Disclaimer: Hmmm…what was I doing again?
Okay, I somehow forgot to add this chapter in when I first posted the story… which has probably made things very difficult for you, the reader. So here's a chapter that will hopefully explain some things for you…other things will probably remain a mystery… enjoy.
Pharaoh had had enough, he had warned them and now he was threw with tolerance. "Kaiba!" He exclaimed "You are a Cotton Eating Ninny Muggins! Joey, you are fat! Valon, your accent sounds fake and you're Evil! Duke! You're covered in blood- wait"
"I need help! Some one call 911!" Duke exclaimed frantically. Everyone stared with clueless faces, "Rebecca's dieing!" Duke said, "Er…well she's already dead but we need to call some one!"
"Huh," Kaiba remarked, "Where's your criminal nature? Or don't you think throwing a corpse into the river and never talking about it again will suffice?"
"We have a pile of bodies over there, ready for shipment," Remarked Pharaoh. If he could have he would have pointed to the pile where Mokuba, Yugi, Tristan and Tea's bodies lay.
"Mokuba's faking," Kaiba said, he was in denial.
"Is that Yugi?" Duke asked.
"Damn, he's not alive is he?" Asked Pharaoh, fearing the worst. Everyone looked worried and sighed with relief when they found Duke was referring to a still very dead corpse.
"Don't ever do that to us again, Do you understand?" Kaiba said with a distressed tone.
"And Tea? And Tristan? They're dead too! Who could have caused all this destruction?" Duke looked like he was about to kill whoever had done it.
"Well" said Joey, "I shot Mokuba, Tea fell off a cliff and died when we decided that we couldn't spend money on the medical bill, Pharaoh killed Yugi by playing instant death-"
"Never heard of it" said Kaiba.
"Me neither," Said Joey "Anyway, Pharaoh also killed Tristan by stabbing him, and Rebecca's death was an accident, sorry I guess"
"Well" said Duke "I guess no one was really responsible for these deaths, and since it was an accident I can't hold it against you"
"Thanks pal." said Joey. "now, lets get going!"
"Where?" asked Pharaoh, "And since when do YOU decide where we go?" He tried his best to put his hands on his hips.
"Since now!" said Joey.
"Fine!" mumbled Pharaoh, simply because he could think of no possible way to punish Joey for his actions. "Then where are we going?"
"Thought you'd never ask bud." Joey said smiling.
"My name is Pharaoh! PHARAOH! Not Bud or Yugi or…"
"Actually…" said Rebecca's grandfather "Your name is Atem-"
"No-!" started the Pharaoh, but it was too late.
"Atem?" scoffed Kaiba, "Your lame name matches your lame personality ATEM."
"Don't call me that!" snapped Pharaoh.
"Call you what? Atem?" Sneered Seto.
"Yes! Don't call me that!" He put his hands over his ears. "Not listening! Not listening!" he muttered.
"Atem, Atem, Atem-" continued Kaiba, as if he were three and in need of attention.
"NOOOO!" cried Pharaoh. "I…MUST…BE…ALONE!" Amazingly he ripped through the ropes that had been holding him, and ran for a corner.
"Haha…" sniggered Kaiba, most obviously getting some sort of humor out of this sad situation. "That little dweeb never stood a chance against my meanness."
Pharaoh searched his hair, but he was out of everything. "I need to go to the grocery store!" he said
"No you don't" said Joey "you are going to stay right here where everyone can watch you"
"Ha, ha" Valon laughed "Atem needs a babysitter!"
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" the Pharaoh exploded
"Valon!" Raphael had arrived.
"Uh…I gotta go…" said Valon, ready to make a run for it.
"Oh no ya don't!" Said Joey, grabbing Valon's arm and dragging him back. "Now that you're on our side you'll have to face the enemies with us!"
"Hold on mate, I'm not on your side!" Argued Valon, trying desperately to wriggle out of Joey's tight grip.
"You're on their side Valon?" asked Raphael scratching his head in confusion. "But-"
"Didn't ya just hear me? I said I wasn't on their side!"
"Oh…" said the large blonde…though he still looked confused. "Well, I guess it doesn't matter. I'm just here to deliver a message. Dartz knows you've been slacking so you're out of the gang." Valon's mouth dropped open.
"What?" he asked blankly. His expression quickly turned to that of rage. "But I'm the best dueler he's got!" Rafael shrugged and turned to leave. They all watched Raphael stalk off into the distance before Atem said, rather unhelpfully, "I really will kill him if you want…"
"Just shut it!" Said Valon angrily. "I'm gonna make them pay for what they've done!" he pounded his fist into his other hand menacingly. "Then they'll be sorry!" Everybody else took a nervous step backwards.
