Chapter Ten
Two Foes
Roux was with Joey, Duke and Yugi the entire afternoon. After their lunch at the café, they walked around the boardwalk for awhile, window shopping, talking, laughing. It was a bright day and people were out in full numbers walking on the street. Joey noticed how as they walked, and passed by people, they all looked at Roux.
They recognized her, Joey assumed. It was obvious. She was after all, a famous fashion model, and she had appeared in many magazines in both Japan and the world. Joey would have been rather surprised if nobody recognized Roux.
Duke had been looking through her deck as they walked. He was somewhat curious as to the new cards that she had bought earlier that day at Yugi's grandpa's card shop. As he was looking through them both his eyebrows rose in interest. "Well, I'm impressed." Duke said cheerfully. "You got some good cards with that deck."
Roux grinned and turned to Joey. "Yeah well Joey was the one who helped me pick them out. And of course Yugi and his grandpa too." She smiled as she felt Joey give her hand a little squeeze.
"So, are you guys like officially going out now or something?" Duke asked, his look of interest was gone and was replaced by an expression of repulsion.
Roux and Joey looked back at him, startled. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh come on, you guys." Duke said, putting his fists on his sides and rolling his eyes. "I mean it's so obvious! All you do is walk around holding hands and praising each other."
Joey scowled. "Hey Devlin, listen up! Roux's my friend and I just haven't seen her in awhile. I'm just kinda glad to see her, ya got a problem with that?" Joey insisted temperamentally,
Duke shrugged. "No," he said. "But if you're not gonna ask out Roux, can I?"
Roux blushed and Joey smacked Duke upside the head. "What's the matter with ya? Can't ya see she's not here for dating, she's here for dueling!"
Yugi watched Joey as he made that last statement. Yugi saw that Joey was jealous. He had Roux back as a friend and he didn't want anyone else to have her except him.
Yugi turned his eyes to Roux. She stood there with a vacant expression on her face. She was caught between two guys who seemed to be fighting over her. She was blushing bright red but she didn't seem to be taking any joy in watching them fight over her.
"Listen Duke, if you're gonna stalk Roux around all day, maybe you should just leave us alone!" Joey insisted, raising a fist to Duke angrily.
"Joey, stop it!" Roux finally broke in rather angrily, grabbing his fist and pulling it down to his side. She looked at them. "You're both my friends, I love you both, there's no competition here!" she argued, scowling. "I for one don't want to hear any more of it!"
Joey and Duke scowled at each other a last time, and then Joey turned around and put his arm around Roux and they began to walk on. There was silence between them all as they walked.
Yugi occupied himself by looking through Roux's deck again. He realized something. "Hey Roux?"
Roux looked over her shoulder. "Yes Yugi?"
"You got some cards here that aren't too good." he said, not taking his eyes off the cards. "But if you take them to the card trading shop you can trade these ones for better ones."
Roux smiled. "That sounds like a good idea." She said, and looked over at Joey. "Would you mind if we went to trade some cards, Joey?"
Joey looked over at her and gave her a little smile. "Nah, of course not. I got some cards I wanna trade in myself, I think it's a great idea."
Roux took back her deck from Yugi and they started to walk down the street in the direction of the card trading shop.
~*~
Kaiba sat in the back of his limo with his hands folded on his lap. His eyes set sternly on the people on the sidewalk as he went by them swiftly. He didn't give any of them too much attention. They weren't worth his time.
Kaiba had finally gotten out of the house. After his nap he felt refreshed, and he felt that it would be good to go out and get some work done out of the house.
He remembered his dream, and smiled to himself. The Millennium Rod would be his, no matter what. All Kaiba had to do was, like Isis said, find the girl with the Millennium stone.
His lip curled in disgust. A woman bearing a millennium item? Kaiba thought it was ridiculous, even though Isis held the Millennium necklace. But that was different. She was different. She was an ancient guardian of the items and of the cards. This girl Kaiba would be assigned to find would be none of these.
