Yugi Moto, Private Investigator

by Rudy1

Pegasus is a criminal creature, and Yugi's the detective! Peggy has an evil plot that involves collecting the Yamis of people. The thing is though, he's using magic to CREATE Yamis for the yamiless characters. Plenty of magic. Some Slayers+Insanity too.

1. Binky

Dictionary

chuuboku- faithful servant

baka- idiot

manuke- idiot

aibou- partner

kahi- servant girl

Case One: Binky

It was raining. The droplets were crashing against the window of my office while I relaxed in my specially built crib. Zoe was over in the corner, near the microwave, heating my bottle. I waited patiently; glad to have the warmth of my trench coat. I looked over my hat and could see the radiance of Zoe's red hair walking over to me.

Quickly, I sat up, eager for the arrival of my bottle. Zoe handed it to me, and I snatched it out of her hands, before immediately stuffing it in my mouth and drinking in deeply.

"'Ey, 'ey, lil' mister. REMEMBER OUR DEAL?!" Zoe scolded at me. I looked at her, took the bottle out of my mouth, and sighed. We did have a deal.

I looked around the bed, then around the room to make sure no one was looking. Then I removed my pillow from its place. Under it was a brown stuffed Teddy, which I reluctantly grabbed and handed to Zoe.

"Woot! MINE!" Zoe said, cuddling the bear and scurrying off to the other side of the room. I looked sadly at it, then remembered my bottle and forgot about him completely. What was his name again? Mr. Tinklebottoms? Professor Teddymuffins? Whatever.

Zoe and I were now on our opposite sides of the room. Her leaning against the wall, me sitting in my crib. Then we heard a knock from the door.

Zoe growled. Her Teddy time would be put off. She gently put the bear down on my desk, then walked over to open the door. Standing in my doorway was a woman with her jet-black hair tied back in a long, deadly braid. Her green eyes surveyed the room, as if to make sure she was in the right room. I looked around it too.

Beside the door was an old lamp Zoe had bought that was decorated with pretty ducky pictures! I never admitted this, but I personally adored those ducks. Anyway, beside the ducky lamp there was a gallon of water on one of those thingies where it would pour out.

After the water thingy, there was a window on the right wall, then a very large teddy bear in the corner. He was bigger then me, and his name was- Hey! HE'S PROFESSOR TEDDYMUFFINS! How could I have forgotten? Oh well. Beside him was my old wooden desk stacked high with papers with a chair on either side of it. After the desk was my crib in the corner, then came the banged up filing cabinet in the corner.

"You Yugi Moto?" the woman asked, nodding her head toward me. It seemed odd with her hair. Her outfit didn't seem to match the attitude she had on. The blue jeans didn't match the mystery, and her solid black shirt reading 'DRAGONBALL Z' written on it questioned her maturity. Around her neck was a chain with an orange ball that contained 1 red star inside of it, which I later learned was called a 'Dragonball'.

I popped my bottle out of my mouth slowly and wiped my lips with the back of my sleeve. "Who wants to know?" I asked. Zoe started rolling on the floor laughing. "WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!"

"Hahaha… WHAT YOU SAID! That sounded so stupid… YOU STUPIDBUTT!" Zoe suddenly noticed the woman staring at her with an eyebrow raised. "Ahem… Yes, this is Yugi Patricia Moto, Private Investigator. I am his lovely assistant Pharaoh Zoe Moto. BOW TO MY UNQUESTIONABLE POWER OF PHARAOH!"

She woman stared at Zoe. I watched with interest. Was she stupid enough to defy Zoe?

"Why do you now bow?! I commanded it!" Zoe said angrily.

"I am the honorable Cheese Monkey-sama, Selena Night. I have come for the aid of a one Yugi P. Moto to help me solve a most puzzling mystery."

"… You talk funny." I said, taking a sip from my bottle.

"IT IS SAMAISH! That's all! OK?!"

"Yessir."

"'Ey! IGNORE HIM! You were talking to me! You speak to Princess Yugi (a/n: Yugi-hime) only when I say it is allowed! Now, tell your Pharaoh what you need."

Selenee nodded. She turned around and pulled in a baby carriage. Inside, I was able to recognize my close friend Joey Wheeler. He looked depressed. His carriage was filled with hamburgers, but they were all uneaten. Not even a crumb was missing. For a second, I thought the apocalypse had come at last. I was ready to go out and blame Yami Yugi for it, when I noticed a tear leak down Joey's eye.

"I believe you know lil' Joey here, Mr. Moto."

I giggled.

"Oh, please, call me Yugi."

"Uhhh… k."

"What's the problem with Joey?" I asked as I stood in my crib to get a better look.

"It's horrible really…"

"Was there a crime?" questioned Zoe.

