Chapter 5: The Gate Phoenix

SG: The disclaimer is the same....

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"SETO KAIBA!!!!!"I yelled as I stormed into his house that night. The maids jumped in surprised.

"I'm sorry, Sarah...Kaiba stated that he doesn't want to be bothered right now..."said one of them.

"Heh! He's hiding BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO COME OUT SO I CAN RIP HIS HEAD OFF!!!!"I shouted as the maids restricted me. I was really mad.

"Sarah..."said Mokuba as he came down stairs, "You heard about the rules...."

"No freaking duh...."I said as I started to calm down. I didn't want to yell at Mokuba.

"I know....it's freaky myself....but....okay...come with me..."said Mokuba. I got the maids to let me go so I could follow him. Mokuba and I entered the guest room.

"The reason why the rules is to get the Egyptian God Cards...."

"Egyptian God Cards?"I asked.

"Yes...Seto already has one and I've seen it in action....they are really powerful and if 1 holds all 3, they would be proclaimed as the best duelist in the world...."

"You have got to be kidding me....."

"I'm not.....we're also going after a group called, The Rare Hunters...."

"Rare Hunters?"

"They're a group who steals rare cards...."

"I can see why he came up with the rule of giving your rarest card...."

"From what Seto told me, the Rare Hunters already have the other 2. With this rule and this tournament..."

"He could trap them....."I said.

"Yep..."said Mokuba as he smiled.

"Heh, well, I'm still going to kick him for creating that rule....."

"I could....so he doesn't kick you out of the house...."said Mokuba.

"Thanks..."I said.

"No problem!"said Mokuba as we giggled.

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The Next Day

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The Kaiba Brothers were at school, leaving me board out of my entire mind. I decided to explore more of Domino before the tournament. Kaiba didn't really care, he just knew if I needed anything, I was to leave a message on his cellphone. I knew he was avoiding me because if I even saw the back of his head, his head would've been on a silver platter. Not like it would help, he never returned the other one I sent. It didn't matter, the driver who first picked me up at the hospital was really nice to me, so, I usually call him to pick me up.

The sun was really shining as I walked around. I entered in a CD store to look at some of this world's CD's. I loved Nickelback, but I wanted to know what this world had. The lady at the counter, was staring at me. There were soo many different artists to choose from. There was those little scan thingies that you scan them and they play the music. After a while, I found this really cool group that almost seemed like Nickelback. I went up to the counter and the lady said, "So, you find anything good?"

"Yes..."

"Tell me something, you skip'n school?"

"No...I'm on vacation......"I said. I was kinda skipping, but mainly because I'm stuck in another world.

"Really..."she said, still thinking I was lying. She handed me my change and I left. I walked to a near by park and started to listen to my favorite song before the new one. As, "Someday" came on, the lines reminded me of what's been going on. Tears started to stream from my eyes. I missed my home. I missed having my parents ignore me and not knowing I've been making lots of money. I missed all my friends and heck, I even miss school! As the middle of the song came, I was in full blown crying. I wanted to know why did this happen to me. I wanted to go back home, not in this nightmare. Soon, I heard someone coming up to me and asked, "Are you all right, miss?" I looked up to see a kindly old man with overalls and a yellow bandanna. I didn't really say anything.

"Why aren't you in school? You break up with your boyfriend?"he asked as he sat down next to me.

I shook my head and said,"I...don't go to school...here...."

"You don't? OH! You must be here for the big Battle City tournament....."

"You could say that...."I said as I slowed my crying down.

"Well then, why are you crying?"

"I really don't know..."I lied. I never wanted to admit that I missed my home. He would've thought I was too homesick to do the tournament.

"Well now, I own a card shop near by, how would you like to see anything to help your deck...."

"Uh...okay..."I said as I kinda stopped crying. We started to head out of the park.

"So, are you really a duelist entering in Kaiba's big tournament?" He asked.

"Yes...."

"How good are you?"

"Well...I have been getting 1st and 2nd place alot...the last tournament I was in, I won 10,000 dollars..."

