Darkhope: 13 reviews? Hmmm...not bad! Thanks everyone! I love all of them! Some of you reviewed and said you wanted Seto/Serenity. Well I might put them in here as well, since I love that pairing so much. I don't own YGO and thanks again for all the reviews. I am happy to know that there are many Joey/Mai fans out there! (smile) [then again, I knew that already. hehe.]
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Chapter 2: The Reunion Party
It was a cool night in the city of Domino. It was the perfect night for a party, and the park seemed like the perfect place for it. The day went by fast for everyone. Many people were talking about the Battle City Reunion Party Kaiba was holding. All of them were excited. But for Joey Wheeler, it was a little different....
'Why do I feel like goin' ta dis party is a mistake? It just doesn't feel right.....'
Yugi, Tea, Joey, Tristan, Duke, and Serenity were on their way to the reunion. They were walking through the streets, and it was unusually quiet. Well except for the fact that Duke was trying to impress Serenity with his "Dice Rolling" skills. Tristan was pissed that Duke had to come with them. He knew that he was just out to get Serenity. But, Tristan was determined to make Serenity HIS. Serenity however, was lost in her own thoughts to even noticed Duke. It had been awhile since she saw the gang. She wanted to go to the Reunion for a great deal of reasons. She wanted to see Mai again. Serenity knew all about what happened between her brother and Mai, and about Varon as well.
'Poor Joey.... Poor Mai....' Serenity thought to herself. 'Mai has been an inspiration to me ever since I met her.... And I can see that Joey loves her very much. And judging by what Mai says about him... I say she loves him too.'
However, there was another reason why she wanted to go to the reunion. To see Seto Kaiba. Serenity blushed at the thought of his name. His handsome features floated through her mind as she imagined what it would be like to be married to him. 'Joey would never approve....' She sighed.
Joey was in front of everyone, walking with his head hung low. It was obvious he didn't know where he was going. He was lost into his own thoughts.
Yugi looked at Joey in concern. There was a lot on his mind, and Yugi could tell. "Hey Joey? Are you okay?"
Everyone stopped and looked at Yugi and Joey.
Joey looked up. "Yeah, Yug. Course I'm okay. Why?"
"Well it seemed that you were zoning out on us again. And if you walked any further without looking up, you would have crashed into that Cation sign." Yugi pointed to it.
"Great...just what we need. For Joey to have more brain damage." Tristan snickered.
"CAN IT TRISTAN!" Joey screamed at him.
"Are you sure you're alright big brother?" Serenity walked over and hugged her brother. "You look a little pale."
Joey sighed and hugged her back. "Nah sis. I'm fine. Ya dun hafta worry bout' me."
Serenity nodded. "If you're sure." 'Something is wrong with him....' [A/N: Of course.... --']
The group continued walking. Tea walked behind Joey and just stared at him. She remembered when she told Serenity about Joey and Mai. And all about Varon.
::Flashback::
"SERENITY!" Joey screamed and hugged his sister. "I missed you so much!"
Serenity returned the hug and kissed her brother's cheek. "I missed you too, big brother."
Serenity was informed by Tristan about the Reunion and all. Then it hit her. Mai would be there too. Serenity knew Joey and Mai had hidden feelings for each other, but they refused to admit it.
Everyone was getting ready for the Party. Tea and Serenity were "Freshening up" as they called it.
"Hey Tea?"
"Yes, what is it Serenity?"
"Has anything happened between my brother and Mai since I last saw you guys?"
Tea looked at the younger girl in shock. "As a matter of fact.....yes."
"Really!? What!?" Serenity was so surprised. Maybe they finally hooked up. Everyone knew that would happen.
"Well....." Tea sighed. "As you know, we just beat Dartz-"
"Yes I know all about Dartz, I heard it on the news. Sorry to interrupt. Keep going."
"That's alright, Serenity." Tea giggled. "Anyway, there was this guy named Varon...."
"I know about him too....As you guessed it....the news....." Serenity laughed.
