Author's Notes
Hello, there everybody! I am GateGuardian 3500 (male) and I have finally got around to posting a fanfic. This is my first Yu-gi-oh fanfic, so go easy on it. Please review the book, so that I can get an idea of how well you like my book. I really hope you don't flame the book if you think its bad, but constructive criticism would be just fine. As I described in the summary, Duelists of The Future (for lack of a better name) is about a cast of characters who live in the year 2033. This includes characters from Yu- gi-oh, Cardcaptors, and Pokemon. Although you may think the book is starting off a bit slow, bear with me, please, I promise this is going to be a good book. Now let's introduce the characters...
#01: Yugi Moto (Yu-gi-oh) #02: Joey Wheeler (Yu-gi-oh)
#03: Mai Valentine (Yu-gi-oh) #04: Tristan Taylor (Yu-gi-oh)
#05: Misty Chase (Pokemon) #06: Meilin Rae (Cardcaptors)
#07: Li Showron (Cardcaptors) #08: Sakura Avalon (Cardcaptors)
#09: Surge W. Crusher (Pokemon) #10: Ashton Ketchum ([odd last name]Pokemon)
#11: Brock Mowry (Pokemon) #12: Seto Kaiba (Yu-gi-oh) #13: Aya Kristina Corrington (Pokemon)
Sorry if I dissappointed you Tea and Bakura fans, but I don't care for their characters too much. They're allright, and there's a strong possibility that I might bring Tea into the fanfic next season, but right now I don't have many ideas planned for them. Plus I don't feel like managing 15 characters, I mean, 13 characters is enough. I might kill a few of these characters to narrow down the list some, but I highly doubt it. Anyway, I would list the dueling decks of the characters too, but I don't know about a whole lot of cards, so any info about where to find some websites that list all the monsters and their attack and defense points would be greatly appreciated. Since I don't know about too many cards, you will be seeing some made up cards created to suffice. I hope their good cards, and if you see one and think it could be better named, feel free to let me know and give me some name ideas. If I like them better, I'll rename the card to the name you give me and give you full credit for it. Well, that's all I have to say, now let's get on with the two-part series premiere.
Version History (I will eventually get around to re-writing all the duels in the earlier episodes and put in all real cards, but not right now. I'm trying to move forwards with the book, not backwards).
1.0. First upload, Episode 01-02. 1.1. Uploaded Episode 03. 1.2. Uploaded Episode 04. 1.3. Uploaded Episode 05. 1.4. Corrected a few grammical mistakes in Episode 05 and changed the duel around a teeny bit. Renamed it to 'Challenges'. Uploaded Episode 06-07.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh, Pokemon, or Cardcaptors, these are properties of Kids Wb, 4 Kids Entertainment, and whoever else. I'm only borrowing them for this fic.
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Duelists of The Future- Season 1- Episode 01, 'The Beginning, Part 1' (11/7/2002)
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Time- May 26th, 2033. School was out, and everyone was beginning to see warmer weather, which meant summer was around the corner. Everyone were getting ready for the thing that typically came with summer, warm weather, parties, vacations, family reunions, among other things. Duel Monsters was an extremely popular card game played by all sorts of kids, teenagers, and even adults. Duel Monsters was a game based on an ancient puzzle game, where people summoned forth monsters to destroy other monsters and in turn, drain the opponent of something dubbed 'life points'. Many things factored into the process of destroying the monsters, and people of all ages and sizes loved to play this new, innovative, and addictive strategy game.
In the metropolitan area of Pewter City, which was known for the finest rocks and stones in the world, resided a young, fourteen year old boy named Brock Mowry. He had thirteen other brothers and sisters, six being younger than him, and seven being older. He was in the middle of them all. Brock was a fan of the ever popular Duel Monsters game, and he loved playing it with his best friend, Tristan Taylor, who was also a Duel Monster fanatic. He was wearing silver slick denim pants and a white and silver jersey. His medium brown hair was brushed into his favorite spikey hairdo. Opening his nightstand dresser, he revealed a portable Holochip Dueling system, which when activated, materialized a dueling stand (think of the arena from Champion vs. Creator 1 & 2. Cut out all the rest of the arena, and just think of where Pegasus and Kaiba were placing down cards) where a player could place their monster card onto a card reader, the reader would then read the information off the card and load a stunningly realistic holographic version of the monster using the holo emitters located on the back of the stand. These conversion chips made the game even more popular, as people was able to see their very own monsters attack the opposing monster and destroy it. Brock pulled his golden Holochip out of the nightstand drawer, along with a box, which the Holochip came in. He opened the box, and put the Holochip inside. Closing the box back, he put it away in a device called an S.C.T (subspace computer terminal which converted small items into digital subspace matter and stored it inside) which was made like a watch. He walked out of the room, heading to his friend's house which was down the street.
"Hey, Brock, where are you going?" his father, Flint, asked him.
"I'm going to Tristan's house. Do you need anything?" Brock asked him.
"No, that's allright, go ahead. I'll manage," Flint said and sighed, slightly groaning.
"Father, are you okay? Maybe you need to lie down, the doctor said that you shouldn't be up with your back and shoulder injuries and all," Brock suggested. At that moment, Brock's Wobbuffet came into the livingroom.
"Hey, Wobby," Brock petted his Wobbuffet's head.
"No, no, I've had enough lying down for a day," Flint made his way to the couch and sat down, turning the tv on. "You go on to your friend's house. Besides, I've got thirteen other children who can help me if I need it."
"Allright, Dad. I'll be back, later," Brock said while opening the door.
"Be careful, son."
"Okay, bye Dad, I love you. C'mon on Wobby," Brock and Wobbuffet exited the house and Brock closed the door, sighing afterwards.
"Poor Father, he hurt his back and shoulder on the job. Hopefully, he'll get better."
"Wobbu wob, wobbuffet," Wobbuffet said to Brock.
"You're right, Wobby, everything'll get better. Well, let's head over to Tristan's place." Brock walked down the street with Wobbuffet until he reached Tristan's house, which was a red brick two-story house. Brock knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" a female voice came from the other side of the door.
"It's Brock, I'm here to see Tristan."
The door unlocked and opened, and Tristan's grandmother stood in the door.
"Hey, there Brock, how are you? And hi there, little Wobbuffet," she rubbed Wobbuffet's head.
"I'm fine. How about you, Munella?"
"Oh, I'm doing great, come on in and have a seat," she offered, moving out of the way. Brock and Wobbuffet entered the home. Brock closed the door behind him and Munella locked it back.
"Whatever that is cooking, it smells really wonderful," Brock commented.
"Wob."
"Why, thank you. Anyway, Tristan's in his room if you want to see him," Munella said.
"Oh, allright, I'll see you later," Brock replied and walked up the stairs in the foyer.
"Okay," Munella watched as Brock went up the stairs, then returned to the kitchen to finish cooking.
Brock, with Wobbuffet, walked through the hallway until he reached Tristan's room. He opened the door and came inside, but Tristan wasn't nowhere to be seen.
"Hmm, he's probably in the bathroom. Brock made his way over to Tristan's half made bed and sat down, waiting on Tristan to come out. Wobbuffet followed suit. He heard the bathtub water draining inside the bathroom. Tristan was humming a song as he came out of the bathroom dressed in his blue boxers.
"Hey, Brock! What's up?" Tristan greeted.
"Tristan, what's goin' on?" Brock hi-fived his best friend and gave him a hug.
"How ya' doin, man?" Tristan asked.
"I'm fine, and you?"
"I'm cool," Tristan walked over to a mirror and began brushing his brown hair into his favorite hairdo. Being fifteen years of age, Tristan was just four months older than Brock, not a full year. Brock hadn't turned fifteen yet. "How's 'Wobby'?" Tristan asked.
"Wobby's fine." There was silence for a little while, then Brock decided to start a conversation. "So, what are you planning to do this summer?"
"I don't know, only time will tell. I'm meeting with a cute chick this evening though, we're going to the arcade to play a few games," Tristan answered while brushing his hair.
"You are? Who's the date?"
"She's a girl at school, her name is Lorelei Biel."
"You mean the hot, pink-haired cheerleader?!"
"Yeah, it's her."
"Man, you are lucky!" Brock exclaimed. "I'd do anything to go out with her!"
"You might get your chance if we don't work out, it's not like you don't have the looks," Tristan sat the brush down and flexed his muscles in the mirror.
"What are you doing?" Brock wondered.
"Practicing my flexes and poses so I can impress Lorelei this evening," Tristan stopped flexing and walked over to his dresser, grabbed out some blue jean shorts and a red jersey. He put the ensemble on, then rechecked himself in the mirror.
"How do I look?"
"Just fine," Brock answered. "So, do you want to go outside and play a game of Duel Monsters?" his eye glimmered in the light coming from the ceiling.
Tristan shook his head.
"Why not? I thought you loved Duel Monsters?"
"I can't duel without my star card, then I'm bound to lose against you."
"What happened to your star card?" Brock asked, concerned.
"It got ripped to shreds by Surge and his gang," Tristan explained.
"What?! That's terrible! Somebody should show that guy whose boss!" Brock was outraged. "How did this happen?"
"I was coming home from the corner store yesterday when it happened..."
Flashback
Tristan was walking down the street, carrying a basket with a few bags resting inside. (* mean's Tristan's Voiceover)
*I had been sent on an errand to the store by Grandmother to pick up a few items. I also made a stop at the local card shop to modify my deck. I was just walking along the street, humming a little song.*
All of a sudden, a man and a woman jumped out of some nearby bushes and tackled Tristan to the ground. The woman restrained his hands, and the man grabbed his feet, while Tristan struggled to get free. Both of them were dressed in their traditional electric green leather suits.
"Hey, get your hands off of me, let me go!!" Tristan yelled. "He..." he was about to yell for help with the woman taped his mouth, then they dragged him off behind an abandoned house. Tristan screamed as loud as he could, but the tape muffled his voice severely and no one heard him. Behind the house, they shoved Tristan to the ground. Tristan immediately jumped up and tried to kick the man, but he ducked and punched him across the face. The woman grabbed his arms and restrained him before he could do anything. Then, the man pulled out a knife and held it to Tristan's throat.
"Try any cheap tricks and I'll slit your throat," the man threatened. Tristan, having never been in a situation like this before, trembled, obviously afraid. Fear showed all over his face and his breathing was heavy and nervously.
"Guess who, Tristan?" Surge's voice sounded from nowhere. All of a sudden, Surge appeared out of the bushes, smirking.
"Good job, Jason, Vicki," Surge hi-fived both Jason and Vicki, then stared at Tristan. Although Tristan was well built, Surge was still roughly twice his size. Tristan's height was 5'8, whereas Surge's height was 6'3. Surge also weighed well over 220 lbs, compared to Tristan's 173 lbs.
Surge snatched the tape off his mouth. Tristan was about to scream, but Surge stopped him.
"Scream and I'll have Jason cut your life short," he said in a deep voice. Tristan quivered in fear.
*I was scared, for the first time in my entire life, I was completly scared. Restrained with a knife held to my throat, all I wanted to do was get to the safety of my house.*
"Allright, Tristan, I'm not going to play around with you. You've got something I want."
"And what's that?" Tristan whispered out, still trembling in fear.
"Aww.. little boy's scared to death, he wants his mommy and daddy," Vicki burst out into laughter, causing Tristan to frown angrily.
"You have a pretty strong Duel Monsters deck, Tristan, and there's one particular card I wish to obtain."
"What's that?" Tristan looked at him coldly.
Surge paused for a moment, then showed him a picture of the card. "Your Gamma Dragon, extremely rare and very powerful. It's attack strength is a whopping 4200 points. An excellent card for a deck of my caliber," Surge said.
