Battle City-Bound Chapter 3
"This City Will Be A Battle City!"
The gang walked out of the Kaibacorp vicinity.
They had stored their duel disks away. They didn't want to seem suspicious.
Now, they were going to do some sightseeing.
Maybe they'd find a card shop.
Maybe they'd meet people.
Of course, it wouldn't hurt them to find a hotel, first. It may be a while until the tournament actually starts.
"What should we do?" said Ness.
"I dunno," said Paula. "Any ideas?"
"No," said Jeff.
"No," said Poo.
I have an idea! Get a hotel room!
"You hear something?" asked Ness.
"No," said Jeff, Paula, and Poo.
Then a boy in blue jeans and a gray t-shirt appeared in front of them in a cloud of dust.
"GET YOURSELF A HOTEL!" said the miracle boy.
"Who are you?" asked Ness.
"I'm the author of this story," said the boy.
"Well, then, Mr. Author," started Jeff, "how can you be here and typing this out?"
"Uh-oh," said the author. "It's writing itself!"
Guns started firing at the author. He disappeared before he could get hit. The guns stopped.
"Maybe he was in school when he added himself in," stated Ness, "and a kid that hated him just took advantage."
"That makes sense," said Jeff. "We've seen stranger things, right?"
"Can anyone say, 'Blue blue'?" joked Paula.
"Don't get me started on that Happy-Happyism cult," said Ness.
"LOOK!" said Poo, pointing toward a building. "A hotel!"
A tall building with "Hotel" written on it was right in front of the gang.
"God bless the author," said Ness.
"What author?" said Jeff.
"Yeah," said Ness. "What was I referring to?"
They walked in. The hotel was surprisingly like the ones close to home. Small lobby. Man at desk. ATM machine behind door. A phone.
"Welcome to the Domino Inn," said the man. "How long of a stay would you like?"
"How about a 3-night stay for 4?" asked Ness. He flashed a wad of cash.
"You here for the tournament?" the man said as he took the cash. "We'll let you own the room until the end of the tournament."
They quickly found their way to the room they were given the keys to.
It was actually a passageway to a dank cave. At least there were beds, a TV, and a phone.
It wasn't the hotel I was guiding them to.
"SHUT UP!"
Hey. Someone's got to narrate. This isn't a TV show.
"I actually find this quite comfortable!" said Poo.
"You also don't like pizza," said Ness.
"It's not on my diet," retorted Poo. "I have a strict diet."
"Yeah," said Paula. "Water, truffles, and Brain Food Lunches. Doesn't that get bland?"
"Sometimes I have that pudding that Ness bought in that realm in his mind," said Poo. "Real tasty."
"Weren't we going to go sightseeing?" asked Jeff.
"Right," said Ness.
They left the hotel. And eventually bumped into two people. One was a tall girl in a pink skirt. The other was a slightly shorter boy with spiky hair.
"My apologies," said the boy.
"No," said Poo. "It was my fault. My clumsy friends and I weren't looking where we were going."
"No need to apologize," said the girl.
"It's no trouble at all," said Paula, after being "gently" nudged by Poo's regal sword, known as the Sword of Kings.
"Maybe we'll see you around sometime!" said Jeff.
"Yeah," said the girl.
"Oh," said the boy. "I dropped my cards. I recently got them."
Ness picked up a card. "Lightforce Sword, huh?" he said. "Not bad." Ness gave it to the boy.
"Thank you," said the boy.
"Well, we'll be going," said Jeff.
The two groups went their separate ways.
"There was something strange about that boy," said Poo.
"Besides the golden pyramid hanging around his neck?" asked Ness.
"Yeah," said Poo. "There was almost a royal air surrounding him. I can't put my finger on it, though."
"You can sheathe your sword, now," said Paula.
"Sorry," said Poo. He sheathed his Sword of Kings.
"Hey, look!" said Paula, looking at the door. "They sell and trade Duel Monster cards here!"
"I'll pass," said Ness, Jeff, and Poo.
Paula dashed in, and quickly came back out with a card. "I've been looking for another Metal Morph!" she said.
"How about we head to the museum?" suggested Poo.
"Okay," said Ness.
"One second," said Poo. He went in and bought a card. "A Sling Troopers. 2000 defense, and you can sacrifice a warrior to destroy a monster with less defense than Sling Troopers' attack."
"Cool," said Ness. "How do you know what it says? It's Japanese."
"I know how to read many languages," said Poo. "It was part of my training. You have a Retrained…"
"Celtic Guardian?" said Ness. "Yeah. Real nice. Same stats as regular Celtic Guardian, but it can't be destroyed by monsters with more than 1900 attack!"
"I prefer to call it Elf Swordsman."
"Are we going to the Museum or what?" said Jeff.
"Fine!" said Ness.
It took them until nightfall to find the museum. By that time, there were a lot of people nearby.
"Hey, look!" said Paula. "It's those two lovebirds we saw earlier today!"
Indeed they were. The tall girl and the spiky haired boy were there.
"How can you tell?" said Ness. "That they're on a date, that is?"
"I know these things," said Paula.
They approached the two.
"Oh, hello," said the girl.
"I had a feeling we'd see you again," said Paula.
"We were just going to go into the museum," said Jeff. "But we got lost on our way here. Well, see you."
Jeff immediately ran into the museum. The rest followed.
They were kicked out in a few minutes.
Just then, Kaiba's face appeared on all the large TV screens.
"Hello, everyone," said the video screen. "I'm so glad you could make it. Welcome, to the announcement of my Battle City tournament! This'll be far more difficult than that Duelist Kingdom tournament Pegasus held."
"Who?" said Ness. "I must've missed that tourney."
The foursome approached the two they meet earlier. There was a third person there. A girl, tall and blonde. Ness ignored her.
"I've added a few special rules just for you expert duelists," Kaiba said. "In addition, you must also ante up your rarest card."
They were in shock.
"There's no way I'm risking my Dark Magician!" said the boy.
"That means one loss will ruin my entire deck!" said the blonde girl.
"I am not wagering the promo I got in that magazine!" exclaimed Ness.
"I don't see why you're so worried," said Poo.
"Laugh it up, Mr. 5-Pack-of-Talwar!" said Paula. "I got lucky when I got my Cosmo Queen!"
Jeff was silent as he looked at his Barrel Dragon, and shook his head.
A helicopter approached. Kaiba was hanging out of it.
"EVERYONE! PREPARE!" he shouted. "FOR IN 2 DAYS, THIS CITY WILL BE A BATTLE CITY!"
