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DISCLAIMER: NO OWN YU-GI-OH!
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The Value of a Card
Chapter One
Joey Wheeler sat at his desk in Literature looking around at the many faces that hovered around him. One face stood out. Gary Bishoun. A student who was challenging him to a game of Duel Monsters.
"So Wheeler," Gary stated sneering down at Joey. His palms pressed against the sides of the desk. "are you up for the challenge?"
Joey looked around feeling the excitement build up. He licked his dry lips trying to moisture them. "Well......you see......" He stammered trying to get out of the duel with out sounding like a chicken or a wuss.
No such luck in there as Gary snorkled at his hesitation. "What's the matter Wheeler? Are you chicken!?"
He laughed and soon the group around Joey's desk began to laugh as well. Joey glared up at Gary feeling his temper rise. If there was one thing Joey hated more than anything in the world, it was being called a chicken. Joey Wheeler, known to be a hot-head and not knowing when to 'let it be' slams his hands down on the desk forcefully enough that several students jumped back in alarm. He rose from his chair and looked Gary straight in the eye and in a very low, calm even voice stated," I ain't no chicken! You's just says where and when pal!"
He stared, glaring imagining Gary being chased by Dragon Zombie. He couldn't help but smirk from the image in his head as he pictured Gary running around in circles screaming like a school girl wearing a poodle skirt and pink blouse calling to Joey for help as Joey watched and laughed from the back of Dragon Zombie. Joey smiled shaking his head trying to clear the cobwebs returning to reality.
Gary had grabbed the front collar of Joey's shirt and had pulled him close so that the two were nose to nose with each other. Gary was also glaring as well as red in the face. "I SAID! What's so DAMN funny Wheeler!"
Joey looked up started. "Nothing!"
"Then why were you laughing?!?" Gary snarled looking as if he was about ready to punch Joey in the face. Joey double blinked feeling like a goof because he had laughed out loud from his little daydream. "I's was just laughing cause I was thinking of how badly I'm gonna beats ya in our game. Which is when?"
Gary snorted and roughly let go of Joey. "Lunch behind the old art building. Now don't be late or chicken out Wheeler or else I'll make your life a living hell!" With that Gary returned to his desk. The other students slowly returned to their seats as Mrs. Kishoun entered the room and called for the beginning of class.
During notes, Bobby Factis leaned over to Joey and whispered, "Hey man you really gonna be there to challenge Gary?!?
Joey grunted his yes as he busily scrippled away in this notebook trying to keep up with Mrs. Kishoun who had the tendesy to speed talk. If they were ever to give tickets for speed talking, Mrs. Kishoun would be the law enforcements most popular candidate.
"Wow!" Was all that Bobby could stammer.
Rachel, who sat behind Bobby, diagonal from Joey joined in on the conversation. "Then you must have a pretty good deck then. I know Gary's deck is VERY good."
Bobby looked over at Rachel smirking. "The only reason you know that is because he's your boyfriend!"
Rachel gasped in defense as Joey quickly whirled around to face her. "What?!" At that same moment, Rachel leaped up from her chair and in a loud voice declaired to the class, "HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!"
Several snickers interrupted throughout the class room as Mrs. Kishoun frowned at the three students who had caused the interuption. "Will you all please be quiet and pay attention! Or would you rather perfer a pop quiz?
Every student quickly quieted down and turned their attention back to the teacher. Three of those students were still red from embarassment, kept their heads down on their desks, trying to hide from the others.
Joey, daydreaming, felt like kicking himself as he specifically remembered Yugi reminding him to put his deck in his bookbag. Joey sighed deeply knowing he had just jumped into a pot of hot water that would soon be close to boiling. He looked on, spacing off thinking to himself. ^"What am I to do? AGHH! You arrogant air-head Joey! Yug reminded ya how many times to bring your deck?!?^ Gruffly sighing Joey wondered. ^"I wonder if Yugi or maybe Tristen would let me borrow their deck just for lunch. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to ask 'em. I see dem both next period."^
Nodding to himself, agreeing with what he had just thought, Joey jumped up in alarm as Mrs. Kishoun forcefully slammed a ruler onto his desk, inches away from his finger. He looked up double blinked in alarm. Mrs. Kishoun frowned down at Joey smiling. "So good you could join us Mr. Wheeler. Have a lovely trip to La-La Land?"
