(This chapter is dedicated to all my friends, and 1 family member. I like
to say I love you all! Allen, Paul, Piggy (Who plays Jess), Stevie (who
plays Sage), Gina (Who plays Mina/Minako), Mink (who is my sister), Lori,
and Brady. I love you all! You all are the best friends in the whole wide
world! And to those who are not yet in this story, you all rock! )
Rahn sat down reading a book. Mink glanced over at her. "Hey, just chill she'll get what she deserves if I get a hand out of her" Allen said putting his hand in a fist.
"Someone's going to have to. The person who earns the Wild Card gets to chose who to duel against to take their place in the finals" Yami mentioned.
"Wow, you're a good listener" Mink said.
"Well duh! He's only the Pha..." Allen went on but Daniel stopped him.
"SOME people shouldn't know this secret" Daniel said sternly.
"Oh..." Allen said.
Daniel headed out for the bathrooms and as soon as he left Allen, Jess, and Mink crouched in. "I swear... He's been acting weird since the beginning of this day" Mink whispered.
"Well you'd be acting weird if the fate of the world rested in your hands" Allen said.
"We should watch our backs. I don't think Rahn is the only one with secret powers. Plus there's Vice" Mink whispered. They all leaned back giving strange looks at the others.
As Daniel made his way through the hall he felt a sharp pain in his head. He suddenly collapsed but caught himself on a door knob. He held his head in pain hearing dozens of screams and "help me!" cries.
He regained balance trying to deal with the screams. It seemed strange the pain started when he passed the door he was leaning on. He slowly began to open it. Inside was a another long table. There was a giant portrait of Roa, and another guy unfamiliar to him. Then there was a young boy who was similar to the other two. He carefully looked around and no one was around and he slipped him. As he got closer the screams got louder.
He looked over at the portrait covering his ears. The bottom of Roa's portrait said "Roa, Today's Doom Leader". He looked over at the other man who had short cut hair but the same color as Roa, it was light blue. It said at the bottom: "Darrow, son of Roa, Prince of Doom". Then there was the child.
The boy seemed to stare into Daniel's very soul as he looked upon the portrait. It said nothing at the bottom but he seemed to be the future Leader of the Doom Organization.
Suddenly he heard a voice down the corner. "Who's there?!" The voice called out. Daniel yelped a bit and turned behind a chair. As he backed up there was a mirror behind him. As he backed up he fell into something. It was a statue. He looked around the dark and saw he wasn't in the DOMA Tower. There was a throne and a giant stone wall and small figures on it.
He came closer and the screams where as loud as ever. He saw way familiar faces. There was Heather. She looked horrified and seemed to be pounding on the stone wall. He could just barley hear her voice. "Trapped by the Orichalcos Seal...." He thought. He saw other kids from school too.
Suddenly he felt his Millennium Scale glow. He quickly took it out. "I now will release you're souls!" He yelled as he held his item up to the stone wall. The item started to glow but then suddenly a barrier appeared. Nothing happened but the barrier reacted. He felt a hard blow to his body and went flying out of the mirror and out the door. He was confused but noticed the hall way. He looked around, no one was around and he quickly and silently shut the door. He was sweating like a pig and he quickly got up and brushed himself off. He ran over to the bathroom and washed up. He grabbed a towel and wiped the water and sweat off. He left the bathroom.
As he left he saw the tall figure infront of him, it was Vice. "You've been gone long" He said sternly. Daniel ignored him and swished passed him and down the hall. Vice looked back at the young boy. "You've got a lot to learn" He said in his head.
He made his way into the dining room, pushing the double doors open. Luke and Rahn looked upon him and laughed inside their minds.
Suddenly Simon made an announcement. "We will now start the second round of The DOMA Challenge" He said as he turned on the bingo machine.
The balls thrashed inside the bubble and a ball slid out of the slot. "Duelist number 1! Jessica Ryou" Simon announced.
Everyone patiently waited for the next duelist. "We'll just see how this will end" Vice said to himself as he lifted his finger. Suddenly all the ball's numbers turned to 8. Then one ball slid into the slot.
"And duelist number 8, Daniel!" Simon announced.
"What?!" Allen said.
"It's ok... We'll go with it.... Right?" Jess said looking over to Daniel, he nodded. Simon led the two duelists, along with Mink, Allen, and Yami to the elevator. Paul just had to see this so he followed along. The other three stayed at their place in the dinning room.
