Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Yu-Gi-Oh: After-lives ❯ Engagements ( Chapter 1 )

MrsJoey Wheeler: Ohmigod! It's Chapter One! YES! Score! I got it on! I've been waiting for this day!

 

Joey: (*Bored*) Whatever

 

Jami: Stop it, Joey. I'm happy for her.

 

MrsJoey Wheeler: Why thank you Jami

 

Jami: You're welcome Mrs. Wheeler

 

Yugi: So weird…

 

MrsJoey Wheeler: (*giggles*) Yugi, if you must know why we're so weird, then-

 

Yami: Don't give anything away now!

 

Tristan: What's going to….hey tell me!!

 

MrsJoey Wheeler: (*With her hands over her mouth*) I can't! It'll give too much away to the readers.

 

Serenity: Oh, Tristan….your so dense sometimes…

 

Téa: Will you guys just shut up so they can read the chapter!!!!!!??????

 

MrsJoey Wheeler: (*Taking an aspirin now*) Yes; please…

 

Rebecca: Oh, oh! Can I do the disclaimer????

 

MrsJoey Wheeler: Sure Rebecca.

 

Yugi: When'd she get here? (*anime sweat drop*)

 

Joey: She's a guest in the next chapter

 

Jami: And my…

 

MrsJoey Wheeler: SSSHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't give it away!!!!!

 

Jami: (**sweatdrop**) Opps…

 

Rebecca: Okay. MrsJoey Wheeler does not own Yu-Gi-Oh. She owns the characters that she adds to make her story. Was that good?

 

MrsJoey Wheeler & Jami: Great

 

Tristan: Now enjoy Chapter one: Engagements

 

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Yu-Gi-Oh: After-lives

Chapter One- Engagements

 

 

Joey, Yugi and Tristan were playing a game off duel monsters at Tristan's apartment. It was their first year of college. All of them (Yugi, Téa, Joey, Tristan, Jami) had passed High School and all of them went to the same school.

 

All three couples were still together and they're had lots of Couple's Nights (Tuesday & Saturday nights). Jami and Joey lived in together in a penthouse on the 8th floor of the Tory Inc. building. Yugi and Téa saw each other everyday, but were planning to get an apartment together soon. Serenity was in her last year of High School and she spent time with Tristan when he picked her up after school.

 

The girls didn't know that the boys were planning on “popping the question” (actually questions) during Easter Sunday Church; but the guys didn't know the girls were planning on staying after, with them, and singing a song to them. The girls were hoping that their special declaration of love would convince the boys to ask.

 

Tristan and Yugi were dueling while Joey talked on the phone with the Reverend of the church him, Jami, and Serenity go to every Sunday. It had been Serenity's idea for them to go to church together. She was a little tired of sitting with hers and Joey's mom and loved to go to Jami's church, which is “their” church now.

 

“Yeah…uhuh…yeah…thanks Rev…uhuh…ya, you too…bye,” was what Joey conversation sounded like to the other boys. Joey put his cell phone on the coffee table.

 

“He said that we can do it and he'll bless us after they accept,” Joey said as Yugi took 1800 life points from Tristan.

 

“What if they, or one of them, doesn't?” Yugi asked, clearly worried if Téa would accept his proposal.

 

“Hey Yug,” Joey said as he put a hand on his friend's shoulder, “Don't worry too much about Téa. She was your friend, during which she crushed on you a lot. And when you asked her out, she wouldn't stop smiling. It was because she waited so long for you to so it. She loves you so much that you won't even be able to say “Will you marry me?””

 

“Yeah, Yugi; Joey's right. Stop worrying,” Tristan said as he played a trap card to counter Yugi's next attack.

 

“Thanks guys,” Yugi said as he continued to blush. He loved Téa with all his heart and soul and he knew she felt the same.

 

“I'm picking up Serenity's ring tomorrow,” Tristan said as he took his turn, “I've got it paid off already.”

 

“How much did it cost you?” Joey asked as Tristan played a monster with 1900 attack points.

 

“About $570. It's really nice; the sales woman helped me pick it out,” Tristan answered as he had his monster attack one of Yugi's and took 300 points.

 

“Téa's ring cost me about $895. I've got three months of payments left on it,” Yugi said as he began his turn.

 

“Hey, Joey, how much was Jami's?” Tristan asked as he looked away from the duel he was losing.

