Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Things Change ❯ The School Dance! A Duel Monsters Costume Party! ( Chapter 8 )

Crap! There was an error I made last chapter when I was describing my OCs. Kara eyes are blue, not green! Now that we gotten my screw-up all cleared up, on with the story.

Serenity was just fastening the straps to her skirt as she then heard the doorbell. "Coming…" She rushed towards the door as she then opened the door, and after who she saw, she sighed.

"Hey Serenity…" Arisa said, dressed in her high school uniform as she gave a slightly nervous smile. "Is Joey here?"

Serenity sighed, "He's asleep. You'll get used to him always sleeping in."

"I'll wake him up." Arisa walked in as she then walked up to a closed door. "This is Joey's room, right?"

"Yeah…" Serenity nodded, but before Arisa could open the door… "Hey Arisa…"

"Hmm?" Arisa looked back.

"I just wanted to apologize for yesterday…" Serenity explained. "It's wasn't that I didn't like you or anything, it was just…"

"You were rooting on Joey going out with Mai?" Arisa finished for her.

"Yeah…how did-"

"Joey told me yesterday…" Arisa informed, then. "Well apology accepted. Now if you excuse me, I have a guy to wake up."

Serenity giggled, "Have fun!"

Arisa opened the door as she saw the guy she was looking for. Joey was fast asleep in the bed as his room was somewhat in order. Aside from a few articles of clothing, and sport equipment scattered across the room, of course…

"Okay Joey, time to get up!" She says in a sleep voice, but all she got in return was some moans. "Come on Joey, seriously!"

"Mmm…Gigantic Donuts…" He muttered in his sleep.

"Okay, that's it." Arisa sighed. "You wanted to get to school early to deal with detention, and you're oversleeping? Not on my watch…" She then smiled. "Joey we have gigantic donuts in the kitchen, and unless you get dressed we're throwing them out!"

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?" As if on cue, Joey instantly awoken as he then, almost like anime-fast speed, ran into the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face then quickly placed on his school uniform. Joey then ran out to the kitchen, almost knocking Serenity down in the process. "A'right, now where are those donuts!"

Serenity giggled as she slid on her socks, realizing that Arisa must've tricked him to getting out of bed. She thought that it was best to just play along. "Too late Joey, they're all gone! Sorry!"

Joey groaned, but Arisa walked out smirking. "Maybe that'll teach you to wake up earlier." She checked her watch. "Speaking of which, shouldn't we be there already, since we have morning detention?"

Joey blinked. "Oh man…I almost forgot!" He quickly yanked Arisa and his bag as they then rushed out the door.

Serenity blinked in confusion. "Okay…what just happened?"

On the way to school, Joey and Arisa were talking, more accurately discussing about the latest upcoming even in Domino High: The School Dance.

"You're coming to the dance, right?" Arisa asked.

"Of course!" Joey grinned. "I don't have to wear a suit, do I?"

Arisa giggled. "No, of course not! But the theme is going to be duel monsters so we all got to dress up like one! And if you say 'Dark Magician Girl' so help me I will make sure that you never have children."

"Okay okay…I won't…" Joey smiled. "How about you dress up as Magician's Valkyria!"

"Joey…" Arisa glared.

"I didn't say Dark Magician Girl!" Joey held his hands up in protest.

"You might as well!"

"I'm sorry…let's change to a different subject!" Joey suggested.

"Let's…" Arisa said. "Anyways, like I said, I'm going to wear my sneakers until we go to the mall to get new shoes and as you can see..." She models off her black converse sneakers.

"They look alright with the outfit." Joey complemented while taking glance at his black and white Nikes. "But what do you mean by 'we?'"

"You'll go to the mall with me right? Don't you have to go by your costume for the dance?" She reminded. Arisa has learned a lot of things about her new boyfriend, and being the last one to know about most things was one of them.

"Yeah…"

Suddenly, Tristan ran up to them.

"Hey Arisa!" Tristan greeted as he then glared at Joey. "I'm not even going to talk to you! My parents took my bike away from me because of yesterday!"

"Hey, if I told ya to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you do it?" Joey replied.

"Guys, let's calm down so we can make it to our morning detention so we don't have to go after school!" Arisa suggested.

"Yeah…the good thing is that we won't have Kaiba to deal with…" Tristan said in relief.

"You could say that again…" Joey added.

On the school grounds, Yugi and Tea were at the lockers.

"So Yugi, who are you going as at the dance tonight?" Tea asked, "You know it'll be Duel Monsters-themed, right?"

"The Dark Magician, hands down!" Yugi said with pride. "Why? Are you going as the Magician of Faith?"

"Not this time." Tea shook her head as she then smiled. "I'm going as Dark Magician Girl! Hey, we can go together!"

"Sure Tea, whatever you say!" Yugi looked around. "Shouldn't Joey and Tristan be here by now?"

The former's name struck a cord in Tea. "Yeah…where are they?" She asked in a slight depressed tone.

