Ok… One… I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh… two… I'd like to thank Inuyasha from my msn site (The Hidden Anime Cove) for creating the battle sequence for this chapter… Thanks to JadeSaber for pointing out a big mistake in this chapter…
The Legend Of The Millennium Keeper
Chapter 2: The Value Of Respect
"I tried... I tried... I tried..." Yugi says as he tosses in his bed.
"Yugi? Yugi are you ok?" Soloman Moto asks as he walks into the room. He walks over to Yugi's bed and shakes him.
Yugi opens his eyes and looks up confused, "What? It... It was just a dream?"
"You were yelling in your sleep... I decided to check up on you," his grandfather says smiling.
"Thanks grandpa," Yugi says sitting up, "I had a dream that me, Joey, Tea, Tristen and Bakura were being chased by living duel monsters. They wanted to kill us all... Do you think that it means something grandpa?"
Soloman sighs and sits next to Yugi on the bed, "Sometimes dreams can tell you things... but there are other dreams that they are just that... Dreams."
"I'm not so sure about this one... I'm not so sure it was just a dream," Yugi says looking out the window.
(Let's just hope it is Yugi,) comes his others voice from inside his head.
(Yes... Lets,) comes Yugi's reply.
"No mater what happens Yugi... I know you'll get through it... You've always had a good heart and I know it will guide you in the right direction," Soloman says.
"Thanks grandpa," Yugi says smiling and hugging his grandfather.
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Yugi and his friends chat while walking to school. Yugi tells them about the dream.
"You're just paranoid, Yugi. Don't worry about it," Tristen says.
"Anything tries ta kill us and they won't live ta see another day," Joey smirks punching the air.
Tea giggles and shakes her head, "What are you going to do? Play dead?"
Joey glares at her, "That wasn't nice!"
"I didn't mean it, Joey," Tea smiles.
"Ya, ya," Joey says.
"Come on you guys... Lets not fight," Yugi says in his usual gentle smile.
"Hey! Yugi, Joey, Tristen, Tea!" comes a voice from behind the group. They turn to see Bakura running up to them. He soon catches up panting.
"You ok?" Tristen asks.
Bakura smiles between breaths, "I'm fine."
"Come on then. We better get to school or we'll get in trouble," Yugi says.
The group heads towards the school laughing and chatting all the way there.
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After classes the group heads out to go to the game shop. They turn a corner and Joey, who's in the lead, bumps into someone.
"HEY! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOIN!" Joey hollers.
"I'd say the same to you Wheeler," the person replies as he gets up off the ground.
"Kaiba… Just what we need," Joey grumbles.
Seto looks over at Yugi and smirks, "Hello Yugi."
"Hi there Seto," Yugi says good-naturedly.
"Sorry Kaiba but we got to get going," Tristen says walking past Seto.
"Fine then… Oh… By the way… I've invited all the best duellists for dinner at my mansion next week. You're welcome to attend Yugi… and feel free to leave your pets at home," Seto laughs and walks off.
Joey's face turns red, "TAKE THAT BACK YOU… oh never mind."
Tea laughs then smiles, "Come on Joey. You know you shouldn't listen to him. Don't let him get to you."
"Easier said then done," Joey says as he sighs and continues on.
"So Yugi. Are you going to go to this dinner?" Bakura asks.
"I don't know… I guess I should but… considering the trouble I seem to get into when he's around I'm not sure I should go," Yugi says.
"Come on Yug… I'm sure it'll be fun," Joey says, "You go to the dinner then you can tell us all about it after. Just don't enjoy yourself too much."
"Ya Yugi… This is a great chance for you to try and become friends with Seto," Tea suggests.
"Like that'll ever happen," Tristan says.
The others sigh and laugh as they head to the turtle game shop.
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The group gets to the shop and heads to the living room area.
"Have you another game, Yug," Joey says.
"I think you've had enough punishment for one day, Joey," Yugi replies.
"Ok fine," Joey mumbles.
"I'll play you Joey," Bakura says.
"Nah… It's ok," Joey says.
"Ok then…" Bakura shrugs.
From the front of the store Yugi and company can hear a voice all but yelling at Solomon Moto, "I want to speak with Yugi Moto… NOW!"
Yugi looks at the others then gets up and walks to the front to talk to the person. He walks out and sees a young girl standing there.
"Hello… I'm Yugi Moto. You wanted to speak with me?" Yugi asks.
The girl smirks then suddenly produces a deck of duelling cards, "I challenge you, Yugi Moto, to a duel!"
Yugi goes wide-eyed then smiles, "Sure."
Joey and the others soon come out to see what is going on.
"This isn't going to be no normal duel…" she says.
"Huh?" Joey says.
"If I win… I want your three strongest cards… If you win you can have my three strongest cards," she says.
"Are you sure you want to put your own cards at risk like that?" Yugi asks.
