Yami Bakura: *is seen destroying things in the background*
Yugi: What's his problem?
Bakura: He's mad because Shinimegami hasn't updated this story for months.
Yugi: Oh.
Yami Bakura: *in the background* HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET THE MILLENNIUM ITEMS AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD IF THAT HARPIE'S TOO LAZY TO WRITE THE STUPID STORY??!?
Yami: I think that's a good thing. *pictures the world in Yami Bakura's control and shudders*
Shinimegami: *doesn't bother flying and walks into the room, looking like a complete mess*
Joey: Whoa, you look like shi-
Tristan: *covers Joey's mouth* Uh, what he means to say is, uh, how's the chapter coming?
Shinimegami: *slowly holds up a stack of papers* It's finished.
Yami Bakura: *in the background* FINALLY!!!
Shinimegami: *uploads the chapter and then yawns* Sleepy, sleepy, sleepy... *falls asleep* Zzzzzzzzzz...
Téa: Isn't she supposed to introduce the chapter?
Yugi: Should we wake her up?
Yami: And take the risk of being torn to pieces? No thanks!
Bakura: *to readers* Okay, people, Shinimegami's too tired, but she hopes you will all enjoy the chapter, because she stayed up until four in the morning to finish it! On with chapter six! ^___^
Everyone: *blinks*
Bakura: Um, I practiced.
Everyone: Oh.
Disclaimers: Um, lemme check... nope. Yu-Gi-Oh isn't mine.
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"Hey, you guys, doesn't this seem a little familiar?"
"What do you mean, Yugi?"
"I mean, this is kinda like the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City all over again..." (A/N. Oh, did I mention that this takes place after Battle City, too? Well, you know now.)
Yugi was right. The gang looked around and soon spotted some familiar faces.
"Eh, well, I'm sure not surprised to see Rex, Mako, and Weevil..." said Tristan.
"And I'm pretty sure that's Shadi over there," said Yugi, pointing in the direction.
"And... oh man, is dat Marik and Ishizu ova dere?!" exclaimed Joey. "Dis really IS Battle City all ova again!"
"Well, at least Pegasus isn't here, right?" said Tristan, just as a black limousine suddenly pulled up near the registration building. Shi looked over and saw a familiar silver-haired toon-lover step out of the vehicle.
"Speak of the devil..." she muttered, nudging Tristan. Everyone else looked over and groaned.
"You just had to jinx it, didn't you?!" Téa hissed at Tristan. Pegasus seemed to smirk as he calmly walked over to where they were all standing. Kevin seemed to be the one he was focusing on the most.
"Well, well, well," Pegasus spoke, stopping in front of them. "I didn't expect to see all of you here." He turned and looked directly at Kevin.
"Ah, yes, Kevin Hunter..." he spoke, almost quietly. "I heard what happened to your father. I'm terribly sorry."
"Yeah, right..." Joey muttered under his breath.
"Well, now, it seems this will turn out to be quite the tournament," Pegasus said, smiling. "If all of you are going to compete, then I'm very glad I decided to come..." With one last smile, Pegasus walked past and entered the stadium, followed by Kimo and his other thugs.
"Great, just when I thought I was about to enjoy this tournament, too," said Shi, glaring at Pegasus's retreating back.
"Just forget 'im," said Joey, shrugging. "Let's go in." The gang proceeded to walk further into the stadium. The large Dueling arena stood out as they neared it. It seemed to be a bit larger than the arenas they had experienced in Duelist Kingdom. It seemed to be both wider and longer than normal.
"Hey, Bakura," said Shi, gazing up at the Dueling arena. "Have you ever fought in a tournament before?"
Silence.
"Bakura?" asked Shi. She turned, only to find that Bakura was no longer at her side but was walking away from her and the others.
"Hey, Bakura!" she called, separating from her friends. "Where are you going?" Bakura turned around.
