A/N: This is a self-insertion chapter. Me and my friend Jeff are going to be in it (Our joint account is Will and Jeff. Creative, huh?). I couldn't think of any good teams to put in, other than Weevil and Raptor, but since Raptor already lost in ch. 2 I can't use him. So, here is this. On another hand, I realized that the rulings on LP payment for Toon monsters were incorrect, so those will be correct this time around.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! If I did, this would be a real episode, and I'd be rich. But I don't, and I'm not rich. In fact I'm dirt poor. But I hope you can enjoy this Fic nonetheless.
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Fate of the Doomed
By Hayabusa Will (TheNameIsWill@AOL.Com)
Chapter Three-The Teen Duelists
"So we need four Locator Cards combined" Mai said as she and Pegasus continued to wander through Battle City. "That means if we can take on a team of duelists, then I can offer one and you can offer three, and they'll offer four themselves"
"But team duelists are hard to find, Mai" Pegasus reminded her. "You don't see them often"
"Cough 'em up, kiddies" One teenage duelist chuckled. He was wearing blue jeans and a leather jacket. He stood tall on black boots, a gold watch around the wrist of his right hand, which was held up. The big-boned teen wore sunglasses and combed back hair.
"But...it wasn't fair! You two were too strong!" Bargained one of the two kids, who couldn't have been older than ten.
"It's the rules" Replied the other one. He was dressed similarly to the first, but had brownish hair and was shorter than the first. "Me and Will don't duel for nothing. Four locator cards to the winning team was the deal. You don't want trouble, do you?"
"Yeah...yeah here" The second boy said, shaking. "Here's my rarest card, Bazoo the Soul-Eater!" He handed it to the one called Will.
"Not bad..." Will chuckled. He put the card into his deck. "Time to claim your booty, Jeff"
"Right" Jeff nodded. He turned to the first kid. "What do you have?" He reached into his deck and gave him a card. "S-Spirit of the Flames"
"Pathetic. But I guess it'll do" Jeff replied, putting it into his deck as well.
"See ya later, chumps" Will laughed as the two walked off.
"You punks think you're so great?" Mai asked, stepping up.
"We never said anything about great" Will replied.
"Elite, yes, but not great" Replied Jeff. "I'm fifteen, he's sixteen. We can do what we want. He handle ourselves pretty well, and we already have four Locator Cards each"
"We duel as a team, and when we do, it isn't hard for us to score easy victories" Will grinned. "So, grab a partner and you can take on us"
"She has one" Pegasus walked over to the group, grinning.
"I-it's Pegasus!" Gasped Jeff. He and Will were aghast. "Maxamillian Pegasus! It can't be!"
"No way...this can't be right" Will was shocked. He took a step back. He quickly shook his head. "What are we scared of? He may be the creator, but he can't be THAT hard! Right?"
"No way" Jeff replied. "You and me could probably beat Yugi Moto and Joey Wheeler anyway. I think we can take on this guy and his girlfriend"
"Fine then, it's agreed" Pegasus replied. "It's a duel. Mai and myself, against you two lads. We'll put up a total of four locator cards for each time, and each duelist rallies up two rare cards"
"I'm game" Will replied, holding up his two rarest cards. "Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer and Hayabusa Knight are mine"
Jeff nodded. "Seiyaryu, and Beast of Talwar"
Pegasus held up his cards. "Toon World and Relinquished"
"And I place Harpie's Feather Duster and my other card on the line. You'll see it"
"DUEL!"
Pegasus: 4000
Mai: 4000
Will: 4000
Jeff: 4000
"I'll begin" Will stated. "By setting this card face down, and this Defense monster. Your move, Pegsy"
"Very well then" Pegasus drew his first card. "I'll set two cards face down, and Nimble Momonga in Defense mode" 1000/100
"My move" Jeff drew. "And I'll summon Darkfire Soldier #2 in Attack mode!" A man in a flaming robe appeared, holding two swords. 1700/1100
"Then I'll place one card, and summon Cyber Harpie!" Mai declared.
"A what Harpie?!" Will and Jeff asked in unison.
As the card was played, a Harpie Lady emerged, but this one was wearing a Cyber Shield already, and held a Rose Whip. 1800/1300
"A special, very rare Harpie Lady card, stronger than the normal one" Mai replied.
"It doesn't matter what Harpie you have, because I'm summoning Zombyra the Dark!" Out of the field appeared a muscular black creature with white armor. He had a red cape that added a classy touch to him. 2100/500. "And, reveal face down monster, Sinister Serpent!" A normal-looking snake appeared, only it seemed to have wings, but horrid stats. 300/200 "Zombyra the Dark, attack her Cyber Harpie! Flying Dark Punch!"
Zombyra flew at the Cyber Harpie and destroyed her with one quick punch.
Mai: 3700
"Whenever Zombyra attacks a monster, he loses 200 Attack points" 1900/500 "But that's just all right. Now, Sinister Serpent, attack her Life Points directly!"
"AH!" Mai screamed as the Serpent slammed into her, knocking her back slightly.
Mai: 3400
"Your move now" Will smirked. "But it looks like at this rate, Mai is going to cost you your duel, Pegasus"
Pegasus nodded to Mai. "Don't worry, I won't let your Harpie's defeat go in vain. I'll activate the magic of Toon World, and summon Toon Masked Sorcerer" A laughing sorcerer, who only had an upper body, appeared as Toon World spread across the field. 900/1400 "And since Toon monsters can't attack the turn they were summoned, I'll switch Nimble Momonga to attack mode and have it destroy your Sinister Serpent" The squirrel charged and slashed at the snake, destroying it.