"Knowing them, they're at that donut shop near school." Yugi said as he then noticed his childhood friend's sad expression. "Hey, don't worry about it! Like I said, I'm sure-"

"How do you know for sure?" Tea asked, not believing him. "I mean, we've never seen Joey this upset. Not since…"

"That incident in class?" Yugi finished for her.

"Yeah…"

"Hey, Joey will get over it." He said, "He's not the one to hold-" Yugi then realized what he was going to say as he remembered Joey and Kaiba's "relationship" with each other. "Never mind…"

Tea sighed. Ever since the incident from yesterday, she has felt miserable. She didn't really meant those mean things she said to Joey, but in a way he did forced her hand or rather mouth by the way he's been neglecting his friend, esepcially her. Back at Battle City when Joey was telling Tea about his admirable, but failed, attempt to rescue Mai's mind from the Shadow Realm, she felt special. She was the only one he told that too, not Yugi, or Tristan, or Duke Devlin, or even Serenity. Tea thought that next to Mai, Joey had feelings for her, not just as a friend but much more but was just afraid to tell her and he thought that she and Yugi liked each other without the other knowing. But at the arcade when she saw him come in with Arisa, she felt hurt. After Joey had came to realized that he and Mai would never be she felt a bit of hope. That maybe Joey and Tea would have a chance together. But that was just not happening, and after yesterday, any hope of that happening if Joey and Arisa should break up just went out the window.

The day went by fast, but however, Tea and Joey never had a chance to talk because Joey, Arisa, and Tristan's detention was pushed to Lunchtime since they were five minutes too late. Yugi and Joey had some classes together today but only Yugi, and Tristan, had the same classes with Tea.

As the school bell rang and everyone was leaving, Kaiba was headed towards his limo. Since he didn't have to go to the group today or have detention, he could finally get some work done at Kaiba Corp. Suddenly, he bumped into someone as he fell to the ground as papers went flying everywhere.

"Oh I'm sorry…" The girl said as she began to gather her papers.

Kaiba grabbed his briefcase. "What where you going next time." He hissed at the girl, who, in closer inspection, looked very familiar. "You!"

It was the same girl who was at the front desk. "Well…small world isn't it?" She smiled.

"You go to school here?" Kaiba asked.

"Yeah! Doesn't everyone who lives here?" She giggled.

"How did I not know…?" He muttered. He had made a point to at least know about the people who went to his school, especially Yugi, Joey, and the rest of the "geeks." Maybe she was overlooked as he mostly focused on the people he usually had to deal with.

"So…." She asked him. "Are you going to the dance?"

"No…I don't waste time on activities that are complete was of time." He said as he began to walk off.

"Odd…since you supplied the funds for the dance."

Kaiba stopped. "What!?"

"I just happen to be on the dance committee and I must say that it's looking pretty damn good." She smiled.

"I don't remember…" Kaiba eyes then narrowed, "Mokuba…"

"Mokuba?" She replied.

"My little brother." He explained. "He probably just did this just so I could go out…I must remember to ground him…"

"From the way I've seen you act, I supposed a little mingling would do you some good!" She grinned. "How about I set you up with-"

Kaiba interrupted, "Wait a minute, you're now setting me up with someone, and I don't even know your name?" Kaiba reminded.

"Oh, sorry. It's Debra! Debra Wilson!" She introduced extending her hand, but Kaiba turned away.

"Whatever…" He scoffed.

"But if you decide to go to the dance, you could meet my sister! She's around your age." She offered.

Kaiba didn't look back. "Sorry…I don't date...much less go one blind dates."

"Why not?"

"Because…"

"Because what?"

"Because…" Kaiba pondered, looking for the perfect reason. "Because dating's a complete waste of time! And don't say anything about marriage because we all know how it ends: For about a year it's all smiles, then comes the doubts, the mistrust, the fights, followed by the divorce and, if you're not lucky, child custody and alimony battles! You should know, seeing that you work at the place and possibly see people who have those problems!"

Debra sighed, "Fine, do whatever you want. But you do go, Kara will be dressed as Shadow Tamer." She informed.

Kaiba turned back towards her. "So Kara is her name…" He said.

Debra nodded, "She's a sweet girl and I think that she'll be good for you."

"We'll see…" Kaiba said as he walked out of the building, and towards his limo. As soon as he stepped in…

"Ohhh…looks like Captain Cold's got himself a date!" a familiar voice said.

Kaiba glared, instantly knowing who it was since the voice used to be his. "You..."

"Kaiba and Kara sitting in the tree!" Seto sang.

"Nothing's going to happen at the dance, which I'm not going to!" Kaiba declared.

"I don't think you have a choice. Remember?" Seto reminded.

"Right…Mokuba…" Kaiba's eyes narrowed. "That kid is so grounded…"

"Anyways, since you're going to the dance, you'll need a costume. So what'll it be? Lord of Dragons?"

"No…"

"Super Roboyaru?"

"No!"

"Mr. Volcano?"

"Not going to happen."

"Flame Swordsman?"

Kaiba glared at his younger self who just smiled innocently. "Are you trying to piss me off?"

"It's just a suggestion."

"Okay, how about Vampire Lord?" Seto suggested.

