Yugioh GX: The Ancient City Tournament
Jaden really wasn't sure how long he'd been asleep for. With the grogginess he was feeling, he knew it was probably a few hours at the minimum. All he knew was one minute he was asleep and the next he could feel Yubel screaming in his head to wake up. So after he realized he couldn't ignore her, Jaden heeded his duel spirits' advice and woke up. Though the campfire had been put out, he had no problem seeing Yubel in the dark. She had materialized just in front of him, crouching on the ground and looking at him in annoyance.
"Finally," Yubel said with a snort.
What do you want Yubel?
"Maybe if you quit cuddling with your little girlfriend you'd realize there's someone watching you."
Jaden was going to ask her what she meant but it soon became apparent what Yubel meant. He had forgotten to tell Alexis that he tended to move around in his sleep a lot. At some point while he was sleeping he must've rolled over and felt Alexis, because she was currently wrapped up in his arms with her back pressed against his chest, using their bags as pillows. He looked down at the Queen of the Obelisks and saw her peacefully sleeping, breathing quietly in and out. He couldn't help but notice how the moonlight illuminated her face and made her hair glow golden like a halo. She was beautiful.
"Jaden stop being a creep."
Jaden—being snapped out of his stupor—looked up to glare at Yubel before he remembered the second part of what Yubel had said. Who's watching us?
"Hell if I know. I don't know them. Not one of your friends, that's all I can tell ya. Whoever it is, they're hiding behind those trees over there."
Thanks Yubel, I'll check it out.
"I'll be here if you need me."
With that Yubel quickly disappeared from view as Jaden shifted himself as little as possible as to not wake the sleeping blonde in his arms. His efforts, however, proved futile seeing as Alexis stirred as soon as she felt him starting to move away. She looked at him groggily and stifled a yawn. "What's the matter?"
"Shh… keep quiet," Jaden whispered gently, scanning the trees around them, taking particular interest in the ones that Yubel had pointed out to him just to the right of where they were sleeping. "There's someone watching us." Alexis looked visibly alarmed but Jaden pushed a strand of hair out of her face and gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry; I'll take care of this. Just make sure you're ready to run if something goes bad, okay?"
Alexis nodded once and gave a small smile.
With her assurance Jaden let go of her before tensing slightly. All at once he shot up and sprinted towards the trees that Yubel had pointed out to him. He heard a rustle of leaves and sprinted faster, getting behind the trees just in time to see two figures decked in black trying to run away. Jaden ran faster and quickly caught up to them, grabbing them by the back of their clothes, hearing them yelp in surprise. "Why were you watching us?"
"Doesn't matter," the male commented, shaking Jaden off and removing the scarf he'd been using to hide his face, revealing tanned skin and brown eyes. He pulled out a duel disk from behind his back and activated it. "Right now we challenge you and your partner to a duel!" The female beside him pulled out of his grip and pulled out her own duel disk, pulling down her scarf to show a face strikingly similar to the male.
Jaden grinned. "Alright, you wanna duel, let's do this!"
"Hey Jaden!"
Jaden turned and saw that his duel disk was being tossed his way. He reacted quickly and caught it with one hand before he looked down and saw that Alexis was walking towards him with her duel disk already on and activated and his deck in her hands. She was smiling. "I figured that there would be only one way you'd settle any dispute. You ready to duel?" She asked, handing him his deck.
Jaden smiled wider and placed his deck in the slot, activating his duel disk and stepping back so he was in line with Alexis. "Always!"
"We each wager a Glyph Capsule," the boy announced.
"One a piece is fine with us," Alexis responded.
The girl laughed. "This will be so easy."
"All we have to do is just beat these two and we'll be on our way to getting into the next round," the boy agreed.
Jaden frowned. "So do you guys have names? I don't wanna have to keep calling you guys miscellaneous black clad figure number one and two."
"When did you start calling us that?" The female challenged.
"Well, I thought it."
"We're Michael and Michelle Daniels," Michael responded quickly.