"Alright well then I will skip the details and go straight into Joey and Mai. Well Varon was after Joey because he had the card Hellmos.(sp?) [A/N: Alright I can't spell it. Lol.] However, we all believe there was another reason. Varon fell in love with Mai. And to win Mai's heart, he had to kill Joey. Lets just say he knew Mai loved Joey and wanted him out of the way."
Serenity had tears forming in her eyes. "He didn't have to want to kill my brother! That's not fair! Couldn't he have just left Joey and Mai alone?!"
Tea shrugged. "Guess not... I guess that's what love does. But it was Mai's choice to gain power and be apart of the Doom Organization."
Tea then proceeded in telling Serenity everything else that had happened. [A/N: I don't feel like explaining everything...those of you who have seen or know about what happened in episode 173 should know what Tea is talking about. How Mai was the one who took Joey's soul, and was crying over him, etc....]
"But in the end... Mai left Varon.... The thing is that.... Varon is still alive. He too, had reclaimed his soul like everyone else." Tea chocked back a sob.
Serenity burst into tears. "I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T KNOW MY OWN BROTHER WAS DEAD UNTIL NOW! EVEN THOUGH HE IS BACK, I STILL WANTED TO KNOW!"
"Well....he wasn't really DEAD.... He simply lost his soul like Yugi, Pegasus, Varon, Mai, etc...." Tea replied. "The last thing Varon said before he got his soul taken was, "Joey, take care of Mai." And Joey hasn't seen her since." [A/N: That's true by the way.... The last thing Varon said before his soul got taken WAS "Jounouchi, take care of Mai." or something like that. I have the episode.]
"My brother told you all this?"
"Yes. And I KNOW he wouldn't lie about this."
Serenity nodded. "I understand."
::End Flashback::
Tea sighed.
The group continued walking until they reached the park where the party was being held.
"WELL WE'RE FINALLY HERE!" Tristan and Duke yelled in excitement. They knew at the end of the night...When the last song is played, it will be slow. Yes a slow song indeed.(hinthint) Both of them wanted a dance with Serenity. God help her.
Almost everyone was there! It was amazing. Joey looked around to find the tables of food. Him and Tristan right away, began eating. [A/N: You know how they are! Lol.]
That left Yugi, Tea, Serenity, and Duke behind with big sweat drops on their foreheads.
Seto Kaiba was looking at them with disgust. "Yugi is here." He walked up to the group. (minus Joey and Tristan of course.)
"I see you Geeks made it."
Serenity looked at the CEO and blushed. Duke saw this and was about to say something, but Joey seemed to have handled that. "WE ARE NOT GEEKS, YA JERK!"
Even from far away, Joey could hear Kaiba's insults.
"I wasn't even talking to you, dog. So just shut up." Kaiba looked at Joey.
"Well ya were saying that ta my friends, Kaiba! And I'm not a dog!"
"Hn...Where's that blonde women you are so close with? Mai, right? She was one of the finalists, I remember her. Why don't you go find her." Kaiba meant for Joey to get even more annoyed. But it made him more depressed then annoyed.
Right there everyone knew Kaiba had said the wrong thing. Joey just stared at him. Tristan stopped eating and looked at his best friend with deep concern. "Joey? You okay, buddy?" He asked as he patted Joey's shoulder.
'Why did dat jerk have ta bring he up? WHY?! Da truth is....I'm not okay...but I can't tell Tristan or anyone dat..they will only worry.'
"Yeah, I'm...I'm okay...." Joey lied.
Tea death glared Kaiba. "That wasn't the right thing to say right now, Kaiba!"
Kaiba just smirked. "Why did they have a little fight?"
Joey had, had it with Kaiba. He was sick and tired of him always putting him down, and calling him a mutt. Joey could tell Serenity had developed a slight crush on the CEO, but that wasn't the worst part. Talking about him and Mai? That wasn't ANY of Kaiba's business. "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Then everything became silent. Many people just stared at poor Joey. Kaiba on the other hand, found it amusing.
"YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT HAPPENED! SO WHY DA HELL DO YA HAVE TA GIVE ME DIS BULLSHIT!? I'M SICK OF IT! KAIBA JUST GET A LIFE! NO WONDER YA DON'T HAVE FRIENDS! I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE, BUT JUST LEAVE ME DA HELL ALONE!!!!!" With that said, Joey walked away from the crowd. He didn't bother looking at anyone, not even his best friends. He just looked at the floor and left.
Everyone was in pure shock. No one thought that anyone would have enough courage to scream at Seto Kaiba, and embarrass him. Kaiba would not let him get away with it....
'That mutt is so dead.....'
Serenity had tears in her eyes. She looked at the man she loved and just gave him a death glare. "How could you?"
Kaiba looked at the young Wheeler. 'Damn, she is pretty...WHAT!? SHE'S A WHEELER!'
She couldn't take it anymore. Serenity ran through and out of the crowd to find her older brother. Tristan couldn't see his buddy like this. He followed Serenity, as did Yugi, Tea, and Duke.
Malik, Isis, Odion, and Bakura even saw the whole thing.
"Wow... No wonder Joey beat Ra....." Malik stated. "He has courage...I'll give him that."
"Well we all know how him and Mai share a special bond. And it's more then friendship. What Kaiba said did not help. Not at all." Isis replied.
On the other side of the park, Mai Valentine had heard the whole thing. [A/N: Yes Joey can be that loud. Lol. Pretty much everyone at the party heard/saw him.]
'Oh Joey....' Mai started to cry. 'He does care? Should I talk to him? What will he say? He probably hates me.....' Questions and thoughts floated through her mind as she continued to cry. 'Do I love him? No that can't be!'
Mai was unaware that someone was watching her the whole time. 'Mai you will be mine.... Joey will pay.'
Back with Yugi and Co. Things weren't going so well....
"Have you found him?" Tristan asked the group.
They all decided to split up and look for Joey, and they had no luck of finding him.
"No...." They all said at the same time.
"DAMN IT!" Tristan screamed. "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT BASTARD!"
"YEAH!" Duke joined in.
"WAIT TIL' I GET MY HANDS ON HIM! I'LL-"
"TRISTAN! BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF KAIBA IS NO WAY TO HELP JOEY!" Tea screamed at him trying to hold back tears.
"WELL I KNOW IT WILL MAKE ME FEEL BETTER! AND JOEY TOO! I KNOW HE WANTS TO!"
"Tristan, no offence but I seriously doubt you could beat up Kaiba..."
"CAN IT DICE BOY!"
"PLEASE JUST STOP!"
Tristan, Yugi, Tea, and Duke turned to face Serenity.
"I'm sorry Serenity...I don't know what got into me...."
"That's alright Tristan....But please, can we just concentrate on trying to find my brother? Please?"
Yugi nodded. "You bet!" Yugi knew that Joey has been depressed. And what Kaiba said didn't help at all.
'' What is going on, Yugi?''
' Oh Yami this is terrible....Joey has run off because of what Kaiba said about him and Mai...'
'' I heard...So this huge fight broke out?''
' Well Joey screamed at Kaiba, but not like he usually does.'
'' What do you mean, Yugi?''
' Well lets just say that Joey got really pissed off and left the whole crowd speechless.'
'' That bad?''
' Afraid so..And now we can't even find him!'
'' Would you like me to take over?''
' Alright....I guess.'
With that, the Millenium Puzzle around Yugi's neck glowed, as he changed into Yami.
"We will find you...."
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Darkhope: Aww... Poor Joey! I feel so bad! (sniff) Sorry to end it there, I had so much more I wanted to add! But it was to much, so that will be the next chapter! I'm making you suffer with my evil cliffies! MWHAHAHAHA!!!!(coughcoughHAIRBALLcough) I need to work on my evil laugh.... maybe Bakura or Marik can give me some tips? Anyway, Wonder what will happen. Don't you guys? Review and maybe you will find out! (wink)