Chapter 2

The Gambler Cometh.

Will was waking through a plains area of the game, thinking about his duel with Max, and how to defeat him if they ever had to duel again.

"Lets see. I need to find away to match his speed. With those Ambush and Monster Relief cards, I never know when I'm walking into a trap or not. If I only had an Exclusivity Virus or Demon Ward to kill of his Demon's quick and then smack his Life Points..."

Suddenly, out of the silence of the plains, a person yelling could be heard. Will looked to the horizon to see a kid in a red coat and yellow hair (that was standing up), running for his life. Behind him, Will could see many pissed off Duel Monsters.

"What the..." Will began to mutter.

"Daaaaahh! Run for life! Stampede!" The person in the red coat ran in Will's direction.

"What?! Why is the idiot running this way!?" Will turned around and began run for his life as well. The kid in the red coat caught up with him.

"Well hello there!" He said in a calm tone despite the enraged monsters casing him. "My name is Ryo. And yours is?"

"I'm Will. How in the hell could you piss of monsters that bad?!" he said after finally giving the monsters the slip.

"Glad they aren't very cardiovascular fit," Ryo said as he panted. "I've been running for hours."

"You ever going to explain why they were chasing you?"

"A word of advice my friend. Monsters are sore losers at poker."

"You play poker?"

"What?! You mean you never heard of me?! I am the worldly known, universally respected, Ryo the Gambler!!!!!!" he said, striking a cheesy anime pose.

"Never heard of you."

Ryo fell face first into the ground. "I guess you don't watch the new much?"

"Nope. Never watched in my entire life," Will said.

"Well, since we have nothing better to do, wanna duel?"

"Sure."

"I chose the all mighty, uber, 1337ness, pwnage AM-1 Slot Machine for my Deck master," Ryo claimed in yet again another cheesy anime pose. Will facefaulted.

"Fine. I choose Heavenly Knight Perseus."

(Ryo:8000 Will:8000)

"I'll start first," Will said. "I summon Skilled Black Magician(1900/1700) and end my turn."

"First ,I play the all mig..."

"Shut up the dramatic and start playing!" roared Will.

"Okay, geez. Can't a guy have some fun?"

Will did nothing except give him a threatening glare.

"Guess not. I play Witch Hunt! Which destroys all face up Magic User sub type on the field!"

"What?!" Will said with shock. "I thought nobody ever used that card!"

"My deck contains cards that normal duelists would consider useless."

"Makes sense. You play an odd theme my friend."

"Just wait, you haven't seen anything yet. I summon Landmine Spider!"

"Yet another card that normal duelist would consider useless," Will said with a hint a humor in his voice.

"You still haven't figured out the theme I play, and that will be your downfall. I attack directly with Landmine Spider!" A coin appeared in front of Ryo. "I call heads!" The coin jumped upward, tumbling in mid-air for a few seconds before crashing to the ground. "All right! My life point are safe from my Spider's effect!" Ryo said

(Will:5800 Ryo:8000)

Crap! Will said to himself. The duel just started and I'm already down by a lot of Life Points! Maybe I can use Landmine Spider's effect to my advantage.

"I place two cards face down, set a monster in defense mode and end my turn."

"I also place one monster face down and I attack with Landmine Spider!"

"I activate Holy Barrier-Mirror Force, but you still have to use your Spider's effect."

"I call heads again." The coin landed on tails. "CRAP!" Ryo exclaimed.

(Ryo:4000 Will:5800)

"Well, before I end my turn, I play Hurricane, which will return you other set card to your hand."

"Why would you do that?" Will said puzzled.

"To amplify the damage of this Magic card! Revolution! It does 200 damage to your Life points for ever card in your hand."

(Ryo:4000 Will:5200)

"I end my turn," Ryo finally stated.

"I tribute my face down Magic Swordsman: Neo(1700/1000) for Magical Marionette(2000/1000) and attack your face down monster!"

"Roulette Bomber. (1000/2000)"

"Crap, a tie. I end my turn."

"During my main phase, I activate the effect of Roulette Bomber! I roll 2, 6 sided dice, then I choose one of those dice, then destroy ever face up monster on the field that equals that level!" Roulette Bomber's dice landed on 6 and 3. "I destroy all monsters on the field that are level six. Say good bye to Magical Marionette."

"Shit, not good," Will said.

"I shift Roulette Bomber to attack and summon another Landmine Spider! I call tails!" It landed heads. "Crap!"

(Will:2000 Ryo:2000)

"Well," Will said. "It seems we are all tied up now. Not for long though. I play Thunderbolt!"

"Dammit!" Ryo said.

"I set one monster face down and end my turn," Will said.

"I play the Magic Card Ante Game!"

"What?"

"We both choose one card in our hands, then compare the level of the two cards. Magic and Traps are Level 0. And the loser of this card's effect take 1000 Life Point damage." Ryo picker a card in his hand. "I choose my Revolver Dragon!

Will grinned. "I choose Ruler of Heaven Shinato!"

(Ryo:1000 Will:2000)

"NOOOOO!!!!" Ryo screamed. "I have no playable monsters either!"

"It looks like you lose then Ryo," Will said. "I tribute my Saint Magician(300/400) for Black Magician Girl(2000/1700) and attack you directly for the win!"

(Ryo:0 Will:2000)

"Oh well, guess you can't win them all!" he said.

"Ummm, Ryo..." Will said with fear in his voice.

"What?"

"Look behind you."

Behind Ryo were the monster that had been chasing him earlier.

"Oh crap!" Ryo exclaimed and broke off into a run.

"Well, I found the most insane person to ever exist..." Will said.

"HEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPPP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ryo screamed running away into the sunset.