Alexis nodded and whistled appreciatively. "Michael and Michelle Daniels, also known as 'the Domination Twins'. One of the top ten tag duelists on the pro-circuit, and they've been able to hold their own with the dueling mercenaries, the Paradox Brothers. You guys are pretty good."
"So you've heard of us, huh?" Michelle commented with a grin. "Good to know our record precedes us."
Jaden immediately grinned. "Awesome, we're dueling top duelists right off the bat!"
"Jaden, all the duelists here are top duelists," Alexis reminded with a grin.
"And that's why I love this tournament!"
Michael rolled his eyes at the exchange. "Enough talk, let's get this over with."
"DUEL!"
Jaden and Alexis: 8000 LP
Michael and Michelle: 8000 LP
"We'll go first!" Michael announced, drawing his cards and looking at his hands. He smirked and placed a card down. "I summon my Gladiator Beast Andal in attack mode!" A large one eyed black bear wearing armor stood up on the field, roaring loudly.
Gladiator Beast Andal: 1900 ATK/1500 DEF
"And I'll turn it over to you two."
Jaden smiled. "Cool monster! But now it's my move! I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode!" The familiar electrical hero appeared on the field in a crackle of electricity. "And I'll throw down a face down."
Elemental Hero Sparkman: 1600 ATK/1400 DEF
Michelle gave a grin. "So you're an Elemental Hero duelist, huh? This should be interesting. I summon my Amazoness Chain Master in attack mode and I'll place one card facedown." A large muscled woman with blue tiger-print clothes and a chain wrapped around her forearm appeared. "Your move."
Amazoness Chain Master: 1500 ATK/1300 DEF
"I summon Blade Skater in attack mode!" Alexis announced as the blue monster skated onto the field and skidded to a stop beside Elemental Hero Sparkman. "I'll place two cards facedown and end my turn."
Michael smirked at them before he drew his care. "Alright I'll attack your Blade Skater with my Gladiator Beast Andal!"
Jaden smirked as the bear started to rush towards Alexis' monster. "Not so fast there! You activated my trap, Hero Barrier! As long as we have a face up Elemental Hero on our side of the field I can negate your attack!" A barrier appeared in front of Blade Skater and bounced the monster back to his side of the field, keeping the female monster from being destroyed.
Alexis tossed a smile Jaden's way. "Thanks Jay, I owe you one!"
"Sir Jaden Yuki, at your service!"
"Just get on with it!" Michelle called out, rolling her eyes. "Quit your talking and take your turn."
Jaden pouted and drew his card. "Jeez… you're no fun. I guess I'll just have to lighten the mood a bit then! Alright, Elemental Hero Sparkman go attack her Amazoness Chain Master!" Sparkman leaped over to the Amazoness and shot electricity at her, destroying the monster. "And I'll just throw down a facedown and end my turn."
Jaden and Alexis: 8000 LP
Michael and Michelle: 7900 LP
Michelle growled. "You'll pay for that. I summon my Amazoness Trainee in attack mode!" A young Amazoness in similar clothes to the Amazoness Chain Master appeared on the field.
Amazoness Trainee: 1500 ATK/1300 DEF
"And I'll start by attacking your little girlfriend! Go Amazoness Trainee!" The young Amazoness leapt over towards the Blade Skater and attacked the monster, destroying it and kicking up a cloud of dust. When the dust settled, Alexis's monster was gone, but no life points had been lost.
"Thankfully I activated my Hallowed Life Barrier in time," Alexis commented with a smile. "You got rid of my monster, but our life points are still intact."
Michelle grinned and shrugged. "No big deal. The attack did what it was supposed to. Your Blade Skater is gone and now my Trainee gets a two hundred attack point boost!"
Amazoness Trainee: 1700 ATK/1300 DEF
"Huh? Why'd your monster get an increase in attack points?" Jaden asked in confusion.
Michael smirked as he looked towards his sister. "Any time Amazoness Trainee destroys a monster she gets two hundred attack points. Almost like a reward for taking out the enemy."
