As the huge 747 airbus lifted off from Domino airport, several small
screens on the back of the chairs lit up and an apparently prerecorded
infomercial for KaibaCorp/Industrial Illusions began to play, it was
immediately followed by a tutorial about the new duel disks that Yugi paid
a lot of attention to. The new duel disks were fully loaded with new add-
ons like a G.P.S. tracking system and a detachable palm pilot score keeper.
The DD3 as they were called, also linked to the KC/II duelist database,
which contained information on each participating duelist and a list of the
deck(s) they had registered. To update the information, which was
mandatory according to the rule book, they merely had to place the card on
the DD3 and press the upload to deck button. Also, in this tournament
each duelist would have to collect ten locator/key cards, which would guide
them to the finals. Once there, they would have thirty seconds to find the
right combination of three keys to be admitted to the finals, it was a lot
to keep in mind, so much that Yugi fell asleep until the captain announced
their landing at Newark International Airport in New Jersey, the gain got
their luggage and boarded a charter bus to New York City. Tea looked out
the window at the Radio City Music Hall as they passed by, she hoped one
day she would be able to move to New York and take up a career in dancing;
this tournament gave her hope of winning the prize money that would allow
her to do so.
The trio got out of the motor couch and began walking down the street towards the hotel where the duelists were supposed to stay.
"Man I can't wait to duel!" shouted Joey.
"Yeah I know, since this is a world tournament, we're bound to meet a ton of new duelists; and see tons of new cards that were released here but not back home!" said Yugi excitedly.
"There's only one thing I'd like to do more than duel right now!" stated Joey.
"Lemme guess." Said Tea flatly. "Eat."
"Yeah, how'd you know?" responded Joey
"It's the only other thing you care about besides your sister and dueling" said Tea.
The trio continued walking until they reached a small pizza shop, the walked inside and the smell of a fresh pepperoni pizza caught their attention.
"Can I help you?" said a boy about their age with dark brown hair. He had crystal blue eyes and was wearing a black sleeveless shirt and blue jeans,
"Um, yeah, we need a table for three please." Said Tea, the boy looked slightly familiar but she couldn't figure out whom it was.
"Actually, make that six!" said a mild female voice from behind, Yugi, Tea, and Joey turned around to see Duke, Tristan, and Serenity.
"I didn't think you guys could come!" said Joey excitedly.
"Well, we weren't until Tristan got fired." said Duke, who was slightly grinning.
"I wasn't fired, I just thought that friendship was more important than getting a new motorcycle!" retorted Tristan
"So Yugi, did you guys duel anybody yet?" asked Serenity.
"Wait, I knew I recognized you!" said the boy, whom the gang had forgot was there. "You're Yugi Motou, King of Games! Nice to meet you; my name is Brad Heart, I guess you could say I'm you American counterpart." Said Brad.
"I knew I recognized you!" Said Tea excitedly. "You won some kind of Master's Tournament last year, right before Battle City. Everyone was confused why you didn't come to Battle City, since you are so good at the game."
"I had some personal matters to attend to, but I guarantee that I'll make it to the finals of this tournament. Well that's enough standing around, I'll take you guys to your table."
He showed them to a small booth in the corner of the restaurant and pulled out four menus.
"So what'll you guys have?" asked Brad.
"Umm, I guess we'll split a large Pepperoni." Said Yugi
"Sure, It'll be out in a few minutes." Said Brad as he walked off.
After the gang finished the pizza Brad showed them upstairs to his room, where he pulled out a large box filled with duel monsters cards.
"Whoa! Three Time Wizards! You gotta be kidding me!" yelled Joey. That's a really rare and powerful card!"
"I just guess I got lucky with boosters." Said Brad timidly.
Suddenly, there was a ton of clanging down stairs and the sound of a cash register being thrown open suddenly.
"Just put the money in the bag old man!" yelled someone down stairs. Brad, Joey, Tristan, and Duke rushed down the stairs with Yugi and the girls close behind.
