And now... the moment you've been waiting for. The next episode in the
Duelists of The Future Series. I guarantee this is going to be a great
episode. I updated sooner than I expected, especially due to the fact that
my sister is slways unsing her labtop. I'm going to try to get my parents
to get me my own computer, but I doubt that'll happen. We just have too
many bills to be paying for with a limited amount of funds. Anyway, I'm
sure you've noticed that I included a 'previously' in the beginning of last
episode, and I've included one here too. I do this to round up all the
major storylines in one area, to save people the trouble of having to read
through previous episodes to try and catch up. This is especially useful
for people who haven't read in awhile and wants to find out what's going on
right then and there. Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.
Disclaimer: I forgot to do one in Episode 03, so I'll make it up here. I don't own Yu-gi-oh, Pokemon, or Cardcaptors, these are properties of 4 Kids Entertainment, Kids Wb, and anyone else. I am merely borrowing these characters for my fic. Again, I don't own Yu-gi-oh, Pokemon, or Cardcaptors, these are properties of 4 Kids Entertainment, Kids Wb, and anyone else. I am merely borrowing these characters for my fic.
Duelists of The Future- Season 1- Episode 04, 'Let's Get Ready'
Previously...
Surge Crusher... (thoughts) 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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Misty Chase... Misty 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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Maximillion Pegasus... There, a picture of his dead wife, Cecilia Pegasus hung on the wall. He approached the picture, rubbing his hand across it. Cecilia had blonde hair and was wearing a elegant gold dress.
"Soon," he said softly. "Just soon, my beloved Cecilia, I shall have you back. Once I collect all six Talismans of Life shall I resurrect you, and you shall once again walketh the earth." (Trust me, there's more to this thant it appears, can't tell you though) * * *
Ash Ketchum... 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, 1,000 volts of electricity erupting on the chains, and shocked Delia severely. She screamed in pain.
"MOTHER!!!!" Ash yelled, but could do nothing to help her. He stared, eyes bucked opened as his mother slipped away, she gave him one last, heartwarming smile before her eyes closed and she passed on...
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!" 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.
Ash pressed the button and suddenly the ground broke through, and 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. 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 it takes to defeat me? Your special boat ride will leave in two days. Toodles...'
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Brock Mowry... "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." (euphrarism)
"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..."
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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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Seto Kaiba... Guy: "Well, what's the secret combo?"
Man: "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!!"
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Brock rushed through the house, heading to Flint's bedroom. He had been paged, and Flint told him to hurry up and get to his room. Tristan followed Brock, wondering what was going on. As Brock approached the bedroom, his facial expression grew with more worry than ever. What was wrong? Why did Flint tell him to hurry up and get to the room? Was something bad happening to him? What if he was dying... Brock blotted out that thought and kicked the door open when he reached the room. Flint was lying on the bed, watching television. Brock ran to his side.
"Father, are you okay? What did you want?"
"Brock, son, I'm okay. Nothing's wrong with me, I just need you to fix me some lunch. I'm tired today," Flint replied.
Brock's face began to lighten up. "That's all?"
"Yeah, I didn't think you'd take my message so seriously."
Brock sighed a sigh of relief. "That's a relief. So, what do you want for lunch? Some ham? Hotdogs? What?"
"Fix me two hotdogs, with buns, and uh, load them up with ketchup and mustard. Oh, and uh, be sure to put some pickle relish on them."
"Two hotdogs loaded with ketchup, mustard and pickle relish coming up on the double," Brock said, then turned and began walking out of the room. Tristan followed him.
"Brock, I think you're worrying a bit too much about your Dad's health. He seems fine."
"That's how he always act, but I know I heard him vomiting last night."
"So what. He could've contracted a virus, you haven't asked."
Brock and Tristan entered the kitchen, and Brock continued over to the fridge. He opened it and pulled out some hotdogs, then strolled to a Solarwave and opened it. The Solarwave was an oven that resembled a microwave, but it used focused solar waves to cook the food instead of focused micro waves. Brock popped the hotdogs in, and set the machine to cook for five seconds. After they cooked, he took them out and placed them on the countertop.
"Brock, are we going to finish the duel? It's still running outside."
"I don't know if I feel like it."
Tristan scoffed. "You just don't feel like it because you were getting your butt kicked."
"No, it's not that, I could've easily come back and won the match, I just... I don't know," Brock placed the hotdogs in the buns and began putting ketchup, mustard and pickle relish on them.
"C'mon, Brock, I wanna finish it. I was winning. You were experiencing my true skills and power, and now that your Dad bailed you out with the lunch request, you don't wanna go back and face down your defeat like a man."
"Shut up, Tristan. I told you I can still win."
"How? I am untouchable on the field."
"I'm not going to tell you how, and as a matter of a fact, we are going to finish the duel. Go outside and wait for me," Brock grabbed a plate out of a cabinet and put the hotdogs on them, then started heading back towards Flint's room to give him the food.
"Allright, I'll wait, and you'd better come!" Tristan yelled after him, then walked out of the back door, taking his place. Not long after, Brock came out of the door and walked over to his podium, eager to finish the match.
Tristan's/Brock's Life Points- 1550(Tristan), 400(Brock)
"Well, Brock, I really don't see how you can get out of this one. You don't have a card powerful enough to even match the Gamma Dragon, let alone destroy it."
"Wrong, Tristan. I can and I will bring down that dragon of yours."
"I'd like to see you try."
The only monsters on the field was Tristan's Gamma Dragon and Brock's Dungeon Worm, which lost its attack power bonus (of 2800) because Monster Tamer was destroyed (now its 2100).
Brock began going over possible strategies. "Hmm... it's going to take a lot to match that dragon, but I know I've got a Ritual Card powerful enough to take it down. I just need to draw it," Brock drew for the card, and to his dismay, it wasn't the card he needed.
"I'll throw out this in defense mode! And I'm switching the Dungeon Worm to defense mode as well!" Brock's card loaded in, revealing itself to be a Black Wizard. It looked just like the Black Witch (mentioned in Episode 03), the only difference is that it was the male version.
Attack Power- 1200 Defense Power- 1000
Tristan giggled in delight. "You don't have anything to defeat my monster. And if you can't beat one, what chance do you have against two?"
"Two?! Where'd you get two from?!"
Tristan slapped down the second Gamma Dragon, bringing it into battle. It stood right beside its relative, both of them growling ferociously.
Attack Power- 4200 Defense Power- 4200
"Where did you get two Gamma Dragons from? You only had one!"
"I don't know why, but the Sheriff gave me Surge's four dragons, and I sent my broken card to Industrial Illusions. They fixed it, sent it back, and know I have all five Gamma Dragons ever made all to myself! Isn't that awesome?!"
Brock didn't respond.
"Gamma Dragon, destroy the Black Wizard with Quintuple Gamma Ray Blast!" The monster did as told and fired the five gamma rays out of its eyes, obliterating the Black Wizard in a huge explosion.
"At least I didn't lose any life points," Brock muttered to himself.
"Brock, with two Gamma Dragons on the field, you'll never win. Admit defeat," tease Tristan. He grinned from ear to ear. Brock knew he was in a dilemma, but he would not be defeated and lose his status as the champion of the neighborhood.
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Misty and Aya walked down the street, talking about all sorts of 'girl stuff', i.e boys, makeup, fashions and clothes, that sort of stuff. The mysterious guy skulked in the shadows and watched Misty closely. Misty popped a sucker in her mouth and sucked on it while Aya babbled on about a crush she had on someone.
"Oh my, he's sooo cute! I wish I could get closer and actually talk to him, but he's so busy all the time. He's always working out in the gym and practicing his basketball skills. Misty, what do you think I should do?"
Misty took the sucker out of her mouth. "Talk to him."
"Like I said, I would but he's so busy all the time."
"So make up an excuse to talk to him!"
"What? What excuse?"
Misty shook her head. "Aya, if you would stop thinking about how good he looked maybe you could concentrate on getting to know him. Anyway, here's what you should do."
"I'm listening," Aya chirped.
"Okay. Follow him to the gym and walk up on him. Pretend like you just happen to be out and you bumped into him, though. Act casual, don't give off any hints or that might make him think you were following him. Then..." Misty stopped to think of an idea.
"Then... what?"
"I know! He's good with Algebra! Ask him to help you with your Algebra," suggested Misty.
"But it's summer time, Misty. I don't have any Algebra to ask him to help me with."
"Tell him you're attending summer school and you need the help."
