Millenium Tours
By: Double Trouble Togepi
AKA: The Ultimate Masta
Joey, lying on his bed, looked up at the ceiling. He could still hear the conversation from so long ago.
"We'll get back to the shore so you can see the ocean again, Serenity, I promise!"
"But we're not gonna be together again. Ever. I'm going with Mom, and you're going with Dad. It'll be too hard!"
"I don't know when, but we'll make it back, together. Until then, promise me something, Serenity. You keep your promise and I'll keep mine. You can't go back there again without me, okay? An' I won't go without you."
"Okay, Joey. I promise."
But he had no sense of value, then. And he had no money, now. He couldn't afford to get them both back there. It was so far away! Sure, they were together again, but he'd counted up the figures about a million times. The cheapest way to get there would be by plane, and he couldn't even afford that without missing a few payments on their apartment. Joey closed his eyes and rubbed the tears from them. That meant he couldn't make good on his promise to his little sister, or if he did, they'd both be homeless. Great choices.
Serenity wandered into Joey's room and sat on his bed, at which point Joey sat up, too. "What're you thinking about, big brother?"
Joey grinned slightly, but Serenity could tell by looking in his eyes that something wasn't right, and her usual smile faded. "It's bad, isn't it?"
Joey frowned slightly. "It's not impor'nt I was just thinking of... Things."
"No, that's not true, Joey. A little sister can always tell. What's wrong?"
"It's nothin'." Joey smiled for real, this time. "Really, sis, don't worry 'bout it."
"Okay, then," Serenity smiled and walked out of his room. She called from the hall, "I hope you're hungry! I'm making pancakes."
Joey smiled. "What's to hope? You must have forgotten almost everything about me, sis!"
****
Joey sat in the back of Yuugi's grandfather's game shop with Yuugi, Tea, Tristan, and Bakura. Everybody seemed to be listening to Joey.
"I just feel so pathetic. I made a promise to my little sister, and I can't keep my promise. What would you do, Yuugi?"
"Me?" Yuugi thought for a few minutes. "I guess I'd... Ask you."
In response he got sweatdrops from Tea and Bakura and facefaults from Tristen and Joey. "Thanks."
"I don't know, really, I don't have siblings, and I don't think I've ever made promises I wasn't sure I could keep."
"Why is it talking to you either solves my problems or makes them a lot worse, Yuugi?
Tea smiled. "Because he's smart, and you're not."
"I'll show you smart!"
At this point, Bakura and Tristen tackle Joey.
"I'll have you know that I happen to be brilliant! I just don't go for that teacher's pet thing."
"Good, 'cause you'd never make it!"
"Why I oughtta..."
Tristen let Joey go as he and Bakura sat down again. "Chill out, man, she's telling the truth, and you know it."
"Yeah, well she doesn't have to be so harsh."
At this point more sweatdrops gather.
"All you have to do is find a way to make some extra money."
"What, like a thousand bucks? Tell me, how do I do that before the end of the summer? I could sell lemonade. But then I may come out about... Oh, I don't know, one thou short!"
Bakura sighed. "Sure would be nice if we could just relax for a while, wouldn't it? I would pay for that."
"Yeah, I know what you mean," Tea agreed as Tristen and Yuugi nodded.
Joey sighed. "Too bad that won't happen any time soon. Well, thanks for your help, I should get going. I have a lot of lemons ta squeeze." Even more sweatdrops gathered.
****
Joey flipped through the newspaper. "How am I gonna pull this one off? I'm nearly broke already, if only Serenity knew that a night out with the guys was my way of skippin' a meal..." As Joey scanned through, he noticed an ad for a sightseeing tour bus. "They said they'd pay money for ta get a vacation. Bet this is what they're talkin' about." Joey stopped and read through it. "Relaxin' getaway... see the sights... Need a passport... Two hundred dollars!? If I could pull this off, I'd have enough money to pay for a trip dere and back about five times!
"Hey, wait a sec... That's it! Maybe I could pull that off... I wonder how much a tour sized bus would cost..." The door opened, startling Joey, as Serenity walked in.
"Hey, big brother," Serenity smiled. "I'll never get used to this."
"Used to what?"
"You. Being here for me all the time." Serenity giggled for a moment before she added, "I know it seems silly, but-"
"'Course it's silly, Serenity. I've always been there for you. If I wasn't fighting for you, I never could have made it in the tournament. We help each other, in life, love, and luxury."
