Chapter: 45: The 8 Finalist.
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The crowd sat around. Food and drinks were being sold for the hot day. Everyone sat around, waiting for the finals to start.
Aeo came up to the entrance. "Ahh, young lady where do you think you're going?" The guard ask.
"Shut up, I'm one of the finalists, Aeo" Aeo snapped, pushing him away.
"Oh..." The guard said, letting her pass. Bakura and Darien came up, passing the guard. The guard let them pass. Then Vice came and he let him pass.
Daniel and Kai had missed the list of finalist but he heard that Kai and him were up in the finals. "So, sooner or later, one of us will have to lose..." Kai said.
"Don't worry, it's just a game. Unless...." Daniel said looking down.
"Unless what?" Kai asked.
"Nothing... It's something that's been troubling me and my friends..." Daniel said.
"What is it?" Kai asked.
"I don't think you've heard of it but there's this card..." He went on. Suddenly an intercom came buzzing.
"Daniel and Kai, please report to the entrance or your places will be replace, I repeat, Daniel and Kai please report to the entrance for the Semi-Finals" The intercom said.
"Nevermind that, let's go!" Kai said, They both ran to the entrance, greeted by the guard who let them in.
"Well looks like everyone's here" Paul said above the top of the stairs. "Greetings. Most of you I know. Some I've never met but I'm sure most of you won't make it through the Semi-Finals"
Everyone looked up at Paul. "Heh, what makes you so sure" Vice spoke out from the corner of the shadow. He then revealed himself.
"No... Way...." Daniel said in his head as his face turned pale white.
"Dan! That's the guy who beat you isn't it!" Kai said in shock.
Daniel nodded. Allen, Mink, and Jess looked at him sternly. "That creep. Why is he here?!" Jess whispered.
"Well, what a nice surprise, one of my employees decides to go on a break without asking" Paul said, unimpressed by his appearance.
"You mean Ex-Employee, I plan to beat you in this tournament, claim your soul, and be come number one gamer of this world" Vice smirked. "But of course I have some old challengers"
Vice looked at the corner of his eye at Daniel and smiled. "Well I see no problem in resigning you. I never liked you anyway" Paul smirked, taking a step down the stairs.
Jess saw Bakura standing away from the group. He looked up at her and smiled, evilly. Jess shuddered. "Now I'm really glad I didn't enter" She said in her mind.
"Vice, I'll be the one to finally beat you. It was not an official duel because it was 3 against 2 last time, but I know I can beat you this time." Daniel growled in his mind.
"But before we start I want to state some new rules about the deck masters in the finals after the Semi-Finals. Only finalists in the finals are allowed to chose their deck masters. Yes you do have to use deck masters and must chose wisely. You can't let a good monster go bad because some strong monsters have weak abilities." Paul said.
"Well, this seems fair. For a person like you" Darien snickered.
"Shut it. Everyone's already heard your stupid comments. You mind shutting up for once?!" Jess yelled.
"Heh, if it makes you shut up" Darien smirked. Jess growled at him.
"Enough with this useless talk." Paul said, reaching the last step. "Everyone is assigned a number. And with my old bingo machine, we'll find out who is dueling each other first"
Aeo looked at them all. It was a shame she was the only girl but she wouldn't let anything stop her. She took a quick glance and Daniel and looked back up at Paul.
Paul looked down at a chart he held.
Paul - 1
Bakura - 2
Vice - 3
Kai - 4
Daniel - 5
Darien - 6
Allen - 7
Aeo - 8
"So, before we start. I'll let you all chill out. We duelist need our rest, you know" Paul said. He then headed back up the stairs and disappeared.
"So, why'd you free me?" Devon asked, behind Daniel.
"Because I didn't want to feel guilty about this. No one deserves to be trapped like that" Daniel replied, turning around to face him.
"I see, well it's good to know I'm joining the good side" Devon said.
"Wow, it's all weird how everyone knows someone" Kai said.
"And who are you?" Allen asked.
"Kai!" Kai said.
"Yeah, Kai kinda saved me from this annoying duelist who tried to pound me" Daniel said rubbing the back of his head.
"Well that's cool." Allen said.
"Yeah, and no matter what, we won't give in to anyone in this duel" Daniel said.
"Right" Kai and Allen both said.
"So, it's cool that we're all making new friends but look what we have on our hands. Most of these guys have a past with us. First there's Bakura. the guy that took over Jess' body literally tried to kill you, Dan." Mink said.
"Yeah, then there's Vice. You haven't beaten him in a 1 on 1 duel yet" Jess said.
"Then there's Darien, the guy that is only after Paul, who knows what he can do to you if you guys get paired up" Mink said.
