Chapter Six
The Millennium Eye
Joey and Roux spent a few hours telling everyone at the table all about their time as childhood friends, how much time they spent together and how they knew each other so well. The whole gang laughed when Roux told the story of how Serenity and her made a potion with mud, worms, stones and mushrooms, and how Joey drank it thinking it was chocolate milk.
Joey blushed bright pink, but Roux was there with him, her arm around him, he didn't feel too embarrassed for too long. Roux was having a good time with all of Joey's friends. She couldn't remember when she could actually sit freely and have a decent conversation with real down-to-earth people. She already loved her stay in Domino more than she could explain, and was glad she was staying for a few weeks. She hoped Joey wouldn't mind if she hung out with him when they weren't dueling.
"So Roux, tell us." Tea began to say after the pizza was gone and all that remained was the last of their drinks and them all sitting, stuffed with food. "How is it you became so interested in duel monsters?"
Roux let out a soft laugh and patted Joey's shoulder. "This fellow right here. When he received his first cards, he showed them all to me, and he showed me how they worked and how to play the game." Roux searched in her bag for a moment, and then dished out her deck of cards that she had found in her photo album. "This was my deck when I was little."
Yugi looked at the deck, and blinked almost bashfully. Then he looked up at Roux. "Do you mind if I look at them?" he asked softly.
Roux shook her head. "No, not at all."
Yugi smiled and picked up her deck of cards, and very slowly he went through them to see which cards she had. She had a lot of past-date cards, and as Yugi looked through them, his hopes for her succeeding in the tournament went a little bit shallow. He was careful not to show it, but it pained him a little bit.
~ Wow, Roux has a lot of really old cards. They won't match too well with some of the new, stronger cards nowadays. I wonder if I should tell Roux about it.or maybe if she already knows. ~
"Do you duel a lot, Roux?" Bakura asked, breaking Yugi's train of thought.
Roux shook her head. "Not too much, I'm awfully busy most of the time, but I've been practicing over the past few weeks, and hopefully I'll get in a few practice matches before the tournament begins." She was smiling softly at the thought.
Yugi smiled. ~ Oh, good. Hopefully if she's a good duelist she'll get some better cards from the matches she'll win. ~
Yugi set down her deck of cards, and Roux looked at him with a sweet expression on her face, as though she could read her mind. "I know what you're thinking, Yugi." She said, grinning. "I've got a really worn-down deck, but if there's a card shop in town or something I could stop and get some new ones, so I'd have a better shot in the finals."
"Hey, ain't that a coincidence!" Joey exclaimed suddenly, and pointed to Yugi. "Yugi's grandpa owns a card shop not too far away from here. He'd sell ya some good cards, right Yug?"
"Absolutely." Yugi said smiling. "My grandpa's shop has lots of good card packages available."
Tea's mind wrought in curiosity as she turned to Roux. "What type of card do you usually play, Roux?" she asked.
Roux went a little bit red. "Well.when I was little.umm.this is kind of embarrassing."
"Here, lemme tell it." Joey said, winking at Roux. "When we was kids all the cards that Roux had was the insect cards and the animal cards, cause she liked nature and animals so much."
"But recently I've gotten into the habit of using magic and dark cards." Roux said, after Joey had stopped and rested his arm around her.
Yugi thought about that. ~ Hmm.magic and dark cards are powerful categories. But it's difficult to find any decent magic or dark cards in Domino City these days, and with the tournament so near. ~
Roux looked over and reached to pick up her deck of cards from where Yugi had set them down. She gave a bright smile to Yugi, and Yugi smiled back. He hoped she would be able to find some good cards in the practice matches before the tournament.
As she picked up her deck, something gold and green flashes before Yugi's eye, and for an instant he thought he was hallucinating as he saw a ring upon Roux's finger, in the shape of the millennium eye.
Yugi froze for a moment, trying to recall what he thought he had just seen. Maybe it was another ring on Roux's finger, one that only tricked him to make him think it was a millennium item. But it wasn't. He saw the ring on her finger again, and knew it was a millennium item.