"Oh, uh, I have to go take care of something," he said. "I'll only be a minute." Shi could almost detect the slight nervousness in his voice.
"I'll come with you," said Shi, stopping in front of him.
"No, you don't have to." Bakura shook his head. "I'll meet with you guys later." Shi raised an eyebrow.
"You sure?"
"I'm positive. You can go on back, Kevin's looking for you." Shi turned and saw Kevin waving over to her. She turned back again, looking over Bakura. He winked, and began walking away once more. A few seconds passed before Shi finally turned back herself and ran back over to Kevin.
"What was that all about?" he asked.
"Eh, Bakura said he had to go take care of something," Shi replied. "He said not to worry about it."
"Oh, okay," said Kevin, apparently accepting her statement.
"Hey, guys," Yugi said in front of them. "I think you should pay attention to this."
Kevin and Shi followed Yugi's gaze and looked up. The double-doors to a platform a distance away had opened up. A dark figure stood in the middle of the platform's entrance. Kevin immeadiatly recognized the figure as the person on the video tape.
"Welcome, Duelists," spoke the figure in the same, familiar raspy voice. "Welcome to my Shadow Games Duel Monsters tournament. I am Shadowmaster, and don't any of you forget that." His comment earned many glares from the Duelists below him. Shadowmaster shifted his gaze, landing his eyes on Kevin and the others down below.
'Perfect,' he thought to himself. 'Kevin and Yugi Muto have arrived, just as I planned.' He chuckled quietly to himself.
Down below, Kevin felt like he was going to explode in anger. He clenched his hands into fists, suddenly feeling the urge to go up and strangle that so-called Shadowmaster. His thoughts were broken when he felt a hand on his arm, and he looked down to see Rebecca, who had been unusually quiet for the past few minutes.
"You're not alone, Kevin," she said, a little above a whisper. Kevin smiled, forgetting all of the anger he had felt before, and kissed her forehead. His smile faded as he turned his gaze back upon the Shadowmaster.
"Now listen closely as I explain the rules, fools, because I'm only going to explain them once," Shadowmaster said, smiling. "You will each take part in one and only one Duel each day. The Duels will not be assigned; you will each receive the chance to choose whom it is you will fight. Once that is determined, you will Duel against one another until a winner is decided. That winner will move on to the second round.
"This will continue until only one of you is left standing. They will receive the opportunity to face me in a Duel, and if they emerge victorious, they will earn one request from myself. If it is in my vast power to do so, their request will be granted. It's all very simple.
"The Shadow Games tournament will begin in exactly one hour. Prepare your Decks and prepare yourselves; I promise you, my tournament will be anything but easy."
With that, the figure known as Shadowmaster departed back into the shadows, and the double-doors closed.
"Okaaay, dat was just plain creepy," said Joey, giving a fake shudder.
"Tell me about it," said Mai. A deep silence passed.
"Come on, guys," said Yugi, breaking the silence. "Let's go find our rooms." There were scattered nods from everyone before they began to follow Yugi out of the stadium. Kevin remained standing, however, his eyes locked on the place where Shadowmaster had stood moments before.
"Kevin?" said Shi, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Come on, let's go."
"Wha?" Kevin said, turning to his friend. "Oh, yeah, okay." He took one last look at the empty platform before following Shi out of the stadium.
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"Oooh! I call top bunk!"
"Aww, but Joey, you ALWAYS get the top bunk!"
"Well, tough, Yugi!"
"Yugi, why don't you just take the OTHER top bunk? There's two bunk beds, you know."
"...oh yeah. Thanks, Téa!"
Yugi moved his things off of the bed below Joey and crossed the room to the second bunk bed, throwing his things up to the top bunk. Tristan unpacked his own things on the bunk below Yugi, while Téa moved over to Joey's bunk.
"Yep, now you're all one big happy family," said a voice at the door to the room. Yugi looked over to see Shi leaning on the door's archway, her arms crossed.