"That could be a potential problem…" Alexis muttered to herself before she drew her card. "Alright I'll summon Cyber Tutu!" The pink haired monster appeared on the field with a smile, twirling over to stand by Sparkman, giving him a wave. Sparkman nodded his head and gave her a two-finger salute.
Cyber Tutu: 1000 ATK/1000 DEF
"And by using her special effect when you have monster that have higher attack points than Cyber Tutu, she gets to attack you directly! So go show them what you're made of Tutu!" Alexis ordered. The cheerful monster bobbed her head before sprinting over to Michael, leaping over his monster and delivering a spinning kick to his chest, knocking him to his knees.
Jaden and Alexis: 8000 LP
Michael and Michelle: 6900 LP
Michael glared at Alexis as he pushed himself back to his feet. "You little—"
"I would not recommend you finish that sentence," Jaden cut through with a hiss, already sensing where Michael was going with his comment. Alexis looked over at the two-toned brunette in surprise to see that his face was completely serious, void of any amusement or fun. He was dead serious.
"Oh what, did I hit a nerve lover boy?" Michael taunted, drawing his card. Spotting the card he'd drawn he smirked. "Let's see if I can't hit another! I summon Test Tiger!"
Test Tiger: 600 ATK/300 DEF
"And now I'll use his special effect in order to shuffle Gladiator Beast Andal back into the deck so I can special summon Gladiator Beast Laquari! And anytime Laquari is special summoned its original attack points change from 1800 to 2100!"
Gladiator Beast Laquari: 2100 ATK/400 DEF
"Now Laquari attack his Sparkman!" The large tiger like monster with flame around it jumped towards Sparkman and slashed at him with his claws, destroying the Elemental Hero.
Jaden and Alexis: 7500 LP
Michael and Michelle: 6900 LP
"You just activated my trap card, Hero Signal!" Jaden announced, activating the trap card. "Whenever you destroy one of my Elemental Heroes, I can summon one from my hand! And I summon Elemental Hero Clayman in defense mode!" The large clay hero appeared on the field and kneeled down, crossing his arms over his chest.
Elemental Hero Clayman: 800 ATK/2000 DEF
"You think your little mud monster can save you?" Michelle sneered.
Michael laughed. "We've got this duel in the bag. You're move."
Jaden drew his card and then looked at his hand. There wasn't anything he could use that would be helpful in their situation. The only thing he could do was hope that Alexis had his back. "I pass."
Michelle threw her head back and laughed. "Is that what Seto Kaiba teaches at that little duel school of his? How to pass? This is just pathetic! I was hoping our first duel would be against people that could actually challenge us."
"I'm with you there," Michael agreed with an annoyed look. "Guess the faster we finish this duel, the faster we can get to worthy opponents."
"Don't count us out just yet! We've been known to pull out some wicked wins!" Jaden retorted with a smile on his face as he turned to Alexis. The small smile and nod on her face was enough to let him know that she was confident and she had a plan.
"We'll see about that. I summon my Amazoness Tiger in attack mode! And with my Amazoness Trainee on the field my Tiger gets four hundred extra attack points!" A fierce looking red tiger with golden gauntlets and a scar over its right eye appeared on the field, prowling back and forth with its eyes fixated on Jaden and Alexis.
Amazoness Tiger: 1500 ATK/1500 DEF
"And not only that but I'll activate my Amazoness Village spell card!" Immediately the area around Michelle's side of the field looked as it had huts behind her and near her monsters. "With my Amazoness Village in play all my Amazoness' get a two hundred attack point boost!"
Amazoness Trainee: 1900 ATK/1300 DEF
Amazoness Tiger: 1700 ATK/1500 DEF
"Now I'll attack your Cyber Tutu with my Amazoness Trainee!" Michelle shouted out, sending her monster towards the pink dancer.
