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properties of Kids Wb, 4 Kids Entertainment, and whoever else. I'm only
borrowing them.
Duelists of The Future- Season 1- Episode 02, 'The Beginning, Part 2'
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The time was 1555 hours. The date, May 26th, 2033. All of the Duel Monsters fans prepared themselves for an exciting interview which was to tell details about an international Duel Monsters tournament. Up in a tall skyscraper located in downtown Domino City, a woman was preparing herself for the interview, which was to be aired at 1600 hours. She was dressed in a cinnamon knee-length dress. Her blue, crinkled hair flowed down to her upperback. She checked herself in a mirror, then grabbed some eyeliner and applied it around her blue eyes. She put the makeup back up and checked herself once more, making sure she was perfect. The interview with game creator Maximillion Pegasus was to be airing in about 5 minutes and she had to be absolutely stunning. Satisfied with her look, she seated herself in a egg-shaped chair and waited for the 5 minutes to passed. (Once they did) The door opened and 10 heavily built bodyguards walked into the room, dressed in jet black suits. They lined themselves up into two lines of five, and stood adjacent to the door. Then, the Duel Monsters creator himself walked through the doorway, his platinum hair in its usual hairstyle. He was wearing gold suit and was tricked out wih all sorts of diamond chains, rings, and other types of jewelry. A jazzy but mystical sounding fanfare announced his presence. A nearby worker slid out a chair and Maximillion seated himself. Turning the mike towards her mouth, the woman began speaking.
"Hello out there, everybody! Clair Cox live hosting the interview with the famed Maximillion Pegasus!" she announced.
"Greetings, everyone. I am Maximillion Pegasus," he spoke, letting himself be known.
The interview was now underway. Clair cleared her throat and started reading off her list of questions. "So, how are you, Mr. Pegasus?"
"I am fine, thank you. How are you?"
"Oh, I'm great," Clair laughed and Pegasus grinned. "Now, tell me, where did you get the idea of such an interesting, creative, and addictive game? I mean, it's never been done before, what compelled you to try it?" she asked, wondering why herself.
"Um, which question you want me to answer, the 1st, or the 2nd?" he joked.
Clair chuckled and replied, "Answer them in the order I asked them, simple."
"Allright," he said, adjusting the mike to pick up his voice from his new position. "Well, to tell you the truth, I didn't think of the whole idea all by myself, I had a bit of ancient help. You see, I like to read about ancient legends and old fables and folktales. It's something really enjoy. But anyway, I was skimming across a book full of old myths and I ran across something about an old card-type game that use to be played back in the times of ancient Egypt. It was called the 'Shadow Game', a game where you summon forth monsters of great power and destruction and use them to destroy the opposing monster. I was so intrigued by the idea that I decided to try and dig up more information about this strange game. I scoured through all sorts of old books in my personal library, trying to find as much as I could about it. But, I didn't find too much, just some vague references about what it was about and how it was played. But, that was enough info for a genius like me to work with! I immediately kicked my brain into what I like to call, 'creative mode', and began thinking of ways to create an exciting, brand new, never before seen type of game. Which I did! I After about a year of hard work, I brought the game known as 'Duel Monsters' into the world. What made me even start thinking about designing something like this is because I wanted to make something different for a change, instead of just creating videogame after videogame after videogame. At first, I thought it was going to flop, clearly the gaming market is dominated by fancy electronic video games, just how good can a relatively simple card game do when there are so many more advanced games out on the market? I was surprised that this game sold out so well!" Maximillion finished his long, over-descriptive speech.
Clair could tell that this man had a tendency to run off at the mouth and boast about himself. "So, what made you want to turn it into a visual cardgame? I thought you were growing tired of designing videogames."
"Well, a visual cardgame was something no one had ever done before. Besides, it's not exactly 'videogamish', if you want to put it that way. And turning it into a visual game further increased popularity and sales, so it was a very good move," Maximillon told her.
Clair cleared her throat. "Excuse me. Now, rumor has it that your releasing even more sets of Duel Monsters cards, is that true?"
"I tried to keep it a secret, but some noisy reporter just couldn't keep his nose away from my factory, and I guess he saw us making copies of new Duel Monsters cards, ran out and spilled the beans. Yes, we're making new Duel Monsters card. 6 more, in fact, bringing the total out to a whopping 10 sets! And since 700 cards are in each set, multiply that by 6 and you get 4,200 new Duel Monsters!"
"Wow!" Clair exclaimed. "That's a lot of cards, can you tell us when they will be shipping?"
"Tommorow, all of the new sets ship out to join the current cards on the shelves," Maximillion confirmed.
"Okay. Now, Mr. Pegasus..."
"Please, just call me Pegasus, that's how everyone adresses me."
"Okay, Pegasus, rumor also has it that a huge tournament is going to be hosted, am I right?"
"Yes, you're correct. There will be a new tournament and I'm going to host it."
"You are? Where and when will this exciting new tournament take place?"
Maximillion cleared his throat and continued speaking. "Oh, well the tournament itself will be split into two different sections."
"How will a contestant compete in the championship?"
"Well, first a duelist is going to have to sign in to be able to participate in the sub-competition. All they have to do in simply e-mail a letter which tell me they want to compete," he explained.
"Now, you mentioned something about this contest being split into 2 sections, tell me what that's about. And what is the 'sub-competition'?"
"The first section is the sub-competition, and the sub-competition is simply a little dueling contest to weed out all the weak and feeble duelists, so that the real tournament will consist of nothing but strong, competitive duelists who will stop at nothing to prevail. We are going to transport the duelists to a tropic, uninhabited island where they will spend the days and nights trying to reach a goal which will gain them entry to the real shindig. Now, each duelist participating in the Emerald Island contest will be given two stars. The goal is to obtain fifteen stars before two months pass, without losing your stars to other duelists. If you can successfully get the fifteen stars in two months time, you will then be capable of registering yourself into the main tournament on the Crystal Kingdom and compete for the main prizes there. Any duelists who loses all their stars, or does not have fifteen stars before the two months pass will be taken back to wherever they came from. By doing this, I am insured that no weak, stupid duelists shall have a chance to battle in my championship."
"It seems as though you're fishing for strong duelists," Clair noted and Maximillon nodded.
"Indeed, I am."
"Now, can you tell me what kind of prizes the duelists can expect, should they win the tournament?"
"In order to win any prizes you must either win the tournament, or place among the top three performing duelists that competed in the championship. If you win, you're automatically placed number one and will win 100 million dollars!" Maximillion announced, and Clair's mouth gaped open.
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Meanwhile, Misty and Aya's eyes widened.
"Did he say 100 million dollars?" Misty spoke, turning to Aya.
"He said it. Wow, that's alot of money!" Aya exclaimed, but Seto was hardly phased.
"Please, that's chump change!" Seto shrugged.
"Well, that's easy for you to say, you're the one living large, we're not," Misty said and turned back to face the tv.
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In the Pewter City police station, one of the tvs were on the channel the interview was being broadcasted on. Brock and Tristan's eyes bucked open and their mouths dropped in awe.
"Man, that's a whole lot of cash!" Brock yelled, but Tristan was too awed to say anything.
"Imagine, with all that money, we could have tons of things, huge houses, everything!"
"Yeah," Tristan spoke. "You know what? I'm going to enter this tournament."
"So am I, with 100 million dollars, I could get on of those expensive back operations done on my father and he'd be back to himself in no time. I've gotta enter that tournament."
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"Second place duelists will receive 75 million dollars, and third place duelists will obtain 50 million dollars."
"Wow, that is a ton of money to win. Will there be any other prizes the competing duelists can receive?"
"Well, they can win some extra rare monsters, or some fine, expensive jewelry, but that's about it. The main prizes are the 100, 75, and 50 million dollars that are up for grabs."
"Well, where will the tournament take place?" asked Clair.
"The tournament is going to take place on the Crystal Kingdom, known for some of the cleanest, crispest air found in the world. Expensive resorts, state-of-the-art spas and hottubs, stellar fruits and food, and lots of entertaining things will be found here. And you only have three days to register. So, to all duelists who is interested in this, e-mail me and be on your way to possibly winning one of the big prizes!"
Clair turned to face the camera. "Okay, everyone, that is all. The interview is now over, and so is this news program, so have a good night, and take care," Clair finished, then Maximillion got out of his seat.
"Farewell, Clair Cox," he said and waved bye to the news reporter before walking out of the room the way he came. The guards followed him, and she sighed.
"I am so glad that's over," she wiped her forehead.
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At the police station, the woman came out of the room and approached the bench where Brock, Tristan, and Wobbuffet sat. She cleared her throat before speaking.
"Um, I came to tell you that um, the card fragments you showed me did have Surge's fingerprints and traces of DNA on it."
"See? I told you," Tristan jumped up, happy to hear the news.
Robert walked up to the woman. "So, they weren't lying huh?"
"No, his fingerprints are all over the fragments. He must've destroy the card," she told him, and he turned to face the three.
"I'm going to assemble a small squad of cops to go find the gang. We'll have him busted in no time," he said to Tristan.
"Allright. Um, what can I do about the broken card? Is there any way to repair it?"
"Yes, you can have the pieces sent to Industrial Illusions headquarters and they'll patch the card together for you."
"You can do that? I didn't know," Tristan smiled.
"Yeah, one of my nieces tore my daughter's card, I simply sent it back and they fixed it, no sweat," Robert spoke, then paused before continuing. "Anyway, I'm going to go sink this Surge."
"Good luck," Tristan said as he walked away. He took the pieces from the woman then turned to Brock.
"Are you ready to go?" Brock asked him. He nodded, then they all headed toward the exit of the building.
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Outside, they mounted the powerbikes and started to crank them up, but Tristan stopped.
"Hey, Tristan, I thought you were ready?"
"I thought I heard a familiar voice," Tristan said as he looked around, then spotted a Quagsire making its way towards a busy street. It was wearing a emerald bracelet around its left arm, and Tristan gasped.
"That's my cousin's Quagsire!" he yelled and leaped off his powerbike, sprinting rapidly towards the pokemon. But, a motorbike was racing down the parking lot, and the person on it wasn't looking directly in the street.
"Tristan, look out!!" Brock hollered out, but it was too late. As a result, she accidentally whacked Tristan, sending Tristan flying through the air screaming.
"Tristan!" Brock looked on as Tristan struck the concrete harshly, groaning in pain. His face cringed as he lie there, not moving.
"Tristan!" gasped Brock as he got off the bike. Wobbuffet followed him. All this noise grabbed the Quagsire's attention. It turned and strolled over to see what was going on.
The woman grabbed her mouth in shock, then dismounted and ran towards Tristan. "Are-a-are you okay?!" she stammered, kneeling down to check him out. Brock approached them.
"Why don't you watch where you're going?!" He kneeled down beside Tristan. "How are you, man?"
