Gateway to the Stars

Chapter Two: sento (means 'fight' but I'm substituting it for Duel)

Author: Lexandria

Summery: Yu-gi-oh Stargate Sg-1 crossover. The SGC discovers the existence of ancient weapons powerful enough to expel the goa'uld on earth may still exist, still on earth.

Author's Notes: second chapter... I'm starting it before I even post the first chapter… I wonder if that's a good idea... I'm hoping that since I planned it out and everything, it'll be easier to make my self write and post the chapters.

Timeline: somewhere in Season 4 for Stargate, after Battle City in Yu-gi-oh

Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate or Yu-gi-oh, if I did, I'd have no reason to Wright fanfiction! And I can't remember how to spell some of the Japanese names for the YGO characters.

Key: "word": spoken

'word': thought

-word-: another language

[word] : Hikari to Yami

[[word]] : Yami to Hikari

o0O0o : starts/ends television programming

Translations (I just got an English to Japanese dictionary... some translations might not be exact, but should be close enough, if they aren't, then someone yell at me)

Chiisai Baka : 'little fool'- what Bakura called Ryou instead of Hikari or Aibou. Yes, Baka is supposed to mean stupid, but I loooked up fool and it said Baka.. so there you go

Niisan : elder 'brother' – almost like big brother, as Mokuba calls Seto in the American version.

Hai : 'yes'

Gomen nasai : 'sorry' or 'I apologize'

watashi wa yurusu kimi ga : basically, it means 'I forgive you'

Nai : 'no'

Iie : 'no'

Arigato : 'thank you'

Haka Goto : 'Tomb Robber'

Kon'nichi wa : 'hello'

Jiichan : 'grandfather'

Author's Notes Continued: I'd like to add that I have a beta for this story now, a friend of mine, goes by Tongari. Lucky for me he agreed to help after reading the first chapter. He's so sweet. Thank you Tongari! And since he's Beta-ing for me, he gets to add a note in himself, if he wants. Hope he does.

Also, I've been informed that Bakura calls Ryou 'landlord' or yanushi. I think he would also call him 'little fool' but I will add in him calling him 'landlord' and thank you for the information. And also for telling me how to spell Jounauchi's name. Oh, and Yugi's last name as well. I was close on all of them, I feel very proud –nods-

I got four reviews so far!!! Thank all of you for your attention!

Replies to reviews: Silver Mouri: thank you for the review!

Ashita: Thank you for the help. I've seen Motou spelled in the way I have it in many fics.. and my brain is wired to spell it that way… and I couldn't find 'yadonushi' in my English to Japanese dictionary, I found it spelled as I have it above. I also never stated that that's what Bakura called Ryou in the show (or manga, having never read it, I'm not sure if he's even there or not in the ones we have here, in the middle of nowhere) I just said that that' what I have Bakura call him.. I think it's kinda cute, personally.

However, I wanted to thank you for your help and for reading this fic, and let you know that I am going to revise the first chapter's name-spelling mistakes, and this one too. Thank you for all the other help you gave me with name! Especially Jou's and Mai's

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Just outside of Las Angeles

Saturday

7:30 am

Duelist registration area

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As everyone exited the limo, Mokuba jumping out after Seto had gotten out, making sure that there wasn't anything that could hurt Mokuba, before allowing him out, of course. It didn't matter to Seto if the Bodyguards said it was all-clear, he had to see for himself. That's just the way he is. After the Kaiba brothers had exited the limo, everyone else followed, looking around at the large and expensive set up.

There were many arenas set up, in a rather large space, with numbers attached, so many duels could be held at once before the final match. Anyone could watch the first duels, in the arenas, even move from one arena-area to another in the middle of the duel. The final four rounds, however, were the ones that tickets were sold for. There is a small entrance fee to all duelists, including the champions, only $5.00, and there were about 200 duelists who had been invited to compete. There were twenty dueling arenas. There would be ten rounds. After the first six, the duels will be moved to the large stadium where duel-disks would be distributed to the finalists for a real show for the audience. After the tournament, the duel arenas would be dismantled and shipped to different areas of the country to areas that had already shown to have a great market for duel monsters, and would be set up again for use. Paid admissions of course, or as part of a game area that would pay a percentage to Kaibacorp for use.

