Duelists: Begin the Battle Royale
A man sits in a chair, the room seemed darker than a black hole, and a cat- like animal with a jewel encrusted in it's forehead is slinking around the room, hunting a mouse she saw seconds ago. The man swishes a glass filled with dark red wine, as the figure on the video phone in front of him does the same, but in a lighted room. Giovanni grins sadistically, as he starts the conversation up again. "So it's settled then, Mr. Pegasus? We send some troops from each of our reserves to this new little tournament to cause a ruckus and grant us wishes, correct?" He asked, sipping his wine. "Yes," Pegasus began, in his irritatingly thick voice, "That will do fine. Here is the deal. When either one of us win the tournament, we ask for either my old Millennium Eye back, or we can wish for the secret to incredible power which will inevitably be far more useless than the Eye." He said, rubbing his left eye socket at the mention of his old power. Giovanni, on the other hand, was beginning to get annoyed. "We discuss that later, Maximillion. Until then, so long." Giovanni said with slight annoyance as he shut off the connection before continuing with his plotting.
Two days after the riot, the passengers were still recuperating from whatever bruises, cuts, or concussions they had. Thankfully though, a small few amounts of people were not involved in the fights so were just resting or dueling. That is, until their host appeared once again. Then everyone, injured or not, was rushing to where he was. When they all gathered on the middle deck, he began to speak. "So, I see you fools learned a lesson about starting worthless fights. So, I will do you a favor. Rain of Mercy!" He called, lifting a newly acquired card over his head. Suddenly, rain fell from the sky. And all wounds were healed. Every bruise, bump, cut, or scar has been lifted from everyone. And when everyone was healed, the rain stopped. "Now," he continued, "We will land on the island in a matter of hours, so please gather your personal belongings. Please note that I am not responsible for any missing items. As well, I need the accompaniment of the following three people. One Seto Kaiba, one Yugi Mouto, and one Bakura Ryou. Will you three please come with me? That is all." He said, as he turned and walked into the living quarters of the boat.
Yugi and his group were shocked when they heard Bakura was on the boat, and Yugi was nearly thrown forward by Ash, whom was right behind him at the time. "Yell if you need the Calvary, got that?" Ash said as Yugi was walking away. "He won't need them," Seto said, eyeing Bakura suspiciously, "As I will be there, as will the host." He concluded as he followed suit. When they were all in, a man in a business suit walked out of the room, and closed the door behind them.
"Now," Bo began, " Seeing as you three are my guests of honor, I suppose it is fitting that I tell you about the following tournament first." He said, before being cut off by Yugi. "You purposely allowed Bakura here, when we don't know when his other spirit will take over?" he asked, concern in his voice. "Oh, no need to worry about that. Why, it is one of the reasons I called you two here. Kaiba is the only other person I really wanted to come, you two were merely a second prize." He said, grinning kindly while Yugi and Bakura face faulted. "Any ways, there will be no schizophrenia on the island, so." he said, as he lifted both his palms towards Yugi and Bakura. "Now hold on just a sec." Bakura started before black and gold energy shot from his hands into the chests of Bakura and Yugi. Suddenly, two ancient spirits were sucked out of the bodies of Yugi and Bakura. "So they will have bodies of their own! And decks of their own as well!" Bo finished, as the two spirits were garbed in modern day clothing and duelist decks were handed to them from two guards in the room.
"That is fine and dandy, but why do you want me?" Kaiba asked, folding his arms in annoyance. "That my friend is coming up. Now, since these two," he motioned to Yami Yugi and Yami Bakura, "Have been given bodies, I should move on with the tale. Now, to the others out there this contest is about love, heartache, family, or some other emotionally scarring thing. But it is competition that thrives you five, so here is my bet. I will personally grant to the winner out of you five one thing, whether it be my deck, my money, or my Millennium Item is up to you. I will grant anything, even if it takes the rest of my life to give." He said happily, smiling with himself. "But what do you want from us?" The two Yamis' asked at once. "Yeah, what's the catch?" Bakura asked, while his Yami began searching the room for things to steal.