Will: 3300
"Jerk" Will muttered. "But he'll be back...because with Sinister Serpent's effect, he'll always return to me, and I'll always have something to play"
"It's time I go" Jeff replied. "And I'm summoning Darkfire Soldier #1!" A burst of flames signaled the arrival of a man who was halfway hidden behind the flames. His muscular upper body was holding a hooked sword. His eye patch and long hair made him look tougher. 1700/1150 "Now, Darkfire Soldier #1, destroy his Nimble Momonga!"
The Soldier rushed forward and thrust his hook sword, slashing the squirrel and destroying it.
Pegasus: 4300
"Huh?! Why are his Life Points going UP?!" Growled Jeff.
"Nimble Momonga's effect allows me to gain one thousand Life Points, and special summon two more in Defense mode" Two more Nimble Momonga appeared, kneeling on the field. "Isn't that nifty?"
"Gr...Darkfire Soldier #2, attack Pegasus' Masked Sorcerer!"
"Activate Trap Card, Negate Attack!" The Darkfire Soldier #2's swords were stopped in place as a wave of blue flashed.
"Oh fine then" Jeff replied. "I end my turn"
"Now it's mine" Mai drew. "This should help, but...Pegasus, may I?" She held up the card for Pegasus to see.
He understood completely and nodded. "Oh, and call me Maxamillion"
"Great. Thanks" Mai looked away, hiding a blush. "I summon Amazon Archer in Attack mode!" An Amazon woman wearing brown clothes appeared. 1400/1000 "And by sacrificing two monsters, I can have Amazon Archer attack an opponent directly for 1200 damage! Amazon Archer, take both of the Nimble Momonga for power!"
Both of the remaining Nimble Momonga leapt into the air and turned into a single arrow. The Amazon Archer took the arrow and placed it into her bow. "Fire at Jeff!" She pulled back the string on the bow.
"No, not at me, not at me!" Jeff pleaded. But Mai's Amazon Archer shot the arrow nonetheless. The arrow flew between Jeff's Darkfire Soldiers and struck him in the arm.
"AH!" Jeff yelled.
Jeff: 2800
"Now I'll set one card and end my turn" Mai stated, placing her card into the Duel Disk.
"Now I'll take control of this duel" Will grinned. "I sacrifice Zombyra the Dark for The Fiend Megacyber!" A yellow, electrifying monster appeared on the field. 2200/1200. "Nifty, isn't it? I took it from Espa Roba. That wuss. He didn't have a stinking locator card since Rex Raptor beat him up and took it, but we made quick work of him and took his cards, right Jeff?"
"Reflect Bounder ticking fine" Jeff chuckled.
"You two are terrible..." Mai stated.
"Call us what you like. The Fiend Megacyber, attack the Amazon Archer!"
"Reveal Magic card! Amazon Shaman!" A magic card with the image of an Amazon gypsy and several symbols appeared.
"Uuh?!" Will asked, shocked.
"Amazon Shaman switches the Attack of my Amazon and one of your monsters!" Will replied. "Meaning that Amazon Archer and the Fiend Megacyber switch Attack powers!"
"No way!" Gasped Will. The Fiend Megacyber flew at Amazon Archer, who raised her strengthened bow and shot him through the stomach, destroying Will's cyber monster.
Will: 2500
*Full update*
Pegasus: 6300
Mai: 3400
Will: 2500
Jeff: 2800
"No!" Gasped Will. "Fine. I set one card and end my turn"
"And it's my turn" Pegasus drew his card for the turn. "And I summon Toon Goblin Attack Force" Several Toon goblins appeared onto the field. 2300/0 "And now, I'll pay 500 Life Points to have Toon Masked Sorcerer attack Will directly"
Toon Masked Sorcerer flew at Will and shot a magical blast at him.
Pegasus: 5800
Will: 1600
"And I draw a card, which I'll set face down. My turn ends"
Jeff drew. "Your sorcerer won't be around much longer. I sacrifice both Darkfire Soldiers for Seiyaryu!" Both soldiers disappeared, and in a burst of light a holy pink dragon appeared on the field. 2500/2300. "Seiyaryu, Razor Flame!" Seiyaryu opened its mouth and blasted at Toon Masked Sorcerer.
"Activate Toon Defense!" The Toon World book quickly closed and was locked with a chain. Seiyaryu's attack was negated. Pegasus stated. "I choose to negate Seiyaryu's attack on my Toon by taking Life Points damage equal to its attack power"
Pegasus: 3300
"You'll regret that in time" Jeff warned. "I end my turn"
Mai drew. "I'll set one card face down and summon Amazon Paladin!" A white-clothed paladin woman with a hood appeared, her blonde hair sticking out of it. A sword was held in her hand. 1700/300 "And she gains 100 Life Points for each Amazon on the field, and with herself and Amazon Archer, she gains 200 Attack points!" 1800/100 "Amazon Paladin, attack Will directly!"
"Activate Trap card! Windstorm of Equata!" Will declared. A harsh blast suddenly blew in from nowhere, causing every monster on the field to be moved a little. Both of Mai's Amazons were kneeling, Seiyaryu had its wings closed, and the Masked Sorcerer was bowing a little, arm in front of it. The Goblin Attack Force was laying down lazily. "Windstorm of Equata switches the mode of every monster on the field!"
"No...there's nothing else I can do now" Mai couldn't believe it.
