Chapter 7: Battle City Begins
(Important Chapter)
Yugi and Tea are walking past Domino Station. Téa says that the invitation said that the tournament would be announced tonight. Yugi says he doesn't know why by he does know he must enter and win this tournament in order to fulfill his destiny. Tea asks him to promise to be careful. Yiugi knows that whoever's after the Millennium Puzzle is still out there, but he pulls out his deck.
Suddenly, Yugi hears a strange laugh. Tea asks him what it is, and he says it's probably nothing.
Just then, Mai Valentine comes running up to greet them, grabbing Téa around the neck and telling her she's looking happy.
"Tell me if this is a date Tea; No, I know it a date!" Mai screams happily into Tea's ear while choking her.
Mai's also there for the tournament. But, they don't know who's hosting it. Mai's heard some rumors that it's someone with a ton of cash and an obnoxious attitude. She guesses Kaiba.
Then suddenly a chauffeured limousine pulled on to the side of the street. Reina stepped out of it; she was wearing a bright green dress. It had long sleeves and a long neck collar. She was wearing purple lipstick and her hair was pulled down in knot.
It drew all the attentive for miles.
"She's hot"
"Sexy"
"Who is she?"
"Reina, It's Reina!"
After a minute or so Yugi remembered she was, A half Chinese, half French actress.
The red carpet was pulled, everyone who knew her lined up to get her autograph.
Almost no one noticed her nine year old sister was with her. She wasn't wearing anything special, just a school uniform; she was carrying a golden scale with her.
After she signed everyone's autograph, she pointed to Yugi and called him over.
"Big sister", said Jasmine in a voice that could only be described as cute.
She didn't reply
"You're not supposed to talk to Yugi Muto"
"Well, I guess I'm not one to do what I'm told."
Yugi walked over and Reina motioned him to enter the car. Instead, Yugi looked straight at Jasmine and asked, "Is that a Millennium Item?"
Jasmine nodded.
Yugi waves at Mai and Tea to leave and then gets in the car with Jasmine. Reina chuckles a little when they are fast on the road. "What's so funny?" Yugi asks in a serious voice. Reina smiles at him and replies, "It just bewilders me, how you let down your guard so easily." Now Yugi smiles too and says in a similar tone, "Don't worry Ms. Bettybata, I haven't let down my guard in the slightest.
Reina tells Yugi the host of this tournament is Seto Kiba and that thieves known as rare hunters are here to steal a card Kiba has in his position. "What card is it?" Yugi asks, but Reina only replies with, "A card stronger than Exodia." Contradicting her Yugi inquires, "No card is stronger than Exodia."
The next morning, Yugi, Joey, Téa, and Tristan are in the schoolyard, talking about the big tournament Kaiba's putting on. Joey's furious that Kaiba didn't send him an invitiation. He was the runner-up at Duelist Kingdom! Tristan reminds Joey that Kaiba doesn't like him, and Joey says he'll give Kaiba something not to like. But when Tristan says this is exactly the way Kaiba wants Joey to react, Joey thinks maybe he doesn't need to enter snooty Kaiba's tournament. He asks Yugi if he's going to enter, and Yugi says he has to! It's his destiny! He tells them everything Reina said and explains that some sort of evil force is threatening the world, and he has to enter the tournament in order to fight it.
So Joey says he'll enter the tournament, too, and pulls out his trusty Red Eyes Black Dragon, saying he'll fight right alongside of Yugi and kick Kaiba's butt. He kisses and baby-talks to his Red Eyes card, which makes everyone a little seasick, and Téa reminds him of what happened the last time he dueled. He yells and waves arms at Tea; which made Yugi think about how far his friendship with Jeoy had led him. I mean he even enrolled in a commoner's school. "So what are they waiting for!" Joey suddenly shouts and runs off to get himself a Duel Disk and sign up for the tournament, and everyone heaves long-suffering sighs.
Downtown, they find the registration office, and Joey dashes off, with Tristan right behind him. Walking along together, Yugi thanks Téa for always being his friend. She blushes deeply. They both find it hard to believe that Yami was once an Egyptian Pharaoh who saved the world! Téa's a little surprised Yugi's so unworried about it—if what Reina said is true, Yugi's in terrible danger! Yugi, on the other hand, is more worried about Kaiba's rule that the loser in a tournament duel has to give his rarest card to the winner. It's a great way to get a deck full of rare cards, but he put his heart into this deck! He doesn't want to risk his Dark Magician. But the fate of the world depends on it, so he'll play by whatever rules he has to.
