Ieyre: HEY ALL!!! When I posted Chapter 1, it was 4:27. I then went to watch Yami kick the Rare Hunter's butt and Seto-kun to be all POed on the sidelines ^_^. I came back at 5:03. And low and behold, two reviews in my in-box! What joy! Thanks so much for the positive feed-back. As for what you guys thinks on the tape...well, the Ballet Recital one just made me laugh. The thought is SOOOO funny ^_^
Yami Ieyre: *Sounding suspiciously like Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho* Hn. I can't believe they actually LIKED that.
CYI: *Is wearing mini double buns and black tee, like Yami Ieyre* HI AGAIN! Mamie Ieyre tells me to wave at reviewers!!! HI REVIEWERS!!! *gurgles*
Yami Ieyre: *hisses* Don't listen to Ieyre! BOO the reviewers!
CYI: *As confused, eyes become ultra-wide and super kawaii*
Reviewers: AWWWW! KAWAII ^_^!!!
Yami Ieyre: -_-
Ieyre: ^_^;;; Well, that was...interesting. Now...reviewers...
Mistress Fluffy and DMG: Yay, you put me on your favs! THANKS! I'm very glad you like the fic, and hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the last one!
Kelly Noel: Yes, Kaiba-kun is very secretive, isn't he? But be forewarned, his secret may not be as dirty as you expect...
Tracey's Sketchbook: Hey, girl! I just talked to you today ^_^ Anyway, glad you like Yami and CYI, they are a kick, aren't they?
Harpielady1: Hey! Oh, and say hello to your muse to, it was very nice of her to compliment my story ^_^. As for what the tape is, you'll actually find out next chapter. Ain't I EVIL??? I can't tell you what it is, but...well, all I can say is you might be surprised.
Blue Lagoon Loon: *laughs at review* Those are all good guesses *laughs*, but I think you should safely assume that Seto doesn't have any weird ballet fetish we're not aware of...or does he? *shifty eyes*
Emmel: O_O...Um...you'll find out next chapter...
pruningshears: I explained Battle City ^_^;;;? Um...where?
Lady of the Thread: Glad you reviewed, thanks a bundle! I think this is the most reviews I've ever gotten for a first chapter...
Brood Mayran and the always-loved Zutso-kun: What can I say? We love you guys ^_^
Ieyre: Well, that's the reviews I've got so far! If anyone else has reviewed since then, well...thank you too! And now, to the fic!
Yami Ieyre: -_- Great.
CYI: *Singing to herself* Lalalalalalala!
Ieyre: ^_^;;; Um, let's just proceed to the fic, shall we?
DISCLAIMER: Yami: Ieyre does not own YGO, or any other merchandise or whatever else she mentions in this little fiction. She is in possession of several pieces of YGO and anime books and crud, as well as a Yami and Millennium Item and a cat who is overweight. And if she tries to make Kaiba a better duelist that me in this fic I will defy the power of Microsoft Word and knock her block--*The power of Microsoft Word over powers him and he is placed in an ultra kawaii baby costume w/pacifier. Then everyone evil on the show comes and laughs at him.*
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"Hey Joey!"
Joey Wheeler headed over to his friends' lunch table; backpack a bit heavier than twenty minutes previously. There was still ten minutes left in lunch, just enough time to tell the gang about the black tape (now nestled between a Lit. book and an old piece of baloney. Whether the baloney was on top of the tape when Joey fished it out of the garbage can or already in his backpack is undetermined).
"Joey...where've you been, man?" Asked Tristan Taylor, scooting down the bench so Joey could slide in.
Assembled were Tristan Taylor, of course, and three others. Yugi Mouto looked up from his processed meat school lunch to greet his best friend. Ryou Bakura, who did not in the slightest look disgusted with his homemade lunch, also said hello, and Tea Gardner gave a motherly sigh and hello at Joey's extreme lateness.
"I've got A LOT to tell you guys." Joey responded to Tristan's inquiry, stuffing Tea's cast-off fries into his mouth. "You won't BELIEVE what I've just seen."
"Actually, I probably won't BELIEVE whatever brilliant excuse you have for being late again." Said Tea, wryly. Joey simply rolled his eyes.
"You guys know how I've been late for lunch these last few weeks?" Joey continued. "Well, the truth is I've found this great can-watching spot."
"You mean the can in the back of school?" Yugi asked, now interested.
