Chapter 5

Lindsey POV

"Are we done shopping yet?" Lindsey said with a groan. They had gotten just about everything for the party. Plates for appetizers, food, cups, beer pong kits, and alcohol from the local bum.

I definitely did not plan on having alcohol at this party… but Mai said that's what makes a party good. Yay for peer pressure..

"Almost, but we need to get you a kick ass party outfit!" Mai replied excitedly. They both walked into Love Culture, a store that sells a lot of cute, but revealing clothes. Lindsey felt out of place. Mai walked towards the back of the store and practically screamed when she saw the perfect dress. "This is it. This is your dress." Lindsey's eyes nearly popped out of her head. It was gorgeous, and like Mai said perfect. "Here. Go try it on."

Lindsey looked at herself in the mirror. The dress fit perfectly. It was strapless and went just above mid thigh. The dress was snow white with gold and silver glitter detailing. The way it hugged her curves made Lindsey feel more beautiful than ever. "Lindsey. You're stunning."

"Aw. Thanks Mai. I love it!" She smiled.

"There is no way Yugi is going to resist you in that!" She had a wicked grin on her face.

"Yea…..Wait…What!? NO! No, absolutely not. I see nothing in Yugi!"

I see something in Yami. It's technically not a lie…

"Okay Lindsey. If you say so." She smiley sheepishly. "Alright. I think we have everything. Let's buy that dress and head on home."

Oh thank the lord.

Lindsey arrived home around 10:00 PM that night completely exhausted. Her living room was mobbed with party supplies and it looked like a disaster waiting to happen.

I'm starting to think his whole party idea wasn't a very good one. But since it's only the usual gang, it should be okay. Right?

"MAI! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!?" The party had started the next night at 8:30 and by nine, Lindsey's new apartment was crowded wall to wall with students from Domino High. Music was booming throughout the building. Just about every girl was wearing their best outfit and all the guys were dressed in typical club outfits. Mai stood next to Lindsey with a beer in hand. She was wearing a black tube top with a purple leather skirt and purple boots. Her long blonde hair was pulled into a high ponytail.

"What do you mean what is this?" Mai replied. "It's a party!"

"I know it's a party. I mean what are all these people doing here?" Lindsey's frustration was growing.

"I invited them. Don't get me wrong, a social gathering with the gang is fun, but this," she waved her hand showing the entirety of the party, "This is legendary. Lighten up Linds. Have a beer and go show off your beautiful self." Mai then raised her cup in the air and yelled "PARTY ON BITCHES!" What seemed like the entire party raised their cups in response and erupted in cheers and screams. She then disappeared into the crowd.

Lindsey just stood there with a blank expression on her face. At least Mai was right about one thing. She was beautiful. She wore the white dress she purchased and her brown hair was in long ringlets. She complimented the dress with sparkly gold stiletto heels, and her cat like eye makeup made her piercing green eyes even more electrifying.

Maybe Mai is right. After all, you're only in high school once. Might as well live it up while I still can. She started making her way through the crowd.

Yugi POV

"Oh my God." Yugi's jaw dropped to the floor when he arrived at the party. He was in his usual school uniform "I thought this was a small gathering guys?"

"Does it matter Yug? A parties a party!" Joey had a stupid grin on his face. He wore a white t-shirt with a grey jacket, jeans and sneakers.

"Yeah seriously? How often do we even get to go out and have fun like this Yug?" Tristan exclaimed. Tristan wore jeans with a grey shirt and black leather jacket. Yugi gave them both a nervous look.

"But guys. If grandpa found out what I was doing, he'd freak."

"Well, here's an idea." Joey leaned in and whispered in Yugi's ear, "Don't tell him."

"I don't know guys…." Yugi was nervous.

"YUGI!" Tea was running towards them with a huge smile on her face.

"Now you have to stay Yug. Tea saw you…" Tristan and Joey grinned wickedly. "Have fun!" They both ran off to join the party.

This is just great. A little help pharaoh? Yugi's puzzle flashed and Yami took over.

Yami POV

"So , Yugi, having fun?" Tea asked. She wore a silver sequined halter top with a dark wash jean miniskirt. She had thigh high black boots on, her hair in its usual style. She was holding a drink.

"Uh, sure Tea." Yami looked very uncomfortable with his surroundings. "Have you seen Lindsey by any chance?" She immediately got a pissed off look on her face, and her mood turned sour.

"Humph. Over there," She pointed to a large crowd. Lindsey was in the middle of it with a drink in hand dancing with the guests, clearly intoxicated, "and by the looks of her, she's too far gone to even know who you are."

"What does that mean?" he asked. Tea just raised her eyebrows and rolled her eyes. She walked off. Yami made his way towards Lindsey. Her back was turned to him. He tapped her on the shoulder. "Lindsey?" She turned around and squealed.

"Yami! You made it!" She stumbled a little and laughed as she took a drink. "Have you had a drink yet?" He shook his head. "Here." She handed him her drink and he took a swig.

