Hello, everybody! I'm back with an all-new episode of Duelists of The
Future. Now the book is about to get interesting. New storylines are going
to be introduced in this episode, and I hope you like this episode. Don't
forget to post some reviews so I can know whether I'm doing a good job or
not, hopefully I am. Anyway, enough chatting, it's time to press on to the
all-new episode!
Duelists of The Future- Season 1- Episode 03, 'Two More Days...'
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Previously...
Maximillion Pegasus... Clair: "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?"
"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. Oh, and it'll cost you a fee of $15 dollars. 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!"
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Yugi Moto... "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; the mirror shattering upon her impact. 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!" exclaimed Joey.
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Surge Crusher... (Surge's thoughts) 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... 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...
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Meilin Rae/ Li Showron... Meilin: "I can't wait until we reach Pewter City."
Li: "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. "Just imagine what they're going to look like when we show up again."
"Yep, I can't wait till the day." Meilin added.
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Domino City, 0930 hours, Thursday Morning. The sun shone brightly in the sky as people hustled along with their daily business. Freeways were full of cars commuting along, streets were congested with traffic, and people strolled along the sidewalks. In a certain neighborhood of middle-class citizens, a crowd of people, particularly teenagers, were standing around a spot in a park in which two duelists (girls) were duking it out. One girl behind a hot pink dueling console was Misty, and the other girl (Arista) was an anonymous chick from nearby. Arista was being crushed by Misty.
Misty's/Arista's Life Points- 1700 (Misty)/ 400 (Arista)
"Fiend Kracken, enstare the witch, now!" shouted Misty. The Fiend Kracken (see Episode 6 of Yu-gi-oh! anime series) lashed its long, brown tendrils out of the water and latched around a card known as the Black Witch. The Black Witch was a female monster wearing a black cloak over her entire body, covering everything except her blood red eyes. The Black Witch screamed in excrutiating pain as Fiend Kracken snatched her underwater and shattered her.
"Oh, no, my monster!" Arista screamed.
Arista's Life Points- 200
"Why don't you give up, Arista? You can't beat me."
Arista drew a card and placed it down. "The Feral Imp, in attack mode!" The monster loaded onto the field, growling ferociously.
Attack Power- 1300 Defense Power- 1100
"And now I'll combine it with the Horn of the Unicorn!" Arista threw down the card, and a golden horn materialized onto the Feral Imp's forehead and powered it up.
Attack Power- 1600
"Since water conducts electricity, this is more than enough attack power! Magic Lightning attack!!" Feral Imp charged a powerful electrical charge and fired it at the water which Fiend Kracken resided.
"Not so fast, Arista! I play Negate Attack!" Misty flipped up her hidden magic, which produced a magical field that absorbed Arista's attack.
Misty drew a card from her deck and smiled when she saw what it was. "And now, I shall play this magic card, 'Krackle', which raised my Fiend Kracken's attack power by 600 points!" Misty slapped down the card, and smirked at Arista.
Attack Power- 1800 Defense Power- 1000
"Bye-bye, Arista," Misty teased. "Fiend Kracken, Krackle Crush Attack!!" The Fiend Kracken tendrils sprung up out of the water, and electrical sacks were located in the suckion holes. It grabbed onto Feral Imp and shocked it brutally until it exploded, then it retreated back into the water.
Arista's Life Points- 0
"Oh no... I've lost," murmered Arista.
"Ha! Ha! I said you wouldn't beat me, and you didn't tramp! Now hand over the money!" Misty walked over to where Arista was standing and stuck out her hand. Arista reluctantly gave Misty the 200 dollars they betted before the match. She lowered her head in shame and collected her deck, stored her Holochip, and walked away. There were numerous 'She's good' and 'Misty's an awesome duelist' as the small crowd walked away from the battlefield. Misty gathered her things and headed to her house. Once she reached the house, Misty unlocked the door with the key she was given. She walked inside and closed the door behind her. She smelled some breakfast food being prepared in the kitchen, and decided to see what was cooking. She made her way through the house until she reached the kitchen. Her older and oldest sister Daisy was cooking toast along with some eggs.
"Hey there, Daisy, what's up?" Misty greeted.
"Hi, little sis," Daisy replied. "How are you?"
"I'm fine, what about you."
"Never been better," Daisy grinned. She flipped over the toast in the skillet and continued cooking it. "So, where were you? Lily said you weren't in your room."
"Oh, I was down at the park."
"That's not like you to get up and head out right when you get up, you usually linger around here. Let me guess, you were meeting some cute boy, hunh?"
"No! That's not all I think about. I won some money."
"Really? How?"
"I beat this stuck-up tramp named Arista. She goes to my school. Anyway, she challenged me to a duel and whoever won would get $200 dollars as the prize. Needless to say, I kicked the crap out of her."
"That's excellent! Good for you," Daisy exclaimed. Silence filled the room for a little while before Daisy continued. "Are you hungry? There's some grilled cheese sandwiches already done over there," Daisy said and pointed to a plate with some paper towels over it sitting on a countertop.
"Thanks," Misty grabbed a saucer out of a wooden cabinet and grabbed two grilled cheese sandwiches off of the plate. She was a bit hesitant to eat it, mainly because Daisy's food wasn't always edible. Most of the time her food came out looking like cow manure or worse... but they looked pretty good though. Misty bit into one and her squinched face turned into one of delight.
"This is actually good, sis," commented Misty.
"I know, I bought a cookbook from the corner store the other day. I've been following it accordingly." Daisy picked up three grilled cheese sandwiches out of the skillet and placed them on the plate, then covered it back up.
Misty downed the two cheese sandwiches, then fixed herself a cup of water and skipped to her room. She walked inside and closed the door behind her, then sat down at a computer. She pressed a green button which turned it on instantly, then typed out a letter which said she wanted to enter into the Crystal Kingdom Tournament. She e-mailed that to Industrial Illusions, then sighed.
"I'm finally in," she said. She got out of the chair and sauntered over to her closet, opening the door. She looked through various outfits hanging in the closet. "Now, what should I pack? The cruise ship is going to set sail in two days, what should I bring along?" As she pondered the idea, someone spied on her out of the nearby Sycamore Tree in the backyard...
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Joey finished tying his black tennis shoes. He stood and looked at himself in a mirror, and his pants began falling down. Joey sighed heavily as he held them up and walked over to his dresser. He grabbed a black leather belt out of the dresser and slipped it on tightly around the blue jeans, and let them go. The belt kept the pants in place. Joey smiled in satisfaction and left his room, skipping down the hallway. He was in a good mood today, mainly because of summer break. No school for three whole months always managed to put Joey in a good mood. He hopped down the stairs and walked toward the den when he heard some bumping and rumbling. He stopped, and heard something tumbling in the laundry room. After what happened yesterday, Joey cautiously made his way toward the door which lead into the laundry room. A pole was hanging on the wall. Joey grabbed it for self-defense, then crept closer and closer toward the laundry room. He clenched the pole tightly in his hand and approached the door. Some more tumbling sounded inside, along with a slight scream from Yugi.
"Yugi!" Joey snatched the door open to find Yugi sitting on the floor with laundry covering him. "Yugi, what are you doing?"
Yugi removed the clothing off of him and put it in the nearby baskets, which was also on the floor. "I'm doing laundry, what does it look like?"
"It look like you're playin' with clothes," Joey snickered.
"I was trying to reach the laundry buckets that you 'conveniently' placed on the top shelf. While I was trying to reach them, I fell off the stepstool," Yugi said. He got off the floor and picked up the baskets. He walked over to the laundry machine and dumped the clothes into it, then closed the door. He turned it on and let the concentrated sonic waves clean the clothes.
"Sorry, Yuge. So, have you heard about the new Duel Monsters tournament? It's supposed to be a huge one," Joey put down the pole as he spoke.
"There's a new tournament? When? Where?"
"You haven't heard? As much as you love Duel Monsters, you shoulda been tellin' me."
"I've been kinda busy lately. I haven't really had much time to listen out for stuff like that. Where'd you hear it from?"
"Kids from all over the neighborhood are talking about it. They said a interview came on about it, but we must've missed it."
"Probably came on when I was dueling that strange lady," Yugi headed out of the room, and Joey followed him. They went into the den and sat down on the sofa.
"Are you going to the tournament, Yugi? I know I'm am."
"You are?"
"Yeah, one of my neighbors said you could win 100 million! Imagine all that money!"
"100 millions dollars? It would be cool to have that much money."
"So are you going?"
"I don't know, Grandpa said he wanted me to hang around and help him sell cards at the shop.. which means I should get going. Grandpa's probably been expecting me!" Yugi realized that and leaped off the sofa. "I gotta run Joey, see you later!" Yugi darted off toward the door.
"Uh, Yugi, are you planning to sell cards in your pajamas?" Joey asked.
Yugi looked down at himself to see he was still wearing blue pajamas pants and a yellow t-shirt. He chuckled and darted off to the bathroom. Yugi changed into his school uniform since his other clothes weren't through in the laundry machine yet. He came out of the bathroom and ran upstairs to retrieve his shoes. After he put them on, he dashed back downstairs and ran out of the house. Joey ran after him, and closed the door behind him.
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At the game shop, Yugi opened the door and walked inside, followed by Joey. There were stacks of boxes sitting in the backroom where Solomon usually was. Yugi walked back there, but surprisingly, no one was there.
"Grandpa?" called Yugi, but no one asnwered. Yugi looked around the bare room, but there wasn't nothing but tons of unopened cardboard boxes stacked in the room.
"Grandpa?!" Yugi called out to him again, but no one responded. Joey peeped under boxes to see if he was behind them, but he didn't see anything.
"Yugi, maybe he's not here."
Yugi backed toward the entrance, trying to scan over the entire room one more time. Nothing was there except Joey and boxes. He turned around to leave when he bumped into someone, his Grandfather.
"Grandpa?"
"Yugi, I told you I needed you here first thing in the morning to help me unload all these boxes! The store will be opening at 10:00, and I know people of all shapes and sizes are going to come flocking in here to buy the new cards. Now I've only got thirty minutes at most to try and unpack all the boxes!"
"Grandpa, I'm sorry, I lost track of time."
"Yugi, you promised me yesterday you'd help me unpack all the new shipments of boxes first thing in the morning," Solomon said while walking to a lone box he had unstacked. He opened it and started pulling out various cards packs which caught Yugi and Joey's attention.
"Wow, let me see that!" Joey snatched a card pack from Solomon.
"Hey, give me that back!"
"Wait a minute, I wanna see something!" Joey ripped open the pack, much to Solomon's dismay. He analyzed one of the cards in his hand and smiled.
"Joey, you weren't supposed to open it!" said Solomon.
"I couldn't help it! My Duel Monsters deck need some serious boosting," Joey flipped through the cards, aweing in the process. "Aw, man, this is one good stack of cards!" he looked up at Solomon. "Allright, Mr. Moto, you've got a customer. I want these cards, all of 'em."
"Well, since you're Yugi's best friend, I'll go ahead and give them to you free of charge."
"F..."
"On one condition, you agree to help me unpack at least the majority of these boxes."
"You've got a deal!" Joey exclaimed. Solomon took the cards and stashed them in his pocket. "Well, get busy."
"Yes, sir," Joey immediately began unstacking a stack of boxes and unpacking them. Solomon looked at Yugi, giving him the 'go ahead' look. Yugi obeyed him and began unpacking the boxes. Solomon then began unpacking boxes himself.
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Surge, Vicki and Jason had just been escorted out of the shower rooms and back to their cell. They were also given a jail uniform which they put on. Neither one of them was liking jail time, especially Surge. Surge took a seat on the right hand side of the bench, thinking. How could he get out of this cell? The new Duel Monsters championship was beginning in two days, and he had to get there. But Daddy dearest was forcing him to stay in jail for a month, hoping 'he'll think over his actions'. Surge rolled his eyes in disgust. There had to be a way to escape from the cell.