"But we'll just be discussing Algebra, and I wanna talk to him. I don't wanna hear 'x over this, and n plus that', I wanna get to know him."
"Then just swallow your pride and fear and go talk to him," Misty popped the sucker back in her mouth.
Aya sighed heavily, wandering what she would do.
"He's right over there," Misty pointed towards a card shop (not the Turtle Game Shop either). Sure enough, there was a guy standing there purchasing some cards. His height was around 5'10. His golden blonde hair was brushed into lots of wild plats. He had deep, ocean blue eyes that Aya deemed 'enchanting and mesmerizing'.
"Aww... he looks so cute in those red and white windsuit pants and the red shirt," Aya begn to daydream. Misty sweatdropped and thumped her arm.
"Stop waiting around and go talk to him! It's the only way you'll ever get to know him."
"Allright! Allright, I'm going!" Aya took a deep breath and swallowed nervously, then made her way over to the guy.
The guy took the bag given to him and began to walk away but he was stopped by Aya.
"Hi! Morty, how are you? Remeber me, Aya Kristina Corrington?"
"Oh, what's up Aya?" Morty (Jenkins) greeted her kindly. They shook hands. "How are you?"
"Oh, I'm fine," Aya replied. "What about you?"
"Great," Morty answered. "So, what's been going on in your life?"
"Oh, nothing, just everyday normal stuff," Aya giggled. "What's in the bag?"
"Some Duel Monsters cards. They look cool, I can't wait to try them out in a duel."
"Can I see them, please?"
"Yeah, sure," Morty reached down into the bag and pulled out the cards. He handed them to Aya, who began studying the stack of cards. They were mostly magic and trap cards, but a few monsters were strawn about throughout the stack.
"Is this your main deck of cards?" she inquired.
"Oh, no. That's just a side deck. My main deck is in my pocket," Morty replied. Out of nowhere, a young woman around the age of 18 approached Morty. She was wearing a white dress and matching sandals. Her pastel pink hair was pulled back into a high ponytail (the ponytail was crinkled).
"Who is this?" she wondered.
"Oh, uh, this is my friend, Aya Corrington. Aya, I'd like for you to meet my lovely girlfriend Jasmine Cortez."
"Hi, nice to meet you," Jasmine extended her hand out toward Aya. Aya shook hands and grinned like she was happy.
"Likewise," she responded, but inside she shattered. [Oh no, Morty already had a girlfriend! And they have to be close because they're holding hands!] Aya acted calm and continued conversing with the two. As they continued talking, Misty wandered off across the street. She sat down on a bench and sucked on the sucker. The mysterious guy continued to stalk her secretly...
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Meanwhile, Misty's other two sisters, Lily and Violet, were in the den of the house watching a soap opera. Both of them were completely oblivious to what happened to Daisy. Violet snatched the remote out of Lily's hand and turned the tv, then she smiled. Lily looked at her with wide eyes and tried to take the remote back.
"Hey, give me that, it was just starting to get good!"
"Please, that boring piece of trash. There's much better things to watch."
"But, Violet, I was watching the tv first!" Lily countered and made another attempt to snag the remote. Violet threw the remote to her other hand just as Lily reached for it.
"Now, let's see what else is on," she flipped through the channels, then stopped on an action, sci-fi thriller. "Now this is entertainment, Lily."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Whatever, I'll just go to my room and watch tv, then," she said and got off the recliner. She began making her way to her room when the phone suddenly rang. Wondering who it could be, Lily raced over to a nearby phone and answered the caller.
"Hello?"
"Hey, is this the Chase sisters residence?" asked a man's voice on the other end.
"Uh, yeah, why?"
"Good. Hey, Lily, how are you? This is John."
"What's up, John? How are you?"
"I'm not good," he answered.
"Why?"
"Your sister got stabbed by someone," John announced.
Lily's face took on a shocked expression. She nearly dropped the phone.
"Lily, who is that?" Violet wondered.
"Lily, are you still there?" John inquired.
"Uh, um... yeah, still here. What happened? How'd she get stabbed?"
"How did who get stabbed?" came Violet's voice.
"Um, I was trying to find a nearby charge station to give my car a jolt when someone jumped me. She tried to stop him and she got stabbed in the process."
"Oh, no! This is terrible! How is she?!"
"I don't know. I'm waiting on the doctors to come out of the E.R but they haven't yet. Anyway, I think you and Violet should get down here, quickly," John explained.
"We're on our way. Which hospital is she in?" asked Lily.
"It's Domino General," John replied.
"Allright, we'll be there in about 20-25 minutes," Lily hung up the phone afterwards. "Violet, we gotta go!"
"Go where?" answered Violet.
"Daisy's been stabbed, c'mon," Lily grabbed her ignition card off the entertainment center in the den.
"Daisy's been stabbed? Oh my goodness!" Violet exclaimed.
"I know, we need to get down to the hospital..."
"Wait! Shouldn't we try to find Misty?"
"I don't have the slightest idea where Misty is right now, and besides I'll leave a note telling her where we are," Lily said while jotting down a small note.
"Right." Both of the sisters left the house. Before they got in the car, Lily stuck the note on the door, then they got in Lily's sports car. Lily inserted the ignition card into the ignition slot, which started up the car. She then pulled off.
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"Here ya' go, ma'am. Have a nice day," Joey said to a woman. He handed her a bag with Duel Monsters cards inside. He yawned and stretched his arms out, then made his way nto the back of the store where Yugi and Solomon was. They had managed to unpack and organize some of the cards before the customers arrived, and so far what they had on the shelves were holding sufficiently.
"So Joey, how is the sales going?" Solomon asked him while picking up three boxes.
"Everything's fine. See, I told you me and Yugi would have everything ready before the customers flocked inside."
"Yes, but there's still quite a few boxes left to unpack and organize," he said while sitting those boxes down. Then he went over to the large stack and grabbed some more.
"But, Mr. Moto, I'm getting quite hungry. I haven't had any breakfast."
"Yeah, I'm getting hungry too," Yugi chimed in.
Solomon sighed and sat down the three boxes he was carrying. "This better not be a ploy just to get out of here. I still need your help."
"Don't worry, we'll help you. If you let us get somethin' on our stomachs, we could help ya even better then," Joey grinned.
"Go ahead, but don't be long," Solomon said sternly.
"Allright!!" Joey jumped in glee. "I'll be right back!" he raced out of the room. Yugi shook his head at his friend and sighed deeply.
"So, did your friend Tea ever come to town?"
"No, she said she couldn't make it, sadly," Yugi responded. There was silence in the room for a little while, as they both took a break from carting boxes full of cards. Then, Yugi popped a question in Solomon's face.
"Grandpa?"
"Yes, Yugi?"
Yugi paused slightly before continuing. "You know, I've just thought of something that I've never asked you about before."
"And what's that, Yugi?"
"...Who are my parents?"
This made Solomon freeze. For all of Yugi's life, he had taken care of him. Yugi never knew of his actual parents.
"Where are they? What were they like?"
Solomon cleared his throat before speaking. "I knew this day would come, Yugi. I always knew sooner or later you would ask me this. But, it's only natural that you'd wonder. Anyway, your parents were quite rich."
"Rich?"
"Yes, your father was a World Renowned Martial Arts master. He won all kinds of fighting championships and he owned a dojo. He taught many men and women the art of Jujitsu."
"Jujitsu? I've always wanted to learn Jujitsu," said Yugi.
"Really? I didn't think you were the fighting type," Solomon chuckled, then continued with the story. "Yes, your father was a master at the art of Jujitsu and he supported you and your mother by winning the tournaments."
"What were their names?"
Solomon paused for a little bit, then resumed speaking. "Your father's name was Tony Moto, and your mother was Gloria Moto. I remeber when they used to want a child. They used to wonder what it would look like and how it would act."
"What happened to them? Why aren't they here today?"
"Your father received a invite to a tournament for the elite only. Only the best of the best fighters would be participating in the tournament. There would be nothing there but true masters of karate. And your father saw this as an opportunity to put his Jujitsu skills to the test. Gloria did not want him to go, she wanted him to stay here with you. But he told her the winner of the tournament would get 30 million dollars as the prize! He was so excited, and immediately began packing for the trip. Your mother decided to go with him."
"How do you know so much detail about what happened?"
"I use to live in the mansion with them," answered Solomon. "I decided to stay behind and nurse you and watch over the mansion and make sure no thieves would try and steal our goods. Your parents left and made their way to the island in which the tournament would be held.... and they... never came back."
