A/N: Boy, have I been waiting to do this for a loooooooooooong time.
Drake: Yeah, I've been waiting- Wait, this isn't the Vacation fic!
Alpha: Er, yeah. I'm kinda pressed for ideas on that one, and, uh, hehehe!
Lara: *holds him back* Drake! This fic will be better than the vacation one he has planned, just let it go!
Drake: But you aren't even IN this one for a long time, after this chapter!
Lara: *lets go*
Alpha: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh. Also, Shayla is owned by Gema J. Gall, writer of some exceptional fics you should check out. I sort-of slightly own the scene at the shop, originally written by GJG. I ad-libbed it, though. I DO own Drake, Lara, Roan, Darien, Dia, and all other original characters you'll notice, so don't pull anything, readers.
Alpha: I also own THIS! The ultra-mega-expensive-and-usable PENGUIN CUTTER, which I bought online! Now I can slice through those-
Roan: Alpha, this says it's a kitchen tool that only Penguins can use.
Alpha: *reads reciept* OKAY, we're going after that guy on E-Bay! CHARGE!
Yami Alpha: *sighs, then puts fic on FFN.*
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Drake Pegasus smiled as he stepped onto shore. Today was the day he was registering for the Battle City tournament, and he was eager to see Yugi and the gang again, for once not at school.
He was also here on a semi-mission: To kick Kaiba's butt and blimp-sized ego. Ever since their two companies had formed the contract of rights, they had been at each others throts. His dad, Maximillian Pegasus, didn't mind it, but Drake was fed up with Kaiba's business ideas.
He had spent days preparing his deck with the new cards he had collected, taking all of Kaiba's new rules into mind. While most of the cards in his deck were completely new surprises, he had kept his three Red Eyes Black Dragons, partially out of his love for them and partially to add to Kaiba's indignity when he lost.
"Ah, Domino, it's always busy." Lara chuckled as she stepped dow, too. She wasn't entering the tournament, but had come for a Duel Disk. She didn't like the new rules about sacrifice, as she knew all of her monsters personally.
Of course, Drake saw it another way. As he had often read, and knew by heart, it was a truly great dragon's dream to be a part of something greater. Others saw sacrifices as murders for stronger creatures. He saw them as fusion without Polymerization, of his Dragons fulfilling their dreams of being greater.
Lara said, when he explained this, that he was a bit too much of a romantic. That didn't stop her from making out later, though. Drake felt it was a compliment.
For those of you who ahve followed the story of Drake's earlier adventures, and are too confused to keep up, let me shed some light.
In the past few weeks, Drake's life had made a complete turn-around. Rather than hating a madman father, he now loved his caring dad. Instead of blushing madly at Lara's revealing attire, he saw the beauty of her new, modest-yet-cool wardrobe.
To put it short, Drake's life was now half full instead of half empty. Optimistic, not Pessimistic.
Drake was wearing a new outfit: Black leather jeans, complimented by a black leather coat like Kaiba's, with a Blue shirt underneath. Thanks to the Tailor of the Fickle, however, the coat could reverse itself into a normal jacket, somehow. His long, spikey red hair had been trimmed a bit: It still spiked forward, but not very much. Lara said it made him look slightly less like a stereo-typed anime charecter.
She also said the outfit made him look like the Anti-Seto, but, Drake smiled as he admitted, that was close to the desired effect.
Lara wore a purple-ish blue tanktop under a light, purple jacket that complimented her soft hair, which reached just below her neck. She had a pair of correctly-sized blue jeans, covering her legs entirely. Ever since she had started living on Duelist Kingdom, she had happily burned her old, tattered outfit she had worn for two years strait.
Drake's right hand was covered by the Millenium Gauntlet, a golden gauntlet
that fit him perfectly.
Lara held around her neck the Millenium Locket, with a new, up-to-date picture of Drake, but also her, inside. he picture had been taken by Hunter.
It showed her gently sleeping on Drake's shoulder, him holding her just as softly, like she was a priceless jewel.
How Hunter had gotten a camera inside their bedroom's TV screen was a mystery, but Lara admitted it was nice.
They reached the shop just in time to see Joey's outburst.
"ONE STAR!? THAT NO-GOOD SON OF A-"
"Actually, it says 4 Stars!" The shopkeeper said hastily, smiling mysteriously.
"Oh, my bad!" Joey grinned sheepishly as he recieved his Duel Disk.
"Hey, Drake! You're here too?" Mai asked. Beside her, Shayla merely moved her head near their general direction. She had been storing her power for nearly a day, meaning her Scales were keeping her at her natural sight of 0/0 front and hindsight. She didn't need sight, however, to smile as her friends entered.
