Request fic for animeangel088
'The young High Priest and his servant rushed through the palace halls in a desperate attempt to reach the Pharaoh in time…'
"Damn, why can't I finish this damned thing..?" said Joey as he ruffled his hair with his hand as he stared at the computer screen.
You have e-mail.
'Oh great' Joey thought, as he read the pop-up box. He expected an e-mail from his publisher, ranting about his next book deadline, so he opened it. Just before he had automatically clicked delete, he ran over the text.
'Dear Mutt.
Mokuba says he would like to see you in our return trip to Japan from New York. Since we're coming back to stay again, I'd appreciate it if you didn't let my little brother down. This is for his benefit. If possible, he would like to see the rest of the Geek Squad since he is rather friendly with you all. We will arrive at the Domino City Airport on the 27th of January at 1 o' clock.
…….Hope you get this.
Oh, and Happy Birthday
Seto Kaiba
Joey stared in disbelief. Not at the fact that he just received an e-mail from a man who left without a word over three years ago. Not at the fact that it was Seto Kaiba. He was surprised at the fact that Kaiba still had the hatred that had left him when Seto had left and had still called him Mutt. That and the fact that he knew it was Joey's birthday.
He read the time and date sent and found that he should have gotten it two days ago.
'Two days ago was my birthday….!'
He leapt out of his seat. "Oh shit, I'm gonna be so late!
He grabbed his motorcycle keys and ran out, locking the door on the way. He leapt his motorbike into gear and sped off to the airport. He got lucky, since there wasn't much traffic around and the lights were in his favour, he got to the airport in twenty minutes.
He looked at his watch and saw that he had just made it in time.
He parked up, switched off his engine and took his keys with him as he entered the airport and looked at the notice board.
"Whew, just made it."
He watched the gate that they were supposed to enter through and waited.
Then he saw them.
"Joey!" Mokuba exclaimed as he dropped his suitcases and ran towards the blonde.
He glomped him to the floor and sat up to speak.
"We just had to come back, Seto and I missed it here and Seto and I had to come see you were all okay and Seto wanted to return for your birthday but we couldn't get out of the meeting and I wanted to speak with you again and I didn't have your e-mail address and we brought back tons of presents for everyone and we got you a birthday present and Seto said it was in our best interests to come back and-"
"Mokuba, calm down. Or else you'll get no more sugar for a year."
Mokuba turned to his brother then looked down at Joey, who had been trying to breathe whilst trying to listen.
"Oh. Sorry Joey…" Mokuba jumped up and ran back to get his suitcase as Joey got off the floor and dusted himself off.
"Sorry that the rest of the gang isn't here…the have their own stuff to do and places to be…"he said, looking at the elder Kaiba. "It's rather surprising to see you and Mokuba again Seto"
Seto looked puzzled.
"Since when did you start acting polite to me, mutt..?"
Joey sighed and looked him straight in the eye with a calm expression. "We all have to mature and grow up at some point...calling each other names and fighting is rather young kid stuff"
Seto blinked…once…twice…three times.
"Wow, Wheeler…you actually do have a brain."
Joey chuckled and shook his head. Then he felt a tug on his jacket and looked around to see an eight year old holding a book, looking up at him.
"Can I help you..?" Joey asked
"Are you Joey Wheeler..?"
Joey nodded, smiling and the kid gasped. "Can you sign my book..? Please?" he said, holding his book up to him.
"Sure…you got a pen Kaiba..?" he turned to him. Kaiba quickly covered his shocked demeanour and handed him a pen.
Joey turned around and signed the book then handed it back to the kid, who scampered off happily.
"Since when did you get fans..?" said Mokuba, having just returned back.
"Since I became a writer. I'll explain some other time, when you guys are settled in, alright..?"
"Sounds fun…you not giving us a ride back to our old house..?"
"Can't…I only brought my motorbike…sorry, Mokuba."
Mokuba nodded then looked around. "Where are the others..?"
Joey shuffled his feet and looked down. "Yugi and Atem are in Egypt with Yugi's Grandpa…Ryou and Yami Bakura left for London…And Malik, Marik, Odion and Ishizu are travelling….Duke and Mai are in Tokyo…Serenity and Tristan are in Brooklyn for now…I'm the only one still here…"
Seto pulled out a cell phone and phoned for a limo to pick them up.
Joey smiled. "It was nice seeing some old faces again, I'll see you two later."
He walked away.
Getting to his motorbike, he revved it up and went back home.
Meanwhile, Seto and Mokuba stood waiting for the limousine to arrive.
"What was with you..? When you met him, you acted as if nothing had changed."
Seto just stood there, not answering his little brother.
"You might think your pet names are cute but he's still thinking you probably hate him as much as you pretended to back then…"
"If he thought that, why did he arrive here to meet us..?"
"Oh look, the limousine's here."
Seto smirked. "You sent him an email, didn't you..?"
"Actually…he arrived because it was an e-mail from you." He clambered into the limo and Seto stood dumbstruck.
"Mokuba, please tell me you didn't send some-"
"You had asked him to arrive for me. That's what I sent him…don't worry, it's not as if I sent something out of your character…I mean it's not as if you're going to proclaim the reason we came back was because-"
A screech of the breaks and the limousine halted to a stop.
Seto rolled down and peered out the window to see a motorbike and a blonde haired guy apologising profusely to their chauffer.
"Hey, Wheeler, you OK..?" said Seto, catching said blonde off-guard.
"Yeah…sorry about this. I'll be off." Joey drove off quickly.
Mokuba smirked. "Driver, follow that man on the bike."
"Yes, Master Kaiba…"
They soon arrived at Joey's house.
