Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be seeing Kaiba arriving on the island along with his duel against Joey, with some changes, before we go back to Naruto, Rin, and Téa. So, without further ado.
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"Bakura, am I seeing things, or is your Millennium Ring actually glowing?" Yugi asked, while looking at Bakura's Millennium Item in surprise to see one of the prongs was glowing.
After Joey's duel with PaniK, the group had returned to their campsite, with Mai having also joining them. Rather than going off on her own, not wanting to risk getting grabbed by another Eliminator. Along with keeping her word that they'd be friends for tonight, before going back to being competitors in the morning.
With the others having since gone to sleep, leaving only Yugi and Bakura awake. With the tri-colored hair boy having noticed his friends Millennium Ring started glowing and pointing in a certain direction.
"If it's not, then we're both hallucinating." Said Bakura while holding the ring up, seeing the glowing prong as well.
"It's kind of spooky, don't you think, the way it's pointing like that." Yugi said, feeling spooked by the way the ring seemed to be pointing somewhere.
"Yeah, it's almost like it's being tugged towards the castle." Stated Bakura, upon seeing where the prong was pointing.
"Pegasus's castle? Why would it do that?" Yugi asked.
"I'm not sure, but it did the same thing, the day I transferred into your school. The ring just started glowing and pointing towards your Millennium Puzzle. In fact, I would sometimes see it do the same to Naruto's ring as well." Said Bakura, surprising Yugi at hearing this before he began connecting the dots.
"Wow, then those pointers must be able to point towards other Millennium Items. Which would explain why it's pointing towards Pegasus's castle; it's pointing to his Millennium Eye. But why would it point to Naruto's ring?" Yugi wondered, since as far as he knew, Naruto's ring was just a family heirloom with no connection to Egypt or the Millennium Items.
"I'm not sure, maybe we can ask him when we meet up again." Suggested Bakura, with Yugi nodding in agreement before a thought came to him.
"Hey Bakura, do you think it may be possible the ring could help us find Téa?" Yugi asked, worried and hoping they could get a chance to find Téa.
After she had been grabbed, they searched the entire surrounding area, hoping to find some trace of where she was taken or who took her. Only to come up empty handed, worrying them all of where she was, with Tristan feeling especially worried and angry with himself, believing it was his fault she got captured. With Miho helping him accept that there was nothing he could have done after he was knocked out, nor could he have known something like that would happen.
Unfortunately, they also had to put their search on hold, no matter how much they wanted to keep looking, since more problems seemed to have kept popping up. With them only hoping that Téa was safe and maybe escaped whoever kidnapped her.
With Yugi now hoping that Bakura's ring may be able to guide them to her. Only for Bakura to shake his head sadly.
"I don't know Yugi, since I don't even know how the ring works If it just points to Millennium Items, or whatever I want it to point to. And honestly, it's kind of scary, with Pegasus's eye being able to steal souls and mine taking us to the Shadow Realm." Bakura replied, making Yugi sigh but nod.
"It's fine Bakura, we just have to hope Téa's safe, wherever she is." Said Yugi, with Bakura nodding in agreement.
After some time, the two laid down under a tree with Bakura soon drifting off to sleep, while Yugi stared up at the sky. Wondering what was really going with this tournament and the Millennium Items. Since this all started because Pegasus wanted his Millennium Puzzle, then Bakura and his Millennium Ring. And now potentially Naruto having a Millennium Item as well, along with the presence he feels whenever he duels, feeling like he becomes a different person entirely.
'I just hope I can still be strong enough to face Pegasus, if Naruto isn't able to.' Yugi thought, knowing they had to get to Pegasus to save his grandfather and Shio.
Suddenly, Yugi was pulled from his thoughts when he heard a helicopter. Before seeing it rise up from below the cliff, shining a spotlight on the group, which also woke them all up.
"What the-" Tristan said, confused at the sudden light and noise.
"Huh? Hey, some of us are trying to sleep!" Shouted Joey.
"I swear, whoever's flying that thing better have a good reason for interrupting my beauty sleep." Mai muttered as she and Miho exited the tent.
"What is that?" Said Miho, wondering who could be arriving on the island in the middle of the night.
