Hi, people! This is my first Yu-Gi-Oh! Fanfic here, so... heh... Normally I'm a comedy writer. This is my first non-comedy fic, so I hope it's good! Enjoy!

NOTE: There will be no "pairings" in this fic, so sorry if that dissapoints you.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! ...But who wouldn't want to? Heheh..

Haunted Inheritance

Yugi tapped his pencil on the white paper in front of him, deep in thought. Although his mind was only half-on the test he was supposed to be working on… the other half was currently imagining playing Tetris… he had become addicted to the game recently, and his thoughts kept returning to it.

His mind was also occupied at the absence of Joey today. He was never late to school – probably because if he arrived early enough, he could always get a cheap bagel for breakfast. He stared at the back of Teà's head, who was sitting in the seat in front of him. He stared next at Tristian's, in the seat in his front-right. But the seat in front of him, Joey's, was empty.

Yugi brought his thoughts back to his paper. He was taking a test, he didn't have time to let his mind wander… he could worry about Joey later.

Teà dropped her pencil in front of him, and bent down to pick it up. Her test paper was revealed for a flash as she did this, and Yugi realized, with a shock, that she was almost done, and he had only done a couple questions! He bent down back to his paper and began filling in bubbles.

Half way done a few minutes later, he was finally beginning to think he might finish in time when the door slammed open, and Joey scrambled in. Everyone looked up to see Joey panting in the doorway, clutching an official looking paper

"What is the meaning of this?" their teacher howled at him.

"Sorry," Joey panted, "but…" The teacher cut him off.

"I will not have you coming in late to my class, Mr. Wheeler," she snapped. "Take your seat immediately. You can take your test after school."

"No, see," Joey began, still panting, "The principal wants to see Yugi, Teà, and Tristan right away."

"…Oh, well can it wait until after their test?"

"No, he said it's urgent," Joey urged her.

"Well, okay," she said, but she didn't look too sure. Nonetheless, she continued. "Yugi, Tristan, Teà, you'll have to finish your tests after school, too." The three of them got up, wondering what the principal could want with them, handed their papers to the teacher (Yugi was a little reluctant to let go), and followed Joey out the door.

"Why does the principal want to see us?" Tristan asked. He was used to seeing the principal. He and Joey saw him so much that the principal kept their records outside the file cabinet, knowing he would have to take them out again soon anyway.

"He doesn't," Joey replied coolly.

"What?" Teà questioned, almost yelling. "Then why did you force us to come with you? I am NOT getting a bad grade because you want to skip school!"

"Knowing you, you were practically done, anyway," Joey turned on her. "But either way, this isn't any normal reason to skip school." He waved the paper in his hand in front of them.

"What's that?" Yugi asked, taking it. His eyes scanned it, looking for what was so important about it, but he found it almost immediately. Before he could say anything, though, Tristan snatched it from his hand, saw what it was about, and stared at Joey.

"You've been given a HOUSE?" he asked.

"Yeah, can you believe it?" Joey replied, still coolly. "My grandparents – the ones I barely knew – they died and left me this place."

"Who in the right mind would leave you a house?" Teà asked, still angry.

Joey looked at the floor. "Well, my pop and I were the only people they knew who didn't already have one…." He perked up again. "So I was thinking we should go check it out!"

"And that couldn't wait until after school?" Tea snapped again.

"Well," Joey began, "I figured 'when's a better time to go to a place when everyone you know's looked up in school?"

"Joey, I don't think…" Yugi started, but he was cut off again.

"Hey, what are you doing out of class?" A loud voice asked. Yugi cringed. He knew that voice, and it was currently the last one he wanted to hear at the moment.

It was the principle.

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