Weee!!! Hello there! This is me first fic! Umm.what to say.Oh, yes! I happen to own Yu-Gi-Oh and all the Yu-Gi-Oh characters and just to let you know I think I'm going to publish a manga and in it I think I'll have Joey die. Believe me? Okay. No. I don't own any Yu-Gi-Oh stuff.

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It was a calm, peaceful day and snow was slowly drifting from the white frosty clouds. Silence was heard through out the town..other than the occasional car driving by..then the sound of brakes screeching..then honking..and then finally the sound of two cars colliding. That's what happens when you drive on frozen pavement, I guess.

A doorbell rung and the door to Kame Games swung open and there appeared Yuugi's delighted face.

"Hey guys!"

The door opened the rest of the way and from inside Christmas music fled from the room and a table full of Christmas festive foods, cookies and all sorts of desserts stood waiting for people to come along and eat away.

Yuugi's friends entered the Christmas party.though at the moment there was no Christmas party. The celebration was put together for Yuugi and his friends.

"Whoa. Gee, Yuug, you really put a lot of energy into this whole Christmas thing." said Tea, looking around the room in awe.

"Oh no, I didn't." Yuugi laughed. "To be honest I would never do this. Takes up too much time! Grandpa did it. He really gets into it all".

"ah." Tea said, still in awe. She walked on, looking around the room. "You can barely tell this is the Kame Game store!"

"I second that." Joey said, entering behind Serenity, Devlin and Mai who were all gazing about the house. "And I've been here countless amounts of time." His eyes went from the ceiling - which had mistletoe hanging from it - down to the floor - which had glitter scattered around. His eyes finally met the table against the wall on the far side of the room. His eyes grew wide and his mouth hung open. A long trail of saliva slid from his mouth and dangled from his bottom lip.

"Uh." Yuugi stared at Joey. "Go ahead. I'm not gonna have it all."

"Really!?" Joey yelled, popping up. "Gee, thanks Yuug!" Without even a glance at Yuug - or anything else - he ran to the table, grabbed a plate and began picking up various foods and placing them on the plate.

Yuug looked at the others who returned his 'feeling pitiful' look.

They all laughed and eventually spread apart in different conversations. Joey stood, hunched over his food, chomping on.whatever it was. A figure strode up and a hand of dainty fingers picked something quickly from the pile of food on Joey's plate. Joey's back straightened and his gaze went from the food in the direction of the intruder. He saw Mai plopping a Christmas frosting glazed roll into her mouth. His eyes became wide and all motions - even chewing - stopped.

"Thank you," she said, eyes closed. "It was delicious," she patted Joey's shoulder and walked away.

Devlin and Serenity stood talking in the center of the room. Mai traipsed over and joined a conversation with Tea and Yuugi. The entrance door opened once again and Tristan entered.

"Oh hey Tristan!" "Why are you late Tristan?" "What took you so long?" "Merry Christmas Tristan!" voices clanged together and then laughter.

Tristan just entered - not responding to anything, as he had barely made out anything other than "Tristan" "long" and "Christmas". Everyone returned to their conversations.

Tristan took off his jacket and flung it on the couch. He turned and was about to walk over and bring Serenity's attention to himself.instead of that nauseating Devlin - but he paused in mid step as an evil scheme ran through his head. It wasn't necessarily evil but it would be fun! . for him at least.

Tristan walked over and stood beside Yuugi and Tea. "Hi! Howya guys doin?" he said, placing his hand on Yuugi's shoulder in a friendly manner. He inched his fingers towards the knot that held the millennium puzzle around Yuugi's neck. He slyly undid the knot with a pull of the string and it fell to the floor. Tristan was soo fast that right when the knot came apart he grabbed Yuugi by the shoulders and jerked him in the direction of the kitchen.

"Hey, Yuug!"

The millennium puzzle clunked to the floor and Tristan moved Yuugi a step forward.

"Huh?"

Yuugi waved his arms out to keep from losing his balance as Tristan forced him in the direction of the kitchen.

"Some punch, please?"

Tristan asked, smiling and stepping forward so his feet were on either side of the puzzle.

"There's some over there!"

Yuugi complained and pointed at the large bowl on the table which Joey still stood beside.

"Uh, don't you see Joey? How'd he react if I came over and started drinking stuff that was still there?"

Before Yuugi could do anything Tristan gave him another small shove toward the kitchen. Yuugi sighed and went on.

"Tristan! What's gotten into you? I thought you stopped beating on Yuugi a long time ago!"

Tea said, glaring at Tristan. She turned around on her heel and strode away, leaving Tristan smiling oh-so-innocently, sweat pouring down his face. His eyes shifted back and forth for anyone that could be watching. Seeing that no one was he shuffled over to the couch and plopped down. He leaned down and acted like he was tying his shoes and once more he looked around. He grabbed the puzzle and slid it under his jacket and leaned against his jacket, observing the room and trying to look occupied.

"Here's your punch, Tristan," said Yuugi.

Yuugi walked up and held the punch out, not looking too happy but as it was Yuugi he didn't look angry either.

"Uh, I don't want it anymore. But thanks!" said Tristan, scratching the back of his neck.

He looked at Yuugi who now looked tired, sad and worn out.though all he had been asked to do was get a glass of punch.

"Oh, uh"

Tristan sat up and made confusing movements with his hands.

"I'll.mph.take it"

Mumbled Tristan taking the glass from Yuugi.

Yuugi turned and walked away without another word.

