Hello people, welcome to my fic, Squirrel Stole My Checkbook.
I am Keruha... Oh wait, you already read that on the author thingy and you say you don't care about who am? glare Well, whatever. This is my first Yu-Gi-Oh fanfiction that I've ever typed down. My friends loved it and I'm constantly being asked to write my fanfictions down even though I'm more of a drawing artist than a typing artist.Yep, I'm really amazed how long my first chapter is. I've written up to 13 pages in a chapter! Anyways...
No, I'm afraid I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. If I did I would have no clue what to do and I'd have a spiffy white tenchcoat like the one Seto wears.
Anyway, I chatted enough. Let the story commence.
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Chapter 1 - Dance Dance Rival-ution
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Tea awoke to feel the sun's warm rays touch her skin. She sighed and picked herself up from her bed. After stretching, she went to prepare for the day. Tea knew this was going to be another ho-hum normal day for her. Watch TV for a bit, have breakfast, go over to Yugi's house to hangout, return home or go somewhere for lunch, maybe do a little shopping at the mall. Yep, it would be just another boring old day. Yet, just because it was boring didn't mean it was bad. There had been several times in her life where she and her friends were caught in mortal danger or dire situations. So again, boring wasn't really that bad. However, even though this was just her average day this was also the beginning of a thrilling, terrible, and funny adventure.
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Tea was lying on the couch with a bowl of popcorn in her lap, watching a DVD movie on a big screen television. She was trying very hard to focus on the story line of 'All of My Heart', but it was proving to be more difficult than she imagined. The movie was supposedly one of the most dramatic movies that had came out that year. All the girls in her class seemed to be in love with the movie so she had decided to watch it for herself. Unfortunately, to put it in simple terms, from her point of view, the movie sucked. She was about to turn it off and end the misery when her cell phone rang.
Do-do-do-de-do-de-di-li-li-li-do-lo!
"Huh?"
Tea stopped the movie and then stretched her hand out to grab the passion pink cell phone just lying a cushion away from her. As she picked up the phone, she checked her caller I.D. to see if it was someone she even felt in the mood to talk to. It was.
"Hi Yugi!" she answered cheerfully.
"Hey Tea," a nice and sweet voice said over the phone.
"So what's up Yugi? Anything interesting?"
"Well Joey invited me and Tristan to the arcade and I was wondering if you would like to come along. By the tone of Joey's voice it sounds like something very exciting must be going on there."
"Sure, I'll be right over. It isn't if I have anything better to do," Tea said, giving an annoyed glance at the movie she had rented that now rested on the coffee table in front of her. "Which arcade are we going to?"
"I think it's the one at the South mall."
"Okay. Will I be meeting you guys at your house or at the mall?"
"We'll meet at the mall."
"Well…ok, then… I'll see you there. Oh wait, should I bring some extra cash?"
"No, I think we're good."
"Oh, umm…are you sure?.." (Tea knew from past experience that it was almost inevitable that someone in their group would be caught short on these outings.)…
"sigh If you want to, I guess it wouldn't hurt…
"Okay, I'll se you later…bye."
"Bye."
A contented smile appeared on Tea's face. Maybe this day wouldn't be so boring after all.
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-At the Arcade-
"Okay, this is it! It's finally da big day." Joey said with a big grin on his face.
"What day is that Joey?" Yugi asked.
"It's da day where I will finally… BEAT THE HIGHSCORE FOR ALIEN INVADERS!" the blonde shouted in excitement as he pulled a quarter from his pocket and put it into the game machine.
Yugi, Tristan, and Tea all sweatdropped.
"Err… Isn't that the arcade game you've been trying to beat all week?" Tristan asked rather worried. "What makes you think you can beat it now?"
"I've been practicin' and not to mention I picked up a few tricks from this baby," Joey responded handed his friend a huge yellow book.
"Alien Invaders for Dummies?" Tristan read from the cover.
Joey braced himself on the controller as level one began.
"Oh yeah! Here we go! DIE ALIEN SCUM! DIE!"
"Joey, you do remember the last time you tried to beat the highscore for Alien Invaders don't you? And how I couldn't get you off until we were both totally broke? We didn't even have bus change! We had to WALK all the way home!" Tristan shouted in sudden agitation.
"Quiet Tristan. I need my concentration," replied Joey kicking alien butt.
Tristan gave a sigh and turned to a clueless Yugi and Tea.
"If you value your time and money I suggest you go do something else here at the mall and quickly."
"What about you?" Tea asked.
"I'm going to stay here and watch Joey to make sure he doesn't go overboard," Tristan said.
Just then, as if on cue, an explosion sounded from the Alien Invaders game, followed by a chain of loud, angry complaints from Joey.
"You've gotta be kiddin' me! I dodged dat missile! I DODGED IT! This game cheats!"
