Duel of a Lifetime

Chapter 1

The Beach and the Package

A/N: Hey everybody! Um well I'm just writing this for fun and I know many people wont read this or wont even be bothered reviewing this but if you do review try not 2 judge k? I mean its for fun. I don't find any point in writing a story and not doing anything with it. Anyway its just a story 'bout Seto Kaiba and an OC. You'll find out who she is straight away cause she's the main character. Anyway enjoy and plz review! Bye!

Chapter summary: This chap's about finding out who the main character is, who's her family, what's happened to get to this part and blah blah blah. I know, sounds boring and maybe it is 2 some people but its gotta be done otherwise there'll be confusion.

Italics are their thoughts ok?

Minako Moto walked slowly along the beach looking out across the ocean. She was supposed to meet her brother and the rest of her friends down here. She sighed and let the ocean breeze whip around her. She undid her ponytail and her black hair cascaded down her back, the red streaks/highlights that were in it looking even more prominent than usual in the setting sun's light. It was funny. Lots of girls had highlights in their hair. The highlights were usually blond or brown and had to be redone every month. Minako's on the other hand was natural just like her brother Yugi had a few brown steaks in his hair. His was all natural too. The wind blew up again making her hair whip around her face and her skirt to push against her legs. Minako was wearing one of her favourite outfits. It was a black singlet top with a red outline around it and a red design of a dragon. The singlet was designed so that all could see her tan stomach . Over it she wore her favourite black leather jacket complete with a few spikes here and there. She wore a black mini-skirt and had 2 studded belts hanging loosely around her waist. Minako was pretty and she knew it. After all, her name did mean beauty. She unzipped her black leather boots she was wearing and carried them in her hands, feeling the soft sand beneath her feet. Yugi always said that her outfits were a bit to morbid and black but Minako liked it. Black suited her.

"Hey Mina!!! Over here!!" Yelled someone.

Minako turned her head and saw a group of teenagers sitting near the shoreline. She smiled, waved and dashed over to them.

"Hey!" She grinned setting herself beside her big brother. Yugi gave her a quick hug and smiled. Yugi was 1 year older then her and had taken it into his responsibility to look after her from a young age. Ever since their parents died and they moved into Grandpa's house Yugi looked after Mina as best as he could and Mina worshipped him. He was the best big brother anyone could have and Mina would protect him at all costs. He was her best friend and her big brother.

" 'Ello Moto!' Joey laughed at her. Everybody gave him a funny look. Joey looked around. "Get it? 'Ello Moto?' From the Motorola thing???"

"Give it up man. Not that funny." Tristan shook his head. Joey looked hurt but after a second started humming the tune from the Motorola theme song 'Ello Moto.'

Tea and Serenity sighed at Joey's idiocy and gave Mina a hug.

"Got you guys something." Mina announced pulling a box out of her bag. She opened it revealing heaven on earth to Joey and Tristan. Inside the box was rice buns. The sweet kind. Joey and Tristen dived on the box and Mina pulled it out of the way.

"Uh-uh-uh boys. Ladies first." And passed the box to Tea right in front of Joey's nose making him drool.

"Why? WHY? Why do you have to be such a tease!!!?" Tristan and Joey said almost crying. Mina just grinned evilly and passed the box round giving the two boys the last pick.

They sat there chatting and talking while eating their rice buns and enjoying the peaceful sunset for a while.

"It's so great to finally have a few days to ourselves not saving humanity and all that stuff." Yugi sighed contently.

Tea agreed and leant her head on Yugi's shoulder. Yugi and Tea had been going out for a week now. They had started just after Yami/Pharaoh/Atem had gone back to where he belonged after they had all traveled into the memory of the Pharaoh. Yugi still kept his Millennium Puzzle around his neck at all times. Mina picked up her millennium item which was hanging around her neck on a necklace chain. It was shaped as a tooth and there was an eye in the middle of it. It was small enough that Mina could pass it of as a nice necklace. It was called the Millennium Fang and it was the most important item although it was almost never mentioned. Mina liked it that way. Just like the puzzle, the tooth contained a 1000 year old spirit. Her name was Asheba and she was the Pharaoh's sister. She, like the Pharaoh became best friends with Mina and took ever her body when Mina was in any danger to protect her. When they went into the memory of the Pharaoh and Asheba, Yugi, Mina and the rest of the gang helped them to defeat the evil spirit that possessed Bakura. When all that was done the Pharaoh gave up his spot as ruler to Seto Kaiba's ancient Egyptian form and to Asheba. The people had a big argument about who was going to rule them but in the end it had all worked out because ancient Kaiba and Asheba ended up falling in love, getting married and ruling together. Then Mina and Yugi had to duel their best friends to save them. After all that, there was peace again although Mina was still missing the spunky girl that used to be inside her mind.

"OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!! It's Yugi and Minako Moto!!!" A girl screamed out. Soon a rush of people came running up to them. "Yugi, Minako? Can we have your autographs?", "How does it feel to be the King and Queen of Games", "Can you duel me?" and "Will you go out with me?" came from all around. Yugi, Mina and Joey spent the next half an hour signing autographs and saying hi to people. After all that Mina flopped onto the ground next to Tea and sighed.

"What did I do to deserve this?" She asked dramatically

"You became the Queen of Games." Serenity answered.

"How did all this happen…?" Mina thought out in wonder. Yugi and Mina were just two orphaned kids living with their grandfather in his games shop and now they were superstars. Mina though of all the stuff they had done to get them here today.

I was there in the first tournament, Duelist Kingdom. Where Pegasus captured Grandpa's soul and bribed us to come with it. That was were I first met Seto Kaiba. Joey was there too, trying to get the money for Serenity's surgery. I beat Mai Valentine and Yugi beat Joey which placed Joey at second place earning him the money for Serenity. Yugi and I were going to face each other in the tournament but Pegasus told us to fight him together because we both wanted the same thing. To save the people who's souls Pegasus had taken. Pegasus also said we couldn't beat him with four of us. So we took the challenge and won, giving us a reputation. Then I beat Kaiba like what four times in a row. Hah! He could not believe a girl beat him. Sexist pig. So he got jealous of Yugi and I for beating him and invited us for the Battle City tournament where we got the Egyptian God Cards. Yugi beat Marik( he was kinda hot!) and I beat another guy who had stolen this special card so Yugi and I got the Egyptian God Cards. I got The Winged Dragon of Rah(totally awesome name if you ask me) and the other special card called Ramses' Blade(apparently it was one of the lost God Cards. Whatever. The Card rocks) and Yugi got Slifer and Obelisk. Then I kicked Seto Kaiba's ass. Again. And was all set to beat Yugi. Ended up drawing with him which was ok I guess. So we ended up getting the title as king and queen if games. (Its kinda weird if you ask me cause isn't the king and queen supposed to be married? I'm not sure. Mental not to self: ask Rebecca about Monarchy when next see her. Actually cancel that. The clingy girl is seriously getting on my nerves, following Yugi everywhere and whining to him about why he wont go out with her. O I cant wait to see her face when she finds out about Tea and Yugi's relationship.) Yugi has actually grown so much. I mean before meeting the Pharaoh he was a midget and his voice hadn't even broken. He was 16!!! Then of course he shot up and now he's 19, deep voiced and could give Joey and Tristen a run for their money(if they had some) in terms of height and masculinity. I mean Yugi's finally grown some muscles. Not after much nagging of his little sister to do some bench pressing of course.

O yeah getting of track. After battle city, went to fight Noah and beat the little midget. So he nearly died and is trapped in a virtual world! That's no excuse for trying to blow us out of our minds and taking over our bodies. Ok so he turned out really nice in the end and Mokuba kept teasing me that Noah liked me. Yeah sure, a 18 year old kid stuck in the body of a 10 year old is going to go out with me. Delusional. Mokuba's really sweet though. Totally different from his brother. The arse-hole. Hey maybe I could get Mokuba and Rebecca together. OH MY GOSH! I'm a genius. O yeah, the story. After like 15 billion more adventures such as beating Darts (what kind of name is that) and Seigfried the freak with the pink hair who tried to kill Kaiba (not that I care what happens to Kaiba) Yugi and I got our reputations to go even higher. Then beating our ancient alter-egos and sending them back to rest in peace topped the cake off. Now I'm at the beach, leaning on Yugi shoulder and thinking about all that has happened. Am I getting old?

"Hey, I was thinking…" Mina said sitting up straight.

"That's a first." Joey laughed cheekily and cringed away when Mina gave him 'The Glare.' You don't take Mina lightly. Being a black belt in Karate, Tae Kwon Do and Judo seemed to make her a bit more dangerous than she looks. She has a mean backhand punch.

"Anyway, how come all the bad guys we fight have really weird names. I mean Darts, Seigfried, Noah, Marik…"

"Dunno… never thought about it I guess. Hah! Our lives can never get boring with all the stuff we have to do." Joey answered.

"Yeah, well a girl can get a migraine from all the thinking of the complicated names there are."

"That's why I try not to think about that."

"That explains why you're failing at school. You don't think. Ha!"

"Hey! Just because you're the smartest behind Kaiba doesn't mean you can make fun of me."

"Kaiba's not usually there so it means that Mina is the smartest in our grade." Serenity chimed in.

"And you skipped a grade. That's why you're now in university in our class and not high school. Maybe Joey and Tristen should consider going back to high school." Tea snorted.

Joey gave them a cute little pout and turned his back to them. Suddenly he jumped up and started brushing the sand of him and neatening himself. The rest of the gang looked to where he was staring and saw Mai Valentine. She walked up to them and stared at Joey who mumbled a weak hello.

