A/N: Chapter 7 has arrived. I hope you guys will enjoy this chapter. I also want to thank everyone who has reviewed so far. I love reviews so keep them coming. One more thing and I promise I'll shut up, this chapter will be in third person. I like to switch things up so expect random point of view skips and such in this story later on. Hope you'll enjoy.
(Edited as of 2/2/14)
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or Sailor Moon. The quotes I used from the Yugioh series aren't mine either.
Chapter 7
Introducing, the jerk we all know and despise…Seto Kaiba
Joey Wheeler and the others followed Yugi into the game shop he called home. Joey was excited to see the rare Duel Monsters card Yugi had been raving about at school.
"Grandpa, I'm home! " Yugi announced as they entered. Joey glanced at Mina, who was shifting her gaze from place to place in the shop
"And I see you brought company," Solomon Muto stated cheerfully from his place behind the counter.
"Gramps, could you show my friends your awesome super rare card?" Yugi asked.
Mr. Muto blinked his violet eyes. "Rare card?" You mean my special card?" The old man pretended to take it into consideration.
"Please, please," Yugi begged clasping his hands together.
"Pretty please," Joey cut in, bowing his head. From the corner of his eye he saw Mina roll her eyes and giggle. He wondered what made her laugh at him so much.
The old man laughed. "How can I refuse?"
"Yes," Joey silently cheered.
"You kids are in for a treat," Mr. Muto stated as he got out a small brown box. "I don't take this card out too often. Ready?"
Everyone nodded and he opened it.
"Here it is," he said, holding up the card. "The Blue Eyes White Dragon. So rare, so powerful, I never let it leave my hands."
"Awesome," Joey breathed as he stared that the card in wonder. His brown eyes were practically twinkling.
Tristan however, being the somewhat ditzy guy that he was took the card out of Grandpa Muto's hands. "Doesn't look all that special to me," he said as he examined it.
"This card is priceless," Mr. Muto replied snatching the card back. "There are only four in the world."
"Yeah Tristan, you should be more careful," Mina pointed out, placing a hand on her hip.
"Well, speaking of prices I'm ready to trade," Joey cut in hoping to get the coveted card.
Mr. Muto glared at the blonde. "Not for this card."
"Huh, naw, I didn't mean that card," Joey lied, pretending to look at the other cards in the glass display case in front of him. "I meant show me some other cool cards to get me started."
As soon as the words left Joey's mouth, the door to the gameshop opened again. This time a tall seventeen year old guy with short brown hair stepped in. He held a silver briefcase by his side as if to show that he wasn't just a student at Domino High.
"Hello, can I help you," Mr. Muto asked as the man stepped through the door. Everyone turned.
"If you can't it certainly wouldn't surprise me," the brunette stated curtly.
"Seto Kaiba!" Yugi exclaimed, surprised to see the antisocial businessman that happened to go to his school in their game shop.
"Kaiba!" Joey exclaimed a second after Yugi. He was just as surprised if not more.
"Doesn't he have a big fancy company to run?" Tristan asked, raising an eyebrow at the brunette across the room. "What's he doing here?"
"Not that it's any of your business, but I came to see the card," Kaiba answered, his grip slightly tightening on the handle of his briefcase. He was definitely all business.
"Hey are you into Duel Monsters too?" Joey asked, trying to be friendly despite the clear unfriendly vibe Kaiba was giving off. "This is perfect! Maybe we could all duel together sometime."
Kaiba barely glanced in Joey's direction. "Me duel you?" he asked. "I would have more of a challenge playing solitaire."
"Wait a second who is this guy," Mina asked, cutting into the conversation.
"I am the number one ranking duelist in the country and the favorite to win the Duel Monsters championship," Kaiba answered. "Wheeler here wouldn't last two minutes in a duel against me."
"Oooh I'm shaking," Joey replied, angry and agitated. "Maybe you'd like to settle this with fists instead of cards."
