Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Things Change ❯ Joey and Arisa as Cupid? Kaiba's Shock! ( Chapter 14 )

And now, the main twist will be revealed…sort of…

LadySaturnGirl - It is somewhat odd, but then again, maybe Tea had it cut for some reason. We may never know.

Magicman/Smokegirl - Don't worry, she won't. If Arisa's going to do anything to Tea, it'll be positive.

Sanura-sama - Yes, indeed that having a tough life can make one person bitter.

"So what's the plan?" Joey asked on the phone as he, dressed in a pair of red gym shorts and a white T-shirt, made sure he had his stuff ready for the school. "You really plan on hooking Tea up with Yuge?"

"You got it!" Arisa said on the other end as she was preparing for bed. She was dressed in green boxer shorts and a white oversized T-shirt. "Hey, Yugi likes Tea right?"

"Right?"

"And you want Tea to focus her love on someone else, right?"

"Right?"

"So it's perfect!" Arisa pulled the covers to her full-size bed back as she then slipped under them. "That way Yugi will finally express his feelings for Tea. And Tea won't be a threat to our relationship anymore!"

"That's good." Joey said as he too went under the covers. "I gotta go before Ma finds out, gets pissed, and takes the phone from my room."

Arisa giggled, "Sure, night Joey!"

"Nite Risa!"

Arisa placed the phone back on the hook as she then turned off the lamp. 'Tea my girl, after we get through with you, you'll never bother us again…'

…

The next day, Kaiba decided to arrive at school early for some unknown reason that he's wondering about himself. His optimistic conscience was probably to blame.

"Kaiba!"

Kaiba looked back just to see Kara, carrying her bag. "What do you want?"

"I just want to say that if you need to talk to anyone about anything, especially things that you can't say at the Y-" She stated.

"'I'll be there for you!' Look, I heard the same song and dance a million times and it never works!"

"It's really hard to open up, isn't it?"

"You have no idea…" Kaiba muttered as he walked away.

"Did your parents died when you were little?" Kara asked as the CEO then stopped. Where was she going with this!

"That's none of your business…" He sneered.

"My parents died, too…when I was only 12…" Kara took off her Millennium Cross and showed it to Kaiba. "This was the last thing my mother gave to me before she died. She said, 'Kara, as long as you hold this, I will always be there with you.'"

"Let me guess: Your mother was an archeologist in Egypt, right?" Kaiba smirked, now knowing where she was going with this.

"No, actually my dad was." Kara said. "He gave this necklace to my mother, who then passed it down to me. She said that my father wanted her to give it to me on my 16th birthday. But it wasn't meant to be…that's why I got it when I was 12."

"So your parents…past away at that time?" Kaiba asked.

"Yes…then there were the Wilsons who adopted me." Kara explained.

"So Debra isn't really your sister?"

"Yes…and no. She's my half sister."

"I see…" Kaiba said as they continued to talk for the next 15 minutes. Soon, they arrived at Kaiba's homeroom class. "I must go. I have to find out about my grade for the paper I wrote." He explained.

"Okay!" Kara smiled. "I'll be…seeing you around later?"

A slight smile formed on Kaiba's face. "We'll see…" He said as he walked into the classroom, then thought to himself. 'Why am I opening up to her? It's not like I actually like her right? …Right?" He sighed. "My conscience will never let me hear the end of it now…the annoying vermin he is…"

"I heard that!" Seto's child-like voice said behind Kaiba. Much to his frustration.

Kara watched the CEO enter the classroom as she smiled to herself. "Maybe Kaiba isn't the biggest prick in the world…" She said before she walked towards the direction of her homeroom class.

"Hey Yugi!"

Yugi turned around and saw the blonde couple. "Oh, hey guys!"

"I have a question I've been meanin' to ask ya Yuge." Joey explained, "How'd you feel about Tea?"

"Oh no…" Yugi sighed, knowing where they were going with this. He shouldn't known that it would be a matter of time before everyone knew about how he felt about Tea, even Tea herself. And now they were trying to get Tea together with him for a

"Come on Yugi, tell us!" Arisa placed an arm around Yugi's shoulders.

"Don't you guys have other things to do?" Yugi asked.

"Course not!" Joey answered, "What you need to do is to tell her yer feelin's. Otherwise it'll be too late."

"One, there's nothing wrong with the way I'm taking things! And two, I already know about how she feels about me! She sees me as a friend, nothing more! She likes you Joey!"

