Eight
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The beeping and shouting stopped, and there was silence.
The crowds that lined the path of the Porsche made no sound whatsoever.
'Joey?'
Joey heard this one word loud and clear through the hollow nothingness. Finally, he turned around.
Behind the steering wheel of her car, staring in blank surprise, sat The Goddess herself.
Wavy blonde hair, hard amethyst eyes, huge – earrings. Nothing had changed.
And Joey was glad about that.
He wandered slowly over to the car and looked in through the window.
'Hey Mai.' He said quietly. 'Long time no see. You come to duel?'
'That's one way of putting it, Wheeler.' Mai had obviously snapped out of her earlier shock and was her old self again. Joey was relieved that her old self was the old self he remembered so well. 'The way I would use, however, is 'I come to crush you into tiny-weeny pieces with my Duel Monsters, then jump on the pieces until they are liquidized, then feed that liquid to my pet viper, who will undoubtedly then die of knucklehead poisoning."
'Ooo!' the crowd murmured.
'Ok, well I guess you wanna beat me, huh?' Joey said dumbly.
'Er – yeah.' Replied Mai.
'So does this mean we're no longer friends, Mai?' Joey adapted a question he had asked once just after they first met.
Mai reached out a hand and slapped it across his face.
'If we are, what do you think THAT meant, Wheeler?' she sniffed, then wound her window back up and drove off.
~I love it when she hurts me.~ thought Joey.
'Joey! You Ok?' Yugi ran back up to him, followed by the other two.
'Man, that was rough.' Said Tristan sympathetically.
'You're tellin' me!' growled Joey.
'What on earth was that for anyhow?' asked Ryou. 'You didn't do anything to her-'
'You al-ways hurt the one you love-' sang Tristan. Joey hit him.
~
Mai bit her lip hard as she scoured the area for a parking space.
What did I do that for?
She had almost felt Joey's own pain when she hit him. It was the worst thing she had ever done to him, and there had been a few.
Sure, she had slapped him before (A/N in the Japanese version), but that was for a reason.
Am I turning into Superbitch or something? I don't hate him. If only I could just find the courage to tell him. I'm such a fucking coward!
Mai screeched to a halt on double yellows. She didn't give a damn.
Ok, now it's time for Ms Mai to do what she did worst.
Apologise.
~
She wandered back to the square.
She spotted the friends right away, with more than a little help from Yugi's vivid hair.
She shuffled closer, and a devastating sight met her eyes.
Someone else had just joined the group. Someone she recognised immediately.
Fiery hair, blue green eyes, an obvious liking for dark coloured clothing.
Seska Chance.
Okey-dokey, that would have been fine but-
She and Joey were kissing.
Seriously kissing, not just like a peck.
~GET YOUR SECOND-RATE MOUTH OFF 'A MY JOEY!~ screamed her brain.
'Er – guys!' she called meekly instead.
'Oh, hey Mai!' replied Yugi, waving.
Joey pulled back and turned to his buddy. 'You're kidding, right?' he said, his eyes wide. Then he saw Mai again and blushed deeply.
'Mai, we have a bone to pick with you, as it were.' Began Ryou, hurrying over. 'Why did you hit Joey back then?'
'Yeah, well I came to – to – to APOLOGISE.' Mai spat that word out quickly as though it would burn if she kept it in. 'I guess I just wasn't prepared to see you again, Joey, and I started acting a little bit weird.'
'Weird's right.' Grunted Joey.
'Listen, just try and be mature enough to accept my apology!' pouted Mai.
'You two are both acting like a pair of kids.' Ryou spoke up, sounding more like a mom than anything. 'Look, I know meeting old friends can take you back a few years, but please act like responsible adults, Ok?'
'Looks like we don't need to.' Grouched Joey. 'After all, we've got mommy Ryou here to look after us, huh?'
Ryou blushed and sank into the backdrop again.
There was an awkward silence.
'Er – hey Mai.' Seska smiled uneasily.
'Hello.' replied Mai curtly.
'Hey, it looks like something's happening!' exclaimed Tristan unnecessarily loudly.
Indeed, there was something going on. A shape emerged from the top of the KaibaCorp office scraper. It was Kaiba's chopper, or at least, one of his many.
