Hotshot: Hey guys! finally got the second chapter out. I will say that some, if not all, chapters that are of the episodes will possibly be split so I can have new chapters up and running in small amounts of time for you guys. So I hope you guys don't mind that! Second thing is that Joey might possibly be slightly OC at first but that was before Kaiba was a jerk to the gang. Well, hope you all will enjoy!

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Chapter 2

Joey

"Hey Joey. Earth to Joey!" Joey heard Yugi call. "You in there? It's your turn." Joey stared down at his hand, trying to pick the one that would help him win this duel. It was currently their free period so they could do whatever they want.

"Aww! Isn't he cute when he's thinking!" Tristan mocked playfully as he wrapped his arm around Joey's neck and placed a hand on his opposite shoulder. Joey shot an annoyed look at his friend before holding up his hand grinned.

"Hey Tristan, Yugi here's teaching me how ta play duel monsters."

"Drooling monsters?"

"Duel monsters ya nimrod." Joey pushed Tristan away.

"Sheesh." huffed Tristan as he stumbled back beside Tea.

"They've been at this for hours." she told him. "Joey's starting to get the hang of it. But Yugi's, like, an expert."

"Okay Yug', it's time ta duel." Joey grinned. He placed Kagemusha of the Blue Flame(A800/D400) in attack mode. "Pretty good move, huh Yugi?"

"Yep, pretty good move." Grinned Yugi. "But not good enough." He slapped down Blackland Fire Dragon(A1500/D800).

"What?!" yelped Joey. "Thanks a lot! A card that powerful totally wipes me out."

"Whoa! You stink at this game Joey!" Snickered Tristan.

"No, you did fine Joey." smiled Yugi. "I just have better cards. See, my grandpa owns a game shop. I get all my best cards from him."

"Your own game shop?" Joey got to his feet, hands on the desk. "What are we waiting for? Let's go!"

"Okay. Maybe I can even get my grandpa to show us this super-rare card he's got!" Yugi smiled.

"Oh yeah!" grinned Joey as he straightened up. His excitement lowered as he glanced off to the side and at the brunet that was sitting by himself, his book lowered as he stared straight ahead. Darkness oozed off of the yami in waves, almost wrapping Joey in a comforting blanket. Blue eyes suddenly flickered over and blue met brown, causing Joey quickly looked away, inwardly panicking.

"W-We should get going now!" Joey stated as he gathered his stuff. "I need ta go put my things in my locker, I'll meet ya at the entrance!" With that, he walked out of the classroom and down the hall. Joey was quick to put in the combination and started to shove his thing in the locker when he felt a sudden feeling along his back, causing him to shiver. He whipped his head around but saw no one. Okay, he must be going crazy now. He shook his head and closed his locker before heading down the closest set of stairs and out the door.

"Hurry up Joey!" He heard Tristan shout from the gate. Joey quickly made his way over with a slight grin.

"Sorry guys! I was having trouble with my locker." With that, he began walking, the others following behind him.

They made it to the game shop in record time and walked in, the bell above the door chimed as they entered.

"Grandpa? I'm home!" Yugi called.

"And I see you've brought company." the old man behind the counter smiled as he watched as the small group of friend walk over.

"Gramps, could you show my friends you're awesome super-rare card?" asked Yugi.

"Rare card? My special card?" The old man stroked his beard with a small and thoughtful "hm…".

"Please! Please!" Yugi collapsed his hands, begging.

"Pretty please!" Joey smiled before bowing. The old man gave a thoughtful 'hm' before letting out a chuckle.

"How can I refuse?" He turned and grabbed a small box from a shelf and placed it on the counter. "You kids are in for a treat. I don't take this card out to often. Ready? Here it is." He opened the box and held the card up in front of him.

It was a white dragon that was standing on two legs and the scales were tinted blue while its eyes were a deep blue color.

"The Blue Eyes White Dragon, so rare, so powerful, I never let it out of my hands."

Joey stared at the card, slightly transfixed. That dragon was...rather pretty, even if he wasn't going to admit it out loud.

"Hm...doesn't look all that special to me." Tristan stated as he grabbed the card from Solomon's hand. The old man hurriedly grabbed it back and held it close.

"This card is priceless! There are only four of them in the world."

"Speaking of priceless, I'm ready to trade!" Grinned Joey.

"Nor for this card!"

"Huh? Nah, I didn't want that card. I meant show me some other cool cards to get me started." He heard the door opening and the bell chiming from behind them and turned. Standing in the doorway was none other than Seto Kaiba, briefcase in hand.

"Hello, can I help you?" asked the hold man.

"If you can't, it certainly wouldn't be a surprise to me."

"Seto Kaiba?" blinked Yugi.

"Kaiba?!" Joey gaped. What was he doing here?!

"Doesn't he have that big fancy company to run?" Tristan stated. "What's he doing down here?"

"Not that it's any of your business, but I came to see the card." Kaiba smirked.

"Hey, are you into the game too?" Joey smiled. Might as well be nice to this guy. "This is perfect. Maybe we could all duel together sometime."

"Me? Duel you?" Kaiba scoffed, making the smile on Joey's face fall. "I would have more of a challenge playing solitaire."

"What?" Joey blinked.

"I am the number one ranked duelist in the country and the favorite to win the duel monsters championship. Heh, you wouldn't last two minutes in a duel against me."

"Hey, I was trying ta be nice ya prick!" snarled Joey.

"I don't need a MUTT like you to be nice to me."

Joey forced himself not to wince at the mutt comment. Instead, he only glared harder at the older boy.

"Now, does this shop have any worthwhile cards or not?" asked Kaiba before his eyes settled on the card.

"Can it be?" Kaiba raced forward and to the counter. "The Blue Eyes White Dragon in a dump like this?!"

"Well, enough window shopping." Solomon hummed as he closed the box. "Is there anything else I can help you with?" Joey watched as Kaiba swung his briefcase onto the counter and opening it before turning it and showing the old man the card-filled briefcase.

"I'll trade you all of these for that card old man!"

"No." was Solomon's simple answer, causing the gang to gape at him.

"This card is very special to me. My friend gave me it long ago, so it holds a special place in my heart." he explained. Kaiba stared at him before letting out a small 'tch' and shut his briefcase.

"I see I'm wasting my time here than." With that, Kaiba turned and toward towards the door, his shoulder bumping into Joey's harshly. The blond bit down on his lip hard as the shoulder bumped into the most recent cut. Once Kaiba was finally gone, the group looked at one another.

"That guy should really get a light in his life. Maybe then he can stop being a prick." Tristan huffed.

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