"Hey, boss, what are we going to do now?" Jason spoke up.
"I don't know, why are you asking me?!"
"Because you always know what to do. And besides, you're the reason why we're locked up in the first place."
"Yeah, boss!" chimed Vicki.
"Well, I don't know what to do now! Just how do you think we're going to escape from jail? Are we gonna waltz our way out?"
"Chill out, I was just asking a question."
"Next time, ask me something I can answer," Surge quipped sarcastically. "It's bad enough we're in jail already, I don't need you giving me a headache by asking me questions I can't answer."
"We don't even have to be in jail, it's your fault we are here in the first place!" retorted Jason.
"Shut up!! I'm trying to think!" Surge yelled, then rested his head in his hands.
"There has to be some way out," mused Vicki.
"Maybe we've hit rock bottom. Thanks a lot, Surge," said Jason.
"No, we haven't, we just need time to figure out what we're going to do," Surge said, then sighed afterwards. What was they going to do? Everything seemed so hopeless. He would never get out of jail before the start of the tournament. What could he do? Maybe he could convince his father to let him go.
[Robert would never do that. He thinks if I stay in jail long enough I'll regret what I did. He dead wrong. I don't regret it, as a matter of a fact, Daddy's making it worse, for Tristan that is...]
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Pallet Town, 0957 hours. Ash's bedroom was quite junky, lots of papers and trash was strawn about. There wasn't much in the room, just a bed, two nightstands next to it, a dresser, and a gold chest sitting on the floor. Green carpet plated the floor, and a bare white wall was paired with it. Ash didn't have any sheets or a bedspread on the bed, instead he left it bare. He was asleep, and he tossed and turned about. Sweat was running down his face. He turned over on his side, still tossing and mumbling unconsciously. His red a-shirt was stained due to sweat, and his white shorts stuck to his skin.
(Dream Sequence)
He was running down a metallic hallway, and two guards was chasing him. The guards was dressed from head to toe in silver armor. Ash continued running down the hallway, and the guards was hot on his trail. One of them raised a small laser gun and fired at him. Ash managed to dodge the blast and continued running. He bolted through a glass door and kept running. A large statue of an angel sat against the wall to the right of him. He quickly ran over to the angel and picked it up.
"There he is, get him!" the armor guards came bursting through the glass door. Ash swiftly threw the angel with all his might. It smacked into the guards and sent them all hurling through the glass door and into the wall in the hallway. Ash quickly took off again while the guards struggled to regain their senses. Suddenly, more guards came out of a ceiling vent and fell on him. They quickly stuck him with a tranquilzer, rendering him unconscious.
"C'mon, let's get him in the cell," one of the guards said.
"Right," his partner, a woman, replied. They lifted him up and began carrying him down the hall. They reached an intersection and veered right. A sign on the wall read 'To Lockup'.
A new scene flashed through. A golden dueling arena was situated in the center of the golden dome. Ash's mother, Delia, was dueling against Maximillion Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters. Delia had showed up just in time to try and save her son from Pegasus's clutches, and Pegasus cut a deal with her: defeat him in a duel and Ash can return with her back home. Lose, and he would remain there. There was also a catch: the loser of the duel would be put to death... Although Delia knew the life-threatening risk, she accepted his challenge and the deathmatch began. Pegasus surprisingly left Ash unbound, but if he snuck off from the match, his mother would be put to death instantly. Both Delia and Pegasus had chains latched around their ankles, and when one of them lost, a 10,000 volt electrical charge would dispense from the chain and shock the person. And guess what? Pegasus was blowing Delia out.
Pegasus's/Delia's Life Points- 1600 (Pegasus)/400 (Delia)
"Well, Delia baby, I believe it's your turn to move," said Pegasus. He began giggling afterwards.
[C'mon Mama, I know it looks grim but you can do it. You have to it, Mama. You've never let me down before, and I know you won't let me down now, either.]
Delia drew a card from deck, which revealed itself to be a Dark Magician. [Hmm... this card's stronger than Pegasus's Lionman, so it's the perfect card to play.]
However, Pegasus used the power of the Millenium Eye to peep in on what she was about to play. "Ahh... yes, a Dark Magician. Pretty powerful, but nothing compared to my cards," he laughed.
Delia was puzzled. How did he know what she was going to play before she played it? Did he possess some kind of psychic power? Or what it some kind of hidden scanner that he secretly installed to scan her card while she was drawing it? Either way, she had to figure how to get around this disadvantage, or else, she and her son was in trouble. She placed the Dark Magician down and loaded it onto the field.
Attack Power- 2500 Defense Power- 2100
"And what, I'm supposed to tremble now, because you summoned a Dark Magician?"
"It had much more strength than that Lionman you have on the field. Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack!" The Dark Magician thrusted its staff out, releasing the attack. But Pegasus flipped up a surprise magic card.
"Not so fast," he said in a sing-song fashion. "I'm invoking the power of Negate Attack!"
The attack struck the magical force, which absorbed the attack and dissappeared.
"Weren't looking for that, were you, Delia baby?"
"Don't call me baby!" Delia shouted, which made Maximillion laugh heartily. "And now I shall play the rare Monster Replace card, which allows me to exchange my Lionman for your Dark Magcian. In other words, your monster's mine and mine is yours," he said and laughed even more. The two monsters on the field swapped places, and the Dark Magician was now on Pegasus's side of the field, and the Lionman was on Delia's side.
"No! Pegasus, you know you're not playing fair! You're using super cards that are forbidden among other players, and you somehow know what I'm going to play before I even play it! You're cheating!"
"Yes, I know, but there isn't anything you can do about it," Maximillion burst into more laughter, then called out to his monster, "Dark Magic Attack!" The Dark Magician thrusted out the staff, and the weird attack hit the Lionman and forced it to shriek uncontrollably before shattering, 0 life point remaining.
"NO!" she gasped, and Maximillion cackled sinisterly.
"Well, it seems you've run out of life points, and you know what happens next," he smiled evily as the chains latched around Delia's legs tightened, and some more latched around her arms, which paralyzed her.
"Pegasus, no matter how hard you try, I won't let you take my son!!"
"But, sugarbaby, I'm afraid there's nothing you can do."
"Ash, go, get out of here!" Delia shouted to her son.
"But..." Ash started to object, but she ordered him to run.
"Go!! Now!!!" Ash nodded and ran down from the platform, and several chains lashed out. Ash dodged five of them, but one succeeded to grab his leg. This made him fall to the ground facedown. Ash tried to get back up, but the other chains grabbed him and restrained him. Maximillion Pegasus made his way over to the platform, smirking and snickering.
"Yes, Delia, it looks as though I've won. You're going to die, and I will harness your son's special power for purposes of my own."
Delia spit in his face, making him a little angry. "Not on my life!" she yelled defiantly, and Maximillion slapped her in the face afterwards.
"Sayanora, Delia," he said and pushed a button on a remote control and a force field formed around her. Then, 10,000 volts of electricity erupting on the chains, and shocked Delia severely. She screamed in pain.
"MOTHER!!!!" Ash yelled, but he could do nothing to help her. He stared with his eyes bucked opened and watched as his mother slipped away. Before she passed on she gave him one last, heartwarming smile, then her eyes closed and she passed on.
"Mother..." Ash's eyes began filling with tears as her lifeless body was only held up by the chains. "NO!!!!!" Ash screamed in pain. Tears began to rain down his face.
Maximillion was obviously untouched, as he burst out into laughter. "That was one of the most heartwrenching live performences, ever!"
"You monster!! How do you live with yourself?!!"
"Oh, it's quite easy, actually," Maximillion remarked, snickering. He then turned to the nearby guards. "Take the boy to the Laboratory, please," he ordered and watched as they approached Ash, preparing to take him. Suddenly, three razor-edged boomerangs struck the guards in their necks and killed them instantly. Maximillion looked around in surprise.
"Who's there?!" he called out while looking around. More boomerangs came flying out of nowhere and cut the chains, releasing Ash. Afterwards, a flying kick struck Maximillion in the face and sent him crashing into the wall behind him.
"Get out of here, now!" the figure (who was a man) yelled to Ash.
"But, who are you?"
"That doesn't matter, just go!! I'll deal with Pegasus!!" the man shouted and Ash took off as fast as he could, dashing out of the room.
Maximillion sat up and activated his intercom. "The prisoner is escaping via hallway 634. Stop him now!!" he gave out the order, then stood to face the man. He tried to fight him, but the man whipped him.
Meanwhile, Ash darted down the hallway as fast as he could. Tons of guards chased after him. Without warning, a small explosive (located where the guards was) blew out the wall, and killed the majority of the guards in the process. Ash turned around and appraoched the opening. He was two stories in the air, but he took a chance and leaped out of the building. He hit the ground harshly, but he didn't break anything. Ash wasted no time and began running as far away from the castle as he could.
(End Dream Sequence)
Ash shot up out of bed in a cold sweat. He was breathing heavily, and his heart paced quickly. He put his hand over his chest, feeling the rapid thumping of his heart from underneath. His shirt was moist, and so was his shorts and even the pillow in which he was resting his head on. Ash began taking deep breaths to calm himself down. It was all a dream. It was all just a dream. But, it seemed and felt like it was actually happening again. He felt all the fear, all the sadness, all the distress, everything. It was as if he was actually re-living something that had happened to him. Ash got out of bed and made his way to the bathroom. He brushed his teeth thoroughly and turned on the bathtub. It filled in less than 20 seconds, then he stripped of his clothes and stepped inside. He sunk down into the water, only his head appearing on the surface.
A specialized, tightly concentrated and harmless blue beam as wide as the tub appeared out of the northern side of the tub (where the faucet is). It spread through the water, cleansing Ash's body of any dirt. It stayed focused on Ash's body for about 10 seconds, then dissappeared. Ash decided to take it easy and relax. He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, then exhaled the air. The dream rekindled a question he had forgotten. Who was the man that saved him? Why did he do it? Could he have been a long lost brother or cousin? Or maybe he intended to break him free of Pegasus's clutched then capture him afterwards? Ash never knew why the man showed up, but he certainly appreciated it. Ash only wished he could've came in time to save his mother, the woman who gave her life to save him. Ash decided to stop thinking about what happened and just calm down. He continued to breathe in and out.
Without warning, Maximillion Pegasus appeared floating at the entryway. However, since he was floating, Ash didn't hear him. He didn't see him either, because Ash had his eyes closed. He continued inhaling and exhaling deeply, and Pegasus slowly floated closer to the tub. Once he was right next to Ash, Pegasus just floated there, watching him. Ash's eyes were still closed and he continued breathing in and out. Once he exhaled, Pegasus suddenly dunked Ash's head underwater, grabbed his neck, and held him under the surface. Since he was exhaling, his mouth was open, letting in water. Bubbles emerged from his mouth for a short period of time. Ash's eyes snapped open and he closed his mouth. Pegasus laughed sinisterly as Ash struggled to get away. He tried prying Pegasus's hand away from around his neck, but to no avail. For some odd reason, Pegasus possessed supernatural strength and his hands wouldn't loosen. Ash continued struggling, and Pegasus laughed even more. The water sloshed and splashed everywhere as Ash struggled to get away. He tried kicking Pegasus, but his leg went right through him. Pegasus laughed harder and heartily.
"Guess your day has come! Did you really think I would let you get away so easily?!" he continued laughing as Ash tried to get away. He wriggled furiously, trying to shake off Pegasus's hand, but to no avail. Ash thought of one last idea and dug his hand into Pegasus's.