"So? You're not getting it," Tristan spat.
Suddenly, Surge began choking Tristan. Tristan gagged as he tried to get some air, but could not.
"I don't think you are in a position to tell anybody anything, punk," Surge continued to choke Tristan, and Tristan continued gagging and struggling to get free. But, since Vicki restrained his hands, there wasn't anything he could do but hope Surge would release his grip.
"Where's the card?"
"I ca... can't tell.. y... you.. an.. anything, unless... you.. s... stop... c.. cho... choking," Tristan managed to speak.
Surge released his grip, and Tristan began coughing from being deprived of air for so long. He started sucking in as much oxygen as he could at one time.
"Now, answer my question!" Surge's voice boomed.
Tristan turned to Vicki. "I can't get to it if you're restraining me," he said, hoping she would release him and give him a chance to run.
"Wait a minute, boss," Jason spoke up, "this punk kid might be doing this so he can get away, we should search him for the cards ourselves."
"The cards aren't with me, I have to go get them!"
"Where are the cards then?"
"In an undisclosed location."
Surge whacked Tristan in the face. "Where are the cards?!!"
"I told you, in a secret location that I only know of!"
"Allright, Jason, do your stuff!"
"Allright, allright, allright! I confess."
"Now, where.. are.. they?" Surge began to get impatient.
"I'm not telling you anything."
"Allright, Jason, slit his throat!" Surge ordered.
"NOOO!! Okay, they're with me," Tristan admitted.
"I knew you'd come through, search him!" Jason and Vicki searched like they were told. Sure enough, they came across Tristan's deck of cards.
Surge searched through to deck until he found the card he was looking for, the Gamma Dragon.
"At long last, the last Gamma Dragon," Surge said, then looked at Tristan. "Thanks for your cooperation."
*At that moment, Surge tore the card into lots of tiny, pieces, destroying my best card.*
Surge and the others burst out into hysterical laughter, and walked away.
"See ya later, alligator!" Surge yelled and laughed hilariously along with Vicki and Jason. Tristan sunk to his knees.
End Flashback
Brock frowned, angry. "That nasty Surge, I should find him and pummel him!" he clenched his fists and cracked his knuckles.
"No, Brock, it's too risky. Surge is bigger than both of us."
"We're big enough, we can take that punk down!"
"No, Brock, it's not worth it. Believe me, I was just as angry, but I've gotten over it. Now, calm down," Tristan told him.
Brock inhaled deeply, then exhaled deeply. He repeated the process, calming down. "Why don't you go to the card shop and get another Gamma Dragon?"
"There is only five of the cards in the whole world, Surge had four of them, I had that one."
"So, why did he tear the card?"
"I guess he didn't want no one else to use the card against him. Now, he's the only one with all four Gamma Dragons."
Brock just sat there for a while, then looked up. "I know, why don't we call the police and tell them what happened?"
"We don't have any real evidence against him."
"Yes we do, the card pieces! The card pieces will have Surge's DNA and fingerprints all over them!" Brock pointed out.
"You're right. The card pieces will have Surge's DNA and fingerprints on them, then he'll get arrested. I never thought of that before," Tristan walked over to his nightstand and grabbed a glove. "I have all of those pieces in my nightstand drawer." He slipped it on. "We could take them to the police station and show the cops, then they'll trace Surge's DNA and fingerprints, then arrest that bastard afterwards," Tristan said while opening the nightstand and grabbing the pieces of the card out of there. "C'mon, let's go to the station."
"Whose going to drive us there?"
"We'll ride our powerbikes, it's not that far away, come on!" Tristan ran out of the bedroom, followed by Brock and Wobby. Racing downstairs, Tristan opened the door. "Grandma, I'm going to the police station!"
"For what?" Munella came out fo the kitchen.
"This boy named Surge destroyed one of my best cards, so I'm going to the police station to show the cops, due to the fact that it's illegal to tear other duelists's cards. His DNA and fingerprints will be all over it, so he'll get nailed," Tristan explained.
"Okay, but you be careful, allright, hon?"
"Yes, Grandma," Tristan then walked out of the door with Brock and Wobby, of course.
"Take care!" she yelled after them before they closed the door, then she went back into the kitchen to continued fixing lunch.
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Meanwhile, Surge was in the middle of a duel. And he was winning it with ease. The opponent was a twelve year-old boy with black hair and blue eyes. Surge had forced the boy to duel because he possessed something his wanted, a strong monster. But so far, the boy hadn't played it yet, and Surge was beginning to wonder why. Did the boy really have a strong monster, or was he just saying that to impress his friends. Surge's life points were at 1770, and the boy's like points were 800.
Surge smirked and said, "C'mon, kid, make your move!"
"Okay!" the boy complied.
"And make it quick!" Surge snapped.
"Allright!" With only three cards in his had, he drew another card from his deck, and placed onto the red dueling table's card reader.
"I call the Electric Lizard, in attack mode!" the monster came out onto the field.
ATK: 1700 DEF: 1500
"Ha, that's all you can do, well, get ready to be obliterated by this!" Surge drew his card and slapped in onto his green table's card reader. "The Dark Queen, in attack mode!" Surge summoned the monster.
ATK: 2650 DEF: 2300
"Okay, Dark Queen, use your Razor Star attack!" The Dark Queen's crown glowed and produced a razor shaped star in mid-air. Then, the star began spinning and speeding staight toward the lizard. The star sliced the lizard in half, and the lizard shattered afterwards.
Boy's Life Points- 400
"Allright, boss!" Vicki exclaimed. "Just one more attack and the twerp's toast!"
"I give up!" the kid announced.
"What?!" Surge's eyes widened.
"I surrender, take any card you want," the boy told him.
"Any card I want?" Surge smirked.
"Any card you want," the boy confirmed while looking down at the floor, very saddened at his loss. Surge approached the boy and punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground. He then snatched the entire deck of cards out of his hands.
"I'll have'em all, punk!"
"But, that's not fair, we agreed on one card!" the boy objected.
"I changed my mind and the deal, I want all of your cards and I'm taking them," Surge chuckled. "Besides, you're the one who said I can have 'any card I want'."
The boy looked up at him. "But I didn't mean it like that!"
"Yeah, well, maybe you should've been more specific, like saying 'any one card I wanted." The boy got off the ground and began swiping at the cards, attempting to take them back. Surge was much taller than him, though, so he couldn't reach them. Surge purposely held them within reaching range, then snatched them up right when he was about to grab them. Surge laughed hard as he could at the boy's misfortune.
"Fine, then. Be that way. I don't have to put up with this. I'm gonna go get the police and they'll..." the boy was cut off by Surge.
"If you get the cops, I'll kill you afterwards," Surge threatened, and the boy froze in fear, then shook his head. "I won't tell."
"I thought so, let's go!" Surge, along Vicki with Jason, walked away and left the boy sobbing and crying.
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Domino City was the home of the creator of Duel Monsters, Maximillion Pegasus. He resided in a private, secluded mansion, where no one has ever been before. Domino City also housed the creator of the Duel Monsters Holographic Chip technology that further popularized the addictive game. This man was Seto Kaiba. No one had ever seen the interior of his mansion, either, and two girls were about to attempt the impossible. The first girl had orangish-red hair which was shoulder-length, and it was curled. The other had deep green hair put up into a high-ponytail. The first girl was wearing white flarejean pants and a orange midriff top, and the other girl was wearing a blue jean skirt and a white tube top. They were standing outside Seto Kaiba's house.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" the first girl asked the second one.
"Of course, if we manage to explore the interior of Seto Kaiba's house, we'll be popular in no time!" she responded.
"But, Aya, what if we get caught?"
"Chill out, Misty. Nothing's going to happen, we're not going to get caught," Aya told her best friend Misty.
"I hope so."
"C'mon, we've got a job to do, and it's not going to get done by lingering around," Aya said and began climbing over the gate, followed by Misty. They dropped to the ground on the other side, then slowly advanced toward the huge house. There were all sorts of bushes, hedges shaping fish and lions and other animals and flower beds decorating the front lawn, and multi- colored lights decorated the yellow and green house (yellow bricks on bottom, green roof on top). They heard chattering from a distance.
"Those must be guards," Aya noted. They continuing walking down the long path, getting closer to the mysterious home and the chattering. Once they neared the house, the chattering could be heard and interpreted by now. And it was getting closer to them.
"Oh, no! They're coming!" Misty exclaimed softly, then quickly grabbed Aya and dashed over to the one of the bushes, ducking behind it to avoid being detected. Peering out on the side, Misty saw two guards walking in the direction opposite the house, talking about hot female celebrities. Misty rolled her eyes, then waited until they were gone before coming out from behind the bush.
"It's safe, Aya, come on," she whispered, Aya coming out. They breathed a sigh of relief, wiped their foreheads and continued on toward the door. What they didn't know was that they cross through some infrared beams while making their way towards the door, tripping a silent alarm. They began looking around for some kind of opening.
"There must be some kind of window opened, or something," Misty said looking around, hoping there was a opening somewhere. They continued to search, until several guards burst out of the front door and grabbed them, then restrained them.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" Aya yelled while trying to snatch away, but there were too many guards.
"Allright, we got them! They fell right into our trap!" the leader exclaimed, then walked up to Misty, narrowing his eyes. "These thieves were probably trying to steal something from the great Seto Kaiba's home. Isn't that right?!"
"NO!" Misty's eyes widened. Her breathing was a little heavy. "We were... uh, we came to talk to Seto Kaiba! We're his old friends from the third grade!"
"No way! You girls couldn't be friends of the great Seto Kaiba! He doesn't even speak of you!"
"I'm sure Seto doesn't run around telling his guards who he does and does not talk to. You don't know a thing about who he socializes with, you're just his guards! Now let us in!" Misty demanded.
"We shall call him down here first, and see if you're lying, or telling the truth."
"No, just take us to him, and the way he reacts to us will tell whether he knows us or not," Misty offered. The leader pondered this for a little while, then announced, "Fine. Let's go." All of them entered the house. Misty and Aya looked around, realizing that they achieved their goal, even if it would be for a little while. The mansion had a 60's retro-rave theme to it, with all sorts of tacky colored rooms and odd, colorful furniture. The retro theme was really making a comeback. The guards continued over to a teleporter tile and pushed the two girls on it, and they followed afterwards. Then, they teleporter tile activated, teleporting them upstairs. They navigated the numerous hallways until they reached the master bedroom, and behind the doors was Seto Kaiba himself. One of the guards knocked on the door.
"Mr. Kaiba, there are two girls outside that wishes to see you."
"Two girls?" Seto's voice said from behind the doors. "Who are they?"
"They claim to be 'old friends of yours from the third grade'," the guard said.
"Old friends? I don't have any old friends from the third grade."
"You may not remeber us, but you will if you would open the door!!" Misty shouted to him. Seto's eyes narrowed. He didn't remeber having two 'girl' friends when he was eight years of age, but they might be someone who could help him with a problem he's having. Dressed in gray gym pants and a red t- shirt, he got up from his bed and made his way over to his mirror, giving his hair a quick brush-up.
"Send them in," Seto said while sitting back down to the bed. The wooden door opened and the guards let themselves in with Misty and Aya. Seto eyes widened in surprise.
"Misty? Aya? Is it really you?"
"Seto!" they both exclaimed happily.
"Guards, release them and leave the room at once!" Seto ordered. The guards let the two girls go and exited the room with haste, closing the door behind them.
"I can't believe it, my two friends!" Seto got up from the bed and gave them both a hug. "I didn't know you lived in Domino City, I thought you still resided in Cerulean City!"
"We did, we both just moved a few weeks ago!" Aya explained, happy to see her old friend after several years of being apart.