"Uhh… Yeah…" Tristan said as his point was just proved.
Tea and Yugi decided to take their pointy haired friend's advice and quickly left to take a look around the huge arcade. Everywhere they could see people playing arcade games, bragging about their scores, jumping over barrels, and going up against one another. Nothing seemed to interest the two that much until a familiar machine caught Tea's eye. It was a Dance Dance Revolution pad and on it was somebody that she would soon wish she never had met.
This guy looked pretty old to be at an arcade. His short red hair matched his menacing, hard, brown eyes. He wore a dark maroon shirt under his black leather jacket and bore some black jeans to match. His shoes were a sleek black and shined in the colorful lights that were emitted from the DDR screen. Around him a fan group mostly made up of girls cheered him on as he danced.
"WHOOOO! YOU GO TIMOTHY!"
"WORK IT, TIMOTHY!"
"I LIKE YOUR HAIR!"
Tea let out an annoyed groan. She could tell this was clearly going to be a guy who was overly cocky. Too much ego tripping was never a good thing for anyone. And he looked and acted like he was a prince surveying his realm.
"Wow, he sure is good," Yugi commented.
As Timothy danced he took a pose to please his fans and make some of the girls faint.
"Yeah, good at being a show-off," Tea added.
The DDR song ended and Timothy turned around to take a bow.
"And that, my friends, was a true piece of artwork."
"Wow, that was a hard song. Wasn't it difficult?" A pink-haired fan girl asked.
"Nah, just another day's work for moi," he responded winking at her and causing her to let out a breathless sigh of excitement…after all, her hero had WINKED at HER…. "Now, where was that smoothie shop? I'm starting to get a little bit parched."
"Oh, oh, follow me Tim! I know where it is! I'll lead you!" a fan girl chirped.
"No, no! Let ME lead you to the smoothie shop Timothy!" another butted in.
"No, me!" yet another one interrupted.
"I'LL BRING YOU THE SMOOTHIE!" screamed another… Oh, forget this. You know the point.
"Now, now, ladies, don't argue. I'll let you all lead me to the smoothie shop."
All the fan girls wooed and went off to help their idol quench his thirst. Tea shook her head as she watched the pathetic girls leave the arcade with their red head wonder.
"Ugh, that guy's head is too big," she stated.
Yugi looked over to the now empty DDR pad and smiled.
"Hey, Tea do want a try?" he asked sweetly.
"Try what?" Tea questioned breaking out of her thoughts on how arrogant Timothy was.
"A song on the DDR machine," Yugi told her in more detail.
"I don't know. I haven't danced in a while."
"Come on, Tea. Even if you're a little rusty I know you'll do great and besides, it's not about winning but having fun."
"Well, I guess you're right," she sighed.
"Here," the tri-colored haired teenager said reaching into his pocket and pulling out two quarters.
The brunette nodded and took the quarters while making sure to thank her friend. She moved over to the dance pad, inserted the coins into the slot, and positioned herself. After choosing her song and difficulty level she took a deep breath and got ready dance. Like Yugi suspected she was amazing on the pad. Not only did her steps match every beat but also her gracefulness gained the interest of nearby gamers.
"Woah! Hey, Ricky take a look at her!" a nearby boy with ash colored hair called to his friend.
"Wow!"
By the time the song was over quite a few people were near the girl's DDR pad, amazed at her talent.
"Wow! That was beautiful, lady!"
"So… Graceful…"
As Tea noticed the people that were caught by her talent she began to blush.
"Oh r-really. It wasn't that good… was it?" she replied.
"Actually Tea you were wonderful," Yugi reassured her, "You have to be as you well… seemed… to attract several people on your first dance."
Tea continued to blush even more.
"Yeah, you're even better that that loser, Timothy!" a little boy shouted.
Unfortunately, that quote reached a certain pair of ears.
"Loser, huh?" a voice said out of nowhere.
The little boy immediately went dead silent as well as the other admirers. Timothy came into view, finishing up a raspberry smoothie, and behind him was his usual team of fan girls. All of which were throwing angry stares at Tea.
"So who do we have here on MY dance pad?" Timothy asked.
"Your dance pad?" the teenaged girl exclaimed. "What makes you think this is YOUR dance pad?"
"Because sweety, I'm the best dancer on it!"
"Yeah! You heard him! Get off!" a Timothy fan girl shouted.
"Yeah! Get off," the others yelled.
Tea felt the blood rushing to her face but not from bashfulness, from rage.
"Lay off, man," spoke up one of Gardner's admires, "She doesn't need to listen to you."
"Yeah," shouted a few others.
"You know, I bet she can dance circles around you!"
"Yeah!"
Timothy was a bit unnerved by the people's behavior to HIM, the great champion of DDR. He swallowed his anger though and stopped his fans before they threw a round of comeback insults.
