Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Dreams Come True ❯ Chapter Eight: The Rival ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter Eight: The Rival

Yugi looked down at his homework and sighed. There was no way he would get it done in one night. He'd need a whole army and then some to just finish his math. And tomorrow night was the Duelists' Ball!

"I wonder if Kaiba's going, Joey."

Joey looked at Yugi with a funny smile on his face. "Why? The guy's a creep. Now that Mina girl, she's really somethin'. Wonder if she has a date."

"She's a sophomore, Joey. And she's not really a registered duelist, is she?"

Joey grinned and fell back on the bed, eyes closed, hands behind his head.

"Heh. Well, she's sure pretty enough to be asked by some guy… Speaking of which, who're you gonna ask, Yug?"

"Tea, probably."

"Yeah."

Yugi sighed and set down his pencil. "I just can't think. Not on a nice day like this-let's go get Tea and have a pizza or something."

"Sure. I promised Serenity I'd drop off something at the post office for her anyways."

The two friends grabbed their coats and went outside into the breezy autumn weather.

"Tea? She just left for the library, Yugi."

"Oh, ok, thank you!" Yugi turned around and walked back down the steps to the sidewalk, where Joey was waiting, sitting on a bench. "She's at the library…"

"Well, might as well walk down to the post office, then."

Yugi waited for Joey to stand and the two continued on down the street.

"Joey!! Wait!" Joey turned around, and found Mina tugging at his sleeve.

"Hi…Yugi…hi…Joey…" She panted, bending over to catch her breath. She had pink roller skates on.

"Hi Mina-" Joey said slowly, looking at Yugi curiously. Yugi shrugged.

"I've been looking everywhere for you, Joey Wheeler!"

"Y-You have?" Came the astonished reply, and he blushed slightly. "Well, uh-"

Mina handed him a small envelope with a box wrapped in colorful wrapping paper. "Here-give this to Serenity. This is for her birthday-tell her I'll come visit her, okay?"

Joey looked immensely disappointed. "Allright, sure."

Mina grinned at both of them. "Ok, thanks! I've gotta go, see you around!" She skated off down the street and around the corner.

Yugi looked at Joey, who was staring at the box and envelope in his hands bitterly. Looks like Joey had a crush. Mina was pretty, but not only was she incredibly short for her age-(just about Yugi's size)-and older, but she apparently only thought of Joey as a good friend.

Poor Joey…

"Hey-let's go on down to the post office-we can stop to see Serenity after, ok?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah, sure Yug."