**********Yu-Gi-Oh************

**Sea Battle, Part 1** --Episode 3--

"What a freaky place! We better get off this island before anything else happens!" Joey announced, "Last one to the shore is a rotten egg!" The group ran down the slope towards the sea where they could make out the faint glimmer of a boat. All the duelists on the island must be evacuating. They could see Kaiba and Mokuba running too. Even though the constant lightning strikes were quite a problem, the real dilemma arose as they made it to the shore.

"Phew! We made it!" Tea cried a moment to soon as the sea began to rise again.

"Oh no! We didn't-" gasped Joey as the water enveloped them and a figure rose from the floor. A grid activated forming the familiar shape of a dueling stadium as a voice resonated throughout the egg shaped enclosure.

"Aarree yyoouu tthhee oonnee wwhhoo hhaass ddiissrruupptteeedd tthhee bbaallaannccee ooff tthhee ssaaccrreedd oonneess??"

"I don't know what the hell your talking about!" Joey replied.

"Tthheenn wwee wwiillll sseettttllee yyoouurr ffaattee wwiitthh aa dduueell! Yyoouu oovveerr tthheerree, wwiitthh tthhee mmiilllleenniiuumm ppuuzzzzllee, yyoouu wwiillll bbee tthhee oonnee ttoo ddeecciiddee tthhee ffaattee ooff yyoouurr ccoommrraaddss. Lleett uuss bbeeggiinn!"

[2000 Yugi] [2000 ???]

Yugi drew his first few cards. "Hmmm, great hand! I have my Summoned Skull, Rock Soldier, Keltic Guardian, Spellbinding Circle and Magical Hats." he thought. "I'll start this duel by placing one card face down and Keltic Guardian [1450/1200]! In defense mode!" he announced.

"HHmmmmmm," the mysterious water warrior mumbled (He still slurs it like that, but its just to hard doing that every time.), "I'll play a card face down and play Tongue Fish [1350/800]! In attack mode! Tongue Fish! Attack Keltic Guardian!" The monster bubbled up and slashed a pink tongue at the Keltic Guardian, reducing it to smithereens. "I'll end my turn by putting another creature face down on the field!"

"I wonder what he is planning." Yugi wondered as he drew his next card. Remove Trap! "I'll play another card face down and play the mighty, Summoned Skull [2500/1200]! And because your creatures are water type, he gets a 1% power bonus [2525/1212]! Summoned Skull! Attack Tongue Fish!"

"Not so fast!" the figure jeered. I activate Wobbukun, reducing his attack to zero! Ha, Ha, Ha!"

"Grr!"

"Now, I begin my turn again, and I play, Polymerization, to polymerize my Tongue Fish with my Face down God Fish! Into the Deep Sea Diving Dolphin [1900/1600]! And then I play," looking at the card he just drew, "The Legendary City of Atlantis! So my Deep Sea Diving Dolphin gets a 50% field power bonus! [2850/1600] Deep Sea Diving Dolphin, attack Summoned Skull!!! Bwahaha!"

"Nooo!" said the Summoned Skull as the skull warrior vanished in a flash of light.

[1675 Yugi] [2000 ???]

"And I'll end my turn by putting two more cards face down!"

"Boy he is really good!" Joey exclaimed, bewildered.

"Hey you! What is your name!" Triston asked.

"My name? My name is of no importance. The match is what is important! You will pay for disrupting the balance!"

"But we didn't-"

"Silence!"

Yugi drew his next card. "Hmmm, the Dark Magician. I've got that Spell Binding circle but his two magic cards worry me. But I can still do it!"

"I play, the Dark Magician! In attack mode! And I activate the Spell Binding circle, reducing your Dolphin to [2350/900]! Dark Magician! Dark Magic Attack!!

"Wrong again! I play Pit Trap to destroy your Dark Magician!"

"You've lost the round, since I have... Remove Trap! The effect of Pit Trap is negated and I have put an end to your Dolphin!"

[1675 Yugi] [1850 ???]

"Your losing your edge!"

"No I have not! I still am winning! The game has just begun!"

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NEXT TIME: Sea Battle, Part 2