Hello everyone! This is my first attempt at Yugioh fanficton, so bear with
me. There are probably millions of these road trips out there, but hey, I
decided to write my own.
Disclaimer: These characters are not mine. If they were mine, would I be
here? No.
Seto: Calm down, it's not my fault you don't own me.
Me: *sniff*
Here we go. On with the story.
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Road Trip
"As a result of the terrorist scare three days ago, all planes and private air crafts will be banned from the air for at least three months. Effects are."
Seto Kaiba shut off the radio and sighed. How on earth was he going to get to his board meeting in New York now? He rubbed his eyes and glared at his alarm clock which was insisting he go to school. He sighed again, picked up his bag and got into the limo.
"Yugi, Tristan, you wanna come to New York with me?"
"Sure Joey! Who else is coming?"
Kaiba looked up from his invention at the words New York.
"Everyone. Bakura, Tea, and Serenity."
"That's great! When do we leave?"
"Tomorrow!"
Kaiba decided to swallow his pride and walked over to Joey and Yugi. He addressed Joey.
"I couldn't help overhear"
Tristan coughed. "Eavesdropper."
Kaiba glared at him before continuing.
"That you were going to New York. I happen to need transportation there, and I was wondering if I could come." Joey looked surprised and critical.
"I'll pay for my part of the trip if that's what's worrying you."
"Alright Kaiba." Joey looked reluctant. "You can come." **************************************************************************** *********************** The next morning everyone arrived at Joey's house. Kaiba came walking up the Driveway with Mokuba walking behind him.
Joey stared. "Why is Mokuba here?"
Kaiba glared at Joey. "Wheeler, do you think I'm about to leave Mokuba home alone for six weeks? No." He glared at Joey as if dareing him to say otherwise.
"Fine. Mokuba comes too."
Kaiba looked at everyone. "I'm sitting in the front." Then he added as an afterthought, "Who's driving?"
Joey grinned maliciously. "Me."
"On second thought, I don't want to sit in the front."
Joey gave Kaiba another malicious look. "Well Kaiba, It's either me in the front, or Tristan in the back with the staple gun."
Kaiba gave Tristan a sideways glance. Tristan smiled maliciously and stroked his staple gun. Kaiba rolled his eyes, picked up his suitcase and got in the front.
"Can I sit in the very back? I like seats that face backwards."
Serenity smiled at Mokuba. "Of course you can. He can, right Joey?"
Joey smiled at his little sister. "I guess so. But I'm deciding the rest of the seating arrangements. Alright. Kaiba is sitting in the front. Yugi Tea and Tristan are sitting in the middle seats. Serenity, Mokuba and Bakura are sitting in the very back."
Serenity looked upset. "But Joey! Can't I sit with Tristan?"
"NO!"
"But Joey!" Serenity and Tristan both looked at Joey pleadingly.
"No buts! It's Final." **************************************************************************** *********************** "Joey! Watch were you're going!" Tea shouted from the back.
Joey rolled his eyes and muttered darkly about backseat driving. Kaiba had given up trying to work on his laptop. It was too chaotic in the van. "I swear Wheeler, If you crash and my brother gets hurt, I will personally kill you."
"Calm down Kaiba, I know what I'm doing!" To himself, Joey thought, "Now, which one is the break and and which is the accelerator?..."
Joey turned around. "Tristan, stop waving that staple gun around!"
Tea screamed. "JOEY! Watch the road!"
"Jesus, sorry!"
Kaiba noticed that they weren't going the right way. "Umm Wheeler, if you continue this way, you'll end up in Texas."
Joey smiled. "Exactly. We aren't going to New York directly."
Kaiba stared at him. "What did you just say?"
"You heard me."
Kaiba blinked. "Where else are we going?"
"Oh, Louisiana, Michigan, maybe Canada for a day and then New York."
Kaiba blinked again. He sighed and realized there was nothing he could do about this. He brought out a palm-pilot and handed it back to Mokuba.
"Mokuba do your homework."
"Seto, do I have to?" He turned his cuteness level on to the highest level.
But Kaiba was adamant. "Yes you do. You will be way behind if you don't."
"Hey Tristan, Pass the chips."
Tea looked at Joey incredulously. "You've had three bags already!"
"So?"
Kaiba rolled his eyes and went back to his work. Suddenly N'sync blared out of the radio. Kaiba jumped a foot in the air. "What the.!"
Joey was singing very loudly along with Tristan and the radio. Basically everyone in the car joined in. Kaiba was completely appalled.
