Chapter 6: The Kaiba Bros. And Yugioh!
Then the elevator slowly but sleekly slid open, and on the other side stood a 33 year old Seto and a 29 year old Mokuba talking to a rather old man about military weapons.
"Excuse me Rainer but as you can see, I have some real busyness to take care of" Kaiba said coolly when he saw the elevator open as his white jacket defied gravity.
Then the old bald man took his briefcase and left while mumbling something bad under his breath so Seto Kaiba wouldn't here.
"So Gale, let's get right to the point. You called me over the phone and told me there were a lot of people, but I didn't have this many in mind. So be honest; do you think they all deserve a chance to go pro or are you just trying to do some academy children a favor?" Kaiba asked seriously.
Then Gale stepped forward and slightly bowed his head out of respect. "Well Kaiba, everyone on our team lost their duel except Ryoma, so I really do think these people have what it takes to go full pro" Gale said with equal seriousness.
"Well, I've got a really busy schedule, so just take them to meet Yugi and see what he can make of them" Kaiba said before a dumbfounded look overtook his face. Then Kaiba regained his composure and added "but leave Ryouu with me".
"Yes Kaiba. You heard him, let's go" Gale said as the group (with the exception of Ryouu) headed back inside the elevator. Keiko gave Ryouu one last glare before the elevator door shut.
IN A DARK LAIR
"Understood master; we will infiltrate the new Battle City tournament" A man completely covered in a black cloak said to a weird crystal ball.
There were four other people around him; all wearing cloaks. There were two rather small and slender figures, one huge figure, and two slightly taller than average figures.
The five were standing around a dark purple crystal ball in a circle. In front of the each person was a small statue of a demonic arm protruding from the ground, and at the end of the demonic arm was a demonic hand, and each of these hands were holding a deck. But these weren't ordinary decks, instead they had an evil purple or emanating from them.
On the ground carved in front of each arm was a different word.
In front of one of the two smaller persons was the word Spy.
In front of the other small person was the words Soul Reaver.
In front of the giant fellow was the word Army.
In front of the taller than average person was the words Green Eyes.
In front of the earlier speaker was the words Dark Knight.
"Hehehe sis, we'll wipe the pants off those loser duelists" the small female said to the other.
"Well Ryouu, long time no see" the elder Kaiba said as he signaled for the younger one to go away (and he did).
"Well kid, last time we saw each other, you were in my research facility. Now I don't know why you left, but you took a special deck from me and I think it's about time you gave it back" Kaiba said as he extended his hand.
Kaiba waited several moments for Ryouu to hand over the. deck, but Ryouu just stood there and stared hard at Kaiba.
"Well Kaiba, I've got a mission to do and I need this deck to do it, but I am willing to make a deal with you" Ryouu said with a smirk as he noticed this comment grabbed his attention.
"Hn, what kind of deal" Kaiba asked with a scowl on his face.
"Well, since I used to be the one using the Falzer deck, but now Gale is, and since we'll both be in the upcoming tournament; then I propose if I duel and beat Gale, then you let me keep the deck; but if I lose to Gale, then I'll give you the deck back, and I'll rejoin your research facility. So whatta ya say?" Ryouu asked confidently.
"Well let me think of the pros and cons. He has the strongest of the decks, not counting the stolen one, but he doesn't know about the new creatures; the Gregars; that were added to Gale's deck" Kaiba thought to himself as a grin crept onto his visage.
"Alright Ryouu, you have a deal, now leave before I change my mind" Kaiba said as Ryouu hastily flew down the stairs.
By now the group had already exited the building and was walking to the famous card shop of Salomon Moto.
"All right everybody, this is where we're scheduled to meet Yugi at so…" Gale was saying before hearing a faint call in the distance.
Then everyone turned around to see where the call was coming form, but all they could manage to see was a small silhouette slowly approaching.
"Hey you guys, wait up" the figure faintly yelled.
Keiko was the first to realize who the approaching figure was…"Ryouu!" the red cried happily.
Then the whole crowd called the boy, but Jaden's call had the most to say. "Hurry up Ryouu. We're about to meet up with Yugi and sign up for the upcoming Battle City tournament".
