Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Things Change ❯ Costumes, Arguments, and Handcuffs ( Chapter 10 )

Sorry for taking, like, forever to update, but I had other stories I was working on. Again I apologize.

Angel-Belle - Nice guess, but are you right? Find out for yourself in this chapter.

Magicman/Smokegirl - For Arisa's costume, I think you'll be surprised.

Sanura-sama - Don't worry, you'll find out in this chapter.

LadySaturnGirl - Well that theory is true, some guys could act that way over trivial matters (I'm a guy I should know.).

Disclaimer, just incase I need to do so: I don't own anything that has to do with Yugioh with the exception of my OCs (Arisa, Kara, etc.) and whatever fake cards I might make in this or any of my current and future stories.

"What…the heck?" Joey asked his girlfriend, confused about her costume.

"Well hello Joey!" Arisa chirped as she twirled around in her costume. She had managed to change the color of her hair from blonde to a dark purple, but kept a few blonde "streaks." She was wearing Dark Magician Girl's Dress and holding the wand, but they were white and pink instead of blue and pink and she was had Dunames Dark Witch's chest armor as it showed a bit of cleavage, as well as her white boots, gloves and wings. Finally, the Dark Magican Girl's hat was also White and Pink but Dunames Dark Witch's crown was underneath it. "What'd ya think?" She modeled for him. "You like?"

"Who…what are ya supposed to be?" Joey asked.

"All this just because she showed some cleavage?" Tristan asked, dumbfounded by the way the other guys were acting. "It's just showing the top of her breasts, get a grip guys!"

"Well…I decided to do something different. Okay, I'd admit that I was considering going as Dark Magician Girl, but I also wanted to go as Dunames Dark Witch so I decided to do something no one else though of doing: Combining both ideas into one!

Tea, wondering what was the commotion about, overheard Arisa's explanation. "What are you supposed to be?" She said a bit coldly. It was already bad enough that Arisa had the guy that should've been hers, now she's was taking away whatever time she could have with Joey, let alone when she was going to tell him how she felt.

Arisa slightly glared at Tea. "I'm supposed to be Dark Magician Girl, but then again, I'm supposed to be Dunames Dark Witch! So I put two and two together and came up with this outfit! Just call me Dunames Dark Magician Witch!" She noticed Tea skeptical expression. "Okay, so I dressed up as one of the new cards Pegasus plan on releasing. You'd know about them too if you went online often!" Arisa admitted, "But still, I do look pretty good, right?"

"As good as a root canal…" Tea mumbled under her breath as Arisa posed with the staff, much to the admiration of Joey and Tristan, who then remembered his date, Serenity.

"Guys, I gotta get back to-" Tristan was then interrupted as he saw his Command Angel, who was dancing with a certain "Dice Boy," who was dressed as Armed Ninja. "I don't think so Devlin!" Tristan snapped as he stormed over and pushed him out of the way so he could dance with Serenity.

"Remind me to kill them both later…" Joey muttered, thinking about how they're putting Serenity into the middle of their scuffles which were making her feel rather uncomfortable.

His thoughts were interrupted as Arisa pulled him onto the dance floor. "So who are you supposed to be? I don't think that James Bond is a Duel Monster." She snickered.

"You don't recognize me? I'm the trap card Sand Gambler!"

"Why didn't you dress up as the Flame Swordsman?" Arisamock-whined.

"The same reason you didn't want to be Dark Magician Girl!" Joey said.

"You don't look anything like the Flame Swordsman!"

"But everyone always think that I'm going to dress up as Flame Swordsman, so I decided to try something different. Besides, I thought you'd like to see a guy in a tux!"

Arisa giggled, "True…"

Tristan, in mid-dance, noticed the sad expression on Tea's face, who held her hat and wig in her hand. He looked back towards Serenity. "I'll be back in a bit."

She nodded. "Okay Tristan. But do you want me to come along and help?"

"Thanks but no thanks Serenity. It's a private matter."

Serenity nodded, "I understand."

Tristan walked over to his friend. "What's wrong Tea? Did you tell him?" He asked.

"I didn't even get the chance…" Tea said, partially teary-eyed.

"Well…it's my fault. If I haven't had dragged Joey to Arisa, you would've told her."

