Battle City Chapter Four

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Chapter Fifty Two: Target Red Eyes Black Dragon

"What!?" Joey shouted in the school courtyard the next day after the announcement from Kaiba about the Battle City Tournament. "You telling me that the rich punk Kaiba is hosting his own exclusive duel monsters tournament?" He asked both Daisuke and Yugi.

"Yeah and the whole thing starts in less than a week," Daisuke answered him and Joey growled and pulled on his hair.

"I can't believe I didn't get an invite!" He shouted.

"Whoa Joey calm down, it doesn't really matter if you got an invite or not," Yugi said to him.

"And why not?" Joey asked him. "Are you two entering the tournament?" He asked them.

"Yeah we have to, we learned that our destiny is for one of us to face Kaiba in the tournament," Yugi said to him.

"Your destiny, what're you talking about?" Joey asked him.

"Long story," Daisuke said.

"I got nowhere to go," Joey said to him.

"Well some evil force is coming back from the past and we are destined to join this tournament and defeat it," Daisuke explained.

"Then it is my destiny to help, after all I got the best card to do it, the Red Eyes Black Dragon!" Joey shouted pulling out his dragon that Daisuke gave to him.

"So now you want to join the tournament, make up your mind," Tristan said to him.

"Hey with this baby, I ain't going to lose," Joey said as he kissed the red eyes black dragon and everyone else sweatdropped at him. "What never seen a guy kiss a card before?" Joey asked them.

"Not like that," Tea said gagging. "And besides don't you have to register to be in the tournament?" Tea asked them.

"Oh right we do, I was doing it after school today," Daisuke answered.

"Same here," Yugi said.

"Then I'll join you guys," Joey said and everyone sighed in disbelief, later that very same day after school had ended the group of five were walking down the streets of Domino city.

"Hey looks like that is the registration office," Tea said pointing to a building and Joey and Tristan ran towards it and Tea followed after them.

"Think they will let Joey register?" Daisuke asked Yugi.

"I don't know Dai, we can only hope," Yugi replied to her.

"Well Joey sure is determined to register though," She replied as they both walked towards the registration office as well. "By the way Yugi, I think that Hitomi and Yami enjoyed themselves when they went to the museum don't you think?" She asked him.

"Sure looks that way, I still can't believe that they were both a Pharaoh and a High Priestess," Yugi said in amazement.

"Tell me about it Yugi, that new rule that the winner gets the losers rarest card is great and all, but I don't want to lose my Dark Magician Girl," Daisuke replied to him as they both arrived at the registration office to see Joey, Tristan and Tea were waiting for them. "Ready Joey?" Daisuke asked him and he nodded his head back to her and everyone entered the building to see a man behind the counter.

"Can I help you?" He asked them.

"Hi, we'd like to register to the battle city tournament, and get our duel disks," Yugi said to him.

"Well my friends you've come to the right place, you're fortunate because I have three more duel disks left, but first I must look you up," The man told them.

"Okay I'm Daisuke Motomyia," Daisuke said as the man nodded and he typed on his computer.

"Daisuke Motomyia, well you've five stars that is the highest ranking," the man told her.

"How do you know this?" Daisuke asked him.

"KaibaCorp does extensive research about all the duellists around the world and compiled the results in a database, this shows your skill level and the rarest card that you have ever played in a duel, to ensure that only the best qualify for the tournament, Mr Kaiba has gone to great lengths to learn everything about you and your decks," The man explained.

"Everything, that isn't fair it gives Kaiba an unfair advantage," Yugi said.

"Well as promised since you qualify for the tournament here is KaibaCorp's newest duel disk," The man said handing a duel disk in the box to Daisuke.

"I am Yugi Moto," Yugi said and the man typed onto the computer.

"Four and a half stars impressive," the man said handing a duel disk to Yugi as well.

"What about me, Joey Wheeler?" Joey asked the man who typed onto his computer.

"I apologise but you have only one star," The man said before he gasped when he saw Joey's red eyes black dragon card on the screen and he pressed a few keys. "Sorry about that my hard drive malfunctioned, it seems you have four stars, you qualify also," The man apologised to Joey handing him a duel disk also.

"Alright, Battle City here we come," Joey cheered as everyone left the building and the man smirked as he picked up a phone and dialled a number on it.

"Send over the rare hunters the boy with the red eyes just left," He said into the phone. Meanwhile back with Daisuke, Joey, Tea, Yugi and Tristan they were walking away from the store when Joey stopped walking.

"Guy's I need to get going, my sisters operation is tomorrow and I promised her that I would stay at the hospital tonight," Joey said to them all.

"Alright then, wish Serenity luck for me, I am sure that everything is going to be fine," Daisuke said to him and he smiled at her.

"Thanks a lot Dai, later guys," Joey said to them as he ran off towards the hospital.

"See you later Joey," Tea called to him and he waved back at his friends as they then all headed off as well.

"I hope he is alright," Tristan said.

