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Chapter 6: A Walk in the Park

"Hey dere, Ned buddy," Joey smiled at his new hobo-friend the next day, "I'd like tah thank ya again for savin' me yesterday. Who knows what kind of horrible fate would've befallen me if ya hadn't of come?"

Ned beamed amiably at the New York accented teen, "Hey, it was no problem. I'm glad I could help out."

"Thanks. And I mean it, really. Ya saved my life," The blonde reiterated, and then asked, "Hey, I'm goin' tah da park today. Wanna come?"

"Oh, no thanks, kid. I have to work on my next speech," The hobo declined, and proceeded to mumble a draft of a speech about the insanity of rich people.

"Well, I guess I'll see ya around, then," Joey waved and headed off in the direction of the park.

The chestnut-eyed teen had decided as soon as he got up that morning that he would walk a different way that day. After that life-threatening situation the day before, he wasn't ready for another one so soon. The park seemed to gleam with a natural aura that caused everything to be shining with beauty. Sunshine filtered through the emerald leaves of the trees, and the majestic water fountain at the center of the small Eden bubbled joyfully. Joey sighed contentedly and sat at one of the simple benches beside the fountain.

"I don't get it," He said suddenly, "Why did da gang just ditch me like dat? It's not like dem. Dey'd nevah do something like dat." A sigh of gloom escaped him. "Well, when dey get back, things'll be straightened out." His eyes lifted to the sky. "Hmm...I suppose I better hang out here for da next couple of days, cause I really doubt dat Kaiba's gotten over da fact dat I turned him into a 'smurf-gone-gay.'"

"I happen to agree with that," Came a voice lined in ice from behind Joey.

The blonde's eyes snapped wide in fear, and he spun around to see a maniacally grinning Kaiba--with the biggest, scariest, and most powerful Super Soaker that he ever laid eyes on.

"OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!" Screamed Joey, stumbling backward, "K-KAIBA???"

The insane grin somewhat lessened into a smirk, "Who do you think I'd be? Now, I suggest you say your prayers, because today is your doomsday." Without wasting a second, the blue-eyed fury fired a jet of water at the defenseless Joey, who, surprisingly, was actually propelled backwards.

'YOWCH!' Thought Joey, 'DAT ACTUALLY HURT!' He scrambled to his feet and momentarily stared in shock at the almost otherworldly magnificence of the powerful Super Soaker, and then took off as fast as he could, with jets of water following him. 'I REALLY AM GONNA DIE TODAY!' The doomed one thought despairingly as he was hit with a constant torrent of bruising water. 'Ned is in no position tah help me, and I stupidly left my only weapon at home!' Joey blinked his chestnut eyes from beneath his sopping mop of blonde hair as he continued running out of the park and onto Main Street. 'I wonder if I can make it home before I'm murdered!' He thought desperately as Kaiba's cackle echoed from the empty skyscrapers(a/c: creeepyy...). 'Dat guy's havin' too much fun tah be sane!' Joey winced as he heard his shoes squeak loudly, signaling where he was like a submarine's radar from his temporary hiding place, a dark alleyway.

"YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY THIS TIME, WHEELER!" Exclaimed Kaiba from a nearby fire escape. The blue-eyed hunter smirked as he jumped down and slowly advanced as the blonde teen started backing away. The smirk extended into a sadistic grin as he said, "You do realize this is a dead end, don't you?"

"IT'S A WHAT?!?" Screeched Joey, who whirled around and was a nose length's away from a twelve-foot brick wall. A stream of colorful curses escaped the cornered gazelle as his eyes extended to that of a deer's in headlights. Kaiba raised the nozzle of the deadly Super Soaker to between his soaking prey's eyes,

"Any last words, mutt?"

'So...dis is da end. I can see my life flashin' before my eyes. Dere's me and Serenity at da beach, me and da gang at Duelist Kingdom, me winnin' my Red Eyes, Serenity getting her sight back... Well, it's been somewhat of a good life, I guess. If only I could..."

"TRUCE!!!" Screamed Joey, just as Kaiba was about to soak his memory and drown his brain.

"Hmm?" The blue-eyed teen raised a questioning eyebrow.

"I p-propose a t-truce!" Squeaked the dripping blonde.

"Go on."

"God!! Could you at least put up dat destructive device?!" Joey begged. His enemy removed the Super Soaker from between the quivering teen's eyes, and then crossed his arms and waited for the desperate gazelle to proceed. "Finally," Breathed the chestnut-eyed teen, who then regained some composure and continued, "I have an idea. Follow me."

"How do I know that you're not going to escape?" Snapped Kaiba.

"Because you've got a deadly weapon in your hands dat scares me tah near-death and dat could blast da tonsils outta me."

The captor smirked and nodded, seemingly satisfied with the answer. Joey walked back to Main Street, and then stood in the center of the pavement. "Alright, dis is my plan. YOU get dis half of da city, and I get dis half," He explained, indicating that Kaiba now temporarily owned the eastern half of the city, and he owned the western half. The blue-eyed CEO raised an eyebrow. "THAT'S your plan?"

"Yep. You can't cross over on my half, and I can't cross over tah yours. Dis way, neither one of us has tah bother da other at any point."

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Kaiba inquired.

Joey snorted, and scoffed, "Of COURSE I'm sure! Unless YOU got any bright ideas, genius!"

"Hmm...well, I COULD just kill you now and never have you bother me again," The other teen considered, patting his trusty Super Soaker of Doom.

"WHAT?!? Ya can't be serious!!" The blonde cried.

"Hmm...but then again, if I did that, I'd have to explain your corpse to your friends, and I really don't want to go through the hassle of lawsuits. Besides, I'm more of a businessman rather than a mafia man," The CEO pondered to himself, and then turned to his adversary, "I accept your truce, mutt." He walked over to the half of the city he now temporarily owned.

"Dat's right, Kaiba! Now ya can't cross over on my side!" Declared Joey.

"Same goes to you, Wheeler," Stated Kaiba, who was now walking in the direction of his mansion, with the deadly Super Soaker of Doom in hand.

Joey beamed in triumph. 'I've made it through da day wit' my life! And now, I'll nevah have tah meet up wit' dat prick again!' He praised himself. Proudly marching home, he saw Ned the Friendly Hobo Who Preaches Nonsense at Passerby in the same position he had left him in. "Hey, Ned!" The joyful teen called over, "Guess what?"

Ned looked up, smiled, and asked, "What?"

"I struck a deal wit' Kaiba, and now he can't come over tah my half of da city! I'll nevah have tah see him again!"

Ned pondered for a moment, and then implored, "Which half do I belong to?"

Joey paused to think, shrugged, and said, "Um...I guess you're neutral. Ya can go tah whichever side ya feel like."

"Alright then! Oh, and kid, in case you forgot-WE MUST PREPARE FOR THE DUST BUNNY INVASION! THEY ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAMENESS OF COKE AND PEPSI!!!! THEY MUST BE STOPPED!" Proclaimed Ned the Friendly Hobo Who Preaches Nonsense at Passerby.

"Whatevah, Ned. I'm gonna go home and dry off."