Tristan didn't respond, and the woman sighed heavily. "I-I'm so sorry, I-I- I..." her voice trailed off. She accessed her S.C.T and got out a first aid kit, then spoke to Tristan. "Are you okay? Do you have any broken bones?"
Tristan finally began to move. He slowly rolling off his abdomen, groaning.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, take it easy," she said, then helped him sit up.
Tristan grabbed his head and asked, "What happened?"
"I... I accidently hit you with my bike, I'm deeply sorry," she said sadly.
"Uh, it's allright. I've been hurt much worse than this," Tristan told her, making her look up.
"Are you allright? I didn't break anything did I?"
"No, no, Im just fine. A little shook up, but other than that, I'm good," he said, getting off the ground. He noticed the Quagsire and smiled, gently pulling it over to where he was. "Uh, I'm Tristan, Tristan Taylor. Nice to meet you," he extended his hand.
The girl shook it. "My name's Whitney Collins, and I'm really sorry about that accident," she apologized again.
"I told you, it's okay."
The woman had pink hair pulled back into a high ponytail that was crinkled. Two, gold hoop earring hung from her ears and her eyeliner and eyeshadow helped accent her red eyes. She was dressed in a anklelength white skirt and a pastel pink top, and her height was around 5'4. She looked at Tristan's muscular body a bit dreamily.
"So, uh, where do you come from, Whitney?" Tristan asked her, snapping her back into life. She smiled and got off the ground.
"Oh, uh, I come from around here," she replied, grinning.
"Really, you're from Pewter City? So am I," he said, then she switched topics.
"So, what do you like to do? Are you off into Duel Monsters?"
"Yeah, I'm trying to be a world-renowned duelist, what about you?"
"Yep, definitely. I just love Duel Monsters, it's such a fun and addictive game," Whitney put the first aid kit back into the S.C.T, then sat down on a nearby bench. Tristan does the same.
"Whose your friend?" she asked.
"Oh, he's Brock Mowry, he's also off into Duel Monsters. Considered the top duelist in our neighborhood."
"That's me," Brock chimed in, waving. Whitney waved back, then looked up to the sky.
"Hey, Tristan? I'm going to go head home, I'll see you later. And uh, Whitney, I'm sorry if I was acting like a jerk."
"No, you had every right to be angry, I could've hurt your friend."
"Well, seeya later," Brock told them, then mounted his powerbike along with Wobbuffet.
"Allright, be careful," Tristan and Whitney watched Brock pull off on the bike. Afterwards, they continued conversing.
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Pallet Town was a place was quietness and cosyness. Not many people live there, or even knew about the place. It wasn't very big either, it just contained a few neighborhoods, one school, a fire station, a police station, and a town center. All of the neighborhoods consisted of houses that were spaced out between each other, and the houses often had acres of yards in between each other. Within one of the homes resided a young boy named Ash Ketchum who was sixteen years of age. He was receiving money from another person in exchange for fresh fruits. After the person was gone he sighed. This was how he made money, by selling fresh fruits and food for cash. He also fixed stuff for people bring in more income. Life was rough for him, as he no longer went to school. His mother had just died last year, and his father had been dead since the beginning of his life. He had no one, he was a loner. He couldn't finish his education in school because he always too busy trying to make money to feed and clothe himself, along with trying to keep the reposession people at bay. Life was hard for him, and it was all one person's fault. He wiped his forehead and walked around to the backyard of the house, then kept on towards a hot spring. Dense bubbles flowed on the surface the spring, and Ash pulled off his clothes, revealing his light gray boxers. He left his clothes on the ground and turned on a tv next to the hot spring. Ash stepped into the hot spring and sat down, letting the warm flow of bubbles massage and sooth his body. His mind was on the Duel Monsters championship. He had heard about it, and really wanted to enter. Someone was there and he wanted this someone dead. His name was Maximillion Pegasus, the man who killed his mother. It happened a year ago. She was dueling in an attempt to set her and him free of his clutches, and if one of them lost, they would die. And she lost... hence her death. He wasn't sure, but he remeber Pegasus saying that something was special about him... it was probably just some stupid talk. But, what if it was true? What if there was something special about him? He shook his head and rested his head back on a pillow, closing his eyes.
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In a secluded home in the hills of Domino City, a black limo pulled into the driveway. The estate was sprawling, all sorts of trimmed hedges, flower beds, neatly trimmed grass, fountains and other decorations completed the lawn. Guards stood around the gate making sure no one unauthorized gained entry into the house. The chauffer got out of the limo and walked around to the passenger part of the vehicle. He opened the door, and the creator of Duel Monsters himself stepped out the vehicle. He straightened his velvet suit, then walked along the walkway, his neck slightly lefted into the air. The door automatically slid open, granting him entrance. Pegaus walked into the lavish foyer of his house, and continued into the living room. There, a picture of his dead wife, Cecilia Pegasus hung on the wall. He approached the picture, rubbing his hand across it. Cecilia had blonde hair and was wearing a elegant gold dress.
"Soon," he said softly. "Just soon, my beloved Cecilia, I shall have you back. Once I collect all six Talismans of Life shall I resurrect you, and you shall once again walketh the earth." (Trust me, there's more to this thant it appears, can't tell you though)
Pegasus's trusty guard Kemo entered the room. He bowed his head down in Pegasus's presence.
"Mr. Pegasus, sir? I wanted to let you know that preparations for the championship is underway. The Emerald Isle and Crystal Kingdom is being prepped for the duelists."
"Goody-goody," Maximillion sat down on the sofa, picking up some comic books off of it. "Now, leave me, Kemo. Don't disturb me under any circumstances."
"Yes, sir," Kemo replied and left the living room. Maximillion began to read the comics.
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Yami frowned and began to think over possible strategies. [Foxxia's just drawn one of the most powerful monsters in the game. What can I do to stop it? I don't think I have any emulating cards, or another Spellbinding Circle to bind her monster. The only thing I can think of right now is to bide my time.]
"Go, Mercury X, destroy Gaia, The Dragon Champion!!" Foxxia shouted as loud as she could. The monster lashed out a long hand made of mercury toward Yami's monster. The hand multiplied into several and smothered Gaia. Gaia struggled to get away, but it eventually combusted into pieces.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Foxxia laughed heartily. "Look whose losing now, Yami. Foxxia's not so weak after all, hmm?"
Yami's Life Points- 1300
Yami gulped and racked his brain trying to think of strategies, but he couldn't think of nothing. "I should just bide my time until I figure out a strategy," Yami muttered to himself and pulled up a card from the deck. He placed it on the console.
"Feral Imp, in defense mode!" The Feral Imp materialized into battle, growling feriously.
"Is that the best you can do? Mercury X, destroy Feral Imp, now!!" Foxxia's monster lashed out the hand again, which spread out into several different hands. They smothered the Feral Imp, but since it had been played in defense mode, no life points were drained.
Yami drew yet another card, revealing itself to be the Horn Imp. "The Horn Imp, in defense mode!" he threw it down and loaded the monster.
Foxxia laughed out again and yelled, "Destory the Horn Imp, now!!" Mercury X complied and smothered yet another one of Yami's monsters. "Face it, Yami, you can't beat me."
[What if she's right? What if I can't beat her? The odds are seriously against me. I don't have a monster that strong in my deck. My strongest cards are Dark Magician and Summoned Skull, and both of them are 1000 attack points short.]
[No, Yugi, we can't lose hope.] Yami began speaking to the other inhabitant of their body. [There must be someway to defeat Foxxia's monster, we just have to figure out how.]
[What do you suggest we do?]
[The only thing we can do is keep throwing out monsters in defense mode and trust in the Heart of the Cards to help us, like your Grandfather teaches us.]
[You're right.]
"C'mon, Yami! You're wasting time!" Foxxia said in a sing-song fashion. Yami snarled bitterly and drew a card from his hand, placing it down.
"Dagon the Puppet, in defense mode!" Dagon the Puppet was a dark, crusty looking puppet with torn, white rags for clothing. It had blood red eyes and smooth blue hair, which both glowed luminously.
Attack Power- 1400 Defense Power- 1200
"Mercury X, you know what to do!" Foxxia shouted. Her monster performed the attack yet again, engulfing the puppet in mercury. Dagon wiggled and squirmed furiously before it suffocated and shattered. Yami's life points stayed intact, though.
"Why don't you just stop wasting time and admit defeat? Mercury X is tearing through anything you throw at it, so why endure the humiliation?"
"It'll be even more humiliating for me to give up to you," replied Yami.
Foxxia shook her head. "Your loss."
"C'mon, Yugi! You can't give up! You have to win!!" yelled Joey, and Yami nodded.
"He's right, I have to win. I cannot give in to her. The Heart of the Cards will see me through, all I have to do is trust in them," Yami spoke quietly to himself and drew for a card, putting in all his faith. Will he be rewarded?
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Seto was busy giving Aya and Misty a tour through the Kaiba estate. They had toured the entire house, which took quite awhile, the gardens, the activity/recreational area, which consisted of tennis courts, basketball courts, a soccer field, dueling areas, and pools specially made for water polo and water volleyball matches, as well as a huge grass field made for running and exercising. They were now heading towards the backyard area. Misty and Aya were amazed at how enormous the mansion was. Seto loved spending time with them again, after all these years. It reminded him of how much they used to talk and play together when they were kids. It was nice to see some familiar faces. Once they reached the backyard area, Misty and Aya's mouths dropped in astonishment. The backyard was huge! The bricks which were laid out all over the deck was bricks made of granite. The swimming pool Seto had mentioned earlier was actually a huge lake. Some diving boards was setup around the lake, as well as slides leading into the 'pool'. The deck consisted of tons of gold tables with gold chairs around them, along with umbrellas installed on the tables to keep rain off of them. Some barbecue grills sat off in the distance. An entire amusement park was also situated in the backyard. Roller coasters, thrill rides, merry-go-rounds, ferris wheels, go kart tracks and tons of other stuff was located within.
"Well, what do you think of my backyard?" Seto inquired.
Aya and Misty were too awed to say anything. They couldn't believe it. A huge amusement park right in his backyard! So many things in his house! They were already shocked over the other things Seto had showed them, but the amusement park was simply unbelievable.
"I've showed you two everything. That's my whole mansion. What do you think of it?"
"It's amazing," Misty said.
Aya still couldn't say anything.
"Mokuba and I, we love playing in the theme park. We spend alot of time in it."
"Can we go in it?" both Misty and Aya asked simutaneously.
"Be my guest," Seto replied and the two girls ran off toward the theme park laughing. Seto smiled, then turned and sat down in a chair on the deck. Unforunately, they couldn't help him with his business. He had to do something. He needed to get some money from somewhere. Some disgusting poacher stole tons of his money, and the Holochips wasn't selling fast enough to make up for it. He was going under. What could he do? Maybe his rich living had come to an end.
