Sorry, somehow I switched from present tense to past tense (you probably won't notice unless you're acing English).  It does get a little funnier.  PLEASE review.  Tell me if I should up the rating to PG. Chapter 2:  The Tainted Cookies

   Tea searched the web that night for the solution to her problem.  She finally came to a site that looked appealing and ordered three liters of ShonGongKuFu's  Miracle Growth Elixir Guaranteed to Raise Your Height!  It cost a pretty penny, of course, but she got half off shipping when she ordered an adorable pink hair tie also.

            The very next day after school, where yet ANOTHER new person was introduced to the class only to fall hopelessly in love with one of the Yu-Gi-Oh! characters, Tea presented Yugi with her homemade oatmeal cooks.

Joey:  Awww…fo me?

Tea: No!  They're for Yugi, you ghetto-mouthed moron!

Bakura: Oh!  How delightfully clever!  She pressed the imprint of a triangle into each of them.

Tristan:  Does Yugi like triangles?

Tea:  It's his millennium puzzle, idiot!  Honestly Tristan, if you didn't cheat on your homework you'd be in special ed by now!

Bakura: (under his breath) Whew!  Somebody's been staying up too late ironing out her bloody mini-skirt.

Tea: (roaring) WHAT DID YOU SAY, BAKURA?

Bakura: Er, Somebody should spend more time ironing out Mai, that bloody flirt!

Tea: So you heard about the incident at the mall!

Yugi:  She told me to stay away from female dogs…very mysterious.  Do you think she's psychic after all, Joey?

(Joey bursts into laughter)

Tea: (annoyed) Okay Yugi, are you going to eat your cookies already?

Yugi:  I don't know Tea, Yami says I should start cutting down on the sweets or I'll turn into a butterball like Grandpa.  According to him I should eat roasted gazelle and drink plenty of Egyptian wine.

Tea: (seriously annoyed) What does that stick figure know about food?  I bet he's anorexic.

Joey: Hey, hey, hey!  I'll eat da cookies if Yug don't want 'em.

Tea has a sudden mental image of Joey wolfing down the whole plate and growing to the size of Godzilla as he roams the streets of Tokyo, tipping over buildings and smashing people, in his quest to eat everything in sight.

Tea: Ummm…I'll just throw this batch away.  I think I might have slipped some arsenic into them by mistake.  Sorry guys.

  Out of nowhere, Seto Kaiba stalks out to confront the group.

Yugi and Co: (with awe) Ah!

Kaiba:  I make this quick.  Yugi, Mokuba wants to duel you.  I've helped him with his deck and he wants to challenge you again.

Yugi:  Golly Kaiba!  Sure I'll duel Mokuba.  Do you want me to go easy on him?

Kaiba: (coldly) Don't insult me or my brother, Yugi.  He's as good a duelist as your little pet Chihuahua there!

Joey:  Where?  I ain't seeing any dogs…

Tea:  Is that real leather you're wear—I mean…(she switches into auto-cheerleader mode) BACK OFF KAIBA!  We believe in you, Yugi!  You have what it takes to win!  You have to believe in yourself!

Yugi:  Gee, Tea, it's okay.  I'll duel Mokuba, it'll be heaps of fun. (grins happily)

Kaiba: (curtly) 6:00 pm at Kaiba Land.  We'll be waiting for you. (stalks off again)

Bakura:  Maybe you should feed HIM some arsenic cookies, Tea.

Joey:  Hey!  Wayda minute!  Was he talking 'bout me?  I ain't no dog, Kaiba!

Yugi: Watch out for the female ones, Joey.

            A few hours later, Yugi was dueling little Mokuba in an arena at Kaiba Land.  Mokuba was playing well, but Yami was out of the puzzle and he wouldn't let the hairy little kid get the upper hand.

            Suddenly, Mokuba made a really good move.  (I don't know what cards he has so I can't really describe the duel, sorry!  He played a short duel with Yugi at the Duelist Kingdom, but he used some other kid's deck) Yami was forced to furrow his brow and seep into deep reflection.  Yugi's friends were used to this by now.  They had learned that when he furrowed his brow, and stared blankly at the cards he was battling inwardly, and he wouldn't be making a move for some time.

            Mokuba wandered off to buy some candy bars from the snack machine while his ravishingly handsome older brother, Kaiba, made business calls on his cell phone.  (Sorry people, it just popped out!)

            Joey was telling Tristan one of his pathetic jokes, but Tristan was falling asleep.

Joey:  When is da wine not da wine?

Tristan:  Mrmph

Joey: When it's Pegasus's Finest Fruit Juice!  Neh-heh-heh!

Tristan: Zzzzzzzzz

            Meanwhile, Yami Bakura has come out to watch and is secretly plotting his mischief!

Y. Bakura: Now, how could I get Yugi's millennium puzzle?  Maybe if I tripped him…but no, how would I get it off his neck?  His hair is too big!  Perhaps I could challenge him to a duel in the Shadow Realm…no, he already beat me.  I know!  I'll kidnap his grandfather and seal his soul inside a card, start a dueling tournament on an island, make him fight other players for star chips, and then duel Kaiba for the souls of all the …no, that would take too long.  Curses!  If only I was an eccentric millionaire!

Yami Yugi:  now if I played my Dark Magician in defense mode, but no, he has that card…but if I used reborn the monster to…oh, that won't work either!  This *%$#@^* "Heart of the Cards" trick had better come through, Yugi!  I'm not about to get beaten by someone shorter than YOU!

            Will Yugi/Yami win his duel?  Will Yami Bakura get the puzzle?  Will Mokuba get a cavity from all that sugar?  Will an unsuspecting gecko eat Tea's cookies and terrorize Tokyo?  Will Kaiba seal his boring business deal?

            The excitement is unbearable!  Keep reading!