Chapter 8
Joey felt very confused. Wait-more then confused, he was baffled, puzzled, perplexed, mystified, bewildered, bemused, and befuddled. What in the world was going on?
For one thing, Yugi was standing on the top of a bunch of squares. (it was obvious that if he fell of, then he'd be in trouble) What was he doing there?
But hang on-there were two Yugis-and another Tea. Where did they come from?!?
And why was the other Tea standing on a board, oblivious to what was going on?
Yugi was going to have some explaining to do……
As the confused Joey looked around, Yugi was a little bit scared. Would Joey not like him anymore? And what was going on? Apparently only Yami and Shadi knew.
"Yami? What in the world is going on?" Tea shouted to Yami, after finishing yelling at Shadi for insulting friendship.
"Shadi challenged me to a game." Yami answered.
"And-" Tea urged on.
"What happens is if all those strings break-" He pointed to three strings attached to a little Egyptian statue, "Then you-" He pointed to The immobile other Tea. "Fall off the top of this building."
"What's with the puzzle?" Joey asked, trying to stay calm, no matter how weird this was.
"What happens is the evil before-you-were-friends-with-Yugi Joey would spin the Millennium Puzzle, and then in the direction it pointed, I'd take two steps. Then I'd do the same. But "Joey" was so mean, it made Yugi come out, and-"
"If you're not Yugi, then who the h*** are you?!?" Joey interrupted. Forget the calmness, this was just way too weird.
"Not now, Joey." Tea said. (A/n- the dead tea. I'll call her dTea in this chappy, and the alive one aTea)
"And why are you here? Are you Tea? And who's that?" He pointed to aTea.
"That is another story. But the messed up one is your friend." Tea said.
"Then who are you? And how old are you?" Joey asked, with a weird look on his face.
"I'm Tea, and a lot older then you." Tea said.
"Like how old?" Joey asked.
"You don't ask that! 20."
While Joey and Tea argued/talked, Yami and Yugi were having a conversation themselves.
"I'm still confused." Said Yugi.
"Ok, do I need to say it again?" Sighed Yami.
"Please."
"Fine. See that little statue?" Yami pointed again to the little statue that was attached to the fence.
"Yes." Said Yugi slowly.
"See the strings attached to the statue?" Yami pointed to the strings.
"Yes."
"See Tea? The alive one, I mean." Yami coughed, and then pointed to Tea, then the strings. "If all of those strings break, then Tea will fall off the building."
"Why isn't she moving?"
"Shadi has her under his control." Yami sighed again.
"Oh. We have to help her!" Yugi said loudly. He was so loud he caught the attention of dead Tea and the real Joey.
"Then let me finish the game!" Yami said, aggravated. Joey, Tea and Yugi backed off, and let Yami carry on with his game. Yami, being the king of games, of course won.
(A/N-I don't wanna ruin how he wins though)
Tea started waking up.
"Should I go away?" Tea asked Yami.
"Yes, and I should too." Yami replied. There was a flash, and both were gone. And in that light, Shadi disappeared with the rest of his 'game pieces'.
Tea looked around dazedly, and Joey ran off to make sure she didn't fall off the board that was over the city street.
Inside the Tea's soul room, Tea and Yami were talking.
"Was it smart to tell Joey about all of this?" Yami asked.
"I think that Joey found all about that stuff during Battle City, but that was 5 years ago, and I don't remember exactly. But he could have known before. Should we tell 'me'?"
"No, I think it would freak 'you' out too much. We have to keep it a secret." Yami said.
"Oh, ok. Good night, Yami." Said Tea, shoving Yami out the door.
"Goodnight, Tea." Yami replied, then yawned, and went to bed.