Hello my fellow readers and writers! first off I would like to apologize for my lack of updating. Finals are around the corner so my free tme has become little to none. I will probably be updating the next chapter once they are over and done with (In about two weeks) but after that its summer and I have a lot more free time! Sooooo I will let you all start to read my story(Which I don't own any of. this is only a fan fiction so I can only own the plot really) knowing that it is not abandoned!
I was out looking for Weevil and Rex to see how their faring in the tournament so far. I figured that because I already have a spot in the Battle City finals it wouldn't hurt to check up on my friends. But, knowing those two, they've already gotten themselves in some form of trouble that had them kicked out of the tournament. I honestly wouldn't have put it past them to mess with someone's deck or something else absolutely rude. It isn't like one of them *coughWeevilcough* hasn't already tried. But, karma always manages to find them when they do something bad so I try not to worry too much.
I was searching around the park, thinking Weevil would want to be close to the insects he loves so much, when I spotted my cousin Tea sitting on a bench, lost in thought. Being the amazing relative that I know I am, I decided to scare her. I walked up silently behind the bench, grabbed the legs, and flipped the bench over with my cousin still sitting on it.
"Ah!" She yelled as she fell down. She turned around and was red in the face. By that time I was laughing hard because my cousin resembled a tomato perfectly. "Mione why did you have to do that? Out of all of the idiotic things to do you…" She suddenly stopped and froze for a few seconds. Then, she pulled me into a hug tighter than any Weasley could hope to give. "What are you doing here? Why didn't you say you were coming? I can't believe it!"
"I'm here for the Battle City Tournament. I wanted it to be a surprise. Who would miss out on scarring someone half to death instead of informing them that they're in the area?" I say sporting a wide grin and innocent eyes.
"Only you." Tea says after letting me go. "I can't wait to introduce you to my friends. I think you would like them. But, if you're here for the tournament, where are you staying?"
"I'm rooming with an old friend who lives on his own. He, I, and another one of our friend are all competing. But, I'm pretty sure I'm the only one of us that's going to make it to the finals." I say, chuckling lightly at my cousin's enthusiasm.
"How can you be so confident you're going to make it to the finals Mione?" Tea asks. "I mean even my friend Joey isn't that confident and he can be pretty sure of himself when he wants to be."
"Well it's hard to say."I start. "I guess I trust my abilities, my hard work, oh, and the fact that I already have my six locator cards and a spot in the finals. But, that is only a small factor in this, I assure you." I finish with a teasing grin on my face.
"That's great Mione." Tea says, laughing. "I hope I can introduce you to me friends soon. Especially if one, or both, of them get into the finals. I want to meet your friends to so make sure to drag them with you. I hate to cut this short but I have to go find my friends now. Cya Mione." I say my farewell and Tea rushes off to find her friends.
After looking around the city for a few more hours, I decide that it was a good time for a rest before I start my one woman search again. I decide to head into an ice cream store for a small treat. When I walk inside I see my two short, well shorter then I am, friends sitting in a booth sulking while stuffing their faces with ice cream. From what I can tell they both must've lost.
I go over to their booth and slide in next to Rex. Throwing my arm around him I say to them. "Is it just me or are you two out of skill practice." When they both shoot me a dirty look I continue. "Don't worry its only one tournament. You guys are probably just in a dueling funk or something. It doesn't matter that you guys lost. I mean with the way you two are sulking you'd think the world had ended, or even worse they stopped selling duel monsters."
"Why are you so happy?" Rex asks. "If you're in here then you must've lost to right? Otherwise, you would still be out looking for duels."
"That's where you are wrong my beanie wearing friend" I say. They give me confused looks and I hold up my six locator cards. "These are why I came to find you two. I made it to the Battle City finals. And because I made it, you two get to come with me to the oh so super secret location. Weather its willingly or unwillingly is your choice to make."
"I seems like the queen bee has struck again." Weevil says with a barely noticeable smile on his face. "I must admit Mia. I did not expect you to work this fast. Now, we have finally made it to the tournament finals once again and you can get back my beautiful Insect Queen from that annoying Wheeler that won it from me." He then looks at me with a blank expression, but a hopeful glint in his eyes "Do you think you could win it back? Wheeler is harder that most of the other fleas around here, no matter how much I despise to admit it"
"You know I will."I say with a small, but genuine smile. "I don't like the idea of my friend's cards in someone else's deck, side deck, or extra deck. But, how do you know that he'll even make it to the finals? There are probably around a hundred people competing in this and only nine, now eight spots left."
"Wheeler has this twisted luck." Rex starts "He always ends up making the biggest comebacks that I've ever seen. I don't know how he pulls it off, but he does. He is probably one of the luckiest duelists I've faced in a long time, or even ever. His whole deck's structure is even based on luck."
