Note to readers: The sayings in Italics are what Yami is thinking.

Chapter 1: The Ending Duel

Yami sighed as he looked up at the ceiling of the room. His wife, Shalina was fast asleep next to him with her head mostly covered by the blankets. Staring at her, frustrated, Yami sat up and rubbed his eyes. He threw off his blankets and left the room, closing the door slightly.

The white curtains by the open windows were flying in the cool summer breeze. Yami shivered and went over to the windows. He closed them all and locked them.

All of a sudden, Yami heard something crash in the kitchen. He spun around, quickly. There was no noise in the kitchen. Slowly, he crept over to the kitchen, and once in the kitchen, he looked around. Everything was in order except the toaster. The toaster had fallen off the counter, ripping its plug out of the socket in the wall. Yami smiled and put the toaster back.

Once the toaster was plugged in, Yami turned around. Four dark people were in the kitchen with him. They jumped on him before he could let out a yell. One of the people covered his mouth while another blindfolded him. The other two people held him down, making sure that he didn't get away.

They forced him to stand, and the person who was covering his mouth duck taped his mouth closed. The other three people tied his hands behind his back. Then, Yami was hit off the head with something hard like a hammer, and he blacked out.

When Yami came around, he was still blindfolded and tied. His mouth still was covered with duck tape. He started struggling to free himself from the rope around his hands, but failed. He did succeed in cutting into his wrists so they started bleeding. Yami stopped struggling and stood still.

He heard footsteps coming towards him. Yami started shaking in fear as a cold hand took hold of the tape over his mouth. The hand ripped the tape off Yami's mouth, and he winced in pain. Then, two cold hands took off the blindfold over Yami's eyes. Yami closed his eyes in spite of the bright light that was shinning in his eyes. He slowly opened them again.

In front of him stood a teenage boy about the age sixteen. He had exotic blue hair and green eyes. He wore a thin black suit of armor that looked incredibly uncomfortable. On his left wrist was a duel disk with a deck inside the slot.

"Yo, King of Games," the teenager said. "My name is Rayfire, and I challenge you to a duel. If you don't duel me, you'll have no choice but to join me and my gang."

Yami stared at the kid. "You except me to duel you without a duel disk and with no hands!" he shouted.

"I'm so sorry," Rayfire said. "Raygun, Raywind, untie the King of Games and give him a duel disk and deck." Two boys in a red and a green suit of armor came out of the darkness part of the room and untied Yami. One of them handed him a duel disk and a deck.

Yami stared at the duel disk. It wasn't the same one that he had before during Kaiba's Duel Tournament. Instead of light blue, it was a normal blue color and all the card slots were black. Still staring at it, Yami put it on and placed the deck inside the deck slot.

"Before we begin this duel," Rayfire said. "You have to promise that if I win, you will become my slave and hand your title over to me."

"Fine," Yami grunted. "But if I win, you and your gang have to let me go free."

"Agreed," Rayfire said.

"Let's duel," Rayfire and Yami shouted at the same time. Both life points are at 4000.

"I'll go first," Rayfire said. "I'll place two cards facedown. Then, I'll play 'Pot of Greed' and collect two cards from the top of my deck. Last, I place one monster facedown in defense mode. Your turn, King of Games."

Little twit, Yami thought as he drew a card from his deck. I come easily defeat you if I had my own deck.

"Here's my move," Yami said. "I play one card facedown, and I also play 'Battle Ox' (Atk/ 1700 Def/ 1000) in attack mode."

"Before you do anything else, I activate 'Trap Hole'," Rayfire said. "It destroys your monster."

Like I said, you are a little twit!

"I end my turn," Yami said. "Your move."

Rayfire drew a card. "I play '7 Colored Fish' (Atk/ 1800 Def/ 800) and I also play 'Malevolent Nuzzler', which brings my '7 Colored Fish's' attack to 2500 points. Now, I attack your life points directly. You lose 2500 life points. That ends my turn."

Yami's LP: 1500 Rayfire's LP: 4000

"I play 'Hysteric Fairy' (Atk/ 1800 Def/ 500) in attack mode. Then, I activate 'Dust Tornado', and I destroy your magic card 'Malevolent Nuzzler'. With that move, your '7 Colored Fish's' attack points are lowered back to 1800. Now, I attack your facedown monster with my 'Hysteric Fairy'."

"Too bad for you, King of Games," Rayfire said, with a smile. "My facedown monster was 'Mystical Elf'. By attacking it with lower attack points, you lose 200 life points."