"AHH!!" Pegasus shrieked (high-pitched) and released his grip. He dissappeared as Ash sprung up out of the water, coughing and gasping for air. He tried catching his breath and continued coughing. 20 seconds passed before he stopped. Ash got out of the tub and drain it hastily, dried himself, then darted out of the room. A small note was attached on the wall in front of him, which read: 'Go to your backyard. I've left a little something for you... Pegasus.' Ash pondered this thought. Did he really want to go see what is was? It could be another deathtrap. But what if it wasn't? What if it was something else?
[I'm not scared of Pegasus.] Ash thought to himself and grabbed a laser gun out of his nightstand. He clenched it tightly, but before he left he slipped on a pair of gray boxers and slipped on his S.C.T. He opened the bedroom door and made his way through the house until he reached the kitchen, where the backdoor was. He opened it, then stepped outside. The sun greeted him by blinding his sight with bright light. Ash's shielded his eyes and slowly walked outside, looking around. Apparently, there wasn't any deathtraps set, but there wasn't any in the bathroom either.
[As a matter of a fact there wasn't any Pegasus there, either. He just appeared out of thin air.] Ash saw another note on the ground. It read: 'Go to the Bass Lake. Under the surface is something you should see...' Ash sighed and ran straight forward. The forest was just beyond his backyard. Once Ash reached the fence he jumped over it and continued running. It didn't take him 3 minutes to reach the lake, and there was yet another note pinned to a nearby rock. It read: 'Once you jump into the lake, swim straight down to claim the prize...' Ash pondered this carefully before jumping in. Pegasus could have another supernatual trap waiting for him. What if that's the 'prize' mentioned in the note? Ash took a leap of faith and jumped into the water. He surfaced to gather his breath, then submerged himself.
Underwater, he followed the instructions on the note and begam swimming straight down as fast as he could. Many bass fish swam by him, hence the name Bass Lake. Ash kicked his feet swiftly, continuing down to wherever. The laser gun was still in his hand, and Ash was sure it would get him out of whatever Pegasus might've had planned. Ash swam as far as he could. Once he reached the floor, a sign with instructons on it was stamped in the floor. It said: 'Dig through the ground to unravel the mystery...' Ash quickly began digging through the ground. He squinted his eyes to prevent the dust and dirt from getting inside them. Suddenly, his hand bumped something, a button. Ash pressed the button and suddenly the ground broke through. The naked body of his dead mother sprung out of it. A patch of dead roses laid next to her. Her eyes were opened and staring right at him, and her lips had been forced to smile.
"AHHH!!!!" Ash couldn't help but scream. Bubbles flowed out of his mouth as he screamed in horror.
Meanwhile, in Pegasus's mansion Maximillion Pegasus was watching Ash via his tv. He burst out into laughter when he saw Ash's reaction.
"Oh, this is wonderful!" he continued laughing as hard as he could, highly amused and not the least bit remorseful.
Ash quickly caught himself and accessed his S.C.T. He transported an oxygen mask and put it on with haste, then took in a large amount of air. He couldn't believe it. He knew Pegasus was sick, but not that sick. Ash noticed a card was laying across his mother's stomach. He turned his head. He wanted to respect his mother's privacy, even if she was dead. He did not want to see her fully uncovered breasts. Ash closed his eyes and rubbed his hand across her stomach until he grabbed the card, then opened his eyes, being careful not to open them with in the direction of his mother. The card had a message on it, which said this: 'Special from Duel Monsters creator Maximillion Pegasus... Congratulations, Ash Ketchum! You are one of the select few who have been invited to enter the Duel Monsters tournament free of charge. Normally people pay $15.00 dollars to register for the shindig, but you, Ash Ketchum, can attend without paying a dime. I've been watching you duel and I must say you are simply incredible! Think you have what is takes to defeat me? Your special boat ride will leave in two days. Toodles...'
Ash stored the invitation cards and took one last look at his mother, Delia Ketchum. A strong, kind, and courageous woman who gave her life trying to save him from Pegasus. Ash stiffled a sob and thrusted himself away from the floor, determined to kill Pegasus. Ash reached the surface and his head popped out of the water. He pulled off the mask and stored it in the device, then climbed out of the lake. His boxers were soaked, and so was he. Ash stumbled to his feet and began making his way towards the house, with only one thing on his mind, kill Pegasus.
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Tristan slipped on his white a-shirt and walked out of his bedroom. He had gotten permission from Munella to register for the tournament, and he did just that. He started to walk downstairs but remebered that Industrial Illusions was suppose to send him his card around 1000 hours (10:00 am). He walked back to his room and went inside. Tristan made his way over to his computer and sat down. He turned it on and connected himself to the virtual internet (think of the internet in 3D). He checked his mailbox to find that the card had been sent to him. He accessed the card, and told it to come out through his Subspace Transporter. The machine activated, and a box appeared on the blue spotlight. Tristan grabbed the box and opened it. Low and behold, the now repaired Gamma Dragon was inside. Tristan smiled and took the card out of the box and slipped it in his pocket. He had to go duel Brock, and now. Tristan bolted out of the room and raced downstairs.
"Munella, I'm heading over to Brock's house!"
"Allright, be careful!" Munella shouted from the living room. Tristan ran out of the house and down the street until he reached Brock's house. Surprisingly, Brock was outside waxing his father's car (he was wearing the same thing as Episode 01).
"There, that should do it."
"Hey there, Brock!"
Brock turned to see Tristan walking towards him. "What's up, Tristan? How are you?!" Brock gave his best friend a hug.
"I'm fine, how about you?"
"I'm good," Brock replied. "So, what brings you to my house?"
"I'm just coming to see my friend," said Tristan as he peeped through the windows of Flint's car.
"How'd your date with Lorelei go last night?"
Tristan rolled his eyes. "We went down to a club to do a little dancing and she led me to a table with another boy sitting there. She told me he was her other boyfriend and that she wanted to have a 3sm, needless to say I ran."
"Eww..." Brock's face cringed in disgust. "I don't want her now."
"Did you register for the tournament?"
"Not yet. I had to convince my father first. It took awhile, but Father eventually decided to let me go, especially after I told him why I was going."
"Why?"
"To win money and get his back and shoulders operated on," Brock picked up wax buckets and began carrying them to the garage.
"Oh," Tristan followed him. When they reached the garage, the door slid opened and Brock walked inside to drop off the wax buckets.
"Did you register?" asked Brock.
"Oh yeah! I'm already in! Man, I hope I win. I'd love to have 100 million dollars right now."
"So would I," Brock responded.
"Hey Brock, wanna have a little duel?"
Brock came back out of the garage and smiled. "I'm up for it. We could use some practice anyway before the grand championship. C'mon, we can have a duel in the backyard," Brock said and headed back to the backyard, Tristan following him.
[Now Brock wil see how strong I really am, and that his last win was pure luck.] Tristan smirked.
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The speedboat with Li and Meilin on it raced toward Pewter City. Both of them had gotten up early in the morning to resume their journey. They had clothes on now, Meilin was wearing some pink leather short-shorts and a white tube top. Her hair was done into two crinkled pigtails. Li had on some khaki shorts and a orange jersey. Meilin was driving the boat today.
"I never knew driving a boat could be such fun," she mused.
Li laughed and said, "Fun? Boat driving is not fun. You don't really do anything except mash the pedals and occasionally steer. Driving a car is more fun."
"Whatever you say, Li. I still think boat driving's fun though. (slight pause) Li, could you hand me another piece of gum?"
"What happened to the gum in your mouth? You didn't spit it out into the ocean, did you?"
"No, I swallowed it."
"How? Swallowing gum is hard," Li said and reached into his pocket to grab the gum. He pulled it out and gave it to Meilin.
"Thanks," she opened it and popped it into her mouth. "So, did you enjoy sleeping naked underwater last night?" (they did that after Episode 02 went off)
"Yeah, it was fun. And if we don't be in Pewter City tonight, wanna do it again?"
"You bet!" Meilin and Li laughed and smiled at each other. Meilin popped up yet another question. "Li?"
"Yeah?"
"I was wondering... um... well uh..."
"Wondering what?"
"Okay Li, don't be freaked by my asking this, but have you ever done it before?"
"Done what?"
"You know..."
"No, I don't know," Li was beginning to get confused. "Have I done what?"
"...You know..."
"Meilin, I can't answer your question if I don't know what you're talking about."
"Okay, okay. I wanted to know, have you ever had sex?
"Hunh?!"
"That's my question. Have you ever had sex before?"
"Of course not! I'm only fifteen!" Li exclaimed, then realized where Meilin might be coming from. "Have you?"
"No, no, I haven't. That's why I wanted to know if you had."
"Nope, haven't ever did it before."
"Good!" Meilin patted Li's back and continued driving the boat. They leaned over and began french kissing ravenously.
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Brock and Tristan stood opposite of each other in a grassy area. Both of them sat down their Holochips and activated them, which materialized a gold (Brock's) and platinum (Tristan's) dueling consoles. They carefully shuffled their deck three times, then sat them down in the appropiate spot. They looked up at each other and smiled.
"It's been quite awhile since our last duel, Brock. Are you ready?" Tristan spoke.
"Of course, let's just hope you haven't gotten rusty," Brock said.
"Don't worry, I haven't. In fact, I believe I've gotten better."
"Time to find out if you've really got better, ready?"
"Time to duel!" they both shouted simutaneously, eyeing each other down.
Brock's/Tristan's Life Points- 2000
"Allright Tristan, since you're the challenger, you get the priviledge of making the first move."
"Good," Tristan pulled five cards from the deck, forming his current hand. He looked through them, but most of them were weak cards. "Rats. Well, gotta play something."
"I can tell from the look on your face that you've drawn some feeble cards."
"I'll put down one monster in defense mode!" Tristan placed the card and summoned it to the field. The spot where the monster hid flashed white repeatedly.
"Hmm... it must be a weak card. I've never seen anyone place down a lone monster in defense mode on their opening move."
"Don't be so sure, Brock. I could be tricking you," Tristan countered.
"Well, we'll see," Brock shot back and drew his five cards, looking over them afterwards. His first draw proved to be more worthy than Tristan's. He picked up two cards and placed them down.
"I'll play one card face-down, and another in attack mode!" Brock's monster loaded in, revealing itself to be Reaper of The Cards.
Attack Power- 1300 Defense Power- 1500
"Reaper, attack Tristan's defense card, now!" The Soul Reaper hummed deeply as it flew toward the defense monster. The monster (Baby Dragon) loaded in with its eyes popped open in fear. The Reaper took its razor-sharp blade and slashed the dragon multiple times, which shattered it. No life points were lost.
"You were lucky, Brock. I drew some rather weak cards on my first draw, but..." Tristan reached down and drew another card from the deck. "Now the strong cards are showing up. I play this card, Magic/Trap Poacher! It rids the opponent of any Magic Cards or Trap Cards they have in play and gives them to me!" Tristan laughed hard as Brock's hidden card teleported from his console to Tristan's console.
"And now..." Tristan drew another card from the deck and smiled upon looking at it. "I shall play your card face-down and bring out the Lightning Swordsman, in attack mode!" The Lightning Swordsman looked exactly like its cousin card, Flame Swordsman, except its sword had a lightning emblem on it instead of a fire emblem, and it wore a white and purple instead of blue and red.
Attack Power- 1800 Defense Power- 1500
"Go, Lightning Swordsman, attack the Reaper of The Cards! Lightning Sword of Battle!" The Lightning Swordsman charged at the Reaper with its sword raised in the air. Lightning covered it and the monster cut clean through the ghost. Reaper howled in extreme pain before exploding.
Brock's Life Points- 1750
Tristan smiled in satisfaction. "Reaper of The Cards has been vanquished."
"A minor setback. This duel is far from over, Tristan." Brock looked through his hand and found the card he was looking for. He drew it and threw it on the console. "Thunder Rabbit, in attack mode!" Brock's furry rabbit loaded onto the field. It looked just like a bunny, except its ears where shaped like lightning strikes.
