Yoku: I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! I'm sorry for not updating sooner, but the homework and the writer's block it was too much! Okay, I'm calm, I'm calm. Anyways, I just wanted to thank those of you who reviewed.
Thank you to: Almost Funny, shutupandlisten17, KatrinaKaiba, Zelda-Jewel, BobGod, Metalsilverarmor23, Master Ruby, Nightwinds9, Darks00, kikoken, PRIVATE, and Starwolf4!!!
Metalsilverarmor23: To answer your question on when Seto's going to meet up with them is that we have a couple of chapters more to go before it happens. That's all I gotta say on when okay.
Joey: Okay, since Yoku is done with those I get to announce the new character in this chapter. She's another one of Seto's fan girl, her screen name is: shutupandlisten17. So we hope you enjoy this chapter and by the way shutupandlisten17 you also have a little brother in this story.
shutupandlisten17's name: Ella
Warnings: are the same and so are the notes
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh so there's no need to ask me.
Chapter 8: A Chase within a Race
Mokuba walked around the food table picking out the type of sandwich he wanted. He decided to get another one since his last sandwich had mysteriously gone missing off his plate. The bushy haired boy couldn't decide which one he wanted since the food supply on the table had suddenly added up. Right now he's debating on whether he should get a turkey sandwich or a turkey sub sandwich.
'It's so hard to choose!' he mentally screamed in his head.
"Um… young man, shouldn't you be choosing which one you want by now?" a woman asked from across from him.
Mokuba looked up at her, "I'm sorry… but I can't decide which one to get. Either a sandwich," points down to the plate of sandwiches, "or a sub sandwich," points down to the plate of sub sandwiched, "they're not the same!"
The woman sweat-dropped.
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Further out in the park, but not that far, sat a set of swings, a jungle gym, some slides, and were placed inside a huge sandbox. Little kids flowed through there; some adults would sit by the side on a bench placed under a shady tree.
A girl with short dark brown hair and green eyes sat on one of the swings. She was wearing a blackish blue skirt just above her knees, with a white shirt; on it the words 'I heart Seto' was labeled in red except the word 'heart' was shown as a picture. Her eyes scanned the whole premises with disinterest thinking as to why she had to be there in the first place, then she remembered it's because of her little brother.
"This is so boring!" she cried out as she squeezed her eyes shut and held a tight grip on the chains.
"Ella, why do you have to be so loud? I'm right next to you, you know," a voice said in front of her.
The girl name Ella opened her eyes to see a pair of green eyes looking straight at her. A boy at the age of 10 or so stood in front of her. He was wearing a dark navy blue t-shirt with a small picture of a stick figure man on a skateboard and then falling with the words 'this could happen to you' under it. The boy also wore blue faded jeans and had his brown hair in a messy style.
"Well, sorry Sanyu (1). Just that it's boring and I can't believe that I have to be here. I mean I could've been with my friends doing something," she complained as she glared at her brother.
"It's not my fault you know. There are a lot of other people who are the same age as you. Why not make more friends?" he asked as he raised an eyebrow at her.
"Maybe I don't want to. Maybe I just want to sit here being bored to death," she replied stubbornly. "Now enough with this push me!" she exclaimed as she sat correctly on her swing.
"I don't want to push you," he pouted, "remember what happened last time?"
- Flashback -
"Ella, hurry up you slow poke, before someone takes that last swing," Sanyu said as he ran towards the swing set with his sister lagging behind.
"I can't believe I have to take you to the park Sanyu," Ella complained as she stopped in front of her little brother.
"Yeah yeah… Now enough complaining Ella and push me!" he exclaimed as he sat correctly with his legs out stretched in front of him.
"Fine, but if I push you, you have to push me," she said as she walked behind him.
"No way! I don't want to push you. You're too heavy and besides you're big enough to do it yourself," he said as he looked over his shoulder.
"You know just for that I won't push you because you're also old enough to push yourself," she replied as she stepped away from him.
"Aww… ok, ok, I will push you! It's not fun if you just push yourself."
Ella gave a light laugh as she spoke, "Alright then."