"Oh, hey, Shi," he said, smiling. "How's it going?"
"It's cool," she replied. "You and Joey almost ready for the first round?"
"You bet!" Joey cried enthusiastically from his spot on the top bunk. "Me and Yuge are gonna kick some serious butt! Right, Yugi?" Yugi laughed.
"Whatever you say, Joey," Yugi said. Shi shifted in the doorway.
"Anyway, I'm gonna go check on Kevin," she said. "Gotta make sure he's ready, you know." Téa set her bag down on her bed.
"I'll come with you," she said, walking towards the door. "I just want to make sure he's okay."
"Sure," said Shi. "See you guys in the arena." She left with Téa and walked to the room next-door, where they found Kevin sitting on his bottom bunk, looking through his Deck.
"Hey, Kevin," said Téa, cheerfully. Kevin looked up.
"Oh, hey, Téa," Kevin smiled.
"You almost ready, Kev?" asked Shi. "The tournament starts in about five minutes or so."
"Yeah, I'm just making some last-minute preperations," Kevin replied. "To tell you the truth, I'm a little nervous."
"Don't worry, Kevin," Téa assured him. "I'll be rooting for you the whole way."
"And don't forget that Yugi, Joey, Rebecca and I are fighting alongside you," Shi said. Kevin gave a small smile.
"I won't," he said gratefully. "Thanks, you guys. I mean it."
"Don't mention it," said Shi, waving her hand. "Come on, Téa, let's let him finish preparing and go with the other guys to the arena."
"Okay," said Téa, turning to leave with Shi. "See you in a bit, Kevin!" Both girls left, and Kevin looked back down at his Deck. He took the top card off and flipped it over, revealing his treasured Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
"Please," Kevin barely whispered, "help me win this tournament so I can get my father back." He placed the card back in his Deck and pocketed it, just as Rebecca walked in, clutching her teddy bear.
"Hi, Kevin!" she chirped. "Ready for the tournament?"
"You bet," Kevin said, standing. Rebecca gave a cute smile and reached into her jacket pocket, pulling something out.
"Here, I wanted you to have this," she said, holding the something out to him. He raised an eyebrow and took it, discovering it to be a Duel Monsters card.
"It's the Millennium Shield card," Rebecca said. "I want you to have it. Maybe it could be a token of our friendship." Kevin smiled and placed the card in his pocket with his Deck.
"Thanks, Rebecca," he said, truely meaning it. "I'll treat it well." He ruffled the girl's hair affectionatly.
"Come on, Kevin, the tournament's about to start!" Rebecca said, taking his hand and leading him out of the room. They quickly ran to the stadium, finding their friends standing together near the Dueling arena.
"There you two are!" said Téa once they stopped. "I was beginning to worry." Not a moment after Téa spoke, the double-doors to the platform had opened once more, letting the Duelists gaze at the dark and mysterious Shadowmaster.
"I'm glad to see you're all still here," Shadowmaster spoke. "Now, hurry up and pick your opponent so the Shadow Games tournament can begin!" The stadium was suddenly filled with the chatter of every Duelist's voice, each deciding their opponent.
Kevin had barely glanced around to consider his own opponent, when he heard a very familiar voice behind him.
"Guess who."
Kevin quickly whipped around.
"Kaiba!" Kevin cried, his voice a mix between surprise and anger. "What do you want?"
"Kevin Hunter, I challenge you to a Duel!"
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Yami Bakura: ...that's it? I don't even get ONE single Millennium Item??!?
Yugi: Yami Bakura?
Yami Bakura: WHAT?!
Yugi: Shut up.
Shinimegami: *is asleep at her computer*
Joey: Looks like she already tried ta work on somethin' else...
Tristan: Well... maybe she'll get some more work done...
Bakura: Um... yeah, I guess that's it. Uh, remember to R&R, and Shinimegami will try to write some more as soon as she can... yup...