As everyone got registered for the tournament, the other duelists began to arrive, and soon there was a rather long line at the duelist registration desks, there were quite a few of them, to accommodate for the massive amount of people who would be there. Seto lead them away from the registration area as soon as they were done, and towards a stage set in the stadium, there were chairs for the duelists, and the audience would either sit in the stands, or stand if there wasn't enough room, if they chose to watch the announcements at the start of the tournament instead of finding a spot at one of the arenas. Mokuba stood to one side of Seto, as the seats filled up, with the champions behind him, as Seto had instructed them to stand.

"Welcome Duelists to the first Kaibacorp sponsored Tournament in the United States of America. I am you host and sponsor, Seto Kaiba, and, also, your fellow duelist. At the registration tables, you should have gotten an Arena number, as well as a duelist number. You will be dueling in that order. After each round, you will return to the registration booth for your next match up and Arena. If you lose two times, you are out of the competition. Feel free to stay and observe the other duels. If you make it to the final four rounds, you will meet back here for the final duelist match-ups and duels.

"I would also like to introduce you to my guests and the finalists at my Battle City tournament in Domino City, Japan: the Undefeated 'King of Games' Yugi Motou, Ryou Bakura, Katsuya Jounaushi, and Malik Ishtar. They will be competing as well, and, for the few of them who aren't very fluent in English will be provided an interpreter. Good luck all of you. Let the tournament begin!" Seto Kaiba stepped back from the podium and looked over at Mokuba. "While I'm dueling, you're in charge, don't leave the area, and try to take care of any problems that arise. This is good practice for you, Mokuba, if you want to help run the company some day. If anything happens that you feel you can't handle, come and find me, alright?"

"Hai Niisan! I won't let you down!" A very excited Mokuba exclaimed happily, jumping a little bit in his excitement. Seto was trusting him with something huge! He was going to do his best to prove to Seto that he could handle things.

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Las Angeles

Saturday

8:00 am

Stadium at Kaiba Duel Monsters Tournament

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Teal'c and Jack were sitting in the stands, watching as the duelists slowly made their way into the stadium and found a seat. Since he and Teal'c had gotten to the Tournament early, they had found, and claimed, good seats for the opening. So they were witness to Kaiba's speech, which started promptly at 8:00, weather or not everyone was present.

"Welcome Duelists to the first Kaibacorp sponsored Tournament in the United States of America. I am you host and sponsor, Seto Kaiba, and, also, your fellow duelist. At the registration tables, you should have gotten an Arena number, as well as a duelist number. You will be dueling in that order. After each round, you will return to the registration booth for your next match up and Arena. If you lose two times, you are out of the competition. Feel free to stay and observe the other duels. If you make it to the final four rounds, you will meet back here for the final duelist match-ups and duels.

"I would also like to introduce you to my guests and the finalists at my Battle City tournament in Domino City, Japan: the Undefeated 'King of Games' Yugi Motou, Ryou Bakura, Katsuya Jounaushi, and Malik Ishtar. They will be competing as well, and, for the few of them who aren't very fluent in English will be provided an interpreter. Good luck all of you. Let the tournament begin!" After the Teenage CEO had made his speech, and talked briefly to the child next to him, he made his way to the exit, walking past all the duelists who were attempting to make their way out of the doors, The other champions following in his wake, then the rest of the duelists, who had let them pass without question. The spectators made their way out of the stands as well, Jack and Teal'c among them.

"So, T, which arena do you think we should check out?" Jack asked, looking around as fans and family members of sirtin duelists hurried off to watch them. Most of the duelists were already within the designated Arenas either dueling or waiting to duel.

