Chapter 1

The Invitation

It was October the 31st and on a late autumns day as most of the leaves on the trees where a nice golden brown as we join Yugi walking to school until he was joined by Téa, Joey and Tristan as they walked past a new game shop where they stopped and looked at it as two beautiful girls approached them wearing quite revealing Mardi Gras costumes while wearing peacock feathered venetian masks over their upper faces as the first girls said,

"Here you go," as she held out a leaflet to Yugi, Téa, Joey and Tristan as they continued to school while looking at the leaflets.

While looking at the leaflets Yugi turned to Téa and said,

"Oh great another game shop opening in town, I have a strange feeling that we have been here before when Duke opened his shop" he said as they continued their way to school.

"Yeah I know it's like Déjà vu but come on its Halloween and they are holding a masquerade party tonight at seven" replied Téa as she walked alongside Yugi.

Just then Joey walking backwards said,

"Come on Yugi, the store opens tonight and if its free entry then I'm there" he said as he crashed into a lamppost as Téa burst out laughing.

Just then Joey got up and caught up with Yugi and Téa.

"Yeah I guess your right Joey as I would like to see this new version of Duel Monsters" he replied as they reached school.

Meanwhile in her office sat a feminine figure half covered in darkness as another female stood in the doorway and said,

"Excuse me Mistress would you like me to deliver invitations to the King of Games and his friends?"

"Yes Mia I would" said her Mistress as she sat half covered in darkness.

Later that day at school during a morning break Yugi asked Téa,

"So will you be going to this grand opening in Téa?" he asked.

"I'm not sure Yugi are you?" replied Téa.

"Yeah I'll go to check out the new game and meet the shop owner" replied Yugi.

"Cool but it's a Masquerade party so who will you go as Yugi?" asked Téa.

"I don't know maybe I'll go as Silent swordsman Lv 4… and you Téa?" he replied.

"That's easy I'll be going as a Dark Magician Girl but to pull it off I will need a long blond wig and face mask" replied Téa as she leaned on the table that faced Yugi's.

"I know of a great mask shop that do full latex face masks of all the Duel Monsters you can think of including Dark Magician Girl" he explained as they made their way to their last lesson of the day that was boring as they Téa and Yugi skipped class along with Joey and Tristan and was walking home.

While the gang was making their way home Yugi and Téa separated from Joey and Tristan and told them that they would see them later as Téa and Yugi went into town to the mask shop. When Yugi and Téa walked through the door they looked around until from out of nowhere appeared a shop assistant who scared them half to death as she apologized and introduced herself and said,

"Welcome to the mask shop I'm Helen" she said.

"Hi Helen I'm Yugi and this is my friend Téa who is looking for a Dark Magician Girl latex mask for her costume" he explained.

"Ah so you're going to the new game shop opening tonight" said Helen.

"Yes we are as it is an open party so that everyone is invited" explained Téa.

"That's cool now how about we get find you that mask" replied Helen as she led them to the room where all of the masks were sitting on shelves that reached to the roof of the building.

A short time later Helen found the latex mask for Téa's costume as she took it off the head stand and handed it to Téa and said,

"Go on Téa Try it on" she said as she looked at the mask and then felt the material.

"Ok here goes I hope it fits" replied Téa as she held the sides of the neck and slowly pulled it over her head and then down over her face as she repositioned it so that she could see through the eye holes as she turned around and said,

"Well how do I look Yugi?"

"Like the real thing Téa what is it like wearing it?" replied Yugi.

"It's ok it's perfect and lightweight but it makes a mess of my hair but I'll take it" replied Téa as she took it off and sighed a relieve as her hair returned to her normal as Helen took them to the counter where Téa paid for the mask and left the shop.

Just then Yugi and Téa separated and reached their homes safely but when Yugi walked through the door and was greeted by his grandpa as he had some sort of card in his hand as he walked up to him and said,

"Here Yugi this came for you today" he said as he handed the card over.

"I wonder what it is?" asked Yugi as he opened the envelope and took out a duel monsters card with VIP for its image and a little description in the text box as it read 'You are invited to the grand opening of Miss Nikki's Game Shop and please dress as your favorite Duel Monster as it will be an Masquerade party. The doors will open at 7pm sharp and don't be late' it said as Yugi looked at his grandfather and said,

"Will you be ok Grandpa if I go and check it out?"

"Of course Yugi go and have fun and bring back information" replied Solomon.

"Great I'll phone Téa to see if she's going" he said happily as he picked up his cell phone and called her.

When Yugi got in touch with Téa he said,

"Hey Téa did you receive a invitation from Mistress Nikki for the opening of her game shop tonight"

"Yes I got it when I walked through the door and you…" replied Téa.

"Yep I got one too so I'll come around 6 so that we can get dressed for the Masquerade party" said Yugi as they went on and on for a good hour.

Just then at half five, Yugi took his costume and reached Téa's house as she welcomed him as they went up to her room to get changed.

Just then Yugi took out his Silent Swordsman costume as placed it on Téa's bed as she took her Dark Magician Girl costume and new latex mask and walked into the on suite bathroom. When Téa closed the door, Yugi changed out of his normal attire and into the Silent Swordsman suit while in the bathroom Tea was undressing herself as she removed her school uniform and into her Dark Magician Girl outfit and then opened the bathroom door and rejoined Yugi.

When Yugi was just putting the final touches to his costume on when he saw Téa wearing her perfectly fitted Dark Magician Girl costume as she walked with the latex mask in her right hand and her staff in her left as she walked over and sat beside Yugi and pulled on her Dark Magician Girl Boots. Just then the clock on her wall struck 6:30 as it only gave Téa and Yugi half an hour to get to the new game shop.

Just then Téa, tied her hair back so that it wouldn't irritate her while wearing her mask as she took the mask and pulled it over her head and then over her face as she re-positioned the mask until she could see and breathe properly as the two friends grabbed their decks and made their way to the new card shop where they bumped into Mai, Serenity, Rebecca, Ishizu and Vivian as they waited for the shop to open as everyone was dressed as their favorite Duel Monsters cards.