"Why do you say that Tristan?" Yugi asked him.

"Joey's mother is going to be there at the hospital as well guys, she is the reason that Joey and his sister were separated," Tristan told everybody. "And Joey hasn't spoken to his mother since," He said.

"No way, that means that he hasn't seen or spoken to his mother in almost seven years," Yugi said in shock.

"You're kidding," Daisuke said.

"Yes, but have no fear for I will unite the Wheeler family again," Tristan proclaimed.

"Aren't you going overboard a bit?" Tea asked him.

"Not unless he is trying to impress Serenity," Daisuke said as Tristan fell over anime style and Daisuke and Yugi giggled. Meanwhile with Joey he was running down the street as fast as he could.

"I gotta hurry, I promised my sister id be there on time," He thought to himself when he noticed three cloaked figures blocking his path. "Excuse me," He said but one of the figures blocked his path. "Hey move it I'm in a hurry here," Joey said.

"You won't be going anywhere in a while," The figure blocking his way told Joey.

"What do you freaks want with me?" Joey asked them.

"You're a feisty one aren't you Joey Wheeler, I see you have never met a Rare Hunter before, we stalk our prey and take what we desire, in this case your Red Eyes Black Dragon, now prepare to duel for it!" The Rare Hunter said to Joey who gasped slightly.

"How do you guys know about my Red Eyes?" Joey asked but the Rare Hunter just chuckled.

"If you wish to leave, I would suggest that you duel," He told Joey as he looked to his sides to see the other two Rare Hunters flanking him.

"Looks like I am not getting out of this one huh, alright then fine I will duel you chump," Joey said as the rare hunter revealed to be carrying a duel disk.

"Then let the hunt continue and we will duel by the Battle City Rules, so that when I win I will claim your Red Eyes Black Dragon," The Rare Hunter said as Joey took out his new duel disk and placed it onto his arm.

"Duel!" Both he and the Rare Hunter said as their lifepoints climbed up to 4000 this time instead of the normal 2000.

"I will get this party started by playing my Panther Warrior in attack mode," Joey said as he summoned a monster that resembled a panther wearing armour and carrying a sword and shield.

"Now it is the predators move, I play one card face down," The Rare Hunter said as placed a card face down and a holographic version of it appeared on the field.

"Not so much of a predator right now," Joey said as he drew a card and he smiled at the card that he drew. "These furballs may not look so tough but they are just what I need, Scapegoat," Joey said as four sheep of different colours appeared. "My Panther Warrior can't attack unless I make a tribute, so goodbye scapegoat number one and hello Panther Attack!" Joey shouted as one of the scapegoats vanished and the Panther Warrior growled as it jumped towards the face down monster and destroyed it. "Looks like my Panther Warrior is the real predator in this duel," Joey said to the Rare Hunter who scoffed at him.

"I play Graceful Charity, this allows me to draw three cards, in exchange for discarding two cards," The Rare Hunter said as he drew three cards then discarded two cards, "Just what I needed," The Rare Hunter chuckled. "One more card in defence mode," He said as he placed another card face down on the field.

"I have to end this duel fast, I summon Alligator Sword in attack mode!" Joey shouted as he summoned a bipedal alligator that was carrying a sword and wearing armour. "And I sacrifice another scapegoat card so that my Panther Warrior can attack your face down monster," Joey said as his Panther Warrior lunged once again and destroyed the face down card. "And since we are playing by Battle City rules I can attack you directly when you have no monsters on the field," Joey said. "Alligator Sword attack him directly," Joey said and his monster lunged at the Rare Hunter and attacked him and the Rare Hunter's lifepoints dropped to 2500. "Give up yet?" Joey asked him but the Rare Hunter smirked.

"Not quite, I play Graceful Charity again," The Rare hunter said as he drew three cards then discard two. "A good hunter must have strong hands to replace the weak ones, so I discard two hands and play this one in defence mode," He said playing one more in defence mode and Joey drew a card and he smiled as he saw it was the Red Eyes Black Dragon.

"Wait a second, I think Yugi and Dai told me something about sacrificing monsters to summon stronger monsters, so I think I need to summon these two guys to bring out my ultimate monster," Joey thought to himself. "Alright I summon the Red Eyes Black Dragon by sacrificing my Panther Warrior and Alligator Sword," Joey said as both the Panther Warrior and Alligator Sword vanished in beams of light and the Red Eyes Black Dragon appeared on the field and the Rare Hunter gasped. "So you wanted to see my Red Eyes, well you got your wish, Red Eyes Black Dragon attack inferno Fire Blast!" Joey shouted as his dragon attacked and destroyed the Rare Hunters face down card.

"This duel is all over now you fool, because I summon Exodia the Forbidden One," The Rare Hunter said.

"No way it is all over not Exodia!" Joey shouted in fear as Exodia appeared on the field.

"Now Exodia obliterate!" the rare hunter said as his monster fired a bright beam of light and Joey screamed as his Red Eyes was destroyed. The next morning Daisuke was asleep in her bed when she heard her mobile phone ring and she picked it up and she answered it groggily.

