Episode 3: "Duel With A Ghoul!"

Yusuke and Yugi, Spirit Detectives, were sent to Tokyo to uncover a mystery.

(Yes, a mystery, folks! What kind of mystery it is, we don't know!)

(Of course not, it's a mystery. But...I still have to think of what it is.)

Yusuke facefalls.

"What's wrong?"

"Uh...did you hear the Author Dragons?"

"I wasn't paying attention."

"They said they don't even know what our case is!"

"Oh." Yugi helps Yusuke up and they walk down an alley, when they suddenly

run into-(Kuwabara!)-yeah...Kuwabara and Hiei sword-fighting.

"Yusuke! Behind you!" Yusuke turns around to see Sylvia about to bash him

with her Spirit Hammer. Yusuke jumps into the air and fires a Spirit Gun

blast downward.

"HEY! NO FAIR!" Sylvia goes after Hiei with the hammer instead. "LET'S

SEE IF YOU CAN SEE ME EVEN WITH ALL OF YOUR EYES!!!" Sylvia disappears.

"Great, we might as well pass this by."

"Hold on." Yugi gets out a card with Jigen Bakudan on it and summons it.

"Now we'll go." A few moments after walking away...

*EXPLOSION!!!* A cartoonishly burnt Hiei and Kuwabara run into the street.

"THAT'S NOT FUNNY, YUSUKE!!! INTERRUPT OUR FIGHT WITH CRAZY GIRLS AND BOMB

MONSTERS!!! I'LL GET MY REVENGE!!!"

"You, get revenge? You, who likes kitties? You, who's sword fighting is

way too slow for my tastes in matchup?"

"HEY! I was training with you so I could LEARN how to swing faster!"

Hiei walks away.

"Whatever. I'll be in my favorite warehouse."

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Hiei sat on top of a high pile of crates, meditating on how he had not kept

his attention on that Jigen Bakudan and Sylvia at the same time. He listened

to the utter silence of the place and heard a shuffle on the ground below.

He opened his eyes and watched the shadow of someone pass from one stack to

another.

"Hmph, right. If that's you, Kuwabara," Hiei stands up. "then we can

continue your training! If not, I'll have to ask you to leave!"

Silence, with the continued shuffle of movement.

"If you're not leaving, then I'll make you leave!" Hiei jumps down to the

ground and hears a roar. The image of a giant bug passes through him and he

falls to the ground, out cold.

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"Yusuke. Over here! I felt something, like someone else can summon

monsters!" Yugi runs to the entrance of the warehouse. Yusuke stops behind

Yugi.

"Hmm...I remember this place. It's where I fought Hiei for the Shadow Sword."

"Oh. Well, let's go." They enter the warehouse and see Hiei still out on

the ground, with a card beside him. "!! That card! That's the Man-Eater

Bug! There's only one person that I know who has this card." Yugi hears

a laugh echo in the place.

"I suppose you know that laugh, too."

"Yes, it's Bakura!" A ghosted image of Yami Bakura appears in front of

Yugi and Yusuke. He speaks in a hoarse voice, ancient as his spirit.

"You found me quickly. I didn't think that such a common card would be an

easy signature. I also thought that you would have suspected Weevil

Underwood...but then again, he can't -magically- summon a monster, now can

he? Too bad, I'm not all here. I need a body, and I prefer vacant ones.

Once my accomplice arrives, I can perform a ritual to switch Hiei's soul

with mine. Then I can continue my search for the Millenium Items." Bakura

laughs. "It is all too simple. I'll bet even your oaf friend Joey would

have figured it out on his own, too." He stressed 'oaf friend Joey' as

though he was insinuating something.

"I'm ready for you! I'll make sure that you lose!"

"You don't know that for a fact, do you? Well then, it's time to begin."

Bakura holds out his deck. "If you can defeat me in a duel, I'll leave,

and Hiei will awaken. If you lose, I get to use YOUR body instead! One more

condition." Yugi takes out his deck. "IF my accomplice arrives before the

Duel ends, I get Hiei's body, regardless of whether you are winning or

losing."

"Yusuke, I'm gonna have to ask you to hold off our extra guest, and give me

and Hiei the time that we need! I feel like there isn't much to even begin!"

"Right. You take care of yourself." Yusuke dashes out of the warehouse and

sees Kuwabara outside.

"What's going on? Sounds like Hiei is in trouble."

"Yeah, well, we have to stay out here and wait for someone."

"Huh?" Koenma's head appears in the sky to Kuwabara and Yusuke.

"There is a demon on the loose. I don't know where it came from, but it is

definitely headed your way. Uh...uh-oh." Yusuke and Kuwabara look up at the

roof of the warehouse and see a silouette.

"Damn, here already, like Yugi said!"

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Yugi had started off the duel with Berphomet and Gazelle the King of Beasts

fused to create Chimera, the Flying Mythical Beast, while Bakura used a

Morphing Jar in defense position. Having to discard and redraw their hands,

Yugi found he had a card that would never fail him, the Dark Magician.

