~ . . . ~ = Yami's thoughts
+ . . . + = Gary's thoughts
Gary emerged to finish the duel.
+I know my deck. There's no time for you to learn to use it. Besides, I can show you my stuff!+
Gary threw down a magic card, Pot of Greed, to allow him to draw two cards from his deck.
"Okay, Kyle . . . watch me bust a move!" he yelled, quickly throwing down his next card, Monster Reborn. "Be reborn, Blue Eyes White Dragon! And with that, I end my turn."
"What good is that?" Kyle wondered aloud. "Their attacks are both 3000." He drew his card. "Ah hah!" He laughed, lightly placing a card on the field - Blue Eyes White Dragon number three! "I'll end my turn, but if I draw one of my three Monster Reborn cards next turn, I'll combine these dragons to assault you!"
"Oh no!" Gary said to himself. "How can I tip things into my favor???"
~Believe in the Heart of the Cards.~
"Eh?" Gary drew a card. "No way!" he shouted in disbelief. He threw down a Shadow Spell, which lowered the attack of one of his Blue Eyes by 700 points! Gary was elated, for he knew he was about to win the duel. "Blue Eyes . . . attack!"
A brilliant glow blinded everyone in the room, but when it cleared, they all saw that Kyle's Life Points had fallen to zero.
Kyle rubbed his temples. "Huh, what have I done?" He stepped off his platform and walked up to Gary. He shook his head. "I don't know what came over me, but I'm very glad you won." He pulled something from his deck and gave it to Gary. "I hope this will make up for the trouble I've caused. I am so sorry."
The old man walked up to Kyle. He got down on his knees. "May I please have those Blue Eyes cards for the museum??" he begged. "They will add great value to the visitors here."
Kyle nodded and handed him the cards. "I think those dragons made me somehow relentless, like Seto Kaiba himself. They made me feel . . . that I was him, trying to defeat his great nemesis, Yugi Moto." He kind of chuckled. "Stupid, I know."
"You're not so far off," Gary said, putting the card away. They each went their separate ways.
On the way out, Gary took a moment to stare at a large portrait of Seto Kaiba that was on the right side of the exit.
~You did it! Obelisk is ours!~
* * *
"Argh," Ryou said. "I have such a freaking headache! Why is it that I can't remember where I am or what I am doin'??" He felt something protruding in his pocket and took it out. "W-what's this?!" It was the Millennium Eye. He looked at it for a while. "Where'd I get this from?" He was about to throw it in the pit, but his eye caught something else - he saw his best friend headed in his direction!
"Ryou! Buddy!!" Gary called to his best friend. "What are you doing all the way here? It's been quite strange . . . I saw Kyle here, too!"
Ryou scratched his head and quickly put the Eye back in his pocket, afraid that Gary would think that he had stolen it. "Just came to, err, revisit my home country."
"You wouldn't believe the stuff that's happened since we've last seen each other," Gary began. "I'll tell you over some green tea ice cream or something - my treat - as soon as I do a little currency switch . . . That cemetery next door is creepin' me out."
"What's happened, Gary?" Ryou wondered as they walked away from the hole.
"Well," said Gary, "I've been, err, split in half, in a way." He chuckled. "You probably wouldn't understand, buddy."
Ryou looked at his bandages on his arm. "Oh, I wouldn't be so sure, pal."
As they were leaving the park, they were stopped by a young woman.
* * *
Kyle lingered in front of the Kaiba Museum for a while, sorting through his thoughts.
"Why did I duel him?" Hmmm . . . I don't even LIKE to duel . . . Unless . . . Gary was right . . . nah! How could a few measly cards bring Seto Kaiba back to life through ME?" He shook his head. "I'm GLAD that I got rid of those Blue Eyes cards, but now I'm even more curious then ever as to why Kaiba left them with Yugi. If he dueled Yugi like the way I dueled Gary today, it seems like there'd be no logical reason. But then again, I don't know much about Yugi, except that he was Kaiba's rival. And that picture of him at the Upper Deck tournament . . . the slideshow . . . looked like - Gary! Not so much the eyes, but that unmistakable hair! Does Yugi's spirit live inside of him they way Kaiba's was in me?" His eyes widened. He decided to rush back to Yugi's grave site for some answers.
* * *
"Hello, boys," the blonde woman said, winking.
"It-it's you!" Ryou said, turning back around in fear.
"Who?" Gary asked.
"May," she said, shaking Gary's hand. "I am training to be a firefighter, and I often work with tourists like you." Her eyes met with the Millennium Puzzle. "VERY nice to meet you, uh -"
"Gary."
+She looks like . . . the girl in that vision of the past . . . on the boat . . .+
~Mai.~ was all Yami replied with.
Ryou pulled Gary aside. "I don't think it's a good idea to talk to her," he whispered to Gary.
"I had that same feeling," Gary whispered back, recalling the vision from the Millennium Necklace.
"I have an idea - let's tell her that we have to go home," Ryou suggested.
"We don't even live here, and she knows it!" Gary repsonded.
May interrupted. "What's all this conference about, boys? You don't think you can trust me? Aww, I'm harmless! After all, I did save you from that crater right there." She started to walk near it.
Gary caught a glimpse of a rod from the holster on May's right said and followed her to get a closer look. Ryou followed right behind him.
When they returned to the giant hole, the Millennium Necklace glowed a little. Gary noticed it, preparing himself for another vision of the past. Yami, on the other hand, was thinking about the great surge of power he had been feeling since Gary had arrived in the park.
Meanwhile, Ryou's Ring flashed very briefly, and he suddenly got a weird look in his eye . . .