"I end my turn then," Yami said, glaring at Rayfire.

Yami's LP: 1300 Rayfire's LP: 4000

"All I'm going to do for my turn is place this monster facedown in defense mode and end my turn," Rayfire said.

"All righty then," Yami said. "Hysteric Fairy, attack Rayfire's facedown monster."

"Too bad, again. It was my 'Man-Eater Bug' (Atk/ 450 Def/ 600). With its effect, I am going to destroy your Hysteric Fairy."

Yami growled and said, "I'll place one monster facedown in defense mode and one card facedown. That'll end my turn. For now that is."

"Of course," Rayfire said, drawing a card. "I'll also play one monster facedown in defense and a card facedown. Then, I'll use my 7 Colored Fish and attack your facedown monster."

Yami grinned. "This time, it's too bad for you, Rayfire," he said. "That monster you just attacked was The Dragon Dwelling in the Cave (Atk/ 1300 Def/ 2000). You lose 200 life points for attacking that monster while he was in defense mode."

Rayfire glared at Yami. "I'll end my turn then."

Yami's LP: 1300 Rayfire's LP: 3800

It's about time that I actually got a hit at this kid.

"I'll play one monster facedown in defense mode, and that'll end my turn," Yami said.

"I'll flip my facedown monster face-up. It's Hane-Hane (Atk/ 450 Def/ 500), and I'll use his effect to put your Dragon Dwelling in a Cave back to your hand. With my 7 Colored Fish, I'll attack your facedown monster."

"It was my Island Turtle (Atk/ 1100 Def/ 2000). Again, you lose 200 life points, Rayfire," Yami said, a bit cheerfully.

Rayfire growled to show that his turn was over.

"I play Harpie's Brother (Atk/ 1800 Def/ 600)," Yami said. "And I'll attack your Hane-Hane. With that move, you lose 1350 life points."

Yami's LP: 1300 Rayfire's LP: 2250

Rayfire growled again. "I'll play one monster facedown in defense mode, and I'll end my turn," he said, a bit annoyed.

"I sacrifice Harpie's Brother to summon the Summoned Skull (Atk/ 2500 Def/ 1200)," Yami said, happily. "Summoned Skull, attack Rayfire's 7 Colored Fish. Rayfire, you lose 700 life points. I end my turn."

Yami's LP: 1300 Rayfire's LP: 1850

"Fine, I'll have to play a bit harder than I thought I would have to," Rayfire said. "I play Dark Hole, which gets rid of all the monster on the field, including mine. Then, I'll play Dian Keto the Cure Master, which brings my life points up to 2850. Also, when I used Dark Hole, I activated my Sangan. I'm going to chose Giant Soldier of Stone (Atk/ 1300 Def/ 2000) from my deck." Rayfire placed his chosen monster on the field and shuffled his deck. "I'll end my turn by placing one monster facedown in defense mode."

Yami's LP: 1300 Rayfire's LP: 2850

"I'll play a monster facedown in defense mode and end my turn," Yami said, lamely.

"I'll also play a monster facedown in defense and end my turn as well," Rayfire said.

Yami frowned. "Again, I will place a monster facedown in defense, but I will also play one card facedown. That'll end my turn."

"I'm going to sacrifice one of my monsters to summon Summoned Skull," Rayfire said. "I'm going to attack one of your facedown monsters."

"Not so fast, Rayfire," Yami said. "I activate Spellbinding Circle."

"It doesn't matter if you trapped my Summoned Skull, King of Games," Rayfire said.

"Yes, it does," Yami said. "I'll place one monster facedown in defense mode."

"I'll activate Just Desserts, and you lose the remaining of your life points," Rayfire said, with a large evil grin on his face.

"What!" Yami shouted, as he fell to his knees. He couldn't believe it. He, the King of Games, actually lost a game. To whom? To a teenager kid who was going to make sure that everyone knew that the King of Games had lost a game to him.

"Get up, you slave," Rayfire ordered.

"No," Yami said.

"Get up!" Rayfire ordered, angrily. He held out a hand and a blast of light shot out of his palm. The light hit Yami square in the face, and he fell over. "Get up, slave!" Rayfire shouted.

This time, Yami stood up. His eyes were completely blank with no color in them. Yami was under Rayfire's control. Rayfire walked over to him and placed his hand over Yami's blank eyes. He said something in a different language, and then, he took back his hand. Now, Yami's eyes were blue.

"Now, slave," Rayfire said. "You will be known by a different name, and I welcome you to the gang."

End of Chapter 1