Joey shook his head no as the class snickered quietly to themselves. "Well then," Mrs. Kishoun replied standing up. "would you care to join us in on our reading on the top of page 363?" Joey quickly rummaged through his bookbag and took out the literature book for the month and began to read: 'Tirsun chuckled again. "Ah, my dear Theatana, you do have a bad temper, but it gives you a savor all your own." He turned to his sister. "Well Elyssa, I think the bloom is off the evening don't you? Theatana and I must be away to our ship and put to sea......'
Joey read for the remaining of the class period until the bell rang to call for the end of one class and reminded the students to hurry on to their next one. As the students quickly packed up to leave, Mrs. Kishoun quickly called out. "Read the remaining of The Mask and the Sorceress. First thing tomorrow, you'll be tested over chapters ten through fifteen so be ready!" This followed by a quick response of groans out of those students who had yet read a single chapter. Joey was one of those students as he jammed the remaining books into his bookbag and darted out of class.
In Social Science, Yugi Motou quietly sat at his desk looking on towards the front anxious for class to begin. Not because this was his favorite class, it was because next hour was lunch, and that was usually the hour he would play Duel Monsters with some of the other students. He enjoyed the game very much and took great pride in it. His passion grew for the game the day his grandfather gave him a puzzle to solve. A puzzle that was suppose to of been unsolvable. But Yugi had shown that any puzzle can be solved. Yugi would never forget that day. For it was the day that changed his life forever.
His puzzle was an ancient Egyptian artifact known as the Millenium Puzzle. When Yugi solved the puzzle, he freed a mystical ancient spirit of an ancient Egyptian phaoroh whom now dwells inside of young Yugi. This ancient spirit channels his energy through Yugi mostly during difficult duels or when Yugi is in danger. Yugi smiled quietly to himself as he thought. ^"He's kind of like a guardian angel."^ That's just what the ancient spirit was to Yugi. A guardian angel, but more important then that, Yugi considered him a friend.
Yugi suddenly felt a tap tap on his desk and looked up into the face of his close friend Tristen Taylor. It was with the help of him, Joey Wheeler, Téa (??) and the ancient spirit, Yami Yugi that they freed Yugi's grandfather's soul from the evil clutches of the mad diranged millionaire Maximillion Pegasus. Yugi felt lucky to have such friends by his side. He didn't know what he would of done if he had completely lost his grandfather.
Yugi smiled up at Tristen. "Hi Tristen!" He exclaimed happily turning around in his chair so that he could face Tristen from his desk.
Tristen plopped his books down on the ground and sat down with a thud. "Hey Yugi. How's it been going?" Even though he sounded exhausted, Tristen managed to smile back at his small friend.
"Oh its been good." Yugi replied "And how bout you? You seem a bit tired."
"Yeah," Tristen began. "I just got out of gym! Coach made us run laps. On top of that Mr. Hartlin surprised the class with a pop quiz today just because Gary Bishoun wouldn't keep his big fat mouth shut."
"Oh." Responded Yugi. "Sorry to hear about that Tristen. How do you think you did on the quiz?"
Tristen sighed heavily shaking his head. "Not so good man. I think I flunked it. If I did," sighs heavily, "then I'm a dead man."
Yugi reasurrinly smiled at his friend. "Don't worry Tristen. I'm sure you did just fine." Tristen smiled back. "Thanks."
Joey entered the class room and gruffly sat down in his chair and layed his head on his desk. Tristen and Yugi both looked over at him. "Well hey there buddy," Tristen remarked smirking slightly. "bought time you got here. Was wondering if I should send a search party after you."
Joey looked up and grunted at his friend's response. Normally he would have a wise-crack to fire back at Tristen, but today he just didn't feel like it. Both Yugi and Tristen noticed this as they stared at their friend in alarm. "Joey?" Yugi asked concerned. "Is everything alright?"
Joey turned to his friends knowing that this was the moment of truth. He sighed greatly before responding. "T'all depends on you twos."
Tristen and Yugi both turned and looked at each other confused. "Why does it depend on us Joey?" Tristen asked.
Joey sighed, bitting his bottom lip, and looked to them with pleading eyes. "Please! Let me borrow one of your guys deck!"
"Our deck!" Yugi asked in alarm. "But why? What happened to yours?"
"Wells, you sees," Joey stated. "I left mines at your house Yug and I's got this very important duel at lunch with some kid from my Literature class."
"Joey you bone-head!" replied Tristen. "You accepted a duel when you didn't have your own deck!" "I's thought I could borrow yours or Yugi's just this once!"
Tristen looked at his friend shaking his head sighing. "So who's this important duel with?"
"Gary Bishoun" Joey replied.
"GARY BISHOUN!" Tristen replied in shock nearly screaming. "You accepted a duel with Gary Bishoun! JOEY! Do you know the reputation Gary has as a duelist?!"
