It was a normal day at the Turtle Game Shop in Domino City. At least, it was as normal as things could ever possibly be, considering the circumstances. To the normal spectator, it would appear that fourteen young adults were hanging out in the back room of the shop. To the educated spectator, the scene would have a different meaning, but still seem fitting to this particular group. Marik and Kaiba were dueling, as were Yugi and Joey. Joey was not, however, doing quite as well as he could have, considering how closely Mai was watching. Her rapt attention, mostly focused on Joey, gave him quite a nervous attitude, and throwing off his performance. Mai was rather amused at her effect on Joey, and rather pleased with his response. Mokuba was watching his big brother happily, not cheering though, for fear of the ancient spirit that was his opponent. Marik wasn't too bad once you got to know him, but could be quite scary at times, and had a vicious temper. By not too bad, I mean that he didn't send every other person he met to the shadow realm. Mokuba did not want to take any chances. Tea and Tristan were watching both duels with equal interest. Isis and Ryou were discussing ancient Egypt, with Bakura listening nonchalantly and fingering the millennium ring. Malik and Yami were both sorting through their dueling decks, hoping to challenge the winners of the ongoing duels. Serenity was simply taking in everything that was happening, and also watching her brother. Everything was going as it normally did, until.

BOOM!

"What was that!!" Half of the room was on their feet, the other half had either fallen over, or been knocked out of their chairs when the tremor struck. Yami immediately rushed to his fallen hikari's side, while Isis prevented a falling potted plant from making a nice dent in the Tomb Robber's head. Mokuba rushed over to his big brother, while Marik calmly gathered up his scattered cards. Tea looked nervous. "What do you think that was?" She inquired. Her question was met mainly by shrugs. "Do you think it will happen again?" Mokuba asked his brother. "I really don't know, Mokuba, maybe we should wait and see." Kaiba replied. As if his words had pulled a giant switch, the tremors began again. Despite everyone's efforts to hold onto each other and to inanimate objects, each person fell and the world went black.