Here's more from this story. Didn't expect the Tenma brothers... or brother... to be part of this did ya? This was my way of getting rid of the confusing three Bakura thing, since I'm still trying to wrap that around my mind. I also highly advise you to check out my new fan fiction Switcheroo, which is a Parent Trap based Yu-Gi-Oh. Review please!
Atem stood his ground, eyes glaring, as Gekko showed a very sadistic smirk. His eyes seemed to be hallow, as if he was a puppet. The rest of the gang showed their exchange of glares as well. Atem couldn't figure this out in his head! Why is Gekko working for Yami Ryou? It didn't make any sense!
"Glad that you finally came, Atem. It took a while," Gekko smirked.
Atem looked up and saw the large golden cartouche with symbols inside the huge oval. He couldn't understand what it meant, but he knew it was Yugi's real name. The main problem was knowing WHAT his real name was. Atem couldn't read any of this! It was like reading English!
"So... what does this say?" Tristan asked.
"That's easy, bird, basket, feather, another basket, and two more feathers. It's two bird feather baskets," Atem replied with a smirk on his lips as his friends gave him funny looks. "What am I, a dead language scholar? I don't know any of this shit!"
"You poor thing. I, on the other hand, can read this handwriting quite well. After all, I once lived during this time period," Possessed Gekko smirked as Atem glared even deeper.
"You're not Gekko Tenma at all! You're the spirit!" Atem shouted.
"Ding, ding, ding! Give the vessel a round of applause," Possessed Gekko mocked, clapping his heads before putting them down. "I decided to make these little troublemakers useful and make them pieces to my game. I control them however I want them and make them go wherever I want them to go like everything else here."
"Why don't cha face me like a man?"
"I would, but I've got better things to do outside of this tomb, so until then, I'll use Gekko to block you. If you ever wish to escape alive, you will have to play a Shadow Game against me," Possessed Gekko challenged, pulling out his duel disk and strapping it to his arm. He took out another duel disk and tossed it to Atem. "Are you up for it?"
"I-" Atem was about to accept until Hanaski stepped in front, snatching the duel disk from Atem and placing it on his arm.
"I'm up for it, you coward!" Hanaski shouted with glaring eyes.
Gekko laughed aloud insultingly, asking, "is this some kind of a joke?"
"Hanaski, what are you doing?" Atem asked, slightly annoyed and mad at the same time.
"I may have not taken language classes on Ancient Egypt, but I know what that says! I remember the Ancient Egyptian basic alphabet like the back of my hand and I can spell out what that says. I think it's fair if I duel," Hanaski said.
"Wait, you can read that shit?" Tristan asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"It's just basic letters of the alphabet in Ancient Egyptian. I know what each of them say which letter. I remember memorizing it for extra credit in Elementary School. I would play a song in my head after them. Let me duel!" Hanaski begged.
"But you're only a Novice!"
"Once was! I leveled up to Expert just about a month ago."
"I think I know how we can settle this," Atem smirked as he walked to Hanaski, who smiled, then nodded.
They then pounded their fist on the other hand, shouting, "One! Two! Three! Rock! Paper! Scissors! Shoot!" Hanaski and Atem showed flat hands for paper. "Rock! Paper! Scissors!" They both then showed balled up fists. "Rock! Paper! Scissors!" They both showed flat hands for paper again.
Possessed Gekko, Seto, Tristan, and Tea showed blank and widened eyes at the scene of Atem and Hanaski playing Rock-Paper-Scissors. Their jaws were just close to dropping. This was one of the biggest shocking and random moment they've ever seen in their lives.
"What the hell am I seeing?" Seto asked with a bizarre look on his face.
"It's just like that episode of Dragon Ball Z where Gohan, Goku, and Vegeta just played Rock-Paper-Scissors to see who would fight who right the f*** out of nowhere," Tristan blurted out.
"I thought that was the Ginyu Force," Tea said.