She took the chains in her hands and pulled them back and then placed her hands on his back pushing him forward. She preceded the same process but would step back when he was getting higher and higher. This continued on for a while until it was her turn.
"Okay! It's my turn now!" she exclaimed.
Sanyu, who jumped off the swing, landed gracefully on the ground and ran behind his sister. Ella took hold of the swing making it motionless before she sits on it. She then sits down; her back facing her brother then places her hands on the chains with a firm grip.
"Okay, I'm ready!" she called from over her shoulder.
The green eyed boy took a step forward as he placed both hands on her back and pushed as much force as he can. He kept repeating the process stepping back one at a time. Somewhere from being half-way off the ground, Ella would move her legs back and forth while her brother would take a break from pushing her.
"Woo hoo! I'm higher than what you just got!" she yelled triumphantly as she tried to look over her shoulder.
Sanyu just stuck his tongue at her. Ella saw his action and copied him as she also gave him a glare. She swung happily on the swing set with her little brother looking on, he then decided to play in with the sand for a little while. The day was getting boring for Sanyu as he looked up from his spot to where his sister sat, apparently still on the swing.
"Ella, come on. Let's go home already. I'm bored," the boy replied as he stood up.
"Okay okay… Let's see how far I go when I jump off," she said as she steadied herself.
"Okay hurry up."
"Alright alright…"
In a matter of seconds she gave a light leap off the swing, it looked as though she was flying in the air. She flew up and up until she was reaching down towards the ground until…
A blinding light suddenly captured her whole body from above the sky. As the aliens took hold of her and…
- End Flashback -
"Sanyu! Get out of my flashback!" Ella yelled as she faced her grinning little brother. "As I was saying," she continued.
- Flashback continued -
She reached down almost towards the ground when suddenly she got knocked down with a hard blow from the front and landed with a thud collapsing on someone in front of her. Ella heard a light gasp coming from her brother as she sat up on top of the body and opened her eyes. There she saw was a man with a black hair with an over coat lying down underneath her.
'Oh no,' she thought.
The man from underneath her gave a light moan as he stirred a bit. Sanyu came running besides her with wide-eyes.
"Sis, are you alright? What about that man? Is he okay too? You didn't kill him did you? How did it feel to fall like that? Can I try too? What about-" he constantly asked until he was interrupted by Ella.
"I don't care! Come on before he wakes up," she ushered him as she quickly got off the man and grabbed her brother by the hand and sped off.
"But sis-"
"Not now!"
The two quickly scampered off towards the parking lot.
"Ugh… my head… What the hell just happen?" the man asked as he stood up and rubbed his sore spots.
He looked around a bit till he just shrugged it off and walked away.
- End Flashback -
"And that's what happen," she nodded as she looked over at her brother.
"Poor guy… I wonder if he ever woke up," Sanyu asked as he crossed his arms.
Ella gave a look at her brother as she opened her mouth to speak until a voice spoke out thought out the whole park.
"Hello, can everyone hear me?!" the voice asked from a far.
Ella and Sanyu looked around to where the source was being held at and spotted a man with a megaphone. There was a couple of yells of 'yeses' coming from the crowd of people and picnic tables near the guy.
"Hmm… I wonder what's going on over there," Ella thought loud as she stood up.
"I don't know, but let's check it out," Sanyu replied as he ran towards the group.
"Hey, wait up…"
The dark haired girl ran after him as they neared the group of people.
"Ok everyone, here's the thing, the picnic games will start momentary," the man replied.
"Um… sir," another man started.
The man with the megaphone looked over to where he was being called at.
"Please Makoto (2)," the man replied within the megaphone.
"Gah… my ear!" a teenager from beside him yelled as he held his left ear.
Makoto lowered his instrument down, "I'm so sorry," he replied with an apologetic smile.
The man, who first spoke up within the crowd, sweat-dropped so did the others who were there, as he cleared his throat he looked over at him again.
"Uhh… yeah… I was wondering what kind of game we're going to play?" he asked.
"Oh right… are first game that we'll be playing is the three legged race. So everyone choose your partners!" The man exclaimed as he said those last two sentences in the megaphone.
