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Duel 21: Digital Pet Duel
'Keychain games are really big at my school right now' thinks Yugi as he starts the morning off walking into the school court yard, all the while looking at a small little device within his hand, which suddenly goes beep.
Meanwhile, a couple of other students were in front of Yugi as well, while discussing things about their digital pets.
"I forgot to clean up my pets poop and it died" remarks a girl to her friend. "Oh, too bad, you have to clean up after them every day" remarks the other, as everyone headed inside the school for the beginning of first period.
"Mornin` Yugi! How's your pet doing?" asks Joey, as he comes up to Yugi, who was currently sitting at his desk.
"He's in good shape! How's yours Joey?" asks Yugi to his friend.
"He's Cool, He's Cool" remarks Joey, just as Tristan makes it over as well.
"EEEE! IT'S SO CUTE!" shouts Joey as he looks to Yugi's tiny pet. "It's eating its food".
"Ha Ha Ha! It looks just like you, Yugi" chuckles Tristan as he looks over Yugi's shoulder as well to catch a glimpse of the pet.
"Aha ha ha… You think so? I named him U2" remarks Yugi as he continued to talk to Joey and Tristan. "It's strange, even though it's just a game; you really get attached to your digital pet".
"Show me your pet, Joey" replies Yugi as he looks over to Joey.
"Sure! No problem" and with that said Joey quickly shows his pet to both Tristan and Yugi.
But as this was going on, Yugi can't help but take a glance over to Heila's and Yami Heila's desks to find them completely empty as well as Yami's desk. 'Yami….' Wonders Yugi as he sighs a small sigh before returning his attention back to Joey and Tristan.
"It's so UGLY!" exclaims Tristan as he looks to Joey's pet. "As well as your attitude".
"SHUT UP!" grumbles Joey as he looks to Tristan and Yugi.
"You know, they say you transfer your personality to your pet in a way that you take care of it.", "So with thousands of creature types, you can have infinite number of pets, all of them unique. That's what makes it so much fun" explains Yugi.
"Do you have a digital pet? Tristan….?" asks Yugi as he suddenly looks to Tristan as if hoping.
"Naw, it's not my thing…. I've got a dog at home though. Besides, I'm too busy taking care of real pets to have time for digital ones" replies Tristan to Yugi.
"But my dog just came into heat. She's been driving me NUTS! Least you don't have to worry about that with digital pets" adds Tristan as if to say something about mating.
"Digital pets have the ability to mate too" explains Yugi as he points to his tiny device once more.
"WHAT?" exclaims Joey, suddenly shocked by the tiny bit of news from Yugi.
"See… there's a data port on the back" remarks Yugi as he shows it to Joey to show him what he meant.
"Hey! There's one on mine too" adds Joey as it suddenly hit him as Yugi continued to explain about the mating thing between digital pets.
"You link it with your friend's like this…." Shows Yugi as he gives an example of connecting two devices together but not actually doing it.
"Then you can share your pets personality data with each other! That way you make an even more unique pet".
"Wow, I didn't know that…." whispers Joey as he looks to his device, before a sudden ideal hits him.
"AWRIGHT, YUGI! LET'S YOU AND I MATE RIGHT AWAY!" shouts Joey to his pal.
"Okay" answers Yugi.
"I didn't need to hear that…." groans Tristan as he overheard what Joey had to say to Yugi.
"Link up" and with that said both Yugi and Joey link up there ports to their digital pets all the while waiting to see what would happen between them.
'U2 is pretty quiet. I hope he gets some of Joey's wild personality' thinks Yugi as he looks to his digital pet.
"Whoa…. They're checkin' each other out…" remarks Joey as he sees what's happening before them.
"Hey, my pet's leavin' the screen…" replies Joey. "Now he's on my screen! Joey's pet's making the first move" answers Yugi before suddenly Joey, Tristan and Yugi all become shocked at what they see before them.
"IT'S A BULLY!" shout the three of them as they see Joey's pet suddenly start kicking at Yugi's pet who was trying to protect itself in the process.