"Hey Yug'…" said Joey quietly. "Think we should go before things get out of hand?"
"Good thinking…" The Pharaoh whispered back, "Just let me tell Kaiba-"
"No!" hissed Joey. "We don't want Kaiba coming-" but it was too late. Joey watched helplessly as the Pharaoh whispered something to Kaiba and Kaiba nodded. Then to his horror Kaiba told Valon and in the end Duke uncovered their plan. Joey slapped a hand against his head and looked close to Tears. Why? WHY? WHHYYY? Why was he stuck with the Dumb Yugi? Oh fine, he had to admit that the other Yugi hadn't been any better but this was plain retarded!
"Come on Wheela!" said Valon, beckoning Joey to join their retreating group. Joey didn't move, This was just too stupid! "Oh come now." Valon rolled his eyes. "We'll buy you a pizza!" Joey was instantly by Valon's side, ignoring the fact that just fifteen minutes ago they had been ready to kill each other.
Pharaoh was walking ahead with Kaiba, trying his best to look quiet, mysterious and important. "What are we doing again?" he whispered.
Kaiba rolled his eyes "weren't you listening at all?"
Pharaoh looked at his feet and said guiltily "It was really boring…"
"We're going to help Valon get revenge" Said Kaiba. "Then we're going to find Mai, for Valon and Joey." Pharaoh thought Kaiba sounded rather out of breath and glanced over at him to see that he was still dragging Mokuba's body around.
"Kaiba, I think you should just let Mokuba go." He tried to put on his best sympathy face, but his mind had already wandered and he was now thinking about dancing ice cream cones.
"You're right." Said Kaiba, suddenly dropping Mokuba. "Once we're a couple of hundred feet away he'll stop pretending and come running for help…wimp!" He muttered. The Pharaoh, who had missed all of that, only nodded.
"So then they sent me to several different Juvie centers all around the world, but none of them was doin' too well until I came to one where they gave me my first deck of cards…" said Valon, as he told Joey about his life's story. "Then I met Mr. Pony Tail…er, that's Dartz, and he was impressed with all the souls I'd taken so he asked if I wanted to work for him."
"Wow!" said Joey, listening intently. "I wish my life was that exciting. All I get to do is follow Yugi around, and duel once in a while."
"Well you've got to be really evil to do it well, that's why Pharaoh's the king of games." Explained Valon.
"Wait a second!" said Joey, stopping in alarm. "You mean Yugi's evil?"
"Isn't that what I just said Wheela? Your mate is even worse than Dartz, and that's pretty bad."
"You're lyin'!" snapped Joey angrily. "Yug' can't be evil, he doesn't have enough concentration. He's got the attention span of a Tea!"
"Well sometimes that's all it takes Wheela, he probably doesn't even realize all the evil things he does."
"But I've never seen Yugi do anything evil before!" said Joey skeptically. He saw Valon raise his eyebrows. "Er…well, apart from kill'n most of his friends, as well as his other half, and making me starve and putting a sack of puppies out to freeze-"
"He actually did that mate?" asked Valon with some admiration. Joey nodded.
"He does a lot of horrible, sick and wrong things, but that don't mean he's evil!" said Joey, throwing up his fists and ready for a fight.
"Right" said Valon, he didn't look convinced "I'm gonna go walk over there for a little while."
"What was that?" asked Pharaoh, looking over at Kaiba. Kaiba had been mumbling to himself for half an hour now, and seemed to be getting angrier every second.
"Not that its any of your business loser, but its Mokuba. He hasn't tried to catch up yet! That kid is going to be in so much trouble when I get to him!"
"Er…" began the Pharaoh, meaning to bring up Mokuba's unfortunate death. "Kaiba, I don't think he will be coming…"
"Really." Said Kaiba without much interest. "Well then, that just proves what an idiot you really are! Mokuba would sooner die than not hang out with us! I mean, his life's dream is to be just like you! What a loser…"
"Uh…yeah, about the death thing…" said Yami, uneasily. "Did you um…check for a pulse?"
"Ha," snorted Kaiba, "If you're suggesting what I think you're suggesting, then you're even crazier than I thought. Zombies don't exist Pharaoh!"
"Well that's not exactly what I was getting at but-"
"Well what ever it is, then I'm sure there's no need for you to waste your breath on it. Mokuba WILL catch up, and when he does, I'm going to tell him how disappointed Mom and Dad were with how he turned out."
