Ok this is my first shot at a cross over, and it's a triple cross over (Yu-Gi-Oh, Yu-Gi-Oh GX, and Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds)!
Summary: The New Domino City Convention Center is the home to the world's newest Duel Monsters convention-DuelCon! And it's hosted by none other than the King of Games himself-Yugi Muto! Duelists from all over the world are flocking to New Domino City for this event. Among them are top duelist and Duel Academy graduate, Jaden Yuki, and New Domino resident and turbo-dueling champion, Yusei Fudo. But everything is about to change in the lives of our favorite duelists. And it's not just new duel techniques either.
DuelCon
Welcome to New Domino City!
Ding! "Passengers, please fasten your seatbelts. We will be landing soon. Thank you for flying Air Domino!" the flight attendant's voice crackled from the overhead speakers. A young man, who was riding in first class, sat up in his chair, groggy from his nap.
"We're landing already?" Jaden Yuki said to no one in particular. "But we couldn't have been in the air more than an hour…" He looked down at his watch. He jumped when he saw the time. "Man, I slept through a four and a half hour flight! Well, so much for watching the in-flight movie."
The plane lurched as it hit small pockets of turbulence as it descended. Jaden felt the plane slope downwards, getting steeper by the minute. He looked out the window and watched as the plane dipped below the clouds and the blue expanse of the ocean grew closer. Soon, the water disappeared and changed into the gleaming city below. Wow… Jaden thought to himself. After about fifteen minutes of descent, the plane landed.
Jaden got up with everyone else after the plane had stopped. He reached up into the overhead compartment and grabbed his book bag. Slinging the red bag over his shoulder, Jaden exited the plane.
The terminal area was full of people, and most seemed to be getting off of various planes. Also, many seemed to be duelists. Jaden even recognized some from the various tournaments he'd competed in over the years.
"Wow, this convention seems like it's going to be huge!" Jaden said. His excitement was building by the second. With his classic huge grin plastered on his face, Jaden walked down to baggage. After grabbing his duffle bag, he headed out into the sunlit city, passing under the large sign that read "Welcome to New Domino City!"
Meanwhile…
Yusei Fudo sat in the garage, his laptop sitting on the table in front of him, running some final schematics on his duel runner. He wanted to make sure it was in tip-top shape before leaving, seeing as he wouldn't be in the garage for a few days.
"I don't see why you're insisting on going to this convention, Yusei. It seems like a complete waste of precious time," an Aussie voice said from behind him. Yusei turned around to face his best friend. Jack Atlas was lounging on the couch, hands behind his head and eyes closed.
"Jack, you do realize that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, right?" Yusei asked.
"Yeah, yeah. It's not like there won't be other conventions you can go to, Yus. Specifically ones that will be held after you retire from being a professional duelist and are done with this whole signer business."
"Jack, you should know better than anyone that this "signer business", as you put it, won't be over anytime soon," Yusei pointed out. Jack grumbled a little in response. Yusei felt his lip twitch in amusement. "And besides, I'm actually interested in some of Kaiba Corp's new duel technology, not to mention meeting this Yugi guy."
Jack groaned and sat up to look at Yusei. "Yugi Muto is old news. I heard that some kid whose been on the scene for just a few years is closing in on his win record; well on his way to becoming the next "King of Games" as they call it in regular dueling." Yusei rolled his eyes at the blonde guy sitting across from him. Jack just ignored it and continued, "Besides, nothing that Kaiba Corp makes can compare to today's turbo-dueling tech."
"How do you know that Kaiba Corp doesn't make duel runners and other turbo-dueling gear?"
Jack just sat there with a dumbfounded expression. "Well, you see, it's quite simple. There's…uh…well I…um…I…" His voice trailed away, beaten. Yusei laughed just as his laptop dinged, announcing that the schematic was done. He turned around to check the results, nodding to himself when it showed that everything was running correctly.
"Hey, what's up lazy bums!" a voice called out. Both boys turned to see Crow walk in the door.
"Crow," Jack said.
"Hey," Yusei said as he shut down the laptop. He scooped it up and walked over to place it into his black duffle bag.
"Hey Yus." Yusei turned to face Crow. "Why is it that you're staying in the con-center's dorms again? We live, like, ten minutes away via runner."
"Convention regulations," the signer replied as he opened the compartment in the back of the runner. He stuffed the bag inside and shut the top. He grabbed his jacket off of the back of the chair and shrugged into it.
