Jewels: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
"I am soooooooo booooooooooored," I complained as we waited for Seto's people to finish their little investigation on that badly dressed weirdo Zigfried.
"Go find that best friend of yours," Seto said as he watched the duels on the monitors.
I opened the Kaiba Land map that I had in my purse and pointed at a spot on it. "But Small Town USA is sooooo far away," I said.
"I order someone to drive you over there in one of the golf carts," he said.
"Aww that's sweet Seto," I said, "But that would make people think I'm lazy."
He sighed. "Then just sit down and be quiet," he said.
"First you were sweet and now your sour," I said, "If you were the other way around you'd be a Sour Patch Kid."
Mokuba burst out laughing. "Nice one Jewels," he said.
"Thanks Mokuba," I said.
"Mr. Kaiba," the employee said walking into the control room, "We've completed our investigation on Zigfried Lloyd, and your assumptions were correct."
"His little game is over," Seto said.
"WHAT NO!" I said causing everyone to jump, "Rebecca lost. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."
"So Leon Wilson will be taking on Zigfried Lloyd," Mokuba said.
"Not quite," Seto said before getting up and leaving the room.
I sighed. "That can't be good," I said.
Mokuba shook his head. "You want to come sit by me and the gang for the final duel?" he asked.
"Sure, why not," I replied grabbing Hakoda.
-5 minutes later-
"Ladies and gentleman it is now time for the KC Grand Championship finale!" Roland said, "It will be Zigfried Lloyd vs. Leon Wilson!" The dome of the Kaiba Dome opened and the crowd cheered. "Let the KC Grand Championship finals begin!" Roland said.
Just then a helicopter flew over the stadium and we could see Seto on the suspended ladder.
"What's he doing here?" Joey asked.
"Just dropping by?" Yugi guessed.
"Oh geez," I said.
The helicopter lowered Seto to the arena where he jumped down, the white duster he was now wearing fluttering behind him (added dramatic effect xD), and set down his briefcase. "I demand that this duel be stopped!" Seto said, "As president of Kaiba Corp, I declare this match invalid."
"You can't just rip us off like this rich boy!" Joey yelled.
"I don't get it," Leon said.
"As a result of disqualification, the winner of this duel is Leon Wilson," Seto said.
"Stop looking at Seto like that," Rachel said sitting next to me.
"Like what?" I asked.
"Like he's a hunk of juicy man meat," she said.
"He is a hunk of juicy man meat," I said.
She chuckled.
"Is there any particular reason for this?" Zigfried asked Seto.
"You mean besides your lack in fashion sense," Rachel and I said as we grimaced at Zigfried who was standing up on the dueling platform in the hideous purple suit.
"You broke my tournament contract by entering the tournament under a false name," Seto replied, "Your real name is Zigfried von Schroeder, of the Schroeder Corporation."
"Wasn't that an old gaming company?" Yugi asked turning to his grandpa.
"It still is," his grandpa said, "You just don't hear much about it anymore. Once Kaiba Corp. became number one, everyone forgot about the Schroeders."
"I wonder if Zigfried joined to get revenge," Tèa said.
"I never trusted you from the start," Seto said to Zigfried, "And my instincts are never wrong. Kaiba Corp's biggest rival joins the tournament and suddenly everything goes haywire. Coincidence? I don't think so. But since I'm a nice guy (Rachel let out a laugh resulting in an elbow from me), I won't have you arrested for trespassing and fraud, under one condition—you get out of my life." Seto stopped for a second. "And as a request from my lovely fiancé take you bad hair and clothes with you," he finished.
"Thank you!" I yelled!
"And if you come near me again…I'll destroy what's left of your pathetic company," Seto finished.
Zigfried laughed. "Finally you've been exposed to the public for what you really are—a complete coward," he said, "The truth…is that you're afraid of my superior, so you're hiding behind a technicality instead of facing me. And now the whole world knows! I don't blame you for throwing me out…you know that if I won the tournament and became the world champion, you would never get the title back."
"I'm throwing you out because I don't like you," Seto said flatly, "Not because I'm scared of you. I promised myself I wouldn't duel in this tournament, but now that I have the chance to embarrass you, those plans have changed!"
"Kaiba's going to duel Zigfried!" Yugi said.
"There's never a dull moment," Rebecca said.
"I agree to a duel Kaiba," Zigfried said, "But let's make a little wager shall we? If I win, I get to stay and get to take the lovely Miss Jewels Hiromi out on a date, but if you win…I'll disappear never to be heard from again."
I froze.
"Fine…but only because I know I'll win and I will never let you put your hands on my woman," Seto said.
"You've got a lot of balls agreeing to that bet Kaiba!" Rachel yelled standing up.
I grabbed her arm and made her sit down. "If he loses…promise to help me fake my death so I don't have to be seen in public with that freak," I said.
"Which freak?" she asked, "The one who just betted you or the purple one?"
"The purple one," I replied.
