Disclaimer: Yes, I own Yugioh… ok, fine, I don't, but I DO own Salam.
Salam: Yes master….
Cori: Bow MUWHAHAHA! Bow I say!
Author's Note: Whoa, thanks for everyone who reviewed and as you guys asked, I shall send up a few plot twists to this nefarious story of mine… This chapter is actually a little boring really and somewhat short (atleast I think so) but it does open up for the next chapter of Malik v.s. Salam in the first duel of the Tournament… I've got the basic idea of all the cards in Malik's deck… Good thing I know a website that shows every move in the Battle City tournament arc… I am thinking of also adding a new character for the duels, maybe a new duelists with machines or something… I dunno… I'll think of something… *snaps fingers* I know… Joey v.s. a Gradius duelist… Dunno what Gradius is? You'll see… On with the story!
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Yugi woke up that morning. Malik, Isis, Rishid, and even Salam went on the same plane and were all greeted by a stretch limo to get to Battle City the easy way. Mai and Joey woke up… well, together… and Tea… simply woke up. She got dressed. Long white stockings, black high heels, a pair of jean shorts that weren't quiet long, and yet weren't that short. She slid inside a long baggy T-shirt… but then took it off and put on another T-Shirt because the baggy one was Yugi's. "Oh god Tea," she hissed to herself. "You shattered his heart. God I wish I could just make up my mind with love… or have something of luck in it…" She was still going to The Battle City district. She wanted to see Yugi, Mai, and Joey duel… even though she was sure that by the time Joey and Mai talked to Yugi, they'd want to see her as much as he did. She attempted to brush her hair down, let it fall to the usual style and she made well. She went on her way... hopefully to meet someone who wasn't in too bad a mood with her…
Yugi got up with a somber eyes and somber attitude. He went to his radio… he turned it on, or atleast was about to make the attempt to, when he heard the news… outside, Kaiba's silver cigar shaped blimp was floating out, signaling today was the day… "Damn it to hell!" Yugi cursed as he sat down, his eyes puffy. All night he cried, all to the point of depression. He was teetering at the cliff, and right now, a few things could send him there. But for now, he was better than he was last night. As he put his puzzle around his neck again, he didn't sense the presence of Yami. Not surprising, Yami could sense Yugi's need to be alone as Yugi went downstairs, taking only a sandwich in the fridge as a breakfast, taking a quick drink of milk and leaving…
"Soon… very soon, Battle City will commence. This is going to dwarf last year's Tournament and make Pegasus's Duelist Kingdom look like a 5 year-old's birthday part in an underground cave, miles below the earth." Kaiba chuckled to himself as he made the last finishing touches on his deck. Every Duel Disk was on in Domino City as he forever watched an anarchy of blinking red lights. He heard a soft click and turned his back to see Isis… his fair Egyptian goddess… and her two brothers, the tall idiot and the shorter idiot…. But there was Isis… she could ride his Nile anytime… but that was besides the point. There was his new Player Killer… perfect… "Isis, Malik, Rishid, Salam, welcome to Battle City…" The limousine and dropped the quartet right in the middle of Domino City where the tournament would be held… each one had their own Duel Disks, while… what seemed to be a hologram of Kaiba appeared… "Kaiba," Malik scoffed at the image of the Duelist in the white trenchcoat. "You're looking anorexic as ever…" Seto merely smirked and retorted, "Well if it isn't the idiot who failed at taking over the world. Taken control of anyone interesting lately… I see by the side-ways glance you keep giving my Player-Killer Salam, you would like to duel him."
"This fool…? He shall help me on my way to 6 Locator Cards and the finals…" Malik looked Salam over and scoffed. Isis however asked, "Tell me Seto, what is Salam's purpose other than removing duelists?" At this question, Kaiba merely looked at as the Blimp was slowly coming over in play… "Why my dear Isis, Salam's other purpose is to get to the finals. He wants to crush Yugi. Of course, to him, he says that he wants to "test" the bearer of the Pharaoh's powers, but as far as I understand, he wants to defeat Yugi, and I want to see it myself…" Rishid's bronze eyes looked on to Kaiba's image, a single eyebrow up in his direction. "You mean to tell me Kaiba, that after being defeated by Yugi so many times, you are not man enough to defeat him yourself…?" Malik put his hand on Rishid's shoulder, smiling devilishly, laughing at his brother's strike at Kaiba's expense, or atleast he did until Kaiba merely said, "Yes, and I'm sure you're not man enough to get a haircut that doesn't look like you got raped by a lawnmower… oh, and Salam, the first duelist I want you to remove is Joey Wheeler…" Salam's eyebrow had it's turn to raise. "Joey Wheeler? It sounds like the name of a Motorcycle..?" Kaiba's thin lipped smile grew. "Good enough as you find him and crush him. But if you want, you may take Malik first…" As the 5 talked, many were still filing in for Battle City.
