CHAPTER 2: Heart of the cards (Part I)
A few months passed since Yugi Muto completed the millennium puzzle and made his wish. What he wished for is what any person would wish for, good friends and bonds that would last a lifetime. Yugi was happy for the friends he gained, Tea Gardner, Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, and Miho Nosaka. Things didn't start out perfect of course, but through hard work and trust, each of them became very good friends.
Domino City- High School
Domino City High School, one of the most boring places in the world to be, the kind of school where teachers are strict and want the students to obey like sheep. Today was different however, anytime a substitute teacher comes to your school the rules tend to change. Normally students wouldn't be allowed to lounge around and such, but today was the exception, today Yugi could show Joey how to play duel monsters. A crowed of students huddled around Yugi and Joey to see who would win, or rather, they huddled around to see Joey get destroyed by arguably the best duelist in the whole school.
"Hey Joey, earth to Joey, are you in there because it's your turn." ,said a smiling Yugi.
Joey didn't hear one word Yugi said, he was being forced to do something he didn't like to do very often, and that was use his brain. Joey was just staring at his cards wondering what could he do, so many options to choose from. The rest of Yugi's friends had just walked in and saw Joey struggling to make a move against Yugi. Seeing how this was taking way too long, Tristian decided to mess with Joey a bit, its what friends do after all.
Tristian ran up behind Joey and put him in a light headlock, "Aw, look at him, isn't he cute when he's thinking?" ,Tristian taunted.
Joey was unfazed by Tristian's antics, he Just smiled and held up his cards for only Tristian to see, "Eh Tristian, Yugi here is teaching me how to play duel monsters."
"Drooling monsters?" ,Tristian asked in confusion.
"Duel monsters ya nimrod." ,said Joey as he pushed Tristian off with his free hand.
"Sheesh." ,said Tristian.
Tea just smiled before speaking, "Even when we're not in school Yugi has been training Joey, he's just getting the hang of the game but Yugi's like an expert."
"I always preferred a good jigsaw puzzle." ,said Miho.
"Ok Yugi, it's time to duel." ,said Joey as he placed down a card.
"See, each card has an attack number and defense number, there are also magic and trap cards too, the first person to make their opponent's life points reach zero wins the duel. ,said Tea.
Joey was leaning back in his chair with a cocky smile on his face thinking he had the duel won, "Pretty good move, huh Yugi?"
"Yep, pretty good move, but not good enough." ,said Yugi as he laid down an even stronger card.
Joey was shocked, he leaned forward to get a better look at Yugi's card, "Thanks a lot, a card that powerful completely wipes me out."
"Wow, you stink at this game Joey." ,said Tristian.
"Nah, you did fine Joey I just have better cards, you see my grandpa owns a game shop and I get all my best cards from him."
Joey slammed both hands on the table in front of him with excitement, "Your own game shop, what are we waiting for lets go."
Meanwhile on the other side of the classroom there was one student who wasn't a part of the giant crowed, he had decided reading his black book was more important. He was only broken away from his book when he heard something that caught his attention.
"Okay, maybe I can get grandpa to show us this really rare card he's got.
'Rare card, could they have found the card that I've been searching for?' ,thought the mystery student.
Muto Game Shop
"Grandpa I'm home." ,said Yugi as he and his friends walked into the shop.
The Muto game shop was different then most shops you'd see in Domino City, it was different because it was also Yugi's house. The shop portion of Yugi's home was small and a tad bit cramped with all the boxes and shelves and see through cases. This was the kind of shop you would go to if you wanted some piece and quiet away from the more busy and obnoxious game stores in the area.
Yugi's grandpa Solomon Muto, was standing behind the counter in the back of the shop, "Welcome home Yugi, I see you brought company."
"Gramps, could you show my friends your super awesome rare card?"
"Rare card, my special card, hmm." ,said Mr. Muto as he put his hand to his chin in thought.
Yugi Put his hands together and begged, "Please, please."
"Pretty please." ,Joey added.
Mr. Muto continued to think for a few seconds before chucking, "How could I refuse." Mr. Muto went under the counter and pulled out a small brown box, "You kids are in for a treat, I don't take this card out too often. Ready, here it is, the Blue eyes white dragon, a card so rare and so powerful I never let it leave my hand." Mr. Muto held the card up for all to see, it truly was a beauty.