"You see, my sisters got a job offer here that paid more than the job back in Cerulean City, so we moved here, and Aya's family just moved because they wanted to live somewhere else," Misty said.
"Oh. Well, sit down, make yourselves comfy," Seto offered them the expensive four-poster bed to sit on, and they both sat down.
"Where's your parents Seto? Misty asked him.
"They're um, dead," he stated.
"What?!" both Misty and Aya exclaimed in surprise.
"They uh, they died in a severe car crash back in July of 2039, I was twelve years old," he confirmed, his facial expression kind of sad.
"That's so terrible, my condolences," said Aya, with a sincere look on her face.
"It's okay, believe me, it hurted me deeply when it first happened, and it still hurts sometimes, after all these years, but I'm over it now," he said, sitting on the edge of the bed. "And Misty, if I remeber correctly, you had parents way back then, so where are they now?"
"They abandoned me and my sisters. We were struggling financially and they decided to get rid of me and my sisters and keep the money to themselves. We all lived in an orphange until my older sisters, Daisy, Lily, and Violet got a job and began to support us."
"Um, I have an idea. Let's switch to a brighter subject," Aya suggested. "How are things going?"
"Great! I'm rich, I own a corporation, I'm popular, and I'm a 'hottie' among girls, so all in all, I'd say I'm doing very good right now. I got tons of money, over six super-sized mansions, and I'm just sixteen, I know my father and mother would've been extremely proud of me."
"Of course they would've been, I know I would," Aya said, chuckling.
"You know there's a International Duel Monster Champoinship taking place soon, don't you?" Misty spoke up.
"Yeah, they're going to interview the creator of Duel Monsters on television tonight," chimed Aya.
"I know, I'm tuning in to watch it. Are you going to participate in the tournament?" Seto asked them both.
"Yeah, I'm going to try," Misty said. "Do you have anything for me to suck on?"
"Yeah, they're in the drawer," Seto pointed to the nightstand next to her.
"Oh."
The door opened and a little boy came walked inside. He looked similar to Seto, just younger and shorter. He was wearing bleach jean shorts and a orange shirt. He froze upon entering the room, then turned to Seto.
"Brother, who are these people?"
"They are my old friends, Aya and Misty. Aya, Misty, please meet my little brother, Mokuba Kaiba," announced Seto.
"You have a little brother?!" Aya was surprised. Misty appraoched Mokuba.
"Well, hi there, how are you?" she greeted in a kind, sweet voice.
"I'm fine, how about you?
"I'm doing good. Pleased to meet you," she offered her hand, and Mokuba shook it, grinning.
Seto walked over to the boy. "What did you want, Mokuba?"
"I wanted to know if there was any ice cream left."
"Sure there is, just find Kristy and ask her to get you some, she'll fix it," Seto told him.
"Okay, nice meeting the both of you," Mokuba said and waved to them while walking toward the door. They waved back and watched him leave the room, shutting the door behind him.
"I didn't know you had a little brother, Seto, he's cute," Misty spoke while sitting back on the bed.
"Yeah, and he's really nice too," Aya added.
Seto smiled and seated himself on the floor. He then grabbed a remote and pressed a button. The wall opposite of the bed and Seto opened up, and a huge, 160 inch plasma tv came out of the wall. Misty and Aya's eyes were bucked in amazement. Seto then turned the tv on, and a sci-fi movie appeared on the screen.
"Whoa! Seto, that's a huge tv!" Aya commented. "You must've paid a fortune to buy it."
"Actually, it was nothing for me to buy, look at all the money I have. It's not even the biggest tv anyway." Misty and Aya couldn't comment. All of them began to watch the movie together.
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Brock and Tristan, along with the Wobbuffet, rode down the sidewalk on the powerbikes. The electric motor inside moved the bikes along. They were headed for the police station in the center of their neighborhood. Tristan hoped there was someway he could get the card back, not only was it a very rare card, but it was the card his grandfather gave to him before he died. His grandmother told him that he said Tristan was his favorite and most loyal grandson, and therefore he felt Tristan was worthy enough to have it. The card was special to him because it was the only thing that was left of his granddad. Tristan hoped that they could send it to Industial Illusions and have them patch the card back together. They continued along until they reached the police station. They parked the bikes and shut them off, then climbed off and walked inside the police station. Opening the door, they followed the directions to the Sheriff's office. Tristan was about to knock on the door when a police officer stopped him.
"Excuse me, what are you doing?" he asked them.
"Uh, we need to see the Sheriff, please," Tristan told him.
The police officer casually walked over to the door and opened it, allowing passage for the boys. "Hey, Sheriff, these two boys said they needed to see you."
"Well, by all means, let'em in," the sheriff ordered, turning his chair around from the desk to face Tristan, Brock and Wobbuffet. He motioned for the officer to leave, and the officer complied obediently.
The sheriff was a middle-aged man, around forty-nine years of age. He was balding a little on the top of his head, and there was lots of gray strands beginning to appear in his blue hair. He was still in shape, and still retained quite a muscular body for being almost half a century old. Two golden chains hung around his neck, along with an expensive golden watch wrapped around his wrist. He was wearing a gold-plated belt on his waist, and the words 'Sheriff Robert J. Crusher' was carved into the belt. He was wearing a black police chief suit. "Well, hello there," he smiled, and offered a can of soda, but they declined the offer.
"What brings you two to my office, today?" Robert asked them.
"Well, Sheriff, uh..." Before Tristan could finish, Robert cut him off.
"Please, just call me Robert, forget the title."
"Okay, Robert. Anyway, I'd like to report a stolen item," Tristan began.
"A stolen item?"
"Yeah, it was taken from me from two weeks ago. Well, actually, it wasn't stolen, but was uh, broken."
"What do you mean?" Robert took a sip from a bottle of orange soda.
"Well, there's this neighborhood gang, they don't have a name yet, but uh, the boss is a guy named Surge Crusher, he looks like this," Tristan showed Robert a picture of Surge.
[My son?] Robert mused to himself.
"He held me in a life threating situtation and forced me to give up one of my Duel Monster cards, I'm sure you've heard about Duel Monsters, right?"
Robert nodded and motioned for Tristan to continued with the story.
"Anyway, it was an extremely rare card hardly no one has, so he forced me to give it to him unless I wanted my throat to get slashed. I gave him the card and he destroyed it, and he left along with his friends. I have proof that he tore the card," Tristan explained to the Sheriff.
"And, what might that be, hunh?"
Tristan presented the card pieces to him. "Right here, they are the pieces of the card he destroyed, you can analyze them for his DNA traces and fingerprints, and you'll find them on the card."
Robert took the card fragments and got up out of the chair. "I'll have someone analyze these card fragments, and see if you're really telling the truth or not," he said then motioned for Tristan to follow him.
Exiting out of the room, Robert walked down the hallway, followed by Tristan, Brock, and Wobbuffet. Once they reached the Coroner's Office, Robert opened the door, sauntering inside the room. Tristan follow the sheriff inside. Brock had to stay outside because no kind of wildlife species were allowed in the room, for fear that they might break something important.
"Hey, Stacey, this boy here claims that a Surge W. Crusher destroyed something of his, I want to analyze the object for traces of Surge's DNA."
"Okay, what is it that Surge destroyed?" the woman asked Tristan. She was around thirty years of age, had pink hair did into an updo, and she was wearing a black dress with a white lab coat. She slipped on a white glove and received the broken card fragments from Robert.
"It was a Duel Monsters card," Tristan confirmed. The woman then walked over to an analyzing table and layed the pieces on it, preparing to scan the fragments.
"This'll only take about a minute or two, I'll tell you the results when they ready," she said to the Sheriff, who nodded and left the room with Tristan. Tristan sat down on the bench next to Brock and Wobbuffet. Finally, Surge was about to be brought down.
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Back in Domino City, in the neighborhood of Southside Springs, there was a home which was shaped like a huge pill. It was a two story purple house, dark purple on the bottom, and light purple on the top. Lots of weird shaped windows covered the house, and upstairs in one of the bathrooms, a boy suddenly emerged out of a pool of water. He was sitting inside a whirlpool tub. He had golden blonde hair, and black eyes. He sighed, and decided that he had bathed enough. He climbed out of the tub, and the reflection of his naked body could be seen in a mirror on the wall. He reached down and pulled the drain pipe, which drained the water out of the bathtub. He yawned, then decided that it was time for his afternoon snack. He then reached over to grabbed some clothes, but they weren't in the bathroom. The boy realized that he left the clothes in the room and bonked his head.
"Great move, Joey," he muttered to himself, making a face. He slowly opened the bathroom door, then looked both way down the hallway to see if anyone was there. He didn't see anyone, so he manuevered out of the door and walked down the hallway briskly, hoping that no one would see him naked in the hallway. He tried his best to minimize the footsteps sounds made when he was walking. Finally, after what seemed like a long time to him, he reached his bedroom. Joey quickly opened the door, being careful not to make any noise. His sister had been waiting on him to come out of the bathroom to talk to him, and he didn't want her coming to talk to him, and in turn, seeing him butt naked. He quickly thrusted himself inside his bedroom, and shut the door behind him. Sighing and wiping his forehead, Joey made his way through his blue and white room, which was junky, and reached the dresser. He opened up and grabbed some black boxers, red jogging pants and a white t-shirt. He slipped the clothes on, then closed the dresser and started the long process of tidying his room up. It didn't take him too long, it was mainly his bed, nightstand, and desk that was messed up. After he cleaned the mess up, he heard a knock on the door downstairs. Joey quickly exited the room and bolted down the hallway, running as fast as his legs could carry him. He raced to the first floor and reached the door, looking out of a peephole. It was his best friend Yugi Moto. He opened the door, smiling.
"Hey, Yugi!" he greeted and gave his friend a hug.
"Hello there, Joey. How are you?" Yugi asked him after they stopped hugging.
"Everything's cool. My Dad is gone on a romatic getway with his girlfriend for the rest of this week, and my little sister's leaving to go spend the week with my Grandparents as soon as they come get her, so I pretty much got the entire house all to myself!" Joey laughed, then made some room for Yugi to come in.
Yugi walked inside, wearing his blue school uniform. His Millenium Puzzle hung from around his neck, and his yellow-red-black hair was brushed into the usual wild hairdo.
"What are you doing wearing that?!"
"All my clothes need cleaning, this was the only thing I had left to wear," replied Yugi.
"Did you bring everything?"
"Yeah, I brought everything I needed to make my stay comfortable. I just love this S.C.T, it made packing really quick and simple, and I didn't have to lug anything around."
"S.C.Ts are one of the greatest inventions ever!" Joey closed the door behind him and locked it.
"Um, do you mind if I use your cleaner?" Yugi said.
"Just keep straight forward into the living room. On your right there should be a door, that's a laundryroom," Joey said, then headed off to the kitchen to grab some snacks. Yugi headed off to the laundryroom to clean his clothes.
Later on, both of them were upstairs watching tv while eating potato chips.
"Hey, guess what Joey? I made the Honor Roll Achievement in school this year," Yugi boasted, proud of his accomplishment.
"Good going, Yuge," Joey commented, biting numerous chips.
Yugi chewed a lot of chips then swallowed them. "Do you want to play a duel? It don't have to be fancy, just a regular old duel."
"Well since there's nothing really on tv to watch, I'm up for it. Yugi, when did Tea say she was coming over?"
"She said she'd be here in 1500 hours (equivalent to 3:00 pm), give her time."
"But, Yugi, its 1543 hours," Joey told him.
"Tea's late? It's not like her to be late, especially when we're having a sleep over. She's usually the first one to arrive."
"I hope she comes, it's fun having her around," Joey stuffed a whole lots of chips into his mouth and swallowed it. "But, if she don't show, I won't have to give up my bed," he laughed, and Yugi laughed along with him.