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"Hey Joey did you hear that?" Mokuba asked as he looked over at him.
Joey looked at Mokuba from across the table.
"Yeah… let me guess you want ta play da game right," he asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Please!!" Mokuba begged as he gave him the puppy dog eyes.
Joey grumbled under his breath, "Fine."
"Alright!" Mokuba exclaimed as he jumped up and punched the air.
So far the two haven't been doing much but when Mokuba headed back to the table where Joey sat with his sandwich they did some light chatting throughout their meal. The 'CEO' and his 'little brother' stood up and walked towards the group where everyone is planning on participating.
"Mokuba, over here!" yelled a voice from behind.
The grey-eyed boy looked behind with Joey following his gesture.
"Ruby, where did you run off to this time?" the boy asked as he raised an eyebrow.
"Oh places… but guess what? I found Tori this time and he's going to be my partner in the race."
Mokuba sweat-dropped, "Ruby you need someone who could be able to reach the ground."
Ruby looked thoughtful, "Oh… don't worry I could place him on the ground and he could-"
"I mean human wise, Ruby!"
Ruby just looked at him then at Tori then at him again.
"Yahoo, Seto!" exclaimed another voice from behind.
Joey looked behind him to see the same girl who crashed into him minutes or so ago. The girl Li came running towards them as she stopped right in front of Joey.
"Hi again," she said with a smile.
Joey tried to put on a frown but it came out kind of crooked as he nodded his head in greeting. Li gave him a funny look but continued on.
"I was wondering if you would like to be my partner in the race," she asked.
"Um… uh… sorry but Mokuba's my partner," Joey replied as he pointed down at Mokuba.
"Oh… then I suppose that little girl next your brother doesn't have a partner I presume," she asked knowing.
Ruby looked over at her, "I have a partner and-"
"No she doesn't, and a parrot for a partner in a running race doesn't count as human," Mokuba said as he interrupted her.
Ruby just stuck out her tongue at him. Li and Joey just watched the two friends bicker.
"Well… you could be my partner if you want," Li asked as she looked at her.
"Okay, sure why not," Ruby said as she shrugged her shoulders.
The four walked towards the starting line with a piece of rope. Ella spotted a tall brunette boy just looking around clueless.
"Ahh… It's Seto!" she exclaimed.
"Seto… who's Seto?" Sanyu asked as he looked over at his sister.
"This guy that I really like."
"You mean the guy's name that you have written on your shirt?" he asked with his eyebrows raised.
Ella looked down at her shirt and nodded her head.
"Well let's go and talk to him," he said as he took hold of her hand and dragged her to the group.
"Hi you must be Seto Kaiba and Mokuba Kaiba?" Sanyu asked as he reached the group with his sister in hand.
'Oh great, jus' what I need more people to talk to me,' Joey thought as he eyed the two.
"Yeah, it's us. Who are you two?" Mokuba asked.
"I'm Sanyu and this is my older sister Ella," he said as he gestured towards them.
"Hi Seto!" Ella exclaimed as she jumped in front of him.
Li saw this action and took it as a sign.
"Um… hi," Joey said lamely.
"Are you playing this game too? 'Cause if you are can I be your partner?" she asked with a smile.
"Actually Mokuba's my partner," he said as he looked down at the grey-eyed boy besides him.
"Oh," she replied with a disappointing tone.
A voice broke out throughout their awkwardness startling them a bit.
"Okay everyone! I'm sure everyone has chosen a partner by now. Anyways, if you are planning on playing you might've gotten a piece of rope and that's good. By the way you have to tie your ankle with your partner and head over to the starting line if you haven't done so."
"Here Mokuba, I'll tie us up," Joey said as he bent down and placed their ankles together.
"Sanyu, you wanna be my partner?" Ella asked as she looked down at her little brother.
Sanyu shrugged, "Okay."
Li tied Ruby's ankle with herself and Ella did the same with Sanyu. The three teams stood in front of a thin white line indicating that is was the starting line. The three and some other teams stood there patiently behind it just chatting among themselves.
