Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh but I do own Mina.
I've just finished all three of my maths exams and am thoroughly depressed now (why did I do maths A level?) anyway I think we should just get on with the story
Yami deoki: it's about time I got to write! There's no 'we' about it!
Deoki: don't forget, I'll be watching, so don't go over board!
Yami deoki: never worry my dear hikari, I'll keep to your plot line…I'm just adding a few twists to it which I'm sure even you won't see coming!
Deoki: hmmm….
Yami deoki: just one more thing, thank you to kaibas child, Chrikaru and LuQ Warm Soup for your reviews…no I'm not completely evil, I do appreciate your reviews and find them very helpful, so I'll not keep you waiting any longer…
Twisted Deceit
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Chapter 3 – Shots and Shocks
No one could have asked for a better day in Domino. The sun was shining and it was recorded as one of the hottest days of the year. It was the perfect day for the gang to go out in. Of course the whole gang weren't going anywhere together. The guys and girls had decided to split up for the day. Even though it had only been a week since the announcement of Tristan and Serenity's engagement, Mina and Mai decided that Serenity should start looking for her wedding dress (plus it was an excuse for them to go shopping) therefore all the girls decided to meet up for lunch and then go shopping around town. However Ishizu wasn't able to go as she was once again stuck in work. As most of her colleagues were out on sick, she and the remaining few in the office had to pull extra shifts to cover for everyone.
The guys on the other hand, decided to go to Kaiba land and spend most of the day duelling to work themselves up for going out that night for, "the first of many bachelor parties" in Joey's words. However, Joey had to meet the guys later as he and Mai had to go to the hospital for one last scan as the baby was due in 6 days. The plan therefore was that Mina, Téa and Serenity were going to meet Mai at the café in the Domino mall at about 12 o'clock after her appointment and Joey was going to meet the guys at Kaiba Land.
At the Kaiba mansion…
Mina and Mokuba were in the dining room, when the door bell rang. The butler Sam went to let the guest in…
"Miss Wheeler is here to see you Miss Kaiba"
"Oh thanks Sam, send her in" replied Mina
"I'm not disturbing you am I?" asked Serenity
"Not at all, we were just having breakfast…would you like to join us?"
"Just a cup of tea please" smiled Serenity
Mokuba poured Serenity a cup of tea, as she noticed there were only two Kaiba's at the table
"Where's Seto?" enquired Serenity "I thought he was also going out with the guys today"
"He's away to the office to finish up some paperwork before he meets them…he's done nothing but complain, but I know he really wants to go. Anyway, how come you're here? Is Tristan away already?" asked Mina
"Yeah, he got called into work; there were some problems so he had to go in this morning to sort it out. He was still in the house when I left…he was getting ready to go, I hope you don't mind that I came over."
"No that's not a problem; you can stay here until we go. We can meet Mai and Téa together" smiled Mina as she looked at the clock and noted the time as 9:35am
Serenity stayed with Mina and Mokuba in the dining room talking about what they were going to do that day until they heard the doorbell ring again.
"Who could that be?" enquired Mokuba, "We're not expecting anybody are we?"
"I don't think so" replied Mina
Sam went again to open the door to find someone they didn't expect to see…
"Mr Taylor is here to see you Miss Kaiba"
"Thank you Sam, please show him in" she turns to Serenity "I thought he was at work?"
"I thought he was too" replied Serenity in a surprised tone
"Hey guys!" announced Tristan as he kissed Serenity and sat down beside her
"What are you doing here? I thought you were at work!"
"I was but then Kaiba himself came down to the lab and told us all we could go, and that the problem was sorted. As annoying as he is, I must say, he's a different guy at work, as he's slightly nicer to us" commented Tristan
"What was the problem?" asked Mokuba
"There was something wrong with the software of the latest game we're working on, but it's fine for now. We found a temporary solution and Seto told us to leave it until Monday so that we could have the weekend off and enjoy the rest of our Saturday, besides we couldn't do much without Joey since this is his area of expertise…speaking of which" Tristan turns round and looks at the clock on the wall and notices that its 10:45am "Wasn't Mai's appointment for 10:30?"
