Episode 2 Mysterious Meeting and Bad News! ***I do not own Yu-gi-oh!***

Everyone was sitting down and eating dinner. They had quickly gone over the past events that had just happened to them at the burning building, and that of the man chasing the other man, who was dressed as a Joker. Bakura, Mai, and Serenity were all very interested to hear all about the mysterious people that showed up. The white roses all left behind, baffled everyone; they all enjoyed the thought of unsolved mysteries.

Between the laughing and mysteries that filled the table, Yugi stood up and walked over to the T.V. From there he turned it on, and returned to his seat. "Quiet everyone. I want to hear if there is any news on the buildings being set on fire." Everyone quieted down in hope to hear more news on the recent burning buildings.

A lady and a man were both sitting down and smiled at the camera as they began to read off their lines. "In today's Top Stories, another burning building was discovered, this time it was a main office for 'Mystical Revolutions'. Once again all that was left was a white rose. However this time a mysterious woman appeared from the building, a mystery man also appeared. After their brief words, a man dressed in black walked by with his cat. Police have no suspects, and apparently there are hundreds of enemies of all three companies: 'Industrial Illusions', 'Mystical Revolutions', and 'Kaiba Corp'. Still no word as to who the mysterious owner of 'Mystical Revolutions' is. Seto Kaiba, the eldest Kaiba, has not been seen for some time, as has Maximillion Pegasus, both rumored have gone missing."

"Kaiba missing?" Yugi said in a state of shock.

"Pegasus gone? Heck, I guess we scared off that evil jerk." Joey slurped up the rest of his noodles and stood up to get some more.

Mai looked bewitched at the screen as they showed pictures of Pegasus and Kaiba. "Now why would Kaiba, and Pegasus go missing? And what's with all these mysterious people showing up?"

Téa began to pour herself some more fruit punch as the news continued on. "Maybe there's some connection? I wonder.."

"In other top news, a man was found beaten in the central park area."

Téa's drink began to pour over her glass and soon all over. "Oooppppssss.." She grabbed a paper towel and began cleaning it up. "Isn't that?!"

The T.V. flashed a picture of the man in purple, which they had seen chasing after that joker guy. "Taken to a hospital, he was soon identified as Ozuka Dodoria. Ozuka Dodoria, better known for jewel smuggling and black mail, was nearly unmatchable by the Police. Rumored to be part of the recent jewel heist, which resulted a stolen Lockhart Ruby. The only other suspect is a mysterious woman in red, wearing thick red glasses. The connection between the two has yet to be found. On other news..

Anyone at the dinner table stared in shock at the horrific news. A blackmailer in their park, atleast that cleared up one mysterious person. A jewel thief on the run, what a mystery.

"Maybe it was that Joker guy?" Yugi said trying to solve the mystery.

"Who knows Yugi, we'll never know, that's for sure," Mai stood up and washed her plate.

"A mystery woman in red, with red thick glasses???" Bakura and Tristan both said to each other. Both of them pondered the thoughts as to why all this would be happening around. A once peaceful and quiet town seems to have turned into a crime-spree.

"I'm going for a walk." Mai walked to the front door.

"Wait Mai, need any company?" Joey shouted from across the table.

"Sure why not. Might as well, you can keep me company."

Serenity and Bakura declared to everyone that they would stay behind and clean up the place.

"Do I have to?" Bakura muttered.

"Yep, do your part to help the lady!" Yugi's grandfather spoke in a cheery voice.

Joey walked with Mai out the door, for some fresh air.

"Maybe a walk would do us some good, don't you think?" Téa questioned Yugi.

"Why no, it might help clean the moment. Don't you think so Tristan?" Yugi's grandfather glared at Tristan as he said this.

"Sure Yugi's Grandpa, why not..." Tristan's voice trailed off as they got up to go out the door.

Téa grabbed Yugi, and ushered him out the door in hope to talk with him in private. They headed down the street in hope for a peaceful evening.