"What?" Yugi was a little surprised.
"The tournament was only suppose to last for 2 weeks, bu many weeks went by and there was no sign of them, or anyone else who participated for that matter. Weeks turned into months, months turned into years, years turned into a decade, and still.... no sign of them."
"Where did the tournament take place?"
"Strangely, I remeber them saying they were heading to a star-shaped island with a little community on it. It was called... the um... Crystal Kingdom."
"Crystal Kingdom? But that's where the new Duel Monsters tournament is taking place!" exclaimed Yugi. "You know, Grandpa, maybe they are still there. Maybe they're stranded and living off scraps and needs someone to find them and help them. What if they are still alive?"
"Nonsense, Yugi. There isn't enough food on that island to last 5 days, let alone 14 years."
"But I can't just deny the fact that they could be alive..."
"They are not alive, Yugi. I know you wanna believe it and I know you wish it was true, but Yugi, they are gone. No one has heard from them or seen them since the day they departed Domino City. Heck, they might not have even made it to the island."
"Grandpa... I need to go lie down for a moment, will you excuse me?"
"Is there anything wrong with you?"
"No, I just need to lie down. I'm tired, I didn't get much sleep last night. Will you be okay running the store?"
"I've been running this store for a year now, I'm pretty sure I can still handle it. Besides, Joey will be back in a minute to help unload the boxes. You go on, get some rest."
"Thanks," Yugi said and ran off to go upstairs to the house. He wished he could just see them at least one time, just to know what they looked like. He wished he could travel back in time and see what they acted like, what they liked to do, etc. Yugi entered his room and closed the door. He layed out across his bed, and began to daydream about his parents. What if they were still alive and on that island? They could need some assistance and he could be the one to deliver it.
[Yugi? Are you there? What's wrong?] Yami's voice pulsed through his thoughts.
[Yami, I don't really feel like talking about it.]
[It could help to talk about it. It's always good to tell someone about your burdens. Let me help you, Yugi. Now, what's the matter?]
Yugi sighed again and decided to tell the spirit. [I'm just wondering. Who are my parents?]
[Your parents?]
[Yeah, just who are they? What do they look like? What's their personalities? Were they smart, outgoing, shy, active, playful, mean, get what I'm saying?]
[Yes, I see.]
[I just wish I could see them and talk to them. If I had one chance to wish for something, that would be it. Either that, or I'd wish they were alive again.]
[Yugi, I know you wonder who they are, but you mustn't let that get you down.]
[Yeah, I guess you're right, Yami. I'll try to forget about it.] Yugi stretched out and relaxed on the bed, trying to ease his mind and forget about his mysterious parents But he couldn't.
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Joey walked briskly down the street. His stomach grumbled and growled faintly. As he neared the pizza joint, a smile grew on his face. He could smell the scent of delicious pizzas all the way on the street. Joey grinned from ear to ear as he walked along, getting ever closer to the entrance. Once he reached the door, he yanked it open and ran inside, but his body clashed with a woman and they both fell to the ground. She had been looking inside the pizza box to make sure it was right, so when Joey hit her, the pizza flew out of the box and splatted on the ground.
"Hey, get off me!" the woman yelled and pushed Joey off of her. "Stupid jerk, what the heck is wrong with you?!"
"My apologies, ma'am, I was in a.... hurry..." Joey's eyes locked on the beautiful blonde chick and stayed there. Her bleach jean shorts clung tightly on her, which really showed up her 'splendid' hips and shape. She wore a hot pink tube top and sandals to match. Her hair was crimped all the way down to her mid-back.
She looked over at her box to find the pizza splatted on the floor This ticked her off. She frowned and began filling with rage. "You moron!! Not only do you knock me over but you ruined my pizza as well!! I should beat you into the floor!!" She stormed over to Joey and snatched him up by his collar.
"Please, ma'am, please! I said I was sorry! I didn't try to knock over your pizza, honest."
"If you really mean that, why don't you go make yourself useful and purchase me another one?" she asked him.
"Well, I dunno if I have that much money..."
"You better have that much money or else I'll bash your head into that wall like that nail over there!!" she shouted.
"Allright, allright, allirght! I'll get you another one," said Joey. The woman released him and Joey walked up to the counter and ordered the pizzas. Afterwards, he sat down at a nearby table and began waiting. The woman was still pissed, but she was calming down.
"Hey, you," Joey called,"what's your name?"
"What's it to you?"
"Nothing, I just thought since we had that unfortunate accident and we're sittin' here waitin' for our pizzas, we could talk and get to know each other. My name's Joey, what's yours?"
"Mai, remeber the name." After the pizzas finished cooking, she took hers and left. Joey grabbed his pizzas left the building.
"Hey!" he called out to her, making her turn around. "Aren't you gonna thank me for buying you the pizza?"
Mai scoffed. "Please, if you hadn't never clashed into me in the first place my pizza wouldn't have never got ruined and I would've been gone away from here a long time ago, so don't come here with that. Now good riddance," she turned and strutted away from him.
Joey scowled at her and walked away in the opposite direction.
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Brock reached out and drew for another card, hoping it was the Ritual Card he wanted and needed. Fortunately, for him, it was the card. He finally drew the Black Luster Ritual Card, and all he needed now was two other monsters to sacrifice in order to complete the ritual. Brock knew the Black Luster Sodier wasn't initally strong enough to take down the dragons, but a little magic can go a long way. Brock drew a few more cards.
"I'll place two cards face-down, and bring out a Ritual Card!" he placed down the cards and brought them forth into the duel.
"A Ritual Card, hunh? I see what you're trying to do. But, I'll destroy your little sacred ordeal before you can get it started. Gamma Dragon 1, attack the Ritual Card, now!" Gamma Dragon 1 roared and prepared to launch the five beams out of it eyes.
"Not so fast! I invoke the magic of the Spellbinding Circle!!" Brock flipped up a face-down card.
"Oh no!" Tristan watched as his first Gamma Dragon became bound by the magic star. It roared as it tried to move, but to no avail. "You've bound my dragon!"
"Yep, and not only is it paralyzed, but the attack strength of it is lowered by 700 points!"
Attack Power- 3500
"It's still stronger than anything you've thrown out so far. If I'm not mistaken, the ritual you're attempting is the Black Luster Ritual, and if you can pull it off, you get the Black Luster Soldier as a reward, but its not strong enough to destroy my weakened dragon. And I've still got another healthy dragon on the field to sack your soldier with."
"Now I'm using Reborn the Monster to revive my Thunder Rabbit, and I play Feral Imp. both in defense mode!" Brock's previously dead monster and Feral Imp materialized into battle.
Attack Power- 1800(Rabbit), 1300(Imp) Defense Power- 1600(Rabbit), 1100(Imp)
"And now I shall use the magic of Brain Control, which allows me to control any one of your monsters for one turn."
Tristan couldn't do anything but gasp.
Brock used the Brain Control card and took control of the unbound Gamma Dragon. "Guess what happens next, Tristan? Gamma Dragon, Quintuple Gamma Ray Blast!" The brainwashed Gamma Dragon fired its beams straight into the other Gamma Dragon, utterly destroying it. Tristan shielded himself from the shockwave.
Tristan's Life Points- 1400
"Ha! One down, one to go!" exclaimed Brock.
The magic wore off, allowing Tristan to regain control of his monster. He stared at Brock, then drew a card from the deck. It wasn't what he wanted, but it would get the job done. He placed it down.
"Cyber Commander, in attack mode!" Cyber Commander loaded into battle, armed and ready to roll.
Attack Power- 1800 (a guess, I'm not sure how strong it is) Defense Power- 1500 (a guess)
"Cyber Commander, destroy the Feral Imp now!" The Cyber Commander raised the sub-machine gun into the air and pulled the trigger, firing several bullets into Feral Imp. The monster howled in extreme pain before shattering, but Brock's life points remained the same.
"Now you have no second monster to sacrifice."
"Wrong, Tristan. I still have my Dungeon Worm. Dungeon Worm, climb to the surface!" Brock commanded. His monster obeyed the order and in a matter of seconds, jumped out of the ground growling.
"You tried to stop it, but you couldn't, friend. I'm offering my Thunder Rabbit and Dungeon Worm as a sacrifice, to create... a superior being(a weird white light sucks the two monsters into the black pot) The ultimate soldier of destruction, I introduce to you the legendary Black Luster Soldier!" White light emerged from the central pot in Tristan's direction, forcing him to shield his eyes. Brock smirked as the Black Luster Soldier began rising from the depths of the pot. The light stopped shining and the soldier jumped out of the pot and landed in front of it. The soldier's golden sword was raised high in the air.