[No, this can't be it,] he told himself. [There has to be something I can do, there just has to be!] As Seto sat in the chair thinking, Mokuba ran up behind him. He tapped his shoulder and made him spin around.
"Seto, you said you would take me to Pizza Palace today," Mokuba started.
Seto sighed. "Mokuba, can't you get Nancy to cook up something, I'm busy."
"No you're not! You're just sitting there doing nothing."
"Mokuba, I've got to go meet someone, okay? Here," he gave Mokuba a charge card. "Tell Nancy I said take you to get you some pizza, allright?"
"No, I want you to take me. You promised me, you said we'd hang out in town and go to Pizza Palace. I don't want Nancy to take me, I want you too."
"Mokuba, don't be worsm. I gave you the money, now go get Nancy, I'm busy."
Mokuba threw the money down on the table. "That's just like you Seto! You never keep your promises!! You always tell me you're going to do this and you're going to do that, and we're going to go have fun! Stop lying to me!!" Mokuba screamed and ran off, upset.
Seto sighed heavily and jumped up after him. "Mokuba!" he grabbed him and turned him around. "Listen, I'm sorry I made that promise to you, but I have business to care of. If I don't do this, we won't have any money to spend or any mansion to live in, do you understand?"
"No, that's just an excuse so that you won't have to go anywhere with me," Mokuba turned away from Seto with a scowl on his face.
"Okay, Mokuba, I'll take you."
"I don't wanna go now."
"Mokuba," Seto kneeled down on one knee. "I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, but you have to understand, a man like me has a lot a of business, important business to take care of. Now, I'll say this again, I'm really sorry if I hurt you in any way, please... forgive me," Seto pleaded.
Mokuba just couldn't stay mad at his big brother forever. He bent down and gave Seto a hug. "I forgive you, Seto," they hugged each other for awhile then stood.
"Now, let's go get you that pizza like I promised, okay?"
"Okay, big brother," Mokuba and Seto smiled at each other, then headed back toward the amusement park where Misty and Aya was. They were so many rides that they were still trying to decide which one to take.
"C'mon, Aya, let's ride a roller coaster."
"No! Let's try the go karts track first!" Aya objected.
"Hey, girls," Seto interrupted. "Me and Mokuba are going out to get a pizza, I'm letting you know that you're welcome to anything in the house."
"Okay, bye," Aya replied to them. Both of the girls waved bye to them as Seto and Mokuba walked away waving back.
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Surge, Vicki, and Jason walked along the street, laughing and talking about all sorts of violent things. Surge was busy counting the cards in his deck. He skimmed across the four Gamma Dragons cards and smiled. His most powerful cards, especially when fused into one. And now that the dork Tristan didn't have one, no one could beat him. He was the ultimate duelist. Surge was proud of himself. A job well done on his part.
"So, boss, who do wanna take down now?" asked Vicki.
"I don't know, I'm lookin' to register for the big tournament and take it easy, you know what I mean?"
"I hear ya', boss," Jason said. They arrived at a old, white cottage. Surge grabbed a key out of his pocket and unlocked the door. They all walked inside the house, and Surge closed the door behind him. He then plopped down on a sofa.
"Oh, I feel so good, I've accomplished my job. Only I now have the four most powerful dragons in the game, well one of them, but still, no one can beat me now."
"We know, boss, we know," Jason said while fixing hiimself a cup of milk.
"Hey! Don't cut me off like that!"
Suddenly, someone bammed on the door. "This is the P.C.D. We'd like to ask you a few questions regarding a matter about a card." Surge approached the door.
"What are you doing? Don't answer that!" Jason yelled softly.
"If I don't they're going to bust the door down anyway. Besides, we can handle some cops," Surge responded and opened the door. "Hello there, officers," he greeted in a friendly tone of voice.
There were four cops standing outside. Three were men, one was a woman. "Is there a Surge W. Crusher living at this address?" one of the men asked.
"Yeah, I'm him," Surge replied.
"Okay. Surge, we'd like to ask you a few questions regarding a matter about a Duel Monsters card. Now, there's been some allegations against you, claiming that you threatened someone's life and forced them to give you a card, then you tore it. Is this true?"
"Who accused me of this?"
"Just answer my question, please," the man told him.
"Allright, then. To tell you the truth, I did!" he said and kicked the cop in the mouth, knocking him down. "Get to the motorcycles, now!!" he yelled to Jason and Vicki.
"Allright, freeze! Hands in the air, right now!!" the cops shouted, but they didn't listen.
"Run for it!" Surge darted toward the back of the house with Jason and Vicki, attempting to escape. The leader ordered the other three to give chase while he called for backup. They obeyed and chased after them.
"Squad Leader to nearest police station! We have a problem! There are three gang members who admitted to threatening someone life over a Duel Monsters card! Requesting backup immediately!" he yelled and began chasing them himself.
Surge and the others ran as fast as they could. They exited the house and jumped on the motorcycles, cranking them up. The four cops bolted out of the door and saw them pulling off. They quickly reached out their guns and shot at the tires, busting them. This made the three skid out of the control and bang into some trees, which threw them off the bike and onto the ground. The four cops approached them.
"You're busted!" The four cops bent down and handcuffed the three, then snatched them up off the ground.
"Confiscate all of their decks," the leader ordered. "This is Squad Leader Thomas. Cancel the request for back up please, over." The other cops searched them until they found their decks in their pockets. They took them, then hauled them off toward the cars. Shoving them inside, the cops cranked up the engines and pulled away from the house, heading back toward the police station.
"Now look what you've done," Vicki muttered and rolled her eyes.
"Just when things were going great," Surge muttered to himself, extremely angry and disgusted.
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Meanwhile, back at Joey's house, Foxxia and Yami were of course, still dueling. Foxxia was still dominating the match with her powerful monster, and nothing could get Yami out of this dilemma. Should he accept the fact that he'd been defeated and forfeit? Yami shook his head. He could not throw in the towel. He had to keep fighting. There was no telling what Foxxia could or would do with the power of the Millenium Puzzle under her control. But what could he do to win? He had no cards with offense points of 3500. And Yami knew that he would eventually run out of cards to keep dishing out in defense. Something had to be done. And Yami knew what his only option was. Trust in the cards. It was the only way he could possibly defeat his nemesis. Yami put all his faith into the card and drew for it.
"Stop stalling, Yami, or else you'll forfeit your turn."
Yami closed his eyes, putting all his trust, hope, and faith in the cards. He had to get a good card. Under Foxxia's control, the Millenium Puzzle could be a deadly item. The Heart of the Cards had to come through. And he believed that it would. Yami opened his eyes and picked up the card, which was the Living Arrow card.
[What could I do with this? Living Arrow only allows me to fuse together two monsters that aren't normally compatible. And it can be either one of my cards or the adversary's, or in this case, Foxxia's.] This gave Yami an idea. He drew for another card and it turned out to be Reborn the Monster.
[This is Perfect! Now all I need is to draw the Summoned Skull and I can win this match!] He pulled a card from his hand and placed it face-down.
"The Mammoth Graveyard, in defensive mode!" Yami's monster materialized into battle, growling and snarling ferociously.
Attack Power- 1200 Defense Power- 1200
"Ha! Is that the best you can do?! Mercury X, smother it, now!!" Foxxia shouted. Mercury X lashed out it's hand and duplicated four more. They all tangled around the Mammoth Graveyard card and suffocated it. The monster yelled in extreme pain. Mercury X continued to smother it until it popped, but no life points were lost.
"Why don't you just give up, Yami? You look so desperate and silly throwing out all these monsters in defense mode. That's a loser's tactic who doesn't wanna admit that he/she's lost."
"Don't listen to her, Yuge! You can win this, I know it!!" Joey cheered for Yugi/Yami, despite the odds. Yami nodded at Joey, then drew for another card, hoping for a good one.
[I've bought myself some time, but I can't keep dishing out monsters in defense mode. I'm running out of them. I need to draw the Summoned Skull so I can finish this match, here and now. Otherwise, she'll keep obliterating them until I have no more.]
[Don't forget, Yugi, that Summoned Skull is in that deck somewhere, you'll eventually run across it.] Yami reminded him in a somewhat calm tone of voice.
[You sure seem calm despite what's going on.]
[I always keep my cool, no matter what.]
Yugi chuckled at the spirit, then picked up the card, looking at it. It wasn't the Summoned Skull.
"Darn!" he muttered to himself, then placed it in the defense mode. "I call upon the Celtic Guardian, defense mode!" The Celtic Guardian growled in a deep and flat tone after it loaded.
Attack Power- 1400 Defense Power- 1300
"Still at it, hunh Yami-boy? I guess you just won't give up. Mercury X, smother it!!" Mercury X launched it's five hands straight at Celtic Guardian, and smothered it until it popped. The hands turned back into one and retreated into the body of Foxxia's monster.
"C'mon, I need the Summoned Skull," Yami muttered softly and drew yet another card, and this time was what he wanted. The Summoned Skull. Yami's frown turned into a smirk as he began to laugh.
"Huh? What's so funny?! I'm dominating the match!"
"Not any more, Foxxia. You may have enjoyed picking off my monsters one by one, but you're liquid charade has come to an end!"
"What are you talking about? Nothing in your deck is strong enough to defeat my monster. Stop talking crazy talk," Foxxia quipped.
"I'm not talking crazy talk, I speak the truth. I'll admit, there isn't a monster in my deck strong enough to take on the Mercury X."
"Then what is it you're so confident about?"
"You shall find out, right now!" Yami first slapped down Reborn the Monster. "There may not be a monster in my deck with that kind of attack power, but with a help of a monster from your deck this match is mine! Behold, the return of your Blue Eyes White Dragon!!" Yami shouted with an ominous tone of voice. The Blue Eyes White Dragon sounded its infamous roar as it rose from the ground, towering high over Mercury X.
Attack Power- 3000 Defense Power- 2500
"And now I shall play the Summoned Skull, in attack mode!" A cloud ring formed in the ground, and the sky in the field grew dark. The Summoned Skull emerged from the ring, grumbling and growling carnivorously.
Attack Power- 2500 Defense Power- 1200
"And now, for the final play, I shall play Living Arrow along with a polymerization card, to fuse these two powerful monsters into something no one hardly ever witness!!" Yami threw down these two cards and let the magic go to work.
Foxxia and Joey gasped at Yami's surprise move, though Foxxia's facial expression was one of worry, while Joey's facial expression was one of happiness and relief. When the merging completed, a bluish, whitish dragon made of thick skeleton bones stood there. One giant, black eye met Foxxia's monster, and it roared a roar then sent shivers down her spine.
"Meet... the rare and legendary Blue Eyes Skeletal Dragon!" Yami announced, and Foxxia's face cringed at the name.
Attack Power- 4100 Defense Power- 3900
"Oh no... I know what's going to happen now," she said while trembling.