"Exactly Yug'. The can where everyone puts things they don't want other people to see."
" 'Can-watching spot'? Joey, do you mean you SPY on people who use that can?" Tea asked, clearly unamused.
The blond grinned.
"I wouldn't call it...spying, per say. More like...careful observation of our school's more...dodgy students."
"JOEY!"
"Look, Tea, don't have a cow. I was just getting to why I was late, see?"
"Why WERE you late?" Bakura asked quietly. "We bought you a lunch but Tristan ended up EATING it, you took so long." Tristan grinned and sweatdropped.
"Well..." Joey paused to glare at Tristan, "I was watching the can as usual, during lunch, ya' know..."
"All to well." Tea muttered. Joey, whether he heard her or not, ignored her.
"...And I happened to see a student deposit a very particular, unusual item into our school's finest waste receptacle." He continued, "I feel it is my duty to bring the item in question to someone's attention."
Looking around to see if anyone was watching, Joey slowly pulled the cassette out of his backpack. His friends were hardly impressed.
"That's IT??" Tristan exclaimed scornfully. "It's just a stupid TAPE!"
Yugi and Bakura gave Joey confused looks, and Tea simply shook her head in
exasperation. Joey sweatdropped, realizing he had forgotten to tell his friends
who the tape BELONGED to. They now believed him to be a complete idiot [Yami Ieyre: *snort* BELIEVED him to be an idiot?] and had bounced back to their normal selves, uninterested in what he had to say. But Joey knew exactly how to change that...
"Oh..." Joey said off-handedly, as everyone prepared to leave for his or her next classes. "Did I neglect to mention that that this tape belongs to none other than our dear friend, Seto Kaiba?"
This simple statement got just the reaction Joey had hoped for. Tristan spat out the last gulp of his soda with tremendous gusto. Yugi dropped his Algebra 2 book on his foot, violet eyes widening even more than usual. Tea knocked into Bakura and even HE looked surprised.
All thoughts of the bell were quickly forgotten.
"WHAT?" The four said in complete shocked unison.
"I think you heard me..." Joey grinned.
"No way!" Tristan laughed and snatched the tape from Joey's outstretched hands. "Kaiba...?"
"Way. I saw the stuck up CEO put it in the garbage can myself."
"And you took it OUT? You STOLE it??" Tea snatched the tape from Tristan, not laughing.
"Hey, Tea...one's man trash is another man's treasure." Joey responded quickly.
"Tea's right, you know, Joey." Bakura pointed out. "I don't think it's best if you meddle in other people's affairs."
"Relax, Bakura. This is KAIBA we're talking about."
"That's exactly the point, Joey. There's a lot of things we don't know about Kaiba. You could have stumbled upon anything-and you might end up knowing more than you want to." said Yugi wisely.
"Kaiba needs to learn that the whole world's not against him," Joey defended. "He's just to damn paranoid, if you ask me. If he had any FRIENDS, he might not have to sneak mysterious tapes into garbage cans. He would have someone to talk to about it."
"Why do YOU care so much about it, Joey?" asked Tristan.
"Because, I want to see what it is that has Kaiba so worried. He was awfully...preoccupied, when I saw him."
"You should just put it back where you found it, Joey." Tea persisted.
"Are you saying you're not the SLIGHTEST bit interested, Tea? Bakura, Yugi?"
There was an uneasy silence. Tea hesitated,
"Well..."
"See? Look, why don't we just watch it after school today? I mean, how bad could it possibly be?" [Yami Ieyre: Dear Ra, is that foreshadowing or WHAT?]
"Yugi has the best VCR...do you mind if we use the TV in your room, Yugi?" Tristan asked.
"Um...well...I guess that's fine." Yugi said uneasily.
"Great! Bakura, you busy after school?"
"Me? Er...no, I'm quite free."
"You wanna come along?"
"Well, I can't say I'm not intrigued by the whole affair...I'm in." Bakura smiled weakly, looking very much like Yugi.
"Excellent!"
"Well, I'M definitely in," Tristan said. "What IS Kaiba hiding?" He grinned.
"So, that's the four of us..." Joey counted. "What about you, Tea?"
"What ABOUT me?"
"Are you coming, or what?"
Tea spun around to face him.
