Duelist Kingdom II-part 2: School and the Club.

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Summary: The trio's day at school and their extra-curricular activity.

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Baruka, Jaylor and Kanichi hustled through the halls of Domino High to their Ancient History class. They got there and in their seats 30 seconds before the bell rang. Their teacher pointed at the board and went back to talking on the phone.

On the board there was a question for the class to answer. The question was: Who was the Pharoah who sealed away the Shadow Games in Ancient Egypt? The class began thinking and writing down their answers.

" Seto, what do you think these invitations mean? And who is this Tallen Tsunami?" Mokuba Kaiba asked his brother over the phone.

Seto Kaiba span around in his leather backed chair at Kaiba Corp. At 50 years of age, he was still the tough CEO he had been when he was 17, and still just as good of a duelist. " I don't know, Mokuba. And apparently this Tsunami fellow took over Pegasus Island and renamed it for his father. He's a real hot-shot duelist, and he's won three world championships with his aqua deck."

" I suppose we can talk about it later, I have a class," Mokuba said. " But remember, its club night, Seto."

" Oh yeah." the CEO with the three Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards replied. " I'll be there, Mokuba, at three o'clock, alright?"

" Gotcha big brother. Now if you don't mind," he said with a grin, " I'm sure we have better things to be doing than talking to each other the phone."

" Point taken. Love you, see you soon."

" Ditto, Seto. Bye," Mokuba said, hanging up. He got up from his desk and walked to the front of the class.

" Alright kids, who can answer the question?" he asked. Suprisingly, only Baruka raised his hand.

" Yes, Mr. Mutou?" said Mokuba.

" Pharoah Yugioh, Mr. Kaiba," the wielder of the Puzzle answered. " The first spirit of the Millenium Puzzle, recently returned to true human form. My great to about the 20th power grandfather, actually," Baruka said, absently fondling his Item while replying.

" Indeed," Mokuba said. " Now class, the lesson today is about the Millenium Items. Baruka, if you and Miss Bakura would come up to the front of the class, I would like to begin. And Miss Bakura, if you could bring your two Items up front with you." he trailed off, heading for his desk again. He pulled a golden rod and three posters out of the desk drawer and returned to the head of his class, putting up the posters. They were of the Millenium Eye, the Millenium Scales and the Millenium Key. Kanichi and Baruka were up at the front by now as well, Baruka with the Puzzle and Kanichi wearing the Necklace and holding the Ring.

" The Millenium Items were created in Egypt millenia ago," Mokuba began, starting a 30-minute lecture in which he explained the four Items Kanichi, Baruka and he had. During this explanation, Baruka and Kanichi became their Yamis, Kanichi's Yami emerging from the necklace.

". . .and tomorrow we will learn about the other three Items, and meet the two who wield them," Mokuba said at the end of the lecture, just before the bell rang to switch classes.

" Homework today is a paragraph on your favorite of the four Items from today's lesson that explains why you like it," he said as the class filed out.

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The rest of the school day proved uneventful and as the final bell of the day rang, the gang headed back to Mr. Kaiba's room for their extra- curricular activity, the Dueling Club.

" Man, I hope we get to duel today!" Baruka exclaimed. " I made a second deck this weekend and I can't wait to try it out!"

" I bet my Red-Eyes will still be able to cream you, Baruka,"Jaylor said with a grin. Baruka grinned back.

" And my Summoned Skull!" exclaimed Kanichi. They entered Mokuba's classroom to find him and Seto waiting. The other members of the club, Miyo Taylor, Katsuya Devlin and Shigaru Ishtar were waiting as well. The trio noticed that they all had invitations to the tounament.

" I know all of us in this room have an invitation to this tournament," Seto began. " As such, you will all need to prepare your decks. So we will be meeting all this week until the boat leaves for the island and dueling each other." The class let loose a cry of joy.

" Mokuba and I have set up a little tournament. The first round matches will be today. First round duel assignments are Jaylor Wheeler vs. Katsuya Devlin. Miyo Taylor vs. Baruka Mutou. Mokuba Kaiba vs. Kanichi Bakura and Myself vs. Shigaru Ishtar. Its time to duel, everyone!" Seto said, posting a piece of paper on Mokuba's board and getting out his deck.

Baruka went to the table where Miyo was sitting, getting out his dueling disk as she got out hers.

" Each of you start out with 2000 life points!" Seto called out from where he was setting up to face Shigaru. " Report the results to me when you're done."

Baruka keyed in the settings, inserting his deck and drawing his first 5 cards. He got Kumootoko, Skull Servant, Dian Keto the Cure Master, Dark Magician and Book of Secret Arts. Miyo had gotten Harpie Lady, Mountain, Monster Reborn, Swords of Revealing Light and The Giant Turtle Who Feeds On Flames.

" You go first," she said to Baruka. He smiled and drew a Fissure card. " I lay three cards face down and activate Dian Keto the Cure Master, giving me an extra 1000 life points." He picked up the Dian Keto card and put it in his Graveyard. He then set Kumootoko in defense position and ended his turn. Baruka had two magic cards and a monster in defense position. Miyo drew Kuribo.