"Hello?" She asked. "What!?" She shouted in shock as he rushed around her room and she got dressed and she woke up Veemon who looked up at her groggily.

"Dai what's up?" He asked her.

"No time to explain Veemon, we need to go and find Joey," She replied and Veemon nodded his head as they both ran out of the apartment. "Okay Veemon DIGI-ARMOUR ENERGISE!" She cried as her partner was engulfed iin blue light.

"VEEMON ARMOUR DIGIVOLVE TOO RAIDRAMON THE STORM OF FRIENDSHIP!" Veemon shouted as he digivolved and Daisuke jumped onto her partner who then ran off down the streets of Domino towards Yugi's house and they both stopped outside the shop as Yugi and Tea ran up to her.

"Whoa Dai who is this?" Yugi asked her.

"Guys meet Raidramon, so what's this with Joey?" Daisuke asked them both.

"He didn't show up at the hospital last night," Yugi told her.

"That isn't right, he promised his sister he would be there," Daisuke said to them.

"I know I say we split up and search for him," Tea said.

"Okay later guys, giddy up Raidramon!" Daisuke said to her partner.

"You got it Dai," He replied as he took off like a bullet and he sped through the city in search of Joey. It was when Raidramon was running by the beach that Daisuke saw Joey laying down on the sand.

"Whoa boy, hold it!" She said to her partner who stopped and she pointed at Joey and Raidramon nodded his head and he walked over to Joey. "Joey!" Daisuke called to him and Joey who was covered in bruises and a few cuts sat up and looked at her and he yelped in fright as he saw Raidramon. "Don't worry Joey this is just Veemon grown up, where have you been man?" She asked him.

"Don't worry about it," Joey said.

"What about your sister you promised to be there for her last night, and yet here you are lounging around like a bum," Daisuke said to him.

"Look! Don't worry about it Dai, it doesn't concern you!" Joey shouted as Daisuke dropped down off of Raidramon and walked over to him and she slapped him hard in the face.

"I does concern me, I thought I was like a sister to you Joey," Daisuke said to him and Joey looked at her.

"Yeah but I have had a rough night, I got jumped last night by three Rare Hunters, whoever they were and they stole my best card, the card you gave me Dai," Joey said and Daisuke looked at him in shock.

"Joey I am so sorry," She said to him as she hugged him.

"Hey don't worry about it Dai, I plan on getting it back," Joey said to her returning the hug.

"Uh hate to interrupt but don't you need to go to your sister?" Raidramon asked Joey.

"Hey that's right, her operation is today," Joey said.

"I'll take you free of charge," Daisuke said hopping back onto Raidramon and Joey climbed on as well. "Okay Raidramon to the hospital, double time it," She said to her partner.

"Hold on tight!" He said in response before he shot off towards the hospital and Joey held onto Daisuke for dear life as the armour digimon of friendship sped through the streets towards the hospital and they arrived in no time at all.

"Thanks for the ride Dai," Joey said to her and Daisuke nodded her head as they both ran into the hospital while Raidramon stayed outside.

"Serenity open the door now please," A voice said as they both turned a corner to see a woman obviously Joey and Serenity's mother a doctor and a nurse standing by a door.

"I have other patients I cannot wait any longer," The doctor said Serenity's mother.

"No please doctor wait," She pleaded with the doctor.

"Yeah hang on there doc," Joey called walking over to them with Daisuke right behind him.

"Joseph," Joey's mother said turning around to face him.

"That's right ma, let me take care of this," Joey said to his mother as he walked towards the door and knocked on it. "Serenity, it's me Joey listen sis, I know you're upset but you gotta open this door so we can talk," He said to his sister.

"No I am not opening the door, you said that you'd be here last night Joey and I was so worried about you when you didn't show up, I need you to help me through this," Serenity said through the door as she started to sob.

"I'm sorry, I know I let you down sis, but let me explain please, I was on my way here when these creeps jumped me, all I could think about was getting here to see you, but those punks wouldn't let me leave, and they forced me into a duel and they stole me best card, I can't do anything right, I let down the most important person when she needed me the most, I must be the worst big brother ever, but you have to believe me Serenity I would never do anything to hurt you, you're more than my sister you're my best friend and there is nothing in the world that will change that, so open this door and give your big brother a hug," Joey said to Serenity who opened the door and she looked at Joey with tears in her eyes.

"Oh Joey,' Serenity sobbed as she hugged her big brother before she hugged her mother.

"It's uh nice to see you ma," Joey said awkwardly to his mother.

"It's great to see you too son," his mother replied to him and he smiled at her.

"Hey Joey who were those guys anyway?" Daisuke asked him later on while they were in the lobby after Serenity's operation which was a success.

"I don't know but all I know is that I am going to find them win back my red eyes," Joey told Daisuke who nodded at him and smiled at him.

"Right," She said to him.

The end of the chapter

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