"Let's start the duel," Yugi accessed his S.C.T and scrolled down a list. When he reached "Duel Monsters Deck', he pressed the 'send' button. Then, the cards appeared out of thin air. Yugi grabbed them, and sat them on the floor. Joey took his out of his dresser and counted them to make sure they were all there. After they set up the playing field, Yugi and Joey played a simple game of rock-paper-scissors to decide who would go first. Joey won, meaning he got the first move.
"Excellent!" he exclaimed, then drew his first card and was about to place it when a knock came on the door. He sighed, dumbfounded. "Just when we were starting the duel..." he muttered.
"Joey, that's probably Tea!" Yugi reminded him, and Joey quickly stumbled to his feet, dashed out the room and through the hallway, down to the first floor, and ran like it was the end of the world until he reached the door. He snatched it open, and to his surprise it wasn't Tea, but instead it was some woman standing there. She had jet black hair, which extended down to her mid-back. Her eyes were brown, and she was wearing a black leather dress, with a golden braclet around one of her wrists.
"Uh, who are you?" he asked, then suddenly her eyes glowed yellow and she spoke in a deep, monotonous voice.
"You will come with me."
Joey's eyes bucked open in fear as he was suddenly snatched out of the foyer by an unseen force. "Hey, what are you doing?! Actually, what are you?!!" he demanded, but she wouldn't answer. Her eyes turned green, and Joey began to feel like he was getting choked, but no one was choking. He gagged for air and gripped his throat, then tried to run back into the house. The girl grabbed him and flung him to the ground, then Joey kicked her in the stomach, making her bend over in pain. The psychic choking force was released, and Joey coughed for air while getting off the ground. He decided that he should flee, and began sprinting away as fast as he could, but was stopped by the psychic force. It reared him back into the wall, then the woman hit him across the head with a crowbar, knocking him out. She smirked, then grabbed Joey and dragged him into the house.
"Joey, is that Tea?" Yugi asked, but no one answered. "Joey? Joey, is Tea outside?!" he called out louder, but still got no response.
Confused, Yugi got off the floor and walked towards the door, calling out to Joey. "Joey?! Joey?!!" Joey, where are you?!!" he yelled, but Joey didn't say anything. "Joey?" Yugi walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. He creeped down the hallway, looking around. Where could Joey be? He was probably just playing another horror prank. Joey enjoyed scaring him. Yugi continued through the hallway and walked down to the first floor. The door was wide open, and Joey was nowhere to be seen.
"Joey!!" Yugi was getting tired of this game.
"Hey, Yugi, I'm in the den!" shouted Joey's voice.
Yugi sighed. There wasn't anything wrong. Yugi closed the door and beagn walking toward the den. "Hey, Joey? Why'd you leave the door wide open?"
"I... I, uh, forgot to close it. I was trying to catch this food before it burnt," Joey chuckled.
"What food? You weren't cooking anything."
"I just started cooking something," Joey laughed uneasily.
Yugi knew Joey did the strangest of things sometimes, so he dropped the subject and entered the den to find Joey unconscious hanging on the wall, restrained by some weird goo looking stuff. A woman was standing beside him, smirking.
"Wh.. who are you? What have you done to Joey?!" Yugi demanded, sensing some foul play.
"That answer is unnecessary," she stated in a montonous voice.
"What are you doing here? Who are you?"
"That doesn't matter," she said, then whipped out a deck of Duel Monsters cards. "Duel me unless you want deadly harm to come to your... friend," she said evily.
"No, don't hurt Joey! Let him go, right now!!"
"I don't think you're in any position to demanded anything." She approached Joey, then pulled out a metal stake. "This will be pressing through his torso if you don't duel me."
"Why are you being so violent over a duel? You could've asked nicely," Yugi remarked with a frowned expression on his face.
"Not just any duel, a duel for your Millenium Puzzle."
"My puzzle? You're not getting your hands on this!" Yugi snapped, then the puzzle began glowing, and Yugi allowed his alter ego Yami Yugi to take over. He transformed, then looked up, glaring at her.
"Foxxia... what are you doing here?"
"Yami?! What a pleasant surprise!" Foxxia exclaimed, obviously surprised. Seeing Yami's face snapped her out of her monotonous mood. "I thought I'd never see you again!"
"Believe me, you won't," he stated in a dark tone.
"What was that? You still don't believe I won't harm little Joey, don't you?"
Joey slowly began gaining consciousness.
"Leave the kid outta this!! Let's just settle this feud once and for all, you vs me," Yami Yugi clenched the dueling deck tightly.
"Hmm... how about this, you get Joey back if you win, and if I win, that puzzle become mine."
"What if I decline this deal?"
"I guess Joey'll pay for it," she brought the knife closer to Joey's face, bumping his forehead.
"Allright! Deal, now let's get this over with!" Yami accessed the S.C.T and sent the chip out of it. He grabbed it, set it on the floor, and pressed the button, turning it into a cyan dueling table. Foxxia's white dueling table was opposite of his.
"Let's duel!" they yelled and their life points rose to 2000.
"Now, how are we going to decide who gets to go first fairly?"
"I think I know how, I'll just make the first move," Yami snapped.
"NO! We are not going to do that," Foxxia's eyes rested on the tv and her lips curved into a smile. "I know, we'll both guess a channel number the tv could be on. The person who picks the closer number get to go first."
"What? That's absurd!" Yami scoffed.
"But, it's fair."
"35," Yami guessed.
"57," she said and grabbed the nearby remote, then turned it on. The tv appeared on channel 40, meaning Yami was closer.
"I get to go first," Yami drew five cards from his deck and chose one.
"Hey Yugi, kick that cow's butt!" Joey encouraged him, and Yami nodded.
"And I'll start with this, the Feral Imp, in attack mode!" Yami slammed the card down onto the reader, summoning his monster onto the field.
ATK: 1300 DEF: 1200
"And I'm combining it with the Horn of the Unicorn, which raises his attack power 300 points," Yami slammed the magic card down, which applied it into battle.
Foxxia smirked. "Well, Yami, I see you're making a pretty strong opening move. But how will it fare to this?" she placed the card down and loaded it into the duel; The card being Saggi the Dark Clown.
ATK: 600 DEF: 1500
"Saggi the Dark Clown? That card's attack power is much weaker than my card's attack power," Yami said, a little confused by Foxxia's play.
"Right now, it may be weaker, but when I add the Negative Energy card watch what happens," Foxxia placed this card down and multiplied Saggi's attack power 3 times stronger, making it 1800.
Yami gasped, then Foxxia ordered the strike. "Go, Saggi! Negative Energy Blast!" Saggi forged a blue energyball in its hands, then lifted it up into the air and tossed it into the Feral Imp, the monster phasing into a weird, morphing effect, then it vanished.
Yami Yugi's Life Points- 1700
"C'mon, Yugi, you can do this!! With that all-star deck of yours, you'll wipe the floor with her in no time!!" Joey yelled, giving Yami the determination needed to win the duel. Yami drew the next card from his deck, smiling.
"Allright, Foxxia, deal with this card!" he slapped it down, summoning it to the field. "Curse of Dragon, in attack mode!"
ATK: 2200 DEF: 2000
"And I'll lay down another card for later. Curse of Dragon, roast that clown to a sinch!!" Yami yelled, and his monster complied by pouring out a powerful beam of fire aimed at Saggi.
"YAAHHH!!!" Saggi screamed as the fire torched the clown into ashes.
Foxxia's Life Points- 1600
"Take that, Foxxia!" Yami snapped angrily.
Foxxia laughed heartily, beginning to toy with Yugi's alter ego.
"What's so funny?" Yami asked.
"You really think you've done somthing just because you beat Saggi? Please, that monster wasn't even strong enough to be classified as my warmup," she said and drew a card out of her hand. "Hmm... I wonder how you'll deal with this, the Serpent of the Night, in attack mode!" Foxxia summoned her monster onto the field.
ATK: 2400 DEF: 2300
"Attack with the deadly Acid Ball attack!" The serpent roared and spit out a ball of acid straight at the Curse of Dragon. Right before it struck, Yami flashed a surprise card that was waiting.
"Sorry, Foxxia, but the Burning Land magic card increases my Curse of Dragon's attack power by 300 points, making it stronger than your serpent!"
ATK: 2500
"Oh, no!" she screamed as the acid ball bounced off Yami's monster.
"Go Curse of Dragon, Burning Land attack!" Yami snapped. His monster poured out a large beam of fire and cooked the serpent to a crisp.
Foxxia's Life Points- 1200
"My serpent..." she began, but was interrupted my Yami.
"...Is no more," he smirked, then said, "I believe it is my turn now." He drew two cards from his hand. "My next card is Gaia the Fierce Knight, and I'm using the magic of polymerization to fuse these two cards into the mighty Gaia, The Dragon Champion!!" Yami slammed these card down and watched as the two monsters became one known as Gaia, Dragon Champion.
ATK: 2700 DEF: 2400
"Allright, Yuge!" Joey cheered him on.
"And my last card shall be played face-down," Yami placed it onto the field.
Foxxia snarled, intimidated by the smirk on Yami's face. "You think you have this won, but you don't. I'm just simply toying with you. Letting you defeat my monsters so you can think you're winning. But, Yami, my monster deck contains a monstrosity that none of your creatures will be able to handle," she smiled while staring into Yami's violet eyes.
"Just make your move so I can defeat you once and for all," said Yami.
Foxxia drew a card and her smile widened. "How do you think Gaia, The Dragon Champion will hold up against this?" she revealed the card to Yami. It turned out to be a Blue Eyes White Dragon!
"A Blue Eyes White Dragon?! But there's only four of 'em in the world!! The world champion has 3, and your grandpa has the 4th one! How is this possible?!!" exclaimed a surprised Joey.
"Anything's possible, baby," Foxxia said and slapped the card down onto the reader, summoning the mighty monster.
ATK: 3000 DEF: 2500
"That's your monstrosity?" Yami sneered, obviously not afraid.
"It's one of them. Blue Eyes White Dragon, destroy the opposing monster with White Lightning attack!" Foxxia screamed. The Blue Eyes White Dragon roared and prepared to attack when Yami flipped up the face-down card.
"Not so fast, Foxxia! The Spellbinding Circle stops your monster from making any kind of attack indefinitely. And that's not all, it also lowers the attack power of any creature down 700 points!"
ATK: 2300
"Good move, Yugi, keep it up!" Joey encouraged.
"Gaia, destroy that monster!!" The creature rose to the air and attacked the dragon with a large beam fire, which fried it to oblivion.
Foxxia's Life Points- 700
Although she was low on life points, and she lost a extremely powerful card, Foxxia began to laugh heartily. Yami's smirk and happy face turned into a frown and baffled expression.
"What's so funny now?"
"Yami boy, you haven't learned yet that Foxxia likes to toy with people. Make them think they're winning when they are not," Foxxia chuckled. She stared straight into Yami's eyes coldly. "Have you not forgotten our Shadow Games in the shadow realm? You always thought you were winning, until I drew my big bad monsters."
"Make a move!" quipped Yami, getting intimidated.
"Okay," she said playfully then reached over and drew a card. "Ha! Here's the start of your descension to failure and my ascension to victory!" she slammed the card down and loaded it onto the field. "Say hello to Mercury X!" Mercury X was a big pool of mercury shaped into a remotely human shape. It had cold, white eyes, no ears, and its feet were webbed.
ATK: 3500 DEF: 3200
"Mercury X? But that's one of the more powerful and rarer cards, how'd you get one?" Yami frowned.
"How I got it doesn't matter. What matters is that I got it and there is nothing in your deck that can stop it..."