"I'm ashamed of him" groans Joey who couldn't believe what his pet just did.
"Maybe this was a bad idea…." whispers Yugi as he begins to feel bad for U2.
"He's just like you" chides Tristan as he looks over to Joey.
"Hold on…Now they seem to LIKE each other" remarks Joey as he looks at the two pets once more as the devices suddenly make a piko sound.
"That sound means the data exchange is complete" explains Yugi as he glances over to U2 while Joey looks over to his pet. "Yup…My pet's back at home."
"After this, there should be some change in their development…They could get even more unique then before" says Yugi as he holds up his keychain while Joey just scowls at his.
'You need to get some of U2's cuteness' thinks Joey as he looks to his.
"Hee Hee…What kind of data did you get from Joey? Well U2?" wonders Yugi as he looks to U2 hoping for a reply which only turned out to be a beep as U2 on the other hand continues to look at Yugi.
"This is my master" remarks U2 which in return were beep noises to Yugi for digital pets where never known for talking to their owners.
Just then U2 suddenly becomes afraid which quickly alerts Yugi in the process. "HUH? He looks scared".
"Hey Yugi" calls out a voice, as a new person suddenly appears before Yugi, all the while catching his attention.
"You wanna see MY pet? My pet is special" remarks the new voice.
"Ahuh-huh? Oh Kujirada! You're raising a digital pet too?" remarks a shocked Yugi who was surprised to see who it was.
"OF COURSE I AM! BUT MINE'S DIFFERENT FROM YOUR ORDINARY PETS" barks Kujirada, as he stands before Yugi, Joey and Tristan.
"Hey Kujirada, what makes you think your pets so special? What, is it a thorough-breed? Does it have papers?" taunts Joey as he questions Kujirada right in the face.
"Ahuh-huh…..", "Don't you know? There are "Hidden Characters" in these digital pets" remarks Kujirada with a sneer as he holds up his own digital pet.
"HIDDEN CHARACTERS?" shout Joey, Tristan and Yugi.
"Yeah! The chances you'll get a hidden character are a million to one…. They say they come from some kind of glitch…. Or maybe even a computer virus…nobody knows for sure."
"The way you discipline them…when you feed them…the owner's personality….when everything is JUST RIGHT, your pet turns into a special pet" replies Kujirada as if taunting them with his pet.
"AND I HAVE ONE OF THEM! THE ULITMATE HIDDEN PET!" grins Kujirada.
'Hmm…Feh….hate to admit it, But I gotta see…' wonders Joey as he continues to listen to Kujirada rant on and on about his pet.
"WOW, could you show it to us, Kujirada?" asks Yugi, as he becomes excited about Kujirada's pet as well.
"Well….if you like…." And with that Kujirada raised his digital pet up before Joey, Yugi and Tristan so they could get a good look at his pet.
"Let's see…." mumbles Joey as he peers at the screen only to see the ugly looking creature with a big black star on its belly.
'Snik….It's even uglier than mine' chuckles Joey as he tries to hide his big grin from everyone to see.
"Oh wow" was all Yugi could muster to say as he continued to look at what was before him as well.
"Looks like a brute…." mumbles Tristan as he too looked at the creature before him.
But as they just continue to stare at it Joey on the other hand decides to take matters into his own hands and decides to speak once more, "But how do you know this is one of those hidden characters?"
"According to my secret info, the hidden characters always have a star in their graphics…take a good look"
And with that in mind they all do a double take of Kujirada's monster one more time only to be shocked at seeing the star on its belly.
"It's true, a black star"
"And one more thing…YOUR pets don't live longer than 21 days…. My pet has been alive for over two months already" remarks Kujirada as to say my pet is better than yours, when all he receives is stun silence from Yugi and Joey.
"That's what I told you, this is the ultimate pet", "AHUH-HUH-HUH" chuckles Kujirada, just as Tristan speaks up, "Everyone's pet is special while they last. I don't think yours is so great just because it lives longer."