Joey looked over at Tristen stunned. "No."
Tristen felt like screaming and shaking Joey as he clawed at the edge of his desk. "Joeeeeeeeeeey!!! Man! You are dense! Gary Bishoun is a world class low-down no good for account sleeze ball who will do anything to win. Especially cheat. And he cheats so well that he's never been caught."
"So what." Joey told his friend confidentaly. "I'll beat da pants off of dat boozo in record time! Just you waits and see! Well that is if I can borrow your deck."
Tristen sighed, shaking his head. "Sorry no can do pal. Mrs. Jackylnn confiscated my deck in Home Economics. I wasn't paying attention to class so she took them and is keeping them until the end of the day."
Joey suddenly felt part of his world shatter. He just had to show Gary Bishoun a thing or two. He knew he just had to. He slowly turned to Yugi, eyes wide making him look like a sad little puppy dog. "Yugi. Your my last hope! Please let me borrow your deck! Just this once!"
Yugi looked at his friend bitting his bottom lip slightly frowning. "I don't know Joey......"
"Come on Yug! I won't let anything happen to it! I'm begging you!" At that moment, Joey hit his knees, literally begging Yugi. "As your friend! Allow me to borrow your deck just this once!"
"Don't do it Yugi." Tristen replied. "He shouldn't of accepted the duel if he didn't have his own deck with him."
Spinning around, Joey glared at Tristen. "You's stay out of this Tristen! This is between me and Yugi!" Turning back to Yugi, Joey put on his best, pathetic look. "Come on. Don'ts ya trust me Yugi?"
That had done it. Sighing heavily, Yugi reached into his knapsack and pulled out his deck. He slowly handed them over to Joey. "Here Joey. I do trust you." He smiled warmly at his friend. "When is your duel?"
Joey jumped up in surprise, grinning from ear to ear taking the deck from Yugi. "Thanks Yug! Your a real pal!" Quickly returning to his desk, he told them. "At lunch behind the old art building. You twos gonna be there?" "We wouldn't miss it for the world!" Tristen replied while Yugi nodded his head in response.
The three friends then continued on talking about how each of their day had been so far and making fun of the school's lunch through out the class period getting into trouble by the teacher only twice.
DISCLAIMER: NO OWN YU-GI-OH!
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The Value of a Card
Chapter One
Joey Wheeler sat at his desk in Literature looking around at the many faces that hovered around him. One face stood out. Gary Bishoun. A student who was challenging him to a game of Duel Monsters.
"So Wheeler," Gary stated sneering down at Joey. His palms pressed against the sides of the desk. "are you up for the challenge?"
Joey looked around feeling the excitement build up. He licked his dry lips trying to moisture them. "Well......you see......" He stammered trying to get out of the duel with out sounding like a chicken or a wuss.
No such luck in there as Gary snorkled at his hesitation. "What's the matter Wheeler? Are you chicken!?"
He laughed and soon the group around Joey's desk began to laugh as well. Joey glared up at Gary feeling his temper rise. If there was one thing Joey hated more than anything in the world, it was being called a chicken. Joey Wheeler, known to be a hot-head and not knowing when to 'let it be' slams his hands down on the desk forcefully enough that several students jumped back in alarm. He rose from his chair and looked Gary straight in the eye and in a very low, calm even voice stated," I ain't no chicken! You's just says where and when pal!"
He stared, glaring imagining Gary being chased by Dragon Zombie. He couldn't help but smirk from the image in his head as he pictured Gary running around in circles screaming like a school girl wearing a poodle skirt and pink blouse calling to Joey for help as Joey watched and laughed from the back of Dragon Zombie. Joey smiled shaking his head trying to clear the cobwebs returning to reality.
Gary had grabbed the front collar of Joey's shirt and had pulled him close so that the two were nose to nose with each other. Gary was also glaring as well as red in the face. "I SAID! What's so DAMN funny Wheeler!"
Joey looked up started. "Nothing!"
"Then why were you laughing?!?" Gary snarled looking as if he was about ready to punch Joey in the face. Joey double blinked feeling like a goof because he had laughed out loud from his little daydream. "I's was just laughing cause I was thinking of how badly I'm gonna beats ya in our game. Which is when?"
Gary snorted and roughly let go of Joey. "Lunch behind the old art building. Now don't be late or chicken out Wheeler or else I'll make your life a living hell!" With that Gary returned to his desk. The other students slowly returned to their seats as Mrs. Kishoun entered the room and called for the beginning of class.