"Then there's Aeo, the newest bad guy to our list. She already beat Mink!" Jess said.
"And don't forget Paul. You guys have some kind of rivalry going on" Mink said.
"Don't worry, we know what we're doing. We can't let down now" Daniel said.
"Yeah! And besides, we all can count on Dan here" Allen said.
"Heh, enjoy your stay here, all of you. Because I don't back down either. My Guardian Deck has been improved and I'll wipe each and everyone of you guys off the field" Vice smirked.
"Only if you can beat me" Darien smirked from aside.
"Keep out of my mind, unless you want to keep yours" Vice threatened.
"Heh, whatever" Darien said, walking away.
"Now! It's time to start the Semi-Finals!" The judge announced from the top of the stairs. At the top of the stairs, there was a large square box with 8 marbles each with numbers from 1 to 8. "Start bingo machine now!"
Suddenly the air pump started, the marbles started flying into the air, each trying to reach into the tube. Suddenly a marble slid up into the tube and up. The judge picked up the marble.
"Who is it?" Daniel wondered.
"First duelist is Duelist Number 7! Allen!" The judge announced.
"Woo yah! I'm up first" Allen said, throwing a fist into the air.
Suddenly another marble reached up into the tube. "And the duelist number 1 will be dueling Allen, Duelist number 1 is Paul!" The judge announced.
Paul smiled down at Allen. "Good, it's time for our rematch" Paul said.
"Fine! And I'll beat you, you know!" Allen yelled.
"Duelist, please follow me to the Dueling field on the roof" The judge announced Allen ran up the stairs while the other 9 followed. They arrived to the large elevator which lifted them up into the roof. "Duelist take your stations"
The duel field was a large diamond. Paul and Allen stood at two corners with fences incase they fall a 6 feet drop down from the roof.
Everyone else took their own places around. Darien and Bakura stayed to one side. Aeo and Vice had disappeared and the rest stood near the elevator.
"Now! Start dueling!" The judge yelled, raising his hand to Paul to take the first turn.
"You know, I'm going to enjoy this win. You may have won last time, but this time my deck is new and improved" Paul smirked.
"Yeah? So has mine and I've made it all the way here to kick ass!" Allen yelled. "Now! Let's duel!"
"Fine!" Paul yelled as both their life points rose to 4000.
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The crowd sat around. Food and drinks were being sold for the hot day. Everyone sat around, waiting for the finals to start.
Aeo came up to the entrance. "Ahh, young lady where do you think you're going?" The guard ask.
"Shut up, I'm one of the finalists, Aeo" Aeo snapped, pushing him away.
"Oh..." The guard said, letting her pass. Bakura and Darien came up, passing the guard. The guard let them pass. Then Vice came and he let him pass.
Daniel and Kai had missed the list of finalist but he heard that Kai and him were up in the finals. "So, sooner or later, one of us will have to lose..." Kai said.
"Don't worry, it's just a game. Unless...." Daniel said looking down.
"Unless what?" Kai asked.
"Nothing... It's something that's been troubling me and my friends..." Daniel said.
"What is it?" Kai asked.
"I don't think you've heard of it but there's this card..." He went on. Suddenly an intercom came buzzing.
"Daniel and Kai, please report to the entrance or your places will be replace, I repeat, Daniel and Kai please report to the entrance for the Semi-Finals" The intercom said.
"Nevermind that, let's go!" Kai said, They both ran to the entrance, greeted by the guard who let them in.
"Well looks like everyone's here" Paul said above the top of the stairs. "Greetings. Most of you I know. Some I've never met but I'm sure most of you won't make it through the Semi-Finals"
Everyone looked up at Paul. "Heh, what makes you so sure" Vice spoke out from the corner of the shadow. He then revealed himself.
"No... Way...." Daniel said in his head as his face turned pale white.
"Dan! That's the guy who beat you isn't it!" Kai said in shock.
Daniel nodded. Allen, Mink, and Jess looked at him sternly. "That creep. Why is he here?!" Jess whispered.
"Well, what a nice surprise, one of my employees decides to go on a break without asking" Paul said, unimpressed by his appearance.
"You mean Ex-Employee, I plan to beat you in this tournament, claim your soul, and be come number one gamer of this world" Vice smirked. "But of course I have some old challengers"
Vice looked at the corner of his eye at Daniel and smiled. "Well I see no problem in resigning you. I never liked you anyway" Paul smirked, taking a step down the stairs.
Jess saw Bakura standing away from the group. He looked up at her and smiled, evilly. Jess shuddered. "Now I'm really glad I didn't enter" She said in her mind.