Just as they had all those years ago, advertising screens all around the city switched to a view of Seto Kaiba, leaning out from his helicopter, holding up a megaphone.
'Duellists, welcome to the Battle City Reunion Tournament!' he began, much more warmly than last time. 'After the competition eight years ago turned out such a – ahem – success, KaibaCorp decided to throw a second to commemorate it. All you newcomers, good luck. Welcome back to all the old- hands, especially last years champion, Yugi Motou, and the finalists who made it – Ryou Bakura, Mai Valentine and Joey Wheeler! Let the duels begin!'
Instantly, Joey felt a tap on his shoulder.
'Good morning, Wheeler!' a slightly nasal voice sounded in his ear. Joey rolled his eyes. He knew who this was.
'Yo Weev- AAAARGH!' It was the biggest shock since the first duel with Yami Bakura in the shadow realm. Back then he'd thought that was the only time he'd ever turn round to see a giant standing behind him. 'W-W-W-Weevil?'
'Hello, titch. Yes, it finally happened.' Weevil grinned, his glasses flashing down, (I say DOWN) on Joey's bewildered face. 'Now I can look down on you in two ways – talent-wise and height-wise.'
LOOKING down was actually quite an understatement. BENDING down was more like it. Weevil now towered above the heads of the tallest people in the crowd. He must have been six foot seven.
'Yugi, you're a short guy, tell me this isn't fair!' exclaimed Joey.
'Actually Joey, I won't.' said Yugi. 'Good for him, I say.'
Weevil raised his eyebrows slightly at Yugi. This was obviously the first time anyone had said anything like that to him.
'I – I was just wondering if you wanted to duel.' He stammered.
'Sure, buddy!' smiled Yugi. 'But first, how've you been all this time, huh Weevil?'
'Ah yes.' Weevil had come to rest halfway between his evil, cackling, demonic old self and his surprised-to-be-acknowledged-as-a-real-human-being new self. 'Allow me to introduce my wife (Here u go, Weevil'sGirl, you better want it bad!), Rain. We've only been married a month.'
Out from behind Weevil's towering form stepped a woman. She was smaller than him, but still tall compared to Téa, Serenity or Mai. Her long, mahogany hair hung down the back of her black hooded sweater and her glittering silver eyes shimmered behind her tiny pewter-framed glasses.
'Lucky guy.' Grunted Tristan quietly.
'Hey!' grinned Rain. 'So I hear you're old acquaintances of Weevil's. Congratulations on your – er – however many wins, Yugi.'
'Gee, thanks.' Blushed the small guy, rubbing the back of his neck.
'Well, what're you waiting for?' Rain gave Weevil a little nudge in the small of his back. 'See if you can make this the first duel of the tournament!'
Weevil reached into his pocket and brought out his duel-device. This was an advanced model of the old duel-disks. They were tiny. Basically, the whole, full sized disk was compacted into this tiny square. When a little switched was flicked, the whole structure folded out in under three seconds. (A/N Watch out for your fingers, folks! Oh, and er – don't set it off in your pocket. Yugi tried that once, and it later became his favourite party trick – Téa enjoyed it especially. However, a few pairs of ripped pants later, he realised this little game weren't no good for his wallet.)
~
'Listen, Sanumun, I've been thinking - ' Seto Kaiba turned to the brunette who was flicking through his deck, leaning against his polished desk. 'Maybe I don't wanna do this. Maybe I'd just prefer to live a quiet life from now on, with my wife and my Duel Monsters and the twins that are on the way (uh oh, double trouble when Mokuba finds out). Maybe I don't wanna rule the world.'
'Seto, how can you say that?' Sanumun slammed the cards down and rounded on him. 'You've worked so hard for this. Think, if you didn't go through with it, so much of your life would be wasted!'
'Look, I don't even know why I trusted you in the first place.' Snapped Kaiba. 'I don't know you. You could be anyone!'
'You trusted me,' hissed Sanumun, her nose inches from Seto's, 'because I seemed so familiar, is that right? Because you felt you knew exactly who I was.'
'Who are you?' asked Kaiba in the same tone.
'I am Sanumun Kaiba, the Egyptian sorcerer's elder sister.' Replied Sanumun grandly. 'I, just as you are, am reincarnated and I have returned to help you, my brother. To help you regain control of the world!'
