Episode 4: Let the duels begin! Disclaimer: * INSERT TEXT*

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Rhys and Ben were staring at the size of the island. It was absolutely huge. There was a castle, a volcano, vast fields, and unseeable terrain. But what really caught their eye was the huge festival.

They walked ahead, and were awaited by an important guy. "Names?" he asked them. "Ben Kubank and Rhys Marshall" they answer. He nodded. "Welcome to Duellist Paradise, I hope you enjoy your stay, make your way towards the festival." He told them. They picked up their bags, and left towards the castle. They were one of the first there, and they were looking for Nick and Lauren. Soon they met up.

This time Ben wasn't silent, to tell the truth, he didn't think he had a crush. He could tell Rhys did though. As soon as they spotted her he went all googly eyed. Ben whacked him over the head. That made him comes back to his senses.

"Hey guys!" Ben shouted out as he dragged Rhys with him over to Nick and Lauren. "So, whose with who?" Ben said. They thought about it. "I want to go with Nick is that Ok?" Ben asked. "Sure!" Nick replied happily. "It looks like you are going with Rhys, Lauren" Nick told her. They looked at each other. "OK!' They both said. But they decided they would stay in the festival for an hour together.

Suddenly all went quiet, and then the sound of trumpets started. A man had come out the front door of the castle. His hair made him easily recognizable. It was Yugi Moto.

Yugi was very well known. In his day, he had won a lot of tournaments. Although his was now in retirement, he still protected the all powerful god cards, which were said to have incontrollable power.

"Hello fellow duellists." Yugi started making his speech. "Welcome to the biggest tournament of duel monsters to exist. I thank you all for coming. As you can see, there will be many things for you to do on the island. We have a wide variety of duelling arenas, and new technology to most of you. Although not exactly "new" it is still very advanced."

"Why some are eager to duel, you won't be able to do that straight away. For that, you need badges. Your names will be called out, and you will come and get 3 badges and $250. I will begin the list now." He said and started announcing names.

Soon everyone had some cash and badges. Yugi had a bit of a speech, until it was time to open the tournament. "The gear you will be using is a duelling arena. It has realistic holograms of the cards."

"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 marvellous 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. "Hamm" Ben said.

Lauren was watching the girl dances. They were incredibly good. They were dancing very fast, and with a lot of style. Funky music was in the background. She couldn't help but notice she was moving her hips. "Oh Yeh!" she said. Then she realized people were being pushed up on the stage. Suddenly she was on the stage.

Nick was looking at the card shop. The keeper of the shop was wearing full white and looked quite ancient. He moved into the back room, and didn't come back. Instead a dude with white hair was there. He looked around and left. Then the shopkeeper came back. He wore a key around his neck.

Rhys was queuing up for pizza, when he saw Lauren on the dance stage. "Wha the." he said. He left the que and was making his way though the crowd. Suddenly he was on the stage, next to Lauren. And they started to dance.

Ben was staring to get hot. His clothes were black, and absorbed sunrays. And leather is hotter than a t-shirt. But his cold chains kept him at a fine temperature. He stopped a looking at the map, and looked at the dance floor. On there was Lauren and Rhys. "Hmmm. Interesting" Ben, said. Suddenly a girl came up to him. She had brown short hair. And she called herself Tea.

Nick was checking out the wide selection of cards. There were some good cards. Nick bought a powerful trap card. Magic Cylinder. He turned around and looked at the stage. It looked like they were having a dancing contest. Nick made his way towards the stage.

Lauren could of never anticipated how good Rhys could dance. They were getting faster and faster, and soon most had stopped to watch. This is so fun! Lauren was thinking.

Oh Yeh! Rhys was thinking. He was now looking at Lauren. He admired her beauty. While starring at her, he lost his focus and fell. He got up in about a second. They started to dance again.

