ACT OF DUELING

– co-written by Gangsta Smufette and Cyber Orteck

Chapter 1: Where It All Begins

Disclaimer: I do not owe Yugioh or Bakugan. I only owe parts of the plot, Sky Black and several fan made cards. The rest of the plot is the property of Cyber Orteck.

SKY'S P.O.V

It was a normal day in Domino City – or rather as normal as it can get when you're the seventeen year old assistant/girlfriend of Seto Kaiba. Currently, I'm playing videogames with Seto's younger brother, Mokuba.

"JUMP!" Mokuba yelled.

"HOW?! I'M IN A SPACESHIP!" I yelled back.

After about ten more minutes of getting my ass handed to me by a kid, I threw down my controller, got up and stretched.

"Eh, who needs videogames anyways? Who's up for ice cream?"

"Me!" Mokuba agreed and we head to the kitchen. Seto's gonna kill me when he finds out I gave the kid sugar, but who cares?

JESSE'S P.O.V

I was reading with Plitheon in my true form, but I was getting rather annoyed as Plitheon was reading every second line aloud with a mocking tone. "Plitheon…"

I didn't notice the portal opening behind me until we fell through it!
I landed face first on solid concrete.

Two guards run up to me, "Halt trespasser."
I got up still dazed, "My head…"

One of the guards notices my accent. "What's a Brit doin' in Japan?"

"I don't know, but we should be more concerned about what he's doing on Kaiba's property or we're out of a job!"

"What…what kind of insult is this?!" I said. "I fall face first into the pavement and that's what you say?!"

"What the fuck, man?" Plitheon said floating into the man's face.

SKY'S P.O.V

I heard the commotion from inside the kitchen and ran outside seeing the two guards confronting this British guy. I ran up to them, "Hey, what's going on here?!"

I noticed the British guy was bleeding and I snapped at the guards, "Hey, can't you see the poor guy's bleeding?! Why Seto hired you brainless idiots is beneath me!" I flashed the Brit a smile. "Sorry about that. I told Seto not to hire them!"

"Can it." I watched in awe as he brushed the dirt off his trench coat and walked away.

I ran ahead and blocked his way. "Need a place to stay? I'm Sky, by the way."

His eyes flashed dangerously. "No, now get... out… of… my... way."

I stood where I was. "Okay then, I'm gonna do this the hard way. I simply cannot let you leave after the trouble the guards caused you."

He grabbed a little ball thingy. "You've got no skills."

I smirked – most would say that I look like Seto when I do that – and said, "I beg to differ."

"Then take the stage!" He said, tossing a card and it expanded, glowing green.

What the hell?

I decided to play along and scanned my hand. I smirked as my eyes fell on one of my most prized cards. I chuckled, "Alright then. I play Angel Mariah in attack mode."

She is a childlike angel with a black dress.

He threw the little ball thingy onto the card.

Okay, weird.

"Take stage Ventus Plitheon," He said and his hair blew in the wind. If I wasn't dating Seto that would've distracted me…

Oh my!

Why the hell did this huge dragon-like creature just pop out in front of me?!

I felt the colour draining from my face. "Oh dear…this might be a problem…"

Might be? It is a HUGE problem. My Angel is outdone. I drew a card. "I put one card face down. Angel Mariah attack!"

An energy ball formed in her hands and she fired.

"Plitheon, this calls for Fencer's Shield!"

My attack was blocked. I glared at him and said, "Angel Mariah, counterattack with Angel's Earthquake!"

The ground started shaking and the earth split, revealing lava below.

"You just gave us the perfect opportunity!" He said, "Gravity mine! This subtracts 300 from each opponent and adds it to Plitheon!"

The dragon-like creature called Plitheon started flapping his wings and smiles. "This Angel is falling from grace!"

"Very poetic, Plitheon!"

I glared angrily and drew a card. "I play my Nameless Warrioress in attack mode. This card allows me to recover by adding 1000 attack points to my Angel."

The Nameless Warrioress looks like a female ninja with a sword.

He responded by smirking. "Ready Vilantor Gear. Battle gear boost!"

I nervously watched what was going on. I somehow felt that I'll need all that my deck has to offer.

"Battle gear ability! Vilantor Gear Cyclotron!" He called.

I cried out in fury as he destroyed my monsters, "YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!"

Plitheon converted back to the way he was before and was caught by the Brit. "Gate card set."

I drew yet another card and my eyes watered up. Seto had given it to me for luck after he returned

from a business trip. The Red Eyes Black Golden Dragon. I rarely ever used it though, but I have the feeling I need it now.

"Brawl." He threw Plitheon and he returned to his other form.

"I summon my Red Eyes Black Golden Dragon in attack mode."

I jumped onto its head.

"And now my Red Eyes, attack!"

He grinned, "Gate card open! Mind Ghost plus Wind Retreat!"

I gasped as my dragon was destroyed and I fell to the ground. My lifepionts depleted. I felt weak as I tried to get up but fell back down again.

"What's the matter? Can't handle a simple bakugan?"

IS HE TAUNTING ME?! AND IS THAT A SMIRK?!

Oh, he's going down!

Fury burst loose and I pushed myself to my feet and face him, "Oh yeah?! Well, I'll show you! I activate my face down card, Monster Reborn! This card enables me to bring back any monster card in my graveyard. Rise, Angel Mariah!"

My Angel Mariah appeared in front of me.

"I also activate her special abilities. The first being the opportunity to bring back another fallen card, enabling the return of my Nameless Warrioress! Her special ability allows my Angel's attack points to rise 1000 points, giving her a total of 2900! And now my Angel, attack!"

She fired her beam yet again, this time bigger and power fuller.

But to my annoyance, he remained calm.

"Hm, this calls for blow back!"

And in the next minute my own attack was heading in my direction.

Mariah shrieked as she was destroyed and I suddenly felt drained and collapsed to my knees. I checked my lifepionts. 500. Great.

"Life eater!" I heard him call out.

I barely looked up as I got hit. My lifepionts hit 0. It was over. My Nameless Warrioress went to my graveyard.

JESSE'S P.O.V

I smirked, "Now let me and Plitheon go."

Sky stood. "Fine. Just don't say I didn't try to help."

"We don't need any help from humans," Plitheon said.

Sky looked at him, "You remind me of someone I know.

Ignoring her, I started walking away, "Come on, Plitheon."

"YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST OF ME, I SWEAR IT!"

"The name's Jesse." I said as I walked away and into the street. As I walked down the street a white limo passed me and stopped at the gate I just came through. A man with brunette hair and a mysteriously floating trench coat got out. I walked on.

SKY'S P.O.V

Seto found Mokuba and I in the living room. I was reclining on the couch, my thoughts on the duel I just lost.

"Hey, what's with the long face?" he asked me.

"I lost a duel, Seto, and I think we have a new problem on our hands," I answered.

"Who?"

"The kid's name is Jesse. He put up quite a fight. That was not duelling. I know it..."

TO BE CONTUIED…