"This is the catch, if none of you win, you grant me my wish. And my wishes are not to be taken lightly." He said. "For instance, I could wish for your Millennial Items, your decks, or your company, Kaiba. But as I am a fair man, one of chance, I propose this: I myself will enter the competition. Yes, that sounds quite fun!" he said, thrill running through his eyes. "Wait, you say you hold claim to one of the Millennial Items? Which, if you don't mind my query?" The ancient pharaoh asked, intrigue running through him as he studied the deck he used those long 50000 years ago. "Yami Yugi, you hold a good question. Before I answer, I must ask you a question. What may we call you? People will get quite suspicious if you keep calling you two Yami Yugi and Yami Bakura." He said. "I will be known as I once was, Yami. That is what I wish to be called. And my thieving cohort over there is known as." Before he could continue, Bakura's Yami cut in.
"I would like to be called Bakura." He stated, bowing slightly. "So it is, Yami and Bakura!" Bo said. Yugi than looked at the other Bakura. "But then, what do we call you?" He asked. "Well, I suppose I must be called by my true name: Ryou." "Now, to answer your question Yami, I own one not well known of, nor respected well. I believe you called it the Millennial Glove?" He said, raising his right hand, which was suddenly enveloped in a large, golden glove with the eye of Ra on the back of the hand. "Amazing, I haven't seen that one in ages!" Stated Bakura. He was then shot a questioning look from the others in the room. "It was once in my possession, but when your guards found me in a grave, I had to hide it." He said, pointing at Yami before continuing. "I attempted to recover it, but foolishly forgot to mark the spot where I buried it. In frustration, I left the graveyard knocking over tomb stones." He stated, grinning as he remembered how far the first stone flew. Suddenly, the P.A. system in the boat went off. "Attention all duelists, the boat will be docking in a matter of minutes, please gather your belongings." The Captain said, as the boat began slowing for its stop. "Well, I believe you should all be going now, I will be along shortly, now hurry!" Bo said, pushing the entire group out the door.
Roughly three hours later, everyone had just gotten off the cars that had picked the whole lot of them up at the seaport when they noticed the large mansion they were dropped off at. "Wow, it's like Kaiba Land times two!" Joey stated, getting dirty looks from Seto and Mokuba. "Not quite." Said a quiet voice behind him, as a young girl walked up behind him. "It looks about three-fourths the height and four-fifths the width and length. Isn't that right Teddy?" the girl asked, nuzzling the bear in her hands. "So, the famous Elizabeth (Is that her name?) from America has come to the duel as well!" Seto stated, crossing his arms and staring down at her as Joey gave her a look that clearly stated, "Watch it." They suddenly realized the group was walking towards the building, and quickly caught up.
"Say, that Yugi kid is quite something, eh?" Sora asked from the back of the group of Digidestined. "Ha, I think T.K.'s a little too wrapped up in that American girl to care." Davis stated, elbowing T.K. in the shoulder. "Better not be." Kari stated, wrapping her arm around T.K.'s shoulders. "Hey! Doesn't anybody mind their own business any more?" T.K. asked, bringing his arm around Kari's shoulders as well. "No!" was the response he got from everyone in the group. "Eh, why do I even try?" T.K. asked, as he resumed walking. "You got nothing better to do?" Patamon suggested from under his hat. "Or maybe you're just bored?" Gatomon added from Kari's backpack, sticking her head out slightly. "Or the challenge?" Wormmon asked from Ken's arms. "Ok, I got the picture! Geez, no respect." T.K. joked, shaking his head.
"Jessie, why are we here again?" James asked, looking at all the little children and older men and women who entered the competition. "James, how many times must I remind you?" Jessie angrily growled. "We're entering this competition to get back Meowth! And by doing so, we must defeat everyone and win the tournament to get the boss whatever it is he's been yelling at us to get, that eye thing." She finished, grabbing the sucker from a child walking by. "Oh, yeah." James mumbled.
"Cassidy, why in Devil's name are we here?" Butch whined in his deep- throated croak. "Money Butch, money and fame. Well, that and to show up Jessie." She said, as she and Butch swept through the crowd silently and quickly stealing anything that seemed of value. Cassidy was about to try to snatch Yugi's Millennial Puzzle until she met the receiving end of a large, purple staff. "Ma'am, you shouldn't steal what doesn't belong to you." Yami stated, as he hid his staff, which vaguely resembled that of a Dark Magician's, back in his cloak.
