Only in Tokyo
Disclaimer: NOT MINE! I totally wish...maybe not that would be alot of work...Nah I want it anyway.
Author's note: Hello again. Once again you can totally tell I was reading Gravitation while I was writing. I feel so embarassed. XD Oh well... Enjoy.
Arriving at the Tokyo Radio Tower they saw Akira waiting there outside in a black long sleeve shirt with a silver star in the middle and a pair of mint green pants. Which surprisingly worked for her.
"It's good to see you again." Akira greeted them.
"You to Suzuki." Mokuba smiled at her too.
"Call me Akira." She smiled as he nodded. "The opponent list will be inside." Akira lead them to it.
Joey wasn't surprised to see the group waiting for them, to whom they introduced Akira. But he was surprised to see he'd be facing Shuichi Shindou.
"Looks like it's me and you Wheeler." The 'Bad Luck' singer came up behind him. "Don't worry no hard feelings, no matter who wins. Kay?"
"You bet. Where's Yuki? Didn't he come to watch you?"
"He's already in his seat."
A speaker set up near them sounded. "Welcome duelists! This is your sponsor Duke Devlin. I hope your hope your duels are worth while. We will be beginning shortly so find your opponent. Oh and Joey Wheeler and company report to me. That includes you Kaiba. If you are dueling any of them report to me as well." The speaker turned off.
"Dice-boy and his ways." Joey mumbled.
The select duelists reported to Duke at the top of the tower. The minute they entered Duke hugged Joey and signaling someone in.
"Tristan you're so lucky I like you. And you Joey are lucky I'm nice." Duke said letting Joey go, but his green eyes said something else entirely.
Serenity, Joey's younger sister came out of the shadows and hugged her brother. She had been in America and he hadn't seen her for months. Duke had given her a chance to visit when he returned from there for the tournament. Letting go she went over to Tristan.
"Serenity…" Tristan blushed. Before she had left he had made sure to tell her how he felt.
"I love you too, I just didn't want to hold you back." She whispered before kissing his cheek.
"Oh Serenity…" Tristan wrapped her into a tight hug.
"Hey! I didn't hear you ask permission!" Joey shouted.
"Oh!" Tristan remembered exactly where they were turning red.
"Joey!" Serenity whined.
"It's okay." Tristan let her go turning to Joey he bowed. "May I please date your sister?"
"Let's see…" Joey pretended to think a moment before smiling at Serenity. "Yes, but only because she wants to." Joey gave him a stern look before patting his back and pulling him into a one armed hug. A manly hug.
'If only that were me…But he doesn't even know I feel this way.' "Well now that that's over with Joey and Shuichi come with me, the rest of you return to the duel area."
'I don't like this and I don't like the look in his eyes.' "Why Joey and Shindou? Wouldn't it be more entertaining to watch everyone duel?" Seto suggested.
'Damn Kaiba stealing the spotlight. But he holds a point.' "I guess you're right. I'll take a balcony seat. Now all of you get to your duels.
There were only five duels at a time and the order already decided upon. When Joey got back there was an upset group waiting for him since he was first.
Of course Kaiba and Yugi won. Joey was given a run for his money by Shuichi though he won in the end. By the end of the first day of dueling half the duelists had been eliminated.
Joey went to lunch with Mai, but he didn't feel comfortable when she asked him to take her to a movie. Of course he said no.
"Why not? Do you have a girlfriend then?" Mai demanded to know.
"Yes, as a matter of fact I do." Joey frowned inwardly. 'Well not really a girlfriend, more like a boyfriend but I can't tell her that.'
"OH! What's her name?" Mai was shocked. 'He has a girlfriend!' Mai felt her world falling apart.
'Uh…' "Her name is," 'K…' Joey struggled to come up with a name. "Kate." He finally decided.
"Oh, I see. Is she here as duelist?" Mai questioned.
'Uh oh. If I say no she'll think I don't have one.' "Yeah." 'Shit! This could be bad.'
"Mind if I join you?" Duke pulled up a chair and sat down beside Joey. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything."
"No, not at all. Actually we were just talking about Joey's girlfriend, Kate." Mai said nonchalant.
"You have a girlfriend?" Duke was laughing on the outside, but inside he was frantic to know.
Joey gave Duke a 'No, but I said I did' look that only he could see. "Uh huh." Joey nodded.
'Whoa, scared me for a second there.' "Well congratulations. I hope you don't mind, Mai, but I need to borrow Joey here."
"Go ahead. It appears he's not mine to give." Mai said sounding put out.
"Uh…" 'I can't think of anything to say. She sounds so hurt, but it just feels so wrong. I could never play anyone like that. Even if I wanted to.' Joey thought sadly thinking of how he had hurt someone he cared for.
Duke put a hand on Joey's shoulder and used him to help him up. "Will you come with me, Joey?" He asked looking at him.
"Uh, okay. See ya, Mai." Joey got up as Duke headed out the door. Joey waved good bye following. "So where are we going?" Joey asked behind him.
"Where do you want to go? But first," Duke whirled around in front of Joey, who almost ran into him stopping barely inches from him. "Do you really have a girlfriend?" Duke just had to know.
"No." Joey blushed bashfully.
"I knew it." Duke whirled back around and continued walking.
"Where…?" Joey started to ask.
"The park." Duke cut him off.
"Why?" Joey asked curiously.
"…Because." Duke blushed a little. When they reached the park Duke lead Joey, who was clueless, to a secluded spot.
"Where are we?" Joey kept walking to get beside him.
