Disclaimer: The closest thing I have to owning Yu-Gi-Oh! is five Japanese DVD box sets, over 300 Duel Monsters cards, a Seto Kaiba and Yami Yugi figurines and other bits of random merchandise. The moral of the story is: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!

Authors Note: While watching an old tape of music videos which I made in 1999, I heard 'The Kids Aren't Alright' by The Offspring. Since then, I've had this little idea in my head! Hooray! So yeah, each chapter is a different character's life 20 years since they graduated from Domino City High School. Some are more angsty then others. RnR please!!

Summary: 20 years after they've graduated, each member of the 'Yugi-tachi' lead very different lives. They've all lost contact with each other. So, whatever happened to them? RnR!!

Whatever Happened To . . . ?

Chapter two: Joey Wheeler

"We the jury have found the defendant guilty of first degree murder." Announced the foreman of the jury as he read the verdict.

"Joseph Wheeler, I sentence you to life in prison. No parole." The judge added as three burley officers came and surrounded the lithe blonde man. A pair of handcuffs clinked down on to his wrists as he was dragged off. His eyes met the ones of his sister who had tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Serenity . . ." Joey Wheeler whispered as he was taken from the court.

Once the blonde man had been delivered to the prison, he was shown to his cell where he would rot for the remainder of his life. Joey's head was ducked between his shoulder blades as he moved towards the bunks. He noticed a body in the bottom bunk, so he climbed the ladder and went to the top.

"Welcome to murderer's row." The prisoner below Joey croaked as he sat on his bed.

"Uh . . . thanks . . ." Joey murmured sadly. Suddenly, a pair of crimson eyes were staring at him. Joey looked at the other man carefully. He had straight black hair to his shoulders and bright scarlet eyes. His decent was obviously Japanese but with an American accent, like the rest of the Yugi-tachi.

"Jun Hiraga's the name!" He introduced himself with a smile, "And you are?"

"Joey . . . Joey Wheeler."

"Where are you from? You don't sound like your from around here . . . you sound like you're from my part of the world . . ."

"I'm from the states, originally from Japan . . ."

"Me too!" Jun beamed. "Well Joey, whatcha in for?"

"I . . . I'm a murderer."

"Heh . . ." the man called Jun smirked, "I assumed that. That's why you're here. Who'd ya ice?"

". . ."

"Was it for love, revenge, or for the thrill of the crime?"

"Revenge." Joey answered, finally looking into the crimson eyes of his cellmate.

"Ooh . . . interesting!" Jun grinned from ear to ear, "What or whom where you revenging?" He enquired before pausing for a second, "And don't leave out any gruesome details!!" Jun continued. Joey examined the other man before sighing,

"I don't really want talk about it." Joey answered sadly. "It's not a nice story."

"Well, you wanna know what I've done? I'll tell you my story if you tell me yours afterwards . . ." Jun offered, "Do we have an accord?"

". . . Fine . . ." Reluctantly, Joey agreed to tell his vengeance tale once he'd heard his cellmate's chronicle. Jun's smile faltered slightly as he began to remember,

"It was three years ago . . . I was involved with this girl who I thought I really loved, and I thought she loved me. She was only four years younger then me, she was 16 I'm 20, but didn't act immature or anything . . . and it was truly love at first sight . . ."

"What was her name?" Joey asked, his intrigue growing.

"Her name was Gemini. Gemini Kaizaga." Jun sighed; "One second . . ." He ducked down into his bunk and returned a few seconds later with a photograph. It was of a young girl. She had burning sapphire eyes which sparked with innocence and happiness. Her hair was as the colour of a crow's wing, but with a difference. Throughout her raven mane lay streaks of electric blue. "This is Gemini . . ." Jun introduced the girl in the photo to his new cellmate.

"She's very pretty . . ." Joey observed, "So . . . what happened?"

