Chapter X

In America!

"This is the plan," Goodwin said. He assembled the three groups, who have started to jokingly call themselves "Team SET." They were in the dining room, since his office wasn't big enough to hold the six Signers, five Envoys, and six Templars (seven if you counted Joanne), a total of 18 Duelist. "We give the Dragon-Eater a very tempting target. I host another tournament, featuring the Signers. It will be another Fortune Cup, so Yusei will Duel the winner of the Cup."

Yusei nodded. "If the Dragon-Eater makes it to me, I'll be our last chance, right?"

Jack laughed. "I'll be the one you Duel at the end, Yusei. I will be King once again!" he declared.

"Yeah, but if all the Envoys are in the tournament too, then we have a good chance of taking him out early," Bill said.

Jayce looked at his fellow Envoys. "You guys think you can take out the Eater?" he asked. Max and Kasey immediately nodded. Saby frowned, but nodded too. Rika glanced at Jax.

"Honestly, I don't know how well I'll be, but I will do my best," she said.

"That's all we ask for, Rika," Saby said. Rika smiled at her. "But, we all need to be careful. After what the Dragon-Eater did to Rua, we need to be on high alert."

"Well said, Saby," Goodwin said. "This will be a tournament even better than the first. It will be more than eight Duelists. Everyone can participate."

"Really?" Bill asked, grinning. "I just might sign up then, Rex."

Goodwin laughed. "Very well. As long as you help me set the tournament up with me."

Bill nodded. They now had a plan to trap the Dragon-Eater.

"Ladies and Gentlemen! After the success of the first Fortune Cup, Rex Goodwin has decided to host yet another one! Only this time, there will be more Duelists, more Duels, and more excitement! I present to you, the Fortune Cup II!" the announcer said. There was a deafening roar of yells and applause as the announcer said this.

Goodwin sat in the VIP tower, Bill standing next to him. "Think this will work?" Bill asked him.

Goodwin sighed. "It better," he said.

"Right now, we are hosting the preliminaries to this grand tournament! Our stadium didn't have enough room to hold all these Duels at once, so we have the Duels through out the city! Let's see some clips of our most promising Duelists!"

The screen changed to show Kasey and Yoshio dueling at the Aquarium. Kasey was winning by 300 points, but Yoshio was still holding up with his Six Samurai.

"Here we have a member of the Duelists Templars, Yoshio Murakami, Master of the Six Samurai! And an unknown, one who is Dueling for the first time in the pro leagues: Kasey Darko! He wields an unbeatable Spellcaster deck. Who will win this, the might or the magic?" the announcer said. The screen changed once again. It showed Max and a kid Dueling. The kid was using a Gladiator Beast deck, and Max was plowing through them. The screen changed again and again, showing the various Duels taking place throughout the city, letting the crowd get a taste of what to expect in the finals.

There was one man in the crowd, a blue bandana on his head. He grinned when he saw the screen flash to Jayce. It's time to get my revenge, bastard. And now I know where you are, Bandit Ace thought. He left the stadium, running into another man wearing a bandana, only this was colored like the American flag.

"Hey, watch where your going, punk!" the man said.

Ace's mouth opened. "Keith Howard IV!" he exclaimed. Keith nodded. "You're my idol!" Ace told him.

"Oh, really?" Keith said. He glanced at the screen. It showed Jax in a turbo duel. "It's time to get my revenge, bastard," he muttered, "and now I know where you are… In America!"

Ace heard him. "You have a bone to pick with someone?" he asked. Keith nodded again. "Hey, so do I."

Keith grinned. "You any good with that deck of yours?"

Ace laughed. "I've only ever lost once with it," he said.

"Are you interested then," Keith asked, "in a tag duel?"

Jax and Jayce met up at Ramen Heaven. They stopped to get something to eat.

"Hey Jax," Jayce said. "How's it going?"

"It's been good," the Trident Signer responded. "I think we'll definitely end up in the finals."

Jayce laughed, then ordered them some ramen. As they sat down to eat, two men wearing bandana's walked up to them.

"Hey, where's your girlfriend?" Ace asked Jayce. Jayce ignored him.

"Hey, it's nice to see you again, Jax," Keith said to Jax. Jax ignored him.

The four of them were like that for a long time, Jayce and Jax eating and ignoring the two bandits. Keith and Ace sat down next to them, waiting for them to talk.

Jayce finally broke the silence. "What do you two want?" he asked.

Ace grinned. "Thought you would never ask." he said. "It's time for a little payback. The two of you have messed up our reputations, and we are gonna crush you in a duel, right Keith?"

"Right Ace… In America!" Keith said.