Duke whirled around once again, this time Joey didn't stop in time running into him. Accidentally kissing him. Joey blushed a dark red and tried to pull back, but there was a strong arm around his waist keeping him there. Joey's eyes widened as Duke kissed him, his tongue breaking in and inciting Joey's to join in the dance. Joey just tried to push it out. After a minute Duke relinquished the kiss looking at Joey a second before diving back in.
Joey put a hand over Duke's mouth. "What are you doing? Have you totally lost it?" Joey removed his hand to let him answer.
"What do you think I'm doing!? I'm making a move!" Duke went to kiss him again.
Joey stopped him by leaning back and crying. "But I'm with someone!" Joey was now a darker shade of the stop sign.
"But you just said…" It dawned on him, he had only said girlfriend.
"I have a boyfriend." Joey whispered impossibly redder.
Duke released his hold on Joey, who pulled away a foot or two. "I'm sorry. I never thought of that."
"It's okay. But why?" His blush faded a little with his curiosity.
"I figured out I…But apparently I'm to late. So who's your boyfriend?" Duke asked not really wanting to know who had Joey's heart.
Joey blushed a little more. "I-I can't tell you…But I can tell you it only lasts here." Joey smiled weakly, though it didn't look anything near a smile. "Can you tell Mai that for me?"
'Hmm…' "Sure. But why only here? Do they live here or something?" Duke now cared if it meant it could hurt Joey.
"That's what we agreed on." Joey thought of Seto and felt a pang. "I need to be going. See ya, Dice-boy." Joey left quickly to find Seto, as he was walking, of course not looking where he was going, he ran into someone. "Sorry." He looked up to apologize he saw Seto. Forgetting where he was Joey wrapped his arms around him burying his head in his chest.
'What's wrong?' Seto hugged Joey close. "is something wrong?"
Duke was just about to leave when he saw this and decided to eavesdrop.
"Duke…He made a move…on me." Joey pouted.
"He did what!?" Seto glared over Joey's shoulder it could have killed.
Duke was glad Seto didn't know he was there. 'Is he Joey's boyfriend!? Oh my fucking God!'
"And I think Mai wanted to, but I told her I have a girlfriend." Joey starting to cry. "But I told Duke the truth just not who."
Seto put his arms around Joey in a more protective and possessive way. "That's okay." He bent down planting a kiss. "Let's go Mokuba and Akira are waiting for me at laser tag."
"Okay."
'Oh my God! They are a couple!' Duke thought as he left.
After laser tag they saw Akira home. She of course guessed about Joey and Seto so she was safe. Walking back to the hotel hand in hand they saw Mokuba to his room before going to Seto's.
Seto's room was the same as Joey's just cleaner. Picking up a book Seto laid on the bed and Joey joined him cuddling up to him. Seto put the book above his head.
"So how was your day?" Joey asked.
"It was okay. It's better now though." Seto kissed Joey's forehead. "How about you?"
"Mine was a little sketchy with Duke and Mai. But I'm so happy Serenity is back!" Joey smiled widely. Seto wrapped his arms around Joey. Joey circled a finger over Seto's chest. "Will you read to me?"
"That was intention the whole time." Seto picked up the book and began to read to him. It wasn't long before they had to meet the others. Duke was with them when they got to the lobby, Seto wanted to kill him but Joey wouldn't allow it.
"Joey, you and Kaiba have been getting along nicely." Yugi smiled as they sat waiting for their food. "That's good." He had already guessed about them, he just wasn't sure.
"Oh, we have?" Joey was sitting next to Seto holding hands under the table as the food arrived.
"Yeah, I barely see you argue anymore." Yugi nodded. "I mean you're even able to sit peacefully next to each other."
'You have no idea.' Duke thought.
'I hope it lasts. Seto even played with me today.' Mokuba thought.
"Yeah. And I hear you have a girlfriend." Téa said, having been informed by Mai. Joey blushed. "Mai seemed really depressed about it when she told me."
"That's weird, I heard he had a boyfriend!" Duke said.
"So which is it Joey?" Tristan didn't give him time to answer before breaking into a grin. "Or is it both?" Tristan emphasized making Joey blush more.
Seto squeezed his hand encouraging him. "I have a boyfriend." Joey's blush deepened.
Seto, Duke, Mokuba rolled their eyes and continued eating.
"So are you gay?" The question slipped out of Téa's mouth before she could reign it in. 'Great now he'll get mad!'
"Bi, actually. Are you going to eat that?" Joey pointed to Yugi's meat bun.
"Uh, no. Go ahead." Now Yugi was certain.
"And when were you planning on telling me? Huh?" Serenity looked hurt.
"I'm sorry Sis. I just recently found out myself. Forgive me?"
"I guess." Serenity's expression changed to that of a curious little sister, it gave Joey goose bumps. "So who's your boyfriend?"
"Yeah! Who is he?" Téa demanded.
"Do we know him?" Yugi asked.
"How long have you been with him?" Tristan asked. Any tension from before dissipating into curiosity.
Joey looked a little scared and almost scooted backwards. "I can't say, he's shy."
"Aww. Come on tell us!" Serenity whined.
"Serenity, I don't think we should make him. If his boyfriend is shy he may dump him if he tells and we don't want that." Yugi reasoned.
Serenity nodded and the meal went on quietly. Until they headed back to the hotel.
Joey slept in Seto's room that night, so tired from his strange day he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. Seto smiled inwardly as he cuddled up to him falling asleep to.