The helicopter soon landed right in front of the group's campsite, before opening up, revealing Kaiba himself carrying a briefcase.
"It's Kaiba." Miho said, surprised to see the CEO on the island.
"What's he doing here?" Said Joey annoyed at seeing Kaiba again, given their last encounter.
"I don't know, but it looks like he means business." Tristan said, upon seeing the expression on Kaiba's face and knew he likely wasn't here to enter the tournament.
Yugi though walked up to Kaiba, wanting to return his deck after taking it back from the Imitator of Death. With Kaiba glancing at Yugi, before frowning when he didn't see Naruto around.
"I haven't seen you since our tag duel Yugi. Where's Naruto?" Kaiba questioned, wanting to know where the only other Blue-Eyes user was.
"Yeah, and Naruto's on the island somewhere, we split up to cover more ground. And here, your deck. I've been keeping it you, consider it a thank you for helping me win that duel." Said Yugi, with Kaiba looking pleased and relieved at seeing his deck, glad to have it back.
"Thanks, you'll be compensated for your trouble. Now I have business with Pegasus." Kaiba said, after taking his deck back and putting it in his pocket, before turning to leave to confront Pegasus.
"Actually Kaiba, I was thinking since we're all heading for Pegasus's castle, you could stick with us. Though, you'll need some Star Chips." Said Yugi, figuring it'd be good if they stuck together against Pegasus, making Kaiba stop and narrow his eyes.
"Don't be so naïve. This isn't just a game to me Yugi, I'm going after Pegasus to save my brother and make sure nothing happens to Rin. Not so I can some stupid prize. Have fun with your tournament, but I have more important things to worry about." Kaiba said, not caring about the tournament, thinking that's why they were here, and only about keeping his siblings safe.
"But Kaiba…" Yugi said, knowing they were here for the same reason, but Kaiba wouldn't hear it and simply walked away.
"Why that snobby little…" Joey said angrily before rushing up to Kaiba and grabbing his collar.
"listen tough guy! I can understand wanting to get your little brother back and all, but don't think you're the only one here with a noble cause, got it?! So if you want a piece of Pegasus, either get in line or deal with me!" Joey said while glaring at the CEO, knowing he, Naruto, and Yugi were all here to save people they care about.
And it made him angry that Kaiba thought he's the only one here that was trying to save someone.
"Nice grip, let me show you mine." Said Kaiba, grabbing Joey's wrist before tossing him aside, much to his friend's shock and worry.
"That was uncalled for!" Bakura said scowling.
"Joey!" Said Yugi while rushing over to check on his friend, along with Mai.
"You alright tough guy?" Mai asked, while helping Joey up.
"Heh, relax I'm fine." Replied Joey as he stood up.
"Do you really think I'm gonna let this little tournament you're in delay me from finding Pegasus?" Kaiba asked rhetorically, while Joey scowled at the Blue-Eyes duelist.
"Forget Pegasus! Now you got me to deal with, so bust out your cards and let's go!" Said Joey, with Kaiba narrowing his eyes at him before smirking.
"Fine, I guess you would be a good test, even if you're about as capable as an infant or a monkey." Kaiba said, figuring he could take the chance to test out his new Duel Disk system.
"What'd you say?!" Demanded Joey, angry at the monkey comment.
"If you wanna duel so badly, then we'll be doing it with my new Duel Disk system, allowing duelists the realism of the game in any setting." Said Kaiba, while setting his briefcase down and opening it, tossing one of the circular Duel Disk to Joey, with the blonde catching it and looking at the device in confusion.
"Now, if you think you have what it takes handle something like this, strap it on and let's get this over with." Kaiba said, while strapping on his own Duel Disk, with Joey doing the same.
"Okay, now what happens?" Joey asked.
"First, insert your deck into the slot, once inside the life point meter will appear and show our life points for the entire match. Then choose a card and place it on the digital card holder, the rest will explain itself." Kaiba said, as Joey did so, watching amazement as the Duel Disk came on.
"Cool." Stated Joey, admitting it was pretty cool.
"DUEL!"
Joey-2000
Kaiba-2000
"I'll start things off, go Battle Ox!" Kaiba said placing the card on the Duel Disk before throwing it, the disk spinning in midair while unleashing particles of light, like glitter, before Battle Ox appeared from the lights
Battle Ox
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
Card Type: Normal Monster.
