Okie dokie, first round's done, and I see that most of you managed to get your fics in on time. Great job, and a very impressed kudos to those who posted fics in the first few days, well DONE. Now hopefully you all heeded my advice to read the fics as they were posted, so we don't end up getting to the last day and still having 9 people left to vote. The judging is very straightforward, you have 4 days to finish reading the fics if you haven't already and then vote for your favorite, for the one fic you think deserves to go through to the next round. As I said before, if you don't vote, you lose a vote from your tally. If this causes your vote count to dip into the negatives, you're disqualified. Since there's so MANY fics, we'll probably have to go to a tiebreaker, but we'll cross that bridge when it comes to it.

Ryou VeRua - It's a Kaiba Thing - 5

YuugisGirl - Cookies and Milk - 4

Sierra's Darkness - Out of the Loop - 3

Nemisor - Not That Bad - 2

Always a Bookworm - Fear and Hope - 2

Sunshine Biscuits - Lucky Seven - 2

Jenivi7 - Promises - 1

Full Shadow Alchemist - Maybe Next Time - 1

after.a.hard.day - Harmony in C - 1

millenniumthief - Older Brothers... - 1

SilentxMistress - Not This Way - 1

Higuchimon - Smile - 1

Yami Roojii - First Date - 1

darkrunner - Memory Lapse - 1

Cheeky-eyes - Nothing - 1

Fantasy.Maker - Stuck in Their Shadow - 1

Homosexual Guitar - Unwritten Promise - 1

Out-Of-Control-Authoress - Just Smile for Me - 1

arashi wolf Pup - Can't Help But Falling In Love - 1

Cobweb Cupcakes - Surprise - 1

Inu Kaiba - Waiting Room - 1

Comicbookfan - The Sunset - 0

Doubleplusgoodduckspeaker - Shades of Gray - 0

Unique Art - A Date? - 0

YamiYugi4ever - Visit at the Orphan - 0

YamiShiningFriendship - Prom Promise - 0

Detonate - A Ride to Remember - 0

shadowkaru15 - Icecream with a shirt and a hole - 0

Angela and MiniMix - Dragon Cave - 0

chiruri chikorate - curse of kaiba - 0

Mirabelle456 - Things Change - 0

VOTES ARE DUE JUNE 16! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED A FIC, AND GOOD LUCK!

Left to Vote:

From Ryou VeRua ~ Guys, if I made a mistake in the tallying feel free to tell me. The sheer number of contestants/fics guarantees that at least one will happen - and I feel like one already did!

now that i can FINALLY turn my computer off due to having kept this stupid window open so i remembered my possible votes and have narrowed it down to one, imma go vote before my back up laptop dies and that be bad because then i wouldnt have a laptop for anywhere between 1 and 4 days. *breath* anyway, i liked em all, but i think my favorite (besides my own) is Nemisor's Not that bad. Seto's reactions were priceless, and i was looking for my favorite sibling reactions to whatever mokuba and serenity were doing.

So nemisor, my vote goes to you. good job

After reading all of the fics, I've gotta say that my favourite was definitely YuugisGirl's Cookies and Milk. That was probably the cutest thing I've ever read!

I vote for promises

Oh, this is so hard! There are so many that I want to vote for... but I'm going to have to go with Sunshine Biscuits- Lucky Seven. It was breathtaking. Just so amazing. But I had so many favourites- this was such a hard choice!

My vote will have to go to Full Shadow Alchemist's 'Maybe Next Time'. Good job to everyone and good luck!

Wow, that was hard. I had a lot of favorites since all of the authors here are amazing. But my vote goes to Nemisor - Not That Bad. Good luck to everyone!

Oh this was hard, this was really really hard, voting I mean. There are so many fics I simply love.

But I think I'll give my vote to a fic that after two times of re-reading still remained beautiful and meaningful: Always a Bookworm - Fear and Hope.

Good luck to everyone! :)

I gotta say my vote goes to after.a.hard.day's Harmony in C. ^^

My vote goes to YuugisGirl and 'Cookies and Milk'. I loved em' all, but this one just kind of got stuck in my head. :)

I vote for "Cookies and Milk"! It was very cute and very funny at the end ^^

I vote for Ryou VeRua - It's a Kaiba Thing.

cookies for my vote

My vote goes to Always a Bookworm for Fear and Hope. Loved it :D

I vote for Sierra's Darkness - Out of the Loop

I'd say, the best characterization was in milleniumthief's story: Older Brothers...

So, my vote goes to you. Good job!

There were so many great stories, and my vote goes to SilentxMistress' Not This Way. I loved the style! :)

i chose Ryou VeRua - It's a Kaiba Thing. I found the story to be very delightful and i personally enjoyed it. Its very fitting from the beginng till the very end.

Smile by Higuchimon~! The characterizations were literally spot-on and it left such a happy/fuzzy feeling inside~ =D

I had so many favorites... but I'm going to have to go with First Date by Yami Rooji.

There were so many great ones, (and I'm sorry I didn't find time to review most of them or thank everyone for reviewing mine...Thanks guys!) but I have to pick the one closest to my gaming heart:

I pick Ryou VeRua: It's a Kaiba Thing! Nice job!

There were a lot of good ones this round, to the point that I've spent the last few days trying to choose my favourite amongst four. @.@ But I think I'll go with Sierra's Darkness (you had me at 'canoodlin' (joking, joking... it was 'period' -is brick'd-). Special mention to Sunshine, darkrunner and Higuchimon ~

Also, apologies to everyone about not reviewing yet, I got caught up in Tales of Symphonia. XD;

Voting for Dark Runner~ TWAS WONDERFUL.