"They were disappointed in him?" gasped Pharaoh. Kaiba and Mokuba really had had terrible parents!
"No." sniggered Kaiba, "But I think I'll tell him anyhow."
"But that's mean!" said Yami, beginning to sound like Tea.
"Oh, so now the 'King of games' is going to lecture me on meanness?" Asked Kaiba, he sounded amused. Yami didn't get it, but he preferred to pretend that he did, so as not to appear 'stupid'.
"Hey Yug'!" shouted Joey, catching up to Pharaoh. "I've gotta ask you someth'n!"
"Go ahead Joey." Said the Pharaoh, "I'm getting bored talking with Kaiba." He shot a glare at Kaiba, but Kaiba didn't seem to care. In fact, he seemed to be looking over his shoulder a lot as if waiting to see Mokuba run up to them.
"Well, it like dis." Said Joey, misspelling his words as he spoke. (?) "Valon over dare said you was evil! And I just had to come and see if you were."
"Why Joey," said Yami pompously. "That was not in the form of a question! Ask again, and this time do it properly…without so many spelling errors." Joey rolled his eyes.
"Are you evil?" he asked bluntly. The Pharaoh gasped, and dramatically put a hand over his heart.
"You've been talking with Kaiba haven't you!" he said angrily.
"dork, I'm right here!" said Kaiba, waving a hand as if to prove he was real.
"No I haven't Yug'." Said Joey, raising an eyebrow. "I just told you, I was talking with-"
"Valon? I knew it!" Said the Pharaoh, his voice shaking.
" Well he is da only other person here, so yeah." Said Joey.
"How could you!" shouted the Pharaoh. "I thought we were friends! I thought you trusted me!"
"Just quit with the drama and answer the question already." Said Kaiba, icily. "You're giving us all a headache…"
"Is it true Yug'?" asked Joey, looking close to Tears. "Are you really what he says you are? All those people that you murdered, the puppies, the soul taking! Was that all your evil doin's?"
"Uh…well," began the Pharaoh. "I guess I can't say that I didn't enjoy some of it…well, most of it. But evil? Hmm, let me think on that…" He tugged at his collar as sweat rolled down his forehead. "I…well…yes. Yes, I guess I am evil."
"NOOOO!" cried Joey, falling to his knees, and sobbing loudly. "What would Yugi say? What would Tea say? You've disappointed me bud."
"Yes, well now that that's done with, can we continue walking?" asked the Pharaoh, helping Joey to his feet.
"Sure." Said Joey, suddenly his old self again. "Lets go Yug'."
"That's it?" asked Kaiba, who had now stopped walking with them. "That's all he gets for being the most evil duelist in the world? Ouch! Hey!" valon had walked into him while he'd been standing there.
"Oh, sorry chum." He said, smiling wickedly. "Didn't see you there, "
"Didn't see me?" asked Kaiba, skeptically. "I'm like eight feet tall! How could you not see me?" Valon shrugged.
"Guess you just vanished for a second." He said annoyingly.
"You had plenty of room to walk around me!" snapped Kaiba. "Sounds to me like you bumped into me on purpose!"
"No! Really?" asked Valon.
"Yeah, Really! Don't mess with me Valon, I'll make you regret it!"
"Oh yeah! Wanna duel on that Chump?"
"Way ahead of you!" said Kaiba, activating his Dueling arm thingy.
Meanwhile Joey and Pharaoh continued to walk, unaware that they had left Valon and Kaiba way behind.
As the sun sank into the west, Joey and Yami found a nice patch of dirt to sleep on. A lot had happened in the last couple of days, but they'd already forgotten. And by the time that the stars came out, they were already fast asleep, and did not notice the cry in the distance as some one got their soul taken.
The next morning Yami yawned, stretched and looked around to see Valon and Joey were still asleep. It never occurred to him that there had been another member of their gang…and he was missing. As he made his morning coffee he heard someone stir behind him.
"Hey there Yug'." Said Joey, also getting up. He looked around, the same way the Pharaoh had, counted the people carefully and then gasped. "Pharaoh!"
"What?" asked Pharaoh, eagerly pouring himself a giant mug of coffee.
"Well, I was just count'n up alls the people and I was wondering if…well…"
"Out with it!" snapped the Pharaoh. "I can't stand here listening to you blab on forever you know!"
"Oh, sorry, I just wanted to know if there would be enough coffee for us all."
