Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Spira's Tournement ❯ Three Betrayals! ( Chapter 16 )

 

 

MagicmanSmokegirl - On your “Betrayal” theory…I'm not gonna say a word about it, or I might spoil it.

 

Gallantmon of the Hazard - S'okay. I'm still thinking that sometimes people, Upper Deck in particular, just do these things to mess with the YGO card players or to make sure that some cards don't become broken like Chaos Emperor Dragon/Yata Garusu. Also, I always thought Bahamut would be somewhat of a light Aeon with Anima being dark. I'm guess the reason why Bahamut had dark Elemental magic is because if he only had light elemental magic, it would've just been healing and protection magic. As for your second question, you'll just have to wait and see.

 

FireGoddess101 - Again, if I say anything, I'll spoil this chapter.

 

Chapter 16: Three Betrayals

 

“How's that?”

 

“Jeez, you don' have to make it that tight!” Joey complained as Aria tightened the bandage around his head. They decided to go back to the sports bar as they knew there was a First-Aid kit there.

 

“At least it'll stop the bleeding.” She explained, then asked. “You wanna catch up with the others?”

 

“Why? So they can give me the 3rd degree for not wanting to help Kaiba? Thanks but no thanks…” Joey sighed as he took a sip of his bottle water. “When Kaiba was trapped in the virtual world, Yugi, Mokuba, and I had to save his ass. And what did I get? `Hey Wheeler, you look like an overgrown monkey in that outfit!' Then when I basically threw away my life to save his brother, did I get a thank you! Did I get any acknowledgement or gratitude? Hell no! All I got was an `I never asked for your help and as far as I'm concerned I never needed it!' That's why now I'm like `Screw Kaiba! Kaiba can kiss my ass for all I care!' Did you know that he almost had me killed?”

 

“But your sister's going there, too! Along with Yugi and Tea!” She reminded.

 

“Serenity can handle herself…” Joey simply said. “What piss me off the most is that she saw what Rich Boy did to me! Here I am, bleedin' buckets from my forehead, thanks to Kaiba, and she's criticizing me for saying the world `screw?' It's like she wants me to be Kaiba's little whippin' boy that doesn't do anything, or somethin'!”

 

`Believe me, you don't have no idea…' Aria thought, realizing that when Joey found out what went on that night, it was all going downhill…

 

“So where yer sistas?” Joey asked, not able to find Arana or Erika around.

 

“They're in Domino! They just have to get registration done for School!”

 

“So that means you guys found Legal Guardians?”

 

“Something like that…” She simply says. “Now, there's something I want to give you.”

 

Joey blinked. “Me? Are you serious? We've still just met, and yer already givin' me a gift?”

 

Aria nodded as she pulled out a small box from her pocket. It was wrapped in a shiny silver wrapping paper. She placed it in Joey's hands. “Go on, open it?”

 

Joey was a bit hesitant at first, but decide to remove the paper before opening the box. Inside, he found a small ring, which was made purely out of gold. Save for a small ruby at the top. “A ring for me? You serious?”

 

“What? It's a friendship ring!” Aria asked him. But seeing the doubtful look on his face, she felt a bit sad at his reaction. “You don't like it?”

 

“No, it's not that. But I'm just shocked, that's all!”

 

“Then try it on! Should be a good fit for you!” Aria insisted.

 

With a small nod, Joey slipped the ring onto his left ring finger. Needless to say, it was a perfect fit. “How much did you pay for it?”

 

“It's nothing, really!” Aria insisted.

 

“Seriously, how much did ya pay for it? Bling like this don' come cheap, ya know!”

 

Aria sighed, “Will you just accept the damn ring! I told you the cost doesn't mean a thing! Our friendship does.”

 

“Well that true… And I guess our friendship must really mean a lot!” He sighed. “I now feel guilty about not getting you something.”

 

“Oh don't worry.” Aria waved it off. “I'm sure you can make it up to me somehow, Joey! Like that new card you got from that duel with Magnum earlier! What was it? Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke?”

 

“Wha? C'mon, I need all the rare cards I can get if I'm gonna win the tournament! Let alone kick Kaiba's butt!”

 

“I know…but it would go so good with my deck!”

 

“You got eliminated already, remember!”