"Brace yourself, Foxxia, because this is going to be one massive blast. Blue Eyes Skeletal Dragon, attack Mercury X now!! Giant Lightning Shock!!!" The monster roared and powered up a huge electrical charge in its eye. Foxxia braced herself and closed her eyes, unable to look at what was about to transpire. The Blue Eyes Skeletal Dragon fired, and the large lighting bolt plastered right into the chest of Mercury X, shocking it brutally. Bright light flashed everywhere as Foxxia's most powerful monster went up in a huge explosion. The shockwave created tossed Foxxia into the wall behind, shattering the mirror. Smoke flooded the field, and after it died down, her monster was no more.
"Sayonara, Foxxia," Yami said with a hint of sinisterness in his voice.
Foxxia's Life Points- 0
"Allright!! You did it, Yugi!!" Joey exclaimed.
Foxxia got up from the ground and collected her cards. "No, I lost," Foxxia stared at the now empty dueling arena, completely surprised. "I was dominating the match, I had Yami trembling before my might. What happened?"
"You lost, that's what happened, and now I shall get rid of you once and for all!" hollered Yami. He prepped his puzzle for action.
"You think so? I'm smarter than you think!" Foxxia quickly latched onto her dueling stand, then teleported away just as Yami gave the command to banish her to the Shadow Realm. As a result, he banished the television.
Joey blinked a bit surprised, but Yami blinked dumbfounded. "What the heck? How'd you do that Yugi?"
Yugi reverted back to his regular self. "I didn't, Foxxia did," he quickly replied.
"I wonder how? She's gonna have to pay for it! I saved up a lot of money to buy 'dat tv!" Joey sighed. The hardened goo stuff that was binding Joey dissappeared, and he dropped to the floor flat on his butt. "Ouch."
Yugi couldn't help but laugh at Joey's little misfortunes.
"Ah, you think this is funny, hunh Yugi?" Joey said while getting up.
"If I didn't I wouldn't be laughing," Yugi replied, then Joey charged for him.
"Come here!" he ran at him. Yugi jumped and took off, Joey hot on his tail. Both of them were laughing.
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Back at the police station, Surge boldly admitted that he, Vicki and Jason did take the card and threaten Tristan's life (much to Vicki and Jason's dismay) and the cops checked them all in. They continued down to the detention cells. A nearby guard unlocked a cell and opened the door, and the four cops pushed the gang of three into the cell. The guard closed the door back, locking it.
"Enjoy your stay," she teased and walked away. Surge threw himself down on a bench, enraged. Stupid cops. Just when everything was going perfect, they just had to come and muck things up! Surge began to wonder why they even wanted to question him. As far as they were concerned, he and his friends hadn't done anything. They were being upstanding citizens of Pewter City. Then it hit him.
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"Confiscate all of their decks," the leader ordered. The other cops searched them until they found their decks in their pockets.
(End Flashback)
That was it. Someone must've told about how he was stealing people's Duel Monsters cards. But who would? He always threatened everybody and scared them until they vowed not to say one word. Who had enough guts to tell? Tristan...
(Flashback)
"Now, where.. are.. they?" Surge began to get impatient.
"I'm not telling you anything."
"Allright, Jason, slit his throat!" Surge ordered.
"NOOO!! Okay, they're with me," Tristan admitted.
"I knew you'd come through, search him!" Jason and Vicki searched like they were told. Sure enough, they came across Tristan's deck of cards.
Surge searched through to deck until he found the card he was looking for, the Gamma Dragon.
"At long last, the last Gamma Dragon," Surge said, then looked at Tristan. "Thanks for your cooperation." Surge then ripped the card into numerous bits and pieces. They all burst out into hysterical laughter, and walked away.
"See ya later, alligator!" Surge yelled and laughed hilariously along with Vicki and Jason.
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Tristan had to have spilled the beans. Surge remebered that Tristan was the only person he didn't threaten after their encounter. He must've done it. The punk kid was going to pay, big time... The door to the cell opened, and that made them look to see what was going on. The sheriff was standing in the doorway. And his face was not a pretty one. He motioned for Surge to come here.
"I need to speak with you... son," he spoke. Surge slowly stood from the bench he was sitting on and walked out of the cell. The guard immediately shut the door back and Robert led Surge out of the detention cells and into his office. He closed the door and locked it.
"I can't believe it. I cannot believe you would go this low, to threaten someone's life over a Duel Monsters card? That is not the way me and your mother raised you! We taught you better than that!"
"Yeah, well what can I say, every couple has at least one rotten apple. Guess I'm it."
"Don't you feel the least bit ashamed about how you've acted?"
"Um... no."
Robert sighed in disbelief. "Surge, this isn't like you. Deep down inside, that nice, manish, mature and decent Surge must be there somewhere. You never use to act this way. Not until you started hanging around Vicki and Jason. What happened to you?"
"I grew up," Surge quipped, and Robert shook his head. "You've dissappointed me deeply, son..."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute now, I have?"
"Yes, you have dissappointed me, Surge! I thought you were going to be a upstanding, decent young man that would go to college, get a job, support himself, uphold the law... just like you said you would when you were a little boy. Surge," his father paused for moment and approached him. "I don't wanna put you in jail."
"Then don't. Let me go."
"But how can I know that you won't start doing the same stuff once you're free? You don't seem to be the least bit ashamed."
"You're right about that."
Robert sighed again, shaking his head. "Surge, aren't there any bit of the morals me and your mother taught in here?" he poked Surge's chest. "I know you're trying to look tough, but Surge, I believe you really are ashamed of your actions."
"I told you Father, I am not ashamed of anything!!" Surge yelled, startling Robert a little.
"Son, I'm going to tell you this one last time, I am deeply dissappointed in you."
"Ouch! That hurt me, Father. Guess what, I don't care."
"Allright, then, if you want it this way, you're going to get it. I'm taking all of your Gamma Dragons and are going to give them to the person you threatened."
"No! Those cards are extremely rare!"
"Should've thought about that before you threatened to kill someone over them. I'm going to put you behind bars for a month and let you think over your actions. I'm having mercy on you right now, son, because people get more than a month of jail time for threatening someone's life. Maybe, just maybe down there you'll think more clearly about what you've done," Robert said and spun Surge around, handcuffing him.
"You're not hurting me, Dad."
"I'm not trying to, I'm doing this for your own good," he told him and escorted Surge back down to the detention cells. He uncuffed Surge and watched him walk inside. The guard shut the door and locked it back, and Robert shook his head in shame. He looked at Surge one last time and turned around, walking away from the cell. Surge hit the bars then sat down. He was furious!! Tristan was definitely going to pay for this...
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Tristan had been notified that Surge was busted, and that in exchange for his trouble, he was compensated with Surge's four Gamma Dragons. Robert handed him the cards.
"Here you go, kid."
Tristan kindly accepted the cards. "Thank you, Sheriff. I appreciate it."
"Any time," he shook hands with Tristan. "Take care, kid, and stay out of trouble. Keep livin' a good life."
"Yes, Sheriff," Tristan smiled and made his way toward the exit. He walked out of the police station, a big smile on his face. Now all he had to do was e-mail Industrial Illusions the broken card pieces, then he would have the only five Gamma Dragons ever made! The Quagsire was in a pokeball, so he didn't have to lug it around. Tristan made his way over to a e-mail terminal. The e-mail terminal basically looked like a miniature teleporter from Star Trek (think about the Enterpise D's transporter pad shrunken down to the size of a mailbox). Accessing his S.C.T, he transporter a pen out of it.
He wrote: 'To Industrial Illusions, from dueling fan Tristan Taylor. There is a broken Gamma Dragon card inside this box. Could you please repair the damaged card and send it back me. My e-mail address is Ladies'Man2700. Thank you.'
Tristan placed the box on the blue spotlight, which then activated and converted the box into invisible subspace matter then began to beam it over to Industrial Illusions headquarters via invisible satellite beams. Tristan then mounted his powerbike and cranked it up. He sped off the lot, heading towards his cousin's house to drop off the Quagsire.
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The day had turned into night now. 2144 hours (9:44 pm). Out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, everything was calm. A slight, balmy breeze blew gently, and subtle waves elegantly flowed through the peaceful, deep blue, majestic waters. The soothing sounds of the waves splashing down on the ocean rung through the air, bringing about a tranquil calm. A few dolphins jumped up out of the water and splashed back down in it. Then they reappeared on the surface. They swum about seeking food, then jumped back down underwater as a speedboat roared by. The boat was pretty small, it was just a two-seater with no type of cabin to sleep in. In the two seats sat two people, a teenage boy and a teenage girl. The boy was driving the boat. He had dusty brown hair and eyes, and looked to be about 5'6 in height, and weighed about 146 lbs. He looked like he was around age 15. The girl also looked like she was 15 years of age, and she was a bit on the short side. Only 5'0, she weighed 97 lbs. Her black hair was combed into two long pigtails that flowed down to her upper ribs. Both of them were a little on the wild side, since they were wearing just their underwear outside.
"Do you think we should put on some clothes? What if someone sees us?" the boy spoke.
The girl thumped him. "Chill out, no one's out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean except us."
"Yeah, but I still feel a little uncomfortable."
"Li, we've seen each other in underwear before, dozens of times. It's nothing new."
"I know, but we've never been all outside with just underwear on before, Meilin. It feels a bit strange."
"Li, you worry too much, too much," Meilin said while shaking her head. "I can't wait until we reach Pewter City."
"Yep, and see the look on Brock and Tristan's face when they finally see us again."
"I just know they're going to be shocked out of their minds, because they haven't seen or heard from us in about 4 years!"
"It's pretty exciting, isn't it?" asked Li.
"Yes, it is," Meilin agreed. "Isn't this romatic, Li? We're all alone out in the middle of nowhere, just me and you. It's something I'll never forget," she said while staring at Li's face. She then yawned. "I'm gettin' sleepy, aren't you?"
"Kind of," Li said, a hint of sleepiness in his voice, but not much. "Meilin, have you ever skinny dipped before?"
"You have, Li?"
"No, but if you want to we can. It's something we've never done before."
"C'mon, Li, let's do it."
"But I thought you said you were sleepy. Tell you what, we'll do it when we wake up tommorrow morning, how about it?"
"I guess so," Meilin reclined the seat back to an outstretched position. Li stopped the boat and shut off the engine, then reclined his chair back also. He gazed up in the sky, trying to find a certain constellation.
"Li, I love you," Meilin whipsered softly.
"I love you, too, Meilin," Li replied. She smiled, then cuddled together with her boyfriend. Both of them began drifting off to sleep.