"Hey Mokuba don't you dink dat dis isn't a good idea, for me to play? I mean jus' look at those two girls dat we meet, it looks like dey are tryin' to kill each other," Joey whispered as he bent down close to Mokuba.
Mokuba looked over to where Li and Ella stood. They both would glare at each other once in a while and then look away with their arms crossed over their chest.
"I guess… but I don't think they would do anything to you," Mokuba stated as he looked at Joey square in the eye.
Sanyu looked over towards Li and Ruby and decided to make conversation with the two girls.
"Hi," he started as he caught Li's and Ruby's attention. "I'm Sanyu and this is my sister Ella," he said as he introduced himself and his sister.
"Yeah, we know," Ruby said, "I'm Ruby and… this is a girl that I don't really know."
Li looked at Ruby as she introduced herself, "I'm Li, sorry for not saying it before."
"It's okay."
Ella looked at Ruby's choice in clothing, "Um… I like how you dress. What are you suppose to be? A pirate?" she asked.
"Yep," Ruby replied as she nodded her head.
A squawk was heard on her shoulder as the three looked at the colored bird.
"Who's that?" Sanyu asked as he pointed at the parrot.
"Sanyu, no pointing."
"Sorry…"
"Oh yeah this is my pet parrot, Tori. Now Tori say 'hi'," Ruby commanded as she looked at her pet.
All Tori did was give another ear piecing squawk at them in greeting.
"Aww… he actually said 'hi'."
The three sweat-dropped. Li looked over at Ella's shirt with a tiny flame in her eye.
"Where did you get that shirt?" she asked as she nodded towards her t-shirt.
Ella looked down at her shirt, "Oh this… I made it myself."
"I like it."
"Thanks."
Everyone's conversation was stopped when they heard a loud voice in front of them.
"Hello can everyone hear me?" the man from before asked the line of people with his megaphone.
"Of course we can hear you. You're jus' a couple of inches away from us," mumbled Joey.
"Now how about we get this game started shall we," Makoto replied. "Here's the thing, the obstacle isn't difficult, all you have to do is go straight across where the finish line is located at and you win," he said with easiness.
"What do we win?!"
"Yeah! What do we win when we beat this?!"
There was a bit of yells coming from the line of people, Joey being the loudest.
"Now, now, don't worry about it. You could say that the prize is going to be a mystery and we will soon announce it when one of the teams had gone through the finish line first," he said.
"Alright, I want that prize!"
"Dude, we're going to win it!"
"You guys don't even know what it is!"
"So what!"
"This is going to be exciting, huh Joey?" Mokuba asked as he looked up towards Joey.
"Yep and we're goin' ta win dis," Joey replied with a smile.
"Joey language."
"Oh yeah… sorry."
Ruby looked at Li in the eyes, "You better not trip."
"Me trip?! Just don't get too distracted, little girl," retorted Li.
"Try not to hurt yourself, Ella," Sanyu said as he looked at his older sister.
"What?! How dare you say that little brother," glared Ella.
"Sis this is all about rhythm," Sanyu replied.
"Fine…"
Makoto looked over at the pair of teams with a sweat-drop when he heard some arguing. He cleared his throat as he placed the mouth piece of the mike close to his mouth.
"Okay everyone listen up. Here are the rules there are no cheating what so ever and the second rule is to have fun."
Joey looked down at Mokuba, "I didn't know having fun was a rule."
Mokuba looked at Joey with a sweat-drop. In a matter of seconds the race started with a couple of tripping to begin with. People by the sides were yelling encouraging words towards the racers. Mokuba and Joey were taking it one step at a time till they got their footing right. So far they are the only ones who are in first place, Li and Ruby coming in second, and Ella and Sanyu reaching the same point as them; while the other racers are lagging behind them.
"Come on Li! We have to try to run for it!" Ruby yelled as she looked at the corner of her eye towards Li's direction.
"Hey, this is harder than I thought!" she yelled back but kept going.
"Sanyu come on! We have to catch up with Seto!" Ella cried.
"Okay, okay, just don't kill me, Ella! You're taking big steps here," Sanyu replied.
"Hey, we're almost there!" Joey said gleefully.
