Chapter Four: How Do You Do and Shake Hands
As she delivered baked goods for Hiroko, Meg quickly discovered two things about Domino City: the people there were friendly and the layout of the streets was very simple. The entire city was divided into rectangular sections by the main roads. Inside the sections, smaller roads divided each section into squares, like a grid. There were also alleyways going off the main streets, but Meg didn't want to explore those- yet. Maybe one weekend she would do it, but further exploration was not high on her list of priorities at the moment.
Next on her list of customers was Yuuki Hayashi. She lived on 316 Oak Street and she had ordered a dozen cookies. Meg pulled up to the front porch and rang the doorbell. A boy her age answered the door. He was in his pyjamas and he looked exhausted. "Hi, is this the Hayashi residence?" Meg said in a friendly voice. The boy nodded "I'm the new delivery girl for Aunt Em's Baked Goods, and I have your order."
The boy was about to open his mouth when a high-pitched voice cut him off. "Kenta, who's at the door?"
The boy now known as Kenta groaned "The bakery." he called back. His nose sounded plugged up, Meg noted. Kenta turned to Meg, "Just give me a second; I'll get your money." He shuffled back into the house. Meg stood there awkwardly until he came back. Kenta counted the coins and bills into her hand. "There." he said.
He had started to close the door when Meg asked "Don't you want your order?" Kenta paused and reopened the door. He looked at Meg expectantly as she went to her bike and grabbed the food. He then took the cookies and closed the door. Well, that was odd. Meg thought then put the money in a pouch in her bike basket.
It had taken twenty minutes to deliver to all the other people on the list. Meg was about to deliver to the last of the list, Kame Game Shop, huh? She thought, looking at the list. Looking at what was ordered Meg whistled in astonishment. In the basket there was 3 loaves of different types of bread and at least two dozen cookies. It was certainly larger than the other orders she had. Meg supposed that the man ordered for a month, or he had teenage sons. She would soon find out, as the shop was about a block away.
When she arrived, Meg was greeted with a small shop at the corner of two streets. Meg locked up her bike on a close, convenient tree. She grabbed the baked goods and entered the shop. Behind the counter was an elderly man with spiky grey hair and purple eyes. "Hi, I'm the new delivery girl for Ant Em's Baked Goods. I have an order for Mr. Mutou."
The man smiled "That's me. I'm surprised you were able to carry it all in one go, Usually, Hiroko has to take at least two trips."
"If you don't mind me asking, why do you order so much?" Meg asked.
"My son's in high school and he and his friends love to eat. This is for the week." Mr. Mutou said.
"For the week?" asked Meg disbelievingly, "That's a lot of food." Mr. Mutou nodded "Speaking of food, where do you want me to put this?"
"Here, just put it on the counter for now." He gestured to the front counter "I'll have Yugi bring it into the kitchen later."
Meg assumed that Yugi must be Mr. Mutou's grandson. As she set the bag of food down on the counter, she noticed that there were cards underneath the glass case. She knelt down to get a better look. "What sort of cards are these?" she asked herself.
"They're Duel Monster cards." Mr Mutou explained.
Meg jumped; she didn't know that he had heard her. Her brain then registered the unfamiliar term. "Duel Monsters?" she asked.
Mr. Mutou nodded. "It's a strategy card game that came out some time ago. It's become very popular with the kids just recently."
Meg stood up "How do you play?"
"Well, it's mostly a two player game. Each player has a deck of forty to sixty cards which is made up of three card types. The types are monster, spell and trap. The players use their cards to eliminate the other player's life points. If your life points are used up, you lose."
"That sounds pretty interesting." Meg said "I might just have to come back to start building my own deck."
Mr. Mutou smiled, "Feel free to any time. And who knows," he added with a wink "I might just give you some pointers on what to do."
Meg smiled "I'd like that. Well, I have to go back to the bakery, but before I leave, I need the money for your order Mr. Mutou."
"Please, call me Sugroku. And," Sugroku produced a small stack of bills from his pocket "Here is your money. I hope to see you again."
"So do I. Goodbye!" Meg called as she left the shop. Unlocking her bike, Meg muttered "That was fun." to herself. She mounted her bike and drove back home.
Author's Note: Whew, Chapter four is done! I wonder how many of you guessed right? Anyways, if anyone has noticed, there's been a reoccurring theme in the titles of my chapters. An unknown (even to me) prize will be given to the first person who guesses the theme. If no one can get it (although I doubt it, you guys are usually smart people) I will release the correct answer at the end of chapter six.
Yu-gi-oh and any of its parts do not belong to me.