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Kin of Myth

Chapter One

Joey and Tea walked down the street. They were going to meet Serenity in Domino City Park. Kaiba's dueling tournament had just ended with Yugi out on top. Now, the dueling time was over. Of course, this was only for a short while.

"Joey, how many binds has Yugi gotten us into?" Tea asked, trying to spark a conversation.

"I don't know exactly, Tea. But my favorite, even though it wasn't at the time, was when Yugi went up against that golden eyed freak! Boy did Yugi show him!" With that Joey shot a few jabs into the air in front of him.

Tea could only laugh, but she knew that that was a duel to remember. How lucky Yugi was to win, and only by a hundred life points. Solomon, Yugi's grandfather, was released along with the Kaiba brothers from the depths of the Shadow Realm.

They had gotten to the park sooner than expected, all along talking about the duels of Duelist Kingdom and Battle City. "Hey guys!" Serenity was running at them waving her arms. Joey and she were very happy to see each other. Serenity probably enjoyed it more since it was because of Joey that she could see again in the first place.

But she wasn't running toward them alone. She was with a handsome blonde boy. His complexion was near perfect, and he was almost as powerful looking as Yami. Serenity was whispering some sort of advice to him. "Please, be sure to impress Joey. He probably won't like the fact that I even have a boyfriend."

Joey turned red. Older Brother Syndrome was kicking in. Serenity and the boy walked up to the two. The boy bowed. "Hello, I'm Morgan Crawford. It is an honor to meet you both, but more an honor to be meeting Serenity's older brother who took second in Duelist Kingdom." He had done his homework.

Now Joey liked the kid. The complement went to his head. "Well, you know, I wasn't going to beat my best friend."

"Fool. Never let down your guard in a duel, even against a friend. I've been teaching Serenity to play. She likes the game. My father even gave her a deck to use."

Tea looked questionably upon this. "Who is your father Morgan?" she asked inquisitively.

Morgan blew her question off. "Joey, how about a duel? You and Tea against me and your sis. You win, I will give you a 'special' card. If I win, you give me your consent on letting me marry Serenity when she is of age, being she accepts." With that, Morgan got on one knee in front of Serenity and opened a ring box. Serenity began crying and saying that she would marry him when they were of age. Joey, however, gained some fury. Anger filled him.

"Fine!" Joey hissed through gritted teeth. "We'll duel. The girls will be spectators, along with the rest of the world. We battle at Kaiba Land tomorrow. And I'm bringing the Duelist Kingdom champion with me."

Morgan slid the ring onto Serenity's finger and stood. He took up her hand and kissed it. "Until tomorrow love. I must go prepare my deck for your brother's onslaught. Don't expect me to go easy on him."

Serenity was still shocked and weeping out of joy. She merely nodded. With that, Morgan bowed to Joey and Tea and ran off. Joey, Serenity, and Tea all walked to Solomon's shop to see if Yugi was about. Solomon was chasing him with a broom all through the store. The three could only stand there in amusement. "Where's the popcorn when you need it?" Apparently Joey's wisecracks were wearing off on Serenity, she was just better at using them.

"Oh hi guys!" Yugi shouted as he ran by.

"How are you?" Solomon said and smiled as he passed them.

"STOP!" Tea shouted. They did so. Solomon's broom was about to hit Yugi in the head. "What is going on here?"

"Well, I didn't clean my room, and, and," Yugi tried. Solomon hit him over the head with the broom.

"And nothing young man," Solomon said and abruptly left the room. "Yugi, I'm gonna cream some kid! He proposed to my little sis!"

Serenity rapped Joey on the head. A lump grew on Joey's head.

"Anyway, we're dueling tomorrow at Kaiba Land. Wanna come?" Joey continued.

"Sure."

All of them slept well that night and met up at Kaiba Land's entrance in the morning. "Ready Joey?" Yugi was trying to invigorate him, and succeeded. Morgan and Joey were at the digital arenas, all ready in their podiums. It was Yugi that first saw something odd about Morgan.

Then, Yugi looked around the crowd to see if what he thought was right. But he wouldn't tell Joey if he was.

He was right, because in the third row from Morgan's podium in a black trench coat was a white haired man. Yugi knew who it was. And then he thought about it. Joey was in trouble.

"What was his last name?" Yugi asked Tea, who was sitting next to him. They were sort of going out and she was hugging on his arm.

"I think he said something like Crawford," Tea responded. Yugi's eyes widened.

'I fought Pegasus. Joey has to face his son,' he thought.