"Hell no!" said Pharaoh, grabbing the pot of coffee, and hiding it behind his back. And added "What coffee?"
"Uh…oh, I guess there isn't any coffee." Said Joey, scratching his head cluelessly. "Sorry Yug'."
"That's Ok, and it's Pharaoh to you" said Pharaoh.
Just then Kaiba walked over to them carrying his brother.
"Is he still faking his death?" asked Joey as if he were talking to a particularly dumb five-year-old.
"No!" snapped Kaiba irritably.
"Oh well Kaiba." Said the Pharaoh, handing him a cup of coffee. " It wasn't your fault, it was Joey's. He's the one who shot him." He gave Kaiba a comforting pat on the back.
"How many times do I have to tell you dorks! Mokuba never died from the gunshot wound! He WAS FAKING!" Kaiba was in a rage.
"Er…sure he was…" said Joey. "Um…did the Pharaoh just hand you a cup of coffee?" asked Joey, watching as Kaiba took a sip.
"No," replied Kaiba, hiding it behind his back. "Why?"
"Oh…er, its noth'n, hehe." Joey was beginning to feel like he was seeing things.
Duke came over, yawned and took a sip of coffee when the Pharaoh handed him a mug. He still looked sad from what had happened last night. He glanced at Kaiba "is he still faking?" he asked, trying to sound like he was sorry but failing at it. After looking around and realizing that no one else was even trying to pretend that they missed Mokuba he decided to quit the act.
Finally one of the others asked "Where did you come from?" It was Kaiba, and he looked suspicious.
"I've been here the whole time." Said Duke blankly, "Remember? One of you shot Rebecca, she died and I came to you guys for help and-"
"And I didn't kill you?" asked the Pharaoh, narrowing his eyes. Duke shook his head. "Really? Well that doesn't sound right…" said Yami, scratching his chin.
"Yeah…" said Valon. "And the author said just a few paragraphs ago that there were only four people in our group." Duke shrugged.
"Maybe she forgot." He said. "Anyway, how did the duel turn out you two? You both seem to be alive."
Kaiba and Valon exchanged knowing glances before their gazes turned to Mokuba.
"Well," said Valon. "Me and Kaiba were doin just fine for a while, I have to admit. He's got guts."
"I can't say the same for you…" said Kaiba, preferring to take complements without returning them.
"Well then his little brother turned up and-"
"Sure…" huffed Joey. "Listen if you guys wanna tell us a whole bunch of stories then I think you should wait until we get through with what we started. Dartz has to be destroyed! And a bunch of fairy tales is only gonna slow us down."
"But-" said Valon. "Its true. His little brother was fak'n, the whole time! He came runn'n up wailing 'Seto, Seto! I'm sorry!' What a whiner. Then Kaiba told him what a failure he was, and Mokuba cried and said that I couldn't take his brother's soul, or he'd get revenge." Valon looked a little amused. " So me and Kaiba called it a draw-"
"It wasn't a draw!" snapped Kaiba. "You knew I was beating you, and you just decided to call it quits!"
"You can do that?" asked the Pharaoh, thinking of all the times that really would have been helpful.
"Duh." Said all of the others, rolling their eyes.
"Well then after we'd quit duel'n the little tyke still wants to get revenge, so I challenged him to a duel and…and…" he glanced nervously at Kaiba, but Kaiba didn't seemed to mind the retelling of his brother's death, "Well the kid lost." The others gasped.
"You mean, you played the seal of Oricalkose with Mokuba?" asked Joey, shocked.
"Well sure." Said Valon. "Why not?"
"He was a little kid!" shouted Kaiba. "That's why!"
"Well he's the one that wanted to go through with it!" Valon said defensively. "Its his own fault."
"You made him do it!" said Kaiba. "You told him that you'd kill me if he didn't. As if…"
"Okay, well maybe I did get a little carried away," said Valon.
"I can't believe you'd kill Kaiba's little brother, now that takes guts." Said Joey, trying to be the comic relief again. Everybody glared at him, and Joey reluctantly left their little circle to sit by himself.
"I'm sorry for your loss Kaiba." Said Yami, trying to sound sentimental.
"Loss?" asked Kaiba. "Mokuba isn't dead!"
"Yes, I know…" said the Pharaoh. "All I mean is that his soul got taken so…well…"
"No it didn't." said Kaiba scowling. "He's faking again." He gave Mokuba a sharp prod and yelled "GET UP!" Mokuba did nothing.
"Sure," they all said together, and began to laugh.
"Geeks…" muttered Kaiba.