"Have fun rooming with some no name," Jack commented. He returned to lying on the couch, feet propped up on the arm.
"Ya know Jack, if you had decided to go, you and Yusei could've been roomies," Crow pointed out. Jack spluttered and sat up.
"Say what!"
"He's right, Jack. It was a strong possibility," Yusei added, strapping on his riding gloves. He chuckled to himself as Jack groaned and threw himself back down on the couch.
"Somebody kill me, please," he mumbled. The other two began openly chuckling.
Yusei grabbed his helmet off of the table and placed it on his head. "Well, I'm off," he said as he mounted the red runner. He pressed the ignition button and the runner growled to life.
"See ya later, Yus!" Crow yelled over the roar of the runner's engine. Jack just groaned.
Yusei put the runner into gear and sped out of the garage. Once on the main road, he angled towards the convention center. DuelCon here I come he thought as he added to the throttle and sped down the road.
In the con-center penthouse…
The entire top floor of the con-center dorms was like one large apartment, reserved for convention hosts and their guests. When there wasn't a convention in town, the dorms were treated as an extra hotel and the top floor was treated as a penthouse suite.
Currently the penthouse was being occupied by four people, the hosts of DuelCon. They had arrived the day before to begin preparing for all the duelists, big names and rookies, who were arriving for the first DuelCon in history. And by the looks of the registrations that had come in since 9 o'clock that morning, it was also going to be the largest convention in the history of dueling.
A young man was standing on one of the balconies, specifically the one that was facing out over the city. His hair was blonde and spiked out. He wore jeans, a black sleeveless shirt underneath a blue jacket, and black sneakers. A belt was strapped around his waist with holsters made to hold duel decks. Sighing, he leaned against the railing. Why did I agree to do this? I'm a duelist, not a public speaker, he thought to himself.
"Maybe that's because you're too nice to turn someone down, Yugi," a voice said from behind him. Yugi Muto spun around. Standing in the doorway, leaning against the wall, was a man who could be Yugi's twin. The only differences were that this man wore boots instead of sneakers and a black, spiked choker around his neck, an item that Yugi had done away with years ago. His face, though no older than Yugi's, showed signs of years of experience and his eyes revealed his vast pools of knowledge and wisdom.
"Oh, hey Yami. I didn't hear you come in," Yugi replied, relaxing at the sight of his best friend, his other half. Sometimes he forgot that, despite Yami having a physical body instead of being trapped in the Millennium Puzzle, the two could still hear each other's thoughts when they were in close proximity. "So what are you doing? I thought you were taking a nap before kick off tonight."
Yami shrugged. "Couldn't sleep. I guess I'm just as on edge as you are. You sure you're ok?"
Yugi nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little nervous," he said. He turned around to face the city again.
Yami stood silent for a minute before sighing and coming to stand next to the King of Games. "Listen Yugi, I'll always be here for you, you know that right?" Yugi nodded without turning around. "Did I ever tell you why I choose to stay here instead of going back to ancient Egypt to rule as pharaoh?"
"No, I just always assumed that you didn't want to go back and be pharaoh. I never understood why, it's just what I thought."
Yami chuckled. "Well you're partly right. I didn't want to go back and rule. And for more reasons than you think."
Yugi looked up curiously. "What do you mean?"
"Well, being pharaoh is a hard job and personally, after being stuck in that puzzle for 3,000 years, I didn't think that I could do it anymore," Yami explained. Yugi nodded in understanding; he didn't think that he'd ever be able to be a pharaoh. "Plus, I met you and Joey and Tristan and Tea. And with such good friends here, well, I just couldn't leave," Yami added.
"You didn't want-" Yugi started
"Hey Yug, Yam!" the voice of Joey Wheeler called from the door. Both men turned around to face Joey, who was standing in the doorway of Yugi's room along with Tristan Taylor. "You guys want to go check out a turbo-duel before the opener tonight?"
The two twins, born 3,000 years apart, looked at each other. Then they both turned around and nodded.
"Definitely!" the two said at the same time. All four friends laughed as they exited the room and headed towards the elevator.
I really need to stop coming up with new ideas or else I'm gonna become even more overwhelmed. *sigh* But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this. Just to clarify a few things, yes Yami and Yugi are separated, no they aren't together. Updates will be sporadic due to the fact that I have three other stories that I'm working on. *sighs again* Please review, they make me oh-so happy!