"Ah, Mr. Pegasus! So glad to see you come here!" The shopkeeper said, paying close attention to the screen. " Ever since you pre-ordered these two Duel Disks, my shop's gotten quite a reputation boost!"
"Don't worry about it, I just need one for the tournament!" Drake said, holding the box with both of his hands.
"Hmm, I've never even heard of this card!" The shopkeeper said as he turned the screen forward." Tyrant Dragon..... very.....very interesting."
"It should be!" Drake chuckled, in a slightly snooty tone." That one card's rarer than all the cards combined in my dad's vaul- OOF!!"
Lara rammed her elbow into his stomach. She was doing a very good job at keeping her promise to Drake; not to let his ego reach Kaiba's level.
"4.5 Stars, too! Aside from Mr. Moto here, that's the highest rank recorded in the tournament!" The shopkeeper said in recognition. {At least, until I put in my master's account!}
"And of course, this must be Lara Justina, right?" He asked, before turning the screen around, and staring at it.
"Three Stars..... not too high, but the victory percentage rating is much higher than even Rex Raptor's! In fact, if he focused on technique instead of victories, you'd be a Four! You should do pretty well in-"
"I'm not entering." Lara said sternly.
The owner's mouth dropped, and he looked at the screen as though he were afraid of it." Ms., I highly suggest you enter! Not for the sake of winning, but with the cards at YOUR disposal-"
Lara was already walking out, handing her disk to Croquet and his men.
{Drat! My master won't be pleased.. HOW can anyone with a Blue Eyes White Dragon NOT want to enter? And Three Stars... she would have been easy prey!}
"Hey guy's? Wanna grab a bite a Burger World? My treat!" Drake offered, grinning.
Yugi flushed." Tea's working today...... it might be a little too dangerous."
"C'mon, Yugi!" Joey said," She's stopped writing death threats with ketchup for months! And I KNOW you want to see that outfit again!" He finished slyly, getting a Lara-like reaction from Yugi's face. It seemed to disappear within a third of his hair.
[A/N: Boy, have I been planning THAT joke.]
"I'm up for it. Perticularly with THOSE guys starting to duel." Mai said, sweatdropping as two boys, their faces also found on the Wall of Unwelcomed for the store, started dueling. Very poorly, at that.
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The group cut through the park, leaving Croquet to take the Duel Disks back to Duelist Kingdom.
"So, you're entering because Ishizu told you to? I thought we'd seen the last of her back in the Shadow Realm." Lara said.
"Yeah, she sort of eliminated the choice for me and Yami. People who see the future really shouldn't be allowed to do that." Yugi sighed.
"It's kinda hard to believe that Yami's an ancient Pharoah, but then again, he's never been second-rate before." Drake noted. " The fact that he saved the world from a Kaiba-like person sort of seals the deal, too."
As he said this, Drake looked at the chained medallion around his neck. It was a white rose, impaled by two swords. He had earned it from a very unique trip, one which the others had no idea happened.
As the entered the park, they saw a large group of kids running in the opposite direction. Then they saw Kaiab walk up to them.
"Cowards, surely ONE of them would've dueled- Ah! Yugi, Drake, long time no gag."
"Good to see you haven't changed, Kaiba." Drake scowled. "Kick any puppies lately?"
While Joey seethed at the insult Drake didn't know he had made, Kaiba remarked," In both ways, no. I just came here looking for a challenge. Too bad you seem to be lacking Duel Disks at the moment."
"We just registered, actually." Yugi said, showing his box as he lifted it off the ground. " I think it'll be cool to have another tournament like this! It's a lot more exciting than a regular old tier-based championship!"
"And with you competing, the title King of Games is up for grabs!" Kaiba noted suddenly, shocking the others. They hadn't really thought about that.
"What are you guys doing here?" came a shocked question from the area across. Ryo was there, looking very tense.
"Huh? Ryo? Wha-"
"Listen, you guys, you have to get out of here! It's going to look like something bad happened to me, but you need to-
"What do you mean?" Drake asked, slightly worried. At that moment, what he meant was made clear.
A bright flash of light enveloped them all. Mai, being only a few inches ooutside of the light, screamed.
While Drake was confused, he saw a bright red watch-like object attach itself to his wrist. The others recieved different colored ones, Shayla quickly used her Scales to see what was going on.
And then they vanished. Mai fainted then and there.
And that, is where this story, begins.
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A/N: Not as much as I intended, but not bad for a first chapter!
Lara: I thought you said I wasn't going to be in this for a while!
Alpha: You will..... sorta.
Lara: ?!
Alpha: I've decided not to have previews anymore, because they give away too much. Also, Digimon doesn't have them anyway. R'n'r, and stay tuned!