Then when Ryouu was mere feet away, Keiko ran up to the boy and jumped into his arms in a really hard hug. "Ryouu you're alright" The girl cried happily. "So what did Kaiba do to you?"
*If you're wondering why Keiko's so worried about Ryouu, it's because of what happened to them while they were in the research group, but you'll find out about that later.
"Ohh nothing, he just wanted to know how I was doing with my deck, that's all" Ryouu said with an innocent face while staring at Gale. "Now let's hurry up and go see Yugi!"
And so they continued to walk for several more minutes, with Nizone complaining every step of the way, until they reached one very special card shop.
"Hear we are!" Jaden yelled to the rest of the group as they crossed the street and stood right in front of the store door.
But just before they opened the door, it swung opened and an older boy (he looked almost twenty and was wearing all black clothes and had brown spiky hair) ran out of the store and rushed across the street.
"Wonder what that was about? Owell" Alexis said casually as she walked into the store.
Then the rest of the group followed her into the store, and to their surprise, Salomon was lying on the floor unconscious and Yugi was no were to be seen.
"Ohh no…" Alexis said as she was stunned for a moment before coming to her sense. "Zane, Chouya, Nizone, and Syrus, you stay with me to watch over Mr. Moto" Alexis said as she crouched down and lifted the man's head up to make sure he was getting enough oxygen.
"Yeah, and Ryoma, Syrus, Chazz, Blair, and I will go get help" Keiko said as her and the aforementioned people ran of to get help.
"Me, Jaden, and Aster will go after that guy" Ryouu said as those three took off in his direction.
"Well I guess since we're the only ones left, then we'll look for Yugi or Jin" Toukai said as he, Hassleberry, and Jesse went off in a different direction. "Please be alright Mr. Moto…"
"There he is" Jaden said to the other two as they began to run even harder.
The man they were following turned around and noticed the three teens that were chasing him. "Damn…I gotta loose those little shits…" Then he made a swift left turn as he ran across the busy street, narrowly avoiding being hit by several cars.
"Damn it you guys. We can't wait for the cars to stop, but he's getting away" Jaden said.
"Rookies…Watch and learn" Ryouu said as he dashed into the street and began to zip between the car; that is until one car 'hit' him.
But as the car 'hit' him, he rolled onto the roof of the car and started jumping from roof top to rooftop until he made it across the street.
"Woaw" Aster said while Jaden just stared with his mouth wide opened. The red light signaled and the two ran across the street were they saw the man running into a run-down old building.
"Let's go!" Ryouu yelled as they followed the man into the rundown building.
"Where'd that bastard get to?" Aster said angrily.
"Over here" Jaden said as he tackled the man and took him to the floor.
But just as Aster and Ryouu arrived, the man threw Jaden off of him and went to the other side of the room.
"What did you do to Mr. Moto?" Jaden asked angrily.
Then the man replied with a smirk, "I just needed the card. That's all, and if you want it back then you're gonna have to beat me in a duel" The man said as he slid his deck into a dark brown duel disk.
"Fine then I'll duel you" Jaden said as he slid his deck in his pale blue duel disk.
"Well then I'll go first" the man said as he drew his six cards. "I'll just stick this monster in defense mode and end my turn"
"I draw to start my turn" Jay said as he drew his six cards. "I'm gonna start this off simple, so I summon Elemental Hero Wildheart (a dark skinned warrior with a large cleaver (Atk: 1500, Def: 1600) in attack mode and I'll play one card face down. Now Wildheart attack" Jaden ordered as Wildheart jumped in the air and brought his cleaver down, splitting the face down monster in two.
But the monster that was revealed was Man-Eater Bug, and thanks to its flip effect, Wildheart was destroyed.
"Grr. I end my turn" Jaden said with a scowl.