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What do you think? Is it good? Is it bad? I so hope it's not bad. The only way I can know is if you review the book. Please tell me your comments, questions and/or thoughts. It would be greatly appreciated. I'm going to try and update every week or two, but sometimes it may take longer than that to update. The only computer I have access to is my sister's labtop, and she's always using to do her college work or to talk to her friends via online, so I don't always gt a chance to type the fic. But I type it whenever I can. Well, I gotta go. Please be sure to post a comment about the fanfic, too. If I know what you think about the fic, it'll motivate me to continue writing or improve (hopefully its good already). Till next time, folks!
Duelists of The Future- Season 1- Episode 02, 'The Beginning, Part 2'
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The time was 1555 hours. The date, May 26th, 2033. All of the Duel Monsters fans prepared themselves for an exciting interview which was to tell details about an international Duel Monsters tournament. Up in a tall skyscraper located in downtown Domino City, a woman was preparing herself for the interview, which was to be aired at 1600 hours. She was dressed in a cinnamon knee-length dress. Her blue, crinkled hair flowed down to her upperback. She checked herself in a mirror, then grabbed some eyeliner and applied it around her blue eyes. She put the makeup back up and checked herself once more, making sure she was perfect. The interview with game creator Maximillion Pegasus was to be airing in about 5 minutes and she had to be absolutely stunning. Satisfied with her look, she seated herself in a egg-shaped chair and waited for the 5 minutes to passed. (Once they did) The door opened and 10 heavily built bodyguards walked into the room, dressed in jet black suits. They lined themselves up into two lines of five, and stood adjacent to the door. Then, the Duel Monsters creator himself walked through the doorway, his platinum hair in its usual hairstyle. He was wearing gold suit and was tricked out wih all sorts of diamond chains, rings, and other types of jewelry. A jazzy but mystical sounding fanfare announced his presence. A nearby worker slid out a chair and Maximillion seated himself. Turning the mike towards her mouth, the woman began speaking.
"Hello out there, everybody! Clair Cox live hosting the interview with the famed Maximillion Pegasus!" she announced.
"Greetings, everyone. I am Maximillion Pegasus," he spoke, letting himself be known.
The interview was now underway. Clair cleared her throat and started reading off her list of questions. "So, how are you, Mr. Pegasus?"
"I am fine, thank you. How are you?"
"Oh, I'm great," Clair laughed and Pegasus grinned. "Now, tell me, where did you get the idea of such an interesting, creative, and addictive game? I mean, it's never been done before, what compelled you to try it?" she asked, wondering why herself.
"Um, which question you want me to answer, the 1st, or the 2nd?" he joked.
Clair chuckled and replied, "Answer them in the order I asked them, simple."
"Allright," he said, adjusting the mike to pick up his voice from his new position. "Well, to tell you the truth, I didn't think of the whole idea all by myself, I had a bit of ancient help. You see, I like to read about ancient legends and old fables and folktales. It's something really enjoy. But anyway, I was skimming across a book full of old myths and I ran across something about an old card-type game that use to be played back in the times of ancient Egypt. It was called the 'Shadow Game', a game where you summon forth monsters of great power and destruction and use them to destroy the opposing monster. I was so intrigued by the idea that I decided to try and dig up more information about this strange game. I scoured through all sorts of old books in my personal library, trying to find as much as I could about it. But, I didn't find too much, just some vague references about what it was about and how it was played. But, that was enough info for a genius like me to work with! I immediately kicked my brain into what I like to call, 'creative mode', and began thinking of ways to create an exciting, brand new, never before seen type of game. Which I did! I After about a year of hard work, I brought the game known as 'Duel Monsters' into the world. What made me even start thinking about designing something like this is because I wanted to make something different for a change, instead of just creating videogame after videogame after videogame. At first, I thought it was going to flop, clearly the gaming market is dominated by fancy electronic video games, just how good can a relatively simple card game do when there are so many more advanced games out on the market? I was surprised that this game sold out so well!" Maximillion finished his long, over-descriptive speech.
Clair could tell that this man had a tendency to run off at the mouth and boast about himself. "So, what made you want to turn it into a visual cardgame? I thought you were growing tired of designing videogames."
"Well, a visual cardgame was something no one had ever done before. Besides, it's not exactly 'videogamish', if you want to put it that way. And turning it into a visual game further increased popularity and sales, so it was a very good move," Maximillon told her.
Clair cleared her throat. "Excuse me. Now, rumor has it that your releasing even more sets of Duel Monsters cards, is that true?"
"I tried to keep it a secret, but some noisy reporter just couldn't keep his nose away from my factory, and I guess he saw us making copies of new Duel Monsters cards, ran out and spilled the beans. Yes, we're making new Duel Monsters card. 6 more, in fact, bringing the total out to a whopping 10 sets! And since 700 cards are in each set, multiply that by 6 and you get 4,200 new Duel Monsters!"
"Wow!" Clair exclaimed. "That's a lot of cards, can you tell us when they will be shipping?"
"Tommorow, all of the new sets ship out to join the current cards on the shelves," Maximillion confirmed.
"Okay. Now, Mr. Pegasus..."
"Please, just call me Pegasus, that's how everyone adresses me."
"Okay, Pegasus, rumor also has it that a huge tournament is going to be hosted, am I right?"
"Yes, you're correct. There will be a new tournament and I'm going to host it."
"You are? Where and when will this exciting new tournament take place?"
Maximillion cleared his throat and continued speaking. "Oh, well the tournament itself will be split into two different sections."
"How will a contestant compete in the championship?"
"Well, first a duelist is going to have to sign in to be able to participate in the sub-competition. All they have to do in simply e-mail a letter which tell me they want to compete," he explained.
"Now, you mentioned something about this contest being split into 2 sections, tell me what that's about. And what is the 'sub-competition'?"
"The first section is the sub-competition, and the sub-competition is simply a little dueling contest to weed out all the weak and feeble duelists, so that the real tournament will consist of nothing but strong, competitive duelists who will stop at nothing to prevail. We are going to transport the duelists to a tropic, uninhabited island where they will spend the days and nights trying to reach a goal which will gain them entry to the real shindig. Now, each duelist participating in the Emerald Island contest will be given two stars. The goal is to obtain fifteen stars before two months pass, without losing your stars to other duelists. If you can successfully get the fifteen stars in two months time, you will then be capable of registering yourself into the main tournament on the Crystal Kingdom and compete for the main prizes there. Any duelists who loses all their stars, or does not have fifteen stars before the two months pass will be taken back to wherever they came from. By doing this, I am insured that no weak, stupid duelists shall have a chance to battle in my championship."
"It seems as though you're fishing for strong duelists," Clair noted and Maximillon nodded.
"Indeed, I am."
"Now, can you tell me what kind of prizes the duelists can expect, should they win the tournament?"
"In order to win any prizes you must either win the tournament, or place among the top three performing duelists that competed in the championship. If you win, you're automatically placed number one and will win 100 million dollars!" Maximillion announced, and Clair's mouth gaped open.
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Meanwhile, Misty and Aya's eyes widened.
"Did he say 100 million dollars?" Misty spoke, turning to Aya.
"He said it. Wow, that's alot of money!" Aya exclaimed, but Seto was hardly phased.
"Please, that's chump change!" Seto shrugged.
"Well, that's easy for you to say, you're the one living large, we're not," Misty said and turned back to face the tv.
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In the Pewter City police station, one of the tvs were on the channel the interview was being broadcasted on. Brock and Tristan's eyes bucked open and their mouths dropped in awe.
"Man, that's a whole lot of cash!" Brock yelled, but Tristan was too awed to say anything.
"Imagine, with all that money, we could have tons of things, huge houses, everything!"
"Yeah," Tristan spoke. "You know what? I'm going to enter this tournament."
"So am I, with 100 million dollars, I could get on of those expensive back operations done on my father and he'd be back to himself in no time. I've gotta enter that tournament."
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"Second place duelists will receive 75 million dollars, and third place duelists will obtain 50 million dollars."
"Wow, that is a ton of money to win. Will there be any other prizes the competing duelists can receive?"
"Well, they can win some extra rare monsters, or some fine, expensive jewelry, but that's about it. The main prizes are the 100, 75, and 50 million dollars that are up for grabs."
"Well, where will the tournament take place?" asked Clair.
"The tournament is going to take place on the Crystal Kingdom, known for some of the cleanest, crispest air found in the world. Expensive resorts, state-of-the-art spas and hottubs, stellar fruits and food, and lots of entertaining things will be found here. And you only have three days to register. So, to all duelists who is interested in this, e-mail me and be on your way to possibly winning one of the big prizes!"
Clair turned to face the camera. "Okay, everyone, that is all. The interview is now over, and so is this news program, so have a good night, and take care," Clair finished, then Maximillion got out of his seat.
"Farewell, Clair Cox," he said and waved bye to the news reporter before walking out of the room the way he came. The guards followed him, and she sighed.
"I am so glad that's over," she wiped her forehead.
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At the police station, the woman came out of the room and approached the bench where Brock, Tristan, and Wobbuffet sat. She cleared her throat before speaking.
"Um, I came to tell you that um, the card fragments you showed me did have Surge's fingerprints and traces of DNA on it."
"See? I told you," Tristan jumped up, happy to hear the news.
Robert walked up to the woman. "So, they weren't lying huh?"
"No, his fingerprints are all over the fragments. He must've destroy the card," she told him, and he turned to face the three.
"I'm going to assemble a small squad of cops to go find the gang. We'll have him busted in no time," he said to Tristan.
"Allright. Um, what can I do about the broken card? Is there any way to repair it?"
"Yes, you can have the pieces sent to Industrial Illusions headquarters and they'll patch the card together for you."
"You can do that? I didn't know," Tristan smiled.
"Yeah, one of my nieces tore my daughter's card, I simply sent it back and they fixed it, no sweat," Robert spoke, then paused before continuing. "Anyway, I'm going to go sink this Surge."
"Good luck," Tristan said as he walked away. He took the pieces from the woman then turned to Brock.
"Are you ready to go?" Brock asked him. He nodded, then they all headed toward the exit of the building.
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Outside, they mounted the powerbikes and started to crank them up, but Tristan stopped.
"Hey, Tristan, I thought you were ready?"
"I thought I heard a familiar voice," Tristan said as he looked around, then spotted a Quagsire making its way towards a busy street. It was wearing a emerald bracelet around its left arm, and Tristan gasped.
"That's my cousin's Quagsire!" he yelled and leaped off his powerbike, sprinting rapidly towards the pokemon. But, a motorbike was racing down the parking lot, and the person on it wasn't looking directly in the street.
"Tristan, look out!!" Brock hollered out, but it was too late. As a result, she accidentally whacked Tristan, sending Tristan flying through the air screaming.
"Tristan!" Brock looked on as Tristan struck the concrete harshly, groaning in pain. His face cringed as he lie there, not moving.
"Tristan!" gasped Brock as he got off the bike. Wobbuffet followed him. All this noise grabbed the Quagsire's attention. It turned and strolled over to see what was going on.
