Genie of the Puzzle

6: In the Marketplace

Sure, it was hot, but it was definitely an exciting experience for Yugi. Finally, outside of the palace walls!
And there was so much to see!

Yugi walked past different stands of different things to sell.
He quickly dodged a harpoon that came from the first stand. "Would the lady like a fish?" Asked Mako Tsunami.

"What the....no! Not after you tried to skewer my face off!" Yugi hurriedly carried on. "And I'm not a lady-"

Another seller interrupted him. "WOULD YOU LIKE THIS BABY? I DO NOT CARE FOR IT!!!"

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the town square, Yami and Joey sat on top of a roof of a watermelon stand.
"so, you know the plan?" Yami asked. Joey nodded, and swooped down and grabbed a watermelon while the salesman was watching.

"WHy, you little-" he snatched it back, Joey laughed.

Whiles he was distracted, Yami hung upside down from the other end of the roof and picked a good sized watermelon, then he took it and brought it back to the roof.
When the salesman was satisfied that the melons had gone untouched, Joey could hardly contain himself as he swooped back up to the roof.

"Good work, Joey!" Yami smirked. He tried breaking the melon open with his knee, but failed miserably and doubled over in pain. "DEar rA!!!!" He winced, stifling his pain and tried not to be heard.

"Why the heck did ya think you could break open a melon with ya knee?" Joey said, trying not to laugh. "Geez, if only you were as smart as you were good-looking."

"Are you calling me stupid?! Who got us breakfast today?" He pointed to himself. "I did! I came up with the plan and everything! And I did it all by myself, too!"

"Un-breakable breakfast." Joey snickered. "told ya we shoulda tried the oranges."

Yami opened his mouth to snap back, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw something. A glimmer, almost, standing out in the crowd.

Hooded, Yugi accidentally bumped into a man who was swallowing fire, causing him to choke and hiccup. "Excuse me!" Yugi quickly apologized. "Are you okay?"
Suddenly they burped tongues of fire, causing Yugi to jump back in surprise, which made his hood fall backwards.

Yami couldn't help but stare from his spot. "Wow..." He gazed at his two rounded, wonder-filled violet eyes. He inched closer for a better view on the roof, and Joey waved his hand in front of his face.

"Hello? Yams?"

Yami swatted at him.

"Really, I'm very sorry." Yugi apologized again and again and put the hood back on as quickly as he could. Yugi looked around. There was so much to see outside the walls; so much action and people and...hungry children?

He pitied the little girl in pigtails by the apple seller's stand. "Are you alright?" He asked, and Rebecca remained silent out of shyness.
Yugi offered her a smile. "You must be hungry..." He took an apple from the stand and handed it to her, with an added pat on her head. "Here you go!" He chimed and she smiled evilly and took off with her bear.

Yugi, in a generous bliss, began walking away. The seller said, calling out to him in a gruff voice, "You better be willing to pay for that."

Yugi paled. "...pay?"

Kaiba grabbed Yugi by the wrist. "Things here aren't free, you know!"

"Please!" Yugi's heart pounded. "If you let me go to the palace, I can get some money from the Sultan-"

"You expect me to believe that?!" Kaiba pulled a dagger.

"It was a f*cking APPLE!" He shrieked.

"Do you know the price to be paid for stealing from my cart!?"

"No! Please-!"

Suddenly Kaiba's wrist was stopped mid-swing, and he looked down to someone who looked almost exactly like this kid did.

"Thank you so much for finding her!" Yami held his arm still and quickly knocked the blade away. He faced Yugi and put on a stern face and said, "I've been looking all over for you!"

He tried to move Yugi along by nudging him, and Yugi couldn't help but whisper, "What are you doing?"

"Just play along." Yami whispered back.

"Hang on..." Kaiba stopped them by grabbing Yami's arm. "You know this girl?"

"Sadly, yes." Yami frowned and noticed that Yugi's cloaked covered his body, hiding any clues of what his gender was. "She's my sister." Yami leaned closer and whispered, "She's a little crazy..."

Yugi scoffed.

Kaiba didn't buy it, so he grabbed Yami by the vest and said, "She said she knew the Sultan!"

Yami laughed. "First off, we're in Egypt. The author doesn't know sh*t about history."

*grumbles*

"Second," he pointed to Joey. "She thinks he's the Sultan!"

Yugi looked at Joey, who had followed Yami down to the ground. He was in the middle of stealing something from someone's bag, and when seeing he was in the spotlight, he stopped and stood awkwardly.
Yugi immediately dropped to his knees and bowed. "Oh wise Sultan, how may I serve you?"

Joey dropped the stolen goods from his hands and pretended to give some kind of amazing speech, then ended with a pat to Yugi's head.

"Now, if there's nothing else," Yami took Yugi by the shoulders and tried to get him to start walking. "You have to go see the doctor now, remember?"

Yugi went cross eyed and said to a camel that wore a bow tie and a fez, and he said, "Hello Doctor, how are you?"

"No, no, no, not that one." Yami stifled his laughter and gestured for Joey to follow. Hurriedly, he accidentally dropped all his stuff.

"Stop! THIEVES!" Kaiba yelled after them. They began to speed away, laughing and leaving behind a cloud of dust from the sandy ground.