Tristan, and Yugi's Grandpa, also went for a nice walk, in which they headed towards the Yugi's Grandpa's Shop.

The moon shone brightly with a silver glare across the ground. Joey walked along side Mai down the soft, gray street. Joey wore his green jacket over his regular close, and Mai had on her short skirt, short shirt, and purple jacket. Both remained quiet for some time as they journeyed down the path for some time.

"Well Joey Wheeler, how long does it take before you finally greet a lady?" Mai looked frustrated at Joey.

"Well.. I .. uh.." Joey stumbled with his words as he looked at Mai.

Mai shifted her head towards the ground, and quickly looked up again at Joey. "Fine, do I have to do everything?" She grabbed his hand and put it on hers. She smiled at Joey, who was beginning to turn beet red.

"Well Mai.. I uh.. Have to tell you something."

"Go ahead Joey."

"Well I want to say..."

A rumble of footsteps could be heard behind a building. "The more money there is, the better the chances.." A rough male voice spoke.

"Quiet Joey, I think I hear something." Mai rushed over to the side of the building to catch a glimpse of what was happening. Joey followed quietly behind her.

A man about the same height of Joey stood next to a woman, who was also about the same size. The man couldn't be seen because of the shadows, but you could make out part of his black hair, and his green shoes that flickered with the moon's silver lining. The woman appeared to be very beautiful, curly blonde hair, and large black boots that went up to her knees.

"Tacky dressing, if you ask me," Mai spoke silently to Joey and she sized the two up.

"Quiet, I think they're talking about something." Joey leaned in closer, being careful not to fall over Mai.

The man's shoes flickered, as he paced back and forth, "Money is no problem just as long as everything else is settled."

The woman leaned against the building's wall as she spoke softly, just loud enough to make out, "As long as everything's on time."

"It is, it is. As if their changes would matter."

"How much?"

"1/2 of what they're going to get."

"Sound like the Trap Master doesn't like out deal."

The man looked at his watch and then said something Joey and Mai couldn't hear. He then took off one direction, the glimmer of his face showed that his left eye was covered by dark, black hair.

The woman looked around and then walked in the opposite direction, towards a car, which she got into and was driven off.

"I wonder what all that was about?" Joey asked Mai.

"I don't know, but she has no idea about fashion sensibility," Mai laughed as she grabbed Joey's arm.

"Yet another mystery."

"The more the better."

Joey and Mai headed home in hope to catch everyone up on what they had just seen.

Yugi and Téa wandered the streets around the park area talking about little things. They chatted briefly about all the mysterious people, about duel monsters and how they improved their decks, down to Serenity and Yugi's Grandpa.

"Well just as long as we're save, that's all that matters." Yugi looked at Téa as he kept speaking. He locked arms with her as they circled around the park area.

She smiled at Yugi with her precious eyes and winked at Yugi. She felt save around him, and knew they would always be the best of friends. "Its hard to believe that its almost the end of summer."

"So much time has pasted hasn't it."

"Yep, seems like we've been friends for a while."

"The best of friends."

Téa leaned in, and was about to kiss Yugi on the forehead when an alarming noise ruined the moment.

"MEOW!" came the cry from a cat that remained hidden in the shadows.

Téa had fallen over Yugi, was quickly picking herself up, and dusting herself off. "What was..."

She was cut off by the sound of a female, loud, high-pitched, punk rock like voice, "It's worth how much?"

Téa and Yugi ran around the back of a tree to catch what was happening. A woman stood aside a far tree, dressed as a punk rocker. Beside her was a woman bouncing around, but she was dressed up as a harlequin, make-up and all.

"What's zee diff-irence?" the Harlequin said as she continued to bounce around.

"The Jewel has been gone for less then two days." The punk sounded worried by the sound of her voice, which dipped off at times.

"And so it izz.." The Harlequin blew a kiss at the other female and walked over the hill, soon disappearing.

"Dang-it!!" The punk jumped on her motorcycle which along the side of the road and took off.

