Howdy! This is my first fic in a while. I've been so busy with college and whatnot. Anyway, this takes places just after the Duelist Kingdom. This is a mystery story, follow the clues and see if you can figure out who "done it". Just for the record, I took a couple of author's liberties. For example, I gave Joey a car. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: This comes as a surprise to no one, I don't own Yu-gi-oh or the game Clue. I also used a couple of song lyrics. I own the band that used them though! (just kidding, boy I wish I did, hehehe)
"Joseph Wheeler! This is your last warning!" the teacher screamed, pointing her finger threateningly at the boy. He had been sending airborne spitballs at Tristen.
Joey smirked. "Sorry Mrs. D," he said in a phony tone.
Her eyes narrowed at him, "don't push it today." With that, she returned to her book-led lecture on chemical compounds. It was a brisk winter day, the bare trees outside the classroom window swayed in the nipping wind. The mood of the warm classroom was a sleepy stupor. Tristen was doodling in his notebook, turning to look over his shoulder at Joey every few minutes. Tea was slumped over a pile of books, daydreaming. Kaiba was taking notes from the board. Bakura was attempting to make his pencil stand up on its eraser, with little success. Yugi played with the rope around his neck, the memories of the Duelist Kingdom still fresh in him mind. Joey was crumpling little bits of notebook paper. The silent sluggishness was broken by a knock on the door.
"Ah, here she is" Mrs. Davidson said, walking briskly over to open it. In walked a timid girl wearing the Domino school uniform. It was obvious that she was new. Her deep green eyes shown with nervousness as she looked around the room.
"Hello dear, I was wondering where you were" Mrs. Davidson said.
The girl looked down and tucked her hair behind her ear, "I'm sorry, I got lost." Her hair was blonde with shocking pink streaks like me!.
The teacher nodded, "that's alright. It's your first day. Class.... I'd like you to meet a new student: Metanoia." She smiled and gave a shy hello. "Why don't you sit in the empty desk between Joey and Tristen?"
"There goes my footrest," Joey complained, removing his feet from the chair in front of him.
"Anyway" the teacher continued, ignoring him, "as I was saying about Carbon based..."
"Lucky you came along, otherwise Joey would still be shooting spitballs at me" Tristen joked. Metanoia laughed. It was break time, and the group of friends had gathered around their new classmate.
Tea, Bakura, and Tristen introduced themselves.
"Well, I'm here, what were your other two wishes?" Joey said, trying to sound suave.
"I know what my next one will be" she retorted playfully.
Yugi tried to change the subject. "Um hello, I'm Yugi Moto."
"Hi. That's one very large necklace, into the bling bling, eh?" she pointed to his Puzzle. "I could swear I've seen you before".
"Um well, It's kinda a good luck charm for when I play duel monsters"
She looked at him in shock, "now I remember! You're one who beat Pegasus, the creator of duel monsters! That rocks!"
"Yea, and I was a finalist!" Joey chimed in, hoping for the same reaction.
"Do you play too?" Bakura asked.
Metanoia dug through her backpack, and took out a little velvet, purple drawstring bag with silver stars on it. She opened it up and took out a fairly thick deck. "Anybody wanna have a game?"
Before her classmates could answer, the teacher stood up in front of the room. "Ok everyone! Back to your seats."
"Dude, I really wanted to duel" Metanoia moaned.
"You free after school?" Bakura asked.
"Well, you see I got this...." she began.
"Now" Mrs. Davidson boomed. The students begrudgingly returned to their desks. She smiled, "now I have something fun to announce."
"Fun?" Joey remarked. "What could possibly be fun?"
Metanoia shot him an annoyed look.
"One of your fellow students is helping run a mystery dinner party for charity. The money will go towards the local orphanage."
Joey squealed, "Is it a costume party? Can I be a little ghost? I got a sheet at home and my mommy can cut holes in it."
Tristen tried to contain a laugh.
"Can it Wheeler" Kaiba snapped.
"The party will be held up in the old Kearny Mansion."
"The Kearny Mansion? But that place is so run down" Tea pointed out.
