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Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I own a couple of gumballs, some sweet tarts, a mocha frappucino, some potatoes, some applesauce, a big dinner ...
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Yugi was laying on the floor, rolling around and whining. He was holding his hand, which was throbbing and turning black and blue. Standing over him was a short old man with spiky hair holding a baseball bat.

"What da heck happened!" asked Joey, who had been awakened by the commotion.

"Yugi! Yugi, I'm so sorry!" the old man said, ignoring Joey's question and bending over to Yugi. He put the bat down on the floor and tried to look at Yugi's hand. The old man's eyes were big and purple like Yugi's, and his hair was sort of similar. Were they related or something?

"Granpdaaaaa!" Yugi whined, kicking the floor. "I told you it was me!"

"How am I supposed to know who 'me' is!" the old man exclaimed.

I chuckled a bit at the old man's response. He still looked like he was half asleep, and I guess I could understand how he didn't recognize Yugi's voice. Heck, he was old, for crying out loud.

Yugi groaned and managed to get out, "Kea, get me a bag of ice!"

"Um ... right," I said, turning around and going back into the kitchen. I took out an ice tray and found a box of sandwich bags laying around that I could put the ice in. I ran it out to Yugi, who was by now sitting on the couch.

We all sat around for a while—me, Yugi, Joey, and the old man who told me to call him 'Grandpa'. We were silent for a bit until Grandpa finally asked who the heck I was and what the heck Joey was doing there at one o'clock in the morning.

Yugi took Grandpa into the kitchen so he could tell him what happened without Joey hearing and crying again. He had calmed down and we wanted it to stay that way.

"Hey Kea?" Joey said once Yugi had left the room.

"Yeah?" I said, turning to face him. I was sitting on the floor in front of him again. "What's up?"

Joey sighed. "I dunno," he said. "I was just thinkin' ... y'know ... thanks."

I laughed a bit. "Ya don't gotta thank me, Joey," I said. "I know you would've done the same thing for me."

Joey shrugged and said, "I guess you're right. But I woulda stayed and killed the guy first."

"I know you would've," I said, smiling. I was still a bit shaken up about this, but I'm glad Joey was coping the way he was. "Hey, look," I said, repositioning myself so that I was sitting on my knees facing him, "I just want you to know that whatever happens, I'll always be here for ya. Okay? Me and Yugi."

"Ah, Yugi's always been there," Joey said, shrugging a bit. He reached his hand out and ran it softly over my cheek, then down my neck. "Just promise me that ya won't let them take me from Domino."

I smiled and touched Joey's hand as he continued to caress my face. "I promise," I said softly.

Joey lifted my chin lightly with his hand, and I felt his fingers lightly brush over my lips, parting them slightly. I kept my eyes locked with his as my breath quickened. He then brought my face closer to his and leaned forward, softly pushing his lips against mine, kissing me so gently that it made me want to melt underneath him. I brought my hand up behind his neck as he deepened the kiss. I had never kissed Joey like this before, and it was amazing.

After a moment, I pulled back slowly and looked Joey in the eye, breathing deeply. He touched my face softly again and smiled. I smiled back and bit my bottom lip.

Yugi walked in the room that moment. He saw how close I was with Joey and stopped short. "Oh, I um ... if you guys, um ... see, I ... erm ..."

"It's okay, Yugi," I said, turning back around and leaning against the couch.

Yugi was blushing bright red. I wanted to laugh, but I controlled myself and simply smiled. Changing the subject so that Yugi felt more comfortable, I asked, "You said I can stay here tonight, right? Do you have an extra room or bed or something for me?"

"Oh, right, sure," Yugi said. "It's upstairs, follow me."

"Thanks," I said, standing up and following Yugi across the room and up the steps. "Goodnight, Joey!" I called.

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I talked to my mother, who called a detective as soon as I asked her to, and called back an hour later, telling me about a private eye who was willing to take our case. Her name was Detective Deborah Putro. She lived between Domino and where my house was, so she could easily get to either town. Mom was going to meet her at her office, then the two of them were going to come down to Domino and talk to me and Joey about what happened.

