Hicky: Hiya everyone!!! I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh so don't sue, but if you are Kazuki Takahashi feel free to make my series changes.

Trent: Enjoy...

A Fishy Feeling

Dark's prediction about the upcoming duel came to pass rather quickly. After a short time of relaxing in their own rooms another duel vibe came to the Shadow Room and the monsters began to file into the graveyard. It was time to duel once again.

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"I'm curious to see how you combat my denizens of the deep," A topless, long haired hottie said as he played a monster in attack mode.

"What's this?! His creature is under water?" Yami asked stunned. "How do I choose which card to play when I can't even see what I'm fighting?" Again Yami seemed dumbstruck.

"The ocean conceals many things beneath it's shifting surface," Mako said in his serine voice.

"As long as that thing stays submerged, I can't attack."

"I promise he won't stay submerged for very long. HAHAHAHAHA, it seems my ocean-based strategy has taken you by surprise Yugi."

Yami had to get his act together. "I call upon the Horned Imp!"

"Now Fiend Kraken, ensnare him!"

"My Imp!" As the monster attacked Yami tried to make a quick counter. "Attack!"

"Fiend Kraken, end this now," Mako said and his monster crushed Yami's. "Well done Kraken," he praised his creature.

"Your good Mako, a brilliant opening play," Yami said, being the good sport that he is.

"I am pleased you appreciate it... though I very much doubt your imp did." Mako seemed slightly overconfident, which is never a good thing.

"Well, now I know what I'm up against," Yami said as he continued to work out an attack strategy.

"Yes, the mighty ocean commands respect! As do the creatures that inhabit it!" Mako said proudly across the field, almost implying it was he who deserved all of the respect.

"Feral Imp...." Yami said as he began to put his plan into action.

Mako quickly made it clear that Yami's plan would prove to no avail. "I am familiar with your Feral monster, and its electrical attack. So for my next card... I play... my Giant Jellyfish!... Behold!" Though, the monster was under water and no one could actually behold it at the moment.

"I don't like the sound of that!" Yami said looking down at the dark silhouette hidden under the water's surface.

Mako laughed as his monster made a sound that seemed almost if not exactly like a whale, "That is the battle cry of my creature."

Yami, taking no heed to Mako's slight advice went in with his combo. "It will be crying alright, once I combine my Feral Imp with the magical Horn of the Unicorn!" Yami's imp twisted and grew as the extra power was absorbed. "Magic Lightning Attack!" Yami shouted. Unfortunately when he looked at Mako's Life Points they were unchanged. "But wait! What is this? Nothing's happened. Mako still has all his Life Points."

Mako laughed again, glad that his opponent was playing into his trap so easily. "Your strategy has failed Yugi!" Again he laughed.

"How?" Yami asked dumb-struck.

"As a sea duellist I am well aware that water conducts electricity, so I played my Giant Jellyfish. It has the magical ability to absorb all electrical attacks, protecting all of my ocean creatures." He took a short pause before continuing. "And now it's time for my counter-attack. Fiend Kraken, crush his Feral Imp! Crush him now!" Mako waited eagerly for the monster to shatter before laughing and speaking more. "Did you enjoy my Kraken's embrace?" Yet again the ocean duellist laughed. "Do any of your cards have the power to stand against my ocean pets?" Mako asked smugly.

"I have the power of Silver Fang, and I combine him with the magic of the full moon to double his ferocity!" Yami yelled clear and bold across the duelling stadium.

Mako laughed again {causing Hicky to run up and smack him}, "Ferocious indeed, but the moon also controls the tides, causing them to rise, allowing me to unleash my next creature. Arise mighty Kuriosheen!" {Hicky- Leave me alone about spelling here, that's how it sounds}

"What's this?" Yami asked, again seeming to know very little about his opponent's monsters.

"Behold the colossal Kuriosheen. A creature so enormous that when he rises up from the ocean depths he creates his own tidal wave."

"What a beast!" Yami said as the monster rose before him.

"Your wolf is brave Yugi but he will not stand before my Kuriosheen's Tidal Attack!" With that the attack is released and Yugi's wolf is destroyed.

"No! Silver Fang!"

"Gone... but my Kuriosheen's Tidal Attack did more than simply wash your wolf cub away."

"What?" Yami asked before looking at the field. "My land. Kuriosheen's attack has nearly washed away my entire land-based playing field!"

