Episode 3: The journey to Duelist Paradise. Disclaimer: don't own Yu Gi Oh any duh.

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The coin was a tails. "WWWAHHHHHHOOOOO!!!!!" Rhys yelled. The whole school heard that yell. Rhys noticed that he now had people watching, and was eager to say a popular catch phrase. "Tails never fails!"

"Oh well, he is going to die anyway, because I have higher attack points! Attack Barrel Dragon!" "Not so fast!" Rhys said. "Huh???" Daniel looked puzzled.

"It's not often a teacher gets outsmarted by a student!" Rhys said. "What!!!" "You see, I wanted you too attack, so I could put this card to good use." Rhys flipped his face down card face up.

"Rush Recklessly! It increases the attack of my monster by 700, meaning you are now weaker!" "No!" Daniel yelled. His Barrel went to the graveyard, as 600 life points did. Rhys was winning.

"Damn you punk! I aint finished yet. I play Monster Reborn!" From his graveyard he got Barrel Dragon and put it in attack position. "I end my turn" Daniel said. It was now Rhys turn.

Rhys drew a Powerful trap card. "I put this card face down and end my turn"

Daniel drew a card. "I put this card face down," Daniel said.

"OK. Now it's time to try our luck again!" Instantly they flipped the coins. It was tails again that was the victor. " Damn you. Oh well. Barrel Dragon Attack!"

"Not so fast, I flip this card over" Rhys said. He flipped his trap, which was Spellbinding Circle. "Huh." Daniel said. He didn't know what it did. "You know nothing do you"

"You see, with Spellbinding circle, I choose 1 monster. You can't attack, or change your position. In other words, no attack with Barrel Dragon!"

"Fine brat." Daniel said. He was outsmarted. "Your move, but next turn ya going down."

"Yeh whatever." Rhys said confidently. He drew a card. It was pot of greed. "I play Pot of Greed!" he said and laid the card in his Magic/Trap zone. He drew his 2 cards. One was Tri-Horned Dragon, the other Raigeki. He would save them both for later. "I end my turn"

Daniel drew a card. Now it was time to devastate his life points. "I tribute my face down card to bring out the mighty Jinzo!"

"Oh no!" Ben said. "Rhys, trap cards don't work when Jinzo is on the field!" he told Rhys. "Oh crap!" Rhys said.

"I'm activating Barrels effect" Daniel flipped 3 coins all at the same time. One was Heads the other tails. And the last one,

"Heads!" Daniel shouted, and cracked up. Komori Dragon was removed from the field. "Now, both attack his life points!" he shouted. That bought Rhys life points down to 3000.

"Big bad" Rhys said. He drew his card. Rhys had lost all of his confidence. "I put this card face down and end my turn" Rhys looked down. He knew he had lost.

Daniel drew a card but didn't even look at it. "Jinzo attack his face down card!" The cards were sent to the graveyard. "Barrel Dragon attack!" In his rush, he forgot to activate its effect. But it didn't matter. Now Rhys had 400 life points.

"Dammit." Said Rhys. He had suffered an other attack to his life points. He had a scarce amount of life points left. "Damn" Rhys said again. The blow of his life points again caused trouble. With a tinny amount of life points left, he was still wondering how he could beat him. Then he drew his card. "This cards going to have to be a good one for my family sake." He thought. He closed his eyes and drew the card. It was a Flute of Summoning Dragon!

Yes! Rhys thought as he looked at the card. "I play Lord of D in attack mode. I also play, the flute of Summoning Dragon!" Ben placed his Tri Horned and Blue Eyes on to the field.

"What! I don't believe it! A Blue Eyes! No Way!" Daniel said in Disbelief. It was impossible! He was the only one. Oh well. I'll still win he thought in his mind, but his body had already given up. His hand reached towards his deck. No I can't do this! He thought.

" I now play Ultimate offering and tribute Lord of D for Judge Man. I now activate Raigeki!" He shouted. He had won.

"Now the finishing blows, all attack his life points!" Minus his life points by 8050, had made him the winner. "Excellent duel" Daniel said and gave Rhys a handshake. "Until next time!" Rhys said. They both left, after an incredible duel. They got to go home early, and Rhys went to Ben's house.