"I do not know which you would prefer to go to first, I do not see much of a difference between arenas, and I do not know which arena the children that were on the television last night are battling in"

"Dueling, T, and neither do I" Jack closed his eyes and pointed randomly at a near-by arena and opened his eyes "that one it is" he grinned and strode off, with Teal'c right behind him. He'd chosen Arena 16, where, incidentally, Bakura was dueling a young child, and wining easily. Both Jack and Teal'c were amazed by the holograms projected in the arena.

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After the preliminary duels, the competition moved to the stadium, and the spectators with tickets moved there as well to watch. The finalists were as follows: Seto Kaiba, Yugi Motou, Ryou Bakura, Katsuya Jounaushi, Malik Ishtar, Alex Johanson (Top American Duelist (I couldn't resist… I love the name Alex) will only appear in this chapter and only for duels, as will the other two finalists. No OC's in my story that play a huge part in the plot, thank you very much!) Michael Adalan, and Trent Conner. Seto Kaiba introduced each finalist before announcing the random pairings for duels. The pairings were: Alex Johanson Vs Katsuya Jounaushi, Ryou Bakura Vs Michael Adalan, Seto Kaiba Vs Malik Ishtar, and Yugi Motou Vs Trent Conner. The order was also randomly chosen, in the order they were announced, as that made it easier then having to repeat the same thing in a different order.

As the three American finalists were given their Duel Disks and moved to their positions for the duel, Jack and Teal'c were in the stands

"Hey T, Who do you think will win this one?" Jack asked, always wanting to hear Teal's opinion on things, as he usually didn't voice them himself unless in a combat situation.

"It is difficult to say, O'Neill. Both are formidable warriors to have made it this far in the competition. I would, however, say that Katsuya Jounaushi will be victorious over Alex Johanson."

"I dunno T, I've seen some of the tournaments on TV, the ones to eliminate duelists for this competition, and Johanson came out on top in each duel. I've never seen this Jounaushi kid duel before, but I'd put my money on Johanson." Jack grinned and turned to watch as the duel started. He observed the different appearances of the duelists. Jounaushi was dressed in blue jeans, sneakers, a black T-shirt and a dark green jacket that complemented his dark eyes and honey-blond hair. Johanson, however, in contrast, was pale, dressed in all black, black combat boots, jeans, and T-shirt, contrasting with her blue eyes and matching her short, black hair. (I will be describing EVERYONE's appearance in the tournament, and the OC's will disappear after this chapter) As the duel started, the duelist's different styles were apparent as well. While Jounaushi preferred to use an 'attack now, get the enemy down fast' technique, Johanson, however, has a 'set traps and lure the opponent in' approach. Both were talented duelists, and were neck and neck until the very end of the duel, separated by only 50 life points.

Jounaushi had his Red-Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) out on the field, in attack mode, whilst Johanson had Dark Zebra (1800/400 Effect: if this is the only card in your control during your Standby Phase, it is automatically placed in Defense Position. You cannot change the position of this card during the same turn) it was Johanson's turn, and she drew, and looked rather amazed, before playing Forest (Increases the Attack and Defense of all insect, Beast, Plant, and Beast-Warrior-Type monsters by 200 points) and then equipped Dark Zebra (2000/600) with Black Pendant (A monster equipped with this card increases it's Attack by 500 points. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, inflict 500 points of Direct Damage to your opponent's Life Points). Dark Zebra (2500/400) then attacked Red-Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) which should have brought Jounaushi's life points down to zero. However, this didn't happen, as Jounaushi played Reverse Trap {because I don't have Dragon Nails } (All increases and decreases to Attack and Defense are reversed for the turn in which this card is activated). As Johanson had increased Dark Zebra's attack by 700 points during that turn, the 700 were switched to her defense instead. WhenDark Zebra (2000/1100) attacked Red-Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) it was destroyed and 400 points of damage were inflicted upon Johanson, ending the Duel and leaving Jounaushi victorious.

"You see, O'Neill? I told you Kastuya Jounaushi would be victorious" Teal'c said smugly, smiling-only-not as only Teal'c can (again, it's all in the eyebrow, plus, by season four, he was smiling a bit anyway. I have the DVDs to prove it!).

