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"But you HAVE to take care of my baby, I'm desperate! Besides, it's only
for a few hours."
"Sorry Selene," Darien said, "But I've got a job. And a thousand other
things to do."
"You're not my brother! You don't care for me, all you care about is Hair
Gel!" Selene shouted.
"Fine, I'm not your brother, bye!" Darien said, picking up his briefcase
and exiting the apartment. Selene sniffed.
"I hate him." Selene said to herself.
"You don't mean that, you're just disappointed." Marian said, putting her
hand on Selene's shoulder. Selene pulled away.
"If you would just let me take care of Charlie-" Marian started.
"And find him in ribbons? Never!" Selene said.
"I could take care-" Tori began.
"Don't even start, Tori. I'd rather have an unhealthy dog than a dead dog."
Selene said, shuddering. Charlie barked in agreement.
"Chawlie agwees." Carolyn said, walking into the livingroom in her pajamas.
"Carolyn, why are you wearing your PJ's now? Yugi's sleepover isn't until
6:00. And where's Marilyn?" Marian asked.
"She's saying goodbye to Stwawbewwy." Carolyn said. Loud sobs were heard
from the other room.
"Tristan! Of course!" Selene said, snapping her fingers. She ran to Carolyn
and Marilyn's bedroom, but came back wearing a huge frown.
"He refused, just like Tea, and Yugi, and EVERYONE ELSE!" Selene shouted.
" Since when was Tristan so involved with homework?" Selene said, glaring.
"And Tea has to SHOP. And Yugi has a sleepover for my neices, but he can't
take care of my dog. And of course, I can't let Tori take him to the
hospital for his rabies shot which he never took. And he HATES bows. And
Dad would make him jog the whole of Japan for his workout. And to make it
worse, my favorite person in the whole world has a JOB he needs to attend.
Well so do I!" Selene finished furiously.
"What about Joey?" Marian said timidly.
"He has to- Wait, I haven't asked him yet!" Selene said, brightening.
"No, he, Um, probably has to-" Tori said.
"Of course, he'll also say some excuse. I'll just dump Charlie at his door
and run!" Selene said, slapping Tori a high five.
"What did I do wrong this time?" Tori asked, staring at his hand. Selene
rolled her eyes.
"C'mon Charlie!" Selene said, taking her dog out of the apartment.
"Well hello girls. You must be Marilyn and Carolyn." Yugi's mother said,
smiling. "Yugi's up in the living room waiting for you two."
"Thanks Mrs. Cuddles's Mom." Marilyn said, as she went upstairs.
"Marilyn, Carolyn!" Yugi said, standing up.
"Hello Cuddles. Um... Super-Cuddles isn't around is he?" Marlyn said,
sounding slightly nervous.
"No, but I can call-"
"Great! He's a party pooper anyway." Marilyn said.
"How could you say that, Queen Mawilyn? He's my favowitest Phawaoh!"
Carolyn said, sounding scandalized. "Call him, Cuddles."
"Nononono! I mean, we're here for Cuddles, not Super-Cuddles." Marilyn
said. Carolyn pouted.
"It's okay, I'll get him later, Carolyn." Yugi said, tickling Carolyn. He
noticed Marilyn whimper.
"After Marilyn falls asleep, of course." Yugi said reassuringly. Marilyn
gave a sigh of relief.
"Anyways Cuddles, this is fow you." Carolyn said, pointing to a wrapped
present in their wagon.
"Oh, you shouldn't have!" Yugi said, unwrapping it.
"I'M HERE FOR THE PARTY!" Susie said, popping out of the box. Yugi fell
backwards in shock.
"And for the grub, of course." she said.
"Susie! Where's all the candy we got for Cuddles?" Marilyn asked.
"Right here." Susie said, patting her stomach. Marilyn rolled her eyes.
"Well, at least tell us you didn't eat the book, too." Carolyn said.
"No, I was saving that for later." Susie said, handing Carolyn the book.
Carolyn gave it to Yugi.
"This is a book on Egypt. Fow you and Supew-Cuddles." Carolyn said.
"Thanks." Yugi said.
"Susie, you have to go home, because Yugi's mom didn't invite you." Marilyn
said.
"Yes, Queen Marilyn." Susie said, going out the door.
"No, that's all right. Susie can stay if she wants. Do your parents know
you're here?" Yugi asked.
"Mommy and Daddy are gone, but I don't miss them too much, they moved to
Africa when a truck hit them by an accident, and BOOM, they were in Africa,
I don't worry because I know I'll join them one day soon, and I still have
my Grandpa. My Grandpa always pretends to be sleeping , but he's actually
awake spying. Oh yeah, did I mention-" Susie started her normal rant.
"That's enough, Susie." Marilyn said.
"Stay here, and don't say a word." Selene said to Charlie. She rang the
doorbell to Joey's apartment. No one answered, so she rang again. Before
she did it a third time, a person opened the door.
"You selling beer?" He asked Selene.
"Sir, Beer is illegal for minors under 21." Selene said dutifully.
"That's too bad, you're missing out." The man said, "Now what do you want,
the commercial break is almost over."
"I came to see Joey, I'm a friend." Selene said.
"You're at the wrong place, Joey doesn't have friends. Now get lost." The
man said.
"Dad, wait!" Joey said, coming out. "Sorry, I was on the phone with
Tristan, he was saying something about Yugi stealing his 'Angels' and he
was crying like crazy."
"You know this Girl Scout?" The Man asked Joey. Selene turned purple with
indignity. She looked like she was going to shout, but changed her mind.
"Look, the commercial break's over!" she said. The Man rushed back into the
apartment.
"Joey could you do me a teensy favor?" Selene said, putting on an innocent
smile. Joey looked at her suspiciously.
"What kind of favor?" he asked.
"TakingcareofmybabywhileI'maway.It'llonlybeanhouror24.Thanks,you'reapeach."
Selene said in one breath. She thrust Charlie's bag into Joey's hands. Then
she ran off as fast as she could.
"I AM GOING TO KILL THAT DECIEVING LITTLE-" Joey started, but was
interupted by Charlie's bark. Charlie leapt onto Joey and started licking
his face.
"I'm not taking care of you." Joey said, closing the door. He heard
whimpers from Charlie. Sighing he opened the door. Charlie gave him a sad
look. Joey sighed.
"Fine, but only for a while." Joey said, pulling him in.
"What have you got there, Joey? Another stuffed animal and I'm sending them
all to the dump." Joey's dad said.
"I don't play with stuffed animals. This is a dog I'm baby-sitting." Joey
said.
"A dog, huh?" Joey's dad said, getting up. "It looks like you." Joey turned
red.
"It does not!" Joey said angrily.
"Look in the mirror." his Dad said. Joey looked back at Charlie. They both
were blonde, had honey-colored eyes, and were smart. The difference was
that Charlie had a loving family. Joey had no one. No one except his
sister.
"Whatever, Dad." Joey said. He went to the kitchen and got out a bowl of
water for Charlie, who lapped it all up.
"Really thirsty?" Joey said, going to get some more water, but his dad
stopped him.
"What if he wants beer?" he asked. Joey rolled his eyes.
"You're kidding right?" Joey asked. But his father dumped his can of beer
straight into the bowl. Charlie backed away.
"He doesn't want any." Joey said.