Drake: Yeah, I've been waiting- Wait, this isn't the Vacation fic!
Alpha: Er, yeah. I'm kinda pressed for ideas on that one, and, uh, hehehe!
Lara: *holds him back* Drake! This fic will be better than the vacation one he has planned, just let it go!
Drake: But you aren't even IN this one for a long time, after this chapter!
Lara: *lets go*
Alpha: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh. Also, Shayla is owned by Gema J. Gall, writer of some exceptional fics you should check out. I sort-of slightly own the scene at the shop, originally written by GJG. I ad-libbed it, though. I DO own Drake, Lara, Roan, Darien, Dia, and all other original characters you'll notice, so don't pull anything, readers.
Alpha: I also own THIS! The ultra-mega-expensive-and-usable PENGUIN CUTTER, which I bought online! Now I can slice through those-
Roan: Alpha, this says it's a kitchen tool that only Penguins can use.
Alpha: *reads reciept* OKAY, we're going after that guy on E-Bay! CHARGE!
Yami Alpha: *sighs, then puts fic on FFN.*
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Drake Pegasus smiled as he stepped onto shore. Today was the day he was registering for the Battle City tournament, and he was eager to see Yugi and the gang again, for once not at school.
He was also here on a semi-mission: To kick Kaiba's butt and blimp-sized ego. Ever since their two companies had formed the contract of rights, they had been at each others throts. His dad, Maximillian Pegasus, didn't mind it, but Drake was fed up with Kaiba's business ideas.
He had spent days preparing his deck with the new cards he had collected, taking all of Kaiba's new rules into mind. While most of the cards in his deck were completely new surprises, he had kept his three Red Eyes Black Dragons, partially out of his love for them and partially to add to Kaiba's indignity when he lost.
"Ah, Domino, it's always busy." Lara chuckled as she stepped dow, too. She wasn't entering the tournament, but had come for a Duel Disk. She didn't like the new rules about sacrifice, as she knew all of her monsters personally.
Of course, Drake saw it another way. As he had often read, and knew by heart, it was a truly great dragon's dream to be a part of something greater. Others saw sacrifices as murders for stronger creatures. He saw them as fusion without Polymerization, of his Dragons fulfilling their dreams of being greater.
Lara said, when he explained this, that he was a bit too much of a romantic. That didn't stop her from making out later, though. Drake felt it was a compliment.
For those of you who ahve followed the story of Drake's earlier adventures, and are too confused to keep up, let me shed some light.
In the past few weeks, Drake's life had made a complete turn-around. Rather than hating a madman father, he now loved his caring dad. Instead of blushing madly at Lara's revealing attire, he saw the beauty of her new, modest-yet-cool wardrobe.
To put it short, Drake's life was now half full instead of half empty. Optimistic, not Pessimistic.
Drake was wearing a new outfit: Black leather jeans, complimented by a black leather coat like Kaiba's, with a Blue shirt underneath. Thanks to the Tailor of the Fickle, however, the coat could reverse itself into a normal jacket, somehow. His long, spikey red hair had been trimmed a bit: It still spiked forward, but not very much. Lara said it made him look slightly less like a stereo-typed anime charecter.
She also said the outfit made him look like the Anti-Seto, but, Drake smiled as he admitted, that was close to the desired effect.
Lara wore a purple-ish blue tanktop under a light, purple jacket that complimented her soft hair, which reached just below her neck. She had a pair of correctly-sized blue jeans, covering her legs entirely. Ever since she had started living on Duelist Kingdom, she had happily burned her old, tattered outfit she had worn for two years strait.
Drake's right hand was covered by the Millenium Gauntlet, a golden gauntlet
that fit him perfectly.
Lara held around her neck the Millenium Locket, with a new, up-to-date picture of Drake, but also her, inside. he picture had been taken by Hunter.
It showed her gently sleeping on Drake's shoulder, him holding her just as softly, like she was a priceless jewel.
How Hunter had gotten a camera inside their bedroom's TV screen was a mystery, but Lara admitted it was nice.
They reached the shop just in time to see Joey's outburst.
"ONE STAR!? THAT NO-GOOD SON OF A-"
"Actually, it says 4 Stars!" The shopkeeper said hastily, smiling mysteriously.
"Oh, my bad!" Joey grinned sheepishly as he recieved his Duel Disk.
"Hey, Drake! You're here too?" Mai asked. Beside her, Shayla merely moved her head near their general direction. She had been storing her power for nearly a day, meaning her Scales were keeping her at her natural sight of 0/0 front and hindsight. She didn't need sight, however, to smile as her friends entered.