Just then from the corner of his eye he saw that Ella and Sanyu had caught up with them coming up close from the right side. Mokuba saw Li and Ruby coming at a fast pace from the left, but was trying to steady themselves so they wouldn't fall over.
'They're not bad,' Joey thought.
Suddenly, two boys at the age of fifteen came rushing by like they had done this before caught up with Joey and Mokuba.
"Well look it' ere it's the Kaiba brothers," one of the boys said as he looked over at the two.
"You think your going to win, well think again," the other boy replied with a glint in his eyes.
"We know we're going to win," Joey argued.
"Yeah right, see ya at the finish line losers!" the two boys replied as they cut off Joey and Mokuba in their line.
"Hey! Stay in your own damn line!" Joey yelled with clenched fists.
Back with the three girls and one boy, they were having their own argument on whoever wins gets to have Seto Kaiba.
"There is no way I'm letting you win!" Li shouted.
"Oh yeah, same goes for me," Ella shouted back.
'This isn't good for Kaiba and Mokuba,' Ruby thought was she silently kept going.
'Ella's dangerous to be around when she's like this. I can't believe I said that I could be her partner. When this is over I bet I'm going to have a rope mark,' Sanyu thought as he winced a bit from being pushed forward with so much force.
Their eyes averted back in front of them where they spotted Joey and Mokuba being cut off from their line by a bunch of boys. Joey's trench coat made a kind of whishing sound and was moving to and fro from side to side. Tori, which were still on Ruby's shoulder, suddenly flew off in the other direction.
"Huh… oh no Tori! You're going the wrong direction!" Ruby called out as she watched her parrot fly up a tree and nestling there.
"No you're not supposed to be distracted!" Li yelled towards Ruby.
"Yeah, but-" Ruby replied but was cut off.
"No buts! I have to win!" she cried out.
The two were reaching Joey and Mokuba along with Ella and Sanyu. They were a couple of inches close to each other but were running behind them.
"Seto!" Ella cried out happily.
Joey snuck a glace but kept on running. He spotted the two boys as they were reaching the finish.
"Arrggh! I don't want to lose!" Joey cried out.
"Huh…" Mokuba looked over at Joey in confusion, when he suddenly felt that he was being picked up.
Indeed he was, Joey grabbed onto Mokuba was he ran when a voice suddenly made him stop.
"Mr. Kaiba, I'm sorry but that's cheating. You're disqualified," Makoto replied through his megaphone.
"What?! But that's not- I mean-"
"Oh my god! Seto move out of the way!" cried two voices from behind.
Joey and Mokuba took a glace as to see why, but were suddenly knocked down by four bodies that suddenly collapsed into them. The six fell on the ground with a thud and a few groans were being heard. After a couple of seconds of lying on the ground the six got up from the ground as they saw who the winner was. It was the two boys Joey was arguing with from the race. They slowly walked to where the two were at as they faced the two boys.
"Told ya you wouldn't win," one of the boys replied with a smirk as they looked at Joey.
"Okay, I'm sure you're wondering what kind of prize you'll be getting," Makoto announced as he looked over at the smirking boys interrupting their glaring contest with Joey.
"Hell, yeah, tell us what it is," the other boy replied as he rubbed his hands together.
Makoto gave a look at the boy's language, but shrugged it off, "Anyways, the winning prize is…"
To be continued
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Yoku: Ooo… I wonder what the prize is… I hope you enjoyed reading this. I put so much thought into this especially the humor and it was super long too. Okay in the next chapter I decided to add in two new people and throughout the whole story. If I don't I won't be able to finish this story, not that I'm rushing or anything. I just wanted to fit every one of you who reviewed that wanted to be in it.
Mokuba: Yeah, so in the next chapter the two people who are going to be in it are KatrinaKaiba and Starwolf4.
Yoku: The next chapter won't be coming up for a while okay. Also to kikoken, I could still have you in my story. I don't really wanna repeat myself so just go back to chapter 5. I mean if you're still up for it. If not you could e-mail, my e-mail address is in my profile. Okay I hope you all like and please review, thanks!
Notes:
1. Sanyu means happiness
2. Makoto means sincere honest