Jess looked over at Daniel. Daniel turned red and looked away. He was really nervous and almost scared. The last time he dueled her he almost lost and it would have been the end for him. He could remember the stage and the cold and dark air running around him.
The elevator came up to the top of the building where the big ditch in the roof came where the dueling field was set. Jess and Daniel took their places.
"Now duelists, start your duel!" Simon announced putting his arm in the air. Jess drew her 6 cards.
"before I do something stupid... I want to say something" She went on. Daniel nodded again. "Ever since we've dueled for the first time.. I felt like I've lost something within. It was not only the evil spirit Bakura, but me who was also dueling. I normally thought you were a regular dumb kid and wanted to show you what's what. I'm glad we became friends but I can't help dueling you again"
"What do you mean?" Daniel asked.
"I mean to say we're really good friends. Bakura nor Karim can hold us apart. You've done a great job keeping Bakura away from me but inside I feel like he's still out there, waiting to get all the Millennium Items. It was the items that brought us all together and kept us friends. I feel bad for making you and Allen to duel in such hard conditions back in the World Tournament. I don't want to hurt anyone anymore.... That's why... I'm giving up my place and giving it to you" She explained and putting her hand ontop of her Deck Holster.
Allen and Mink gasped to what Jess was doing. She was surrendering from this duel even when it was started.
"Fool..." Paul thought. Daniel was too shocked to what was happening.
Jess sniffed making it like the cold air was giving her a runny nose but actually she was happy for Daniel. She wanted to cry but she held it back tight. Daniel was too loved to even move. He purposely rubbed his eyes to bring the tears onto his shirt.
"Then it's final. I announce Daniel moving onto the Finals" Simon said raising his hand onto his side. Jess and Daniel met at the side. They held out hands and shook gradually. "I'm glad we're friends" Daniel gasped. Jess nodded. Mink and Allen came to them.
Jess jumped to Allen and hugged him and Mink patted Daniel's back.
"You guys make me sick" Paul said as he went over to the elevator and went down to the first floor."Now win this for me" Jess whispered in Daniel's ear. The four of them headed to the elevator and Simon followed.
"A bitter sweet ending. Cheers to our hero, Dan for nothing" Roa said holding his glass of wine up. Spinks did the same as he viewed the screen.
They entered the dinning room. Rahn and Luke didn't care they just went to themselves. Luke was taking a nap on the couch. Rahn was still reading her book.
Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door. Simon went over to answer it. "Who are you" He said sternly.
"Hiya, I'm Ryou Bakura, Jessica's father. Can I come in?" Ryou asked. Simon allowed him in.
"Daddy!" Jess running over to him and hugging him. "Hey girl, how's the finals going?" Ryou asked.
"Well great!" Jess explained happily.
"Win any duels?" He asked.
"Well... I gave up my spot for Daniel. I think he deserves this more than any of us do. It's his own destiny. I had mine while I was gone" Jess explained.
"ahh good!" He said patting her back. Suddenly Ryou gasped as he saw the Pharaoh. "Yugi?" He said in confusion.
Yami ignored him, not wanting to hear his name. Yami looked so young compared to Ryou. "You know him?!" Allen said in amazement.
"err no... I don't..." Ryou said as he could feel the presence of the Pharaoh.
"Well anyway's, how'd you get enough time to get here?" Jess asked.
"Well the guys at the office heard about you being the finals so my boss allowed me to go see you for family" Ryou said.
"cool, but... I'm sorry I eliminated myself from the tournament" Jess said looking down.
"it's ok! I never really got to know your friends back in Duelist Kingdom The 2nd. I'm glad to see you guys again" Ryou said taking a bow.
"Yeah! It's nice to see you too!" Mink said bowing along.
Then Simon made an announcement. "30 minutes have passed now. I'd like to announce the third round" He said. Everyone looked up a the bingo machine which started to trash around the balls with the air motor. Then 2 numbers slid out at the same time. "Duelist number 3, Allen, and Duelist number 5, sir Luke will now be dueling up at the arena."
"Alright! Lucky choice" Allen said. "Now I can finally whoop your butt!" He pointed.
"Save it for the dueling. You have no chance" Luke teased as he pulled him back and passed him up ahead. "Yeah you better be walking away from me!" Allen yelled.
