When Worlds Collide
Note: I do indeed hope that you are liking these little stories. Soon, the real action shall begin, and you shall see my skillful plot twists… or really, the fact that I have no idea myself what's coming next anyhow. Onward, my dears, to Joey!
Chapter Three: Lil and Steph meet the crew…
I glanced at Steph, our humor long gone, replaced by shock and, in my case, fear. Where were we, why were we here, why was Kaiba here… were we really in Domino?
"I believe that something very, very special has happened to us, Lily."
I moaned inwardly, knowing that one of her allegedly deep speeches was coming.
"For some reason, a supernatural experience has been granted to us, the misfits of our world. I think that we are in another dimension. The Yu-gi-oh dimension."
"And I think you've lost it, but… if you have, so have I… I have no choice but to say that, for now, that is the only explanation. But we need shelter, no matter where we are or how we got here."
"You're right, Lily… we should go into town and find a hotel or something before it gets dark. And I bet someone wants to meet Joey," she mocked.
"So what? You've had your first fight with S-"
"That's Kaiba to you!"
"Kaiba. I can't believe it, but you have managed to skip both the introduction and the relationship and go straight to the first argument. Truly skillful, Steph."
"At least I talked to him, unlike yourself."
"You know I'm too shy, and angry, and… and… Oh, you just shut up."
We synonymously headed towards the center of Domino City, both secretly scared to death for different reasons.
Steph's dream had actually become a reality, but it was nothing like she'd hoped. Kaiba had no idea that they were soul mates; he just wanted to be his usual tortured self. Lily was lucky that she only crushed on the bad boys, not actually fell for them. Plus, until now, her feelings had been completely crazy. Now what?
And me? I knew that my expectations always exceeded what would really happen, and so I didn't want to meet Joey at all. But I knew that, more than anything, I needed a good, solid wake up call. Maybe that was the purpose for our arrival in this strange new place.
"Where do you get off pushin' Yugi around like that, huh? Think you can just treat my bud like that?"
My cheeks blazed red at the sound of that sweet voice. I really, really had to see his face. It had been almost a whole fifteen minutes since the last time.
He was standing heroically above two tough looking street kids who had some Duel Monsters cards in their hands, staring down at them in anger. He stuck out his hand.
"Well, you gonna hand 'em over?"
Beside his friend, little Yugi Moto was tugging on the taller boy's arm, clearly trying to make him stop. The two thugs showed no signs of handing over the cards. Instead, one of them stood up and rammed into Joey, hard.
A single muscle in my arm twitched and my fist had connected with bone before I had even registered the movements it must have taken to get me over there. I blushed deeply, gazing down at my baggy tee and jeans with slight sorrow. This was not exactly a good rival to the shows very showy outfits.
"Er, next time you want to pick on someone, um, don't?" I tried meekly, suddenly failing to latch on to my white-hot rage.
The guy, however, had finally had enough. "Here, here, they're just some stupid cards anyway. You and your little girlfriend lay off, punk." Then he and his buddy scrambled off, leaving a very confused 14 year old girl behind. Had I just punched someone?
Steph slapped me on the back and then stuck out her hand to Yugi and Joey. "I'm Steph, a new girl in this town. And this is-"
"I'm Lily. Um, sorry about your, like, honor, and stuff… I just… don't like bullies?"
They stared at us for several seconds, time in which my lovely cheeks turned an all new shade of red.
"Thanks for the help, Lily and Steph. I'm Yugi Moto. Do you need some help finding a place to stay?"
I made a lovely fool of myself by staring blankly at Joey for several more seconds before regaining my dignity. "That would be… nice?"
Oh, drat it, I thought sourly, I'm becoming an up talker. This is just my luck.
"Thank you very much, Yugi, and…" she carefully pretended not to know who Joey was, a very smart move indeed. I had managed to firmly freak them out already, so she needn't help.
"Oh yeah, sorry, I dazed off…"Joey said. I sarcastically thought that he had most likely been daydreaming about a giant donut. "My name's Joey Wheeler."
I smiled meekly, staring at Steph for the next move. I was firmly star struck, and there were two guys in front of me. Not good odds for actual conversation from my end of the deal.
"There's a hotel down the street. We can show you if you want."
I nodded and Steph smiled her dangerous smile, which Yugi took as friendly, and Joey clearly thought was just plain creepy.
"And a mall of some sort would be good," I muttered. "We, uh, well," I pointed meaningfully at my outfit, and Yugi, at least, seemed to get it.
"Sure, follow us!"
End note: Okay, maybe the plot is still on the rise… I promise that the next chapter shall feature much more interesting events. Right now we're still getting introduced to the key components of this lovely tale. Please remember that Yu-gi-oh's lovely characters places, and all events other than my own personal plot do not, and never will, belong to me. Wouldn't want you giving me too much credit, even though I know you won't… Stay tuned.