"Hey! If he hadn't have laid that trap, Johanson would have won, hands down!" Jack exclaimed, defending his failed prediction good-naturedly, though a bit indignantly. He was defending the champion of his country, after all! Teal'c, however, had no such ties to patriotic attitudes and was feeling very smug about being right.

The next duel was Ryou Bakura Vs Michael Adalan. Again, two very different duelists with different styles and appearances. Ryou Bakura, with his long white hair, stood out instantly. A rather pale looking kid, with huge brown eyes, he was wearing a black, long-sleeve shirt, and dark jeans. As soon as he stepped up to the dueling area, though, he seemed darker and more confident then he seemed a moment before. Michael Adalan, however, was rather average, with red-brown hair, brown eyes, and wearing a brown T-shirt and jeans. The differences between their dueling styles was painfully obvious, though not as much as their experience, after the first round. This time, both Jack and Teal'c agreed that Bakura had the best chance to win.

It was a rather quick duel, Bakura hadn't even had to use his destiny board, which he had in his hand, though he didn't have any of the letters, he never had the chance to use Destiny Board, even if he had been planning to, because he had already defeated Adalan. He hadn't lost more then 300 lifepoints either. He was rather surprised this person had gotten to the finals, he was a good duelist, but didn't have the experience to get far in the finals.

Seto Kaiba Vs Malik Ishtar was the next Match up. Teal'c and Jack watched with interest as the two duelists moved into position and the holograph projectors were ejected from the duel-disks. Even though this was the third Duel using the Duel-Disks, it still surprised most of the audience. Those that hadn't seen or used a Duel-Disk before that is, and counting the other duelists as an audience too, of course. As the Duelists got ready to duel, again, the personal styles of the competitors was painfully obvious. Seto Kaiba, tall, dark haired, with ice-blue eyes seemed to have a flair for the dramatic. With his long, billowing white trench coat, and his dark clothing underneath, he looked very impressive. The shorter Malik Ishtar, however, was different… if somewhat the same. He too, had a flair for the dramatic and impressive, though with a completely different attitude and style. He also sported a much-better-then-you attitude, though he expressed it differently (as I've stated about a million times ). He wore a lot of gold jewelry, black leather pants, a black leather vest, and black boots. His tanned, Egyptian skin made his oddly violet eyes and very light blond hair made him all the more unique in appearance. As the duelists faced off, they immediately started to shout insults at each other, in Japanese of course, before the first card was even played. Of course no one translated for the American spectators, and by the look on the other duelist's faces, ranging from shocked and dismayed (Yugi and Ryou) to gleeful enjoyment (Jou and Malik) (1) the words exchanged weren't very polite, nor were they words for the younger children in the audience to hear.

As the duel wore on, and took longer then the previous two, the insults didn't stop, rather, they escalated in volume, intensity, and number. However, only the words dealing with what was happening in the duel were translated. Teal'c raised an eyebrow at the insults that over-played the entire duel, though he was not able to understand the words, he was surprised that warriors such as they would sink so low as to insult each other whilst in the midst of battle. Then again, O'Neill would insult his enemies whilst in battle as well, perhaps it was a Tau'ri practice. He had to admit it was rather entertaining, even if he couldn't understand the language. Now why couldn't the Tau'ri pick one language that everyone should speak? That would make things much easier. Daniel Jackson had tried, repeatedly, to explain the cultural (a) (2) differences and importance of different languages to him, but he still didn't understand why there wasn't one universal language everyone knew.

The duel wore to an end, with Seto Kaiba as the victor. Again Teal'c and Jack had agreed on who the winner would be, Seto Kaiba didn't hold the title of 'world Champion' for nothing, after all.