"Wheeler! Turn that down!"
Joey just laughed and turned it up higher and rolled down all the windows. Kaiba put his head in his hands. This was going to be a very long ride.
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Everyone was at the gas station, waiting for Tristan and Joey to come out with the food. They came out three minutes later, carrying enough snacks to feed an army. Kaiba rolled his eyes and thought, "Thank god they aren't using my money." Suddenly, Kaiba noticed they were carrying chocolate and coffee. He walked over to Joey.
"Umm Wheeler, you're not planning on giving any caffeine to my little brother, are you?"
"Why not?"
"Because Mokuba gets hyper beyond all reason when he gets sugar and caffeine."
"He can't get that hyper. Don't worry Kaiba; a little sugar won't hurt him."
"Don't say I didn't warn you."
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"Kaiba! Why didn't you warn me about this!"
"I did Wheeler! You just didn't listen!"
Joey was stunned. How could a kid get this hyper? Mokuba was bouncing up and down in the back and chattering away to Bakura about 20 words per second. Now and then he would stop for breath, giving Bakura enough time to say, "Ummm, right then," and then start talking again. Kaiba was laughing at Bakura's obvious discomfort and Joey's confusion. Joey turned to Kaiba. "Please! Make him stop! Do something! He's driving us mad!"
Yugi leaned over and whispered in Tristan's ear. "How can Kaiba live with this?! He gestured towards the hyperactive Mokuba.
Kaiba laughed again. "Why should I do something? I can stand it, though barely, and it aggravates you, so how bad can it be?"
Joey looked pleadingly at Kaiba. Kaiba sighed and pulled something out of his pocket.
"There's nothing I can do to make it go away, but I can keep him quiet. I learned this when he and three of his friends ate sugar non-stop. I had four ten year olds bouncing around my house. It wasn't pleasant."
Joey shuddered. Kaiba leaned back and handed a mini play station to Mokuba. Immediately, Mokuba became quiet and started playing the game. He was still bouncing, but quietly. Kaiba smiled. Joey and everyone else excluding Kaiba sighed with relief.
"Joey, what did you feed that kid?" Tristan asked incredulously.
"Not much, just some chocolate, coffee and pixie sticks."
Kaiba raised his eyebrows. "How much of each?"
"Umm, let's see, 10 pixie sticks, 5 chocolate bars, and 2 cups of coffee."
Kaiba looked at Joey and grinned maliciously. "He won't calm down until tomorrow noon. You know, that play station will only keep him occupied for so long."
Joey looked at the bouncing Mokuba in horror. "I've created a monster."
Kaiba laughed again. "Mokuba doesn't react favorably to sugar. And he doesn't have the tired period afterwards. Kaiba's always react this way to sugar."
Joey raised one eyebrow. "All Kaibas?"
"Yes Wheeler, that includes me. You might have noticed I ate no sugar. I can stand a little bit of caffeine but not sugar."
Joey had an idea.
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"Alright, do it now!"
Joey and Tristan were bent over Kaiba's morning coffee as he went to get some water for Mokuba, who was still bouncing even though a day had passed. They poured packet after packet of sugar into the large cup of black coffee. Joey laughed evilly. He couldn't wait until Kaiba was hyper.
"Pour some more in Tristan!"
"He's coming!"
They quickly put the lid on his coffee and jumped back in their seats. Kaiba got in the front, handed Mokuba his water, and picked up his laptop and started working again. As they drove, Kaiba drank the entirety of his coffee, so absorbed in his work that he didn't notice his coffee was unnaturally sweet.
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Kaiba noticed something was wrong about an hour later. He couldn't stop tapping his foot. He had boundless energy, something he hadn't had for a very long time, due to late nights working. He looked at the bottom of his coffee cup and saw a little bit of sugar at the bottom. He hadn't put any sugar in his coffee.
"Wheeler! What in Ra's name did you do to my coffee?!"
Joey laughed. "I had to test out my theory Kaiba." Kaiba glared at Joey.
"Damn your theory! How much sugar did you put in!?"
"Oh, just 25 packets."
Kaiba glared at Joey. "I really hate you Wheeler. You do know that?"
Five minutes later Kaiba was bouncing up and down slightly in his seat. He looked like he was restraining himself. He was shaking slightly from the effects of the sugar. He was still glaring at Joey. Joey looked uncomfortable. He finally looked at Kaiba.
"Will you stop glaring at me?!"
"Why should I?"
"Because I said so."