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Is it good so far? Interested? Continue on to the conclusion of the episode and see what else happens.
Hello, there everybody! I am GateGuardian 3500 (male) and I have finally got around to posting a fanfic. This is my first Yu-gi-oh fanfic, so go easy on it. Please review the book, so that I can get an idea of how well you like my book. I really hope you don't flame the book if you think its bad, but constructive criticism would be just fine. As I described in the summary, Duelists of The Future (for lack of a better name) is about a cast of characters who live in the year 2033. This includes characters from Yu- gi-oh, Cardcaptors, and Pokemon. Although you may think the book is starting off a bit slow, bear with me, please, I promise this is going to be a good book. Now let's introduce the characters...
#01: Yugi Moto (Yu-gi-oh) #02: Joey Wheeler (Yu-gi-oh)
#03: Mai Valentine (Yu-gi-oh) #04: Tristan Taylor (Yu-gi-oh)
#05: Misty Chase (Pokemon) #06: Meilin Rae (Cardcaptors)
#07: Li Showron (Cardcaptors) #08: Sakura Avalon (Cardcaptors)
#09: Surge W. Crusher (Pokemon) #10: Ashton Ketchum ([odd last name]Pokemon)
#11: Brock Mowry (Pokemon) #12: Seto Kaiba (Yu-gi-oh) #13: Aya Kristina Corrington (Pokemon)
Sorry if I dissappointed you Tea and Bakura fans, but I don't care for their characters too much. They're allright, and there's a strong possibility that I might bring Tea into the fanfic next season, but right now I don't have many ideas planned for them. Plus I don't feel like managing 15 characters, I mean, 13 characters is enough. I might kill a few of these characters to narrow down the list some, but I highly doubt it. Anyway, I would list the dueling decks of the characters too, but I don't know about a whole lot of cards, so any info about where to find some websites that list all the monsters and their attack and defense points would be greatly appreciated. Since I don't know about too many cards, you will be seeing some made up cards created to suffice. I hope their good cards, and if you see one and think it could be better named, feel free to let me know and give me some name ideas. If I like them better, I'll rename the card to the name you give me and give you full credit for it. Well, that's all I have to say, now let's get on with the two-part series premiere.
Version History (I will eventually get around to re-writing all the duels in the earlier episodes and put in all real cards, but not right now. I'm trying to move forwards with the book, not backwards).
1.0. First upload, Episode 01-02. 1.1. Uploaded Episode 03. 1.2. Uploaded Episode 04. 1.3. Uploaded Episode 05. 1.4. Corrected a few grammical mistakes in Episode 05 and changed the duel around a teeny bit. Renamed it to 'Challenges'. Uploaded Episode 06-07.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh, Pokemon, or Cardcaptors, these are properties of Kids Wb, 4 Kids Entertainment, and whoever else. I'm only borrowing them for this fic.
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Duelists of The Future- Season 1- Episode 01, 'The Beginning, Part 1' (11/7/2002)
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Time- May 26th, 2033. School was out, and everyone was beginning to see warmer weather, which meant summer was around the corner. Everyone were getting ready for the thing that typically came with summer, warm weather, parties, vacations, family reunions, among other things. Duel Monsters was an extremely popular card game played by all sorts of kids, teenagers, and even adults. Duel Monsters was a game based on an ancient puzzle game, where people summoned forth monsters to destroy other monsters and in turn, drain the opponent of something dubbed 'life points'. Many things factored into the process of destroying the monsters, and people of all ages and sizes loved to play this new, innovative, and addictive strategy game.
In the metropolitan area of Pewter City, which was known for the finest rocks and stones in the world, resided a young, fourteen year old boy named Brock Mowry. He had thirteen other brothers and sisters, six being younger than him, and seven being older. He was in the middle of them all. Brock was a fan of the ever popular Duel Monsters game, and he loved playing it with his best friend, Tristan Taylor, who was also a Duel Monster fanatic. He was wearing silver slick denim pants and a white and silver jersey. His medium brown hair was brushed into his favorite spikey hairdo. Opening his nightstand dresser, he revealed a portable Holochip Dueling system, which when activated, materialized a dueling stand (think of the arena from Champion vs. Creator 1 & 2. Cut out all the rest of the arena, and just think of where Pegasus and Kaiba were placing down cards) where a player could place their monster card onto a card reader, the reader would then read the information off the card and load a stunningly realistic holographic version of the monster using the holo emitters located on the back of the stand. These conversion chips made the game even more popular, as people was able to see their very own monsters attack the opposing monster and destroy it. Brock pulled his golden Holochip out of the nightstand drawer, along with a box, which the Holochip came in. He opened the box, and put the Holochip inside. Closing the box back, he put it away in a device called an S.C.T (subspace computer terminal which converted small items into digital subspace matter and stored it inside) which was made like a watch. He walked out of the room, heading to his friend's house which was down the street.
"Hey, Brock, where are you going?" his father, Flint, asked him.
"I'm going to Tristan's house. Do you need anything?" Brock asked him.
"No, that's allright, go ahead. I'll manage," Flint said and sighed, slightly groaning.
"Father, are you okay? Maybe you need to lie down, the doctor said that you shouldn't be up with your back and shoulder injuries and all," Brock suggested. At that moment, Brock's Wobbuffet came into the livingroom.
"Hey, Wobby," Brock petted his Wobbuffet's head.
"No, no, I've had enough lying down for a day," Flint made his way to the couch and sat down, turning the tv on. "You go on to your friend's house. Besides, I've got thirteen other children who can help me if I need it."
"Allright, Dad. I'll be back, later," Brock said while opening the door.
"Be careful, son."
"Okay, bye Dad, I love you. C'mon on Wobby," Brock and Wobbuffet exited the house and Brock closed the door, sighing afterwards.
"Poor Father, he hurt his back and shoulder on the job. Hopefully, he'll get better."
"Wobbu wob, wobbuffet," Wobbuffet said to Brock.
"You're right, Wobby, everything'll get better. Well, let's head over to Tristan's place." Brock walked down the street with Wobbuffet until he reached Tristan's house, which was a red brick two-story house. Brock knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" a female voice came from the other side of the door.
"It's Brock, I'm here to see Tristan."
The door unlocked and opened, and Tristan's grandmother stood in the door.
"Hey, there Brock, how are you? And hi there, little Wobbuffet," she rubbed Wobbuffet's head.
"I'm fine. How about you, Munella?"
"Oh, I'm doing great, come on in and have a seat," she offered, moving out of the way. Brock and Wobbuffet entered the home. Brock closed the door behind him and Munella locked it back.
"Whatever that is cooking, it smells really wonderful," Brock commented.
"Wob."
"Why, thank you. Anyway, Tristan's in his room if you want to see him," Munella said.
"Oh, allright, I'll see you later," Brock replied and walked up the stairs in the foyer.
"Okay," Munella watched as Brock went up the stairs, then returned to the kitchen to finish cooking.
Brock, with Wobbuffet, walked through the hallway until he reached Tristan's room. He opened the door and came inside, but Tristan wasn't nowhere to be seen.
"Hmm, he's probably in the bathroom. Brock made his way over to Tristan's half made bed and sat down, waiting on Tristan to come out. Wobbuffet followed suit. He heard the bathtub water draining inside the bathroom. Tristan was humming a song as he came out of the bathroom dressed in his blue boxers.
"Hey, Brock! What's up?" Tristan greeted.
"Tristan, what's goin' on?" Brock hi-fived his best friend and gave him a hug.
"How ya' doin, man?" Tristan asked.
"I'm fine, and you?"
"I'm cool," Tristan walked over to a mirror and began brushing his brown hair into his favorite hairdo. Being fifteen years of age, Tristan was just four months older than Brock, not a full year. Brock hadn't turned fifteen yet. "How's 'Wobby'?" Tristan asked.
"Wobby's fine." There was silence for a little while, then Brock decided to start a conversation. "So, what are you planning to do this summer?"
"I don't know, only time will tell. I'm meeting with a cute chick this evening though, we're going to the arcade to play a few games," Tristan answered while brushing his hair.
"You are? Who's the date?"
"She's a girl at school, her name is Lorelei Biel."
"You mean the hot, pink-haired cheerleader?!"
"Yeah, it's her."
"Man, you are lucky!" Brock exclaimed. "I'd do anything to go out with her!"
"You might get your chance if we don't work out, it's not like you don't have the looks," Tristan sat the brush down and flexed his muscles in the mirror.
"What are you doing?" Brock wondered.
"Practicing my flexes and poses so I can impress Lorelei this evening," Tristan stopped flexing and walked over to his dresser, grabbed out some blue jean shorts and a red jersey. He put the ensemble on, then rechecked himself in the mirror.
"How do I look?"
"Just fine," Brock answered. "So, do you want to go outside and play a game of Duel Monsters?" his eye glimmered in the light coming from the ceiling.
Tristan shook his head.
"Why not? I thought you loved Duel Monsters?"
"I can't duel without my star card, then I'm bound to lose against you."
"What happened to your star card?" Brock asked, concerned.
"It got ripped to shreds by Surge and his gang," Tristan explained.
"What?! That's terrible! Somebody should show that guy whose boss!" Brock was outraged. "How did this happen?"
"I was coming home from the corner store yesterday when it happened..."
Flashback
Tristan was walking down the street, carrying a basket with a few bags resting inside. (* mean's Tristan's Voiceover)
*I had been sent on an errand to the store by Grandmother to pick up a few items. I also made a stop at the local card shop to modify my deck. I was just walking along the street, humming a little song.*
All of a sudden, a man and a woman jumped out of some nearby bushes and tackled Tristan to the ground. The woman restrained his hands, and the man grabbed his feet, while Tristan struggled to get free. Both of them were dressed in their traditional electric green leather suits.
"Hey, get your hands off of me, let me go!!" Tristan yelled. "He..." he was about to yell for help with the woman taped his mouth, then they dragged him off behind an abandoned house. Tristan screamed as loud as he could, but the tape muffled his voice severely and no one heard him. Behind the house, they shoved Tristan to the ground. Tristan immediately jumped up and tried to kick the man, but he ducked and punched him across the face. The woman grabbed his arms and restrained him before he could do anything. Then, the man pulled out a knife and held it to Tristan's throat.
"Try any cheap tricks and I'll slit your throat," the man threatened. Tristan, having never been in a situation like this before, trembled, obviously afraid. Fear showed all over his face and his breathing was heavy and nervously.
"Guess who, Tristan?" Surge's voice sounded from nowhere. All of a sudden, Surge appeared out of the bushes, smirking.
"Good job, Jason, Vicki," Surge hi-fived both Jason and Vicki, then stared at Tristan. Although Tristan was well built, Surge was still roughly twice his size. Tristan's height was 5'8, whereas Surge's height was 6'3. Surge also weighed well over 220 lbs, compared to Tristan's 173 lbs.
Surge snatched the tape off his mouth. Tristan was about to scream, but Surge stopped him.
"Scream and I'll have Jason cut your life short," he said in a deep voice. Tristan quivered in fear.
*I was scared, for the first time in my entire life, I was completly scared. Restrained with a knife held to my throat, all I wanted to do was get to the safety of my house.*
"Allright, Tristan, I'm not going to play around with you. You've got something I want."
"And what's that?" Tristan whispered out, still trembling in fear.
"Aww.. little boy's scared to death, he wants his mommy and daddy," Vicki burst out into laughter, causing Tristan to frown angrily.
"You have a pretty strong Duel Monsters deck, Tristan, and there's one particular card I wish to obtain."
"What's that?" Tristan looked at him coldly.
Surge paused for a moment, then showed him a picture of the card. "Your Gamma Dragon, extremely rare and very powerful. It's attack strength is a whopping 4200 points. An excellent card for a deck of my caliber," Surge said.