The last of the first round of the finals was Yugi Motou Vs Trent Conner. The 'King of Games' appearance was still somewhat of a shock for all who didn't know him, even those who had seen him duel earlier that day. He appeared about ten or twelve years old, and was very short, couldn't have been five feet tall, as a matter of fact, and that was counting the hair, by the way. His hair, again, another shocking thing about him. Midnight black spikes tipped with crimson as red as blood, with golden blond bangs, also in spikes. During his interview, the spikes of his bangs were down, framing his innocent face, and now, many of them were spiked up with his midnight and crimson spikes. He seemed more confident, much in the same way Ryou Bakura had appeared when he dueled. Wearing a black leather sleeveless shirt with all sorts of buckles and attachments, along with black leather pants, and combat boots with buckles instead of laces or a zipper (I LOVE those boots.. I want some, but can't afford them –sobs-). He looked, honestly, like a punk. Both Jack and Teal'c were taken aback by his appearance, he had been wearing a jacket earlier in the morning, his clothing rather hidden by that. Trent Conner, on the other hand, was a small, mousy looking boy, slightly red, from being out in the sun (sunburn! ) he had boyish blond hair and big brown eyes, rather short in stature, but still taller then Yugi. He appeared nervous, more nervous then he should be, seeing as he was good enough to make the finals.

The duel was swift and relatively painless. Conner hadn't gotten very far, barely made any sort of a dent in Motou's life-points when it was over. As soon as Conner had gotten a monster good enough to do some serious damage to Motou's life points, Motou had used Brain Control and turned Connor's monster against him, and as Connor hadn't had any traps ready, he took out the remainder of his lifepoints. Conner had lasted a total of five turns.

The next round, things changed a little, they would jut go down the line and the winner would Duel the next one, single elimination still applied. The first Duel was between Kastuya Jounouchi and Ryou Bakura. Jounauchi, who had, before, seemed rather friendly with Bakura, was now glaring at him, something that Jack found odd and Teal'c thought must be normal for Tau'ri warriors, after all, O'Neill tended to glare at his enemies whilst fighting them as well.

The duel was one of the longest they had witnessed, again, Teal'c noticed the habit the Tau'ri warriors had of insulting their enemies, though they weren't nearly as intense as the insults thrown between Seto Kaiba and Malik Ishar, Ryou Bakura's insults appeared sneaky and low, much unlike the personality he had observed during the interview. Though, Teal'c thought, many warriors were changed in battle, their personalities and actions much unlike they would be outside of combat.

After a sizable amount of time had passed, Bakura had finally drawn his Destiny Board ( I do not have that card, I do not know what it says, I do know what it does) and, slowly, started to spell out F.I.N.A.L. while Jounauchi desperately tried to finish the duel before he had finished the word. Sadly, he was unable to, and Jounauchi lost the duel.

The next round, Ryou Bakura Vs Seto Kaiba was very lively. Again, many insults were thrown, and this duel lasted even longer then the previous one, once again, Bakura had drawn his Destiny Board, but, somehow, Seto Kaiba didn't seem very worried. That was when he sacrificed his monsters on the field to summon his Blue-eyes White Dragon, using it to wipe out one of Bakura's monsters. The next two turns, he slowly wore down Bakura's defenses, with one letter left on the board, he summoned his second Blue-eyes White Dragon, and, in that turn, took out his last monster and the rest of Bakura's lifepoints.

Neither Teal'c nor Jack were surprised at the winner, after all, they had already seen both duelists in action, and Seto Kaiba was a superb duelist. The round was sure to be an interesting one, with the World Champion and the King of Games facing off, both Jack and Teal'c looked forward to the Final Duel.

The last duel, between Yugi Motou and Seto Kaiba, was sure to be spectacular. The two best duelists in the world against each other for the tournament. Everyone watched as the two duelists stepped up and the holo-generators were deployed from their duel-disks and set themselves up. They watched as the duelists drew their first five cards, and Seto Kaiba drew one more as he was going first. They watched in anticipation as the duel started, comments were exchanged, and the duel was over rather quickly, as soon as Kaiba played his Ultimate Blue-eyes White Dragon, combining his three cards into the ultimate monster, virtually unstoppable, Yugi Motou played Brain Control, and used his ultimate monster against him. It was rather a suprise and anticlimactic, but impressive, none the less, that someone was able to defeat Seto Kaiba so swiftly.

