Disclaimer: We do not own Yu-gi-oh, Treasure Island, or Inu-yasha. My brother dreamed this last night, and the two of us are now trying to organize it into a good story.
Duelist Treasure Island.
Chapter One
Golden Dreams
Yugi Mutou and his friends, Joey, Tea, Tristan, Mai, and Serenity were walking down the street to the Sunset Shrine one after noon when all of a sudden, a strange man in a dark coat and broad brimmed hat came running across the street. He was stumbled up onto the sidewalk and ran up the stairs to the shrine. When he made it to the top he slumped down and gave thanks for making it there. Then, as Yugi and his friends rushed up to see what was going on, the man turned to him.
"YOU!" He cried out and leaped to his feet. "You are the answer!" He took scroll from his pocket and handed it to Yugi.
"Hey are you okay?" The young Game King asked.
"You must find the treasure. You must find it before someone else does. Beware. There are others besides myself who seek it." The man said, putting the scroll into Yugi's hands, and then he collapsed. Joey and Tristan wasted no time, they ran on ahead for Kagome's house. Minutes later, they heard the sirens of an ambulance coming down the street, but it was too late. After frequent attempts of trying to revive the mysterious man, they declared him dead. A small crowd gathered to watch the EMT's wheel the body bag into the ambulance, and take it to the hospital.
"Ho horrible," Serenity said, cringing from the terrible sight she'd witnessed. "Who was he?"
"I don't know," Yugi said, "But maybe this scroll he gave us will tell us find that out."
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Minutes later, they all gathered in Kagome's room, where Inu-yasha sniffed the scroll carefully. "Doesn't smell like it's laced with any kind of poisons…It must be safe." Yugi/Yami unrolled it carefully. The first thing he noticed was the symbol of the Rare Hunters.
"The eye of Ra!" Yugi'Yami exclaimed. "This confirms my suspicions. This scroll belonged to The Rare Hunters."
"But what do they want with you, Yugi?" Tea asked. "Battle City's been over for months."
"There's something written on the back," Tristan pointed out.
"It is written in hieroglyphics," Yugi/Yami said. "I will attempt to translate it." He peered at the markings for a long time before he read aloud their message. "It's from Ishizu and Merik."
"Ishizu?" Tea said, "I though they went home to Egypt." Behind her, Serenity touched the spot on her neck where the Millennium Necklace lay hidden under shirt. She had not taken it off since Kaiba's Duelist Ball, and thought of her friend.
"It says," Yugi/Yami continued, "My dearest Pharaoh-"
"Dearest?" Tea looked at the markings. Looked like chicken scratch to her. She scowled at Yugi. "Just what went on between you two during Battle City?"
"Ahem," the Pharaoh coughed, blushing, "My Pharaoh, the gravest of matters has come before us. Since the end of Battle City, The Rare Hunters , whom my brother once held in total control, has been split in two. A faction of them, led by two Rare Hunters named Vash and Viola, seek my brother's life and the knowledge of his treasure ."
"Treasure?!!?" They all exclaimed.
"Yes, treasure," the letter said, "But the second group, which is still loyal to my brother, has hidden it, the only map ti it's location I have sent to you, Pharaoh. It leads the way to a hidden treasure trove of the rarest cards ever made. Do not let it fall into the wrong hands."
"The rarest cards…" Joey mused.
"Do you guys know what those kind of cards could do for my grandpa's business?" little Yugi now said enthusiastically. But the voice of Yami said to him, 'The cards belong to Merik. It would be wrong to take them.' But Yugi protested, 'But he and Ishizu gave us the map. Besides, most of those cards are stolen anyway. 'And that is doubly wrong.' 'What else can we do with it?'
"Uh oh," Joey said, "He's spaced out again. That mean's he's having another one of those freaky conversations with himself."
"At least you don't have to watch it," Kagome said.
"What is it like to se two Yugi's?" Inu-yasha asked from his spot on the bed.
"Weird," Kagome said. "It's like watching someone with two shadows, or a pair twins that can disappear. Worse thing is, I can't understand a thing they're sating!"
"Yugi, what's Yami saying?" Tea said, giving him a quick on the head.
"OW!" little Yugi said, rubbing the sore spot, "He…uh…says it's not a good idea, but we're gonna go for it anyway."
"But you never go against Yami's advice," Serenity said, "You should listen to him."
"Come on, guys," Yugi said, "I've never done anything for myself. And this time, I want to go for the treasure."