Alexis narrowed her eyes before she revealed her facedown card. "You activated my trap card, Doble Passe! It turns you attack on my monster to a direct attack! And then my Cyber Tutu gets to attack you directly!" Trainee punched Alexis in the face, sending her to her knees while Cyber Tutu took off and kicked Michelle in the chest just as she had with her brother, sending her to the ground.
Jaden and Alexis: 6800 LP
Michael and Michelle: 5900 LP
Michelle growled. "You forget I still have a monster left! Amazoness Tiger take out her Cyber Tutu!" The large tiger used its powerful legs to propel itself towards Tutu to bite down on her shoulder, causing the pink-haired monster, destroying it.
Jaden and Alexis: 5400 LP
Michael and Michelle: 5900 LP
"It's your move," Michelle announced with a smirk.
Alexis narrowed her eyes at her before she shared a look with Jaden. She could see the look in his eyes and automatically knew that he was trying to come up with ways that they could turn the duel around. She drew her card and a smile fell upon her face. If she played her cards right, she could have a chance get the turn around Jaden was looking for. "Alright I'll summon my Etoile Cyber in defense mode and I'll place one card facedown."
Etoile Cyber: 1200 ATK/1600 DEF
Michael snorted. "Not much else you can do huh? Well then let me take over! I'll have my Gladiator Beast Laquari attack your Elemental Hero Clayman!" The creature ran across the field and dragged its claws into Clayman's arms, destroying the monster, and leaving Jaden and Alexis with only Etoile Cyber as their last line of defense. "And because Laquari attacked this turn, I can use his special ability in order to shuffle him back into the deck and special summon another Gladiator Beast and I choose my Gladiator Beast Samnite!"
Gladiator Beast Samnite: 1600 ATK/1200 DEF
A large purple animal with dark purple armor and large fangs appeared on the field, snarling towards Jaden and Alexis. Michael looked at his monster and smiled. "I'll end my turn. You two feel free to try and save yourself."
Jaden sucked in a deep breath before he drew his card and smiled. "I'll activate the spell card Graceful Charity in order to draw three cards as long as I discard two!" Jaden looked at his three cards an immediately a plan formed in his head. He discarded his two cards and grabbed his third. "I summon my Dandylion to the field!" The small lion/flower hybrid appeared on the field, puffing out its tiny chest, trying to appear brave. "Your turn."
Dandylion: 300 ATK/300 DEF
Michelle burst into laughter as soon as she saw the monster, and looked to Jaden as if he was joking. "You've got to be kidding me! You pull out a monster like that to try and beat us? Either you're not taking us seriously or you really are that pathetic!"
"Why don't you quit bashing out cards and start playing some of yours," Alexis called out, crossing her arms over her chest and glaring at Michelle.
The girl sneered. "You want to see more of my cards? You got it! I'll summon my Amazoness Swords Woman in attack mode! And with another Amazoness on my side of the field my Amazoness Tiger gets an extra four hundred attack points! Not to mention the two hundred attack point boost my Amazoness Swords Woman gets because of my Amazoness Village!"
Amazoness Tiger: 2100 ATK/1500 DEF
Amazoness Swords Woman: 1700 ATK/1600 DEF
"Hey Michael, you mind if I borrow your Samnite? We can just end this duel right now!" Michelle asked with a smirk on her face.
Michael saw that with the monsters they had and the amount of life points Jaden and Alexis had, if they used all their monsters to attack, they'd win. He gave his sister a matching smirk and nodded. "By all means, use him till your heart's content."
"Alright, now I'll have my Amazoness Swords Woman attack your Etoile Cyber and then have the rest of our monsters attack you directly and end this duel!" Michelle shouted as the four monsters surged towards the two duelists.
"Not so fast! I activate my facedown spell card Scapegoat!" Alexis shouted out just as the monsters closed in. The four sheep tokens appeared on the field, taking the hit from all four monsters and leaving Jaden and Alexis's life points intact.
"Nice one Lex!" Jaden complimented, tossing a smile towards the blonde.
Alexis grinned. "Thanks Jaden!"
Michael scowled. "So what, you two bought yourself some time. The outcome is still gonna be the same. Try as much as you want."