"Hey you! Stop!" yelled Brad as he chased the thief down the alley next to the pizza shop. But the only thing Yugi noticed was a strange rod like golden item hanging around Brads neck, and how it was glowing franticly. The man turned around and slammed right into Joey, who pulled the bandanna from off his face, to reveal a very familiar one.
"Bandit Keith Howard!" said Joey with enough shock for everyone in the alley. Suddenly, the item around Brad's neck flashed and, who once stood in Brads place was, a more confident and more devilish looking figure.
"I see your wearing a Duel Disk Three." Said Brad in a dominating tone.
"What's it to you Kid?" said Keith back, just as dominating.
"You have hurt one of my friends, and stolen from a defenseless man, these are the actions of a coward, so common thief, I challenge you to a duel!" Said Brad, he looked up at Keith and their eyes locked, Keith felt a cold shiver go down his spine.
"Fine kid, I accept you challenge" Said Keith.
"Here are the rules, we will each wager two locator and Key cards, and any two cards from our decks that the winner chooses; but you much wager all the money you took." Said Brad.
"Ok, now can we get on with it!?" shouted Keith. The two duelists walked out to the middle of the street and activated their DD3s. Two small hologram projectors shot out of the bottoms. They both drew their opening hands. Brad: 8000 Keith: 8000
"I'll go first." Said Brad. "First, I lay four cards face down, and then summon Kuriboh in attack mode!" Said Brad.
"Ok kid that was an amateur move, and now you'll see why. I summon Mechanical Chaser in attack mode. Now Chaser, Attack Kuriboh!"
"Not so fast hot shot, I activate my trap card! Magic Cylinders! It redirects the attack directly at your life points!" Brad: 8000 Keith: 6150
"No way!!!!!" Yelled Keith as the laser blast was directed straight as is face.
"Oh yes!" yelled Brad as Keith's life points dropped. "My move!" said Brad as he drew his card.
"I shift Kuriboh to defense mode and then I summon my favorite monster in attack mode! Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer!" Brad placed the card on the field and a shower of light illuminated the alleyway, and out of the card stepped a man in Japanese clothing with a half mask. He was carrying a set of crimson beads.
"Ha! Your ghost destroyer is no match for my Mechanical Chaser!" Yelled Keith obnoxiously.
Brad: "Oh really? You better look again after I activate my trap card! Go Metalmorph! Give my Ghost Destroyer a set of armor and three hundred extra attack points!" Keith: "What!? No way!" Brad: "Kycoo! Destroy that machine, Spirit Sword Assault!" The Ghost Destroyer charged forward with his new samurai armor on and sliced the Chaser to pieces. "Not only did I destroy your chaser but I can use Kycoo's special effect to remove Chaser from play! Do you give up Keith? Keith-4975 Brad-8000 Keith: "Never, your just some tournament winner, I'm the intercontinental Champion!" Brad: "Just keep tellin' yourself that Keith! It's your move now make it."
Keith: Keith drew a card and began laughing. "This is the end kid! I play the cost down card on my most powerful monster.Jinzo!" Brad: "What! Your deck contains a Jinzo? I thought your strongest monster was the machine king!" Keith: Well, you thought wrong, not only is Jinzo super strong, but he negate all traps, like the one equipped to your Kycoo!" As Keith said this, the armor on Kycoo fell off of him and disintegrated. Brad stood there in awe as the all mighty Jinzo powered up his blast. Keith: "Say goodbye to Kycoo!" Jinzo fired his blast and Kycoo was destroyed, but Brad's life points were still at 8000. "What the hell? How did your lp stay at 8000?" Brad: "I discarded a Kuriboh card from my hand to negate the damage." Keith: "End turn." Brad: "Now, the beginning of the end, with this card! Raigeki! It will destroy your Jinzo in its mighty path!" A huge bolt of lightning crashed down onto Keith's field annihilating Jinzo. "Next I tribute the Kuriboh on my field in order to summon my mighty Summoned Skull! And now, I equip him with my Axe of Despair, and two mask of Brutality cards which raise his attack to 5500!" As Brad says this, three of the face down hologram cards flips up to reveal three equipment cards. The two masks equip to the Skull's shoulders and he grasps the Axe tight. "Summoned Skull! Summoned Lightning strike!" The massive demon rose to the sky and then swung the axe at Keith, a huge bolt of lightning struck him making his life points drop to zero. Keith: "Nooooooooooooooooooo not again!
