Small Note

Sakura: This chapter will be fun because we get to meet Yuugi's friends!

Chapter 5: Wish You Were Here

The Kame Game Shop that Solomon Mutou owned was located in the neighborhood district which surrounded the local high school Domino High. Amazingly it did good business not being downtown in the business district of town. The main reason for its business is because the students of Domino High passed it up all the time on the way to school, plus Solomon had more reasonable prices then other stores when it came to games. The shop itself was in the front about the size of a decent living room when the back part and the top were the apartment Yuugi and Solomon lived in. The colors of the place were tan with the roof being green and the word Game in big letters above the door in red to match the shop door. There was a side door near the driveway for easy access to the apartment for Yuugi instead of going through the game shop when it was closed.

At the time the shop was closed early since Yuugi was coming home, so Solomon pulled into the driveway and both got out. They headed to the door, Yuugi choosing to leave her bags until later. She really wanted to see how her friends were doing. Once the two were inside they took off their shoes and stepped into the dark living room. As soon as the lights came on Yuugi got a nice surprise...

"Welcome Back Yuugi!" shouted the group of Yuugi's closest friends.

The teen smiled at them before she was pulled into a group hug. They all started asking her questions about her trip and what it was like in Tokyo. Finally Solomon had to save her.

"Alright I know you missed her but you need to let her breathe…" Solomon playfully scolded the teenagers in his living room.

Yuugi was let go after that letting her breath in some fresh air. "I missed all of you too, but I wasn't gone for that long."

"Speak for yourself. It was so quiet and boring without you here." One of her friends complained.

Her name was Josephine Wheeler, but most just called her Joey. She was one of the first to make friends with Yuugi when she moved to Domino. This rough and tumbled eighteen year old tomboy had honey blond hair that was cut shaggy short to look like a boy and she had golden brown eyes. This teen turning adult was always getting into fights, but they were mostly to stand up for her friends. She liked to act like a guy joining in on burping contest and not afraid to play spots with the male students of Domino high before she graduated. The reason for the way she acted was mostly to her home environment. Her parents divorced when she was only ten and her mother took her younger sister of two years named Serenity and left Joey with her father. Her father was a good citizen when he wasn't dunk. He could never hold down a steady job after his wife left and it left Joey to grow up faster. She didn't live in the safest neighborhood either which left her to fight for herself when walking home from thugs who wanted to hurt or steal from her.

More than enough after Yuugi and Joey became friends Joey spent more time at Yuugi's place than her own. It wasn't until two years ago that Joey's mother moved back to Domino with Joey's younger sister and the blond moved in with them. Joey hadn't heard from her father after that, but she still loved the guy given he did sometimes care for her. The relationship between Joey and her mother wasn't the greatest either given the woman abandoned one of her daughters. Joey however came to understand after she found out her sister had been going blind and it was all their mother could do to get Serenity the help she needed and feed the two of them. Money was never something the Wheeler family had a lot of, but if a member of the family was ill they did everything in their power to make them better if they could.

Serenity Wheeler was standing by her brother with a smile on her face. She was a petite sixteen year old teenager. She was a junior at Domino High and the complete opposite of Joey. This teen was average in height being a little bit shorter than her much taller sister with mid back light brown hair and dark brown eyes. Unlike Joey she was girly all the way. She was always wearing skirts and light pink or yellow colors and was never one for violence. Even after growing up with bad eye sight she never let it get her down or take a smile off her face. Luckily for her two years back when she returned to Domino, her mother found a doctor who could completely repair her eyes so she wouldn't go blind at a young age. It took a lot of time and patient to save up the money for the surgery, but with friends helping they were able to raise the money. Now Serenity would have nothing to worry about in years to come as she grew up into an adult.

Yuugi walked over and hugged the two before turning to the rest of her friends. She gave respected hugs all around before everyone got settled to get the party started. As snacks and drinks were given out, Yuugi couldn't help but get a little teary eyed over the small reunion. She had no idea when they would all be together like this again. All of her friends, besides the two younger sixteen year olds, were going off to colleges around the world.

There was Anzu Gardener who was the first person to ever try and be her friend when she moved to Domino besides Joey back in Domino Elementary. She has short shoulder length brown hair and baby blue eyes, which make guys, fall for her all the time. The teen was a slightly less preppy ex-cheerleader of Domino high. Unlike all the other cheerleaders her looks and popularity didn't matter. The eighteen year old came from a middle-class family with a mother and a father plus being an only child she was a little spoiled. When she was little she had a dream of becoming a dancer and dancing in America on Broadway. Lucky for her, her dream was going to come true in September after she received a letter in the mail saying she was given a full ride scholarship at a college for the arts in New York City.