Attack Power- 1800 Defense Power- 1600
"It's a even match, Tristan. Unless you wanna lose your monster too, I don't think you'll be attacking."
Tristan shook his head. "Tsk. Tsk. You know, I don't think you're giving it your all, Brock. That was a big mistake."
"Why?"
Tristan drew a card from his hand. "Wanna know why? Because when I add a certain magic card to my monster, its offensive strength will be raised 800 points!"
A gasp of surprise came from Brock. Tristan slapped down the magic card and lots of lightning sparked from the swordsman. Lightning came from the sky and poured into the sword, powering it up.
Attack Power- 2600
"Now, let's get rid of the bunny, shall we? Super Lightning Blast!!" The Lightning Swordsman thrusted out his sword, and lightning poured out of it. The bolt struck the Thunder Rabbit and obliterated it off the field.
Brock's Life Points- 1400
"Brock, the duel just started and you're lagging behind. Normally, I could never get a 600 point difference between us. What's the matter?"
Brock sighed deeply. "Allright, you wanna know, Tristan? I'm worried about my father."
"Huh?"
"He came down with a bad cold a week ago, and it isn't gone yet. He try to act like he's fine, but I know Father, and I know something's wrong with him."
"Brock, you can't stress over that. Sometimes colds last a long time, I once had a cold that didn't go away completely..."
"No, that's not the problem. With each passing day..." Brock's voice began to trail off.
"Brock, don't wuss out now, what's wrong with him?"
"Father's getting worse, Tristan," Brock announced.
"What? What do you mean?"
"He tries to cover it up and act like everything's fine, but I can tell he's getting worse. Last night, I heard him vomiting for like, ten minutes straight."
"Oh, man, I'm sorry. Have you talked to him about it yet?"
"No, well, I've tried, but he denies it. I don't want anything to happen to him. I've lost Mother already, I don't think I could take it if I lost him too..." Brock dropped to the ground. Tristan rushed over to him and patted his back.
"Don't worry man, he'll be allright. Just... give him time. Everything'll work out, you'll see. You have to believe," Tristan kneeled down beside Brock.
"Thanks, Tristan... It seems like you always know what to say and when to say."
"Glad to be of assistance. Well, Brock, do you wanna finish the duel? It may help lift your spirits."
"Allright, I'll try," Brock got up and so did Tristan. Tristan took his place and pointed at Brock.
"I believe it was your turn."
Brock drew a card from his deck, which revealed itself to a Dark Magician. Pretty powerful, but it still wasn't strong enough to take down the Lightning Swordsman. Brock drew for another card, and it was exactly what he wanted.
"Allright, I'll play the Dark Magician, in attack mode! And I'm laying down a magic card which further increases its strength!" Brock slapped down these two cards, and the Dark Magician was summoned to the field.
Attack Power- 2800 Defense Power- 2100
"Say adios to the Lightning Swordsman! Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack!" Brock commanded. The Dark Magician rose its staff to the sky and fired a deadly and powerful beam straight at the Lightning Swordsman. Tristan was unphased.
"Not so fast, Brock! I stole your card, remeber? And I'm going to use it! Go, Mirror Wall!" Tristan flipped up the trap card, causing a pinkish, purplish, and whitish crystal wall to rise out of the ground. The Dark Magician's attack struck the wall and mesmerized it, then the attack power began draining.
Attack Power- 1400
"As you can see, Mirror Wall cut your Dark Magician's attack power in half, leaving it an open target to my Lightning Swordsman! Super Lightning Blast!" Tristan shouted, and the monster obeyed his will. It fired a lightning bolt out of the sword and shocked the magician to death (shatters).
Brock's Life Points- 1000
"1000 life points behind, Brock, you have got to battle harder."
"Allright, Tristan, if that's how you want it, that's how you'll get it," Brock stated and drew a card from his deck, revealing itself to be Dungeon Worm. `This could be useful, especially when combine with Monster Tamer. Hopefully, that's the next card in my deck. Brock drew for it and low and behold, he held the Monster Tamer in his hand.
"I've got the perfect cards! Go, Dungeon Worm, and Monster Tamer in attack mode!!" Brock threw down the cards, summoning the beasts. "And since the Monster is on the field, my Dungeon Worm gets 600 more attack points."
Attack Power- 2800(Worm), 1600(Tamer) Defense Power- 1900(Worm), 1300(Tamer)
"Gooo, Dungeon Worm, attack the Lightning Swordsman now!!"
"Brock, you forgot about the Mirror Wall, it stops any attack against my monsters."
"No, Tristan, you're wrong. It stops any attack aimed from outside the wall, but what happens when my monster get behind the wall where yours are at?" Brock gave Tristan a smirk, and Tristan gasped.
"Oh no..."
Dungeon Worm shot up out of the ground directly where Lightning Swordsman was standing. The swordsman fell into the giant worm's mouth; the worm ate it whole, then it retreated back into the ground.
Tristan's Life Points- 1550
"Take that, Tristan!"
"You may have been lucky enough to get rid of my Lightning Swordsman, but I'm still in the lead," Tristan said and drew for a card. His smile grew in a huge grin upon looking at the card. "Allright, Brock, prepare yourself for the destructive, all-powerful, mega-collossal, one and only Gamma Dragon!!" Tristan shouted at the top of his lungs, slapping down the card.
Brock grabbed his forehead. "This is really bad!"
Tristan's most powerful card loaded into the duel, its chilling roar announcing its presence. The Gamma Dragon was a huge, massive monster that stood 70 ft. tall. It looked alot like the legendary T-Rex, except it had two heads. One head had four eyes that formed a square, and the other head had one, huge eye.
Attack Power- 4200 Defense Power- 4200
"Now, Gamma Dragon, attack the Monster Tamer now, Quintuple Gamma Ray Blast!!" Each of the five eyes shot out one green, highly concentrated, highly focused beam. They all merged into one and blew the Monster Tamer to smithereens. The blast genereated a powerful shockwave that nearly knocked Brock over.
Brock's Life Points- 400
"Ouch, that had to hurt," Tristan teased. Suddenly, Brock's pager beeped. Brock pulled the pager off his pants and looked at the message, which said 'Get to the house right now! Your Dad.' Brock's facial expression turned into one of stress as he ran away from the duel and toward the house.
"What's wrong?!" asked Tristan.
"We've gotta finish the duel later!! Father said to get inside, quickly!!" Brock bolted through the door, leaving Tristan outside by himself. He decided to see what was going on and ran inside the house also.
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Downtown Domino City. In an dirty alleyway, all sorts of trashcans and dirty puddles of water found themselves here. A few cats skulked through the alleys, looking for innocent mice to eat. All seemed calmed, and spooky at the same time. A man around the age of 22 sprinted through the alley, panting heavily. Not long after another man came dashing through. He was wearing a cloak, so no one could see who it was underneath. The man veered left through the alleyway and continued running from the cloaked guy. He stopped and picked up a trashcan, then threw it into the cloaked man, which knocked him to the ground. He began running again.
"Hey, come back here!" The cloaked guy shouted, kicking the trashcan off of him. He jumped up and began chasing after the man once again. "Man, I hate cloaks! They're so heavy!" he muttered to himself. The man accidently tripped over a rock and fell down. He turned over to see the cloak man approaching him. He kicked the man in the chest and flipped to his feet. He threw a punch at the cloak guy, who ducked then avoided two more punches. The cloaked man caught the other man's arm when he tried throwing another punch. He kneed him in the stomach and roundhouse kicked him, knocking him down. He sat on him and began choking him.
"Now, I'm going to ask nicely, how do you open the vault?"
The man gagged and tried prying the cloaked guy's hand off of him. The guy pressed more firmly, choking off even more air.
"How do you open the vault?!" he demanded to know.
"I.... can't... tell..... you...... an..."
The guy released his deadly grip on the man. The man began coughing and sucking in air. He gripped his throat.
"Now, let's do this again..." he whipped out a knife. "Where is the money? Is it in the vault?"
"....yes, it's in the vault," the man confirmed.
"Well, then, how do you open it?"
"I can't tell you that."
The guy held the knife right on the man's throat. "Oh yeah? If you don't tell me where that money is, I'll gut you alive, you understand me?"
The man nodded, fear growing on his face.
"How do you open the vault?"
"It... you have to type in the secret combination, only then can you access the vault and the money inside."
"Well, what's the secret combo?"
"You have to type in this code, 6-4-7-2-7-4-9-1-6, then the doors shall open and you'll have access to all the money."
"6-4-7-2-7-4-9-1-6, huh? This better be the right info you're giving me, or else you're shippin' out of Earth," he pushed the man's head on the ground.
"Hey, leave him alone!!" The guy looked up to find a blonde chick running at him. She punched him into the face and tackled him to the ground. She snatched his cloak off and Seto Kaiba was underneath it.
"Daisy, no! He has a knife!!" the man shouted.
Daisy was about to punch him, but Seto stuck the knife up in Daisy's stomach, stopping her attack. Her eyes popped open as blood began trickling out the wound.
"Daisy!!"
Seto pulled the cloak over his face, tossed her aside and darted away before the man could catch him. The man kneeled down beside her.
"Daisy, Daisy, it's allright! Hang on, don't die!!" he whipped out his cell phone and dialed 9-1-1.
Later on, the paramedics came and retrieved Daisy, then took her to the nearest hospital. Her boyfriend, John, managed to control the bleeding and rode with her. However, he wasn't allowed to come into the E.R when they arrived at the hospital. A few police officers had come into the waiting room to question him.
"Now, sir, don't be alarmed, we just wanna ask you a couple a questions, that's all."
"Uh, uh, allright," John seated himself in a nearby chair.
"Allright, now sir, what's your name?" the officer, which was a woman, asked him.
"John. John Richardson."
"Okay, now, Mr. Richardson, can you tell me what happened?"
"Well, I was coming home from my office, but my car ran out of battery power, so I decided to try and find the nearest charger station so I could get someone to tow my car to it, then I could recharge my electric power and get going."
"Where were you going?"
"Home, I gave myself some vacation time and I was going home to relax."
"So, what happened next?"
"Well, uh, I walked pass an alley and some guy pulled me in and began attacking me, but I managed to get away. I ran from him because he was armed with various knives. But, he caught me and held me down. He told me he would, to quote his exact words, 'gut me alive' if I didn't tell him how to access my treasure vault."
"And what happened afterwards?"
"I told him, because I feared he would kill me, and uh, my girlfriend, Daisy Chase happened to see us in the alley and she ran and tried to stop him. I told her to get away, but she wouldn't listen, and he stabbed her with his knife. She managed to pull off his cloak, but since she was on top of him, I couldn't see his face. He put the cloak over his face after he stabbed and ran off. The back of his head was out though, he had brown hair."
"Brown hair? Was it long? Short?"
"It was a common, short hairstyle."
"Okay, anything else?"
"No."
The police officer finished typing notes in her padd and put it away. "Okay, are you sure there isn't anything else you can tell us?"
"Yes, officer. That's everything."
"Allright, then. We'll investigate this matter and see what we can come up with."
"Thank you," John watched the officer leave the room and sat back, sighing. He hoped the doctors could save his honey...
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Well, that's it! What did you think? Was it good? I sure hope so. I put a lot of effort into it. I wonder why nobody's read and reviewed the book yet? It's a good book; I wonder why no one's giving it a chance. I hope at least someone's out there reading this. Anyway, what's going to happen next episode? Will Daisy survive? And who was spying on Misty? Just what do Ash plan to do to Pegasus? And why did Pegasus keep mentioning something about a special power? Why was he bent on taking him to the labs? Who was the man that rescued Ash and why did he do it? What's wrong with Brock's father? What kind of ties do Meilin and Li have with Tristan and Brock? Ooh, this book has so many possibilities! This is just a taste of the mysteries, action, and drama that I'm going to put in this book. Be sure to look for Episode 04, 'Let's Get Ready' in a week or two.