"Whoa, take it easy Joey," Yugi exclaimed, stepping in between the two of them. The last thing he wanted was for a fight to break out in his own house.
"But Yugi, Kaiba's asking for it," Joey muttered. Joey hated stuck up people.
"Now does this shop have any worthwhile cards or not?" Kaiba asked, flat out ignoring what had just taken place. A second later his eyes grew wide and Joey wondered if the guy was having a heart attack.
Kaiba ran up to the counter, shoving Tea, Tristan, and Mina out of his way as he did so.
"Hey, totally rude!" Mina shouted, crossing her arms in front of her chest once he'd passed. "Did no one teach you manners?"
Kaiba didn't even hear her. "Can it be?" he asked. "The Blue Eyes White Dragon, in a dump like this?"
Mina sighed. "And now he's calling this place a dump. Unbelievable!"
Mr. Muto closed the box holding the Blue Eyes White Dragon, noting the look of lust that had come over Kaiba's eyes. Joey noticed it too and quite frankly, it freaked him out.
"That's enough window shopping," the old man stated. "Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Kaiba suddenly slammed his briefcase on the counter and opened it, then he turned it around so that Mr. Muto could see inside.
"Listen to me old man, give me your Blue Eyes White Dragon and I'll trade you all of these."
Everyone gasped at his collection of cards, except Tristan who didn't really care.
"Aw, nice, but no thanks," Mr. Muto answered.
"Huh," everyone shouted except for Kaiba, who was too shocked, and Mina who knew exactly why Mr. Muto had turned Kaiba down. She was silently cheering for the old dude.
Of course Joey didn't know any of this. He was shocked and dumbfounded by what had just occurred.
"Fine if you won't trade, then maybe you'll sell it. Name your price. I can pay anything you ask."
Mina simply shook her head and Joey looked at her, not sure why she was shaking her head.
"I'm sure you could, but this card is worth more to me than you could ever offer," Mr. Muto replied. "Not because of it's power or because it's so rare, but because of what it means to me. This card was given to me by a dear friend so I treasure this card as I do that friend. So parting with it is simply out of the question."
Kaiba simply stared at the man.
"You'd still feel the same even if it were a common card, right Grandpa?" Yugi asked.
"Exactly, you see this precious card is bonded with my heart."
Kaiba started to mutter incoherent things before he closed his briefcase and turned away.
"Fine, I've heard enough of your nonsense, you senile old fool."
"It's not nonsense," Mina said suddenly. Joey turned toward Mina. The look on her face was serious, a look he had never seen on her face before.
"No one was talking to you ribbon girl," Kaiba replied, barely turning to meet her gaze.
"You're just mad because you didn't get your way," Mina pointed out. "You act like a child. It's pathetic."
"I don't have anymore time to waste on you and your loser friends," Kaiba stated angrily.
"At least I have friends and the way I see things you're the one that's a loser," Mina replied making an L with her fingers to signify that to Kaiba.
Kaiba muttered one last thing that no one caught on to and left. Whatever it was didn't matter. Mina had pretty much won that battle.
"That guy is one piece of work," Mina muttered, flipping her long blond hair over her shoulder. Joey merely stared at her. He was amazed.
"She's kind of pretty when she's serious like that," he thought to himself as he smiled at her. She smiled back at him and Joey felt himself blushing. He turned away and though Mina didn't catch the blush she thought for an instant that he looked cute.
Mina turned to the old man. "You have a nice shop Mr. Muto." With a smile she exchanged glances with the rest of the gang. "Guys I'll see you all at school tomorrow okay." She started making her way toward the door to the shop.
"All right, bye Mina," Tea said.
"See you later," Joey added as Mina left, the bell above the door chiming the whole time. He had only known her for a short time, but he already liked Mina a lot. He felt as if he'd known her for years.
A little later
At Kaiba Corp.
"How dare they make a fool out of me," Kaiba thought relentlessly, an impatient foot tapping the floor as he waited for the elevator doors to open so he could take the short walk to his office.
