Game II: Dé jà vu

"Game over! Please insert 50 cents in 10 seconds..."

"Aw, man. I ran out of quarters." Tristan searched his pockets for more change. "Hey tea', do you have any more change that I can borrow?"

"Tough luck! You shouldn't have spent all your pocket money on one game." She said without even turning her head to speak. "Now leave me alone, I'm trying to concentrate. Why don't you go bug someone else?" she says as she strikes high score.

He stubbornly walks off towards other games in search of Joey, or at least Yugi. With luck he finds Yugi just standing alone watching some other players.

"Hey Yugi!" He waves over to him. Yugi hardly moved.

He turns slightly, a bit confused. "Huh? Did someone call me?"

"Over here Yuge." He said at regular tone.

"Oh. Hi Tristan!"

"You're my friend, right Yugi?" he gives an innocent childlike look.

"Huh?" feeling a bit awkward "yeah..." he said slow and cautiously.

"You would be a pal if I could borrow a couple of quarters?" he gave a fake grin.

"Oh, sure!" He picks out two quarters from his collection in his pocket. "Here you go! Have fun."

"Umm...I meant a little bit more..." looking a bit depressed at his hand.

"But you said a couple of quarters! And a couple is a pair of two things. Besides, I want to try out a game here, and it's going to take up the rest of my change."

"What's going to take up what?" Joey walks up from out of nowhere.

"Tristan wants the rest of my money." Yugi says innocently as he points out.

"Hey Tristan, leave him alone!" he shot a look at him.

Tristan looks bewildered. "I was not going to take the rest of his money! I Just want a little more...Hey, where were you anyway?"

"I was usin' the john. Why? Is there something wrong with that?" he puts up a fist towards him.

"Nothing." He quickly backs down.

"Hey yugi, what game were you going to play again?" Joey turns to him.

"That one." He points to a stage where oblong pods lay around three at a time.

"What?!?" Joey yells, which a few people turn around looking annoyed. "Don't tell me you want to play that thing!" he shivers at the thought.

"I remember those. Aren't those the same pod games that you play duel monsters in?" Tristan looks a little intrigued.

"Yeah, an I died in them! Well, not really died, more like I lost...kinda confusing really...an that wasn't the greatest feeling in the world to me." Joey crosses his arms.

"That's fine with me. Because I plan to go alone on this one."

"Go right ahead." Joey waves his hand in the air as he walks away.

"Hey Yugi," Tristan says, "Make sure you don't die before you even get to the end of the game!"

"Right, I promise!" Yugi walks to his spot in line, and Tristan walks around to find a game that only allows fifty cents, he walks up to the exact game he just wasted his money on. "What can I say? It's an addiction!"

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sorry took so long to get a new chapter, my comp sucks...i'll leave it at that...R&R!