Attack Power- 3000 Defense Power- 3000
"And now...." Brock drew a card from his hands, smirking. "I'm playing Pharoah's Dust to strengthen my soldier. This card gives it 3000 more attack points!"
"What?!!! You've never had that card in your deck before! Where'd you get that?!!" Tristan was shocked out of his mind.
"I did some early morning shopping. New cards hit the stores today, remeber? Along with them came this rare baby," Brock replied. The Pharoah's Dust (yellow, enchanted dust) washed over the soldier, powering it up.
Attack Power- 6000
"Your Gamma Dragon is toast, Tristan. Black Luster Soldier, Thunder Sword Strike!!" Brock yelled, and the monster struck the ground with the sword, releasing a high voltage lightning bolt that traveled the ground. Needless to say, it cooked the Gamma Dragon (it exploded).
Tristan's Life Points- 400
"I told you I could defeat you, and I have. Now you don't have a monster strong enough to beat me. Sound familiar?" teased Brock.
[Brock's right. I don't have a monster that strong. If I had at least four Gamma Dragons, I could've fused them together, but Brock's obliterated two of them already. There's nothing else I can do, except either admit defeat or let Brock destroy my Cyber Commander and finish me off that way. Man, I guess I'm not good as Brock after all.]
"Brock, I forfeit the match."
"You're giving up? But why?"
"Because your Black Luster Soldier is too strong for me to defeat. It's better for me to just admit that I can't win instead of letting you blow me out," Tristan said while picking up his deck, powering down his system. Brock does the same.
"I said I could win and I did."
"Guess you're still the champ around here," Tristan commented while storing his deck and Holochip. "Man, that Pharoah's Dust card of your is awesome! I hope I can find one."
Brock stored all of his dueling things and approached Tristan. Tristan smiled and offered his hand.
"Congratulations, Brock. You won the duel fair and square."
"Hey, don't be so serious, it was just a practice game anyway. "Now, can I use your computer to register myself?"
"Of course, let's go," Tristan replied and headed out to the street with Brock.
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Lily's sports car pulled up at the hospital, and the two women got out of the vehicle. They closed the doors and ran into the hospital, anxious to find out about Daisy's health status. Violet approached the counter (where you ask the nurse about someone at).
"Excuse me, is there a Daisy Chase checked in here?"
The woman began an auto-scan search of any information regarding Daisy. She then looked back up at them and said, "Yes, she just got out of the E.R. She's been transferred to the I.C.U."
"Uh, thanks," Violet and Lily ran off in search of the waiting room and John. Once they arrived there, they saw John at the vending machine getting a snack.
"Hey, John," Lily greeted him.
John looked up and spotted the two women. "Hey, Lily, Violet," he shook hands with both of them and went over to a chair. He seated himself and began to eat the snacks.
"Hey, where's Daisy? The nurse said she was out of the Emergency Room now," Violet wondered.
"Yeah, she's in Intensive Care. She's asleep though, that's why I'm not in her room right now."
"Oh," Violet sighed and took a seat next to John, Lily following suit. "How's she doing?" Violet asked.
"The doctors said she should make a full recovery, given time and all," John replied. Suddenly, a nurse came rushing up to the three.
"Excuse me, are you John Adams?" she asked John.
"Yes, ma'am, that's me."
"Daisy Chase, she's awake. She asked to see you," the nurse informed them.
"Really?"
"Yeah, and remeber, don't get her excited or too worked up."
"I know," John got out of the chair and hurried over to Daisy's room. Lily and Violet followed. Once they reached the room (floor 7, room 403), they walked inside to find Daisy laying on her hospital bed. She was watching the small television in the ceiling. Once she heard the door open, she looked over to see John, Violet, and Lily entering the room. Her face brightened.
"John, I'm so glad you're here. It's nice to see your face," she smiled.
"Hey, there honey. How are you doing?" he walked to the bed, leaned over and gave her a kiss. Daisy returned the kiss and smiled.
"I've been a lot better, for sure. And Lily, Violet, where'd you two come from?"
"John called us and told us you got stabbed, so we came down here to see you," responded Violet.
"Where's Misty? You mean, she didn't have time to come see me?"
"We don't know where Misty is. She's been gone since this morning. We left a note on the door telling her what happened, so I'm sure she'll be by here soon."
"Daisy, how did this happen?" inquired Lily.
Daisy sighed, but before she could tell them what happened, a doctor entered the room.
"Hello, there. I just need to check you and make sure you're still doing good."
Daisy was a little confused. She had just been checked less than 3 minutes ago. "Um, excuse me, doctor, but I was just checked on less that 3 minutes ago."
"Well, you can never check one too many times," the doctor said and chuckled. He whipped out a padd and began scanning Daisy with it. After he ran a scan over Daisy's body, he grinned and put it away.
"Well?" said Daisy.
"I am pleased to report that you are doing perfectly fine and should make a full recovery within two to three weeks."
"Yeah, that's what the last doctor told me, exact same thing."
The doctor chuckled and left the room.
"Anyway, as I was about to say, remeber that boy Misty used to hang around in the 3rd grade? His name was... um, Seto Kaiba?" Daisy began.
"Yeah, I remeber him, he was really cute to be 8 years-old," Violet giggled. Lily and Daisy and even John stared at her and shook their heads.
"Well, as much as I hate to say this, he's the guy that stabbed me."
"Hunh?!" both Lily and Violet were surprised.
"Nah, c'mon, Seto isn't capable of anything like that. He was sweet child," Violet said, a bit in denial.
"He's not a sweet child anymore, and he did this to me. I recognize that face of his anywhere."
(Flashback)
"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.
(End Flashback)
"That dark brown and those narrow, ocean-blue eyes. It was him," she confirmed.
"Oh my," Violet clasped her hand over her mouth.
"Well, what are you going to do?" asked Lily.
"There's only one thing to do, we call the cops and tell them what Seto did. Then, we'll let them take care of it, simple."
Oblivious to them, the doctor was standing outside the door, listening to their conversation...
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At the Pewter City docks, a small speedboat pulled up at a docking platform. The engine shut off and Meilin and Li stepped off the boat. They looked around at their surrounding and sighed.
"Well, we're finally here. C"mon, let's go find Tristan and Brock," Li said to Meilin. Meilin nodded and they headed into the city.
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Ash had got dressed and was now walking down the street. He was enraged at Pegasus. First he kills his mother, then he sets up pranks with her dead body. Ash wanted to rip Pegasus's head off and crush his guts. That silver- haired pervert was going down. Ash arrived at a gun shop on the corner. He walked inside, and approached the counter where a man stood fideling with something in his hands. His back was to Ash.
"Hey, listen up!" Ash slammed his hands down on the counter. The man whirled around a bit surprised.
"Oh, hello... uh, I didn't hear you there, forgive me."
"That's allright, just give me the deadliest firepower you've got. And make it quick, I have something to do," Ash said.
"I don't mean to be nosy here, but just what is it you're planning to do with the gun?"
"Let's just say... I'm goin' on a little hunt," Ash replied.
The man walked over to a glass cabinet with all sorts of guns inside. He unlocked it with a keycard and opened it. He grabbed a Plasma Blaster (a small gun that resembled a Colt Python) and put in a few Plasma Canisters.
"That'll be $340 dollars, sir."
Ash reached into his pocket and gave the man the money. The man took the money and gave Ash the gun in exchange, then smiled graciously at him.
"Thank you for shopping here, have a good day."
"Okay, thanks," Ash turned around and walked out of the store. He put the gun in his pocket and began heading back to the house. Ash had no intention of participating in Pegasus's little championship. He was coming to kill him. Ash was still infuriated at what Pegasus had did earlier. His hands quivered slightly as Ash began to get more and more enraged by the second. Without warning, the earth suddenly began to shake. Ash wondered what was going on. The earth continued to shake. It wasn't bad, but it was bad enough to knock down a few things inside buildings. Then, it stopped. Just as quickly as it came it went away. A bit confused, Ash shrugged and continued heading back to the house, with only one thing on his mind, kill Pegasus.