"Don't tell me what I know, idiot!" His dad said. "I take that back, he
doesn't look like you, he looks way better, right dog?" Intstead of barking
happily, Charlie growled and narrowed his eyes.
"What's the matter with you, dog?" Joey's dad asked. Charlie sank his teeth
into his leg.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Joey's dad said, retreating back into the living
room. Joey couldn't help smiling a little bit.
"Good boy. I can see why Selene is crazy about you." Joey said. He looked
around.
"Let's go to bed, it's late. We could go walking tomorrow, if you want."
Joey said to the retriever. Charlie barked.
"Masaki, you're late." The Head Officer said as Selene came into the room.
Around 10 other kids, all aged 15-19 were seated in chairs around him.
"Sorry, sir. My brother was-" Selene started, as she sat down.
"Officers never give out personal information." the Head barked. Selene
quieted.
"We have decided that you all have reached the level of training that
requires practical courses." The Head said to them. "We're sorry for the
last minute notice, but we had limited time."
"All of you will be paired up for the test. You will each take a stun-gun
and hit your targets. You will all be judged accordingly. 4 of you will
proceed to the next level of Junior training, the other 6 will have to try
again next year." All the kids looked around nervously. They all worked
very hard to get where they were, and it would be a terrible
dissappointment not to be chosen. They paired up. Selene was with a brown
haired girl.
'You'll do fine.' Hikari said in her head. But Selene couldn't get her mind
off of the Curse Isis had mentioned.
"Time for bed, guys." Yugi's mother called from downstairs.
"We're already in bed Mom." Yugi replied. He was on his bed, while Marilyn,
Carolyn, and Susie were in sleeping bags on the floor.
"Carolyn, shut up!" Marilyn said, "I'm trying to sleep."
"I wanna see my Ice!" Carolyn said, crying.
"Aww, don't cry." Yugi said, reaching over and patting her head.
"You can see him tomorrow!" Marilyn said.
"What about Batman? And Wobin? And Sugaw?" Carolyn said.
"Who?" Yugi asked.
"Ice is an Ice-Fairy that Carolyn caught, and Sugar is his Sugar-Fairy
assistant. Batman is a bride, married to Pepper, and Robin is Batman's
sidekick." Susie said in one breath.
"Oh." Yugi said, slightly confused. "Well, good night." He said, falling
asleep. All of a sudden, Susie sat straight up.
"Let's take Cuddles to visit them all!" she said. Marilyn looked at her.
"Actually, we never gave them any presents for going to there houses. Let's
give them Cuddles as a present." she said.
"And we can give Ice to Batman. He can wish to be Phawaoh instead of always
sending Itchy and Twitchy after Supew-Cuddles." Carolyn added.
"What about Sugar?" Susie asked.
"Never! Sugar is strictly our fairy, no sharing allowed." Marilyn said.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Susie said.
"We can put Cuddles in my Wagon." Carolyn said.
"Shouldn't we ask his mother first?" Marilyn said.
"I'll go ask, Queen Marilyn." Carolyn said, going downstairs. She knocked
on a bedroom. Yugi's grandpa was sleeping in bed.
"Can we take Cuddles to Ice's and then to Batman's?" Carolyn whispered.
Yugi's grandpa snored.
"Thank you!" Carolyn said, rushing back to Yugi's bedroom.
"They said it was okay!" she said happily.
"Good, he's all packed." Susie said. Yugi was fast asleep in a box in
Carolyn's wagon. The box was wrapped in purple wrapping paper.
"Let's go!" Marilyn said.
"Alright, here you go." Joey said, putting a blanket down on the floor.
Charlie sat on it.
"Good boy." Joey said. He patted the golden retrievers head, and went to
his own bed. He laid down, pulling up his covers. His eyes just barely
closed when he felt something tickling his feet.
"Charlie!" Joey said. Charlie had gotten on the bed and licked Joey's toes.
"No, boy. You sleep there." Joey said. He pulled Charlie off and onto his
blanket. Charlie looked at him sadly.
"Oh, alright! Did you learn that from Marilyn?" Joey said. Charlie barked
and pounced on Joey and licked his face.
"You're heav-mmf." Joey said. Finally, Charlie stopped licking him and
settled down next to Joey. Joey buried his face in Charlie's golden fur. He
fell asleep, dreaming about Serenity.
"Masaki, you're up." the Head said. Trembling, Selene stood up, and went up
to him. He handed her a stun-gun.
"Through there." He said, indicating a door. Selene walked through. The
room was completetly dark. It took a moment for Selene to figure out that
it wasn't a room, it was a very large hall.
"Just shoot targets marked in red." The head said from an intercom. Selene
took another step forward. All of a sudden, a hundred boards popped up.
Only 3 had red on. Selene raised her gun to shoot, when the partitions
started moving around. She shot 4 more times, but missed on every try.
"I practiced really hard, how come I'm missing?" Selene asked aloud. She
took carefull aim, but shot a wall.
"This is the Curse, isn't it! I never miss!" Selene said angrily. She tried
to shoot some more, but hit everywhere except the targets.
"My Earrings are so worthless!" she said, attempting to take them off. They
both glowed, illuminating the hall.
"Just don't ruin everything for once!" Selene said. The Earrings glowed
brighter. All of a sudden, the boards stopped moving. Selene shot them all.
The bullets that had missed before dissapeared.
"The machines have stopped!" the Head cried in dismay. Selene on the other
hand, was ecstatic.
"38 seconds! I finished the fastest!" Selene said.
"You harmed the boards that weren't red." the Head said, walking into the
hall.
"No, I didn't." Selene said innocently. The Head opened his mouth to reply,
but stopped when he saw everything in perfect condition.
"Masaki, you tampered with the partitions." The Head said.
"No, I didn't." Selene said again. The Head officer grabbed her gun and
examined it. To his shock, and to Selene's, only 3 bullets were missing.
Seto was exhausted after a long day at Kaiba Corp. With the so-called Rare
Hunters terrorizing Battle City, he had barely a moment's worth of peace.
He laid down in bed, but for some reason he felt uncomfortable. He got up
and searched every room in the mansion, checked that every window was
securly locked, that the system was absolutely flawless, and finally, that
there were no girls in his fridge. Sighing heavily, he returned to bed.
Feeling much better, he started dreaming. Unfortunately, he dreamt that he
was running through an alley, and Carolyn was chasing him saying:
"Wait fow me, Ice! I want to give you a hug!"
"Never! Leave me alone!" he said.
"I'll nevew leave you alone! You'we my best fweind! And I'll follow you
fowevew!" she replied. He kept running until he came to a door. He opened
it, hoping it was some escape, but it turned out to be a refridgerator,
with Susie happily munching on leftovers.
"Hi Ice, my Fairy!" Susie said. Seto slammed the door and ran through
another alley, Carolyn hot on his heels. He turned into another one, only
to find a dead end.
"NO!" Seto said out loud. He woke up, drenched in sweat.
"Seto?" Mokuba came in his room, rubbing his eyes.
"Get away from me you little monster!" Seto yelled, throwing a pillow at
Mokuba.
"Nii-sama? Are you feeling alright?" Mokuba asked, dodging the pillow.
"Oh, Mokuba, it's just you." Seto said, relieved.
"I heard you yell." Mokuba said, nearing his brother.
"Oh, that. It was... nothing." Seto said.