Finally, they were there. On the roof above the doorway a sign hung, saying: Welcome to Mansion D. When they reached the mansion where their contest would be held, they were grateful enough to wipe their feet on the foot mat. They were so happy, in fact, they almost had the party out on the front yard. But they were able to restrain themselves, so they made it inside and found a larger surprise then expected: a lounge! The entire foyer was nothing but large. It was full of black leather couches and chairs, tables and regular chairs, soft regular couches, and a large television. In the middle of this all stood Bo, a broad smile on his face at the surprise of his guests. "As you can see, I treat my guests with great respect. Up the stairs behind me you will find a hall with doors on each side, and on each door is two to three names. The names on the doors signal who stays in these rooms. There are several bathrooms and mini kitchens in each room, so take whatever luggage you have to your rooms, do what you wish, and be prepared, for we have an incredibly large feast tonight!" When this statement was finished, some cheered him on their ways to their rooms and some just ran past him.
Jessie and James were quite angry to find their rooms were down the hall from each other, and they were angrier when they found they were sharing rooms with Butch and Cassidy. Jessie flew into a fit of obscenities while James sighed and walked down the hall to his room. Butch and Cassidy did nearly the same, except they both took it in a stride and entered their respective rooms.
Davis was overjoyed when he found he was bunking with Kari, but his happiness ebbed away when he found he was also in the same room as Tai. "You, my friend, are on the top bunk." Tai said, walking into the room. "What? Why me?" He asked, as Kari walked in. "Because I got the regular bed!" she stated. "And I sleep on the bottom." Tai said. "And keep an eye on you." He added in Davis's ear.
Ken had been set up with Misty, and Wormmon had snuck in with him. "Well Wormmon, I guess we should get prepared." He stated, as Misty walked in and sat on the bed across the room from him. "Nice, we get one of the rooms without bunk beds." Misty said, giving no regard the fleeing Wormmon, whom was taking cover behind Ken's back. "You can tell your little buddy to come out from behind you, I already know about him and your friends." She stated, as she walked into the bathroom to shower up. Ken was left in a state of confusion.
Well, waddya think? Mad the title lies about the story? Well, I'm sorry. I honestly would continue, but Turkey Day (that's Thanksgiving for those whom don't know) is right around the corner! Well, R and R!
A man sits in a chair, the room seemed darker than a black hole, and a cat- like animal with a jewel encrusted in it's forehead is slinking around the room, hunting a mouse she saw seconds ago. The man swishes a glass filled with dark red wine, as the figure on the video phone in front of him does the same, but in a lighted room. Giovanni grins sadistically, as he starts the conversation up again. "So it's settled then, Mr. Pegasus? We send some troops from each of our reserves to this new little tournament to cause a ruckus and grant us wishes, correct?" He asked, sipping his wine. "Yes," Pegasus began, in his irritatingly thick voice, "That will do fine. Here is the deal. When either one of us win the tournament, we ask for either my old Millennium Eye back, or we can wish for the secret to incredible power which will inevitably be far more useless than the Eye." He said, rubbing his left eye socket at the mention of his old power. Giovanni, on the other hand, was beginning to get annoyed. "We discuss that later, Maximillion. Until then, so long." Giovanni said with slight annoyance as he shut off the connection before continuing with his plotting.
Two days after the riot, the passengers were still recuperating from whatever bruises, cuts, or concussions they had. Thankfully though, a small few amounts of people were not involved in the fights so were just resting or dueling. That is, until their host appeared once again. Then everyone, injured or not, was rushing to where he was. When they all gathered on the middle deck, he began to speak. "So, I see you fools learned a lesson about starting worthless fights. So, I will do you a favor. Rain of Mercy!" He called, lifting a newly acquired card over his head. Suddenly, rain fell from the sky. And all wounds were healed. Every bruise, bump, cut, or scar has been lifted from everyone. And when everyone was healed, the rain stopped. "Now," he continued, "We will land on the island in a matter of hours, so please gather your personal belongings. Please note that I am not responsible for any missing items. As well, I need the accompaniment of the following three people. One Seto Kaiba, one Yugi Mouto, and one Bakura Ryou. Will you three please come with me? That is all." He said, as he turned and walked into the living quarters of the boat.
