I am working on reformatting my fic, so with each chapter I am trying to improve! Hopefully it's easier to read! Thanks to everyone for reading!
Cymoril Avalon: Thanks so much for your help, as you could probably tell I'm very new at this whole fanfiction thing. From now on, I will try to format the chapter like you said. Once I'm done, I will probably fix the old chapters! I just want to thank you so much for your help. It was greatly appreciated. I just wish I would of received this review earlier!
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The streets of Domino had many twists and turns. Each turn lead to a dark alley if one wondered away from the main road. At this time of night, the street lights were just turning on. They flickered and some went out right away. The rain had turned cold and hit the streets making a thud sound. It sent chills down one's spline as soon as it touched any part of the body. Yet Tea and Serenity kept running. Their legs were growing heavy, but they were close to their destination.
"Look, is that it?" questioned Serenity. Her words were almost ignored, because the sound of the heavy rain was too loud.
"Yeah..'' answered Tea, whose only concern was to make it the three feet that they had to run. Eventually they arrived. Tea knocked on the door.
"Uh, did you hear something?" Yugi asked. He was lying on the couch watching tv.
"I thought I heard knocking, but who could be here at this time of night?" asked Tristen. The clock changed and it now read 12 midnight.
Joey shook his head. Apparently he was the only one sensible to answer the door.
Tea's heart was racing. 'What if nobody's home?' she thought. The doorknob turned and she screamed.
"Tea?" Joey asked.
"Joey!" Tea screamed as she ran into the house.
"Serenity!" Joey yelled out of excitement. He pulled her into the house.
"Serenity?" Tristen asked. Yugi and Tristen handed over towels that they just retrieved from the bathroom. The girls were shaking.
"Geez sis I didn't know you were coming!" Joey told her. He was beaming the whole time.
"I had to come support you in the tournament. I missed out on all the fun last time!" Serenity explained.
"Oh yeah...fun..." Joey sighed, his experiences didn't sound like fun.
"So, did you come to Domino all by yourself? Wow...Did anybody mess wit ya? Cuz if they did..."Joey started saying.
Yugi interrupted by saying that he fixed up a room for the girls. "Well Joey, I'm gonna go dry off and go to bed!" Serenity said, skipping away. Tea did the same and they guys were left in the living room again.
"Serenity hasn't changed...do you think she needs my help with anything?" Tristen asked.
"No, my sista will be just fine..."Joey replied, he was looking at Tristen very suspiciously. Tristen backed away before he got punched. Yugi laughed. Joey wondered why and they all decided to call it a night. Joey fell asleep on the couch and Tristen on the floor. Yugi slept by the tv, and for some reason a bowl of popcorn was spilled all over the rug. The girls were fast asleep dreaming about what girls dream about. Everything seemed quite peaceful.
Outside in a dark alley, a hooded figure laughed. His plan was coming into play. Everything he thought up, and everything he knew was perfect. It was time. He laughed. It was a cold unforgiving scream actually. Most people wouldn't be able to hear it, but then again this group isn't made up of most people.
Yugi started shuddering. It woke him up. He crossed the room very quietly, being careful not to wake everybody up. He look out the window, but all he could see was darkness. 'Yami, if you were here then you would know what to do...I just know that something bad is going to happen...' Yugi thought. He held back the tears, and the wind started to blow. The screaming or laughing of the madman also woke up one other person.
She was staying at a hotel, with the other duelists in the tournament. She woke up, sweating and shivering. She threw her pillow at the door as a sign of defeat and got ready to go. It was only 2 in the morning, but sleep often did not come easily to her. She was a traitor and a liar and a awful person. Of course none of this was her fault, but she lived with it every night. She wouldn't let it get her down, she made a promise to a friend. She would never go back, just forward. She slipped out of bed and got into the shower. The cold water felt good on her face, and for some reason a very peculiar thought struck her.
' I think something awful is going to happen' she thought. Mai knew this, but chose to ignore the feeling of impending doom.
The sun was shining, but only just. It was beginning to be covered by clouds. The gang at Yugi's house all got ready to go. It took them a while to shower and Yugi's grandpa was quite surprised at the number of people staying in his house.
"I should really go to bed later." he said. Yugi laughed and said, "Sorry Grandpa, I didn't know everyone was coming!"
"That's fine Yugi, but now where are Professor Hawkins and Rebecca staying?" Grandpa asked.
"Rebbbbecccaaa'sss commmminnnnggg..."Yugi whispered. Gramps nodded and headed towards the kitchen.
"Oh, Yugi your girlfriends coming!" Tristen sang.