 

“Oh, it was just a fluke!” Aria said in her defense! “That guy used that cheap Magical Marionette/Gearfried/Butterfly Dagger combo to beat me in one turn! He just had the luck of the draw!”

 

…

 

“So what's next?” Tea asked Yugi.

 

“Well we need to catch up with the others for starts.” Yugi explained as he looked around. “What happened to Joey?”

 

“He didn't want to help!” Serenity simply said, arms crossed and all! Apparently she was still angry over that. “I love him, but sometimes Joey can be a real jerk! He's probably with Aria and the others right now.”

 

“Well, Joey was bleeding from his head after that fall…” Tea reminded.

 

“But that still wasn't a reason to not come and try to help! All he needed to do is stop bleeding and come and help!”

 

“But you have to put yourself in his position.” Yugi explained. “He's being asked to help a guy who hates him, not to mention hates back, and has just fell down the stairs busting himself open because of that guy being in a hurry, not even bothering to apologize, too!”

 

“I see… But still, he could've at least been the better man and help!”

 

“Let's just forget about that for a minute and find him first! Then we can scold him, okay!” Tea suggested, wanting everyone to get back together as soon as possible.

 

Serenity nodded. This was just another part of Joey's anger problem with the fact that he can't put aside his differences to do what is right. And she wanted to put an end to that.

 

…

 

“You're kidding, right?” Tristan blinked in shock of what he had just heard from Duke, as he rode shotgun with Rikku on his lap. Due to the amount of people riding, they had to compensate. Rikku was on Tristan's lap as Tidus, Marik, and Bakura were in the back. Noah was squeezed between Marik and Bakura while Yuna was, of course, on Tidus' lap. Duke, of course, was in the driver's seat as they were near Luca. “Are you freaking serious, Devlin? You mean that Marik and Bakura's dark sides aren't behind this?”

 

“I'm positive! I visited Yugi's grandpa only a few hours ago at the hospital!” Duke explained. “When I asked him how he was feeling, he said he was okay. He asked me how was Yugi doing in the tournament, but I didn't had any idea there was a tournament, with the production of my Dungeon Dice Monsters game.”

 

Rikku blinked with interest. “Dungeon Dice Monsters?”

 

“Stay on topic, alright?” Tristan scolded.

 

“Now's not the time for you to be jealous!” Duke continued. “Anyway, I asked him how he got in the hospital and then he told me that the card shop got robbed!”

 

“Right!” Rikku explained. “Gramps got attacked and they stole the Egyptian God cards…”

 

“Gramp said that there were three of them.”

 

“So Seymour was with them…” Yuna added her two cents. “He probably wanted to have a closer look.”

 

Duke shook his head. “No… They weren't the ones. From Gramps' description they all looked the same and each have duel disks.

 

“Probably LeBlanc's goons!” Rikku guessed. “They've been going on a rampage all day!”

 

Duke shook his head. “Gramps got a good look at one of them and they had eyes not unlike yours! She had a rose tattoo on her abdomen.”

 

Rikku's eyes went wide at this new bit of information. “She wouldn't happen to have blonde hair with green and red streaks, right?”

 

“He didn't say…” Duke said.

 

“Tristan…it was them… After all, who could have duel disks that could cause that much damage?”

 

“I hear ya…” Tristan sighed, “What sucks now that Tea was right, and we'll never hear the end of it. Well…me and Joey!”

 

“Well, we really need to get to them quickly!” Marik stated. “There's no telling what they're capable of!”

 

“Let's make it fast.” Noah suggested. “I feel like a pancake here!”

 

“You want to sit on my lap?” Bakura politely offered.

 

“No, that's okay…” Noah turned down the offer.

 

“Hang on, we're now entering Luca!” Duke informed as he put the pedal to the metal! The car began to speed up as they entered the city of Luca.

 

…

 

Back at the center of Luca, duels were beginning and ending, as the finalist hopefuls were haste in finding new duels. They've already realized that just about all the spots were filled up as there were only two spots left in the finals. There was one person there who already has a spot in the finals.

 

“Where did he go?” Yugi asked as he looked around the area. “Didn't you say that you last saw him here, Serenity?”

 

“That's where Joey was before I ran off after you guys!” Serenity explained. “I don't see, Erika, Aria, or Arana either.”

 

“Knowing them, they're probably with him!” Tea placed in her two cents. “Well the sooner we find him, the sooner we can head to the rendezvous point!”