Everyone: Uh... ja ne?
Yugi: What's his problem?
Bakura: He's mad because Shinimegami hasn't updated this story for months.
Yugi: Oh.
Yami Bakura: *in the background* HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET THE MILLENNIUM ITEMS AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD IF THAT HARPIE'S TOO LAZY TO WRITE THE STUPID STORY??!?
Yami: I think that's a good thing. *pictures the world in Yami Bakura's control and shudders*
Shinimegami: *doesn't bother flying and walks into the room, looking like a complete mess*
Joey: Whoa, you look like shi-
Tristan: *covers Joey's mouth* Uh, what he means to say is, uh, how's the chapter coming?
Shinimegami: *slowly holds up a stack of papers* It's finished.
Yami Bakura: *in the background* FINALLY!!!
Shinimegami: *uploads the chapter and then yawns* Sleepy, sleepy, sleepy... *falls asleep* Zzzzzzzzzz...
Téa: Isn't she supposed to introduce the chapter?
Yugi: Should we wake her up?
Yami: And take the risk of being torn to pieces? No thanks!
Bakura: *to readers* Okay, people, Shinimegami's too tired, but she hopes you will all enjoy the chapter, because she stayed up until four in the morning to finish it! On with chapter six! ^___^
Everyone: *blinks*
Bakura: Um, I practiced.
Everyone: Oh.
Disclaimers: Um, lemme check... nope. Yu-Gi-Oh isn't mine.
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"Hey, you guys, doesn't this seem a little familiar?"
"What do you mean, Yugi?"
"I mean, this is kinda like the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City all over again..." (A/N. Oh, did I mention that this takes place after Battle City, too? Well, you know now.)
Yugi was right. The gang looked around and soon spotted some familiar faces.
"Eh, well, I'm sure not surprised to see Rex, Mako, and Weevil..." said Tristan.
"And I'm pretty sure that's Shadi over there," said Yugi, pointing in the direction.
"And... oh man, is dat Marik and Ishizu ova dere?!" exclaimed Joey. "Dis really IS Battle City all ova again!"
"Well, at least Pegasus isn't here, right?" said Tristan, just as a black limousine suddenly pulled up near the registration building. Shi looked over and saw a familiar silver-haired toon-lover step out of the vehicle.
"Speak of the devil..." she muttered, nudging Tristan. Everyone else looked over and groaned.
"You just had to jinx it, didn't you?!" Téa hissed at Tristan. Pegasus seemed to smirk as he calmly walked over to where they were all standing. Kevin seemed to be the one he was focusing on the most.
"Well, well, well," Pegasus spoke, stopping in front of them. "I didn't expect to see all of you here." He turned and looked directly at Kevin.
"Ah, yes, Kevin Hunter..." he spoke, almost quietly. "I heard what happened to your father. I'm terribly sorry."
"Yeah, right..." Joey muttered under his breath.
"Well, now, it seems this will turn out to be quite the tournament," Pegasus said, smiling. "If all of you are going to compete, then I'm very glad I decided to come..." With one last smile, Pegasus walked past and entered the stadium, followed by Kimo and his other thugs.
"Great, just when I thought I was about to enjoy this tournament, too," said Shi, glaring at Pegasus's retreating back.
"Just forget 'im," said Joey, shrugging. "Let's go in." The gang proceeded to walk further into the stadium. The large Dueling arena stood out as they neared it. It seemed to be a bit larger than the arenas they had experienced in Duelist Kingdom. It seemed to be both wider and longer than normal.
"Hey, Bakura," said Shi, gazing up at the Dueling arena. "Have you ever fought in a tournament before?"
Silence.
"Bakura?" asked Shi. She turned, only to find that Bakura was no longer at her side but was walking away from her and the others.
"Hey, Bakura!" she called, separating from her friends. "Where are you going?" Bakura turned around.