"Joey, you know I don't approve. What you did was just STEALING." Tea shook her head reprovingly. "But..." She trailed off. "I will come along anyway. Kaiba does shut us out too often, I mean, if he had something he didn't want others to see he knows he can always come to us..." She trailed off again.
"Then it's all settled!" said Joey, snatching the tape from Tristan, who was examining it again. "After school at Yugi's! Be there or be SQUARE!"
Tea sweatdropped heavily and Bakura simply laughed it off. But Yugi...frowned slightly at the tape in Joey's hand.
//I have a baaaaaaaaaaad feeling about this...//
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Ieyre: YAY! Chapter 2 is FINISHED!
Yami Ieyre: It was actually finished before you even posted Chapter 1. You've just been too lazy to convert it from longhand.
Ieyre: *nervous look* Shhhhh...they don't know that...
CYI: *claps hands* Hehehe...Mamie Ieyre too LAZY to finish CHAPPY! Hehehehe!
Ieyre: *glares* Quiet, you. ANYWAY peoples, I have a little sorta contest idea. I already know what is on the tape (obviously)...the question is, have you guys done enough reading between the lines to figure it out for yourselves? I want to see. So...here's how I'd like things to work. You guys rack your little brains to figure out the tape dilemma. Or maybe you're so brilliant you already have it figured out. Either way, when you've got an answer, send it to me by EMAIL, not in a review. The first person to send me a CORRECT answer will get a little prize.
Yami Ieyre: Hm...can I send in an answer?
Ieyre: -_- No, because you already know what it is. The reason why I want to guys to send me an answer by email is because if one of you guesses correctly, no one will have the next chapter spoiled for them. Including that person, because I won't announce the winner (if there is one) until the END of the chapter ^_^. Does everyone get that? So...start thinking. Oh, and a little hint from me...remember; don't go with your first idea. Sometime when you're thinking about calling your best friend or buying the latest ANIMERICA (Disclaimer: which I don't own) or whatever, a new idea could pop up. And in the end, never trust what the character's THINK it is. Joey's ideas are grade-A idiotic. But then, maybe I've said too much.
Yami Ieyre: Wow, that was another completely stupid idea on your account. Good job, aibou!
Ieyre: -_- See you guys later, and I hope you participate. If no one guesses right, I will hold it over you all with great arrogance. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a Yami to kill.
Yami Ieyre: *runs away*
CYI: *giggles* Bye, Weviewers! Oh, an' don' forget to R&R!!
Yami Ieyre: *Sounding suspiciously like Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho* Hn. I can't believe they actually LIKED that.
CYI: *Is wearing mini double buns and black tee, like Yami Ieyre* HI AGAIN! Mamie Ieyre tells me to wave at reviewers!!! HI REVIEWERS!!! *gurgles*
Yami Ieyre: *hisses* Don't listen to Ieyre! BOO the reviewers!
CYI: *As confused, eyes become ultra-wide and super kawaii*
Reviewers: AWWWW! KAWAII ^_^!!!
Yami Ieyre: -_-
Ieyre: ^_^;;; Well, that was...interesting. Now...reviewers...
Mistress Fluffy and DMG: Yay, you put me on your favs! THANKS! I'm very glad you like the fic, and hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the last one!
Kelly Noel: Yes, Kaiba-kun is very secretive, isn't he? But be forewarned, his secret may not be as dirty as you expect...
Tracey's Sketchbook: Hey, girl! I just talked to you today ^_^ Anyway, glad you like Yami and CYI, they are a kick, aren't they?
Harpielady1: Hey! Oh, and say hello to your muse to, it was very nice of her to compliment my story ^_^. As for what the tape is, you'll actually find out next chapter. Ain't I EVIL??? I can't tell you what it is, but...well, all I can say is you might be surprised.
Blue Lagoon Loon: *laughs at review* Those are all good guesses *laughs*, but I think you should safely assume that Seto doesn't have any weird ballet fetish we're not aware of...or does he? *shifty eyes*
Emmel: O_O...Um...you'll find out next chapter...
pruningshears: I explained Battle City ^_^;;;? Um...where?
Lady of the Thread: Glad you reviewed, thanks a bundle! I think this is the most reviews I've ever gotten for a first chapter...
Brood Mayran and the always-loved Zutso-kun: What can I say? We love you guys ^_^
Ieyre: Well, that's the reviews I've got so far! If anyone else has reviewed since then, well...thank you too! And now, to the fic!
