DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
REVIEWER RESPONSES:
SORCERESS VANESSA: *grabs Yugi* Yugi! Speak to me! Yugi: *bark* Nightlight5: -_-' I didn't mine that kinda speak... I mean, can you still breathe from all that hugging? Yugi: Just barely, but it's okay, it only means that they love me. Nightlight5: Oh well, you know what they say don't you? Yugi: No. Nightlight5: You always hurt the one you love. Yugi: O.o" Nightlight5: Thanks SV for the review! ^-^
ROGUEANDKURT: Thank you for the review and for the compliment, and you will be happy to know, that there will be no Duke, so, I hope you like it.
YOKAI THE TIGER DEMON AKA YOKAI: Well, I'm glad that you liked that I liked your name. Boy, that could get confusing really quick. Thanks for the review.
KITTY NEKO: Your wish... is my command, so here's the update and thanks for taking the time to review.
STARLITE-PHOENIX: Oh No! You ran off with my (don't own Yu-Gi-Oh) characters! But you kicked Tea, so we'll call it even! I'm so glad you think the story is cute and I hope you like this next chapter as well. Thanks for the review, it means a lot.
JILL: Oh dear... all that coughing, did you catch a cold? Oh and like I told RAK, there will be no Duke, so I do hope you enjoy, and I think you'll like the end. ^_~ Thanks for the review!
BAYLEEF: LOL! Nightlight5: Yugi, you're for sell in a shop window! Yugi: *starts to sing* Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows my sorrow. Nightligh5: Oh cheer up Yugi-boy. Yugi: Who do you think you are Pegasus? Nightlight5: -_- No. Well, thanks so much for the review!
MITTENS NO HIKARI: Okay Already! Those puppy dog eyes... I can't take it anymore. A person can only take so much sad cuteness at one time. So here..., here's your update, just please, don't look at me like that. Thanks for the review!
UNA1: Hehe, I'm glad you liked the scene, I really enjoyed writing it. Well, I can tell that the next scene that you are waiting for is not going to be for a while, so we can all enjoy lots of random puppy humor, although this chapter might not be my best so far, but don't worry, in a few chapters after this one I have another interesting twist to throw into the story. Thanks for the review! ^_~
ERINAMATION-LIMITED2-NOTHING: O.O Boy, this has to be the creepiest review I have ever gotten. That face..., it's just kinda staring at me. *hides behind Yugi* Yugi: Oh yeah, you're hiding behind a little dog, yeah, you're really hidden alright. Nightlight5: Oh, well, Thanks for the face review that won't stop staring at me *shivers*!
DESPERATE: Awww, that's so sweet of you to say, but don't worry about not having a fave author list, your words are enough. I thank you for stopping by and reviewing! ^-^
/Blah/= Yugi to Yami
//Blah//= Yami to Yugi
'blah'= thinking
**~~**~~**= Scene change
{blah}= Yugi's doggie thoughts
TEST OF FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER 5: Just a Walk in the Park
The Domino City square was crowded with the hustle and bustle of many different kinds of people trying to find a good way to spend there Saturday.
The large fountain shed crystal clear water down it's side ripping the reflection of a small black puppy peering down into. Sighing with a small whimper, he rolled of the ledge of the fountain and plopped onto the ground. The sky shined down upon him warming his cool fur making him sleepy.
{I'm. So. Bored. What are they doing over there anyways?}
Yugi yawned widely looking over at his friends who had been huddled up and pointing in different directions for what seemed like forever. He picked himself up and trotted over to the middle of the huddle.
"So it's settled", Yugi heard Yami's voice boom over the circle. "Tea and Serenity will search the school grounds, Tristan and I will look at 'Kaiba Land'..."
"And I'll check the Arcade," Joey announced.
"No playing while your there Joey," Tea scolded, "were out here to look for Yugi."
"Whose playing," Joey shrugged, "I'm all about finding my bud."
"Then will meet back here at 5 o'clock," Yami instructed looking at his watch."
"Right." They all said in unison and left off in there different directions.
Yugi, who was to busy scratching between his ear to notice there departure, lifted his head up to the sun and sneezed.
{Bless me!}
Shaking his head for a minute to clear his vision, he finally noticed that he was by himself.
{Huh?}
"Hey! You can't leave me!" Yugi barked, "You can't find me without me!"
Joey began to walk off towards the arcade when all of a sudden a piercing howl whipped through his ears cause him to jump. Turning around, he saw the small black pup sitting on his haunches howling into the air. Joey smiled slightly and walked back to the puppy.
