Second chapter up and running. Can I get a "woot-woot!"? Actually I have a lot of this fic written down in one of my notebooks, that's why it's being updated so quickly. I just hope the typing doesn't catch up with the writing, at least not until the whole fic is done lol. Anyway, please enjoy this next chapter. I do not own Yu-gi-oh or its characters or plotlines. By the way, the gutted sentences when joey speaks are actually me trying to mimic the way he talks through writing. So I apologize in advance if it bothers anyone.

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Solomon Moutto looked up as the door of his card shop opened. The frizzled, gray-haired old man smiled at the boy who entered. "Joey! What a pleasant surprise? What brings you here today?"

Joey Wheeler was a tall, gangster looking boy with messy blond hair and brown eyes. He wore a white shirt, green jacket, and jeans. He grinned at the tiny old man. "Ay, gramps. Yugi around?"

"Hey Joey!" Yugi greeted brightly as he came into the shop through the door connected to the house. Unlike Joey, Yugi was much shorter even though they were the same age. He had big round violet eyes, and spikey red and black hair with gold bangs.

"Yugi!" Joey gave a big, goofy grin. "Glad I found you. Dere's someone I want ya ta meet."

They turned as the shop door opened again and this time a young girl came through. She was about sixteen with fair skin. She had blue eyes and long curly blonde hair. Her make-up, though light, looked as though it had been done with a delicate hand. Her outfit was a bit odd; a dark green corset top with a long black skirt, long black and silver gloves and stockings, and black platforms with green buckles.

She smiled, shyly but warmly, as she came up beside Joey. "Hi."

"Um, hello," Yugi said, glancing curiously at Joey, "And who might you be?"

"Oh, dat's right, you guys neva met." Joey slid one hand into his pocket and lightly punched the girl in the face in a joking manner. "Yug, dis is ma childhood friend and Mai's lil sista, Jenny."

Yugi gaped. "Mai has a sister?"

"I know, small world, right?" Joey blinked. "Anyway, I gotta surprise fa y'Yug."

Yugi smiled. "What's that?"

Joey put his arm around Jenny, who blushed furiously. "Jen's like a model, an' she got us two tickets ta her show t'night. Wan' go?"

"Model? A show? Tonight?" Yugi looked at Jen.

"Sorry, it's a…." Jenny giggled. "…kind of an event to raise charity to build a school. All kinds of mediocre models, like me, volunteered and we're trynna bring in as many guests as possible."

"Nah. Y'aint mediocre. In ma opinion, ya da best model dere is, Jen!"

Jenny felt her cheeks burn crimson. "Thanks Joey."

"Ay, n'problem! Wha're friends' fa? So y'comin or not, Yug?"

"Sounds like fun," said Yugi.

"Great! We'll see y'dere."

"Well," Jenny said as she and Joey exited the shop, "He seems nice."

"Oh yeah! Yug's da best friend 'guy could 'ave. An' he's and awesome duelist!" Joey smiled proudly. Then he reached over and hooked his arm around her neck. "Ay, whad'ya say we go grab a bite? I'm stavin!"

"Sounds good to me." Jenny smiled as he let go, giving a big whoop, and trotted ahead. She shook her head after him and let out a sigh.

'That boy's so dense,' she thought, 'Am I ever gonna be able to tell him how I feel?"

"Ay, Jen! Keep up, will ya?" Joey shouted at her.

"Coming!"

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Yugi gazed about in awe, his mouth hanging open in an airborne fish kind of way. The backstage of a runway show could only be described as-amazing. Bright flashing lights illuminated the stage as models stormed down its path while loud music pumped in his ears. He and Joey stood behind the curtains, watching the models scurry in and out of the changing rooms and strut down the stage.

Yugi jumped as Joey let out a shout when Jenny stomped down the runway in a beautiful black and silver wedding dress.

"This is so cool!" the spikey haired midget exclaimed, "How did Jen score extra backstage passes to this?"

"I tink she knows da boss of dis agency r'somethin," Joey replied, his eyes fixed on Jen, "An' she's friends wit one a da designas."

"Really?"

"Oh yeah." Joey grinned as Jenny came backstage and ran up to them, leaping on him in a flurried hug. "Ya doin a great job, Jen!"

"Thanks Joey." She smiled and nodded to Yugi.

"Jenny, Joey said you know the President of Wingweaver Modeling and one of the designers," Yugi said.

"Um, yeah. They're my friends." Jenny turned and pointed to a young woman standing near a line of models waiting to go on stage. "Her, right there, with the short white hair. That's Katie. She's the President of the modeling agency and CEO of DM Corps." She then pointed to the woman next to Katie, who was helping a model with her dress. "And that is Raven Devereaux. She's one of Kate's top designers. She made most of the Gothic Lolita collection and the Dark Bride collection. In fact, the dress I'm wearing is one of her designs."