"Well don't mind if I do!" Alexis retorted. "I activate the spell card The Warrior Returning Alive in order to bring back my Cyber Tutu! But she won't be staying her long. I'll sacrifice my Cyber Tutu in order to summon my Cyber Prima in attack mode!" The blue and gray clad monster appeared on the field in a ballet position. "And whenever Cyber Prima is special summoned onto the field she can destroy all face up spell cards, including your Amazoness Village!" The huts disappeared and the card shattering, bringing the Amazoness monsters down two hundred attack points.
Amazoness Trainee: 1700 ATK/1300 DEF
Amazoness Swords Woman: 1500 ATK/1600 DEF
Amazoness Tiger: 1900 ATK/1500 DEF
"And now that your monsters have been knocked down a peg I'll have my Cyber Prima attack your Amazoness Swords Woman!"
"Any time my Amazoness Tiger is on the field with other Amazoness' all attacks are directed to my Tiger!" Michelle called out as Cyber Prima abruptly changed her direction and charged towards the tiger, kicking it and destroying the monster.
Jaden and Alexis: 5400 LP
Michael and Michelle: 5500 LP
"Now I'll just place one card face down and end my turn," Alexis completed with a satisfied smile on her face.
Jaden looked over at Alexis and gave her a smile and a thumbs up. Dueling with Alexis again after such a long time made him remember the first time they'd ever dueled. He'd been awed by her skills and her determination that first day and it was what had originally captured his attention. Alexis was a beautiful girl who could kick ass in a duel and just like that very first day, Jaden couldn't help but admire the Queen of the Obelisks now.
"Why the hell didn't you stop her?" Michael asked loudly as he glared at his sister, catching Jaden's attention.
Michelle glared back. "What do you mean why didn't I stop her? How could I have known what she planned to do?!"
"That's just an excuse," Michael retorted before drawing his card. There was a slight twitch in his lips downwards that Jaden managed to catch. It looked like he didn't have such a good draw. "Alright now I'll have my Gladiator Beast Samnite attack your little Dandylion!" The larger purple monster attacked and destroyed the tiny monster, creating a cloud of dust.
Jaden and Alexis: 4100 LP
Michael and Michelle: 5500 LP
"Then I'll just turn it over to you."
Jaden grinned. "Alright, I think it's almost time we ended this duel, what do you think Alexis?"
"I think you're right Jaden," Alexis replied with a smile.
"Now I summon my Elemental Hero Neos!" The silver alien looking monster appeared on the field beside Cyber Prima and struck a fighting pose before standing up right and crossing his arms over his chest.
Elemental Hero Neos: 2500 ATK/2000 DEF
"Now Elemental Hero Neos, attack Gladiator Beast Samnite!" The monster surged across the field and struck the Gladiator Beast before retuning back to his side of the field.
Jaden and Alexis: 4100 LP
Michael and Michelle: 4600 LP
"Your turn Michelle."
Michelle clenched her jaw and turned to glare at her brother. "Why the hell didn't you put any cards facedown to negate their attacks?"
"I can't," Michael hissed her way. "You know most of my monsters have special effects which is why I don't have many other spell or trap cards!"
Michelle snorted and drew her card before she clenched her jaw again. "I switch my Amazoness Trainee and my Amazoness Swords Woman to defense mode."
"Sorry but that's not going to do you much good," Alexis smirked. "I activate my spell card Meteorain which means that when I attack you with a monster that has a higher attack points than your monsters defense points, the difference is dealt to you as damage! So I'll have my Cyber Prima attack your Amazoness Trainee!" Cyber Prima took off and attacked the Amazoness Trainee, destroying the monster.
Jaden and Alexis: 4100 LP
Michael and Michelle: 3600 LP
"Pick it up Michelle! Stop playing like a newbie!" Michael insulted before he drew his card. "I summon my Gladiator Beast Andal back onto the field in defense mode."