"I'm contemplating whether to kill you or let Mokuba talk to you."
Joey looked horrified at the second suggestion. "No! Kill me but don't let him near me!"
Mokuba and Serenity were talking to Bakura who seemed thoroughly worn out by the two hyper kids. Bakura kept pleading to switch seats with someone.
"Fine. Bakura, you can switch with Yugi. All the hyper people can sit in the back." He glanced at Kaiba. "Except for Kaiba."
Yugi was indeed hyper. He had eaten lots of sugar and was now talking to Tristan in a very high voice and bouncing up and down. Joey pulled over and they changed seats.
"Hey Joey can I drive?" Tristan looked hopeful.
"And can I sit in the front?"
"No Serenity, you cannot sit in the front."
"Can I?"
"Sure, Tea, I guess." Joey agreed to this and forced Kaiba to move into the back.
Mokuba and Serenity were whispering in the back. Mokuba laughed. They both shook hands and leaned forward.
"Got ya!" Mokuba and Serenity both had leaned forward and tickled their siblings.
"Ha-ha Serenity! Ha-ha Stop it!"
Kaiba was smiling and trying to escape Mokuba. Suddenly he laughed out loud, causing everyone except Mokuba to jump. No one in the van except Mokuba had ever heard Kaiba truly laugh. He started giggling and tickling Mokuba back. Mokuba tickled Serenity, who tickled Joey, who tickled Mokuba and Serenity, who tickled Kaiba and Bakura. Kaiba laughed and laughed and long after they had stopped and collapsed laughing.
Meanwhile in the front, Tristan was having trouble. He couldn't get over the shock of Kaiba actually laughing. This was not an evil laugh like the usual ones he heard. This was a normal laugh.
"Tristan! Watch the road!"
"Tea, I know what I'm doing!" To himself he thought, "Now, which one's the break, and which one's the accelerator?"
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"I cannot believe I just got in a tickle fight with you."
"Jinx!" Mokuba yelled. Kaiba and Joey glared at each other and ignored him.
Bakura was now thoroughly hyper and talked rapidly with Serenity and Mokuba. Kaiba and Joey continued to glare at each other.
"We'll just pretend that didn't happen, alright Wheeler?"
"Exactly."
They went back to staring out the window. Tristan pulled over.
"Joey can you drive? Tea's backseat driving is driving me nuts!"
"I dunno, Tristan, I'm sorta tired."
"I'll drive then." Everyone looked incredulously at Kaiba.
"You can't drive."
"I just got my license."
"Fine then."
Kaiba switched seats with Tristan.
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"Kaiba! Watch where you're going!"
"Quiet Gardener! I know what I'm doing! If I can drive a helicopter, I can drive a van!" to himself he thought, "Now, which one's the break, and which one's the accelerator?"
A paper airplane shot into the front, hitting Kaiba in the back of the head. He turned around.
"Who threw that?"
Serenity and Mokuba giggled. Kaiba smiled at Mokuba.
"KAIBA! Watch where your going!"
"Jesus woman! If you don't like my driving, drive yourself!"
"I can't! I'm not sixteen!"
"Thank the lord for that."
"What do you mean by that Seto Kaiba?!"
"You'll drive so slow, that the back up will stretch across states."
Joey and Tristan giggled. Tea turned around.
"You think that's funny Joey!?"
Joey and Tristan stopped giggling. "No ma'm!" they said together.
"Jinx!" Mokuba, Serenity Yugi, and Bakura yelled from the back.
Kaiba laughed. Mokuba never ceased to amuse him. Tristan jumped again.
"Kaiba could you stop doing that?"
Kaiba grinned at Tristan. He chuckled evilly, and laughed again. Tristan jumped.
"Kaiba, stop doing that! You're scaring Tristan!" Joey frowned at Kaiba.
Kaiba chuckled evilly. "My point exactly."
Joey shook his head and went back to his argument with Tristan about his staple gun.
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Joey was driving again. Tea was complaining about Kaiba's driving, so Tea moved back to her original seat and Kaiba sat in the front passenger seat. He was working on his computer, when he started to laugh again.
"What?"
"Jinx!" Mokuba, Serenity, Yugi and Bakura yelled from the back.
Kaiba ignored Joey and Tristan and continued laughing.
"What is it?" Joey asked.
Kaiba ignored them and spoke to Mokuba.
"Mokuba, have you been playing around on the Industrial Illusions webpage again?"
"Yeah."
"Did you happen to see what Pegasus did to it?"
Mokuba laughed. "Yeah!"