"So? You're not getting it," Tristan spat.
Suddenly, Surge began choking Tristan. Tristan gagged as he tried to get some air, but could not.
"I don't think you are in a position to tell anybody anything, punk," Surge continued to choke Tristan, and Tristan continued gagging and struggling to get free. But, since Vicki restrained his hands, there wasn't anything he could do but hope Surge would release his grip.
"Where's the card?"
"I ca... can't tell.. y... you.. an.. anything, unless... you.. s... stop... c.. cho... choking," Tristan managed to speak.
Surge released his grip, and Tristan began coughing from being deprived of air for so long. He started sucking in as much oxygen as he could at one time.
"Now, answer my question!" Surge's voice boomed.
Tristan turned to Vicki. "I can't get to it if you're restraining me," he said, hoping she would release him and give him a chance to run.
"Wait a minute, boss," Jason spoke up, "this punk kid might be doing this so he can get away, we should search him for the cards ourselves."
"The cards aren't with me, I have to go get them!"
"Where are the cards then?"
"In an undisclosed location."
Surge whacked Tristan in the face. "Where are the cards?!!"
"I told you, in a secret location that I only know of!"
"Allright, Jason, do your stuff!"
"Allright, allright, allright! I confess."
"Now, where.. are.. they?" Surge began to get impatient.
"I'm not telling you anything."
"Allright, Jason, slit his throat!" Surge ordered.
"NOOO!! Okay, they're with me," Tristan admitted.
"I knew you'd come through, search him!" Jason and Vicki searched like they were told. Sure enough, they came across Tristan's deck of cards.
Surge searched through to deck until he found the card he was looking for, the Gamma Dragon.
"At long last, the last Gamma Dragon," Surge said, then looked at Tristan. "Thanks for your cooperation."
*At that moment, Surge tore the card into lots of tiny, pieces, destroying my best card.*
Surge and the others burst out into hysterical laughter, and walked away.
"See ya later, alligator!" Surge yelled and laughed hilariously along with Vicki and Jason. Tristan sunk to his knees.
End Flashback
Brock frowned, angry. "That nasty Surge, I should find him and pummel him!" he clenched his fists and cracked his knuckles.
"No, Brock, it's too risky. Surge is bigger than both of us."
"We're big enough, we can take that punk down!"
"No, Brock, it's not worth it. Believe me, I was just as angry, but I've gotten over it. Now, calm down," Tristan told him.
Brock inhaled deeply, then exhaled deeply. He repeated the process, calming down. "Why don't you go to the card shop and get another Gamma Dragon?"
"There is only five of the cards in the whole world, Surge had four of them, I had that one."
"So, why did he tear the card?"
"I guess he didn't want no one else to use the card against him. Now, he's the only one with all four Gamma Dragons."
Brock just sat there for a while, then looked up. "I know, why don't we call the police and tell them what happened?"
"We don't have any real evidence against him."
"Yes we do, the card pieces! The card pieces will have Surge's DNA and fingerprints all over them!" Brock pointed out.
"You're right. The card pieces will have Surge's DNA and fingerprints on them, then he'll get arrested. I never thought of that before," Tristan walked over to his nightstand and grabbed a glove. "I have all of those pieces in my nightstand drawer." He slipped it on. "We could take them to the police station and show the cops, then they'll trace Surge's DNA and fingerprints, then arrest that bastard afterwards," Tristan said while opening the nightstand and grabbing the pieces of the card out of there. "C'mon, let's go to the station."
"Whose going to drive us there?"
"We'll ride our powerbikes, it's not that far away, come on!" Tristan ran out of the bedroom, followed by Brock and Wobby. Racing downstairs, Tristan opened the door. "Grandma, I'm going to the police station!"
"For what?" Munella came out fo the kitchen.
"This boy named Surge destroyed one of my best cards, so I'm going to the police station to show the cops, due to the fact that it's illegal to tear other duelists's cards. His DNA and fingerprints will be all over it, so he'll get nailed," Tristan explained.
"Okay, but you be careful, allright, hon?"
"Yes, Grandma," Tristan then walked out of the door with Brock and Wobby, of course.
"Take care!" she yelled after them before they closed the door, then she went back into the kitchen to continued fixing lunch.
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Meanwhile, Surge was in the middle of a duel. And he was winning it with ease. The opponent was a twelve year-old boy with black hair and blue eyes. Surge had forced the boy to duel because he possessed something his wanted, a strong monster. But so far, the boy hadn't played it yet, and Surge was beginning to wonder why. Did the boy really have a strong monster, or was he just saying that to impress his friends. Surge's life points were at 1770, and the boy's like points were 800.
Surge smirked and said, "C'mon, kid, make your move!"
"Okay!" the boy complied.
"And make it quick!" Surge snapped.
"Allright!" With only three cards in his had, he drew another card from his deck, and placed onto the red dueling table's card reader.
"I call the Electric Lizard, in attack mode!" the monster came out onto the field.
ATK: 1700 DEF: 1500
"Ha, that's all you can do, well, get ready to be obliterated by this!" Surge drew his card and slapped in onto his green table's card reader. "The Dark Queen, in attack mode!" Surge summoned the monster.
ATK: 2650 DEF: 2300
"Okay, Dark Queen, use your Razor Star attack!" The Dark Queen's crown glowed and produced a razor shaped star in mid-air. Then, the star began spinning and speeding staight toward the lizard. The star sliced the lizard in half, and the lizard shattered afterwards.
Boy's Life Points- 400
"Allright, boss!" Vicki exclaimed. "Just one more attack and the twerp's toast!"
"I give up!" the kid announced.
"What?!" Surge's eyes widened.
"I surrender, take any card you want," the boy told him.
"Any card I want?" Surge smirked.
"Any card you want," the boy confirmed while looking down at the floor, very saddened at his loss. Surge approached the boy and punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground. He then snatched the entire deck of cards out of his hands.
"I'll have'em all, punk!"
"But, that's not fair, we agreed on one card!" the boy objected.
"I changed my mind and the deal, I want all of your cards and I'm taking them," Surge chuckled. "Besides, you're the one who said I can have 'any card I want'."
The boy looked up at him. "But I didn't mean it like that!"
"Yeah, well, maybe you should've been more specific, like saying 'any one card I wanted." The boy got off the ground and began swiping at the cards, attempting to take them back. Surge was much taller than him, though, so he couldn't reach them. Surge purposely held them within reaching range, then snatched them up right when he was about to grab them. Surge laughed hard as he could at the boy's misfortune.
"Fine, then. Be that way. I don't have to put up with this. I'm gonna go get the police and they'll..." the boy was cut off by Surge.
"If you get the cops, I'll kill you afterwards," Surge threatened, and the boy froze in fear, then shook his head. "I won't tell."
"I thought so, let's go!" Surge, along Vicki with Jason, walked away and left the boy sobbing and crying.
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Domino City was the home of the creator of Duel Monsters, Maximillion Pegasus. He resided in a private, secluded mansion, where no one has ever been before. Domino City also housed the creator of the Duel Monsters Holographic Chip technology that further popularized the addictive game. This man was Seto Kaiba. No one had ever seen the interior of his mansion, either, and two girls were about to attempt the impossible. The first girl had orangish-red hair which was shoulder-length, and it was curled. The other had deep green hair put up into a high-ponytail. The first girl was wearing white flarejean pants and a orange midriff top, and the other girl was wearing a blue jean skirt and a white tube top. They were standing outside Seto Kaiba's house.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" the first girl asked the second one.
"Of course, if we manage to explore the interior of Seto Kaiba's house, we'll be popular in no time!" she responded.
"But, Aya, what if we get caught?"
"Chill out, Misty. Nothing's going to happen, we're not going to get caught," Aya told her best friend Misty.
"I hope so."
"C'mon, we've got a job to do, and it's not going to get done by lingering around," Aya said and began climbing over the gate, followed by Misty. They dropped to the ground on the other side, then slowly advanced toward the huge house. There were all sorts of bushes, hedges shaping fish and lions and other animals and flower beds decorating the front lawn, and multi- colored lights decorated the yellow and green house (yellow bricks on bottom, green roof on top). They heard chattering from a distance.
"Those must be guards," Aya noted. They continuing walking down the long path, getting closer to the mysterious home and the chattering. Once they neared the house, the chattering could be heard and interpreted by now. And it was getting closer to them.
"Oh, no! They're coming!" Misty exclaimed softly, then quickly grabbed Aya and dashed over to the one of the bushes, ducking behind it to avoid being detected. Peering out on the side, Misty saw two guards walking in the direction opposite the house, talking about hot female celebrities. Misty rolled her eyes, then waited until they were gone before coming out from behind the bush.
"It's safe, Aya, come on," she whispered, Aya coming out. They breathed a sigh of relief, wiped their foreheads and continued on toward the door. What they didn't know was that they cross through some infrared beams while making their way towards the door, tripping a silent alarm. They began looking around for some kind of opening.
"There must be some kind of window opened, or something," Misty said looking around, hoping there was a opening somewhere. They continued to search, until several guards burst out of the front door and grabbed them, then restrained them.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" Aya yelled while trying to snatch away, but there were too many guards.
"Allright, we got them! They fell right into our trap!" the leader exclaimed, then walked up to Misty, narrowing his eyes. "These thieves were probably trying to steal something from the great Seto Kaiba's home. Isn't that right?!"
"NO!" Misty's eyes widened. Her breathing was a little heavy. "We were... uh, we came to talk to Seto Kaiba! We're his old friends from the third grade!"
"No way! You girls couldn't be friends of the great Seto Kaiba! He doesn't even speak of you!"
"I'm sure Seto doesn't run around telling his guards who he does and does not talk to. You don't know a thing about who he socializes with, you're just his guards! Now let us in!" Misty demanded.
"We shall call him down here first, and see if you're lying, or telling the truth."
"No, just take us to him, and the way he reacts to us will tell whether he knows us or not," Misty offered. The leader pondered this for a little while, then announced, "Fine. Let's go." All of them entered the house. Misty and Aya looked around, realizing that they achieved their goal, even if it would be for a little while. The mansion had a 60's retro-rave theme to it, with all sorts of tacky colored rooms and odd, colorful furniture. The retro theme was really making a comeback. The guards continued over to a teleporter tile and pushed the two girls on it, and they followed afterwards. Then, they teleporter tile activated, teleporting them upstairs. They navigated the numerous hallways until they reached the master bedroom, and behind the doors was Seto Kaiba himself. One of the guards knocked on the door.
"Mr. Kaiba, there are two girls outside that wishes to see you."
"Two girls?" Seto's voice said from behind the doors. "Who are they?"
"They claim to be 'old friends of yours from the third grade'," the guard said.
"Old friends? I don't have any old friends from the third grade."
"You may not remeber us, but you will if you would open the door!!" Misty shouted to him. Seto's eyes narrowed. He didn't remeber having two 'girl' friends when he was eight years of age, but they might be someone who could help him with a problem he's having. Dressed in gray gym pants and a red t- shirt, he got up from his bed and made his way over to his mirror, giving his hair a quick brush-up.
"Send them in," Seto said while sitting back down to the bed. The wooden door opened and the guards let themselves in with Misty and Aya. Seto eyes widened in surprise.
"Misty? Aya? Is it really you?"
"Seto!" they both exclaimed happily.
"Guards, release them and leave the room at once!" Seto ordered. The guards let the two girls go and exited the room with haste, closing the door behind them.
"I can't believe it, my two friends!" Seto got up from the bed and gave them both a hug. "I didn't know you lived in Domino City, I thought you still resided in Cerulean City!"
"We did, we both just moved a few weeks ago!" Aya explained, happy to see her old friend after several years of being apart.