Joey slipped his Duel Disk on his arm. He set his deck in. He put his locator cards in his pockets. Then… he held Mai's hand as they walked. It was a good thing the two had discovered. Love. Suddenly though, the hands had to let go as they saw Yugi come across the street. Joey attempted something of a conversation. "So Yug, how much guys you gonna crush this year…?" Yugi just walked forever more, seemingly unhearing Joey's question. Mai nudged Joey slightly with a whisper, "Come on Joey, you're his friend. Isn't there anything you can say to help him out here…?" Joey sort of itched his head at that one. "Well Mai, It's sort of hard to give him love advice. He lives for games mostly. I dunno how to…" Yugi cleared his throat as he looked at them both through the eyes of a broken man. "Look guys, I appreciate what you're attempting to do, but, all I need is to express my anger by crushing a few duelists to calm down…" Mai looked a little taken aback by that one. Usually Yugi was a nice guy, even in dueling. He gave duelists respect no matter what level of skill. "Hell," she thought to herself. "He taught me how to act nice. Damn you Tea, what did you do to this kid…" They wouldn't get to ask that question because as soon as Tea showed up, The blimp's coming turned heads of everyone around Battle City's center block and even more so, around Battle City itself.
The Kaiba Corp Blimp with Kaiba's mug on it descended slightly. Malik, Rishid, and Isis came to join Yugi, Tea, Mai, and Joey. There was a silence among the seven, for two reasons. The Ishtars knew who was coming for Yugi, but by the look of his face, didn't want to worry him even more. Joey, Mai, Yugi, and Tea were silent for the simple reason of what had happened between Yugi and Tea last night. Mai kept giving Tea an odd look, something between a glare and a smirk. Someone was among the many duelists. A certain someone with Whitish-lightest lavender colored hair and chocolate brown eyes. A someone with jeans, with a black shirt without sleeves and of course, the Millennium Ring. Bakura's sneer grew slightly… "I sense not a Millennium Item… no, I sense something close to it though. A Guardian's pendant, I think. Is it possible. A fortitude of power is possessed in one of those. Best of all, it will make a nice trinket in my collection of Millennium Items… For now, I shall hide in the shadows, biding my time…" Bakura disappeared into a back alleyway. Malik was the only one to notice him, and he merely chuckled cruelly at seeing his old partner in crime. Kaiba suddenly spoke:
"DUELISTS… WELCOME TO BATTLE CITY! THE WORLDWIDE DUELIST TOURNAMENT IS ABOUT TO COMMENCE! AS YOU KNOW FROM THE INSTRUCTIONS AND RULES I MAILED TO EACH AND EVERY DUELIST, YOU REALIZE THAT TO GET TO THE FINALS OF THIS TOURNAMENT, YOU MUST GAIN SIX LOCATOR CARDS. FOR EVERY DUEL YOU WIN, YOU GAIN YOUR OPPONENT'S RAREST CARD. BUT WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT OF LOSING AND WINNING… I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCT YOU TO…."
Salam appeared at the top of a short building. Many duelists could see the red-haired Egyptian as the sun was in the opposite direction, and in any point, Kaiba's blimp blocked the sun. A pair of Lime green eyes were set on every duelist in the tourament.
"THIS IS SALAM ADUN, MY… INFORCER SO TO SPEAK. HE IS MY ELIMINATOR AND IF HE WINS 8 LOCATOR CARDS, HE CAN ENTER THE TOURNAMENT. BUT I'M SURE NONE OF YOU WILL LOSE TO HIM… WILL YOU? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. OF COURSE, THERE IS ONE THING THAT I STAKE ON SALAM. THE PERSON WHO SUCCESSFULLY DEFEATS HIM WILL HAVE THESE…"
There were gasps everywhere as Kaiba held something up on the screens. They were his three Blue Eye White Dragons… Each Card in a triad…
"WHO SO EVER BEATS SALAM SHALL HAVE MY THREE BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGONS. CRAZY? NO, BUT IF THERE IS A DUELIST GOOD ENOUGH TO DEFEAT SALAM, MY DARK SOLDIER, THEN HE SHOULD GET HIS PRIZE. WITH THAT… LET BATTLE CITY BEGIN!!!!!!"
Duelists scattered to and fro around… Salam jumped off the short building and he starred right at Yugi. He grinned coldly. Now was time to…
"I think not Salam! Before you ever get into the league of Yugi, you first, shall duel me!" Salam's eyes darted toward Malik. Somehow, someway, for some reason, Malik's body started to glow an aura of blue flames as Salam's burned an all red. A single beam fired from both their bodies and met… it was like two powers ready to crush one another. Malik came toward Salam… and spit in his eye… Salam wiped it off, as spectators came, whispering, "Hey, it's that Egyptian guy who made it to the finals last year." "Is he gonna fight the Eliminator?" "Salam has no chance!" and so on, and so forth. They raised their disks as the disks unlocked and clicked, as their holographic projectors fired off. Malik stood back with a cruel smile, a pair of lavender eyes watching Salam under platinum-silver hair. A pair of lime-green iris-hued eyes watched back, Salam flicked a red braid out of his eyes. It was time…
(DUELIST STORY MODE:)
Malik: One Locator Card and our rarest card is on the line for this duel… fool.
Salam: Prepare you rhyming Mother goose. I shall not send you out of the tournament, but rather, humiliate you infront of everyone! Prepare to fall!
Malik: No fool… it is not Prepare to Fall. It's Prepare to Die!
*everyone watched in steamy whispers and quiet as the duel begins…*
A/N: Chapter 1, is a little choppy, but the plot shall pick up as will this duel! That's all for now!