Monster Type: Beast-Warrior
Card Text: A monster with tremendous power, it destroys enemies with a swing of its axe.
ATK/1700 DEF/1000
"Woah!" Said Joey startled at seeing a monster right in front of him, rather than in an arena.
"No way, that's a hologram?!" Yugi said in disbelief at seeing Battle Ox look so real.
"A hologram of unprecedented realism. It breathes, it snarls, my new dueling disk technology even simulates its odor." Said Kaiba smirking, pleased at his creation.
"You're telling me. That things really stinks, good thing it won't be around much longer. Cause I'm summoning Garoozis!" Joey said before throwing the Duel Disk as his monster appeared in particle of lights.
Garoozis
Attribute: Fire
Level: 5
Card Type: Normal Monster.
Monster Type: Beast-Warrior
Card Text: An axe-swinging beast-warrior with the head of a dragon.
ATK/1800 DEF/1500
"Alright! Now go Garoozis, give that ox a taste of its own medicine!" Said Joey, as Garoozis rushed forward and slammed its axe down on Battle Ox destroying it and damaging some of Kaiba's life points.
Kaiba-2000 – 100 = 1900
"Oh yeah, the first blood is mine! Then I'm gonna put a card facedown and end my turn." Joey said, while putting a card facedown in one of the sub-card stage.
"Big deal, the outcome of this duel is still the same. Now here's a monster for you, Rude Kaiser!" Said Kaiba, while summoning his own monster.
Rude Kaiser
Attribute: Earth
Level: 5
Card Type: Normal Monster.
Monster Type: Beast-Warrior
Card Text: With an axe in each hand, this monster delivers heavy damage.
ATK/1800 DEF/1600
While both monsters were equal in strength, Kaiba just needed to wait to draw a card to power his Kaiser up. Only for his eyes to widen at Joey's next move as he revealed his facedown.
"Nice trick, now here's mine, Trap Hole!" Said Joey, revealing his trap card, while Rude Kaiser fell into a sudden hole that appeared beneath it.
Trap Hole
Card Type: Normal Trap
Effect: Activate only when your opponent Normal Summons or Flip Summons a monster with 1000 or more ATK. Destroy that monster.
"Hehe, not bad right Kaiba." Joey said, smirking while Kaiba scowled and ended his turn.
"Alright, since I still got a monster out on the field, I'm just gonna put down a couple of facedowns and call it a turn." Said Joey, putting two more facedowns and ending his turn.
Kaiba drew a card and smirked at what he had, having exactly what he needed to put the duel in his favor.
"First, I play the spell card, Monster Reborn, reviving my Battle Ox!" Kaiba said, bringing his Battle Ox back to the field.
Monster Reborn
Card Type: Normal Spell
Effect: Target 1 monster in either GY; Special Summon it.
"Then I play another spell, Polymerization, fusing my Battle Ox and Mystic Horsemen to summon Rabid Horseman!" Said Kaiba as his two monsters fused together forming Battle Ox with the body of a horse.
Polymerization
Card Type: Normal Spell
Effect: Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field as Fusion Material.
Rabid Horseman
Attribute: Earth
Level: 6
Card Type: Normal Monster.
Monster Type: Beast-Warrior/Fusion
Card Text: "Battle Ox" + "Mystic Horseman"
ATK/2000 DEF/1700
"Now go my Horseman, destroy his Garoozis!" Kaiba ordered, as Rabid Horseman charged forward, ready to cutdown the dragon-like beast-warrior.
"Not so fast Kaiba, I'm activating another facedown, Kunai with Chain! Giving my Garoozis a power boost!" Said Joey, only equipping Garoozis with the trap, rather than switching Rabid Horseman into defense mode as well.
Kunai with Chain
Card Type: Normal Trap
Effect: An opponent's attacking monster can be switched to Defense Position. Also, your monster gains 500 ATK!
Garoozis: ATK/1800 DEF/1500 – ATK/2300 DEF/1500
"What?!" Kaiba said not expecting this, seeing his Horseman was now outmatched.