The next two of Yuugi's friends that she would miss was Tristan Taylor and Duke Devlin. Yuugi met Tristan and Duke while in middle school. They were two of the males of the group and sometimes it was easy to guess why they wanted to be friends with them. Tristan was a fighter and one day after getting his butt handed to him by Joey in gym class he grew respect for the group and decided to be friends with them. He had short brown hair that stood to a point at the front of his head and dark brown eyes. Just like Anzu he came from a middle class family, but lived with his aunt and her son after his parents died. The eighteen year old loved working with cars and anything to do with mechanics so he was going to start at the community college in Domino for mechanics since he couldn't get a scholarship anywhere else.

Duke was the player of the group but mostly had his eyes on Serenity after meeting her. He too got his butt handed to him by Joey for trying to flirt with Anzu and Yuugi back in middle school. Yuugi still to that day thought it was hilarious when Duke found out Joey was a girl and that he had gotten beaten up by one. Duke came to an agreement to not mess with Anzu and Yuugi again if Joey kept things quiet about what happened, however nothing seem to stop him from flirting with Serenity whenever he got the chance. The eighteen year old had shoulder length black hair pulled into a ponytail and green eyes; he also always wore one dice earring on his left ear. Duke owned a rival game shop that his father handed to him, but Duke was also going to take online classes from a school in Japan to get his business degree like his father.

The only other male of the group was Mokuba Kaiba. He was the brother of the billionaire Seto Kaiba who co-owned Kaiba Corp a major gaming company. The younger Kaiba was only sixteen and was way different from his brother. Unlike the older Kaiba, Mokuba like to be treated like a teen instead of an adult giving him the chance to have a childhood. Seto and Mokuba are also cousins to Atemu. Atemu's aunt moved to Japan to get her college education and ended up marrying a billionaire. Mokuba was also the end between guy when Yuugi wanted to know what was going on with Atemu after they had the fallen out. Yuugi knew Mokuba long before she came to Domino so it was great for her to at least know one person when she did got to Domino. Seto and Mokuba lived in Domino most of their lives and often travelled to Tokyo to visit their cousins. Mokuba's mother died giving birth to him so it was just Seto and their father who worked a lot. Seto often turned into a workaholic like his father, but Yuugi and Mokuba knew how to get him out of the office to enjoy life at its fullest.

The younger Kaiba had long black hair and gentle gray/violet eyes. He looked like a child more than an adult, like Yuugi did half the time, which gave the two something in common to laugh about. Yuugi loved Mokuba like a little brother, but unlike Mokuba who didn't hide who he was, Yuugi refused to let her friends know who her family really was.

Lastly there was Ryou Tenshi and Malik Ishtar, who Yuugi made friends with tenth grade year of high school. Ryou was a gentle adorable eighteen year old British girl from England. She had long fluffy white hair and beautiful brown eyes. She moved from England with her father after he got a better job offer in Japan. It also helped the teen heal after her mother and sister passed away. The two were killed after being run over by a drunk driver and she became scared to even walk out onto the streets of her hometown. Domino gave Ryou a new start and she was able to make friends she never had. The young woman had plans to go to college in England because she wanted to go to the college in London her mother had graduated from and it was her dream to graduate from there too.

Malik was a feisty eighteen year old Egyptian tomboy from Cairo, Egypt. She had shoulder length dirty blond hair and violet eyes. In a way she was similar to Joey in liking to fight but there was a side of her that liked to dress up to impress boys. Malik, her sister Ishizu, and her adopted brother Odion moved from Cairo after their father was murdered. Their mother had long passed given birth to Malik. The murder had been caught and put behind bars, but Ishizu still wanted to relocate the family since all their other family did not want anything to do with them. Lucky Odion and Ishizu were old enough to get custody of Malik and the family had enough money to move. Solomon knew the Ishtar family from his travels to Egypt and was kind enough to help them relocate. He even got Ishizu a job working in the museum in Domino given her college degree in Egyptian culture. Malik however wanted to go back to Cairo for college since she wanted to follow in her sister's footsteps and study Egyptian culture, but also get a degree in history.

They were an odd bunch but somehow they found each other and made the great group of friends they were.

Yuugi took a seat on the couch beside Joey as the two watched all their other friends mingle. Joey yawned and lean back lazily putting her arm across the back of the couch. "So what was it like in Tokyo?"

Yuugi looked to her best friend and smiled. "It wasn't much different than I remember."

"Must be nice to live in a big city like that…"

"If you enjoy noisy cars honking at all hours, busy streets that you can't even drive through and…"

Anzu sat down on Yuugi's other side and grinned. "Lots of celebrities…" She finished for her. "So did you see anyone famous?"

Yuugi shook her head. "No, my parents live near the outer part of Tokyo. I spent more time in the house than in the city."