Tea sighed, but how am I suppose to tell him how I feel when she's leeching onto him?" Tea said.

"Hey, use her name!"

"How am I supposed to tell him how I feel when Arisa's leeching onto him?

"Say it more nicely."

Tea sighed in frustration. "How am I supposed to tell him how I feel when Arisa's with him?"

"You just have to tell him some other way? How about by email?" Tristan suggested, even though he already told Joey!

"Tristan, things like this can't be just explained by email." Tea explained.

"Then why did you tell me by email?"

Tea sighed, "Tristan, it's easier to tell you and Yugi because we're just friends. But it's harder to tell Joey because…umm…well…it's just…well…it just is!"

"Okay Tea, calm down…"

"Like you know what it's like to be in love?" Tea snapped, then realized what she just said. "Tristan, I am so sorry. I-"

"Don't worry about it. I'd probably be the same way…" Tristan sighed, remembering his situation with Serenity and Duke.

"Don't play dumb with me Ishizu! I caught one of your employees trying to convince me by dressing up as that woman from my vision! No, I won't calm down! And I'm going to tell you this for one last time: I DON'T BELEVE IN THAT HOCUS POCUS BULLSHIT!"

"Don't believe in what?" A familiar voice asked as Kaiba looked down as he then glared.

"Mallovic…how long have your been standing here?"

"Long enough to know that you're going crazy, Kaiba-Boy!" She simply said as she treated herself with a cup of fruit punch.

"Hmph, where's Wheeler? You two geeks are so up each other's asses it's hard to tell who begins and who ends!"

"IF you must know, Joey's in the restroom." Arisa took a sip out of the punch. "Tasted a lot better with the sherbert ice cream, that's for sure…" She commented on the punch. "Oh, would you by any chance know why Kara's so upset?"

"You mean that blue-haired phony?" Kaiba asked icily.

Arisa glared at Kaiba. "I knew you had something to do with it! When there's someone in a bad mood, Seto Kaiba's not too far behind! All she wanted to do was just to get to know ya, and you pulled this crap about her being hired by some lady name 'Shizo' or whatever her name was." She sighed. "You know, I almost feel sorry for you…almost."

"Save your pity for the weak, like you…" Kaiba crossed his arms.

"So what are you doing here anyway? Don't you 'have a company to run?'" Arisa mocked in the same cold tone as Kaiba.

"I was here to meet someone, god knows why I agreed to it, but it turned out to be a complete waste of my time." Kaiba simply said.

"Funny…that's exactly the same thing Kara said about you." Arisa said as she filled up another cup of punch which, as one could guess, was for Joey.

"What?" Kaiba glared. How dare she say that he, Seto Kaiba, the Seto Kaiba, was a waste of time? He made more money this month than she'll make in 3 years! He's done more things by the age of 16 than she'll ever do by the age of 60! The nerve of her!

"That's right...She thought that her sister had set her up with a nice guy. But instead it turned out to be you, Rich Boy."

"You're starting to sound more like Wheeler each day…" Kaiba said.

"I doubt it. Otherwise I'd have a Brooklyn Accent." Arisa scoffed. "And you're supposed to be smart? Doubt it!" She then grabbed the two cups. "Now if you excuse me, I have to meet my boyfriend. Later Dracula!"

"Good riddance…talking to a little girl like you is a complete waste of my time." Kaiba muttered as he watched Arisa walk off.

Arisa tensed at the "little girl" comment. She wasn't extremely short, as far as teen girls go. Only about 5'4½, but she was somewhat sensitive to that. Through her earlier childhood, people have always made fun of her height, or lack thereof. She knew she was short, but she didn't need it to be thrown into her face, much less by Kaiba, the devil himself.

She walked to the restroom doors and stood near the door to the men's room.

After about a few seconds, Joey walked out as he adjusted his jacket. "Hey 'Risa, what's up?"

"Here's your drink." Arisa gave Joey his cup, which he then drunk it down, all in one breath, much to her shock. "You didn't have to drink it all down like that."

"I was thirsty." Joey said. "So what happened while I was on the John?"

"I ran into Kara, who was in a lousy mood. Then I ran into Kaiba."

"What did Moneybags want with you?" Joey asked.

"Actually I spoke to him first, who was yelling about not believing in, as he said, 'that hocus pocus bullshit.'"

