The Challenge
"Say what?" said Joey the next day at school. "He thinks his title's being threatened? By some boob with a pigtail?"
"I was surprised too," said Yugi. "But that's what he told me. He even went to challenge him." He paused, taking a second to remember the day before.
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"I'm going to challenge him," said Yami.
Without further ado they were off to the mysterious boy's house. Apparently all the weirdness had cleared out because nothing slowed them down on the way.
Yugi knocked on the door cautiously. It was opened by a nice- looking girl with long hair who must have been about 19.
"Hello," she said with a smile. "How can I help you?"
"I'm looking for a boy named Ranma Saotome. Does he live here?"
"Why yes he does, I'm not sure if he's home now though..." Suddenly there was a crash and a girl's voice screamed "RANMA YOU JERK!". "Never mind," said the nice girl. "Come on in, I'll see if I can get him away from Akane. Oh, by the way my name is Kasumi."
"I'm Yugi."
"So nice to meet you Yugi." There was another crash. "Oh dear," said Kasumi and she hurried off.
Yugi waited patently for a few minutes trying to ignore more crashes, yelling, and screams of terror. 'What are we getting ourselves into?' thought Yugi to Yami.
Suddenly a pigtailed boy appeared before them. "Are you the boy Kasumi said was looking for me?" For some reason there was steam coming off of him and he was dripping wet.
"Yes I am," said Yugi. "My name is Yugi Moto, you must be Ranma Saotome."
"Yeah that's me. So what do you want?"
"Well a while ago I won the title King of Games and I ..." suddenly Yami took over, "and I would like to challenge you so that I can still be worthy of that title."
Ranma scratched his head. "But why me? Games aren't exactly my kind of thing."
"You've entered and won enough strange and diverse contests that I believe you threaten me. So what do you say?" Yami held out his hand.
Ranma thought for a minute then took it. "All right Yugi I accept your challenge, you just name the place."
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"So when are you two going to compete?" asked Joey.
Yugi blushed, "Well Yami couldn't think of anything to compete in so he had to just get Ranma's number and say he'd let him know if he could think of anything."
The others did an anime fall. (Those things are so funny!)
Meanwhile Kaiba who had been listening in the background spoke up, "I might just have the answer to your problem Yugi. Next weekend KaibaLand is opening a new section and if you and this Saotome boy were to compete in it, it would basically be free advertising for me. A competition between the King of Games and someone who he feels threatened by is not something that'll be easily overlooked."
"That sounds great Kaiba!" said an ecstatic Yugi, "I'll tell Ranma right away!"
Kaiba smiled. The real reason he was doing this had nothing to do with free advertising, he had plenty of money and could afford as many ads as he wanted. His real reason was so he could see this Saotome boy in action. If Yami felt his title was threatened by him it was something to look into. Maybe he could show him something to help him defeat Yugi. This Ranma Saotome had to be quite a man.
**Meanwhile**
At the Tendo house a very busty red-headed girl was beating up a punching bag with a series of rapid movements. She had just received the details of her challenge and was already training for it.
Akane watched holding her pet piggy close. "Why are you so worried Ranma? He doesn't seem to be the type you'd worry about martial arts wise. At least not enough to be training this hard this early."
"I might have agreed with you Akane. But when he was challenging me he changed. Suddenly he had a whole different aura. That's the side I'm worried about." She picked up a kettle and poured its contents onto herself. "Besides," said the now male Ranma, "I don't know how we're going to be competing so I want to be ready for anything the guy organizing it might throw at me."
"Who was that again?"
"I think his name was Seto Kaiba. Some filthy rich kid in Yugi's class whose got his own theme park."
Unnoticed by either of the fiancées a person in the shadows moved slowly away.
An hour later the same person was outside Kaiba's office. When he came out it said, "You may know a lot about Yugi but I can help you with Ranma. I'll tell you all his weaknesses and a few interesting facts guaranteed to make this a very interesting competition."
"And who are you?" asked the C.E.O suspiciously.
"Lets just say I have the inside scoop when it comes to Ranma. My first tip'll be free. Make sure whatever you do there's a lot of water involved..."
