They had agreed to meet at Clock Tower Fountain an hour
before they had to be at the train station to be on the Kaiba Corp sponsored
train that was picking up Duellists for his Tournament at Kaiba Corp Japan,
three hours from here, the Duel Express, since Domino was the last stop it was
going to make before it reached the theme park and they didn’t want to miss it,
but no one was surprised when Yugi was running a little late.
They didn’t start worrying until the clock ticked on past
the quarter of an hour mark and still there was no sign of the King of Games.
“Where is he?” Joey growled, concerned and irritated at the
same time, as he glowered in the direction Yugi would have to come from the
shop, “I know he had to open up the shop but…”
Tea flipped open her mobile phone. She’d already tried the
shop twice, and no one had answered, but she rang again, hoping that either Mr
Muto would have a lull in the customers long enough to answer, or Yugi would
grab it on his way out of the door.
Tristan, who was sat at the edge of the fountain, watched as
Tea paced up and down, listing to the phone ring continuously. She glowered at
it as the mobile cut off again, with a ‘no reply’ message, shrugging at the two
teenage boys who were watching her intently.
“That’s it.” Joey growled, heading for the side road that
led to the shop, “I’m gunna go get him.”
“He might already be on his way.” Tea offered hopefully,
following quickly, wishing she’d put saner shoes on. The heels she was wearing
weren’t suitable for running in. She’d kind of hoped she wouldn’t need to.
“Maybe.” Tristan caught up with them easily, “But it’s
better to be safe then sorry.” They turned the corner that led to the alley
behind the shop, only for Joey to swear, start sprinting down the alley and dart
in the back entrance to the flat above the shop. “Damn…” Tristan growled,
noting the broken window. “There must have been a break in.”
Tea dashed in, running up the stairs, heading straight for
Yugi’s room, which looked like it had been ripped apart, where Joey was
reassuring a rather distressed looking King of Games.
“Yugi?” Tea asked, stepping over the wreaked Duel Disk and
around the school books that had been knocked off the desk. “What happened?”
“Someone broke in last night, took the Puzzle.” Yugi whispered, rubbing his neck and wincing. When Yugi moved his hand, they could see the bruising where the robber had tried to choke him. “Couldn’t stop them.”
“Shit…” Tristan swore, having reached the room as Tea had
asked. “They take anything else?”
Yugi shook his head but the pursing of his lips told them
something else was wrong.
“What?” Joey asked, warily.
“The God Cards…” Yugi croaked and started coughing. He pointed
towards the desk.
Joey moved over to look, confusion taking over from anger as
he picked up Slipher. “Is this real…”
“Stone.” Yugi croaked, nodding.
“How?” Tea gasped, moving over to have a look.
“Dunno.” The King of Games wasn’t particularly fond of the
idea of more then one word answers, understandably. “Probably linked.”
“But they couldn’t use the Puzzle unless…” Tea turned to
look at Yugi, “You didn’t lose to him, did you?”
“Didn’t challenge, just attacked.” Yugi shook his head. The
gang didn’t need to be reminded that the Puzzle went up for grabs if Yugi died.
“Grandpa scared him off.”
“Where is Mr Muto?” Tristan asked.
“Down in the shop, we were late opening and the queue built
up.” Yugi coughed again, trying to get his deck together. Joey gave him a hand
as Tea headed downstairs to talk to Solomon and Tristan hovered in the doorway.
“So what do we do?” Joey asked finally, once Yugi had a
forty card deck built and in a deck box, slipping the stone gods into a second,
both of which he attached to his belt, only then examining the extent of the
damage to the Duel Disk.
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