Gladiator Beast Andal: 1900 ATK/1500 DEF
"So it's my turn?" Jaden asked with a grin. When Michael nodded his grin turned into a beam. "I activate my spell card The Warrior Returning alive in order to bring back my Elemental Hero Avian!" The green man with large white wings and claws for his hands appeared on the field, stretching his large wings.
Elemental Hero Avian: 1000 ATK/1000 DEF
"No way! You never summoned Avian, how is he in your graveyard?" Michelle demanded.
"Remember when I used my Graceful Charity card?" Jaden reminded, immediately causing the twins to flinch. Jaden nodded and smiled. "That's right! One of the two cards I discarded was my Elemental Hero Avian! I just thought I'd bring him out so you two could see a real tag-duo! And now I'll use my spell card Polymerization so I can fuse my Avian with my Elemental Hero Burstinatrix in my hand in order to make my Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" The red and green warrior appeared on the field, swishing its tail back and forth and stretching its dragon head claw towards the twins.
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman: 2100 ATK/1200 DEF
"Now go Flame Wingman take out his Gladiator Beast Andal!" Jaden ordered, sending his monster across the field to destroy the beast. When the beast was destroyed Jaden grinned. "And even though your monster was in defense mode, my Flame Wingman has a super power! You see whenever he destroys a monster he deals that monsters attack points as damage to you!" The Wingman blasted Michael back, sending him to the ground and taking out a nice chunk of their life points.
Jaden and Alexis: 4100 LP
Michael and Michelle: 1700 LP
Michelle growled as she looked to her brother. "Get off your ass! Do I have to do all the work around here? I summon my Amazoness Queen in attack mode!" The blue-haired monster with a large sword appeared on the field looking cocky and confident.
Amazoness Queen: 2400 ATK/1800 DEF
"Now I'll have my Amazoness Queen take out your little Flame Wingman!"
"Not happening!" Alexis called out as the Amazoness Queen started to take off for Jaden's monster. "I activate my facedown trap card Negate Attack!"
The Amazoness Queen immediately halted and returned back to standing in front of Michelle. The girl looked confident and crossed her arms over her chest. "So you saved him, big deal! My Amazoness Queen is still the strongest monster here! And as long as she's here you can't destroy my Amazoness Swords Woman by battle either!"
Alexis smirked. "Well let's change that shall we? I summon my Cyber Petit Angel!" The small round pink monster flying monster appeared on the field and nuzzled Alexis's face before she took her place beside Cyber Prima.
Cyber Petit Angel: 300 ATK/200 DEF
"That? You expect that to beat us?" Michael asked incredulously.
"Yes, I expect her to help me out by using her special affect! Whenever I summon my Cyber Petit Angel I get to place the spell card Machine Angel Ritual in my hand! And I'm going to activate it right now! I sacrifice my Cyber Prima and my Cyber Petit Angel in order to bring out my Cyber Angel Dakini!" The four-armed female monster appeared on the field in her black gold and orange armor with her two swords and staff in her hands.
Cyber Angel Dakini: 2700 ATK/2400 DEF
"Now because of one of Dakini's special affects you have to choose one of your monsters that's automatically destroyed!" Alexis said with a grin on her face.
Michelle looked at the powerful monster and shook her head, surprised and amazed. She looked at her field and saw her two monsters and her brother was completely defenseless. With the two powerhouses that Jaden and Alexis had summoned and her having to pick a monster that gets destroyed… there was no way they could win. Michelle exhaled and pointed to her Swords Woman. Immediately the Amazoness was destroyed, leaving the Amazoness Queen to protect Michelle and Michael's life points.
"Alright Dakini, go destroy her Amazoness Queen and Flame Wingman follow up with a direct attack and end this duel!" The two monsters shot off, Dakini slicing at the Queen and destroying her before the Wingman blasted at Michelle, knocking her onto her butt and causing a mini-explosion as their life points dropped.
Jaden and Alexis: 4100 LP
Michael and Michelle: 0 LP
Jaden and Alexis shared a bright smile before they both turned to look at Michael and Michelle, giving them a two finger salute and a wink. "And that's game!"