" I lay two cards face down and activate the field card Mountain," she began, putting the card in it's zone. " Then I summon Harpie Lady! Mountain powers it up by 200 points. Harpie Lady, attack his face down card!" The 1500 attack point Harpie was now higher than the 1400 defence point Kumootoko, so Baruka sent his monster to the graveyard.

'I'm in trouble!' Baruka thought. ' If I don't get something that will counter that Harpie I'm toast!' He drew his next card hesitantly. It was The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams.

'Perfect!' he thought. " I activate Fissure on your Harpie Lady! Then I summon The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams, with an attack of 1300 points! Attack her life points directly!" Miyo's life points tumbled, from 2000 to 700. Baruka breathed a sigh of relief. He was safe, for the time being.

Over at Kanichi's table, she was having some trouble. Mokuba had out a Skull Knight and had killed one of her monsters. She still had a Dark Zebra and a Skull Mariner out on the field when she drew a very useful card. ' Sword of Deep Seated, YES!' she screamed in her mind. She looked at her magic cards. The Malevolent Nuzzler card she had put there at the start of the duel was there as well.

'Good. Mokuba's going down,'she thought. Very clearly, she began spinning her web of doom. " I tribute Skull Mariner to summon the Summoned Skull in attack mode. I equipe it with Malevolent Nuzzler and Sword of Deep Seated. It is now at 3700 attack points. Summoned Skull, crush his Skull Knight!" she cried. Mokuba's life points dropped by 1050 to 950, while Kanichi sat at 1300. 'And for the final touch. . .' she thought. " Dark Zebra, attack his Armored Starfish!!" Mokuba's life points took their final plummet.

" Congratulations, Miss Bakura. Well dueled, I'm going to have to watch out for you at Duelist Kingdom," Mokuba said, walking over to his board and inputting Kanichi as the winner of the duel on his bracket.

His duel against Katsuya Devlin had been very easy, or so Jaylor thought. He had managed to summon his Red-Eyes Black Dragon and toss aside most of Katsuya's monsters. But now his Red-Eyes was facing a Wingweaver that Devlin had pulled seemingly out of nowhere. But Jaylor, like his father, had a knack for doing the impossible. Knowing that if his Red-Eyes was destroyed, he would be in serious trouble, Jaylor said a quick prayer before drawing again. " You're fairy's going down, Katsuya," he stated, looking at his Malevolent Nuzzler. " I equip Red-Eyes Black Dragon with Malevolent Nuzzler, boosting it to 3100 attack points. Say good-bye to that Wingweaver! Red-Eyes! Infernal Fireball!!!!" The 2750 point fairy monster was fried by the attack, and Katsuya's life points dropped to fifty. Katsuya drew his next card. It was a Sword of Dark Destruction, but he had no monsters, especially no Dark Monsters, to equip it to. Sighing, he covered his deck with his hand, conceding the match.

At Seto's table, the CEO was leading Shigaru into a trap. He'd led the student into his trap, and his efforts and paid off. All three of his Blue Eyes White Dragons sat on the battlefield, waiting for Seto to draw one card. He got it. Polymerisation would win him this duel. " I activate the magic card Polymerisation, creating the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" he said, looking at Shigaru's Gaia the Fierce Knight. So far Shigaru's life points hadn't been touched, unlike Seto's points, who were at 1000. Showing little remorse, Seto ended the duel. " Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, DESTROY!!!!!" Shigaru's Gaia was obliterated and his life points fell from 2000 to -200. The kid sighed and gathered his cards, shaking Seto's hand for the honor of dueling him and his Ultimate Dragon.

By now, the only incomplete duel was Baruka vs. Miyo. Baruka had his Dark Magician out, powered up by Book of Secret Arts and was facing Miyo's Great Moth. Both players had an even 150 life points left and it was Baruka's turn. He drew another Fissure card. ' This will be fun,' he thought.

" It's time we ended this duel," he said. " I activate fissure on your Great Moth. Dark Magicain!!" he called as a signal. " DARK MAGIC ATTACK!!" 150 life points for Miyo became -2650.

"Congratulations, Baruka," came Seto's voice from behind him. " We now have our semi-finalists. Tomorrow, Mr. Wheeler will face Miss Bakura and Mr. Mutou will face me. Now congratulations to all of you. Those who lost, I still want you here. Consolation matches will be Mokuba vs. Miss Taylor and Mr. Ishtar against Mr. Devlin. Finals will be either tomorrow or the next day, depending on how long tomorrow's duel's last. Good night."

The Dueling Club left the class and went home.

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A/N: Some of my fave cards/card combos are in there. Red-Eyes * drools * and Dark Magician powered up by Book of Secret Arts. * goes into trance *

Yami Phoenix: * Pops out of Millenium Sock * Get yourself together!!

Phoenix: * throws bag of pixie sticks at Yami *

Yami: YUMMY! * attacks pixie sticks * Oh well, please Review!! *points at Very Angry Seto and Very Angry Joey on a leash *

Very Angry Seto/Joey: OR ELSE!!!