(To be continued.)
Gary emerged to finish the duel.
+I know my deck. There's no time for you to learn to use it. Besides, I can show you my stuff!+
Gary threw down a magic card, Pot of Greed, to allow him to draw two cards from his deck.
"Okay, Kyle . . . watch me bust a move!" he yelled, quickly throwing down his next card, Monster Reborn. "Be reborn, Blue Eyes White Dragon! And with that, I end my turn."
"What good is that?" Kyle wondered aloud. "Their attacks are both 3000." He drew his card. "Ah hah!" He laughed, lightly placing a card on the field - Blue Eyes White Dragon number three! "I'll end my turn, but if I draw one of my three Monster Reborn cards next turn, I'll combine these dragons to assault you!"
"Oh no!" Gary said to himself. "How can I tip things into my favor???"
~Believe in the Heart of the Cards.~
"Eh?" Gary drew a card. "No way!" he shouted in disbelief. He threw down a Shadow Spell, which lowered the attack of one of his Blue Eyes by 700 points! Gary was elated, for he knew he was about to win the duel. "Blue Eyes . . . attack!"
A brilliant glow blinded everyone in the room, but when it cleared, they all saw that Kyle's Life Points had fallen to zero.
Kyle rubbed his temples. "Huh, what have I done?" He stepped off his platform and walked up to Gary. He shook his head. "I don't know what came over me, but I'm very glad you won." He pulled something from his deck and gave it to Gary. "I hope this will make up for the trouble I've caused. I am so sorry."
The old man walked up to Kyle. He got down on his knees. "May I please have those Blue Eyes cards for the museum??" he begged. "They will add great value to the visitors here."
Kyle nodded and handed him the cards. "I think those dragons made me somehow relentless, like Seto Kaiba himself. They made me feel . . . that I was him, trying to defeat his great nemesis, Yugi Moto." He kind of chuckled. "Stupid, I know."
"You're not so far off," Gary said, putting the card away. They each went their separate ways.
On the way out, Gary took a moment to stare at a large portrait of Seto Kaiba that was on the right side of the exit.
~You did it! Obelisk is ours!~
* * *
"Argh," Ryou said. "I have such a freaking headache! Why is it that I can't remember where I am or what I am doin'??" He felt something protruding in his pocket and took it out. "W-what's this?!" It was the Millennium Eye. He looked at it for a while. "Where'd I get this from?" He was about to throw it in the pit, but his eye caught something else - he saw his best friend headed in his direction!
"Ryou! Buddy!!" Gary called to his best friend. "What are you doing all the way here? It's been quite strange . . . I saw Kyle here, too!"
Ryou scratched his head and quickly put the Eye back in his pocket, afraid that Gary would think that he had stolen it. "Just came to, err, revisit my home country."
"You wouldn't believe the stuff that's happened since we've last seen each other," Gary began. "I'll tell you over some green tea ice cream or something - my treat - as soon as I do a little currency switch . . . That cemetery next door is creepin' me out."
"What's happened, Gary?" Ryou wondered as they walked away from the hole.
"Well," said Gary, "I've been, err, split in half, in a way." He chuckled. "You probably wouldn't understand, buddy."
Ryou looked at his bandages on his arm. "Oh, I wouldn't be so sure, pal."
As they were leaving the park, they were stopped by a young woman.
* * *
Kyle lingered in front of the Kaiba Museum for a while, sorting through his thoughts.
"Why did I duel him?" Hmmm . . . I don't even LIKE to duel . . . Unless . . . Gary was right . . . nah! How could a few measly cards bring Seto Kaiba back to life through ME?" He shook his head. "I'm GLAD that I got rid of those Blue Eyes cards, but now I'm even more curious then ever as to why Kaiba left them with Yugi. If he dueled Yugi like the way I dueled Gary today, it seems like there'd be no logical reason. But then again, I don't know much about Yugi, except that he was Kaiba's rival. And that picture of him at the Upper Deck tournament . . . the slideshow . . . looked like - Gary! Not so much the eyes, but that unmistakable hair! Does Yugi's spirit live inside of him they way Kaiba's was in me?" His eyes widened. He decided to rush back to Yugi's grave site for some answers.
* * *
"Hello, boys," the blonde woman said, winking.
"It-it's you!" Ryou said, turning back around in fear.
"Who?" Gary asked.
"May," she said, shaking Gary's hand. "I am training to be a firefighter, and I often work with tourists like you." Her eyes met with the Millennium Puzzle. "VERY nice to meet you, uh -"
"Gary."
+She looks like . . . the girl in that vision of the past . . . on the boat . . .+
~Mai.~ was all Yami replied with.
Ryou pulled Gary aside. "I don't think it's a good idea to talk to her," he whispered to Gary.
"I had that same feeling," Gary whispered back, recalling the vision from the Millennium Necklace.
"I have an idea - let's tell her that we have to go home," Ryou suggested.
"We don't even live here, and she knows it!" Gary repsonded.
May interrupted. "What's all this conference about, boys? You don't think you can trust me? Aww, I'm harmless! After all, I did save you from that crater right there." She started to walk near it.
Gary caught a glimpse of a rod from the holster on May's right said and followed her to get a closer look. Ryou followed right behind him.
When they returned to the giant hole, the Millennium Necklace glowed a little. Gary noticed it, preparing himself for another vision of the past. Yami, on the other hand, was thinking about the great surge of power he had been feeling since Gary had arrived in the park.
Meanwhile, Ryou's Ring flashed very briefly, and he suddenly got a weird look in his eye . . .
(To be continued.)