"You pay now. Your Amazon will fall, as I summon Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer, my favorite monster!" A monk wearing a loose blue-gray kimono and with half of a blood-red mask appeared. He held a necklace of beads. 1800/700 "Reveal face down card, Black Pendant! To increase Kycoo's attack by 500!" A new necklace appeared in Kycoo's hand, a pendant at the end. 2300/700 "And another Equip card, Fairy Meteor Crush!" With a flash of pink, Kycoo stood, not any different, but what happened would be seen. "Kycoo, attack with Scorching Ancient Magic! Hit her Amazon Paladin!" Kycoo blasted at the Amazon, destroying her in one blast. "And you take two thousand direct damage"
*Full update*
Pegasus: 3300
Mai: 1400
Will: 1600
Jeff: 2800
"No...my Amazon..." Mai couldn't believe it. "You're going to pay for that, you know! I'm not going to be in this predicament forever! I still have my Amazon Archer"
"But my turn will be before that" Jeff stated.
"But before that is my turn" Pegasus interrupted, drawing. "And I'll sacrifice Toon Masked Sorcerer and Toon Goblin Attack Force for Manga Ryu-Ran, Defense mode" A spotted dragon egg dropped into the arena. It cracked with a large bang, and out of it emerged a funny-looking red dragon. 2200/2600
"Now it's mine, and I'll switch Seiyaryu to Attack mode and equip him with Sword of Deep Seated!" Jeff slapped the card into the Magic and Trap slot of the duel disk. The card appeared, and a sword flashed before appearing in Seiyaru's hand. "Which increases his Attack and Defense by 500!" 3000/2800
"That's makes it stronger than a Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Mai gasped.
"That's right! And in addition I'll summon Prevent Rat in Defense mode, just in case" 500/2000 Jeff pointed a finger out. "Seiyaryu, Razor Flare Blast! Attack Mai's Amazon!" Seiyaryu opened its mouth and blasted at Amazon Archer, burning it away completely.
"I'm running out of monsters..." Mai drew. "Perfect. I place a card face down I play Graceful Charity" She picked up three cards and discarded two. She then played a card. "Harpie Lady in Attack mode!" A normal Harpie Lady appeared on the field this time. 1300/1400 "And I'll activate Cyber Shield!" Mai placed two cards down, which flipped face up. Harpie Lady gained the Atk power of the Cyber Harpie, only this time stronger. "And the Harpie Lady Sisters card! One Harpie becomes many!" Two more Harpies appeared, one with orange hair and another with blue hair. 1950/2150. "And now I use this Monster Reborn card to bring Harpie's Pet Dragon onto the field!" A red dragon in a chain that belong to the Harpie appeared. 2300/2500. "And now, Harpie's Pet Dragon, destroy his Ghost Destroyer!"
"You can't, it's not strong enough!" Will yelled, as the Pet Dragon blew a blast of wind from its mouth at Kycoo. Shockingly, Kycoo was blown away and destroyed. "No...no, HOW?!
Will: 1000
"I used Dragon Nails" Mai stated as she revealed her face down card. Huge nails were on Harpie's Pet Dragon's hands. "I got it from Joey. And that made him strong enough to destroy your monster! Now direct attack, Harpie Lady Sisters!"
The three Harpies swooped in and struck Will with flying smashes.
"AH!" Will yelled as he swept from his feet.
Will: 0
"I'm out...damn..." Will growled.
"Don't worry, I have it this time around. Seiyaryu, Razor Flare Blast!" Seiyaryu blasted at the Harpie Lady Sisters, destroying all three of them with a single flash of its burning breath.
Mai: 350
"Don't worry Mai, I can handle this" Pegasus switched his monster to attack mode. "Manga Ryu-Ran is switched to Attack mode. I'll then summon Toon Mermaid in Defense mode" The Toon World book closed up, and opened once more as a clam emerged. The clam slowly opened to show an orange, bow-drawing mermaid that kind of looked like Pegasus in facial expressions. 1400/1500. "Manga Ryu-Ran, attack Jeff's Life Points directly by taking 500 of mine!"
The strange Toon form of Ryu-Ran chuckled and shot a stream of fire from its nose, past Seiyaryu and at Jeff. Jeff screamed in pain as Manga Ryu-Ran's fire stream burned at his body.
Pegasus: 2800
Jeff: 600
"Gr...you won't get away with that" Jeff began to think. ~If I attack Mai's Pet Dragon, she'll be out but Pegasus can then direct attack me. If I destroy his Ryu-Ran, I can then focus on Mai~ "I'll summon Fire Kraken in Attack mode!" A red octopus appeared, shooting flames from its beak. 1600/1500 "Fire Kraken, attack the Toon Mermaid!"
"Activate Toon Defense!" The Toon World book closed, Toon Mermaid going inside it as the blast was deemed ineffective.
Pegasus: 1200
"Fine then, Seiyaryu, destroy his Ryu-Ran!" Seiyaryu opened its mouth and blasted Pegasus' Ryu-Ran, destroying it. "That brings your Life Points to 400, meaning that you can't attack with your Toons, and therefore lose!"
"Not so fast!" Pegasus stated. A javelin was floating in the middle of the field, glowing with white light.
"What?! Enchanted Javelin?!" Jeff exclaimed.
"Gee, you didn't see that coming?" Will asked boredly.
"Shut up!" Jeff yelled.
Pegasus cleared his throat. "Enchanted Javelin increases my Life Points by that of an attacking monster, meaning your Seiyaryu. Since it destroys Manga Ryu-Ran, I still take 800, but gain 2200"
Pegasus: 3400
"I can't beleive it..." Jeff groaned.
Mai drew. "My turn! And I summon Amazon Swordswoman in Attack mode!" She placed a card onto the field. An Amazon with wild hair and a sword leapt onto the field. 1500/1600 "And switch Harpie's Pet Dragon to Defense mode. Your move"
"Attack mode? Piece of cake, go Seiyaryu, off with the Amazon's head, and everything else! Razor, Flare, BLAST!" Seiyaryu opened its mouth once more and destroyed the Amazon Swordswoman. "And you lose Mai!"