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"This was a very satisfactory vacation, O'Neill" Teal'c commented, after the presentation of the prize money, they were leaving the stadium along with most of the audience. Teal'c sported his famous almost-smile as they got into the car.

"it's great isn't it? And did you see those holograms? Very impressive, Carter's head'll spin!"

"Then it would be most inadvisable to tell her, O'Neill" Teal'c replied, his almost-smile getting bigger, nearly becoming an actual smile. Jack started laughing "Hey! Then it wouldn't be any fun, would it?"

"Indeed"

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Las Angeles

Saturday

3:00pm

Yugi and Ryou's Hotel room

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"Congrats, Yug, I knew you'd win! You beat Kaiba like he was an amateur! It was great to watch!!!" Jou exclaimed as everyone in their little group, besides the Kaiba Brothers, who had gone out to eat after everyone else had been dropped off at the Hotel, surged into the room. Yugi blushed and looked at his shoes, mumbling "Thanks, Jou, but, really, Kaiba only lost because I had taken out his trap earlier and he hadn't gotten another one in his hand. You really shouldn't have rubbed it in his face…" Yugi looked up again, still blushing at the praise.

Soft chuckling was heard as Yami separated from Yugi, something he rarely did when they weren't alone, (incidents in the presence of Ryou don't apply, because of Bakura) and grinned "Aw, but hikari, it's funny! Did you see how mad he was? It was funny! Especially that huge vein that stuck out on his forehead! I swear it's the weirdest thing I've ever seen!!! It was purple!!!" Yami was laughing outright now, as everyone but Bakura, who was still in his soul room, froze and stared at his odd behavior, including Yugi, who'd never seen Yami act like that before.

Bakura, in his soul room, wasn't frozen, far from it, he was laughing madly (though not evil-madly) and making an odd noise close to insane giggling, chanting at the top of his lungs (and not caring that he was giving Ryou a headache) The Pharaoh's gone completely off his rocker!!! While laughing as well, as he jumped around happily, (something he would never do if he weren't in his soul room, he'd rather be banished to the Shadow Realm again for all of eternity) and continued to give Ryou a migraine.

"uh… Yami…?" Yugi asked softly, looking and sounding very concerned, as Yami continued his laughing and talking about the odd purple vein as if it were a separate entity from Kaiba, calling it 'The Vein'. (anyone who's seen friends knows I borrowed it from one of the thanksgiving episodes –ish referring to The Vein that stuck out on Monica's forehead- -laughs insanely-) then, after all the odd laughter and talk, Yami kind of faded back into his soul Room.. and when Yugi checked on him, found him asleep… he found it odd… the only time Yami had ever acted like that was when he (Yugi) had tried some of Jiichan's coffee.. it was weird, it really only affected Yami that way (he's ancient, before the all mighty, caffeine!) al it did to Yugi was make him jumpy… maybe that's why he was so nervous on the way back…Caffeine did take a while to affect Yami… at least, from the l time he had had as much as was in coffee.

"Um.. Jou… did.. did you notice me drinking any coffee today?" Yugi asked cautiously.. Yami had remained in control while they were leaving the Dueling Area, and then retreated into his soulroom after they were in the limo.

"Oh, yeah… Yami had a cup of the coffee at the concession stand… he said he needed a boost to deal with the mad fan-people-things that tried to maul any duelist leaving after the final rounds…"

"Do you think that is what made Yami act so oddly, Yugi?" Ryou asked softly, Bakura still doing his best to crack his skull wide open with the migraine that was still getting worse.