Kaiba was angry enough about the old man not giving him the card he wanted and talking about stupid nonsense or "heart of the cards" as the old man had called it, but what made it worse was that girl. Minako Aino.
He decided not to think about her. He had other issues that were far more important. The first was finding a way to get that card.
A devious and brilliantly crafted idea filled his mind after a few more minutes of contemplation. The elevator opened, revealing the sight of his Kaiba Corp. office at the end of the hall. A wicked smirk began to lift the corners of his lips as he came to the door of his office where his partners in business waited.
"Gentlemen, there's a little something I would like for you to pick up at the game shop," Kaiba told them as soon as he entered.
"Gladly mister Kaiba," the short bald man known as Bartley answered.
Kaiba smirked, his plan already beginning to fall into place.
The next day
"I hope your grandpa has some cool cards today," Joey said to Yugi as he and the rest of the gang followed him to the game shop.
"Me too," Yugi replied.
"It's too bad that Mina couldn't come along with us," Tristan stated, smirking over at Joey.
Joey shrugged, feigning nonchalance. "She had to work."
"Oh, just admit it Wheeler, you totally have a crush on that girl," Tristan said poking more fun at Joey. Yugi laughed a bit nervously. He was the one with the crush.
"I don't have a crush on Mina. She's just a nice girl who's become a good friend of mine," Joey replied, shrugging again.
"She's become a good friend for all of us," Tea added smiling. Yugi's heart melted a little. He had a crush on Tea too.
Of course he was way too shy to admit those things to either girl.
Once the foursome reached the game shop, Joey started shouting for the old man.
"Gramps we've come back to get more cards!" Joey yelled, practically busting everyone's eardrums. "Hey, hey Gramps!"
"Grandpa, I'm home," Yugi announced as they walked further into the shop.
Tea glanced around for any signs of the short old man. "Maybe he went out."
"Maybe, but why would he leave the door unlocked?" Joey asked, following Tea's lead to look around a bit. Something didn't feel right.
The phone rang suddenly. Yugi went to answer it hoping that it was his grandpa.
"Hello game shop," Yugi said into the phone, just in case it was a customer.
"Ah, Yugi perfect."
That definitely wasn't a customer.
"Kaiba!"
The others turned to look at Yugi. All of their expressions ranged from upset to really pissed off.
"Your grandpa is here visiting, but he's not feeling well," Kaiba replied. "Why don't you come by my office and pick him up." He hung up the phone abruptly, causing Yugi to instantly fling himself into panic mode.
"Kaiba! What have you done Kaiba?" Yugi knew that Kaiba wasn't the nicest guy, but this was just plain cruel even for a jerk like him. Did he seriously just kidnap his grandpa!?
Joey took a step toward the spiky haired boy. "What's going on Yug?"
"Kaiba's got grandpa," Yugi told him, hanging up the phone. "We've got to go to Kaiba Corp., right now." Yugi wasn't sure what he would do if anything had happened to his grandpa. He was practically the only family he had.
"Don't worry Yugi we'll help you out," Tristan said, leading the way out of the game shop. It was nearly sunset.
"Please be alright Grandpa," Yugi thought to himself as they ran in the direction towards Kaiba Corp. headquarters.
Around 5:30
Mina was walking down the sidewalk on her way toward anywhere really, just as long as she didn't have to go home.
Ironically, her boss at work had told her that she could leave early since she had worked so hard the week before. Mina accepted the offer and left, but she wasn't happy about it. Even the paycheck that was in her purse didn't satisfy her and it was a pretty decent paycheck.
She wore her waitress uniform. A black short-sleeved dress and a white apron over it. With the uniform she wore a black ribbon in her hair and wore black high-heeled shoes. Of course at the moment she was ready to kick them off and walk barefoot but she resisted the urge to do so.
