Jessica: Thanks Thundaga for the correct spelling of Chupacabras! ^^ No I don't consider it a flame! And just to tell you, Midiron does not mean anything in Spanish.  And I don't own YGO, just to tell you.  ;0;

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            ~A/N I got this from Jackie Chan Adventures if I haven't said so already.  I thought it was a cool idea to make someone get bitten.  ^^~

            "AHH!!!!!!!" Joey screamed for the umpteenth time as his foot slipped on a rock.  "Is there any other route?  I mean, man this path is rocky and slippery!"

            Midiron shook his head.  "Sorry, Joey, but this is the only route."

            Joey sighed.  "Man."

            Their newfound friend smiled at them, but his smile seemed fake and his eyes remained rather cold and ruthless.  "Then let's take a rest for a while, I'm sure that seven days is more than enough to find the plants."  He sat down.

            "Hey, we can't waste time, my buddy needs our help!" Joey's face was indignant as Midiron leaned against a tree and yawned.

            Tea looked around.  "Hey, where are Yami and Tristan? They were here a few moments ago…" She paused slightly.  "I wonder if they've found anything."

            Yami and Tristan pushed aside some bushes and emerged out of them.  "Guys, we just saw a large oak tree and a rowan tree," said Yami, showing Tea, Midiron, and Joey a few strips of bark and lots of green leaves.  "We decided to get the stuff, but couldn't find any raspberries.  I suppose they'll have to wait."

            "Well, the mountain we are climbing now has many fruit bushes." Midiron gestured towards some green spots further up the mountain. 

            "Hey, how do you know?" asked Joey.  Once more there was a suspicion growing inside him about Midiron. 

            "I've climbed this mountain before in search of the Capabura plant and its powers, but never found it." Midiron stood up again.  "Maybe you're right, Joey, maybe we can't dawdle.  After all, seven days passes quickly."

            Joey was getting a sneaking skepticism about Midiron.  But he stood up and walked along the path, not without many shouts and curses as his feet slipped.

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Jessica: I might just end this here, but I'll be nice and continue it so Hari Ng Laro doesn't get mad.

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            Tristan was getting extremely testy with Joey's clumsiness, which was slowing them down.  "Yami, can't you just use your magic to get the plant?" he asked with a sharp edge in his voice.

            Yami sent a death glare Tristan's way.  "No."

            Joey was munching something…and something bitter by the expression on his face.  Red juice streamed down his chin and his hands were holding some sort of berry.  "Yum!" he said with difficulty, as his mouth was puckered up. 

            Midiron strode over to Joey and opened one of his tightly clenched fists.  Inside were raspberries.  But all of them were squashed and some bugs were crawling all over them.  "You stupid boy, you didn't leave the fresh ones for Yugi!!!!!" he yelled.

            Joey smiled rather apologetically.  "I did bring back the freshest ones for you, though…" he said.

            Midiron snorted in disgust.  "Well, if those were the freshest, I'd hate to see the ones you're eating," he said, clearly angry.

            "Well, they were turning a little brown and some of them were green.  And - " Joey's description was cut off by Tea's squeal of "Eww…gross."

            "Foolish boy, those were rotten, and some weren't even fresh yet!!!!!!!!!!!!" yelled Midiron.  "Now, show us where the raspberries are.  Maybe there are more left that escaped the gluttonous pig."

            "Gluttonous pig? What gluttonous pig?" Joey asked. 

            Midiron sent dagger glares at Joey.  "You."

            When they arrived at the berry bushes, they did manage to find a sparse amount of fresh raspberries.  Some of them were slightly green around the edges, but nonetheless, they were the freshest raspberries they could find.  Midiron was still quite angry about how Joey had wasted time…not because of the fact that Yugi only had seven days, though…

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Jessica: I'll just stop here.  ^^

Joey: Unh…my stomach hurts…

Jessica: Save that for next chapter.  Please review!!!!!!!!