 

“Just where are they anyway?” Serenity looked around, only to find a familiar-looking convertible driving up to them. “Isn't that…”

 

“Looks like we don't have to worry about meeting up with them, now.” Tea admitted as Duke pulled up the car with everyone else in tow!

 

“Hey guys!” Serenity greeted them.

 

“Hey there, Serenity!” Duke grabbed her hand and just as he was about to kiss it…

 

“Don't even think about it, Devlin!” Tristan glared as he, after Rikku got off from his lap, stepped out of the car and went over to the two.

 

“So what's up?” Tea asked.

 

“Trouble… First thing's first! Yugi, your Grandpa's doing well at the hospital!”

 

“He is?” Yugi's eyes went up. Obviously the best thing he's heard all day. “That's great, Duke! Have you guys seen Joey?”

 

“We were about to ask you the same question!” Yuna responded.

 

“You mean he's not with you?”

 

“We haven't even seen him since school!” Marik admitted.

 

“He's probably with Erika, Aria, and Arana.” Serenity said, much to the chagrin of the arrivals.

 

“That's not good…” Tidus said. “You left him alone with them?”

 

“What wrong with that?” Yugi asked. “It's not like they've done anything!”

 

“Wrong, Yugi!” Duke explained. “Your Grandpa told me the whole story! Not only are they responsible, they're the ones who stolen the Egyptian God Cards!”

 

“But the Millennium Rod was also stolen! What would they need those and the Egyptian God Cards for?” Serenity asked.

 

“Don't you see?” Tea spoke, “They probably were working for Seymour! Probably were paid a bundle to steal them! I knew it! I knew all along that they couldn't be trusted!”

 

“Right, Tea! You knew all along!” Tristan said, feeling remorse for not listening to her before. “Let's hope that we can find Joey before something happens!”

 

“Or things become worse than they already may be!” Noah said as they all desperately began to search for their friend, before he got himself into a mess that he couldn't get out of. However, they were not alone.

 

“They're on to us…” Erika said, having her hair inside a wool cap, save for a pair of sunglasses to keep incognito.

 

“Well…it was fun while it lasted.” Arana pulled off the head of the Moogle suit she was wearing. “Let's get Aria and split! The last thing we need is a fight right now! We got five people with Duel Disks and one person with a sword. With two of the people with duel disks having weapons! I was hoping to thrash Tea, knocking down little Miss Perfect a peg or two…”

 

“Yeha, but I'm afraid it's not to be…” Erika grabbed our a walkie-talkie as she pressed on the button a selected number of times. Apparently using morse code communicate…

 

…

 

“Hey Joey…” Aria asked.

 

“Yeah…?” He responded.

 

“If I did something bad, no matter how cruel and how despicable it was, would you still be my friend?” She asked, hint of desperation was in her eyes.

 

“That depends…” He honestly said. “To be honest, I wouldn't know how to react unless I knew what you've done.”

 

“I'm serious! I just want to know if I can count on you to not give me the third degree and treat me like a criminal!” She said, more serious than before!

 

Joey sighed, “What did ya do? Just how bad was this anyway!” He figured if she was going to ask him such a serious question, she had to do something bad. It's not as if she was related to that Seymour guy he kept hearing about, right?

 

“But I can't say it here, can we go somewhere else?” Aria asked. “Please…”

 

“It's that bad, huh…”

 

“Joey, there's someplace where I wanna show ya!” Aria says with a smile. “It's a really cool place in Spira!”

 

“I'm up for it, but what about Yuge and the gang?” Joey reminded. “I'm already in hot water for not offering to help Kaiba without bailing on them for something.”

 

“I'm sure they'll understand!” Aria then noticed the blue diamond on her ring flashing. `Damn…not now…' She stood up form her chair. “I… have to freshen myself up a bit, be right back!”

 

“Sure…” Joey shrugged as he saw her leave for the restroom. `Weird girl…but I like her.' He thought. She was a bit of a mystery, her and her sisters, but that's one of the things that make a person unique!

 

The door swing open as a familiar face came in! “Joey!”

 

Joey turned around as he blinked. “Yugi, Tea!”

 

The couple ran up to the blonde. “Thank God, you're okay!”

 

“Guys, why wouldn't I be? I only busted my head open! It's no problem!” Joey was a bit confused by the way they are acting! It was as if something tragic happened.

