A/N: Just to let you know I had just started Gravitation when writing this. Just to explain some things later on. Oh and I made up most of the palces too.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.
The few days before Tokyo were spent packing. Four days before the tournament everyone met at the train station. There rooms were assigned to them by the tournament rep.
They all ended up on the same floor but were spaced a little. Yugi, Mokuba, and Téa were next to each other, followed by Tristan a door or so down. But Joey, to his horror, ended up next to Kaiba away from the gang.
"Can't we switch rooms?" Joey begged the rep.
"Nope. Sorry no can do." The rep frowned.
"Why not?" Yugi asked curiously.
"Duke himself arranged your rooms. There is no trading. And if you do anyway you will be disqualified." The rep turned to leave. "Rules are rules." He called over his shoulder as he left.
"Great!" Joey sank to his knees in the isle. 'I'll see him every morning!' Joey had to be helped to his seat.
Meanwhile Kaiba tried to bribe the rep but to no avail. Taking his seat Kaiba began to contemplate, well tried.
"Seto where do you want to go first?" "Seto do you think we should go shopping?" " Seto do you think we should take the tour?" Mokuba hounded his older brother with a zillion questions.
"I don't know Mokie. Ask Yugi." Kaiba finally told him after twenty minutes. So he did.
"I guess we can go to the hotel first and drop off our stuff. Then it'll be around lunch time."
"Then we can go to a museum. There's one near the hotel and a Sushi Bar." Téa informed them.
"Sounds fine." Tristan agreed.
Joey sat sulking across from Yugi. "Yeah whatever." He said disheartened.
Arriving in Tokyo they made their way to the hotel and dropped off their stuff. Then proceeded to lunch at the Sushi Bar and the museum.
"What now?" Mokuba asked as they left the museum.
"Let's go pray at the local shrine." Téa suggested. Making their way they walked through the park. In the park some people were playing with their dogs.
"To bad we didn't bring a Frisbee or we could play with the Mutt." Kaiba smirked at Joey. "Isn't that right Wheeler?"
"Shut up! I'm not a mutt or a dog of any kind!" Joey's foot got stuck in a root and he landed on his face.
Walking behind him Kaiba saw it all while the others kept walking in front of them. "Ha! You're right Wheeler., dogs have more grace." Walking up Kaiba offered Joey a hand. Taking it Joey got up glaring at Kaiba even though he let him help him up. "Don't glare at me. I didn't make you fall." Kaiba said logically snickering all the while.
"Yeah well it was your comment's fault." Joey sneered. "And it's not funny." He said trying to keep a straight face.
"Yes it was."
"Okay maybe it was." Joey let himself smile. "But just a little bit." Joey held his index finger and thumb a centimeter apart.
"More like this." Kaiba spread Joey's fingers as far as they would go. His heart beating faster at the contact.
Looking up the trail Joey saw that the group was ahead of them. "We should catch up." They jogged a little to rejoin the group.
After praying at the shrine they visited a small strip mall. They never made it to the last store though. Half way through Joey was complaining of hunger so they stopped at Mai-Ako on the way to the hotel.
The first part of the next day was spent exploring historic sites in Tokyo. As they ate diner they discussed tomorrow.
"Tomorrow I wanna shop!" Téa exclaimed as they waited on their food.
"Well we only have time for one more place tonight." Tristan looked at his watch.
"Any ideas?" Yugi asked as their food arrived. They ate as they discussed plans.
"How about this duel place I heard of?" Joey volunteered.
"Oh I thought we could visit that before the tournament for practice." Yugi said.
"Oh."
"Well I believe there's a famous band recording at a studio nearby. I believe it's your favorite band Mokuba. 'Bad Luck" right?' Kaiba said.
" 'Bad Luck'?" Joey's mouth dropped.
"That's my favorite band!" Joey and Mokuba said in unison.
SO after finishing their meal they went to the studio. Where thanks to Kaiba they were allowed to meet the band. And as an extra treat, 'Nittle Grasper' was there too.
Joey and Mokuba were in heaven. Their tow favorite bands in person. They left with pictures with the band and autographed Cds. As everyone was leaving Kaiba hung back to talk to Shuichi.
Outside Mokuba and Joey waited on him to thank him. When Kaiba emerged from the studio Mokuba sprang on Kaiba attaching to him like a human leech. Kaiba almost fell back from the force.
"Thanks Kaiba." Joey smiled nervously scratching the back of his head.
Kaiba nodded his head looking at Joey's nervous reaction. "It's not like it was for you anyway." Shuichi watched from the window rolling his eyes. 'That's not what I meant to say.'
Joey continued to scratch his head but a little blush graced his cheeks. "I know that. But because of you I got to meet them. So…" Joey looked at Kaiba for a minute before quickly studying his shoes. His heart skipped a beat. 'What's wrong with me?'
Mokuba looked at his brother and couldn't believe the mask was slipping. Looking at Joey, Mokuba quickly accessed the situation. 'Hmm? Could they be trying to get along?'
There was a moment of silence in which Shuichi almost broke out laughing watching them. 'They could use a push.' Shuichi accidentally pushed, more like dropped a plant out of the window. It shattered in between them. A shard hit Mokuba cutting his cheek.
"Are you okay?" Kaiba bent down and tended to his brother. Joey stood there blinking in disbelief. "We should head back." Mokuba nodded.
The three walked back together discussing the flower pot for awhile. Once that had been amply discussed they continued on in silence. Their thoughts floated in and out of consciousness going over the day's events. By the time each of them reached their rooms they had adequately gone over the day's events.
Getting dressed for bed Joey tried to understand his odd behavior earlier. 'I've never been nervous around Kaiba before. Am I getting sick?' Joey laid down setting the alarm. 'Nah. It must be from meeting my favorite bands. Yeah that's it.' Joey drifted off to sleep.
Next door Kaiba worked well into the night. But the next morning was up at five for a shower. Getting out of bed he rubbed his temples. 'What was with that dream?' Kaiba got out the of the shower and started to get dressed. 'I've been having some really strange thoughts lately. Maybe I should get some more sleep?' Emerging from his room he saw no on else was up. 'Well of course not it's five-thirty in the morning.' Kaiba went outside for some fresh air.