Joey sighed, "That again…"

Arisa blinked, "You know what he's talking about."

"It's a long story…"

"I have time…"

Following that night, the weekend was what you'd expect from teenagers: A time of fun and happiness. But we're going to fast forward to Monday as that's where the story continues.

"Joey, come on!" Arisa said impatiently as Joey was closing his locker door.

"Alright, I'm coming already! Keep yer shirt on!" Joey said as he picked up his bag. "No way am I going to be late! Not this time."

"That's good!" Arisa nodded as she grabbed his arm.

"Nothing's gonna stop me today!" Joey said confidently as the couple proceeded to head out the building.

"JOEY!"

"Oh no…" Joey sighed. He should've known that as soon as he said that, something like this would've happened.

Arisa rolled her eyes. "What do you want, Tea?"

"I need to talk to you Joey!" She said to her friend.

"Not now Tea! We need to go home to get changed, then we have to go to the YMCA building." Joey simply said. "Whatever it is can wait!"

"No, it can't wait!" Tea declared as she narrowed her eyes.

"Sure it can! Tell me tomorrow." Joey said as he and Arisa was about to walk off, but Tea grabbed his arm.

"No! Then it'll be the same thing tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that! You're going to listen to what I have to say, and you're going to listen now!"

"I'll see you later Tea." Joey said as he tried to walk off, but he felt a metallic-like band wrap around his wrist. He looked down, "The hell?"

"You forced me to do this Joey Wheeler." Tea said as she placed on the other cuff on her wrist. "I've been trying to tell you something, but you've been distracted by her." She glanced at Arisa who glared at her back. "Now wherever you two go, I won't be far behind."

"You do have the keys to the handcuffs, right?" Joey asked.

Tea blinked. The handcuffs were originally going to be a last resort for her to get Joey to finally listen, so she didn't bother getting the key as she thought that she wasn't going to use them, but Joey ignoring her had pushed her. But now she was wishing that she never had those handcuffs in the first place. "Well…I…"

"Smooth move Tea…" Arisa said dryly. "I was hoping to change out of my uniform…" She scoffed, "Like that's going to happen now without us being late."

"Well sor-ry!" She retorted, then remembered. "Wait! The key to the cuffs is on my desk at home. If we go to my place and grab the key, maybe you guys will make it!"

"No time. You know how the streets are when school's out!" Joey reminded. " The only way I see us getting out of the handcuffs, changing, then going to the YMCA building is to call someone to give us a ride home and there. The only people we know that can do so are our parents who're probably at work, and there's no way in hell Kaiba's going to help us."

"Well, do you have a better idea?" Arisa asked, becoming annoyed with the situation.

"We could call a cab!" Joey suggested.

"I don't think that we have enough money to cover a trip to each of our houses, then to the YMCA building." Arisa said then sighed. "This would've been avoided if you haven't used the fucking cuffs Tea!"

"Well it's the only way to get Joey's attention without you leeching on to him so much I can't even say hello to him!" Tea snapped back at the shorter blonde.

"Will you two calm down?" Joey asked, feeling a migraine coming. "We don't need this right now! Not in the situation we're in." Joey ponders, "To the cafeteria!"

"How can you think of food at a time like this?" Arisa asked.

"Nope, I have an idea." Joey said as he, Arisa, and - without any choice - Tea headed for the Cafeteria. Joey glanced down on the cuff that was on his arm. Tea hardly placed it on tight, but he knew he couldn't slide out from them. At least not without a bit of help…

"Please let it be open let it be open…" He hope to himself at the got nearer and nearer. But to their dismay, the door which led to the Cafeteria was found to be locked. "Damn it!"

"What was your plan Joey?" Tea asked.

"I was going to go to the back, dip my hand into butter, and slide my hand out of the handcuffs." Joey explained. "I figured that I'd scratch myself, maybe even severely. But at least we'll get out of the cuffs."

Arisa sighed, "Now what are we going to do…?"

Joey and Arisa were doing so well, but then Tea just had to butt in with her handcuffs. Now it appears that Joey is stuck with Tea. Will they find a way to get the handcuffs off, or will they have to go to the group with Tea along for the ride. Also, expect a twist in the upcoming chapters!