 

“It's not that, Joey!” Tea slightly glared.

 

“She's right, Joey! This is serious!” Yugi said.

 

“What, the Sydicate's attackin' again?” Joey sighed, “Listen, Aria's takin' me to see the Moonflow, and I was wondering if-”

 

“THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TELL YOU, YOU DOPE!” Tea screamed.

 

“Jeez Tea, chill already!” Joey held up his hands.

 

“If you would just listen for one second! We're trying to tell you about your new friend-”

 

“Lemme guess: She's no good, she's the ultimate evil! Right Tea?”

 

“Tea's right this time!” Yugi explained. “Aria, with her sisters stole the Egyptian God Cards!”

 

“WHAT!?” Joey outburst as Aria opened the door to the women's restroom and saw Yugi and Tea with Joey.

 

`He knows now…' Aria sighs as goes back into the restroom. “At least there's a window I can escape from…”

 

“They stole the Egyptian God Cards and the Millennium Rod!” Tea declared

 

“But what would they need those for? They can't use them?” Joey responded.

 

“Joey, they're working for Yami Marik, Yami Bakura, and Seymour!” Yugi explained.

 

“Well Aria's in the wash room so ya can just wait `till she gets out!”

 

“I'll drag her out…” Tea stormed to the women's restroom to drag the traitor out. However, all she found was an open window…

 

She walked back out. “Now do you believe us, Joey? Your friend just bailed!”

“What? No way! I'll believe it when I see it!” Joey is about to head for the restroom.

 

“Don't even think about it!” Tea glared. “I mean, isn't my word good enough for you? Does our friendship mean anything to you anymore?”

 

“Why are you tryin' to pull a guilt trip on me all of the sudden? She probably heard you accusing her which hurt her feelings!

 

“They sent my Grandpa to a hospital!” Those words that came from Yugi's mouth were enough for Joey to have second thoughts…

 

“They're responsible for Gramps being put in the hospital?”

 

“Yes…” Yugi looked down.

 

Joey looked down! He still couldn't believe it! Aria and her sisters trashed the card shop, attack Gramps, and stole the God Cards and the Millennium Rod.

 

The door opened wide as Tristan ran in! “Guys! We just saw them on their hover bikes leaving Luca!”

 

Tea looked at Joey, “Now do you believe me? If they were so innocent, why are they so much in a hurry to leave?” She got her answer as Joey quickly ran out the door. “Joey wait!”

 

Joey continued to run before seeing Tristan and Duke. “Where did they go?” He simply said.

 

“Joey, calm down! We need to stick together, man!” Tristan told him.

 

“I don't care! Aria lied to us! She lied to me! And I wanna know why!” Joey said.

 

Duke sighed as he told him. “They were just heading towards the Highroad.”

 

“Thanks Duke…” Joey said as he then ran over to an unoccupied hover bike. As the original owner of the bike, an Al Bhed, noticed what was happening, it was too late!

 

“RIO! (HEY!)” He protested.

 

“I'll bring it back…” Joey simply said as he went to speed off...

 

“Joey wait!”

 

Joey turned around to see Serenity running towards him. “Serenity, not now!”

 

“We need to talk, Joey!” She said with a small glare.

 

“It can wait!”

 

“Then I'm going with you!” She said as she then hopped onto the bike.

 

“Serenity, this is-” Joey tried to explain.

 

“So what! We need to talk now, and if this is the only way, so be it!” She snapped, much to the shock of everyone.

 

“I guess she really is Joey's sister…” Tea said, knowing how often Joey could be at times, as the hover bike carrying the Wheeler siblings speed off!

 

“Joey, we really need to ta-”

 

“NOT NOW SERENITY!” Joey snapped as they proceeded to leave Luca and enter the highroad, in pursuit of the three traitors. The traitors they've all trusted.

 

Speaking of whom, they were gaining on them. “For someone who's trying to get away from everyone, they're not going that fast!” Serenity commented.

 

“Good, the sooner we get this straighten out! The sooner we can end this whole thing!” Joey said as he gave it more gas on the bike as the speed increased.

 

Arana looked back and saw that Joey was right behind them. “Oh crud! He's behind us!”

 

“Well girls, we're just gonna have to lose him!” Erika states.