Steve stood there looking worried. "Ben! The tournament date has been changed! You have 2 hours to get to the airport!" he shouted "Shit!" Ben said. He then turned to Rhys. "Get your bags and tell your parents! Meet here in an hour ok!" "Sure!" Rhys said as he jetted out of the house. "Are you coming with us dad?" Ben asked his father. He nodded. "Indeed. Although I can't enter I have to go there to announce a secret to the men behind the tournament. I'll be there for a short while. But not the whole time."

In an hour, not only did Rhys showed up, but Nick as well. He was slightly embarrassed but that soon passed. While they were watching TV, they got some badge carries to hold their badges. They were pretty nifty. You even got a rare card, which only benefited Nick as he got Marudaring Captain.

They left to the airport in Ben's good car. While they manly talked, when they turned it to the Duel Monsters channel everyone was silent. They read a list out of the entire duelist who where attending. To their surprise, they were going to be no cabins. They would be out in the wild. What surprised them more was that they did call out Rhys name. Apparently they had changed Stevens name when they found out.

They arrived at the airport with half an hour till the plane left. They took out their sleeping bags and their other gear. They lugged them to the docking bay, were they were boarding. As they were boarding, Ben noticed a strange man watching them. He looked like an ancient Egypt pharaoh. He tugged on Rhys shirt and pointed to be the man stood. He was now gone.

They were on a special plane because of were they were going. There were baths, movie cinemas for every cabin. Free room service. There was even a room for trading and dueling. While Rhys kicked back and watched a movie. Ben stood in his leather black clothes with chains, in the corner silent. Who was that man? He thought.

Nick had gone to the dueling room. It was quite incredible. But what really caught his attention was ". Lauren!" he said. She immediately looked. She was undeniably beautiful. She wore a Leather tank top, and had Brown eyes exactly like Nicks. She had long shiny brown hair, and a very good figure. She wore very small denim shorts.

"Nick!" she yelled and ran over to him and gave him a hug. "It's been 5 years now hasn't it been." They had been friends, until in year 5 Nick moved. Nick decided to show her to hi9s cabin, saying that he had friends and that she could stay with them. Not able to refuse, she tagged along with Nick.

They entered the room. Both Ben and Rhys went to look who was there. Rhys went psycho. He walked up to Lauren and was going crazy. "Goo Goo ga ga!' Rhys was babbling like a baby while spit was coming out his mouth.

Suddenly Rhys was not doing that but being introduced. Ben had little idea of what was happening; because he had his eyes closed and was thinking about something. "And this is Ben" Nick said pointing to Ben.

Hearing his name, Ben opened his eyes. He saw a pretty girl standing there. Suddenly his legs stiffened a bit and he had a tiny bit of a blush. That changed when Lauren looked at him as well. For about a minute they just stood there staring into each other's eyes.

Thoughts crossed both of their minds, but they had quite a difference. While Lauren was thinking this guy is kind of cute, he was thinking how come he was so nervous. However when Lauren did a blow kiss to Ben, he couldn't take it. He went Beetroot red, and his body stiffened like a rock. Ben left the room.

While the reason of leaving was still a mystery for Rhys, Nick and Lauren, that still didn't stop them from having fun. They still hadn't seen a sign of Ben for an hour, and Rhys got worried. He knocked on the bathroom door. "Come in" said Ben.

Rhys entered the room. He saw Ben staring into the mirror. Why do I get all nervous when I'm with her? I never felt like this before, I know we all get crushes but for some reason, I don't think it's that. I just need to clear my mind.

" Hey Rhys" Ben started to say. But Rhys interrupted. "She said she liked you while you were inhere" Rhys told him. Ben blushed for a second. "Do you like her?" Rhys started to ask, but Ben was silent for a while. He couldn't make up his mind. "Yes" he said as he closed his eyes, gritting his teeth.

"I thought so!" Rhys said. "Can I trust you with that?" Ben was questioning Rhys. Rhys wanted to keep Ben's trust, and there was only one way to answer. "Sorry Ben. I've never been good at keeping secrets." He said. Ben got pissed.

