Sweeten the taste
Chapter 1:
It was early on an October morning at the game shop. Yugi was running around upstairs frantically looking for something.
"Where is it? Where is it?!" He looked under the couch and behind the T.V set.
He was running so fast that he'd bumped into Yami and fell onto the floor in tears, "...Sorry Yami."
"It's okay Yugi. But what's wrong?"
"Nothing...I mean, nothing important."
"Sure it is. Now tell me what's wrong."
"My... my millennium puzzle is gone, Yami!"
Yami almost fell back but caught himself, "Wha...What?"
"It's true. I had it yesterday but when I woke up this morning it wasn't around my neck..."
"Well... you're sure you had it last night?"
"Yes!"
"Hmm. Did you get up last night? Like, to get a glass of water or something?"
"No. I slept throughout the whole night."
"Do you think... do you think Marik and Malik could've taken it?"
"Maybe..."
"We should go over to their house and see."
"What if they won't let us in?"
"They will. If they have it, they'll let us see it. Their cocky like that."
"Right, we should get over there now."
After Yugi put his clothes on they were out the door and down at Marik and Malik's house to get their puzzle back.
DING-DONG! They rang the doorbell and waited for someone to answer.
"Yeah?" Malik answered the door sleepily.
Yami and Yugi looked at him with suspicious eyes, "Do you have our puzzle?"
"No... I don't have it. I'll ask Marik." He motioned for them to enter and they went into the bedroom.
Marik was snoring in bed with his arms stretched out and all you could see above the covers was his pointy hair. "..."
"Marik?"
"..." he moved a little.
"Marik, get up. Yami and Yugi are here."
He sat up and yawned, "What are you two doing here?"
Yugi gulped, "I want my puzzle back Marik."
"Well, good. I hope you get it back."
"I mean from you!"
"Me? I don't have it."
"Then you won't mind if we search?"
"Knock yourself out." he sank underneath his blanket.
"Fine." Yami lifted his puzzle and scanned for any other millennium items. The only things he found were Marik and Malik's rods.
"It isn't here Yugi." Yami said.
"What?! But if they don't have it... then who does?"
Yami shrugged.
"Wait a minute." Marik sat up again. "You lost your puzzle?"
Yugi nodded with a guilty face.
"This is terrible!" Marik hopped out of bed.
"What's so terrible, Marik? We don't even like them." Malik said.
"Yes, but don't you see?" He grabbed his hakari by the shoulders. "If they don't have it anymore... how are we gonna steal it?"
"Oh... I didn't think about that."
"Exactly." He started to pace around the room, "What do we do?!"
Just then the phone rang. Marik stopped pacing and answered it. "Hello? Uh, hey Kaiba... he's here...okay." He held the phone to Yugi, "It for you."
"Kaiba?" Yugi held the phone close. "Why are you calling here?...Oh...Really?...Oh god! Okay, we'll be right there."
He hung up the phone and looked at Yami. "Kaiba says an email was sent to him by mistake. It was meant for us and it's about my puzzle. We gotta get over there!"
"We'll drive you. Malik, we've gotta make sure that puzzle is okay."
"Uh, okay."
They went and jumped into the car then sped down to Kaiba's mansion. When they got there, they were let inside by one of Kaiba's maids. She led them to Kaiba's private room with his super computer and everything.
Kaiba was sitting in one of the chairs when they came in.
"Kaiba, were here." Yugi said.
"Good. Here's that e-mail I told you about." He typed in something and a man wearing a black came onto the big screen.
"Hello, Yugi Motou. I know by now your wondering where your millennium puzzle is...so let me get to the point. I have it." He held it up, "And the only way you'll get it back is to give me 20 billion dollars. But if you or Yami decides to get bold and come after me then I'll blow it up! Until then, I will not be contacting you."
Then he went off the screen. Kaiba turned around, "Yugi, where are you going to get that money?"
"I'm not going to pay him. I'm going after him."
Yami turned to him, "Yugi! He said he'd blow it up if we went after him!"
"What am I supposed to do then?"
Malik thought for a minute, "Hey, I got an idea!"
Everyone looked at him.