"So now I know three people that are most likely in the finals. Seto Kaiba, Joey Wheeler, and the King of Games himself, Yugi Moto. It seems like this tournament keeps getting more interesting by the minuet." I say. It was true though. It looks like I got myself into something much more complicated than I thought. This is starting to feel like a puzzle that's slowly being put together. If only I could find the rest of the pieces.
Weevil, Rex, and I were on our way to the stadium, when I noticed two people talking in an alley. One of them, who I could only see from the back, had a light blonde hair, a tan, and about a ton of gold jewelry basically everywhere on his body. The other boy was fairly pale and had white hair. The thing that intrigued me though, was the necklace he was wearing. It was a pyramid inside a ring and, like my earrings; the eye of Horus was o the pyramid. There were golden ornaments hanging at the bottom of the ring.
"Hey guys." I say "Can you wait somewhere around here for a little? I think I just saw something that sparked my interest."
They nodded and walked off, used to me looking into anything find interesting. I silently crept into the alley, minding anything that could make a noise that could alert the two men. I hid in a particularly dark area of the wall near a dumpster where they wouldn't be able to locate me. I don't know how, but I seemed to blend into the shadow against the wall, making my invisible to the naked eye.
"You are somewhat familiar with the ancient ways." Blondie says. "Why do you want my item?"
"If you must know I'm a collector of sorts." The albino says. "And once I posses all eight millennium items, I'll control ancient power strong enough to rule the entire world. So I will ask you once again to hand your millennium rod."
I look to Blondie's hand which held a golden baton like object; apparently something called the millennium rod. Looking closer I can make out a symbol that looks like it could be the eye of Horus, though I'm not exactly sure considering the fact that not all of it is viewable from where I am. It seems to have the same style as not only the albino's necklace, but also my earrings. Could the two objects that I have hanging on my ears be part of this ancient power? And if they are, then does that mean I posses some kind of, possibly dark, magic?
"My name is Marik." Blondie, now dubbed Marik begins.
"I don't care." Albino interrupts.
"What if I told you I have exclusive knowledge of certain secrets? You can have my millennium rod if you want," Marik turns to stare at the other side of the alley. I now can firmly say that he is of Egyptian descendent. Though, his lavender eyes are very different. "But before I hand it over to you, you have to do something for me in exchange. For I am somewhat of a collector myself. And once I posses what I desire, the millennium rod will mean absolutely nothing to me."
"Why should I help?" The albino asks "I can take your millennium item by force as I've done to others in the past."
Marik lets out a dark chuckle and turns back to the albino "Because I know the whereabouts of several of the millennium items. Including the millennium necklace worn by my sister.'
"Perhaps there is a way we can work together." The albino smirks "and help each other to get what we want.
Marik smirks back and says "You've made a wise choice. With our combined power; no one in the entire world will be able to stop us!"
I take this as my cue to leave and slowly work my way out of the alleyway.
Walking around the street in search for Rex and Weevil, I spot the looking into a shop that sells pets. As I walk closer I can hear that Weevil is ranting to Rex.
"It is discriminating to sell all of those poor insects being sold off as food for those cold-blooded maniacs that people chose as pets. Do they not see that insects are living beings two? My precious insects should not be pet food! If I ever run into an owner of this slaughter house they call a pet store the I swear that I will-"
"Hey Weevil, why don't you say that a bit louder? I don't think the people in America heard you yet, and I think they would absolutely love to hear your exquisite tale." I say with a grin on my face, trying to keep from laughing as Rex jumps and freaks out a little. It seems that he tuned out Weevils voice and I shocked him a bit.
"Hey Mia." Rex greets. "Find anything interesting while you were spying on people? Please say you did and you didn't just leave me to take on bug boy over here alone."
"How dare you call me that you thickheaded dinosaur nuisance." Weevil angrily says.
"How about I tell you what I found?" I ask. At my two friend's nods I continue. "Apparently there are two people in this tournament who are looking for items. I don't know what the items are, but according to their conversation, their keys to some ancient evil. The items that they had had the same symbol on them as the eye of Horus on my earrings and when I say the same, I mean exactly the same, as if they belonged to a set. I don't think it's a coincidence either. There's a very high chance that I'm one of the people their looking to find to obtain the power that this albino wants to find. We might've just gotten ourselves into some deep horse shit."
I give the boys some time to process the information I just gave them when Rex says. "I think I know who that guy with the white hair is. He might be that Bakura guy that Moto and his friendship squad hang out with sometimes."
"Yes." Weevil continues. "It seems that the descriptions do match don't they? "
I finish by saying "But the true question is, why does Bakura want to steal these items? Is there something about this Bakura that the friendship squad missed? Something dark, or even absolutely evil?"