Yu-Gi-Oh! Clue
Like the title says this is a Yu-Gi-Oh! story mixed with the movie/boardgame "Clue" I promise the only real similarity between them is the title, for the most part the story and plot will mostly be my own. The idea did come from the movie/boardgame but that's about it. Now then this is merely the introductory chapter where you will find out which of the Yu-Gi-Oh! characters will play a part in the story. I used quite a few of them I won't lie but that's alright, this is a mystery so that means all the more suspects. Fair Warning! There will be a little yaoi romance between Joey and Valon (Jeershipping and/or Angershipping) It will work its way in there but the story will mostly revolve around the gang trying to solve the mystery. I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! or it's characters or the movie/boardgame "Clue" Anyways, hope you all like it! :)
Chapter 1
It had been several years since the ceremonial battle between Atem and Yugi, and since then the gang has all went their separate ways. Everyone still kept in touch with one another, but never really had time to hang out anymore.
Joey has moved in with his sister Serenity, in a small apartment in downtown domino while she is going to community college. One day Joey decided to go check the mail.
When he opened the mail box he found several envelopes, he said to himself "Junk mail, electric bill, credit card bill, and... a letter for me and Serenity? From the office of Maxillion Pegasus. Pegasus? Why would he be sending me and Serenity a letter in the mail?"
Joey ran back inside to tell his sister, so they could find out together. He ran up to her and said "Hey sis, we got a letter in the mail from Pegasus." Serenity looked at her brother puzzeled and said "Pegasus? Isn't he the guy who invented Duel Monsters?" Joey nodded and said "Yep, I wonder what he wants."
And with that Joey quickly tore open the letter, and began to read it to himself. Serenity asked "So what does it say?" The note read as follows...
"Dear Joey and Serenity Wheeler,
It has been quite some time my young friends. Too long in fact, so I am getting everyone together for a party at my estate by the coast just outside of Domino City. I will be holding this party this Friday starting at 7 o'clock sharp! Dinner will be served at 7:30 and at 8 we will be serving drinks and dessert where we can all catch up on old times together. Hope to see you there, directions to my estate are on the back of this letter. I have missed you all, and hope to see everyone there. Remember 7 o'clock sharp!
Sincerely,
Maximillion Pegasus"
"Everyone? Does that mean Yugi, Duke, Tea, Tristan, and everyone else too?" The girl said with the excitement of a child. "I guess so, this is so awesome. I haven't got to see the gang in years." Said the blonde with the same excitement.
"Do you think Mai was invited?" Said Serenity. Joey didn't respond he just stood there with his bangs covering his eyes. For no one had heard from Mai since the Dartz incident. Joey just shook his head and said "If she was, she won't be there." Serenity looked at her brother with apoligetic eyes and said "Sorry, Joey."
Joey just smiled and said "It's alright sis, no worries. I can't believe the gangs getting together again, this is so awesome!"
Friday Night 6:00 pm
"Come on Serenity! We're going to be late!" Yelled the blonde to his younger sister. "I'm coming!" She yelled as she ran down the hall. She ran up to her brother and said "Alright, ready to go Joey!" Joey smiled and said "Okay, we got to get there by seven, do you got the directions?" Serenity nodded and said "Yep right here." Joey nodded in return.
The siblings walked to their car just outside the door, Joey opened the passenger side door open for his sister as he often did. Then hopped in himself. Joey started the car up and with that the Wheelers were on their way.
6:45 pm
Joey and Serenity had made their way to the country side, which Serenity was admiring from her seat in the car. Joey asked "So where do we go from here sis?" Serenity looked at the directions and said "It says to turn left here. Then Pegasus' estate should be at the end of the road."
Joey turned left as his sister said and began to drive down the road. It was a very smoothe road, implying that it was more or less a drive way to the mansion. This reassured Joey they were heading in the right direction.
A few minutes passed then suddenly there stood a very elegant mansion overlooking the sea. They drove up to the gate which had a big M and P on it. With that the Wheelers knew they had made it to their destination.
They stopped right in front of the gate only to find one of Pegasus' staff standing in front of it. They stopped and Joey rolled down his window. The man walked over to the car and said "Invitations please." Joey looked over at Serenity and she handed him the letter they had recieved, and Joey showed it to the man.
He looked it over and said "Alright, you are clear to enter. Mr. Pegasus is awaiting your arrival. Just pull up the the front door, and ring the bell. My associate will escort you inside." Joey nodded and waited while the man pressed a button to open the gates to the estate.
With the gates open Joey pulled closer and closer to the mansion, before finally stopping behind some of the other cars. Serenity looked around and recognized some letters on what appeared to be a small limosuine. They read "KC."