Duelists of The Future- Season 1- Episode 03, 'Two More Days...'
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Previously...
Maximillion Pegasus... Clair: "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?"
"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. Oh, and it'll cost you a fee of $15 dollars. 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!"
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Yugi Moto... "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; the mirror shattering upon her impact. 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!" exclaimed Joey.
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Surge Crusher... (Surge's thoughts) 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... 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...
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Meilin Rae/ Li Showron... Meilin: "I can't wait until we reach Pewter City."
Li: "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. "Just imagine what they're going to look like when we show up again."
"Yep, I can't wait till the day." Meilin added.
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Domino City, 0930 hours, Thursday Morning. The sun shone brightly in the sky as people hustled along with their daily business. Freeways were full of cars commuting along, streets were congested with traffic, and people strolled along the sidewalks. In a certain neighborhood of middle-class citizens, a crowd of people, particularly teenagers, were standing around a spot in a park in which two duelists (girls) were duking it out. One girl behind a hot pink dueling console was Misty, and the other girl (Arista) was an anonymous chick from nearby. Arista was being crushed by Misty.
Misty's/Arista's Life Points- 1700 (Misty)/ 400 (Arista)
"Fiend Kracken, enstare the witch, now!" shouted Misty. The Fiend Kracken (see Episode 6 of Yu-gi-oh! anime series) lashed its long, brown tendrils out of the water and latched around a card known as the Black Witch. The Black Witch was a female monster wearing a black cloak over her entire body, covering everything except her blood red eyes. The Black Witch screamed in excrutiating pain as Fiend Kracken snatched her underwater and shattered her.
"Oh, no, my monster!" Arista screamed.
Arista's Life Points- 200
"Why don't you give up, Arista? You can't beat me."
Arista drew a card and placed it down. "The Feral Imp, in attack mode!" The monster loaded onto the field, growling ferociously.
Attack Power- 1300 Defense Power- 1100
"And now I'll combine it with the Horn of the Unicorn!" Arista threw down the card, and a golden horn materialized onto the Feral Imp's forehead and powered it up.
Attack Power- 1600
"Since water conducts electricity, this is more than enough attack power! Magic Lightning attack!!" Feral Imp charged a powerful electrical charge and fired it at the water which Fiend Kracken resided.
"Not so fast, Arista! I play Negate Attack!" Misty flipped up her hidden magic, which produced a magical field that absorbed Arista's attack.
Misty drew a card from her deck and smiled when she saw what it was. "And now, I shall play this magic card, 'Krackle', which raised my Fiend Kracken's attack power by 600 points!" Misty slapped down the card, and smirked at Arista.
Attack Power- 1800 Defense Power- 1000
"Bye-bye, Arista," Misty teased. "Fiend Kracken, Krackle Crush Attack!!" The Fiend Kracken tendrils sprung up out of the water, and electrical sacks were located in the suckion holes. It grabbed onto Feral Imp and shocked it brutally until it exploded, then it retreated back into the water.
Arista's Life Points- 0
"Oh no... I've lost," murmered Arista.
"Ha! Ha! I said you wouldn't beat me, and you didn't tramp! Now hand over the money!" Misty walked over to where Arista was standing and stuck out her hand. Arista reluctantly gave Misty the 200 dollars they betted before the match. She lowered her head in shame and collected her deck, stored her Holochip, and walked away. There were numerous 'She's good' and 'Misty's an awesome duelist' as the small crowd walked away from the battlefield. Misty gathered her things and headed to her house. Once she reached the house, Misty unlocked the door with the key she was given. She walked inside and closed the door behind her. She smelled some breakfast food being prepared in the kitchen, and decided to see what was cooking. She made her way through the house until she reached the kitchen. Her older and oldest sister Daisy was cooking toast along with some eggs.
"Hey there, Daisy, what's up?" Misty greeted.
"Hi, little sis," Daisy replied. "How are you?"
"I'm fine, what about you."
"Never been better," Daisy grinned. She flipped over the toast in the skillet and continued cooking it. "So, where were you? Lily said you weren't in your room."
"Oh, I was down at the park."
"That's not like you to get up and head out right when you get up, you usually linger around here. Let me guess, you were meeting some cute boy, hunh?"
"No! That's not all I think about. I won some money."
"Really? How?"
"I beat this stuck-up tramp named Arista. She goes to my school. Anyway, she challenged me to a duel and whoever won would get $200 dollars as the prize. Needless to say, I kicked the crap out of her."
"That's excellent! Good for you," Daisy exclaimed. Silence filled the room for a little while before Daisy continued. "Are you hungry? There's some grilled cheese sandwiches already done over there," Daisy said and pointed to a plate with some paper towels over it sitting on a countertop.
"Thanks," Misty grabbed a saucer out of a wooden cabinet and grabbed two grilled cheese sandwiches off of the plate. She was a bit hesitant to eat it, mainly because Daisy's food wasn't always edible. Most of the time her food came out looking like cow manure or worse... but they looked pretty good though. Misty bit into one and her squinched face turned into one of delight.
"This is actually good, sis," commented Misty.
"I know, I bought a cookbook from the corner store the other day. I've been following it accordingly." Daisy picked up three grilled cheese sandwiches out of the skillet and placed them on the plate, then covered it back up.
Misty downed the two cheese sandwiches, then fixed herself a cup of water and skipped to her room. She walked inside and closed the door behind her, then sat down at a computer. She pressed a green button which turned it on instantly, then typed out a letter which said she wanted to enter into the Crystal Kingdom Tournament. She e-mailed that to Industrial Illusions, then sighed.
"I'm finally in," she said. She got out of the chair and sauntered over to her closet, opening the door. She looked through various outfits hanging in the closet. "Now, what should I pack? The cruise ship is going to set sail in two days, what should I bring along?" As she pondered the idea, someone spied on her out of the nearby Sycamore Tree in the backyard...
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Joey finished tying his black tennis shoes. He stood and looked at himself in a mirror, and his pants began falling down. Joey sighed heavily as he held them up and walked over to his dresser. He grabbed a black leather belt out of the dresser and slipped it on tightly around the blue jeans, and let them go. The belt kept the pants in place. Joey smiled in satisfaction and left his room, skipping down the hallway. He was in a good mood today, mainly because of summer break. No school for three whole months always managed to put Joey in a good mood. He hopped down the stairs and walked toward the den when he heard some bumping and rumbling. He stopped, and heard something tumbling in the laundry room. After what happened yesterday, Joey cautiously made his way toward the door which lead into the laundry room. A pole was hanging on the wall. Joey grabbed it for self-defense, then crept closer and closer toward the laundry room. He clenched the pole tightly in his hand and approached the door. Some more tumbling sounded inside, along with a slight scream from Yugi.
"Yugi!" Joey snatched the door open to find Yugi sitting on the floor with laundry covering him. "Yugi, what are you doing?"
Yugi removed the clothing off of him and put it in the nearby baskets, which was also on the floor. "I'm doing laundry, what does it look like?"
"It look like you're playin' with clothes," Joey snickered.
"I was trying to reach the laundry buckets that you 'conveniently' placed on the top shelf. While I was trying to reach them, I fell off the stepstool," Yugi said. He got off the floor and picked up the baskets. He walked over to the laundry machine and dumped the clothes into it, then closed the door. He turned it on and let the concentrated sonic waves clean the clothes.
"Sorry, Yuge. So, have you heard about the new Duel Monsters tournament? It's supposed to be a huge one," Joey put down the pole as he spoke.
"There's a new tournament? When? Where?"
"You haven't heard? As much as you love Duel Monsters, you shoulda been tellin' me."
"I've been kinda busy lately. I haven't really had much time to listen out for stuff like that. Where'd you hear it from?"
"Kids from all over the neighborhood are talking about it. They said a interview came on about it, but we must've missed it."
"Probably came on when I was dueling that strange lady," Yugi headed out of the room, and Joey followed him. They went into the den and sat down on the sofa.
"Are you going to the tournament, Yugi? I know I'm am."
"You are?"
"Yeah, one of my neighbors said you could win 100 million! Imagine all that money!"
"100 millions dollars? It would be cool to have that much money."
"So are you going?"
"I don't know, Grandpa said he wanted me to hang around and help him sell cards at the shop.. which means I should get going. Grandpa's probably been expecting me!" Yugi realized that and leaped off the sofa. "I gotta run Joey, see you later!" Yugi darted off toward the door.
"Uh, Yugi, are you planning to sell cards in your pajamas?" Joey asked.
Yugi looked down at himself to see he was still wearing blue pajamas pants and a yellow t-shirt. He chuckled and darted off to the bathroom. Yugi changed into his school uniform since his other clothes weren't through in the laundry machine yet. He came out of the bathroom and ran upstairs to retrieve his shoes. After he put them on, he dashed back downstairs and ran out of the house. Joey ran after him, and closed the door behind him.
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At the game shop, Yugi opened the door and walked inside, followed by Joey. There were stacks of boxes sitting in the backroom where Solomon usually was. Yugi walked back there, but surprisingly, no one was there.
"Grandpa?" called Yugi, but no one asnwered. Yugi looked around the bare room, but there wasn't nothing but tons of unopened cardboard boxes stacked in the room.
"Grandpa?!" Yugi called out to him again, but no one responded. Joey peeped under boxes to see if he was behind them, but he didn't see anything.
"Yugi, maybe he's not here."
Yugi backed toward the entrance, trying to scan over the entire room one more time. Nothing was there except Joey and boxes. He turned around to leave when he bumped into someone, his Grandfather.
"Grandpa?"
"Yugi, I told you I needed you here first thing in the morning to help me unload all these boxes! The store will be opening at 10:00, and I know people of all shapes and sizes are going to come flocking in here to buy the new cards. Now I've only got thirty minutes at most to try and unpack all the boxes!"
"Grandpa, I'm sorry, I lost track of time."
"Yugi, you promised me yesterday you'd help me unpack all the new shipments of boxes first thing in the morning," Solomon said while walking to a lone box he had unstacked. He opened it and started pulling out various cards packs which caught Yugi and Joey's attention.
"Wow, let me see that!" Joey snatched a card pack from Solomon.
"Hey, give me that back!"
"Wait a minute, I wanna see something!" Joey ripped open the pack, much to Solomon's dismay. He analyzed one of the cards in his hand and smiled.
"Joey, you weren't supposed to open it!" said Solomon.
"I couldn't help it! My Duel Monsters deck need some serious boosting," Joey flipped through the cards, aweing in the process. "Aw, man, this is one good stack of cards!" he looked up at Solomon. "Allright, Mr. Moto, you've got a customer. I want these cards, all of 'em."
"Well, since you're Yugi's best friend, I'll go ahead and give them to you free of charge."
"F..."
"On one condition, you agree to help me unpack at least the majority of these boxes."
"You've got a deal!" Joey exclaimed. Solomon took the cards and stashed them in his pocket. "Well, get busy."
"Yes, sir," Joey immediately began unstacking a stack of boxes and unpacking them. Solomon looked at Yugi, giving him the 'go ahead' look. Yugi obeyed him and began unpacking the boxes. Solomon then began unpacking boxes himself.
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Surge, Vicki and Jason had just been escorted out of the shower rooms and back to their cell. They were also given a jail uniform which they put on. Neither one of them was liking jail time, especially Surge. Surge took a seat on the right hand side of the bench, thinking. How could he get out of this cell? The new Duel Monsters championship was beginning in two days, and he had to get there. But Daddy dearest was forcing him to stay in jail for a month, hoping 'he'll think over his actions'. Surge rolled his eyes in disgust. There had to be a way to escape from the cell.
"Hey, boss, what are we going to do now?" Jason spoke up.