During notes, Bobby Factis leaned over to Joey and whispered, "Hey man you really gonna be there to challenge Gary?!?
Joey grunted his yes as he busily scrippled away in this notebook trying to keep up with Mrs. Kishoun who had the tendesy to speed talk. If they were ever to give tickets for speed talking, Mrs. Kishoun would be the law enforcements most popular candidate.
"Wow!" Was all that Bobby could stammer.
Rachel, who sat behind Bobby, diagonal from Joey joined in on the conversation. "Then you must have a pretty good deck then. I know Gary's deck is VERY good."
Bobby looked over at Rachel smirking. "The only reason you know that is because he's your boyfriend!"
Rachel gasped in defense as Joey quickly whirled around to face her. "What?!" At that same moment, Rachel leaped up from her chair and in a loud voice declaired to the class, "HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!"
Several snickers interrupted throughout the class room as Mrs. Kishoun frowned at the three students who had caused the interuption. "Will you all please be quiet and pay attention! Or would you rather perfer a pop quiz?
Every student quickly quieted down and turned their attention back to the teacher. Three of those students were still red from embarassment, kept their heads down on their desks, trying to hide from the others.
Joey, daydreaming, felt like kicking himself as he specifically remembered Yugi reminding him to put his deck in his bookbag. Joey sighed deeply knowing he had just jumped into a pot of hot water that would soon be close to boiling. He looked on, spacing off thinking to himself. ^"What am I to do? AGHH! You arrogant air-head Joey! Yug reminded ya how many times to bring your deck?!?^ Gruffly sighing Joey wondered. ^"I wonder if Yugi or maybe Tristen would let me borrow their deck just for lunch. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to ask 'em. I see dem both next period."^
Nodding to himself, agreeing with what he had just thought, Joey jumped up in alarm as Mrs. Kishoun forcefully slammed a ruler onto his desk, inches away from his finger. He looked up double blinked in alarm. Mrs. Kishoun frowned down at Joey smiling. "So good you could join us Mr. Wheeler. Have a lovely trip to La-La Land?"
Joey shook his head no as the class snickered quietly to themselves. "Well then," Mrs. Kishoun replied standing up. "would you care to join us in on our reading on the top of page 363?" Joey quickly rummaged through his bookbag and took out the literature book for the month and began to read: 'Tirsun chuckled again. "Ah, my dear Theatana, you do have a bad temper, but it gives you a savor all your own." He turned to his sister. "Well Elyssa, I think the bloom is off the evening don't you? Theatana and I must be away to our ship and put to sea......'
Joey read for the remaining of the class period until the bell rang to call for the end of one class and reminded the students to hurry on to their next one. As the students quickly packed up to leave, Mrs. Kishoun quickly called out. "Read the remaining of The Mask and the Sorceress. First thing tomorrow, you'll be tested over chapters ten through fifteen so be ready!" This followed by a quick response of groans out of those students who had yet read a single chapter. Joey was one of those students as he jammed the remaining books into his bookbag and darted out of class.
In Social Science, Yugi Motou quietly sat at his desk looking on towards the front anxious for class to begin. Not because this was his favorite class, it was because next hour was lunch, and that was usually the hour he would play Duel Monsters with some of the other students. He enjoyed the game very much and took great pride in it. His passion grew for the game the day his grandfather gave him a puzzle to solve. A puzzle that was suppose to of been unsolvable. But Yugi had shown that any puzzle can be solved. Yugi would never forget that day. For it was the day that changed his life forever.
His puzzle was an ancient Egyptian artifact known as the Millenium Puzzle. When Yugi solved the puzzle, he freed a mystical ancient spirit of an ancient Egyptian phaoroh whom now dwells inside of young Yugi. This ancient spirit channels his energy through Yugi mostly during difficult duels or when Yugi is in danger. Yugi smiled quietly to himself as he thought. ^"He's kind of like a guardian angel."^ That's just what the ancient spirit was to Yugi. A guardian angel, but more important then that, Yugi considered him a friend.
Yugi suddenly felt a tap tap on his desk and looked up into the face of his close friend Tristen Taylor. It was with the help of him, Joey Wheeler, Téa (??) and the ancient spirit, Yami Yugi that they freed Yugi's grandfather's soul from the evil clutches of the mad diranged millionaire Maximillion Pegasus. Yugi felt lucky to have such friends by his side. He didn't know what he would of done if he had completely lost his grandfather.
Yugi smiled up at Tristen. "Hi Tristen!" He exclaimed happily turning around in his chair so that he could face Tristen from his desk.
