YUGIOH Kaiba: Missing Persons

Chapter 11. "That's too bad, Wheeler. But then, what can I expect from a third-rate duelist? Now it's MY turn! I'll meet your monster with La Jinn, the Mystical Genie of the Lamp, and attack your Axe Raider!", Krysonna stated. Axe Raider was wiped from the field. She then smiled, saying, "And I play one card face-down and end my turn."

"Well, now maybe it's time I show off one of my new cards.......Slate Warrior in attack mode. Attack La Jinn!", Joey cried.

"I use La Jinn's magical lamp!", Krysonna said, flipping the card over. "La Jinn, go inside the lamp!"

"What? But how can that be?", Joey asked.

Yugi watched with concern, thinking, I remember this move. Kaiba used this move against me. This has to be Kaiba's deck.

I'm surprised though, Yami stated, She uses Kaiba's cards so expertly, as if they were her own.

Maybe she familiarized herself with the cards before playing them, Yugi said to him.

.........maybe........, Yami said, not certain about this person, at all.

"The Genie's lamp protects him, Wheeler. But then, I wouldn't expect you to understand. I guess you'll have to learn the hard way. I place one card face-down and end my turn", Krysonna said.

Joey smiled over at her, as he blankly pulled another card, saying, "You know.......this might sound funny, but I feel like we've always known each other. Maybe it's fate that we met or something, huh?"

Krysonna simply returned the smile, saying, "I'd normally assume that has to be the lamest come-on line I ever heard, if it wasn't for the fact that I too have a strange feeling we've met before. Though, I'm not exactly sure if that's a good thing", she mocked.

'Strange, I feel the same way, too.......', Yugi thought.

"Are you gonna move today, or not?", Krysonna asked.

"Yeah, uh........I'll attack you're face-down card!", Joey said.

Krysonna laughed, "That's too bad.......cuz you just attacked my Blast Sphere!"

"You're what?? Hey, what's it doing to my monster!", Joey asked.

"The Blast Sphere attatches to your monster. Now in only one turn, you're monster will explode, and take your life points with you. End of the line, Wheeler.......", Krysonna smirked.

"You can still turn this around, Joey!", Yugi cried out.

"Oh, no! Okay, what do I do? Uh.......oh, I'll end my turn", Joey said.

"Too bad Wheeler, it was fun while it lasted, I guess. I didn't expect much from you, anyway. I place one card face-down, and end my turn", Krysonna said.

Joey picked a card, and said, "All right! And I'll put down Baby Dragon in attack mode. And I put this down.......my time wizard. Now if my chances are good, I'll be the one to come out of this. Watch the baby!" The time wizard came out for Joey, and Krysonna's monsters all grew old and went to the graveyard. "Now thousand dragon, attack Krysonna's life points directly!"

But Krysonna smiled, saying, "It was a nice move, Wheeler.......unfortunately it was too little, too late. Plus, you forgot my face-down cards. I'll flip my trap card to reveal bell of destruction!"

"But that wipes out life points on both sides, making it a draw.......", Yugi said.

"Except for my other card that shields me from the blast", Krysonna smiled.

"No!", Joey cried, as his thousand dragon is destroyed, causing Joey's life points to go to 0.

Krysonna grinned evilly, saying, "What were you saying about being a first- rate duelist? Why don't you get down on your knees, like the dog you are!"

Yugi glared angrily at Krysonna for such comments, yet once again Joey just happily took it, even doing what she said, saying, "Only for you, Sonato. Here's my key card.......you won fair and square."

Krysonna hesitated, never expecting Joey to be accepting her mockery so well. She was really beginning to like the idea of having Joey wrapped around her finger. She keyed her card, giving her all the points she needed to make it to the finals.

Joey said, "Hey......maybe we can have a private battle of our own again, sometime.......eh? Or if not, maybe I'll still seeya in the finals."

"Perhaps........", she said, turning to leave. But she hesitated, looking down at him from behind her. Finding herself strangely unable to resist leaving him on his knees like that, she turned back around, squatting back down to his level, pulling on his collar, and kissing Joey again on the lips.

Joey collapsed, spouting out, "Woof......."

She smiled, stood and turned, saying, "See you around, Joey......", and walked away, trying to focus on business, but beginning to become distracted herself, now. Lanna gave a smirk at Joey, then followed behind Krysonna.

Yugi walked over, saying, "Joey.......I know you really like her, but that gives her no reason to treat you like that. Besides.......I thought you hate being called a dog."

Joey sat back up, saying, "It's hard to explain, Yug. I had some really hard experiences with the dog-thing in the past, with Kaiba and Duke. But when Krysonna says it, for the first time she's giving me something good about being called that. You saw her, when I turned it into a joke......she liked it. Besides, it's not like she knows anything about what happened to me in the past. She just said it in general........and she said it to me. I really think she likes me, Yug. I really think this is the one, this time."

"Joey.......", Yugi hesitated, not wanting to hurt him. "What if she's just using you?"

"Using me? How could you say that about her?", Joey said, defensively.

"Joey........didn't you see all those cards she used? Almost every card I saw her play, was played at one time by Kaiba. What if she's.......", Yugi was saying.

But Yugi was cut off by Joey, saying, ".......she's what, the kidnapper?? I aint listening to this, Yugi. She's different from other woman, that's true. But you got no right accusing her of that! All the cards she played are not the most rare cards in the world. Other people can have them, too....."

"Yeah, but all of the same cards Kaiba had played in the past, all in the same deck? That's a heck of a coincidence", Yugi stated.

"I'm not listening to anymore of this!", Joey said in an almost dangerous tone. He turned away from Yugi, saying, "I gotta duel some more, so I can make it to the finals in time. I'll catch up with you later. And I don't wanna hear you saying anymore bad things about her. You're wrong, Yugi.......she aint that kind of person!" Joey then stormed off.

Poor Joey, Yugi mentally said to Yami. I didn't mean to hurt him, I was just trying to warn him.

Perhaps you're talking to the wrong person, Yami said. Maybe we should try having a 'talk' with Krysonna, ourselves.......

Good idea!, Yugi said. With that said, the Millennium Item came to life, and Yami was now in control. He looked in the direction where Krysonna went, and headed in the same direction.