 

“Right…” Aria said softly, a small bit of remorse was hinted in her voice, as the girls activated their duel disks and sent out their monsters: For Erika, it was Dark Blade. Arana, Pitch-Black Warwolf, and Aria, Cannon Soldier!

 

“Joey look out!” Serenity cried as Joey evaded the shots from the Machine Monster before activating his own Duel Disk.

 

“So that's the way it's gonna be, huh?” Joey placed a monster card on his Duel Disk. “Go The Fiend Mega Cyber!” Joey called out as the armored fiend was summoned on the field and proceed to obliterate the Cannon Soldier first, before going after Warworlf and Dark Blade.

 

“Looks like we're gonna have to up the stakes!” Erika realized. “Aria?”

 

She nodded as she held up a card, Goblin Attack Force, “Goblin Attack Force, go!” The large team of Goblins were summoned, via the pyroflies and proceed to hammer away on the Mega Cyber fiend with their clubs until it was destroyed.

 

“Joey!” Serenity cried.

 

“Not that easy!” Joey drew a card and summoned it on the field. “Go Jinzo!” The Android Psycho Shocker appeared on the field as it proceeded to fire a Dark Energy blast on the Goblins, destroying them. “Yer not gonna get away from me!” The bike's speed accelerated as Joey narrowed his eyes, “You got `lotta explain' to do!” He yelled at them.

 

“SPLIT UP!” Erika shouted, seeing a 3-way fork in the road as the three sisters decided to go their separate ways: Erika left, Arana right, and Arana continuing to go straight.

 

This however didn't phase Joey one bit. The only person out of the three that he even wanted to speak right now was the red and green streaked blonde! `At least now it'll be one on one. Just me an' her' no one else.'

 

…

 

Back in Luca, everyone else was preparing to go after Joey! However, there was one small problem, according to Duke Devlin…

 

“Okay, I know how much we all want to save Joey, but we ain't gonna do anything!” He said.

 

“And why the hell not, Dice Boy? That's our friend out there and to make things worse Serenity's with him! Especially knowing how reckless Joey can get!”

 

`Good thing he didn't take my car.' Duke mused to himself, imagining Joey doing a scene straight out of the Dukes of Hazard with his car as Serenity feared for her life! Speaking of car, that was the whole issue. “Just think about it for a second! We barely had enough room to even come to Luca, and that was without Tea and Yugi! Now we're even gonna have even less room! And I doubt any of us have the money, let alone the right currency, to buy a bike, much less a car!”

 

Rikku looked to Yuna. “Yunie, you have some Gil to spare?”

 

Yuna shook her head. “Not since that whole impostor incident with LeBlanc.”

 

“Don't ask me!” Tidus said. “I've been dead for two years and I haven't even thought about having cash!”

 

“You'll have to put me on the same boat as him.” Noah admitted.

 

“I haven't even bought a Souvenir in Spira and I still haven't have enough.” Marik admitted.

 

“I'm sorry, but I have to say that I'm broke!” Bakura stated.

 

“I've been trying to save money for a car and I haven't even saved enough to even rent a used car!” Tea stated her woes.

 

Yuna pouted. “Now this isn't really fun at all!”

 

“Yeah…if only we-” Rikku stopped as she then remembered. “The Blue Eyes White Dragon Jet!”

 

“What?” Yuna blinked.

 

“You're not talking about Kaiba's custom jet, right?” Tristan asked as Tea gave a worried look.

 

“Now that you mentioned it, you never did tell us how you managed to make it on time!” She said to the thief!

 

“You got it!” Rikku winked. “I flew on the plane to make it to the start of the tournament!”

 

“And Kaiba actually let you?” Yugi asked.

 

“Well…eheheh…let's just say what Setty doesn't know won't hurt him!” Rikku smiled innocently as Tea shook her head.

 

`That girl's gonna get in serious trouble someday…'

 

“Hey, it's Setty's fault for not waking me up on time!” Rikku grabbed Yuna's hand, “Come on Yunie, we'll take the plane! Everyone else can ride in Duke's car!” She insisted as she proceeded to drag Yuna along.

 

“Wait Rikku…Hold on!” Yuna protested, but it was in vain as Rikku was too quick in heading for the destination.

 

Now at the docks, Rikku let go of her grip. “It should be this way, c'mon Yunie!” She insists as she breaks into a sprint.

