Chapter 5: They meet…face to face

As Misha combed his hair he thought to himself, "How wonderful this is going to be...I wonder what strategies my victims uh, I mean opponents are going to use? Well it probably won't matter…all I want to do is find the one who defeated Kaiba, and get back my place in the sun." Misha then brushed his teeth and headed out to meet up with Pegasus, when he finally got there Pegasus turned around and said, "Misha, I want to introduce you to your task force." He pointed to one of the big guys in the black business suit and shades and said, "That's Kemo, he's the chief of personnel on the island. The only two people he takes orders from are you and me, sounds good huh?" Misha grinned at the thought and asked, "So vat kind of makes me the Law of the Land, vhat I say goes, right?" Pegasus replied, "Yes, that is a bare- boned version of it? Now, how about you say we greet the contestants of our little tournament?"Misha nodded.

Both of them stepped out onto a balcony and immediately Misha saw what seemed to be and endless swarm of people below them, Misha listened as Pegasus gave a little welcoming speech, when it was Misha's turn to speak he said: "Hello one and all, I don't know all of you, but you should know me? My Name is Misha, and in Duelist Kingdom I'm the one who makes sure the rules and consequences are served evenly. If you think any of my actions in this tournament are unjust or unfair, it is either because it is not my top priority or I just don't really care. I'll be keeping my eye on every one of you if I can spare it. I wish you all the best of luck and hope to see you in the finals."

Later on Misha went strolling the grounds of the Kingdom, when he saw a few people up the road talking to each other. He shouted out, "HEY YOU THERE!" they all turned around, "YES YOU, WAIT UP!" Misha called out, running up to them. When he reached them he said, "Sorry for stopping you on the road, I don't suppose you don't already know who I am?" They all looked at him, one of them said, "It's okay, we're not in a real hurry to be anywhere…any way Misha, my name's Yugi." Misha glared at him and said, "Yugi? The same Yugi that beat Seto Kaiba with the Exodia cards?" Yugi nodded Misha then hugged him and said, "Thank you, I've just been waiting for someone to put him in his place, ever so very long." Then he saw the others and asked, "And who are your companions?" Yugi introduced him to Joey, Tèa, and Tristen, at that moment he noticed that Tèa and Tristen didn't possess a dueling glove as well as any Star Chips.

"Wait……you two don't have a dueling glove, you're not supposed to be here. I'm afraid I'll have to have your two friends here removed from the island ASAP." Misha reached into his trench coat and pulled out a walkie-talkie, Yugi argued: "Please let them stay Misha, they won't do anything wrong. I swear on my own grave!" Misha looked them over and said, "Okay, I'll let them stay on face value alone. But one screw up, STRIKE THREE! THEY'RE OUT OF HERE!" Yugi thanked Misha for letting them stay. Before he left Misha asked, "Oh Yugi, I hope this isn't too much to ask? But, could I see the Exodia cards?" Yugi showed him the three he had left, Misha asked: "Where's the rest of them?" Yugi answered, "One of the duelists threw them overboard, my friend Joey tried to rescue them...but he only got these three back." Misha said, "A lot of duelists lose their favorite cards or rarest cards, the question is.how is it going to change your strategy. Who threw them overboard? Maybe I can help you find him?" Yugi said, "It was Weevil, I should of known better than to trust him with those cards!"

Misha went into a train of thought and muttered to himself, "Weevil…Mr. Underwood?! I know where he is, he's back up the road that way and to the left, with that bright green suit of his how could I miss him." Misha watched them head up the road, Misha thought to himself, "What am I doing standing here to my lonesome, I want to see how good this kid is!" and ran after them From a dense part of the trees Misha could watch the duel and stay out of sight, he watched them turn by turn…when Weevil brought he Great Moth to the field Misha said to himself, "Yugi has to think fast now...there's a few combination of cards that I know of that could stop that, which one is he going to pick?"

Eventually Misha saw the final move; Yugi used that Mist- Summon Skull combo. Misha then said to himself, "Not bad, guess Mr. Underwood didn't count on karma. Well, he got vhat was coming to him. Looks like I've found another worthy rivalry at long last. Better watch your six Yugi, cause you're about to meet your equal." Misha's irises glowed white at the mentioning of 'equal'.