Yugi nodded and made plans to get Yami back for this.., should know by now that he couldn't handle caffeine very well!!! They'd talked about this! Coming back to the present, Yugi looked up at them, and sighed softly, he just wanted to take a nap… Yami didn't realize that caffeine affected him too, the crash would inevitably come, as it had first to Yami, then to himself, right now…Yugi wandered over to his bed and flopped on to it. His friends, understanding that the caffeine crash had hit, left so he could sleep it off. They'd celebrate later. (3)

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The next morning, after waking up and finding he had slept all after noon and night after he crashed, Yugi found he was up early for once. Rather supriseing, but he had slept about seven hours longer then he usually did, so that must be it. In any case, he decided he should start packing, they were leaving that after noon, after all. Ryou, he noticed, had packed the night before, typical of him.

By the time Yugi had taken his shower and dressed and packed, Ryou was up and in the bathroom, getting ready. As soon as he was, they decided to see if Jou and Malik were up yet, they could claim jet lag if they wanted, but it was already 8:30am, and both Yugi and Ryou knew it would take Jou forever to pack. And the breakfast buffet would end in half an hour, Jou wouldn't want to miss that.

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Cheyenne Mountain

Sunday

8:00am

SGC

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Jack sighed, swinging out of his bed at his 'on base quarters' if you could call them quarters… a barren room with one bunk and one light and a phone. He had dropped Teal'c off last night, for it was night by the time they'd finally gotten back to the SGC, and decided to crash in the quarters he used more then he'd admit, though it didn't look it. Teal'c's room was so much better! Only there were lots of candles, then again, he used them for kel'nor'reem, and Jack knew, first hand, how important that was. Getting up, he changed, happily, he had his own bathroom and shower, tiny as they were, and left in fresh fatigues and wandered around, looking for Daniel, he hadn't actually checked up to see if he had done as promised and gone off base for a while, and was positive he hadn't, and was planning to give him hell for it, he was looking forward to it, really. He'd have to take him fishing next time, he really would, if only to make him get outside more.

Oh yes, Jack knew that everyone hated fishing, and dreaded the day when he'd make them go, even Teal'c, who was still afraid after their last fishing trip. Thus, armed with this knowledge, and the similar knowledge that no one knew that he know that they hated fishing and dreaded it with a passion, he was able to torture them whilst seeming quite innocent. It was fun.

Finding Daniel in his office, still working on the translations, he knew that Daniel hadn't left the base, and grinned gleefully, before moving to the side of the doorway, unseen, before poking his head in as if he hadn't just been standing in the doorway, and chirped "Hi Danny, what-cha-doin'?" and grinning like a fool the entire time. He preferred his entrances to have surprise and annoyance written in to them when dealing with Daniel, or Carter, for that matter, it kept them on their toes, and himself entertained.

"…Hi Jack" Daniel said, looking up and attempting to look innocent and not at all freaked out, Jack scared him when he was perky like that… perky and Jack usually meant torture for Daniel (or Sam, who ever he was being 'perky' with). He was positive Jack did it on purpose, but he had no proof. Hastily, he went back to work, trying to appear distracted and wholly emmerced within his translating, hoping that Jack would just go away so he could finish this, and at the same time aware that the only way Jack would leave him alone now, would be being dragged kicking and screaming away, or if Thor decided to bring him up for a visit. Neither were at all plausible at this moment in time, sadly for Daniel.

"Did ja go outside while Teal'c and I were out having fun?" Jack grinned, Daniel had no chance of escape now. "and keep in mind I'll check to see if you actually left? (security Jack is so evil… it's fun writing him) because you know I will" Jack's grin, if possible, widened at the look on Daniel's face.

"well…er…actually…I…uh…never finished this tablet and you know I said I'd leave as soon as I finished it so I'll take a break as soon as I'm done and go out!" Daniel stuttered then rushed though the sentence, looking triumphant at the realization that he'd just found a loophole.

Jack mentally smacked himself for overlooking this possibility and grinned, hiding his disappointment, no Danny-torture today, sadly "I'll make sure you do, we can go fishing!" 'there, perfect save' Jack thought happily, grinning again at the horrified look in Daniel's face.