Yugi sat back and howled before feeling the sensation of being picked up. His breathe caught at the sudden raise and made him feel sick for a second before being turned around to face his holder.
"Joey? I thought you were gone?"
"Hey there little guy," Joey greeted, "Did we forget you?"
{Yes... but it's okay Joey, I'm sure you guys didn't mean too.}
"Sorry about that, I guess were just not use to having you around." Joey told the pup as he set it back down on the ground. "But don't worry, you can come with me, seeing that everybody else got a partner except for me."
Joey stood back up and began to walk off with little Yugi trailing right behind him.
**~~**~~**
Joey and Yugi reached the arcade with no problem. As they entered in many different sounds could be heard radiating from the different games strode around the room. Various lights flickered here and there announcing a new win and short after victory cries from the winner. Joey began to look around the room ignoring the fact of how bad it was killing him not to be able to play.
At that moment Joey had stopped in front of his favorite game. It was some sort of fighting game, where two guys (or woman) would face of in battle to see who could kick each others butt the hardest.
Yugi, who again wasn't paying attention to where he was going, ran straight into Joey's leg causing his face to smash flat and his eyes to go cross.
{I'm goin' need... a little warning next time, Joey. Joey?}
The little pup perked up towards his _much_ taller than usual friend and made a face at him. At that moment Joey was plaster to the game, locked into a heated battle of skill and strength, or as he liked to called it, hand-eye coordination.
{Joey... I thought Tea told you not to play, but then again, when do you ever listen to what Tea says?}
"Yeah, Alright... Looks like that's another win for Joey!" Joey cried with his classic victory smile and standard laugh. But this time, his celebration was, different. It was like, some part of his usually gloating and rejoicing was missing.
Joey's laughing soon fell dry and he sighed deeply. Looking down at the black puppy, he sat down by the game and leaned his back on it.
"You know something pup," Joey said smiling weakly, "It's just not the same without Yugi here to give me a beating and then put me in my place."
Yugi whimper a bit and then laid his head of Joey's knee. He felt so bad, like all his friends were having to suffer because of him. The Shadow Realm had _nothing_ on this kinda feeling, it was the worst. Yugi shut his eyes in thought and quickly opened them as if he had been hit by a sudden wave of thought.
Yugi stood back up to his paws and barked at Joey with a wag of his tail. "I know the Yugi you know isn't here right now Joey, but what if I play you as a dog? You'll have a better advantage."
Joey jumped and blinked at the sudden bark that rang throughout his ears. He watched as the puppy continued to bark at him wagging his tail so fast he could feel the breeze coming from it. When the puppy had finally finished barking, he watched as the black pup jumped onto a medium sized box sitting beside the machine and then hopped off onto the machine. The puppy barked fiercely as if challenging Joey to stand up and play him.
Joey picked himself up and returned back to the game.
"Are you trying to challenge me?" Joey asked in disbelief.
Yugi only replied with a short snappy bark.
"I can't believe this," Joey said scratching the back of his head, "but then again, I've seen weirder things happen than this, so I'll go for it."
Yugi barked his approval as Joey leaned down to the front of the machine and inserted four tokens. Suddenly the game flashed to light as the player screen came up, giving the players a choose of what character they wanted to play.
"Here, let me help you with that pup, seeing you are only...
But Joey was cut short in middle sentence as the puppy stepped on the button and choose the player that Yugi always fought with.
"Ummm, weird," Joey stated more to himself than to the dog, "That's the character Yugi always fights with, and weird that a dog choose his own character."
Yugi parted his lips, showing his teeth in a doggie grin. He stepped back and prepared himself as the match was about to begin. He looked around at the layout of the buttons that he knew so well. He knew he would have a little more trouble this time beating Joey, not because Joey had gotten better than him or anything, it's just that this time, he would have to play with paws instead of hands, and that would serve as a problem. He figured by the layout that he wouldn't really have any problems with attacking and jumping or anything like that, seeing that those controls laid flat of the control panel, but he was a bit concerned about movement. Movement was a key part in the game, and since moving required using a joy-stick, it would be hard for Yugi to move his character at all. But, he would some who have to manage since the match was about to start in... 3... 2... 1... -Go-!
Joey's character quickly advanced of Yugi's swinging his sword fiercely, but Yugi knew that in this situation he could use the block button to hold Joey off for a moment and keep him from advancing. In doing so, Joey's character stopped and was held in a stalemate with Yugi's character. Joey's mouth dropped open as he looked over at the little puppy's paw stepping down on the block button.
Yugi caught Joey's expression out the corner of his eye and used this opportunity to launch a counter strike against Joey. Pushing back against the stalemate, Yugi was able to break free and bring his sword down onto Joey's character's chest. The hit was critical and it cost Joey quiet a lot of 'Health Points'.