"Ah, Mr. Pegasus! So glad to see you come here!" The shopkeeper said, paying close attention to the screen. " Ever since you pre-ordered these two Duel Disks, my shop's gotten quite a reputation boost!"
"Don't worry about it, I just need one for the tournament!" Drake said, holding the box with both of his hands.
"Hmm, I've never even heard of this card!" The shopkeeper said as he turned the screen forward." Tyrant Dragon..... very.....very interesting."
"It should be!" Drake chuckled, in a slightly snooty tone." That one card's rarer than all the cards combined in my dad's vaul- OOF!!"
Lara rammed her elbow into his stomach. She was doing a very good job at keeping her promise to Drake; not to let his ego reach Kaiba's level.
"4.5 Stars, too! Aside from Mr. Moto here, that's the highest rank recorded in the tournament!" The shopkeeper said in recognition. {At least, until I put in my master's account!}
"And of course, this must be Lara Justina, right?" He asked, before turning the screen around, and staring at it.
"Three Stars..... not too high, but the victory percentage rating is much higher than even Rex Raptor's! In fact, if he focused on technique instead of victories, you'd be a Four! You should do pretty well in-"
"I'm not entering." Lara said sternly.
The owner's mouth dropped, and he looked at the screen as though he were afraid of it." Ms., I highly suggest you enter! Not for the sake of winning, but with the cards at YOUR disposal-"
Lara was already walking out, handing her disk to Croquet and his men.
{Drat! My master won't be pleased.. HOW can anyone with a Blue Eyes White Dragon NOT want to enter? And Three Stars... she would have been easy prey!}
"Hey guy's? Wanna grab a bite a Burger World? My treat!" Drake offered, grinning.
Yugi flushed." Tea's working today...... it might be a little too dangerous."
"C'mon, Yugi!" Joey said," She's stopped writing death threats with ketchup for months! And I KNOW you want to see that outfit again!" He finished slyly, getting a Lara-like reaction from Yugi's face. It seemed to disappear within a third of his hair.
[A/N: Boy, have I been planning THAT joke.]
"I'm up for it. Perticularly with THOSE guys starting to duel." Mai said, sweatdropping as two boys, their faces also found on the Wall of Unwelcomed for the store, started dueling. Very poorly, at that.
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The group cut through the park, leaving Croquet to take the Duel Disks back to Duelist Kingdom.
"So, you're entering because Ishizu told you to? I thought we'd seen the last of her back in the Shadow Realm." Lara said.
"Yeah, she sort of eliminated the choice for me and Yami. People who see the future really shouldn't be allowed to do that." Yugi sighed.
"It's kinda hard to believe that Yami's an ancient Pharoah, but then again, he's never been second-rate before." Drake noted. " The fact that he saved the world from a Kaiba-like person sort of seals the deal, too."
As he said this, Drake looked at the chained medallion around his neck. It was a white rose, impaled by two swords. He had earned it from a very unique trip, one which the others had no idea happened.
As the entered the park, they saw a large group of kids running in the opposite direction. Then they saw Kaiab walk up to them.
"Cowards, surely ONE of them would've dueled- Ah! Yugi, Drake, long time no gag."
"Good to see you haven't changed, Kaiba." Drake scowled. "Kick any puppies lately?"
While Joey seethed at the insult Drake didn't know he had made, Kaiba remarked," In both ways, no. I just came here looking for a challenge. Too bad you seem to be lacking Duel Disks at the moment."
"We just registered, actually." Yugi said, showing his box as he lifted it off the ground. " I think it'll be cool to have another tournament like this! It's a lot more exciting than a regular old tier-based championship!"
"And with you competing, the title King of Games is up for grabs!" Kaiba noted suddenly, shocking the others. They hadn't really thought about that.
"What are you guys doing here?" came a shocked question from the area across. Ryo was there, looking very tense.
"Huh? Ryo? Wha-"
"Listen, you guys, you have to get out of here! It's going to look like something bad happened to me, but you need to-
"What do you mean?" Drake asked, slightly worried. At that moment, what he meant was made clear.
A bright flash of light enveloped them all. Mai, being only a few inches ooutside of the light, screamed.
While Drake was confused, he saw a bright red watch-like object attach itself to his wrist. The others recieved different colored ones, Shayla quickly used her Scales to see what was going on.
And then they vanished. Mai fainted then and there.
And that, is where this story, begins.
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A/N: Not as much as I intended, but not bad for a first chapter!
Lara: I thought you said I wasn't going to be in this for a while!
Alpha: You will..... sorta.
Lara: ?!
Alpha: I've decided not to have previews anymore, because they give away too much. Also, Digimon doesn't have them anyway. R'n'r, and stay tuned!