"No, you idiot! You've killed us all!" Will exclaimed.
"What do you mean?" Asked Jeff. He began to gloat. "I just won us halfway to the match because my Seiyaryu finished Mai's Life Points"
"No, I finished YOURS!" Mai stated, pointing a finger at Jeff. Jeff looked down in disbelief as his Life Points dropped to 0. "Amazon Swordsman's effect states that if damage is done to her owner by battle, its instead done to her owner's opponent! That means you! And when 1500 damage is taken from your score, you lose!"
"Oh Jesus..." Groaned Jeff.
"Excellent Mai, we won!" Pegasus exclaimed. "You're an excellent duelist indeed"
"Thanks, Pegasus" Mai replied happily, trying to hide a giggle.
"Call me Maxamillion" Pegasus replied. Before the conversation went any further, Will and Jeff walked over.
"Fine. Here's my rarest cards, Kycoo and my Hayabusa Knight, and 2 Locator cards"
"Seiyaryu, Beast of Talwar, Locator cards..." Jeff sighed. He handed his cards to Mai while Will gave his to Pegasus. The two walked off.
"We don't need these monsters. You keep them" Pegasus began, but Mai interrupted him.
"Actually, Pegasus doesn't need them but that doesn't mean I don't!" She took the Kycoo and Hayabusa Knight cards and laughed a little. "I can still use them"
"So much for modesty" Will growled as he and Jeff walked off.
"Well, I guess that means we both have six" Mai said as she gave Pegasus a Locator card. "So I guess we have to put the puzzle together and go to the finals"
"Yes, it seems so" Pegasus replied. He looked through his Toon deck. "I think I have enough cards in my deck to win. But, Mai...I wanted to ask you something. Why did you decide to help me?"
"What do you mean?" Mai asked, puzzled.
"You wanted to help me" Pegasus replied. "You saw how I was at Duelist Kingdom, and I know you couldn't have though extremely well of me. For all the things I've done. They were terrible things, but I didn't realize it at the time. But you must have. I was an antagonist. Why help me?"
"I...I had my reasons..." Mai replied, looking away. "Just never mind about those. It only matters that I am helping you, and you've turned over a new leaf"
"Well, if that's how you want to put it..." Pegasus smiled at her. "Now, let's go, off to the finals"
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"He's not here!" Joey panted as he and Yugi arrived where Joey was confronted by Pegasus and challenged to a duel. "He must have went to take someone else's Locator Cards"
"He couldn't have gone too far. Besides, I have six Locator Cards now, as does Kaiba. We could meet up with him at the finals" Yami replied. "That would be our best bet. Plus, we would not want to miss the finals themselves, now would we?"
"You won't miss anything" Seto Kaiba had walked up to the two of them. He peered very seriously at the duo standing nearby. "The Battle City finals don't begin until I say they began. Now, what is it that you two are talking about right now?"
"Pegasus" Yami stated. "He's here in Battle City. He's taken three of Joey's Locator Cards and probably has more. I assume he's trying to get to the finals, possibly for revenge"
"What?!" Kaiba was outraged. "Pegasus?! Here, soiling MY tournament?! I thought he was gone for good after what happened. Americans like him...well, if he really is back, and took three of the dueling monkey's Locator Cards, then I'd assume he'd have more by now"
"MONKEY?! WHY YOU?!" Joey was about to make a violent motion towards Kaiba, but Yami held up a hand to stop him from doing so.
"Well, then, let us go to the Finals. Surely, Pegasus will come eventually" Yami stated.
"And then we can see his true motives" Kaiba replied. He began to walk off. "Come on, Yugi. The finals are going to begin very soon"
"Wait, Yuge" Joey walked over.
"Oh wait, Joey, you don't have enough Locator Cards left to go to the finals" Yami said. He sighed. "I'm sorry, but the only thing I can do now is hope that possibly Kaiba will extend the amount of time between now and the time of the finals"
"You wish" Kaiba replied. "With Pegasus running lose in Battle City, we don't have time to wait for amateurs like him"
"Kaiba, if you don't quit it..." Joey began.
Kaiba continued sternly. "He'll be holding you back, and holding the tournament back. We to go right now. Come on, Yugi"
Yami looked to Joey. "I'm sorry, Joey. Just try to take care of everyone else while I'm gone" With that, he walked to Kaiba, and the two of them walked off.
"Good luck" Joey said quietly as he saw them leave. "You're gonna need it"
"Going to the Finals, are they?" Marik laughed as he went on his motorcycle. There were several Rare Hunters nearby. They handed him six locator cards. Marik took them and closed his eyes. "Odion, go to the location of the Battle City finals, immediately. You will be participating, too" With that, Marik drove away on his motorcycle and drove away, laughing insanely.
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"I still can't believe we lost" Will sighed as he walked through Battle City. Both he and Jeff looked very disappointed, and crabby. They walked over, and met a third teenager.
"And lost our best cards..." Added Jeff. "I could've used that Amazoness Swordswoman"
"It's about time" Another teen, who seemed Jeff's age stood leaning against a building. He was dressed similarly as well. "So you guys have six locator cards yet? Because you'll be glad to know that I have four! Hey, what are you doing?"
"Hello Ryan. Goodbye, Ryan" Will punched Ryan in the gut once, and Jeff punched him across the face. The two of them dropped him to the floor and each picked up two locator cards that had spilled from his pockets.
"Looks like it's back to where we started" Jeff stated. Will nodded. The two walked off and said "Team Rocket's dueling off again!"
"Hey wait, that's not our line" Will said.
"Who cares?" Jeff added in reply.