~ Yugi! ~
~ Yes, Yami? What is it? ~ Yugi thought to himself, speaking in his mind to Yami Yugi.
~ You're seeing correctly, that is indeed a millennium item! ~
~ But which one, Yami? ~
~ It's the Millennium eye. It has vast powers beyond mortal imagination. It is said to have been lost for a very long time. ~
~ Do you think Roux knows it's a millennium item? ~
~ No, I'm certain she doesn't know. You may want to confront her about it Yugi, but gently. And not with so many people around. ~
~ Okay. I'll ask her about it later when we're alone. Although I doubt Joey's going to leave her alone. He's very taken with her. ~
Yami Yugi let out a chuckle inside Yugi's head. ~ Yes, so is Duke. ~
Yugi had to force himself not to laugh as he noticed what Yami was talking about. Ever since she had arrived, Duke kept talking to Roux, flirting with her, and was half way through telling her all about how he invented Dungeon Dice monsters. Roux didn't look very interested; by she was too polite to not listen.
~ She's really nice though, and she's pretty too. I wonder if she's a good duelist. ~
~ You'll have your chance to find that out soon, Yugi. ~
Yugi nodded to himself and listened in as Roux announced that it was getting late and that she should probably be heading back to her hotel room. But before she could go anywhere, Duke and Joey both stood up at the same time.
"Wha? You're crazy Roux, it's only 9:00, you can hang out with us a little longer, can't cha?" Joey asked. He apparently was having a fun time talking with his best childhood friend, and he didn't seem very willing to let her go so easily.
Duke was the same way. "Why don't you come over to my place and have a coffee or something?"
Roux laughed. "That's very kind of you, but I really should be getting back. We girls do need our beauty sleep."
"Well here, lemme walk ya back to the hotel." Joey said, getting up and following Roux away from the table.
"Okay Joey." Roux said, smiling at him. "Thanks, I certainly don't want to walk some a ways back through the dark." She said, and then looking over Joey's shoulder she waved to all his friends. "Bye guys! It was great meeting you, and I hope we can hang out some more!"
They all started to wave. "It was great meeting you, Roux!" they called, and they all called out how they hoped they'd all see her again soon.
They left the pizza shop. Joey told them that he'd be back after dropping Roux off, and they began to walk down the sidewalk in the direction of her hotel. It was just getting dark, and the street lamps were lit, giving the night an unearthly glow. Roux and Joey walked along the boardwalk hand in hand, both very quiet.
"I like your friends, Joey." Roux said smiling sweetly and looking at him. "They're so nice and down-to-earth."
Joey nodded, grinning. "Yeah, they're great."
"They have great hopes and dreams, and they live real lives and fight real battles." Roux was beside herself talking about how wonderful they seemed to her. Then she sighed softly. "You don't meet too many people like that in the modeling business."
Joey was happy to have Roux back as a friend. He hadn't realized how much he had really missed her until today. And all his friends seemed to really like her. Joey wondered if she would mind hanging out with them during the week before the tournament. Joey knew she needed some practice, and some extra cards. Maybe he could help her out.
They came to the front of the hotel, and they stopped in front of the steps. The doorman saw them approach but when they stopped he just stood and looked around. Roux turned around and grinned at Joey. "I had a really great time today, Joey." She told him, nodding her head.
"Yea, me too. And I know the guys love ya." He said, shrugging his shoulders but smiling. "Listen, eh.you know how you said you needed some new cards?"
"Yes?" Roux asked, blinking softly.
"Well, Yugi's grandpa's shop isn't too far from here." he was pointing with his thumb just towards the street. "Maybe tomorrow, if you're not too busy or anything, we could go down and check out the cards they're got."
Roux smiled. She was glad Joey wasn't sick of her just yet. She told the truth, she had a great evening with Joey and his friends, and she wanted to see them all again. "I'd love that Joey."
Joey's face brightened. "Okay, so uh.let's say.11:00 am or so?"
Roux let out a laugh. "You're actually awake at 11:00 am, Joey?"
Joey scowled. "Hey, I resent that!" but he winked at her. "I'll see ya tomorrow."
"For sure." She said, waving to him. "Bye Joey."