Mrs. Davidson smiled again, "and that's where you come in. Metanoia is looking for people to help her clean up the old house for the party. Any volunteers?"
"Right here!" Joey yelled, raising his hand.
"You can put that sheet to good use" Metanoia snapped, still a little angry at his comments.
"I'll help" Tristen raised his hand.
"Same here" Bakura added.
"Count me in" Tea said.
"Me too" Yugi chimed in.
"I'll help", a solemn voice said from the back of the room. The gang spun around. In a very uncharacteristic move, Kaiba had volunteered.
Yugi was puzzled, he turned to Bakura nearby. "I wonder why Kaiba would offer to help, that's not like him at all." Bakura shrugged in response.
"It's wonderful that so many of you offered to help", Mrs. Davidson exclaimed. Be sure to talk to her after school for details."
After what seemed like an eternity, the final bell sounded. Joey walked up to Metanoia. "Um, sorry about the jokes, I didn't know you were running it."
She shook her head, "that's ok. I'm running it to try to save the orphanage on Canal Street. It's losing money and the owner of the property it's on wants to tear it down."
Tea gasped, "that's horrible!"
Metanoia nodded, "the worst part is, those kids might have to be shipped out to other orphanages in other cities. The Canal Street Children's House has become their home. I would hate for them to have to leave it."
"We'll help in any way that we can" Yugi reassured her. The group agreed.
"So what day is this clean up set for?" Kaiba had strolled up quietly to join the group.
"Hey Kaiba, how come you wanna be a nice guy all of a sudden?" Tristen asked provokingly.
He glared at him, "none of your business."
Metanoia took out a pile of index cards from her pack. "Hey, hey guys. Leave Seto be." She started handing out the cards. Everyone, Kaiba especially, was surprised that she knew his first name. He was about to ask her if they had met before, but he was interrupted.
"What are these for?" Bakura asked.
"That's the address for my apartment. I thought we could meet up there. I have all the supplies we need at my place. Is Saturday at 9 ok with everybody?"
"Sounds good to me" Tea said, everyone nodded.
"So much for Saturday morning cartoons" Tristen groaned.
"411...412...413..." Joey counted.
"Wrong way Joey, we're looking for 403" Bakura chuckled.
"Yea, well...I knew that..." he spun around and started following them. The gang was searching the hallway for Metanoia's apartment. They were all dressed in rather shabby clothes.
"Hey Yugi, did you get in touch with Mai?" Bakura asked.
"Yea, she couldn't make it. But she asked if we could reserve her ticket for the dinner."
Joey scoffed, "prolly didn't want to get dirty."
Tea looked down the narrow hall, "I guess everybody's here". Kaiba was getting off the elevator. It was odd to see the young business in jeans and a beat up T-shirt. Mokuba got off right after him. He waved at the sight of them, "hi guys!"
"Hey Mokuba, you're coming too?" Yugi asked.
He nodded, "sure am."
Suddenly one of the doors opened, Metanoia stood there, dressed in torn up jeans and a bandana on her head. "Howdy, come on in." Her face lit up when she saw the little boy. "Mokuba! Long time no see kiddo." She led them into a small, but nice apartment, made up of only a few rooms. "I got bagels so just help yourselves."
Bakura looked around, "this place is kinda small. Where do your parents stay?"
She poured herself a glass of OJ, "haven't got them." Everyone paused.
"You mean you live here by yourself? But what..." Yugi's voice trailed off.
"Yea, I live by myself. As for my parents, that's they reason I'm helping organize this dinner to save the children's home, I used to live there. I got the apartment because the home can't house children over a certain age, so the town provides money for me to get a place of my own. Mrs. Calisto and Mr. McBride are in charge at the Canal Street House and..."
"Hey!" Mokuba interrupted, "we used to live there!"
Metanoia smiled, "yep. We used to hang out together there."
"I thought you looked familiar" Kaiba commented, giving a rare smile.
Mokuba ran over and gave her a hug. "Yea I remember you too! You helped me get up after being hit by a dodgeball."