 

“Rikku, wait up!” Yuna runs after her, but stops when she sees that Rikku already has.

 

“That's odd, I could've sworn that I landed it here!” Rikku looked around until she found a note on a crate. The Al Bhed thief walked over to the note as she proceeded to read it.

 

Don't think I didn't know it was you who took the plane from the mansion and flew it here! We'll talk about this later…
-Kaiba

 

“Aww…” Rikku whined. “Now what are we going to do?” He question was answered as she heard a familiar sound of an engine as a familiar aircraft appeared in the sky! “No way!”

 

Yuna looked up as it was indeed the Celsius! “Looks like Brother and Buddy got the repairs done!”

 

“And good timing, too!” Rikku chirped. “I'll get the others! Looks like we won't be taking Duke's car after all!”

 

“He'll be relieved.” Yuna giggled as the red Airship proceeded to land near a dock. Looks like they found transportation which room space will not be an issue!

 

…

 

Back to the pursuit, Joey was gaining on Aria as they were now leaving the Mi'hein Highroad, now entering Mushroom Rock Road!

 

“Haven't you realized how far we've gone from the others?” Serenity asked as her hands were wrapped around his waist.

 

“I don' care Serenity!” Joey simply said. “I'll travel all the way to hell just to get some answers if I have to!” Aria made a left, which Joey followed. All Serenity could do is to just hold tight onto her brother and hope that nothing bad would result to their deaths.

 

In this next section of the rocky terrain, there were two paths! The one above, and the one below! Joey's choice of route was obvious when he saw Aria taking the bottom path. “Yer ain't getting away from me!”

 

Now on the below path, it was much darker and more foggy than it was earlier, but that was what headlights were for. Because he didn't know the terrain very well, with the obvious foggy element added, Joey had a much harder time keeping up with her than before. But he was still determined to find her and get some answers! Good answers, for their sake!

 

It took a while, but Joey finally made it to the end to a section of this path, as he saw Aria's vacant bike. The bike slowed into a complete stop as Joey and Serenity then dismounted. They were now at the area known as the Den of Woe!

 

“Is this some kind of ruins?” Serenity asked.

 

“All I know is that Aria's in there and that she has a lotta explainin' to do!” Joey said as he proceeded into the already opened door, with Serenity not too far behind. In there, laid a few lifeless bodies as well as a few pyroflies… “Aria!” Joey called out, but no answer! “Aria!” He called again. Still no answer… “Where is she?”

 

“I'm scared Joey…” Serenity shivered a bit, holding on to her older brother. “I wanna get out of here.”

 

“Not without Aria!” Joey simply stated. “I have things I wanna ask her!” It was then at that moment he saw the muti-color streaked blonde, standing there brushing her long hair back with one hand. “ARIA STOP!” He shouted, causing the girl to turn towards him. “You have a lot of `splainin' to do!”

 

However, Aria did not answer, as she turned back around and walk away!

 

“Don't walk away when I'm talkin' to you! Why'd ya attack Gramps and stole the God Cards and the Millennium Rod! Why did you help Seymour and those sick freaks? Why?” Aria might have stopped, but again she didn't say anyway! This was beginning to make Joey angry! Here he was, at least giving her the benefit of the doubt, and this is how she acts? “ANSWER ME, ARIA!”

 

This time, she did say something, but she wasn't very happy. “I have nothing to say to you or any of your stupid friends, Joey!” She hissed.

 

“Nuthin' to say? You broke into my best friend's home! You sent an old man to a hospital, and you stole the Egyptian God Cards, after pretending to not know anything about them, and the Millennium Rod to a whacked-up Maester, and two evil Yamis who are all bent on revivin' a monsta that'll threaten the world, AND YOU DON'T GOT NUTHIN' TO SAY TO ME!?” He sighed, “Tea was right, you are bad news…”

 

“…I did it for family! Erika and Arana were already up to this whole thing! I at least had some remorse! I could've stopped them! I could've said to them that it was wrong! And you know what? I didn't! Not only did I not stop them, but I also helped them as hard as I could to get this done, and do you know why?”

 

“Tell me!” Joey glared as Aria glared back.