"Okay. Goodnight, Nii-sama." Mokuba said, leaving the room. Seto was angry
with himself for bumping into Marilyn and Carolyn's dog in the first
place. He shouldn't have even bothered threatening them.
"They can't get past my system." Seto said to himself for the 4th time that
week.
"Who's they?" said a voice.
'I just imagined that.' Seto thought to himself. He turned over in bed,
trying to fall asleep.
"Why won't those girls just leave me alone?" Seto said aloud.
"I can see why." said Carolyn's voice.
'Stop hallucinating.' Kaiba thought. He forcefully closed his eyes.
"Carolyn, be careful, he could get hurt like that." said a second voice
that sounded like Marilyn. Seto gave up and opened his eyes.
"ICE!" Carolyn said, hugging him. Seto pulled her off of him.
"You wewe talking in youw sleep." Carolyn said.
"Marilyn and Carolyn, what a surprise." Seto said sarcastically.
"Well, this will be even more of a surprise!" Marilyn said, dragging a
wagon in front of Seto. On it was a large box.
"What's in it?" Seto said, almost too scared to hear the answer.
"Cuddles!" Carolyn said. Seto rolled his eyes.
"If I open it, will you leave?" Seto asked.
"Yup! As soon as Susie comes back from Batman's. Oh we have to kidnap you
first." Marilyn said.
"Oh, you're kidnapping ME?" Seto said, very sarcastically.
"Yes, to take you to Batman's." Carolyn piped up.
"Oh will we go to Cinderella's afterwards? Then maybe to Snow White's after
that." Seto said, sarcasm practically dripping off his toungue.
"Eww, you believe in Fairy tales?" Marilyn said.
"No, They awe all weal. Ice would know, he's a genuine Faiwy himself."
Carolyn said defensively.
"So when I open this, you'll leave?" Seto asked again. They nodded.
"But you'll come with us." Marilyn said.
"Sure, I will." Seto said sardonically. He unwrapped the paper, and opened
the box.
"Oh, how cute." Seto said, without looking at it. "NOW GET OUT!"
"Huh? What's going on?" Yugi said, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Oh My-" Seto started, looking at Yugi.
"Kaiba!?!" Yugi said, springing out of the box. "What are you- Never mind I
must be dreaming." Yugi said faintly.
"Oh you alweady know each othew!" Carolyn exclaimed.
"Carolyn?" Yugi asked.
"Yugi Mutou!" Seto yelled furiously. "SECURITY!!!" As usual, his guards
came running. One of them was holding Susie by her collar.
"We found this one in the refridgerator, Sir." One said.
"-and I like chocalate cake the most, but I don't mind carrot. Do you know
that once when I was 2 I ate a beetle? I t didn't taste that good, so I
gave it back to it's fami-"
"Susie! I thought you were going to Batman's cave!" Marilyn said.
"I'm sorry, Queen Marilyn, but when I reached there, the place was empty.
Even the fridge!" Susie answered.
"Kaiba, I'm sure this is all just a misunderstanding." Yugi said.
"Tell that to your lawyer." Seto said. "Take them away."
"Oh, come on Kaiba. I mean, I don't know how I even got here." Yugi said.
Seto's eyes narrowed.
"Let me take a wild guess." Seto said, glaring at Carolyn. Carolyn looked
up at him quizically.
"You annoying pests show up every night. I'm giving you to the po-." Seto
began, but he was interupted by Carolyn.
"You think we'we annoying? You don't love us anymowe, Ice?" Carolyn asked
him, her eyes very wide.
"I never did." Seto said shortly. Carolyn burst into tears.
"Ice, how dare you say such a thing to my slave!" Marilyn said angrily.
"I like cupcakes!" Susie said.
"There there, Carolyn. I'm sure Seto doesn't really-" Yugi said akwardly,
hugging Carolyn.
"You have 10 seconds to get out of my house." Seto said. "All of you.
Starting-"
" Oh my Gosh! Yugi!" Mokuba said, running into Seto's room. The noise had
woken him up.
"Um, hi Mokuba." Yugi said.
"What's wrong, Carolyn? Why are you crying?" Mokuba asked. He tried to
tickle her, but she just sobbed harder. He looked at Marilyn for an
explanation.
"Don't look at me! Ask HIM." Marilyn said, glaring at Seto.
"What happened, Nii-sama?" Mokuba asked.
"It's not my fault she never figured out that I don't like her." Seto said.
"I think we should leave now." Yugi said to Marilyn.
"That's a VERY good idea." Seto said coldly.
"Just what I was gonna say, Tinkerbell. Make that TINKLEbell." Marilyn
said, looking arrogantly at Seto.
"Oh, don't go!" said Mokuba. "I love it when you guys come over!"
"They've been here before?" Yugi asked dumbfounded.
"Didn't you know? We say that we come every day." Marilyn said. "But we
won't come anymore if we're not WANTED." Marilyn said, looking daggers at
Seto.
"Oh please, Marilyn! I'm sure Nii-sama didn't mean it." Mokuba said.
"Oh don't worry, Mokuba-Sugar-Fairy. We still like you." Susie said. "But
Carolyn's crying really badly, and we better take her back."
"See you around, Mokuba-Fairy!" Marilyn said, "And as for you, I hope your
computer crashes!" she said to Seto.
"Let's go." Yugi said meekly.
"There's something definitely wrong with Carolyn. Why did Yugi bring them
back anyway?" Darien said.
"It must be homesickness." Marian said. Since she came back, Carolyn had
said nothing and talked to no one.
"It couldn't have been this bad," Darien said, pushing his bangs out of his
eyes and sighing."She goes to daycare everyday!"
"I give up!" said Tristan."She just won't say anything!!"
"Why don't you order her to speak, Marilyn?" Selene said, looking up from
her Manga.
"I can't believe I forgot! I'm the Queen of the Universe, she had BETTER
listen to me!" Marilyn said. Marilyn stormed into her room.
"Mom, Dad, OUT!" Marilyn ordered. Darien raised an eyebrow.
"I beg your pardon?" Marian asked shrewdly. Marilyn gulped.
"I mean, uh, I need a private word with my little sister." Marilyn said.
They left.
"Carolyn, That's enough! Why are you crying?" Marilyn said. Carolyn
sniffed.
"SPEAK!" Marilyn commanded. Carolyn rubbed her eyes.
"Sowwy, Queen Mawilyn. I just can't fowget what Ice the Ice-Faiwy said."
Carolyn answered.
"Carolyn, if you're crying, it should be for Sugar-Fairy Mokuba, not Ice."
Marilyn replied.
"Yes, Queen Mawilyn." Carolyn said.
"Of course he didn't like you. You're not his type. Ice only likes people
who are exceptional Duelists, like, um..." Marilyn tried to think of
someone who was Seto's friend, "Like, Uh... Charlie Puppy Dog! They're best
friends."
"They awe?" Carolyn asked. Marilyn nodded.
"Of course! Don't you see Ice calling him Dog all the time? Ice is the only
one person who respects him."
"Then, maybe if we become great Duelists, Ice will like us?" Carolyn said.
"Sure! Hey, I just got a great idea! Why don't we get into the Battle City
Finals?" Marilyn exclaimed. "We already have 5 Locater Cards, we only need
to win one more."
"That's a wondewful idea, Queen Mawilyn!" Carolyn said, smiling for the
first time that day.
