Chapter 25

"C'mon Serenity, hold my hand tight"said Joey as he was dashing so fast that if he weren't holding Serenity's hand, she would've been long gone.

"Tea! Tea!"called Joey.

Joey fell to the ground as his grip on Serenity was gone. Serenity's scream was muffled as she was grabbed,

"Serenity!"gasped Joey.

A hole appeared beneath Joey and he felt himself falling.

"Oh man, I'm too young to die"said Joey closing his eyes.

He landed on the floor hard.

"Ow! I guess it could've been worse"thought Joey.

"Cour is in session"said a large and powerful voice.

Joey looked around, he was in somekind of courtroom, and at the stand was Judgeman.

"Joey Wheeler, welcome to my court house"said Judgeman.

"Let me guess, you's one of those big 5 losers"said Kaiba.

"Losers, huh? We'll see about that Joey. I am your Judge, Jury and Executioner now Joey. This is my courtroom"said Judgeman.

"Yeah, yeah"said Joey unworried.

"The only way to leave here in one piece is to pass my trail. The trial will be a duel"

"Ha! So you wanna duel against Joey Wheeler do ya? Well allright then Judge Freak, I accpet!"said Joey.

"Select your chief monster"ordered Judgeman.

"Allright, I choose an old buddy of mine, Flame Swordsman"said Joey.

"Flamesowrdsman helped me a lot in Duelist Kingdom, it's only fair I let him be my chief monster"thought Joey.

"Very well, then let the duel comense!"

Joey:4000 Judgeman:4000

"As head of the courtroom, I'll begin. I place one card face down, and then I'll summon Goblin Attack force!"

It had an ATK of 2300 and DEF of 0000.

"Oh crud, that Goblin Attack Force will wipe the street with Flame Swordsman if I don't protect him"thought Joey.

"First I place one card face down, then summon Gearfried the Iron Knight"

"Joey"said a voice.

"Who's there?"asked Joey.

"Over here"

Joey jumped back as he discovered it was Flame Swordsman's voice.

"Joey, attack with Gearfried so you can dispose of the attack force"

"What? Gearfried's too weak"said Joey.

"Trust me on this Joey"said Flame Swordsman.

"I've been able to trust FlameSwordsman in duelist kingdom, guess I can count on him now"thought Joey.

"Gearfried, attack those butt ugly Goblins!"ordered Joey.

The Goblins and Gearfried were both destroyed.

"Impossible! How did that happen!"gasped Judgeman.

"My special ability will raise the attack of any Warrior type Joey plays by 500, making Gearfried equal with your Goblins"

"Clever, but he's made a grave mistake. Now his FlameSwordsman is open for a direct attack"thought Judgeman.

"Now I summon Vorse Raider, the Man Beast to the fieldd!"

It had an ATK of 1900 and DEF of 1200.

"Vorse Raider, attack FlameSwordsman!"

"Hold on JudgeClown, activate Salamandra! It'll raise the attack power of my swordsman by 700 points, which means your forest raiding freak Vorse Raider is toast, literaly"said Joey as Salamnadra engulfed Vrse Raider.

Judgeman.

Joey drew.

"Now I summon Swordsman of LandStar in attack mode! Attack his lifepoints my monsters!"

Judgeman:400

"This has got to be the easiest duel ever! Now make your move so I can finish you off!" *******************************************************

"Man, I don't know how much further I can go"thought Tea as she continued walking through the freezing cold, holding herself with her arms, shivering.

"Where the heck is everyone? I hope they find me soon"thought Tea as she felt herself collaps. ********************************************************

"Seto, you haven't said anything in awhile. Are you allright?"asked Mokuba.

"I'm fine Mokuba"lied Kaiba who was distracted.

"Could it be? Could that Noah brat be our missing brother? Impossible"thought Kaiba.

**Flashback**

"You must be kidding young boy. YOU, challenge me to chess?"asked Mr Kaiba.

"Yes, and if I win, you'll adopt me AND Mokuba"

**End Flashback**

"Never once did he mention anything about a lost brother after I defeated him"thought Kaiba.

**Flashback**

"So tell me Seto, what do you plan to do when the days comes you take over as owner of Kaiba corp?"he asked.

"I plan to make all kinds of cool games"said Seto.

"Yeah, it's ben his dream to make games for kids all around the world"said Mokuba.

"Nonsense. Kiddie games are a waste of time and money"

"Not true!"protested Seto.

"So, you dare speak back to me in that tone? Maid, see to it their toys are thrown away"

"What!"gasped Seto.

"You will never learn the right way to run Kaiba corp if you believe in these petty games!"

**End Flashback**

"I guess he WAS right"thought Kaiba. *******************************************************

"So, you gonna make a move or not?"asked Joey.

Judgeman drew.

"I summon Maho Vailo, in attack mode!"

It had an ATK of 1550 and DEF of 1400.

"I also equip it with Ax of Despair, raising it's attack by 1000, however Maho Vailo's effect will raise his attack by an extra 500 for every card equiped to him, making his attack 3050! Attack swordsman of landstar!"

Joey:1450

"Now only your FlameSwordsman is leaft and he will be easily dealt with"said Judgeman.

Joey drew.

"I place one card face down, and summon Ax Raider in attack mode! Make your move!"

Judgeman drew.

"I place anoter card face down, then I have Maho Vailo attack your Ax Raider!"

"Hold on, activate Graceful Dice! This will raise the attack of my Ax Raider depending on the roll of the number"

"Hm"

"All I need is a 2 or higher, if I get higher then a 2 then this duel is over"thought Joey.

"Fool, I'm afraid that won't save him this time"thought Judgeman.

The dice landed on a six.

"Allright! Time to-

But Judgeman's eyes gleamed and it turned to a one.

"What!"

Joey:150

"What the heck! That's a rip off!"gasped Joey.

"Thanks to my special ability, any luck based card will always work in my favor. So if Joet tries any luck based cards like Roulete Spider or Time Wizard to defeat my Maho Vailo, he'll lose what's leaft of his lifepoints and his body as well"thought Judgeman.

"Go on Joey! Time to make your final move!"

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