Another day Another Fic that pops in my head. Taking a route away from my other ideas for now until I get out of writer's block I will write this. An inside look as to the wonders of the Yugioh world and why none of these questions have been answered.
I do not own Yugioh and never will unless the author hands over the rights to me! Okay let's begin.
Chapter One: Sleepover
"Hey Joey, pass the popcorn."
"No way! I need it for...forget it it's mine."
"Hand it over!" Honda grabbed for the bowl of good smelling lightly buttered popcorn.
"No!" Joey shouted and gripped the bowl tighter.
The boys fought yanking the bowl back and forth like two toddlers fighting over a toy. The boys were having a "get together" or such. Still anyone could see it was a sleepover.
"Tristan, Joey. Don't get any popcorn on the floor. If my mom saw any mess he'd freak."
"Your mom? Don'cha mean your grandpa?" asked Joey. He faced Yugi and becoming interested he loosened his grip on the bowl.
"No, Joey, I mean my mom."
"I didn't know you had a mom. We usually see your grandpa." said Tristan holding onto the bowl.
"That's because she and dad work."
"WHAT! You have a dad too!" Joey yelled. In the process the bowl flew from his hands and the popcorn spilled onto Tristan making a mess. He grabbed Yugi by the collar.
"Joey! Look what you did to me!"
"I don't know Tristan, you got what you wanted right?" Joey smiled gleefully.
"At least it didn't get on the floor." Yugi sighed in relief. "But Joey, why are you so surprised? I told you guys about my parents."
"No you didn't. In fact this is the first time I heard of your parents." Tristan said picking popcorn kernels from his shirt. He put the kernels back in the bowl. Seeing they weren't dirty he began to munch.
"Really? I'm sure I introduced at least my mother to you guys."
"Nope. Never seen her." Tristan said.
"Don't worry about it, Yugi." Joey assured him. He had let go of Yugi earlier and went back to where he sat before, on a mat. "I'm sure she'll show up sooner or later."
"While we're on the subject of delving into other people's lives say Joey, Have anything we need to know about you?"
"Why are you asking me?" Joey stood up and faced Tristan fist in hand. "I told you guys everything already. My father's a drunk and gambles. My parents are divorced and Tristan over there has a crush on my 13 year old sister."
"Wow you finally noticed?" asked Tristan looking a bit surprised.
"Tristan, I noticed it since day one. What do you think I am, a idiot?"
"Wouldn't be the first time."
"Say what?" Joey grabbed a pillow and hit Tristan right on the head. Angry, Tristan grabbed a nearby cushion and hit Joey back. Blow after blow the two hit each other. Poor Yugi couldn't break the two apart.
"Ha, Missed me." Joey dodged Tristan's cushion aiming for his head. "Missed again."
Tristan growled. "I'll get you."
The two wouldn't stop. It seemed that they were having fun. Yugi grabbed a pillow and joined in. Luckily the pillows/cushion didn't break and they didn't even notice when the door opened.
"Hey Yugi I just got…."
The grandpa observed in wonder as the boys had their pillow fight. Then he had to bring up something embarrassing.
"Aren't pillow fights usually done by girls?"
The laughing teens stopped their fun and looked at their weapons with embarrassment. Yugi blushed. "We weren't having a pillow fight Grandpa. We were playing…uh War! Right guys."
"Yeah war." Joey and Tristan responded uneasily, and laughing as they did so.
"It's just that instead of guns we have pillows." Tristan answered with a little more confidence.
"It still looks like a pillow fight to me." Grandpa answered. "Oh right, Yugi this came in the mail for you." He gave the package to Yugi. "It was the strangest thing. A girl came here knocking on the door saying it was urgent that you got this. I took the package, but before I could ask why it was so urgent she disappeared."
Tristan, Joey, and Grandpa peeked over to get a glimpse of the package.
"That's strange." Tristan scratched his chin in question.
"Indeed. I can't understand why someone would come in the middle of the night and want to deliver a package." Grandpa asked puzzled by the event. He too scratched his chin in question.
"Do you think this person wanted to make up for lost mail?" Joey replied.
"Be serious, Joey. Do you honestly think that someone would be delivering mail so late?" argued Tristan.