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CHAPTER FOUR TEASER
Yugi and Kaiba arrive at the site of the Battle City finals. Pegasus and Mai do, too, as do Marik and the Rare Hunter, Odion. But two others arrive, for a tournament of eight. Who will face who, and who will win the tournament?
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! If I did, this would be a real episode, and I'd be rich. But I don't, and I'm not rich. In fact I'm dirt poor. But I hope you can enjoy this Fic nonetheless.
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Fate of the Doomed
By Hayabusa Will (TheNameIsWill@AOL.Com)
Chapter Three-The Teen Duelists
"So we need four Locator Cards combined" Mai said as she and Pegasus continued to wander through Battle City. "That means if we can take on a team of duelists, then I can offer one and you can offer three, and they'll offer four themselves"
"But team duelists are hard to find, Mai" Pegasus reminded her. "You don't see them often"
"Cough 'em up, kiddies" One teenage duelist chuckled. He was wearing blue jeans and a leather jacket. He stood tall on black boots, a gold watch around the wrist of his right hand, which was held up. The big-boned teen wore sunglasses and combed back hair.
"But...it wasn't fair! You two were too strong!" Bargained one of the two kids, who couldn't have been older than ten.
"It's the rules" Replied the other one. He was dressed similarly to the first, but had brownish hair and was shorter than the first. "Me and Will don't duel for nothing. Four locator cards to the winning team was the deal. You don't want trouble, do you?"
"Yeah...yeah here" The second boy said, shaking. "Here's my rarest card, Bazoo the Soul-Eater!" He handed it to the one called Will.
"Not bad..." Will chuckled. He put the card into his deck. "Time to claim your booty, Jeff"
"Right" Jeff nodded. He turned to the first kid. "What do you have?" He reached into his deck and gave him a card. "S-Spirit of the Flames"
"Pathetic. But I guess it'll do" Jeff replied, putting it into his deck as well.
"See ya later, chumps" Will laughed as the two walked off.
"You punks think you're so great?" Mai asked, stepping up.
"We never said anything about great" Will replied.
"Elite, yes, but not great" Replied Jeff. "I'm fifteen, he's sixteen. We can do what we want. He handle ourselves pretty well, and we already have four Locator Cards each"
"We duel as a team, and when we do, it isn't hard for us to score easy victories" Will grinned. "So, grab a partner and you can take on us"
"She has one" Pegasus walked over to the group, grinning.
"I-it's Pegasus!" Gasped Jeff. He and Will were aghast. "Maxamillian Pegasus! It can't be!"
"No way...this can't be right" Will was shocked. He took a step back. He quickly shook his head. "What are we scared of? He may be the creator, but he can't be THAT hard! Right?"
"No way" Jeff replied. "You and me could probably beat Yugi Moto and Joey Wheeler anyway. I think we can take on this guy and his girlfriend"
"Fine then, it's agreed" Pegasus replied. "It's a duel. Mai and myself, against you two lads. We'll put up a total of four locator cards for each time, and each duelist rallies up two rare cards"
"I'm game" Will replied, holding up his two rarest cards. "Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer and Hayabusa Knight are mine"
Jeff nodded. "Seiyaryu, and Beast of Talwar"
Pegasus held up his cards. "Toon World and Relinquished"
"And I place Harpie's Feather Duster and my other card on the line. You'll see it"
"DUEL!"
Pegasus: 4000
Mai: 4000
Will: 4000
Jeff: 4000
"I'll begin" Will stated. "By setting this card face down, and this Defense monster. Your move, Pegsy"
"Very well then" Pegasus drew his first card. "I'll set two cards face down, and Nimble Momonga in Defense mode" 1000/100
"My move" Jeff drew. "And I'll summon Darkfire Soldier #2 in Attack mode!" A man in a flaming robe appeared, holding two swords. 1700/1100
"Then I'll place one card, and summon Cyber Harpie!" Mai declared.
"A what Harpie?!" Will and Jeff asked in unison.
As the card was played, a Harpie Lady emerged, but this one was wearing a Cyber Shield already, and held a Rose Whip. 1800/1300
"A special, very rare Harpie Lady card, stronger than the normal one" Mai replied.
"It doesn't matter what Harpie you have, because I'm summoning Zombyra the Dark!" Out of the field appeared a muscular black creature with white armor. He had a red cape that added a classy touch to him. 2100/500. "And, reveal face down monster, Sinister Serpent!" A normal-looking snake appeared, only it seemed to have wings, but horrid stats. 300/200 "Zombyra the Dark, attack her Cyber Harpie! Flying Dark Punch!"
Zombyra flew at the Cyber Harpie and destroyed her with one quick punch.
Mai: 3700
"Whenever Zombyra attacks a monster, he loses 200 Attack points" 1900/500 "But that's just all right. Now, Sinister Serpent, attack her Life Points directly!"
"AH!" Mai screamed as the Serpent slammed into her, knocking her back slightly.
Mai: 3400
"Your move now" Will smirked. "But it looks like at this rate, Mai is going to cost you your duel, Pegasus"
Pegasus nodded to Mai. "Don't worry, I won't let your Harpie's defeat go in vain. I'll activate the magic of Toon World, and summon Toon Masked Sorcerer" A laughing sorcerer, who only had an upper body, appeared as Toon World spread across the field. 900/1400 "And since Toon monsters can't attack the turn they were summoned, I'll switch Nimble Momonga to attack mode and have it destroy your Sinister Serpent" The squirrel charged and slashed at the snake, destroying it.
Will: 3300
"Jerk" Will muttered. "But he'll be back...because with Sinister Serpent's effect, he'll always return to me, and I'll always have something to play"
"It's time I go" Jeff replied. "And I'm summoning Darkfire Soldier #1!" A burst of flames signaled the arrival of a man who was halfway hidden behind the flames. His muscular upper body was holding a hooked sword. His eye patch and long hair made him look tougher. 1700/1150 "Now, Darkfire Soldier #1, destroy his Nimble Momonga!"