The woman grabbed her mouth in shock, then dismounted and ran towards Tristan. "Are-a-are you okay?!" she stammered, kneeling down to check him out. Brock approached them.
"Why don't you watch where you're going?!" He kneeled down beside Tristan. "How are you, man?"
Tristan didn't respond, and the woman sighed heavily. "I-I'm so sorry, I-I- I..." her voice trailed off. She accessed her S.C.T and got out a first aid kit, then spoke to Tristan. "Are you okay? Do you have any broken bones?"
Tristan finally began to move. He slowly rolling off his abdomen, groaning.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, take it easy," she said, then helped him sit up.
Tristan grabbed his head and asked, "What happened?"
"I... I accidently hit you with my bike, I'm deeply sorry," she said sadly.
"Uh, it's allright. I've been hurt much worse than this," Tristan told her, making her look up.
"Are you allright? I didn't break anything did I?"
"No, no, Im just fine. A little shook up, but other than that, I'm good," he said, getting off the ground. He noticed the Quagsire and smiled, gently pulling it over to where he was. "Uh, I'm Tristan, Tristan Taylor. Nice to meet you," he extended his hand.
The girl shook it. "My name's Whitney Collins, and I'm really sorry about that accident," she apologized again.
"I told you, it's okay."
The woman had pink hair pulled back into a high ponytail that was crinkled. Two, gold hoop earring hung from her ears and her eyeliner and eyeshadow helped accent her red eyes. She was dressed in a anklelength white skirt and a pastel pink top, and her height was around 5'4. She looked at Tristan's muscular body a bit dreamily.
"So, uh, where do you come from, Whitney?" Tristan asked her, snapping her back into life. She smiled and got off the ground.
"Oh, uh, I come from around here," she replied, grinning.
"Really, you're from Pewter City? So am I," he said, then she switched topics.
"So, what do you like to do? Are you off into Duel Monsters?"
"Yeah, I'm trying to be a world-renowned duelist, what about you?"
"Yep, definitely. I just love Duel Monsters, it's such a fun and addictive game," Whitney put the first aid kit back into the S.C.T, then sat down on a nearby bench. Tristan does the same.
"Whose your friend?" she asked.
"Oh, he's Brock Mowry, he's also off into Duel Monsters. Considered the top duelist in our neighborhood."
"That's me," Brock chimed in, waving. Whitney waved back, then looked up to the sky.
"Hey, Tristan? I'm going to go head home, I'll see you later. And uh, Whitney, I'm sorry if I was acting like a jerk."
"No, you had every right to be angry, I could've hurt your friend."
"Well, seeya later," Brock told them, then mounted his powerbike along with Wobbuffet.
"Allright, be careful," Tristan and Whitney watched Brock pull off on the bike. Afterwards, they continued conversing.
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Pallet Town was a place was quietness and cosyness. Not many people live there, or even knew about the place. It wasn't very big either, it just contained a few neighborhoods, one school, a fire station, a police station, and a town center. All of the neighborhoods consisted of houses that were spaced out between each other, and the houses often had acres of yards in between each other. Within one of the homes resided a young boy named Ash Ketchum who was sixteen years of age. He was receiving money from another person in exchange for fresh fruits. After the person was gone he sighed. This was how he made money, by selling fresh fruits and food for cash. He also fixed stuff for people bring in more income. Life was rough for him, as he no longer went to school. His mother had just died last year, and his father had been dead since the beginning of his life. He had no one, he was a loner. He couldn't finish his education in school because he always too busy trying to make money to feed and clothe himself, along with trying to keep the reposession people at bay. Life was hard for him, and it was all one person's fault. He wiped his forehead and walked around to the backyard of the house, then kept on towards a hot spring. Dense bubbles flowed on the surface the spring, and Ash pulled off his clothes, revealing his light gray boxers. He left his clothes on the ground and turned on a tv next to the hot spring. Ash stepped into the hot spring and sat down, letting the warm flow of bubbles massage and sooth his body. His mind was on the Duel Monsters championship. He had heard about it, and really wanted to enter. Someone was there and he wanted this someone dead. His name was Maximillion Pegasus, the man who killed his mother. It happened a year ago. She was dueling in an attempt to set her and him free of his clutches, and if one of them lost, they would die. And she lost... hence her death. He wasn't sure, but he remeber Pegasus saying that something was special about him... it was probably just some stupid talk. But, what if it was true? What if there was something special about him? He shook his head and rested his head back on a pillow, closing his eyes.
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In a secluded home in the hills of Domino City, a black limo pulled into the driveway. The estate was sprawling, all sorts of trimmed hedges, flower beds, neatly trimmed grass, fountains and other decorations completed the lawn. Guards stood around the gate making sure no one unauthorized gained entry into the house. The chauffer got out of the limo and walked around to the passenger part of the vehicle. He opened the door, and the creator of Duel Monsters himself stepped out the vehicle. He straightened his velvet suit, then walked along the walkway, his neck slightly lefted into the air. The door automatically slid open, granting him entrance. Pegaus walked into the lavish foyer of his house, and continued into the living room. There, a picture of his dead wife, Cecilia Pegasus hung on the wall. He approached the picture, rubbing his hand across it. Cecilia had blonde hair and was wearing a elegant gold dress.
"Soon," he said softly. "Just soon, my beloved Cecilia, I shall have you back. Once I collect all six Talismans of Life shall I resurrect you, and you shall once again walketh the earth." (Trust me, there's more to this thant it appears, can't tell you though)
Pegasus's trusty guard Kemo entered the room. He bowed his head down in Pegasus's presence.
"Mr. Pegasus, sir? I wanted to let you know that preparations for the championship is underway. The Emerald Isle and Crystal Kingdom is being prepped for the duelists."
"Goody-goody," Maximillion sat down on the sofa, picking up some comic books off of it. "Now, leave me, Kemo. Don't disturb me under any circumstances."
"Yes, sir," Kemo replied and left the living room. Maximillion began to read the comics.
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Yami frowned and began to think over possible strategies. [Foxxia's just drawn one of the most powerful monsters in the game. What can I do to stop it? I don't think I have any emulating cards, or another Spellbinding Circle to bind her monster. The only thing I can think of right now is to bide my time.]
"Go, Mercury X, destroy Gaia, The Dragon Champion!!" Foxxia shouted as loud as she could. The monster lashed out a long hand made of mercury toward Yami's monster. The hand multiplied into several and smothered Gaia. Gaia struggled to get away, but it eventually combusted into pieces.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Foxxia laughed heartily. "Look whose losing now, Yami. Foxxia's not so weak after all, hmm?"
Yami's Life Points- 1300
Yami gulped and racked his brain trying to think of strategies, but he couldn't think of nothing. "I should just bide my time until I figure out a strategy," Yami muttered to himself and pulled up a card from the deck. He placed it on the console.
"Feral Imp, in defense mode!" The Feral Imp materialized into battle, growling feriously.
"Is that the best you can do? Mercury X, destroy Feral Imp, now!!" Foxxia's monster lashed out the hand again, which spread out into several different hands. They smothered the Feral Imp, but since it had been played in defense mode, no life points were drained.
Yami drew yet another card, revealing itself to be the Horn Imp. "The Horn Imp, in defense mode!" he threw it down and loaded the monster.
Foxxia laughed out again and yelled, "Destory the Horn Imp, now!!" Mercury X complied and smothered yet another one of Yami's monsters. "Face it, Yami, you can't beat me."
[What if she's right? What if I can't beat her? The odds are seriously against me. I don't have a monster that strong in my deck. My strongest cards are Dark Magician and Summoned Skull, and both of them are 1000 attack points short.]
[No, Yugi, we can't lose hope.] Yami began speaking to the other inhabitant of their body. [There must be someway to defeat Foxxia's monster, we just have to figure out how.]
[What do you suggest we do?]
[The only thing we can do is keep throwing out monsters in defense mode and trust in the Heart of the Cards to help us, like your Grandfather teaches us.]
[You're right.]
"C'mon, Yami! You're wasting time!" Foxxia said in a sing-song fashion. Yami snarled bitterly and drew a card from his hand, placing it down.
"Dagon the Puppet, in defense mode!" Dagon the Puppet was a dark, crusty looking puppet with torn, white rags for clothing. It had blood red eyes and smooth blue hair, which both glowed luminously.
Attack Power- 1400 Defense Power- 1200
"Mercury X, you know what to do!" Foxxia shouted. Her monster performed the attack yet again, engulfing the puppet in mercury. Dagon wiggled and squirmed furiously before it suffocated and shattered. Yami's life points stayed intact, though.
"Why don't you just stop wasting time and admit defeat? Mercury X is tearing through anything you throw at it, so why endure the humiliation?"
"It'll be even more humiliating for me to give up to you," replied Yami.
Foxxia shook her head. "Your loss."
"C'mon, Yugi! You can't give up! You have to win!!" yelled Joey, and Yami nodded.
"He's right, I have to win. I cannot give in to her. The Heart of the Cards will see me through, all I have to do is trust in them," Yami spoke quietly to himself and drew for a card, putting in all his faith. Will he be rewarded?
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Seto was busy giving Aya and Misty a tour through the Kaiba estate. They had toured the entire house, which took quite awhile, the gardens, the activity/recreational area, which consisted of tennis courts, basketball courts, a soccer field, dueling areas, and pools specially made for water polo and water volleyball matches, as well as a huge grass field made for running and exercising. They were now heading towards the backyard area. Misty and Aya were amazed at how enormous the mansion was. Seto loved spending time with them again, after all these years. It reminded him of how much they used to talk and play together when they were kids. It was nice to see some familiar faces. Once they reached the backyard area, Misty and Aya's mouths dropped in astonishment. The backyard was huge! The bricks which were laid out all over the deck was bricks made of granite. The swimming pool Seto had mentioned earlier was actually a huge lake. Some diving boards was setup around the lake, as well as slides leading into the 'pool'. The deck consisted of tons of gold tables with gold chairs around them, along with umbrellas installed on the tables to keep rain off of them. Some barbecue grills sat off in the distance. An entire amusement park was also situated in the backyard. Roller coasters, thrill rides, merry-go-rounds, ferris wheels, go kart tracks and tons of other stuff was located within.
"Well, what do you think of my backyard?" Seto inquired.
Aya and Misty were too awed to say anything. They couldn't believe it. A huge amusement park right in his backyard! So many things in his house! They were already shocked over the other things Seto had showed them, but the amusement park was simply unbelievable.
"I've showed you two everything. That's my whole mansion. What do you think of it?"
"It's amazing," Misty said.
Aya still couldn't say anything.
"Mokuba and I, we love playing in the theme park. We spend alot of time in it."
"Can we go in it?" both Misty and Aya asked simutaneously.