::Gee, I hope he's not taking it personally.:: Tristan thought. ::Nah. It's Yuugi! How could Yuugi get seriously angry at me?:: He shrugged. ::Oh well. Time for Part II of my plan! Ha ha ha! Ha ha Ha Ha ha! Hee ha ha ha ha ha.::

He patted his jacket which was cast over the millennium puzzle and stood up. He walked over to where Joey - of course - was still eating.

"Hey Joey!" He said, patting Joey's back soo hard that Joey shuddered and almost fell forward.

Joey looked at Tristan, chewing a mouth full of food, a despicable look on his face. Tristan smiled uneasily.

::How am I going to get Joey's dog tag?:: Tristan thought.

Just by looking at Tristan you could tell that he was deep in thought. Therefore, Joey stared, his eyes blank, mouth still chewing.

::I probably should've thought about this before I came over...::

Joey still stared. and chewed.

Tristan looked up at Joey smiled, and waved before leaping away. He then straightened his shirt out and walked over to where Devlin and Serenity stood talking.

"Devlin, what are you up to?"

He yelled loudly - not getting after Devlin but saying it as if he were very frustrated.

"Eh?" Devlin stared, his right eyes becoming very small.

"Oh, Duke. Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke Duke."

Tristan patted Devlin's shoulder as he did to Yuugi. Devlin's left eyebrow slowly rose as his other eyebrow sunk. Tristan then slid his hand towards Devlin's face and smacked his cheek lightly with the back of his hand. He then randomly took hold of the collar around Devlin's shirt and tugged at it - getting a hold of Devlin's necklace as well.

"How be you?"

"Tristan, are you drunk?"

Devlin asked, shoving Tristan away. Tristan yanked back as Devlin's hand shoved his chest and Devlin's necklace snapped off from around his neck. Devlin didn't even notice.

"Tristan? Are you alright?" Serenity asked, looking at Tristan with a concerned look on her face.

"Heh. Yeah! I'm great! I'll just go.sit down on the couch." He turned and began to walk towards the couch.

"Tristan, are you sure you're okay? You're acting really weird." Serenity asked again.

"Yeah. I'm fine." Tristan walked back over to the couch and plopped back into the same spot as before. He opened his hand which had been tightly grasped around Devlin's pendant. He looked at it closely squinting his eyes slightly. His friends sure had interesting jewelry. Yuugi who had a giant golden pyramid, Joey who had a dog tag and Devlin who had a cross with a skull. Ah! Joey! He still needed to get Joey's dog tag!!! He stuffed Devlin's necklace underneath his jacket along with the millennium puzzle.

He then stood and approached Joey once again. He paused, standing right behind Joey. How was he going to get the dog tag? It was easy to get Yuugi's puzzle because Yuugi was so short! And it wasn't too weird of him to grab Devlin around the neck of his shirt! Tristan rose his hand, about to tap Joey's shoulder.

"GUYS!!!" Yuugi ran into the room from upstairs.

"There you are Yuugi! Where have you been?" Tea asked, cocking her head.

"My puzzle is missing!"

Joey's back straightened up and he shot his head in the direction of Yuugi. He stopped chewing. Tristan thought this would be the perfect moment with the uproar of trouble going on. Tristan "fell" forward and wrapped his arms around Joey's upper body.

"Whoa-oops! Sorry Joey!" Tristan then took hold of the dog tag and flipped it over Joey's head as Joey recovered from Tristan's bump.

Joey stood up and turned, scowling at Tristan. "Watch it!"

"Sorry! Look, go help Yuugi," Tristan smacked Joey's back. Joey scowled again and left to Yuugi's aid.

Tristan looked at the dog tag sitting in his hand and laughed. He swung the chain around his finger and went back to the couch. He stuffed it under his jacket along with the other necklaces. He leaned back into the couch and a grim look crossed his face.

"What's this?" Tea asked, grabbing at a chain hanging over the edge of the couch.

Tristan looked over to see that the chain of Yuugi's puzzle was hanging out from under his jacket. He quickly reached under his jacket to grab at the necklaces but before he could the puzzle was whipped out by Tea. She held the puzzle up by the chain and Joey's dog tag hung from the puzzle.

"Agh. Tristan! You stole Joey's dog tag, too! What's gotten in to you!"

"Uh. Heh." Tristan scratched the back of his neck. "Nothing's gotten in me for a long time.I mean! I didn't take them!"

Tristan looked up to see that she had only gotten hold of Yuugi's puzzle and Joey's dog tag, but not Devlin's pendant. He held a smile back. Yuugi ran up and took his puzzle, hugging it against his chest. Tristan only just noticed that Yuugi had a tear running down his cheek. He sighed. Tea strutted off and returned the dog tag to Joey.

"So, thief! I would've never thought that even you would steal from our friends!" said a voice from behind Tristan.

Tristan turned to see Devlin standing tall, arms crossed. Tristan sneered.

"You have no idea," he said, laughing as he turned around.

::Maybe I'll just not return this necklace. Devlin doesn't deserve to have it returned!::

Devlin stood with a puzzled look. ::I don't...understand. What did he mean by 'you have no idea?':: Devlin shrugged and turned, searching for Serenity. Finally spotting her with her brother he went over to join their conversation.

"Well!" Tristan said, standing up. "I should be off now! I've got plans and all," he said, taking his jacket and swinging it over his shoulder. He shoved the necklace into his pants pocket and walked over to the door. "Goodbye, all!" He waved around to everyone, and when his eyes lied on Devlin he glared at the already glaring person.

Everybody turned and waved back and Tristan left the game store.