"Say what?" said Joey the next day at school. "He thinks his title's being threatened? By some boob with a pigtail?"
"I was surprised too," said Yugi. "But that's what he told me. He even went to challenge him." He paused, taking a second to remember the day before.
************************************
"I'm going to challenge him," said Yami.
Without further ado they were off to the mysterious boy's house. Apparently all the weirdness had cleared out because nothing slowed them down on the way.
Yugi knocked on the door cautiously. It was opened by a nice- looking girl with long hair who must have been about 19.
"Hello," she said with a smile. "How can I help you?"
"I'm looking for a boy named Ranma Saotome. Does he live here?"
"Why yes he does, I'm not sure if he's home now though..." Suddenly there was a crash and a girl's voice screamed "RANMA YOU JERK!". "Never mind," said the nice girl. "Come on in, I'll see if I can get him away from Akane. Oh, by the way my name is Kasumi."
"I'm Yugi."
"So nice to meet you Yugi." There was another crash. "Oh dear," said Kasumi and she hurried off.
Yugi waited patently for a few minutes trying to ignore more crashes, yelling, and screams of terror. 'What are we getting ourselves into?' thought Yugi to Yami.
Suddenly a pigtailed boy appeared before them. "Are you the boy Kasumi said was looking for me?" For some reason there was steam coming off of him and he was dripping wet.
"Yes I am," said Yugi. "My name is Yugi Moto, you must be Ranma Saotome."
"Yeah that's me. So what do you want?"
"Well a while ago I won the title King of Games and I ..." suddenly Yami took over, "and I would like to challenge you so that I can still be worthy of that title."
Ranma scratched his head. "But why me? Games aren't exactly my kind of thing."
"You've entered and won enough strange and diverse contests that I believe you threaten me. So what do you say?" Yami held out his hand.
Ranma thought for a minute then took it. "All right Yugi I accept your challenge, you just name the place."
*******************************
"So when are you two going to compete?" asked Joey.
Yugi blushed, "Well Yami couldn't think of anything to compete in so he had to just get Ranma's number and say he'd let him know if he could think of anything."
The others did an anime fall. (Those things are so funny!)
Meanwhile Kaiba who had been listening in the background spoke up, "I might just have the answer to your problem Yugi. Next weekend KaibaLand is opening a new section and if you and this Saotome boy were to compete in it, it would basically be free advertising for me. A competition between the King of Games and someone who he feels threatened by is not something that'll be easily overlooked."
"That sounds great Kaiba!" said an ecstatic Yugi, "I'll tell Ranma right away!"
Kaiba smiled. The real reason he was doing this had nothing to do with free advertising, he had plenty of money and could afford as many ads as he wanted. His real reason was so he could see this Saotome boy in action. If Yami felt his title was threatened by him it was something to look into. Maybe he could show him something to help him defeat Yugi. This Ranma Saotome had to be quite a man.
**Meanwhile**
At the Tendo house a very busty red-headed girl was beating up a punching bag with a series of rapid movements. She had just received the details of her challenge and was already training for it.
Akane watched holding her pet piggy close. "Why are you so worried Ranma? He doesn't seem to be the type you'd worry about martial arts wise. At least not enough to be training this hard this early."
"I might have agreed with you Akane. But when he was challenging me he changed. Suddenly he had a whole different aura. That's the side I'm worried about." She picked up a kettle and poured its contents onto herself. "Besides," said the now male Ranma, "I don't know how we're going to be competing so I want to be ready for anything the guy organizing it might throw at me."
"Who was that again?"
"I think his name was Seto Kaiba. Some filthy rich kid in Yugi's class whose got his own theme park."
Unnoticed by either of the fiancées a person in the shadows moved slowly away.
An hour later the same person was outside Kaiba's office. When he came out it said, "You may know a lot about Yugi but I can help you with Ranma. I'll tell you all his weaknesses and a few interesting facts guaranteed to make this a very interesting competition."
"And who are you?" asked the C.E.O suspiciously.
"Lets just say I have the inside scoop when it comes to Ranma. My first tip'll be free. Make sure whatever you do there's a lot of water involved..."