The Soldier rushed forward and thrust his hook sword, slashing the squirrel and destroying it.
Pegasus: 4300
"Huh?! Why are his Life Points going UP?!" Growled Jeff.
"Nimble Momonga's effect allows me to gain one thousand Life Points, and special summon two more in Defense mode" Two more Nimble Momonga appeared, kneeling on the field. "Isn't that nifty?"
"Gr...Darkfire Soldier #2, attack Pegasus' Masked Sorcerer!"
"Activate Trap Card, Negate Attack!" The Darkfire Soldier #2's swords were stopped in place as a wave of blue flashed.
"Oh fine then" Jeff replied. "I end my turn"
"Now it's mine" Mai drew. "This should help, but...Pegasus, may I?" She held up the card for Pegasus to see.
He understood completely and nodded. "Oh, and call me Maxamillion"
"Great. Thanks" Mai looked away, hiding a blush. "I summon Amazon Archer in Attack mode!" An Amazon woman wearing brown clothes appeared. 1400/1000 "And by sacrificing two monsters, I can have Amazon Archer attack an opponent directly for 1200 damage! Amazon Archer, take both of the Nimble Momonga for power!"
Both of the remaining Nimble Momonga leapt into the air and turned into a single arrow. The Amazon Archer took the arrow and placed it into her bow. "Fire at Jeff!" She pulled back the string on the bow.
"No, not at me, not at me!" Jeff pleaded. But Mai's Amazon Archer shot the arrow nonetheless. The arrow flew between Jeff's Darkfire Soldiers and struck him in the arm.
"AH!" Jeff yelled.
Jeff: 2800
"Now I'll set one card and end my turn" Mai stated, placing her card into the Duel Disk.
"Now I'll take control of this duel" Will grinned. "I sacrifice Zombyra the Dark for The Fiend Megacyber!" A yellow, electrifying monster appeared on the field. 2200/1200. "Nifty, isn't it? I took it from Espa Roba. That wuss. He didn't have a stinking locator card since Rex Raptor beat him up and took it, but we made quick work of him and took his cards, right Jeff?"
"Reflect Bounder ticking fine" Jeff chuckled.
"You two are terrible..." Mai stated.
"Call us what you like. The Fiend Megacyber, attack the Amazon Archer!"
"Reveal Magic card! Amazon Shaman!" A magic card with the image of an Amazon gypsy and several symbols appeared.
"Uuh?!" Will asked, shocked.
"Amazon Shaman switches the Attack of my Amazon and one of your monsters!" Will replied. "Meaning that Amazon Archer and the Fiend Megacyber switch Attack powers!"
"No way!" Gasped Will. The Fiend Megacyber flew at Amazon Archer, who raised her strengthened bow and shot him through the stomach, destroying Will's cyber monster.
Will: 2500
*Full update*
Pegasus: 6300
Mai: 3400
Will: 2500
Jeff: 2800
"No!" Gasped Will. "Fine. I set one card and end my turn"
"And it's my turn" Pegasus drew his card for the turn. "And I summon Toon Goblin Attack Force" Several Toon goblins appeared onto the field. 2300/0 "And now, I'll pay 500 Life Points to have Toon Masked Sorcerer attack Will directly"
Toon Masked Sorcerer flew at Will and shot a magical blast at him.
Pegasus: 5800
Will: 1600
"And I draw a card, which I'll set face down. My turn ends"
Jeff drew. "Your sorcerer won't be around much longer. I sacrifice both Darkfire Soldiers for Seiyaryu!" Both soldiers disappeared, and in a burst of light a holy pink dragon appeared on the field. 2500/2300. "Seiyaryu, Razor Flame!" Seiyaryu opened its mouth and blasted at Toon Masked Sorcerer.
"Activate Toon Defense!" The Toon World book quickly closed and was locked with a chain. Seiyaryu's attack was negated. Pegasus stated. "I choose to negate Seiyaryu's attack on my Toon by taking Life Points damage equal to its attack power"
Pegasus: 3300
"You'll regret that in time" Jeff warned. "I end my turn"
Mai drew. "I'll set one card face down and summon Amazon Paladin!" A white-clothed paladin woman with a hood appeared, her blonde hair sticking out of it. A sword was held in her hand. 1700/300 "And she gains 100 Life Points for each Amazon on the field, and with herself and Amazon Archer, she gains 200 Attack points!" 1800/100 "Amazon Paladin, attack Will directly!"
"Activate Trap card! Windstorm of Equata!" Will declared. A harsh blast suddenly blew in from nowhere, causing every monster on the field to be moved a little. Both of Mai's Amazons were kneeling, Seiyaryu had its wings closed, and the Masked Sorcerer was bowing a little, arm in front of it. The Goblin Attack Force was laying down lazily. "Windstorm of Equata switches the mode of every monster on the field!"
"No...there's nothing else I can do now" Mai couldn't believe it.
"You pay now. Your Amazon will fall, as I summon Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer, my favorite monster!" A monk wearing a loose blue-gray kimono and with half of a blood-red mask appeared. He held a necklace of beads. 1800/700 "Reveal face down card, Black Pendant! To increase Kycoo's attack by 500!" A new necklace appeared in Kycoo's hand, a pendant at the end. 2300/700 "And another Equip card, Fairy Meteor Crush!" With a flash of pink, Kycoo stood, not any different, but what happened would be seen. "Kycoo, attack with Scorching Ancient Magic! Hit her Amazon Paladin!" Kycoo blasted at the Amazon, destroying her in one blast. "And you take two thousand direct damage"
*Full update*
Pegasus: 3300
Mai: 1400
Will: 1600
Jeff: 2800
"No...my Amazon..." Mai couldn't believe it. "You're going to pay for that, you know! I'm not going to be in this predicament forever! I still have my Amazon Archer"
"But my turn will be before that" Jeff stated.