"A robbery. Someone took my Joey's Binky…" We had to pause there as Selena burst into tears. She took a handkerchief from her pocket and brushed away the tears. I actually felt a bit of pity and insecurity, and tucked my bottle under my arm with a worried look.

Zoe went over and patted Selena on the back. "There, there, it'll be alright Selenee…"

The tears stopped all of a sudden.

"REFER TO I AS CHEESE MONKEY, PEASANT!" Zoe turned her head in every direction from shock.

"Who? What? Did you call me peasant?! Do you really think you outrank Sumo Mama?! NEVA!"

"Zoe! DOWN, GIRL! We're going to help Ms. Cheese Monkey here, ok?"

"But-"

"Look! YOUR NEW TEDDY JUST JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW!"

"Gasp! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Zoe turned, and jumped across the room through the closed window, showering the area around it with the sharp pieces of glass. A little over dramatic in my opinion, but I approved.

Cheese Monkey seemed worried. "Oh, don't worry about her. She's done it before. Now, back to the Binky. Do you have any suspects?" Cheese Monkey took a second to recover.

"Only one person could have done this. Her name is far too evil to be spoken- Pegasus Jane Crawford." I could hear wolves cry, lightning crack, and Joey cry at the sound of the name for the first few seconds after it was spoken.

"I thought it was too evil…"

"It is. BUT IT SCARES CHEESE MONKEY NOT! Besides, to avoid using his name all you gossa do it use a nickname. Peggy or Peggy-Jane will do."

"I see…" I did see. Quite well in fact, well enough that I didn't need glasses. But I also understood. I knew of Peggy-Jane, and his evil. All of it. The police once tried to convince me to track him down. They sent me an entire cabinet dedicated to his evil ways. I had turned them down… Zoe had read me each and every file in the cabinet… but I was young then, weaker… We had the cabinet moved downstairs since there was no room for it up here. Twice a week a new folder arrives in the mail from the police station so that we can put it in the cabinet. Both Zoe and me are too lazy though to file so all the folders that were mailed are in large piles are on the floor of the room with the cabinet, which we now call "The Peggy Experience."

I was older now. A month older, and I was ready to take on the Lord of Akumu-- Peggy.

* * *

Pegasus Jane Crawford sat in a bathtub back in his mansion. The tub was a the top of a about three stairs, on a platform for servants to work, in a large room with a few columns on either side that guarded a red carpet with golden lining. The carpet reached from great wooden doors, all the way up to the foot of the bath.

A few gay men were fanning Peggy down, while a woman sponged him down and put rose petals in the bubbly water. Pegasus himself was busy shaving his legs. The door opened suddenly, and Kaiba Mokuba walked in. He had a pentacle on his left eye, you know, those glass thingies, and his season two outfit.

Mokuba made his way up to the foot of the bath.

"Pegasus, sir?" his trembling voice started. Peggy sighed.

"What do you want, Mokubert? I'm very busy at the moment. It's been over a month since I last shaved…"

"… I just came to inform you that it has arrived."

"It has? Excellent! Put it in the ceremonial room on the symbol on the floor. In the center, alright? Oh, and remember to put the Claire Bible manuscript right on the platform. I want things ready for when I'm done."

"Yessir. Sir? There's something else you might want to know…"

"Out with it then, chuuboku."

"Cheese Monkey… she's gone to get help… From Yugi Moto."

"Yugi Moto? That baka? So what? I wanted her to get help from him. He does have a Yami after all… two if I'm not mistaken."

"But I thought Yami Yugi was fired? Didn't Yugi get rid of him?"

"Yes, he did. He wiped out everything when they broke up. But they're still connected whether they like it or not. It's a bond they can't break. And now he has a second bond. One with that manuke of a Yami-- Zoe Moto."

* * *

"YUGI! YOU STINKIN' LIAR! I'm gonna take your tiara for this!" Zoe scolded as she came up the stairs back to my office. She pushed Cheese Monkey aside and came over to me. I whimpered in a corner of the crib, hugging my bottle tightly.

"NOT THE TIARA! You already took my prettyful rings! Not to mention my purse!" I pleaded.

"So?! SUMO MAMA IS MAD AND MUST TAKE ACTION!"

"SILENCE! Cheese Monkey and Yugi were in conversation!" Selena interrupted.

"… WHO CARES?!" Zoe yelled.

"Me! She's right! LET US FINISH!" I pleaded again. Zoe growled.

"Fine… you finish… I'LL GET THE TIARA! AHAHAHAHA!" Zoe ran out of the room. I stopped for a few brief moments to mourn over the loss of yet another accessory, recovered, then continued to speak with Cheese Monkey.

"Now, what were we talking about?" I asked, brushing away a final tear.

"Peggy-Jane. Are you willing to take on my case?" I didn't need any time to think about it.