I'm going to go with Sunshine Biscuits' Lucky Seven. Props to Ryou VeRua, too, for writing such a lengthy fic!

after reading through all of these wonderful fanfiction I have a hard time choose one, but I went with the sarcastic one, or the one that amde me laugh the most xD

So, my vote goes to Sierra's Darkness and her Out Of The Loop^^

Good luck everyone *already knows she is last*

Alright real fast before my Human Sexuality test.

Ryou VeRua - It's a Kaiba Thing

Normally, I'd vote for something with no votes, but we're going to have such a massive tiebraker anyway, what's another fic? Ryou's was too amazing to NOT vote for. :D

I'll vote for cheeky.

(whoops! almost forgot hehe)

Oh! I didn't realize I was running so low on time! thanks for the reminder Rua!

I vote for Fantasy Maker!

And thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou Compy for making siblingshipping the first challenge. It's one of my absolute favorites and now there's soooo many good stories for it!

I'm gonna vote for some one with no votes, so--Homosexual Guitar, 'Unwritten Promise'.

Out-Of-Control-Authoress's 'Just Smile for Me'. X3 It was uber cute.

arashi wolf Pup

Before anyone says it, NO, Hika and I are not lazy. We are both busy, but the main reason we are both the last to vote is because as your overlords it is our DUTY to attempt to shorten the inevitable tiebreaker. *self important nod* So. Cobweb Cupcakes. My vote. You have it.

*waves over at Compy's post*

I have to say, Lily's was my favourite, I loved Sunshine's, and a bunch of others were short, sweet, and potential-filled. Not to mention Higuchi, Ryou, Yuugi's Girl.

SO. In favour of lessened tiebreaker, I'm voting Ama.

MY MINIONS, THANK YOU! YOUR HEARTS HAVE PLEASED THE METROCON GOD (who it turns out is actually Darth Vader) AND HAVE RETURNED ME SAFELY TO MY RIGHTFUL THRONE! (For pics of the harrowing experience, check out Top_Hat12 on photobucket. Sushi earings!) Now let's weed out the one and move on to the medium pairings. X3

Sunshine Biscuits - faces at the bottom of the well - 3

Always a Bookworm - Awkward - 2

Ryou VeRua - Scenario ABC - 2

Out-Of-Control-Authoress - Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice - 2

YuugisGirl - Venus Flytrap - 2

Nemisor - Unreachable - 2

Mirabelle456 - The Kissing Card Game - 1

Cobweb Cupcakes - Breaking The Habit - 1

Detonate - Be Careful What You Wish For - 1

Doubleplusgoodduckspeaker - Change of Heart - 1

Jenivi7- Ghosts, Goths and other Anxieties - 1

Inu Kaiba - Tuesday - 1

Higuchimon - Everywhere - 1

Unique Art - Running - 1

Fantasy.Maker - Bloody Teeth and Another Missing Animal - 1

Cheeky-eyes - All Over Again - 1

millenniumthief - Summertime - 1

darkrunner - The End of Alcatraz - 1

Comicbookfan - Other Halves - 1

Full Shadow Alchemist - All We Are - 1

SilentxMistress - Sugary Wine - 1

chiruri chikorate - advice from an unlikly source - 1

arashi wolf Pup - Teardrops on My Guitar - 0

YamiYugi4ever - Let's spin the bottle! - 0

Homosexual Guitar - Wonderland - 0

YamiShiningFriendship - Carnival Games - 0

DUE JULY 4TH!

Aside from Psychoshipping last season, this is the most slash fics I've read in a while... they were all written so well, and I had so much trouble weeding it down to just one... butI'm definitely gonna have to go with Detonate's Be Careful What You Wish For

Great job, Detonate, your fic was amazing.

And great job, everyone else, I might just have to start reading a bit more slash after the quality of these fics!

It was between Mirabelle456's The Kissing Card Game or darkrunner's The End of Alcatraz out of all the others. Everyone's is great but I have to choose one so I choose. Mirabelle456's The Kissing Card Game. It is a wonderful story and couldn't stop reading.

my vote is for cobweb cupcakes breaking the habit

I'm walking on Sunshine ~

... I'm sorry, that was bad. XD

I vote for Sunshine Biscuits Faces at the bottom of the well ^^ Ryou was perfect in that.

My vote'll go to Always a Bookworm's Awkward.

*thinks* there were a lot that I liked, it's gonna be hard to choose only one... *keeps thinking* ok, I'll go with Unreachable from Nemisor, it was so sweet ^^

Comedy is something I absolutely adore. Therefore, my vote must go to RyouVeRua and Scenario ABC. Congratulations, I almost gave myself a concussion when I fell out of my chair laughing! *snickers*

I will place my vote on Bookworm's Awkward !! I loved it ! :D

I'll vote for YuugisGirl and Venus Flytrap. It was amazing! :)

It was really hard for me to choose this round- everyone's fics were so good.

In the end, I chose to vote for Doubleplusgoodduckspeaker's (gosh, that's a mouthful,) 'Change of Heart'. :3

I vote for out of control authoress' "Fool me once, fool me twice"

I say...hmm...I'll have to vote for RyouVerua's 'Scenario ABC'. Just because it was hilarious. And...there were Soul Eater references, man!

I vote for: Sunshine Biscuits - faces at the bottom of the well

These were all so great! I had so many favorites, but my vote goes to Jenivi7- Ghosts, Goths and other Anxieties.

Good luck guys!

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