"What? Do you really think you're all that? That you can beat me?! HA! I'm Canada's top duellist," she growls.
"It's not that… It's just… Ok I'll battle you," Yugi finally says.
"Go easy on her Yugi," Tristan says.
The girl glares daggers at Tristan then looks back at Yugi, "Hurry up… I don't have time to waste on the likes of you."
"What a pleasant person," Tea mumbles.
"By the way… What's your name?" Yugi asks.
"Tiomy," she replies.
Yugi nods and smiles to her. She just scowls at him.
"An official duel… At Kaiba Corp," she says.
"… Ok," Yugi nods.
The group soon leaves the shop and heads to Kaiba Corp.
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The group soon made it to Kaiba Corp and the two readied themselves for battle. Yugi's millennium puzzle glowed bright and Yami Yugi took over.
"This is going to be a day to remember," Tiomy smirked slightly.
"Yes… The day you learn a lesson in humility," Yami Yugi replied.
"Ya right," Tiomy said with a yawn, "Lets just get this over with."
Yami nods and takes a card from his hand, "I'll start this duel by placing one card face down."
Tiomy smirks and takes a card from her own hand, "I play Neo the Magic Swordsman in attack mode. Attack Yugi's face down card now!"
The monster attacks Yugi's face down card revealing the Giant Soldier of Stone. Since Yugi's monster was in defence mode Tiomy's monster loses 300 points.
Tea smiled, "Yugi's winning with 8000 and Tiomy's losing with 7700."
"I place yet another card face down," Yami said.
"What are you a chicken to let me see your weak cards?" Tiomy laughed, "Well… In any case… I sacrifice Neo the Magic Swordsman for Total Defence Shogun in defence mode."
"I play Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts in attack mode," Yami said.
"Ok then. Total Defence Shogun! Attack Yugi's Gazelle," Tiomy said.
"I think not," Yami said as he revealed his face down card, Mirror Force, "This card destroys any monster in attack mode when my opponent attacks me."
Tiomy laughed, "If you hadn't noticed, I never took my monster out of defence mode. Total defence Shogun is able to attack while in Defence mode."
Yami looked a bit surprised but soon regained his composure, "I use brain control on your monster and then sacrifice both monsters for Buster Blader. Attack her lifepoints!"
The monster does so and attacks Tiomy's lifepoints directly.
"ARG! No matter… I activate Polymerization to fuse Marie the Fallen One and The Forgiving Maiden to create St. Joan," Tiomy said, "Now… Attack Buster Blader!"
The monster destroyed Buster Blader.
"Your weak little monster has been destroyed Yugi," Tiomy taunted.
"I use polymerization to fuse Red Eyes Black Dragon and Summoned Skull into Black Skull Dragon. I also play pot of greed, which lets me draw two cards. I discard Alpha, Beta, and Gamma to make Valkrine. Black Skull Dragon attack St. Joan!" Yami said.
"No!" Tiomy whined.
"I'm not done yet. Valkrine! Attack her lifepoints!" Yami said.
The monster attacks Tiomy's life points.
"At least I gain 200 lifepoints for having Marie the Fallen One in the graveyard," Tiomy said, I also place one monster face down."
"Very well then. Black Skull Dragon, attack!" Yami said.
The monster attacks Tiomy's face down card, which reveals Penguin Soldier.
"No!" Yami said in surprise, "Penguin Soldier sends my cards back where they came from when attacked."
He watched at his two monsters disappeared back to where they belonged.
'How could I be so foolish?' Yami thought to himself.
(Don't worry Yami. You can still beat her. You are still ahead,) Yugi reassured the pharaoh.
(You're right Yugi. Thank you,) Yami replies.
"I summon Masaki the legendary warrior onto the field. Attack Yugi's lifepoints!" Tiomy ordered.
The monster did so.
Yami scowled slightly as he drew a card. When he saw the card he smiled to himself, "Just the card I needed. I use Monster Reborn to summon St. Joan back to the board and have it attack Masaki the legendary warrior."
"AHH! NO!" Tiomy screeched.
"I believe I win," Yami said.
"WAY TO GO YUG!" Joey beamed.
"You did it!" Tea smiled.
Tiomy jumped down from the duelling platform and fell to her knees.
Yami looked over at her then jumped down and walked over to
her, "You did well… But you need to learn to respect your opponent more."
Tiomy looked up at him, "Why do you care?"
"Respect goes both ways," Yami smiled as he helped her to her feet.
"Th… Thanks…" she said then smiled, "I guess you're right. Respect can go a long way."
Tiomy then picked up her deck and took out her three strongest cards handing them over to Yami.
"No… Keep them," he said.
"But we made a deal," she said.
"I'm just happy knowing you learnt a valuable lesson during this match," he said.
Tiomy slowly put the cards back in her deck, "Thank you."
Yami nodded and watched as Tiomy got up and walked away.