Joey whipped his head up as he heard his character's yell in pain. He saw his character drop to the ground as his 'HP' lowered to a considerably low number. Still caught in his own dumbfoundness, he turned his attention back to the screen and began to power up his biggest attack.
Yugi's eyes went wide as he saw what Joey was attempting to do. Joey was trying to use his character's ultimate wipe out attack. This attack would ultimately wipe Yugi out of the game despite anything he tried. The only other option was to try and stop him before he was done powering up, but that required movement. To stop Joey from powering up, he would have to hit Joey with a critical attack before he unleashed his attack.
Of all the controls he could use, the joy-stick was the one he needed most right now. There had to be someway he could use it. He was running out of time. Joey was almost done powering when an idea hit him.
{I hope this works, because if it doesn't... the only thing I'm going to end up with is a really big headache.}
Yugi quickly let go of all his controls, letting down his guard, and rammed his head into the joy-stick causing his character to run straight for Joey. When his fighter was close enough he stretched his back leg out as far as he could and pressed the attack button, sending a critical hit straight to Joey's chest and causing his 'HP' to drop to zero.
Joey was dumbfounded as his character fell to the ground and the dog's to stand in victory. "You, beat me," was the only words that Joey could seem to say at the moment. "How could a puppy have beaten me?"
Yugi sat back on the control panel and looked up at Joey.
{I maybe a dog Joey, but I'm still 'King of Games'.}
Joey seemed to understand the pup as he smirked and crossed his arms. " Okay, nobody is going to find out about this. Tristan would never let me live this down."
Yugi barked a happily growl of agreement and held his head high.
"Hey no gloating, besides I want a rematch, and this time, your going down Yu..."
Yugi perked his ears up at the sound of Joey almost saying his name.
{That's right Joey. All I need is for you to call me Yugi. Come on, you know it's me.}
Joey paused in middle sentence and scratched his head in disappointment to see the dog sitting on the control panel instead of his best bud. But still, something about the pup just seemed too familiar to him.
"That's weird," Joey said to the wide eyed puppy, "but I almost called you..."
"Excuse me sir, but do you have trouble reading?"
Joey turned around and glared at a tall skinny man with glasses that was wearing an employee t-shirt. "What are you trying to say, that I'm dumb?"
"No sir, I was simply pointing out that you have failed to reading the sign on the door, you know, that one there, with the words in big bold print," The skinny geek pointed to the large sign on the arcade door that said 'No Pets Allowed'.
"Oh, sorry mister, but this dog isn't a pet... it's not even mine."
"Well, then," the arcade employee said as the pulled a phone from his pocket, "then I'll just have to call animal control to take care of our little problem then won't I?"
Joey grabbed the phone from the employee and turn it off. "Hey man, we ain't looking for any trouble, I'll just put him outside for a second."
"I knew you'd see it my way." the employee said snatching his phone back before walking off to cause more trouble.
"Yeah, well," Joey said shaking his fist at the employee, "how would you like to not see anything for the next week."
Yugi jumped off the control panel of the fight game and looked back at Joey.
{Come Joey, It's not worth fight over and getting kicked out the arcade for the rest of your life.}
Joey preceded to the door and opened it as the pup trotted off with Joey right behind him.
"Sorry about this pup," Joey said patting the top of his head, "but your going to have to stay out here for a minute. I want to check the back room just in case I missed something that might help us find Yugi. So wait right here until I get, okay?"
{Sure Joey.}
Yugi watched as Joey disappeared back into the arcade and left him alone on the side of the street. The streets were still as busy as they were when he had first stepped out the door today and the sun was beating down heavy rays of sunshine that seem to be even warmer to him because of the layers of black hair that he was covered in. Suddenly he felt a rumble emit from the pits of his stomach and he whimpered slightly.
{I forgot, I haven't had a thing to eat in almost two days. But if I waiting for someone to feed me, especially Tea, I'm going to be waiting for a long time.}
Yugi stood up and began to trotted off down the sidewalk looking for someway to get something to eat.
{I know I told Joey that I would wait right there, but I'll be back before he even notices I'm gone.}
Yugi's small patted feet pounded along the hot pavement as several people passed by. Some children would usually stop for a few minutes to pet him or to see he could do any tricks, but he wasn't rolling over and playing dead for anybody. Coming to the end of the street, he stopped and saw a white rectangular truck parked in the middle of the park. The truck had the familiar look of a Domino City ice cream truck.