Kaiba laughed again. Mokuba explained.
"You see, after the tournament, Pegasus was feeling so depressed he got rid of all the security on his webpage on accident. So anyone could add to the page. And people redecorated it for Valentines Day." Mokuba snickered. "Not very professional, is it?"
Joey looked at the screen. Mokuba had decorated the webpage with hearts and pink writing and pictures of puppy dogs. Joey started to laugh, and everyone joined in. Except Tea.
"I think it's pretty. I don't see what's so funny."
They all stared at her. "You're demented." Joey and Tristan said together.
"Jinx!" Mokuba, Serenity, Yugi, and Bakura yelled from the back.
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Joey and Kaiba were sitting next to each other. Mokuba was asleep on Serenity's shoulder, and she and Yugi were talking quietly with Bakura.
Kaiba was falling asleep. The sugar had worn off. Finally, he fell asleep, right onto Joey's shoulder. Joey nearly jumped out of his seat.
"Uhh, guys. Guys. Could I have some help here?:
Serenity giggled. Tea woke up, watching Joey with interest. Tristan looked in the review mirror, and laughed quietly, to as not to wake Mokuba. Joey looked uncomfortable. Joey tried to push Kaiba away without waking up, but it didn't work. Within seconds, Kaiba sat bolt upright.
"What?" Kaiba looked around. Serenity giggled.
"Did Joey's shoulder make a good pillow Kaiba?" Tristan taunted him.
Kaiba turned very red. "I didn't, did I?"
Serenity nodded. Kaiba turned even redder, if possible and went back to staring very pointedly out the window.
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Joey had fallen asleep on Kaiba's shoulder. Kaiba looked quite startled and uncomfortable. Kaiba pushed Joey off him and went back to his work. Suddenly, Kaiba swore under his breath, then quickly looked back to make sure Mokuba hadn't woken up.
He quickly got out a power cord, undid his seatbelt and leaned forward enough to he could reach in the front. As he attempted to plug in his computer to the cigarette lighter Tristan stopped abruptly, nearly sending Kaiba through the windshield.
"What the.?" Kaiba looked to see if Mokuba was aright. He was still asleep. He looked back at Tristan.
"Sorry, but a deer jumped out into the road." Kaiba rolled his eyes plugged in his computer, and got back in his seat, making sure he had his seatbelt buckled and that Mokuba's was too.
"Taylor, you're tired. Let me drive." Tristan willingly surrendered the driver's seat and Kaiba, who was used to late nights and was wide awake, took over.
To himself Kaiba thought, "Thank god Gardener's asleep."
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Tristan woke up and mumbled groggily, "You've been turned into a pink bunny rabbit."
"No, I couldn't drive if I had been."
"What then?"
"We're in Texas!"
Tristan really woke up now. "Really?" He turned to the rest of the gang. "Hey you guys!"
Kaiba woke with a start. The rest of them woke up slowly.
"What is it Taylor?"
"We're in Texas!" Tristan said.
As the others expressed their excitement, Kaiba blinked. "That's it?"
"Yeah."
"You woke me up to tell me I was in Texas?"
"Yeah."
Kaiba rolled his eyes and immediately went back to sleep.
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"Joseph Wheeler, if you don't watch where you're going..." Tea was being her usual back seat driver.
Tristan was insulting Joey to pass the time. Finally, Joey, without looking at Tristan punched him lightly on the shoulder. Tristan punched him back. They immediately started punching one another. Joey, who was watching the road, didn't watch where he was punching and.
Kaiba woke with a start. He glared at Joey and Tristan. "Who hit me?"
Tristan and Joey pointed at each other. Kaiba rolled his eyes and punched Joey. Joey punched Kaiba back. Tristan punched Joey, who moved, causing Tristan to accidentally punch Kaiba. They immediately started to beat each other up, and Joey had let go of the steering wheel.
"JOEY!"
Joey jumped and turned back to the steering wheel.
Kaiba picked up his empty laptop case and hit Tristan over the head with it, dazing him.
"Much better." he muttered to himself and pulled out his laptop and started working. Joey looked horrified. "Kaiba! What did you do?!"
"I didn't knock him out if that's what you're wondering. He's just dazed. Besides, he's quiet now." Kaiba smirked. "Would you like me to do it again? It was quite enjoyable." Kaiba grinned evilly. Joey turned back to the steering wheel, muttering darkly. **************************************************************************** *********************** Yay! Hope you liked it! I will update as soon as you can. And flamers, beware. *grins maliciously*
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"As a result of the terrorist scare three days ago, all planes and private air crafts will be banned from the air for at least three months. Effects are."