"Be my guest," Seto replied and the two girls ran off toward the theme park laughing. Seto smiled, then turned and sat down in a chair on the deck. Unforunately, they couldn't help him with his business. He had to do something. He needed to get some money from somewhere. Some disgusting poacher stole tons of his money, and the Holochips wasn't selling fast enough to make up for it. He was going under. What could he do? Maybe his rich living had come to an end.
[No, this can't be it,] he told himself. [There has to be something I can do, there just has to be!] As Seto sat in the chair thinking, Mokuba ran up behind him. He tapped his shoulder and made him spin around.
"Seto, you said you would take me to Pizza Palace today," Mokuba started.
Seto sighed. "Mokuba, can't you get Nancy to cook up something, I'm busy."
"No you're not! You're just sitting there doing nothing."
"Mokuba, I've got to go meet someone, okay? Here," he gave Mokuba a charge card. "Tell Nancy I said take you to get you some pizza, allright?"
"No, I want you to take me. You promised me, you said we'd hang out in town and go to Pizza Palace. I don't want Nancy to take me, I want you too."
"Mokuba, don't be worsm. I gave you the money, now go get Nancy, I'm busy."
Mokuba threw the money down on the table. "That's just like you Seto! You never keep your promises!! You always tell me you're going to do this and you're going to do that, and we're going to go have fun! Stop lying to me!!" Mokuba screamed and ran off, upset.
Seto sighed heavily and jumped up after him. "Mokuba!" he grabbed him and turned him around. "Listen, I'm sorry I made that promise to you, but I have business to care of. If I don't do this, we won't have any money to spend or any mansion to live in, do you understand?"
"No, that's just an excuse so that you won't have to go anywhere with me," Mokuba turned away from Seto with a scowl on his face.
"Okay, Mokuba, I'll take you."
"I don't wanna go now."
"Mokuba," Seto kneeled down on one knee. "I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, but you have to understand, a man like me has a lot a of business, important business to take care of. Now, I'll say this again, I'm really sorry if I hurt you in any way, please... forgive me," Seto pleaded.
Mokuba just couldn't stay mad at his big brother forever. He bent down and gave Seto a hug. "I forgive you, Seto," they hugged each other for awhile then stood.
"Now, let's go get you that pizza like I promised, okay?"
"Okay, big brother," Mokuba and Seto smiled at each other, then headed back toward the amusement park where Misty and Aya was. They were so many rides that they were still trying to decide which one to take.
"C'mon, Aya, let's ride a roller coaster."
"No! Let's try the go karts track first!" Aya objected.
"Hey, girls," Seto interrupted. "Me and Mokuba are going out to get a pizza, I'm letting you know that you're welcome to anything in the house."
"Okay, bye," Aya replied to them. Both of the girls waved bye to them as Seto and Mokuba walked away waving back.
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Surge, Vicki, and Jason walked along the street, laughing and talking about all sorts of violent things. Surge was busy counting the cards in his deck. He skimmed across the four Gamma Dragons cards and smiled. His most powerful cards, especially when fused into one. And now that the dork Tristan didn't have one, no one could beat him. He was the ultimate duelist. Surge was proud of himself. A job well done on his part.
"So, boss, who do wanna take down now?" asked Vicki.
"I don't know, I'm lookin' to register for the big tournament and take it easy, you know what I mean?"
"I hear ya', boss," Jason said. They arrived at a old, white cottage. Surge grabbed a key out of his pocket and unlocked the door. They all walked inside the house, and Surge closed the door behind him. He then plopped down on a sofa.
"Oh, I feel so good, I've accomplished my job. Only I now have the four most powerful dragons in the game, well one of them, but still, no one can beat me now."
"We know, boss, we know," Jason said while fixing hiimself a cup of milk.
"Hey! Don't cut me off like that!"
Suddenly, someone bammed on the door. "This is the P.C.D. We'd like to ask you a few questions regarding a matter about a card." Surge approached the door.
"What are you doing? Don't answer that!" Jason yelled softly.
"If I don't they're going to bust the door down anyway. Besides, we can handle some cops," Surge responded and opened the door. "Hello there, officers," he greeted in a friendly tone of voice.
There were four cops standing outside. Three were men, one was a woman. "Is there a Surge W. Crusher living at this address?" one of the men asked.
"Yeah, I'm him," Surge replied.
"Okay. Surge, we'd like to ask you a few questions regarding a matter about a Duel Monsters card. Now, there's been some allegations against you, claiming that you threatened someone's life and forced them to give you a card, then you tore it. Is this true?"
"Who accused me of this?"
"Just answer my question, please," the man told him.
"Allright, then. To tell you the truth, I did!" he said and kicked the cop in the mouth, knocking him down. "Get to the motorcycles, now!!" he yelled to Jason and Vicki.
"Allright, freeze! Hands in the air, right now!!" the cops shouted, but they didn't listen.
"Run for it!" Surge darted toward the back of the house with Jason and Vicki, attempting to escape. The leader ordered the other three to give chase while he called for backup. They obeyed and chased after them.
"Squad Leader to nearest police station! We have a problem! There are three gang members who admitted to threatening someone life over a Duel Monsters card! Requesting backup immediately!" he yelled and began chasing them himself.
Surge and the others ran as fast as they could. They exited the house and jumped on the motorcycles, cranking them up. The four cops bolted out of the door and saw them pulling off. They quickly reached out their guns and shot at the tires, busting them. This made the three skid out of the control and bang into some trees, which threw them off the bike and onto the ground. The four cops approached them.
"You're busted!" The four cops bent down and handcuffed the three, then snatched them up off the ground.
"Confiscate all of their decks," the leader ordered. "This is Squad Leader Thomas. Cancel the request for back up please, over." The other cops searched them until they found their decks in their pockets. They took them, then hauled them off toward the cars. Shoving them inside, the cops cranked up the engines and pulled away from the house, heading back toward the police station.
"Now look what you've done," Vicki muttered and rolled her eyes.
"Just when things were going great," Surge muttered to himself, extremely angry and disgusted.
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Meanwhile, back at Joey's house, Foxxia and Yami were of course, still dueling. Foxxia was still dominating the match with her powerful monster, and nothing could get Yami out of this dilemma. Should he accept the fact that he'd been defeated and forfeit? Yami shook his head. He could not throw in the towel. He had to keep fighting. There was no telling what Foxxia could or would do with the power of the Millenium Puzzle under her control. But what could he do to win? He had no cards with offense points of 3500. And Yami knew that he would eventually run out of cards to keep dishing out in defense. Something had to be done. And Yami knew what his only option was. Trust in the cards. It was the only way he could possibly defeat his nemesis. Yami put all his faith into the card and drew for it.
"Stop stalling, Yami, or else you'll forfeit your turn."
Yami closed his eyes, putting all his trust, hope, and faith in the cards. He had to get a good card. Under Foxxia's control, the Millenium Puzzle could be a deadly item. The Heart of the Cards had to come through. And he believed that it would. Yami opened his eyes and picked up the card, which was the Living Arrow card.
[What could I do with this? Living Arrow only allows me to fuse together two monsters that aren't normally compatible. And it can be either one of my cards or the adversary's, or in this case, Foxxia's.] This gave Yami an idea. He drew for another card and it turned out to be Reborn the Monster.
[This is Perfect! Now all I need is to draw the Summoned Skull and I can win this match!] He pulled a card from his hand and placed it face-down.
"The Mammoth Graveyard, in defensive mode!" Yami's monster materialized into battle, growling and snarling ferociously.
Attack Power- 1200 Defense Power- 1200
"Ha! Is that the best you can do?! Mercury X, smother it, now!!" Foxxia shouted. Mercury X lashed out it's hand and duplicated four more. They all tangled around the Mammoth Graveyard card and suffocated it. The monster yelled in extreme pain. Mercury X continued to smother it until it popped, but no life points were lost.
"Why don't you just give up, Yami? You look so desperate and silly throwing out all these monsters in defense mode. That's a loser's tactic who doesn't wanna admit that he/she's lost."
"Don't listen to her, Yuge! You can win this, I know it!!" Joey cheered for Yugi/Yami, despite the odds. Yami nodded at Joey, then drew for another card, hoping for a good one.
[I've bought myself some time, but I can't keep dishing out monsters in defense mode. I'm running out of them. I need to draw the Summoned Skull so I can finish this match, here and now. Otherwise, she'll keep obliterating them until I have no more.]
[Don't forget, Yugi, that Summoned Skull is in that deck somewhere, you'll eventually run across it.] Yami reminded him in a somewhat calm tone of voice.
[You sure seem calm despite what's going on.]
[I always keep my cool, no matter what.]
Yugi chuckled at the spirit, then picked up the card, looking at it. It wasn't the Summoned Skull.
"Darn!" he muttered to himself, then placed it in the defense mode. "I call upon the Celtic Guardian, defense mode!" The Celtic Guardian growled in a deep and flat tone after it loaded.
Attack Power- 1400 Defense Power- 1300
"Still at it, hunh Yami-boy? I guess you just won't give up. Mercury X, smother it!!" Mercury X launched it's five hands straight at Celtic Guardian, and smothered it until it popped. The hands turned back into one and retreated into the body of Foxxia's monster.
"C'mon, I need the Summoned Skull," Yami muttered softly and drew yet another card, and this time was what he wanted. The Summoned Skull. Yami's frown turned into a smirk as he began to laugh.
"Huh? What's so funny?! I'm dominating the match!"
"Not any more, Foxxia. You may have enjoyed picking off my monsters one by one, but you're liquid charade has come to an end!"
"What are you talking about? Nothing in your deck is strong enough to defeat my monster. Stop talking crazy talk," Foxxia quipped.
"I'm not talking crazy talk, I speak the truth. I'll admit, there isn't a monster in my deck strong enough to take on the Mercury X."
"Then what is it you're so confident about?"
"You shall find out, right now!" Yami first slapped down Reborn the Monster. "There may not be a monster in my deck with that kind of attack power, but with a help of a monster from your deck this match is mine! Behold, the return of your Blue Eyes White Dragon!!" Yami shouted with an ominous tone of voice. The Blue Eyes White Dragon sounded its infamous roar as it rose from the ground, towering high over Mercury X.
Attack Power- 3000 Defense Power- 2500
"And now I shall play the Summoned Skull, in attack mode!" A cloud ring formed in the ground, and the sky in the field grew dark. The Summoned Skull emerged from the ring, grumbling and growling carnivorously.
Attack Power- 2500 Defense Power- 1200
"And now, for the final play, I shall play Living Arrow along with a polymerization card, to fuse these two powerful monsters into something no one hardly ever witness!!" Yami threw down these two cards and let the magic go to work.
Foxxia and Joey gasped at Yami's surprise move, though Foxxia's facial expression was one of worry, while Joey's facial expression was one of happiness and relief. When the merging completed, a bluish, whitish dragon made of thick skeleton bones stood there. One giant, black eye met Foxxia's monster, and it roared a roar then sent shivers down her spine.