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Well, that's the episode! How was it? Was it good, bad, average? Please review so I can know how I'm doing. Anyway, what do you think is going to happen now? Mysterious guy continues to watch Misty, Ash had vengeance plans for Pegasus, and just who is Yugi's parents? I'm not gonna tell you anything. Be sure to catch the Episode 05 in about two weeks, or possibly longer, I've got a busy schedule ahead for me, sadly. I'd really love to jump right back in and post the next episode, but unfortunately, my life decided against it. Until next time!
Disclaimer: I forgot to do one in Episode 03, so I'll make it up here. I don't own Yu-gi-oh, Pokemon, or Cardcaptors, these are properties of 4 Kids Entertainment, Kids Wb, and anyone else. I am merely borrowing these characters for my fic. Again, I don't own Yu-gi-oh, Pokemon, or Cardcaptors, these are properties of 4 Kids Entertainment, Kids Wb, and anyone else. I am merely borrowing these characters for my fic.
Duelists of The Future- Season 1- Episode 04, 'Let's Get Ready'
Previously...
Surge Crusher... (thoughts) 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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Misty Chase... Misty 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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Maximillion Pegasus... There, a picture of his dead wife, Cecilia Pegasus hung on the wall. He approached the picture, rubbing his hand across it. Cecilia had blonde hair and was wearing a elegant gold dress.
"Soon," he said softly. "Just soon, my beloved Cecilia, I shall have you back. Once I collect all six Talismans of Life shall I resurrect you, and you shall once again walketh the earth." (Trust me, there's more to this thant it appears, can't tell you though) * * *
Ash Ketchum... 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, 1,000 volts of electricity erupting on the chains, and shocked Delia severely. She screamed in pain.
"MOTHER!!!!" Ash yelled, but could do nothing to help her. He stared, eyes bucked opened as his mother slipped away, she gave him one last, heartwarming smile before her eyes closed and she passed on...
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!" 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.
Ash pressed the button and suddenly the ground broke through, and 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. 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 it takes to defeat me? Your special boat ride will leave in two days. Toodles...'
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Brock Mowry... "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." (euphrarism)
"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..."
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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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Seto Kaiba... Guy: "Well, what's the secret combo?"
Man: "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!!"
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Brock rushed through the house, heading to Flint's bedroom. He had been paged, and Flint told him to hurry up and get to his room. Tristan followed Brock, wondering what was going on. As Brock approached the bedroom, his facial expression grew with more worry than ever. What was wrong? Why did Flint tell him to hurry up and get to the room? Was something bad happening to him? What if he was dying... Brock blotted out that thought and kicked the door open when he reached the room. Flint was lying on the bed, watching television. Brock ran to his side.
"Father, are you okay? What did you want?"
"Brock, son, I'm okay. Nothing's wrong with me, I just need you to fix me some lunch. I'm tired today," Flint replied.
Brock's face began to lighten up. "That's all?"
"Yeah, I didn't think you'd take my message so seriously."
Brock sighed a sigh of relief. "That's a relief. So, what do you want for lunch? Some ham? Hotdogs? What?"
"Fix me two hotdogs, with buns, and uh, load them up with ketchup and mustard. Oh, and uh, be sure to put some pickle relish on them."
"Two hotdogs loaded with ketchup, mustard and pickle relish coming up on the double," Brock said, then turned and began walking out of the room. Tristan followed him.
"Brock, I think you're worrying a bit too much about your Dad's health. He seems fine."
"That's how he always act, but I know I heard him vomiting last night."
"So what. He could've contracted a virus, you haven't asked."
Brock and Tristan entered the kitchen, and Brock continued over to the fridge. He opened it and pulled out some hotdogs, then strolled to a Solarwave and opened it. The Solarwave was an oven that resembled a microwave, but it used focused solar waves to cook the food instead of focused micro waves. Brock popped the hotdogs in, and set the machine to cook for five seconds. After they cooked, he took them out and placed them on the countertop.
"Brock, are we going to finish the duel? It's still running outside."
"I don't know if I feel like it."
Tristan scoffed. "You just don't feel like it because you were getting your butt kicked."
"No, it's not that, I could've easily come back and won the match, I just... I don't know," Brock placed the hotdogs in the buns and began putting ketchup, mustard and pickle relish on them.
"C'mon, Brock, I wanna finish it. I was winning. You were experiencing my true skills and power, and now that your Dad bailed you out with the lunch request, you don't wanna go back and face down your defeat like a man."
"Shut up, Tristan. I told you I can still win."
"How? I am untouchable on the field."
"I'm not going to tell you how, and as a matter of a fact, we are going to finish the duel. Go outside and wait for me," Brock grabbed a plate out of a cabinet and put the hotdogs on them, then started heading back towards Flint's room to give him the food.
"Allright, I'll wait, and you'd better come!" Tristan yelled after him, then walked out of the back door, taking his place. Not long after, Brock came out of the door and walked over to his podium, eager to finish the match.
Tristan's/Brock's Life Points- 1550(Tristan), 400(Brock)
"Well, Brock, I really don't see how you can get out of this one. You don't have a card powerful enough to even match the Gamma Dragon, let alone destroy it."
"Wrong, Tristan. I can and I will bring down that dragon of yours."
"I'd like to see you try."
The only monsters on the field was Tristan's Gamma Dragon and Brock's Dungeon Worm, which lost its attack power bonus (of 2800) because Monster Tamer was destroyed (now its 2100).
Brock began going over possible strategies. "Hmm... it's going to take a lot to match that dragon, but I know I've got a Ritual Card powerful enough to take it down. I just need to draw it," Brock drew for the card, and to his dismay, it wasn't the card he needed.
"I'll throw out this in defense mode! And I'm switching the Dungeon Worm to defense mode as well!" Brock's card loaded in, revealing itself to be a Black Wizard. It looked just like the Black Witch (mentioned in Episode 03), the only difference is that it was the male version.
Attack Power- 1200 Defense Power- 1000
Tristan giggled in delight. "You don't have anything to defeat my monster. And if you can't beat one, what chance do you have against two?"
"Two?! Where'd you get two from?!"
Tristan slapped down the second Gamma Dragon, bringing it into battle. It stood right beside its relative, both of them growling ferociously.
Attack Power- 4200 Defense Power- 4200
"Where did you get two Gamma Dragons from? You only had one!"
"I don't know why, but the Sheriff gave me Surge's four dragons, and I sent my broken card to Industrial Illusions. They fixed it, sent it back, and know I have all five Gamma Dragons ever made all to myself! Isn't that awesome?!"
Brock didn't respond.
"Gamma Dragon, destroy the Black Wizard with Quintuple Gamma Ray Blast!" The monster did as told and fired the five gamma rays out of its eyes, obliterating the Black Wizard in a huge explosion.
"At least I didn't lose any life points," Brock muttered to himself.
"Brock, with two Gamma Dragons on the field, you'll never win. Admit defeat," tease Tristan. He grinned from ear to ear. Brock knew he was in a dilemma, but he would not be defeated and lose his status as the champion of the neighborhood.
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Misty and Aya walked down the street, talking about all sorts of 'girl stuff', i.e boys, makeup, fashions and clothes, that sort of stuff. The mysterious guy skulked in the shadows and watched Misty closely. Misty popped a sucker in her mouth and sucked on it while Aya babbled on about a crush she had on someone.
"Oh my, he's sooo cute! I wish I could get closer and actually talk to him, but he's so busy all the time. He's always working out in the gym and practicing his basketball skills. Misty, what do you think I should do?"
Misty took the sucker out of her mouth. "Talk to him."
"Like I said, I would but he's so busy all the time."
"So make up an excuse to talk to him!"
"What? What excuse?"
Misty shook her head. "Aya, if you would stop thinking about how good he looked maybe you could concentrate on getting to know him. Anyway, here's what you should do."
"I'm listening," Aya chirped.
"Okay. Follow him to the gym and walk up on him. Pretend like you just happen to be out and you bumped into him, though. Act casual, don't give off any hints or that might make him think you were following him. Then..." Misty stopped to think of an idea.
"Then... what?"
"I know! He's good with Algebra! Ask him to help you with your Algebra," suggested Misty.
"But it's summer time, Misty. I don't have any Algebra to ask him to help me with."
"Tell him you're attending summer school and you need the help."
"But we'll just be discussing Algebra, and I wanna talk to him. I don't wanna hear 'x over this, and n plus that', I wanna get to know him."
"Then just swallow your pride and fear and go talk to him," Misty popped the sucker back in her mouth.
Aya sighed heavily, wandering what she would do.