This is possibly the most disgusting thing I have ever had…

"What is this?" He asked handing it back to her.

Lindsey replied with a smile, "Jungle juice."

"And that is?"

She just winked. "Do you wanna dance?"

He looked around still very uncomfortable. "Actually, I think I'm going to head home."

What normally would have made Lindsey sad had no effect on her at all. "K, bye!" She went back to dancing with her classmates.

Yami left the party and started walking home. Yugi, mind explaining to me what is wrong with her?

"Well, there is some substances in the jungle juice that cause people to act funny. It's referred to as alcohol. When you consume it, it takes over. That's why Lindsey is being so weird."

How long will she be like this?

"I'd say she should be okay by tomorrow."

Thank you, Yugi.

Yami was alone with his thoughts for the rest of the way home. I thought duel monsters was how people had fun these days…. Guess I still have a lot to learn about this world.

Seto POV

The least Lindsey could have done was take ALL her stuff with her when she left. It's quite annoying having to track down her new address and take time out of my busy schedule to give it back.

Seto's limo arrived in front of Lindsey's new apartment. He could hear loud base music coming from inside the building. He looked around and recognized students from school loitering the area. He narrowed his eyes. What is going on? He grabbed Lindsey's stuff and made his way to her apartment.

The next sight he saw pissed him off to no end. Lindsey's entire apartment and now a good portion of the hallway was crowded with people. He fought his was through the crowd into her apartment. Seto thought it would be best to put her stuff in her room so people wouldn't mess with it. He pushed his way through and found her room. He opened the door to find a couple inside making out. They broke apart when they noticed him, fear on their faces. "Get out." Seto said emotionlessly. They ran out.

He set down Lindsey's stuff and went to go look for her. That stupid immature child…

Lindsey POV

Lindsey was so glad she had taken Mai's advice and lightened up. This was probably the best night of her life. She, Mai, Joey, Tristan, and Duke were wildly dancing in the mob of people. Tea and Bakura stood off to the side and talked the whole time. They just looked awkward. "Where's Yug? Joey asked.

"Oh he went home a while ago." Lindsey replied. Joey looked sad.

"Yea, I should have expected him ta leave early. We'll just have ta party twice as hard in his honor!" The groups laughed and cheered.

In the middle of dancing, Lindsey had finished her drink. "I'll be right back guys." She turned and left to refill her cup. You could call it walking, but Lindsey more stumbled through the crowd and had to hold on to people for support. At one point she stumbled into someone whose chest was as hard as a rock. "Ow. Dammit." She looked up and immediately broke into a wild grin. "Seto! When did yo fine ass get here!?" He raised an eyebrow at her as she laughed.

"I came to drop off your stuff since you so kindly left it at my house." His words were like ice.

"Pshh. Come on Seto! Have fun at the party! Grab a drink and stop acting like a little bit- BLEH!" Her sentence was abruptly cut off by the bile that erupted out of her all over the front side of Seto. He looked more pissed off than her had ever been, as well as mortified. Lindsey looked up and slightly smile. "You're welcome," she whispered. She hit the floor, then entered into a black state of unconsciousness.

Pounding. The only thing that Lindsey could focus on was the pounding in her head. She woke up around 3pm the next day. She looked around and noticed she was tucked in her bed, in pajamas.

What the hell? How did I get here? Where did these pajama's come from? Why does my head hurt?

She groaned loudly. She looked at her nightstand and noticed her cell phone, a glass of water, and two ibuprofen.

Huh? How did that get there? She took the pills and checked her messages. Nothing important except a bunch of unknown numbers telling her what a great party she had.

How did they all get my number? She shook her head and walked out into the living room. She expected her apartment to be a disaster, it was spotless. It looked cleaner than it was when she bought it. Can anybody please tell me what happened? If it wasn't for the multiple messages she received, she would have thought last night was a dream. No way can her apartment be this clean. She noticed a figure reading on the couch. Seto?

She walked over to him. "Hey." She said nervously.

He looked up. "Good you're awake. I can leave." He started to gather his stuff.

"Wait wait wait. Before you go, two things. One, why are you here? Two, why is this place so clean?"

"I had a cleaning crew come. This place was trashed." Lindsey winced. "And I'm here because I came to drop off your stuff. The reason I stayed is because after you so kindly vomited all over me, you passed out."

"So you're taking care of me?"

"Wouldn't be the first time." She smiled a little.

"Thank you." He rolled his eyes and gathered his stuff.

"Whatever." With that, he left.

Ha! He still cares about me. I see right through your icy exterior! Wait. Damn. Now I'm alone. Now what?

After the ibuprofen had taken effect, Lindsey showered, and got dressed. After grabbing her purse and keys, she knocked on Mai's door to see if she wanted to go with her to the library but no answer. Wouldn't doubt that she has a massive hangover. She got in the elevator to the lobby.