'Heh…You're just jealous….' Thinks Kujirada as he glances over to Tristan. Though as this was going on, Yugi's digital pet was still beeping which alerted Yugi once again making him wonder about his digital pet, 'What's wrong with U2? He's been acting so scared….'.
Later that night at Kujirada's House….
"SNK…" come the snores of Kujirada as he's suddenly awaken from his slumber by his digital pet.
"What the….you hungry again?", "I fed you just five minutes ago…" remarks Kujirada as he moves wakes from his slumber to answer the call of his digital pet once more.
"I can't sleep like this…" groans Kujirada as he reaches for his digital pet. "There you go, food….", "You sure eat a lot…." remarks Kujirada as he glances at his pet only to see how much bigger he had gotten from previously.
"AWESOME! It keeps growing and growing" remarks an excited Kujirada totally unaware of his pet listening in on what was going on.
"Keh….I'm tired of eating pet food all the time" grumbles the pet.
"AHUH….Did it just say something…..? Impossible….Digital Pets can only beep" murmurs Kujirada all the while looking at his pet.
"Keh…You called ME a pet? FOOL! You are the one who's the pet, KEE KEE KEE", "Listen if you get me better food, I'll live even longer, you'll be famous because of me, KEH KEH! You got that, you buffoon? Then do it" orders the monster as he put's Kujirada under his mind control spell.
The next day was an early day for it was just Yugi once more as he made his way to the classroom when suddenly Yugi hears Joey yelling causing him to rush for the classroom.
"ACK! MY DATA IS GONE!" shouts Joey as he looks at his digital pet only to find it blank with no monster.
"What's wrong Joey?" asks Yugi as he makes it over to his friend.
"I just left the classroom for a moment and my pet disappeared" cries Joey, as he looks to Yugi who was completely baffled.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" asks Yugi, unsure if he had heard Joey right the first time around.
So, to state a point Joey quickly hands Yugi his device allowing to see for a fact that the device was indeed empty. "You're right, the screen it blank".
"Ahuh-huh" mumbles Kujirada as he ignores Joey and Yugi as he focuses on his own digital pet.
"KEE KEE….Other pets are as delicious as I thought! Much more nutritious….I just ate, but I'm already hungry again! I'd better call my pet" remarks the monster as he calls for Kujirada to get him more food.
"Must….Get….Food…." mumbles Kujirada in a zombie type voice as he moves for his next victim which just so happen to be Tea, who was currently sitting off by herself completely ignoring Yugi and the others as she feed her own pet all the while scheming up a plan to get rid of Yugi so she could have Yami to herself.
'Little pesticide…ruining my chances of getting with Yami I'll show you….' Thinks Tea who was completely unaware of Kujirada until he spoke up, "Hey Gardner… Gimme your pet for a while….."
"NO WAY!" remarks Tea as she turns her attention to Kujirada for the moment completely ignoring Yugi for the time being.
"GIVE IT" and with that he quickly snatches it from Tea's hand. "YEEK!" shouts Tea just as her pet is snatched from her hands.
"AHUH-HUH-HUH! DIG IN" chuckles Kujirada as he links his pet up with Tea's.
"GEH HEH HEH….FOOD!" growls the monster as he stares down Tea's monster before it quickly snatches it within it claw like hands before ready to make its move.
"AHUH-HUH-HUH! He ate her, He ate her" praises Kujirada as his monster devourers Tea's monster in one bite. "Did she taste good?" whispers Kujirada, while Tea screams, "MY PEACHY".
'KUJIRADA'S PET ATE TEA'S PET?' thinks Yugi, shocked that Kujirada would do such a thing.
"M…MORE….He's still hungry…." Wonders Kujirada before turning to Yugi who was next in line. "YUGI! Give me your pet too" and with that he snatched it from Yugi.
"WAH!" cries Yugi as he tries to get back his pet.
"Rejoice, you will become part of the ultimate pet, AHUH- AHUH- HUH- HUH" remarks Kujirada just as he links his monster with Yugi's.