In all honestly, she really hated what her life had become. It's not that Mina didn't like her new friends and new school. On the contrary she loved it, plus it served as a good distraction from her from her problems. Still, more than anything she wanted her father to get better so she could go back to Japan and be with her best friends again.
Mina wasn't sure where she was now. She was walking past a tall building that had the logo KC at the top. She didn't realize that she was about to pass Kaiba Corp.
Nor did she realize that Joey had just slammed into her.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah," she shouted as they both fell to the ground. She looked up and saw that Joey, who was now on top of her, had been the culprit of her downfall.
"Ouch, Joey could you watch where you're going!" she shouted irritably.
"Me!" Joey shouted right back. "You were the one who wasn't looking!"
"This isn't the time to be fighting Joey we got to help Yugi's grandpa," Tea called out, stopping about a foot away from them. Tristan and Yugi were close behind.
"Huh, what's going on?" Mina asked, gently pushing Joey off of her. "Did something happen to Mr. Muto?"
"We don't know, but we do know that he's in Kaiba Corp. right now," Joey told her, rising to his feet. He reached out his hand to Mina to help her up. She took it without hesitation.
"Mina you should come too," Yugi stated as Joey, Tea, and Tristan rushed into the building. "We might need the extra help."
"Okay, no problem. Let's get in there," she told him, following behind him as he entered the building. Mina didn't get a chance to really look at the interior of the building. She only noted that the elevator near a reception desk. The others were already standing in front of it waiting for them.
They rode the elevator up to the eleventh floor. Once the doors opened they immediately saw Yugi's grandpa on the ground.
"Grandpa!" Yugi shouted running over to the poor old man. "Grandpa, are you okay?"
"Yugi, I failed," Mr. Muto choked out just as Yugi knelt down to the ground in front of him. "I wanted to teach that boy Kaiba a lesson about the heart of the cards, but I lost, oh…"
"Grandpa!"
Kaiba's silhouette appeared in the doorway a few feet behind Yugi's grandpa.
"How's the old man feeling?" he asked, chuckling darkly at the man's slumped form on the floor.
"Kaiba, you sleaze what have you done to him!" Joey shouted.
"We had a duel that's all, each of us putting up our most valuable card as the prize," Kaiba explained, "But I guess playing a champion like myself was just too much stimulation for the old fool." He let out another small laugh. He really made Mina sick with that attitude of his.
"Kaiba, you should be ashamed of yourself!" Tea exclaimed pointing her index finger straight at him, a glare in her blue eyes.
Kaiba's own blue eyes stared back at her and the rest of the group in amusement. "It was fair," he explained. "And look at the sweet prize I won." He showed them the blue eye's white dragon and then tore it in two. Everyone gasped as the pieces fell haphazardly to the floor.
Mina gasped. "Oh no!"
"Grandpa's most treasured card!" Yugi exclaimed in shock.
"Yes the Blue Eyes White Dragon is a rare and powerful card, and this one will never be used against me," Kaiba stated, his voice reflecting his amusement.
"My Blue Eyes White Dragon, my treasure," Mr. Muto whimpered as he sunk closer to the ground in pain.
"Grandpa hold on," Yugi pleaded. "How could you do such a thing?" Yugi glared at Kaiba, tears ready to fall from his violet eyes.
Mr. Muto held up his deck to his grandson. "Yugi here take this."
Mina could see the confusion on Yugi's face. She felt bad for him and his grandpa.
"Grandpa?"
"I built this deck, I put my soul into these cards and I taught you everything I know Yugi," Mr. Muto explained. "Take them, take these cards and show him respect. Teach Kaiba respect for the heart of the cards Yugi."
"But Grandpa you need help," Yugi told him. "I got to get you to a doctor."
"Sounds like an excuse," Kaiba cut in. "Your friends can care for your grandfather while you and I duel, unless you're afraid."
Mina could tell that Yugi was indeed afraid, but according to her and to everyone else there. Yugi didn't need to be afraid of a tyrant like Kaiba.