"He's right over there," Misty pointed towards a card shop (not the Turtle Game Shop either). Sure enough, there was a guy standing there purchasing some cards. His height was around 5'10. His golden blonde hair was brushed into lots of wild plats. He had deep, ocean blue eyes that Aya deemed 'enchanting and mesmerizing'.
"Aww... he looks so cute in those red and white windsuit pants and the red shirt," Aya begn to daydream. Misty sweatdropped and thumped her arm.
"Stop waiting around and go talk to him! It's the only way you'll ever get to know him."
"Allright! Allright, I'm going!" Aya took a deep breath and swallowed nervously, then made her way over to the guy.
The guy took the bag given to him and began to walk away but he was stopped by Aya.
"Hi! Morty, how are you? Remeber me, Aya Kristina Corrington?"
"Oh, what's up Aya?" Morty (Jenkins) greeted her kindly. They shook hands. "How are you?"
"Oh, I'm fine," Aya replied. "What about you?"
"Great," Morty answered. "So, what's been going on in your life?"
"Oh, nothing, just everyday normal stuff," Aya giggled. "What's in the bag?"
"Some Duel Monsters cards. They look cool, I can't wait to try them out in a duel."
"Can I see them, please?"
"Yeah, sure," Morty reached down into the bag and pulled out the cards. He handed them to Aya, who began studying the stack of cards. They were mostly magic and trap cards, but a few monsters were strawn about throughout the stack.
"Is this your main deck of cards?" she inquired.
"Oh, no. That's just a side deck. My main deck is in my pocket," Morty replied. Out of nowhere, a young woman around the age of 18 approached Morty. She was wearing a white dress and matching sandals. Her pastel pink hair was pulled back into a high ponytail (the ponytail was crinkled).
"Who is this?" she wondered.
"Oh, uh, this is my friend, Aya Corrington. Aya, I'd like for you to meet my lovely girlfriend Jasmine Cortez."
"Hi, nice to meet you," Jasmine extended her hand out toward Aya. Aya shook hands and grinned like she was happy.
"Likewise," she responded, but inside she shattered. [Oh no, Morty already had a girlfriend! And they have to be close because they're holding hands!] Aya acted calm and continued conversing with the two. As they continued talking, Misty wandered off across the street. She sat down on a bench and sucked on the sucker. The mysterious guy continued to stalk her secretly...
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Meanwhile, Misty's other two sisters, Lily and Violet, were in the den of the house watching a soap opera. Both of them were completely oblivious to what happened to Daisy. Violet snatched the remote out of Lily's hand and turned the tv, then she smiled. Lily looked at her with wide eyes and tried to take the remote back.
"Hey, give me that, it was just starting to get good!"
"Please, that boring piece of trash. There's much better things to watch."
"But, Violet, I was watching the tv first!" Lily countered and made another attempt to snag the remote. Violet threw the remote to her other hand just as Lily reached for it.
"Now, let's see what else is on," she flipped through the channels, then stopped on an action, sci-fi thriller. "Now this is entertainment, Lily."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Whatever, I'll just go to my room and watch tv, then," she said and got off the recliner. She began making her way to her room when the phone suddenly rang. Wondering who it could be, Lily raced over to a nearby phone and answered the caller.
"Hello?"
"Hey, is this the Chase sisters residence?" asked a man's voice on the other end.
"Uh, yeah, why?"
"Good. Hey, Lily, how are you? This is John."
"What's up, John? How are you?"
"I'm not good," he answered.
"Why?"
"Your sister got stabbed by someone," John announced.
Lily's face took on a shocked expression. She nearly dropped the phone.
"Lily, who is that?" Violet wondered.
"Lily, are you still there?" John inquired.
"Uh, um... yeah, still here. What happened? How'd she get stabbed?"
"How did who get stabbed?" came Violet's voice.
"Um, I was trying to find a nearby charge station to give my car a jolt when someone jumped me. She tried to stop him and she got stabbed in the process."
"Oh, no! This is terrible! How is she?!"
"I don't know. I'm waiting on the doctors to come out of the E.R but they haven't yet. Anyway, I think you and Violet should get down here, quickly," John explained.
"We're on our way. Which hospital is she in?" asked Lily.
"It's Domino General," John replied.
"Allright, we'll be there in about 20-25 minutes," Lily hung up the phone afterwards. "Violet, we gotta go!"
"Go where?" answered Violet.
"Daisy's been stabbed, c'mon," Lily grabbed her ignition card off the entertainment center in the den.
"Daisy's been stabbed? Oh my goodness!" Violet exclaimed.
"I know, we need to get down to the hospital..."
"Wait! Shouldn't we try to find Misty?"
"I don't have the slightest idea where Misty is right now, and besides I'll leave a note telling her where we are," Lily said while jotting down a small note.
"Right." Both of the sisters left the house. Before they got in the car, Lily stuck the note on the door, then they got in Lily's sports car. Lily inserted the ignition card into the ignition slot, which started up the car. She then pulled off.
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"Here ya' go, ma'am. Have a nice day," Joey said to a woman. He handed her a bag with Duel Monsters cards inside. He yawned and stretched his arms out, then made his way nto the back of the store where Yugi and Solomon was. They had managed to unpack and organize some of the cards before the customers arrived, and so far what they had on the shelves were holding sufficiently.
"So Joey, how is the sales going?" Solomon asked him while picking up three boxes.
"Everything's fine. See, I told you me and Yugi would have everything ready before the customers flocked inside."
"Yes, but there's still quite a few boxes left to unpack and organize," he said while sitting those boxes down. Then he went over to the large stack and grabbed some more.
"But, Mr. Moto, I'm getting quite hungry. I haven't had any breakfast."
"Yeah, I'm getting hungry too," Yugi chimed in.
Solomon sighed and sat down the three boxes he was carrying. "This better not be a ploy just to get out of here. I still need your help."
"Don't worry, we'll help you. If you let us get somethin' on our stomachs, we could help ya even better then," Joey grinned.
"Go ahead, but don't be long," Solomon said sternly.
"Allright!!" Joey jumped in glee. "I'll be right back!" he raced out of the room. Yugi shook his head at his friend and sighed deeply.
"So, did your friend Tea ever come to town?"
"No, she said she couldn't make it, sadly," Yugi responded. There was silence in the room for a little while, as they both took a break from carting boxes full of cards. Then, Yugi popped a question in Solomon's face.
"Grandpa?"
"Yes, Yugi?"
Yugi paused slightly before continuing. "You know, I've just thought of something that I've never asked you about before."
"And what's that, Yugi?"
"...Who are my parents?"
This made Solomon freeze. For all of Yugi's life, he had taken care of him. Yugi never knew of his actual parents.
"Where are they? What were they like?"
Solomon cleared his throat before speaking. "I knew this day would come, Yugi. I always knew sooner or later you would ask me this. But, it's only natural that you'd wonder. Anyway, your parents were quite rich."
"Rich?"
"Yes, your father was a World Renowned Martial Arts master. He won all kinds of fighting championships and he owned a dojo. He taught many men and women the art of Jujitsu."
"Jujitsu? I've always wanted to learn Jujitsu," said Yugi.
"Really? I didn't think you were the fighting type," Solomon chuckled, then continued with the story. "Yes, your father was a master at the art of Jujitsu and he supported you and your mother by winning the tournaments."
"What were their names?"
Solomon paused for a little bit, then resumed speaking. "Your father's name was Tony Moto, and your mother was Gloria Moto. I remeber when they used to want a child. They used to wonder what it would look like and how it would act."
"What happened to them? Why aren't they here today?"
"Your father received a invite to a tournament for the elite only. Only the best of the best fighters would be participating in the tournament. There would be nothing there but true masters of karate. And your father saw this as an opportunity to put his Jujitsu skills to the test. Gloria did not want him to go, she wanted him to stay here with you. But he told her the winner of the tournament would get 30 million dollars as the prize! He was so excited, and immediately began packing for the trip. Your mother decided to go with him."
"How do you know so much detail about what happened?"
"I use to live in the mansion with them," answered Solomon. "I decided to stay behind and nurse you and watch over the mansion and make sure no thieves would try and steal our goods. Your parents left and made their way to the island in which the tournament would be held.... and they... never came back."
"What?" Yugi was a little surprised.
"The tournament was only suppose to last for 2 weeks, bu many weeks went by and there was no sign of them, or anyone else who participated for that matter. Weeks turned into months, months turned into years, years turned into a decade, and still.... no sign of them."
"Where did the tournament take place?"