Seto Kaiba shut off the radio and sighed. How on earth was he going to get to his board meeting in New York now? He rubbed his eyes and glared at his alarm clock which was insisting he go to school. He sighed again, picked up his bag and got into the limo.
"Yugi, Tristan, you wanna come to New York with me?"
"Sure Joey! Who else is coming?"
Kaiba looked up from his invention at the words New York.
"Everyone. Bakura, Tea, and Serenity."
"That's great! When do we leave?"
"Tomorrow!"
Kaiba decided to swallow his pride and walked over to Joey and Yugi. He addressed Joey.
"I couldn't help overhear"
Tristan coughed. "Eavesdropper."
Kaiba glared at him before continuing.
"That you were going to New York. I happen to need transportation there, and I was wondering if I could come." Joey looked surprised and critical.
"I'll pay for my part of the trip if that's what's worrying you."
"Alright Kaiba." Joey looked reluctant. "You can come." **************************************************************************** *********************** The next morning everyone arrived at Joey's house. Kaiba came walking up the Driveway with Mokuba walking behind him.
Joey stared. "Why is Mokuba here?"
Kaiba glared at Joey. "Wheeler, do you think I'm about to leave Mokuba home alone for six weeks? No." He glared at Joey as if dareing him to say otherwise.
"Fine. Mokuba comes too."
Kaiba looked at everyone. "I'm sitting in the front." Then he added as an afterthought, "Who's driving?"
Joey grinned maliciously. "Me."
"On second thought, I don't want to sit in the front."
Joey gave Kaiba another malicious look. "Well Kaiba, It's either me in the front, or Tristan in the back with the staple gun."
Kaiba gave Tristan a sideways glance. Tristan smiled maliciously and stroked his staple gun. Kaiba rolled his eyes, picked up his suitcase and got in the front.
"Can I sit in the very back? I like seats that face backwards."
Serenity smiled at Mokuba. "Of course you can. He can, right Joey?"
Joey smiled at his little sister. "I guess so. But I'm deciding the rest of the seating arrangements. Alright. Kaiba is sitting in the front. Yugi Tea and Tristan are sitting in the middle seats. Serenity, Mokuba and Bakura are sitting in the very back."
Serenity looked upset. "But Joey! Can't I sit with Tristan?"
"NO!"
"But Joey!" Serenity and Tristan both looked at Joey pleadingly.
"No buts! It's Final." **************************************************************************** *********************** "Joey! Watch were you're going!" Tea shouted from the back.
Joey rolled his eyes and muttered darkly about backseat driving. Kaiba had given up trying to work on his laptop. It was too chaotic in the van. "I swear Wheeler, If you crash and my brother gets hurt, I will personally kill you."
"Calm down Kaiba, I know what I'm doing!" To himself, Joey thought, "Now, which one is the break and and which is the accelerator?..."
Joey turned around. "Tristan, stop waving that staple gun around!"
Tea screamed. "JOEY! Watch the road!"
"Jesus, sorry!"
Kaiba noticed that they weren't going the right way. "Umm Wheeler, if you continue this way, you'll end up in Texas."
Joey smiled. "Exactly. We aren't going to New York directly."
Kaiba stared at him. "What did you just say?"
"You heard me."
Kaiba blinked. "Where else are we going?"
"Oh, Louisiana, Michigan, maybe Canada for a day and then New York."
Kaiba blinked again. He sighed and realized there was nothing he could do about this. He brought out a palm-pilot and handed it back to Mokuba.
"Mokuba do your homework."
"Seto, do I have to?" He turned his cuteness level on to the highest level.
But Kaiba was adamant. "Yes you do. You will be way behind if you don't."
"Hey Tristan, Pass the chips."
Tea looked at Joey incredulously. "You've had three bags already!"
"So?"
Kaiba rolled his eyes and went back to his work. Suddenly N'sync blared out of the radio. Kaiba jumped a foot in the air. "What the.!"
Joey was singing very loudly along with Tristan and the radio. Basically everyone in the car joined in. Kaiba was completely appalled.
"Wheeler! Turn that down!"
Joey just laughed and turned it up higher and rolled down all the windows. Kaiba put his head in his hands. This was going to be a very long ride.
