Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Things Change ❯ To Duel? Or Not To Duel? ( Chapter 20 )

Let's get this chapter started! I know that it's kinda short, but this is just to set up for something big. There will be a sequel to this story, and it will feature a new OOC deck type I'm creating.

MagicmanSmokegirl - Basically Kaibaman's a Blue Eyes version of Red Eyes Black Chick: Tribute it to Special Summon Blue Eyes White Dragon from your hand.

cherry-star-aus - Pretty much. First of all, I thought of him as a Super Hero.

burner the echidna - Here's the next chapter, right after several months.

 

Chapter 19: To Duel? Or Not To Duel!

 

“I dunno… should I have accept his challenge?” Joey took a sigh as and Arisa were walking away from the YMCA building, with Practice canceled and all. Back to school, as one would assume, to perhaps start on their video project!

 

“Honestly, I would love to see you actually beat Kaiba.” Arisa said, with a hint of disappointment in her voice. “But it's your decision. I mean if the tables were turned, would you show me the same respect?”

 

“Well at least we could get started on our video project.” He stated. “But what can we do. We're supposed to come up with some Public Service announcement. One that's like supposed to make the community better. Good luck!”

 

“How about a `say no to drugs' campaign?” Arisa suggested.

 

“Done too much. And yet, people still get high!” Joey explained. “How about something about Violence?”

 

“Ooooor…We can do something like, let's say, the importance of keeping one's cool!”

 

“We can think later.” Joey stretched his arms out. “Right now, I wanna just relax and have a strawberry smoothie! And no, I don't know how to make one!” Joey said accusingly to Arisa.

 

“I never said anything about you making one!” Arisa said in a `you did it to yourself' type of voice.

 

“Whatever…you wanna go to the Arcade?” He asked.

 

“Sure?” She shrugged. “Beats hangin' around at home doing nothing!”

 

The two walked on, with their destination being to the popular arcade! Maybe that's where the gang might be. However…

 

“Wheeler…”

 

“Eh?” Joey stopped at the sound of the voice, the all too familiar voice.

 

“Wheeler…”

 

The voice taunted again as the two now look for the source of the voice. They didn't have to look that far, as up above, a blimp flew above them, with a screen on the side of the balloon showing the face of the CEO himself.

 

“What's wrong Wheeler? Can't you know when your master is calling you little doggie?” Kaiba taunted on the big screen, which wasn't doing Joey any favors, seeing that people were around in the city at this hour. “Or are you afraid just like the scared little puppy dog that you are! You're not a man Wheeler! You're not a real man! Otherwise you would've at least shown that you have a set of balsl and accept my challenge!”

 

“Oh lord…” Arisa sighed as Joey shook his head.

 

“Doesn't he know that `no' means no?” Joey asked, annoyed.

 

“Well you gotta give him credit for being persistent.” The blonde girl admitted as Kaiba continued.

 

“You're pathetic Wheeler! A waste of time and money! You're just a 3rd Rate hack of an amateur that should be bowing before my feet, licking my boots! So I can see why you're so scared! Afraid that I'm going to crush you, just like at Duelist Kingdom, just like at Battle City! Even on my worst day and on your best day you couldn't come even close to beating me! You're better off putting on a dog suit and becoming my bitch, because that's the only thing you'll ever be good for!”

 

At this point, people were beginning to stare at Joey, the one whose manhood was being put in question. His eyes narrowed as he simply said to them, “I'm not dueling him! Kaiba can bitch as much as he wants but that still won't make me duel him! Hell, it's shit like this that's going to make me not want to duel him even more! The only reason why Kaiba wants to duel me was because I let him win! Otherwise he'd say that I'm not even worth his time, knowing `em! So therefore, I'm not duelin' his white-callah'd ass!” And with that statement, Joey walked off with Arisa, who just sighed. “Why can't you just duel him to shut him up…” She asked silently.

 

After they were a few blocks away from the intruding eyes, Joey let out a sigh. “I'm gonna head home…At least I'll have some privacy…”

 

“Want me to come with, Babe?” Arisa asked.