~ It'll be just my luck if she turns out to be an annoying, whining brat! ~ Kaiba sneered to himself, gritting his teeth. ~ And she'll have no idea whatsoever about the stone and it's uses. She's probably just as worthless as they come! ~
Kaiba crossed his arms over his chest. Suddenly he didn't like the task anymore, all over again. It was a ridiculous waste of time for him. But then again if he would receive the Millennium rod in the end for finding this girl and protecting her, it would be no problem. He could hire men to protect her, he could keep her locked in a room. He could protect her and never even have to speak to her.
Kaiba grinned. Perhaps this task wouldn't be so bad after all.
The phone in front of him rang, and gently Kaiba reached forward and picked it up off the hook. "Yes?" he asked sternly.
"Where to, Mr. Kaiba?" it was the driver's voice, sitting on the other side of the dark glass.
Kaiba sat back. "The Trading Post, I have some things to discuss with the manager." He requested sternly, and then before the limo driver would reply he hung up the phone.
He let out a sigh as he felt the limo turn into the street where the Trading Post shop was. Indeed if the manager of this store knew anything about the Millennium items, he could tell Kaiba about the stone, and how to locate it, if they could locate it at all.
The limo stopped in front of the shop, and Kaiba got out and, taking his briefcase with him, went inside and immediately startled and surprised the shop keeper, who was a middle-aged man with much dueling skills and information.
"Oh! Mr. Kaiba! What a pleasure it is to see you!" he said nervously, shaking and wearing a plastic smile. "What can I do for you today?"
Kaiba approached the counter slowly. "I want some information on a Millennium item."
"Yes sir, right away." The shop keeper said, and went to the computer sitting on the side of the counter, and he began to type slowly. "What Millennium item would you like me to research for you, Mr. Kaiba?"
"The Millennium stone, and hurry it up!" Kaiba snapped. "I'm in a hurry."
Two Foes
Roux was with Joey, Duke and Yugi the entire afternoon. After their lunch at the café, they walked around the boardwalk for awhile, window shopping, talking, laughing. It was a bright day and people were out in full numbers walking on the street. Joey noticed how as they walked, and passed by people, they all looked at Roux.
They recognized her, Joey assumed. It was obvious. She was after all, a famous fashion model, and she had appeared in many magazines in both Japan and the world. Joey would have been rather surprised if nobody recognized Roux.
Duke had been looking through her deck as they walked. He was somewhat curious as to the new cards that she had bought earlier that day at Yugi's grandpa's card shop. As he was looking through them both his eyebrows rose in interest. "Well, I'm impressed." Duke said cheerfully. "You got some good cards with that deck."
Roux grinned and turned to Joey. "Yeah well Joey was the one who helped me pick them out. And of course Yugi and his grandpa too." She smiled as she felt Joey give her hand a little squeeze.
"So, are you guys like officially going out now or something?" Duke asked, his look of interest was gone and was replaced by an expression of repulsion.
Roux and Joey looked back at him, startled. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh come on, you guys." Duke said, putting his fists on his sides and rolling his eyes. "I mean it's so obvious! All you do is walk around holding hands and praising each other."
Joey scowled. "Hey Devlin, listen up! Roux's my friend and I just haven't seen her in awhile. I'm just kinda glad to see her, ya got a problem with that?" Joey insisted temperamentally,
Duke shrugged. "No," he said. "But if you're not gonna ask out Roux, can I?"
Roux blushed and Joey smacked Duke upside the head. "What's the matter with ya? Can't ya see she's not here for dating, she's here for dueling!"
Yugi watched Joey as he made that last statement. Yugi saw that Joey was jealous. He had Roux back as a friend and he didn't want anyone else to have her except him.