"KEE KEE KEE….Another yummy looking pet" chuckles the pet as it suddenly comes face to face with Yugi's pet.
"U2!" shouts Yugi, scared for the wellbeing of his pet.
"IT'S SUPPER TIME!" and with that the chase began as Kujirada's monster went right for Yugi's.
"U2! RUN AWAY!" shouts Yugi as he looks on helplessly, unable to do anything but hope U2 would survive.
"It's no use, I may look fat, but I'm fast on my feet, WA HA HA HA HA!" remarks the creature as it continues it chase for U2.
'No good…He's catching up! U2!' panics Yugi's mind just as the creature manages to grab U2 within its clutches. "I've got you".
"BON APPETIT" replies the creature as he raises U2 to his ever widening jaws.
'U2….He's done for…' thinks a panicked Yugi only to here fast and rapid beeping sounds coming from his device.
'HUH? What's this sound?' wonders Yugi. 'That's the sound you hear when your pet grows and changes! U2's evolving?'
With that in mind, Yugi suddenly takes notice to U2 who suddenly looks bad ass with sharper eyes compared to his usual cuteness.
"WH….WHAT? I SENSE GREAT POWER…." growls the monster as he looks down at U2 only to be suckered punched in the face by U2. "GWAAAH".
"COOL!" shouts Joey who had witnessed Yugi's monster punch the other monster.
'U2 transformed and blew him away' thinks Yugi, happy his monster was able to defend himself from getting eaten by Kujirada's monster.
"He must have incorporated the data he received from Joey's pet" remarks Yugi who if looked more closely at U2 would have noticed that his monster looked extremely close to Yami, as if Yami was there helping his aibou even though he wasn't at school once more.
"HUH? UH…WHAT?" stutters Kujirada, as he's suddenly released from his monsters mind control.
"Too bad my pet is gone….But now I can sleep at least…." are Kujirada's last words as he walks away from Yugi and the gang with a now empty keychain as if nothing ever happened.
Meanwhile, later that even at Yugi's, Yugi was currently up stairs inside his bedroom all the while sitting at his desk and watching U2.
'But all things must come to an end…. Even the lives of digital pets. According to his programming, U2 will disappear tomorrow morning….' Thinks Yugi as he continues to watch U2 completely unaware of Yami who was just now entering their room.
"Evening aibou" calls Yami as he moves to close the door to their room.
"Yami" exclaims Yugi as he turns his view to Yami from the desk only to blush at the site of his Yami who was standing completely topless with only a pair of silk black pajama pants on.
"Aibou, what are you doing?" asks Yami as he makes his way over to Yugi and the desk. "Just watching U2, according to his program, he'll disappear by morning" answers Yugi to Yami as he turns his gaze to U2.
"Eat as much as you want U2" remarks Yugi, causing U2 to gaze upwards towards him with a beep as he takes notice to both Yugi and Yami.
"Is it all right….If I watch you until morning? Bye U2…." whispers Yugi just loud enough for Yami to hear as he lays a gentle hand on Yugi's shoulder.
"Don't worry Yugi, U2 will never be truly gone, he'll continue to live inside our hearts" answers Yami with a gentle smile. "Your right Yami, thanks" and with that said, Yugi moves to turn off the lights before he and Yami climb into bed with Yami wrapping his arms around Yugi's waste and pulling him into a warm embrace.
"Night Y-ami…." yawns Yugi as sleep begins to claim him only to feel Yami place his nose into the back of Yugi's neck before whispering carefully to him, causing shivers to run down his spin from Yami's hot breath. "Good night Koi" and with that they feel asleep.
TBC
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A/N: Well how was this chapter? Good? Bad? Please Review. I'll try to have the next two chapters of The Millennium puzzle up which would be American Hero parts 1 & 2 and of course Capsule Monster Chess up which brings me to the end of book 3 of my YuGiOh Graphic Novels. And with 3 of 7 books done I'll be closer to ending The Millennium Puzzle saga.