"I know." Marilyn said haughtily. All of a sudden, something fell through
they're window.
"Susie?" Marilyn and Carolyn said incredulously.
"It's me! I just thought I'd drop by." Susie answered. She had swung into
their room by the telephone wires.
"Oookaaaay." Marilyn said. "Anyways, we're going to win a Locator Card
today. Then we'll have 6."
"We're going to steal!?! How sneaky!" Susie exclaimed.
"Of course we're not going to steal. We're going to DUEL for the Locator
Card." Marilyn answered.
"And Ice will like us again!" Carolyn said happily.
"Ice? As in the fairy that tastes like Ice, or the Ice-Cream man who never
stops for me?" Susie questioned.
"Our Fairy, dummy!" Marilyn said.
"Can I help you win the Locator Card?" Susie asked.
"No way, I don't trust you. What if you eat it?" Marilyn said.
"You're right, Queen Marilyn." Susie said cheerfully, "I don't even trust
myself."
"Right. Now we have to figure out a way to get out of here and find a
sucker." Marilyn said.
"Why won't your Mommy let you go?" Susie said, pulling something out of her
pocket.
"Because Carolyn was cryi- Susie what's that?" Marilyn asked.
"Oh this?" Susie siad, showing them the thing she was about to put in her
mouth, "It's something the hot- dog guy dropped while he was running away
from me."
"Susie, you stole?" Marilyn asked.
"MmmHmm." Susie said nodding.
"Excellent!" Marilyn said. She took her Locator Card.
"But Queen Mawilyn, Stealing is bad!" Carolyn said.
"That's the beauty of it." Marilyn said. She put her 3 Locator cards over
Carolyn's 2, and Susie's single one. They formed a map.
"This is where the Finals are being held!" Marilyn exclaimed.
"When are the Finals?" Susie asked.
"In 2 days! We're going to be Ice's friends again in 2 days!" Carolyn said,
jumping up and down.
"Well, let's go to sleep already, Carolyn. Tommorow will come faster that
way." Marilyn said.
"Okay, I'll leave then. Good night Queen Marilyn, and Carolyn." Susie said.
She jumped out their window.
"Bye Susie." Marilyn and Carolyn chimed. They got into their pajamas and
went straight to sleep.
Joey was awoken by something wet on his cheek.
"What the- Charlie!" Joey said. He smiled and wiped off the dog spit.
"Good morning to you, too." Joey said, scratching Charlie's back. Charlie
barked.
"I have to walk you, don't I? Why don't we go to the park after breakfast?"
Joey asked him. Charlie barked again.
"Alright, I'll get us something to eat first." Joey said, going to the
bathroom. When he returned, he took the Golden Retriever to the kitchen. He
passed his father, who had fallen asleep with the television on. Joey
rolled his eyes and turned it off.
"Now... Selene left some dog food." Joey said. On hearing Selene's name,
Charlie moaned.
"Aww, you miss that user don't you?" Joey said, patting his head. "Don't
worry, she'll come back for you. She had better. But it might not be so
bad, having you as a pet. You're a smart dog, you know?" Joey said, pouring
Charlie some dog-food into a bowl. He started making his own breakfast,
cereal. When the two blonde's were done eating, they went to the door.
"Uh, Dad?" Joey said. His father snored.
"I'm going out. See ya." Joey said, putting on Charlie's leash. They exited
the apartment.
"Charlie do-Whoa!" Joey said as Charlie started chasing a squirrel. Joey
was dragged halfway across the Park before the Squirrel climbed up a tree.
"Warn me next time, okay?" Joey said. He heard some music. Charlie bound
after it.
"I guess you want Ice-Cream." Joey said, as he was pulled toward the sound.
Charlie stopped when he reached the road, and barked.
"Okay, we just have to wait for the Ice Cream guy to stop his truck, and
then we'll..." Joey paused and stared.
The driver was riding the Ice Cream truck at break-neck speed, and he kept
looking back, and driving faster. Joey wondered if there was some axe-
murderer chasing him when he saw Susie, holding out wads of Yen.
"Wait up, Ice Cream Dude!" Susie yelled, running after the truck. "I just
want a Strawberry Blaster, and a Chocolate Blaster, and all the other
Blasters! And Plus, I want the Lemon pop, and Rasberry pop and..." Her
voice faded as she chased the truck into the park's woods.
"Life is wierd." Joey said to Charlie. The retriever barked in agreement.
Then he ran.
"Charlie!" Joey yelled. The blonde dog came to a stop. Then he turned
around. He had a stick in his mouth.
"You want to play fetch?" Joey asked. Charlie placed the stick in Joey's
hand.
"Okay!" Joey said cheerfully. They started the game.
"Who on earth is outside? They're knocking like a woodpecker!" Marilyn
exclaimed. Tori went to open the door.
"IMADEITIMADEITIMADEIT!" Selene yelled happily. She jumped onto Tori, and
hung from his neck. Tea glared and pulled her off.
"I'm so proud of you Selene!" Tori said. He went back to hug her, but Tea
pushed Selene away, and glomped Tori instead.
"I'm happy for you, Selene." Tea said, now that she was in her reserved
spot. Unfortunately, her reserved spot was on Tori, choking him. She
slapped Selene a high five.
"You hugged HIM?" Darien said, sounding hurt, "What about me?"
"Hmph." Selene said, turning her head away. She saw Marian.
"Marian! I passed! I'm on the Advanced Junior Squad!" Selene said, hugging
her. Marian looked surprised.
"Congratulations!" She threw a puzzled look to Darien. But Darien scowled
and looked away.
"I'm not stopping there! A few more months of training, and I'll be a fully
qualified undercover police detective!" She said excitedly. Just then,
Johnathan enetered, looking as though he had been working out.
"DADDY, GUESS WHAT? I PASSED MY DETECTIVE ENTRANCE TEST!" Selene said.
"Oh. That's nice." He said indifferently.
"Dad? I think you didn't hear me. I get a pay raise." Selene said.
"THAT'S WONDERFUL!" Johnathan said, hugging her.
"Dad." Selene said, gasping for air. "You hug like Tea."
"Sorry." He said. He noticed Darien. "What's the matter with you kiddo?"
Darien shrugged and left.
"Now... Where's my Charlie?" Selene said.
"You left him with your friend Jerry." Johnathan said.
"No, You left him at Charlie Puppy Dog's." Carolyn said.
"Oh yeah! I'd better go get him!" Selene said, leaving the apartment.
"That poor boy, having to take care of Charlie. I wish I could make it up
to him..." Marian said.
"Good boy! Now try to catch... this!" Joey said, throwing the stick as hard
as he could. Charlie caught it in mid-air. Joey laughed.
"You're good!" he said. He threw it again. Charlie went to catch it.
"There is Joey!" Selene said, walking toward him. She froze as she saw
Charlie returning the stick to Joey. Joey patted his head. Charlie barked
and leapt on Joey, knocking him down. He started licking him. Selene looked
on in fury. She marched up to them.
"Selene!" Joey said, getting up. "You're back alre-"
SMACK!
Selene slapped Joey hard on his face. He fell backwards, stunned.
"C'mon Charlie." Selene said, grabbing his leash. Charlie barked, and went
back to lick Joey good-bye. Then he left with her.
"You're welcome." Joey said, rubbing the dark red mark on his cheek.
R&R
If any of you are interested, I found a way to post up pics of Carolyn
through my sister. The link click on which one you want to see.