"Uhh... I think you should go too" Jess said pointing.
"Oh yeah!" Allen said running to catch up to the elevator.
Rahn sat down reading a book. Mink glanced over at her. "Hey, just chill she'll get what she deserves if I get a hand out of her" Allen said putting his hand in a fist.
"Someone's going to have to. The person who earns the Wild Card gets to chose who to duel against to take their place in the finals" Yami mentioned.
"Wow, you're a good listener" Mink said.
"Well duh! He's only the Pha..." Allen went on but Daniel stopped him.
"SOME people shouldn't know this secret" Daniel said sternly.
"Oh..." Allen said.
Daniel headed out for the bathrooms and as soon as he left Allen, Jess, and Mink crouched in. "I swear... He's been acting weird since the beginning of this day" Mink whispered.
"Well you'd be acting weird if the fate of the world rested in your hands" Allen said.
"We should watch our backs. I don't think Rahn is the only one with secret powers. Plus there's Vice" Mink whispered. They all leaned back giving strange looks at the others.
As Daniel made his way through the hall he felt a sharp pain in his head. He suddenly collapsed but caught himself on a door knob. He held his head in pain hearing dozens of screams and "help me!" cries.
He regained balance trying to deal with the screams. It seemed strange the pain started when he passed the door he was leaning on. He slowly began to open it. Inside was a another long table. There was a giant portrait of Roa, and another guy unfamiliar to him. Then there was a young boy who was similar to the other two. He carefully looked around and no one was around and he slipped him. As he got closer the screams got louder.
He looked over at the portrait covering his ears. The bottom of Roa's portrait said "Roa, Today's Doom Leader". He looked over at the other man who had short cut hair but the same color as Roa, it was light blue. It said at the bottom: "Darrow, son of Roa, Prince of Doom". Then there was the child.
The boy seemed to stare into Daniel's very soul as he looked upon the portrait. It said nothing at the bottom but he seemed to be the future Leader of the Doom Organization.
Suddenly he heard a voice down the corner. "Who's there?!" The voice called out. Daniel yelped a bit and turned behind a chair. As he backed up there was a mirror behind him. As he backed up he fell into something. It was a statue. He looked around the dark and saw he wasn't in the DOMA Tower. There was a throne and a giant stone wall and small figures on it.
He came closer and the screams where as loud as ever. He saw way familiar faces. There was Heather. She looked horrified and seemed to be pounding on the stone wall. He could just barley hear her voice. "Trapped by the Orichalcos Seal...." He thought. He saw other kids from school too.
Suddenly he felt his Millennium Scale glow. He quickly took it out. "I now will release you're souls!" He yelled as he held his item up to the stone wall. The item started to glow but then suddenly a barrier appeared. Nothing happened but the barrier reacted. He felt a hard blow to his body and went flying out of the mirror and out the door. He was confused but noticed the hall way. He looked around, no one was around and he quickly and silently shut the door. He was sweating like a pig and he quickly got up and brushed himself off. He ran over to the bathroom and washed up. He grabbed a towel and wiped the water and sweat off. He left the bathroom.
As he left he saw the tall figure infront of him, it was Vice. "You've been gone long" He said sternly. Daniel ignored him and swished passed him and down the hall. Vice looked back at the young boy. "You've got a lot to learn" He said in his head.
He made his way into the dining room, pushing the double doors open. Luke and Rahn looked upon him and laughed inside their minds.
Suddenly Simon made an announcement. "We will now start the second round of The DOMA Challenge" He said as he turned on the bingo machine.
The balls thrashed inside the bubble and a ball slid out of the slot. "Duelist number 1! Jessica Ryou" Simon announced.
Everyone patiently waited for the next duelist. "We'll just see how this will end" Vice said to himself as he lifted his finger. Suddenly all the ball's numbers turned to 8. Then one ball slid into the slot.
"And duelist number 8, Daniel!" Simon announced.
"What?!" Allen said.
"It's ok... We'll go with it.... Right?" Jess said looking over to Daniel, he nodded. Simon led the two duelists, along with Mink, Allen, and Yami to the elevator. Paul just had to see this so he followed along. The other three stayed at their place in the dinning room.