"See ya!"
The Millennium Eye
Joey and Roux spent a few hours telling everyone at the table all about their time as childhood friends, how much time they spent together and how they knew each other so well. The whole gang laughed when Roux told the story of how Serenity and her made a potion with mud, worms, stones and mushrooms, and how Joey drank it thinking it was chocolate milk.
Joey blushed bright pink, but Roux was there with him, her arm around him, he didn't feel too embarrassed for too long. Roux was having a good time with all of Joey's friends. She couldn't remember when she could actually sit freely and have a decent conversation with real down-to-earth people. She already loved her stay in Domino more than she could explain, and was glad she was staying for a few weeks. She hoped Joey wouldn't mind if she hung out with him when they weren't dueling.
"So Roux, tell us." Tea began to say after the pizza was gone and all that remained was the last of their drinks and them all sitting, stuffed with food. "How is it you became so interested in duel monsters?"
Roux let out a soft laugh and patted Joey's shoulder. "This fellow right here. When he received his first cards, he showed them all to me, and he showed me how they worked and how to play the game." Roux searched in her bag for a moment, and then dished out her deck of cards that she had found in her photo album. "This was my deck when I was little."
Yugi looked at the deck, and blinked almost bashfully. Then he looked up at Roux. "Do you mind if I look at them?" he asked softly.
Roux shook her head. "No, not at all."
Yugi smiled and picked up her deck of cards, and very slowly he went through them to see which cards she had. She had a lot of past-date cards, and as Yugi looked through them, his hopes for her succeeding in the tournament went a little bit shallow. He was careful not to show it, but it pained him a little bit.
~ Wow, Roux has a lot of really old cards. They won't match too well with some of the new, stronger cards nowadays. I wonder if I should tell Roux about it.or maybe if she already knows. ~
"Do you duel a lot, Roux?" Bakura asked, breaking Yugi's train of thought.
Roux shook her head. "Not too much, I'm awfully busy most of the time, but I've been practicing over the past few weeks, and hopefully I'll get in a few practice matches before the tournament begins." She was smiling softly at the thought.
Yugi smiled. ~ Oh, good. Hopefully if she's a good duelist she'll get some better cards from the matches she'll win. ~
Yugi set down her deck of cards, and Roux looked at him with a sweet expression on her face, as though she could read her mind. "I know what you're thinking, Yugi." She said, grinning. "I've got a really worn-down deck, but if there's a card shop in town or something I could stop and get some new ones, so I'd have a better shot in the finals."
"Hey, ain't that a coincidence!" Joey exclaimed suddenly, and pointed to Yugi. "Yugi's grandpa owns a card shop not too far away from here. He'd sell ya some good cards, right Yug?"
"Absolutely." Yugi said smiling. "My grandpa's shop has lots of good card packages available."
Tea's mind wrought in curiosity as she turned to Roux. "What type of card do you usually play, Roux?" she asked.
Roux went a little bit red. "Well.when I was little.umm.this is kind of embarrassing."
"Here, lemme tell it." Joey said, winking at Roux. "When we was kids all the cards that Roux had was the insect cards and the animal cards, cause she liked nature and animals so much."
"But recently I've gotten into the habit of using magic and dark cards." Roux said, after Joey had stopped and rested his arm around her.
Yugi thought about that. ~ Hmm.magic and dark cards are powerful categories. But it's difficult to find any decent magic or dark cards in Domino City these days, and with the tournament so near. ~
Roux looked over and reached to pick up her deck of cards from where Yugi had set them down. She gave a bright smile to Yugi, and Yugi smiled back. He hoped she would be able to find some good cards in the practice matches before the tournament.
As she picked up her deck, something gold and green flashes before Yugi's eye, and for an instant he thought he was hallucinating as he saw a ring upon Roux's finger, in the shape of the millennium eye.
Yugi froze for a moment, trying to recall what he thought he had just seen. Maybe it was another ring on Roux's finger, one that only tricked him to make him think it was a millennium item. But it wasn't. He saw the ring on her finger again, and knew it was a millennium item.
~ Yugi! ~
~ Yes, Yami? What is it? ~ Yugi thought to himself, speaking in his mind to Yami Yugi.