As Ben was being dragged to the stage he cracked up as he saw Rhys stack. Soon Tea and him were on the dance floor. They started dancing fast, but that changed. The music changed to a romantic fast beat suited to the Mumbo. "May I?" Ben asked Tea as he held out his hand. "Thank you" Tea said and held out her hand.

Nick was up on the floor now with a girl called Mai. She had blonde hair. They started dancing straight away.

Yugi was walking along the stage telling some people to sit down. There were 2 people dancing left. That was Ben and Tea. "I declare the winner Ben and Tea!" he said. He put a badge on them, and Ben a duelling Badge. He now had 3.

They were allowed to have another contest, and Ben did. Nick and Rhys however thought different. An hour was up, and they wanted to have some food. They both went to the Pizza stall.

Heaps of people were dancing again. This time they were doing the Military 3 step. They had to swap partners, and soon Ben had danced with everyone. The music stopped, and everyone left. Ben sat down, and was really tire. Nick sat next to him.

Lauren sat down, worn out. Rhys sat next to her.

"I got you this." Nick said. He, have Ben a cheeseburger. "Hey, thanks" Ben thanked him. Nick just nodded.

Rhys handed out a cone. Lauren took it. "Thanks"

After their food, they met up with each other in the centre of the city. Suddenly, they were all called to the stage. Yugi was on the stage. He was handing out duel disks. They were from the Battle City finals. "Good Luck everyone!" Yugi shouted, and most of them were off.

Suddenly the city was deserted. The only people who were left were Rhys and co.

"I guess this is bye for now" Ben said to Rhys. "I will use all my knowledge you taught me Ben," he said.

'Well that was a short reunion wasn't it Nick?" Lauren asked Nick. He nodded. "Don't worry, well see each other again soon!" Nick said. They hugged each other.

The two groups each headed in different directions. As they waved each other goodbye, they knew that they would see each other soon.

Ben and Nick were looking at their maps. They were moving towards a forest.

Lauren and Rhys looked at their maps. They were heading towards a field of ice.

Ben and Nick started chatting. Ben and Nick, took out their bags, and got out their decks. They made a few last changes to their deck, and inserted it into the slot were their decks fitted. Ben was looking though his deck. He made a few changes, but that was it really. Nick didn't change it at all.

Lauren and Rhys inserted their decks as well. None made any modifications to their decks. "Lets do this!" Rhys said. Lauren nodded. They headed off towards the ice field. "It should take us 4 hours, so will be there by 5 o'clock" Rhys told Lauren.

"Ben and Nick looked at the map. They would make the forest soon, but would have to navigate though it to get to the next town. They would have to camp in the woods. It was still only 1:00 and there were a lot of duellists around.

While Ben and Nick were travelling across the road leaving to the woods, a kid jumped out in front of them.

Lauren and Rhys were travelling, when they saw a huge pond ahead. They couldn't swim it, it was too deep. But they saw a kid swim across on something. There was a notice on a sign. It read

Hello duellers.

Although they can't cause any harm, the monsters you summon are quite real. Using your brain, use your monsters to get across.

Lauren and Rhys drew a card from their decks. Rhys played "The Red Eye White Dragon!' He mounted on his dragons back. "I play Harpies sisters!" Lauren said. She jumped on her back. And they flew across the pond.

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On the next episode.

The kid was looking very mean. His eyes were tensed, and he had Purple hair. He had tattoos already, and was very weird and angry. When you looked into his eyes, there was only blackness, and no life. "So Nick, want a duel!" He said. He pulled out his deck. "Prepare to be squashed! Like your little friend!" and he pointed to Ben. "Hey twerp, I don't duel stirfrys." He said. "What! You," He charged at Ben, but Nick stretched his arm out. He came to a halt. "I duel you, for all your badges!" Nick said.

CREDITS:

Me: well that's another episode. Yugi: Yep Me: Hey why are you here! Yugi: . Yugi: For your Millennium story!

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Me: Review!