(Chapter 3 is up now. These firsts were kinda like the intro, but I'm ready to start the week off, so stayed turned!)
And for the records, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! If it was up to me, I would never give licensing rights to 4Kids!
Just Like Old Times
III – The Group Complete
Beyond the glass doors flashes were emerging from cameras. Chattering came from everywhere as the lights made two shadows come in closer. "I guess that must be them."
The blonde stands beside the door, seeing the shadows enter and making themselves visible. "Well, the gamer and the dancer are here..."
Once the doors close shut, the two people walk up to Joey, both of them giving bright smiles to him. "It wouldn't be much of a wedding without you two here." Joey walks over to Yugi, realizing that it is his original self and not his other half.
"It's great to see you again, ol friend. Or should I say king of games?" He gives out his right hand to shake his hand.
The tri-colored spiky haired one, wearing a black leather suit and white shirt underneath, looks up to his friend. In his right hand he gripped the handle to his black suitcase, and not surprisingly he didn't have his ancient pyramid-structured necklace around his neck.
"Come on, we're not strangers, Joey!" Yugi gives a hug to his friend, smiling a bit.
Laughing nervously, Joey looks left and right to make sure people aren't getting the wrong idea. "Heh, it's good to see you too, Yugi."
After a little bit, Yugi lets go and smiles to him. He did grow, but it was barely enough to notice. But then again, Joey did grow some as well even though his height in high school was good enough already.
"Joey!" Before looking, Tea already jumps into Joey's arm, lucky he was able to catch her in time.
"Hi, Tea! I sure haven't seen you for quite a while. Long distance can get old after a while." He hugs her for a while, then sets her down. He smiles to her, seeing in a red long-sleeved shirt and a black tight skirt reaching a little above her knees. He also notices already that she grew quite a bit as well, seeing how her height reached almost to his eyes. "You sure look great!"
Smiling a little bit, she pokes his chest and nods back. "You sure have too. I see you finally started to lift weights instead of donuts." Tea laughs a little nervously all of a sudden from what she said.
"Not that I'm saying you looked bad back then... But you've outdone yourself this time." She feels a small light blush across her cheek for a few seconds, small enough for no one to notice.
He nods a little, standing next to her as he feels her embarrassment. "Don't worry, I understand what you mean."
Quickly Yugi looks to his right, noticing someone familiar coming to his direction. "Tristan, it's great to see you!"
Walking towards them, Tristan places one hand in his pocket as he shakes both Yugi and Tea's hands with his other. "Yeah, it's great for me to be here." For a moment he looks around the hall. "Hey, where did those girls go off to?"
Joey looks around the place as well, trying to figure out who Tristan meant. After all, he greeted too many people to try to tell. "Oh, you mean Serenity and Miho? They each got a room and went to sleep."
Just now the corner of Tristan's lips curl up into a light smirk. "Sleep... Bed... Maybe I should go check up on something..."
Right then Joey remembers how the mind of Tristan works. "Tristan! You betta not try any dirty tricks wit Serenity!"
Following that, Yugi blinks at the two. "But Joey, what about Miho?"
"Good point..." For a few moments Joey scratches his chin with his finger, thinking. "Umm... Use your best judgment."
"Joey!" Tea quickly slaps the back of Joey's head as he almost falls forward down the stairs. Luckily she grabs the back of his shirt and pulls him back up.
Joey catches his breath, meanwhile rubbing the back of his head. "Sorry, sorry... Hey, wait a min! Where did Duke go off ta? He better not get any ideas too!"
Tristan starts nodding a little, having an evil grin on his face. "Way ahead of you, Joey! No one's going to see him until morning!"
Joey stops trying to ease his pain, standing up straight and raising a brow. "What are you talkin bout?"
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In his room, Duke already starts to put cologne as he gets ready for some fun. "Great, now who should I go for? It's too bad that they're not both in the same room." Near his bed he noticed a mini-bar inside.
"Hmm, there's nothing wrong with a little drink." He opens the door and takes out a small bottle. Reaching under the mini-bar, he takes out a small glass and pours some of the drink to it. He raises the glass as he looks at it. "Hmm, I wonder why it's so fizzy..."
Despite what he sees, he gulps it down in one drink. "Hey... I didn't know this was stronger than I expected." After setting the glass down, he falls back and lands on the bed, already starting to go to sleep, snoring loudly.
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From his pocket, Tristan takes out his hand as he holds a bottle. "Anyone up for some sleep?"
Joey takes the bottle and looks at it. "Hmm, Doze-Off..." He puts the bottle in the inside pocket of his jacket. "Good idea, I could use this." For one second, he glares to Tristan, then stops and looks forward to the whole place, just as the other three do so as well.
Tristan takes out from his inside pocket a purple trap card version of the card they made. "You ready for one of the most important things of your life, Joey?"
"I'm sure you won't forget this." Yugi stares to the card he also has, having a green tint to indicate being a magic card.
"Especially since now your friends are here." Tea looks to her purse, finding in a hidden inside pocket to it her orange effect card that to represents their friendship.
Looking to the front pocket of his shirt, Joey takes out the yellow standard card that he kept close to his heart. "Yep... This is going to be just like old times..."
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