"That's right, now go Garoozis, send that ox back to graveyard!" Joey said as Garoozis rushed forward and swung its chained kunai at Rabid Horseman, wrapping it around its neck before swinging its axe, destroying it, and damaging Kaiba's life points again.
Kaiba-1900 – 300 = 1600
Kaiba scowled as Joey cheered at destroying another one of his monsters, not having expected the loser to actually manage to put up a challenge. Having expected his first move to be summoning a monster weaker than his Battle Ox, in attack mode. But now, Kaiba had to begrudgingly admit that Joey seemed to actually be doing pretty good.
'But not for long.' Kaiba thought, before drawing a card while schooling his features, seeing what he drew and what he had in his hand, a strategy forming his head on how to end this duel.
"Alright Wheeler, since you've proven to be slightly more capable than a monkey, so feel honored that I'm actually bringing out this. I summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Kaiba said as he summoned on his legendary dragons, as it appeared and roared loudly.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Attribute: Light
Level: 8
Card Type: Normal Monster.
Monster Type: Dragon
Card Text: This legendary dragon is a powerful engine of destruction. Virtually invincible, very few have faced this awesome creature and lived to tell the tale.
ATK/3000 DEF/2500
"Now attack Blue-Eyes, Burst Stream of Destruction!" Said Kaiba as Blue-Eyes fired a blast of energy at Garoozis, destroying it and damaging Joey's life points, as the boy grunt and shielded himself from the attack.
Joey-2000 – 700 = 1300
"Tsk, okay rich guy, so you managed to bring out one of your dragons. Well, you aren't the only one with a dragon anymore, pal!" Said Joey, while drawing a card and seeing what was now in his hand.
"Okay, check this out! I play my facedown the spell card Sword & Shield, switching the ATK and DEF of your dragon!" Joey said, while playing his second facedown card.
Shield & Sword
Card Type: Normal Spell
Effect: Switch the ATK and DEF of all face-up monsters on the field until the end of this turn. Any increases to their DEF are applied to their ATK and vice versa, until the end of the turn.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon: ATK/3000 DEF/2500 – ATK/2500 DEF/3000
"And the point of that was?" Kaiba asked in a deadpan tone, upon seeing his dragon was only weakened a little.
"Just wait, the next part's coming up! Now I summon, the Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" Said Joey while placing the card and throwing the disk as Red-Eyes appeared across from its counterpart roaring.
Red-Eyes Black Dragon
Attribute: Dark
Level: 7
Card Type: Normal Monster.
Monster Type: Dragon
Card Text: A ferocious dragon with a deadly attack.
ATK/2400 DEF/2000
"Then I'm gonna equip him with Dragon Nails, giving him more than enough power to take out your Blue Eyes." Joey said while equipping Red-Eyes with the spell card, as metal claws appeared over Red-Eyes' regular once, while Kaiba's eyes widened as he now knew what was about to happen.
Dragon Nails
Card Type: Equip Spell
Effect: A Dark Dragon gains 600 ATK by this Equip Card.
Red-Eyes Black Dragon: ATK/2400 DEF/2000 – ATK/3000 DEF/2000
"Now go Red-Eyes, Inferno Fire Blast!" Said Joey, as Red-Eyes roared before unleashing a blast of red flames that destroyed Kaiba's dragon and lowered his life points.
Kaiba-1600 – 500 = 1100
"Heh, looks like I'm back in the lead now, Kaiba." Joey stated, smirking as Kaiba's eyes were wide open with rage at seeing his dragon be destroyed.
"Wheeler…you're going to regret that!" Growled Kaiba as he drew a card.
"I summon Saggi the Dark Clown in defense mode." Kaiba said, while summoning his monster.
Saggi the Dark Clown
Attribute: Dark
Level: 3
Card Type: Normal Monster.
Monster Type: Spellcaster
Card Text: This clown appears from nowhere and executes very strange moves to avoid enemy attacks.
ATK/600 DEF/1500
"Then I place one card facedown and end my turn." Said Kaiba, sticking to his strategy, even if he was angered at the loss of his dragon, he wasn't going to underestimate Joey and knew there might have been a very small, practically nonexistent, chance he could somehow do it, so he was prepared for the chance it was destroyed.