"I don't know, why are you asking me?!"
"Because you always know what to do. And besides, you're the reason why we're locked up in the first place."
"Yeah, boss!" chimed Vicki.
"Well, I don't know what to do now! Just how do you think we're going to escape from jail? Are we gonna waltz our way out?"
"Chill out, I was just asking a question."
"Next time, ask me something I can answer," Surge quipped sarcastically. "It's bad enough we're in jail already, I don't need you giving me a headache by asking me questions I can't answer."
"We don't even have to be in jail, it's your fault we are here in the first place!" retorted Jason.
"Shut up!! I'm trying to think!" Surge yelled, then rested his head in his hands.
"There has to be some way out," mused Vicki.
"Maybe we've hit rock bottom. Thanks a lot, Surge," said Jason.
"No, we haven't, we just need time to figure out what we're going to do," Surge said, then sighed afterwards. What was they going to do? Everything seemed so hopeless. He would never get out of jail before the start of the tournament. What could he do? Maybe he could convince his father to let him go.
[Robert would never do that. He thinks if I stay in jail long enough I'll regret what I did. He dead wrong. I don't regret it, as a matter of a fact, Daddy's making it worse, for Tristan that is...]
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Pallet Town, 0957 hours. Ash's bedroom was quite junky, lots of papers and trash was strawn about. There wasn't much in the room, just a bed, two nightstands next to it, a dresser, and a gold chest sitting on the floor. Green carpet plated the floor, and a bare white wall was paired with it. Ash didn't have any sheets or a bedspread on the bed, instead he left it bare. He was asleep, and he tossed and turned about. Sweat was running down his face. He turned over on his side, still tossing and mumbling unconsciously. His red a-shirt was stained due to sweat, and his white shorts stuck to his skin.
(Dream Sequence)
He was running down a metallic hallway, and two guards was chasing him. The guards was dressed from head to toe in silver armor. Ash continued running down the hallway, and the guards was hot on his trail. One of them raised a small laser gun and fired at him. Ash managed to dodge the blast and continued running. He bolted through a glass door and kept running. A large statue of an angel sat against the wall to the right of him. He quickly ran over to the angel and picked it up.
"There he is, get him!" the armor guards came bursting through the glass door. Ash swiftly threw the angel with all his might. It smacked into the guards and sent them all hurling through the glass door and into the wall in the hallway. Ash quickly took off again while the guards struggled to regain their senses. Suddenly, more guards came out of a ceiling vent and fell on him. They quickly stuck him with a tranquilzer, rendering him unconscious.
"C'mon, let's get him in the cell," one of the guards said.
"Right," his partner, a woman, replied. They lifted him up and began carrying him down the hall. They reached an intersection and veered right. A sign on the wall read 'To Lockup'.
A new scene flashed through. A golden dueling arena was situated in the center of the golden dome. Ash's mother, Delia, was dueling against Maximillion Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters. Delia had showed up just in time to try and save her son from Pegasus's clutches, and Pegasus cut a deal with her: defeat him in a duel and Ash can return with her back home. Lose, and he would remain there. There was also a catch: the loser of the duel would be put to death... Although Delia knew the life-threatening risk, she accepted his challenge and the deathmatch began. Pegasus surprisingly left Ash unbound, but if he snuck off from the match, his mother would be put to death instantly. Both Delia and Pegasus had chains latched around their ankles, and when one of them lost, a 10,000 volt electrical charge would dispense from the chain and shock the person. And guess what? Pegasus was blowing Delia out.
Pegasus's/Delia's Life Points- 1600 (Pegasus)/400 (Delia)
"Well, Delia baby, I believe it's your turn to move," said Pegasus. He began giggling afterwards.
[C'mon Mama, I know it looks grim but you can do it. You have to it, Mama. You've never let me down before, and I know you won't let me down now, either.]
Delia drew a card from deck, which revealed itself to be a Dark Magician. [Hmm... this card's stronger than Pegasus's Lionman, so it's the perfect card to play.]
However, Pegasus used the power of the Millenium Eye to peep in on what she was about to play. "Ahh... yes, a Dark Magician. Pretty powerful, but nothing compared to my cards," he laughed.
Delia was puzzled. How did he know what she was going to play before she played it? Did he possess some kind of psychic power? Or what it some kind of hidden scanner that he secretly installed to scan her card while she was drawing it? Either way, she had to figure how to get around this disadvantage, or else, she and her son was in trouble. She placed the Dark Magician down and loaded it onto the field.
Attack Power- 2500 Defense Power- 2100
"And what, I'm supposed to tremble now, because you summoned a Dark Magician?"
"It had much more strength than that Lionman you have on the field. Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack!" The Dark Magician thrusted its staff out, releasing the attack. But Pegasus flipped up a surprise magic card.
"Not so fast," he said in a sing-song fashion. "I'm invoking the power of Negate Attack!"
The attack struck the magical force, which absorbed the attack and dissappeared.
"Weren't looking for that, were you, Delia baby?"
"Don't call me baby!" Delia shouted, which made Maximillion laugh heartily. "And now I shall play the rare Monster Replace card, which allows me to exchange my Lionman for your Dark Magcian. In other words, your monster's mine and mine is yours," he said and laughed even more. The two monsters on the field swapped places, and the Dark Magician was now on Pegasus's side of the field, and the Lionman was on Delia's side.
"No! Pegasus, you know you're not playing fair! You're using super cards that are forbidden among other players, and you somehow know what I'm going to play before I even play it! You're cheating!"
"Yes, I know, but there isn't anything you can do about it," Maximillion burst into more laughter, then called out to his monster, "Dark Magic Attack!" The Dark Magician thrusted out the staff, and the weird attack hit the Lionman and forced it to shriek uncontrollably before shattering, 0 life point remaining.
"NO!" she gasped, and Maximillion cackled sinisterly.
"Well, it seems you've run out of life points, and you know what happens next," he smiled evily as the chains latched around Delia's legs tightened, and some more latched around her arms, which paralyzed her.
"Pegasus, no matter how hard you try, I won't let you take my son!!"
"But, sugarbaby, I'm afraid there's nothing you can do."
"Ash, go, get out of here!" Delia shouted to her son.
"But..." Ash started to object, but she ordered him to run.
"Go!! Now!!!" Ash nodded and ran down from the platform, and several chains lashed out. Ash dodged five of them, but one succeeded to grab his leg. This made him fall to the ground facedown. Ash tried to get back up, but the other chains grabbed him and restrained him. Maximillion Pegasus made his way over to the platform, smirking and snickering.
"Yes, Delia, it looks as though I've won. You're going to die, and I will harness your son's special power for purposes of my own."
Delia spit in his face, making him a little angry. "Not on my life!" she yelled defiantly, and Maximillion slapped her in the face afterwards.
"Sayanora, Delia," he said and pushed a button on a remote control and a force field formed around her. Then, 10,000 volts of electricity erupting on the chains, and shocked Delia severely. She screamed in pain.
"MOTHER!!!!" Ash yelled, but he could do nothing to help her. He stared with his eyes bucked opened and watched as his mother slipped away. Before she passed on she gave him one last, heartwarming smile, then her eyes closed and she passed on.
"Mother..." Ash's eyes began filling with tears as her lifeless body was only held up by the chains. "NO!!!!!" Ash screamed in pain. Tears began to rain down his face.
Maximillion was obviously untouched, as he burst out into laughter. "That was one of the most heartwrenching live performences, ever!"
"You monster!! How do you live with yourself?!!"
"Oh, it's quite easy, actually," Maximillion remarked, snickering. He then turned to the nearby guards. "Take the boy to the Laboratory, please," he ordered and watched as they approached Ash, preparing to take him. Suddenly, three razor-edged boomerangs struck the guards in their necks and killed them instantly. Maximillion looked around in surprise.
"Who's there?!" he called out while looking around. More boomerangs came flying out of nowhere and cut the chains, releasing Ash. Afterwards, a flying kick struck Maximillion in the face and sent him crashing into the wall behind him.
"Get out of here, now!" the figure (who was a man) yelled to Ash.
"But, who are you?"
"That doesn't matter, just go!! I'll deal with Pegasus!!" the man shouted and Ash took off as fast as he could, dashing out of the room.
Maximillion sat up and activated his intercom. "The prisoner is escaping via hallway 634. Stop him now!!" he gave out the order, then stood to face the man. He tried to fight him, but the man whipped him.
Meanwhile, Ash darted down the hallway as fast as he could. Tons of guards chased after him. Without warning, a small explosive (located where the guards was) blew out the wall, and killed the majority of the guards in the process. Ash turned around and appraoched the opening. He was two stories in the air, but he took a chance and leaped out of the building. He hit the ground harshly, but he didn't break anything. Ash wasted no time and began running as far away from the castle as he could.
(End Dream Sequence)
Ash shot up out of bed in a cold sweat. He was breathing heavily, and his heart paced quickly. He put his hand over his chest, feeling the rapid thumping of his heart from underneath. His shirt was moist, and so was his shorts and even the pillow in which he was resting his head on. Ash began taking deep breaths to calm himself down. It was all a dream. It was all just a dream. But, it seemed and felt like it was actually happening again. He felt all the fear, all the sadness, all the distress, everything. It was as if he was actually re-living something that had happened to him. Ash got out of bed and made his way to the bathroom. He brushed his teeth thoroughly and turned on the bathtub. It filled in less than 20 seconds, then he stripped of his clothes and stepped inside. He sunk down into the water, only his head appearing on the surface.
A specialized, tightly concentrated and harmless blue beam as wide as the tub appeared out of the northern side of the tub (where the faucet is). It spread through the water, cleansing Ash's body of any dirt. It stayed focused on Ash's body for about 10 seconds, then dissappeared. Ash decided to take it easy and relax. He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, then exhaled the air. The dream rekindled a question he had forgotten. Who was the man that saved him? Why did he do it? Could he have been a long lost brother or cousin? Or maybe he intended to break him free of Pegasus's clutched then capture him afterwards? Ash never knew why the man showed up, but he certainly appreciated it. Ash only wished he could've came in time to save his mother, the woman who gave her life to save him. Ash decided to stop thinking about what happened and just calm down. He continued to breathe in and out.
Without warning, Maximillion Pegasus appeared floating at the entryway. However, since he was floating, Ash didn't hear him. He didn't see him either, because Ash had his eyes closed. He continued inhaling and exhaling deeply, and Pegasus slowly floated closer to the tub. Once he was right next to Ash, Pegasus just floated there, watching him. Ash's eyes were still closed and he continued breathing in and out. Once he exhaled, Pegasus suddenly dunked Ash's head underwater, grabbed his neck, and held him under the surface. Since he was exhaling, his mouth was open, letting in water. Bubbles emerged from his mouth for a short period of time. Ash's eyes snapped open and he closed his mouth. Pegasus laughed sinisterly as Ash struggled to get away. He tried prying Pegasus's hand away from around his neck, but to no avail. For some odd reason, Pegasus possessed supernatural strength and his hands wouldn't loosen. Ash continued struggling, and Pegasus laughed even more. The water sloshed and splashed everywhere as Ash struggled to get away. He tried kicking Pegasus, but his leg went right through him. Pegasus laughed harder and heartily.
"Guess your day has come! Did you really think I would let you get away so easily?!" he continued laughing as Ash tried to get away. He wriggled furiously, trying to shake off Pegasus's hand, but to no avail. Ash thought of one last idea and dug his hand into Pegasus's.
"AHH!!" Pegasus shrieked (high-pitched) and released his grip. He dissappeared as Ash sprung up out of the water, coughing and gasping for air. He tried catching his breath and continued coughing. 20 seconds passed before he stopped. Ash got out of the tub and drain it hastily, dried himself, then darted out of the room. A small note was attached on the wall in front of him, which read: 'Go to your backyard. I've left a little something for you... Pegasus.' Ash pondered this thought. Did he really want to go see what is was? It could be another deathtrap. But what if it wasn't? What if it was something else?