"And we'll back you up every step of the way," Joey said, patting Yugi on the back.
"As long we're fair," Tristan added.
"You guys want a cut, don't you?" Yugi asked warily.
"These Rare Hunters sound like bad news," Kagome said. "I don't think any of you should go."
"If they steal a bunch of cards," Inu-yasha mused, "Then they must steal other things, too. Like jewels and gold!" the han-you jumped up and declared, "I'm in!"
"Gold?" Mai said, her eyes already filled with visions of expensive jewelry. "Count me in, too."
"But-" Serenity and Kagome said, but their objections were shouted down by the others. And it was plain to see that the green-eyed monster had already taken hold of them. Even Tea sat and admired her hand as if there were golden rings on it.
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"Come on, Kagome," Inu-yasha said, "When have we ever done anything besides look for Jewel Shards?"
"I thought you wanted the Jewel to become all demon," she said sarcastically.
"I do, but what's power without wealth?"
"You're hopeless," she said.
"Come on," he said, "I've already got two out of three of the best things in life; a powerful sword, a beautiful woman. Now I just need the-" Suddenly, he was hit hard in the back of the head. "OW! Who the-?" But before he could utter the questions of who and why, a heavy stone statue appeared on his head, making him fall to the ground. He looked up, and his eyes found a certain kitsune glowering at him.
"You stinking little-"
"Where have you been?" Shippo demanded. "We've been waiting for you to come back with more of Kagome's modern food."
"Who's 'we'?" the han-you asked. But then Miroku and Songo, with little Kirar, came walking up. "You brought them with you?"
"I see Inu-yasha's in his usual pleasant mood." Miroku said, removing the spell scroll from Shippo's statue. When the statue shrunk, Inu-yasha got up and started growling.
"Don't mind him," Kagome said, "He's just got 'gold fever'"
"Gold what?" asked Songo .
"Oh nothing," Kagome sighed, "He's just worked up about this treasure of Yugi's"
"What are you telling them about the treasure for, stupid?!"
"Treasure? What treasure," said the voice of Ryou Bakura. They all turned and saw him coming towards them.
"Oh great," Inu-yasha grumbled, "Another share of the treasure gone."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Bakura said as he stopped, "I was just looking for Yugi and the others."
"Bakura!" shouted Tea as she ran out of the house, "You won't believe it! Yugi got a map from a dead guy that leads to a secret treasure on a tropical island!"
"You're right. I don't believe it."
"What's that about a dead guy?" Shippo asked.
"Come inside," Kagome said, "I'll fill you all in while you eat."
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Meanwhile, within their hidden stronghold, the Rare Hunters gathered before their new masters. On a dais in a throne like chair sat Vash, a tall young man with wild red hair and eyes that blazed green fire, his chain mail shirt clinked with every deep breath he took. On the stairs below him sat his younger sister, Viola, who's shoulder length, midnight black hair sparked red in the light, commanding respect in her black gloves, boots, and spiked shoulder armor. The doors across from the dais opened, and three of their servants walked in, bowing their heads in shame.
"I take it you have not accomplished your task." Vash's light hearted voice stated.
"No master, when we found his body, he no longer possessed the map."
"Then where is it?" Viola's petite, young voice demanded as she stood up.
"We…we don't know," one of the three stuttered. He started to sweat under her cold, stony gaze.
"Then you must pay the penalty for you failure." She extended her hand, and a pink light glowed around her. Then, flames shot forth from her hand, and in seconds, all that remained of Hunters were three piles of charred ash.
"Someone clean that up," Vash ordered. "This isn't a pigsty." Viola sat down as more subservient underlings hastily cleaned up the remains of their fellow Hunters. She turned to her brother and said. "You must learn to control your temper, sister," Vash said to the girl.
"Forgive me, brother," Viola said sweetly, skipping up the stairs. "But we're wasting time. We have to find Merik's treasure if we want to take total control."
"We have total control," Vash said, "Don't forget that we also need to destroy our competition."
"You mean the 'Pharaoh'," Viola asked, "His power's nothing compared to ours."
"Your forgetting the new keeper of the Rod, too. He's a threat we can't overlook. Nor their pathetic sidekicks."
"This is true," Viola said, smiling, "But how will we beat them to the treasure?"
"Simple," he replied. "We follow them. And once they've done all the work for us, we'll sweep in and take the treasure."
"But how do you know they'll go after the treasure?"
"It's human nature," he said. "It's how we got our gems." he said, holding his pink jewel shard between his thumb and forefinger.