"Yeah" replied Mina
"Oh well, it doesn't matter, I'll tell him later…I'd better get going to get ready and meet the guys. Yugi, Duke and Ryou are already there so I'd better go meet them after I leave my stuff home, see you later"
"Hey Tristan wait!" called Mokuba "will you give me a ride to Kaiba land on your way home please?"
"Sure lets go" he turns back to Serenity "and I'll see you later my love" [a/n: do you know how painful that was to write? Deoki: just shut up and get on with it!]
Mina and Mokuba just rolled their eyes at each other and shook their heads as Tristan kissed Serenity good bye
"You're very lucky to have such a sweet guy like him Serenity" smiled Mina
"I know…" sighed Serenity
Outside Kaiba Land…
"Thanks for the lift Tristan"
"Any time Mokuba! I shouldn't be too long, hopefully I'll be back in about 20 minutes…see you then" called Tristan
"See you then!" shouted Mokuba as he ran off to go in the back and up into his brother's office
Tristan continued on to go home. He was as happy as he was ever going to be; after all he had a good job, a good home and the best fiancée anyone could ask for. He was so happy that he even ignored the shouting from the people as he was singing at the top of lungs to a random song on the radio.
After about 10 minutes of driving, he finally got home. However, when he put the key in the door, he noticed that it was already open. When he went into the house, he could hear whimpering coming from upstairs so naturally he decided to investigate. When Tristan got to the top of the stairs the sound of the whimpering got louder and appeared to be coming from his room so he entered it…
"What the hell are you doing!" shouted Tristan, but it was too late to do anything now…
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Meanwhile, across town at the Domino Maternity Hospital…
"That's us finished Mrs Wheeler. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong so we'll see you again very soon. Even though you are due in 6 days, you could go into labour before or after that, it depends when the baby wants to be born" smiled the nurse "are you sure you don't want to know the sex of the baby?"
"No, we've waited this long, I'm sure another week or two won't hurt us" laughed Mai
"Is that everything? Can we go now?" asked Joey
"Yes we're finished now so I'll see you again when you come back"
Joey and Mai left the hospital and drove through town towards the Domino Mall. It was about 11:40 when they left the hospital as Mai was to meet the other girls at about 12. Joey pulled up in front of the mall just before 12 and helped Mai out of the car and accompanied her into the café in the mall to meet Mina and Serenity who were already there
"Where's Téa? Shouldn't she be here by now?" asked Mai
"Yeah we've been here for the past 20 minutes and she still hasn't arrived. I phoned her last night to make sure she remembered where to go and she seemed ok with it… knowing her she's chatting up some guy" remarked Mina "by the way, have either of you seen Tristan?"
"No, why what's wrong?" asked Joey
"Mokuba phoned Mina's mobile to tell us that Tristan still hadn't arrived at Kaiba land given that he told Mokuba that he'd be straight back after he went home, and that was about an hour ago!" added Serenity sounding very concerned
"Well I can check to see if he's still at your house on my to Kaiba Land, I'm sure it's nothing…don't get so worked up sis, I'll find him" smiled Joey
"Thank you Joey"
"Well I think I should get going and leave you lovely ladies to your shopping" said Joey as he kissed Mai goodbye
"There must be something in the water" Mina muttered under her breath
"What'd you say rich girl!"