They go into the shop, and Yugi tells the shopkeeper they're there to register for the Battle City Tournament. (In the Japanese, they're don't go there to register for the tournament, just to buy the Duel Disks. They're surprised when the shopkeeper asks their names.) He looks Yugi up on his computer, and sees that he's listed as a five-star duelist—the highest rank. Joey's next, but when the shopkeeper looks him up, he sees that Joey's only got one star—too low to enter the tournament. Joey throws a fit, protesting that he came in second at Duelist Kingdom, and Tristan has to restrain him. But then the shopkeeper notices that Joey's rare card is the Red Eyes Black Dragon. His master will surely be interested! He surreptitiously changes Joey's rating to four stars , and tells him that there was a computer glitch. Joey happily receives his Duel Disk, while congratulating himself on keeping his cool while the computer problem was straightened out. They all grimish or laugh.
Joey takes off, telling the gang that his sister Serenity's operation is tomorrow, and he told her he'd stay at the hospital tonight. As Joey disappears down the street, Tristan tells the others he hopes Joey will be all right—Joey's mother will be at the hospital too, and ever since she separated Joey from his sister seven years ago, Joey hasn't spoken to his mother. Tristan vows to see that the Wheeler family reunites! But Yugi knows Tristan's just trying to be a hero to impress Serenity. What stupid commoners.
At the hospital the next morning, Mrs. Wheeler pounds on Serenity's door, telling Serenity to come out, but Serenity refuses. She's not going to have the operation until Joey gets there! Worried Tristan is worried and goes looking for Joey. Spotting him all beat up on the beach ,he leaps down at him, yelling, "Hey, Joey!" Joey scrambles to get out of the way, saying, "Tristan! What is it?"
("What do you mean, what is it?" Tristan says, grabbing Joey by the lapels and pulling him to his feet. "What are you doing here? You should be at the hospital!" Joey falls to his knees, fingers digging in the sand, choking back sobs. Tristan backs off, saying, "Joey, what happened?"
("Yesterday on the way to the hospital, I was stopped by Ghouls," Joey says. "Rare Hunters who grab other players' rare cards in the dark. I lost the game, and they took my Red Eyes." Tristan kicks him and says, "You Moron! You kept Serenity waiting for that!"
They have a fight or Tristan keeps hitting Joey, that doesn't fight back! "You give up your sister for a card!"
At the hospital, Mrs. Wheeler is still knocking on Serenity's door. The surgeon says he has other patients and can't wait any longer, and is about to leave, when Joey finally arrives."Let me take care of this one, Ma," he says, and goes to the door, asking Serenity to open it so they can talk. But she's too upset to let him in. He apologizes, saying he knows he let her down. He explains about being cornered by the Rare Hunters and forced to duel, and losing his best card. "I can't do anything right!" he berates himself, leaning on the door, tears in his eyes. "I must be the worst brother in the whole world!" But he'd never do anything to hurt her, he says. Nothing can break the bond between them. (In the Japanese, he says, "I met something terrible yesterday on my way here. I got my mind messed up; I thought only of myself. I'm a horrible person. But my friends helped me. They told me about your situation. They let me know whenever I'm in trouble, sad and lost, I should never forget about the people I love and care about. The love between us is the most important thing.
Finally, Serenity comes out, and gives Joey a hug. Joey hesitantly tells his mother it's nice to see her, and she says it's nice to see him, too.