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Everyone was at the gas station, waiting for Tristan and Joey to come out with the food. They came out three minutes later, carrying enough snacks to feed an army. Kaiba rolled his eyes and thought, "Thank god they aren't using my money." Suddenly, Kaiba noticed they were carrying chocolate and coffee. He walked over to Joey.
"Umm Wheeler, you're not planning on giving any caffeine to my little brother, are you?"
"Why not?"
"Because Mokuba gets hyper beyond all reason when he gets sugar and caffeine."
"He can't get that hyper. Don't worry Kaiba; a little sugar won't hurt him."
"Don't say I didn't warn you."
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"Kaiba! Why didn't you warn me about this!"
"I did Wheeler! You just didn't listen!"
Joey was stunned. How could a kid get this hyper? Mokuba was bouncing up and down in the back and chattering away to Bakura about 20 words per second. Now and then he would stop for breath, giving Bakura enough time to say, "Ummm, right then," and then start talking again. Kaiba was laughing at Bakura's obvious discomfort and Joey's confusion. Joey turned to Kaiba. "Please! Make him stop! Do something! He's driving us mad!"
Yugi leaned over and whispered in Tristan's ear. "How can Kaiba live with this?! He gestured towards the hyperactive Mokuba.
Kaiba laughed again. "Why should I do something? I can stand it, though barely, and it aggravates you, so how bad can it be?"
Joey looked pleadingly at Kaiba. Kaiba sighed and pulled something out of his pocket.
"There's nothing I can do to make it go away, but I can keep him quiet. I learned this when he and three of his friends ate sugar non-stop. I had four ten year olds bouncing around my house. It wasn't pleasant."
Joey shuddered. Kaiba leaned back and handed a mini play station to Mokuba. Immediately, Mokuba became quiet and started playing the game. He was still bouncing, but quietly. Kaiba smiled. Joey and everyone else excluding Kaiba sighed with relief.
"Joey, what did you feed that kid?" Tristan asked incredulously.
"Not much, just some chocolate, coffee and pixie sticks."
Kaiba raised his eyebrows. "How much of each?"
"Umm, let's see, 10 pixie sticks, 5 chocolate bars, and 2 cups of coffee."
Kaiba looked at Joey and grinned maliciously. "He won't calm down until tomorrow noon. You know, that play station will only keep him occupied for so long."
Joey looked at the bouncing Mokuba in horror. "I've created a monster."
Kaiba laughed again. "Mokuba doesn't react favorably to sugar. And he doesn't have the tired period afterwards. Kaiba's always react this way to sugar."
Joey raised one eyebrow. "All Kaibas?"
"Yes Wheeler, that includes me. You might have noticed I ate no sugar. I can stand a little bit of caffeine but not sugar."
Joey had an idea.
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"Alright, do it now!"
Joey and Tristan were bent over Kaiba's morning coffee as he went to get some water for Mokuba, who was still bouncing even though a day had passed. They poured packet after packet of sugar into the large cup of black coffee. Joey laughed evilly. He couldn't wait until Kaiba was hyper.
"Pour some more in Tristan!"
"He's coming!"
They quickly put the lid on his coffee and jumped back in their seats. Kaiba got in the front, handed Mokuba his water, and picked up his laptop and started working again. As they drove, Kaiba drank the entirety of his coffee, so absorbed in his work that he didn't notice his coffee was unnaturally sweet.
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Kaiba noticed something was wrong about an hour later. He couldn't stop tapping his foot. He had boundless energy, something he hadn't had for a very long time, due to late nights working. He looked at the bottom of his coffee cup and saw a little bit of sugar at the bottom. He hadn't put any sugar in his coffee.
"Wheeler! What in Ra's name did you do to my coffee?!"
Joey laughed. "I had to test out my theory Kaiba." Kaiba glared at Joey.
"Damn your theory! How much sugar did you put in!?"
"Oh, just 25 packets."
Kaiba glared at Joey. "I really hate you Wheeler. You do know that?"
Five minutes later Kaiba was bouncing up and down slightly in his seat. He looked like he was restraining himself. He was shaking slightly from the effects of the sugar. He was still glaring at Joey. Joey looked uncomfortable. He finally looked at Kaiba.
"Will you stop glaring at me?!"
"Why should I?"
"Because I said so."
"I'm contemplating whether to kill you or let Mokuba talk to you."
Joey looked horrified at the second suggestion. "No! Kill me but don't let him near me!"
Mokuba and Serenity were talking to Bakura who seemed thoroughly worn out by the two hyper kids. Bakura kept pleading to switch seats with someone.