Field Status: Thief-no card on field, 5 card hand, 4000 LPs
Jaden-one face down, 4 card hand, 4000 LPs
"Good." Then man simply replied as he drew his card. "Now I summon the Celtic Guardian (a warrior elf (Atk: 1400, Def: 1200). I'll equip him with the spell card Dragonic Attack, so now my Guardian gains 500 attack points (1900) and becomes a dragon type monster. And I play one card face down and activate Dragon Treasure to power him up to 2200. Now Celtic Guardian attacks you directly with Celtic Cross" the stranger said as the Celtic Guardian did two swipes across Jaden's chest, dropping his life points down to 1800.
"Hah, now you've activated my trap card, Elemental's Halo, so buy sending one Angelic Hero from my hand to the grave, I can summon one Elemental Hero from my deck" Jaden said as he sent Angelic Hero Necro Lancer to the grave and summoned Elemental Hero Neos (a muscular white creature with an antennae on its head (Atk: 2500, Def: 2000).
"I end my turn" the thief said heatedly as he stared at Jaden.
"I draw." Jaden said as he looked unhappy about the card he picked up. "Now I summon Clayman in defense mode (a giant rock statue (Atk: 800, Def: 2000). Now Neos destroys Celtic Guardian" Jaden said as Neos cocked his fist and charged at guardian.
But just as Neos was about to make contact (get it?), the three monsters on the field were destroyed.
"What the hell?" Jaden blurted out in surprise.
You only act on impulse, and that will cost you because I activated the trap card Dragon Breath, which destroyed my dragon and any monster with a lower defense than his attack, which makes everyone" Thief said sadistically.
"Well fine then. I place one face down and end my turn" Jaden said with great disappointment.
"Come on Jay, get serious" Aster said with more disappointment than anything else.
"Don't worry bro, I got this" Jaden said with a grin before turning back to his opponent.
Field Status: Thief-no card on field, 2 card hand, 4000 LPs
Jaden-one face down, 2 card hand, 1800 LPs
"If you're done talking to your boyfriend" Thief said, causing Jay and Aster to frown, but Ryouu to laugh.
"I draw!" Thief said with a grin. Then his grin grew into a sadistic smirk, and then he busted into an all out laugh.
"Uhh, dude, what's so funny?" Jaden asked confusingly.
"Don't you see fool? I've drawn the card I just took, and I'm about to use it. You lose because I sacrifice 1000 life points to play the spell card Renovating Sacrifice, so instead of tributing cards on my field or in my hand, I can just remove the required cards in my graveyard from play. So now I remove Celtic Guardian and Man-Eater Bug to summon Blue Eyes White Dragon! (Atk: 3000, Def: 2500)" Thief said while laughing maniacally as his life points dropped to 3000.
"Not Blue Eyes…Jaden!" Aster screamed aloud.
"Now Blue Eyes, ATTACK!" Thief said as the white-blue dragon fired a beam of white electricity at our young hero.
"Trap card go! Negate Attack" Jaden yelled as a semi-invisible shield protected him from the blast.
"Well you'll still lose on my next turn, so I end my turn."
'This is it…' "I Draw" Jaden said as a huge grin crept over his visage. "Well I hate to tell you this, but there's not gonna be a next turn for you because I activate Necro Lancer's special ability, so by removing it from play while it's in the grave, I can fuse it with any compatible monster in my grave, and I choose Neos" Jaden said as he put Necro Lancer in his deck holder.
Then a new monster appeared behind him. It looked a lot like Neos except it was a darker color, had two black folded wings coming out of its back, and had three long black horns instead of the one white antenna. But the most noticeable thing about this new monster was the long black lance that was protruding from his right arm.
"Meet my new S-Card, Angelic Hero Neo Lancer (Atk: 2500, Def: 2000) and I summon him in attack mode! And thanks to his special effect, once per turn I can fuse him with one Elemental Hero or Angelic Hero in my grave, but at the end of my turn, the fusion monster goes to the graveyard, Neo Lancer comes back to my field, and the other monster used in the fusion is sent back to the grave. So now I fuse him with the Clayman in my grave to summon Angelic Hero Armored Neo Lancer (Neo Lancer with brown armor on his chest and limbs (Atk: 3000, Def: 2800) and when he destroys a monster, you can't summon a monster with weaker attack than the destroyed monster on your next turn, but you don't need to worry about it's effect, since you won't last that long. Lastly I play one card face down. Now I attack your Blue Eyes" Jaden yelled as Armored Neo Lance cut Blue Eyes' head off, causing Blue Eyes two be destroyed and Neo Lancer to get caught in the explosion.