[I'm not scared of Pegasus.] Ash thought to himself and grabbed a laser gun out of his nightstand. He clenched it tightly, but before he left he slipped on a pair of gray boxers and slipped on his S.C.T. He opened the bedroom door and made his way through the house until he reached the kitchen, where the backdoor was. He opened it, then stepped outside. The sun greeted him by blinding his sight with bright light. Ash's shielded his eyes and slowly walked outside, looking around. Apparently, there wasn't any deathtraps set, but there wasn't any in the bathroom either.
[As a matter of a fact there wasn't any Pegasus there, either. He just appeared out of thin air.] Ash saw another note on the ground. It read: 'Go to the Bass Lake. Under the surface is something you should see...' Ash sighed and ran straight forward. The forest was just beyond his backyard. Once Ash reached the fence he jumped over it and continued running. It didn't take him 3 minutes to reach the lake, and there was yet another note pinned to a nearby rock. It read: 'Once you jump into the lake, swim straight down to claim the prize...' Ash pondered this carefully before jumping in. Pegasus could have another supernatual trap waiting for him. What if that's the 'prize' mentioned in the note? Ash took a leap of faith and jumped into the water. He surfaced to gather his breath, then submerged himself.
Underwater, he followed the instructions on the note and begam swimming straight down as fast as he could. Many bass fish swam by him, hence the name Bass Lake. Ash kicked his feet swiftly, continuing down to wherever. The laser gun was still in his hand, and Ash was sure it would get him out of whatever Pegasus might've had planned. Ash swam as far as he could. Once he reached the floor, a sign with instructons on it was stamped in the floor. It said: 'Dig through the ground to unravel the mystery...' Ash quickly began digging through the ground. He squinted his eyes to prevent the dust and dirt from getting inside them. Suddenly, his hand bumped something, a button. Ash pressed the button and suddenly the ground broke through. The naked body of his dead mother sprung out of it. A patch of dead roses laid next to her. Her eyes were opened and staring right at him, and her lips had been forced to smile.
"AHHH!!!!" Ash couldn't help but scream. Bubbles flowed out of his mouth as he screamed in horror.
Meanwhile, in Pegasus's mansion Maximillion Pegasus was watching Ash via his tv. He burst out into laughter when he saw Ash's reaction.
"Oh, this is wonderful!" he continued laughing as hard as he could, highly amused and not the least bit remorseful.
Ash quickly caught himself and accessed his S.C.T. He transported an oxygen mask and put it on with haste, then took in a large amount of air. He couldn't believe it. He knew Pegasus was sick, but not that sick. Ash noticed a card was laying across his mother's stomach. He turned his head. He wanted to respect his mother's privacy, even if she was dead. He did not want to see her fully uncovered breasts. Ash closed his eyes and rubbed his hand across her stomach until he grabbed the card, then opened his eyes, being careful not to open them with in the direction of his mother. The card had a message on it, which said this: 'Special from Duel Monsters creator Maximillion Pegasus... Congratulations, Ash Ketchum! You are one of the select few who have been invited to enter the Duel Monsters tournament free of charge. Normally people pay $15.00 dollars to register for the shindig, but you, Ash Ketchum, can attend without paying a dime. I've been watching you duel and I must say you are simply incredible! Think you have what is takes to defeat me? Your special boat ride will leave in two days. Toodles...'
Ash stored the invitation cards and took one last look at his mother, Delia Ketchum. A strong, kind, and courageous woman who gave her life trying to save him from Pegasus. Ash stiffled a sob and thrusted himself away from the floor, determined to kill Pegasus. Ash reached the surface and his head popped out of the water. He pulled off the mask and stored it in the device, then climbed out of the lake. His boxers were soaked, and so was he. Ash stumbled to his feet and began making his way towards the house, with only one thing on his mind, kill Pegasus.
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Tristan slipped on his white a-shirt and walked out of his bedroom. He had gotten permission from Munella to register for the tournament, and he did just that. He started to walk downstairs but remebered that Industrial Illusions was suppose to send him his card around 1000 hours (10:00 am). He walked back to his room and went inside. Tristan made his way over to his computer and sat down. He turned it on and connected himself to the virtual internet (think of the internet in 3D). He checked his mailbox to find that the card had been sent to him. He accessed the card, and told it to come out through his Subspace Transporter. The machine activated, and a box appeared on the blue spotlight. Tristan grabbed the box and opened it. Low and behold, the now repaired Gamma Dragon was inside. Tristan smiled and took the card out of the box and slipped it in his pocket. He had to go duel Brock, and now. Tristan bolted out of the room and raced downstairs.
"Munella, I'm heading over to Brock's house!"
"Allright, be careful!" Munella shouted from the living room. Tristan ran out of the house and down the street until he reached Brock's house. Surprisingly, Brock was outside waxing his father's car (he was wearing the same thing as Episode 01).
"There, that should do it."
"Hey there, Brock!"
Brock turned to see Tristan walking towards him. "What's up, Tristan? How are you?!" Brock gave his best friend a hug.
"I'm fine, how about you?"
"I'm good," Brock replied. "So, what brings you to my house?"
"I'm just coming to see my friend," said Tristan as he peeped through the windows of Flint's car.
"How'd your date with Lorelei go last night?"
Tristan rolled his eyes. "We went down to a club to do a little dancing and she led me to a table with another boy sitting there. She told me he was her other boyfriend and that she wanted to have a 3sm, needless to say I ran."
"Eww..." Brock's face cringed in disgust. "I don't want her now."
"Did you register for the tournament?"
"Not yet. I had to convince my father first. It took awhile, but Father eventually decided to let me go, especially after I told him why I was going."
"Why?"
"To win money and get his back and shoulders operated on," Brock picked up wax buckets and began carrying them to the garage.
"Oh," Tristan followed him. When they reached the garage, the door slid opened and Brock walked inside to drop off the wax buckets.
"Did you register?" asked Brock.
"Oh yeah! I'm already in! Man, I hope I win. I'd love to have 100 million dollars right now."
"So would I," Brock responded.
"Hey Brock, wanna have a little duel?"
Brock came back out of the garage and smiled. "I'm up for it. We could use some practice anyway before the grand championship. C'mon, we can have a duel in the backyard," Brock said and headed back to the backyard, Tristan following him.
[Now Brock wil see how strong I really am, and that his last win was pure luck.] Tristan smirked.
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The speedboat with Li and Meilin on it raced toward Pewter City. Both of them had gotten up early in the morning to resume their journey. They had clothes on now, Meilin was wearing some pink leather short-shorts and a white tube top. Her hair was done into two crinkled pigtails. Li had on some khaki shorts and a orange jersey. Meilin was driving the boat today.
"I never knew driving a boat could be such fun," she mused.
Li laughed and said, "Fun? Boat driving is not fun. You don't really do anything except mash the pedals and occasionally steer. Driving a car is more fun."
"Whatever you say, Li. I still think boat driving's fun though. (slight pause) Li, could you hand me another piece of gum?"
"What happened to the gum in your mouth? You didn't spit it out into the ocean, did you?"
"No, I swallowed it."
"How? Swallowing gum is hard," Li said and reached into his pocket to grab the gum. He pulled it out and gave it to Meilin.
"Thanks," she opened it and popped it into her mouth. "So, did you enjoy sleeping naked underwater last night?" (they did that after Episode 02 went off)
"Yeah, it was fun. And if we don't be in Pewter City tonight, wanna do it again?"
"You bet!" Meilin and Li laughed and smiled at each other. Meilin popped up yet another question. "Li?"
"Yeah?"
"I was wondering... um... well uh..."
"Wondering what?"
"Okay Li, don't be freaked by my asking this, but have you ever done it before?"
"Done what?"
"You know..."
"No, I don't know," Li was beginning to get confused. "Have I done what?"
"...You know..."
"Meilin, I can't answer your question if I don't know what you're talking about."
"Okay, okay. I wanted to know, have you ever had sex?
"Hunh?!"
"That's my question. Have you ever had sex before?"
"Of course not! I'm only fifteen!" Li exclaimed, then realized where Meilin might be coming from. "Have you?"
"No, no, I haven't. That's why I wanted to know if you had."
"Nope, haven't ever did it before."
"Good!" Meilin patted Li's back and continued driving the boat. They leaned over and began french kissing ravenously.
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Brock and Tristan stood opposite of each other in a grassy area. Both of them sat down their Holochips and activated them, which materialized a gold (Brock's) and platinum (Tristan's) dueling consoles. They carefully shuffled their deck three times, then sat them down in the appropiate spot. They looked up at each other and smiled.
"It's been quite awhile since our last duel, Brock. Are you ready?" Tristan spoke.
"Of course, let's just hope you haven't gotten rusty," Brock said.
"Don't worry, I haven't. In fact, I believe I've gotten better."
"Time to find out if you've really got better, ready?"
"Time to duel!" they both shouted simutaneously, eyeing each other down.
Brock's/Tristan's Life Points- 2000
"Allright Tristan, since you're the challenger, you get the priviledge of making the first move."
"Good," Tristan pulled five cards from the deck, forming his current hand. He looked through them, but most of them were weak cards. "Rats. Well, gotta play something."
"I can tell from the look on your face that you've drawn some feeble cards."
"I'll put down one monster in defense mode!" Tristan placed the card and summoned it to the field. The spot where the monster hid flashed white repeatedly.
"Hmm... it must be a weak card. I've never seen anyone place down a lone monster in defense mode on their opening move."
"Don't be so sure, Brock. I could be tricking you," Tristan countered.
"Well, we'll see," Brock shot back and drew his five cards, looking over them afterwards. His first draw proved to be more worthy than Tristan's. He picked up two cards and placed them down.
"I'll play one card face-down, and another in attack mode!" Brock's monster loaded in, revealing itself to be Reaper of The Cards.
Attack Power- 1300 Defense Power- 1500
"Reaper, attack Tristan's defense card, now!" The Soul Reaper hummed deeply as it flew toward the defense monster. The monster (Baby Dragon) loaded in with its eyes popped open in fear. The Reaper took its razor-sharp blade and slashed the dragon multiple times, which shattered it. No life points were lost.
"You were lucky, Brock. I drew some rather weak cards on my first draw, but..." Tristan reached down and drew another card from the deck. "Now the strong cards are showing up. I play this card, Magic/Trap Poacher! It rids the opponent of any Magic Cards or Trap Cards they have in play and gives them to me!" Tristan laughed hard as Brock's hidden card teleported from his console to Tristan's console.
"And now..." Tristan drew another card from the deck and smiled upon looking at it. "I shall play your card face-down and bring out the Lightning Swordsman, in attack mode!" The Lightning Swordsman looked exactly like its cousin card, Flame Swordsman, except its sword had a lightning emblem on it instead of a fire emblem, and it wore a white and purple instead of blue and red.
Attack Power- 1800 Defense Power- 1500
"Go, Lightning Swordsman, attack the Reaper of The Cards! Lightning Sword of Battle!" The Lightning Swordsman charged at the Reaper with its sword raised in the air. Lightning covered it and the monster cut clean through the ghost. Reaper howled in extreme pain before exploding.
Brock's Life Points- 1750
Tristan smiled in satisfaction. "Reaper of The Cards has been vanquished."
"A minor setback. This duel is far from over, Tristan." Brock looked through his hand and found the card he was looking for. He drew it and threw it on the console. "Thunder Rabbit, in attack mode!" Brock's furry rabbit loaded onto the field. It looked just like a bunny, except its ears where shaped like lightning strikes.
Attack Power- 1800 Defense Power- 1600
"It's a even match, Tristan. Unless you wanna lose your monster too, I don't think you'll be attacking."
