Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Dreams Come True ❯ Chapter Eighteen: The Chapter Upon Which Princess Yuy Ran Out of Suitable Titles ( Chapter 18 )

Chapter Eighteen: The Chapter Upon Which Princess Yuy ran out of Suitable Titles…

"What do you mean `Where's Joey'? He was right here when I last-Where's Joey?" Tristan's eyes widened and he smacked his forehead and slid his hand down his face.

"Maybe we should backtrack. He could be on the road still," Yugi frowned slightly and looked behind them.

"He probably took a wrong turn! I told him not to fall so far behind!" Tea sighed and tilted her head back to indicate the path behind them. "We better go back, then."

"He can't have gone too far. It's not a very large island-maybe he met another duelist along the way," Bakura said encouragingly as they turned around and began to retrace their steps.

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Meanwhile:

"I thought you said you knew this part of the island!" Mina picked bits of leaf and twig off of her sweater.

"I never said I KNEW it, I said it looked FAMILIAR!" Joey unstuck his coat sleeve from a particularly large thorn bush.

"You've got a really bad memory, Joey Wheeler. Worse than Seto." Too late she realized her mistake.

"What? Worse than who?"

"Erm. Nobody." She sped up walking so he wouldn't see her pinch herself.

Stupid! Why'd you have to go and bring HIM into this?

"No-ya just said something about Kaiba! Hey, what's going on with you two anyways?" He jogged up next to her and frowned at the spreading blush on her face.

"Nothing. Noth-ing at all."

Joey racked his brain and grinned most mischievously. "Oh? I saw you two out at dinner a week ago! How do you explain that?" He was making this up, of course. He had seen nothing of the sort.

"W-What? When?? We thought nobody we knew was there!" She stopped and began to bite her nails. Joey's self-satisfied grin quickly changed to one of shock.

"……I don't believe this!!"

"Oh, um, please calm down!"

"Why do all the jerks get all the nice girls? I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!"

"Jo-ey! Stop! Not only are you making a LOT of noise, but you're also making yourself look like an idiot!"

And this was the way Tristan, Yugi, and Tea found them.

"Yo! Joey!" Tristan called, and Joey snorted a reply-still indignant. "And, uh, hi Mina!" Mina forced a smile.

"Hi guys!" She yelled, trying vainly to get Joey to turn around-he was stubbornly turning his back on her, nose up in the air, arms crossed firmly across his chest.

"Gah! Can't believe this!"

"Will you stop repeating that over and over??"

Finally, Mina gave up and turned her back to Joey, crossing her arms firmly across her chest as well and putting on her most stubborn face.

"You're such a-a-a….. MULE, Joey Wheeler!!!!!"

"Well, you're in a relationship with SETO KAIBA!!!"

"ATLEAST HE HAS BRAINS!!!"

"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN????"

"FIGURE IT OUT!!!!"

Both lapsed into an electric silence, muscles tense. Bakura, Yugi, Tea, and Tristan were just sort of…standing there.

"Okay-what's going on?" Tristan finally asked, hand on his forehead. Joey scowled and turned to face the group.

"She," he pointed to Mina, who was glaring at him, "is going out with Seto Kaiba!"

"Oh, is that all?" Tea asked, doing a good job at hiding her surprise. She walked in between Mina and Joey and put her hands on her hips. "I don't see that as a very good reason for an argument," she stated firmly, looking pointedly at Joey.

"It wouldn't have become one if he hadn't spazzed." Mina said, dropping her arms to her sides. "And thanks for yelling it for the entire island to hear, Joey," she added grumpily. Joey made a face at her and she made it right back, and Tea sighed.

"Now that we've found you, Joey, we should get going. Why don't you come with us, Mina?" She asked, firmly pushing Joey in the direction of Tristan. Mina hemmed and hawed for a minute, then shook her head.

"I better not. I'm supposed to-meet someone at the docks." Joey muttered something under his breath at this comment. Yugi smiled at Mina, and nodded.

"Allright, but if you need someone to travel with, just look us up!"

Mina smiled brightly. "Thanks, Yugi." She waved to the group, stuck her tongue out at Joey, and walked up the path and around a bend.

Now everyone knows, thanks to Mr. Wheeler. I better hurry to the docks, I hope I didn't miss him!!!

She picked up a jog, fingers subconsciously closing over the ring on a chain around her neck as she ran.

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Pegasus looked out the window of his extremely large dining room and frowned. It had been a while since he had checked on Mina-almost an hour. He pressed a button on the table and a large screen rolled down from the ceiling.

"Locate Mina Pegasus," he stated easily, and the computer zoomed in on a jogging Mina, brought up several profile pictures and vital statistics. Pegasus looked at his daughter as she ran and smiled. "Now where is she running to?" He frowned again, and then got an idea. "Locate…Seto Kaiba."

The computer took a minute to shift locations and find Seto, then zoomed in and brought up all his info. Pegasus sighed slightly-they were still at it? He rolled his eyes and switched off the screen, and it zipped itself back up into its ceiling space.

"I'll have to do some… planning, won't I?" He snapped his fingers, and immediately a man in a black suit appeared.

"Sir!"

"Yes…Gather the squad. Find me… Keith Howard and his little minions."

When the guard nodded and ran off, Pegasus inwardly laughed. It seemed to be the wrong way to go, but he was a master planner.

And his plans…

Never failed.