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Yusuke and Kuwabara looked up at the silouette as a storm began to roll in.

A flash of lightning illuminated the figure. It was a bald...whatever, with

a green, robotic-looking outfit and face mask with red lenses.

"I...it's a Jinzo! THAT is Bakura's accomplice?" The Jinzo extends its hand

and a purple blast surges out at Yusuke and Kuwabara. They both jump aside,

away from each other. Kuwabara leaps up at the Jinzo using his Spirit Sword

to slash at Jinzo, but it waves a hand and he stops in mid-air, too far away

to acutally hit Jinzo with his sword normally but he wasn't stupid.

"SWORD, GET LONGER!" The blade extends and he swings it down Jinzo's front.

Jinzo bursts into a thousand pieces and vanishes.

"Uh, Kuwabara? Think you can extend your sword down here?" Yusuke looks

around in panic as eight Jinzos surround him.

"DAMN! That's crazy! Maybe the real guy is distracting us!" A strange

voice with a tinge of Joey sounds out.

"Dat I am. You see, I took no risks in dealin' wit ya. You can destroy

all da Jinzos ya want, I'll just make more for ya ta fight. Hydra Magic!"

Joey holds up a card. "If you destroy one monstah, it makes eight more!"

Joey laughs. "And, dat's not all. I don't lose an ounce o' strength! So,

now it's time to boogie with Bakura!" Yusuke looks up at Joey's hair...

brown? Joey had blonde hair!

"Wait! You don't look like Joey, so who are you?!"

"I'm glad you noticed. Ya see, I'm not Joey...I am...Hojoey!" He laughs

in his double-nasal tone and walks into the warehouse.

"Dammit! We've lost Hiei!"

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Yugi quite possibly had this match by the skin of his teeth. He and Bakura

were both down to 100 life points and Bakura had no monsters. Yet when he

heard Joey's voice, he froze as Bakura laughed.

"You're too late, Yugi Moto. Now I will be able to switch bodies with Hiei,

and his soul will be trapped in the Shadow Realm. Meet...Hojoey, my

accomplice. I think you'll find that he's got plans for you and Yusuke." A

Jinzo and Hojoey walk into the center of the warehouse.

"Dark Magician! Attack that Jinzo!" Using a blast of dark lightning, the

Jinzo disappears and eight more appear around Yugi. "Uh? What's going on?!"

"Hehehe...how da ya like my Hydra Magic cahd? Dis army of Jinzos will

keep ya stalled while I send da switch! Ritual of Soul Exchange! Swap

the essences of Hiei and Bakura, as I sacrifice all of my Jinzos!" The

Jinzos disappear and the ghost of Bakura fades away laughing.

"NO! HIEI! Joey, stop this!" Hojoey looks at Yugi.

"Joey? I'm not Joey, if ya haven't figyuhed it out. I am Hojoey...and-"

A bright light shines and Hojoey splits into two bodies. The one with the

dark brown hair and ponytail looks around.

"AAH! Time's up! Oh well...I'm going now...BA-IIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!" The other

figure disappears and Joey is left to look around, dumbfounded.

"Uh, what just happened heah?"

"You just used that card to switch Hiei and Bakura!" Joey picks up the

blank card from the floor.

"What was on it?" Hiei sits up and groans.

"I have a headache. Some idiot tried to possess me and cast my soul away."

"Hiei! You're all right! How did you fight off Bakura?" Hiei looks at

Yugi, his eyes seeming to change.

"He didn't...he got cast away after trying to hit me. Now...I'm going to

leave, and if any of you tries anything, I'll not hesitate to use this sword,

or any of the body's powers. And my first issue of business is to get my

Millenium Ring back. So long." Yusuke and Kuwabara run inside the warehouse.

"What happened? All of the Jinzos disappeared and Hiei's not here either."

"AAH! That Bakuku guy won!" Yusuke folds his arms.

"It's Bakura, you doofus. Anyway, I think we have to report to Koenma about

this." (Just then a smokescreen appears!) Big Koenma walks into the room.

"I already heard everything. I know that such a mad quest holds great

importance, but I just found out who the loose demon is! I don't think

you'll like it either. I've got to send you to Italy."

"Italy? What, it possessed the Pope?"

"NO! At least not yet. However...this is trouble. It's stopping on major

points of demon energy, and it's been heading everywhere except for Britain.

I think that it's saving its biggest deposit for last."

"What is it called?"

"Well...it's a monster that rules over reptiles. I don't know its name, but

I hope you can handle it before it absorbs too much power."

"And if it goes ta dat one spot, it'll be too powahful, right?"

"Exactly, Joey. Move quickly, now." Big Koenma walks outside and flies

away using his Koenmatron 5000 jetpack.

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Joey: Man! I can't go wit' em. Dat stinks. (Domon farts!) EEgh. *holds

his nose* Eddyway, botch duh quesd for duh Billeniub Itebs od duh dext Yu-Yu

Yu-Bi-Oh!