She laughed, "yea, you got beaned pretty bad." She glanced up at the clock. "Jeez, we gotta get going, I told Mr. Brown we'd be there by 9:30. Grab a broom and a few dust rags and lets go!"
Disclaimer: This comes as a surprise to no one, I don't own Yu-gi-oh or the game Clue. I also used a couple of song lyrics. I own the band that used them though! (just kidding, boy I wish I did, hehehe)
"Joseph Wheeler! This is your last warning!" the teacher screamed, pointing her finger threateningly at the boy. He had been sending airborne spitballs at Tristen.
Joey smirked. "Sorry Mrs. D," he said in a phony tone.
Her eyes narrowed at him, "don't push it today." With that, she returned to her book-led lecture on chemical compounds. It was a brisk winter day, the bare trees outside the classroom window swayed in the nipping wind. The mood of the warm classroom was a sleepy stupor. Tristen was doodling in his notebook, turning to look over his shoulder at Joey every few minutes. Tea was slumped over a pile of books, daydreaming. Kaiba was taking notes from the board. Bakura was attempting to make his pencil stand up on its eraser, with little success. Yugi played with the rope around his neck, the memories of the Duelist Kingdom still fresh in him mind. Joey was crumpling little bits of notebook paper. The silent sluggishness was broken by a knock on the door.
"Ah, here she is" Mrs. Davidson said, walking briskly over to open it. In walked a timid girl wearing the Domino school uniform. It was obvious that she was new. Her deep green eyes shown with nervousness as she looked around the room.
"Hello dear, I was wondering where you were" Mrs. Davidson said.
The girl looked down and tucked her hair behind her ear, "I'm sorry, I got lost." Her hair was blonde with shocking pink streaks like me!.
The teacher nodded, "that's alright. It's your first day. Class.... I'd like you to meet a new student: Metanoia." She smiled and gave a shy hello. "Why don't you sit in the empty desk between Joey and Tristen?"
"There goes my footrest," Joey complained, removing his feet from the chair in front of him.
"Anyway" the teacher continued, ignoring him, "as I was saying about Carbon based..."
"Lucky you came along, otherwise Joey would still be shooting spitballs at me" Tristen joked. Metanoia laughed. It was break time, and the group of friends had gathered around their new classmate.
Tea, Bakura, and Tristen introduced themselves.
"Well, I'm here, what were your other two wishes?" Joey said, trying to sound suave.
"I know what my next one will be" she retorted playfully.
Yugi tried to change the subject. "Um hello, I'm Yugi Moto."
"Hi. That's one very large necklace, into the bling bling, eh?" she pointed to his Puzzle. "I could swear I've seen you before".
"Um well, It's kinda a good luck charm for when I play duel monsters"
She looked at him in shock, "now I remember! You're one who beat Pegasus, the creator of duel monsters! That rocks!"
"Yea, and I was a finalist!" Joey chimed in, hoping for the same reaction.
"Do you play too?" Bakura asked.
Metanoia dug through her backpack, and took out a little velvet, purple drawstring bag with silver stars on it. She opened it up and took out a fairly thick deck. "Anybody wanna have a game?"
Before her classmates could answer, the teacher stood up in front of the room. "Ok everyone! Back to your seats."
"Dude, I really wanted to duel" Metanoia moaned.
"You free after school?" Bakura asked.
"Well, you see I got this...." she began.
"Now" Mrs. Davidson boomed. The students begrudgingly returned to their desks. She smiled, "now I have something fun to announce."
"Fun?" Joey remarked. "What could possibly be fun?"
Metanoia shot him an annoyed look.
"One of your fellow students is helping run a mystery dinner party for charity. The money will go towards the local orphanage."
Joey squealed, "Is it a costume party? Can I be a little ghost? I got a sheet at home and my mommy can cut holes in it."
Tristen tried to contain a laugh.
"Can it Wheeler" Kaiba snapped.
"The party will be held up in the old Kearny Mansion."
"The Kearny Mansion? But that place is so run down" Tea pointed out.
Mrs. Davidson smiled again, "and that's where you come in. Metanoia is looking for people to help her clean up the old house for the party. Any volunteers?"