"Take him Yugi!" Joey exclaimed, saying the very words that Mina had been thinking.
Yugi turned to face Joey, Mina, and the others.
"We can take care of your grandpa while you take care of that creepy Kaiba," Joey continued, nodding his head in encouragement. "Teach that rich spoiled brat what a real duel is all about."
"For your grandpa Yugi," Tea added.
"I don't know," Yugi told them.
"Trust me, your like the best player I've ever seen, plus you have the millennium puzzle," Joey explained. Mina didn't know what the millennium puzzle could do, but if Joey believed it could make a difference then she would too.
"You can do this Yugi," he encouraged. "I know you can."
"Besides Yugi, if you can beat me you can totally kick Kaiba's butt," Mina said cheerfully, also trying to raise Yugi's confidence.
"But.."
"I believe in you Yugi," Mina told him. "We all do."
Yugi stared at her for a long moment and then he faced his grandpa.
"Okay Grandpa, I'll do it," Yugi agreed, taking the deck.
"I know you will my boy," Mr. Muto replied.
"Everyone, put your hands together, and I'll mark us with a special sign," Tea ordered.
Yugi, Joey, and Tristan went to her, but Mina didn't. She wasn't part of their group.
She watched as Tea marked the three boys.
"What gives Tea," Joey asked as he looked at his hand.
"It's a symbol of our friendship, so that when Yugi's dueling no matter how tough it gets he'll know that he's not alone," Tea replied. "We're all right there with him."
Tea soon saw that Mina was standing away from them.
"Uh, Mina, come on I need to mark you too."
"Really," Mina asked, surprised.
"Sure, I know we haven't known you for a long time, but you're an honorary member of the gang Mina," Joey stated simply.
"That's right and if I'm going to face Kaiba, I'm going to need your support too," Yugi added.
"We all have to be there for Yugi," Tristan explained. Mina thought she would cry if they said anything more. It made her realize how much she missed the Sailor Scouts. Of course they all had marks of they're own. The symbols that bonded them together as protectors of the planet. But this…was a simple friendship. One that had nothing to do with fate or destiny. In this group of friends, she could finally have a normal life, or as close to normal as it could get.
Mina realized she was crying and wiped her eyes quickly and went to the group.
"You guys are the best," she said as Tea marked her hand. "This means a lot to me."
"Now that this touching moment is over I'm going to get Yugi's grandpa," Tristan said. "Joey help me get him on my back."
"Okay Tristan," Joey replied, following Tristan he helped get Yugi's grandpa onto Tristan's back so that he was carrying him piggyback style.
Tea gave a quick thumbs up to the spiky haired teen. "Good luck Yugi."
He nodded. "Take care of my Grandpa." After that everyone left, leaving Yugi to face Kaiba on his own.
Meanwhile, Joey, Mina, Tea, and Tristan were outside. Tea had called an ambulance while they were inside the elevator. After twenty minutes they arrived, helping Mr. Muto into the back of the van.
Before getting into the truck, Tea turned toward Joey.
"Joey, Tristan and I will take Yugi's grandpa to the hospital," she told him. "You and Mina should go back in there and cheer Yugi on."
"Okay, take good care of him Tea." Joey answered, nodding in agreement.
"Good luck Tea," Mina said just before Tristan got inside. He shut the ambulance doors and the vehicle took off only seconds later.
Mina and Joey watched the ambulance leave, both of them hoping Yugi's grandpa would be okay.
"Come on," Mina stated after a long moment. "We better get in there."
"Right, let's go cheer Yugi on!" With that they both ran back into the building.
A/N: I'm sorry if this chapter was kind of long. I was inspired. Anyway I hope you enjoyed it. Find out what happens in the next chapter.
(As of 2/2/14: Editing this chapter was a nightmare. Nobody told me how grammatically horrendous this one was and honestly I couldn't make it much better but...eh...oh well. If you guys find anything else wrong while reading this chapter, let me know.)