What the hell! Thought Rhys. Ben looked really angry. Wrong answer. Ben grabbed him by the shirt and lifted him against the wall. He then threw him to the ground. No! Ben's mind thought, but his body felt different. Rhys was of the ground now. Rhys got up and punched Ben in the face 1, 2 and 3 times. Ben fell to the floor. Rhys just thought about what he had done, and was amazed at their behavior.

Soon they both got back to their senses, and they started to talk again. "I don't know if you will believe me, but at the airport there was this weird looking Egypt guy." But Rhys once again interrupted. "I believe you, I saw him in the dueling room, then he vanished"

They both got out of the bathroom, to see they had their dinner served. The dinner was quite ludicrous and was very refreshing. They had Lobster and many other expensive meals, only they were for free. The desert was also quite refreshing. They then had a game of spin the bottle.

For this, Steve left and went back to the dueling room. However, thing were different for Ben and co. They were enjoying a game of Spin the bottle, when it was time for Lauren to ask Ben a dare. " I dare you.

You have to give someone in this room a tongue kiss!" she said. Ben went unnaturally pale, and decided to "cheat" his way out. "I'll kiss the table." He said, but it wouldn't work. No one agreed to the thing he wanted to kiss. They pulled a name out of the hat.

"And Ben has to kiss, Lauren!" Nick shouted and cracked up. "Um, guys" Lauren started to speak but they were behind Ben whispering in his ear. "It HAS TO BE PASSONITE BEN!" they shouted. Ben took a gulp, and started to walk towards Lauren.

This can't be happening! Lauren thought. It was true, that he liked him, but kiss?

Shit! Shit! Ben was thinking.

Lauren stood up, and Ben's lips touched hers, soon his tongue in her mouth, as he held her head. For what seemed years, was only a few seconds. Ben broke away fro the kiss, as red as the lobster they ate before. Rhys and Nick had cracked up, and were rolling on the floor. Then the speaker on the plane, started to give its message.

"We will be arriving on the island very soon, but you cannot leave till midday tomorrow. As you exit the plane, you will receive 3 starter badges. Best of luck duelist!' And it stopped.

Lauren apologized for the dare, and they started to watch Scary Movie, that was very funny. After a while they changed into their pj's. Ben wore leather pj's while Lauren wore silk. Nick wore Baggy ones, while Rhys just wore his clothes. When they entered their dorm, there was just a double bed. They had 4 rooms. They picked names out of a hat, and Rhys was sharing a bed with Lauren.

"Oh Yeh!" Rhys thought

"Cool Lauren thought. Ben was maybe a bit more quite than Rhys, but he was too. And by the looks of it he is outgoing too.

Ben his Dad and Nick had rooms to themselves.

When Ben woke up, he realized there was a letter next to his pillow. It said

Dear Ben

I once again apologize for the dare yesterday. But it wasn't real, so does it matter.

If you want to know were I am I'm in the dueling room

I'm leaving straight away when we can, and I'll meet you sometime on the island. Also go look in the mirror, I promise you go red *_*

Cheers Lauren

Ben went to check his face. It was covered with lipstick. Under the red his blush could not be seen, but he defiantly felt it. He got into the shower. And he started to think about the pharaoh he had seen.

Nick was in the dueling room with Lauren, dueling her. "I attack your life points with Harpies pet Dragon!" Lauren shouted. Lauren had won the duel.

Rhys got up to see Lauren was gone. He didn't care if Ben had a crush, because after last night, it was the same here. He still had the taste of her lips on his mouth. He got in the bath.

They all carried their gear to the entrance of the plane, only to see Nick and Lauren had already left. They would catch up later. Ben and Rhys stepped outside the plane.

They had arrived in Duelist Paradise

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On the next episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! :

"I declare the tournament opened!" Yugi said as Fire works went up into the sky. The trumpets were blowing, the dancing girls were here, and it was just like a festival. But what Ben and Rhys couldn't wait to do was to duel someone with the new technology! What a marvelous creation. People were saying. "I'm up for a slice of Pizza!" Rhys shouted and ran off towards he pizza stand. Ben however was looking at the map. "Hmmmm" Ben said.

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