"Strangely, I remeber them saying they were heading to a star-shaped island with a little community on it. It was called... the um... Crystal Kingdom."
"Crystal Kingdom? But that's where the new Duel Monsters tournament is taking place!" exclaimed Yugi. "You know, Grandpa, maybe they are still there. Maybe they're stranded and living off scraps and needs someone to find them and help them. What if they are still alive?"
"Nonsense, Yugi. There isn't enough food on that island to last 5 days, let alone 14 years."
"But I can't just deny the fact that they could be alive..."
"They are not alive, Yugi. I know you wanna believe it and I know you wish it was true, but Yugi, they are gone. No one has heard from them or seen them since the day they departed Domino City. Heck, they might not have even made it to the island."
"Grandpa... I need to go lie down for a moment, will you excuse me?"
"Is there anything wrong with you?"
"No, I just need to lie down. I'm tired, I didn't get much sleep last night. Will you be okay running the store?"
"I've been running this store for a year now, I'm pretty sure I can still handle it. Besides, Joey will be back in a minute to help unload the boxes. You go on, get some rest."
"Thanks," Yugi said and ran off to go upstairs to the house. He wished he could just see them at least one time, just to know what they looked like. He wished he could travel back in time and see what they acted like, what they liked to do, etc. Yugi entered his room and closed the door. He layed out across his bed, and began to daydream about his parents. What if they were still alive and on that island? They could need some assistance and he could be the one to deliver it.
[Yugi? Are you there? What's wrong?] Yami's voice pulsed through his thoughts.
[Yami, I don't really feel like talking about it.]
[It could help to talk about it. It's always good to tell someone about your burdens. Let me help you, Yugi. Now, what's the matter?]
Yugi sighed again and decided to tell the spirit. [I'm just wondering. Who are my parents?]
[Your parents?]
[Yeah, just who are they? What do they look like? What's their personalities? Were they smart, outgoing, shy, active, playful, mean, get what I'm saying?]
[Yes, I see.]
[I just wish I could see them and talk to them. If I had one chance to wish for something, that would be it. Either that, or I'd wish they were alive again.]
[Yugi, I know you wonder who they are, but you mustn't let that get you down.]
[Yeah, I guess you're right, Yami. I'll try to forget about it.] Yugi stretched out and relaxed on the bed, trying to ease his mind and forget about his mysterious parents But he couldn't.
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Joey walked briskly down the street. His stomach grumbled and growled faintly. As he neared the pizza joint, a smile grew on his face. He could smell the scent of delicious pizzas all the way on the street. Joey grinned from ear to ear as he walked along, getting ever closer to the entrance. Once he reached the door, he yanked it open and ran inside, but his body clashed with a woman and they both fell to the ground. She had been looking inside the pizza box to make sure it was right, so when Joey hit her, the pizza flew out of the box and splatted on the ground.
"Hey, get off me!" the woman yelled and pushed Joey off of her. "Stupid jerk, what the heck is wrong with you?!"
"My apologies, ma'am, I was in a.... hurry..." Joey's eyes locked on the beautiful blonde chick and stayed there. Her bleach jean shorts clung tightly on her, which really showed up her 'splendid' hips and shape. She wore a hot pink tube top and sandals to match. Her hair was crimped all the way down to her mid-back.
She looked over at her box to find the pizza splatted on the floor This ticked her off. She frowned and began filling with rage. "You moron!! Not only do you knock me over but you ruined my pizza as well!! I should beat you into the floor!!" She stormed over to Joey and snatched him up by his collar.
"Please, ma'am, please! I said I was sorry! I didn't try to knock over your pizza, honest."
"If you really mean that, why don't you go make yourself useful and purchase me another one?" she asked him.
"Well, I dunno if I have that much money..."
"You better have that much money or else I'll bash your head into that wall like that nail over there!!" she shouted.
"Allright, allright, allirght! I'll get you another one," said Joey. The woman released him and Joey walked up to the counter and ordered the pizzas. Afterwards, he sat down at a nearby table and began waiting. The woman was still pissed, but she was calming down.
"Hey, you," Joey called,"what's your name?"
"What's it to you?"
"Nothing, I just thought since we had that unfortunate accident and we're sittin' here waitin' for our pizzas, we could talk and get to know each other. My name's Joey, what's yours?"
"Mai, remeber the name." After the pizzas finished cooking, she took hers and left. Joey grabbed his pizzas left the building.
"Hey!" he called out to her, making her turn around. "Aren't you gonna thank me for buying you the pizza?"
Mai scoffed. "Please, if you hadn't never clashed into me in the first place my pizza wouldn't have never got ruined and I would've been gone away from here a long time ago, so don't come here with that. Now good riddance," she turned and strutted away from him.
Joey scowled at her and walked away in the opposite direction.
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Brock reached out and drew for another card, hoping it was the Ritual Card he wanted and needed. Fortunately, for him, it was the card. He finally drew the Black Luster Ritual Card, and all he needed now was two other monsters to sacrifice in order to complete the ritual. Brock knew the Black Luster Sodier wasn't initally strong enough to take down the dragons, but a little magic can go a long way. Brock drew a few more cards.
"I'll place two cards face-down, and bring out a Ritual Card!" he placed down the cards and brought them forth into the duel.
"A Ritual Card, hunh? I see what you're trying to do. But, I'll destroy your little sacred ordeal before you can get it started. Gamma Dragon 1, attack the Ritual Card, now!" Gamma Dragon 1 roared and prepared to launch the five beams out of it eyes.
"Not so fast! I invoke the magic of the Spellbinding Circle!!" Brock flipped up a face-down card.
"Oh no!" Tristan watched as his first Gamma Dragon became bound by the magic star. It roared as it tried to move, but to no avail. "You've bound my dragon!"
"Yep, and not only is it paralyzed, but the attack strength of it is lowered by 700 points!"
Attack Power- 3500
"It's still stronger than anything you've thrown out so far. If I'm not mistaken, the ritual you're attempting is the Black Luster Ritual, and if you can pull it off, you get the Black Luster Soldier as a reward, but its not strong enough to destroy my weakened dragon. And I've still got another healthy dragon on the field to sack your soldier with."
"Now I'm using Reborn the Monster to revive my Thunder Rabbit, and I play Feral Imp. both in defense mode!" Brock's previously dead monster and Feral Imp materialized into battle.
Attack Power- 1800(Rabbit), 1300(Imp) Defense Power- 1600(Rabbit), 1100(Imp)
"And now I shall use the magic of Brain Control, which allows me to control any one of your monsters for one turn."
Tristan couldn't do anything but gasp.
Brock used the Brain Control card and took control of the unbound Gamma Dragon. "Guess what happens next, Tristan? Gamma Dragon, Quintuple Gamma Ray Blast!" The brainwashed Gamma Dragon fired its beams straight into the other Gamma Dragon, utterly destroying it. Tristan shielded himself from the shockwave.
Tristan's Life Points- 1400
"Ha! One down, one to go!" exclaimed Brock.
The magic wore off, allowing Tristan to regain control of his monster. He stared at Brock, then drew a card from the deck. It wasn't what he wanted, but it would get the job done. He placed it down.
"Cyber Commander, in attack mode!" Cyber Commander loaded into battle, armed and ready to roll.
Attack Power- 1800 (a guess, I'm not sure how strong it is) Defense Power- 1500 (a guess)
"Cyber Commander, destroy the Feral Imp now!" The Cyber Commander raised the sub-machine gun into the air and pulled the trigger, firing several bullets into Feral Imp. The monster howled in extreme pain before shattering, but Brock's life points remained the same.
"Now you have no second monster to sacrifice."
"Wrong, Tristan. I still have my Dungeon Worm. Dungeon Worm, climb to the surface!" Brock commanded. His monster obeyed the order and in a matter of seconds, jumped out of the ground growling.
"You tried to stop it, but you couldn't, friend. I'm offering my Thunder Rabbit and Dungeon Worm as a sacrifice, to create... a superior being(a weird white light sucks the two monsters into the black pot) The ultimate soldier of destruction, I introduce to you the legendary Black Luster Soldier!" White light emerged from the central pot in Tristan's direction, forcing him to shield his eyes. Brock smirked as the Black Luster Soldier began rising from the depths of the pot. The light stopped shining and the soldier jumped out of the pot and landed in front of it. The soldier's golden sword was raised high in the air.