Yami Ieyre: -_- Great.
CYI: *Singing to herself* Lalalalalalala!
Ieyre: ^_^;;; Um, let's just proceed to the fic, shall we?
DISCLAIMER: Yami: Ieyre does not own YGO, or any other merchandise or whatever else she mentions in this little fiction. She is in possession of several pieces of YGO and anime books and crud, as well as a Yami and Millennium Item and a cat who is overweight. And if she tries to make Kaiba a better duelist that me in this fic I will defy the power of Microsoft Word and knock her block--*The power of Microsoft Word over powers him and he is placed in an ultra kawaii baby costume w/pacifier. Then everyone evil on the show comes and laughs at him.*
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"Hey Joey!"
Joey Wheeler headed over to his friends' lunch table; backpack a bit heavier than twenty minutes previously. There was still ten minutes left in lunch, just enough time to tell the gang about the black tape (now nestled between a Lit. book and an old piece of baloney. Whether the baloney was on top of the tape when Joey fished it out of the garbage can or already in his backpack is undetermined).
"Joey...where've you been, man?" Asked Tristan Taylor, scooting down the bench so Joey could slide in.
Assembled were Tristan Taylor, of course, and three others. Yugi Mouto looked up from his processed meat school lunch to greet his best friend. Ryou Bakura, who did not in the slightest look disgusted with his homemade lunch, also said hello, and Tea Gardner gave a motherly sigh and hello at Joey's extreme lateness.
"I've got A LOT to tell you guys." Joey responded to Tristan's inquiry, stuffing Tea's cast-off fries into his mouth. "You won't BELIEVE what I've just seen."
"Actually, I probably won't BELIEVE whatever brilliant excuse you have for being late again." Said Tea, wryly. Joey simply rolled his eyes.
"You guys know how I've been late for lunch these last few weeks?" Joey continued. "Well, the truth is I've found this great can-watching spot."
"You mean the can in the back of school?" Yugi asked, now interested.
"Exactly Yug'. The can where everyone puts things they don't want other people to see."
" 'Can-watching spot'? Joey, do you mean you SPY on people who use that can?" Tea asked, clearly unamused.
The blond grinned.
"I wouldn't call it...spying, per say. More like...careful observation of our school's more...dodgy students."
"JOEY!"
"Look, Tea, don't have a cow. I was just getting to why I was late, see?"
"Why WERE you late?" Bakura asked quietly. "We bought you a lunch but Tristan ended up EATING it, you took so long." Tristan grinned and sweatdropped.
"Well..." Joey paused to glare at Tristan, "I was watching the can as usual, during lunch, ya' know..."
"All to well." Tea muttered. Joey, whether he heard her or not, ignored her.
"...And I happened to see a student deposit a very particular, unusual item into our school's finest waste receptacle." He continued, "I feel it is my duty to bring the item in question to someone's attention."
Looking around to see if anyone was watching, Joey slowly pulled the cassette out of his backpack. His friends were hardly impressed.
"That's IT??" Tristan exclaimed scornfully. "It's just a stupid TAPE!"
Yugi and Bakura gave Joey confused looks, and Tea simply shook her head in
exasperation. Joey sweatdropped, realizing he had forgotten to tell his friends
who the tape BELONGED to. They now believed him to be a complete idiot [Yami Ieyre: *snort* BELIEVED him to be an idiot?] and had bounced back to their normal selves, uninterested in what he had to say. But Joey knew exactly how to change that...
"Oh..." Joey said off-handedly, as everyone prepared to leave for his or her next classes. "Did I neglect to mention that that this tape belongs to none other than our dear friend, Seto Kaiba?"
This simple statement got just the reaction Joey had hoped for. Tristan spat out the last gulp of his soda with tremendous gusto. Yugi dropped his Algebra 2 book on his foot, violet eyes widening even more than usual. Tea knocked into Bakura and even HE looked surprised.
All thoughts of the bell were quickly forgotten.
"WHAT?" The four said in complete shocked unison.
"I think you heard me..." Joey grinned.
"No way!" Tristan laughed and snatched the tape from Joey's outstretched hands. "Kaiba...?"
"Way. I saw the stuck up CEO put it in the garbage can myself."
"And you took it OUT? You STOLE it??" Tea snatched the tape from Tristan, not laughing.