"He said he'd blow it if you guys went after it... what if me and Marik went after him. He's never seen us before so he wouldn't even know we were tailing him."
"No way," Yugi said. "You'll steal it from him and keep it for yourself."
"Yugi," Yami sighed. "What other choice do we have?"
"...even if we did let them go, we have no idea where to send them. He's on the move."
"Actually," Kaiba said. "I've been working on something and this sounds like the perfect opportunity to test it."
"What?" They all asked.
"That." He pointed to a small machine in the corner. "It's my tracker that I invented."
They walked over to it, "How does it work?" Marik asked.
"See, it's connected to my main computer and f you place a similar object in that compartment of the thing that you're tracking then..." He typed something onto his computer and a world map showed up. "It's location should appear anywhere in the world on this map. Cool, huh?"
Everyone was in awe. Yugi was a little skeptical though, "What makes you think it works?"
"I said this would be a great time to test it." Kaiba pointed to his device, "Put your puzzle in there."
Yami took his millennium puzzle from around his neck and set it into the cartridge. "Okay, now what?"
"Now stand back."
Everyone moved away and Kaiba was soon typing other things. In a minute the puzzle started to glow and lots of pictures showed up on the screen.
Then the screen made a loud beeping sound then the map came up again, and a red dot was on the side of Hawaii. "That's it! There's your puzzle, Yugi. That guy is in Hawaii! It works!"
"Wow...it does work." Yugi said to himself.
"Now we now where to go, Marik!" Malik looked at Yugi. "With his permission of course."
"...Yeah, okay. But you two better bring that thing back to me!"
"Yeah sure." Marik stretched. "So, Kaiba. He's in Hawaii, right?"
"Yes," He took something out of his drawer. "Here, take this walkie- talkie. So, when he switches locations I can tell you."
Malik took it, "Wait a minute. How do we get to Hawaii from Japan?"
Marik smiled, "We have a boat remember?"
"Oh yeah. Okay then, if that's all we'll be going."
As they left Kaiba's house Yugi yelled one more time, "BRING BACK MY PUZZLE!"
Chapter 1:
It was early on an October morning at the game shop. Yugi was running around upstairs frantically looking for something.
"Where is it? Where is it?!" He looked under the couch and behind the T.V set.
He was running so fast that he'd bumped into Yami and fell onto the floor in tears, "...Sorry Yami."
"It's okay Yugi. But what's wrong?"
"Nothing...I mean, nothing important."
"Sure it is. Now tell me what's wrong."
"My... my millennium puzzle is gone, Yami!"
Yami almost fell back but caught himself, "Wha...What?"
"It's true. I had it yesterday but when I woke up this morning it wasn't around my neck..."
"Well... you're sure you had it last night?"
"Yes!"
"Hmm. Did you get up last night? Like, to get a glass of water or something?"
"No. I slept throughout the whole night."
"Do you think... do you think Marik and Malik could've taken it?"
"Maybe..."
"We should go over to their house and see."
"What if they won't let us in?"
"They will. If they have it, they'll let us see it. Their cocky like that."
"Right, we should get over there now."
After Yugi put his clothes on they were out the door and down at Marik and Malik's house to get their puzzle back.
DING-DONG! They rang the doorbell and waited for someone to answer.
"Yeah?" Malik answered the door sleepily.
Yami and Yugi looked at him with suspicious eyes, "Do you have our puzzle?"
"No... I don't have it. I'll ask Marik." He motioned for them to enter and they went into the bedroom.
Marik was snoring in bed with his arms stretched out and all you could see above the covers was his pointy hair. "..."
"Marik?"
"..." he moved a little.
"Marik, get up. Yami and Yugi are here."
He sat up and yawned, "What are you two doing here?"
Yugi gulped, "I want my puzzle back Marik."
"Well, good. I hope you get it back."
"I mean from you!"
"Me? I don't have it."
"Then you won't mind if we search?"
"Knock yourself out." he sank underneath his blanket.
"Fine." Yami lifted his puzzle and scanned for any other millennium items. The only things he found were Marik and Malik's rods.
"It isn't here Yugi." Yami said.
