Time for…well…you get the idea.
Nobody Famous: Well there's only one way to find out. Keep reading!
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The next day, as Joey came back home from school, he made his way to his room.
Nice timing too. As soon as he closed the door, the phone rang. He was rather quick to pick up, considering his room was much cleaner nowadays.
"Yeah?"
"Joey! Hi!" Tatiana's voice rang from the other end.
"'Sup Tatiana?" Joey replied.
"Hey, you got some time tomorrow?"
"Maybe. Why?"
"Well, after that little accident at the steakhouse, I feel I owe you a date. My house after school, OK?"
"Sure! See ya then!"
"Bye!"
Joey hung up, shaking his head.
"Hmph…stupid Tristan…Tatiana wouldn't harm a fly!"
And then, wouldn't you know it? The phone rang again. This time, it was Yugi.
"Hello? Hey, what's up Yuge? A what? No I don't have a copy, but that makes no sense! All right keep your shorts on; I'll check it out ASAP. See ya."
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"I'm telling you guys, everything points to her!"
Tristan groaned, taking a sip from his coke. Tea shrugged.
"I don't know. We still don't have any real proof."
"But I'll tell you what we do have." Yugi came in, holding a newspaper. "More problems."
"What?" Tristan jumped up, "What is it?"
"I was just telling Joey about it. Check it out!" Yugi handed them the newspaper. Tea picked it up.
"Werewolf in Domino?" Her eyes widened, "Locals terrified of beastly newcomer?"
"Yeah!" Yugi sat down, "They say it was seen by the lake, but no attacks were reported yet."
"This is nuts!" Tristan looked to the article.
"It gets better." Yugi pointed to the picture in the article. "Look! This photo was taken at 12:41 just two nights back. Isn't that the same night Kaiba disappeared?"
"Aww don't tell me you think tall, dark, and hairy has something to do with that!" Tristan snapped.
"It's not impossible." Tea intervened, "Just this morning I got another call from Mokuba. He mentioned there was a creature just like this one in his room that night."
I agree with Tea. Something about this werewolf feels familiar.+
--My thoughts exactly. But what about that girl? The one who called Kaiba just before he left? Could she be…--
Perhaps. Joey dropped off Tatiana at her house a considerable time before Kaiba left. It's time we looked into her a little more closely.+
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"Disappeared?"
Tatiana, pouring tea, looked aghast to Yugi and Joey. Yugi nodded.
"Yeah. And that werewolf from the papers? Apparently, it paid a visit to his brother that same night."
"I see." Tatiana took a sip from the tea before setting it down. "And you're telling me this because…?"
"Umm, err…" Joey stammered, but Yugi stayed silent, staring at him. "Well, umm how do I break this to ya?" He took a deep breath. "We think you might know something about it."
"Well I don't." Tatiana was quick to reply, finishing the tea and setting down her cup. "Sorry I couldn't be-." She froze as she looked into the teacup. "Umm, on second thought, I'll have to get back to you on that."
"So you do know something?" Joey turned back. "What? What is it?"
"Not now Joey!" Tatiana snapped, but then shook her head. "I'm sorry. I…I still have a few errands to run. I'll have to call you later."
"OK I guess." Yugi was already getting up from his chair.
Joey followed Yugi out, almost mindlessly. He had never seen Tatiana like this before, and that frightened him.
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Later that day, Tatiana slipped into a corner of her closet and picked up the phone.
"Kim?"
"Yeah?" Came Kim's reply.
"I don't know how much longer we can do this! I was having a talk with Yugi and Joey today, and I got the skull omen! You know what that means, right? We have to find Kaiba before-!"
"Oh relax Tatiana! What's all the fuss? You said yourself it's just coincidence that the leaves make those shapes in a teacup."
"Kim! This is serious! Everyone knows the skull means death! Kaiba's in real trouble, we have to find him!"
"For the umpteenth time, Tatiana, everything's doing just fine! Kaiba's a big boy. He can handle himself. So stop worrying about omens and death already. Get out for a change! Smell the roses!"
"We can't just sit here and do nothing Kim!"
"That's the spirit! You owe your man a date, so give him one!"
"But Kim-!"
"Knew you'd see things my way. Bye!" Kim finally hung up.
Wincing, Tatiana hung up as well.
"Smell the roses? What is she thinking?" She groaned to herself, "This is getting too far out of hand. We have to do something."
She picked up her phone yet again and waited.
"Hello?" Was Julie's weary response.
"Hey, Julie?" Tatiana sighed.
"Tatiana? It's practically midnight. What are you doing still up?"
"I couldn't sleep. But enough about me. Can you come over for a bit? There's something I need to talk to you about."