Jess looked over at Daniel. Daniel turned red and looked away. He was really nervous and almost scared. The last time he dueled her he almost lost and it would have been the end for him. He could remember the stage and the cold and dark air running around him.
The elevator came up to the top of the building where the big ditch in the roof came where the dueling field was set. Jess and Daniel took their places.
"Now duelists, start your duel!" Simon announced putting his arm in the air. Jess drew her 6 cards.
"before I do something stupid... I want to say something" She went on. Daniel nodded again. "Ever since we've dueled for the first time.. I felt like I've lost something within. It was not only the evil spirit Bakura, but me who was also dueling. I normally thought you were a regular dumb kid and wanted to show you what's what. I'm glad we became friends but I can't help dueling you again"
"What do you mean?" Daniel asked.
"I mean to say we're really good friends. Bakura nor Karim can hold us apart. You've done a great job keeping Bakura away from me but inside I feel like he's still out there, waiting to get all the Millennium Items. It was the items that brought us all together and kept us friends. I feel bad for making you and Allen to duel in such hard conditions back in the World Tournament. I don't want to hurt anyone anymore.... That's why... I'm giving up my place and giving it to you" She explained and putting her hand ontop of her Deck Holster.
Allen and Mink gasped to what Jess was doing. She was surrendering from this duel even when it was started.
"Fool..." Paul thought. Daniel was too shocked to what was happening.
Jess sniffed making it like the cold air was giving her a runny nose but actually she was happy for Daniel. She wanted to cry but she held it back tight. Daniel was too loved to even move. He purposely rubbed his eyes to bring the tears onto his shirt.
"Then it's final. I announce Daniel moving onto the Finals" Simon said raising his hand onto his side. Jess and Daniel met at the side. They held out hands and shook gradually. "I'm glad we're friends" Daniel gasped. Jess nodded. Mink and Allen came to them.
Jess jumped to Allen and hugged him and Mink patted Daniel's back.
"You guys make me sick" Paul said as he went over to the elevator and went down to the first floor."Now win this for me" Jess whispered in Daniel's ear. The four of them headed to the elevator and Simon followed.
"A bitter sweet ending. Cheers to our hero, Dan for nothing" Roa said holding his glass of wine up. Spinks did the same as he viewed the screen.
They entered the dinning room. Rahn and Luke didn't care they just went to themselves. Luke was taking a nap on the couch. Rahn was still reading her book.
Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door. Simon went over to answer it. "Who are you" He said sternly.
"Hiya, I'm Ryou Bakura, Jessica's father. Can I come in?" Ryou asked. Simon allowed him in.
"Daddy!" Jess running over to him and hugging him. "Hey girl, how's the finals going?" Ryou asked.
"Well great!" Jess explained happily.
"Win any duels?" He asked.
"Well... I gave up my spot for Daniel. I think he deserves this more than any of us do. It's his own destiny. I had mine while I was gone" Jess explained.
"ahh good!" He said patting her back. Suddenly Ryou gasped as he saw the Pharaoh. "Yugi?" He said in confusion.
Yami ignored him, not wanting to hear his name. Yami looked so young compared to Ryou. "You know him?!" Allen said in amazement.
"err no... I don't..." Ryou said as he could feel the presence of the Pharaoh.
"Well anyway's, how'd you get enough time to get here?" Jess asked.
"Well the guys at the office heard about you being the finals so my boss allowed me to go see you for family" Ryou said.
"cool, but... I'm sorry I eliminated myself from the tournament" Jess said looking down.
"it's ok! I never really got to know your friends back in Duelist Kingdom The 2nd. I'm glad to see you guys again" Ryou said taking a bow.
"Yeah! It's nice to see you too!" Mink said bowing along.
Then Simon made an announcement. "30 minutes have passed now. I'd like to announce the third round" He said. Everyone looked up a the bingo machine which started to trash around the balls with the air motor. Then 2 numbers slid out at the same time. "Duelist number 3, Allen, and Duelist number 5, sir Luke will now be dueling up at the arena."
"Alright! Lucky choice" Allen said. "Now I can finally whoop your butt!" He pointed.
"Save it for the dueling. You have no chance" Luke teased as he pulled him back and passed him up ahead. "Yeah you better be walking away from me!" Allen yelled.
"Uhh... I think you should go too" Jess said pointing.
"Oh yeah!" Allen said running to catch up to the elevator.