Mena: Hey Masami! Hey Damie-chan! We're very glad you reviewed. At least we know somebody will be there!
Jesselda: You couldn't keep them away with bug spray.
Mena: Anyway, ready for the next chapter, guys?
Toli: Not really.
Jesselda: I absolutely do not understand how any of this interests you humans.
Mena: I know what really interests me...owning Yu-Gi-Oh.
Toli: But for the moment, we don't.
TWO: Joey The Brainless Idiot
"So, just follow the magical White Linoleum Road, they said," Tea grumbled. "Well, we've been following it for an hour, and so far, we haven't come across any Cafeteria City."
"Well, they didn't say it was close by," Mokuba said, tugging on the collar of his black fur shirt. He was getting really hot and sweaty.
Tea sighed. "We aren't even off the top floor anymore!" she complained. "Or out of Summitland. Whatever you want to call it. I just want out of here!"
And I want out of these clothes, Mokuba grumbled. Give me my cotton, give me my denim, give me back my striped shirts!
SLAM! Tea jumped at the sudden noise. "What was that?!" she cried.
SLAM! Mokuba winced. "It sounds like a giant monster c-comin' to eat us," he trembled. SLAM!
"Oh, please," Tea said. "A monster in a--SLAM!--school?"
"Is it any stranger--SLAM!--than an entire named land on--SLAM!--the top floor of a school--SLAM!--a fashion-wise fairy, a bunch of weirdo--SLAM!--Midgets, and a crazy Wicked Witchman--SLAM!--who watches Pokémon at 3:26 in the afternoon--SLAM!--in his tiny Toonland house?!" Mokuba cried. SLAM!
Tea nodded. "Yeah, you're probably right. Let's go face this thing." SLAM!
They rounded the corner and stopped short, staring in amazement at what they saw.
SLAM! The boy ran into the wall. He turned and ran. SLAM! He ran into the wall on the right. He turned and ran SLAM! into the left wall. SLAM! into the right wall. SLAM! into the left. SLAM! into the right.
"Hey!" Tea yelled over the noise. "Cut it out!"
The boy stopped in mid slam. SLA-- He turned to face them. "Yo, wassup?" he asked.
Tea and Mokuba stared at him. "Uh! Hello!" Tea said as Mokuba continued to stare. "You were just banging yourself into walls!"
The boy scratched his head. "Oh. I was wonderin' why I could keep goin' down da road!" He stopped and peered at her closely. "I've neva seen you in Summitland before. You new?"
"You could say that," Tea said. "I'm Tea, and this is Mokuba. We're trying to locate The Wizard of Domino High."
"Really!" the boy exclaimed. "No kiddin'! Da Big Wiz's said t' be able t' fix any problem! Whatcha goin' for?"
"We got blown up here by some weird wind, and we're going to the Wizard to ask him where the exit is," Tea said.
The boy nodded. "He'd know. Say, maybe I should go witcha."
"What do you need?" Tea asked.
"Besides a safe hobby," Mokuba added in a low voice.
The boy scratched his head. "Well, my name's Joey, and I'm in need of a brain. Y'see, nobody thinks I'm all dat smart."
"Where in the world would they get that idea," Tea said sarcastically.
"I dunno, but I'm sure it's prob'ly true. I've kinna wanned t' see Da Wiz for a little while about gettin' me a brain. But I was neva sure if he'd help me out. Maybe if I go with somebody else, he'll help!"
(to the tune of "If I Only Had A Brain")
"I'm a loser, I'm a dummy
It really turns my tummy
When folks think I'm insane
I think I'd be much better
Be a real attention getter
If I only had a brain
People say I've lost a screw
I think so, how 'bout you?
I just know I feel pain
Try to think, it won't work
I don't even feel a jerk
Because I just don't have a brain
Oh, I could do some math
And find my way quite safely down a path
And not misunderstand taking a bath
...Uh, what rhymes with the word 'bath'?
Think The Wiz's my only option
And though it won't be much fun
There's lots of stuff to gain
Like a friend, like a mind
Like a smart thought everytime
If I could only get a brain."
"Um, okay," Tea said, putting her hand down on the spinner of the record player that had suddenly appeared. The record scratched to a sudden stop. "Then you could just come along with us. And we'll keep you from slamming into more walls."
Joey's face lit up. "Really? Wow, dat's nice of ya, and you don't even know me. I'd love t' come along with ya!"
"I wouldn't," Mokuba grumbled.
"Come on!" Tea said. She and Mokuba started walking.
"Comin'!" Moments later, SLAM!
"Aaaah!" Mokuba screamed. "It's the monster!" SLAM!
Tea turned. SLAM! Joey was running into walls again. She approached him. SLAM!
"This way, Joey." She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him away from the wall.
"Oh." Joey let her lead him. "I thought I had gotten off track somehow! I jus' wasn' sure how..."
Oh boy, Tea thought, walking faster. "We need to get you to the Wizard and get you that brain pronto, before you start slamming into people or something."
"Maybe he'll slam himself out of a window," Mokuba suggested.
"Yeah...my brain," Joey said. I can see it now, me gettin' a brain from Da Great Ol' Wiz and finally bein' able t' answer da question my ma asked me three years ago."
"What question was that?" Tea asked as she and Mokuba turned a corner and kept walking. Joey ran into the wall once--SLAM!--before Tea caught him and dragged him along.
Joey fell into step beside them, finally. "She said 'what's one plus one'."
Tea stared at him.
"You're a real dummy," Mokuba informed Joey.
"Dat," said Joey, "is exackly why I'm goin' witcha to da Wizard, ya little...um...you a bird?"
Mokuba sighed and dropped his eyelids in a you-stupid-idiotic-fool gesture. "I'm a human," he said.
"Den why you got fur all ova you?" Joey questioned.
"Would a bird have fur?!" Mokuba yelled.
"Never mind that," Tea said quickly, stepping between them. "Let's just be happy we're off to see The Wizard!"
"Yeah!" Joey cheered. "We're off to see Da Wizard!"
"We're off to see The Wizard," Mokuba said with less enthusiasm than he could really muster. Tea, Mokuba and Joey linked arms and started skipping down the hall. (Joey-Tea-Mokuba)
(to the tune of "We're Off To See The Wizard")
We're off to see the Wizard
The Wizard of Domino High
They say he's great, at any rate
And will not pass us by
We're goin' to see him, we are we are
It's just too bad we got no car
No car, no car, no car, no car, no caaaaar
So we're gonna see him just as we are
We're off to see the Wizard
The Wizard of Domino Hiiiiiiiiigh!
END CHAPTER
Mena: Done!That one wasn't as long as the first one!
Toli: Great! You ended the torture sooner!
Mena: Hey, it's obvious someone likes this story, okay, because it's being read!
Jesselda: O.-; (watches as Toli and Mena get into a fistfight)
Next time in Chapter Three...Apparently, they're being watched...
"Oh, no fair!" Pegasus yelled. "I was here first! Mai, you and those Midgets--"
"Vertically challenged little people," Yami snarled, his eyes shooting daggers at Pegasus. If looks could kill, the rating for the chapter would have to have been raised.
"Sorry," Pegasus said. "But you can't be interfering! You won't--"
Pegasus's watch beeped. He glanced at it. "Whoops! Time for Yu-Gi-Oh! I gotta go!" he turned to Tea. "But I'll be back for those jet-black knee-length spike-heeled boots, you can count on that!" He stepped back into Toonland, and the book closed and flew up the stairs.