Tea's face grew red and Serenity giggled, "Whose Rebecca?" she asked.
"Oh that's right sis, you didn't meet her! She's like 10 and really annoying and loud and obnoxious and..."Joey started to explain, but then Rebecca ran into the house and kicked him. "Would you like to finish Joey?" she asked. "No...no...I'm fine..." he responded as he fell over. Everyone laughed.
"Now Rebecca that isn't the way to act!" scolded her grandpa. "Hello Yugi!" Rebecca said, ignoring her grandpa. Yugi was trying to hide behind the couch. "Oh, I dropped something. Um, hi Rebecca.'' he replied. She ran over to hug him, but Tea stood in the way. '' Okay gang, we have a lot to do today!" she instructed.
"We do?" asked Joey. "Yeah, we have to scope out the competition and get ready for tomorrow, plus there are probably a lot of our old friends in this tournament!" Tea answered.
"Well you heard the lady, let's go!" Tristen piped in. "I'll take Serenity!" he added. Serenity gave a desperate look to Tea as they headed out the door. All Tea could do was shrug her shoulders.
Concealed in the darkness was the hooded man. He was again watching their every move. He knew what they wanted, and piece by piece he would take them down. His plan was quite ingenious, but it was slowly unfolding.
"Well guys, I'm gonna take a walk!" Joey said. They nodded.
'' Yugi, let's go to the museum! I heard they have a new exhibit!" Rebecca suggested. Now Yugi was giving Tea desperate looks. "I would like to find out more about what happened, I mean with the pharaoh!'' Serenity said. "Well, I don't really like to get into the Egyptian magic, but I guess I will!" Tristen agreed. Tea went with them, because everybody kept giving her desperate looks. She actually thought Tristen should go off with Joey, but decided against suggesting it.
As the group was heading towards the museum, they didn't realize they were being followed. Not by the strange man, but by two very weird guys. They were Rex and Weevil, and they were just about the only two 'normal' people who couldn't be included in Yugi's group. After all, they really all hated each other. What's wrong with a friendly bump into at the local museum? At least, that's what they two figured. The hooded man smirked from his hiding place, those two could be useful. Right now he was more interested in finding the one that went solo instead of with the group.
Joey walked toward the center of town. Numbers of duelists could be spotted shopping and talking. He also saw many of them trading. They all looked so happy to be here. He felt out of place. Joey had dueled in many tournaments, but he just wanted a normal one. He did want to save anybody, he didn't want his soul to be taken, he didn't want the world destroyed, he just wanted to prove he was the best duelist. He smiled, Yugi hasn't seen his new and improved deck. All of a sudden he frowned, he hadn't seen Yugi's new deck either. He was going all the way this time, and with that he flung back his hair in the typical Joey Wheeler style.
Joey sat down under a tree. The nice breeze was becoming harder and colder with each passing second. He started to drift off, but he heard screaming. He woke up and looked around, nothing happened. 'Man, now I have this feeling of doom.' Joey thought. He sighed, nope this wasn't going to be normal.
"Joey?'' a strong accent asked. "Yeah?" Joey asked back.
"It's me Bakura, you don't seem to well!" Bakura said.
"Oh, I'm fine. I'm just getting some alone time before the tournament, Yugi and the others are at the museum." Joey responded.
"I heard they have a new exhibit, I'll go visit them. Nice bumping into you!" Bakura said. Even though he was normal, Bakura still freaked Joey out. Joey stretched out and stood up. He couldn't wait until tomorrow. He ran off to the museum to join the others.
Mai was walking around town, and by this time she was quite disappointed. She couldn't find anybody she knew, plus she had been asked out at least 5 times already. People were already asking her to duel, and she did. Her opponents were all novices, so they were easy victories. Her hair kept getting into her face, and she kept pushing it back. The wind was getting worse and it started to become cold. Mai sighed, she wanted to get away from all the bad weather, but now it's just worse. She started to walk back to her hotel, she had to prepare for what lies ahead.
The gang plus Bakura had all gone back to the game shop. They discussed their day and got ready to go to bed. Of course this took awhile as their was now 9 people in the house. The sleeping arrangements were quite comfortable, for the girls. All the guys had to crash downstairs on the floor. Grandpa slept in his room and Professor Hawkins had to sleep in his trailer, but everyone else was lying on the floor. Yugi was sleeping on the couch, because they dueled for it. Joey was sleeping next to Tristen who was sleeping next to Bakura on the floor. Again they were covered in popcorn as they had a popcorn battle a few hours ago. The wind raged on, and a certain man was working away on his plan.