"10,000 dollars! Whoa ho! That's alot of money for 1 little girl...."

"Heh...yeah..."I said as I laughed.

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Turtle Game Shop

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"Hmm...I see...you run a pryo/burnout deck....."said the old man. We were inside and he was checking out the cards in my deck.

"That's correct...."I said.

"But, your cards are different of ours.....is yours legal?"

"Yeah....would you believe I had Seto Kaiba make sure..."

"Whoa ho! Then you got ya self something....now....I see you focus on getting your opponent's lifepoints...."

"Yes...."

"Your deck is already in the perfect way to do so......but this card might do..."he said as he reached into the case and pulled it out. It was a phoenix rising out of the water with fire feathers around it.

"It's called, the Gate Phoenix*..."

"Gate Phoenix?"

"It can automatically bring back a phoenix monster and pyro monster from your graveyard to the field. Kinda like the ultimate phoenix. But really, the real powerful one is your Spirit of the Phoenix....."

"How much?"I asked.

"Well....I have a solfty for girls and you seemed to be pretty down, so....it's for free...."

"No no...I insist...."

"No...no need.....I have a thing about people and serten cards..."

"If you say so....."I said as he placed it in my deck.

"There you go...."

"Thank you..."

"No problem....so.....what's your name?"

"My name is Sarah...."

"And I'm Soloman....you excited about the tournament?"

"Yeah...."

"My grandson has been deep thought after he came back last night...."

"Yeah....actually...I was ready to go beat up Kaiba..."I said as I smiled.

"Then there would be no tournament..."he said as we laughed.

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That Night

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"Cobble...."said Kaiba as he came into the living room. I looked up and said, "I have a first name you know..."

"Whatever....I need to see your deck again..."

"Why?"

"I have to enter in the rarest card into my database...."

"Just add the Gate Phoenix in there..."I said as I held it to him.

"Gate Phoenix?"

"New card.....an old man gave it to me...."I said as he mumbled something.

"Huh?"

"Nothing, Sarah, by the way, I took the liberty of leaving your duel disk up stairs...don't loose it or break it..."He said as he left. I stared for a moment and said, "Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today...."Then I turned back to the t.v.

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Turtle Game Shop

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"Hey grandpa, I'm home..."said Yugi as he arrived back.

"Well now, I see you got your duel disk....."said Soloman, noticing the box.

"Yeah...."then he looked at the case, "Hey grandpa...what happened to your Gate Phoenix?"

"Oh....I meet a weeping duelist...."

"A...weeping duelist?"

"Yes....she's one of the Battle City contestants...she was crying over something....heh....looked like she was homesick...."

"Oh..."

"She let me look at her deck. Then I decided to let her have the Gate Phoenix.....her deck is really powerful....."

"Really?"

"Yeah, she said her name was, Sarah...."

"Sarah?"

"Yeah...."

"Oh...okay...I'm going upstairs!"Yugi yelled as he was running.

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That Night

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Sarah had enoth of watching t.v. She headed upstairs to flop on the bed. She hasn't had the chance to listen to the new cd she bought. As she did, Mokuba appeared to give her back her deck.

"Seto entered your Gate Phoenix as your rarest card...."

"Well that's good....I really love my Fire Princess and Spirit of the Phoenix....Does he need another picture of me?"I said as I smiled.

"Nope! He only needed one....why did you pose for it?"

"For the heck of it..."I said as I smiled. He smiled too and said, "Well...good night!" and ran off. I smiled. The kid was sweet, I'm just hoping he doesn't become like his brother.

After awhile, I slowly drifted into sleep. I didn't bother to look at the duel disk nor the locator cards in the box. I was tried. The new cd was being played on my mini cd player.

After I got into full sleep, a voice rang in my head saying, "Wakey Wakey!"

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SG: Who said, "Wakey wakey!"? Find out in the next chapter

Gate Phoenix-2900/2300: Pyro/WingedBeast/Effect: 8 Stars: When this monster is summoned to the field, bring back any monster that has the name, "Phoenix" or Pyro monster, from the graveyard to your side of the field.