That didn't mean he wasn't any less angry about it.
"Not much of a move, but okay. Go Red-Eyes, incinerate that clown!" Joey said, as his dragon unleashed another blast of flames that destroyed Saggi, making Kaiba smirk.
"Thanks Wheeler, because now I can activate my trap! Crush Card Virus!" Said Kaiba, while activating his facedown.
Crush Card Virus
Card Type: Normal Trap
Effect: Activate only when a DARK monster with 1000 or less ATK is destroyed by battle from your side of the field. Your opponent destroys all monsters with 1500 ATK or more on their side of the field and in their hand and Deck. (Damage calculation is applied normally.) Those monsters cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard. If this card is not in your Graveyard, negate this effect.
"Now thanks to Crush Card, every monster in your field, your hand, and deck with 1500 or more attack points is destroyed without anyway to be special summoned from the Graveyard, so long as it's graveyard. So say goodbye to your Red-Eyes and any other monsters you have." Said Kaiba, as Joey's eyes widened before he looked at his Red-Eyes and saw it crying out in pain as it was infected by Crush Card, before it withered away, along with some other cards in his hand and deck.
"I…I end my turn." Said Joey, not having anything to play.
"Hmph, good I draw. And I'll summon my second Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Kaiba said, summoning his second dragon as it took the place of the first.
"I think I'll end my turn there." Kaiba said, smirking as Joey drew a card, but didn't have a lot of options since most of his monsters were now useless.
"I'm gonna summon Baby Dragon in defense mode and end my turn." Said Joey, not having a lot he can do at the moment, just needing to stall long enough to draw some cards to turn things around.
Baby Dragon
Attribute: Wind
Level: 3
Card Type: Normal Monster.
Monster Type: Dragon
Card Text: Much more than just a child, this dragon is gifted with untapped power.
ATK/1200 DEF/700
"My move then." Said Kaiba, drawing a card with his smirk widening, knowing he just won the duel.
"I equip my Blue-Eyes with Fairy Meteor Crush!" Kaiba said as his dragon was surrounded by a reddish-pink aura.
Fairy Meteor Crush
Card Type: Equip Spell
Effect: If the equipped monster attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.
"While it may not power up my dragon, thanks to Fairy Meteor Crush, Blue-Eyes is now capable of dealing piercing damage when it destroys a defense position monster. Now go Blue-Eyes, Burst Stream of Destruction!" Said Kaiba, as his dragon roared before blasting Baby Dragon and destroying it, along with the last of Joey's life points.
Joey-1300 – 2300 = -1000
Joey cried out as he was thrown back by the force of the attack, crashing into the ground.
"Joey!" The others said in worry for their friend.
"I have to admit Wheeler, you actually managed to prove better than I thought, but you still had no chance against me." Said Kaiba, reluctantly admitting that the other duelist gained a bit of his respect at how he was able to push him and maintain the lead for most of the duel.
"Are you alright Joey?" Yugi asked, while checking on his friend.
"I'd also say my Duel Disk system is a complete success, with how it managed to push him into submission. Look at him, he's practically a whimpering dog with his tail between his legs. And once I'm done with Pegasus, that's exactly what he's going to be." Said Kaiba, swearing to make Pegasus pay for kidnapping his brother, anything he does to Rin, and trying to take over his company.
"Kaiba! This is Joey, our friend, not some dog!" Said Yugi, while narrowing his eyes at Kaiba.
"Yeah, rich boy! You already beat him; do you just enjoy kicking someone, while they're down?!" Mai demanded.
"Quiet guys! Don't give the creep the satisfaction." Said Joey as he stood up.
"Tsk, do you really think if you were dueling Pegasus, he would have been any more merciful than I was? The Heart of the Cards may be a powerful philosophy and it all works well for you, but I need to duel my own way now! I can't risk trying something new, and maybe Joey shouldn't either, unless he likes life as a dog. Scrounging on the scraps of past victories and begging for mercy from true duelists!" Said Kaiba, knowing if he wanted to be beat Pegasus, he needed to be as ruthless as he was before.
"Kaiba, that's not true and you know it." Yugi said, knowing Kaiba was better than he was before he and Naruto dueled him and Rin.