A flashback. Kaiba hadn't witnessed one of these in so long.
~ 'Seto! Do not give up! Fight them, for your own sake. You know what you rightfully deserve!'
Kaiba struggled against the powerful arms of the pharaoh's men. He himself was strong and able, but he couldn't take on all of them.
'Sanu!' he called back to the woman that stood in the doorway with dread in her eyes. 'I cannot do this. Trust me, though, I will find a way to win, though it may take more than a lifetime!'
Seto was dragged back through the great doors and a blast of hot air from the spreading desert hit him hard in the face.
The gleam of the axe glittered in his captor's eyes - ~
'Sanu.' Murmured Seto as he came to his senses.
~
Much to the annoyance of Téa and Mai, Yugi dragged everyone (including Weevil and Rain) back to his house for an evening meal.
Yugi had scraped a victory from the earlier duel (A/N sorry I avoided it – I hate duel scenes. BO-RING!), but it didn't seem such a big deal as there was nothing much at stake. Weevil wasn't out or anything – he'd beaten a passer-by a little later and won his locator card.
Joey had called Serenity over too, and everyone made sure there was an obvious space next to Tristan, so the pair of them could make up for lost time.
'I'm so glad we've all met up again.' Téa had warmed up to having so many guests when she'd seen all the old faces. 'I mean, imagine still being such close friends after all these years. I guess it's to do with having been through so much together. Heck, if we weren't all friends, I guess none of us would have made it through that awful time eight years ago. Isn't friendship so-'
'Quite agree Téa, quite agree.' Interrupted Bakura, tucking into his last piece of pie. 'This is excellent, by the way.' He added.
Téa grinned.
'So, uh, we're all together, but where's Duke?' asked Serenity.
Tristan stiffened up at the name, as if he was a cat and someone had shouted 'RATSSS!'
'Well, I haven't seen him a-' The bell rang from downstairs in the shop, cutting Yugi off mid-sentence. 'Dang!' he cursed. 'I turned the sign round, I'm sure I did!'
He leapt up from the table and hurried off.
'Kids, huh?' laughed Téa. Then Vicky started crying. 'Coming, sweetie!' she called, and she was gone too.
There was a thundering of two pairs of feet up the stairs.
'Guys, you've heard the term 'talk of the Devil', huh?' Yugi called from outside the room. 'Well, guess what, talk of the Devlin!'
He appeared round the door, followed by a man bearing a familiar face.
He smiled around at them all, showing his sparkling teeth, then winked at Serenity. Tristan flinched again.
'Hey guys.' Duke brushed a loose strand of jet black hair back behind his pierced ear. 'I got your last letter by the way, Serenity. You sure have a way with words.'
'Serenity? You've been writing to this jerk?' Tristan scowled.
'Oh, come on man! Cut your buddy a break after eight whole years! Anyway, I was just wondering if, after you've finished your meal, you'd like to come out to the arcades. Ok, I know we're kinda old for it now, but for old times sake?'
'Sure, Duke!' replied Serenity immediately.
'I'll tag along then, just to make sure it doesn't get messy.' Growled Tristan.
'This'll be a great chance to catch up on everything. I'll go tell Téa!' Yugi scuttled off, beaming.
'I'll come along too.' Nodded Bakura.
'Hey, do we count as old friends or should we make ourselves scarce?' asked Rain.
'Sure, you guys can come.' Shrugged Duke nonchalantly.
'I'll stay.' Grunted Joey. 'There'll probably be kids from my school there. I'm a janitor, Duke, and you can laugh all you want.'
'Oh, Joey!' tutted Seska. 'Well, I'm going anyway. How about you, Mai?'
'Arcades? Me?' Mai raised an eyebrow. 'Sorry, hon, I think not.'
Seska looked a little suspicious, but when the group left she simply hugged Joey and said 'Bye! Have fun!'
The more Joey thought about this later, the worse it sounded.
The little tinkling bell from below told Joey that he and Mai were alone.
There was an awkward silence, broken only by a nervous clearing of throats.
'So-' began Joey, but cut himself off mid-sentence. 'Oh, God damnit Mai. There's something I gotta tell ya.'
