Disclaimer
I would just like to state that I have no rights Yugioh, or any of the other pop culture references used in this story. Emma however is my own creation.
Research has gone into making this story but may not be 100 accurate.
It is written based mainly on the US dubbed version of the show, as that is what I am more familiar with.
This story features cards that I made up myself as well as normal Yugioh! cards.
This story is based on a dream that I had a while ago. Chapters 8 and 9 are the dream that I had and I built the rest of the story to go with it.
It is the first story of a five part series.

Chapter 1

Emma stared hard at the directions on the piece of paper that Ishizu had given her. She had spent almost two hours searching for the Game shop using these only to end up back at her hotel where she had started. Reading through them once more she realized that she had misread some of the directions which had led her round in circles.

Once again she set out to find her destination but this time turning left where she had previously turned right. She came to a crossing and was half way across when a black limo came screeching to a halt stopping just centimetres away from her. Its horn blared out for her to move, while the driver yelled out the window at her.

"How dare you!" she yelled back at the driver in reply to his abusive comment. As she approached the limo people where beginning to stare in her direction. "If you had been …." her sentence trailed off as the back window of the limo began to open, drawing her attention to a pair of sapphire blue eyes that peered out at her.

"Please accept my apologies for my chauffeur's poor driving and rude behaviour." Spoke the owner of the eyes. "I assure you that I will deal with him accordingly for this incident." The window closed again and the limo drove off leaving Emma standing in the middle of the road, her dark brown hair flowed in the slight breeze while her green eyes watched the limo drive out of sight.

There was another horn blaring which snapped her back to reality as she realized that she was still on the road blocking the traffic from moving. She moved out the way and continued her search.

Finally Emma reached the Game shop. She was about to enter when a group of four school kids past by her to enter the shop first. She over heard their conversation as she followed them.

"Come on Joey we all know that's not the reason why you're against them dating each other." said the only girl of the group.

"Tea's right." Replied the boy with white hair. "The real reason you're acting like this is because Tristan is spending more time with your sister and less time with you."

The boy that Emma now knew was Joey had a blank expression on his face before he quickly covered it with a smile. "My dear friend Bakura you couldn't be more wrong. I don't need him 'cause I got you guys." He threw his arms up and around his two friends Tea and Bakura. "Ain't that right Yuuge."

The smaller boy Joey had addressed didn't seem to of heard him. "Grandpa I'm home!" he shouted to the back of the shop.

Emma approached the smaller spiky-haired boy. "Sorry to intrude, but you wouldn't happen to be Yugi Muto would you?"

"That's me." smiled Yugi.

Emma reached inside her jacket pocket and removed two envelopes. She handed one to Yugi and placed the other back into her jacket pocket. "Here this is for you."

Yugi took the envelope, opened it and began to read the letter that it contained. "It's a letter from Ishizu." Yugi said in surprise as his grandfather entered from the back of the shop. "Here Grandpa this is for you. The Ishtars have requested that you join them on an archaeological excavation in Egypt."

"The plane leaves in just a few hours!" exclaimed the old man as he examined the plane ticket that his grandson had just given him.

"Sorry about that." apologised Emma. "I would have been here sooner but I got lost."

"Well I'd better go and pack." said the old man before he rushed back into the rear of the shop.

Yugi continued to read the rest of the letter. "It says that you need our help and you'll explain everything." he looked rather puzzled. "Explain what?"

"Now is neither the time nor the place to discuss these things, but I will explain all later this evening." Emma told Yugi. "I've been told you're a great duellist."

"Really!" said Joey sarcastically before Tea elbowed him in the ribs.

"If you have time I'd like to challenge you to a duel." Emma pulled out a deck of cards from another pocket in her jacket. "Just a friendly game of course."

"Sure why not?" Yugi activated the dueldisk that was on his arm.

"I'm afraid I don't have a dueldisk so we'll have to play old school." said Emma.

"Fair enough." replied Yugi as he removed his dueldisk.

"I'm also not use to having an audience." added an embarrassed Emma whose cheeks were turning red.

"How about you guys duel upstairs while we all wait down here." suggested Bakura who was unaware of the jealousy that showed on Tea's face.

Yugi and Emma headed into the rear of the shop and up the stairs as they passed Yugi's Grandfather. "Take care of the shop while I'm gone." He shouted as he hurried away with his suitcase. As he left the shop a small dark haired boy entered.

"Hi Mokuba." said Tea from behind the counter.

"Hi." replied the boy.

"What'd you want, ya little squirt." Joey asked the younger boy.

"Is Yugi around?" asked Mokuba.

"He's busy." snapped Joey.

"Well then, can you guys help me?" Mokuba asked them all. "I want to buy some cards to build a deck with so that I can challenge my brother. And before you say 'why don't you just ask him for some cards', it's because he doesn't know that I'm doing this." He paused for a moment and sadness entered his voice. "Just lately duelling seems to be the only thing he's bothered about."

The three friends felt sorry for Mokuba as they all knew how much he adored his brother but always seemed to end up being hurt by him. "Okay let's see what we can come up with." said Bakura as he began to take packets of cards from the shelf. Tea fetched a binder from behind the counter which contained individual cards that were for sale. Joey was about to help out too when he saw Yugi and Emma return from their duel.

"That was quick!" exclaimed Joey with a worried tone to his voice. "Did she beat ya?" he asked his friend.

"Nope." answered Yugi in his usual happy tone. "The duel was a draw."

"I could have won if I had played 'Pot of Greed' on that last turn." Emma added before Joey could say any witty remark.

"Then why didn't you?" asked Yugi.

"It's just one of my throw away cards. I don't us it unless I'm really struggling." she explained.

"You didn't win though did ya!" Joey tried to rub it in that she hadn't beaten his friend.

There was a sharp 'clang' sound as something metal hit the tiled shop floor. It was what looked like a clump of gold teeth that had fallen from Mokuba's bag as he searched for his money to pay Tea for the cards he was buying.

"What's that?" asked Bakura as he watched Mokuba place the item back into his bag.

"It's a lucky charm. I'll need all the luck I can get if I'm to win against Seto." sighed Mokuba.

"Nah, don't worry about it." said Joey. "He's a push-over, isn't he Yugi."

Tea laughed. "Says the guy who's never beaten Kaiba."

"Your brother is Seto Kaiba?" Emma asked in surprise.

"Yeah, why?" replied Mokuba.

"I have an important letter that I have to deliver to him." she explained.

"I'll give it to him for you." offered Mokuba.

"Sorry but my orders are to give it to him in person." She told him.

"Well I'm on my way to meet him at Kaiba Corp now so you can come with me if you want to." Mokuba told her. "But I can't promise that you'll get to see him."

"Mokuba, before you go I have something for you." Yugi held out a small pile of cards in his hand, 'Lightforce Sword' could be seen on the top. "Tea just told me that you're building a deck to duel against your brother with and I thought you might like these. They're cards that I already have, and I know you'll put them to good use."

"Thanks Yugi." a smile beamed across Mokuba's face.