"Oh yeah? Well that's the kind of attitude you need if you wanna stand a chance against Pegasus. You don't understand Yugi, this is the man who created Duel Monsters. He has every card ever made at his disposal; he's mastered every strategy that's ever been played! Pegasus makes sure he always has every possible advantage working in his favor. If I'm to stand any chance against him at all, I'll need to play by my own ruthless rules, not his." Kaiba said, before looking at them.
"Open your eyes, even with your prodigious talent, even Naruto with his own talent and his own Blue-Eyes, Yugi, you'll both be defeated like all the others. Because when Pegasus duels, he uses much more than mere skill, I've seen him use a magic that's stronger than any card." Said Kaiba before he told them about when he was at the Intercontinental Tournament in New York City, as Pegasus's guest of honor, with Pegasus against a hotshot duelist named "Bandit" Keith Howard.
How he made it to the final match and dueled Pegasus himself, only for Pegasus to pull a kid from the audience and have him duel Keith, with only some instructions he wrote down. And yet the kid had been able to beat Keith on his first turn, all with the instructions Pegasus gave him, instructions that also predicted the moves Keith would make.
"I still don't know how he did it, but from what I saw, I was able to figure that he requires direct eye contact to do so. Since my Duel disk system requires the duelists to stand at a larger distance apart from each other, it should allow me to avoided making eye contact with him. Giving me the edge, I need to beat him once and for all." Said Kaiba, though having heard Rin talk about the Millennium Items and their supposed magical powers, and after seeing Yugi's Millennium Puzzle in action, it made him wonder if Pegasus had one that gave him the ability to predict his opponents' moves, knowing his sister wasn't one for fairy tales or anything she knows can't be proven.
"Even so, that's still no reason to take it out on us or turn Joey into your guinea pig." Yugi said, while remembering his own duel with Pegasus and how he knew all his moves before he did, only gaining a slight advantage when he played cards without looking at them.
"Perhaps, but that system could be my only way to beat Pegasus. So I had to test it, this is war for me Yugi, your friend was just a casualty." Kaiba said coldly, willing to do anything to stop Pegasus.
"Kaiba, we may not agree with each other's methods, but we both understand that Pegasus needs to be stopped. I hope you succeed in rescuing your brother." Yugi said, with Kaiba stopping and looked back at him.
"I hope you succeed in your ventures. Let's just hope our paths don't cross again before this is all over. And give Naruto a message next time you see him, that there's only room for one wielder of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and I don't intend to lose to him again. Once I'm done with Pegasus, he's next." Kaiba said, knowing he'll prove he is the one true wielder of the Blue-Eyes.
Kaiba then took his leave and headed towards Pegasus's bastle, while the friends watched him leave.
*Next Morning*
*With Naruto, Rin, and Téa*
The next morning Téa woke up within her tent, only to immediately jerk up with wide eyes as she remembered the events of last night.
Naruto being in shock over what happened, going off on his own while giving her his ring, meeting the Roman Emperor Nero, and seeing she was in fact a girl rather than a guy. The note saying Naruto was kidnapped, seeing it was Bakura but not the Bakura they knew, but rather an evil spirit, dueling him in a Shadow Game and managing to pull out a win thanks to Naruto, Rin, and Nero's support. After that, it was only darkness.
'They must have brought me back to camp.' Téa thought, while exiting the tent to see Naruto and Rin already awake, with the two looking at her and smiled.
"Glad to see you awake Téa." Said Naruto, relieved to see Téa was awake and alright.
"Yeah, we were worried taking part in a Shadow Game might have taken more out of you, than we thought." Rin added, having heard how dangerous Shadow Games could be for normal people, but was glad that Téa was alright.
"It was definitely an experience I won't forget any time soon. I'm also glad you're alright Naruto, and thanks for saving me when the spirit tried attacking me." Said Téa while smiling at the blonde as she sat down beside him.
"I should be thanking you both for coming to save me, though you wouldn't have needed to if I-" Naruto said, only to be cutoff when Téa and Rin smacked him on the head.
"Don't even think of blaming yourself again! We've already been over this several times, it wasn't your fault!" Said Rin, refusing to hear Naruto blame himself again, with Téa nodding in agreement.
