Author's note: it has been so long since I stepped foot into this world, it seems like a dream. I have finally found my love for reading and writing again, and I will finally appease the muse that has been whispering these stories in my ears for years.

I do not own Yu gi, Oh or it's characters, just mine. I also do not own any of the duel monster cards mentioned save for the ones I made up. I am sure you can figure out which ones.

People milled around her like antsy little, well, ants, and as they jostled her from every side, she stood calmly waiting for Battle City to start. When the fancy blue and white invitation landed in her mail box a week ago, she was surprised, to say the least. Ever since she declined the duelist kingdom invite, she had never received another invitation until now. She was even more surprised to have received an invitation that was hand signed by Seto Kaiba himself. Glancing at the clock tower on her left, she continued to wait in growing anticipation for the tournament to begin.

"Hey!" someone yelled from behind her. They were not addressing her so she did not bother to look.

"Hey!" this time the shout was closer and someone tapped her on her back. She looked over her shoulder and arched her eyebrow at the person behind her. She could only assume that his name was Weevil Underwood. The bug inspired paraphernalia gave him away.

"Hey!" he said louder, making her want to clap his ears in response.

"Yes?" she asked with barely any infliction in her voice.

"Didn't you used to be somebody?" he asked with a sneer.

"I could ask you the same question" was her retort before she stepped away from him.

Yes, she was somebody at one point. Many knew her name and would cheer it from the stands as she dueled some chump into submission. But then tragedy struck and she when from being somebody to nobody. It was a personal choice she had made, but it didn't mean that it was an easy one. Still, she was here now, ready to rekindle the flame of love for duel monsters. When Weevil attempted to speak to her again, a dark and gravelly voice filled the sky, silencing him.

"Greetings Duelists!"

She looked up and saw Seto Kaiba face on a jumbo screen in the sky. Everyone stopped talking to listen to what their host had to say. She tuned it out as it was mostly all the crap she had read about in the thousand page manual he had sent everyone. She already knew how to play the game. She just wanted to start playing it already. She looked around at her competition and noted that there were only a handful of duelists that she was certain would give her a challenge. That was fine, however, that meant that she could duel the chumps, then duel the real elite in the battle city finals. Lost in her thoughts, she did not realize the tournament had begun until an arm snaked around her waist. Glairing over her shoulder, she saw a big burly man, clad in all leather, leering down at her.

"Hey baby," he whispered in what he assumed was a seductive voice, "Wanna just give me your locator cards now? I'll give you a mustache ride and a free, hard, pounding."

She deftly side stepped his hold and turned to face him. "Let's duel" was all she said.

"Oh come on baby, a pretty little red-haired thing like you don't wanna get hurt now. Come on, let me make you feel good sad thing. This isn't a place for a little luscious thing like you."

"You done? Good. I just challenged you. By Battle city rules, you now have to duel me. "With that, she activated her duel disk.

"Alright baby, but if I win, I get to touch every bodaciouscurve,facedown" he said, practically drooling.

"And if I win, I get to kick you in those big balls you think you have" she replied.

He stopped smiling and his face darkened with anger. He was not used to women talking to him in such manner. He snarled as he drew his cards and she looked placidly back at him.

"If you were my woman, I'd smack the shit out of you. Maybe I'll include that in our foreplay later."

"Charming" she said, rolling her eyes at him.

A small crowd had gathered around them and from the light pole, a camera blinked to life. From behind the camera, a tall figure clad in a white trench coat watched the duel with an air of anticipation. She obviously was oblivious to this as she looked at her hand. She was not paying particular attention to the biker man as he ranted about his card, Bikers dream, that was apparently about to bring her to her knees. He then reinforced his card with a magic card, to raise its attack points from 1600 to 1900. When he ended his turn she looked up and him and shook her head.

"Is that all you have?" she taunted.

"What do ya mean?" he snarled.

She shook her head. "I play Maiden of the Aqua in defense mode. This cards special ability prohibits you from using your magic card to strengthen any other monsters. I then place face-down and end my turn. "

When he summoned scapegoat and sacrificed his monster and one scapegoat to summon a stronger monster with an attach strength of 2300, she was not surprised. It was the logical next move. He was very predictable. However, that is what she wanted. Facing someone like him in her first round was a way to make sure her skills were not rusty. It had been a long while since she had played the game. When the man then attacked her Maiden of the Aqua, he was in for a surprise.

"I activate Drowning Mirror force. Your attack is canceled and all monsters in attach mode on your side of the field must be shuffled into your deck". His face clouded over with anger and mummers filled the air as the crowd around them looked on.

"Damn it. I still have my scape goats!" he snarled as he shuffled his deck.

"Mmm hmm. My turn. I activate mystical typhoon to wipe out all spell cards on the field. Bye, bye little goats." He looked pissed as they dispersed, leaving him wide open for an attack.

"Next, I summon Lord of the Aqua to the Field in attack mode, and switch Maiden of the Aqua in attack mode. When these two are summoned to the field, Lord of the Aqua's special ability is activated. I can now summon Mecha Sea Dragon Plesion from my deck to the field." The biker eyes grew wide when he saw the attack points of the sea monster.

"Now, Mecha Sea dragon, attack his life points directly!"

2300 life points were deducted from his life points.

"Now, Lord of the aqua, attack his life points!"

1900 life points were deducted from his life points and he fell to his knees.

"I lost…I lost" he said over and over as she approached him.

"Remember what I said I would do If I won?" she asked, glaring down at him. He covered his balls with his hands and started crying. She rolled her eyes at him and snatched his locator card and his Bikers dream spell card.

"Lucky for you, I'm not in the nut cracking mood" and she turned and walked away from the blubbering mess that was formally a man. On the light pole, the camera turned, following her.

Back at the Kaiba corporation headquarters, Mokuba stared at the screen dumbfounded. Kaiba looked passively at the screen before turning his eyes to another screen to watch his arch rival walk away from his own duel. Someday, and someday soon Yugi, I will beat you.

"Seto?" Mokuba asked, tugging on his brother's coat.

"What is it?" the elder Kaiba asked, raising his eyebrow impatiently down at his brother.

"Who is that?" He asked, pointing to the computer monitor as a curvy red head walked away from a crying man in leather.

"That is the Ocean Master." Kaiba said with a small smirk.

"Really? That's her? Everyone thought she fell off the face of the earth!" Mokuba asked excitedly.

"In a way she did," Kaiba said thoughtfully, "But I found her. Luckily, she has not lost her dueling skills in her two hear hiatus from duel monsters."

As he watched her turn to face another enthusiastic opponent, he could not help but wonder how far she would make it. Hopefully, the great Sharleen Durest, Ocean Master, would make it to the semifinals. He would very much like to meet her. If she doesn't, he thought, then she is not worth my time.