The brunette let out a dreamy sigh. "What I wouldn't give to see some hot celebrity guys."

"Ha you are still hung up over that Amun character…" Joey laughed receiving a scold from Anzu.

Yuugi giggled and stood up to leave her two friends to play bicker like they always did. It was no surprise Anzu had a crush on Amun given she couldn't stop reading magazines with his face on them. She also had a slight thing for Kek and a little crush on Atemu. However Yuugi wasn't jealous because a good amount of girls at her old high school had crushes on Atemu. When you were a celebrity there were a lot of admirers around the world. They think they're in love and some are more obsessive than others.

Anzu just had a meaningless crush on the Sennen brothers and once she meets that special someone Yuugi was sure it would pass. That was one of the other reasons she never told her friends about who she was. She didn't want any of them to keep asking for her favors or to meet famous people. In all honesty besides her parents, the Sennen family, and the Kaiba family Yuugi knew no one else famous.

Thankfully Mokuba kept it quiet around their friends of who Yuugi's family really was. All the others just thought Mokuba and Yuugi ended up friends from school not knowing Yuugi had known Mokuba longer than from high school.

Ryou appeared by Yuugi's side cutely grabbed her hand and led her over where Malik was hanging out by the kitchen door. Malik grinned when she saw them coming and walked into the kitchen. The other two followed and before long all three were sitting at the table in the quiet from the party going on in the next room.

"So…" Yuugi began. "What reason is there in bringing me in here?"

Malik rolled her eyes and rested her chin on her hands. "We just want to know how things were in Tokyo."

"They were fine. I got to see my parents and hang out with them."

"Where they shocked to see you?" Ryou asked. "You left in a hurry after we graduated."

Yuugi blushed. "Yeah sorry about leaving like that, but my parents finally got some time off and it was a onetime offer. I couldn't pass it up."

Malik smiled. "We figured as much. It was kind of boring around here without you." She then gave her this look that told people she wanted to hear something. "So nothing big happened while in Tokyo?"

Yuugi knew what Malik was hinting at so she rolled her eyes. "I'm guessing you heard the uproar about the Sennen family."

Malik grinned so Yuugi knew she hit it on the mark. Ryou smiled at Yuugi and lean in close.

"We were wondering if you knew anything about it."

Yuugi sighed and cross her arms. She looked at them both with their begging faces before finally giving in. "I did not see anything, but my parents told me that there are rumors that Atemu's old fiancée was a fake and the one he has now is real."

Ryou giggled. "It must have been so exciting to be close to the action."

"Not really…" Yuugi lied. "I was nowhere near the action I just heard what was on the news or from my parents. Gossip travels everywhere even at my parents work."

Malik sigh a little bummed by the news. "Shoot I thought we would hear some juicy news about the Sennen family. The news and magazines are useless they are nothing but lies or they have nothing interesting."

"I quit following after they kept repeating the same story over and over." Ryou said. "However Malik is still interested in the subject."

"I just want to know what is happening. One minute there is a fiancée everyone knows about and the next he has a new one who nobody has seen. It's like she came out of nowhere." Malik confessed. "Atemu has always been a mysterious individual by keeping his life a secret while his siblings get all the fame."

Yuugi shrugged her shoulders. "He might not like reporters in his face all the time." She tried to reason hoping to drop the subject. The teen loved her friends, but she wanted to spend time with them not talk about the Sennen family, plus she hated lying to them.

Just than her phone ran and when she pulled it out she saw it was Atemu calling. She held up a finger to her friends telling them she would be a minute, before answering her phone.

"Hey…"

"Hey Honey, did you make it home okay?"

"Yes, I made it fine and Grandpa picked me up."

"That's good I can't help but worry about you since we got back together. It's great to hear your voice. I didn't realize how much I would miss you after you left."

Yuugi smiled at that. "I'm doing great and I promise I will see you in a month's time okay?"

"Are you busy at the moment? I hear noises…"

"Yes my friends threw me a welcome back party. I really should get back to the party, so after I'll call you."

Atemu agreed with that. "Sure thing, I love you."

"I love you too."

The call ended after that and she looked up to see her friends looking at her. Yuugi grinned and explained the call. "It was my mother she wanted to make sure I made it back okay." She lied and on the inside she was wishing to talk more to Atemu. She really wished he was here with her.

Malik and Ryou seemed to agree with that before they started talking again, but this time about different stuff. In the end the rest of the party went great with no more talk about the Sennen family.

Sakura: As everyone can see there were more votes for female than male Joey. I decided to go with female because this will probably be the only time I do a story with a female Joey. It's something different from the normal yaoi I do. I think it will be fun making all the hikaris female.

Yumi: We know they are girly already…

Sakura: Anyway next time Yuugi is in for some hanging out with her friends and a little surprise.

Yumi: Review!