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Chapter 4: The stables.
Yugi stepped outside into the sun, yawning as he arched his back and stretched, placing a hand over his mouth to hide his long and sharp canines.
Joey only smiled slightly, one of his fangs showing over the bottom of his lips, although not as long as Yugi's.
Walking in direction of the stables Yugi placed a white apron around his waist as he handed one gently to his blonde companion, picking up the buckets of water and sponges that stood beside them from outside the stable door. Walking in a shout met his ears as he looked over to see a platinum blonde with violet eyes struggling with a cream coloured horse with a dark blue mane and tail, the animal snorting furiously.
"Marik how many times have I told you not to provoke that horse?!" Shouted another as Ryou made his way around the corner of the stables, a bridle in hand.
"B-but I didn't…its got it in for me!" Marik replied with a snort as he looked as Ryou.
"Uh-huh…and so has the tooth fairy!" Ryou mumbled back as he pushed Marik out of the way and tried to calm down the snorting mare before his eyes.
"I knew it!" Was Marik's over enthusiastic reply as his normally sharp violet eyes widened in slight surprise before he noticed Yugi and Joey blinking in confusion.
"Ah, Yugi, Joey…My dear friends!" Marik chuckled as he walked over to the pair and opened up Yugi's mouth forcefully with his tanned hands.
"Hmm, still razor sharp and getting longer, gods Yugi they must be the sharpest, longest, biggest fangs in the whole village"
"They are the sharpest, longest, biggest fangs in the village, after all he is-" Joey began before a shout from Ryou stopped him in mid sentence.
"Joey! Can you help me calm down Tengoku, Marik provoked her pretty badly" Ryou's eyes shifted back and fourth between Joey and the horse as he tried to calm down the "provoked" horse.
Joey nodded as he ran over trying to help Ryou with the horse as he mumbled random things and left Yugi wondering about what he had said.
"Have you ever noticed how the horses names are our own names?" Joey mumbled as he grabbed a rein swinging from the horses neck.
"That's cause there named after out sir names so they don't obey anyone but us and the people know who they belong too…lucky for us Tengoku knows us well enough to obey us as well, for example, Yugi's horse is named Hikari, so she will only obey Yugi, and my horses name is called Tenshi so he will only obey me…Get it?" Ryou explained as he struggled with the rope around the horses large head. Joey only nodded weakly, slightly understanding what Ryou was saying.
Yugi blinked as he curiously looked over to Marik who had a some what uneasy look on his face, shifting nervously next to Yugi.
"What was Joey trying to say before Ryou called him over?" Yugi asked as his amethyst eyes shifted to Marik's violet, watching him rub the back of his head nervously as he chuckled innocently.
"I don't know, but you know how Joey gets when he's been out in the sun too long"
"Hey! I heard that Marik!" Joey's voice bellowed from behind a stable door. Marik just grinned as both his small but sharp canines hung over his bottom lip, walking of to sort his own horse out, dismissing the sad sigh Yugi let out as his head dipped and his bangs covered his eyes.
"Yeah…But I wish I knew why everyone lies to me when they start to say who I truly am."
Me: Heh, Joey can be a bit dense at times cant he? (Laughs) But that's why we all love him! Sorry the chapter's so short, but anyway…Reviews please.