"What?! But if they don't have it... then who does?"
Yami shrugged.
"Wait a minute." Marik sat up again. "You lost your puzzle?"
Yugi nodded with a guilty face.
"This is terrible!" Marik hopped out of bed.
"What's so terrible, Marik? We don't even like them." Malik said.
"Yes, but don't you see?" He grabbed his hakari by the shoulders. "If they don't have it anymore... how are we gonna steal it?"
"Oh... I didn't think about that."
"Exactly." He started to pace around the room, "What do we do?!"
Just then the phone rang. Marik stopped pacing and answered it. "Hello? Uh, hey Kaiba... he's here...okay." He held the phone to Yugi, "It for you."
"Kaiba?" Yugi held the phone close. "Why are you calling here?...Oh...Really?...Oh god! Okay, we'll be right there."
He hung up the phone and looked at Yami. "Kaiba says an email was sent to him by mistake. It was meant for us and it's about my puzzle. We gotta get over there!"
"We'll drive you. Malik, we've gotta make sure that puzzle is okay."
"Uh, okay."
They went and jumped into the car then sped down to Kaiba's mansion. When they got there, they were let inside by one of Kaiba's maids. She led them to Kaiba's private room with his super computer and everything.
Kaiba was sitting in one of the chairs when they came in.
"Kaiba, were here." Yugi said.
"Good. Here's that e-mail I told you about." He typed in something and a man wearing a black came onto the big screen.
"Hello, Yugi Motou. I know by now your wondering where your millennium puzzle is...so let me get to the point. I have it." He held it up, "And the only way you'll get it back is to give me 20 billion dollars. But if you or Yami decides to get bold and come after me then I'll blow it up! Until then, I will not be contacting you."
Then he went off the screen. Kaiba turned around, "Yugi, where are you going to get that money?"
"I'm not going to pay him. I'm going after him."
Yami turned to him, "Yugi! He said he'd blow it up if we went after him!"
"What am I supposed to do then?"
Malik thought for a minute, "Hey, I got an idea!"
Everyone looked at him.
"He said he'd blow it if you guys went after it... what if me and Marik went after him. He's never seen us before so he wouldn't even know we were tailing him."
"No way," Yugi said. "You'll steal it from him and keep it for yourself."
"Yugi," Yami sighed. "What other choice do we have?"
"...even if we did let them go, we have no idea where to send them. He's on the move."
"Actually," Kaiba said. "I've been working on something and this sounds like the perfect opportunity to test it."
"What?" They all asked.
"That." He pointed to a small machine in the corner. "It's my tracker that I invented."
They walked over to it, "How does it work?" Marik asked.
"See, it's connected to my main computer and f you place a similar object in that compartment of the thing that you're tracking then..." He typed something onto his computer and a world map showed up. "It's location should appear anywhere in the world on this map. Cool, huh?"
Everyone was in awe. Yugi was a little skeptical though, "What makes you think it works?"
"I said this would be a great time to test it." Kaiba pointed to his device, "Put your puzzle in there."
Yami took his millennium puzzle from around his neck and set it into the cartridge. "Okay, now what?"
"Now stand back."
Everyone moved away and Kaiba was soon typing other things. In a minute the puzzle started to glow and lots of pictures showed up on the screen.
Then the screen made a loud beeping sound then the map came up again, and a red dot was on the side of Hawaii. "That's it! There's your puzzle, Yugi. That guy is in Hawaii! It works!"
"Wow...it does work." Yugi said to himself.
"Now we now where to go, Marik!" Malik looked at Yugi. "With his permission of course."
"...Yeah, okay. But you two better bring that thing back to me!"
"Yeah sure." Marik stretched. "So, Kaiba. He's in Hawaii, right?"
"Yes," He took something out of his drawer. "Here, take this walkie- talkie. So, when he switches locations I can tell you."
Malik took it, "Wait a minute. How do we get to Hawaii from Japan?"
Marik smiled, "We have a boat remember?"
"Oh yeah. Okay then, if that's all we'll be going."
As they left Kaiba's house Yugi yelled one more time, "BRING BACK MY PUZZLE!"