"Fine. Bakura, you can switch with Yugi. All the hyper people can sit in the back." He glanced at Kaiba. "Except for Kaiba."
Yugi was indeed hyper. He had eaten lots of sugar and was now talking to Tristan in a very high voice and bouncing up and down. Joey pulled over and they changed seats.
"Hey Joey can I drive?" Tristan looked hopeful.
"And can I sit in the front?"
"No Serenity, you cannot sit in the front."
"Can I?"
"Sure, Tea, I guess." Joey agreed to this and forced Kaiba to move into the back.
Mokuba and Serenity were whispering in the back. Mokuba laughed. They both shook hands and leaned forward.
"Got ya!" Mokuba and Serenity both had leaned forward and tickled their siblings.
"Ha-ha Serenity! Ha-ha Stop it!"
Kaiba was smiling and trying to escape Mokuba. Suddenly he laughed out loud, causing everyone except Mokuba to jump. No one in the van except Mokuba had ever heard Kaiba truly laugh. He started giggling and tickling Mokuba back. Mokuba tickled Serenity, who tickled Joey, who tickled Mokuba and Serenity, who tickled Kaiba and Bakura. Kaiba laughed and laughed and long after they had stopped and collapsed laughing.
Meanwhile in the front, Tristan was having trouble. He couldn't get over the shock of Kaiba actually laughing. This was not an evil laugh like the usual ones he heard. This was a normal laugh.
"Tristan! Watch the road!"
"Tea, I know what I'm doing!" To himself he thought, "Now, which one's the break, and which one's the accelerator?"
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"I cannot believe I just got in a tickle fight with you."
"Jinx!" Mokuba yelled. Kaiba and Joey glared at each other and ignored him.
Bakura was now thoroughly hyper and talked rapidly with Serenity and Mokuba. Kaiba and Joey continued to glare at each other.
"We'll just pretend that didn't happen, alright Wheeler?"
"Exactly."
They went back to staring out the window. Tristan pulled over.
"Joey can you drive? Tea's backseat driving is driving me nuts!"
"I dunno, Tristan, I'm sorta tired."
"I'll drive then." Everyone looked incredulously at Kaiba.
"You can't drive."
"I just got my license."
"Fine then."
Kaiba switched seats with Tristan.
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"Kaiba! Watch where you're going!"
"Quiet Gardener! I know what I'm doing! If I can drive a helicopter, I can drive a van!" to himself he thought, "Now, which one's the break, and which one's the accelerator?"
A paper airplane shot into the front, hitting Kaiba in the back of the head. He turned around.
"Who threw that?"
Serenity and Mokuba giggled. Kaiba smiled at Mokuba.
"KAIBA! Watch where your going!"
"Jesus woman! If you don't like my driving, drive yourself!"
"I can't! I'm not sixteen!"
"Thank the lord for that."
"What do you mean by that Seto Kaiba?!"
"You'll drive so slow, that the back up will stretch across states."
Joey and Tristan giggled. Tea turned around.
"You think that's funny Joey!?"
Joey and Tristan stopped giggling. "No ma'm!" they said together.
"Jinx!" Mokuba, Serenity Yugi, and Bakura yelled from the back.
Kaiba laughed. Mokuba never ceased to amuse him. Tristan jumped again.
"Kaiba could you stop doing that?"
Kaiba grinned at Tristan. He chuckled evilly, and laughed again. Tristan jumped.
"Kaiba, stop doing that! You're scaring Tristan!" Joey frowned at Kaiba.
Kaiba chuckled evilly. "My point exactly."
Joey shook his head and went back to his argument with Tristan about his staple gun.
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Joey was driving again. Tea was complaining about Kaiba's driving, so Tea moved back to her original seat and Kaiba sat in the front passenger seat. He was working on his computer, when he started to laugh again.
"What?"
"Jinx!" Mokuba, Serenity, Yugi and Bakura yelled from the back.
Kaiba ignored Joey and Tristan and continued laughing.
"What is it?" Joey asked.
Kaiba ignored them and spoke to Mokuba.
"Mokuba, have you been playing around on the Industrial Illusions webpage again?"
"Yeah."
"Did you happen to see what Pegasus did to it?"
Mokuba laughed. "Yeah!"
Kaiba laughed again. Mokuba explained.
"You see, after the tournament, Pegasus was feeling so depressed he got rid of all the security on his webpage on accident. So anyone could add to the page. And people redecorated it for Valentines Day." Mokuba snickered. "Not very professional, is it?"