 

“Sure, I could use the company.” Joey shrugged, but then remembered the discussion Tea and the rest had with them after his last duel. “Better invite the guys over.”

 

Arisa took out a silver cell phone from her jacket pocket and gave it to Joey. “You better be the one to call her.” She said. “I doubt that she'd welcome a call from me.”

 

“Okay…but you guys need to get along, and I mean soon!” Joey declared, tired of their rivalry, as he took the phone and proceeded to dial Tea's cell.

 

“Don't worry, we will…” Arisa sighed. “One of us will become mature some day…”

 

“Let's hope `some day' equals to `real soon…'” Joey waited as he heard the ring tone, until…

 

“Hello?”

 

“Tea? Is that you?” Joey asked, as in addition to the voice, he heard loud music as well as other voices. The voice in question wasn't the one he came accustomed to. This voice sounded rather rushed.

 

“No, it's not Tea! She's busy defending her title as the Queen of DDR!”

 

“Okay then, whoever this is, what are ya doing with her phone? Y'know that stealin' illegal, right?”

 

“Joey, are you saying that you don't remember me?” The voice asked, with a mixture of both sadness and annoyance.

 

“Uh…no! Though your voice does sound a bit familiar…” The blonde admitted as Arisa watched on, an eyebrow raised!

 

`Is this another girl I have to deal with?' She wondered.

 

“Familiar? Familiar? We went to the same school and your partner in crime had a crush on me, and all you can say is that my voice sounds familiar? God what is wrong with you? It's me, Melody, you idiot!”

 

“BACK THE FUCKING SOUL TRAIN UP, IS THAT YOU MELODY?” Joey screamed, now realizing whom the person on the phone was. He hasn't seen her for months and now she was back.

 

“Duh!”

 

Joey managed to regain his composure from his shock. Shock of talking to someone whom he hasn't seen in months, many months! “So, who else knows that yer back, besides Taye?”

 

“If I know Tristan, he's probably running as fast as he can to see me!”

 

“Doubt it!” Joey said with a bit of bitterness in his voice “I almost wish he was! Instead of trying to pick up on my sista!”

 

“What?”

 

“It's a long story!” Joey's eyes then narrowed, thinking about Tristan hitting on Serenity for the 37th time. “So, when you guys get done, why don't you guys head over to my place?”

 

“Joey…I don't know where you live.”

 

“Taye knows.” He informed her. “Just ask `er.”

 

“Okay…but you're going to tell me about Tristan's new crush!”

 

“Why'd you care alluva sudden? I thought you liked Bakura!”

 

“We'll talk about it when we're at your place. We'll bring Yugi along, too,” She says.

 

“Okay. Lata!” With a click of the button, Joey ended the call and handed the phone back to the shorter blonde, who looked at him.

 

“Joey, who is she?” She asked.

 

“An old friend,” He simply said but then blinked. “Come to think of it, she's more Téa's friend than all of ours.”

 

`Uh oh…' Arisa let out a silent sigh. If Melody was anything like Tea, then she would definitely not be getting along with her. She would invite Kara just incase she found herself double-teamed but she had to study for her exams. Hopefully the boys could keep the peace.

 

Wheelers' Apartment

 

The couple made it to the front of the apartment. However, they were met with an unexpected guest… an unexpected depressed guest.

 

“Hey Tristan?” Arisa blinked.

 

“What up, man?” Joey asked, noticing the worried expression on his face.

 

“Hey Joey?” Tristan asked. “You know where Yugi is, right?”

 

“Nah, no idea. In fact Me…” Joey stopped, deciding to let Tristan be surprise of the return of his original crush. “Why don't you just head for the arcade?”

 

“It's not that I'm looking for him. It's him that's looking for you!”

 

“Me?” Joey blinked. “Why?”

 

“Let me give you a hint, Joey: He has his deck good and ready to go.”

 

The blonde boy sighed, “Oh lord, don't tell me he wants to duel me. Look, I'm already having enough problems with trying to get Kaiba to leave me alone without Yugi trying to-”

 

“Joey…” Arisa interrupted him with a reminder. “Maybe he wants to…y'know… enter the you-know-what?”