"But before that is my turn" Pegasus interrupted, drawing. "And I'll sacrifice Toon Masked Sorcerer and Toon Goblin Attack Force for Manga Ryu-Ran, Defense mode" A spotted dragon egg dropped into the arena. It cracked with a large bang, and out of it emerged a funny-looking red dragon. 2200/2600
"Now it's mine, and I'll switch Seiyaryu to Attack mode and equip him with Sword of Deep Seated!" Jeff slapped the card into the Magic and Trap slot of the duel disk. The card appeared, and a sword flashed before appearing in Seiyaru's hand. "Which increases his Attack and Defense by 500!" 3000/2800
"That's makes it stronger than a Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Mai gasped.
"That's right! And in addition I'll summon Prevent Rat in Defense mode, just in case" 500/2000 Jeff pointed a finger out. "Seiyaryu, Razor Flare Blast! Attack Mai's Amazon!" Seiyaryu opened its mouth and blasted at Amazon Archer, burning it away completely.
"I'm running out of monsters..." Mai drew. "Perfect. I place a card face down I play Graceful Charity" She picked up three cards and discarded two. She then played a card. "Harpie Lady in Attack mode!" A normal Harpie Lady appeared on the field this time. 1300/1400 "And I'll activate Cyber Shield!" Mai placed two cards down, which flipped face up. Harpie Lady gained the Atk power of the Cyber Harpie, only this time stronger. "And the Harpie Lady Sisters card! One Harpie becomes many!" Two more Harpies appeared, one with orange hair and another with blue hair. 1950/2150. "And now I use this Monster Reborn card to bring Harpie's Pet Dragon onto the field!" A red dragon in a chain that belong to the Harpie appeared. 2300/2500. "And now, Harpie's Pet Dragon, destroy his Ghost Destroyer!"
"You can't, it's not strong enough!" Will yelled, as the Pet Dragon blew a blast of wind from its mouth at Kycoo. Shockingly, Kycoo was blown away and destroyed. "No...no, HOW?!
Will: 1000
"I used Dragon Nails" Mai stated as she revealed her face down card. Huge nails were on Harpie's Pet Dragon's hands. "I got it from Joey. And that made him strong enough to destroy your monster! Now direct attack, Harpie Lady Sisters!"
The three Harpies swooped in and struck Will with flying smashes.
"AH!" Will yelled as he swept from his feet.
Will: 0
"I'm out...damn..." Will growled.
"Don't worry, I have it this time around. Seiyaryu, Razor Flare Blast!" Seiyaryu blasted at the Harpie Lady Sisters, destroying all three of them with a single flash of its burning breath.
Mai: 350
"Don't worry Mai, I can handle this" Pegasus switched his monster to attack mode. "Manga Ryu-Ran is switched to Attack mode. I'll then summon Toon Mermaid in Defense mode" The Toon World book closed up, and opened once more as a clam emerged. The clam slowly opened to show an orange, bow-drawing mermaid that kind of looked like Pegasus in facial expressions. 1400/1500. "Manga Ryu-Ran, attack Jeff's Life Points directly by taking 500 of mine!"
The strange Toon form of Ryu-Ran chuckled and shot a stream of fire from its nose, past Seiyaryu and at Jeff. Jeff screamed in pain as Manga Ryu-Ran's fire stream burned at his body.
Pegasus: 2800
Jeff: 600
"Gr...you won't get away with that" Jeff began to think. ~If I attack Mai's Pet Dragon, she'll be out but Pegasus can then direct attack me. If I destroy his Ryu-Ran, I can then focus on Mai~ "I'll summon Fire Kraken in Attack mode!" A red octopus appeared, shooting flames from its beak. 1600/1500 "Fire Kraken, attack the Toon Mermaid!"
"Activate Toon Defense!" The Toon World book closed, Toon Mermaid going inside it as the blast was deemed ineffective.
Pegasus: 1200
"Fine then, Seiyaryu, destroy his Ryu-Ran!" Seiyaryu opened its mouth and blasted Pegasus' Ryu-Ran, destroying it. "That brings your Life Points to 400, meaning that you can't attack with your Toons, and therefore lose!"
"Not so fast!" Pegasus stated. A javelin was floating in the middle of the field, glowing with white light.
"What?! Enchanted Javelin?!" Jeff exclaimed.
"Gee, you didn't see that coming?" Will asked boredly.
"Shut up!" Jeff yelled.
Pegasus cleared his throat. "Enchanted Javelin increases my Life Points by that of an attacking monster, meaning your Seiyaryu. Since it destroys Manga Ryu-Ran, I still take 800, but gain 2200"
Pegasus: 3400
"I can't beleive it..." Jeff groaned.
Mai drew. "My turn! And I summon Amazon Swordswoman in Attack mode!" She placed a card onto the field. An Amazon with wild hair and a sword leapt onto the field. 1500/1600 "And switch Harpie's Pet Dragon to Defense mode. Your move"
"Attack mode? Piece of cake, go Seiyaryu, off with the Amazon's head, and everything else! Razor, Flare, BLAST!" Seiyaryu opened its mouth once more and destroyed the Amazon Swordswoman. "And you lose Mai!"
"No, you idiot! You've killed us all!" Will exclaimed.