"Yes. Free of charge. I will bring down the evil of Pegasus Jane Crawford… Now, please wait downstairs. I have business to attend to."

"Umm… ok. I'll just leave our phone number on the desk." I watched as Cheese Monkey walked to my desk and grabbed a pen. She removed one of the sticky notes and wrote on it her name, then her number. "You can reach either me or Joey there. Joey not too much… I'm still trying to teach him to answer."

"Alright, I'll tell my Yami. Oh, and before you go, could you let me out of here?"

"… k." Cheese Monkey came over to the crib and let the wall slide down. Then she walked off and pushed Joey and his carriage out of the room before saying goodbye. I jumped out of the crib and shut the door.

Then I walked over to Professor Teddymuffins. I sat down in front of him, cross-legged, and looked up into his wise gaze. I could feel myself start to sweat from the nerves. The Professor was so smart you could feel the wisdom just coming off of him. I felt so stupid coming to him for advice, even though I knew very well I was welcome.

I willed myself not to look at his right paw. Alas, I glanced at it and knew what had to be done. I had seen the small button on his paw that read 'PRESS ME', and now had to do as it commanded. I knew what would happen if I did… we would have to go through a ceremony that would pump up the professor and get his brain going. I pressed the button and heard the music start to play from the bear.

"The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout, down came the rain and washed the spider out! Out came the sun and dried up all the rain, and the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again!" it sang. I went through the complex hand movements, proud I knew them by heart. Now that was done, I would ask my question.

"Of wise Professor Teddymuffins, tell me, where is the one who's name strikes fear into the hearts of gay and straight men alike? The one source of all darkness, the light that blackens all it touches! The Lord of Akumu-- Pegasus Jane Crawford!" I pressed the button again.

"Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating of curds and whey; there came a big spider, and sat down beside her, and frightened Miss Muffet away." spoke the professor. I took careful note and hung on to every word.

"Thank you, Professor. You rest up now, I'll be on my way. Good day." I bowed to the stuffed bear, and ran quickly out of my office, dashing downstairs, then rolling. He stopped at Zoe's feet.

"Zoe! I know where Peggy is! WE MUST SAVE THE BINKY!"

"Wow, hold on there, aibou. Why would we wanna go to Peggy's house? Is he having a sleep over?"

"… I hope not. We're going because we're gonna help Joey and Cheese Monkey."

"WHY?!"

"Because we like Joey! And we're doing this for-"

"Blah, blah, blah, whatever. Don't go all Tea on me now. Let's just get this over with."

"WOOT! I'll write down the address while you go call a taxi."

"I'll call the taxi." Cheese Monkey said, giving Zoe a stare before walking out of the building.

* * *

"Mokubert! Stupid kahi… Where are my robes?! I need them to perform the ceremony!" Pegasus shrieked. He was in the ceremonial room, a room with stone walls with Egyptian hieroglyphics engraved onto them. There were torched even separated along the walls to dimly light the room, casting an eerie glow on everything. The doors were made of metal, and from them a black carpet stretched out with silver lining, up to a platform. The platform had about 5 stairs that led up to it, and at the top was a podium. In front of the podium, a rectangular pit of black marble had been dug out. It's smooth floor was stained with a blood red millennium eye, the symbol of the Millennium Items. In the very center of the eye was Joey's helpless Binky.

The tap of Pegasus's feet echoed through the room. He was growing impatient now. He didn't have that much time before Yugi and the rest of those idiots got there. Mokuba came running in frantically with purple robes flying behind him in his right hand.

"Pegasus-sama, I have your robes! Here, allow me to put them on." Mokuba was about to put the robes onto Pegasus, when he snatched them away.

"Don't bother with it…" he slipped them on and tied the rope around his waist to hold it up.

"Is there anything else I can do for you, lord?"

"Is the manuscript on the podium?"

"Yes."

"Then no. Leave, alert the guards about Yugi-boy's arrival. Let them fight at the entrance. Have someone wait outside, I'll send them to tell the guards to loose purposely. Then we'll just let the plan carry out." Mokuba bowed, then left the room running. The doors slammed shut, and Pegasus walked up to the podium. He moved a tuft of his silver hair aside to let the Millennium Eye look down at the sheets of parchment before him. Gently, he put both hands on either side of it and began to read.

"Power from which all evil trails, awaken the power within the object you created. Open to it's inner sanctuary and let its true might shine to complete this one task." Pegasus paused to look at the blue shots of lighting erupting from the floor around the painted Millennium Eye every now and then. He felt a sharp pain coming from his eye, but was use to it by now. Then he glanced back down at the pages.

