Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Coincidental Meetings ❯ Incompetence goes a long way ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: I do not and as far as I know never will own Yu-Gi-Oh. But I can dream, right? (Light) No. (Kai) Shut up. (Light) lol (Kai) lol

<b> Incompetence goes a long way</b>

By: Kai and Light

Edited By: Crystal56 and Light

The next day, Kai woke up to a knock on her door. She looked over at her clock on the side of her bed, and saw it read 11:45 a.m. She groaned, and walked out of her bedroom, across the living room, and to the front door. She opened the door, to see Yugi waiting outside. Kai looks at him with a sleepy expression on her face and asks, "Hey Motou what's up?"

Yugi looks at her like she's lost it. He looked up and replied, "Well from what I can tell the ceiling. Why do you ask?"

Kai just sort of sweat drops and says, "Well I suppose you wouldn't know what that means, but it's an American slang phrase for, 'what is going on' or a nicer way of saying 'what do you want'."

Yugi nodded and said, "Well, I came here to see if you actually wanted to join Joey and me for lunch. I never got answer, because Kaiba interrupted."

Kai looked at him for a moment before smiling and saying, "Sure Motou, I'll be more than happy to join you. I'm assuming your friend is the Joey Wheeler that came in second at the Duelist Kingdom Tournament."

"Yeah that is Joey; well I'll wait here while you get ready. I don't think you want to go to lunch in your pajamas," said Yugi with a smile on his face.

Kai looked down and said, "I don't see why not. Let's go."

Yugi sweat dropped and said, "You're joking right?"

Kai looked at him and decided that it wasn't a good time to tell Yugi that it's a fashion in the U.S.A., "Yeah Motou, it was a joke."

Yugi looked relieved when she said that. She just smiled and said, "All right, I'll be out in a few." With that, she shut the door and quickly changed into black jeans, with a black belt and a t-shirt that said, "Cute but kind of scary" with the happy bunny on the front. After she was done changing, she grabbed some money and put it in her pocket along with her deck that had a holder of its own that hooked onto her belt. As she was about to leave, she saw the note she got last night, and decided to grab it to see if either Motou or Wheeler could read it.

She walked out the door a few minutes later, and Yugi was still there waiting for her. They both walked down the hall in peaceful silence. They then took the elevator down to the first floor, and got off. They started to walk to the front doors, when Yugi yelled out, "Joey over here!"

Kai looked up and saw a boy with a green jacket and jeans, with a white t-shirt on under it. He has blonde hair that looked in need of a hair cut, and a good brushing. He ran over to them and said, "Hey Yugi who's your friend?"

Yugi looked at Kai and said, "This is Kai Element. She's the American dueling champion, and she's joining us for lunch."

Kai reached out and to form a handshake with Joey. He accepted and said, "Hey. I'm Joey Wheeler, second place winner of the Duelist Kingdom Tournament. Nice to meet 'cha."

Kai smiled and said, "Nice to meet you, too."

Once done shaking hands with Joey, she turned to Yugi and asked, "So Motou, where are we going for lunch?"

Yugi looked at Kai and said, "Well, I was thinking about a place on the other side of town. Joey and I ate there when we first arrived, and it wasn't that bad. It's close to the park. Also, Element you don't have to call me Motou. I don't mind if you call me Yugi."

Joey spoke up and said with a smile on his face, "Same here, though it was nice that someone was showing me the respect I deserve."

Kai smiled a happy content smile and said, "All right but only if you guys call me Kai. I'm not into the formal polite stuff."

Yugi and Joey both smiled at her, and nodded their heads. Kai smiled wider and said, "Well, you guys lead. I just got here last night, and I have no idea where anything is."

They all turned and walked out the door, when Joey said, "Don't worry Kai, we don't live here. We just got here a few days ago for this new tournament, but we've had enough time to explore a little bit."

Kai just nodded and followed them. After a few minutes she asked, "Well, are we going to walk, or are we going to take a car or something? I can't fit both of you on my motorcycle."

Joey and Yugi just sort of looked at her a little shocked, when Yugi said, "I think we should take the bus." Joey nodded and agreement and Kai didn't have a problem. They then walked to the bus stop, the waited for the right bus for about ten minutes, before it arrived. They got on, paid the bus fare, and sat down. They started a nice talk about things they liked to do and stuff they have seen. After a half an hour of riding the bus, they got off the bus and Yugi said, "We have to walk through the park to get to the café."