Renna's Deck
1. Allure Queen L3 (Monster): Once per turn, during your Main Phase 1, you can select 1 Level 3 or lower monster on your opponent's side of the field and equip it to this card. (Only 1 card at a time can be equipped due to this effect.) If this card would be destroyed by battle, the equipped monster is destroyed instead. During your Standby Phase, by sending this card to the Graveyard while it's equipped due to its effect, Special Summon 1 "Allure Queen LV5" from your hand or Deck. (Atr 500/ Defence 500)
2. Allure Queen L5 (Monster): Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if this card was Special Summoned by the effect of "Allure Queen LV3", you can select 1 Level 5 or lower monster on your opponent's side of the field and equip it to this card. (Only 1 card at a time can be equipped due to this effect.) If this card would be destroyed by battle, the equipped monster is destroyed instead. During your Standby Phase, by sending this card to the Graveyard while it's equipped due to its effect, Special Summon 1 "Allure Queen LV7" from your hand or Deck. (Atr 1000/ Defence 1000)
3. Allure Queen L7 (Monster): Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if this card was Special Summoned by the effect of "Allure Queen LV5", you can select 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field and equip it to this card. (Only 1 card at a time can be equipped due to this effect.) If this card would be destroyed by battle, the equipped monster is destroyed instead. And if this monster is indeed destroyed in battle summon Allure Queen L10 in its place. (Atrk 1500/Defence 1500)
4. Allure Queen L10 (Monster): Once per turn, during your Main Phase you can select 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field and equip it to this card. Ore then one moster can be placed at one time and increase the atk points for every monster equipped by 300. If this card would be destroyed by battle, the equipped monster is destroyed instead. (1700/1700)
5. Cure Mermaid (Monster)L4 : In defense mood, every standby phrase add 800 life points (1500/800)
6. Sprit Of the Breeze (Monster) L3: In atk mood, every standby phrase add 1000 life points (0/1800)
7. Dancing Fairies (Monster)L4: In defense mood, every standby phrase add 1000 life points (1700/1000)
8. Razing Flame Sprit (MonsterL3): attack your appoint directly, every time you successfully attack increase attack points by 1000 (100/1000)
9. Spell Of Pain (Magic): Activate only when an attack or card effect would inflict damage to you. Switch the damage to your opponent's Life Points, instead.
10. Pot Of Greed (Magic): draw 2 cards
11. Fire Princess (Monster)L4: every time my life points increase decrease your life points by 1000 (1300/1500)
12. Ruin, Queen Of Oblivion (End Of The World Ritual) (5000/2500): This card can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Spell Card, "End of the World". If this card destroys your opponent's monster by battle, it can attack once again in a row.
13. Solemn Judgment (Trap): Negate the activation of a Spell Card / Trap Card / Normal Summon / Flip Summon / Special Summon and destroy the Spell Card, Trap Card, or Summoned monster.
14. Amazon Archer (Monster): You can Tribute 2 monsters you control to inflict 1200 damage to your opponent. (1400/1000)
15. Amazon Blowpiper (Monster): Select 1 face-up monster your opponent controls during each of your Standby Phases. It loses 500 ATK until the end of this turn. (800/1500)
16. Amazon Swords Woman. (Monster): Your opponent takes all Battle Damage that you would have taken from a battle involving this card. (1500/1600)
17. The Change of Heart (Magic): Control a opposites monster
18. Chasm of Spicks (Trap) : When the opponent's monster attacks, destroy the monster and the opponents takes damage equal to one quarter of the destroyed monster's attack points.
19. Doma the Angel of Silence L5 (Monster): Atk:1600 Defence: 1400
20. Gift of the Mystical Elf (Magic): Increase your Life Points by 300 points for each monster on the field
21. Gryphon's Feather Duster (Magic) :"Destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on your side of the field. Increase your Life Points by the number of destroyed cards x 500 points."
22. Gyakutenno Megami (Monster): attack: 1800/defence: 2000
23. Mirror Wall (Continuous Trap): "Halve the ATK of all your opponent's attacking monsters.)
24. Monster Reincarnation (Magic): Discard One Monster to bring one monster back from the grave yard.
25. Remove Trap (Trap): Destroy Trap
26. Silver Fang (Monster): Atrk: 1200 Defence 800
27. Mask of Illusion: Discard on Monster in Your hand, now for this one turn that monster ability is added to and monster on the field.
28. Night Winged Sorcesses L8: Increase atk points by 1000 for every spell card on my field. (2800/1800)
29. The Gold Sarcophagus(magic): place one magic card on the box and if your opponent plays the card it is negated
30. Dark Magic Curtain (Magic): Sacrifice 2000 life points to automatically summon any monster, no sacrifice.
The next day, Reina battles Esper Roba. Duel!
"Tusk, Tusk," Reina says in a catlike voice. "Over so soon"
Esper Roba chuckles and replies don't think about it girl, I can see your defeat!
Reina plays Dark Magic Curtain and summons Night Winged Sorcesses to the field. "I attach to it the spell Mask of Illusion and by discarding my Raging Flame Sprit, I add his ability to my Sorcesses. Attack him directly."
Esper Roba: 1200 (Sorry Writing Battles, will never be my strong suit. Please continue this your own way.)
Note: Reina doesn't have White Fang or Ruin yet!