CHAPTER 1: RYAN'S FIRST DUEL, VIRAL INFECTION!

Scott and Ryan walked off of the plane's ramp, and saw a giant crowd standing in the streets. There was a giant screen TV showing the snobby Ryan Kaiba in all of his glory. "A kid is running this thing?" said Matt as he emerged behind Scott. "I heard he is a brilliant duelist, but likes to pick a lot of fights" said Scott. Kaiba explained the rules to the duelists, and then about 100 men in sharp uniforms began passing out the gemtechs to all of the duelists. Scott and Ryan entered their decks in to the gems and slipped them on to their hands, right next to the bracelets they owned. Kaiba bragged for another 15 minutes about how much of a genius he is and how he will be eliminating the unworthy duelists. Ryan ran off somewhere and Scott chased after him. Scott finally found him with a group of other duelists.

"What are you doing!" yelled Scott rather upset. "This guy has the card Red Eyes Black Dragon!" said Ryan in awe. "That card sucks, Ryan" said Scott. "There aren't too many cards to help it out." "It's better than my Serpent Night Dragon!" said Ryan enthusiastically. "Well you won't be bringing any money back" said Scott. Kaiba's voice boomed out again: "The winner of the tournament can take any amount of money desired from my company, however since I will be the victor there is no point in going in to detail. Now let the duels begin, and hurry up about it. I don't want any scum wandering these streets" His voice cut off, and the duelists started frantically looking for a challenge. I wonder where Matt went, we had better find him" said Scott. "No way" Ryan said back, "I wanna duel you now! That way I can equip my Night Dragon with Dragon Treasure to beat you down!" "Let's look for some more n00bs that you can take on" said Scott frowning. At that point, someone placed their hand on Scott's shoulder.

"Dude!" said a mysterious man with long hair. "Let's duel!" The man was wearing a black robe that covered his whole body except his wrinkled head. "The freak show's here too?" said Ryan smiling. "I can beat him Scott!" Scott was about to hold back his brother when the man and Ryan's molecular structure was digitalized and sent to the dueling center. "This place is weird" Ryan said. "It's all white and fuzzy" "My name is Tober" said the man. "And my boss was wondering if you would like to give him your bracelet." "No way!" said Ryan "well after I beat you in this duel I will take it from you by force." said Tober and the gemtechs took action (4000/4000)

I'm going first" said Ryan confidently. "OK, little dude" said Tober. I summon the Maha Vailo. The light monster appeared right before Ryan's eyes. "Wow, and I will play a facedown m/t. "Your turn Toby." "It's Tober!" Tober said as he drew his card. I play card destruction, now we discard our hands and draw what we have discarded. Then I set a monster in defense and a m/t. Ryan drew. "This is too easy! I attack your facedown card with maha vailo! "It's my giant germ" Tober said. "Not only do you lose 500 l/p but I can search my deck for 2 more of these monsters and play them facedown (3500/4000)now I also reveal my trap card, gravity bind. No monster with 4 stars or more can attack." "Great, but as it stands maha is the strongest!" replied Ryan. "You don't listen well, do you" Tober said.

"Oh I can't attack, right" said Ryan and ended his turn. "I'll just set a monster and end my turn" Tober said. "I need that Heavy storm card" Ryan said. "Darn, no go. So I'll pass" "Now I can flip my needle worm!" said Tober. The top 5 cards were discarded from Ryan's deck. "Just a nice effect" he said. "What is he doing" thought Ryan. "I will use the book of moon to return it facedown, and set another monster, go." "I still didn't draw heavy storm!" said Ryan angrily. "But I can do something. I will set a monster just like you Tober! Now who is full of surprises! I will end my turn and let you keep guessing."

Scott was pacing back and forth, he knew that something was wrong about that guy he met, and didn't want his brother to go out in the first match of a tournament so important to him. He didn't even have the heart to look for a duel. "Come on, Ryan!" he yelled to nobody in particular.

"I figured someone packing that bracelet would have actually put up a fight, you didn't do anything at all!" said Tober disappointedly. "I just won this duel. I will flip up my needle worm I restored to facedown mode, and flip this new one I set last turn! Now 10 cards are gone from your deck." "You trying to make me run out of cards!" yelled Ryan. "No kidding" replied Tober. "So now I can flip my two germs and activate polymerization, fusing my 2 germs and 2 worms to create Viral Death!" (2600/2200) A giant spiky ball dripping with mucus and flem appeared before Ryan. "That isn't a real card!" Ryan said in a knowledgeable voice. "Let's just say that my boss knows the right people and custom made the little sucker just for my deck. And I have just won!

"Using my virus' effect, I can pay all but 50 of my l/p to discard the top 20 cards from your deck!!" "I don't have that many left, I'm done!! ((3500/50) I didn't even scratch you!" Ryan said, with tears about to stream down his face. He watched as his deck became smaller and smaller. "Yeah you really are terrible" said Tober. All that remained on Ryan's deck was 1 card, and as it flipped over to be discarded, his whole deck restored itself. "WTF!" Tober Screamed. Ryan thought of what happened, "I know! "It's my penguin knight! When it goes from my deck to the grave I combine my graveyard and deck for a new deck!" Ryan said with a giant smile. "Who t f runs that card, who!" yelled Tober hysterically. "Oh well, kid. I can just beat you with my viral death's attacking power. It is most likely higher than anything you have ever seen." "Umm, gravity ring or strap or whatever is out, it can't even attack." "Just go!" yelled Tober, the veins in his head looking ready to burst.

"Remember the card I set before?" asked Ryan. "Of course I do its right there!" Tober said impatiently. "Well it's the tornado bird, and it lets me return that gravity thing to your hand." "Thank you kindly for allowing my Viral Death to attack" said Tober regaining confidence. "That is phase 1 of my three-phased plan!" announced Ryan. "I now tribute my bird and Maha Vailo for my Serpent Night Dragon!" The snakelike dragon glided onto the duel field, its eyes glowing yellow (2350) "My viral beats it by 250 still" said Tober. "PHASE THREE!" said Ryan, REVEAL FACEDOWN MAGIC CARD, DRAGON TREASURE!" The serpent dragon's eyes glowed a fiery red. "This increases its attack by 300, making it 50 stronger than your death card. And if I know my math, then 50 is all you have left, so when my dragon attacks I will win! The dragon's eye's burned with rage as it shot immense energy out of it's mouth, destroying Viral Death and Tober's remaining l/p. "Beaten by, a ,a newbie" said Tober as two locater keys along with the viral death card appeared at Ryan's side.