"But you HAVE to take care of my baby, I'm desperate! Besides, it's only
for a few hours."
"Sorry Selene," Darien said, "But I've got a job. And a thousand other
things to do."
"You're not my brother! You don't care for me, all you care about is Hair
Gel!" Selene shouted.
"Fine, I'm not your brother, bye!" Darien said, picking up his briefcase
and exiting the apartment. Selene sniffed.
"I hate him." Selene said to herself.
"You don't mean that, you're just disappointed." Marian said, putting her
hand on Selene's shoulder. Selene pulled away.
"If you would just let me take care of Charlie-" Marian started.
"And find him in ribbons? Never!" Selene said.
"I could take care-" Tori began.
"Don't even start, Tori. I'd rather have an unhealthy dog than a dead dog."
Selene said, shuddering. Charlie barked in agreement.
"Chawlie agwees." Carolyn said, walking into the livingroom in her pajamas.
"Carolyn, why are you wearing your PJ's now? Yugi's sleepover isn't until
6:00. And where's Marilyn?" Marian asked.
"She's saying goodbye to Stwawbewwy." Carolyn said. Loud sobs were heard
from the other room.
"Tristan! Of course!" Selene said, snapping her fingers. She ran to Carolyn
and Marilyn's bedroom, but came back wearing a huge frown.
"He refused, just like Tea, and Yugi, and EVERYONE ELSE!" Selene shouted.
" Since when was Tristan so involved with homework?" Selene said, glaring.
"And Tea has to SHOP. And Yugi has a sleepover for my neices, but he can't
take care of my dog. And of course, I can't let Tori take him to the
hospital for his rabies shot which he never took. And he HATES bows. And
Dad would make him jog the whole of Japan for his workout. And to make it
worse, my favorite person in the whole world has a JOB he needs to attend.
Well so do I!" Selene finished furiously.
"What about Joey?" Marian said timidly.
"He has to- Wait, I haven't asked him yet!" Selene said, brightening.
"No, he, Um, probably has to-" Tori said.
"Of course, he'll also say some excuse. I'll just dump Charlie at his door
and run!" Selene said, slapping Tori a high five.
"What did I do wrong this time?" Tori asked, staring at his hand. Selene
rolled her eyes.
"C'mon Charlie!" Selene said, taking her dog out of the apartment.
"Well hello girls. You must be Marilyn and Carolyn." Yugi's mother said,
smiling. "Yugi's up in the living room waiting for you two."
"Thanks Mrs. Cuddles's Mom." Marilyn said, as she went upstairs.
"Marilyn, Carolyn!" Yugi said, standing up.
"Hello Cuddles. Um... Super-Cuddles isn't around is he?" Marlyn said,
sounding slightly nervous.
"No, but I can call-"
"Great! He's a party pooper anyway." Marilyn said.
"How could you say that, Queen Mawilyn? He's my favowitest Phawaoh!"
Carolyn said, sounding scandalized. "Call him, Cuddles."
"Nononono! I mean, we're here for Cuddles, not Super-Cuddles." Marilyn
said. Carolyn pouted.
"It's okay, I'll get him later, Carolyn." Yugi said, tickling Carolyn. He
noticed Marilyn whimper.
"After Marilyn falls asleep, of course." Yugi said reassuringly. Marilyn
gave a sigh of relief.
"Anyways Cuddles, this is fow you." Carolyn said, pointing to a wrapped
present in their wagon.
"Oh, you shouldn't have!" Yugi said, unwrapping it.
"I'M HERE FOR THE PARTY!" Susie said, popping out of the box. Yugi fell
backwards in shock.
"And for the grub, of course." she said.
"Susie! Where's all the candy we got for Cuddles?" Marilyn asked.
"Right here." Susie said, patting her stomach. Marilyn rolled her eyes.
"Well, at least tell us you didn't eat the book, too." Carolyn said.
"No, I was saving that for later." Susie said, handing Carolyn the book.
Carolyn gave it to Yugi.
"This is a book on Egypt. Fow you and Supew-Cuddles." Carolyn said.
"Thanks." Yugi said.
"Susie, you have to go home, because Yugi's mom didn't invite you." Marilyn
said.
"Yes, Queen Marilyn." Susie said, going out the door.
"No, that's all right. Susie can stay if she wants. Do your parents know
you're here?" Yugi asked.
"Mommy and Daddy are gone, but I don't miss them too much, they moved to
Africa when a truck hit them by an accident, and BOOM, they were in Africa,
I don't worry because I know I'll join them one day soon, and I still have
my Grandpa. My Grandpa always pretends to be sleeping , but he's actually
awake spying. Oh yeah, did I mention-" Susie started her normal rant.
"That's enough, Susie." Marilyn said.
"Stay here, and don't say a word." Selene said to Charlie. She rang the
doorbell to Joey's apartment. No one answered, so she rang again. Before
she did it a third time, a person opened the door.
"You selling beer?" He asked Selene.
"Sir, Beer is illegal for minors under 21." Selene said dutifully.
"That's too bad, you're missing out." The man said, "Now what do you want,
the commercial break is almost over."
"I came to see Joey, I'm a friend." Selene said.
"You're at the wrong place, Joey doesn't have friends. Now get lost." The
man said.
"Dad, wait!" Joey said, coming out. "Sorry, I was on the phone with
Tristan, he was saying something about Yugi stealing his 'Angels' and he
was crying like crazy."
"You know this Girl Scout?" The Man asked Joey. Selene turned purple with
indignity. She looked like she was going to shout, but changed her mind.
"Look, the commercial break's over!" she said. The Man rushed back into the
apartment.
"Joey could you do me a teensy favor?" Selene said, putting on an innocent
smile. Joey looked at her suspiciously.
"What kind of favor?" he asked.
"TakingcareofmybabywhileI'maway.It'llonlybeanhouror24.Thanks,you'reapeach."
Selene said in one breath. She thrust Charlie's bag into Joey's hands. Then
she ran off as fast as she could.
"I AM GOING TO KILL THAT DECIEVING LITTLE-" Joey started, but was
interupted by Charlie's bark. Charlie leapt onto Joey and started licking
his face.
"I'm not taking care of you." Joey said, closing the door. He heard
whimpers from Charlie. Sighing he opened the door. Charlie gave him a sad
look. Joey sighed.
"Fine, but only for a while." Joey said, pulling him in.
"What have you got there, Joey? Another stuffed animal and I'm sending them
all to the dump." Joey's dad said.
"I don't play with stuffed animals. This is a dog I'm baby-sitting." Joey
said.
"A dog, huh?" Joey's dad said, getting up. "It looks like you." Joey turned
red.
"It does not!" Joey said angrily.
"Look in the mirror." his Dad said. Joey looked back at Charlie. They both
were blonde, had honey-colored eyes, and were smart. The difference was
that Charlie had a loving family. Joey had no one. No one except his
sister.
"Whatever, Dad." Joey said. He went to the kitchen and got out a bowl of
water for Charlie, who lapped it all up.
"Really thirsty?" Joey said, going to get some more water, but his dad
stopped him.
"What if he wants beer?" he asked. Joey rolled his eyes.
"You're kidding right?" Joey asked. But his father dumped his can of beer
straight into the bowl. Charlie backed away.
"He doesn't want any." Joey said.