"You see, my sisters got a job offer here that paid more than the job back in Cerulean City, so we moved here, and Aya's family just moved because they wanted to live somewhere else," Misty said.
"Oh. Well, sit down, make yourselves comfy," Seto offered them the expensive four-poster bed to sit on, and they both sat down.
"Where's your parents Seto? Misty asked him.
"They're um, dead," he stated.
"What?!" both Misty and Aya exclaimed in surprise.
"They uh, they died in a severe car crash back in July of 2039, I was twelve years old," he confirmed, his facial expression kind of sad.
"That's so terrible, my condolences," said Aya, with a sincere look on her face.
"It's okay, believe me, it hurted me deeply when it first happened, and it still hurts sometimes, after all these years, but I'm over it now," he said, sitting on the edge of the bed. "And Misty, if I remeber correctly, you had parents way back then, so where are they now?"
"They abandoned me and my sisters. We were struggling financially and they decided to get rid of me and my sisters and keep the money to themselves. We all lived in an orphange until my older sisters, Daisy, Lily, and Violet got a job and began to support us."
"Um, I have an idea. Let's switch to a brighter subject," Aya suggested. "How are things going?"
"Great! I'm rich, I own a corporation, I'm popular, and I'm a 'hottie' among girls, so all in all, I'd say I'm doing very good right now. I got tons of money, over six super-sized mansions, and I'm just sixteen, I know my father and mother would've been extremely proud of me."
"Of course they would've been, I know I would," Aya said, chuckling.
"You know there's a International Duel Monster Champoinship taking place soon, don't you?" Misty spoke up.
"Yeah, they're going to interview the creator of Duel Monsters on television tonight," chimed Aya.
"I know, I'm tuning in to watch it. Are you going to participate in the tournament?" Seto asked them both.
"Yeah, I'm going to try," Misty said. "Do you have anything for me to suck on?"
"Yeah, they're in the drawer," Seto pointed to the nightstand next to her.
"Oh."
The door opened and a little boy came walked inside. He looked similar to Seto, just younger and shorter. He was wearing bleach jean shorts and a orange shirt. He froze upon entering the room, then turned to Seto.
"Brother, who are these people?"
"They are my old friends, Aya and Misty. Aya, Misty, please meet my little brother, Mokuba Kaiba," announced Seto.
"You have a little brother?!" Aya was surprised. Misty appraoched Mokuba.
"Well, hi there, how are you?" she greeted in a kind, sweet voice.
"I'm fine, how about you?
"I'm doing good. Pleased to meet you," she offered her hand, and Mokuba shook it, grinning.
Seto walked over to the boy. "What did you want, Mokuba?"
"I wanted to know if there was any ice cream left."
"Sure there is, just find Kristy and ask her to get you some, she'll fix it," Seto told him.
"Okay, nice meeting the both of you," Mokuba said and waved to them while walking toward the door. They waved back and watched him leave the room, shutting the door behind him.
"I didn't know you had a little brother, Seto, he's cute," Misty spoke while sitting back on the bed.
"Yeah, and he's really nice too," Aya added.
Seto smiled and seated himself on the floor. He then grabbed a remote and pressed a button. The wall opposite of the bed and Seto opened up, and a huge, 160 inch plasma tv came out of the wall. Misty and Aya's eyes were bucked in amazement. Seto then turned the tv on, and a sci-fi movie appeared on the screen.
"Whoa! Seto, that's a huge tv!" Aya commented. "You must've paid a fortune to buy it."
"Actually, it was nothing for me to buy, look at all the money I have. It's not even the biggest tv anyway." Misty and Aya couldn't comment. All of them began to watch the movie together.
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Brock and Tristan, along with the Wobbuffet, rode down the sidewalk on the powerbikes. The electric motor inside moved the bikes along. They were headed for the police station in the center of their neighborhood. Tristan hoped there was someway he could get the card back, not only was it a very rare card, but it was the card his grandfather gave to him before he died. His grandmother told him that he said Tristan was his favorite and most loyal grandson, and therefore he felt Tristan was worthy enough to have it. The card was special to him because it was the only thing that was left of his granddad. Tristan hoped that they could send it to Industial Illusions and have them patch the card back together. They continued along until they reached the police station. They parked the bikes and shut them off, then climbed off and walked inside the police station. Opening the door, they followed the directions to the Sheriff's office. Tristan was about to knock on the door when a police officer stopped him.
"Excuse me, what are you doing?" he asked them.
"Uh, we need to see the Sheriff, please," Tristan told him.
The police officer casually walked over to the door and opened it, allowing passage for the boys. "Hey, Sheriff, these two boys said they needed to see you."
"Well, by all means, let'em in," the sheriff ordered, turning his chair around from the desk to face Tristan, Brock and Wobbuffet. He motioned for the officer to leave, and the officer complied obediently.
The sheriff was a middle-aged man, around forty-nine years of age. He was balding a little on the top of his head, and there was lots of gray strands beginning to appear in his blue hair. He was still in shape, and still retained quite a muscular body for being almost half a century old. Two golden chains hung around his neck, along with an expensive golden watch wrapped around his wrist. He was wearing a gold-plated belt on his waist, and the words 'Sheriff Robert J. Crusher' was carved into the belt. He was wearing a black police chief suit. "Well, hello there," he smiled, and offered a can of soda, but they declined the offer.
"What brings you two to my office, today?" Robert asked them.
"Well, Sheriff, uh..." Before Tristan could finish, Robert cut him off.
"Please, just call me Robert, forget the title."
"Okay, Robert. Anyway, I'd like to report a stolen item," Tristan began.
"A stolen item?"
"Yeah, it was taken from me from two weeks ago. Well, actually, it wasn't stolen, but was uh, broken."
"What do you mean?" Robert took a sip from a bottle of orange soda.
"Well, there's this neighborhood gang, they don't have a name yet, but uh, the boss is a guy named Surge Crusher, he looks like this," Tristan showed Robert a picture of Surge.
[My son?] Robert mused to himself.
"He held me in a life threating situtation and forced me to give up one of my Duel Monster cards, I'm sure you've heard about Duel Monsters, right?"
Robert nodded and motioned for Tristan to continued with the story.
"Anyway, it was an extremely rare card hardly no one has, so he forced me to give it to him unless I wanted my throat to get slashed. I gave him the card and he destroyed it, and he left along with his friends. I have proof that he tore the card," Tristan explained to the Sheriff.
"And, what might that be, hunh?"
Tristan presented the card pieces to him. "Right here, they are the pieces of the card he destroyed, you can analyze them for his DNA traces and fingerprints, and you'll find them on the card."
Robert took the card fragments and got up out of the chair. "I'll have someone analyze these card fragments, and see if you're really telling the truth or not," he said then motioned for Tristan to follow him.
Exiting out of the room, Robert walked down the hallway, followed by Tristan, Brock, and Wobbuffet. Once they reached the Coroner's Office, Robert opened the door, sauntering inside the room. Tristan follow the sheriff inside. Brock had to stay outside because no kind of wildlife species were allowed in the room, for fear that they might break something important.
"Hey, Stacey, this boy here claims that a Surge W. Crusher destroyed something of his, I want to analyze the object for traces of Surge's DNA."
"Okay, what is it that Surge destroyed?" the woman asked Tristan. She was around thirty years of age, had pink hair did into an updo, and she was wearing a black dress with a white lab coat. She slipped on a white glove and received the broken card fragments from Robert.
"It was a Duel Monsters card," Tristan confirmed. The woman then walked over to an analyzing table and layed the pieces on it, preparing to scan the fragments.
"This'll only take about a minute or two, I'll tell you the results when they ready," she said to the Sheriff, who nodded and left the room with Tristan. Tristan sat down on the bench next to Brock and Wobbuffet. Finally, Surge was about to be brought down.
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Back in Domino City, in the neighborhood of Southside Springs, there was a home which was shaped like a huge pill. It was a two story purple house, dark purple on the bottom, and light purple on the top. Lots of weird shaped windows covered the house, and upstairs in one of the bathrooms, a boy suddenly emerged out of a pool of water. He was sitting inside a whirlpool tub. He had golden blonde hair, and black eyes. He sighed, and decided that he had bathed enough. He climbed out of the tub, and the reflection of his naked body could be seen in a mirror on the wall. He reached down and pulled the drain pipe, which drained the water out of the bathtub. He yawned, then decided that it was time for his afternoon snack. He then reached over to grabbed some clothes, but they weren't in the bathroom. The boy realized that he left the clothes in the room and bonked his head.
"Great move, Joey," he muttered to himself, making a face. He slowly opened the bathroom door, then looked both way down the hallway to see if anyone was there. He didn't see anyone, so he manuevered out of the door and walked down the hallway briskly, hoping that no one would see him naked in the hallway. He tried his best to minimize the footsteps sounds made when he was walking. Finally, after what seemed like a long time to him, he reached his bedroom. Joey quickly opened the door, being careful not to make any noise. His sister had been waiting on him to come out of the bathroom to talk to him, and he didn't want her coming to talk to him, and in turn, seeing him butt naked. He quickly thrusted himself inside his bedroom, and shut the door behind him. Sighing and wiping his forehead, Joey made his way through his blue and white room, which was junky, and reached the dresser. He opened up and grabbed some black boxers, red jogging pants and a white t-shirt. He slipped the clothes on, then closed the dresser and started the long process of tidying his room up. It didn't take him too long, it was mainly his bed, nightstand, and desk that was messed up. After he cleaned the mess up, he heard a knock on the door downstairs. Joey quickly exited the room and bolted down the hallway, running as fast as his legs could carry him. He raced to the first floor and reached the door, looking out of a peephole. It was his best friend Yugi Moto. He opened the door, smiling.
"Hey, Yugi!" he greeted and gave his friend a hug.
"Hello there, Joey. How are you?" Yugi asked him after they stopped hugging.
"Everything's cool. My Dad is gone on a romatic getway with his girlfriend for the rest of this week, and my little sister's leaving to go spend the week with my Grandparents as soon as they come get her, so I pretty much got the entire house all to myself!" Joey laughed, then made some room for Yugi to come in.
Yugi walked inside, wearing his blue school uniform. His Millenium Puzzle hung from around his neck, and his yellow-red-black hair was brushed into the usual wild hairdo.
"What are you doing wearing that?!"
"All my clothes need cleaning, this was the only thing I had left to wear," replied Yugi.
"Did you bring everything?"
"Yeah, I brought everything I needed to make my stay comfortable. I just love this S.C.T, it made packing really quick and simple, and I didn't have to lug anything around."
"S.C.Ts are one of the greatest inventions ever!" Joey closed the door behind him and locked it.
"Um, do you mind if I use your cleaner?" Yugi said.
"Just keep straight forward into the living room. On your right there should be a door, that's a laundryroom," Joey said, then headed off to the kitchen to grab some snacks. Yugi headed off to the laundryroom to clean his clothes.
Later on, both of them were upstairs watching tv while eating potato chips.
"Hey, guess what Joey? I made the Honor Roll Achievement in school this year," Yugi boasted, proud of his accomplishment.
"Good going, Yuge," Joey commented, biting numerous chips.
Yugi chewed a lot of chips then swallowed them. "Do you want to play a duel? It don't have to be fancy, just a regular old duel."
"Well since there's nothing really on tv to watch, I'm up for it. Yugi, when did Tea say she was coming over?"
"She said she'd be here in 1500 hours (equivalent to 3:00 pm), give her time."
"But, Yugi, its 1543 hours," Joey told him.
"Tea's late? It's not like her to be late, especially when we're having a sleep over. She's usually the first one to arrive."
"I hope she comes, it's fun having her around," Joey stuffed a whole lots of chips into his mouth and swallowed it. "But, if she don't show, I won't have to give up my bed," he laughed, and Yugi laughed along with him.