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The beeping and shouting stopped, and there was silence.
The crowds that lined the path of the Porsche made no sound whatsoever.
'Joey?'
Joey heard this one word loud and clear through the hollow nothingness. Finally, he turned around.
Behind the steering wheel of her car, staring in blank surprise, sat The Goddess herself.
Wavy blonde hair, hard amethyst eyes, huge – earrings. Nothing had changed.
And Joey was glad about that.
He wandered slowly over to the car and looked in through the window.
'Hey Mai.' He said quietly. 'Long time no see. You come to duel?'
'That's one way of putting it, Wheeler.' Mai had obviously snapped out of her earlier shock and was her old self again. Joey was relieved that her old self was the old self he remembered so well. 'The way I would use, however, is 'I come to crush you into tiny-weeny pieces with my Duel Monsters, then jump on the pieces until they are liquidized, then feed that liquid to my pet viper, who will undoubtedly then die of knucklehead poisoning."
'Ooo!' the crowd murmured.
'Ok, well I guess you wanna beat me, huh?' Joey said dumbly.
'Er – yeah.' Replied Mai.
'So does this mean we're no longer friends, Mai?' Joey adapted a question he had asked once just after they first met.
Mai reached out a hand and slapped it across his face.
'If we are, what do you think THAT meant, Wheeler?' she sniffed, then wound her window back up and drove off.
~I love it when she hurts me.~ thought Joey.
'Joey! You Ok?' Yugi ran back up to him, followed by the other two.
'Man, that was rough.' Said Tristan sympathetically.
'You're tellin' me!' growled Joey.
'What on earth was that for anyhow?' asked Ryou. 'You didn't do anything to her-'
'You al-ways hurt the one you love-' sang Tristan. Joey hit him.
~
Mai bit her lip hard as she scoured the area for a parking space.
What did I do that for?
She had almost felt Joey's own pain when she hit him. It was the worst thing she had ever done to him, and there had been a few.
Sure, she had slapped him before (A/N in the Japanese version), but that was for a reason.
Am I turning into Superbitch or something? I don't hate him. If only I could just find the courage to tell him. I'm such a fucking coward!
Mai screeched to a halt on double yellows. She didn't give a damn.
Ok, now it's time for Ms Mai to do what she did worst.
Apologise.
~
She wandered back to the square.
She spotted the friends right away, with more than a little help from Yugi's vivid hair.
She shuffled closer, and a devastating sight met her eyes.
Someone else had just joined the group. Someone she recognised immediately.
Fiery hair, blue green eyes, an obvious liking for dark coloured clothing.
Seska Chance.
Okey-dokey, that would have been fine but-
She and Joey were kissing.
Seriously kissing, not just like a peck.
~GET YOUR SECOND-RATE MOUTH OFF 'A MY JOEY!~ screamed her brain.
'Er – guys!' she called meekly instead.
'Oh, hey Mai!' replied Yugi, waving.
Joey pulled back and turned to his buddy. 'You're kidding, right?' he said, his eyes wide. Then he saw Mai again and blushed deeply.
'Mai, we have a bone to pick with you, as it were.' Began Ryou, hurrying over. 'Why did you hit Joey back then?'
'Yeah, well I came to – to – to APOLOGISE.' Mai spat that word out quickly as though it would burn if she kept it in. 'I guess I just wasn't prepared to see you again, Joey, and I started acting a little bit weird.'
'Weird's right.' Grunted Joey.
'Listen, just try and be mature enough to accept my apology!' pouted Mai.
'You two are both acting like a pair of kids.' Ryou spoke up, sounding more like a mom than anything. 'Look, I know meeting old friends can take you back a few years, but please act like responsible adults, Ok?'
'Looks like we don't need to.' Grouched Joey. 'After all, we've got mommy Ryou here to look after us, huh?'
Ryou blushed and sank into the backdrop again.
There was an awkward silence.
'Er – hey Mai.' Seska smiled uneasily.
'Hello.' replied Mai curtly.
'Hey, it looks like something's happening!' exclaimed Tristan unnecessarily loudly.
Indeed, there was something going on. A shape emerged from the top of the KaibaCorp office scraper. It was Kaiba's chopper, or at least, one of his many.