"Oh, uh, I have to go take care of something," he said. "I'll only be a minute." Shi could almost detect the slight nervousness in his voice.
"I'll come with you," said Shi, stopping in front of him.
"No, you don't have to." Bakura shook his head. "I'll meet with you guys later." Shi raised an eyebrow.
"You sure?"
"I'm positive. You can go on back, Kevin's looking for you." Shi turned and saw Kevin waving over to her. She turned back again, looking over Bakura. He winked, and began walking away once more. A few seconds passed before Shi finally turned back herself and ran back over to Kevin.
"What was that all about?" he asked.
"Eh, Bakura said he had to go take care of something," Shi replied. "He said not to worry about it."
"Oh, okay," said Kevin, apparently accepting her statement.
"Hey, guys," Yugi said in front of them. "I think you should pay attention to this."
Kevin and Shi followed Yugi's gaze and looked up. The double-doors to a platform a distance away had opened up. A dark figure stood in the middle of the platform's entrance. Kevin immeadiatly recognized the figure as the person on the video tape.
"Welcome, Duelists," spoke the figure in the same, familiar raspy voice. "Welcome to my Shadow Games Duel Monsters tournament. I am Shadowmaster, and don't any of you forget that." His comment earned many glares from the Duelists below him. Shadowmaster shifted his gaze, landing his eyes on Kevin and the others down below.
'Perfect,' he thought to himself. 'Kevin and Yugi Muto have arrived, just as I planned.' He chuckled quietly to himself.
Down below, Kevin felt like he was going to explode in anger. He clenched his hands into fists, suddenly feeling the urge to go up and strangle that so-called Shadowmaster. His thoughts were broken when he felt a hand on his arm, and he looked down to see Rebecca, who had been unusually quiet for the past few minutes.
"You're not alone, Kevin," she said, a little above a whisper. Kevin smiled, forgetting all of the anger he had felt before, and kissed her forehead. His smile faded as he turned his gaze back upon the Shadowmaster.
"Now listen closely as I explain the rules, fools, because I'm only going to explain them once," Shadowmaster said, smiling. "You will each take part in one and only one Duel each day. The Duels will not be assigned; you will each receive the chance to choose whom it is you will fight. Once that is determined, you will Duel against one another until a winner is decided. That winner will move on to the second round.
"This will continue until only one of you is left standing. They will receive the opportunity to face me in a Duel, and if they emerge victorious, they will earn one request from myself. If it is in my vast power to do so, their request will be granted. It's all very simple.
"The Shadow Games tournament will begin in exactly one hour. Prepare your Decks and prepare yourselves; I promise you, my tournament will be anything but easy."
With that, the figure known as Shadowmaster departed back into the shadows, and the double-doors closed.
"Okaaay, dat was just plain creepy," said Joey, giving a fake shudder.
"Tell me about it," said Mai. A deep silence passed.
"Come on, guys," said Yugi, breaking the silence. "Let's go find our rooms." There were scattered nods from everyone before they began to follow Yugi out of the stadium. Kevin remained standing, however, his eyes locked on the place where Shadowmaster had stood moments before.
"Kevin?" said Shi, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Come on, let's go."
"Wha?" Kevin said, turning to his friend. "Oh, yeah, okay." He took one last look at the empty platform before following Shi out of the stadium.
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"Oooh! I call top bunk!"
"Aww, but Joey, you ALWAYS get the top bunk!"
"Well, tough, Yugi!"
"Yugi, why don't you just take the OTHER top bunk? There's two bunk beds, you know."
"...oh yeah. Thanks, Téa!"
Yugi moved his things off of the bed below Joey and crossed the room to the second bunk bed, throwing his things up to the top bunk. Tristan unpacked his own things on the bunk below Yugi, while Téa moved over to Joey's bunk.
"Yep, now you're all one big happy family," said a voice at the door to the room. Yugi looked over to see Shi leaning on the door's archway, her arms crossed.