"What? This person might have forgot to deliver it this morning. I mean if I forgot someone's birthday and didn't get that person a gift that day, I would wanna make up for it later."
"Still sounds weird to me"
"Even so, it's nice getting mail. Even late at night." Yugi smiled.
"It's your package Yugi, so what matters at this point" said Grandpa.
Yugi looked over the package from top to bottom. It appeared normal. A vanilla colored envelope with the silver tabs closing the hole on top. On it were: To Yugi Mutou (Mutoh) Kame Game Shop. The odd thing was that there was no return address to be found. Instead marked a sentence written in big bold letters. The writing seemed to be have been smudged by rainwater, but it was still legible.
Open at your own risk!
"Open at your risk? I wonder what that could mean." questioned Grandpa peering over Yugi's shoulder and observing the message.
"It looks dangerous," said Tristan voicing his opinion."Maybe you shouldn't open it. I heard that people send anthrax or other diseases through mail. It could even be a bomb!" Realizing what he had just said the group reacted in fear. What if this was a bomb? This wouldn't be the first time they gambled with danger. It looked like something that would contain a bomb. Yugi started to worry; the package started shaking violently in his hands.
"I bet Kaiba sent one of his goons to deliver this."
"Could this have been sent by Kaiba? No, I doubt he would be that evil." Yugi thought.
"But Joey, would you expect Kaiba to want to end their rivalry this way. It seems pretty cowardly." Grandpa said. He was worried too, but he still had his doubts about the envelope being a bomb and much less if Kaiba was sending it.
"Maybe he snapped because of all the times he lost?" asked Tristan. "Remember Death T?"
"How can I forget? I nearly died that day!" shouted Grandpa.
"And we thought we lost you Tristan." Joey added. "He does have a point there, Yugi. Maybe you shouldn't open it."
"Guys, Grandpa. We don't know if this is a bomb or not." Yugi stated becoming calmer. "But Grandpa I think you should call the bomb squad just in case."
"Don't worry Yugi. Just don't let go of that package." Grandpa ran downstairs and called the police. Joey and Tristan stood by their friend.
"Joey, Tristan; you should leave too."
"No way are we leaving you here with a possible bomb in here." assured Joey giving Yugi the thumbs up sign.
"That's right if one goes we all go." Tristan added.
"What are you saying, that we will die here?"
"No, No. But if that was the case."
"Yeah. Friends stick together."
"Thanks guys." Yugi eyes filled with tears and the three hugged him the best they could without triggering the probable bomb.
"Hmm. Man that was tiring. After work like that I need a goodnight's sleep." Tea yawned. Her eyes opened to see an incredible sight. "What's going on at the game store?"
Hundreds of guards surrounded the game store. They carried those huge shields and talked to one another. A big van labeled 'Bomb Squad' was parked nearby. In another view a ladder led up to where Yugi's room was. A soldier climbed down slowly holding a vanilla envelope under his right arm.
"Officer what is going on?" Tea asked a nearby guard.
"Lady, We advise you to leave this area immediately." The guard took her hand and led her away.
"Let go of my arm."
"Miss There was a potential bomb near where you were stationing yourself. If it had exploded it would have most likely taken your life. As a soldier I am ready to die, but you who is just barely an adult, are you prepared?"
Tea gulped and groaned. She didn't want to die, but her mind quickly ignored that idea and she asked. "Sir, Do you know if anyone was in that game store?"
"From our reports, there were three teens under 18 and an elderly man. Don't worry; they're alright for now."
Tea breathed a sigh of relief and placed her left hand to her heart. (thinking)"Thank goodness." "Can I see them? I have to make they're alright."
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that ma'am. Until those people are safely out of that building you can't see them. You'll just have to wait at a safe distance."
"Oh." she said sadly. She clamped her hands together and closed her eyes. Her knees were shaking, but she knew she had to be strong. "Please be alright."
As Tea prayed for her friends and the Grandpa's safety, the bomb squad went to work. The envelope lay motionless on a table. Six soldiers surrounded a white lab coat wearing bomb expert at his chair. Looking at the envelope's insides through a computer monitor like the airplane personnel do with luggage he noticed something was up.
"Do you see anything?" asked soldier one.