Kai and Joey just both nodded and started to walk through the park; it was a nice place. A lot of green trees and grass like every normal park. It has a white sidewalk that has a ton of twists and turns, which will lead you in a total circle if you don't know where you're going. As Kai walked, she passed by a ton of playground equipment with more kids than Joey could count.

Kai watched some of the kids for a moment, until she heard a voice behind her say, "So you finally decided to show up."

Kai turned and there standing behind her about 20 steps away was Seto Kaiba.

"What do <i>you</i> want, Kaiba?" Kai demanded with irritation clearly written in her voice.

"You stupid girl, I want to duel. You know like I challenged you to last night, or have you chickened out, like every other American, with no honor?" asked Seto with a smirk that ticked Kai off to no end.

"What? Challenged? I only met you last night and I don't ever remember getting a notice of a challenge!" yelled Kai, who scared Joey and Yugi with her death glare that she is now giving Kaiba. He looked unphased by the look and continued.

"Did you or did you not receive a letter last night by one of my men?" Asked Seto calmly, with no emotion whatsoever in his voice.

"Yes, I received something like, that but I couldn't read it. The writing on it was too illegible. I can read Japanese, but that was awful, or I think it was Japanese, maybe an awful attempt at English." Kai said as she reached into her pocket and took out a white piece of paper. Joey and Yugi walked up to her and Kai handed the piece of paper to Yugi. He looked at it for a moment before, handing it to Joey, who did the same and handed it back to Kai.

"I couldn't read a world of that, could you Yugi?" asked Joey.

"No, I couldn't read a word of it." said Yugi.

"Well, there you go Kaiba. Next time you challenge me, make sure you make it so the person you are challenging can read your notice," said Kai calmly before turning and walking down the sidewalk once again with Joey and Yugi close at her side.

"Wait! I challenged you now to a duel," stated Kaiba irritably.

Kai turned and said, "Well, I have plans now. I'm going to lunch with my friends, if you promise not to be a jerk, you can join us and I'll duel you afterwards. If not, then I guess you'll have to wait until the tournament starts."

Kaiba glared at Kai, and started to walk after them. Kai waited until Kaiba was next to her before she started to walk again. Yugi and Joey were shocked that Kaiba agreed but snapped out of it, and ran to catch up with Kai and Kaiba, since they were already a good fifty feet ahead of them.

After another twenty minutes of walking, the group had reached the café. It was small but very warm and inviting. The inside had hard wood floors with a few tables every five feet, with white table clothes. The walls were red, with a blue border at the top. It had a few pictures on the walls with calm peaceful settings. The best part about the place, though, is that you could sit outside on a small but nice patio. With only three white tables, each having one large red umbrella, near the patio cherry trees are just blooming, giving the café a peaceful setting.

Joey, Yugi and Kai sat down at one of the outside tables and picked up the menu, when Joey said, "Hey Kaiba you going to sit down and join us or what?"

Kaiba replied harshly, "No, I don't think so. I wouldn't be caught dead talking, let alone eating, with a third-rate dueling monkey, and girl with no manners."

"Then I guess your can eat with us then," said Kai never looking up from her menu.

"What do you mean?" asked Kaiba with a glare. Everyone looked at Kai and waited for her to answer.

"Well I don't see a third-rate dueling monkey around so I think that you're okay," Said Kai, looking up at Kaiba with a calm face, like she just was talking about the weather.

Kaiba looked at Kai for a few minutes like he was having a fight with himself about something. After a moment or two, Kaiba turned around so his back was to the others and said, "I'll be waiting at the park for our duel near the playground equipment." With that, Kaiba started to walk away until Kai spoke once more.

"Kaiba, may I ask a question?" she asked, still looking at her menu.

"If you must," said Kaiba with annoyance clear in his voice.

"Why do you want to duel me so badly? You'd think that you would want to finish the duel that was interrupted last night with your long time rival. Not, how did you put it? Oh yes, girl with no manners, that you just met last night," Kai proclaimed looking up at Kaiba with curiosity in her eyes.

Kaiba just glared at her and said, "You need to learn your place. You talk to men like they are your equals, not your superiors, especially me."

Kai just looked at him shrugged and went back to her menu and said, "All right, see you later Kaiba."

Yugi and Joey tried to hold in their laughter at the fact that not a single thing Kaiba said seemed to effect Kai, and that she just disrespected him again, after his little 'men are superior' speech, when Kai spoke up again.

"Oh yeah, sorry Yugi and Joey if I showed disrespect to you guys, I didn't mean to. But you should know that I'm just a girl with no manners," Kai said, putting down her menu and looking at them with apologetic eyes.