Just as they had all those years ago, advertising screens all around the city switched to a view of Seto Kaiba, leaning out from his helicopter, holding up a megaphone.
'Duellists, welcome to the Battle City Reunion Tournament!' he began, much more warmly than last time. 'After the competition eight years ago turned out such a – ahem – success, KaibaCorp decided to throw a second to commemorate it. All you newcomers, good luck. Welcome back to all the old- hands, especially last years champion, Yugi Motou, and the finalists who made it – Ryou Bakura, Mai Valentine and Joey Wheeler! Let the duels begin!'
Instantly, Joey felt a tap on his shoulder.
'Good morning, Wheeler!' a slightly nasal voice sounded in his ear. Joey rolled his eyes. He knew who this was.
'Yo Weev- AAAARGH!' It was the biggest shock since the first duel with Yami Bakura in the shadow realm. Back then he'd thought that was the only time he'd ever turn round to see a giant standing behind him. 'W-W-W-Weevil?'
'Hello, titch. Yes, it finally happened.' Weevil grinned, his glasses flashing down, (I say DOWN) on Joey's bewildered face. 'Now I can look down on you in two ways – talent-wise and height-wise.'
LOOKING down was actually quite an understatement. BENDING down was more like it. Weevil now towered above the heads of the tallest people in the crowd. He must have been six foot seven.
'Yugi, you're a short guy, tell me this isn't fair!' exclaimed Joey.
'Actually Joey, I won't.' said Yugi. 'Good for him, I say.'
Weevil raised his eyebrows slightly at Yugi. This was obviously the first time anyone had said anything like that to him.
'I – I was just wondering if you wanted to duel.' He stammered.
'Sure, buddy!' smiled Yugi. 'But first, how've you been all this time, huh Weevil?'
'Ah yes.' Weevil had come to rest halfway between his evil, cackling, demonic old self and his surprised-to-be-acknowledged-as-a-real-human-being new self. 'Allow me to introduce my wife (Here u go, Weevil'sGirl, you better want it bad!), Rain. We've only been married a month.'
Out from behind Weevil's towering form stepped a woman. She was smaller than him, but still tall compared to Téa, Serenity or Mai. Her long, mahogany hair hung down the back of her black hooded sweater and her glittering silver eyes shimmered behind her tiny pewter-framed glasses.
'Lucky guy.' Grunted Tristan quietly.
'Hey!' grinned Rain. 'So I hear you're old acquaintances of Weevil's. Congratulations on your – er – however many wins, Yugi.'
'Gee, thanks.' Blushed the small guy, rubbing the back of his neck.
'Well, what're you waiting for?' Rain gave Weevil a little nudge in the small of his back. 'See if you can make this the first duel of the tournament!'
Weevil reached into his pocket and brought out his duel-device. This was an advanced model of the old duel-disks. They were tiny. Basically, the whole, full sized disk was compacted into this tiny square. When a little switched was flicked, the whole structure folded out in under three seconds. (A/N Watch out for your fingers, folks! Oh, and er – don't set it off in your pocket. Yugi tried that once, and it later became his favourite party trick – Téa enjoyed it especially. However, a few pairs of ripped pants later, he realised this little game weren't no good for his wallet.)
~
'Listen, Sanumun, I've been thinking - ' Seto Kaiba turned to the brunette who was flicking through his deck, leaning against his polished desk. 'Maybe I don't wanna do this. Maybe I'd just prefer to live a quiet life from now on, with my wife and my Duel Monsters and the twins that are on the way (uh oh, double trouble when Mokuba finds out). Maybe I don't wanna rule the world.'
'Seto, how can you say that?' Sanumun slammed the cards down and rounded on him. 'You've worked so hard for this. Think, if you didn't go through with it, so much of your life would be wasted!'
'Look, I don't even know why I trusted you in the first place.' Snapped Kaiba. 'I don't know you. You could be anyone!'
'You trusted me,' hissed Sanumun, her nose inches from Seto's, 'because I seemed so familiar, is that right? Because you felt you knew exactly who I was.'
'Who are you?' asked Kaiba in the same tone.
'I am Sanumun Kaiba, the Egyptian sorcerer's elder sister.' Replied Sanumun grandly. 'I, just as you are, am reincarnated and I have returned to help you, my brother. To help you regain control of the world!'