"Shouldn't you be running along with your 'little' friends?" smirked Mina
"You can't half tell whose sister you are! You're like him in every way!" remarked Joey
"Oh I'm heartbroken, wouldn't it be a better use of your time to find Tristan?" replied Mina sarcastically
"Whatever rich girl… see ya round!" shouted Joey as he left the mall
"You really know how to wind him up you know that Mina?" commented Mai
"I know…it's funny to watch, but he knows I don't really mean it" said Mina looking smug with herself
"I hope Tristan's alright" added Serenity sounding worried
"Don't worry" replied Mai, "he probably just got caught up with something on TV…come to think of it, if he did, it's not a good idea to send Joey to find him or they'll never leave!"
"Oh who cares! We're having a girl's day out, so if the guys ruin their own day, it's their own fault!" remarked Mina
"I agree" chimed Mai and Serenity as they all toasted their drinks in the air, "and we can get started when Téa finally arrives" Serenity added
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Joey continued travelling through town until he reached the street where Tristan and Serenity lived. When he arrived he saw the street was blocked off and the police were everywhere. As he got closer he realised that the house the police were in was Tristan's…
"Oh shit! What the hell happened here!?" Joey shouted into himself as he got out of his car
"I'm sorry sir, but you'll have to move your car and leave, this is a crime scene" said the nearest police officer
"But this is my sister's house! I have a right to know what's goin' on!" shouted Joey
Before the police officer could say anything else, he was interrupted by a very familiar face…
"It's alright Allen, I can deal with him"
"Ishizu what's goin on 'ere!?" angrily shouted Joey
"Joey… I have something to tell you... you may want to sit down for this" began Ishizu before Joey cut her off
"Never mind sitting down! Just tell me NOW!" he shouted
"Ok… here goes…" began Ishizu
Ishizu began to tell Joey everything that she was told had happened and why and when they were called out. Nothing could have prepared Joey for what he was hearing and his emotions were changing faster than he could keep up with…
"What the…I don't know what to… who did it?!"
"We don't know yet, we're still investigating…I've already told immediate family, do you want to tell the others or should I? asked Ishizu
"No…I'll tell them" solemnly replied Joey
"I'm going to need you and everyone to go to the police station so could you contact them?" asked Ishizu
"Yeah, I'll phone Mina, she's got her phone with her and also Seto, he can tell the other guys to meet there"
Joey seemed to be in total shock, he couldn't cry but he could barely comprehend what was going on around him. This was going to be the most difficult phone call he was ever going to have to make…
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Across town at the Domino mall…
"Where's Téa already? She should have been here ages ago!" moaned Serenity
"I know! Where does she get off standing us up like this!" complained Mai
"Exactly! I've heard of being late, but this is ridiculous!" whinged Mina as her phone rang
"That's probably her now telling us she's late because she was with some guy she just met!" Mai sniggered
"It's from Joey actually…hello?"
"Mina, I need you and the girls to come to the police station ASAP" mumbled Joey
"Why what's…" replied Mina before Joey cut her off
Mina turned paler the more Joey spoke down the phone, it was obvious she wanted to cry, but when she noticed Serenity looking worried at her out of the corner of her eye, she managed to hold back the tears gathering around her eyes…
"When you get here, you'll be told the whole story, don't tell Serenity… I have to tell her myself, and don't worry about Seto, I'm gonna call him at his office and he can tell the other guys"
"Ok…thanks Joey, we'll see you there…bye" and Mina hung up the phone
"What's wrong" enquired Mai
"We have to go to the police station…now" replied Mina
"Why, what's wrong?" asked Serenity "tell me Mina!"