Serenity giggled some more. Joey laughed, too. "That was kinda corny, wasn't it?"
Serenity shook her head, then stopped laughing, wiping tears from her eyes. "No, not at all, Joey." She smiled. "It was sweet. Really."
Joey nodded, then struck an over-dramatic pose. "That's me, sweet and sensitive to the end!"
Serenity stood next to him. "That's my big brother, all right! The sweetest, most sensitive guy in the world! When he feels like it!"
"Yeah! When I feel like it!" They both began to laugh.
****
Joey stared at an old, rusty, aquamarine colored, large, tour-sized bus. "So... How much did you say this was, again?"
A professional-looking salesman shook his head briefly. "I didn't. But it's six thousand."
Joey's jaw dropped. "Six thou? Man, I'm never gonna make it."
"Is there a problem?"
Joey took his wallet from his back pocket, opened it up, and turned it upside-down. A dollar fell to the ground.
"I... See..." The man now had a small scowl on his face. "If you can't afford our services, why must you waste my time?"
"Oh, yeah, like you have better things ta do, huh?" Joey turned and walked out of the lot, down the sidewalk, and toward home. "How am I s'posed ta get that kind of money? If I had that much, I could probably afford to pay for our trip, anyway! Man, some people just don' get it. If I could afford the dumb bus, I wouldn't need it!
"Seriously, though, how am I gonna get any money? Maybe I'm taking this all the wrong way... Maybe I should just give up. I can't keep my promise or I may make us both broke. Then what kind of brother would I be? Really, now! I just don't get it. Why does everything have to be so hard?
"I don't even know anyone that can help. I mean, all my friends have just about the same situation as me. They have money, but not enough to buy a bus! Only Mai has that kind of money, and she'd never help, I've begged her and still not gotten a penny! Wait a sec... No, I can't... I guess I have no choice..."
****
"Seto Kaiba? There's a man here by the name of Joey Wheeler to see you."
Okay, I'm having fun with this fic, already. And I update it, so this is the WHOLE first chappie. Please give me your comments, questions, suggestions, or even flames. I don't care! Either by review, or by e-mail! (rs_dtt@hotmail.com) Just PLEASE tell me what you think.
By: Double Trouble Togepi
AKA: The Ultimate Masta
Joey, lying on his bed, looked up at the ceiling. He could still hear the conversation from so long ago.
"We'll get back to the shore so you can see the ocean again, Serenity, I promise!"
"But we're not gonna be together again. Ever. I'm going with Mom, and you're going with Dad. It'll be too hard!"
"I don't know when, but we'll make it back, together. Until then, promise me something, Serenity. You keep your promise and I'll keep mine. You can't go back there again without me, okay? An' I won't go without you."
"Okay, Joey. I promise."
But he had no sense of value, then. And he had no money, now. He couldn't afford to get them both back there. It was so far away! Sure, they were together again, but he'd counted up the figures about a million times. The cheapest way to get there would be by plane, and he couldn't even afford that without missing a few payments on their apartment. Joey closed his eyes and rubbed the tears from them. That meant he couldn't make good on his promise to his little sister, or if he did, they'd both be homeless. Great choices.
Serenity wandered into Joey's room and sat on his bed, at which point Joey sat up, too. "What're you thinking about, big brother?"
Joey grinned slightly, but Serenity could tell by looking in his eyes that something wasn't right, and her usual smile faded. "It's bad, isn't it?"
Joey frowned slightly. "It's not impor'nt I was just thinking of... Things."
"No, that's not true, Joey. A little sister can always tell. What's wrong?"
"It's nothin'." Joey smiled for real, this time. "Really, sis, don't worry 'bout it."
"Okay, then," Serenity smiled and walked out of his room. She called from the hall, "I hope you're hungry! I'm making pancakes."
Joey smiled. "What's to hope? You must have forgotten almost everything about me, sis!"
****
Joey sat in the back of Yuugi's grandfather's game shop with Yuugi, Tea, Tristan, and Bakura. Everybody seemed to be listening to Joey.
"I just feel so pathetic. I made a promise to my little sister, and I can't keep my promise. What would you do, Yuugi?"
"Me?" Yuugi thought for a few minutes. "I guess I'd... Ask you."
In response he got sweatdrops from Tea and Bakura and facefaults from Tristen and Joey. "Thanks."