"Hey, Tea...one's man trash is another man's treasure." Joey responded quickly.
"Tea's right, you know, Joey." Bakura pointed out. "I don't think it's best if you meddle in other people's affairs."
"Relax, Bakura. This is KAIBA we're talking about."
"That's exactly the point, Joey. There's a lot of things we don't know about Kaiba. You could have stumbled upon anything-and you might end up knowing more than you want to." said Yugi wisely.
"Kaiba needs to learn that the whole world's not against him," Joey defended. "He's just to damn paranoid, if you ask me. If he had any FRIENDS, he might not have to sneak mysterious tapes into garbage cans. He would have someone to talk to about it."
"Why do YOU care so much about it, Joey?" asked Tristan.
"Because, I want to see what it is that has Kaiba so worried. He was awfully...preoccupied, when I saw him."
"You should just put it back where you found it, Joey." Tea persisted.
"Are you saying you're not the SLIGHTEST bit interested, Tea? Bakura, Yugi?"
There was an uneasy silence. Tea hesitated,
"Well..."
"See? Look, why don't we just watch it after school today? I mean, how bad could it possibly be?" [Yami Ieyre: Dear Ra, is that foreshadowing or WHAT?]
"Yugi has the best VCR...do you mind if we use the TV in your room, Yugi?" Tristan asked.
"Um...well...I guess that's fine." Yugi said uneasily.
"Great! Bakura, you busy after school?"
"Me? Er...no, I'm quite free."
"You wanna come along?"
"Well, I can't say I'm not intrigued by the whole affair...I'm in." Bakura smiled weakly, looking very much like Yugi.
"Excellent!"
"Well, I'M definitely in," Tristan said. "What IS Kaiba hiding?" He grinned.
"So, that's the four of us..." Joey counted. "What about you, Tea?"
"What ABOUT me?"
"Are you coming, or what?"
Tea spun around to face him.
"Joey, you know I don't approve. What you did was just STEALING." Tea shook her head reprovingly. "But..." She trailed off. "I will come along anyway. Kaiba does shut us out too often, I mean, if he had something he didn't want others to see he knows he can always come to us..." She trailed off again.
"Then it's all settled!" said Joey, snatching the tape from Tristan, who was examining it again. "After school at Yugi's! Be there or be SQUARE!"
Tea sweatdropped heavily and Bakura simply laughed it off. But Yugi...frowned slightly at the tape in Joey's hand.
//I have a baaaaaaaaaaad feeling about this...//
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Ieyre: YAY! Chapter 2 is FINISHED!
Yami Ieyre: It was actually finished before you even posted Chapter 1. You've just been too lazy to convert it from longhand.
Ieyre: *nervous look* Shhhhh...they don't know that...
CYI: *claps hands* Hehehe...Mamie Ieyre too LAZY to finish CHAPPY! Hehehehe!
Ieyre: *glares* Quiet, you. ANYWAY peoples, I have a little sorta contest idea. I already know what is on the tape (obviously)...the question is, have you guys done enough reading between the lines to figure it out for yourselves? I want to see. So...here's how I'd like things to work. You guys rack your little brains to figure out the tape dilemma. Or maybe you're so brilliant you already have it figured out. Either way, when you've got an answer, send it to me by EMAIL, not in a review. The first person to send me a CORRECT answer will get a little prize.
Yami Ieyre: Hm...can I send in an answer?
Ieyre: -_- No, because you already know what it is. The reason why I want to guys to send me an answer by email is because if one of you guesses correctly, no one will have the next chapter spoiled for them. Including that person, because I won't announce the winner (if there is one) until the END of the chapter ^_^. Does everyone get that? So...start thinking. Oh, and a little hint from me...remember; don't go with your first idea. Sometime when you're thinking about calling your best friend or buying the latest ANIMERICA (Disclaimer: which I don't own) or whatever, a new idea could pop up. And in the end, never trust what the character's THINK it is. Joey's ideas are grade-A idiotic. But then, maybe I've said too much.
Yami Ieyre: Wow, that was another completely stupid idea on your account. Good job, aibou!
Ieyre: -_- See you guys later, and I hope you participate. If no one guesses right, I will hold it over you all with great arrogance. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a Yami to kill.
Yami Ieyre: *runs away*
CYI: *giggles* Bye, Weviewers! Oh, an' don' forget to R&R!!