 

“$1199,” Joey answered as he watched Yugi play Dark Magician.

 

“$1199!!!???” Yugi and Tristan yelled as the slammed their hands on the table.

 

“Jami's dad gave me the money. He heard that Jami wanted the same ring I wanted to buy her, so he gave me the money. I couldn't have afforded it otherwise,” Joey said as Tristan lost the duel to Yugi, again. So far that week, Tristan had won only one game. That one was against Joey.

 

“Well, at least we're all set for this Sunday,” Tristan said as he put his deck away.

 

“Three days guys,” Yugi said.

 

Joey and Tristan fr0ze; they hated when Yugi did that. Counted down days to something, important or not.

 

“Yug, stop doing that!” Joey yelled as Yugi blushed and Tristan threw an empty pop can at him. Tristan and Joey knew that for Yugi that it would be the most perfect scenario ever. He and Téa were best friends for years; they dated for a while, were going to get engaged, get married, and stay together forever.

 

“Let's go over Sunday again,” Tristan said quickly.

 

“Okay,” Joey sat down next to Yugi and they went over their plan.

 

 

On the other side of campus, the girls were at Téa's dorm room. Her room mate was out, so the girls were alone. Jami's Westlife CD was playing the first track while the girls did each other's hair and put together what they were going to wear in three days.

 

“I can't wait to move in with Yugi! We found this perfect apartment!” Téa said as she secured a braid on Jami's head.

 

“Living with your boyfriend makes you get to know them a lot better, Téa. Are you sure you want to go through that?” Jami asked as she admired her hair. Téa had put Jami's long, think, brown hair in two braids on each side of her head. Then she put them in circles so Jami's ears were hidden inside.

 

“Yeah; I love him. I should know everything about him…right?” Téa asked worriedly.

 

“If you really want to, Téa. Living with him you'll find out a lot more about him. Sometimes things that you don't want to,” Serenity said as she continued brushing out her hair.

 

“How would you know Serenity?” Jami asked her boyfriend's sister.

 

“I heard it from one of my friends. And from you,” the younger girl answered. Jami blushed red and turned to look back in the mirror.

 

Téa snuck up behind Jami and whispered into her ear. “Know just a little too much about Joey?” Jami's body stiffened and she blushed very red.

 

“Maybe just a little too much,” she whispered. “But in a good way,” the brunette answered.

 

Serenity came up beside her friend. “Because you love my brother so much, right?”

 

Jami smiled as she felt her face get hotter. “Yes; I wish he could just get the courage to…never mind.”

 

“To what Jami?” Serenity asked her.

 

“What Jami?” Téa asked with her friend.

 

“To marry me,” the other girl whispered as she got up out of her chair and went to sit on the futon.

 

Téa and Serenity looked at each other and then at Jami before they got up and sat next to her on the futon. Téa sat on her left, Serenity on her right.

 

Téa rubbed her hand on Jami's back. “I'm sure Joey's just waiting for the right time to ask you. He loves you Jami,” she told the brunette.

 

Serenity placed one hand on Jami's lap and used the other to lift the girl's chin so that their eyes met. “Jami, Joey loves you so much. Just like Téa said, he's just waiting for the right time to ask you. Joey's a perfectionist. You know that.”

 

Jami smiled a little. She knew that all too well. The day she met the others had been planned for weeks. Joey had even booked the table!

 

“Okay,” she said as she wiped away the welling tears. “I won't worry too much.”

 

“Good,” Téa said. “I'm as worried as you are Jami. In the fact that I'm wondering when Yugi will ask.”

 

Serenity leaned over so she could see Téa's eyes. “You won't even let him say “Will you?”! He won't even be able to finish the question!”

 

The three girls laughed. The CD was now on track 3. The song came on and the girls smiled.

 

“Let's sing it,” Serenity said. She started it off and Jami and Téa joined in. It was the song they were singing to the boys after church.

 

 

Sunday came and the three couples met outside of the church an hour early. They had reserved seats since this church was always jam packed with people on holidays. The two sets of about 30 pews each were covered in the markers for the families and people coming.

 

Jami and Joey were in their usual Sunday seats, in the front on the left (if you're looking from the back), Yugi and Téa were a few pews back, and Serenity and Tristan were in the other set of pews in the area between the other two couples.

 

They talked and then the girls went off to see the Reverend, while the guys slipped into the church library.