"Rin's right, even if I knew what was going to happen, I still would have dueled Bakura to save you, so just accept it mister, got it." Téa said sternly, with Naruto sighing but nodded before smiling at her.
"Alright. By the way you really awesome in that duel Téa, I guess you've really been holding back against Joey." Naruto said with a smirk, making Téa giggle lightly.
"What can I say, I didn't want to crush him too badly. But yeah, despite the circumstances, it was really fun being in an actual duel." Said Téa, smiling as she can now seeing why Naruto, Yugi, and Joey enjoyed dueling so much.
"Yeah, not to mention being a completely different experience with the holograms. I actually wouldn't mind dueling you Téa, once we're off the island, since you're a really amazing duelist. And if you want, I could help you improve your skills and deck." Naruto offered, making Téa's smile widen.
"I'd really like that Naruto, but don't think I'll go easy on you." Said Téa as she flashed Naruto a competitive smirk, which he returned.
"I'd be insulted if you did." Naruto replied.
"If you want, I could also help you improve as a duelist Téa. And I'd like a challenge as well, since from what I saw, you could become a really skilled duelist." Added Rin, having been impressed by her skills and was eager for the chance to duel her as well.
Along with part of her also wanting to remind them she was there as well, since she really didn't like how close Naruto and Téa were getting to each other.
*Later*
After some time, Naruto had gone off to forage for some food to prepare breakfast for them, while Téa and Rin went to a nearby river. The girls checking around to make sure no one was nearby or any hidden cameras, before they stripped out of their clothes and got in the water to clean themselves.
Though as they bathed, Rin and Téa couldn't help but continuously glance at each other, admiring the other girl's body.
"Do you work out Rin?" Téa asked, seeing how toned Rin's body was and seeing hints of developed muscles, which only made her look more attractive
"Occasionally, I mostly took martial arts classes when I was younger, but stopped attending them as I got older and focused more on my skills as a duelist. I still train every now and then, but not as much as I used to." Said Rin, a decision she's now regretting, given how many times she's been kidnapped since setting foot on this damn island.
"What about you? Since you look really good." Rin said while looking Téa up and down, making the girl blush and turn away, unknowingly giving Rin a view of her shapely ass.
"Oh uh, no I don't fight or anything like that. I…actually take dancing lessons since it's my dream of being a professional dancer." Said Téa, with Rin nodding.
"That's pretty cool. But if you want, I could teach you a thing or two about fighting, to help you know how to defend yourself." Rin offered, with Téa looking at her in surprise before she smiled.
"Sure, that sounds great, especially with everything that's happened. And I could show you some dancing moves if you want." Replied Téa, with Rin nodding with a smile.
"Sure, especially if I end up looking like you afterwards." Rin said, making Téa's blush intensify.
"Stop~! Besides, you look much better." Said Téa while looking Rin up and down, with the girl smirking before she leaned forward and pushed her breasts out.
"Yeah. How about we both agree we're both smoking hot." Rin said, while winking at Téa, making the girl giggle before nodding.
Though the two froze when they heard a sudden twig snapping, making the whirl around before immediately covering themselves and scowling.
"PERVERT!" Rin and Téa screamed, when they thought they caught sight of someone watch them through the trees, even more so when they heard rustling as if someone was running, before Naruto came running through the trees, not a moment later.
"What happened?! Was someone here?!" Exclaimed Naruto, having heard their shouts and immediately came running to make sure they were alright, and kick the ass of whoever was watching them.
Though Naruto along with Rin and Téa froze with wide eyes and reddening faces, as the girls had uncovered themselves after shouting and chasing away any potential perverts. Leaving their naked bodies in full display for Naruto to see.
"I…I…I'll just…" Naruto muttered, unable to look away from the two beautiful, naked girls.
"GO AWAY!" Téa screamed, grabbing anything she could grab and throw at Naruto.
"STOP LOOKING!" Yelled Rin, doing the same as Téa and throwing anything she could at Naruto.
Yelping, Naruto immediately ran through the trees to avoid the projectiles.
"You better take responsibility!" Rin and Téa shouted simultaneously, before blushing at what they said.