"What do you mean?" Asked Jeff. He began to gloat. "I just won us halfway to the match because my Seiyaryu finished Mai's Life Points"
"No, I finished YOURS!" Mai stated, pointing a finger at Jeff. Jeff looked down in disbelief as his Life Points dropped to 0. "Amazon Swordsman's effect states that if damage is done to her owner by battle, its instead done to her owner's opponent! That means you! And when 1500 damage is taken from your score, you lose!"
"Oh Jesus..." Groaned Jeff.
"Excellent Mai, we won!" Pegasus exclaimed. "You're an excellent duelist indeed"
"Thanks, Pegasus" Mai replied happily, trying to hide a giggle.
"Call me Maxamillion" Pegasus replied. Before the conversation went any further, Will and Jeff walked over.
"Fine. Here's my rarest cards, Kycoo and my Hayabusa Knight, and 2 Locator cards"
"Seiyaryu, Beast of Talwar, Locator cards..." Jeff sighed. He handed his cards to Mai while Will gave his to Pegasus. The two walked off.
"We don't need these monsters. You keep them" Pegasus began, but Mai interrupted him.
"Actually, Pegasus doesn't need them but that doesn't mean I don't!" She took the Kycoo and Hayabusa Knight cards and laughed a little. "I can still use them"
"So much for modesty" Will growled as he and Jeff walked off.
"Well, I guess that means we both have six" Mai said as she gave Pegasus a Locator card. "So I guess we have to put the puzzle together and go to the finals"
"Yes, it seems so" Pegasus replied. He looked through his Toon deck. "I think I have enough cards in my deck to win. But, Mai...I wanted to ask you something. Why did you decide to help me?"
"What do you mean?" Mai asked, puzzled.
"You wanted to help me" Pegasus replied. "You saw how I was at Duelist Kingdom, and I know you couldn't have though extremely well of me. For all the things I've done. They were terrible things, but I didn't realize it at the time. But you must have. I was an antagonist. Why help me?"
"I...I had my reasons..." Mai replied, looking away. "Just never mind about those. It only matters that I am helping you, and you've turned over a new leaf"
"Well, if that's how you want to put it..." Pegasus smiled at her. "Now, let's go, off to the finals"
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"He's not here!" Joey panted as he and Yugi arrived where Joey was confronted by Pegasus and challenged to a duel. "He must have went to take someone else's Locator Cards"
"He couldn't have gone too far. Besides, I have six Locator Cards now, as does Kaiba. We could meet up with him at the finals" Yami replied. "That would be our best bet. Plus, we would not want to miss the finals themselves, now would we?"
"You won't miss anything" Seto Kaiba had walked up to the two of them. He peered very seriously at the duo standing nearby. "The Battle City finals don't begin until I say they began. Now, what is it that you two are talking about right now?"
"Pegasus" Yami stated. "He's here in Battle City. He's taken three of Joey's Locator Cards and probably has more. I assume he's trying to get to the finals, possibly for revenge"
"What?!" Kaiba was outraged. "Pegasus?! Here, soiling MY tournament?! I thought he was gone for good after what happened. Americans like him...well, if he really is back, and took three of the dueling monkey's Locator Cards, then I'd assume he'd have more by now"
"MONKEY?! WHY YOU?!" Joey was about to make a violent motion towards Kaiba, but Yami held up a hand to stop him from doing so.
"Well, then, let us go to the Finals. Surely, Pegasus will come eventually" Yami stated.
"And then we can see his true motives" Kaiba replied. He began to walk off. "Come on, Yugi. The finals are going to begin very soon"
"Wait, Yuge" Joey walked over.
"Oh wait, Joey, you don't have enough Locator Cards left to go to the finals" Yami said. He sighed. "I'm sorry, but the only thing I can do now is hope that possibly Kaiba will extend the amount of time between now and the time of the finals"
"You wish" Kaiba replied. "With Pegasus running lose in Battle City, we don't have time to wait for amateurs like him"
"Kaiba, if you don't quit it..." Joey began.
Kaiba continued sternly. "He'll be holding you back, and holding the tournament back. We to go right now. Come on, Yugi"
Yami looked to Joey. "I'm sorry, Joey. Just try to take care of everyone else while I'm gone" With that, he walked to Kaiba, and the two of them walked off.
"Good luck" Joey said quietly as he saw them leave. "You're gonna need it"
"Going to the Finals, are they?" Marik laughed as he went on his motorcycle. There were several Rare Hunters nearby. They handed him six locator cards. Marik took them and closed his eyes. "Odion, go to the location of the Battle City finals, immediately. You will be participating, too" With that, Marik drove away on his motorcycle and drove away, laughing insanely.
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"I still can't believe we lost" Will sighed as he walked through Battle City. Both he and Jeff looked very disappointed, and crabby. They walked over, and met a third teenager.
"And lost our best cards..." Added Jeff. "I could've used that Amazoness Swordswoman"
"It's about time" Another teen, who seemed Jeff's age stood leaning against a building. He was dressed similarly as well. "So you guys have six locator cards yet? Because you'll be glad to know that I have four! Hey, what are you doing?"
"Hello Ryan. Goodbye, Ryan" Will punched Ryan in the gut once, and Jeff punched him across the face. The two of them dropped him to the floor and each picked up two locator cards that had spilled from his pockets.
"Looks like it's back to where we started" Jeff stated. Will nodded. The two walked off and said "Team Rocket's dueling off again!"
"Hey wait, that's not our line" Will said.
"Who cares?" Jeff added in reply.
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CHAPTER FOUR TEASER
Yugi and Kaiba arrive at the site of the Battle City finals. Pegasus and Mai do, too, as do Marik and the Rare Hunter, Odion. But two others arrive, for a tournament of eight. Who will face who, and who will win the tournament?