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"Let me get this straight," Kaiba said, sitting across from Yugi and the others, "You were just 'given' this treasure map? The last wish of a dying man? And now, you expect me to 'give' you a boat so you can go sailing off into the ocean to find it?' How dumb do you think I am?"
"Kaiba, it's true!" Yugi shouted, "Look at the writing."
"It's jibberish and chicken scratch," Kaiba said, tossing the map aside. "I've already had enough of Ishizu and her mind games."
"It was her mind games that gave you the Millennium Rod," Tristan said.
"Well I agree with Seto," Serenity said, "I don't want any of you to go on this ridiculous search. I have a bad feeling about it all."
"It's reckless," Kagome said, "And dangerous, and these Rare Hunters are bad news."
"We'll since you put it that way, I'm in," Kaiba said.
"WHAT?!" They all questioned.
"I'm always looking for ways to get back at those Rare Hunters for the trouble they caused me in Battle City," Kaiba said, getting up from the desk. "And I might as well get a fair cut of whatever this treasure is."
"And just what is fair?" Joey asked suspiciously.
"Forty percent," Kaiba said.
"NO WAY!!!" Joey and Inu-yasha protested.
"Well that's the deal. Forty percent, or no boat. You may as well give the map to the Rare Hunters."
"Deal," Yugi said, finally, after a moment of careful consideration.
"Yuge!" Joey cried, "How could you do that?!"
"We need the boat, Joey," Yugi said, "And sixty percent is still sixty percent."
"Yeah but once you split sixty percent ten ways, that's just," Joey looked at his fingers, and counted them off, "Six percent each."
"Awwww," Kagome said, "You paid attention in math."
"'Course I did," Joey said, "I ain't an idiot."
"Could have fooled me," Inu-yasha mumbled.
"What was that, Fido?"
"Security," Kaiba said, pushing a button on the intercom, "Please have Mr. Mutou and his guests escorted off the premises." Within minutes, a troop of goons in suits came bustling in and began to usher them out, to which they all objected loudly. "Wait," Kaiba said, getting up and walking over to them. "She stays," he said, putting his arm around Serenity. "I'll see you all bright and early tomorrow at the docks."
"You big fat creep!" Joey shouted, "Just wait till I get my hands on you!" The group watched as the doors closed on Kaiba's private office.
Duelist Treasure Island.
Chapter One
Golden Dreams
Yugi Mutou and his friends, Joey, Tea, Tristan, Mai, and Serenity were walking down the street to the Sunset Shrine one after noon when all of a sudden, a strange man in a dark coat and broad brimmed hat came running across the street. He was stumbled up onto the sidewalk and ran up the stairs to the shrine. When he made it to the top he slumped down and gave thanks for making it there. Then, as Yugi and his friends rushed up to see what was going on, the man turned to him.
"YOU!" He cried out and leaped to his feet. "You are the answer!" He took scroll from his pocket and handed it to Yugi.
"Hey are you okay?" The young Game King asked.
"You must find the treasure. You must find it before someone else does. Beware. There are others besides myself who seek it." The man said, putting the scroll into Yugi's hands, and then he collapsed. Joey and Tristan wasted no time, they ran on ahead for Kagome's house. Minutes later, they heard the sirens of an ambulance coming down the street, but it was too late. After frequent attempts of trying to revive the mysterious man, they declared him dead. A small crowd gathered to watch the EMT's wheel the body bag into the ambulance, and take it to the hospital.
"Ho horrible," Serenity said, cringing from the terrible sight she'd witnessed. "Who was he?"
"I don't know," Yugi said, "But maybe this scroll he gave us will tell us find that out."
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Minutes later, they all gathered in Kagome's room, where Inu-yasha sniffed the scroll carefully. "Doesn't smell like it's laced with any kind of poisons…It must be safe." Yugi/Yami unrolled it carefully. The first thing he noticed was the symbol of the Rare Hunters.
"The eye of Ra!" Yugi'Yami exclaimed. "This confirms my suspicions. This scroll belonged to The Rare Hunters."
"But what do they want with you, Yugi?" Tea asked. "Battle City's been over for months."
"There's something written on the back," Tristan pointed out.
"It is written in hieroglyphics," Yugi/Yami said. "I will attempt to translate it." He peered at the markings for a long time before he read aloud their message. "It's from Ishizu and Merik."