As she walked through the lobby, the front desk receptionist said, "Hey Lindsey! Great party last night!" Lindsey smiled and replied "Oh. Thank You." I guess that answers my suspicions how I didn't get a noise complaint…

She stepped out of the building and into the city. Nothing like a walk through the city, and a trip to the library to pass the time. She had walked for about 15 minutes before she was just around the corner from the library when her cell phone rang. She ducked into an alley to answer it and avoid the people on the streets. "Hello?"

"Lindsey? It's Yugi."

"Oh hey Yugi. What's up?"

"Uh, Yami wanted to make sure you were okay." Lindsey flushed a little while smiling.

"Yea I'm fine. Slight headache but I'm okay now. Actually, I'm on my way to the library."

"Oh cool. You mind if I meet you there? I got some studying to do."

"Yea that sounds gre-" She stopped mid sentence to look at the two men who were approaching her. God dammit. Why do I keep going into alleyways?

"Lindsey?" Yugi asked on the other line.

"Hold on Yug." She put her phone in her back pocket and turned to face the two men. "Can I help you?" She asked bravely.

"Actually yes. You have something we want, and since Reece failed the first time, were gonna have to get it ourselves."

Reece? He must be the guy who kidnapped me the other day.

"What exactly is it you want?"

"The Crystal Magician." Lindsey's eyes widened.

"N-Never." She nervously stammered. "I'll never hand it over." Lindsey to began to slowly back up.

"Then we'll just take it by force!" She turned to run but was quickly caught. She screamed as the two men grabbed her. One took her purse and the other threw her over her shoulder

"YUGI! HELP! PLEASE!" Lindsey cried.

"She's got a phone" She heard on the men say. He reached into her pocket and took it out. "Not anymore." He threw it on the ground, and smashed it. The two men then took Lindsey off to an unknown location.

Yugi POV

The line had gone dead. "Lindsey? Lindsey!" He continued to scream into the phone. "No! She's gone!"

"Yugi! What happened?" Yami demanded.

I don't know pharaoh. I was talking to her and then these two men took. They mentioned something about a Crystal Magician.

"We've got to find her and help her fast!"

Yugi nodded. Yes I know. I'll call the guys and get them to scour the city looking for her. I'll ask grandpa real quick if he knows anything about a Crystal Magician.

Yugi made his was downstairs to find grandpa. He found him sitting behind the counter waiting for customers. Trying to sound calm, he asked "Hey grandpa? Do you know anything about a Crystal Magician?"

Grandpa face immediately lit up. "Do I ever! The Crystal Magician is an ultra rare card that compares in power to the mighty Blue Eyes White Dragon. There is only one in the entire world. Legend says only those worthy to wield the spell casters power may control it. I've never heard of anyone ever possessing the magician so there is no way to tell if it really does exist, but I just know one day I'll see it for my very self."

Good old gramps. Always keeping his spirits high.

"Why the sudden interest Yugi?" Grandpa asked questioningly.

"Oh, um, I stumbled across the name on the internet, and I wasn't sure what it was."

"Oh alright then. It's always nice to educate a curious mind."

"Yea gramps thanks. I'm going out! See you later." He ran out of the game shop.

Yami. I found out what the Crystal Magician is!

"Yes. I heard. My question is how Lindsey has come to possess it."

Think about it. She's one of the top duelists in the world and her deck is full of spell casters. It would make sense.

"For now."

Yugi had called the gang to meet up at Domino Square. They met right next to the clock post.

"Hold on Yug. You mean ta tell me Lindsey has an ultra rare card called the Crystal Magician and these two men kidnapped her for it?" Yugi shrugged.

"That's what I heard through the phone."

"Hold on," Duke interjected. "I've seen Lindsey duel multiple times and never has she played a card called the Crystal Magician."

"Maybe she couldn't play the card for this exact reason. If what Yugi says is true, and there really is only one in the entire world, I don't think she would want to risk playing it on national television."

"Good point Tea. But somebody had to have known she had it." Yugi pondered. "Wait, what about Kaiba? He and Lindsey have been best friends for years! He has to know."

"One problem Yugi." Mai interjected, "Lindsey and Kaiba aren't exactly on good terms. I doubt he'll want to speak to anybody about her." Everyone nodded.

"We have to try Mai. Even Kaiba can't be that heartless to deny Lindsey help when she needs it."

"Yugi. Do ya know Kaiba? Dat rich boy doesn't care about anyone but himself."

"And Mokuba." Tristan added.

"Then why don't we ask Mokuba to ask Kaiba for help?" Bakura suggested.

"Dat…is actually da smartest thing anyone of us has said all night… good thinking Bakura!" He blushed.

"Alright.," Yugi said, "We'll ask Mokuba. There's no way Kaiba can say no to him."

"Yeah!" Joey got into a battle stance. "To Kaiba's place we go!" He trotted off with his fist in the air.

Tea sighed, "Joey you're an idiot."

AN: Joey gets no love... Some of the characters I have made regulars for the sake of the story. While I go based off the cannon story for a good portion of things there will be some minor differences... or major. :) -GM