 

“You guys have your rings?” Joey asked.

 

“Yep,” Tristan said as he pulled out the red velvet box. He opened it to reveal a modern Princess cut solitaire ring.

 

“That's a nice ring,” Yugi said.

 

“Good pick,” Joey said. “Now you know she'll say yes. So take care of her, got it?”

 

“Till the day I die,” Tristan promised as he pocketed the ring and Yugi pulled out a white box from his pocket. He popped it open and the guys stared wide-eyed at it.

 

The ring was in 14kt. white gold; two lines of diamonds lead up to the top were an oval shaped diamond was placed.

 

“Wow Yugi,” Joey said. “You chose that?”

 

“Yep,” he said, closing the box and putting it back in his pocket with a smile.

 

“Wow,” Tristan echoed. “Let's see Jami's Joey.”

 

“I don't know,” he said. “I don't want to feel like I upstaged you two.”

 

“Don't; the girls won't think that way, so why should we,” Tristan said. Yugi nodded in agreement.

 

Joey pulled the dark blue velvet box from his pocket and opened it. Inside was a 14kt. yellow gold ring. Like Téa's, it had two rows leading up to the center. But the diamonds were vertical, making groups of stripes on each side.

 

“Sixteen diamonds in it is what the sales lady said. I got it on sale, too.” Joey pocketed the ring and looked at the other guys.

 

Each one was wearing Sunday best. Joey had on a blue shirt that brought out his eyes and a purple tie that matched the dress Jami was wearing. Tristan had a light brown shirt under a black tux jacket, and Yugi had on a red shirt, a black tux jacket, and a white tie with a checkered pattern. All of them had on black pants and black shoes.

 

“Should we go find our girls?” Joey said. The guys laughed and they left. They found the girls talking to the Reverend, giggling and Jami was holding a basket of light green and purple petals.

 

Jami was wearing a sleeveless light purple dress that ended at her knees. It form fitted the top of her body, but had a skirt that draped down so that it wasn't against her body. The only decoration was a simple ribbon around the waist and a purple bow on her right hip. She had on a pair of cute white 2 inch heals, that had only two thick straps to go over her foot. Her hair was curly but pulled back in a ponytail.

 

Téa was in a red skirt and white shirt to match Yugi. The skirt was at her knees and the shirt had the same pattern as Yugi's tie. She had on a pair of white short heals that had straps all over the front and a solid back. Her hair was longer than it used to be, reaching her shoulders. She had it straightened and layered. She had curled the ends out so that it framed her face in a way.

 

Serenity on the other hand, was wearing a light pink dress in the same style of Jami's, except there was no bow or ribbon. The whole dress was embroidered in pink stitches to make flowers and spirals over the whole thing. She had on a pair of pink heals with thin straps in the front and a tiny buckle strap to go around the back and keep it on. The front of her hair was pulled back in a small ponytail, falling with the back portion of her hair.

 

“What's so funny?” Tristan asked as he put his arm around Serenity's shoulders.

 

“Reverend Moore was telling us about his granddaughter Sophie,” Serenity said.

 

“She's a silly one,” he said, showing the boys a photo of her.

 

A little girl, about 2 years old smiled through the picture. She had on a little white sleeveless dress with tiny flowers on it. She showed a toothy smile, showing off the fact she was missing two teeth on the top and one on the bottom.

 

“She ran into a pole at Disneyland and knocked them out. My son and his wife were scared at first, but she didn't break anything and those teeth will be replaced when she starts school,” Reverend Moore said.

 

Joey shook his head, trying not to laugh. Jami elbowed him in the ribs and he smiled. She giggled and so did the other girls. Yugi spooned his arm around Téa's waist and she leaned on him. It seamed over the last couple years, Téa stopped getting taller and Yugi started getting taller. His hair was at the top of her head and, according to his last doctor's measurement, he was only 2 inches shorter than her.

 

“What's with the flower petals?” Tristan asked.

 

“Oh, I helped out a couple with their wedding and the flower girl left this in the room the bride used,” Jami said. “I'm supposed to give it to her.”

 

The three couples stood there for a bit, just talking; then took their seats as more and more people began to arrive. Soon, the service started and the regular Easter story began.

 

Soon, they were singing “Awesome God” for the end of the service, the boys' cue. They pulled small microphones from their pockets and put them on their shirts, without the girls noticing.