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Domino City

Sunday

5:00pm

Kame Game Shop

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"Kon'nichi wa Jiichan! I'm back!" shouted young Motou Yugi as he bounded through the door and practically tackled his grandfather. Glomped him was more like it, lucky for Motou Sugoroku, he was able to catch the small, energetic Yugi. Even though he wasn't much bigger then Yugi, if at all, he was able to catch him, it came from practice mostly, catch him wrong and it's off to the hospital for back surgery. One would quickly learn the technique, unless they enjoy such a thing as back surgery.

"Yugi! Did you have fun? How was your trip back?" Sugoroku asked, hugging his grandson tightly for a moment, before letting him go so he could actually answer. Grinning, and bouncing around a little, Yugi replied excitedly.

"oh, it was great! I had so much fun, everyone got to ride in a limo, and we had the nicest hotel rooms with room service and everything!!! And we won the tournament! And the trip back was fun too! Plane rides are so much fun! You can see everything!!!"

"What are you going to do with your winnings, Yugi?" Sugoroku asked, smiling at his energetic grandson. He had always left these such decisions to Yugi, he was growing up, and needed to have a sense of responsibility, he was always a responsible child, but it helped to add money management to that, so he could survive on his own as an adult.

"I'm going to add it to my collage fund, of course, Jiichan!" Yugi replied, wondering why his grandfather had to ask, it was what he did with most of his money, sometimes he bough games or puzzles for himself, but most of the time he saved it.

"That's wonderful Yugi. I'm going to be going on a dig in a few days, to Egypt"

"oh… but I just got back, Jiichan… do you have to leave right away?" Yugi asked, looking crushed, he had really missed his grandfather, and he always did when he was away.

"yes.. I made all the plans already, Yugi… I was hoping you'd want to come along? You still want to be an archeologist, don't you?" Sugoroku smiled widely at Yugi's astonished expression, one that quickly dissolved to happiness.. then hyperness.

"Really?! When are we leaving? I can really go? Of course I still want to be an archeologist! I've always wanted to be! I need to pack! I need to call Jou and Ryou!" Yugi rushed up to his room, then zoomed right back down and once again glomped his grandfather. "Thank you so much Jiichan!!!" then he ran up the stairs again.

Sugoroku smiled to himself, and waited, sure enough, his grandson once again bolted down the stairs : "Jiichan… When are we leaving?"

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AN: 5505 words in all, not counting the Author's notes… about 1000 words less then last time, I apologize! I planned for it to be longer, but it didn't work out that way -begs forgiveness-

(1) gleeful enjoyment (Jou and Malik) (1) Malik, at least how I see him, enjoys taunting and arguing as much as the next person, Jou was just happy to see someone verbally put Kaiba in his place.

(2) (a) (2) no, the '(a)' was not a mistake, or me not knowing how to count, this is something I add in when I think that something that is my opinion, and something I feel I need to explain, for what ever reason, that someone may not see anything to question or what ever.

(3) The entire area where Yami is on a caffeine rush and Bakura is laughing insanely (3) I have no idea why I put that in there.. I was typing a normal scene and next thing I saw, there was insanity. I found it funny, so I left it. I think the characters may be rather out of character, and I'm sorry.. I find it funny so I left it… I think I was suffering from sleep deprivation (I'm an insomniac, go figure O.O)

(a) I apologize for the lack of detail in the duel. The fact is, I don't know enough about Yugi or Kaiba's decks to do a halfway decent job describing a duel such as theirs would have been. I know Yugi has the Brain Control card in his deck, and Kaiba will always have his three blue-eyes White Dragons, so I used those. Once again, I apologize.

A.N. Continued: PLEASE REVIEW!!! I've only had four reviews so far, which is actually a record for me, and in just a few days too! I'm impressed and surprised and completely gratified.. so… I think I want more Reviews are always nice, even if it's criticizing. I want to apologize for any spelling mistakes, and if I do not fix them after you point them out, it's not that I'm ignoring you, it's that I'm a bit lazy and it'll take me a while.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this!!!

-kills it won't let me indent my paragraphs!!!