"That's amazing!" Yugi said, "She's really talented!"

"They both are."

"Aw, so sweet!" They turned to find Raven and Katie behind them. Raven smiled. "If you like that dress, wait til you see the Doomed Princess collection."

Katie gently elbowed her in the ribs as she laughed. "Talented and arrogant."

Raven playfully stuck her tongue out at her. "Yet you still love me." She then faced the model and the two boys. "So," she said, "Let me guess. You're Joey."

Joey blinked. "Yeah. How'd ya know?"

"Jen talks about you all the time." Raven smiled, giving him a slow once-over. "Hmm, spicy. Me likey." She turned and grinned at Jen. "I approve!"

She laughed as Jen's face flushed and Joey asked cluelessly, "What?"

"Who's this?" Kate inquired, inclining her head to Yugi.

"Oh, dis ma best friend, Yugi," Joey said, still eyeing Jen curiously.

"Yugi Moutto," he said graciously, shaking hands with them, "Nice to meet you both."

"Likewise," they chorused.

"Jen," Katie said, one side of her mouth quirking into a smile, "While I know you'd love nothing more than to stay and chat with these find gentlemen, do keep in mind we are running a show here."

The blonde gasped in horror and uttered a quick, "Be right back!" and ran to the dressing rooms.

Raven stared after her. "See?" she said to Kate, "I find her highly entertaining."

"You should be getting back to work too," the white haired girl replied, giving her a look that said 'I'll fire your ass if you don't'.

Raven rolled her eyed and huffed. "Sure, take the fun out of it." And she headed off to assist one model who was struggling to pin her dress on.

Kate laughed. "Sorry. There's sort of a lapse between doing their jobs and having fun."

"Well, at least they love their work," Yugi said, "And they really seem to admire you."

"Ha ha, they better." She grinned. "Nah, they're fine. I don't really mind if they goof off at work so long as it doesn't interfere too much with getting their work done." She sighed and squeezed the space between her eyebrows with her fingers.

"Tired?" Joey asked.

"Eh. It's just been really busy. Preparing for shows, setting deadlines for designers, board meetings, getting everything set for the costume party next week. It can be a tad exhausting."

"Costume party?"

Kate nodded. "It's another fund-raiser, promoting the newest version of Duel Monsters."

"What?" Yugi and Joey started, first staring at each other, then at her.

She stared back. "You guys have never heard of it?"

They shook their heads.

"It's called Duel Legends," she said. "It's much more stellar than the earlier versions of the game."

"How do you play?" Yugi asked, curious about this new game.

"It's like Dungeons and Dragons," Raven piped in as she returned, "Only with Duel Monsters."

"It's hard to explain. We'll have to show you. Where's Clark?" Katie turned and strode off in a random direction, bellowing, "CLARK!"

Raven smiled at Joey and Yugi's confused, twitching eyeballs. "Clark's her personal assistant. He handles her scheduling."

"So how long's Jen been modelin' fa her?" Joey asked, pointing at Kate who was vindictively shouting at a tall, lean man with ash blond hair and glasses.

"Ever since Kate became Prez. But the three of us were friends way before that." She laughed as his doubtful look. "Relax. She doesn't treat her friends like she does the incompetent."

Joey nodded. He turned his attention to the runway again, grinning as Jenny strutted her stuff.

"And she wonders why I normally pick her to model my gowns." Raven watched as Jen posed at the end of the stage, turning this way and that, letting the gown flutter around her, then came back up the stage. "She's got a lot of spice. I want my dresses to be modeled by someone who makes a statement."

She glanced over her shoulder as Clark hurried past, looking harried, his glasses askew on his nose. She chuckled. Brushing her bangs away from her face, she looked up as Katie returned, with a somewhat agitated expression on her face.

"Incompetent fool," the white haired girl muttered. She huffed, then smiled at them. "Alright, so I talked to my assistant…."

Raven snorted and quickly looked away with an amused grin as Katie glared at her.

"…And my schedule is clear for Wednesday, so we can take you boys to show you how to play." She eyed Raven. "I know this deedeedee is free that day. And Jen doesn't have any plans. So how about we all get together at the Kaiba Arcade around six p.m.?"

The boys stared at her. They blinked, then stared at each other, then back at her.

"Eh, whad'ya dink, Yug?" Joey wondered.

"Hmm." Yugi smiled. Sounds like a good idea to me. We'll be there."

"Excellent." Raven reached up to lock her hands behind her head and laughed. "Six p.m. is perfect. I kinda have plans in the morning."

The President lifted her eyebrow. "Doing what?"

"None of your business." Raven hummed a teasing tone and went to greet Jen off the stage.

Kate narrowed her eyes after her. "Mm-hmm," she sniffed disbelievingly, "You know better than to keep secrets from me."

"She scares me," Joey whispered.