Yugi turned his eyes to Roux. She stood there with a vacant expression on her face. She was caught between two guys who seemed to be fighting over her. She was blushing bright red but she didn't seem to be taking any joy in watching them fight over her.
"Listen Duke, if you're gonna stalk Roux around all day, maybe you should just leave us alone!" Joey insisted, raising a fist to Duke angrily.
"Joey, stop it!" Roux finally broke in rather angrily, grabbing his fist and pulling it down to his side. She looked at them. "You're both my friends, I love you both, there's no competition here!" she argued, scowling. "I for one don't want to hear any more of it!"
Joey and Duke scowled at each other a last time, and then Joey turned around and put his arm around Roux and they began to walk on. There was silence between them all as they walked.
Yugi occupied himself by looking through Roux's deck again. He realized something. "Hey Roux?"
Roux looked over her shoulder. "Yes Yugi?"
"You got some cards here that aren't too good." he said, not taking his eyes off the cards. "But if you take them to the card trading shop you can trade these ones for better ones."
Roux smiled. "That sounds like a good idea." She said, and looked over at Joey. "Would you mind if we went to trade some cards, Joey?"
Joey looked over at her and gave her a little smile. "Nah, of course not. I got some cards I wanna trade in myself, I think it's a great idea."
Roux took back her deck from Yugi and they started to walk down the street in the direction of the card trading shop.
~*~
Kaiba sat in the back of his limo with his hands folded on his lap. His eyes set sternly on the people on the sidewalk as he went by them swiftly. He didn't give any of them too much attention. They weren't worth his time.
Kaiba had finally gotten out of the house. After his nap he felt refreshed, and he felt that it would be good to go out and get some work done out of the house.
He remembered his dream, and smiled to himself. The Millennium Rod would be his, no matter what. All Kaiba had to do was, like Isis said, find the girl with the Millennium stone.
His lip curled in disgust. A woman bearing a millennium item? Kaiba thought it was ridiculous, even though Isis held the Millennium necklace. But that was different. She was different. She was an ancient guardian of the items and of the cards. This girl Kaiba would be assigned to find would be none of these.
~ It'll be just my luck if she turns out to be an annoying, whining brat! ~ Kaiba sneered to himself, gritting his teeth. ~ And she'll have no idea whatsoever about the stone and it's uses. She's probably just as worthless as they come! ~
Kaiba crossed his arms over his chest. Suddenly he didn't like the task anymore, all over again. It was a ridiculous waste of time for him. But then again if he would receive the Millennium rod in the end for finding this girl and protecting her, it would be no problem. He could hire men to protect her, he could keep her locked in a room. He could protect her and never even have to speak to her.
Kaiba grinned. Perhaps this task wouldn't be so bad after all.
The phone in front of him rang, and gently Kaiba reached forward and picked it up off the hook. "Yes?" he asked sternly.
"Where to, Mr. Kaiba?" it was the driver's voice, sitting on the other side of the dark glass.
Kaiba sat back. "The Trading Post, I have some things to discuss with the manager." He requested sternly, and then before the limo driver would reply he hung up the phone.
He let out a sigh as he felt the limo turn into the street where the Trading Post shop was. Indeed if the manager of this store knew anything about the Millennium items, he could tell Kaiba about the stone, and how to locate it, if they could locate it at all.
The limo stopped in front of the shop, and Kaiba got out and, taking his briefcase with him, went inside and immediately startled and surprised the shop keeper, who was a middle-aged man with much dueling skills and information.
"Oh! Mr. Kaiba! What a pleasure it is to see you!" he said nervously, shaking and wearing a plastic smile. "What can I do for you today?"
Kaiba approached the counter slowly. "I want some information on a Millennium item."
"Yes sir, right away." The shop keeper said, and went to the computer sitting on the side of the counter, and he began to type slowly. "What Millennium item would you like me to research for you, Mr. Kaiba?"
"The Millennium stone, and hurry it up!" Kaiba snapped. "I'm in a hurry."