Chapter 5

After buying dozens of packs with all but 10cents of his allowance, Joey now had another problem.

"This is bad Yug, I have no idea when these masked clowns are supposed to show up, and finding a partner's going to be impossible. Who on earth besides you would partner up with me? Maybe Tea would, but she's not that much of a duelist. Tristan couldn't win a duel if his life depended on it, and Bakura isn't much of a duelist either. Oh man, I'm sunk!"

"What about Kaiba?"

"WHAT! Have you lost it Yug, Kaiba would never help me"

"You did free him from Pegasus, besides who else do you have to turn to?"

"Don't you think I would've asked Kaiba if I thought he would really help me? Looks like I have to 2 on one"

"Wheelr"

Joey jumped and spun around, it was Kaiba.

"What are you saying about me Joey? I heared my name said"

Kaiba was dressed in some kind of weird rock suit(Battle City)

"Well, uma, you see-

"Who were you talking to?"

"My umgana, blah-

"Who are these duelists you're talking about? I want awnsers Wheeler"

"I was talking to Yugi"

"I see, you poor thing"

"AH! I'm not crazy, his spirits inside my puzzle, um, here"

He gave Kaiba the puzzle.

"So now what? Do I smash it?"

"NO! Put it around your neck!"

"Allriught, calm down"

Kaiba did so.

"Hey Kaiba!"

"It is you"gasped Kaiba.

He gave the puzzle back to Joey.

"Now, what were you talking about?"

"You see, wll um, here it goes"

"Get on with it Joey"

"Okay! After duelist kingdom I was challenged to a duel by some circus freak named Pandora. After I beat him, some creep named Malik took over his mind and said I was responsible for killing the pharoah, and told me that he was sending 2 duelists named the masks of Light and Dark. I have to find a partner or else I'll have to take them 2 on 1"

"So you got the idea of choosing me"

"Actually it was Yugi's idea"

"Well tell Yugi he should pick partners more carefully"

"He can hear you Kaiba"

"We found you"

Joey and Kaiba turned around.

There were 2 duelists with duel disks(the one from Scars of Defeat and Face off) One was a midget in a Purple robe, with a White mask covering the left side of his face. The other was about 6 feet tall, with a Purple robe and a Black mask on the right sde of his face.

"You must be the mask guys"

"Looks like you found your partner"said mask of light.

"No, I just refused his offer"

"I wouldn't do that"

Kaiba turned around, it was Mokuba.

"What are you doing here, you're supposed to be at Kaiba corp"

Joey saw the symbol on his head and those blank eyes.

"Kaiba! Your brother's not normal, he's under mind control"

"WHAT!" ***********************************************

Malik sat in his throne with Rod in hand, speaking through Mokuba.

"That's right Kaiba, I'm sure Joey allready told you about me so I won't waste our times by introducing myself. As you can see, I have your brother under my control" ***************************************************

"I can make him do anything I wish, and all you can do is stand back and watch"

"What do you want" *****************************************************

"You are to duel with Joey using your dueldisks against the mask brothers. If you win Mokuba will be free from harm, but lose, and you'll both be banished to the shadow realm forever" *****************************************************

Kaiba opened up his brief case and took out 2 dueldisks.

"Here"he said tossing it to Joey. He put it on along with Kaiba.

They inserted their decks in.

"Time to duel"they said in usion.

Mask of Light:2000 Joey:2000 Mask of Dark:2000 Kaiba:2000

"I'll go first"said Kaiba.

They all drew their hands.

"I summon Battle Ox in attack mode"

It had an attack of 1700 and defense of 1000

"Then for my turn, I'll summon Alligator Sword, also in attack mode"

"Is that the best you can do Joey? Give me a break Wheeler, being a partner means doing some actual dueling, not just throwing out any mediocre monster in attack mode"

"C'mon Kaiba I'm just starting here"

"Our strategie is perfect. Watch as we win without playing a single monster"said Mask of light.

"What"gasped Kaiba.

"You can't win a duel without playing monsters"

"With this card we can. I play Curse mask, and place it on Joey's field"said mask of dark.

"What's that do?"

"Every turn this card will zap you of 500 lifepoints"

"Oh no!"

Joey:1500

"I'll also play one for you Kaiba"said mask of dark.

"No"gasped Kaiba

Kaiba:1500

"Now all we have to do is watch, as in just a few turns you'll have no lifepoints leaft, and then you'll be banished to the shadow realm"

"I gotta get as their lifepoints fast"thought Joey drawing.

"Nothing"he thought.

"I pass my turn"

"I'll play De-spell, destroying the mask on my field"

"Too bad Joey can't"

"Huh"gasped Kaiba.

"If just one of you hit 0, you both lose"said mask of light.

"Don't you dare tell me you don't have a De-spell Wheeler"

Joey shook his head.

"Gr"

"HA HA HA! Too bad Kaiba"said mask of light.

"We can't let them win"said Joey.

To be continued *****************************************

Is this the end? Will this story end badly for Joey? Found out next time!