LefthandedFreak: Well, I really don't think this is my best chapter. It took me all day to actually come up with some sort of beginning. Dreadful.

Kaiba: (Looking at Lefthand's reviews) Oh my god, someone else is reading this?

LefthandedFreak: Why not? Dagger likes it.

Kaiba: Hey, T.Lei made fun of me.

LefthandedFreak: No she didn't. She was merely stating the truth. Thank you T.Lei, Kaiba is paranoid. (hands you plushie) Just cause your truthful! And a reviewer too!

Kaiba: Hey!

LefthandedFreak: And thank you dagger. I've noticed a lot of Shonen-ai in the virtual world episodes. Of course, it's noticeable everywhere.(stitches another plushie) I'm glad you like my plushies. Luckily, my homework hasn't been getting in the way of my story. (shoves three uncompleted project, a math worksheet, and an essay that needs to consist of 1600 words under the bed) Hehe, anyways, I hope that you like this chapter which I feel upset that I didn't do a good job on and read and review.

Math sheet: (pops out from under bed) Alright, now that your done introducing the chapter, GET TO WORK!

LefthandedFreak: Yes sir.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid! What were you thinking? Jumping on him like that"

Of course, Joey hadn't been thinking. That's why he was in his latest predicament. A confused heart. One side of him was trying to get him to believe in what he always had, before Fate and Kaiba screwed it up. The other side wanted him to embrace his new feeling. The problem was, he was feeling more than just one thing at the moment.

Fed up with walking and thinking Joey finally plopped down on a park bench, because, well, where else would he be if he was on a park bench? No need for an introduction there, folks.

"You should have just done what you always did….should have kept to yourself…but…I needed to know."

Well, at least he got rid of the walking bit. Joey brushed his bangs out of his closed eyes with a sigh. Maybe sitting here for awhile would make him feel better. If not, he could always talk to Yugi. He was always there for his friends in their time of need.

Look left. Look Right. Empty both ways. Where could he have gone? Kaiba sighed as he wandered down the empty streets, trying to locate Joey. It seemed pretty hopeless. By the time he got to the first floor, Joey had disappeared into the dark unknown world. If only he was some sort of vampire, then he could sniff the dufous out. Of course, Kaiba didn't believe in vampires, along with many things including Fate, Destiny, and a so called thing known as Friendship.

THWACK!

Who put that tree there? Kaiba held his swore face with one hand. Good, nothing broken other than maybe his dignity. Luckily, no one had seen him.

"So, was that to teach yourself a lesson or is that how you get around, by running into things?", Joey was peering up from a bench from out of the gloom of the night.

If looks could kill, Joey would have been dead, burnt to a crisp, resurrected, and killed again but in a more horrifying way than the last. Needless to say, Kaiba wasn't amused. "Tell me, is it just me, or am I the only one who notices how pathetic you are?"

Joey smirked, "G Kaiba, maybe I should have stayed and let you insult me at your company. Would have saved you a trip none the less.". Kaiba stood silent for a moment before shifting a bit, like he was nervous, but he didn't show it.

"If your gonna say something rich boy, than say it"

"We need to talk"

Fate felt pretty good right now. No wonder Kaiba stayed in his office. She wouldn't leave this chair either if she had the choice. Sighing, she brushed a few stray hairs out of her face as she leaned back in the chair. Oh she was so comfortable…..so….

"Fate"

damn. Fate sat up to face her most favorite person in the whole wide world. Aphrodite.

"What do you want Aphrodite? Come to imbed your words of advice?", Fate chuckled a bit at this as Aphrodite scowled.

"I just wanted to make sure everything was running fine, that's all"

"Don't want to get in trouble for doing a bad job, I see."

"You know that's not it Fate.", The blonde beauty crossed her arms defiantly as she perched herself atop of Kaiba's desk.

Fate rolled her eyes , "Yeah, I know, I know, you're here to remind me of inspection this coming week. So tell me, when's Bes coming?" Aphrodite rubbed her arm a bit.

"Well, you see, Bes has become ill"

"How can he become ill, he's an entity?"

" I don't know, he just has. I personally think he made that up so he can have an early vacation. He did that last year.." Aphrodite paused as she seemed to remember whatever unpleasant event occurred as a result of the vacation before snapping back into reality. "Anyways, the big man has assigned a permanent replacement until Bes get's back."

"Uh huh, ok, who is it?"

"Hades"

Fate slammed her head into the desk causing Aphrodite to jump. She laid there for a good seven minutes before picking herself back up and doing it again.

"Fate?"

"Shh". BANG!

"What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to see if the pain of ramming my head into a piece of wood could match the equivalence of having to put up with Hades for God knows how long". Fate pulled her head off the desk, revealing a very beaten up face. "Too bad I can't feel pain. I might have been able to knock myself out"

Aphrodite shock her head and wiped a few trails of blood away, healing the broken skin. "Oh come on, you'll only have to put up with him for a week. After that, he's gone and back to helping out the dead." Fate smiled softly. "Now, how are your little love birds coming?'

Fate smiled slyly, "Two of them should start getting to know each other tonight. That will go on for about two weeks before they decide to call it official. At least, privately, though., Kaiba can't risk the press. Then Yugi and Yami come into play. Next will be my favorite part"

"The affairs?"

Fate turned around and looked out into the brilliant night. "The affairs".

Yugi breathed in the cool crisp air of the evening. It wasn't every day he was blessed with such a lovely night. It was great walking weather. So with a small explanation to Yami that a doughnut was food and not some sort of weird ring, Yugi treaded off and into the night.

But now where to?

Everything was closed around this time of night. Besides, he wanted to enjoy the full extents of nature. Just as long as it didn't involve rain and someone's car, he was fine. That's when it hit him. The park was always the best place to see nature at work. Why not?

It didn't take long for Yugi to fall in step with the slow pace of the place. In fact, he swore he could see two other people just ahead, enjoying the night like he was. Why did they look so familiar? Wait a sec; was that Joey and Kaiba talking?

If Yugi had a camera, he would have called it a Kodak moment. Yami would never believe him. Well, whatever they where saying seemed important so better if he just slipped around the back.

"….but I'm not to sure of my feeling for you"

Hold the phone. What did he just say? Obviously, Yugi had gone undetected as planned, but had caught a little dabble of something….just plain weird.

"Maybe we should get to know each other first. You know, I tell you about me, you tell me about you. We could work something out before we take the next step"

Next step? Oh they couldn't be talking about….or could they? Yugi peered from around his hiding place (which happened to be a well placed tree) as he tried to get a good glimpse of the two. Sure enough, they seemed a little to entranced in the others eyes to actually be talking about anything else.

Yugi felt something wet slid down his face. What was that? A raindrop? He brought his hand to his face as he realized what it was. A tear. He was crying. First Mai and now Kaiba? Was Yugi always going to be so alone? Did Joey have to hurt him so?

Careful not to allure them to his presence, Yugi backed away. When he was sure he was out of earshot, he took of running, trying to the very essence of reality it seemed. It didn't seem to work. He couldn't even manage a good dreaded sigh when he ran past Yami, a bashed coffee pot in his hand.

"Yugi?"

Kaiba: And there you have it, another stupid and senseless chapter.

Joey: (looks around) where's LefthandedFreak?

Kaiba: (smiles evilly) Oh, last I saw, she was getting whipped by her History book.

Joey: (winces) ouch. I'm glad I lost my books.

Kaiba: I'm glad I'm smart enough to install fear into the books.

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