"Right here!" Joey yelled, raising his hand.
"You can put that sheet to good use" Metanoia snapped, still a little angry at his comments.
"I'll help" Tristen raised his hand.
"Same here" Bakura added.
"Count me in" Tea said.
"Me too" Yugi chimed in.
"I'll help", a solemn voice said from the back of the room. The gang spun around. In a very uncharacteristic move, Kaiba had volunteered.
Yugi was puzzled, he turned to Bakura nearby. "I wonder why Kaiba would offer to help, that's not like him at all." Bakura shrugged in response.
"It's wonderful that so many of you offered to help", Mrs. Davidson exclaimed. Be sure to talk to her after school for details."
After what seemed like an eternity, the final bell sounded. Joey walked up to Metanoia. "Um, sorry about the jokes, I didn't know you were running it."
She shook her head, "that's ok. I'm running it to try to save the orphanage on Canal Street. It's losing money and the owner of the property it's on wants to tear it down."
Tea gasped, "that's horrible!"
Metanoia nodded, "the worst part is, those kids might have to be shipped out to other orphanages in other cities. The Canal Street Children's House has become their home. I would hate for them to have to leave it."
"We'll help in any way that we can" Yugi reassured her. The group agreed.
"So what day is this clean up set for?" Kaiba had strolled up quietly to join the group.
"Hey Kaiba, how come you wanna be a nice guy all of a sudden?" Tristen asked provokingly.
He glared at him, "none of your business."
Metanoia took out a pile of index cards from her pack. "Hey, hey guys. Leave Seto be." She started handing out the cards. Everyone, Kaiba especially, was surprised that she knew his first name. He was about to ask her if they had met before, but he was interrupted.
"What are these for?" Bakura asked.
"That's the address for my apartment. I thought we could meet up there. I have all the supplies we need at my place. Is Saturday at 9 ok with everybody?"
"Sounds good to me" Tea said, everyone nodded.
"So much for Saturday morning cartoons" Tristen groaned.
"411...412...413..." Joey counted.
"Wrong way Joey, we're looking for 403" Bakura chuckled.
"Yea, well...I knew that..." he spun around and started following them. The gang was searching the hallway for Metanoia's apartment. They were all dressed in rather shabby clothes.
"Hey Yugi, did you get in touch with Mai?" Bakura asked.
"Yea, she couldn't make it. But she asked if we could reserve her ticket for the dinner."
Joey scoffed, "prolly didn't want to get dirty."
Tea looked down the narrow hall, "I guess everybody's here". Kaiba was getting off the elevator. It was odd to see the young business in jeans and a beat up T-shirt. Mokuba got off right after him. He waved at the sight of them, "hi guys!"
"Hey Mokuba, you're coming too?" Yugi asked.
He nodded, "sure am."
Suddenly one of the doors opened, Metanoia stood there, dressed in torn up jeans and a bandana on her head. "Howdy, come on in." Her face lit up when she saw the little boy. "Mokuba! Long time no see kiddo." She led them into a small, but nice apartment, made up of only a few rooms. "I got bagels so just help yourselves."
Bakura looked around, "this place is kinda small. Where do your parents stay?"
She poured herself a glass of OJ, "haven't got them." Everyone paused.
"You mean you live here by yourself? But what..." Yugi's voice trailed off.
"Yea, I live by myself. As for my parents, that's they reason I'm helping organize this dinner to save the children's home, I used to live there. I got the apartment because the home can't house children over a certain age, so the town provides money for me to get a place of my own. Mrs. Calisto and Mr. McBride are in charge at the Canal Street House and..."
"Hey!" Mokuba interrupted, "we used to live there!"
Metanoia smiled, "yep. We used to hang out together there."
"I thought you looked familiar" Kaiba commented, giving a rare smile.
Mokuba ran over and gave her a hug. "Yea I remember you too! You helped me get up after being hit by a dodgeball."
She laughed, "yea, you got beaned pretty bad." She glanced up at the clock. "Jeez, we gotta get going, I told Mr. Brown we'd be there by 9:30. Grab a broom and a few dust rags and lets go!"