"Please don't remind me…" Arisa rolled her eyes.

Joey sighed, "I know already, she and Tristan both told me about it." He said as he then told Yugi the whole story.

"Poor Tea…" Yugi said, feeling sorry for her rejection. "But…for her sake, could you keep from being that close?"

"What?" Arisa's eyes went wide. "But that's not-"

"I'm not saying that you should keep your relationship a secret. But don't just shove it in her face." Yugi stated, concerned for Tea's feelings.

"Alright Yuge, we'll just keep it to just holdin' hands and huggin'." Joey assured.

"Yeah…" Arisa nodded, but then smiled. "Say…how's about we all go out together! You and Tea, and Joey and me!"

"But what about Tristan?" Yugi reminded as Joey nervously chuckled.

"Well…heheh…about that…"

"I AM GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU STUPID SPIKE HEAD!" They all heard the loud booming voice of Tea as Tristan could be seen, running from Tea who happened to have a metal baseball bat in her hand.

"Thanks a lot you guys!" Tristan sneered at Joey and Arisa as Tea, a bit close, swung the bat at him. Fortunately he managed to duck and avoid being clocked.

Yugi looked at the blonde couple. "You told Tea?"

"Yeah…" Joey sighed. "But you've should've seen her yesterday!"

"Lil' Miss Peppy and Perky snapped!" Arisa added.

"Which was in a way your fault, by the way…" Joey reminded.

"Don't tell me you're on her side!" Arisa complained.

"I'm not on anyone's side." Joey sighed. "I just want this whole thing dealt with."

Arisa sighed. "Me too…"

Kaiba was at his desk as he saw his critique sheet on the table. Joey, Kaiba, and Yugi shared the same homeroom which was also their English class. With one look, he saw that the points he has received for his essay added up to be a 96! Kaiba was a bit startled. He had expected to get a 100, but it didn't matter. "At least I have the highest score in the class." He then looked at the desk in front of him. It was Joey's. He didn't know why, but he just had the idea to see just what Joey managed to get this time. "Probably a 63 or worse…know how much of an idiot he is…" He grabbed the paper off the desk as he then heard the sound of a voice being cleared behind him.

"Looking at another student's test result, are we Mr. Kaiba?" A female's voice said behind him as Kaiba looked back. She had shoulder-length red hair as she wore a blue business suit. Her arms were crossed as she had a seriously suspicious look on her face.

"I'm just curious. Seeing that Wheeler's scores are usually so low, it's a wonder how he's passing…" Kaiba said as he looked at the test anyway. Much to his shock, it was a 78. "Looks like Wheeler got lucky, as usual…"

The teacher sighed, "It's a shame really… Joey Wheeler is wasting so much potential."

Kaiba scoffed, "Potential for what? To be a dropout and end up on the streets making a living in street fights for money run by a shady character who practically owns the city? With his inferior mind, I wouldn't be surprised."

"On the contrary Mr. Kaiba, you'd be surprised indeed about Mr. Wheeler." She said as she sat down in her desk, placing her bag on the desk's surface.

"Like what?"

"Like Joey could've made a higher grade than a 78 if he wanted too."

"Hah, Like what?"

"A 98!"

Kaiba eyes went wide! "You're kidding right?"

Who would've thought? Joey Wheeler, actually somewhat of a genius? Well, in this story he is. Don't like, too bad! Anyway, that was only part of the twist. Also, what do Joey and Arisa have in store for Tea and Yugi? Find out in next chapter.

Also a note: The yet-to-be-started "The Joe(y) Schmo Show!" will be put on hold. The reason is that it just came to my attention that script format is not allowed on Fan I'm thinking about making the story exclusive to Media , but then again maybe I could possibly do so in normal formatting. Also, "Spira's Tournament" will be on hold, too. The reason why is because of writer's block on that subject. I already have the plot in mind. The problem is how to build up to it. I'm also going to start another new story to make it up for the lack of both of them which will also be featured at Media :

Vendetta:

After being betrayed for the last time, Joey says "to hell with it" and leaves Domino. Two years have passed as Yugi and co. finally gets a lead to where he is: New York City. Based on EA Sports' Def Jam Vendetta and the upcoming Def Jam: Fight for New York.

Speaking of Media This story will be posted there, and also, to make it up for not posting the damn story there when I started it in the first place, will have an exclusive chapter (Guilty conscience, I know.). It'll be mostly filler, with nothing major that affects the story. Probably will be just Joey/Arisa fluff.