While they were Japanese, Rin and Téa didn't really consider themselves to be traditional and old-school. To where they felt the need to get married to preserve their honor and marriageability, just because a man had seen them naked. But for some reason, it had just came out when Naruto had seen them.
While Téa and Rin would gladly admit that they see Naruto as a great friend and are willing to admit that they're attracted to him. The girls weren't exactly sure on the idea of marrying him, especially given how recently they've met him.
*Later*
After the…incident by the river, the trio had returned to camp, where they began eating breakfast with blushes on their faces, while being unable to look at each other. All while Nero was cracking up at the situation Naruto found himself in.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA! You should have seen your face Praetor! It was truly a sight to behold! And I'm sure you certainly enjoyed the sight as well! AHAHAHAHA!" Nero cackled, making Naruto give the former emperor a side glare, something Rin and Téa noticed.
"Is…is it Nero?" Téa asked, with Naruto gulping while trying to avoid eye contact with her and nodded.
"Yeah, she finds this hilarious." Said Naruto.
"Because it is! I honestly don't really see the problem, it's clear you three are attracted to each other. So seeing each other as you were all made should not be embarrassing. Besides, I'm sure they weren't really mad at you seeing them." Said Nero, while smirking at the trio.
"Be quiet Nero!" Naruto hissed, with Rin and Téa having a guess at what Nero was saying, making them both annoyed.
Wanting to test something, the girls grabbed Naruto's hand with the Roman Millennium Ring, being surprised when they actually were able to see Nero by being in contact with the ring. With Naruto and Nero also being surprised by this, but also pleased they could now see and communicate with her as well.
"It's not funny Nero!" Téa said.
"Yeah, and don't act like you wouldn't have acted and done the same thing as us, if Naruto walked in on you naked." Said Rin, with both of them giving her annoyed looks.
Only for them and Naruto to blush at Nero's next words.
"I actually have no problem if I was to be seen naked by anyone. After all, they would get the chance to gaze upon true beauty with my form, while I would bask in their praise and admiration. And I especially wouldn't mind if you wish to see me as I am, my Praetor~" Nero said while smiling slyly and crossing her arms under her impressive bust, making Naruto's blush intensify as Rin and Téa shifted jealously.
While they were both pleased with their own bust sizes, they couldn't help but feel jealous at how big Nero's' own was compared to their own. With it not helping, with how revealing her outfit was as well. Resulting in the girls being annoyed when they saw Naruto looking Nero up and down.
"Anyway, Naruto! You and Rin have gotten plenty of Star Chips, you both just need a few more, right?" Téa asked wanting to change the conversation, with Naruto and Rin nodding as they looked at their gauntlets.
"Yeah, just need a couple more and we'll each have ten." Replied Naruto.
"But it also means that with the amount we have already, we'll be facing tougher duelists as well." Rin added, knowing that with the more Star Chips they gather, the stronger the duelists they'll face as they approach the finals, with Naruto, Téa, and Nero nodding, knowing things will only get tougher from here on out.
Though unknown to the group, they were being watched by the same person that had been spying on Rin and Téa. Only the person was focused more on Naruto than the two girl.
'The Millennium Puzzle, the Millennium Eye, an unknown Millennium Item, and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Master Marik will be very pleased with the prizes I'll bring to him.' Thought the Rare Hunter, before sinking into the shadows to plan out his move.
So, what did you think, good. Yep Joey managed to put up a better fight against Kaiba this time around (since it didn't really make sense for him to just throw monster after monster at Kaiba, rather than actually strategizing), even managing to destroy one of his Blue-Eyes. But Kaiba wins in the end using his Crush Card Virus and Saggi combo, before telling the group about Pegasus and his match against Bandit Keith. Then we see Téa waking up and remembering the events of last night, along with awakening her own passion for dueling with Naruto and Rin offering to help her improve. Before we see Rin and Téa bathing in the river while admiring each other's bodies, before they catch sight of someone spying on them making them shout, which draws Naruto's attention giving him quite the view. Leading to an awkward moment between the three during breakfast, with Nero only making things worse. Finally we see the stranger who had spied on Téa and Rin, only now having eyes on Naruto, specifically his Roman Millennium Ring and Blue-Eyes White Dragon. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't.
Storm out