"Within every truth there sleeps a lie, within every light there shadows something dark, within every love lays hate- everything has sleeping evil. Bare onto this item a speck of your power, make it your own minion to bring out the evil of it's soul possessor. I call for the dark power of Lord of Shadows!" Pegasus stopped again, and raised his arms before him. The Binky floated over the center of the eye and started to spin inside a blue orb surrounded by black lightning. A wind grew inside the room, and Pegasus's robes were caught in it.

"Bring forth your reign, poison this object! Make it mother to the Yami of it's owner! Extinguish the light!" black tubes of energy swirled into the Binky, engulfing it in a massive black sphere. "Hikari kutabaru, Yami kyouson." A bright flash swallowed the room, then died out just as easily. The Binky lay on the floor in the same place as if nothing had happened. But Pegasus could easily see something had. The symbol on the floor was glowing on the Binky, and fading away. Within a few seconds it was completely gone, bringing a satisfied grin onto Peggy's face. He decided to celebrate later, and came out of the room to tell the guard outside the doors to go end the battle that had started while Pegasus was performing his ceremony…

* * *

How do I get into these things… I thought as I hid behind Zoe. We had arrived at Peggy's mansion and we're greeted at the entrance by some guards. Zoe and Cheese Monkey were fighting them off- mostly Cheese Monkey though. She had called for her Cheese Monkey staff and was just blasting away anyone who dared approach her. Zoe was just hitting anyone she could get her hands on with a stick, and it was oddly effective.

I continued to hide behind Zoe, waiting for the fighting to be over. It seemed to go by fast. Some new guard had come out, to try and help fight us in my opinion, but a few seconds with his comrades and they all gave in and let Cheese Monkey beat them up. When all of them were laying on the ground moaning, we ran up to the manor entrance. Joey was out of his carriage now, ready to reclaim his Binky.

We had to stop at a souvenir shop inside the mail hall where Cheese Monkey bought a map. It took a few minutes for her and Zoe to study it and find the quickest route to Peggy's Chamber. I was tired after the first corridor, so Zoe carried me on her back the rest of the way. I got off just before we entered the chamber.

Inside, Pegasus was sitting at the other end of the room, clutching Joey's Binky around his fingers.

"Peggy-Jane! Surrender the Binky!" Cheese Monkey demanded. I stood silent, trying to figure out a way to fight Peggy. Maybe a football would do it… but we didn't have any…

"Cheese Monkey. How lovely. I'm afraid I can't comply with your request. This Binky is mine." Inside his mind, Pegasus was laughing so hard his head hurt. He covered it with a devilish snicker.

"Nooo! It's MINE! Give it back before I eat… eat…"

"Here, Joey! CATCH!" Zoe grabbed Mokuba from nearby and pushed him at Joey, who grabbed him and locked him around the neck.

"GIVE IT BACK OR I EAT THE MOKUBERT!"

"Now, now, Joey… we don't want to go that far…"

"Just give him the Binky, slut!" demanded Cheese Monkey again.

"Noooo! I WANT IT!"

"But it's Joey's!" I was starting to get agitated.

"FOR GOODNESS SAKE! COULD YOU PEOPLE HURRY UP?! I have soap operas in half an hour! Grrrr!" I walked up to Pegasus sitting comfortably in his throne. We exchanged looks, and then I kicked his foot.

"OWWWWWWWWWWW!" he cried, dropping the Binky to clutch his injured foot. I amazingly caught it, then through it at Joey. Tried to at least… It only got a foot away from me. I went to pick it up, then ran over to Joey and stuffed it in his mouth.

"Can we go?! They're revealing who's the baby's real father today!"

"Yay! I got my baby back ribs! I mean… I GOT MY BINKY BACK!" Joey cheered.

"Yah, yah, whatever. NOW CAN WE GO?!"

"Sure. You guys go ahead and wait for me outside…" Zoe said mysteriously. She was smiling an odd evil smile…

"Ok. Just hurry up." I agreed, before leading Cheese Monkey and Joey out of the mansion. Zoe walked up to Pegasus when we were gone, smiled at him, then punched him in the nose, making his chair fall over, him along with it.

"Ahahahaha! STUPID PEGGY! Don't mess with Sumo Mama! IT LEADS ONLY TO PAIIIIIIIIIIIINNNN!" then she ran out laughing. Before she exited the room though, she paused to kick Mokuba, who had fallen to the floor, harshly in the stomach.

And that was it. Joey was reunited with his Binky, and Zoe filled out the report which we put in The Peggy Experience. I got to finish my bottle, and watch my soap opera, and things went smoothly. Peggy sadly managed to get away. But it wasn't the last we had seen of him. His evil plans were to bring change in me and in those around me. Our true strengths would be awakened in those days, and we would face danger after danger, as the Lord of Akumu's evil grew.

I didn't put much thought to what Peggy-Jane had done back then. It didn't really matter. I only knew one thing: Case Closed.