"Wait, I've seen that person before.." Téa whispered to Yugi in hope no one would hear her, but Yugi.

The man in black, who they had seen by the burning building, walked by where the punk rocker and the harlequin had been and bent down on one knee. Suddenly a cat jumped from up on the tree, and jumped up on is shoulders. The man then walked on, disappearing after a few seconds into the distance.

"That was the man from the burning building." Téa shouted as if she had solved a mystery.

"Two more mysterious figures," Yugi said as he looked around the park. "This is turning out to be a stranger day then I thought."

"Maybe more mysteries will happen, and we'll solve them all!"

"Nope, probably just strange meetings in the middle of the night"

"Oh well, might as well make the best out of it." Téa grabbed Yugi's arm, and they walked on through the night. "I wish this could last forever."

Little did they realize, but Yugi's Millennium Puzzle kept lightening up during the night. The wind began to breeze past their heads as the cool air picked up. The large clock in the town rang nine times, to acknowledge that it was indeed nine o'clock.

Yugi's Grandpa and Tristan walked down the mellow path and conversed about duel monsters and Tristan's new deck that he was working on.

"If you work hard at it Tristan, you could soon be as good as Joey." Yugi's Grandfather laughed at his comment to Tristan.

"Gosh I hope not. Hahaha.." Tristan laughed as they headed to check on the shop in the peaceful part of town.

"Who's that?"

"I don't know, but lets check it out."

Tristan and Yugi's Grandpa rushed over to see two people talking in front of the Gaming Shop.

The older man had a light brown beard on him, and he walked around with short white hair. He resembled Pegasus, but without the Millennium eye, and some other minor things.

"The older man could go for Pegasus's twin brother or something." Tristan looked on over the shoulder of Yugi's Grandpa, along the side of the building next door.

The young female was elegantly covered in red, and wore red, thick glasses. Her red coat was over her knees as she sat down cross-legged. Her voice was sharp, and swift, "It wasn't easy."

The older man wandered around the bench and spoke in a gruff voice, "I suppose he will have to pay dearly."

"Oh, so there's more for me to do?"

"Nothing more, just call it family problems."

"Hahaha. Family Problem??"

"This is over." The man handed Ruby a white envelope, and then took off.

Ruby flipped the envelope in her pocket and punched a hole in the wall of the gaming shop. "Just my luck.."

"Why that little.." Yugi's Grandpa was about to run at the woman.

"Wait, don't!" Tristan said, as he tried to hold him back.

Ruby clicked her red shoes that glimmered in the dark. Then she jumped and disappeared from eyesight.

"What happened to her? I'm going to have a piece of her!" Yugi's Grandpa was getting mad, while he was inspecting the damage.

"She disappeared?" Tristan grabbed Yugi's grandpa, and walked back towards the house. It was getting late, and they hoped to make it home in time to tell everyone what had happened.

The clock rang out eleven times; eleven o'clock was displayed on huge clock. A man covered in black watched over the ground below him.

"Meow!" The black and gray cat clung to it's master's shoulder as he got up and began to walk across the roof.

The white door went flying open as an older man barged in the house. Bakura and Serenity looked in horror as a man in gray robes and a golden cane walked in the house. By the way he looked, he must have been in his 70s or 80s. Bakura and Serenity rushed into a corner of a room by the table and looked on in fear.

"Where is Yugi Moto?" the old man shouted. He began to search the room, until he layed his eyes on Bakura and Serenity. "Where is Yugi Moto!!!!?????"

Bakura stood up while grabbing hold of Serenity for support, "Um.. He's out walking.."

The old man walked out the room in a foul mood and pushed his way to the front of the room, and walked through the hole, which was once covered by a door.

The entire groups all returned from their walks to see the front door missing the room in a partial mess. Everyone's talked over what had happened and what each had seen.

"Why would he want to see me?" Yugi pondered at the thought, and knew that his adventures were just beginning...



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To be continued..

Episode 3: Lost in Time