Joey looked at the screen. Mokuba had decorated the webpage with hearts and pink writing and pictures of puppy dogs. Joey started to laugh, and everyone joined in. Except Tea.
"I think it's pretty. I don't see what's so funny."
They all stared at her. "You're demented." Joey and Tristan said together.
"Jinx!" Mokuba, Serenity, Yugi, and Bakura yelled from the back.
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Joey and Kaiba were sitting next to each other. Mokuba was asleep on Serenity's shoulder, and she and Yugi were talking quietly with Bakura.
Kaiba was falling asleep. The sugar had worn off. Finally, he fell asleep, right onto Joey's shoulder. Joey nearly jumped out of his seat.
"Uhh, guys. Guys. Could I have some help here?:
Serenity giggled. Tea woke up, watching Joey with interest. Tristan looked in the review mirror, and laughed quietly, to as not to wake Mokuba. Joey looked uncomfortable. Joey tried to push Kaiba away without waking up, but it didn't work. Within seconds, Kaiba sat bolt upright.
"What?" Kaiba looked around. Serenity giggled.
"Did Joey's shoulder make a good pillow Kaiba?" Tristan taunted him.
Kaiba turned very red. "I didn't, did I?"
Serenity nodded. Kaiba turned even redder, if possible and went back to staring very pointedly out the window.
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Joey had fallen asleep on Kaiba's shoulder. Kaiba looked quite startled and uncomfortable. Kaiba pushed Joey off him and went back to his work. Suddenly, Kaiba swore under his breath, then quickly looked back to make sure Mokuba hadn't woken up.
He quickly got out a power cord, undid his seatbelt and leaned forward enough to he could reach in the front. As he attempted to plug in his computer to the cigarette lighter Tristan stopped abruptly, nearly sending Kaiba through the windshield.
"What the.?" Kaiba looked to see if Mokuba was aright. He was still asleep. He looked back at Tristan.
"Sorry, but a deer jumped out into the road." Kaiba rolled his eyes plugged in his computer, and got back in his seat, making sure he had his seatbelt buckled and that Mokuba's was too.
"Taylor, you're tired. Let me drive." Tristan willingly surrendered the driver's seat and Kaiba, who was used to late nights and was wide awake, took over.
To himself Kaiba thought, "Thank god Gardener's asleep."
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Tristan woke up and mumbled groggily, "You've been turned into a pink bunny rabbit."
"No, I couldn't drive if I had been."
"What then?"
"We're in Texas!"
Tristan really woke up now. "Really?" He turned to the rest of the gang. "Hey you guys!"
Kaiba woke with a start. The rest of them woke up slowly.
"What is it Taylor?"
"We're in Texas!" Tristan said.
As the others expressed their excitement, Kaiba blinked. "That's it?"
"Yeah."
"You woke me up to tell me I was in Texas?"
"Yeah."
Kaiba rolled his eyes and immediately went back to sleep.
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"Joseph Wheeler, if you don't watch where you're going..." Tea was being her usual back seat driver.
Tristan was insulting Joey to pass the time. Finally, Joey, without looking at Tristan punched him lightly on the shoulder. Tristan punched him back. They immediately started punching one another. Joey, who was watching the road, didn't watch where he was punching and.
Kaiba woke with a start. He glared at Joey and Tristan. "Who hit me?"
Tristan and Joey pointed at each other. Kaiba rolled his eyes and punched Joey. Joey punched Kaiba back. Tristan punched Joey, who moved, causing Tristan to accidentally punch Kaiba. They immediately started to beat each other up, and Joey had let go of the steering wheel.
"JOEY!"
Joey jumped and turned back to the steering wheel.
Kaiba picked up his empty laptop case and hit Tristan over the head with it, dazing him.
"Much better." he muttered to himself and pulled out his laptop and started working. Joey looked horrified. "Kaiba! What did you do?!"
"I didn't knock him out if that's what you're wondering. He's just dazed. Besides, he's quiet now." Kaiba smirked. "Would you like me to do it again? It was quite enjoyable." Kaiba grinned evilly. Joey turned back to the steering wheel, muttering darkly. **************************************************************************** *********************** Yay! Hope you liked it! I will update as soon as you can. And flamers, beware. *grins maliciously*
Seto:*pulls out sugar water gun* I will personally shoot anyone who flames her. And then hand them over to Malik. *insert evil laugh*
Me: Thank you Seto! *glomp*
Seto: Ack. Can not breath. Meep!
Me: *lets go of Seto* Please! Read and review! Thanks!