Yugi and his group were shocked when they heard Bakura was on the boat, and Yugi was nearly thrown forward by Ash, whom was right behind him at the time. "Yell if you need the Calvary, got that?" Ash said as Yugi was walking away. "He won't need them," Seto said, eyeing Bakura suspiciously, "As I will be there, as will the host." He concluded as he followed suit. When they were all in, a man in a business suit walked out of the room, and closed the door behind them.
"Now," Bo began, " Seeing as you three are my guests of honor, I suppose it is fitting that I tell you about the following tournament first." He said, before being cut off by Yugi. "You purposely allowed Bakura here, when we don't know when his other spirit will take over?" he asked, concern in his voice. "Oh, no need to worry about that. Why, it is one of the reasons I called you two here. Kaiba is the only other person I really wanted to come, you two were merely a second prize." He said, grinning kindly while Yugi and Bakura face faulted. "Any ways, there will be no schizophrenia on the island, so." he said, as he lifted both his palms towards Yugi and Bakura. "Now hold on just a sec." Bakura started before black and gold energy shot from his hands into the chests of Bakura and Yugi. Suddenly, two ancient spirits were sucked out of the bodies of Yugi and Bakura. "So they will have bodies of their own! And decks of their own as well!" Bo finished, as the two spirits were garbed in modern day clothing and duelist decks were handed to them from two guards in the room.
"That is fine and dandy, but why do you want me?" Kaiba asked, folding his arms in annoyance. "That my friend is coming up. Now, since these two," he motioned to Yami Yugi and Yami Bakura, "Have been given bodies, I should move on with the tale. Now, to the others out there this contest is about love, heartache, family, or some other emotionally scarring thing. But it is competition that thrives you five, so here is my bet. I will personally grant to the winner out of you five one thing, whether it be my deck, my money, or my Millennium Item is up to you. I will grant anything, even if it takes the rest of my life to give." He said happily, smiling with himself. "But what do you want from us?" The two Yamis' asked at once. "Yeah, what's the catch?" Bakura asked, while his Yami began searching the room for things to steal.
"This is the catch, if none of you win, you grant me my wish. And my wishes are not to be taken lightly." He said. "For instance, I could wish for your Millennial Items, your decks, or your company, Kaiba. But as I am a fair man, one of chance, I propose this: I myself will enter the competition. Yes, that sounds quite fun!" he said, thrill running through his eyes. "Wait, you say you hold claim to one of the Millennial Items? Which, if you don't mind my query?" The ancient pharaoh asked, intrigue running through him as he studied the deck he used those long 50000 years ago. "Yami Yugi, you hold a good question. Before I answer, I must ask you a question. What may we call you? People will get quite suspicious if you keep calling you two Yami Yugi and Yami Bakura." He said. "I will be known as I once was, Yami. That is what I wish to be called. And my thieving cohort over there is known as." Before he could continue, Bakura's Yami cut in.
"I would like to be called Bakura." He stated, bowing slightly. "So it is, Yami and Bakura!" Bo said. Yugi than looked at the other Bakura. "But then, what do we call you?" He asked. "Well, I suppose I must be called by my true name: Ryou." "Now, to answer your question Yami, I own one not well known of, nor respected well. I believe you called it the Millennial Glove?" He said, raising his right hand, which was suddenly enveloped in a large, golden glove with the eye of Ra on the back of the hand. "Amazing, I haven't seen that one in ages!" Stated Bakura. He was then shot a questioning look from the others in the room. "It was once in my possession, but when your guards found me in a grave, I had to hide it." He said, pointing at Yami before continuing. "I attempted to recover it, but foolishly forgot to mark the spot where I buried it. In frustration, I left the graveyard knocking over tomb stones." He stated, grinning as he remembered how far the first stone flew. Suddenly, the P.A. system in the boat went off. "Attention all duelists, the boat will be docking in a matter of minutes, please gather your belongings." The Captain said, as the boat began slowing for its stop. "Well, I believe you should all be going now, I will be along shortly, now hurry!" Bo said, pushing the entire group out the door.
Roughly three hours later, everyone had just gotten off the cars that had picked the whole lot of them up at the seaport when they noticed the large mansion they were dropped off at. "Wow, it's like Kaiba Land times two!" Joey stated, getting dirty looks from Seto and Mokuba. "Not quite." Said a quiet voice behind him, as a young girl walked up behind him. "It looks about three-fourths the height and four-fifths the width and length. Isn't that right Teddy?" the girl asked, nuzzling the bear in her hands. "So, the famous Elizabeth (Is that her name?) from America has come to the duel as well!" Seto stated, crossing his arms and staring down at her as Joey gave her a look that clearly stated, "Watch it." They suddenly realized the group was walking towards the building, and quickly caught up.