That pulled them over the edge, and made them burst out laughing. Well, Kaiba stood there giving Kai a glare that would put hell into an ice age.

"Don't worry about it Kai, we understand," said Joey, in-between bits of laughter.

"Yeah, I don't remember you showing any disrespect to me so no worries here," said Yugi, starting to calm down.

With that, a cell phone went off. Kai and Kaiba both reached down and to check their phones. They both seemed to be ringing, so Kai excused herself to take the call. Kaiba just turned and walked away.

<b>With Kaiba</b>

"What is it?" barked Kaiba, into his cell phone.

"Sir, we are now set up for the tournament, but we need your clearance on the new plans, and a few of the sponsors are here to check on the progress of the tournament," said one of Kaiba's henchmen, working back at Kaiba corp.

"Fine. I'm on my way." Kaiba returned to the table and said, "Tell Kai that our little duel is canceled; something came up." With that, Kaiba turned and left without a word.

"You know after what Kaiba went on about manners, he sure is a hypocrite. He just called Kai, Kai and not Element like he should have," said Yugi with wonder in his voice.

"You're right, Yug. Do you even think he notices?" asked Joey looking like he was thinking about it.

"With Kaiba who knows," said Yugi shaking his head.

<b>With Kai</b>

"Hello?" said Kai into her cell phone.

"Hey Kai! It's me Light, I'm at the airport with my motorcycle, but I sort of lost the directions to the hotel we are suppose to stay at for the tournament," said Light sounding a little annoyed.

"All right, well I'll give you directions and meet you back at the hotel soon. Right, now I'm out to lunch with some new friends of mine," said Kai with a happy tone of voice.

"Thanks, Kai," said Light sounding a lot happier.

Kai quickly gave her directions and said, "All right Light, I should be back soon, after I settle a few things. Give me a call on my cell once you're settled in, and I'll come over to your room and we can catch up. Also I have a gift for you."

"Kay, I'll see you soon then," said Light, who now sounded very happy.

"Bye," replied Kai.

"Bye," said Light, and then they hung up.

Kai walked back over to the table and sat down, without Joey and Yugi noticing while they continue to talk.

"You know after what Kaiba went on about manners, he sure is a hypocrite. He just called Kai, Kai and not Element like he should have," said Yugi with wonder in his voice.

"You're right, Yug. Do you even think he notices?" asked Joey looking like he was thinking about it.

"His pride won't let him, I think," said Yugi shaking his head.

"You're right, who knows with Kaiba," said Kai taking a sip of her water, "By the way, where is Kaiba?"

Yugi and Joey both jumped when they heard Kai's voice.

Yugi was the first to recover and say something, "He had to leave. Something came up, also, he cancelled the duel."

Kai just nodded her head, when the food arrived.

"When did we order?" asked Kai, looking at her plate. It was covered in different kinds of meets and noodles, with a bowl of rice on the side. Then the waiter handed Kai a set of chopsticks. Joey and Yugi had the same thing as Kai.

"Well, we didn't want to wait any longer to order, so while you and Kaiba were gone, we ordered for you. I'm sure you'll like that, it has beef and pork along with some tasty noodles and of course, rice," said Joey, before diving into his food; not really using the chopsticks given to him.

Kai looked down at her food and tried to eat with the chopsticks given to her, but she couldn't get them to hold her food.

"Ummm…Yugi could you show me how to use these things? I have never eaten with chopsticks before," asked Kai, blushing a little at needing help with something like eating with chopsticks.

"Sure, Kai no problem," said Yugi, who seemed more than happy to help.

After a few minutes, Kai had a good idea on how to use the chopsticks, and could at least eat her food. By the end of the meal, she had become more skilled. Lunch was pretty quiet, thanks to the fact that Joey was too busy trying to eat his food without choking, Kai was concentrating on picking up her food, and Yugi was daydreaming.

Soon, everyone was done and got up. Yugi walked over to counter to pay for the food, but Kai stopped him and said, "I'm paying Yugi."

Yugi was about to protest, but didn't gat a chance to, when Kai gave the hostess a fifty and told her to keep the change. Yugi just sighed and walked out. Kai was right behind him, with Joey to her right. They caught the next bus to the hotel, and a half an hour later they got off, and walked four blocks back.

When they got there, they said their goodbyes and went their separate ways. Before they could separate more than five feet, though, they heard someone yell, "Kai!"

Yugi, Joey and Kai all looked up, and saw a girl with long blonde hair and hazel eyes run up to Kai and say, "Hey Kai long time no see."

~End Chapter~