Then Jaden's face down card was sent face up, revealing a trap card that showed a warrior with wings fly to the sky while holding a demon in her hands.
"I activate the trap card Angel Spirit, so now I can select an Angelic Hero on the field that would normally be destroyed, and instead remove it from play and inflict its attack points to your life points. Since Neo Lancer and Blue Eyes had equal attack points, they would both be destroyed, so that's why I choose him. Now I sacrifice Armored Neo Lancer to inflict 3000 points to your life points and end this duel" Jaden said as Armored Neo Lancer flew into Thief and caused an explosion, dropping Thief's life points to 0.
Then Aster went over to the unconscious thief and picked up the Blue Eyes card while Ryouu called the cops.
"Well you guys, let's head back to check on Mr. Moto" Jaden said as they headed back to the card store.
"So that's how powerful Yuki Jaden is…Not impressed" A figure said from the shadows as it picked something up off the floor before disappearing.
"So you're finally back" Alexis said when the three returned to the store.
That's when Jaden had caught up with the rest of the group, and he saw him…
"Yugi! Do you remember me? It's me, Yuki Jaden" said boy said as he stood mere inches from his idol. "Ohh and that reminds me; what happened to Mr. Moto?" Jaden questioned
"Well Jaden, sorry if this disappoints you since were supposed to hang out today, but the new Battle City is about to start in an hour and I'm supposed to be their. I only came here to check on my grandpa; who's at the hospital. But if you all are going to be in the Battle City GX tournament, then you're welcome to come with me" Yugi said generously with his new powerful voice.
In the time the story has been focusing on Jaden, Yugi grew several inches, got a deeper voice, and a much more powerful presence. He looked almost exactly like the Pharaoh, except his eyes were the same; and even though his voice was deeper, it still sounded more like Yugi's than Atem's. He now wore a black shirt and black pants with a thick white belt that had metal knots all around it, but instead of wearing it around his pants; he wore it crookedly around his waist. He also wore his typical blue over shirt, but the sleeves were neatly cut of.
Then he stuck his hand out and waited.
"What the hell does he… ohh yeah…" Ryouu thought to himself as he pulled out the Blue Eyes from his pocket and gave it to Yugi.
"Thank you," Yugi said as he put the card in his deck holder and walked off, the gang closely following.
About 30 minutes into the walk, Yugi took one long look at Ryouu and then started up.
He grabbed Ryouu by the arm and then addressed the rest of the group, "Sorry for the interruption and this will only take a minute, but will you please excuse us two" he said as the two separated from the rest of the group.
"Yeah, what's up Yugi?" Ryouu asked innocently.
"Don't play dumb" Yugi said in an unusually serious manner. "You were that same boy that I convinced Kaiba to help. And according to Kaiba, you took his secret deck and ran off one day" Yugi accused while Ryouu just put on a fake smile and nodded.
"And according to some of the worse people I know, you went and got yourself involved in one of the four major gangs" Yugi accused again as the boy just kept on nodding. "Well I don't know what you're up to, but I know how those gangs operate, and I'm gonna be watching you. If you try anything to harm any one I'll…" Yugi began angrily before stopping himself.
Then he shot Ryouu one last glare before the two returned to the rest of the group.
"Don't think I'm scared. Even you don't stand a chance Yugi…"
Then the group arrived to a spot in the street were a crowd of at least 200 people had gather; and in front of all the people was Seto Kaiba himself. Some were in the crowd, Mokuba was going around the competing duelists and making sure they were registered.
By this time, Yugi walked over to Kaiba's side, and Mokuba met up with our group.
"Ohh, hey you guys. I know you arrived too late to register, so Seto already added your data into the computer. Now take these locator cards. You're already to compete" Mokuba said happily before walking off.
"Well you guys…We're in the Battle City GX tournament!"