A flashback. Kaiba hadn't witnessed one of these in so long.
~ 'Seto! Do not give up! Fight them, for your own sake. You know what you rightfully deserve!'
Kaiba struggled against the powerful arms of the pharaoh's men. He himself was strong and able, but he couldn't take on all of them.
'Sanu!' he called back to the woman that stood in the doorway with dread in her eyes. 'I cannot do this. Trust me, though, I will find a way to win, though it may take more than a lifetime!'
Seto was dragged back through the great doors and a blast of hot air from the spreading desert hit him hard in the face.
The gleam of the axe glittered in his captor's eyes - ~
'Sanu.' Murmured Seto as he came to his senses.
~
Much to the annoyance of Téa and Mai, Yugi dragged everyone (including Weevil and Rain) back to his house for an evening meal.
Yugi had scraped a victory from the earlier duel (A/N sorry I avoided it – I hate duel scenes. BO-RING!), but it didn't seem such a big deal as there was nothing much at stake. Weevil wasn't out or anything – he'd beaten a passer-by a little later and won his locator card.
Joey had called Serenity over too, and everyone made sure there was an obvious space next to Tristan, so the pair of them could make up for lost time.
'I'm so glad we've all met up again.' Téa had warmed up to having so many guests when she'd seen all the old faces. 'I mean, imagine still being such close friends after all these years. I guess it's to do with having been through so much together. Heck, if we weren't all friends, I guess none of us would have made it through that awful time eight years ago. Isn't friendship so-'
'Quite agree Téa, quite agree.' Interrupted Bakura, tucking into his last piece of pie. 'This is excellent, by the way.' He added.
Téa grinned.
'So, uh, we're all together, but where's Duke?' asked Serenity.
Tristan stiffened up at the name, as if he was a cat and someone had shouted 'RATSSS!'
'Well, I haven't seen him a-' The bell rang from downstairs in the shop, cutting Yugi off mid-sentence. 'Dang!' he cursed. 'I turned the sign round, I'm sure I did!'
He leapt up from the table and hurried off.
'Kids, huh?' laughed Téa. Then Vicky started crying. 'Coming, sweetie!' she called, and she was gone too.
There was a thundering of two pairs of feet up the stairs.
'Guys, you've heard the term 'talk of the Devil', huh?' Yugi called from outside the room. 'Well, guess what, talk of the Devlin!'
He appeared round the door, followed by a man bearing a familiar face.
He smiled around at them all, showing his sparkling teeth, then winked at Serenity. Tristan flinched again.
'Hey guys.' Duke brushed a loose strand of jet black hair back behind his pierced ear. 'I got your last letter by the way, Serenity. You sure have a way with words.'
'Serenity? You've been writing to this jerk?' Tristan scowled.
'Oh, come on man! Cut your buddy a break after eight whole years! Anyway, I was just wondering if, after you've finished your meal, you'd like to come out to the arcades. Ok, I know we're kinda old for it now, but for old times sake?'
'Sure, Duke!' replied Serenity immediately.
'I'll tag along then, just to make sure it doesn't get messy.' Growled Tristan.
'This'll be a great chance to catch up on everything. I'll go tell Téa!' Yugi scuttled off, beaming.
'I'll come along too.' Nodded Bakura.
'Hey, do we count as old friends or should we make ourselves scarce?' asked Rain.
'Sure, you guys can come.' Shrugged Duke nonchalantly.
'I'll stay.' Grunted Joey. 'There'll probably be kids from my school there. I'm a janitor, Duke, and you can laugh all you want.'
'Oh, Joey!' tutted Seska. 'Well, I'm going anyway. How about you, Mai?'
'Arcades? Me?' Mai raised an eyebrow. 'Sorry, hon, I think not.'
Seska looked a little suspicious, but when the group left she simply hugged Joey and said 'Bye! Have fun!'
The more Joey thought about this later, the worse it sounded.
The little tinkling bell from below told Joey that he and Mai were alone.
There was an awkward silence, broken only by a nervous clearing of throats.
'So-' began Joey, but cut himself off mid-sentence. 'Oh, God damnit Mai. There's something I gotta tell ya.'
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