"Meet... the rare and legendary Blue Eyes Skeletal Dragon!" Yami announced, and Foxxia's face cringed at the name.
Attack Power- 4100 Defense Power- 3900
"Oh no... I know what's going to happen now," she said while trembling.
"Brace yourself, Foxxia, because this is going to be one massive blast. Blue Eyes Skeletal Dragon, attack Mercury X now!! Giant Lightning Shock!!!" The monster roared and powered up a huge electrical charge in its eye. Foxxia braced herself and closed her eyes, unable to look at what was about to transpire. The Blue Eyes Skeletal Dragon fired, and the large lighting bolt plastered right into the chest of Mercury X, shocking it brutally. Bright light flashed everywhere as Foxxia's most powerful monster went up in a huge explosion. The shockwave created tossed Foxxia into the wall behind, shattering the mirror. Smoke flooded the field, and after it died down, her monster was no more.
"Sayonara, Foxxia," Yami said with a hint of sinisterness in his voice.
Foxxia's Life Points- 0
"Allright!! You did it, Yugi!!" Joey exclaimed.
Foxxia got up from the ground and collected her cards. "No, I lost," Foxxia stared at the now empty dueling arena, completely surprised. "I was dominating the match, I had Yami trembling before my might. What happened?"
"You lost, that's what happened, and now I shall get rid of you once and for all!" hollered Yami. He prepped his puzzle for action.
"You think so? I'm smarter than you think!" Foxxia quickly latched onto her dueling stand, then teleported away just as Yami gave the command to banish her to the Shadow Realm. As a result, he banished the television.
Joey blinked a bit surprised, but Yami blinked dumbfounded. "What the heck? How'd you do that Yugi?"
Yugi reverted back to his regular self. "I didn't, Foxxia did," he quickly replied.
"I wonder how? She's gonna have to pay for it! I saved up a lot of money to buy 'dat tv!" Joey sighed. The hardened goo stuff that was binding Joey dissappeared, and he dropped to the floor flat on his butt. "Ouch."
Yugi couldn't help but laugh at Joey's little misfortunes.
"Ah, you think this is funny, hunh Yugi?" Joey said while getting up.
"If I didn't I wouldn't be laughing," Yugi replied, then Joey charged for him.
"Come here!" he ran at him. Yugi jumped and took off, Joey hot on his tail. Both of them were laughing.
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Back at the police station, Surge boldly admitted that he, Vicki and Jason did take the card and threaten Tristan's life (much to Vicki and Jason's dismay) and the cops checked them all in. They continued down to the detention cells. A nearby guard unlocked a cell and opened the door, and the four cops pushed the gang of three into the cell. The guard closed the door back, locking it.
"Enjoy your stay," she teased and walked away. Surge threw himself down on a bench, enraged. Stupid cops. Just when everything was going perfect, they just had to come and muck things up! Surge began to wonder why they even wanted to question him. As far as they were concerned, he and his friends hadn't done anything. They were being upstanding citizens of Pewter City. Then it hit him.
(Flashback)
"Confiscate all of their decks," the leader ordered. The other cops searched them until they found their decks in their pockets.
(End Flashback)
That was it. Someone must've told about how he was stealing people's Duel Monsters cards. But who would? He always threatened everybody and scared them until they vowed not to say one word. Who had enough guts to tell? Tristan...
(Flashback)
"Now, where.. are.. they?" Surge began to get impatient.
"I'm not telling you anything."
"Allright, Jason, slit his throat!" Surge ordered.
"NOOO!! Okay, they're with me," Tristan admitted.
"I knew you'd come through, search him!" Jason and Vicki searched like they were told. Sure enough, they came across Tristan's deck of cards.
Surge searched through to deck until he found the card he was looking for, the Gamma Dragon.
"At long last, the last Gamma Dragon," Surge said, then looked at Tristan. "Thanks for your cooperation." Surge then ripped the card into numerous bits and pieces. They all burst out into hysterical laughter, and walked away.
"See ya later, alligator!" Surge yelled and laughed hilariously along with Vicki and Jason.
(End Flashback)
Tristan had to have spilled the beans. Surge remebered that Tristan was the only person he didn't threaten after their encounter. He must've done it. The punk kid was going to pay, big time... The door to the cell opened, and that made them look to see what was going on. The sheriff was standing in the doorway. And his face was not a pretty one. He motioned for Surge to come here.
"I need to speak with you... son," he spoke. Surge slowly stood from the bench he was sitting on and walked out of the cell. The guard immediately shut the door back and Robert led Surge out of the detention cells and into his office. He closed the door and locked it.
"I can't believe it. I cannot believe you would go this low, to threaten someone's life over a Duel Monsters card? That is not the way me and your mother raised you! We taught you better than that!"
"Yeah, well what can I say, every couple has at least one rotten apple. Guess I'm it."
"Don't you feel the least bit ashamed about how you've acted?"
"Um... no."
Robert sighed in disbelief. "Surge, this isn't like you. Deep down inside, that nice, manish, mature and decent Surge must be there somewhere. You never use to act this way. Not until you started hanging around Vicki and Jason. What happened to you?"
"I grew up," Surge quipped, and Robert shook his head. "You've dissappointed me deeply, son..."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute now, I have?"
"Yes, you have dissappointed me, Surge! I thought you were going to be a upstanding, decent young man that would go to college, get a job, support himself, uphold the law... just like you said you would when you were a little boy. Surge," his father paused for moment and approached him. "I don't wanna put you in jail."
"Then don't. Let me go."
"But how can I know that you won't start doing the same stuff once you're free? You don't seem to be the least bit ashamed."
"You're right about that."
Robert sighed again, shaking his head. "Surge, aren't there any bit of the morals me and your mother taught in here?" he poked Surge's chest. "I know you're trying to look tough, but Surge, I believe you really are ashamed of your actions."
"I told you Father, I am not ashamed of anything!!" Surge yelled, startling Robert a little.
"Son, I'm going to tell you this one last time, I am deeply dissappointed in you."
"Ouch! That hurt me, Father. Guess what, I don't care."
"Allright, then, if you want it this way, you're going to get it. I'm taking all of your Gamma Dragons and are going to give them to the person you threatened."
"No! Those cards are extremely rare!"
"Should've thought about that before you threatened to kill someone over them. I'm going to put you behind bars for a month and let you think over your actions. I'm having mercy on you right now, son, because people get more than a month of jail time for threatening someone's life. Maybe, just maybe down there you'll think more clearly about what you've done," Robert said and spun Surge around, handcuffing him.
"You're not hurting me, Dad."
"I'm not trying to, I'm doing this for your own good," he told him and escorted Surge back down to the detention cells. He uncuffed Surge and watched him walk inside. The guard shut the door and locked it back, and Robert shook his head in shame. He looked at Surge one last time and turned around, walking away from the cell. Surge hit the bars then sat down. He was furious!! Tristan was definitely going to pay for this...
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Tristan had been notified that Surge was busted, and that in exchange for his trouble, he was compensated with Surge's four Gamma Dragons. Robert handed him the cards.
"Here you go, kid."
Tristan kindly accepted the cards. "Thank you, Sheriff. I appreciate it."
"Any time," he shook hands with Tristan. "Take care, kid, and stay out of trouble. Keep livin' a good life."
"Yes, Sheriff," Tristan smiled and made his way toward the exit. He walked out of the police station, a big smile on his face. Now all he had to do was e-mail Industrial Illusions the broken card pieces, then he would have the only five Gamma Dragons ever made! The Quagsire was in a pokeball, so he didn't have to lug it around. Tristan made his way over to a e-mail terminal. The e-mail terminal basically looked like a miniature teleporter from Star Trek (think about the Enterpise D's transporter pad shrunken down to the size of a mailbox). Accessing his S.C.T, he transporter a pen out of it.
He wrote: 'To Industrial Illusions, from dueling fan Tristan Taylor. There is a broken Gamma Dragon card inside this box. Could you please repair the damaged card and send it back me. My e-mail address is Ladies'Man2700. Thank you.'
Tristan placed the box on the blue spotlight, which then activated and converted the box into invisible subspace matter then began to beam it over to Industrial Illusions headquarters via invisible satellite beams. Tristan then mounted his powerbike and cranked it up. He sped off the lot, heading towards his cousin's house to drop off the Quagsire.
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The day had turned into night now. 2144 hours (9:44 pm). Out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, everything was calm. A slight, balmy breeze blew gently, and subtle waves elegantly flowed through the peaceful, deep blue, majestic waters. The soothing sounds of the waves splashing down on the ocean rung through the air, bringing about a tranquil calm. A few dolphins jumped up out of the water and splashed back down in it. Then they reappeared on the surface. They swum about seeking food, then jumped back down underwater as a speedboat roared by. The boat was pretty small, it was just a two-seater with no type of cabin to sleep in. In the two seats sat two people, a teenage boy and a teenage girl. The boy was driving the boat. He had dusty brown hair and eyes, and looked to be about 5'6 in height, and weighed about 146 lbs. He looked like he was around age 15. The girl also looked like she was 15 years of age, and she was a bit on the short side. Only 5'0, she weighed 97 lbs. Her black hair was combed into two long pigtails that flowed down to her upper ribs. Both of them were a little on the wild side, since they were wearing just their underwear outside.
"Do you think we should put on some clothes? What if someone sees us?" the boy spoke.
The girl thumped him. "Chill out, no one's out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean except us."
"Yeah, but I still feel a little uncomfortable."
"Li, we've seen each other in underwear before, dozens of times. It's nothing new."
"I know, but we've never been all outside with just underwear on before, Meilin. It feels a bit strange."
"Li, you worry too much, too much," Meilin said while shaking her head. "I can't wait until we reach Pewter City."
"Yep, and see the look on Brock and Tristan's face when they finally see us again."
"I just know they're going to be shocked out of their minds, because they haven't seen or heard from us in about 4 years!"
"It's pretty exciting, isn't it?" asked Li.
"Yes, it is," Meilin agreed. "Isn't this romatic, Li? We're all alone out in the middle of nowhere, just me and you. It's something I'll never forget," she said while staring at Li's face. She then yawned. "I'm gettin' sleepy, aren't you?"
"Kind of," Li said, a hint of sleepiness in his voice, but not much. "Meilin, have you ever skinny dipped before?"
"You have, Li?"
"No, but if you want to we can. It's something we've never done before."
"C'mon, Li, let's do it."
"But I thought you said you were sleepy. Tell you what, we'll do it when we wake up tommorrow morning, how about it?"
"I guess so," Meilin reclined the seat back to an outstretched position. Li stopped the boat and shut off the engine, then reclined his chair back also. He gazed up in the sky, trying to find a certain constellation.
"Li, I love you," Meilin whipsered softly.
"I love you, too, Meilin," Li replied. She smiled, then cuddled together with her boyfriend. Both of them began drifting off to sleep.
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