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A/N: Cliff Hanger. What was the item around Brad's neck, and why did Keith show up and steal the money from the pizza shop?
The trio got out of the motor couch and began walking down the street towards the hotel where the duelists were supposed to stay.
"Man I can't wait to duel!" shouted Joey.
"Yeah I know, since this is a world tournament, we're bound to meet a ton of new duelists; and see tons of new cards that were released here but not back home!" said Yugi excitedly.
"There's only one thing I'd like to do more than duel right now!" stated Joey.
"Lemme guess." Said Tea flatly. "Eat."
"Yeah, how'd you know?" responded Joey
"It's the only other thing you care about besides your sister and dueling" said Tea.
The trio continued walking until they reached a small pizza shop, the walked inside and the smell of a fresh pepperoni pizza caught their attention.
"Can I help you?" said a boy about their age with dark brown hair. He had crystal blue eyes and was wearing a black sleeveless shirt and blue jeans,
"Um, yeah, we need a table for three please." Said Tea, the boy looked slightly familiar but she couldn't figure out whom it was.
"Actually, make that six!" said a mild female voice from behind, Yugi, Tea, and Joey turned around to see Duke, Tristan, and Serenity.
"I didn't think you guys could come!" said Joey excitedly.
"Well, we weren't until Tristan got fired." said Duke, who was slightly grinning.
"I wasn't fired, I just thought that friendship was more important than getting a new motorcycle!" retorted Tristan
"So Yugi, did you guys duel anybody yet?" asked Serenity.
"Wait, I knew I recognized you!" said the boy, whom the gang had forgot was there. "You're Yugi Motou, King of Games! Nice to meet you; my name is Brad Heart, I guess you could say I'm you American counterpart." Said Brad.
"I knew I recognized you!" Said Tea excitedly. "You won some kind of Master's Tournament last year, right before Battle City. Everyone was confused why you didn't come to Battle City, since you are so good at the game."
"I had some personal matters to attend to, but I guarantee that I'll make it to the finals of this tournament. Well that's enough standing around, I'll take you guys to your table."
He showed them to a small booth in the corner of the restaurant and pulled out four menus.
"So what'll you guys have?" asked Brad.
"Umm, I guess we'll split a large Pepperoni." Said Yugi
"Sure, It'll be out in a few minutes." Said Brad as he walked off.
After the gang finished the pizza Brad showed them upstairs to his room, where he pulled out a large box filled with duel monsters cards.
"Whoa! Three Time Wizards! You gotta be kidding me!" yelled Joey. That's a really rare and powerful card!"
"I just guess I got lucky with boosters." Said Brad timidly.
Suddenly, there was a ton of clanging down stairs and the sound of a cash register being thrown open suddenly.
"Just put the money in the bag old man!" yelled someone down stairs. Brad, Joey, Tristan, and Duke rushed down the stairs with Yugi and the girls close behind.
"Hey you! Stop!" yelled Brad as he chased the thief down the alley next to the pizza shop. But the only thing Yugi noticed was a strange rod like golden item hanging around Brads neck, and how it was glowing franticly. The man turned around and slammed right into Joey, who pulled the bandanna from off his face, to reveal a very familiar one.
"Bandit Keith Howard!" said Joey with enough shock for everyone in the alley. Suddenly, the item around Brad's neck flashed and, who once stood in Brads place was, a more confident and more devilish looking figure.
"I see your wearing a Duel Disk Three." Said Brad in a dominating tone.