"Joey will explain when we get there"
"You know something Mina; I know you do…that's why you look upset! Please tell me!" begged Serenity
"Joey told me not to, he wants to tell you himself, now come on, we have to go…I'll drive, but please don't ask me anything else"
"What about Téa?" asked Mai
Mina didn't reply and continued to walk to the car park with a worried Serenity and puzzled Mai closely following…
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Meanwhile in Kaiba Land…
Seto was still at his desk and was packing away his stuff to meet the other guys after being bugged by Mokuba for the past hour and no doubt he would be back up to his office to get him to come down again. Just as he was about to leave his office, the phone rang…
"I really should be getting downstairs, but since it's on the private line it's either business or Mina" thought Kaiba before he answered
"Kaiba here…Wheeler! How dare you! You'd better have a good reason for using my private line…" rambled Seto before being cut off by Joey
"Listen rich boy, just shut your mouth for once and listen to me…"
Kaiba listened to what Joey was telling him and even he seemed to be showing emotion over the news…
"Oh my God…" was all Kaiba could say
"Do you understand, I need you to get all the guys together and go straight to the police station…ok"
"Certainly, we'll be there as soon as we can" and he hung up the phone and dialled another number "Rowland, prepare my limo, I have to leave soon"
"Right away Mister Kaiba!"
Seto went over to the panel on the wall which was the intercom to talk to various parts of the building; he pushed the button and addressed Kaiba land
"Would Mokuba Kaiba, Yugi Moto, Duke Devlin and Ryou Bakura please report to my office immediately, this is important, I repeat, would Mokuba, Yugi, Duke and Ryou please report to my office at once!"
"I wonder what's wrong with him…he didn't sound like his normal self" commented Yugi
"I don't know, but we should go see what he wants" added Duke
The guys left the duelling arena and headed over to the lifts to go to Seto's office. The ride to the top of the Kaiba Corp building seemed to be longer than usual…this was the first time Kaiba had ever summoned any of them to his office; it was usually his sanctuary away from them, so it must be serious if he was calling them all up to it. Eventually after what seemed liked an eternity; the guys were outside Seto's office…
"Mokuba you go first" Ryou said rather timidly
"Why should I go first!?"
"You're his brother, so if something's wrong, he's not as likely to take it out on you as he would on us" added Duke
"I've got to go with Duke on this one Mokuba, it would be better for you to go first" commented Yugi
"But…." before Mokuba could say anything else he was cut off
"You're all a bunch of cowards! Who in their right mind would be afraid of Seto Kaiba!" shouted Ryou, only it wasn't Ryou anymore, as Bakura had now taken over, "I knew you lot were pathetic, but come on! And you Pharaoh, I thought you had more balls than that!"
Yugi: ignore him Yami…don't you dare fight with him, not now
Yami: but Yugi…he's asking for it!
Yugi: I don't care! Just don't!
Bakura was very easily bored by the whole argument and just barged on into Kaiba's office.
"Alright your highness, what do you want?" barked Bakura
"Don't you talk to me like that you pathetic Yami; at least I don't need to steal someone else's body to survive!" snapped Kaiba
"Never mind him Seto" said Mokuba as he stood between the two of them, "what's the problem? Your message sounded urgent!"
"It is…we must leave for the police station immediately. My limo is waiting to take us. When we get there, Joey…"
"Joey…must be serious if he's using Joey's first name" smirked Duke to Yugi
"Listen dice boy, a crime has been committed and if you don't want to know then just piss off now! And don't ever interrupt me again!" scowled Kaiba
"What sort of crime?" asked Ryou who was in control again
"Murder" answered Kaiba in an almost emotionless tone as he walked towards the door
"Who's been murdered?" asked Yugi in a worried and puzzled manner
Kaiba was silent for a few seconds and then turned back to face the guys in his office…
Tristan…
Ooooooohhhh looks like Tristan got it, poor thing, I almost feel sorry for him…ah well…but where has Téa been in all of this you ask? Well that is an evil little twist which I threw in and you'll find out in the next chapter entitled Aftershocks and Alibis.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, don't forget to review or you'll make deoki cry
Deoki: hey! Leave me alone! You are so cruel…I read what you are doing next and you are so mean!
Yami deoki: I know, but I can't help it if I have an evil streak! The question now remains…who did it?
PS: sorry I haven't updated in a while, even with the other stories I'm reading, but my computer's been buggered up so I couldn't keep it on for long, but I have a new motherboard now so it works fine again…yey!