 

“BECAUSE WE'RE A FAMILY, THAT'S WHY!” She screamed! “No matter what happens families always stick together! It's called loyalty to the family, but what the hell would you know about that, Joey Wheeler? How could you know anything about family loyalty when not a single damn member of your own family has ever even remotely shown you that! Right Serenity?”

 

Serenity blinked at her being mentioned as Joey glared at the blonde. “My sista has nuthin' to do with what you did?”

 

“True, but if my sisters and I are backstabbing traitors to you, then we're not the only ones, isn't that right Serenity?”

 

“M-me?” Serenity replied. “What did I do?”

 

“I think we both know what you did! So why don't you just come clean and tell us what you did!”

 

“…I didn't do anything!”

 

“You know exactly what I'm talking about! The night the God cards were stolen! Where were you?

 

“Well…I…” Serenity was now nervous. If Joey found out that she was with him, him being upset would be a huge understatement!

 

“Joey, do you want to know why Serenity wants you to do this Anger Management crap? Do you want to know why she doesn't want you to defend yourself form Kaiba, and wants you just take it without any retaliation?” Aria saw Joey's skeptical glare as she then continued. “It's because your so-called `loyal sister' is actually dating Kaiba!”

 

“What!?” Joey blinked in shock.

 

“No, that's not true!” Serenity defended herself.

 

“You lie as bad as you dress, Traitor!” She then returned her attention to the angry and now somewhat confused blonde. “Joey, you can't trust your sister to have your back anymore, as she's now sided with the man you hate the most, Seto Kaiba!”

 

Meanwhile, Erika and Arana, both being cloaked by the mist, proceeded to watch on, as Arana appeared to have some type of sphere-like device in her hand.

 

“Good, he's wearing the ring…” Erika smiled before turning to Arana. “Don't press it until I give you the signal.”

 

Arana nodded, “This should be fun…”

 

Serenity tried to plead her case “Joey, you have to believe me! I would never-”

 

“She's desperately wants to get into Kaiba's pants so bad, that she's agreed to convince your friends to turn against you!” Aria interrupted as she reached into her bag. “If you don't believe the words that are coming form your mouth! Maybe you'll believe this!” She pulled out the picture and gave it to Joey. It was indeed a picture of Kaiba and Serenity together, sitting opposite of each other, as they appeared to be at an expensive restaurant.

 

`She saw us…' Serenity gasped as she tried to talk some sense into her brother! “Joey, it's not what you think!”

 

“Now!” Erika signaled as Arana then pressed the button on the device. Upon that moment, the ring, the same ring Aria had given Joey, began to glow red as Joey began to scream in pain! Much to the horror of Serenity, but to the satisfaction however, despite not showing on her face, of Aria…

 

“Joey, are you okay?” Serenity fearfully asked as Joey slowly got up, still looking at the photo!

 

“Serenity and your so-called `friends' are all going to betray you, just like your mother did!” Aria simply said.

 

“Joey…say something…please…”

 

Joey gave a demented chuckle as he turned towards his sister. “…My own SISTA!” He growled, filled with rage. His eyes were now glowing as red as the ring was.

 

“Joey…tell me what-”

 

Joey pushed her down, hard, to the ground with one hand as the now-frightened girl looked up to her now-furious brother. “Big brother, what's-”

 

“DON'T `BIG BROTHER' ME YOU BACKSTABBING BITCH!” He shouted as he then activated his duel disk!

 

“No Joey, don't do this! Please!”

 

“You wanna screw me and leave me for dead?” Joey mocked as he placed his signature monster on his Duel Disk, Red Eyes Black Dragon! “WELL I'M GONNA KILL YOU BEFORE YOU KILL ME!” He screams as Red Eyes Black Dragon was summoned.

 

“That's it Joey!” Aria encouraged, “Get your revenge!”

 

“Joey…don't do this! This isn't you! You have to remember wh-” She was interrupted as she miraculously managed to dodge an Inferno Fire Blast!

 

“I REMEMBA YOU SELLING ME OUT TO THAT SNAKE IN THE GRASS MONEYBAGS!” He screamed as Serenity made a run for it, with Red Eyes hot on her trail.

 

“Are you sure this is where they are?” Yugi asked as he, Tea, Yuna, Rikku, Tidus, and Brother, and Tristan were all getting off from the Celsius at the place where the path to the Den of Woe began.