 

The song ended, the guys made sure the girls stayed standing while everyone else sat. The three of them looked at each other, totally confused. Joey and Yugi nodded towards Tristan and Reverend Moore.

 

“There's something special that will happen today…” Reverend Moore said, leading Tristan on.

 

“Serenity,” he said looking back at her and taking her hands in his. “I've loved you since the day I met you; you know that. And I'm hoping you feel the same way.”

 

“I do,” she whispered. She was close to tears, still wondering what was going on.

 

Yugi took his turn. “Téa…” She nodded. “We've been friends for so long and then the day you said you'd be my girlfriend, you made me the happiest guy in the world. I love you.”

 

“I love you too,” she said. He hugged her and Joey took his open window.

 

“Jami,” he said. She caught her breath and tears started to fall. She knew what was happening. “Don't cry sweetheart,” he chuckled, wiping away a tear and looked down at her. “Ever since the day we met, I knew that I would know you for the rest of my life. I knew that we would be close. I knew that I loved you.”

 

He nodded at the other two and they all took out their boxes and fell to one knee. The girls squealed and had their hands over their mouths.

 

“Téa, will you-”

 

“Yes!” she screamed before he could finish. He smiled and hugged her, kissing her cheek.

 

“Will you marry me Serenity?” Tristan asked as he looked up into her eyes.

 

She moved her hands quickly. “Yes,” she said, recovering her mouth. “Yes!” He scooped her up and twirled her around.

 

Jami was still staring at the ring and Joey's eyes. It was the ring she had told her mom about. The one she wanted.

 

“Jami…” he said. “Will you make me the happiest man in the world? Will you be my princess?” She started to cry. “Will you marry me?”

 

Jami choked on her sobs and had to cover her face. Her shoulders shook, and her loud breathing was the only sound in the church.

 

“Yes,” was the muffled reply.

 

“Jami?” Joey asked worriedly; he didn't hear her.

 

“Yes,” she said uncovering her stained face. He captured her in a hug and a passion filled kiss. The others kissed as well and the whole church clapped and cheered. Jami and Joey ended their kiss and she giggled.

 

“Can I wear my ring now, Puppy?” she asked playfully. He took the ring out of the box and slid it onto her finger. She looked down on it like a precious treasure.

 

“We're getting married,” she said quietly.

 

“I know,” he said as he kissed her lips again.

 

Church ended and the three couples stood next to each other. The girls showed off the rings and hugged each other. Neither Serenity nor Téa felt upstaged by Jami's ring. They liked their own too much.

 

“So, should we go out to eat?” asked Tristan, who was holding Serenity protectively against his waist.

 

“Not quite yet,” Jami said. She looked at the girls; they smiled and scattered up to the three microphones still on the stage of the church.

 

“What's going on?” Joey asked.

 

“Something special,” Jami said. Serenity stood in the middle, Téa on her left and Jami on her right.

 

Reverend looked up in the sound booth of the church and gave thumbs up to Lee, the 70-year-old man that had been running the booth for over 50 years.

 

The song started, and almost immediately, Serenity's voice filled the church…

 

 

[Serenity:] Everybody's looking for that something

One thing that makes it all complete

You'll find it in the strangest places

Places you never knew it could be

 

The boys took a seat in the front pew with Reverend Moore. The older gentleman just smiled as the song went on.

 

[Téa:] Some find it in the face of their children

Some find it in their lover's eyes

 

Téa looked right into Yugi's eyes and smiled. He smiled back

 

Who can deny the joy it brings

When you've found that special thing

You're flying without wings

 

[Jami:] Some find it sharing every morning

Some in their solitary nights

You'll find it in the words of others

A simple line can make you laugh or cry

 

[Serenity:] You'll find it in the deepest friendship

The kind you cherish all your life

And when you know how much that means

You've found that special thing

 

[All w/ Serenity on top*:] You're flying without wings

 

The guys were shocked at the voices of their new fiancés. They all new Jami had a voice, but so did soft spoken Serenity and the dancer Téa.

 

[All: w/ Téa on top*:] So impossible

As they may seem

You've got to fight

For every dream

`Cause who's to know

Which one you let go

Would've made you complete

 

[Jami:] Well, for me it's waking up beside you

 

Joey smiled at her and she smiled back with bright eyes.