Attack Power- 3000 Defense Power- 3000
"And now...." Brock drew a card from his hands, smirking. "I'm playing Pharoah's Dust to strengthen my soldier. This card gives it 3000 more attack points!"
"What?!!! You've never had that card in your deck before! Where'd you get that?!!" Tristan was shocked out of his mind.
"I did some early morning shopping. New cards hit the stores today, remeber? Along with them came this rare baby," Brock replied. The Pharoah's Dust (yellow, enchanted dust) washed over the soldier, powering it up.
Attack Power- 6000
"Your Gamma Dragon is toast, Tristan. Black Luster Soldier, Thunder Sword Strike!!" Brock yelled, and the monster struck the ground with the sword, releasing a high voltage lightning bolt that traveled the ground. Needless to say, it cooked the Gamma Dragon (it exploded).
Tristan's Life Points- 400
"I told you I could defeat you, and I have. Now you don't have a monster strong enough to beat me. Sound familiar?" teased Brock.
[Brock's right. I don't have a monster that strong. If I had at least four Gamma Dragons, I could've fused them together, but Brock's obliterated two of them already. There's nothing else I can do, except either admit defeat or let Brock destroy my Cyber Commander and finish me off that way. Man, I guess I'm not good as Brock after all.]
"Brock, I forfeit the match."
"You're giving up? But why?"
"Because your Black Luster Soldier is too strong for me to defeat. It's better for me to just admit that I can't win instead of letting you blow me out," Tristan said while picking up his deck, powering down his system. Brock does the same.
"I said I could win and I did."
"Guess you're still the champ around here," Tristan commented while storing his deck and Holochip. "Man, that Pharoah's Dust card of your is awesome! I hope I can find one."
Brock stored all of his dueling things and approached Tristan. Tristan smiled and offered his hand.
"Congratulations, Brock. You won the duel fair and square."
"Hey, don't be so serious, it was just a practice game anyway. "Now, can I use your computer to register myself?"
"Of course, let's go," Tristan replied and headed out to the street with Brock.
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Lily's sports car pulled up at the hospital, and the two women got out of the vehicle. They closed the doors and ran into the hospital, anxious to find out about Daisy's health status. Violet approached the counter (where you ask the nurse about someone at).
"Excuse me, is there a Daisy Chase checked in here?"
The woman began an auto-scan search of any information regarding Daisy. She then looked back up at them and said, "Yes, she just got out of the E.R. She's been transferred to the I.C.U."
"Uh, thanks," Violet and Lily ran off in search of the waiting room and John. Once they arrived there, they saw John at the vending machine getting a snack.
"Hey, John," Lily greeted him.
John looked up and spotted the two women. "Hey, Lily, Violet," he shook hands with both of them and went over to a chair. He seated himself and began to eat the snacks.
"Hey, where's Daisy? The nurse said she was out of the Emergency Room now," Violet wondered.
"Yeah, she's in Intensive Care. She's asleep though, that's why I'm not in her room right now."
"Oh," Violet sighed and took a seat next to John, Lily following suit. "How's she doing?" Violet asked.
"The doctors said she should make a full recovery, given time and all," John replied. Suddenly, a nurse came rushing up to the three.
"Excuse me, are you John Adams?" she asked John.
"Yes, ma'am, that's me."
"Daisy Chase, she's awake. She asked to see you," the nurse informed them.
"Really?"
"Yeah, and remeber, don't get her excited or too worked up."
"I know," John got out of the chair and hurried over to Daisy's room. Lily and Violet followed. Once they reached the room (floor 7, room 403), they walked inside to find Daisy laying on her hospital bed. She was watching the small television in the ceiling. Once she heard the door open, she looked over to see John, Violet, and Lily entering the room. Her face brightened.
"John, I'm so glad you're here. It's nice to see your face," she smiled.
"Hey, there honey. How are you doing?" he walked to the bed, leaned over and gave her a kiss. Daisy returned the kiss and smiled.
"I've been a lot better, for sure. And Lily, Violet, where'd you two come from?"
"John called us and told us you got stabbed, so we came down here to see you," responded Violet.
"Where's Misty? You mean, she didn't have time to come see me?"
"We don't know where Misty is. She's been gone since this morning. We left a note on the door telling her what happened, so I'm sure she'll be by here soon."
"Daisy, how did this happen?" inquired Lily.
Daisy sighed, but before she could tell them what happened, a doctor entered the room.
"Hello, there. I just need to check you and make sure you're still doing good."
Daisy was a little confused. She had just been checked less than 3 minutes ago. "Um, excuse me, doctor, but I was just checked on less that 3 minutes ago."
"Well, you can never check one too many times," the doctor said and chuckled. He whipped out a padd and began scanning Daisy with it. After he ran a scan over Daisy's body, he grinned and put it away.
"Well?" said Daisy.
"I am pleased to report that you are doing perfectly fine and should make a full recovery within two to three weeks."
"Yeah, that's what the last doctor told me, exact same thing."
The doctor chuckled and left the room.
"Anyway, as I was about to say, remeber that boy Misty used to hang around in the 3rd grade? His name was... um, Seto Kaiba?" Daisy began.
"Yeah, I remeber him, he was really cute to be 8 years-old," Violet giggled. Lily and Daisy and even John stared at her and shook their heads.
"Well, as much as I hate to say this, he's the guy that stabbed me."
"Hunh?!" both Lily and Violet were surprised.
"Nah, c'mon, Seto isn't capable of anything like that. He was sweet child," Violet said, a bit in denial.
"He's not a sweet child anymore, and he did this to me. I recognize that face of his anywhere."
(Flashback)
"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.
(End Flashback)
"That dark brown and those narrow, ocean-blue eyes. It was him," she confirmed.
"Oh my," Violet clasped her hand over her mouth.
"Well, what are you going to do?" asked Lily.
"There's only one thing to do, we call the cops and tell them what Seto did. Then, we'll let them take care of it, simple."
Oblivious to them, the doctor was standing outside the door, listening to their conversation...
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At the Pewter City docks, a small speedboat pulled up at a docking platform. The engine shut off and Meilin and Li stepped off the boat. They looked around at their surrounding and sighed.
"Well, we're finally here. C"mon, let's go find Tristan and Brock," Li said to Meilin. Meilin nodded and they headed into the city.
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Ash had got dressed and was now walking down the street. He was enraged at Pegasus. First he kills his mother, then he sets up pranks with her dead body. Ash wanted to rip Pegasus's head off and crush his guts. That silver- haired pervert was going down. Ash arrived at a gun shop on the corner. He walked inside, and approached the counter where a man stood fideling with something in his hands. His back was to Ash.
"Hey, listen up!" Ash slammed his hands down on the counter. The man whirled around a bit surprised.
"Oh, hello... uh, I didn't hear you there, forgive me."
"That's allright, just give me the deadliest firepower you've got. And make it quick, I have something to do," Ash said.
"I don't mean to be nosy here, but just what is it you're planning to do with the gun?"
"Let's just say... I'm goin' on a little hunt," Ash replied.
The man walked over to a glass cabinet with all sorts of guns inside. He unlocked it with a keycard and opened it. He grabbed a Plasma Blaster (a small gun that resembled a Colt Python) and put in a few Plasma Canisters.
"That'll be $340 dollars, sir."
Ash reached into his pocket and gave the man the money. The man took the money and gave Ash the gun in exchange, then smiled graciously at him.
"Thank you for shopping here, have a good day."
"Okay, thanks," Ash turned around and walked out of the store. He put the gun in his pocket and began heading back to the house. Ash had no intention of participating in Pegasus's little championship. He was coming to kill him. Ash was still infuriated at what Pegasus had did earlier. His hands quivered slightly as Ash began to get more and more enraged by the second. Without warning, the earth suddenly began to shake. Ash wondered what was going on. The earth continued to shake. It wasn't bad, but it was bad enough to knock down a few things inside buildings. Then, it stopped. Just as quickly as it came it went away. A bit confused, Ash shrugged and continued heading back to the house, with only one thing on his mind, kill Pegasus.
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Well, that's the episode! How was it? Was it good, bad, average? Please review so I can know how I'm doing. Anyway, what do you think is going to happen now? Mysterious guy continues to watch Misty, Ash had vengeance plans for Pegasus, and just who is Yugi's parents? I'm not gonna tell you anything. Be sure to catch the Episode 05 in about two weeks, or possibly longer, I've got a busy schedule ahead for me, sadly. I'd really love to jump right back in and post the next episode, but unfortunately, my life decided against it. Until next time!