Almost everyone stared at the card in awe, this card must be truly special. Tristian being the goofball he was plucked the card from Mr. Muto's hand to examine it closer, "Doesn't look that special to me." Everyone sweatdropped at Tristian's moment of stupidity, afterwards Mr. Muto snatched the card back and held it close to his chest.
"This card is priceless, there are only four of them in the entire world." ,said Mr. Muto.
"Speaking of rare cards, I'm ready to trade." ,said a grinning Joey.
Mr. Muto just gave Joey a glare, "Not for this card."
Joey just looked at Mr. Muto in confusion, "No, I mean some other rare cards to help me get started."
Suddenly the shop's door opened and the bell rang, "Can I help you?", Mr. Muto asked.
Everyone turned around to see the person standing in the doorway, he was wearing a standard Domino City High School uniform and carrying a very large silver briefcase. "If you can't it wouldn't surprise me." Everyone instantly recognized him as Seto Kaiba of the Kaiba corporation, but what was someone so rich and powerful doing in a small town gaming shop? Tristian asked Kaiba what he was doing at the Muto game shop, and Kaiba told them he came to see the card.
"Well if your into duel monsters this is perfect, maybe we could all duel sometime." ,said Joey
Kaiba just smirked, "Me, duel you, I'd have more of a challenge playing solitaire. I am the number one ranked duelist in the country and the favorite to win the duel monsters championship, you wouldn't last two minutes in a duel against me."
"I'm shaking, maybe you'd like to settle this with fists instead of cards."
Yugi ran in between Joey and Kaiba, "Easy now Joey."
"But Yugi, Kaiba's asking for it."
Kaiba continued to smirk, "Now does this shop have any worthwhile cards or not?" Kaiba then laid his eyes on the blue eyes white dragon card in the box on the counter. Kaiba was stunned, he ran over to the counter to get a better look at the card, "Could it be, the legendary blue eyes white dragon in a dump like this." 'It is, it's the card I've been searching for.'
Mr. Muto closed the card box before speaking, "That's enough window shopping, is there anything else I can help you with?"
Kaiba slammed his briefcase on the table and opened it up to show Mr. Muto its contents, "Listen to me old man, give me your blue eyes white dragon card and I'll trade you all of these."
Inside the briefcase was hundreds of duel monsters cards, these were probably the best cards money could buy. Everyone stared at the cards in awe, they couldn't even hope to buy this many duel monsters cards.
"Aw nice, but no thanks." ,said Mr. Muto.
Everyone was surprised Mr. Muto would turn down such an offer. Mr. Muto went on to explain the card's importance to him and how his dear friend had given it to him. After hearing about how the card was close to Mr. Muto's heart Kaiba had heard enough, he closed his briefcase and left the shop in his limo.
Kaiba's limo
'Heart of the cards, what nonsense, these cards are all about power and one way or another that blue eyes white dragon card will belong to me.'
Kaiba Corp.
"Gentlemen, I want you to pick up a little something for me at the game shop."
"Gladly master Kaiba."
The Next Day- Muto Game Shop
Mr. Muto was wiping the counter when he heard the shop door open, he turned around to see three men in suits, two tall ones and one short one with orange tinted glasses.
"Can I help you?" Mr. Muto asked.
The short man with the glasses started to speak, "My master Seto Kaiba challenges you to a duel, you will come with us now."
"And if I were to decline?"
The glasses man began to smile, "I must insist."
'Young Kaiba doesn't understand the heart of the cards, but I'll teach him a thing or two.'
A Few Hours Later- Muto Game Shop
Yugi and his friends just got back from a long school day but noticed something was off about the game shop, the door was open and the lights were out.
"Grandpa I'm home." ,yelled Yugi
Miho looked around before speaking, "Maybe he went out."
"Maybe, but why would he leave the door unlocked?" ,Joey asked out loud.
The phone on the wall began to ring, since Yugi lived here he might as well answer the phone. "Game shop." ,said Yugi.
"Yugi, perfect." ,said the voice over the phone.
"Kaiba?" ,asked a surprised Yugi.
"Your grandfathers visiting but he isn't feeling very well. Why don't you come by my office and pick him up." ,with that said Kaiba hung up.
"Kaiba, what have you done, Kaiba!?"
To be continued...
Author's note: sorry, but I'm going to have to break this chapter up into 2 parts.
Yes, I added Miho from Yu-Gi-Oh! season 0
Enjoy, the next part is coming very soon.
P.s: I apologize for any spelling errors that may occur