{Hey, ice cream is food, so I'm not complaining. I think I'll go check it out.}
Yugi stood with a group of people and waited for the light to turn green so he could walk across the street. When it was finally time to walk Yugi shot out like a bolt from the crowd and ran over to the truck. He circled the truck for a second before taking a step back.
{That's not an ice cream truck. It's a... dog pound truck!}
"Well, well, well, look at what we've got here"
Yugi gulped as he turned around to be met by an middle aged man in a dog catcher's uniform and holding a large net.
"Looks like today is my luck day. Come on pup, I'm not going to hurt ya." the middle aged man said as he swung the net at Yugi.
Yugi rolled out of the way, just barely dodging the net. Standing again, he dodge the net once more and took off running with the dog catcher doing his best to keep up. Yugi tried everything from dodging through bushes, to hiding behind trees, but nothing worked.
{Geez... I'm never going to get rid of this guy.}
Yugi was getting tired, but he noticed, so was the dog catcher, but he didn't know if he could out last him.
{Please let him run out of steam before me.}
As if an answer to his prayer, Yugi just barely spotted a familiar figure up ahead.
{It's Bakura!}
Yugi pushed all his energy to the limits and made a mad dash for Bakura. When he finally got to him, he hide behind his left leg and mustered up a short bark at the dog catcher, who was steadily making his way over.
Bakura was on his way to meet his friend a the center of Domino City Hall when he felt something brush by his leg and stop behind it. He blink as he bent over and spotted an exhausted looking black dog leaning against the back of his leg.
"Hey there little fellow," Bakura smiled, "what are you doing?"
{Bakura... boy am I ever... glad to see... you.}
Bakura looked back up when here felt someone fast approaching. He frowned when he saw the local dog catcher running towards him and looked back at the black pup.
"Looks like you've gotten yourself into a spot of trouble, haven't you?" Bakura commented in his thick British accent.
"Excuse me child," the dog catcher said catching his breath, "but I'm going to have to ask you to step away from the dog."
Yugi winced when he heard the dog catcher's voice. He blinked up at Bakura when he saw him looking down at him. Yugi was too tired to put up a fight, so the only thing he could do was trust that Bakura would do the best thing, but then again, Bakura didn't know that he was Yugi.
{There's no way I'm going to get out of here without being caught. I might as well just give myself up while I still have some energy left in me.}
Yugi slowly picked his self and scooted front. The pain seeped back into his right paw as he sat down in front of the dog catcher.
{I thought my paw was getting better. I guess all that running I just did didn't help.}
"Decide to turn yourself in, did ya?" the dog catcher asked as he bent over to pick up the little pup.
"No wait!"
{Huh?}
Bakura ran forward and picked the black puppy up before the dog catcher could. "No, you can't take him, because...ummm, because he's, mine."
{Bakura?}
"This here is _your_ dog?"
"Y..yes, he's mine."
Yugi sighed in relief and relaxed in Bakura's arms a bit.
"So, if he's your's, then what's his name?"
Bakura bit his lip as he felt the puppy tense up. "He his name? Well, his name is..." Bakura began to rack his brain for any name that sounded half descent, but nothing came to mind. He began to look around at stores and street signs or anything for that matter that might help him come up with a name, but still, nothing came to mind.
'Darn!,' Bakura thought to himself, 'now it looks like I've gotten myself into a spot of trouble. Wait a second! That's it, I'll use that name!'
The middle aged dog catcher became impatient as Bakura felt the puppy's pleading eyes upon him. "His name is spot."
The dog catcher blinked at Bakura for a moment as the puppy in his arms face faltered.
{Spot? You've got to be kidding me...
"Well, Mr...umm..."
"It's Bakura"
"...Bakura. If I see your dog out roaming around again without a leash on, I'll be forced to take him in."
"Yes sir, I assure you, it won't happen again"
The dog catcher gave Bakura a glare and then gave Yugi the same look before turning and leaving. Bakura and Yugi both let out a sigh of relief.
Bakura looked down at the little puppy, who was looking as if he were about to fall asleep. "Well Spot, I guess your mine now."
{Don't call me that... but Bakura..., thanks, you're a true friend, even if you don't know it.}
Bakura smiled as the small puppy curled up into a little ball and fell fast asleep. He tighten his grip on the pup, so not to drop him before making his way out of the park to meet his friends.
