The next morning Joey stumbled out of the shower half asleep. 'I stayed up too late.' Yawning he pulled on a pair of black jeans. There was a knock on the door. 'Who could that be?' Joey thought rather annoyed. Answering the door there was Kaiba holding pictures.
"Here I printed the pictures for you." Any idiot could see it was an excuse, well almost. Kaiba scanned over Joey's half naked body as he took the pictures.
Joey blinked awake when he realized what Kaiba was wearing. Normal clothes a thin almost see-through white button up with the last button undone, a bit of his chest and collarbone showing. All with a pair of blue jeans and a pair of sunglasses in his messy hair, they were tinted blue.
"So I'll see you downstairs." Kaiba said turning to leave.
"Wait." Joey said before he knew he wanted to. "Do you want to come in?"
"Maybe next time, but not now." 'Damn.' "I promised I'd talk to Mokie this morning before we left." Kaiba kissed Joey's cheek. "Next time then okay?"
"Okay." Joey said defeated.
Kaiba saw the downcast look in his eyes. "I don't want to break another promise to him...but he won't mind if you're there." Kaiba said slyly.
"Hold on." Joey rushed in and slipped a shirt on. It was a 'Bad Luck' shirt.
They met Mokuba in the coffee shop inside the hotel. "So we duel today." Mokuba said sipping some fruit drink.
"Yes, I just hope we don't get bored with the practice." Kaiba smirked.
"Um Big Brother why is Joey here again?" Mokuba wondered as Joey returned with his and Kaiba's drinks.
"Well we decided to get along for you so we thought we could practice before the tournament." Joey answered.
"Oh." 'Uh-huh, whatever.' Mokuba thought. "Everyone will be down soon."
Meeting everyone in the lobby they headed out. Making their way to Duelist Haven. Outside the dome tons of duelists were dueling or watching. Inside there were even more considering this was the best duel site in town after all.
Going through them like water Kaiba was soon bored, that didn't take but an hour or two really. Kaiba went outside where he found Joey. 'Hmm.' Mokuba walked with him.
"Hey Big Brother, can we go to the amusement park?" Mokuba asked.
"What?" Kaiba was torn from his thoughts.
"I'll take you." Joey had over heard him as he was winning his duel.
"He's my brother, I'll take him Mutt." Kaiba snapped then said, "But you're welcome to tag along." His voice almost gentle.
"Really?" Joey asked eagerly and Kaiba nodded. "Then I'll go let Yugi know." Joey yelled as he disappeared into the crowd for a few minutes. Reappearing beside them he smiled. "Let's go!"
Arriving at the amusement park, which by the way Kaiba owned, Kaiba turned to Mokuba. "What ride?"
Mokuba pointed to the tallest ride there. "That one!"
"Alright." Kaiba talked to the operator and got them put in front. The people directly behind them didn't say a word knowing they must be big shots. So they held their tongues for the moment.
Joey stepped onto the ride followed by Kaiba. Mokuba ended up behind them with a girl.
"Have you ever been on a roller coaster before?" Joey asked.
"Yes." Kaiba answered. 'Though it was virtual.'
"Well if you get scared you can hold my hand." Joey grinned.
"Whatever."
"Hi." Mokuba greeted the girl as she got in. She was quite cute with long brown hair held back in a ponytail, with electric green eyes. Her pale complexion really brought them out. Her purple shirt had a Kuriboh with a pair of jean carpenter shorts that went to her knees.
"Hi." The girl sat down. "First time?" She asked mildly amused by his audacity to talk to her.
"No." Mokuba smiled. "I'd guess it's not yours either."
She smiled. "No, no it's not." Looking him over she realized how cute he was. He was wearing a little oversized red shirt with short sleeves and black shorts. His black hair surrounded his cute face bringing out his blue eyes. She scoffed mentally. 'My friends would be drooling.' "Shouldn't you be in school?" Schools under high school weren't on break.
"I could ask you the same." Mokuba grinned. "But I won't."
"I'm not skipping." The girl assured him. "I'm transferring soon so I'm no longer enrolled here."
"I'm sorry.' Mokuba frowned.
"For what?"
"That you're moving away from your friends."
"It's alright. Actually my friends, well most of them, are skipping for the tournament so I get to spend time with them."
"Oh do they duel?" Mokuba asked excited.
"No. They just like watching. Not that any of us understand the game."
A guy came around to check to see if everyone was secured and the ride began. Kaiba found himself grabbing Joey's hand.
'Ha! I knew it.' Joey smiled in triumph. Once the ride started going over the first rise Joey forced Kaiba's arms up. "Now scream too!" Joey began to scream in enjoyment. Kaiba smiled and joined in.
After the ride they were in line to get off when a girl Mokuba's age ran into Kaiba. He turned and gave her a death glare. He was surprised when she didn't flinch, actually she glared back.
"Excuse you." She said hatefully giving Kaiba a death glare that made his look like puppy dog eyes. Kaiba blinked from the shock while Joey cringed.
Mokuba stepped in front of his brother. "It was your fault you should apologize."