"Ishizu?" Tea said, "I though they went home to Egypt." Behind her, Serenity touched the spot on her neck where the Millennium Necklace lay hidden under shirt. She had not taken it off since Kaiba's Duelist Ball, and thought of her friend.
"It says," Yugi/Yami continued, "My dearest Pharaoh-"
"Dearest?" Tea looked at the markings. Looked like chicken scratch to her. She scowled at Yugi. "Just what went on between you two during Battle City?"
"Ahem," the Pharaoh coughed, blushing, "My Pharaoh, the gravest of matters has come before us. Since the end of Battle City, The Rare Hunters , whom my brother once held in total control, has been split in two. A faction of them, led by two Rare Hunters named Vash and Viola, seek my brother's life and the knowledge of his treasure ."
"Treasure?!!?" They all exclaimed.
"Yes, treasure," the letter said, "But the second group, which is still loyal to my brother, has hidden it, the only map ti it's location I have sent to you, Pharaoh. It leads the way to a hidden treasure trove of the rarest cards ever made. Do not let it fall into the wrong hands."
"The rarest cards…" Joey mused.
"Do you guys know what those kind of cards could do for my grandpa's business?" little Yugi now said enthusiastically. But the voice of Yami said to him, 'The cards belong to Merik. It would be wrong to take them.' But Yugi protested, 'But he and Ishizu gave us the map. Besides, most of those cards are stolen anyway. 'And that is doubly wrong.' 'What else can we do with it?'
"Uh oh," Joey said, "He's spaced out again. That mean's he's having another one of those freaky conversations with himself."
"At least you don't have to watch it," Kagome said.
"What is it like to se two Yugi's?" Inu-yasha asked from his spot on the bed.
"Weird," Kagome said. "It's like watching someone with two shadows, or a pair twins that can disappear. Worse thing is, I can't understand a thing they're sating!"
"Yugi, what's Yami saying?" Tea said, giving him a quick on the head.
"OW!" little Yugi said, rubbing the sore spot, "He…uh…says it's not a good idea, but we're gonna go for it anyway."
"But you never go against Yami's advice," Serenity said, "You should listen to him."
"Come on, guys," Yugi said, "I've never done anything for myself. And this time, I want to go for the treasure."
"And we'll back you up every step of the way," Joey said, patting Yugi on the back.
"As long we're fair," Tristan added.
"You guys want a cut, don't you?" Yugi asked warily.
"These Rare Hunters sound like bad news," Kagome said. "I don't think any of you should go."
"If they steal a bunch of cards," Inu-yasha mused, "Then they must steal other things, too. Like jewels and gold!" the han-you jumped up and declared, "I'm in!"
"Gold?" Mai said, her eyes already filled with visions of expensive jewelry. "Count me in, too."
"But-" Serenity and Kagome said, but their objections were shouted down by the others. And it was plain to see that the green-eyed monster had already taken hold of them. Even Tea sat and admired her hand as if there were golden rings on it.
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"Come on, Kagome," Inu-yasha said, "When have we ever done anything besides look for Jewel Shards?"
"I thought you wanted the Jewel to become all demon," she said sarcastically.
"I do, but what's power without wealth?"
"You're hopeless," she said.
"Come on," he said, "I've already got two out of three of the best things in life; a powerful sword, a beautiful woman. Now I just need the-" Suddenly, he was hit hard in the back of the head. "OW! Who the-?" But before he could utter the questions of who and why, a heavy stone statue appeared on his head, making him fall to the ground. He looked up, and his eyes found a certain kitsune glowering at him.
"You stinking little-"
"Where have you been?" Shippo demanded. "We've been waiting for you to come back with more of Kagome's modern food."
"Who's 'we'?" the han-you asked. But then Miroku and Songo, with little Kirar, came walking up. "You brought them with you?"
"I see Inu-yasha's in his usual pleasant mood." Miroku said, removing the spell scroll from Shippo's statue. When the statue shrunk, Inu-yasha got up and started growling.
"Don't mind him," Kagome said, "He's just got 'gold fever'"
"Gold what?" asked Songo .
"Oh nothing," Kagome sighed, "He's just worked up about this treasure of Yugi's"
"What are you telling them about the treasure for, stupid?!"
"Treasure? What treasure," said the voice of Ryou Bakura. They all turned and saw him coming towards them.
"Oh great," Inu-yasha grumbled, "Another share of the treasure gone."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Bakura said as he stopped, "I was just looking for Yugi and the others."
"Bakura!" shouted Tea as she ran out of the house, "You won't believe it! Yugi got a map from a dead guy that leads to a secret treasure on a tropical island!"