"Don't tell me what I know, idiot!" His dad said. "I take that back, he
doesn't look like you, he looks way better, right dog?" Intstead of barking
happily, Charlie growled and narrowed his eyes.
"What's the matter with you, dog?" Joey's dad asked. Charlie sank his teeth
into his leg.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Joey's dad said, retreating back into the living
room. Joey couldn't help smiling a little bit.
"Good boy. I can see why Selene is crazy about you." Joey said. He looked
around.
"Let's go to bed, it's late. We could go walking tomorrow, if you want."
Joey said to the retriever. Charlie barked.
"Masaki, you're late." The Head Officer said as Selene came into the room.
Around 10 other kids, all aged 15-19 were seated in chairs around him.
"Sorry, sir. My brother was-" Selene started, as she sat down.
"Officers never give out personal information." the Head barked. Selene
quieted.
"We have decided that you all have reached the level of training that
requires practical courses." The Head said to them. "We're sorry for the
last minute notice, but we had limited time."
"All of you will be paired up for the test. You will each take a stun-gun
and hit your targets. You will all be judged accordingly. 4 of you will
proceed to the next level of Junior training, the other 6 will have to try
again next year." All the kids looked around nervously. They all worked
very hard to get where they were, and it would be a terrible
dissappointment not to be chosen. They paired up. Selene was with a brown
haired girl.
'You'll do fine.' Hikari said in her head. But Selene couldn't get her mind
off of the Curse Isis had mentioned.
"Time for bed, guys." Yugi's mother called from downstairs.
"We're already in bed Mom." Yugi replied. He was on his bed, while Marilyn,
Carolyn, and Susie were in sleeping bags on the floor.
"Carolyn, shut up!" Marilyn said, "I'm trying to sleep."
"I wanna see my Ice!" Carolyn said, crying.
"Aww, don't cry." Yugi said, reaching over and patting her head.
"You can see him tomorrow!" Marilyn said.
"What about Batman? And Wobin? And Sugaw?" Carolyn said.
"Who?" Yugi asked.
"Ice is an Ice-Fairy that Carolyn caught, and Sugar is his Sugar-Fairy
assistant. Batman is a bride, married to Pepper, and Robin is Batman's
sidekick." Susie said in one breath.
"Oh." Yugi said, slightly confused. "Well, good night." He said, falling
asleep. All of a sudden, Susie sat straight up.
"Let's take Cuddles to visit them all!" she said. Marilyn looked at her.
"Actually, we never gave them any presents for going to there houses. Let's
give them Cuddles as a present." she said.
"And we can give Ice to Batman. He can wish to be Phawaoh instead of always
sending Itchy and Twitchy after Supew-Cuddles." Carolyn added.
"What about Sugar?" Susie asked.
"Never! Sugar is strictly our fairy, no sharing allowed." Marilyn said.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Susie said.
"We can put Cuddles in my Wagon." Carolyn said.
"Shouldn't we ask his mother first?" Marilyn said.
"I'll go ask, Queen Marilyn." Carolyn said, going downstairs. She knocked
on a bedroom. Yugi's grandpa was sleeping in bed.
"Can we take Cuddles to Ice's and then to Batman's?" Carolyn whispered.
Yugi's grandpa snored.
"Thank you!" Carolyn said, rushing back to Yugi's bedroom.
"They said it was okay!" she said happily.
"Good, he's all packed." Susie said. Yugi was fast asleep in a box in
Carolyn's wagon. The box was wrapped in purple wrapping paper.
"Let's go!" Marilyn said.
"Alright, here you go." Joey said, putting a blanket down on the floor.
Charlie sat on it.
"Good boy." Joey said. He patted the golden retrievers head, and went to
his own bed. He laid down, pulling up his covers. His eyes just barely
closed when he felt something tickling his feet.
"Charlie!" Joey said. Charlie had gotten on the bed and licked Joey's toes.
"No, boy. You sleep there." Joey said. He pulled Charlie off and onto his
blanket. Charlie looked at him sadly.
"Oh, alright! Did you learn that from Marilyn?" Joey said. Charlie barked
and pounced on Joey and licked his face.
"You're heav-mmf." Joey said. Finally, Charlie stopped licking him and
settled down next to Joey. Joey buried his face in Charlie's golden fur. He
fell asleep, dreaming about Serenity.
"Masaki, you're up." the Head said. Trembling, Selene stood up, and went up
to him. He handed her a stun-gun.
"Through there." He said, indicating a door. Selene walked through. The
room was completetly dark. It took a moment for Selene to figure out that
it wasn't a room, it was a very large hall.
"Just shoot targets marked in red." The head said from an intercom. Selene
took another step forward. All of a sudden, a hundred boards popped up.
Only 3 had red on. Selene raised her gun to shoot, when the partitions
started moving around. She shot 4 more times, but missed on every try.
"I practiced really hard, how come I'm missing?" Selene asked aloud. She
took carefull aim, but shot a wall.
"This is the Curse, isn't it! I never miss!" Selene said angrily. She tried
to shoot some more, but hit everywhere except the targets.
"My Earrings are so worthless!" she said, attempting to take them off. They
both glowed, illuminating the hall.
"Just don't ruin everything for once!" Selene said. The Earrings glowed
brighter. All of a sudden, the boards stopped moving. Selene shot them all.
The bullets that had missed before dissapeared.
"The machines have stopped!" the Head cried in dismay. Selene on the other
hand, was ecstatic.
"38 seconds! I finished the fastest!" Selene said.
"You harmed the boards that weren't red." the Head said, walking into the
hall.
"No, I didn't." Selene said innocently. The Head opened his mouth to reply,
but stopped when he saw everything in perfect condition.
"Masaki, you tampered with the partitions." The Head said.
"No, I didn't." Selene said again. The Head officer grabbed her gun and
examined it. To his shock, and to Selene's, only 3 bullets were missing.
Seto was exhausted after a long day at Kaiba Corp. With the so-called Rare
Hunters terrorizing Battle City, he had barely a moment's worth of peace.
He laid down in bed, but for some reason he felt uncomfortable. He got up
and searched every room in the mansion, checked that every window was
securly locked, that the system was absolutely flawless, and finally, that
there were no girls in his fridge. Sighing heavily, he returned to bed.
Feeling much better, he started dreaming. Unfortunately, he dreamt that he
was running through an alley, and Carolyn was chasing him saying:
"Wait fow me, Ice! I want to give you a hug!"
"Never! Leave me alone!" he said.
"I'll nevew leave you alone! You'we my best fweind! And I'll follow you
fowevew!" she replied. He kept running until he came to a door. He opened
it, hoping it was some escape, but it turned out to be a refridgerator,
with Susie happily munching on leftovers.
"Hi Ice, my Fairy!" Susie said. Seto slammed the door and ran through
another alley, Carolyn hot on his heels. He turned into another one, only
to find a dead end.
"NO!" Seto said out loud. He woke up, drenched in sweat.
"Seto?" Mokuba came in his room, rubbing his eyes.
"Get away from me you little monster!" Seto yelled, throwing a pillow at
Mokuba.
"Nii-sama? Are you feeling alright?" Mokuba asked, dodging the pillow.
"Oh, Mokuba, it's just you." Seto said, relieved.
"I heard you yell." Mokuba said, nearing his brother.
"Oh, that. It was... nothing." Seto said.