~ You're seeing correctly, that is indeed a millennium item! ~
~ But which one, Yami? ~
~ It's the Millennium eye. It has vast powers beyond mortal imagination. It is said to have been lost for a very long time. ~
~ Do you think Roux knows it's a millennium item? ~
~ No, I'm certain she doesn't know. You may want to confront her about it Yugi, but gently. And not with so many people around. ~
~ Okay. I'll ask her about it later when we're alone. Although I doubt Joey's going to leave her alone. He's very taken with her. ~
Yami Yugi let out a chuckle inside Yugi's head. ~ Yes, so is Duke. ~
Yugi had to force himself not to laugh as he noticed what Yami was talking about. Ever since she had arrived, Duke kept talking to Roux, flirting with her, and was half way through telling her all about how he invented Dungeon Dice monsters. Roux didn't look very interested; by she was too polite to not listen.
~ She's really nice though, and she's pretty too. I wonder if she's a good duelist. ~
~ You'll have your chance to find that out soon, Yugi. ~
Yugi nodded to himself and listened in as Roux announced that it was getting late and that she should probably be heading back to her hotel room. But before she could go anywhere, Duke and Joey both stood up at the same time.
"Wha? You're crazy Roux, it's only 9:00, you can hang out with us a little longer, can't cha?" Joey asked. He apparently was having a fun time talking with his best childhood friend, and he didn't seem very willing to let her go so easily.
Duke was the same way. "Why don't you come over to my place and have a coffee or something?"
Roux laughed. "That's very kind of you, but I really should be getting back. We girls do need our beauty sleep."
"Well here, lemme walk ya back to the hotel." Joey said, getting up and following Roux away from the table.
"Okay Joey." Roux said, smiling at him. "Thanks, I certainly don't want to walk some a ways back through the dark." She said, and then looking over Joey's shoulder she waved to all his friends. "Bye guys! It was great meeting you, and I hope we can hang out some more!"
They all started to wave. "It was great meeting you, Roux!" they called, and they all called out how they hoped they'd all see her again soon.
They left the pizza shop. Joey told them that he'd be back after dropping Roux off, and they began to walk down the sidewalk in the direction of her hotel. It was just getting dark, and the street lamps were lit, giving the night an unearthly glow. Roux and Joey walked along the boardwalk hand in hand, both very quiet.
"I like your friends, Joey." Roux said smiling sweetly and looking at him. "They're so nice and down-to-earth."
Joey nodded, grinning. "Yeah, they're great."
"They have great hopes and dreams, and they live real lives and fight real battles." Roux was beside herself talking about how wonderful they seemed to her. Then she sighed softly. "You don't meet too many people like that in the modeling business."
Joey was happy to have Roux back as a friend. He hadn't realized how much he had really missed her until today. And all his friends seemed to really like her. Joey wondered if she would mind hanging out with them during the week before the tournament. Joey knew she needed some practice, and some extra cards. Maybe he could help her out.
They came to the front of the hotel, and they stopped in front of the steps. The doorman saw them approach but when they stopped he just stood and looked around. Roux turned around and grinned at Joey. "I had a really great time today, Joey." She told him, nodding her head.
"Yea, me too. And I know the guys love ya." He said, shrugging his shoulders but smiling. "Listen, eh.you know how you said you needed some new cards?"
"Yes?" Roux asked, blinking softly.
"Well, Yugi's grandpa's shop isn't too far from here." he was pointing with his thumb just towards the street. "Maybe tomorrow, if you're not too busy or anything, we could go down and check out the cards they're got."
Roux smiled. She was glad Joey wasn't sick of her just yet. She told the truth, she had a great evening with Joey and his friends, and she wanted to see them all again. "I'd love that Joey."
Joey's face brightened. "Okay, so uh.let's say.11:00 am or so?"
Roux let out a laugh. "You're actually awake at 11:00 am, Joey?"
Joey scowled. "Hey, I resent that!" but he winked at her. "I'll see ya tomorrow."
"For sure." She said, waving to him. "Bye Joey."
"See ya!"