"Thanks Darien," said Bunny as she leaned against her boyfriend's chest.
"Hey, I said I would bring you back to Battle City and I meant it," he replied.
"You're the greatest," smiled Bunny.
Darien smiled too, "So, what do you want to see now that you are here?"
"Um…how about a duel?" suggested Bunny.
Darien laughed, "Sounds good to me." But at that moment his cell phone rang. "Excuse me."
"Who is it?" asked Bunny.
"Darien! Hi, it's Amy," the voice said at the other end.
"Hi," replied Darien. He mouthed 'Amy' to Bunny.
"Is Bunny with you? Are you in Battle City?" asked Amy.
"Yes, why?"
"Well, there have been reports of some kind of strange attacks. Whatever it is has already killed someone."
"And they don't know what it is or where it is?"
"Right. They're saying it's some kind of wild animal, but I've been doing some research. The claw marks don't match any animal ever recorded."
"Oh…But why are you telling me this?"
"Because whatever it is, it is in Battle City!"
"Oh…"
"Only oh?! You guys could be in a lot of trouble! And after Bunny was attacked the other day by something…"
"Amy, calm down, you know you don't have to worry about us. I'll do anything to protect Buns."
"Just promise me you'll be careful."
"Okay, I promise," said Darien.
"Thanks…"
"Now what?"
"I think Lita, Raye, and I should come down, just in case."
"You don't have to…"
"No, we will. If only to look into these attacks."
Darien sighed, "Fine…Fine…"
"I guess I'll talk to you later, bye."
"Bye Amy," Darien said as he hung up.
"What was that about?" asked Bunny.
"Your friends are worried about the attacks, so they are coming to look into them," said Darien.
"Oh, I can see why they would want to do that," commented Bunny, after some thought.
"Does it bother you?" asked Darien.
"No, I just want to be alone with you," said Bunny, taking his hand. "Now where is a duel we can watch?"
"There's bound to be one around here somewhere," said Darien as they started walking.
They hadn't gotten far when Darien's cell phone rang again.
"I should just turn the dumb thing off," he muttered as he answered it. "Hello?"
"Darien! Is Bunny with you?" asked a very excited Mina.
"Yes she is…"
"Can I talk with her?"
"Sure," said Darien. "It's for you." He handed the cell phone to his girl friend.
"Hello?" said Bunny.
"Bunny! You won't believe what has been happening!" exclaimed Mina, who sounded sugar-high. "I've been hanging out with Joe and his friends, watching them duel and everything. It has been so amazing! Anyways, Yu-Gi and I sort of got separated from everyone else. That's where it gets really interesting…"
"Slow down!" exclaimed Bunny. "I can barely understand you." She had put a finger in her other ear to try to block out the chaos of Battle City.
Mina took a deep breath, but it hardly did her any good. "Okay, so this really freaky mime shows up and challenges Yu-Gi to a duel. But I could sense this really strong magic aura around him. It turned out that there is someone in Battle City who has been controlling people's minds! His name is Marik, and he was controlling this mime. So he and Yu-Gi duel, and the mime uses something called a god card! I mean, this dragon was huge and powerful and wow…It was amazing! It looked like Yu-Gi was going to lose, but then, you'll never guess what happened!"
"Just tell me."
"The Seto Kaiba showed up! The one who is hosting this whole thing! The CEO of Kaiba! In fact, he's still here, not more than ten feet from me!!! He showed up and told Yu-Gi to keep dueling and win, and he did! So now Yu-Gi has this god card! But that isn't the half of it! The mime went really weird. And that what has mean worried."
"Worried about what?"
"He said, but I don't think it was him talking, I think it was this Marik…anyways, he says that he's going to go after Yu-Gi's friends to get to Yu-Gi! That means Joe, Tristan, and Téa are all in trouble! We're right now trying to find them…"
"Mina, first, no more sugar," said Bunny. "Darien and I are in Battle City too, we'll see if we can find you."
"Okay, I'll give you a call when we stop. That way you can find us. This whole Battle City is amazing! But I don't like what this Marik character is trying to do with it."
"How do you think he is controlling people?"
"No idea. Wish I knew, so I could do something about it."
"That reminds me," said Bunny. "Amy just called. She's coming with Lita and Raye to look into the attacks that have been happening."
"See if we can meet them too. Maybe there is a connection between those monsters and Marik."
"Maybe…I sure hope there isn't two sets of freaks running around making trouble."
"I agree. I'll call you if anything else happens. And do be careful."
"Don't worry, I'm fine, I have Darien with me."
"As soon as I find a spot we can meet, I'll let you know. Bye Bunny."
"Bye."
"She seemed hyper, what happened?" Darien asked as Bunny handed him the cell phone.
"Well, Mina is really excite about Battle City," started Bunny.
"She's that into dueling?" asked Darien.
"No, she's that into cute guys." They both laughed. "But she says there's a guy named Marik who can control people somehow. Mina said he threatened to hurt Yu-Gi's friends. So we're all going to try to meet and stop him."
"You always seem to be in the middle of action, Buns," said Darien. "Well, let's go find her then."
"Okay," agreed Bunny.
"I-I-I-I-impossible!" stammered a duelist as he slid to the ground, his life point counter reading 0. "There is no way you can have cards like that!"
"Pathetic," sneered his opponent, claiming his locator card. "Your rarest cards are junk compared to mine."
"T-t-t-those cards s-s-should be banned!" stammered the fallen duelist.
His opponent laughed, "You think my cards are bad and should be banned? There are three cards far worse running around in Battle City."
"H-how?"
"Let's just say, I have connects," smirked the victor. "These cards were a very special gift."
"They break all the rules!" protested the loser, gathering courage.
"They don't break any rules!" laughed the victor. "They don't break any rules, because the one who made the rules made these cards!"
"T-t-that might as well be cheating!"
The victor laughed again and strolled away. "Thanks for the sixth locator card."
The loser stammered more in protest, but nothing was coherent.
"Now, Yu-Gi Motou, it is time for your downfall," thought the winner. "It is time you paid for all the suffering you have brought!"
Dr. Tomoe clicked off the TV, which had been playing the news. "Looks like my experiments are doing their job perfectly." He stood up and walked into the next room. "But, while doing their job perfectly, they are hardly perfect experiments." He put on his lab coat and a pair of comfortable shoes, ready to begin his work again. "But soon…soon…"
"So, those from the far past have revived. The past is repeating itself," thought a figure shrouded in darkness. "Even my servants are already in place. But…But I sense that there are other forces…powerful forces, that are trying to manipulate the present to fit them. Hmm…But I know of them, and they are unaware of me. No one knows me. If these forces wish to meddle, let them meddle. I will merely use them as pawns like I have everyone else."