"Okay. Goodnight, Nii-sama." Mokuba said, leaving the room. Seto was angry
with himself for bumping into Marilyn and Carolyn's dog in the first
place. He shouldn't have even bothered threatening them.
"They can't get past my system." Seto said to himself for the 4th time that
week.
"Who's they?" said a voice.
'I just imagined that.' Seto thought to himself. He turned over in bed,
trying to fall asleep.
"Why won't those girls just leave me alone?" Seto said aloud.
"I can see why." said Carolyn's voice.
'Stop hallucinating.' Kaiba thought. He forcefully closed his eyes.
"Carolyn, be careful, he could get hurt like that." said a second voice
that sounded like Marilyn. Seto gave up and opened his eyes.
"ICE!" Carolyn said, hugging him. Seto pulled her off of him.
"You wewe talking in youw sleep." Carolyn said.
"Marilyn and Carolyn, what a surprise." Seto said sarcastically.
"Well, this will be even more of a surprise!" Marilyn said, dragging a
wagon in front of Seto. On it was a large box.
"What's in it?" Seto said, almost too scared to hear the answer.
"Cuddles!" Carolyn said. Seto rolled his eyes.
"If I open it, will you leave?" Seto asked.
"Yup! As soon as Susie comes back from Batman's. Oh we have to kidnap you
first." Marilyn said.
"Oh, you're kidnapping ME?" Seto said, very sarcastically.
"Yes, to take you to Batman's." Carolyn piped up.
"Oh will we go to Cinderella's afterwards? Then maybe to Snow White's after
that." Seto said, sarcasm practically dripping off his toungue.
"Eww, you believe in Fairy tales?" Marilyn said.
"No, They awe all weal. Ice would know, he's a genuine Faiwy himself."
Carolyn said defensively.
"So when I open this, you'll leave?" Seto asked again. They nodded.
"But you'll come with us." Marilyn said.
"Sure, I will." Seto said sardonically. He unwrapped the paper, and opened
the box.
"Oh, how cute." Seto said, without looking at it. "NOW GET OUT!"
"Huh? What's going on?" Yugi said, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Oh My-" Seto started, looking at Yugi.
"Kaiba!?!" Yugi said, springing out of the box. "What are you- Never mind I
must be dreaming." Yugi said faintly.
"Oh you alweady know each othew!" Carolyn exclaimed.
"Carolyn?" Yugi asked.
"Yugi Mutou!" Seto yelled furiously. "SECURITY!!!" As usual, his guards
came running. One of them was holding Susie by her collar.
"We found this one in the refridgerator, Sir." One said.
"-and I like chocalate cake the most, but I don't mind carrot. Do you know
that once when I was 2 I ate a beetle? I t didn't taste that good, so I
gave it back to it's fami-"
"Susie! I thought you were going to Batman's cave!" Marilyn said.
"I'm sorry, Queen Marilyn, but when I reached there, the place was empty.
Even the fridge!" Susie answered.
"Kaiba, I'm sure this is all just a misunderstanding." Yugi said.
"Tell that to your lawyer." Seto said. "Take them away."
"Oh, come on Kaiba. I mean, I don't know how I even got here." Yugi said.
Seto's eyes narrowed.
"Let me take a wild guess." Seto said, glaring at Carolyn. Carolyn looked
up at him quizically.
"You annoying pests show up every night. I'm giving you to the po-." Seto
began, but he was interupted by Carolyn.
"You think we'we annoying? You don't love us anymowe, Ice?" Carolyn asked
him, her eyes very wide.
"I never did." Seto said shortly. Carolyn burst into tears.
"Ice, how dare you say such a thing to my slave!" Marilyn said angrily.
"I like cupcakes!" Susie said.
"There there, Carolyn. I'm sure Seto doesn't really-" Yugi said akwardly,
hugging Carolyn.
"You have 10 seconds to get out of my house." Seto said. "All of you.
Starting-"
" Oh my Gosh! Yugi!" Mokuba said, running into Seto's room. The noise had
woken him up.
"Um, hi Mokuba." Yugi said.
"What's wrong, Carolyn? Why are you crying?" Mokuba asked. He tried to
tickle her, but she just sobbed harder. He looked at Marilyn for an
explanation.
"Don't look at me! Ask HIM." Marilyn said, glaring at Seto.
"What happened, Nii-sama?" Mokuba asked.
"It's not my fault she never figured out that I don't like her." Seto said.
"I think we should leave now." Yugi said to Marilyn.
"That's a VERY good idea." Seto said coldly.
"Just what I was gonna say, Tinkerbell. Make that TINKLEbell." Marilyn
said, looking arrogantly at Seto.
"Oh, don't go!" said Mokuba. "I love it when you guys come over!"
"They've been here before?" Yugi asked dumbfounded.
"Didn't you know? We say that we come every day." Marilyn said. "But we
won't come anymore if we're not WANTED." Marilyn said, looking daggers at
Seto.
"Oh please, Marilyn! I'm sure Nii-sama didn't mean it." Mokuba said.
"Oh don't worry, Mokuba-Sugar-Fairy. We still like you." Susie said. "But
Carolyn's crying really badly, and we better take her back."
"See you around, Mokuba-Fairy!" Marilyn said, "And as for you, I hope your
computer crashes!" she said to Seto.
"Let's go." Yugi said meekly.
"There's something definitely wrong with Carolyn. Why did Yugi bring them
back anyway?" Darien said.
"It must be homesickness." Marian said. Since she came back, Carolyn had
said nothing and talked to no one.
"It couldn't have been this bad," Darien said, pushing his bangs out of his
eyes and sighing."She goes to daycare everyday!"
"I give up!" said Tristan."She just won't say anything!!"
"Why don't you order her to speak, Marilyn?" Selene said, looking up from
her Manga.
"I can't believe I forgot! I'm the Queen of the Universe, she had BETTER
listen to me!" Marilyn said. Marilyn stormed into her room.
"Mom, Dad, OUT!" Marilyn ordered. Darien raised an eyebrow.
"I beg your pardon?" Marian asked shrewdly. Marilyn gulped.
"I mean, uh, I need a private word with my little sister." Marilyn said.
They left.
"Carolyn, That's enough! Why are you crying?" Marilyn said. Carolyn
sniffed.
"SPEAK!" Marilyn commanded. Carolyn rubbed her eyes.
"Sowwy, Queen Mawilyn. I just can't fowget what Ice the Ice-Faiwy said."
Carolyn answered.
"Carolyn, if you're crying, it should be for Sugar-Fairy Mokuba, not Ice."
Marilyn replied.
"Yes, Queen Mawilyn." Carolyn said.
"Of course he didn't like you. You're not his type. Ice only likes people
who are exceptional Duelists, like, um..." Marilyn tried to think of
someone who was Seto's friend, "Like, Uh... Charlie Puppy Dog! They're best
friends."
"They awe?" Carolyn asked. Marilyn nodded.
"Of course! Don't you see Ice calling him Dog all the time? Ice is the only
one person who respects him."
"Then, maybe if we become great Duelists, Ice will like us?" Carolyn said.
"Sure! Hey, I just got a great idea! Why don't we get into the Battle City
Finals?" Marilyn exclaimed. "We already have 5 Locater Cards, we only need
to win one more."
"That's a wondewful idea, Queen Mawilyn!" Carolyn said, smiling for the
first time that day.
