Yes, I know. I said I wouldn't post anything until after exams.. But I
needed a break from revision and I had already started this. Not a lot
happens but it sets up the next chapter when stuff WILL happen. I think.
Anyway, see what u think.
Chapter 4
There was a series of loud thumps as Yugi dragged the last suitcase down the stairs and into the shop. His grandfather was still putting a few things in order and locking up, and then they had to be going. There was no guarantee that Seto Kaiba would wait for them if they were late.
Yugi grinned to himself at the prospect of the upcoming week. Not only sun and relaxation, but also a chance to see a whole other culture and an archaeological dig! And he still had his deck shoved in his pocket, just in case.
He opened the door to drag their luggage out onto the kerb, when...
'Morning, Yugi!' chorused three voices. Among various suitcases, duffle bags and backpacks stood Tea, Tristan and Joey, grinning madly.
'Guys... what's going on?' asked Yugi uncertainly.
'What, Kaiba doesn't expect you to go somewhere like Egypt without your friends to keep you out of trouble, does he?' Joey's grin was so wide it could have split his face in two.
'Well.. you see, he didn't say anything about guests...'
Tristan waved the issue away. 'The guy's probably got a whole jet to himself. What does he care if a few tagalongs turn up?'
Tea was practically jumping up and down with excitement. 'Isn't it brilliant! A week in Egypt...' she sighed happily. 'Nothing to do but sunbathe and shop.'
Yugi laughed uneasily and scratched his head. How was he going to explain this to Kaiba?
-----------------
'No. Absolutely not.'
After a crowded Taxe ride and thirty-two choruses of 'One hundred bottles of beer on the wall' courtesy of Joey and Tristan - which had abruptly ended when Tea threatened bodily harm - the group had been dumped unceremoniously at Kaiba's estate. Awe-inspiring from the outside, it was even grander inside from what they had managed to see before the shuttle was sent to collect them. Now, however, the stern CEO, who stood, arms folded, between Yugi's friends and their holiday, had drowned all excitement.
Joey was not taking this change in their plans well.
'Waddaya mean, we can't come?'
Kaiba glared icily at Joey.
'I agreed to take Solomon Motou and his grandson to Egypt. That offer was not extended,' at this he cast a glare at Yugi, who was standing sheepishly to one side, then turned back to Joey, 'to Yugi's personal cheer section.'
Joey was fuming. 'First of all, we are not his personal cheer section, we are his FRIENDS - although, come to think of it,' (at this he struck a mock pose of thought) 'you wouldn't know anything about friends considering that YOU DON'T HAVE ANY!' With these last words he made to launch himself at Kaiba, but found himself held back by Tristan. Kaiba didn't even blink.
'As much as I am enjoying this sparkling conversation,' Kaiba's voice was dripping with sarcasm, 'I have a plane to catch.'
'... kick his spoilt, rich butt,' muttered Joey, still refrained by Tristan but able to cast lazer-scowls at Kaiba, who took no notice.
Tea decided to put her pride on the line.
'Please? We'll be really quiet on the plane, and after that you won't even see us.'
Kaiba was unmoved, and made to turn away.
'Besides... don't you owe Joey and Yugi?'
Kaiba's eyes widened a little in surprise at these words, and he stopped walking. Seeing her opportunity, Tea continued.
'Yeah... they went in after you when that virtual game of yours turned nasty. And if it weren't for Tristan and me,' she continued, a note of pride in her voice, 'they'd have been kicked out by your guards before rescuing you and Mokuba.'
Everyone was deathly silent, waiting for Kaiba's response.
When he did finally speak, his voice was low and venomous. It was obvious that he hated discussing any moment of weakness.
'I did not ask for that duelling Chihuahua's help, and I certainly didn't ask for yours.' At this Joey's eyes flared, and he was about to retaliate against this new insult when Kaiba continued.
'However..' his cold, blue gaze fell on Yugi. 'I admit that you, at least, were some help. Will you consider the debt paid if I take these losers to Egypt?'
This caught Yugi offguard. 'Yeah.. sure!' He decided not to mention that he had never considered that there was a debt.
'Fine.'
Kaiba turned angrily and strode off in the direction of the large silver jet with a blue 'Kaibacorp' symbol printed on the side. The group stared at his retreating back for a moment, still shell-shocked firstly by Kaiba's outburst and secondly by his agreement. Then there was an explosion of cheering and exclamations. Yugi just blushed a little as his friends thumped him on the back.
'Ahem..' A perturbed cough cut through the celebration.