"It was them and Goku and Vegeta during the final battle scene."
"WOULD YOU HURRY IT UP ALREADY!?" Possessed Gekko shouted impatiently.
"WE'LL HURRY IT UP WHEN WE HURRY IT UP, MR. IMPATIENT! NOW, SHUT THE F*** UP OR WE'LL USE YOUR DUEL DISK AS A FRISBEE ON YOUR NECK!" Atem shouted as everyone flinched and Gekko's eyes widened.
"Rock! Paper! Scissors!" Atem and Hanaski shouted at the same time before Atem showed a flat hand and Hanaski showed a peace sign.
"YAY! Scissors beats Paper!" Hanaski cried in glee, jumping up and down.
"You did win. Go kick his ass," Atem encouraged Hanaski with a thumbs up, backing up and joining with his friends.
"That was a complete waste of time. I should cut your salary for that," Seto glared in pure annoyance as Atem smirked in response.
"Very well. I suppose I'll let the puny brat duel against me. This shouldn't be hard," Possessed Gekko smirked confidently.
"Don't you be so sure," Hanaski warned Possessed Gekko, turning on his duel disk.
"Just to clarify to you, what you're dealing with is a Shadow Game and our life points will be connected to our actual life. In other words, the loser dies and you feel the pain when hit directly," Possessed Gekko mentioned as Hanaski furrowed his eyebrows even deeper.
"I figured. Let's do this!"
"Very well."
"Hanaski, you don't have to do this!" Tea cried out.
"Tea, no offense, but shut up," Atem said as Tea shot him a glare. "'Hanaski, you don't have to do this!'? You don't have a choice to leave after a Shadow Game starts and that's already been established how many times before? I would think you would know about that by now."
"... oh."
Hanaski and Possessed Gekko shoved their decks into their duel disks, and then shuffled them. After that, they drew out five cards and begun their duel. Hanaski was to go first, so he drew his first card. He looked through his hand to decide what move to play.
"I'll start by placing one card face-down, then summoning out Marshmellon in defense mode. I end my turn!" Hanaski declared.
"You have Marshmellon?" Tristan asked.
"Uh... it seemed like a good card. Yugi told me I should try using other monsters with my Elemental HERO's and I was looking around. Almost everyone wanted it, so I bought it," Hanaski shrugged.
"Were they female?"
"Yeah, why?"
Everyone, except for Atem, all shared a round of facepalms. Hanaski stood nervously on the field, knowing he must've done something wrong before Atem cried out, "it's okay Hanaski, you're doing great!"
"You think so?"
"I know so! Even a weak monster has its strengths. You can ask Seto," Atem said, smirking while elbowing Seto, who shot him an annoyed glare.
"Okay," Hanaski replied, looking at the field.
"My turn!" Possessed Gekko said, drawing his next card, looking at his hand. "I summon Doomcaliber Knight in attack mode!" A skeleton-like knight in armor with a purple cape on a black horse appeared on the field, a sharp sword in its hand. "Attack that weak marshmallow!" Doomcaliber Knight began charging right after Hanaski's monster as the kid stood his ground, showing no fear on his face.
"I knew having him duel was a bad idea!" Tristan cried in a whiny tone.
"Cut the crap, Hanaski knows what he's doing," Atem said as everyone looked at him, who showed a firm look on his face.
Doomcaliber Knight slashed its sword through Marshmellon, cutting it in half as it morphed back to its normal state. Everyone gasped as Atem showed a deep smirk across his lips. He knew this monster very well; after all Serenity was eying on that card as well. It was a monster like Revival Jam, it couldn't be destroyed by an attack from monsters. Possessed Gekko glared in pure annoyance and confusion.
"You can't destroy Marshmellon with a sword, Gekko! That's too bad really," Hanaski stated as Possessed Gekko glared deeply in response.
"Nice play, Hanaski!" Tea cheered, clapping her hands.