"I know." Marilyn said haughtily. All of a sudden, something fell through
they're window.
"Susie?" Marilyn and Carolyn said incredulously.
"It's me! I just thought I'd drop by." Susie answered. She had swung into
their room by the telephone wires.
"Oookaaaay." Marilyn said. "Anyways, we're going to win a Locator Card
today. Then we'll have 6."
"We're going to steal!?! How sneaky!" Susie exclaimed.
"Of course we're not going to steal. We're going to DUEL for the Locator
Card." Marilyn answered.
"And Ice will like us again!" Carolyn said happily.
"Ice? As in the fairy that tastes like Ice, or the Ice-Cream man who never
stops for me?" Susie questioned.
"Our Fairy, dummy!" Marilyn said.
"Can I help you win the Locator Card?" Susie asked.
"No way, I don't trust you. What if you eat it?" Marilyn said.
"You're right, Queen Marilyn." Susie said cheerfully, "I don't even trust
myself."
"Right. Now we have to figure out a way to get out of here and find a
sucker." Marilyn said.
"Why won't your Mommy let you go?" Susie said, pulling something out of her
pocket.
"Because Carolyn was cryi- Susie what's that?" Marilyn asked.
"Oh this?" Susie siad, showing them the thing she was about to put in her
mouth, "It's something the hot- dog guy dropped while he was running away
from me."
"Susie, you stole?" Marilyn asked.
"MmmHmm." Susie said nodding.
"Excellent!" Marilyn said. She took her Locator Card.
"But Queen Mawilyn, Stealing is bad!" Carolyn said.
"That's the beauty of it." Marilyn said. She put her 3 Locator cards over
Carolyn's 2, and Susie's single one. They formed a map.
"This is where the Finals are being held!" Marilyn exclaimed.
"When are the Finals?" Susie asked.
"In 2 days! We're going to be Ice's friends again in 2 days!" Carolyn said,
jumping up and down.
"Well, let's go to sleep already, Carolyn. Tommorow will come faster that
way." Marilyn said.
"Okay, I'll leave then. Good night Queen Marilyn, and Carolyn." Susie said.
She jumped out their window.
"Bye Susie." Marilyn and Carolyn chimed. They got into their pajamas and
went straight to sleep.
Joey was awoken by something wet on his cheek.
"What the- Charlie!" Joey said. He smiled and wiped off the dog spit.
"Good morning to you, too." Joey said, scratching Charlie's back. Charlie
barked.
"I have to walk you, don't I? Why don't we go to the park after breakfast?"
Joey asked him. Charlie barked again.
"Alright, I'll get us something to eat first." Joey said, going to the
bathroom. When he returned, he took the Golden Retriever to the kitchen. He
passed his father, who had fallen asleep with the television on. Joey
rolled his eyes and turned it off.
"Now... Selene left some dog food." Joey said. On hearing Selene's name,
Charlie moaned.
"Aww, you miss that user don't you?" Joey said, patting his head. "Don't
worry, she'll come back for you. She had better. But it might not be so
bad, having you as a pet. You're a smart dog, you know?" Joey said, pouring
Charlie some dog-food into a bowl. He started making his own breakfast,
cereal. When the two blonde's were done eating, they went to the door.
"Uh, Dad?" Joey said. His father snored.
"I'm going out. See ya." Joey said, putting on Charlie's leash. They exited
the apartment.
"Charlie do-Whoa!" Joey said as Charlie started chasing a squirrel. Joey
was dragged halfway across the Park before the Squirrel climbed up a tree.
"Warn me next time, okay?" Joey said. He heard some music. Charlie bound
after it.
"I guess you want Ice-Cream." Joey said, as he was pulled toward the sound.
Charlie stopped when he reached the road, and barked.
"Okay, we just have to wait for the Ice Cream guy to stop his truck, and
then we'll..." Joey paused and stared.
The driver was riding the Ice Cream truck at break-neck speed, and he kept
looking back, and driving faster. Joey wondered if there was some axe-
murderer chasing him when he saw Susie, holding out wads of Yen.
"Wait up, Ice Cream Dude!" Susie yelled, running after the truck. "I just
want a Strawberry Blaster, and a Chocolate Blaster, and all the other
Blasters! And Plus, I want the Lemon pop, and Rasberry pop and..." Her
voice faded as she chased the truck into the park's woods.
"Life is wierd." Joey said to Charlie. The retriever barked in agreement.
Then he ran.
"Charlie!" Joey yelled. The blonde dog came to a stop. Then he turned
around. He had a stick in his mouth.
"You want to play fetch?" Joey asked. Charlie placed the stick in Joey's
hand.
"Okay!" Joey said cheerfully. They started the game.
"Who on earth is outside? They're knocking like a woodpecker!" Marilyn
exclaimed. Tori went to open the door.
"IMADEITIMADEITIMADEIT!" Selene yelled happily. She jumped onto Tori, and
hung from his neck. Tea glared and pulled her off.
"I'm so proud of you Selene!" Tori said. He went back to hug her, but Tea
pushed Selene away, and glomped Tori instead.
"I'm happy for you, Selene." Tea said, now that she was in her reserved
spot. Unfortunately, her reserved spot was on Tori, choking him. She
slapped Selene a high five.
"You hugged HIM?" Darien said, sounding hurt, "What about me?"
"Hmph." Selene said, turning her head away. She saw Marian.
"Marian! I passed! I'm on the Advanced Junior Squad!" Selene said, hugging
her. Marian looked surprised.
"Congratulations!" She threw a puzzled look to Darien. But Darien scowled
and looked away.
"I'm not stopping there! A few more months of training, and I'll be a fully
qualified undercover police detective!" She said excitedly. Just then,
Johnathan enetered, looking as though he had been working out.
"DADDY, GUESS WHAT? I PASSED MY DETECTIVE ENTRANCE TEST!" Selene said.
"Oh. That's nice." He said indifferently.
"Dad? I think you didn't hear me. I get a pay raise." Selene said.
"THAT'S WONDERFUL!" Johnathan said, hugging her.
"Dad." Selene said, gasping for air. "You hug like Tea."
"Sorry." He said. He noticed Darien. "What's the matter with you kiddo?"
Darien shrugged and left.
"Now... Where's my Charlie?" Selene said.
"You left him with your friend Jerry." Johnathan said.
"No, You left him at Charlie Puppy Dog's." Carolyn said.
"Oh yeah! I'd better go get him!" Selene said, leaving the apartment.
"That poor boy, having to take care of Charlie. I wish I could make it up
to him..." Marian said.
"Good boy! Now try to catch... this!" Joey said, throwing the stick as hard
as he could. Charlie caught it in mid-air. Joey laughed.
"You're good!" he said. He threw it again. Charlie went to catch it.
"There is Joey!" Selene said, walking toward him. She froze as she saw
Charlie returning the stick to Joey. Joey patted his head. Charlie barked
and leapt on Joey, knocking him down. He started licking him. Selene looked
on in fury. She marched up to them.
"Selene!" Joey said, getting up. "You're back alre-"
SMACK!
Selene slapped Joey hard on his face. He fell backwards, stunned.
"C'mon Charlie." Selene said, grabbing his leash. Charlie barked, and went
back to lick Joey good-bye. Then he left with her.
"You're welcome." Joey said, rubbing the dark red mark on his cheek.
R&R