"Well . . . I went away on a business trip. I used to be co-partner with a friend of mine in KameCon Enterprises and it was my turn to go up to Tokyo for the week." Jun paused, "When I returned, I came back home where Gemini had moved in. And there she was, sleeping with my best friend, Kaz. I was so angry and upset that I did what any normal, broken hearted mad would do. I shot them both." Jun looked eerily proud of his crime; "I miss her though . . . she made me smile and laugh . . ." Jun looked away, closing his crimson eyes for a few seconds before opening them and focusing on the older blonde man. "So . . . what did you do?"

"Well . . ." Joey began to tell his story . . .

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Strolling down the street in the city of London, Joey Wheeler was in a pretty good mood. For the first time ever, life was truly going his way. As the sun began to set over the horizon, Joey continued to walk in the cool Autumnal evening. He decided to take the long route home that evening as he decided to go and see his baby sister. He liked walking from work to home. He had a car. A nice one too. A Jaguar. But, he lived close and liked to walk when the weather was nice, as it was this day. He arrived at the apartment building where Serenity Wheeler lived. Climbing the stairs to the third floor, Joey went to number 38 and knocked gently on the door.

"Serenity? Ya in there?" He called through the wooden door after a few seconds of no answer. A few more seconds and the clicking sound of the door handle being turned was heard. When the door opened, Joey's smile faltered as he looked at his sister. She had obviously been crying through a bruised eye. Joey spotted other bruises on her fair skin, along with cuts and other wounds. "S . . . Serenity!? What happened?!"

"Oh Joey!" Serenity cried, falling into her brother's outstretched arms. She sobbed into her brother's work shirt as he backed her into her apartment, shutting the door with his foot. He led the distressed woman to her sofa where he sat down beside her.

"Tell me what happened, Serenity . . ." Joey instructed quietly as he moved his fingers softly through his sibling's locks. Serenity looked away from her brother in shame,

"Well . . . you know my ex-boyfriend, Paul?" Serenity began,

"Yeah . . ."

"Well . . . he came to see me today . . . I stupidly opened the door . . . he had roses and said he'd changed. I still had feelings for him and was hopeful. I'm such an idiot . . ." After that, Serenity was not understandable as she chocked on her sobs.

"Did he hurt you?" Joey enquired.

". . . Yes . . ."

"What did he do, Serenity?"

"He . . . he . . . he . . . beat me up and he . . . and he . . . raped me . . ." Serenity wailed as she covered her face with her hands.

"When was he here?"

"Not long ago . . . he only left about 20 minutes before you got here . . . told me not to tell . . . so please Joey! Don't tell anyone!!"

"I won't . . . but . . . I'll be right back, okay?"

"Okay . . ." Serenity sniffled as she watched her brother leave the apartment. Joey ran down the road to his house which was situated only two blocks away from the apartment building. Once inside, he pulled out his .35mm pistol, placing it in his trouser pocket. Joey then made his way to his car and drove to another apartment building in the inner city. He stood beside his car, staring up at his window before stalking forward, up the stairs, kicking the apartment door down.

"What the . . .?" The man in the apartment gasped, looking at Joey.

"You hurt my sister, Paul . . ."

"Oh yeah . . . she needed to be taught a lesson . . ." Paul's thick

That was the final straw. Joey emptied the bullets into Paul's chest. Breathing heavily, Joey dropped the gun at the sight of the dead body before him.

"Don't hurt anyone else . . ." He whispered before leaving the apartment.

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". . . Wow . . ." Jun smirked, "They shouldn't have put you away for that . . ."

"I'm a murderer, so they had every right to." Joey informed the other man.

"But that was revenge for a horrible thing!" Jun exclaimed before shooting the blonde a look of sympathy, "Look man . . . I'm really sorry that happened to your sister . . ." He said softly.

"Yeah . . ."

"Lights out!!" The voice of the warden boomed through the halls and the lights died down.

"Well . . . night night, Joey!" Jun said as he went into his bed.

"Yeah . . . good night . . ."

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Well, that's chapter two, all about Joey! Well, next will be Duke Devlin, and I promise it will be happier then the last two. Not jump for joy happiness, but, more upbeat. Thanks for all the lovely comments everyone!!!