Chapter 17
Bastion Misawa and Meg found themselves on the port of the Domino Harbor. It was the same harbor where a Marik-possessed Joey had dueled Yugi Motou. Bastion thought there is so much duelist history in this very spot. He wondered what a possessed man in a duel felt. He wondered if Joey tried to fight Marik in his mind as much as possible. A man with blonde hair and brown eyes was talking to a woman with blonde hair and violet eyes. Meg grabbed her boyfriend's arm and moved both them closer.
"What are you doing?" whispered Bastion as Meg placed her hand over his mouth.
"I am trying to figure out who they are. I should know them, well who they are, for some reason," Meg replied in a hushed tone. Hopefully, she could pick up on some of their conversation.
"Do you remember this duel?" asked the woman flipping her long wavy hair behind her. "I mean I know you remembered what happened afterwards. You dived in to save your best friend."
"Yeah, I know," said the blonde man with a Brooklyn accent, "Then my sis saved me, Mai-yeah, I do remember that," agreed Joey. "But the duel is still sort' a blur." Mai nodded. Then it hit both Meg and Bastion that the two blondes were Mai Valentine and Joey Wheeler. Mai, at least, was well-known in Duel History. Bastion and Meg smiled at each other and left the docks.
"So, now where do we go from here?" inquired Meg as she took in her surroundings. She had never been to Domino before, and the sights were breathtaking. Bastion looked up at the large building known as Kaiba Corp. Bastion pointed at the large company that dominated the gaming more importantly the dueling world. Meg sighed.
"Let's go catch us a ride home then," said Meg, "but don't you think we are dressed a tad casual for a business meeting of sorts." Bastion nodded as they headed into the Kame Game Shop to use their restrooms to get changed into proper attire. They only saw the old man working it so they quickly changed into proper attire.
They went into the massive corporation with Bastion wearing khaki dress pants and a green polo shirt while Meg was wearing a long grey skirt and a pale pink collared shirt. They went to the secretary desk. The blue-haired secretary looked up at the duo curiously.
"May I help you?" she asked politely.
"We need to speak to Seto Kaiba," replied Meg confidently. Bastion slapped his head thinking she's requesting to see a pro-duelist and CEO of the most prominent company in the dueling world. This is not going to work. The secretary frowned and stood up hating this part of her job.
"I'm sorry, but Mr. Kaiba is in a business appointment right now," she said calmly. Meg scowled, and it was definite that she hated taking "no" for a crucial answer that their lives depended on.
"But it's important. Please, we go to his school, and we need his help drastically," Meg pleaded. The secretary looked confused as Seto and Mokuba walked out the elevator with some other business men. Seto looked over at the two high-schoolers perplexed. Mokuba smiled happily.
"Hi, are you here for a tour?" Mokuba asked excitedly.
"We don't give tours, Mokuba," corrected Seto. The secretary wanted to explain the situation before Meg and Bastion realized that before she could talk, they needed to reason with him.
"We ran off from our group at a Duel Academy field trip because of a, well you could call it a crisis, but we need a way back to the Academy, and we came here hoping that you could help us possibly," said Bastion wondering how much of a moron he sounded like.
"Let me clarify," said Meg going into detail about her and her companion's journey then let out a heavy sigh, "So we need help. I know you're busy, but we…" Mokuba hugged them both sympathetically.
"Of course we'll help," said Mokuba, "Won't we, Seto?" Seto was obviously trying not to go against his nature. He knew what happened was more than likely their fault, but they did go to HIS school and from they were duelists that tried their best to get out of a bad situation.
"Fine, but I'm flying the Blue Eyes, and you can't stop me especially if you get jetlag again, Mokuba," Kaiba said. They headed for the boarding pass neither knowing what else would come of their journeys.
Meanwhile, the Duel Academy students plus Raoul, Wesley, and the Mother of the clan plus Jenny headed off their plane already at Duel Academy Island. Chazz looked back to see Mindy and Jasmine talking to Wesley about something. Chazz thought jealously Wesley has Jenny, why is Mindy walking around with him? He was going to do something, he had too. Mindy wasn't a goddess, she was just Mindy.
She wasn't Alexis, but after the whole deal with that girl, he wanted something else, and he found her, and it helped that she was easy to talk too and not judgmental of him. Chazz liked her more and more each day, and he wasn't planning to lose her to some taken British junkie.
"Mindy, what the fuck?" asked Chazz turning around. Mindy gave a confused look at Jasmine wondering if she knew what the heck was going on with the man in black.
"What are you talking about, Chazz?" replied Mindy confused taking him by the arm and pulling him away from the group. Wesley and Jenny smiled, their couple senses tingling and undrugged at the moment. Mindy stood up straight looking him in the eyes.
"Why are you hanging around some taken druggie?" demanded Chazz, "Do you like him or something?" Mindy tried to hide her outburst of laughter.
"No, God no, Chazz, he's just my friend. I have friends that are guys like you," Mindy elaborated through her fits of giggles. "What gave you that idea?" Chazz let out a sigh of relief.
"Thanks," said Chazz then giving a cough, "I just think…that you should like someone who you have known longer." Mindy gave him a hug and ruffled his hair. Chazz faked an offended appearance.
"But I do," Mindy said turning to walk away.
Chazz ran up to her and grabbed her arm, "Tell me who it is." So I can kick his motherfucking ass thought Chazz angrily. Mindy turned around and smiled.
"His name is Princeton, Chazz Princeton," said Mindy with a dreamy grin. "Who do you like? I know it's not Alexis, but I know you like somebody."
"You, doofus," retorted Chazz. Mindy hugged him tightly.
"So where does that leave us?" she asked the guy with spiky black hair. Chazz pointed to the sky with a look that practically screamed you-tell-me. Mindy pretended to think long and hard about it and then she gave up and kissed him on the cheek.
"You have yourself a girlfriend," she replied.
Mew Kazurinu: That's all for this chapter. Yeah, I wanted to get the Mindy and Chazz thing out of the way. So what will happen when Meg and Bastion reach Duel Academy? Will Jaden find out that Crowler is his father? Much more in Chapter 18 coming out soon