"Hey country boy. Hey you guys thought I'd join you." She said and sat down promptly by Mina. Joey rushed to her side and immediately fell over face first on the ground. So much for making a good impression. Joey had had a crush on Mai for ages and wanted to ask her out.

"She's to pretty for ya mate. Give it up." Tristen stage whispered in his ear loud enough for everybody to hear. Joey blushed tomato red and ducked his head down. Soon he joined in the conversation again with his stupid little comments that made everybody laugh.

Mina laid her head back onto the soft sand and sighed contently. Yugi looked down at her and smiled. He knew she loved the peace and quiet as much as he did. They both loved to just hang around with their friends and not have to worry about the fate of the world. Although, Yugi had to admit that Mina had a habit of getting into trouble and loving the trouble that she caused and got into. She was a feisty girl and loved to have fun. That's what drew lots of guys to her. Yugi was a protective brother just like any other but now more than any other time. Since what happened to her and Bandit Keith.

Mina lay on the sand and listened to the conversation that was taking place. Mai, Tea and Serenity were gossiping and Joey was being an idiot as usual. Everybody loved Joe. She had to admit though. She did have a crush on him once. And he actually was quite a good looking guy. I'm totally over him of course. Joe's a great guy and all but I have my own boyfriend now. Jordan's an awesome guy and totally hot. And I think Yugi likes him. You never know. He knows I wont get to close to any guy anyway. After what Keith did. I wont go close to any guy again. Other than Yugi, Tristan and Joe. Yugi and Joey looked out for Mina and decided that she would go out with the guys that they approved of. Not that she cared about the rule. She'd go out with who she wanted to. Anyway Yugi was generally nice and looked at the good side of the guys (most of the time) and Joey kind of didn't like any of the guys so it didn't really matter.

"Hey guys, it's getting late and we really got to get home." Tea yawned.

"No way! You can't be tired! It's only 7:15." Tristan laughed in disbelief.

"Well, I at least do some work such as going to dance rehearsals and lessons unlike some people who laze at home and watch TV. AND we have school tomorrow."

"Aww… Don't remind me." Tristan moaned.

"Wait, wait. You still go to school?" Mai asked in disbelief.

"Yeah… University. You don't go?" Yugi asked.

"Nup." She said proudly. "I'm earning a living doing dueling tournaments and some modeling. I've been to school once and that's enough. I'm not going to waste a few hundred bucks just to go into more detail of what little we had leant in high school."

"That's a very bleak out-take on life." Mina laughed while getting up and dusting herself off. She stretched a bit then stick her hand out to Yugi who grabbed it and used it to help himself up. He, in turn helped Tea up.

The gang headed down towards the car park where they had parked their vehicles which were parked side by side. Mina headed up to her motorcycle. Tristan had decided that she'd love a bike and all of them pitched in and got her one for her birthday. Mina kinda got a bit obsessed with them after that. This one was a black and red Harley. The original bike that the guys had got her. She loved it like her baby. Yugi and Tea got into Yugi's car while Serenity and Joey headed of to Joey's car.. Tristan got on his bike and Mai got into her car.

"Wait! Wait! Yugi Moto, Minako Moto, Joey Wheeler and Mai Valentine?" a voice sounded breathlessly behind them.

Yugi raised an impatient eyebrow to Mina and they both turned.

"Yes?"

"I have a package for you. Its an invitation to a new tournament. It is an event of a lifetime and you wouldn't want to miss it. Only invited duelist will be there so you will only be dueling the elite. All the information is in the package." A man said all in one breath. He handed Mina and Yugi the first packages and then Joey and Mai the next two packages. There was still one package in his arm. The man swiveled his head round as if looking for someone.

"Who's the last package for?" Yugi asked curiously.

"Seto Kaiba. Is he here?"

"No! Why would you think he was here?" Joey retorted sharply.

"Well I guess because I thought he was your friend and –"

"Well you thought wrong!" Joey answered harshly and jumped into the car. Everybody knew that Joey had never had a great relationship with Kaiba. Worse than Mina and Kaiba.

Mai sniffed and walked away while Mina gave the man an apologetic look. Yugi thanked him and the man turned around and jogged.

"What's in the package?" Tea asked Yugi as the roar of Mina and Tristan's bikes had died off and the others had driven away.

"I'm not too sure. I haven't opened it yet. Its about a new tournament."

"Are you going for it."

"I don't even know who the duel is hosted by so I won't be sure until I read it."

Yugi started up the engine and they cruised away to Tea's house.

"I'll see ya tomorrow ok?" Yugi smiled down at Tea.

"Yup!"

Yugi leant his head forwards and placed a tender kiss on her lips. Tea smiled when it ended and opened her door.

"Try not to stress out too much about the duel ok?" She added before closing the door.

Yugi smiled and walked back to the car. When he got home, he went straight to his room only to find his sister there waiting for him, all showered and changed, with her invitation package in her hand waiting for him to get back so they could open it together.