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A/N: And that ends chapter 5, Yes Yes, I know that I did give you Yugi's new name in this chapter, but there is still a few more things I want to do with all of your names that you have given me, and plus, there is still a chance for Yugi to have another name... confused? In a later chapter all will be revealed, but for now, I'm out of here. Byes! ^-^
Nightlight5
REVIEWER RESPONSES:
SORCERESS VANESSA: *grabs Yugi* Yugi! Speak to me! Yugi: *bark* Nightlight5: -_-' I didn't mine that kinda speak... I mean, can you still breathe from all that hugging? Yugi: Just barely, but it's okay, it only means that they love me. Nightlight5: Oh well, you know what they say don't you? Yugi: No. Nightlight5: You always hurt the one you love. Yugi: O.o" Nightlight5: Thanks SV for the review! ^-^
ROGUEANDKURT: Thank you for the review and for the compliment, and you will be happy to know, that there will be no Duke, so, I hope you like it.
YOKAI THE TIGER DEMON AKA YOKAI: Well, I'm glad that you liked that I liked your name. Boy, that could get confusing really quick. Thanks for the review.
KITTY NEKO: Your wish... is my command, so here's the update and thanks for taking the time to review.
STARLITE-PHOENIX: Oh No! You ran off with my (don't own Yu-Gi-Oh) characters! But you kicked Tea, so we'll call it even! I'm so glad you think the story is cute and I hope you like this next chapter as well. Thanks for the review, it means a lot.
JILL: Oh dear... all that coughing, did you catch a cold? Oh and like I told RAK, there will be no Duke, so I do hope you enjoy, and I think you'll like the end. ^_~ Thanks for the review!
BAYLEEF: LOL! Nightlight5: Yugi, you're for sell in a shop window! Yugi: *starts to sing* Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows my sorrow. Nightligh5: Oh cheer up Yugi-boy. Yugi: Who do you think you are Pegasus? Nightlight5: -_- No. Well, thanks so much for the review!
MITTENS NO HIKARI: Okay Already! Those puppy dog eyes... I can't take it anymore. A person can only take so much sad cuteness at one time. So here..., here's your update, just please, don't look at me like that. Thanks for the review!
UNA1: Hehe, I'm glad you liked the scene, I really enjoyed writing it. Well, I can tell that the next scene that you are waiting for is not going to be for a while, so we can all enjoy lots of random puppy humor, although this chapter might not be my best so far, but don't worry, in a few chapters after this one I have another interesting twist to throw into the story. Thanks for the review! ^_~
ERINAMATION-LIMITED2-NOTHING: O.O Boy, this has to be the creepiest review I have ever gotten. That face..., it's just kinda staring at me. *hides behind Yugi* Yugi: Oh yeah, you're hiding behind a little dog, yeah, you're really hidden alright. Nightlight5: Oh, well, Thanks for the face review that won't stop staring at me *shivers*!
DESPERATE: Awww, that's so sweet of you to say, but don't worry about not having a fave author list, your words are enough. I thank you for stopping by and reviewing! ^-^
/Blah/= Yugi to Yami
//Blah//= Yami to Yugi
'blah'= thinking
**~~**~~**= Scene change
{blah}= Yugi's doggie thoughts
TEST OF FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER 5: Just a Walk in the Park
The Domino City square was crowded with the hustle and bustle of many different kinds of people trying to find a good way to spend there Saturday.
The large fountain shed crystal clear water down it's side ripping the reflection of a small black puppy peering down into. Sighing with a small whimper, he rolled of the ledge of the fountain and plopped onto the ground. The sky shined down upon him warming his cool fur making him sleepy.
{I'm. So. Bored. What are they doing over there anyways?}
Yugi yawned widely looking over at his friends who had been huddled up and pointing in different directions for what seemed like forever. He picked himself up and trotted over to the middle of the huddle.
"So it's settled", Yugi heard Yami's voice boom over the circle. "Tea and Serenity will search the school grounds, Tristan and I will look at 'Kaiba Land'..."
"And I'll check the Arcade," Joey announced.
"No playing while your there Joey," Tea scolded, "were out here to look for Yugi."
"Whose playing," Joey shrugged, "I'm all about finding my bud."
"Then will meet back here at 5 o'clock," Yami instructed looking at his watch."
"Right." They all said in unison and left off in there different directions.
Yugi, who was to busy scratching between his ear to notice there departure, lifted his head up to the sun and sneezed.
{Bless me!}
Shaking his head for a minute to clear his vision, he finally noticed that he was by himself.
{Huh?}
"Hey! You can't leave me!" Yugi barked, "You can't find me without me!"
Joey began to walk off towards the arcade when all of a sudden a piercing howl whipped through his ears cause him to jump. Turning around, he saw the small black pup sitting on his haunches howling into the air. Joey smiled slightly and walked back to the puppy.