'Now that that's all done with.. can we go now?' asked Grandpa impatiently.
A little subdued, they collected various items of luggage and followed Kaiba to the plane. But everyone wore excited grins that not even lugging several tonnes of baggage would fade.
-----------------
'It's beautiful,' whispered Yugi to himself, looking at the wisps of cloud drifting over sunlit golden sands below them.
'Heh? What's that, Yuge?' asked Joey next to him.
'The view.. isn't it great?'
'Huh?' Joey leaned over to see out of the window. 'Oh.. yeah, not bad. Hey, Kaiba!' he called out to the pilot, who ignored him.
They had only been mildly surprised when they found out that Kaiba was actually flying the plane. If it had a computer chip in it, Kaiba probably knew how to use it. Or break it up for parts.
' 'S there in-flight movie or snacks or anything on this flight?'
'No,' growled Kaiba. 'But if you want entertainment, I can always arrange for you to be thrown out of the plane.' And if that doesn't entertain you, it would certainly entertain me, he added in his mind.
A bit perturbed, Joey sat back. 'Never hurts to ask..'
'Joey.. I don't think that you should bug Kaiba anymore. It was really nice of him to take us, and he's trying to fly the plane,' Yugi advised, a little nervously. He'd never flown before, and didn't know what might go wrong if the pilot got distracted.
'Kaiba? Nice? You've got too much faith in the guy, Yuge. He's only doin' this coz he owes you. Right, Tristan?' Joey turned in his seat for support, but Tristan was fast asleep and snoring rather heavily, his head against a long-suffering Tea's shoulder. 'I don't have the heart to wake him..' she explained helplessly. 'I can never sleep on planes.'
Joey sweat dropped.
'Are you the same Tea who offered to remove my teeth with your suitcase in the Taxi?'
'Yeah... but I just really hate your singing.'
'One minute until landing,' announced Kaiba, waking Tristan and prompting them all to fasten their seatbelts.
Several minutes later they were standing by a pile of luggage in Cairo.
'Egypt... ' breathed Yugi excitedly. 'We're here.'
Yay!! Boring, I know, but it needed to be done. Now I can get onto all that impending doom and prophesy stuff (a.k.a. the fun stuff ^__^). O yeah, and I still need to involve Shadi... just think of this as the light relief! But for now.. Must . Do . Exam . Revision!!!! If I post anything else before next week, then I have no will power.
Chapter 4
There was a series of loud thumps as Yugi dragged the last suitcase down the stairs and into the shop. His grandfather was still putting a few things in order and locking up, and then they had to be going. There was no guarantee that Seto Kaiba would wait for them if they were late.
Yugi grinned to himself at the prospect of the upcoming week. Not only sun and relaxation, but also a chance to see a whole other culture and an archaeological dig! And he still had his deck shoved in his pocket, just in case.
He opened the door to drag their luggage out onto the kerb, when...
'Morning, Yugi!' chorused three voices. Among various suitcases, duffle bags and backpacks stood Tea, Tristan and Joey, grinning madly.
'Guys... what's going on?' asked Yugi uncertainly.
'What, Kaiba doesn't expect you to go somewhere like Egypt without your friends to keep you out of trouble, does he?' Joey's grin was so wide it could have split his face in two.
'Well.. you see, he didn't say anything about guests...'
Tristan waved the issue away. 'The guy's probably got a whole jet to himself. What does he care if a few tagalongs turn up?'
Tea was practically jumping up and down with excitement. 'Isn't it brilliant! A week in Egypt...' she sighed happily. 'Nothing to do but sunbathe and shop.'
Yugi laughed uneasily and scratched his head. How was he going to explain this to Kaiba?
-----------------
'No. Absolutely not.'
After a crowded Taxe ride and thirty-two choruses of 'One hundred bottles of beer on the wall' courtesy of Joey and Tristan - which had abruptly ended when Tea threatened bodily harm - the group had been dumped unceremoniously at Kaiba's estate. Awe-inspiring from the outside, it was even grander inside from what they had managed to see before the shuttle was sent to collect them. Now, however, the stern CEO, who stood, arms folded, between Yugi's friends and their holiday, had drowned all excitement.
Joey was not taking this change in their plans well.
'Waddaya mean, we can't come?'
Kaiba glared icily at Joey.
'I agreed to take Solomon Motou and his grandson to Egypt. That offer was not extended,' at this he cast a glare at Yugi, who was standing sheepishly to one side, then turned back to Joey, 'to Yugi's personal cheer section.'