Jayce and Jax looked at each other. "Eh, we'll get rid of them now, save a lot of people some trouble," Jax said. Jayce nodded.

"Excellent," Ace said. He and Keith activated their Duel Disks. The two members of Team SET got up and activated theirs.

"Tag Duel!" the four said in unison.

Jayce's LP: 4000

Jax's LP: 4000

Keith's LP: 4000

Ace's LP: 4000

"I'll start," Keith said. "Draw! I summon RoboLady (3/450/900) in defense mode! Then I play one card facedown and end turn."

"My move: Draw!" Jax said. "I summon Masked Dragon (3/1400/1100) in defense mode! I then play one card facedown and end turn."

"Draw!" Ace said. "I summon Ancient Gear Cannon (2/500/500)! I then play my spell card, Machine Duplication! It allows me to special summon up to two monsters from my deck that have the same name as a face-up machine monster with 500 attack or less, so I now have three Ancient Gear Cannons!" Ace exclaimed as two more cannons made from gears appeared. "I now activate their effects: I can tribute them to inflict 500 damage to your life points! You both lose 1500!"

Jayce's LP: 2500

Jax's LP: 2500

Keith's LP: 4000

Ace's LP: 4000

"Hey, good job Ace!" Keith said.

"Thanks man."

"Wait, you play an Ancient Gear Deck? I'm shoving it up your ass after we win this duel," Jayce said.

"I don't," Ace told him.

"Still going up your ass," Jayce muttered. "My turn: Draw!" Jayce said. "I play Soul Absorption: Whenever a card is removed from play, we gain 500 Life Points! Next, I play Dark Core on RoboLady! By discarding one card from my hand, I can remove one face-up monster from play!" he explained, getting rid of RoboLady, and increasing the Signer and Envoy's life. "I play one card facedown, then I tribute Jax's Masked Dragon to summon Caius, the Shadow Monarch (6/2400/1000)! I activate his effect: when he is tribute summoned, I can remove one card on the field from play! I remove your facedown!" Jayce said, increasing their Life Points again, and getting rid of the two Bandit's last defense for the turn. "You are wide open, Keith! I attack you directly!"

Jayce's LP: 3500

Jax's LP: 3500

Keith's LP: 1600

Ace's LP: 4000

"Draw!" Keith said. "I play Double Summon, allowing me to normal summon twice this turn. I then play Bokoichi, the Freightening Car (2/500/500). Then, I also play Machine Duplication, giving me three on the field! I now tribute two to summon Mechanical Hound (8/2800/1500)! Now, attack his Caius!" Keith said, destroying the Shadow Monarch. "Now, Bokoichi, attack Directly!"

"Don't think so. I activate my trap Card: Macro Cosmos! I can special summon one Helios- the Primordial Sun from my hand or Deck. It will protect my life, and because Macro Cosmos sends all card out of play instead of to the Grave, I gain more Life!"

Jayce's LP: 3600

Jax's LP: 4000

Keith's LP: 1600

Ace's LP: 4000

"My turn," Jax said, drawing. "I summon Armed Dragon LV3 (3/1200/900)! I then play Level Up! allowing me to tribute it to summon the next Level of the Armed Dragons: Armed Dragon LV5 (5/2400/1700)!" Jax declared. "I now activate his effect: by discarding one monster from my hand, I can destroy one monster with a lower attack! I send my Horus LV8 to the Grave and destroy your Hound!" Jax said, letting the monster go out of play, and removing Keith's monster from play too. "That makes four cards sent out of play, making our life go up by 2000!" Jax said. "But it doesn't matter, because you two are wide open. Armed Dragon, attack Keith directly and end this!" Jax yelled as his dragon wiped out Keith's Life Points, making him and Ace lose.

Jayce's LP: 5600

Jax's LP: 6000

Keith's LP: 0

Ace's LP: 4000 (partner at zero)

The two bandits backed up. "How, how did they beat us?" Ace asked. "We had such a good lead!"

"I don't know, Ace, but we need to get out of here!" Keith said. "We'll get our revenge. I swear it… By America!"

Jayce and Jax laughed as the two machine users ran away. "Nice Dueling there, Jax," Jayce said.

"Hey, it was your Soul Absorption that got our Life Points back," Jax said.

The two of them rode back to the arena, bickering over who's cards really helped win the Duel.

Okay, sue me. I said I would update once a week or something similair, but fricken school got in my way. At least I remembered and posted, and not let it fade into obscurity, which it probably already is... Ah well, I'm enjoying writing this, and I like to contribute to Dragon Ninja's Trident Saga. You should read that if you haven't already. Well, I'll update soon, I hope, but until then, wait for it!