Yugi sat back and howled before feeling the sensation of being picked up. His breathe caught at the sudden raise and made him feel sick for a second before being turned around to face his holder.
"Joey? I thought you were gone?"
"Hey there little guy," Joey greeted, "Did we forget you?"
{Yes... but it's okay Joey, I'm sure you guys didn't mean too.}
"Sorry about that, I guess were just not use to having you around." Joey told the pup as he set it back down on the ground. "But don't worry, you can come with me, seeing that everybody else got a partner except for me."
Joey stood back up and began to walk off with little Yugi trailing right behind him.
**~~**~~**
Joey and Yugi reached the arcade with no problem. As they entered in many different sounds could be heard radiating from the different games strode around the room. Various lights flickered here and there announcing a new win and short after victory cries from the winner. Joey began to look around the room ignoring the fact of how bad it was killing him not to be able to play.
At that moment Joey had stopped in front of his favorite game. It was some sort of fighting game, where two guys (or woman) would face of in battle to see who could kick each others butt the hardest.
Yugi, who again wasn't paying attention to where he was going, ran straight into Joey's leg causing his face to smash flat and his eyes to go cross.
{I'm goin' need... a little warning next time, Joey. Joey?}
The little pup perked up towards his _much_ taller than usual friend and made a face at him. At that moment Joey was plaster to the game, locked into a heated battle of skill and strength, or as he liked to called it, hand-eye coordination.
{Joey... I thought Tea told you not to play, but then again, when do you ever listen to what Tea says?}
"Yeah, Alright... Looks like that's another win for Joey!" Joey cried with his classic victory smile and standard laugh. But this time, his celebration was, different. It was like, some part of his usually gloating and rejoicing was missing.
Joey's laughing soon fell dry and he sighed deeply. Looking down at the black puppy, he sat down by the game and leaned his back on it.
"You know something pup," Joey said smiling weakly, "It's just not the same without Yugi here to give me a beating and then put me in my place."
Yugi whimper a bit and then laid his head of Joey's knee. He felt so bad, like all his friends were having to suffer because of him. The Shadow Realm had _nothing_ on this kinda feeling, it was the worst. Yugi shut his eyes in thought and quickly opened them as if he had been hit by a sudden wave of thought.
Yugi stood back up to his paws and barked at Joey with a wag of his tail. "I know the Yugi you know isn't here right now Joey, but what if I play you as a dog? You'll have a better advantage."
Joey jumped and blinked at the sudden bark that rang throughout his ears. He watched as the puppy continued to bark at him wagging his tail so fast he could feel the breeze coming from it. When the puppy had finally finished barking, he watched as the black pup jumped onto a medium sized box sitting beside the machine and then hopped off onto the machine. The puppy barked fiercely as if challenging Joey to stand up and play him.
Joey picked himself up and returned back to the game.
"Are you trying to challenge me?" Joey asked in disbelief.
Yugi only replied with a short snappy bark.
"I can't believe this," Joey said scratching the back of his head, "but then again, I've seen weirder things happen than this, so I'll go for it."
Yugi barked his approval as Joey leaned down to the front of the machine and inserted four tokens. Suddenly the game flashed to light as the player screen came up, giving the players a choose of what character they wanted to play.
"Here, let me help you with that pup, seeing you are only...
But Joey was cut short in middle sentence as the puppy stepped on the button and choose the player that Yugi always fought with.
"Ummm, weird," Joey stated more to himself than to the dog, "That's the character Yugi always fights with, and weird that a dog choose his own character."
Yugi parted his lips, showing his teeth in a doggie grin. He stepped back and prepared himself as the match was about to begin. He looked around at the layout of the buttons that he knew so well. He knew he would have a little more trouble this time beating Joey, not because Joey had gotten better than him or anything, it's just that this time, he would have to play with paws instead of hands, and that would serve as a problem. He figured by the layout that he wouldn't really have any problems with attacking and jumping or anything like that, seeing that those controls laid flat of the control panel, but he was a bit concerned about movement. Movement was a key part in the game, and since moving required using a joy-stick, it would be hard for Yugi to move his character at all. But, he would some who have to manage since the match was about to start in... 3... 2... 1... -Go-!
Joey's character quickly advanced of Yugi's swinging his sword fiercely, but Yugi knew that in this situation he could use the block button to hold Joey off for a moment and keep him from advancing. In doing so, Joey's character stopped and was held in a stalemate with Yugi's character. Joey's mouth dropped open as he looked over at the little puppy's paw stepping down on the block button.
Yugi caught Joey's expression out the corner of his eye and used this opportunity to launch a counter strike against Joey. Pushing back against the stalemate, Yugi was able to break free and bring his sword down onto Joey's character's chest. The hit was critical and it cost Joey quiet a lot of 'Health Points'.
