stared at him, worried. It somehow seemed hazardous to trust the fate of his love life to someone who didn't remember anything about himself... And yet, he was doing so much better than him!

- Yami...

- Mmm... mm... - Yami was frowning, eyes closed.

- Hear me out...

- M... yeah, aibou. - Yami sighed, and looked up at Yugi, doing his best to look attentive.

- Okay, grand teacher, I am in your hands. Please help me - he bowed - However...

- What? - Yami seemed slightly amused.

- You may think I am skeptical... but... before that, I want one more proof.

- Yeah...?

- You managed to get Mai, who you like, and Tea, who you hate, fall for you. But... - he looked up - Before I trust my luck to you, I want to see you do it with someone else. Someone who is not attached to you by love nor hate.

- All right - Yami nodded. - That should actually be easy.

- All right then.

- ...Have you thought of someone?

- Let me see... - Yugi frowned, hiding a sweatdrop. He didn't know many women, in fact. He'd always hang out with the same group at school, and after that, the world of card games, which didn't host many women at all. It occurred to Yugi for the first time, that his luck was actually pretty damn limited to a small handful of women. - Hee... I really don't know many women besides Tea and Mai... wait... there was this little girl, who dueled me... Rebecca. But - he stared at Yami and blushed - She is... unfuckable.

Yami just blinked.

- Then... oh, how about Miho?! That girl sure is cute... but you'll have a hard time getting her... she likes Bakura. - he laughed, and then suddenly got serious - Oh... but she's out of town right now. We'd have to wait for her to come back. I'm not sure when will she do that, though.

- ...... - Yami blinked.

- Then, there is Ishizu... but no fair, she would do whatever her Pharaoh wants, I'm sure. - he smirked.

- You may be right about that.

- And then... - Yugi kept thinking - Nah, nobody else. I guess we'd have to wait until Miho comes back. Or maybe go clubbing and see what we could get there.

- Aren't you forgetting someone?

- Who?

- Really? You can't think of anyone else? How about Joey's sister?

Yugi gulped. - Serenity?! I can't go after my best friend's sister!

- Tristan doesn't seem to think that way. - Yami smirked.

- ...Speaking of Serenity - Yugi lowered his voice - Have you noticed how her boobies grew during Battle City? Do you think she may be using padding like Tea?

Yami choked back a laugh. Poor Yugi was suspicious of every girl with more than a flat chest now. - I don't think so. She's right in the age where people grow suddenly. Of height... and other things.

- Really? How can you tell it's not a padding?

- Ha. I'll tell you later about it. Anyway. How about it? Should I try getting Serenity?

- But... if Joey notices...

- Joey is not even with her tonight. He's still at the hamburger store, blocking their entrance. And it will be a good chance to show you my skill against two competitors.

- Two competitors?

- Serenity is with Tristan and Duke tonight.

- What? I thought Tristan was with Joey at the burger shop!

Yami smirked - That's not it. With Serenity and Duke on the line, Tristan will give up on his mission... - he sweatdropped - ... no matter how noble it would be.

- ... And how do you know of this?

- I overheard Duke saying he was going to meet someone special tonight at Poly's club. Can you think of someone else he'd meet?

- That doesn't mean Tristan will be there.

- Hah. Just wait and see. So how about it, aibou?

It sure sounded weird to Yugi. He'd have never imagined something like that happening.

- ........ All right.......

- So, tell me. What kind of seduction should I use on her?

- What do you mean?

- I'm sure even you understood that. What do you want it to be? A one-night stand, or a longer relationship?

- Uh... eh?? That is strange. How can you tell that?

- Well, what I'd do would vary according to that. I'd need a different amount of time for each.

- Really? Like how much?

- Well, for someone like Serenity... for a long relationship, a week will suffice. For a one-night stand, I just need a couple hours.

- A couple hours!!! You're bragging, Yami. That's impossible! Tristan and Duke have been trying things for months and nobody got anything from her!!!

Yami just smiled. - By the way, I'm not into her. I'll seduce her, but you do all the follow-up.

- Eh... - Yugi blushed.

- Since you don't believe me when I say I can get her in two hours, then a one-night stand it is.

- As you wish. You may be good, but that's way too much.

Yami laughed. - Get some rest. We'll reach Poly's at 9. That place has a pool, right?

- It does.

- Then get some swimsuit too.

- I will... - Yugi turned to the side, turning his back to Yami. He wanted to get some sleep... but he was so fully awake now.

Those who knew Tea wouldn't have recognized her that dusky evening. She walked by quietly to her destination: a building with a flashy neon billboard that read "Singles' Party" . The white cloak she had made out of a bedsheet concealed her looks perfectly... or so she thought. Looking up, she stared at the luxurious apartment condo. There it was: the penthouse! Few people were around, and certainly nobody that knew her. It was time to set her evil plan in motion!

Mai was sitting on her penthouse's kitchen, slowly sipping a cup of coffee while reading the latest Cosmopolitan, when she heard something tapping the window. Birds did that all the time, so she didn't even look.

- ..........

Tea stared up. The penthouse was so high that none of the pebbles she had tossed at its windows had reached it... she thought that one seemed to have done it, but it hadn't broken any window as expected. She returned her sight at street level. This was the time for the plan B. Tea smirked, but then realized something important.

She didn't have a plan B.

Tea stared blankly ahead. That really didn't matter... she would think of one.

Thirty minutes had passed. A lot of people had walked by and commented on Tea's looks. Those who hadn't had, however, stared meaningfully. But to Tea it didn't matter. And then, all of a sudden... she got a good idea.

She needed inspiration. And she knew where to get it.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Zephyr of Darkness' notes: A cookie for you if you realized this is the first chapter I don't slip in a Megaman or Airman reference :) How did you like Tea's introduction as a two-bit villain? XD

By the way... before Rebecca fans start plotting my assassination (if Rebecca fans exist, anyway), this fic is set before the America championship happens... so the idea Yugi has of Rebecca is of an uppity annoying girl with a teddy bear. *shrugs* I can't doubt much that a 16-years-old guy would see that as unfuckable. And besides... how old is she then? The Japanese sexual consentment age is 13 years old, so... anyway, why the heck am I explaining this?

Yugi's comment about Serenity is my own too. Have you noticed that all the girls seemed to get boob jobs during Battle City?

Next time: The twins set their plan in motion! And it is one of the hentai loaded chapters... Oh yeah, I should give y'all a warning *coughunderagesexcough* I have written the next chapter long ago, but it's pretty screwed up. It's calling out for some edition before posting. So anyway, see you in the dead of night! Arhooooooooo!!!