"Oh, hey, Shi," he said, smiling. "How's it going?"
"It's cool," she replied. "You and Joey almost ready for the first round?"
"You bet!" Joey cried enthusiastically from his spot on the top bunk. "Me and Yuge are gonna kick some serious butt! Right, Yugi?" Yugi laughed.
"Whatever you say, Joey," Yugi said. Shi shifted in the doorway.
"Anyway, I'm gonna go check on Kevin," she said. "Gotta make sure he's ready, you know." Téa set her bag down on her bed.
"I'll come with you," she said, walking towards the door. "I just want to make sure he's okay."
"Sure," said Shi. "See you guys in the arena." She left with Téa and walked to the room next-door, where they found Kevin sitting on his bottom bunk, looking through his Deck.
"Hey, Kevin," said Téa, cheerfully. Kevin looked up.
"Oh, hey, Téa," Kevin smiled.
"You almost ready, Kev?" asked Shi. "The tournament starts in about five minutes or so."
"Yeah, I'm just making some last-minute preperations," Kevin replied. "To tell you the truth, I'm a little nervous."
"Don't worry, Kevin," Téa assured him. "I'll be rooting for you the whole way."
"And don't forget that Yugi, Joey, Rebecca and I are fighting alongside you," Shi said. Kevin gave a small smile.
"I won't," he said gratefully. "Thanks, you guys. I mean it."
"Don't mention it," said Shi, waving her hand. "Come on, Téa, let's let him finish preparing and go with the other guys to the arena."
"Okay," said Téa, turning to leave with Shi. "See you in a bit, Kevin!" Both girls left, and Kevin looked back down at his Deck. He took the top card off and flipped it over, revealing his treasured Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
"Please," Kevin barely whispered, "help me win this tournament so I can get my father back." He placed the card back in his Deck and pocketed it, just as Rebecca walked in, clutching her teddy bear.
"Hi, Kevin!" she chirped. "Ready for the tournament?"
"You bet," Kevin said, standing. Rebecca gave a cute smile and reached into her jacket pocket, pulling something out.
"Here, I wanted you to have this," she said, holding the something out to him. He raised an eyebrow and took it, discovering it to be a Duel Monsters card.
"It's the Millennium Shield card," Rebecca said. "I want you to have it. Maybe it could be a token of our friendship." Kevin smiled and placed the card in his pocket with his Deck.
"Thanks, Rebecca," he said, truely meaning it. "I'll treat it well." He ruffled the girl's hair affectionatly.
"Come on, Kevin, the tournament's about to start!" Rebecca said, taking his hand and leading him out of the room. They quickly ran to the stadium, finding their friends standing together near the Dueling arena.
"There you two are!" said Téa once they stopped. "I was beginning to worry." Not a moment after Téa spoke, the double-doors to the platform had opened once more, letting the Duelists gaze at the dark and mysterious Shadowmaster.
"I'm glad to see you're all still here," Shadowmaster spoke. "Now, hurry up and pick your opponent so the Shadow Games tournament can begin!" The stadium was suddenly filled with the chatter of every Duelist's voice, each deciding their opponent.
Kevin had barely glanced around to consider his own opponent, when he heard a very familiar voice behind him.
"Guess who."
Kevin quickly whipped around.
"Kaiba!" Kevin cried, his voice a mix between surprise and anger. "What do you want?"
"Kevin Hunter, I challenge you to a Duel!"
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Yami Bakura: ...that's it? I don't even get ONE single Millennium Item??!?
Yugi: Yami Bakura?
Yami Bakura: WHAT?!
Yugi: Shut up.
Shinimegami: *is asleep at her computer*
Joey: Looks like she already tried ta work on somethin' else...
Tristan: Well... maybe she'll get some more work done...
Bakura: Um... yeah, I guess that's it. Uh, remember to R&R, and Shinimegami will try to write some more as soon as she can... yup...
Everyone: Uh... ja ne?