Joey was fuming. 'First of all, we are not his personal cheer section, we are his FRIENDS - although, come to think of it,' (at this he struck a mock pose of thought) 'you wouldn't know anything about friends considering that YOU DON'T HAVE ANY!' With these last words he made to launch himself at Kaiba, but found himself held back by Tristan. Kaiba didn't even blink.
'As much as I am enjoying this sparkling conversation,' Kaiba's voice was dripping with sarcasm, 'I have a plane to catch.'
'... kick his spoilt, rich butt,' muttered Joey, still refrained by Tristan but able to cast lazer-scowls at Kaiba, who took no notice.
Tea decided to put her pride on the line.
'Please? We'll be really quiet on the plane, and after that you won't even see us.'
Kaiba was unmoved, and made to turn away.
'Besides... don't you owe Joey and Yugi?'
Kaiba's eyes widened a little in surprise at these words, and he stopped walking. Seeing her opportunity, Tea continued.
'Yeah... they went in after you when that virtual game of yours turned nasty. And if it weren't for Tristan and me,' she continued, a note of pride in her voice, 'they'd have been kicked out by your guards before rescuing you and Mokuba.'
Everyone was deathly silent, waiting for Kaiba's response.
When he did finally speak, his voice was low and venomous. It was obvious that he hated discussing any moment of weakness.
'I did not ask for that duelling Chihuahua's help, and I certainly didn't ask for yours.' At this Joey's eyes flared, and he was about to retaliate against this new insult when Kaiba continued.
'However..' his cold, blue gaze fell on Yugi. 'I admit that you, at least, were some help. Will you consider the debt paid if I take these losers to Egypt?'
This caught Yugi offguard. 'Yeah.. sure!' He decided not to mention that he had never considered that there was a debt.
'Fine.'
Kaiba turned angrily and strode off in the direction of the large silver jet with a blue 'Kaibacorp' symbol printed on the side. The group stared at his retreating back for a moment, still shell-shocked firstly by Kaiba's outburst and secondly by his agreement. Then there was an explosion of cheering and exclamations. Yugi just blushed a little as his friends thumped him on the back.
'Ahem..' A perturbed cough cut through the celebration.
'Now that that's all done with.. can we go now?' asked Grandpa impatiently.
A little subdued, they collected various items of luggage and followed Kaiba to the plane. But everyone wore excited grins that not even lugging several tonnes of baggage would fade.
-----------------
'It's beautiful,' whispered Yugi to himself, looking at the wisps of cloud drifting over sunlit golden sands below them.
'Heh? What's that, Yuge?' asked Joey next to him.
'The view.. isn't it great?'
'Huh?' Joey leaned over to see out of the window. 'Oh.. yeah, not bad. Hey, Kaiba!' he called out to the pilot, who ignored him.
They had only been mildly surprised when they found out that Kaiba was actually flying the plane. If it had a computer chip in it, Kaiba probably knew how to use it. Or break it up for parts.
' 'S there in-flight movie or snacks or anything on this flight?'
'No,' growled Kaiba. 'But if you want entertainment, I can always arrange for you to be thrown out of the plane.' And if that doesn't entertain you, it would certainly entertain me, he added in his mind.
A bit perturbed, Joey sat back. 'Never hurts to ask..'
'Joey.. I don't think that you should bug Kaiba anymore. It was really nice of him to take us, and he's trying to fly the plane,' Yugi advised, a little nervously. He'd never flown before, and didn't know what might go wrong if the pilot got distracted.
'Kaiba? Nice? You've got too much faith in the guy, Yuge. He's only doin' this coz he owes you. Right, Tristan?' Joey turned in his seat for support, but Tristan was fast asleep and snoring rather heavily, his head against a long-suffering Tea's shoulder. 'I don't have the heart to wake him..' she explained helplessly. 'I can never sleep on planes.'
Joey sweat dropped.
'Are you the same Tea who offered to remove my teeth with your suitcase in the Taxi?'
'Yeah... but I just really hate your singing.'
'One minute until landing,' announced Kaiba, waking Tristan and prompting them all to fasten their seatbelts.
Several minutes later they were standing by a pile of luggage in Cairo.
'Egypt... ' breathed Yugi excitedly. 'We're here.'
Yay!! Boring, I know, but it needed to be done. Now I can get onto all that impending doom and prophesy stuff (a.k.a. the fun stuff ^__^). O yeah, and I still need to involve Shadi... just think of this as the light relief! But for now.. Must . Do . Exam . Revision!!!! If I post anything else before next week, then I have no will power.