"You're right. I don't believe it."
"What's that about a dead guy?" Shippo asked.
"Come inside," Kagome said, "I'll fill you all in while you eat."
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Meanwhile, within their hidden stronghold, the Rare Hunters gathered before their new masters. On a dais in a throne like chair sat Vash, a tall young man with wild red hair and eyes that blazed green fire, his chain mail shirt clinked with every deep breath he took. On the stairs below him sat his younger sister, Viola, who's shoulder length, midnight black hair sparked red in the light, commanding respect in her black gloves, boots, and spiked shoulder armor. The doors across from the dais opened, and three of their servants walked in, bowing their heads in shame.
"I take it you have not accomplished your task." Vash's light hearted voice stated.
"No master, when we found his body, he no longer possessed the map."
"Then where is it?" Viola's petite, young voice demanded as she stood up.
"We…we don't know," one of the three stuttered. He started to sweat under her cold, stony gaze.
"Then you must pay the penalty for you failure." She extended her hand, and a pink light glowed around her. Then, flames shot forth from her hand, and in seconds, all that remained of Hunters were three piles of charred ash.
"Someone clean that up," Vash ordered. "This isn't a pigsty." Viola sat down as more subservient underlings hastily cleaned up the remains of their fellow Hunters. She turned to her brother and said. "You must learn to control your temper, sister," Vash said to the girl.
"Forgive me, brother," Viola said sweetly, skipping up the stairs. "But we're wasting time. We have to find Merik's treasure if we want to take total control."
"We have total control," Vash said, "Don't forget that we also need to destroy our competition."
"You mean the 'Pharaoh'," Viola asked, "His power's nothing compared to ours."
"Your forgetting the new keeper of the Rod, too. He's a threat we can't overlook. Nor their pathetic sidekicks."
"This is true," Viola said, smiling, "But how will we beat them to the treasure?"
"Simple," he replied. "We follow them. And once they've done all the work for us, we'll sweep in and take the treasure."
"But how do you know they'll go after the treasure?"
"It's human nature," he said. "It's how we got our gems." he said, holding his pink jewel shard between his thumb and forefinger.
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"Let me get this straight," Kaiba said, sitting across from Yugi and the others, "You were just 'given' this treasure map? The last wish of a dying man? And now, you expect me to 'give' you a boat so you can go sailing off into the ocean to find it?' How dumb do you think I am?"
"Kaiba, it's true!" Yugi shouted, "Look at the writing."
"It's jibberish and chicken scratch," Kaiba said, tossing the map aside. "I've already had enough of Ishizu and her mind games."
"It was her mind games that gave you the Millennium Rod," Tristan said.
"Well I agree with Seto," Serenity said, "I don't want any of you to go on this ridiculous search. I have a bad feeling about it all."
"It's reckless," Kagome said, "And dangerous, and these Rare Hunters are bad news."
"We'll since you put it that way, I'm in," Kaiba said.
"WHAT?!" They all questioned.
"I'm always looking for ways to get back at those Rare Hunters for the trouble they caused me in Battle City," Kaiba said, getting up from the desk. "And I might as well get a fair cut of whatever this treasure is."
"And just what is fair?" Joey asked suspiciously.
"Forty percent," Kaiba said.
"NO WAY!!!" Joey and Inu-yasha protested.
"Well that's the deal. Forty percent, or no boat. You may as well give the map to the Rare Hunters."
"Deal," Yugi said, finally, after a moment of careful consideration.
"Yuge!" Joey cried, "How could you do that?!"
"We need the boat, Joey," Yugi said, "And sixty percent is still sixty percent."
"Yeah but once you split sixty percent ten ways, that's just," Joey looked at his fingers, and counted them off, "Six percent each."
"Awwww," Kagome said, "You paid attention in math."
"'Course I did," Joey said, "I ain't an idiot."
"Could have fooled me," Inu-yasha mumbled.
"What was that, Fido?"
"Security," Kaiba said, pushing a button on the intercom, "Please have Mr. Mutou and his guests escorted off the premises." Within minutes, a troop of goons in suits came bustling in and began to usher them out, to which they all objected loudly. "Wait," Kaiba said, getting up and walking over to them. "She stays," he said, putting his arm around Serenity. "I'll see you all bright and early tomorrow at the docks."
"You big fat creep!" Joey shouted, "Just wait till I get my hands on you!" The group watched as the doors closed on Kaiba's private office.