"Now, now. I see the issue here."
The people quieted down and looked at Timothy with puzzled expressions including Tea.
"I'll tell you what. If you believe this girl can out dance me why don't we prove it in a dance off?" he suggested.
"SHE ACCEPTS YOUR CHALLENGE!" screamed one Tea's fans.
"WHAT?" Tea yelled nearly falling of the stage. "I didn't…"
"Don't tell me you're backing down already!" the red haired dancer said.
Tea took a deep breath and looked at the few people who loved her performance. When she first got on that dance pad all she was expecting to do was have a little bit of fun. However, now several people were pushing her into a dance contest against the current DDR master. Really, what had she got herself into? Yet, looking into Timothy's arrogant expression and thinking about the way he had acted, the girl couldn't help but feel at least a little bit competitive.
"There is no way I'd back down to somebody as conceited as you!" She spoke.
"Then let's get it on," Timothy replied, "Now since there is only one DDR pad in the entire arcade here are the rules. We will take turns on the pad and since I'm gentleman the girl will be going first. After she finishes her score will be recorded then I will take to the stand and my score will be recorded. It's really quite simple, the person with the highest score wins."
Timothy offered two coins to his opponent to start the contest. Tea swiped them.
"You're on!" Tea answered.
Tea was just as remarkable on the pad as before, maybe even better. Her moves where smooth and at the same time she managed to keep a beat. By the time the song ended she had only missed two steps and had a shining score. Not to mention, the crowd was greatly impressed.
"WOOHOO! THAT WAS AWESOME!"
"YEAH! YOU SCHOOLED IT GIRL!"
"CAN I HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER?"
Tea proudly jumped off the stage and turn to see Timothy's reaction. To her disappointment however, the arrogant young man still had a calm and icy expression and now a condescending smirk to boot.
"Wow, you did amazing Tea," Yugi commented running over, "I'd like to see how Timothy is going to match that."
Tea opened her mouth to reply but was interrupted by the Timothy's silky voice.
"I believe you got it wrong about the little lady. I'm not going to match that. I'm going to beat it…easily"
Tea gave a cool, indifferent stare at her opponent. She was definitely forming a strong dislike of this guy. The way he seemed to look down on her as a person was definitely setting her on edge.
"I'd like to see you try!" she growled as she clenched her fists at her sides.
"Tea…" her star-haired friend said trying to calm her down.
Timothy replied with a short "Hmph" and walked onto the pad. After inserting the quarters and starting the music he started to dance. His moves weren't as elegant or as graceful as Tea's but they were definitely flashier (almost theatrical in their extremity at times). He also kept a good beat which kept him from missing no more than one step. When the song ended his fans cheered and he posed for them once more.
"Now then, for my score…" Timothy said turning to the DDR screen.
However, as soon as his score appeared his confident smirk turned into a displeased frown.
"Wh-wh-what's this?" he asked. "My score…"
The crowd looked around Timothy to see the screen. Timothy's fans gasped while smiles appeared on the supporters of Tea. Before them was an excellent score however it was cut a few points short of Tea's score.
"This can't be! I cannot lose at DDR!" Timothy complained.
"Well, I believe you just did," Tea replied with a proud smile.
"There must be a glitch or something. A rematch! I DECLARE A REMATCH!"
A few people in the crowd groaned in complaint.
"What! Oh come on, I beat you fair and square!" Tea said as her anger returned.
"FEH! That was just beginners luck!" Timothy stated.
Timothy took another two quarters from his pocket and shoved them into the machine. After he finished dancing, Tea used her own money for her round. She won yet again, but the second time by an even greater margin. This made Timothy was even more frustrated and angry. He was quickly loosing control of his suave demeanor.
"Your friends made me loose my concentration! They did it on purpose! I demand another rematch!" he screamed at the stunned onlookers. Even his own fans began to uneasily move away from him as his tone and expressions became increasingly bizarre and irrational. He was getting a bit too scary. People were beginning to scatter…
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-Meanwhile with Joey and Tristan-
"Come on baby, show Joey some love!" Joey spoke to the Alien Invaders game screen.
'KA-BOOM! LOSER! LOSER!'
"NOOOOOO! YOU HAVE TA BE KIDDIN' ME!"
"I'm serious man. You need a break from that game," Tristan said watching as Joey lost his 23rd… Ahem… 24th game.
"Look Tristan. I said I was goin' to beat the high score today so I'm going to beat the high score today!"
"That game's messing with your head! You need to get off and do something else. Play some other arcade game."
"And I will… after I beat da high score for Alien Invaders," Joey replied as he dug around in his pockets for another quarter.
"Dude, why are you so wrapped up in getting a high score for this one game?"
Joey went silent for a moment.
"Cuz I have to, okay," he finally answered.