"Fine…" Kaiba muttered as the limo headed back to the mansion.

At the mall, or more importantly a costume shop, Arisa was standing outside a dressing room as she grew impatient.

"Come on Joey! A snail could've gotten here from school by the time you finished getting ready!" She complained.

"Keep yer shirt on!" Joey shouted out. "This costume's not easy to get into, ya know! Besides it was yer idea!"

"Oh how hard could it be to come out from it!" Arisa then grinned. "Maybe you're shy…come on what do you got to hide…"

"What!? Joey Wheella's got nuthin' to hide!" He snapped, going into his Brooklyn accent.

"Then show me your stuff, Jo-Jo!" Arisa crossed her arms.

The door opened as Joey stepped out. Black dress shoes, black slacks, white dress shirt with a black tie. With a black cape which was red on the inside to finish it off. Yep, he was dressed as Mr. Volcano. "Look at me. I look like a point dexter in this outfit!"

"You look like a sexy point dexter in this outfit." Arisa said silently.

"What was that?" Joey asked.

"Oh nothing…" Arisa smiled innocently as Joey walked back into the dressing room to change. "Don't take forever. I still have to get my shoes."

"Like you don't have an outfit to get!" Joey responded, but it was muffled from the door to the change room that was between the both of them.

"I already have mine in mind. Unlike you, some of us don't wait for the last minute." Arisa said.

"Alright, then who are you goin' as?" He asked.

"It's a surprise, but it sure as hell isn't Dark Magician Girl or Magician's Valkyria." She informed. Arisa was becoming irritated by the whole "Dark Magician Girl" thing. At first, she was flattered as she was her favorite Duel Monster. But lately it was becoming annoying with people asking "Are you going as Dark Magician Girl Arisa?" if not shouting, "Hey, it's Dark Magician Girl!" At one time she was considering cutting her hair or at least dying it to a different color. But she was so emotionally attached to her long blonde hair as she loved it so much. She then considered getting contacts to change her eye color from green to blue, or maybe purple but she has heard about color-changing contacts could possibly cause some infections to the eyes if it wasn't done the right way and. And mentioning Magician's Valkyria was just hiding from what they really meant to her.

"I'll find out!" Joey vowed, "You'll have to tell me sooner or later!"

"Which will be when I meet you all at the dance!" Arisa added as she smirked.

"Why can't we both go together? We're a couple aren't we?"

"Yeah…but…my costume's not finished yet!" Arisa said.

Joey stepped out, back in his usual white T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say that you were hiding something from me…"

"Must you be so suspicious?" Arisa blinked. "Don't you trust me?" She asked in a mock-hurt voice.

"Of course I do!" Joey stated. "It's that…" He sighed. "Sorry…"

Arisa giggled, "Now let's go so we can get my shoes, alright?" She placed an arm around his shoulder. "Those shoes Serenity had on the other day? I'd like a pair of those!"

"You only want those because she was wearing them when she kicked Kaiba in the balls." Joey snickered.

"That, and they'd so look cute on me, don't ya think Love?"

Nightfall came and thus the costume dance party began. Every student who was anyone was there. From the geeks, to the jocks, and even the weird and insane! However, there was only a few who haven't arrived at the dance…

The limo arrived as Kaiba, dressed in his Vampire Lord costume, stepped out.

"Keep the engine running." He said. "This won't take long…"

Kaiba walked in as he then looked around. Everyone was dressed as a Duel Monster, from the fat guy from the Just Deserts trap card to the hero from the trap card A Hero Emerges.

"She said she would be dressed as Shadow Tamer…" He said to himself as he browsed through the crowd. However, he was almost knocked down to the ground as Kaiba glared at the Flame Swordsman. "Wheeler if that's you? I'm gonna-"

"Excuse me?" The guy replied. He didn't have blonde hair blue green. And his eyes were grey, not brown. "I think you have me confused for someone else."

Kaiba growled as he walked away. "Where is she?" He exclaimed, growing impatient. He didn't really want to be here but Mokuba "convinced" him to come to the party. Then at least he could actually meet the girl Debra Wilson apparently set him up with.

"If Wilson stood me up and got me here for nothing I'll…" Kaiba stopped as she saw the girl: Long Blue hair, white, dark red, and gold dress, dark red gloves and thigh high boots with matching whip. Yep, it was Shadow Tamer alright. "So this must be her…" He said as he approached her. "Excuse me, are you Kara Wilson?"

The girl turned around with a smile. "Yes. Yes I am." She said sweetly as Kaiba then was in shock. "Is there something wrong?"

'Why does she seem so familiar to me?' Kaiba thought as he looked into her blue eyes. 'Where did I see her before?'

"Er…hello? Are you okay?" Kara asked the stunned CEO, who was at a complete loss for words.

So Kaiba meets his date, but why is he so freaked out after he sees her? It's not like she's ugly right? Also, since the person dressed as the Flame Swordsman wasn't Joey, who do you think he's going as, or will there be more than one Flame Swordsman showing up? Also, just who is Arisa going to dress up as? Find out in the next installment!