 

“…” Joey's response was blank. “You're kidding me…”

 

“That's what I thought at first, but he's serious. Yugi's really interested in those underground duels you were in.” The brunette explained.

 

“Yeah, but Tristan they're dangerous. I mean seriously, these guys have rules that basically state `Duel or Die.'”

 

“That's what I told him! But he wants to go! Face it Joey, when there's a duel, Yugi wants to be there.”

 

“Tristan's right, Joey! Looks like you guys are going to duel.” Arisa added her opinions.

 

With a sigh, Joey shook his head. “One, I'm not dueling. And two, I'll do it, but Yugi's gonna have to leave his Necklace at home. Those guys would be on it faster than wolves on a slab of meat.”

 

“Okay Joey, but promise me that you're not going to get into any fights. You might have mellowed out a bit, but you're still prone to fighting.”

 

“Fine, I'll be careful. But if they make one move…”

 

“There you are!”

 

The three teens turn around to see Yugi, dressing very differently from his usual outfits. He was wearing a blue Rockawear jersey, baggy blue jeans, and white jeans. Save for a white visor and, of course, the Millennium Puzzle around his neck. Needless to say, all three pairs of eyes were wide. “ S'up?”

 

“Er…Yuge?” Joey asked. “…Is that you?”

 

“Yeah, Joey! So let's go!” Yugi said, still cheerful but somewhat in a demanding voice.

 

“Eh? Are you sure you up for this?”

 

“What do you mean? Are you saying that I'm not tough enough for this?” Yugi accused.

 

Joey held his hand up in defense. “Easy now, I'm just saying that this isn't like any other duelin' tournament like Duelist Kingdom or Battle City. I mean, these are people who are ready to kick yer ass, or worse, and I don't mean in Duel Monstas' either.

 

“Hey, I have Yami to protect me!” Yugi reminded his friend about the Millennium Puzzle's power.

 

“Don'cha think that we should have a duel without the Millennium Puzzle being involved for once? No offense, to the Pharaoh.”

 

“None taken…” Yugi sighed as he now thought about it as a whole. He was carrying real gold and the last thing he wanted to do was to cause a ruckus, not because of what they'd do to him, but what Yami might do. The last thing he wanted was to scare everyone because an attacker had to be mind crushed to the Shadow Realm. With a sigh of reluctance, Yugi went to remove the Puzzle from his neck. “Here Tristan, hold on to this.”

 

Tristan felt the puzzle being placed in his hands as he had a look of confusion on his face. “Are you sure?”

 

“Sure, I trust you!” Yugi nodded before turning to Joey. “Okay Joey, let's go!”

 

“Sure, but you know that there's going to be an Ante rule, right?” The blonde asked his shorter friend.

 

“Of course. It'll be like Battle City again.” Yugi reminded, being as optimistic as always as the two said their goodbyes to their friends before leaving. However, they did not notice that someone was watching him. Someone who feigned reading a newspaper was standing near them. Someone who just smirked as he moved the paper down from his face…

 

“So Wheeler's going to a tournament…” Kaiba smirked as he watched his enemy and his friend leave. “And according to the hack, it's supposed to be as dangerous as Battle City. If anything, they're probably spouting that `Hocus Pocus' bullshit Ishizu's been preaching.”

 

The CEO walked back to his limo. He was going to follow them and then, he was going to make Wheeler duel him, whether he liked it or not. And then he was going to crush him like the 3rd-rate hack of a chump he was. Nobody makes Seto Kaiba look like a charity case and gets away with it…

 

 

Next Chapter, we take a look at the underground dueling. What awaits Joey and Yugi…well… just Yugi. Joey already knows. Also, Kaiba goes to follow them, but what'll happen when he sees what he sees?

 

As I mentioned, there will be a sequel to this. For those who just want to know what the sequel is and don't care that you're spoiled, I'll post it in my profile page. If you want to talk more about it, email me. But if you're one 2 percent who only needs a small spoiler to hold them over until the story's completion, then I have two words for you: Sin City. …Oh whom I'm kidding, you're going straight to my bios page, are ya?