"Let's start the duel," Yugi accessed his S.C.T and scrolled down a list. When he reached "Duel Monsters Deck', he pressed the 'send' button. Then, the cards appeared out of thin air. Yugi grabbed them, and sat them on the floor. Joey took his out of his dresser and counted them to make sure they were all there. After they set up the playing field, Yugi and Joey played a simple game of rock-paper-scissors to decide who would go first. Joey won, meaning he got the first move.
"Excellent!" he exclaimed, then drew his first card and was about to place it when a knock came on the door. He sighed, dumbfounded. "Just when we were starting the duel..." he muttered.
"Joey, that's probably Tea!" Yugi reminded him, and Joey quickly stumbled to his feet, dashed out the room and through the hallway, down to the first floor, and ran like it was the end of the world until he reached the door. He snatched it open, and to his surprise it wasn't Tea, but instead it was some woman standing there. She had jet black hair, which extended down to her mid-back. Her eyes were brown, and she was wearing a black leather dress, with a golden braclet around one of her wrists.
"Uh, who are you?" he asked, then suddenly her eyes glowed yellow and she spoke in a deep, monotonous voice.
"You will come with me."
Joey's eyes bucked open in fear as he was suddenly snatched out of the foyer by an unseen force. "Hey, what are you doing?! Actually, what are you?!!" he demanded, but she wouldn't answer. Her eyes turned green, and Joey began to feel like he was getting choked, but no one was choking. He gagged for air and gripped his throat, then tried to run back into the house. The girl grabbed him and flung him to the ground, then Joey kicked her in the stomach, making her bend over in pain. The psychic choking force was released, and Joey coughed for air while getting off the ground. He decided that he should flee, and began sprinting away as fast as he could, but was stopped by the psychic force. It reared him back into the wall, then the woman hit him across the head with a crowbar, knocking him out. She smirked, then grabbed Joey and dragged him into the house.
"Joey, is that Tea?" Yugi asked, but no one answered. "Joey? Joey, is Tea outside?!" he called out louder, but still got no response.
Confused, Yugi got off the floor and walked towards the door, calling out to Joey. "Joey?! Joey?!!" Joey, where are you?!!" he yelled, but Joey didn't say anything. "Joey?" Yugi walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. He creeped down the hallway, looking around. Where could Joey be? He was probably just playing another horror prank. Joey enjoyed scaring him. Yugi continued through the hallway and walked down to the first floor. The door was wide open, and Joey was nowhere to be seen.
"Joey!!" Yugi was getting tired of this game.
"Hey, Yugi, I'm in the den!" shouted Joey's voice.
Yugi sighed. There wasn't anything wrong. Yugi closed the door and beagn walking toward the den. "Hey, Joey? Why'd you leave the door wide open?"
"I... I, uh, forgot to close it. I was trying to catch this food before it burnt," Joey chuckled.
"What food? You weren't cooking anything."
"I just started cooking something," Joey laughed uneasily.
Yugi knew Joey did the strangest of things sometimes, so he dropped the subject and entered the den to find Joey unconscious hanging on the wall, restrained by some weird goo looking stuff. A woman was standing beside him, smirking.
"Wh.. who are you? What have you done to Joey?!" Yugi demanded, sensing some foul play.
"That answer is unnecessary," she stated in a montonous voice.
"What are you doing here? Who are you?"
"That doesn't matter," she said, then whipped out a deck of Duel Monsters cards. "Duel me unless you want deadly harm to come to your... friend," she said evily.
"No, don't hurt Joey! Let him go, right now!!"
"I don't think you're in any position to demanded anything." She approached Joey, then pulled out a metal stake. "This will be pressing through his torso if you don't duel me."
"Why are you being so violent over a duel? You could've asked nicely," Yugi remarked with a frowned expression on his face.
"Not just any duel, a duel for your Millenium Puzzle."
"My puzzle? You're not getting your hands on this!" Yugi snapped, then the puzzle began glowing, and Yugi allowed his alter ego Yami Yugi to take over. He transformed, then looked up, glaring at her.
"Foxxia... what are you doing here?"
"Yami?! What a pleasant surprise!" Foxxia exclaimed, obviously surprised. Seeing Yami's face snapped her out of her monotonous mood. "I thought I'd never see you again!"
"Believe me, you won't," he stated in a dark tone.
"What was that? You still don't believe I won't harm little Joey, don't you?"
Joey slowly began gaining consciousness.
"Leave the kid outta this!! Let's just settle this feud once and for all, you vs me," Yami Yugi clenched the dueling deck tightly.
"Hmm... how about this, you get Joey back if you win, and if I win, that puzzle become mine."
"What if I decline this deal?"
"I guess Joey'll pay for it," she brought the knife closer to Joey's face, bumping his forehead.
"Allright! Deal, now let's get this over with!" Yami accessed the S.C.T and sent the chip out of it. He grabbed it, set it on the floor, and pressed the button, turning it into a cyan dueling table. Foxxia's white dueling table was opposite of his.
"Let's duel!" they yelled and their life points rose to 2000.
"Now, how are we going to decide who gets to go first fairly?"
"I think I know how, I'll just make the first move," Yami snapped.
"NO! We are not going to do that," Foxxia's eyes rested on the tv and her lips curved into a smile. "I know, we'll both guess a channel number the tv could be on. The person who picks the closer number get to go first."
"What? That's absurd!" Yami scoffed.
"But, it's fair."
"35," Yami guessed.
"57," she said and grabbed the nearby remote, then turned it on. The tv appeared on channel 40, meaning Yami was closer.
"I get to go first," Yami drew five cards from his deck and chose one.
"Hey Yugi, kick that cow's butt!" Joey encouraged him, and Yami nodded.
"And I'll start with this, the Feral Imp, in attack mode!" Yami slammed the card down onto the reader, summoning his monster onto the field.
ATK: 1300 DEF: 1200
"And I'm combining it with the Horn of the Unicorn, which raises his attack power 300 points," Yami slammed the magic card down, which applied it into battle.
Foxxia smirked. "Well, Yami, I see you're making a pretty strong opening move. But how will it fare to this?" she placed the card down and loaded it into the duel; The card being Saggi the Dark Clown.
ATK: 600 DEF: 1500
"Saggi the Dark Clown? That card's attack power is much weaker than my card's attack power," Yami said, a little confused by Foxxia's play.
"Right now, it may be weaker, but when I add the Negative Energy card watch what happens," Foxxia placed this card down and multiplied Saggi's attack power 3 times stronger, making it 1800.
Yami gasped, then Foxxia ordered the strike. "Go, Saggi! Negative Energy Blast!" Saggi forged a blue energyball in its hands, then lifted it up into the air and tossed it into the Feral Imp, the monster phasing into a weird, morphing effect, then it vanished.
Yami Yugi's Life Points- 1700
"C'mon, Yugi, you can do this!! With that all-star deck of yours, you'll wipe the floor with her in no time!!" Joey yelled, giving Yami the determination needed to win the duel. Yami drew the next card from his deck, smiling.
"Allright, Foxxia, deal with this card!" he slapped it down, summoning it to the field. "Curse of Dragon, in attack mode!"
ATK: 2200 DEF: 2000
"And I'll lay down another card for later. Curse of Dragon, roast that clown to a sinch!!" Yami yelled, and his monster complied by pouring out a powerful beam of fire aimed at Saggi.
"YAAHHH!!!" Saggi screamed as the fire torched the clown into ashes.
Foxxia's Life Points- 1600
"Take that, Foxxia!" Yami snapped angrily.
Foxxia laughed heartily, beginning to toy with Yugi's alter ego.
"What's so funny?" Yami asked.
"You really think you've done somthing just because you beat Saggi? Please, that monster wasn't even strong enough to be classified as my warmup," she said and drew a card out of her hand. "Hmm... I wonder how you'll deal with this, the Serpent of the Night, in attack mode!" Foxxia summoned her monster onto the field.
ATK: 2400 DEF: 2300
"Attack with the deadly Acid Ball attack!" The serpent roared and spit out a ball of acid straight at the Curse of Dragon. Right before it struck, Yami flashed a surprise card that was waiting.
"Sorry, Foxxia, but the Burning Land magic card increases my Curse of Dragon's attack power by 300 points, making it stronger than your serpent!"
ATK: 2500
"Oh, no!" she screamed as the acid ball bounced off Yami's monster.
"Go Curse of Dragon, Burning Land attack!" Yami snapped. His monster poured out a large beam of fire and cooked the serpent to a crisp.
Foxxia's Life Points- 1200
"My serpent..." she began, but was interrupted my Yami.
"...Is no more," he smirked, then said, "I believe it is my turn now." He drew two cards from his hand. "My next card is Gaia the Fierce Knight, and I'm using the magic of polymerization to fuse these two cards into the mighty Gaia, The Dragon Champion!!" Yami slammed these card down and watched as the two monsters became one known as Gaia, Dragon Champion.
ATK: 2700 DEF: 2400
"Allright, Yuge!" Joey cheered him on.
"And my last card shall be played face-down," Yami placed it onto the field.
Foxxia snarled, intimidated by the smirk on Yami's face. "You think you have this won, but you don't. I'm just simply toying with you. Letting you defeat my monsters so you can think you're winning. But, Yami, my monster deck contains a monstrosity that none of your creatures will be able to handle," she smiled while staring into Yami's violet eyes.
"Just make your move so I can defeat you once and for all," said Yami.
Foxxia drew a card and her smile widened. "How do you think Gaia, The Dragon Champion will hold up against this?" she revealed the card to Yami. It turned out to be a Blue Eyes White Dragon!
"A Blue Eyes White Dragon?! But there's only four of 'em in the world!! The world champion has 3, and your grandpa has the 4th one! How is this possible?!!" exclaimed a surprised Joey.
"Anything's possible, baby," Foxxia said and slapped the card down onto the reader, summoning the mighty monster.
ATK: 3000 DEF: 2500
"That's your monstrosity?" Yami sneered, obviously not afraid.
"It's one of them. Blue Eyes White Dragon, destroy the opposing monster with White Lightning attack!" Foxxia screamed. The Blue Eyes White Dragon roared and prepared to attack when Yami flipped up the face-down card.
"Not so fast, Foxxia! The Spellbinding Circle stops your monster from making any kind of attack indefinitely. And that's not all, it also lowers the attack power of any creature down 700 points!"
ATK: 2300
"Good move, Yugi, keep it up!" Joey encouraged.
"Gaia, destroy that monster!!" The creature rose to the air and attacked the dragon with a large beam fire, which fried it to oblivion.
Foxxia's Life Points- 700
Although she was low on life points, and she lost a extremely powerful card, Foxxia began to laugh heartily. Yami's smirk and happy face turned into a frown and baffled expression.
"What's so funny now?"
"Yami boy, you haven't learned yet that Foxxia likes to toy with people. Make them think they're winning when they are not," Foxxia chuckled. She stared straight into Yami's eyes coldly. "Have you not forgotten our Shadow Games in the shadow realm? You always thought you were winning, until I drew my big bad monsters."
"Make a move!" quipped Yami, getting intimidated.
"Okay," she said playfully then reached over and drew a card. "Ha! Here's the start of your descension to failure and my ascension to victory!" she slammed the card down and loaded it onto the field. "Say hello to Mercury X!" Mercury X was a big pool of mercury shaped into a remotely human shape. It had cold, white eyes, no ears, and its feet were webbed.
ATK: 3500 DEF: 3200
"Mercury X? But that's one of the more powerful and rarer cards, how'd you get one?" Yami frowned.
"How I got it doesn't matter. What matters is that I got it and there is nothing in your deck that can stop it..."
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