"I'm not seeing anything that indicates that this is a bomb. There's no heat thermal reading on the computer and our sound station over on the right picks up no signs of a timer going off."
"So there's no bomb." said soldier one becoming upset.
"No, but I did find something very unsettling." The scientist got up from his chair. The soldiers gave him room to pass as he went over to where some papers lay. He bent over and picked one of the papers up. Then he came back. "This was found in the envelope after the careful unwrapping of the package." He handed the third soldier from the right, soldier three, a letter. It was written on notebook paper and apparently had been folded for size.
"Soldier six, read the letter aloud."
He cleared his throat and began.
Dear Yugi, Joey, and Tristan, How are you? I have been stalking you guys for the past three years. I have seen every duel from a distance and I hope that one day we can meet.
(laughter and snickering)
However please ignore that sentence and read on. What you are about to see is not suitable for children and must not be exposed to children, so I advise you don't show it to children. In this envelope I have enclosed what would be probably your worse nightmares. I know this is breaking several rules, but I don't care you deserve to know the truth. You deserve to know what people think of you!
"Think of you?"
"Hush let him finish."
Please forgive me for this.
Signed your beloved fan.
"This girl sounds serious." said soldier two.
"How do you know it's a girl?" questioned soldier three.
"What kind of guy would write such a thing? Besides a girl was spotted handing the package to Mr. Mutoh."
"The boy could have been embarrassed and sent a girl to deliver it."
"Why are you so sure it's a boy? Are you an expert at differentiating love letters between boys and girls?"
"No, I'm just saying it could have been from a guy. You never know in this day and age."
"Amen." said soldier four.
"Ugh! I can't believe we're taking this so seriously! There was no bomb. We can just give this back to that boy." exclaimed soldier five. He broke up soldier two and three and paced.
"Not so fast. This letter could have a stash of drugs inside." declared soldier one.
"Alright let's open it." agreed soldier five and stopped pacing.
The six soldiers gathered around to the spot where the opened envelope was. It sat alone, having all its papers and a smaller envelope taken out.
"Hey scientist did you check this envelope out?" asked soldier five.
"Yes and like the vanilla one there were no signs of a bomb."
Soldier five opened it and pulled out five sheets of paper. The other soldiers looked on in what could have been so bad. They sweat dropped as they saw the first sheet.
"Ahh, that's so cute." said soldier three.
"Okay it's official he's gay." said soldier two.
The next picture was nice too.
"That's what this girl was so afraid of. What a joke!" laughed soldier six.
"Oh please forgive me." Soldier four mocked in a high-pitched voice. He blew a raspberry in disbelief. "I can't believe this."
By the third, however, things took a serious turn…
"Okay feeling odd here."
"Why is he…?"
"Wait until we finish!"
The fourth increased the uneasiness in the room.
"My word."
"I don't believe it."
"This was blackmail! If word gets out about it these boys wouldn't be able to show their faces."
Soldier five became nervous. If that last sheet was bad then what was in store with this last one? Sweat fell from his face and onto the floor. The paper quivered in his hands as he turned the previous one over. No one in that room could have prepared themselves for what they saw next.
"My God!"
"My heart! (faint)"
"I'm gonna throw up! (runs over to trash can)"
"My eyes! My eyes! They've been sullied!"
The soldiers that hadn't fainted back away and ran in circles. Each screamed in horror at what they saw, except for soldier five still holding the sheet. He'd fallen into shock and stood in place. The men continued running until soldier one came out of his panic.
"Gentlemen, Quiet!" The room grew quiet.
"Now I know we have a situation here."
"A situation! Sir, that was not a 'situation.' That was downright po-"
"Quiet soldier two! I know. These boys have some explaining to do that's for sure."
"Are you going to make an arrest sir?" asked soldier three.
"Yes, we need to call the police and get them over here so that they can interview the old man."
"Right sir!" Soldier three ran off to the phone.
"Soldier Two!"
"Yes Soldier One?"
"I want those boys in this vessel right now. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes sir!" Soldier Two ran off to get the boys. Rain began to fall as it usually does in a ominous situation. As lightning cracked through the sky soldier one bent over and pounded his hands on the table next to him.
"Those poor boys. I just hope to high heaven that they're gay."
Okay a different route from my other stories but again I have writer's block here! Please review! Thank you.