Joey soon found the quarter he was looking for and stuck it into the machine. His hands then resumed their positions on the control stick and buttons.
"Joey, are you hiding something from me?" Tristan asked starting to get suspicious.
"No," his blonde haired friend mumbled, but he wouldn't look at Tristan. .
"Come on man, spit it out. I know there's gotta be a reason why you're going crazy trying to get a high score on that game."
"Well, maybe I just feel like it."
KABOOM!
"Ah, great.." Joey complained. "Now look what you did! You made me lose my concentration again!"
Tristan heaved a sigh. Knowing Joey, he wasn't going to get anywhere on this.
"You're going to pay for shooting my ship behind my back, " Joey growled as he began to play even harder but then…
SNAP!
Both boys looked down to see Joey holding a broken off controller stick.
"Oops…" Joey gulped.
"Now you've done it," said Tristan.
Joey swallowed and looked back and forth between the broken joystick and the Alien Invaders game.
"Err… It's okay! It's still playable! See?" Joey nervously replied. He tossed away the now useless controller stick and started playing with the metal stump of it. Unfortunately for the two, he must have jinxed it because just then the entire machine started to spark and shutdown.
'Alien… Fzzz… Loser… Fzzz… WHOOT!… Fzzz…"
"Oh man, I think we should get out of here," Tristan looked around guiltily and started backing away from sparking machine.
'Destroy all… Fzzz… Loser…"
"Yeah, ditto to that," said Joey as he stared morosely at the now blank screen.
The two casually made their way around the perimeter of the arcade and sauntered slowly to the entrance of the game room. No one else had noticed them or even looked their way. After letting their breath out in sighs of relief, the two glanced back at the malfunctioning game. The machine let out one more big spark before its screen exploded and a cloud of smoke came flowing out. Joey and Tristan just stood there in shock.
"See Joey, that's what happens when you play an arcade game too much!" Tristan told his friend as disgust built up in him.
"We were jus' lucky no one saw us," Joey said.
Just then, if you couldn't enough jinxes in one day, the two spotted a security camera pointed straight at the area they were at. Both of them were left speechless until Tristan whispered.
"We have got to go, NOW!"
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-Now back with Tea-
Tea was starting to get tired of this. This guy was clearly not admitting he lost. This was the third time he lost to her and he was still making excuses.
"I want another rematch!" Timothy demanded.
"Forget it!" Tea snapped, "I beat you three times in a row. Can't you get the point that I won fair and square?"
"YOU WERE JUST LUCKY!… THREE TIMES IN A ROW!"
Tea was about to reply but shook her head and stopped herself. Instead, she whipped around and grabbed her short friend's arm.
"Let's go Yugi. I don't have to listen to this," the girl said dragging Yugi off.
"COME BACK HERE YOU!" Timothy shouted, but it was in vain.
As the crowd began to realize the contest was FINALLY over, they began to disperse. Most of the people leaving gave Timothy disdainful looks before walking off while only a few stood there feeling sorry for him. Timothy growled and turned to his much smaller fan group for reassurance. The girls looked at each other for a minute then began to leave him as well.
"Ladies, where are you going?… Okay, maybe I'm not the grand champion at DDR but I'm still very good at it. I mean you did see my score right?" Timothy said trying to persuade them.
"Yes… but…" a fan girl turned to reply, "You just somehow don't seem so cool anymore."
With that, Timothy's ex-groupie walked off with the others, leaving Timothy… all by himself.
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Yugi and Tea went looking for their friends. It was puzzling to them that Tristan and Joey weren't anywhere near the Alien Invaders game where they had been left. As they stood figuring what to do next, they noticed the two whispering together near the entrance of the arcade and both of them looked totally unnerved. Then they seemed to catch sight of Yugi and Tea.
"Good, we found you guys," Tristan said running over to them.
"Hey, is something wrong?" Yugi asked noticing the two still looked quite nervous, "You guys looked a bit scared."
"Yeah, did something happen?" Tea asked backing up Yugi's question.
Joey and Tristan looked at each other then back to them.
"Let's jus' say we need to get outta here..." Joey replied.
"HEY! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY ARCADE MACHINE?"
"CHECK THE SECURITY CAMERA!"
"... an' fast."
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We'll there you go and if you liked and think I should write more, please review.This took me hours and I would hate if it all was for nothing. I only have 2748939928476 hours left before I die. How do I know? Well, I don't... but I know it's limited.
By the way, it's practically impossible for me to a story with Kaiba in it so don't worry fans, even though he didn't show up in this chapter he'll be appearing in the chapters soon to come and he will certainly not be happy.
Preview of the next chapter...
Timothy goes to a relative to get help for his revenge on Tea.When the two make an agreement Tea isn't the only one involvedin a plane ride to doom.
(Okay, I know it's short but if I made it longer it would probably be kind of the next chapter so yeah.)