 

To watch the sunrise on your face

 

[Serenity:] To know that I can say

[All:] “I love you”

[Serenity:] At any given time or place

 

[Téa:] It's the little things that only I know

[Girls below w/ Téa on top*:] Those are the things that make you mine

 

[Jami:] And it's like flying without wings

`Cause you're my special thing

I'm flying without wings

 

[Serenity:] And you're the place my life begins

[Téa:] And you'll be where it ends

[All:] I'm flying without wings

[Jami:] And that's the joy you bring

 

[Jami w/ others coming in:] I'm flying without wings (Ooo)

 

The guys clapped for them and they smiled and giggled. Jami started blushing and the other two were jumping up and down.

 

“I didn't think I could do it,” Serenity said as Tristan walked over to her.

 

“It was beautiful,” he said to her. He locked her into a hug and they stood there.

 

“I didn't think you had a voice Téa,” Joey said. He kissed Jami's forehead and also locked her into a hug.

 

Téa blushed a deep red as she held onto Yugi. He lifted himself up to her ear and whispered so only she could hear.

 

“That was so sweet,” he said. “You're voice is beautiful.”

 

All the others saw was a brighter shade of red and Téa beginning to shake.

 

“Téa's giddy,” Jami said playfully. Téa just giggled lightly and so did Serenity.

 

“So what about that food?” Tristan asked.

 

“Let's go,” Jami and Serenity said. They bounded down the stairs and linked their hands in each other's. Téa jumped down the flight and linked her arm in Jami's. The girls giggled and laughed. They started singing “Thanks for the Memories” by Fall Out Boy.

 

“One night, yeah, one more time; thanks for the memories…”

 

“Thanks Reverend Moore! Thanks Lee!” they said as they got out the door.

 

The boys shook their heads and said their thanks as well.

 

“What're we gonna do with them?” Joey asked. Tristan shrugged and Yugi laughed.

 

“Don't know, but we've got the rest of our lives to find out,” he said. The other two nodded and laughed too. They followed the pop song to their girls and headed out for a lunch together.

 

 

 

MrsJoey Wheeler: Okay, okay. It was good right?

 

Joey: Yeah

 

Tristan: Sure

 

Yugi: Pretty cool

 

Jami: Is that really all you three can say?

 

Joey, Tristan, and Yugi: Pretty much

 

Serenity: Boys….

 

Téa: Yeah really…. (*sarcastic tone*) BOYS.

 

MrsJoey Wheeler: Now girls, without them, this chapter would have never existed.

 

Joey: Point…

 

Tristan: And check

 

Rebecca: WHEN DO I COME IN!?!?!?!?!? (**Everyone has a sweat-drop**)

 

MrsJoey Wheeler: Soon Rebecca. I don't if it's gonna be next chapter or not yet. But somewhere in this mess, you'll be in it.

 

Rebecca: Okay… (Why couldn't I have married Yugi?)

 

MrsJoey Wheeler: Okay, that's chapter one!

 

Jami: The next chapter is “Joey Marries Jami”! Yes! I'm getting married!

 

Serenity: Oh, for MrsJoey Wheeler: She doesn't own the song “Flying Without Wings” by Westlife.

 

MrsJoey Wheeler: Thank you Serenity. Bye everyone!

 

 

A/N: Thank you, thank you, thank you for being SO patient for this story. It's been almost a full year since I wrote the Prologue, but I've been working on other stories, had band camp (Not like the movie; we go from 8 in the morning to 4 or 5 at night with only an hour for lunch), late band practice, Youth Group, and lot's of other things have come up. Including things with my grandma, so I've had to step up and do some other things around the house.

 

I've also had computer problems. My computer's wireless connection (We've got Mediacom and my computer is in the basement) is gone, so I don't have internet. I've been trying to get a flashdrive so I can move my documents to my mom's and then post them. Which, if you're reading this, I finally got one.

 

Okay, it's late for me (11:00pm) and I've got to up to play for the opening of my town's new Super Wal-Mart (Its green! Of ALL colors…we get a green one…) and I've got to get up REAL early…like in…about 6 in a half hours.

 

I'm SO sorry for my rambling, but you deserve to know what's going on. And I'm SO sorry for making you guys wait. You help me write faster. So PLEASE review. Thx!

 

MrsJoey Wheeler

 

 

* “On top” is a term we use in chorus and with music. It means the person sings louder than the others or sings higher. In this case, the part the girl stated is singing the louder part.