When Mom walked through the door of the game shop at eleven in the morning with the detective behind her, Grandpa went crazy. Detective Putro was tall, blonde, and skinny, and she sent the old man's hormones for a spin. Yugi and I just sat back rolling our eyes as Grandpa made a fool of himself.

"Um, Detective, why don't we all come into the back so you can meet Joey?" I suggested when Grandpa's flirting because too much for me.

"That sounds fine," Detective Putro said.

Yugi lead us all back into the livingroom, where Joey was laying on the couch. He was stillin a lot of pain and couldn't sit up yet. Yugi had given him some pain killers earlier this morning, but I guess they hadn't kicked in yet.

"Detective Putro," I began, motioning to Joey, "this is Joey Wheeler. Joey, this is Detective Purto."

And that's where it all stared. From that point on, I talked with Joey, my mom, and trhe detective abuot waht to do with Joey's situation. She took statement from both of us, separately, then took statements from Yugi and Grandpa, as well. After confirming that they all matched and we seemed legit, she promised to begin the case immediately. We were grateful.

Detective Purto was going to begin by checking Joey's summer house for alcohol. If he had alcohol in an open place where Joey could get to it, he could get arrested for that, giving her more time to investigate the rape case. She wasn't going to walk up to his house and announce her occupation, however. She was giong to go disguised. She just wasn't sure how yet.

"I wanna come!" I said excitedly. "I can go disguised, too!"

"Oh Kea," my mom said in that motherly tone she has. She rolled her eyes and sighed. Detective Putro looked interested, though.

"Come on, Mom!" I pleaded when I saw Detective Putro's interest. "I know the house well, I can help! I know where Mr. Wheeler kept the alcohol last years and it's probably in the same place now! Come on, I could really help."

Detective Putro nodded. "You know, that is a thought," she mused. "If we can disguise you well enough, Mr. Wheeler won't recognize you, and you can be a help since you know the area so well."

"No, no, there's no way," Joey said quickly. "After what happened, there's no way I'm letting Kiki go back there, even if he is sober."

"Joey, I'll be fine," I said, touching Joey's hand lightly.

"No!" Joey protested, taking my hand in his own. "I don't trust him, he might hurt you."

"It'll be fine," I whispered, caressing Joey's cheek.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw my mom smiling madly at me and Joey .Even Detective Putro was smirking a bit. I'm sure Yugi and his grandfather would have said something if they were in the room. I decided to shrug off their smiles for now and turned back to Detective Putro.

"I'll do it if you let me," I said.

"Then take Yugi with you," Joey said.

"What! No!"

"Then take Tristan!"

"What! Who the heck is Tristan!"

Joey smacked his forehead with his free hand. "Tristan is my best friend," he explained. "If you're gonna go undercover or whatever the heck those cop-people call it, I'm not gonna let you go with only a detective. No offense, Detective."

"None taken," Detective Putro shrugged. "I can understand how you worry about your girlfriend."

Joey and I looked at each other and blushed slightly. My mom saw it, and I just had this feeling that she was going to tease me about this later.

Detective Putro continued talking. "Well Joey, if you don't want Kea to do this alone, you better call your friend and his permission from his parents so we can get working on this."

"Okay," Joey said, squeezing my hand lightly.

I kissed Joey softly on the cheek and said, "I'll get the phone."

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Wow, you guys, the 'romance' part of the story actually started. So, I guess you'll have to come back next chapter to see who helps how they disguise themselves. THAT'S where it gets fun! Next chapter, we meet Tristan, Bakura, and maybe Tea ... I haven't decided on her yet. Poll!! Do you guys want Tea in it? Don't worry about Serenity, I have plans for her. *evil smile* Well, thanks for reading. Please review, I love to get reviews and I need to know if I should put Tea in this or not! Thank ya! (By the way, I'm requesting 5 reviews again!)