"Not bad. Looks like he's gotten stronger since the last I've seen him duel," Seto smirked, then eying Atem. "I can see why you hold strong confidence in him."
"Him and Yugi have been dueling often, so Hanaski's got some skills up his sleeves," Atem explained as Seto nodded.
"I set one card face-down and end my turn!" Possessed Gekko ended before Hanaski drew his next card.
"I play one card face-down, then I summon Elemental HERO Heat in attack mode! I end my turn!" Hanaski declared as a strong white warrior in bright red and yellow armor appeared on the field in an attack position.
"Well, isn't that cute? It seems you're already luring me to attack," Possessed Gekko smirked before drawing his next card. "I play Trap Amulet and equip it onto my Doomcaliber Knight! Now, it can't be targeted by traps and my Knight attacks your HERO!"
Doomcaliber Knight began charging toward Elemental HERO Heat as Hanaski smirked, "it's too bad I wasn't going to activate any trap cards. My first spell card I'll activate is Marshmellon Glasses! These will make the monster, equipped to this card, only attack Marshmellon and I choose to equip this baby to your Doomcaliber Knight!" Hanaski declared as little play sunglasses with a picture of Marshmellon on each lens appeared on Doomcaliber Knight's face. Possessed Gekko glared in pure annoyance as his monster attacked Marshmellon again and it morphed back into its original form.
"You little brat! I place one card face-down and end my turn!" Possessed Gekko growled.
"You know, I noticed that Gekko isn't using his normal deck," Tea clarified.
"No duh. He's using Ryan's new deck," Atem said, rolling his eyes. "Since the Wicked god cards are gone, I doubt if the spirit is interested in Gekko's Elf deck."
"Not to mention he didn't bring his deck along," Possessed Gekko added.
"Um... that too."
"Okay, my turn!" Hanaski declared, drawing his next card as he looked through his hand. "First, I'll place one card face-down, then for my battle phase..."
"Stop right there! The moment you enter Battle Phase, I reveal this..." Possessed Gekko smirked, revealing his trap card. "Call of the Earthbound! This forces one of your monsters, I choose, to attack and I choose your Heat HERO!"
"Oh shit!" Tristan spouted out as Elemental HERO Heat flew right toward Doomcaliber Knight.
"I also reveal my second trap, Zoma the Spirit, to special summon my Zoma!" Possessed Gekko declared as he revealed his trap card and a huge skeleton dragon with boned wings appeared on the field in a defensive position.
"This is probably gonna hurt," Tristan said with widened eyes.
"If he's a true duelist, he'll get himself out of this mess," Seto declared as Tea bit her bottom lip. Atem stood with his arms folded and held a firm face.
Elemental HERO Heat punched Zoma with an upper cut as it burst from the field. Hanaski knew this monster's ability, as did the rest of his friends. Possessed Gekko smirked even deeper as a ghost-like monster appeared from his duel disk and spouted on its way to Hanaski's life points.
"Hope you like pain, because this has 3000 of it," Possessed Gekko smirked as Hanaski glared and activated his trap card.
"I play Hero Barrier! If I control one Elemental HERO on the field, I negate your attack!" Hanaski declared as the spirit disappeared before hitting his life points. Possessed Gekko glared even more. "But that's not all! I also activate Get Your Game on! This doubles the attack of my Elemental HERO's!" His spell card was activated and Elemental HERO Heat's attack points rose to 3200 as Possessed Gekko's eyes widened. "Now, Heat attacks your Knight!" Elemental HERO Heat punched Doomcaliber Knight in the gut and it disappeared, leaving Possessed Gekko with 2700 life points remaining.
"Great job, Hanaski!" Tristan cried out.
"I take it back, Hanaski has gotten ten times stronger than the last I've seen him duel," Seto said.
"Hanaski has developed a bone in his body since meeting Yugi," Atem smirked, remembering Hanaski's development from the nerdy Zombire fanboy to a strong protector of Yugi.