She said "That's a Kaiba Corp limo, which means..." Joey interupted and said "Kaiba is here... just great..." Joey looked at all the other cars and noticed they all looked familiar. He said "Hey Yugi, Tea, and Duke are already here!" The Wheelers both got out of the car and walked towards the front door.
They both stopped at the door, and Joey rang the bell. They stood there for a few moments then the door began to open to reveal a familiar man. It was Croquet Pegasus' right hand man during the Duelist Kingdom tourniment. Croquet said "Welcome, . Miss Wheeler. Please come in."
The two entered the mansion and Croquet shut the door behind them. They looked around the big room they had entered. They saw a massive grand staircase leading upstairs, and a beautiful chandelier above their heads. "Please follow me to the lounge." Commanded Croquet.
The two didn't question, and followed right after the man. They walked down the hall and Joey asked "So Crouquet, what made Pegasus want all of us to come here all of a sudden?" Croquet responded "Mr. Pegasus has instructed me not to tell anyone anything. He wants to tell you himself later on." Serenity asked "Is something wrong?" And Croquet resonded "All will be explained in time now please just enjoy yourselves until then."
They stopped in front of a pair of large wooden doors and Croquet opened them. Once open the Wheelers saw several familiar faces. Joey said "Yugi! Tea! Duke! Mokuba! Kaiba..." The last one being said with very little enthusiasm.
"Joey! Serenity!" They all said in unison, with the exception of Kaiba, after their exclamation they ran over to the blonde and his younger sister and began a big group hug. Tea said "It's been too long guys." Joey replied "I know, it has. So what have you all been up to?" Duke said "Oh you know a little of this, a little of that."
Joey asked "So any of you guys know why Pegasus called us here? We asked Croquet but he wouldn't say anything. Yugi shook his head and said "Nope. We don't even know who all was invited." Kaiba said "Who cares? This is probably some hair brained scheme of his to get my company."
Duke said "Kaiba, not everything revolves around you and your company you know. Maybe Pegasus just wanted to have us all together to celebrate something." Kaiba rolled his eyes and said "Whatever."
Next thing they knew the doors to the room began to open again, only to reveal Bakura, Marik, Ishizu, and Odion. Tea said "Hey you guys! You were invited too! It's so good to see you!" With a huge smile on her face. Marik smiled back and said "Hey Tea, Yugi, everyone. What a pleasant surprise." Ishizu, Odion, and Bakura all nodded at the other guests.
Serenity asked "So is this everyone? Or will there be more coming?" Ishizu said "I am not certain. But something tells me there will be more guests arriving shortly."
Meanwhile, Pegasus was in one of the upstairs rooms, sitting down enjoying a glass of red wine as he often did, staring out the window watching as more cars began to pull in. He thought to himself "Well it appears everyone is beginning to arrive. I hope everyone shows up, for this will be a night they will never forget."
All the guests were talking among themselves in the lounge, as the doors to the room opened once again. This time Rebecca Hawkins, and Tristan would walk through the door. Of course the second she saw Yugi, she jumped him and said "Yugi! It's been years! Did you miss me Yugi-poo?"
Yugi stood there uneasy as the young blonde nearly strangled him. He said "Hey Beck, good to see you too." Tea glared at the younger girl, out of jealousy. She said "Oh, lovely. If it isn't Rebecca, Yugi's wanna be Juliet."
Rebecca said "Oh hi Tea, miss me that much did you?" She then winked at the brunette as she held on to Yugi tighter. This only made Tea more annoyed.
Tristan walked up to Joey and Serenity. Serenity said "Tristan, how are you?" Tristan smiled at the younger girl and said "Pretty good Serenity, how's school going?" Serenity replied "It's going great, thank you for asking." He smiled at her, then turned to Joey.
"What's up Joey?" said Tristan. "Good to see ya Tristan" Said the blonde. Tristan got closer to Joey and whispered "Hey Joey, umm... well I just thought you should know that..." Before Tristan could finish the doors to the room opened once again.
There stood Raphael, and Alister. Kaiba immediately noticed the red head the moment he stepped into the room. Kaiba said "Oh, great this night just gets better and better."
Yugi finally broke away from Rebecca, while Duke distracted her. Yugi walked up to the two and said "Hello, Raphael, Alister."
Allister and Raphael both smiled at the shorter boy. Raphael said "It's great to see you again, Yugi." Joey, still standing by Tristan said "Raphael and Allister? If Pegasus invited them then he must have invited..." Tristan cut him off "That's what I'm trying to tell you Valon is here..." Joey now cut Tristan off "So? I don't mind Valon, he turned out to be alright in my book."
