Aoi: Okay, I'm seriously trying to fix my story, yeah...so if you notice tiny differences...then that's because I've been tweaking with it. Anyways...enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do Not and has never ever owned Yu-Gi-Oh, now with that said...enjoy the story.


Chapter One

Just a bet


Yugi sat up wiping his eyes, as he glanced over at his ringing alarm clock, thinking, 'stupid alarm clock, I already have a headache as it is.' He climbed out of his bed yawning a bit, he had a big day ahead of him. All he could remember was Joey telling him to pack clothes and to not be late.

"Late for what, what could I possibly be late for,"

Yugi mumbled as he changed from his night clothes into a white t-shirt, since his black one was dirty, blue jeans, and his sneakers.

He ran down stairs wiping his eyes, yawning still, as he slipped on his jacket. That's when suddenly he heard Yami say,

"Yugi...you slept in?"

"Slept in," Yugi said a bit shocked that Yami would accuse him of such a thing,

"IT'S FIVE A.M. !"

Yami shrugged his shoulders.

"Arg," Yugi said trying to keep himself from losing his temper, "What was Joey thinking for telling me to meet him at the old warehouses at five thirty...must have been Tristan's idea." Yami rubbed his chin, then slung his backpack over his shoulder.

"I've noticed something about you Yugi," Yami spoke up.

Yugi only arched up one of his eye brows.

"You're cranky when you're sleepy...are you sure you're going to be able to keep your cool...all...day...long?"

"Yeah...how hard could that be," Yugi asked.

"Well-," Yami was suddenly cut off by Yugi slapping his hand over his mouth. Yami gave him a confused look, when suddenly he heard Grandpa saying, "Yugi...Yami, are you two down there?" The two of them suddenly snuck out of the house, trying to be as quiet as they could be.


Once outside they gave each other high-fives, while Yami said,

"We did it!"

"Every time," Yugi added, then suddenly the two ran off into the shadows of the deserted streets.


At the warehouse:

Joey was pacing back and forth, in a nervous fashion, occasionally looking out into the shadows as if he were looking for someone. Just as he ruffled back his blonde hair, Tea suddenly said, "Joey...calm down, he'll be here. Yugi always keeps his promises, you'll see."

"Oh...he needs ta be here, he just needs ta be,"Joey kept repeating nervously.

Tea scratched her head in confusion, "Why are you so antzy today?"

"Um-," Joey began, to be cut off by Tristan saying,

"Because Mr. Smartguy bet Kaiba that he could get Yugi to show up at all hours of the night, for fifty bucks."

"You did what," Tea exclaimed.

"Wow...I don't think your luck is that high, Joey," Ryou spoke up.

"Hey Ryou, when did you get here," Joey asked.

"It's a funny story actually...see I was walking down the-," suddenly Ryou was silenced by Bakura pulling him into the shadows of the pier (see the warehouses were on the pier).

"I need a word with you," he hissed.

Ryou tried to scream but they only came out muffled as Bakura's hand covered his mouth.


"Ya think we should help 'im," Joey asked.

"Of course not...I always thought that Ryou guy was weird, I mean why even take that crap from such a weakling? Am I right? Tell me I'm right," as Tristan said all of this Joey and Tea were slicing the air with their hands, trying to signal him to be quiet.

"He's right behind me isn't he, well then I guess I should just do this," Tristan shouted as he suddenly punched who ever was behind him. However Bakura had ducked, causing him to punch Yami. Everyone gasped, then there was a moment of silence. No one knew what to say about this. Yami only glared at Tristan as he wiped the blood from his mouth.

"Hey Yug..," Tristan said to Yami.

Yami only replied, "Yami."

"What was that, Yug," Tristan asked.

"It's Yami," Yami corrected quietly once more.

"Hey Yug, why don't you answer?"

"Stop calling him Yug," Joey shouted, "Man, I didn't give you permission ta use the name Yug."

"Ok Joey, I won't call him Yug," Tristan said, but then turned to Yami saying, "Why don't you answer me Yugi?"

Yami only stood there glaring angrily at Tristan.

"Hey Little, puny Yugi, What's wrong with Big Yugi," Tristan asked.

Tea only pounded her hand onto her forehead, thinking, 'What an idiot. No, he's our friend, I made a pact with him. We're there for each other, through thick and thin.'

"Lemme guess, doing another friendship speech in ya head," Joey whispered in her ear.

"Yeah," Tea blushed with embarrassment.

"If you're wondering why he doesn't answer you Tristan, it's because he only answers to his name...unless he says you can call him something else. But I guess you're to st-," Yugi suddenly stopped himself by saying to himself, "It's ok, don't lose my cool, don't lose my cool."

"Hey Yug, and I mean Yug," Joey said, "When did you two get here?"

"A few minutes ago," Yugi smiled.


Suddenly Seto Kaiba walked from the shadows, into the only lit area, basically where everyone else was.

"Wheeler," he said.

"Richboy," Joey answered.

"Right on time," Seto said, as he looked at the time on his cell phone clock.

"Yeah...so make wit da cash,"

Just as Seto reached into his pocket, and pulled out his checkbook.

"Always wit da check, eh richboy," Joey laughed.

Seto was about to respond when suddenly a scream sounded.

to be continued...


Aoi: Okay, this is a revised version of the original chapter...yeah, I'm kinda going back and trying to fix my typos and stuff. But anyways don't let the first four chapters discourage you from reading the story...these chapters are actually my least favorite since I was in a writer's block when I wrote them...so The chapters I'm actually proud of are five and up. . That's when the real excitement starts.

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