 

“According to the scanners, Joey's Duel Disk is in there!” Buddy said over the commlink. “We can't land here, so you guys are on your own here!” With that said, the Celsius began to ascend before taking off, presuming to find a more suitable spot to land.

 

“Aren't you the pilot Brother?” Rikku asked, “Then why are you here?”

 

“Where my Yuna goes, I go!” Brother declared. “Besides, Duke said he could handle being the pilot! He said, `If Monkey boy could do it without wrecking the ship, this should be no problem for me!'” This comment caused Tristan to groan at what Duke Devlin said.

 

Tidus scoffed, “Your Yuna?”

 

“We can argue about this, later! Right now we need to find Joey and Serenity!” Yuna reminded as they all now proceeded into the path to the Den of Woe. However, they were stopped by a loud scream.

 

Tristan blinked, recognizing the scream. “Serenity!” He gasped before breaking off in a sprint.

 

“Tristan wait!” Rikku called out. “You don't know where yer going!”

 

“I don't care!” The pointy-haired brunette shouted back as he ran to the source of the voice. However, he didn't have to run too far as from the entrance to the Den of Woe, Serenity was already running for her life. “Serenity!”

 

Serenity ran into the open arms of Tristan as she began to cry into his shirt. “Serenity, what's wrong?”

 

“..It's Joey…” She cried… “We were in there, then Aria…”

 

“What did she do…” Tristan asked. `How low did she go this time…'

 

“She made Joey want kill me…” Serenity broke down again and cried.

 

“Oh man…” Tristan looked back. “Hey guys, this is serious!”

 

“What's wrong Tristan?” Yugi asked as the others came over. They then noticed Serenity's condition! Her sleeves were in rags as he vest was ruin. “Serenity, what happened?

 

“Aria happened!” Tristan explained. “From what she's saying Joey and Serenity must've found her and she must've done something to convince Joey to kill Serenity!”

 

“Aria's behind all of this?” Tea glared. “Why am I not surprised…”

 

“THERE YOU ARE!”

 

Everyone turned towards the source of the voice as they all saw Joey! His eyes glowed red as the ring that was on his finger as his hands were both closed into a fist. Red Eyes Black Dragon stood…umm…hovered beside him.

 

“There they are! The rest of the traitors, Joey!” Aria said, not too far behind him.

 

“ARIA!” Tea shouted. “WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!” She demanded as she then noticed Red Eyes. “Serenity must've been running from it, just like I saw it with the Millennium Necklace.”

 

“Me?” Aria played the role of the innocent bystander. “I didn't do anything to him! All I did was just opened his eyes to the truth about you backstabbing turncoats!”

 

“The only turncoat here is you, Aria! You and your sisters were working with Seymour and Marik and Bakura's dark sides all along weren't you?”

 

“Don't make me the bad guy, Tea! You're the one who sold out on him, just like that brat Serenity did!”

 

“You're lying, Aria! You seem to be good at that lately!” Rikku glared before turning her attention to the enraged blonde. “…You don't believe her Joey, right? …Right?!” She asked, with a small bit of fear in her voice, as the only thing Joey did was tighten his fists. Apparently, he did believe everything Aria was saying, let alone what she had already told him!

 

 

If you think things were intense this chapter, wait until you see the next! Because Kaiba returns, and when he does, it won't be pretty!

 

Preview for Next Chapter:

 

“What is going on here?”

 

“Oh no…” Tea sighed as she turned around and saw him. White sleeveless trench coat that defied the laws of gravity, the Kaibacorp logo on the belt buckle and the pin. Mokuba was beside him too so it really was him. Out of all of times to show up, this was definitely not a good one.

 

Aria just crossed her arms as she gave a satisfying smirk. `Now the real fun begins…'

 

“I heard screaming so I decided to check it out! Just for my amazement, Geek-a-polooza is in process.” He said coldly.

 

Mokuba blinked as he noticed the now-frightening state of Joey. “What's wrong with Joey?”

 

“Aria…” Tristan narrowed his eyes as he held on to Serenity. “She's the one that screwed with his mind and made him believe that we're the enemy.”

 

“Have you tried getting through to him?”

 

“We tried, but Aria just made it seem like we're lying!”

 

“So what are you waiting for Joey? The one you hate the most is finally here!” Aria giggled like a schoolgirl. “So what're ya going to do?”

 

Chapter 17: Rage of Betrayal Unleashed!