Tristan then said "If you would just listen to me, then you..." Then Joey saw Valon in the doorway, but Valon wasn't the one Joey was staring at. It was the woman next to the brunette. It was none other than Mai Valentine. Joey didn't know what to think, no one had seen Mai since Dartz's plot years ago.
Everyone kind of stood there in shock. Finally, Serenity broke the silence and ran up to Mai. She said "Mai!" As she gave the woman she idolized so much a giant hug. "I'm so glad you're here Mai!" She finished. Mai said "It's great to see you too Serenity. You have grown up so much."
Serenity let go of Mai and looked at Valon and asked "Oh, I'm sorry forgive me. I'm Serenity and it's a pleasure to meet you." Valon smiled and said "The pleasure is all mine Serenity. Mai has told me nothin' but good things about ya." Serenity blushed by the Aussie's accent and his charming attitude.
Thanks to Serenity breaking the ice, everyone slowly walked up to Mai to greet her. Yugi said "Wow Mai, I have to say I'm surprised you're here. None of us have heard from you in so long." Mai smiled at the shorter boy and said "I know Yugi, and I'm sorry about that. I had to work on myself before I could face you all again."
Tea said "It's alright Mai, we're your friends. That will never change." Mai smiled at Tea's kind words.
Joey was overwhelmed with shock and joy, but at the same time hurt. He was happy to see Mai, but he really wasn't expecting to her to be at this party... especially with Valon. He had no hard feelings towards Valon, it was quite the opposite actually. He really did admire Valon very much, especially after their duel all those years ago.
Joey wasn't hurt by the fact Mai had reconnected with Valon, he was hurt by the fact she reconnected with Valon before she did with him. A mix of hurt and jealousy overwhelmed Joey. Although he tried hard to shake it off, he just couldn't get over it.
Joey had let go of any feelings he had for Mai long ago. But this sight still made him want to cry a little. What did this mean? We're Mai and Valon a couple?
Tristan could see the hurt in Joey's eyes, he asked "You alright man?" Joey still just stared, but finally said "Yeah, I'll be alright."
After Mai had talked to everyone else she noticed Joey standing in the corner with Tristan. She began to walk over to them uneasy, for she knew out of everyone, Joey would be the hardest to talk to.
Joey saw Mai coming but was at a loss for words. He couldn't show his pain to Mai, he couldn't ruin this reunion. Mai stopped and said "Hello, Joey." Joey replied "Mai" She could sense his hesitence to her. She said "Look, I'm sorry for not keeping in touch. I know it was selfish of me, but I wanted to be sure I was ready, before I spoke to you."
"All these years, not a phone call, or a post card, or anything. You just left without even a goodbye." Replied Joey in a hurt tone. His attempt to hide his true feelings had failed. He couldn't help but express his pain to the person he once cared for so deeply. Inside he really was happy to see her, but his jealousy of Valon had taken over.
Mai began to look at the ground, she said "I know and I'm sorry Joey, look we are all here tonight so why not enjoy ourselves?" Joey simply nodded and walked away.
Tristan saw Mai's hurt expression and said "Don't worry Mai, just give him some time. He will come around eventually." She looked at her friend and said "I hope you're right Tristan. I know I screwed up, and this may be my only chance to make up for it."
Next thing she knew someone placed a hand on her shoulder, It was Valon. He said "He didn't take it well did he?" She shook her head. "Let me talk to him" He finished. Mai smiled at Valon as he was on his way to find Joey.
The door opened once again, it was none other than Zigfried, another of Kaiba's enemys, along with his little brother Leon. Along side them was the imfamous Vivian Wong, whom Rebecca and Tea loathed. Before Tea could breathe a word Vivian yelled "Yugi Mouto!" She then ran over to her favorite duelist attempting to make small talk as sweat appeared on Yugi's forehead from Vivian making him uncomfortable.
Vivian took one look at Rebecca and said "Well if it isn't the little shrimp. Still think you have a shot with Yugi, so sorry honey but he can do far better than a kindergardner." Rebecca had a vein throbbing on her forehead, she said "Look Viv, don't make me kick your sorry butt back to the hole you crawled out of, like I did last time."
Vivan snickered and said "Please that was a long time ago kid, trust me my skills have more than doubled since the last time we dueled." Rebecca then scoffed and said "Oh, so you will only lose in three turns this time?" Vivan now had a vein popping out of her forehead from Rebecca's comment.
Tea just stood on the side and watched the two bicker over Yugi. She thought to herself "Well they are both annoying, but at least they only annoy each other."