Mako chuckled, "You should consider yourself luck Yugi. In my previous duels, when Kuriosheen attacks, absolutely nothing is left standing in its wake. I think it was quite considerate of my pet to leave you a little patch of dirt to stand on, don't you?.... Or does it make you uneasy to be surrounded on all sides by the sea? All men give pause before the savage power of the mighty ocean... even the greatest of fisherman."

Yami somehow caught onto what Mako was saying. "You mean, your father...."

"My father was a great fisherman. He taught me my love for the sea, but one day the sea... took him. I loved going out on the boat with my father; just the two of us, and the big, beautiful ocean. Never expecting that the sea would turn on us. Suddenly the calm, friendly sea turned into raging maelstrom. It pitched our boat as if it were a toy... When the storm finally died out, our little boat had washed ashore. My father had been right, I had been perfectly safe, but because he had stopped to tie me down he had no time to secure himself to the mast. I thought I had lost him forever... but then I noticed that our lifeboat was missing. I know my father is alive. So I will win this contest, but a ship, and search the seven seas until I find him. That is why I duel Yugi, that is why I must win and you must lose!"

"I understand Mako, believe me, but I still can't let you win." Yami said.

A simple HA was Mako's reply.

"Giant Soldier of Stone." Yami said as be played the card in defence mode. "you may have shrunk my battle field down to an island Mako, but my Stone Soldier still gets a field power bonus."

The move had shocked the sea duellist but he had to keep his cool. "Your massive monster can barely fit on that little rock, let alone to battle with my under sea attack force. And he is surrounded on all sides by the ocean, making him easy prey for... Great White Terror! This savage shark will lead my other sea creatures in an all out ocean onslaught! This is it Yugi, it's over, but you played honourably." The over-confidence was getting the better of him.

"You have been a fair and noble opponent too Mako but I also dual with the fate of a loved one at stake, and I can't afford to lose... I switch my Stone Soldier to attack mode."

Mako was utterly shocked, "attack mode? But why... he cannot attack my sea monsters while they are under water."

Yami quickly corrected Mako's error. "But his target isn't your sea monsters. I'm having him attack a card I put on the field myself... the Moon!"

"NO!" Mako yelled.

"Now Stone Soldier, destroy the moon!" Yami's monster thrust his sword into the moon and pieces shattered everywhere, then disappeared.

"Ahh, ah, ah, what's happening?" Mako questioned as he watched the water flow back toward him and disappear. "The tide, it's going out... but how?"

Yami reminded Mako of something he had said earlier. "As you yourself said before Mako, it is the moon that controls the ocean's tides, its ebb and its flow. So I ordered my Stone Soldier to obliterate the moon, causing the ocean's tide to reverse and recede." Yami's knowledge for terms of the ocean seemed to have grown.

Mako screamed as he realised that it was over for him.

"My Stone Soldier has beached all you sea monsters, you have no ocean left."

"No.... my precious fish," Mako whined, on the verge of tears.

"And now I'll deliver the final blow... I combine my Curse of Dragon card with the magic of the Burning Land card to wipe out your remaining Life Points. Burning Land Attack...... and that takes your Life Point's down to zero."

Mako groaned but recovered shortly after his little episode. "Ahhh, NO!.... Destroying your own moon card was a brilliant and unexpected move Yugi..... hu.... haha. What a grand duel, I salute you my friend!"

"This victory was not easily won Mako, you're a great duellist yourself."

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Back in the graveyard Celtic and Dark stood awkwardly, looking at each other. They double blinked. They were both stunned that neither of them had been played.

Hicky: So review if you liked my job at copying what they said.

Trent: Just remember that Hicky is using both Canadian and American eps for these so they may no be perfect.

Hicky: I had some thing to say about Mako but it's late and I forgot.... and if anyone has been wondering.. Trent is my writer's block.

Trent: Yeah, I'm the one stopping her from writing all the couple, lovey-dovey, hot-rompy sex bits, so HA!

Hicky: They're all going to hate you Trent.... don't worry I got a little something for next chapter.... It involves Yami's certain trait (if you pick up on what it was good, if you didn't re-read the part were he first comes to the Shadow Realm.) and a certain monster. EEEEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHE. I can't wait to write it.

Trent: And please tell Hicky about ant spelling mistakes or grammer mistakes in your reviews.

Hicky: Sorry to ask Leebub, but can you give Dark a black, hard cover, spiral bound sketch book as a gift. I need to get that in there for next chappy too. (o)