"Vice, I'll be the one to finally beat you. It was not an official duel because it was 3 against 2 last time, but I know I can beat you this time." Daniel growled in his mind.
"But before we start I want to state some new rules about the deck masters in the finals after the Semi-Finals. Only finalists in the finals are allowed to chose their deck masters. Yes you do have to use deck masters and must chose wisely. You can't let a good monster go bad because some strong monsters have weak abilities." Paul said.
"Well, this seems fair. For a person like you" Darien snickered.
"Shut it. Everyone's already heard your stupid comments. You mind shutting up for once?!" Jess yelled.
"Heh, if it makes you shut up" Darien smirked. Jess growled at him.
"Enough with this useless talk." Paul said, reaching the last step. "Everyone is assigned a number. And with my old bingo machine, we'll find out who is dueling each other first"
Aeo looked at them all. It was a shame she was the only girl but she wouldn't let anything stop her. She took a quick glance and Daniel and looked back up at Paul.
Paul looked down at a chart he held.
Paul - 1
Bakura - 2
Vice - 3
Kai - 4
Daniel - 5
Darien - 6
Allen - 7
Aeo - 8
"So, before we start. I'll let you all chill out. We duelist need our rest, you know" Paul said. He then headed back up the stairs and disappeared.
"So, why'd you free me?" Devon asked, behind Daniel.
"Because I didn't want to feel guilty about this. No one deserves to be trapped like that" Daniel replied, turning around to face him.
"I see, well it's good to know I'm joining the good side" Devon said.
"Wow, it's all weird how everyone knows someone" Kai said.
"And who are you?" Allen asked.
"Kai!" Kai said.
"Yeah, Kai kinda saved me from this annoying duelist who tried to pound me" Daniel said rubbing the back of his head.
"Well that's cool." Allen said.
"Yeah, and no matter what, we won't give in to anyone in this duel" Daniel said.
"Right" Kai and Allen both said.
"So, it's cool that we're all making new friends but look what we have on our hands. Most of these guys have a past with us. First there's Bakura. the guy that took over Jess' body literally tried to kill you, Dan." Mink said.
"Yeah, then there's Vice. You haven't beaten him in a 1 on 1 duel yet" Jess said.
"Then there's Darien, the guy that is only after Paul, who knows what he can do to you if you guys get paired up" Mink said.
"Then there's Aeo, the newest bad guy to our list. She already beat Mink!" Jess said.
"And don't forget Paul. You guys have some kind of rivalry going on" Mink said.
"Don't worry, we know what we're doing. We can't let down now" Daniel said.
"Yeah! And besides, we all can count on Dan here" Allen said.
"Heh, enjoy your stay here, all of you. Because I don't back down either. My Guardian Deck has been improved and I'll wipe each and everyone of you guys off the field" Vice smirked.
"Only if you can beat me" Darien smirked from aside.
"Keep out of my mind, unless you want to keep yours" Vice threatened.
"Heh, whatever" Darien said, walking away.
"Now! It's time to start the Semi-Finals!" The judge announced from the top of the stairs. At the top of the stairs, there was a large square box with 8 marbles each with numbers from 1 to 8. "Start bingo machine now!"
Suddenly the air pump started, the marbles started flying into the air, each trying to reach into the tube. Suddenly a marble slid up into the tube and up. The judge picked up the marble.
"Who is it?" Daniel wondered.
"First duelist is Duelist Number 7! Allen!" The judge announced.
"Woo yah! I'm up first" Allen said, throwing a fist into the air.
Suddenly another marble reached up into the tube. "And the duelist number 1 will be dueling Allen, Duelist number 1 is Paul!" The judge announced.
Paul smiled down at Allen. "Good, it's time for our rematch" Paul said.
"Fine! And I'll beat you, you know!" Allen yelled.
"Duelist, please follow me to the Dueling field on the roof" The judge announced Allen ran up the stairs while the other 9 followed. They arrived to the large elevator which lifted them up into the roof. "Duelist take your stations"
The duel field was a large diamond. Paul and Allen stood at two corners with fences incase they fall a 6 feet drop down from the roof.
Everyone else took their own places around. Darien and Bakura stayed to one side. Aeo and Vice had disappeared and the rest stood near the elevator.
"Now! Start dueling!" The judge yelled, raising his hand to Paul to take the first turn.
"You know, I'm going to enjoy this win. You may have won last time, but this time my deck is new and improved" Paul smirked.
"Yeah? So has mine and I've made it all the way here to kick ass!" Allen yelled. "Now! Let's duel!"
"Fine!" Paul yelled as both their life points rose to 4000.