"I'm sure Seto will win Jewels," Mokuba said as Seto go his Duel Disk out of the briefcase that Roland was holding.
"This shouldn't take long…are you sure you want to go through with this?" Seto asked Zigfried.
"I wouldn't miss the chance to destroy my arch-rival in front of the entire world," Zigfried said before they shuffled each other's decks, "Now who should go first? I guess there's only one way to decide." He then looked at me. "I think we should have the lovely Miss Jewels Hiromi decide," he said.
Everyone…and I mean everyone looked at me.
"She'll choose me of course," Seto said.
Rachel dragged me up to the duel platform and then ran off leaving me to fend for myself.
'I am going to kill her,' I thought.
"Well Jewels," Seto said.
"Well…" I started as I rubbed the back of my head, "I know that Zigfried is a freak and all and he hacked into your system, but it wouldn't be far if I just chose you." Seto completely deadpanned and I continued. "I mean I do love you and all…but why not coin toss, that way it's a 50/50 chance," I said pulling a quarter out of my pocket.
"What an excellent idea Miss Jewels," Zigfried said.
Seto crossed his arms, obviously not pleased that I didn't just choose him, but he went along with it. "Fine…you call," he said.
I flipped the coin up in the air, caught it, set it on the back of my hand, and kept it covered. "Well Zigfried…heads or tails?" I asked.
"Heads," he replied.
I uncovered the coin. "Heads," I said, "Zigfried you get to go first."
"How unfortunate for you Kaiba," he said looking at Seto and then back at me, "But since you had such a brilliant idea Miss Jewels, I'll let your beloved Seto go first. It's the least I could do, since I'll beat him anyway." He leaned towards me slightly as if he was going to say something else but Seto beat him to it.
"I never knew you could be so kind," Seto said sarcastically as he pulled me away from Zigfried, "I'll have to return the favor."
"No need," Zigfried said, "Once I win and take Miss Jewels out on that date, that will be more than enough of a returned favor."
"Life I would actually be seen in public with someone who Kaiba Corp's rival, let alone someone who dresses like you," I said before Seto could say anything.
Zigfried chuckled before turning to walk towards his spot on the dueling platform. "Oh but Miss Jewels, you wouldn't want to make your beloved Seto Kaiba to look like a liar," he said, "You are already apart of this little wager…and there's nothing you can do about it."
"Go sit down Jewels," Seto said before heading to his spot on the dueling platform. I got down off the dueling platform and took my seat back in between Mokuba and Rachel.
"You ok?" Rachel asked.
"I'm fine," I said crossing my arms.
Leon came and sat down with the others and I and looked really confused. "So am I going to duel Yugi or Zigfried?" he asked.
"I guess it depends on how well Kaiba does in this duel," Tèa replied.
"I hope Kaiba wins," Leon said.
I huffed. "No kidding," I said.
"No worries, I'm sure you'll get your chance to duel Yugi no matter who wins," Tèa said.
"Unless you want to give your place in the tournament to my baby sister," Rachel said.
"Rachel!" Rebecca said, "Actually that's a good idea."
"I think I'll pass on that," he said.
"As much as I can't stand Kaiba, anyone's better than that pink-haired sideshow freak, Zigfried," Joey said.
The dueling stations rose indicating that the duel was about to begin and then Seto started by summoning X-Head Cannon (1800 ATK) and then set two cards down before ending his turn.
"Your little mechanical toys are nothing but insignificant seedlings that are about to be uprooted by my raging wildflowers," Zigfried said.
"These people came here to see a duel, not a bad poetry reading," Seto said.
"I suppose you're right—the true beauty of my maidens of mayhem can best be appreciated if I simply call them to the field," Zigfried said. He played the magic card Ride of the Valkyries, which allowed him to summon every Valkyrie he holds in his hand. He was able to summon three of them, Valkyrie Zweite (1600 ATK), Valkyrie Erste (1600 ATK), and Valkyrie Dritte (1000 ATK).
Sadly thanks to Valkyrie Zweite's special effect, Seto's X-Head Cannon is destroyed. Then, Valkyrie Erste removes X-Head Cannon from play, and takes on its attack. Then, Valkyrie Dritte gains 100 attack points for every monster removed from the game.
"Zigfried summoned three monsters at once!" Joey said.
"And Seto's life points are defenseless," Yugi added, "So if Zigfried attacks with all three Valkyries, the duel is done."
"I'm getting a headache," I said.
"Come on Seto, you can do this!" Mokuba cheered.
"You better do this or I'll kill you!" Rachel said, "You bet my best friend, don't lose this!"
"Way to pack on the pressure Rache," Rebecca said.
"Well…he was the one being the idiot," Rachel retorted.
"It looks like we've reached the finale before we've even begun," Zigfried said, "Auf wiedersehen (farewell)."
'Ah crap' I thought.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Jewels: Sorry this one took a little while to get out, I've been a bit busy, but I hope it was worth the wait :D