"I don't know, really, I don't have siblings, and I don't think I've ever made promises I wasn't sure I could keep."
"Why is it talking to you either solves my problems or makes them a lot worse, Yuugi?
Tea smiled. "Because he's smart, and you're not."
"I'll show you smart!"
At this point, Bakura and Tristen tackle Joey.
"I'll have you know that I happen to be brilliant! I just don't go for that teacher's pet thing."
"Good, 'cause you'd never make it!"
"Why I oughtta..."
Tristen let Joey go as he and Bakura sat down again. "Chill out, man, she's telling the truth, and you know it."
"Yeah, well she doesn't have to be so harsh."
At this point more sweatdrops gather.
"All you have to do is find a way to make some extra money."
"What, like a thousand bucks? Tell me, how do I do that before the end of the summer? I could sell lemonade. But then I may come out about... Oh, I don't know, one thou short!"
Bakura sighed. "Sure would be nice if we could just relax for a while, wouldn't it? I would pay for that."
"Yeah, I know what you mean," Tea agreed as Tristen and Yuugi nodded.
Joey sighed. "Too bad that won't happen any time soon. Well, thanks for your help, I should get going. I have a lot of lemons ta squeeze." Even more sweatdrops gathered.
****
Joey flipped through the newspaper. "How am I gonna pull this one off? I'm nearly broke already, if only Serenity knew that a night out with the guys was my way of skippin' a meal..." As Joey scanned through, he noticed an ad for a sightseeing tour bus. "They said they'd pay money for ta get a vacation. Bet this is what they're talkin' about." Joey stopped and read through it. "Relaxin' getaway... see the sights... Need a passport... Two hundred dollars!? If I could pull this off, I'd have enough money to pay for a trip dere and back about five times!
"Hey, wait a sec... That's it! Maybe I could pull that off... I wonder how much a tour sized bus would cost..." The door opened, startling Joey, as Serenity walked in.
"Hey, big brother," Serenity smiled. "I'll never get used to this."
"Used to what?"
"You. Being here for me all the time." Serenity giggled for a moment before she added, "I know it seems silly, but-"
"'Course it's silly, Serenity. I've always been there for you. If I wasn't fighting for you, I never could have made it in the tournament. We help each other, in life, love, and luxury."
Serenity giggled some more. Joey laughed, too. "That was kinda corny, wasn't it?"
Serenity shook her head, then stopped laughing, wiping tears from her eyes. "No, not at all, Joey." She smiled. "It was sweet. Really."
Joey nodded, then struck an over-dramatic pose. "That's me, sweet and sensitive to the end!"
Serenity stood next to him. "That's my big brother, all right! The sweetest, most sensitive guy in the world! When he feels like it!"
"Yeah! When I feel like it!" They both began to laugh.
****
Joey stared at an old, rusty, aquamarine colored, large, tour-sized bus. "So... How much did you say this was, again?"
A professional-looking salesman shook his head briefly. "I didn't. But it's six thousand."
Joey's jaw dropped. "Six thou? Man, I'm never gonna make it."
"Is there a problem?"
Joey took his wallet from his back pocket, opened it up, and turned it upside-down. A dollar fell to the ground.
"I... See..." The man now had a small scowl on his face. "If you can't afford our services, why must you waste my time?"
"Oh, yeah, like you have better things ta do, huh?" Joey turned and walked out of the lot, down the sidewalk, and toward home. "How am I s'posed ta get that kind of money? If I had that much, I could probably afford to pay for our trip, anyway! Man, some people just don' get it. If I could afford the dumb bus, I wouldn't need it!
"Seriously, though, how am I gonna get any money? Maybe I'm taking this all the wrong way... Maybe I should just give up. I can't keep my promise or I may make us both broke. Then what kind of brother would I be? Really, now! I just don't get it. Why does everything have to be so hard?
"I don't even know anyone that can help. I mean, all my friends have just about the same situation as me. They have money, but not enough to buy a bus! Only Mai has that kind of money, and she'd never help, I've begged her and still not gotten a penny! Wait a sec... No, I can't... I guess I have no choice..."
****
"Seto Kaiba? There's a man here by the name of Joey Wheeler to see you."
Okay, I'm having fun with this fic, already. And I update it, so this is the WHOLE first chappie. Please give me your comments, questions, suggestions, or even flames. I don't care! Either by review, or by e-mail! (rs_dtt@hotmail.com) Just PLEASE tell me what you think.