Disclaimer: Haven't done one of these in a while...so, I don't own Yugioh, nor the joke.
The Plane Ride
Seto Kaiba could not believe his luck.
"Well, it could be worse." Mokuba said from his right.
"No, it couldn't." Joey Wheeler said from his left.
Seto silently agreed with Joey and tried not to grind his teeth anymore. The stupid airline had gotten their tickets messed up, and both Kaiba brothers were now stuck flying coach, instead of first-class like Seto had planned...and paid for. To make it worse, when he had tried to correct the problem, he was told that just because he was a big-shot executive does not mean he deserved special attention...and could you please take your seat, sir? That incident had turned into an argument between Seto and the mixed-up flight personnel that had gotten him absolutely nowhere, except the middle seat in the middle of the plane.
Seto crossed his arms and frowned. He had a new plan-ignore everyone and everything. Of course, Joey was having none of that.
"Of all the people in the entire world, it had to be you, didn't it?" Joey muttered under his breath, just loud enough he knew Seto would hear.
"Why don't you stop your complaining? You're not the one sitting next to the simpleton."
Joey gasped, sarcasm laced his voice. "Don't say that about your own brother! That's aweful!"
"I meant you, moron!" Seto snapped. Today was really going to be a bad day if Joey was going to fight back.
"No, no, no! You two stop that, I'm not going to listen to you argue this entire flight!" Mokuba said, exasperated. "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything!"
"Sorry Mokuba." Joey muttered. Seto just rolled his eyes.
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Several hours later, the plan to ignore everyone and everything had backfired...big time. Seto found himself utterly bored. He had been staring at the back of the seat in frount of him for the passed twenty minutes. Something had to give.
He glanced over at Joey. He was trying to sleep on his fist. Seto found Mokuba had found a semi-comfortable position in his chair and was already sleeping, facing away from his brother and his rival. Seto turned back to Joey and whispered, "Hey, let's play a game."
Joey looked at him with an eyebrow raised. "What is with everyone and games? First Yugi and now you. Everytime I try to sleep..." He whispered back. Seto shrugged and looked away.
"Fine, you're not really enough of a challenge anyway. I was looking for something to keep me awake." There was a silence, then Joey answered, "What kind of game?" Seto grinned. He had him.
"It's simple. I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me, and if you happen to ask me something I don't know, I'll pay you."
"We're all painfully aware you're richer than me, jackass." Joey scoffed, leaning his head back on his fist. Seto leaned forward and smirked.
"I think that's just a bad excuse, because you know, we're all painfully aware I'm smarter than you too."
Joey blushed and answered fiercely, "Fine! You're on."
Seto leaned back and said, "Alright, I'll make you an even better deal. You only pay me five dollars and I'll pay you five hundred...if it comes to that." Seto could see he really had Joey's interest now, but he still seemed a little reluctant. So before he could back out, Seto said, "I'll go first. What is the distance from the moon to the sun?"
Joey's eyes got big, and he silently reached into his pocket and pulled out five dollars. Seto accepted it smugly, then said, "Your turn."
Joey was quiet for a minute, turning his gaze up to the ceiling. Then, his eyes lit up and he turned to Seto and asked, "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?"
Seto raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything. What kind of question was that anyway? He sat and thought about it, and couldn't come up with an answer. He pulled out his laptop and searched on the internet, came up with nothing. He even woke Mokuba and asked him. Finally, he had to admit defeat.
He grudgingly counted out five hundred dollars of American currency to a smirking Joey. Joey took the money and shoved it in his pocket. Seto couldn't take it anymore, so, for his next question, he asked Joey the same thing. "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?"
Joey calmly handed him another five dollar bill and smiled. Mokuba started laughing.
Paladin: Heh, heh. Go Joey!
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