"Say, that Yugi kid is quite something, eh?" Sora asked from the back of the group of Digidestined. "Ha, I think T.K.'s a little too wrapped up in that American girl to care." Davis stated, elbowing T.K. in the shoulder. "Better not be." Kari stated, wrapping her arm around T.K.'s shoulders. "Hey! Doesn't anybody mind their own business any more?" T.K. asked, bringing his arm around Kari's shoulders as well. "No!" was the response he got from everyone in the group. "Eh, why do I even try?" T.K. asked, as he resumed walking. "You got nothing better to do?" Patamon suggested from under his hat. "Or maybe you're just bored?" Gatomon added from Kari's backpack, sticking her head out slightly. "Or the challenge?" Wormmon asked from Ken's arms. "Ok, I got the picture! Geez, no respect." T.K. joked, shaking his head.
"Jessie, why are we here again?" James asked, looking at all the little children and older men and women who entered the competition. "James, how many times must I remind you?" Jessie angrily growled. "We're entering this competition to get back Meowth! And by doing so, we must defeat everyone and win the tournament to get the boss whatever it is he's been yelling at us to get, that eye thing." She finished, grabbing the sucker from a child walking by. "Oh, yeah." James mumbled.
"Cassidy, why in Devil's name are we here?" Butch whined in his deep- throated croak. "Money Butch, money and fame. Well, that and to show up Jessie." She said, as she and Butch swept through the crowd silently and quickly stealing anything that seemed of value. Cassidy was about to try to snatch Yugi's Millennial Puzzle until she met the receiving end of a large, purple staff. "Ma'am, you shouldn't steal what doesn't belong to you." Yami stated, as he hid his staff, which vaguely resembled that of a Dark Magician's, back in his cloak.
Finally, they were there. On the roof above the doorway a sign hung, saying: Welcome to Mansion D. When they reached the mansion where their contest would be held, they were grateful enough to wipe their feet on the foot mat. They were so happy, in fact, they almost had the party out on the front yard. But they were able to restrain themselves, so they made it inside and found a larger surprise then expected: a lounge! The entire foyer was nothing but large. It was full of black leather couches and chairs, tables and regular chairs, soft regular couches, and a large television. In the middle of this all stood Bo, a broad smile on his face at the surprise of his guests. "As you can see, I treat my guests with great respect. Up the stairs behind me you will find a hall with doors on each side, and on each door is two to three names. The names on the doors signal who stays in these rooms. There are several bathrooms and mini kitchens in each room, so take whatever luggage you have to your rooms, do what you wish, and be prepared, for we have an incredibly large feast tonight!" When this statement was finished, some cheered him on their ways to their rooms and some just ran past him.
Jessie and James were quite angry to find their rooms were down the hall from each other, and they were angrier when they found they were sharing rooms with Butch and Cassidy. Jessie flew into a fit of obscenities while James sighed and walked down the hall to his room. Butch and Cassidy did nearly the same, except they both took it in a stride and entered their respective rooms.
Davis was overjoyed when he found he was bunking with Kari, but his happiness ebbed away when he found he was also in the same room as Tai. "You, my friend, are on the top bunk." Tai said, walking into the room. "What? Why me?" He asked, as Kari walked in. "Because I got the regular bed!" she stated. "And I sleep on the bottom." Tai said. "And keep an eye on you." He added in Davis's ear.
Ken had been set up with Misty, and Wormmon had snuck in with him. "Well Wormmon, I guess we should get prepared." He stated, as Misty walked in and sat on the bed across the room from him. "Nice, we get one of the rooms without bunk beds." Misty said, giving no regard the fleeing Wormmon, whom was taking cover behind Ken's back. "You can tell your little buddy to come out from behind you, I already know about him and your friends." She stated, as she walked into the bathroom to shower up. Ken was left in a state of confusion.
Well, waddya think? Mad the title lies about the story? Well, I'm sorry. I honestly would continue, but Turkey Day (that's Thanksgiving for those whom don't know) is right around the corner! Well, R and R!
