Anticipation for the Upcoming Rematch
Seto Kaiba turned on his TV and watched his commercial in which he advertised the upcoming rematch with him and Yugi.
"Are you a fan of Duel Monsters? Come and watch the match of the century! One month from now will be an epic battle between me and Yugi Muto, the current King of Games in the Kaiba Dome. Come and witness my return to glory as I take down Yugi Muto once and for all and reclaim my world-championship status." With that the commercial ended.
"Excellent!" Kaiba smirked from his couch. "That commercial went exactly as planned."
Meanwhile Yugi, Joey, Tristan, Duke Devlin, Bakura, Serenity, and Tea decided to head over to Burger World where Tea had once worked. When they entered, they were greeted by a hostess who started walking them toward a very large table. The restaurant was very busy with waiters taking orders and customers chattering among each other. The food cooking in the kitchen filled the air with an enticing aroma, making them all salivate. As soon as they were seated, they began looking over the menu.
"Man I can't believe that jerk Kaiba thinks Yugi's victory over the Pharaoh wasn't legit," said Joey while they all waited for the waitress to come over. "I mean can you believe what he said? That the Pharaoh told him how to beat the Egyptian Gods? That guy's a creep."
"It's because he can't get over the fact that he's no longer the world champ," said Tristan.
Just at that moment, the waitress came over. "What'll it be guys?"
"I'll have a cheeseburger with onion rings," said Joey.
"I'll have two chili cheese dogs with fries," answered Yugi.
"Let's all get some nachos and mozzarella sticks to share," added Tea.
The others gave their orders to the waitress.
"All right. Coming right up," the waitress said.
"Great! Now we can enjoy some food while we wait for Mai and Rebecca to show up," said Joey.
Tea shuddered at the mention of Rebecca's name.
"Uh, Joey, remind me again why we invited Rebecca to come."
"Because she's a genius. She's gonna help us come up with some killer strategies for Yugi to use in his duel against Kaiba."
Then Joey turned toward his buddy Yugi to give him some friendly words.
"Yugi, I know this is the first time you'll face Kaiba without help from the Pharaoh, but I know you can still beat him. I mean you do have the three God cards," said Joey.
"Yeah, but since Kaiba witnessed that ritual duel, he already knows the secret to beating the Gods if they're all out on the field at once. I'll have to think of some new strategies if I want to beat Kaiba."
"Hey guys!" said a familiar voice waving from a distance.
"Hey Mai!" said Tea. "Come over here and sit with us."
"So what's been going on?" Mai asked.
"Well Kaiba challenged Yugi to a rematch," said Tea.
"Yeah I saw a commercial about that right before I came. Why does Kaiba want his rematch so badly?"
"Well you see there were two Yugi's, the brave and confident Yugi and the gentle and care -free Yugi. When Yugi would duel, the brave Yugi would usually take over. And Kaiba thinks that if it weren't for the brave and confident Yugi then he would still be the world champ."
"Wait so you mean there were two Yugi's?" asked Mai. "I don't understand."
"Well you see, the other Yugi was really a 3000 year-old spirit named Atem who had once been king of Egypt. Before Atem's spirit could finally rest he had to compete against our Yugi in a ritual duel and lose. When Yugi won it proved he could win on his own even without the Pharaoh."
"Well I have noticed that it seems like Yugi becomes a completely different person when he duels," commented Mai.
"Yeah! And that jerk Kaiba still thinks Yugi can't duel on his own even though he saw Yugi with his own eyes take down the three Egyptian Gods in just one move," commented a still incredulous Joey.
"Take it easy, Joey," said Tristan. "He'll show Kaiba in the upcoming match."
"Wait! Yugi beat the three Egyptian Gods in one move?" asked Mai dazzled by Yugi's amazing feat. "Tell me. How did you do it?"
"Well it's simple. The Gods are the most powerful creatures in Duel Monsters. So the way to beat them is by finding a way to use their very own force against them."
"Huh?" asked Mai. "But how is that even possible? I thought magic and trap cards didn't work on the Egyptian Gods."
"Well there are exceptions. When all three Gods are out at once then it's easier to take them down. You see Slifer the Sky Dragon has a special ability. If the opponent summons a monster after Slifer is summoned to the field then it takes away 2000 attack or defense points from that monster depending on which position it's in. It does this by firing a blast from its second mouth."
"Uh huh. Go on."
"Well you see there's this neat little trap card called Magnet Force. When this trap card is in play it redirects any monster effect targeting a machine or rock-type monster back to the other user's monsters. So I used my Magnet Warriors and my Magnet Force trap card to redirect Slifer's blasts back to the Egyptian Gods. So in a way Slifer's special ability is also a weakness."
"I'm impressed. That is an amazing strategy. Then again I wouldn't expect anything less from you. After all, you are the King of Games."
"Yeah, but Kaiba doesn't think so," Yugi said sadly. "He thinks that the Pharaoh told me the secret to beating the Egyptian Gods and that I didn't come up with the strategy on my own."
"Well you'll show that creep who's boss in your rematch," Mai assured him.
"Yoo hoo!" they all heard a little girl yell.
Tea cringed.
I think I know who that is.
The little girl ran up to Yugi and gave him a big hug. It was Rebecca Hawkins.
"How's my boyfriend doing?" Rebecca then looked at Tea and stuck her tongue out. Tea clenched her fists.
I knew we shouldn't have invited that little brat out here.
"I'm doing just fine, Rebecca. We just wanted to let you know that I'm having a rematch with Seto Kaiba next month."
"That mean old Kaiba. Well I'll be there to cheer on my Yugi-poo."
After Rebecca and Mai ordered some food, the gang began discussing possible strategies that Yugi could use against Kaiba.
"All right, guys. Now let's talk strategies. How is Yugi gonna beat Kaiba without the Pharaoh's help?" asked Joey.
"Don't worry. With my genius brain, we'll be sure to come up with plenty of strategies that will take even Kaiba by surprise," said Rebecca.
"Well my Magnet Warriors have always helped me out so I'll be sure to put those in my deck."
"And ya can't forget about those God cards, Yugi," said Joey taking a big bite out of his burger.
"But Yugi should be careful," added Bakura. "If he has Slifer on the field, Kaiba will probably use the same trick that Yugi used to make Slifer's special ability backfire."
"Yeah, you're right. My Winged Dragon of Ra should do the trick. Its special ability will allow me to incinerate one of Kaiba's monsters. All I have to do is make sure I have enough life points to spare to activate its special ability."
"Don't forget about his Blue-Eyes White Dragons. He sure loves those. You'll want to be sure you can beat those," said Rebecca.
"Hey! That's it!" exclaimed Yugi. "Everyone knows that Kaiba loves using a dragon-themed deck. So I'll be sure to put in my Buster Blader."
"Don't forget about Kaiba's Crush card," added Mai.
"Yes. So I'll need a way to counter that as well."
The gang spent the rest of their time discussing possible strategies that Yugi could use.
Edited on 11/16/2011: I made some changes in which I attempted to describe the scenery a little more. These are not major changes to the chapter.
Author's note: I had a lot of trouble with this chapter. I'd really like some feedback on how to make it more interesting.
Edited on 7/22/2014: I made a minor change to this chapter. I changed 5000 to 3000 so that it was more accurate with what Takahashi intended.