AN: I like finding Nemo...

Yami: That is so interesting...

Bakura: I am not in this story. No matter how much it may seem that I am the thief, I am not. The evil authors didn't include me.

Evil Authors: That is because you would not leave clues...The real thief does. Ryou is on holiday...with his father...in Egypt...far away....really far away...

The Thief of the Card

Chapter 5

"It's freezing!" Tèa said shivering.

"Of course it is; it's 3 in the morning!" Yugi replied. He had been smart enough to wear a jacket but no, not even Tèa could think of that. Yami, who some how was not cold, was eating his favourite food, tomato sauce. He always tended to eat that stuff when he was stressed, being ignored, before big exams, and occasionally between 1 and 5 in the morning.

"Why did we come this early?" Tristan complained. "The sun hasn't even risen yet."

"Because the cargo arrives sometime today. The information on Duke's computer probably said when." Yami said in between spoonfuls of tomato sauce.

"I could have been in my nice warm bed, but no, you guys had to drag me out here." Tèa said annoyed.

"I thought you came because Duke was going to be here?" Yami said rolling his eyes.

"I don't care about Duk-" She was interrupted before she could finish by Duke's appearance.

"Duke, my darling!" Tèa screeched gleefully.

"Hey you guys." He said quietly ignoring Tèa. He then turned to Yami.

"What are you eating?"

"Tomato sauce." Everyone except Duke said in unison.

- Time Change -

"Hey look, Yami's run out of tomato sauce!" Tristan said, happily. He was getting really hungry from watching Yami eat.

"The boat is also here..." Yugi said half-asleep.

"WHAT!" Everyone yelled. They all – except for Yugi who was trying to fall asleep – jumped up and ran to the end of the dock. A man in a strict uniform came up from behind them.

He was about Tristan's height and was in a blue and white uniform. His hair was tucked beneath his hat – either that or he was bald. His brown eyes were glaring at them.

"What do ya think you're doing here?" He practically growled at them.

"Solving a mystery..." Tristan said stupidly.

"Well, I need to cheek the cargo; make sure da thief hasn't taken anything." True to his word a couple of police officers walked up, talking about the thief.

The gang followed the police and the inspector onto the boat. There were crates everywhere, most likely full of duel monster cards. The inspector walked up to one opened it. After searching 5 boxes, he came to the last box, the biggest of the lot. The inspector was looking through it.

"What are you looking for?" Yami asked suspiciously. The inspector stopped for a moment.

"It's my job to look and make sure everything's there." He said angrily. Reaching over, he fell into the box.

"ARGH!" He yelled as he tried to balance himself after getting out.

"Why don't ya kids go look around someplace else!" He suggested, obviously annoyed by them following him. He then leaned over to the police officers and whispered something.

One of the police officers came up to them. He looked at them menacingly. "What business do you have being here?" He asked them.

"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY THIS?" Yelled Tristan. "We're solving a mystery." He said as if it was obvious.

"I think you should get off the ship." The officer said as he shooed them off. They stood on the port watching the inspector walk around the ship.

"That didn't work very well," Commented Yugi. Just a few minutes later, a scream was heard. Soon the inspector was running off the boat, off the deck and into town. Something flew out of his pocket and landed right in front of Yami's feet.

"Stop! Thief!" The police officer ran off the boat but it was too late. The inspector was no where to be seen.

The officer took out his huge black telephone from his overly sized pocket and called someone, yelled into it, then hung up only to see a bunch of weird looking kids staring at him.

"What happened?" Yugi asked.

"The thief just stole a card, that's what!" He said angrily.

"And the thief was right under your very nose." The officer glared at Yami.

"The inspector was the thief?" Tristan asked.

"No...he came and bought the card then ran off like a moron." He said sarcastically.

"Then what's the matter?" Tristan asked confused. The police sheriff and another guy walked up the dock towards them.

The Sheriff tripped over his shoelace and fell over causing the other guy to fall flat on his face. The sheriff stood up, walked over the other guy, and walked over to the officer.

"I've alerted the all my men." He said grimly.

"So it was the inspector all along?" Yugi asked.

"NO!" The guy with the sheriff stood up. "That guy was an impostor. I'm the real inspector. He locked me inside a wardrobe." He said angrily.

"What did the thief look like?" Yami asked, getting down to business.

"I didn't get a good look at him. He was wearing green and he left this." He held up an unopened packet of cheese puffs. They all looked at each other. The police started talking amongst themselves.

Tristan, while the others were talking about the clues so far, was looking into the water.

"Water is really blue." He said getting hypnotized by the blueness of the ocean. Tèa rolled her eyes and pushed him away from her since he was breathing to loud. Tristan didn't have time to recollect his balance so he fell into the ice cold water.

"AHH COLD! LOOK HERE'S A FISHY!" He pounced on the fish trying to catch it. Meanwhile Yami was looking around for clues, having no luck.

Tristan grabbed the fish with his bare hands and set it on the dock, and then he climbed out.

"I'm going to name you Squishy and you shall be my Squishy," He said to the fish which was thrashing about. "And you shall be mine!" Tristan yelled cheerfully.

Yami found something on the ground. It was the piece of paper that fell out of the thief's pocket. Yami picked it up. It was a playing card - the ace of spades to be exact. On it written was school, midnight and a circle.

/I think I know who this thief might be.../ Yami told Yugi.

/Who?/ Yugi asked, extremely interested. Before Yugi could receive an answer Tristan let out a yell.

"Squishy no! He's not breathing! MY SQUISHY IS DEAD!" And with that he burst into pathetic tears.

Everyone else failed to keep their laughter silent.

- End of Chapter 5 -

Well....this chapter ended differently..... - so please review