This isn't a new chapter I just went back and fixed some typos and misspellings that had occurred.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or anything pertaining to its creation.

Another huge thanks to those who reviewed. And a special thanks to Death Jester who has stuck with me for this long. Sorry bout the wait but hopefully I will be done the whole story fairly soon

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Joey and Juniper arrived at the Turtle Game Shop a few minutes later. Juniper stopped Joey before they went in. She pulled a black jacket out of her bag and handed it to him.

"Um, you left your jacket at my house yesterday. I forgot to give it to you when we were at my house.

"Oh thanks I was wondering what I did with it after I got home yesterday." They then proceeded to open the door to the shop. A tiny bell rang as they entered the shop. Some noises could be heard in a room located in the back of the store. Joey walked over to the counter and tried to look into the back room.

"Hey Yugi, are ya back there bud?" Joey asked still trying to make out who was in the back room. All he got for a response was a muffled voice. After a few seconds Yugi emerged from the backroom holding a box. He set carefully on the counter then looked up grinning at his friend.

"Hi Joey! What are you doing here this early?" Yugi was curious on why Joey of all people would be awake earlier than 10:30 on a Saturday.

"Just came to see what you were doing today. That and I came by to show Juniper the game shop." He motioned to the girl looking at one of the cards on display. "You remember her right. I introduced you two yesterday after school.

"Yea sure I do. Hey Juniper." Juniper glanced up from where she was standing. Yugi noticed that she had new bruises and cuts but decided that she probably didn't want someone that she barely knew prying into her business, so he didn't bother asking about them. (A/N: I know he probably would have asked anyway because he's just caring like that, but I decided to make him a little more passive on this one.)

"Oh. Hey Yugi. Um, I was wondering how much this card is." Yugi walked over to where she was standing. Juniper pointed down at the card she wanted that was located in the case. "The one I'm talking about is Kiitra the Serpent." The card was a cobra type monster with an attack power of 2100 and a defense of 1900.

"Kiitra is a pretty rare card and therefore are pretty hard to find."

"So you mean that it is going to be pretty darn expensive." Juniper finished for Yugi knowing what he was getting at.

"Yep. This card is $45, with tax"(A/N: I have no idea how much a rare card would be. So I just guessed)

"Well that is a lot. But, I think I'll buy it from you." Juniper reached into her bag and searched for her wallet ignoring the strange looks she was receiving from both boys. She pulled out two twenties and a five. "Here you go." Juniper and Yugi exchanged the card for the money. She promptly placed it in her deck never losing the grin on her face.

"Um, not to sound rude, but where did ya get the money from?" Joey asked curiously.

"Back home I had a job working at a game store. It was similar to this one, only it had more technological stuff than this one carries. I got paid commission plus got discounts on all the cards, including the rare ones. That's how I was able to get all my cards."

"That's cool. Hey Yugi do you have anythin' planned for today? I was going to see if we all could go to the park or something."

"Actually I don't. Grandpa should be back in about 15 minutes and Tristen and Tea are already on their way over here. I called them up about 5 minutes before you two got here. Ryou couldn't come over today. I don't remember why he said he couldn't make it though."

"That's ok. We'll jus' catch up with him later." Right as Joey finished talking Tristen and Tea walked in the store.

"Oh hey guys. I would like you to meet Juniper." Yugi said as Juniper gave them a small smile and waved. "Juniper this is Tea and you already met Tristen." They exchanged hellos and a few other comments before heading to the park. Juniper and Joey had taken their place at the back of the group on their journey. Juniper noticed that Joey had started to rub his wrist as they were walking.

"Joey, what's wrong with your wrist." She whispered, not sure if he wanted the others to know about his 'situation.'

"I landed on it during me and my dad's fight the other day." Joey kept his eyes diverted to the ground as he spoke. Juniper mouthed a silent 'oh' before reaching over and taking hold of his arm. She gently rolled up the sleeve of his jacket and looked at his bruised wrist. It was a deep purplish color. She lightly ran her hand over it before rolling his sleeve down.

"You should wrap that in an ace bandage. It would restrict the amount of movement that your wrist could use plus help it heal faster. You could tell everyone that you sprained it if they asked questions." Joey said a quick thanks before he heard Tristen say his name.

"Care to enlighten the rest of us on what is going on between the two of you?" Joey started to mentally freak out. 'oh god what if he knows what we were talking about. I'll never hear the end of it.'

"Wha'cha mean Tristen?" Tristen smirked seeing the fear in his friend's eyes at being discovered. This fear also didn't go unnoticed to Yugi and Tea who watched as the conversation escalated.

"What are you two talking about?" Seeing as Joey was not handling himself well Juniper decided to answer the question.

"Actually Joey just asked if I could do him a favor by drawing him a picture." Joey shot Juniper a grateful glance hoping that her answer would get him off the hook from the interrogation. If she kept this up he was going to owe her big time.

"What's he want you to draw a picture for?" Juniper let out a sigh getting slightly annoyed by all the questions.

"He wants me to draw a picture of him with you guys. You know a picture with his friends. Drawings always have more depth and feeling than photographs do. Does that answer your question?" Juniper gave Tristen her own smirk when his disappeared.

"Almost I just have one more. When are you going to draw it?" He gave her a suspicious look.

"Actually I was going to draw it when we got to the park." Juniper was all the more grateful that she had brought her drawing stuff. Not only would she help ease Tristen's mind of any suspicion it would also keep her from having to do any activities that might cause unwanted attention to be directed at her bruises.

"Joey that's a great idea. I can't believe you actually thought of it. This will be fun." Yugi stated as he grinned and quickened his pace. "Let's hurry there then." With that he took off running. After a few seconds Tea and Tristen joined him while Juniper and Joey stayed back.

"Thanks for covering." Joey smiled.

"No problem. This should be fun. Besides it will help me from finding excuses why I can't do certain things." She stated.

"Well thanks again." With that being said Joey put his hands on her shoulders and made her stop walking. Juniper lifted her head to look him in the eyes, completely confused on what he was doing. He quickly kissed her on the lips causing her to gasp slightly. Without giving her a time to say anything he flashed her his famous grin and took off jogging toward where the others went. Juniper put two fingers on her lips where he had kissed her and gave a small smile, before laughing and shaking her head. 'I owe you so much Joey and I'll get you back for that. You can count on it.' Juniper thought as she kept up her quick pace towards the park.

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