Joey whipped his head up as he heard his character's yell in pain. He saw his character drop to the ground as his 'HP' lowered to a considerably low number. Still caught in his own dumbfoundness, he turned his attention back to the screen and began to power up his biggest attack.
Yugi's eyes went wide as he saw what Joey was attempting to do. Joey was trying to use his character's ultimate wipe out attack. This attack would ultimately wipe Yugi out of the game despite anything he tried. The only other option was to try and stop him before he was done powering up, but that required movement. To stop Joey from powering up, he would have to hit Joey with a critical attack before he unleashed his attack.
Of all the controls he could use, the joy-stick was the one he needed most right now. There had to be someway he could use it. He was running out of time. Joey was almost done powering when an idea hit him.
{I hope this works, because if it doesn't... the only thing I'm going to end up with is a really big headache.}
Yugi quickly let go of all his controls, letting down his guard, and rammed his head into the joy-stick causing his character to run straight for Joey. When his fighter was close enough he stretched his back leg out as far as he could and pressed the attack button, sending a critical hit straight to Joey's chest and causing his 'HP' to drop to zero.
Joey was dumbfounded as his character fell to the ground and the dog's to stand in victory. "You, beat me," was the only words that Joey could seem to say at the moment. "How could a puppy have beaten me?"
Yugi sat back on the control panel and looked up at Joey.
{I maybe a dog Joey, but I'm still 'King of Games'.}
Joey seemed to understand the pup as he smirked and crossed his arms. " Okay, nobody is going to find out about this. Tristan would never let me live this down."
Yugi barked a happily growl of agreement and held his head high.
"Hey no gloating, besides I want a rematch, and this time, your going down Yu..."
Yugi perked his ears up at the sound of Joey almost saying his name.
{That's right Joey. All I need is for you to call me Yugi. Come on, you know it's me.}
Joey paused in middle sentence and scratched his head in disappointment to see the dog sitting on the control panel instead of his best bud. But still, something about the pup just seemed too familiar to him.
"That's weird," Joey said to the wide eyed puppy, "but I almost called you..."
"Excuse me sir, but do you have trouble reading?"
Joey turned around and glared at a tall skinny man with glasses that was wearing an employee t-shirt. "What are you trying to say, that I'm dumb?"
"No sir, I was simply pointing out that you have failed to reading the sign on the door, you know, that one there, with the words in big bold print," The skinny geek pointed to the large sign on the arcade door that said 'No Pets Allowed'.
"Oh, sorry mister, but this dog isn't a pet... it's not even mine."
"Well, then," the arcade employee said as the pulled a phone from his pocket, "then I'll just have to call animal control to take care of our little problem then won't I?"
Joey grabbed the phone from the employee and turn it off. "Hey man, we ain't looking for any trouble, I'll just put him outside for a second."
"I knew you'd see it my way." the employee said snatching his phone back before walking off to cause more trouble.
"Yeah, well," Joey said shaking his fist at the employee, "how would you like to not see anything for the next week."
Yugi jumped off the control panel of the fight game and looked back at Joey.
{Come Joey, It's not worth fight over and getting kicked out the arcade for the rest of your life.}
Joey preceded to the door and opened it as the pup trotted off with Joey right behind him.
"Sorry about this pup," Joey said patting the top of his head, "but your going to have to stay out here for a minute. I want to check the back room just in case I missed something that might help us find Yugi. So wait right here until I get, okay?"
{Sure Joey.}
Yugi watched as Joey disappeared back into the arcade and left him alone on the side of the street. The streets were still as busy as they were when he had first stepped out the door today and the sun was beating down heavy rays of sunshine that seem to be even warmer to him because of the layers of black hair that he was covered in. Suddenly he felt a rumble emit from the pits of his stomach and he whimpered slightly.
{I forgot, I haven't had a thing to eat in almost two days. But if I waiting for someone to feed me, especially Tea, I'm going to be waiting for a long time.}
Yugi stood up and began to trotted off down the sidewalk looking for someway to get something to eat.
{I know I told Joey that I would wait right there, but I'll be back before he even notices I'm gone.}
Yugi's small patted feet pounded along the hot pavement as several people passed by. Some children would usually stop for a few minutes to pet him or to see he could do any tricks, but he wasn't rolling over and playing dead for anybody. Coming to the end of the street, he stopped and saw a white rectangular truck parked in the middle of the park. The truck had the familiar look of a Domino City ice cream truck.