"What's it to you Kid?" said Keith back, just as dominating.
"You have hurt one of my friends, and stolen from a defenseless man, these are the actions of a coward, so common thief, I challenge you to a duel!" Said Brad, he looked up at Keith and their eyes locked, Keith felt a cold shiver go down his spine.
"Fine kid, I accept you challenge" Said Keith.
"Here are the rules, we will each wager two locator and Key cards, and any two cards from our decks that the winner chooses; but you much wager all the money you took." Said Brad.
"Ok, now can we get on with it!?" shouted Keith. The two duelists walked out to the middle of the street and activated their DD3s. Two small hologram projectors shot out of the bottoms. They both drew their opening hands. Brad: 8000 Keith: 8000
"I'll go first." Said Brad. "First, I lay four cards face down, and then summon Kuriboh in attack mode!" Said Brad.
"Ok kid that was an amateur move, and now you'll see why. I summon Mechanical Chaser in attack mode. Now Chaser, Attack Kuriboh!"
"Not so fast hot shot, I activate my trap card! Magic Cylinders! It redirects the attack directly at your life points!" Brad: 8000 Keith: 6150
"No way!!!!!" Yelled Keith as the laser blast was directed straight as is face.
"Oh yes!" yelled Brad as Keith's life points dropped. "My move!" said Brad as he drew his card.
"I shift Kuriboh to defense mode and then I summon my favorite monster in attack mode! Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer!" Brad placed the card on the field and a shower of light illuminated the alleyway, and out of the card stepped a man in Japanese clothing with a half mask. He was carrying a set of crimson beads.
"Ha! Your ghost destroyer is no match for my Mechanical Chaser!" Yelled Keith obnoxiously.
Brad: "Oh really? You better look again after I activate my trap card! Go Metalmorph! Give my Ghost Destroyer a set of armor and three hundred extra attack points!" Keith: "What!? No way!" Brad: "Kycoo! Destroy that machine, Spirit Sword Assault!" The Ghost Destroyer charged forward with his new samurai armor on and sliced the Chaser to pieces. "Not only did I destroy your chaser but I can use Kycoo's special effect to remove Chaser from play! Do you give up Keith? Keith-4975 Brad-8000 Keith: "Never, your just some tournament winner, I'm the intercontinental Champion!" Brad: "Just keep tellin' yourself that Keith! It's your move now make it."
Keith: Keith drew a card and began laughing. "This is the end kid! I play the cost down card on my most powerful monster.Jinzo!" Brad: "What! Your deck contains a Jinzo? I thought your strongest monster was the machine king!" Keith: Well, you thought wrong, not only is Jinzo super strong, but he negate all traps, like the one equipped to your Kycoo!" As Keith said this, the armor on Kycoo fell off of him and disintegrated. Brad stood there in awe as the all mighty Jinzo powered up his blast. Keith: "Say goodbye to Kycoo!" Jinzo fired his blast and Kycoo was destroyed, but Brad's life points were still at 8000. "What the hell? How did your lp stay at 8000?" Brad: "I discarded a Kuriboh card from my hand to negate the damage." Keith: "End turn." Brad: "Now, the beginning of the end, with this card! Raigeki! It will destroy your Jinzo in its mighty path!" A huge bolt of lightning crashed down onto Keith's field annihilating Jinzo. "Next I tribute the Kuriboh on my field in order to summon my mighty Summoned Skull! And now, I equip him with my Axe of Despair, and two mask of Brutality cards which raise his attack to 5500!" As Brad says this, three of the face down hologram cards flips up to reveal three equipment cards. The two masks equip to the Skull's shoulders and he grasps the Axe tight. "Summoned Skull! Summoned Lightning strike!" The massive demon rose to the sky and then swung the axe at Keith, a huge bolt of lightning struck him making his life points drop to zero. Keith: "Nooooooooooooooooooo not again!
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A/N: Cliff Hanger. What was the item around Brad's neck, and why did Keith show up and steal the money from the pizza shop?