Tristen plopped his books down on the ground and sat down with a thud. "Hey Yugi. How's it been going?" Even though he sounded exhausted, Tristen managed to smile back at his small friend.
"Oh its been good." Yugi replied "And how bout you? You seem a bit tired."
"Yeah," Tristen began. "I just got out of gym! Coach made us run laps. On top of that Mr. Hartlin surprised the class with a pop quiz today just because Gary Bishoun wouldn't keep his big fat mouth shut."
"Oh." Responded Yugi. "Sorry to hear about that Tristen. How do you think you did on the quiz?"
Tristen sighed heavily shaking his head. "Not so good man. I think I flunked it. If I did," sighs heavily, "then I'm a dead man."
Yugi reasurrinly smiled at his friend. "Don't worry Tristen. I'm sure you did just fine." Tristen smiled back. "Thanks."
Joey entered the class room and gruffly sat down in his chair and layed his head on his desk. Tristen and Yugi both looked over at him. "Well hey there buddy," Tristen remarked smirking slightly. "bought time you got here. Was wondering if I should send a search party after you."
Joey looked up and grunted at his friend's response. Normally he would have a wise-crack to fire back at Tristen, but today he just didn't feel like it. Both Yugi and Tristen noticed this as they stared at their friend in alarm. "Joey?" Yugi asked concerned. "Is everything alright?"
Joey turned to his friends knowing that this was the moment of truth. He sighed greatly before responding. "T'all depends on you twos."
Tristen and Yugi both turned and looked at each other confused. "Why does it depend on us Joey?" Tristen asked.
Joey sighed, bitting his bottom lip, and looked to them with pleading eyes. "Please! Let me borrow one of your guys deck!"
"Our deck!" Yugi asked in alarm. "But why? What happened to yours?"
"Wells, you sees," Joey stated. "I left mines at your house Yug and I's got this very important duel at lunch with some kid from my Literature class."
"Joey you bone-head!" replied Tristen. "You accepted a duel when you didn't have your own deck!" "I's thought I could borrow yours or Yugi's just this once!"
Tristen looked at his friend shaking his head sighing. "So who's this important duel with?"
"Gary Bishoun" Joey replied.
"GARY BISHOUN!" Tristen replied in shock nearly screaming. "You accepted a duel with Gary Bishoun! JOEY! Do you know the reputation Gary has as a duelist?!"
Joey looked over at Tristen stunned. "No."
Tristen felt like screaming and shaking Joey as he clawed at the edge of his desk. "Joeeeeeeeeeey!!! Man! You are dense! Gary Bishoun is a world class low-down no good for account sleeze ball who will do anything to win. Especially cheat. And he cheats so well that he's never been caught."
"So what." Joey told his friend confidentaly. "I'll beat da pants off of dat boozo in record time! Just you waits and see! Well that is if I can borrow your deck."
Tristen sighed, shaking his head. "Sorry no can do pal. Mrs. Jackylnn confiscated my deck in Home Economics. I wasn't paying attention to class so she took them and is keeping them until the end of the day."
Joey suddenly felt part of his world shatter. He just had to show Gary Bishoun a thing or two. He knew he just had to. He slowly turned to Yugi, eyes wide making him look like a sad little puppy dog. "Yugi. Your my last hope! Please let me borrow your deck! Just this once!"
Yugi looked at his friend bitting his bottom lip slightly frowning. "I don't know Joey......"
"Come on Yug! I won't let anything happen to it! I'm begging you!" At that moment, Joey hit his knees, literally begging Yugi. "As your friend! Allow me to borrow your deck just this once!"
"Don't do it Yugi." Tristen replied. "He shouldn't of accepted the duel if he didn't have his own deck with him."
Spinning around, Joey glared at Tristen. "You's stay out of this Tristen! This is between me and Yugi!" Turning back to Yugi, Joey put on his best, pathetic look. "Come on. Don'ts ya trust me Yugi?"
That had done it. Sighing heavily, Yugi reached into his knapsack and pulled out his deck. He slowly handed them over to Joey. "Here Joey. I do trust you." He smiled warmly at his friend. "When is your duel?"
Joey jumped up in surprise, grinning from ear to ear taking the deck from Yugi. "Thanks Yug! Your a real pal!" Quickly returning to his desk, he told them. "At lunch behind the old art building. You twos gonna be there?" "We wouldn't miss it for the world!" Tristen replied while Yugi nodded his head in response.
The three friends then continued on talking about how each of their day had been so far and making fun of the school's lunch through out the class period getting into trouble by the teacher only twice.