{Hey, ice cream is food, so I'm not complaining. I think I'll go check it out.}
Yugi stood with a group of people and waited for the light to turn green so he could walk across the street. When it was finally time to walk Yugi shot out like a bolt from the crowd and ran over to the truck. He circled the truck for a second before taking a step back.
{That's not an ice cream truck. It's a... dog pound truck!}
"Well, well, well, look at what we've got here"
Yugi gulped as he turned around to be met by an middle aged man in a dog catcher's uniform and holding a large net.
"Looks like today is my luck day. Come on pup, I'm not going to hurt ya." the middle aged man said as he swung the net at Yugi.
Yugi rolled out of the way, just barely dodging the net. Standing again, he dodge the net once more and took off running with the dog catcher doing his best to keep up. Yugi tried everything from dodging through bushes, to hiding behind trees, but nothing worked.
{Geez... I'm never going to get rid of this guy.}
Yugi was getting tired, but he noticed, so was the dog catcher, but he didn't know if he could out last him.
{Please let him run out of steam before me.}
As if an answer to his prayer, Yugi just barely spotted a familiar figure up ahead.
{It's Bakura!}
Yugi pushed all his energy to the limits and made a mad dash for Bakura. When he finally got to him, he hide behind his left leg and mustered up a short bark at the dog catcher, who was steadily making his way over.
Bakura was on his way to meet his friend a the center of Domino City Hall when he felt something brush by his leg and stop behind it. He blink as he bent over and spotted an exhausted looking black dog leaning against the back of his leg.
"Hey there little fellow," Bakura smiled, "what are you doing?"
{Bakura... boy am I ever... glad to see... you.}
Bakura looked back up when here felt someone fast approaching. He frowned when he saw the local dog catcher running towards him and looked back at the black pup.
"Looks like you've gotten yourself into a spot of trouble, haven't you?" Bakura commented in his thick British accent.
"Excuse me child," the dog catcher said catching his breath, "but I'm going to have to ask you to step away from the dog."
Yugi winced when he heard the dog catcher's voice. He blinked up at Bakura when he saw him looking down at him. Yugi was too tired to put up a fight, so the only thing he could do was trust that Bakura would do the best thing, but then again, Bakura didn't know that he was Yugi.
{There's no way I'm going to get out of here without being caught. I might as well just give myself up while I still have some energy left in me.}
Yugi slowly picked his self and scooted front. The pain seeped back into his right paw as he sat down in front of the dog catcher.
{I thought my paw was getting better. I guess all that running I just did didn't help.}
"Decide to turn yourself in, did ya?" the dog catcher asked as he bent over to pick up the little pup.
"No wait!"
{Huh?}
Bakura ran forward and picked the black puppy up before the dog catcher could. "No, you can't take him, because...ummm, because he's, mine."
{Bakura?}
"This here is _your_ dog?"
"Y..yes, he's mine."
Yugi sighed in relief and relaxed in Bakura's arms a bit.
"So, if he's your's, then what's his name?"
Bakura bit his lip as he felt the puppy tense up. "He his name? Well, his name is..." Bakura began to rack his brain for any name that sounded half descent, but nothing came to mind. He began to look around at stores and street signs or anything for that matter that might help him come up with a name, but still, nothing came to mind.
'Darn!,' Bakura thought to himself, 'now it looks like I've gotten myself into a spot of trouble. Wait a second! That's it, I'll use that name!'
The middle aged dog catcher became impatient as Bakura felt the puppy's pleading eyes upon him. "His name is spot."
The dog catcher blinked at Bakura for a moment as the puppy in his arms face faltered.
{Spot? You've got to be kidding me...
"Well, Mr...umm..."
"It's Bakura"
"...Bakura. If I see your dog out roaming around again without a leash on, I'll be forced to take him in."
"Yes sir, I assure you, it won't happen again"
The dog catcher gave Bakura a glare and then gave Yugi the same look before turning and leaving. Bakura and Yugi both let out a sigh of relief.
Bakura looked down at the little puppy, who was looking as if he were about to fall asleep. "Well Spot, I guess your mine now."
{Don't call me that... but Bakura..., thanks, you're a true friend, even if you don't know it.}
Bakura smiled as the small puppy curled up into a little ball and fell fast asleep. He tighten his grip on the pup, so not to drop him before making his way out of the park to meet his friends.
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A/N: And that ends chapter 5, Yes Yes, I know that I did give you Yugi's new name in this chapter, but there is still a few more things I want to do with all of your names that you have given me, and plus, there is still a chance for Yugi to have another name... confused? In a later chapter all will be revealed, but for now, I'm out of here. Byes! ^-^
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