Kaiba was staring Zigfried down. He thought to himself "Seriously? Now I know Pegasus is trying to push my buttons. It was bad enough I had to be in the same building as him, let alone Alister and Zigfried. This is going to be a long night."
Valon hunted down the blonde who was trying to hide by the window. Joey just stared blankly out of it thinking. "Hey. Joey." Said the Aussie brunette. Joey turned his head to look at him. He said "Oh, hey Valon. Good to see ya."
Valon smiled and said "Well you don't sound too happy mate. Come on let's go talk, it will make ya feel betta' I promise." Right now Valon was one of the last people Joey wanted to talk to, but he didn't want to be rude so he followed Valon out of the room.
Serenity walked up to Mai and asked "Where are Valon and my brother going?" Mai sighed and said "Well Serenity, it seems your brother still hasn't quite forgiven me. So Valon is going to try and smoothe things out for us."
"Well If I know my brother, everything will be fine before long. He just needs some space, seeing you must have took him by surprise." Said Serenity. Mai replied "I guess we'll see."
The pair went down the hall to what appeared to be the billiard room. It had a very large pool table in the center of the room, it looked very expensive. Valon closed the door behind him and gave the blonde a stern look and said "Alright mate, spill it. What's wrong?" Joey didn't look at Valon and said "Nothin' is wrong." In a very stern voice.
Valon furrowed his eye brows and said "Come on Joey. I can see it in your eyes, you're upset. And it has to do with Mai doesn't it?" Joey continued to look away and just huffed. Finally he said "Yeah, it does. But it's not just Mai..."
"Then what else is it Joey?" Said the blue eyed Austrailian. There was complete silence. "It's me too? Isn't it? Your upset cause me and Mai came here together tonight aren't ya?" Valon finished. Joey just huffed again and said "So what if it is?" In a very annoyed tone.
Valon sighed and said "Look Joey, it's not what it seems. If you're upset cause you think me and Mai are a couple or something, then don't be. Cause we aren't dating mate I promise." Joey, in a very hostile manner, then said "Who said I thought that? Of course you're not dating!" Even though he really did.
Valon merely chuckled at the blonde and replied "You haven't changed a bit have you? You're still short tempered as ever. Look mate I just want to help you patch things up with Mai. Ever since her and I started talking again, making up with you is the only thing she can even think about. She wants to be your friend again more than anything else."
"But that's just it..." Joey snarled. Valon said "What? What do you mean that's just it?" Joey hesitated, and thought for a moment. He couldn't tell Valon he was jealous, mostly because it would hurt his pride to do so. "Well come on now, out with it Joey." Said the brunette.
"She reconnected with you before she did me alright. We were such good friends, then she just disappeared. Then the next time I see her, she comes here with you like you two are best friends." Said the obviously jealous blonde.
Valon sighed and said "You're jealous cause she didn't come to you first." Joey huffed and crossed his arms saying nothing in return.
"Look Joey, she didn't find me. I found her." Said Valon. Joey turned his gaze to Valon and replied "What?" Valon stared at the blonde and said "I found her, there was something I wanted to talk to her about. Something important, so I decided to go find her. She acted nervous and scared when she saw me again, just like she did with you tonight. You meant so much to her, and she just wanted both of you to be ready before she talked to you again. You don't know how hard it was to get her to come tonight, but I finally convinced her it would all work out with you and everyone else."
"Wait you convinced her to come tonight?" Asked Joey. "Yep, you both are my friends, and I know if you two make up you will both be happy. And that in turn makes me happy." Said Valon.
"And I acted like a jealous jerk." Said Joey who was feeling so guilty about the way he acted towards his friend. "It's alright Joey. You just got to go talk to her and make things right. It would mean the world to her." Joey smiled at his Austrailian friend.
"Thanks Valon, you know you really are a good guy. But wait a minute, if you don't mind me asking. What was so important that made you want to find Mai and talk to her anyway?" Joey asked. Valon placed a hand on the back of his head and said "Well Joey... um..." Before Valon could finish, the door to the room opened to reveal Yugi and Tea.
Yugi said "There you guys are. We were looking everywhere for you two, come on all of the guests have arrived and Croquet said it's time for dinner." Joey smiled and said "Alright I'm starving." He looked at Valon and said "Hey you can just tell me later. And thanks again." Joey rushed out the door following Tea and Yugi leaving Valon behind. Valon sighed and then slowly began to follow the rest.
Well there is chapter one hope everyone enjoyed reading! Now please review and comment! Chapter 2 will arrive shortly! :)