"How… how did we get beaten by them?!" Michelle demanded looking towards Michael.
Michael snorted. "Don't look at me, this was obviously your fault!"
"My fault?!"
"Uh… ahem."
The two twins whipped around to look at Jaden and Alexis who were grinning at them sheepishly. Jaden scratched the back of his head and shrugged. "We kinda need the Glyph Capsules."
Michael growled and pulled out his Glyph Capsule tossing his to Jaden while Michelle put it roughly in Alexis's hands. "Take them!" The twins shouted in unison before they did an abrupt about-face and stalked back into the forest, arguing with each other the entire way. As soon as they were out of their line of sight—and earshot—Jaden and Alexis turned to each other, excited smiles on their faces.
"We did it!" Jaden exclaimed, scooping Alexis up into a hug. Alexis laughed and tossed her arms around his neck, hugging him back. "This is awesome! We beat one of the top ten tag-duelists on the circuit!"
"I know it's amazing!" Alexis replied as soon as Jaden put her down. "I didn't think we'd win our first duel!"
Jaden pouted. "Aw Lex, c'mon ya had to have more faith than that! You are a wicked duelist and you kicked butt back there!"
"Thanks Jaden, but you weren't too bad yourself."
"I try."
The two lulled into a silence and it was only then that they noticed that Alexis still had her arms around Jaden's neck and his arms were still wrapped around her waist. The two stared at one another, looking into each other's eyes when they made a second realization. They were being watched. They each still had on their LOS systems and they hadn't bothered to stop recording before they went to sleep, so there were probably people watching this moment between them.
Alexis and Jaden quickly separated, coughing awkwardly as they tried to will the blush off of their faces. Jaden scratched the back of his head and Alexis pretended to be interested with the sky. Suddenly she spotted something and blinked. "Hey look at that Jaden."
Jaden quit his anti-embarrassment tactic and moved forward to see what Alexis was pointing at. Just beyond the trees the sky was starting to turn orange on the horizon. He grinned. "He the sun is rising! That means another day of dueling and challenges!" Alexis smiled at him and nodded in agreement before a loud growling emanating from Jaden's stomach caught their attention. She laughed and he grinned at her sheepishly. "But before we duel and start challenges let's find some food! I'm starving!"
"Is there love in the air at our Ancient City Tournament? Only time will tell as a new day dawns, and with it comes a new set of challenges and duels to be had! Continue watching with us as our duelists battle to see who will be crowned the victor of this tournament!"
Derrick continued smiling into the camera until he got the signal from his cameraman that they were off of live TV. Immediately he relaxed his posture and moved out from the set so he was behind the cameras where all the monitors were set showing the video feed from all of the cameras set up on the island and the LOS systems. He looked down at his producer who was seated at the desk monitoring the screens and smiled. "So how are we doing Matt?"
"Phenomenal," Matt responded, pushing some of his jet black hair away from his eyes and adjusting his glasses, never taking his eyes off the screen. "Our ratings are through the roof. They break every known record for a televised Duel Monsters tournament around. And the audience is just eating up the live feeds. They like the attractiveness of Aster paired with the adorableness of Syrus, the arguments that Chazz and Joey keep having are getting so many comments that they now have a Team Chazz and Team Joey, Kaiba and Zane and Yugi and Jesse have a good portion of the females adding their feeds to their Quicklist, there are groups of fans that are debating whether or not Jesse and Danni should be together or if Danni and Atticus are cuter and Jaden and Alexis are trending as the 'OTP' of the tournament. It's brilliant."
Derrick let out a whistle and accepted a cup of coffee their personal assistant—Nancy—brought over to him. "Gotta hand it to Maximillion Pegasus, he's got a lot of brains to have set this up." Matt nodded his head and Derrick grinned looking at the duelist feeds. "So, who do you think we'll see duel today?"
"A large majority of the duelists are clumped in the same general area. With any luck, we can get to see quite a few duels before the nights over."
"Perfect."