She turned her electric green glare on him. "No, he was in my way."
Kaiba was about to say something but stopped. 'I'll see how he handles this.'
"Do you know who you're talking to?" Mokuba grinned evilly as he saw her falter. "That's what I thought." Mokuba used the few inches he had over her drawing himself up. "Mokuba and Seto Kaiba."
The girl gasped as it sank in. 'OMG! I just glared at the richest man in Japan!' "I'm so sorry." She bowed.
"What's your name?" Kaiba asked.
"Suzuki, Akira Suzuki." She didn't rise.
"Isn' that a boy's name normally?" Mokuba asked.
Before Akira knew it she was glaring again with a fist raised. "So? I like my name."
"Yeah I do too." Mokuba laughed as she realized she had just raised her fist to him.
Blushing Akira bowed again. "I'm sorry, so sorry."
"It seems you have quite the temper." Kaiba stated.
"Only when it comes to my name." She growled. "Oops." She put a hand to her mouth. 'What's wrong with me?'
"Uh, can we continue this somewhere else? People are getting mad." Joey said rather calmly.
"Do you like ice cream?" Mokuba asked her.
"Huh?" He grabbed Akira's hand and dragged her along. 'What's going on? I was so rude to him.' Then she remembered. 'I sat next to him. He was so nice. I'm such an idiot.'
Mokuba stopped in front of an ice cream stand. "Want any?" Mokuba looked at Joey and Kaiba. They shook their heads.
"We're going to get the pictures we'll be back." Kaiba said as he and Joey left.
'I can't believe this girl. Out glaring Kaiba and being like that...and she survived!' Joey thought as Kaiba bought the photos.
Walking back Kaiba pushed Joey into a tree out of sight. "What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing." Joey got lost in the ocean that was Kaiba's eyes.
Kaiba leaned down placing a chaste kiss. Letting Joey go, they continued on. They meet back up at the ice cream stand with Akira and Mokuba who were almost down with their ice cream. Akira had suggested a race.
"So what ride do you want to ride next?" Mokuba looked at Akira.
"You mean me?" Akira asked startled. Mokuba nodded. "I don't get it. I was totally rude to you guys." She said exasperated.
"It's...Well you out glared Seto, now that's rare. And you're interesting." Mokuba blushed.
Akira stood there mouth open. 'He said I'm interesting.'
"Are you okay?" Joey asked her.
She closed her mouth nodding. Mokuba looked at her expectantly. "The Ferris wheel."
"Alright." Mokuba lead the way. "So what kind of music do you like?"
"I like pretty much anything but I adore 'Nittle Grasper' and 'Bad Luck'. What about you?"
"Me too! 'Bad Luck' is my favorite band, then 'Nittle Grasper'." Mokuba exclaimed.
"No way!" Akira started to relax.
"Yeah and I've met both of the bands." Mokuba bragged.
"You suck. Did you get autographs?"
"Yeah and a CD to."
"Hmph." Akira pouted.
"So what do you know about dueling?" Mokuba changed the subject.
"Not much." She shrugged. "I know everything about the dice game though."
"Hm. Want to learn?"
"Yeah, but no one wants to teach me."
"I will." Mokuba blushed.
"How?" They reached the Ferris wheel.
"Come to the tournament."
"Mind if I bring my friends? They won't believe me otherwise." 'Or they'll shoot me one of the two.'
"Sure." They got on the ride, Kaiba and Joey in a separate car above them.
"What are you going to do if he falls for her?" Joey asked.
"Nothing." Kaiba pulled Joey to him. "He knows heart break very well." Kaiba didn't allow him time to think about it, kissing him gently.
Pushing Kaiba off Joey blushed. "We're in public." The Ferris wheel was still loading.
"So?"
"Won't it start rumors?" Joey said quietly.
"Alright if you don't want to." Kaiba was about to pull away.
Joey held onto him. "It's not that. I just know you're known here, right?"
"True." Kaiba kissed Joey's cheek softly. "Are you worried?" Joey nodded. "That's sweet of you." Kaiba wrapped an arm around Joey. "But I'm not." Kaiba kissed him fiercely.
When Kaiba pulled away Joey was panting softly and pulling Kaiba back towards him. Once the ride was over they looked like they hadn't just been making.
The rest of the day was spent on and off roller coasters with Akira and Mokuba. Any fool could tell Mokuba was crushing, but Akira? Who could tell with her?
Around six Akira needed to leave. "I've got to go. My Mom will be pissed if I'm not home soon. Thanks for the good time." She turned to leave.
"Wait, are you coming tomorrow?" Mokuba asked.
"Yeah. I'll meet you there."
"Do you know where it is?" Mokuba asked because even they didn't know.
"I have a hunch." She grinned.
"Where?" Mokuba demanded.
"Tokyo Radio Tower." Akira assured them with a smile, which seemed a rarity, it was a cute smile.
"How do you know?" Mokuba wondered.
"Just a hunch. Trust me." Akira winked and was gone.
"We should head back." Joey said and they made their way back to the hotel to meet up with everyone. Once they met up with everyone they went to eat.