Tristan shook his head. "Tsk. Tsk. You know, I don't think you're giving it your all, Brock. That was a big mistake."
"Why?"
Tristan drew a card from his hand. "Wanna know why? Because when I add a certain magic card to my monster, its offensive strength will be raised 800 points!"
A gasp of surprise came from Brock. Tristan slapped down the magic card and lots of lightning sparked from the swordsman. Lightning came from the sky and poured into the sword, powering it up.
Attack Power- 2600
"Now, let's get rid of the bunny, shall we? Super Lightning Blast!!" The Lightning Swordsman thrusted out his sword, and lightning poured out of it. The bolt struck the Thunder Rabbit and obliterated it off the field.
Brock's Life Points- 1400
"Brock, the duel just started and you're lagging behind. Normally, I could never get a 600 point difference between us. What's the matter?"
Brock sighed deeply. "Allright, you wanna know, Tristan? I'm worried about my father."
"Huh?"
"He came down with a bad cold a week ago, and it isn't gone yet. He try to act like he's fine, but I know Father, and I know something's wrong with him."
"Brock, you can't stress over that. Sometimes colds last a long time, I once had a cold that didn't go away completely..."
"No, that's not the problem. With each passing day..." Brock's voice began to trail off.
"Brock, don't wuss out now, what's wrong with him?"
"Father's getting worse, Tristan," Brock announced.
"What? What do you mean?"
"He tries to cover it up and act like everything's fine, but I can tell he's getting worse. Last night, I heard him vomiting for like, ten minutes straight."
"Oh, man, I'm sorry. Have you talked to him about it yet?"
"No, well, I've tried, but he denies it. I don't want anything to happen to him. I've lost Mother already, I don't think I could take it if I lost him too..." Brock dropped to the ground. Tristan rushed over to him and patted his back.
"Don't worry man, he'll be allright. Just... give him time. Everything'll work out, you'll see. You have to believe," Tristan kneeled down beside Brock.
"Thanks, Tristan... It seems like you always know what to say and when to say."
"Glad to be of assistance. Well, Brock, do you wanna finish the duel? It may help lift your spirits."
"Allright, I'll try," Brock got up and so did Tristan. Tristan took his place and pointed at Brock.
"I believe it was your turn."
Brock drew a card from his deck, which revealed itself to a Dark Magician. Pretty powerful, but it still wasn't strong enough to take down the Lightning Swordsman. Brock drew for another card, and it was exactly what he wanted.
"Allright, I'll play the Dark Magician, in attack mode! And I'm laying down a magic card which further increases its strength!" Brock slapped down these two cards, and the Dark Magician was summoned to the field.
Attack Power- 2800 Defense Power- 2100
"Say adios to the Lightning Swordsman! Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack!" Brock commanded. The Dark Magician rose its staff to the sky and fired a deadly and powerful beam straight at the Lightning Swordsman. Tristan was unphased.
"Not so fast, Brock! I stole your card, remeber? And I'm going to use it! Go, Mirror Wall!" Tristan flipped up the trap card, causing a pinkish, purplish, and whitish crystal wall to rise out of the ground. The Dark Magician's attack struck the wall and mesmerized it, then the attack power began draining.
Attack Power- 1400
"As you can see, Mirror Wall cut your Dark Magician's attack power in half, leaving it an open target to my Lightning Swordsman! Super Lightning Blast!" Tristan shouted, and the monster obeyed his will. It fired a lightning bolt out of the sword and shocked the magician to death (shatters).
Brock's Life Points- 1000
"1000 life points behind, Brock, you have got to battle harder."
"Allright, Tristan, if that's how you want it, that's how you'll get it," Brock stated and drew a card from his deck, revealing itself to be Dungeon Worm. `This could be useful, especially when combine with Monster Tamer. Hopefully, that's the next card in my deck. Brock drew for it and low and behold, he held the Monster Tamer in his hand.
"I've got the perfect cards! Go, Dungeon Worm, and Monster Tamer in attack mode!!" Brock threw down the cards, summoning the beasts. "And since the Monster is on the field, my Dungeon Worm gets 600 more attack points."
Attack Power- 2800(Worm), 1600(Tamer) Defense Power- 1900(Worm), 1300(Tamer)
"Gooo, Dungeon Worm, attack the Lightning Swordsman now!!"
"Brock, you forgot about the Mirror Wall, it stops any attack against my monsters."
"No, Tristan, you're wrong. It stops any attack aimed from outside the wall, but what happens when my monster get behind the wall where yours are at?" Brock gave Tristan a smirk, and Tristan gasped.
"Oh no..."
Dungeon Worm shot up out of the ground directly where Lightning Swordsman was standing. The swordsman fell into the giant worm's mouth; the worm ate it whole, then it retreated back into the ground.
Tristan's Life Points- 1550
"Take that, Tristan!"
"You may have been lucky enough to get rid of my Lightning Swordsman, but I'm still in the lead," Tristan said and drew for a card. His smile grew in a huge grin upon looking at the card. "Allright, Brock, prepare yourself for the destructive, all-powerful, mega-collossal, one and only Gamma Dragon!!" Tristan shouted at the top of his lungs, slapping down the card.
Brock grabbed his forehead. "This is really bad!"
Tristan's most powerful card loaded into the duel, its chilling roar announcing its presence. The Gamma Dragon was a huge, massive monster that stood 70 ft. tall. It looked alot like the legendary T-Rex, except it had two heads. One head had four eyes that formed a square, and the other head had one, huge eye.
Attack Power- 4200 Defense Power- 4200
"Now, Gamma Dragon, attack the Monster Tamer now, Quintuple Gamma Ray Blast!!" Each of the five eyes shot out one green, highly concentrated, highly focused beam. They all merged into one and blew the Monster Tamer to smithereens. The blast genereated a powerful shockwave that nearly knocked Brock over.
Brock's Life Points- 400
"Ouch, that had to hurt," Tristan teased. Suddenly, Brock's pager beeped. Brock pulled the pager off his pants and looked at the message, which said 'Get to the house right now! Your Dad.' Brock's facial expression turned into one of stress as he ran away from the duel and toward the house.
"What's wrong?!" asked Tristan.
"We've gotta finish the duel later!! Father said to get inside, quickly!!" Brock bolted through the door, leaving Tristan outside by himself. He decided to see what was going on and ran inside the house also.
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Downtown Domino City. In an dirty alleyway, all sorts of trashcans and dirty puddles of water found themselves here. A few cats skulked through the alleys, looking for innocent mice to eat. All seemed calmed, and spooky at the same time. A man around the age of 22 sprinted through the alley, panting heavily. Not long after another man came dashing through. He was wearing a cloak, so no one could see who it was underneath. The man veered left through the alleyway and continued running from the cloaked guy. He stopped and picked up a trashcan, then threw it into the cloaked man, which knocked him to the ground. He began running again.
"Hey, come back here!" The cloaked guy shouted, kicking the trashcan off of him. He jumped up and began chasing after the man once again. "Man, I hate cloaks! They're so heavy!" he muttered to himself. The man accidently tripped over a rock and fell down. He turned over to see the cloak man approaching him. He kicked the man in the chest and flipped to his feet. He threw a punch at the cloak guy, who ducked then avoided two more punches. The cloaked man caught the other man's arm when he tried throwing another punch. He kneed him in the stomach and roundhouse kicked him, knocking him down. He sat on him and began choking him.
"Now, I'm going to ask nicely, how do you open the vault?"
The man gagged and tried prying the cloaked guy's hand off of him. The guy pressed more firmly, choking off even more air.
"How do you open the vault?!" he demanded to know.
"I.... can't... tell..... you...... an..."
The guy released his deadly grip on the man. The man began coughing and sucking in air. He gripped his throat.
"Now, let's do this again..." he whipped out a knife. "Where is the money? Is it in the vault?"
"....yes, it's in the vault," the man confirmed.
"Well, then, how do you open it?"
"I can't tell you that."
The guy held the knife right on the man's throat. "Oh yeah? If you don't tell me where that money is, I'll gut you alive, you understand me?"
The man nodded, fear growing on his face.
"How do you open the vault?"
"It... you have to type in the secret combination, only then can you access the vault and the money inside."
"Well, what's the secret combo?"
"You have to type in this code, 6-4-7-2-7-4-9-1-6, then the doors shall open and you'll have access to all the money."
"6-4-7-2-7-4-9-1-6, huh? This better be the right info you're giving me, or else you're shippin' out of Earth," he pushed the man's head on the ground.
"Hey, leave him alone!!" The guy looked up to find a blonde chick running at him. She punched him into the face and tackled him to the ground. She snatched his cloak off and Seto Kaiba was underneath it.
"Daisy, no! He has a knife!!" the man shouted.
Daisy was about to punch him, but Seto stuck the knife up in Daisy's stomach, stopping her attack. Her eyes popped open as blood began trickling out the wound.
"Daisy!!"
Seto pulled the cloak over his face, tossed her aside and darted away before the man could catch him. The man kneeled down beside her.
"Daisy, Daisy, it's allright! Hang on, don't die!!" he whipped out his cell phone and dialed 9-1-1.
Later on, the paramedics came and retrieved Daisy, then took her to the nearest hospital. Her boyfriend, John, managed to control the bleeding and rode with her. However, he wasn't allowed to come into the E.R when they arrived at the hospital. A few police officers had come into the waiting room to question him.
"Now, sir, don't be alarmed, we just wanna ask you a couple a questions, that's all."
"Uh, uh, allright," John seated himself in a nearby chair.
"Allright, now sir, what's your name?" the officer, which was a woman, asked him.
"John. John Richardson."
"Okay, now, Mr. Richardson, can you tell me what happened?"
"Well, I was coming home from my office, but my car ran out of battery power, so I decided to try and find the nearest charger station so I could get someone to tow my car to it, then I could recharge my electric power and get going."
"Where were you going?"
"Home, I gave myself some vacation time and I was going home to relax."
"So, what happened next?"
"Well, uh, I walked pass an alley and some guy pulled me in and began attacking me, but I managed to get away. I ran from him because he was armed with various knives. But, he caught me and held me down. He told me he would, to quote his exact words, 'gut me alive' if I didn't tell him how to access my treasure vault."
"And what happened afterwards?"
"I told him, because I feared he would kill me, and uh, my girlfriend, Daisy Chase happened to see us in the alley and she ran and tried to stop him. I told her to get away, but she wouldn't listen, and he stabbed her with his knife. She managed to pull off his cloak, but since she was on top of him, I couldn't see his face. He put the cloak over his face after he stabbed and ran off. The back of his head was out though, he had brown hair."
"Brown hair? Was it long? Short?"
"It was a common, short hairstyle."
"Okay, anything else?"
"No."
The police officer finished typing notes in her padd and put it away. "Okay, are you sure there isn't anything else you can tell us?"
"Yes, officer. That's everything."
"Allright, then. We'll investigate this matter and see what we can come up with."
"Thank you," John watched the officer leave the room and sat back, sighing. He hoped the doctors could save his honey...
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Well, that's it! What did you think? Was it good? I sure hope so. I put a lot of effort into it. I wonder why nobody's read and reviewed the book yet? It's a good book; I wonder why no one's giving it a chance. I hope at least someone's out there reading this. Anyway, what's going to happen next episode? Will Daisy survive? And who was spying on Misty? Just what do Ash plan to do to Pegasus? And why did Pegasus keep mentioning something about a special power? Why was he bent on taking him to the labs? Who was the man that rescued Ash and why did he do it? What's wrong with Brock's father? What kind of ties do Meilin and Li have with Tristan and Brock? Ooh, this book has so many possibilities! This is just a taste of the mysteries, action, and drama that I'm going to put in this book. Be sure to look for Episode 04, 'Let's Get Ready' in a week or two.