Hogsmeade was quiet. And then, a ball of flame erupted in the middle of the town.

"Foolish mortals!" Bakura crowed, an evil grin on his face as he posed atop the store roof with one hand over his head pointed upwards. The other carried a large bag filled to the brim with assorted things. "The King of Thieves steals what he wants! No measly magical protection spells keeps me from my goals!"

Laughing insanely with angry wizards on his tail, he ran away with the contents of the Three Broomsticks. Everything that had not been nailed down and on fire was in his overstuffed sack as he bounded towards Hogwarts.

Kingsley Shacklebolt, who had been in the area, looked at the flaming wreckage of a pile of brooms and then looked at Bakura fleeing while taunting every wizard on his tail. And then he sighed, shaking his head.

"I should have took up Tonks offer to guard the kid," he grumbled, walking away as Bakura's odd laugh echoed through the night.

When Someone Won't Take No For An Answer

written by Shaun Garin

Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters is owned by Kazuki Takahashi and Harry Potter owned by JK Rowling.

Day 4 : ...while holding a spork...

"Aaaaah!" exclaimed Bakura as he slammed his glass onto the table, making it jump. "Nothing like a little alcohol when you have been denied the chance for it!"

Malik snorted and grabbed the nearby bottle. Pouring himself a whole glass, he chugged the fiery liquid down. "Well," said Malik as smoke spurted out of his ears, "It's about time we took the chance to do this. I thought you would have stolen these earlier."

Bakura snorted. "Strike when you least expect it. Ooooh, shinny!" He held up a golden spork in his hand. "I wonder how wizards came across the spork?"

"It's a mystery for the ages," deadpanned Honda from the other side of the table.

Yugi palmed his face as he reached for the glass. "Between the pair of you, I need a drink now."

Seto snorted from across the table. "I would offer to join you as this week has proven to be something I would like to forget, but I'm expecting an email from Mokuba and I'd rather not write a drunken email back to him."

"C'mon Kaiba," said Malik as he waved his arm around dangerously, almost swatting Rishid in the head who ate his breakfast. The stotic man ducked easily and returned to ignoring the antics of his brother. "You need to loosen up."

"Unlike most people, I need full control over my sensibilities," snapped Kaiba.

"Yugi!" exclaimed Anzu as Yugi downed another glass. "You know you can't hold your alcohol!"

Yugi snorted as he sipped at his drink. "C'mon Anzu, it's not that bad of a thing. Wizarding Alcohol apparently makes you sober within an hour."

Honda palmed his face and Jounouchi snorted in laughter. Anzu folded her arms. "That's not the point. What would your grandpa say if you were drinking?"

Yugi gave his childhood friend a look. "Grandpa has been feeding me this stuff since I was a kid whenever I had a cold. Why do you think I never got sick? The Firewhiskey burned the colds right out of me."

Jounouchi snapped his fingers. "Right! I remember that your grandpa had a bottle in the Fridge. He always brought it out whenever we had a cold."

There was a beep from Seto's open laptop and he opened it with a click of his mouse. A faint smirk came to his face. "Mokuba is sending me the prototypes via Airmail. He's already asked Yugi's grandfather for a clarity charm."

"Prototypes?" asked Honda through a mouthful of food.

"The Duel Disk Three," said Seto, turning his laptop around to show everyone. "We're going to have a miniature battle royal in the middle of Hogsmeade."

Malik snorted. "If you haven't noticed, there's only four of us who had gotten to the finals, Kaiba."

"When I say battle royal, I MEAN battle royal." Seto grinned. "It'll be the first introduction of Kaiba Corp into the wizarding world. We're going to have the worlds biggest multiplayer duel."

Honda grimaced. "Not again."

Anzu immediately pulled her deck from her jacket pocket. "I need help then," she said, setting her deck down on the table. "It's still built to Duellist Kingdom rules."

Seto immediately swung his briefcase onto the table with a CLUNK. "Here. Take what you need but I want them back. IF you win by some stroke or luck, or knock out either myself, Malik, Yugi or the mutt, I'll give you those cards."

Anzu smiled as she dug into the piles, checking for what she needed to strengthen her deck. "Just to make it fair, no God Cards," she added.

"Sounds good," said Ryou who had taken over before Bakura could get them plastered. "I don't like the thought of getting shot by Osiris again."

Malik smirked, a vicious grin. "You'd loose anyhow."

Seto counted out the people at the table and quickly wrote an email. Within a minute, another ding sounded from his laptop and he nodded to himself. "Mokuba is sending all of the prototypes. Prepare your decks. They'll be here by this afternoon."

"How does one get something from Japan here to Scotland so quickly?" asked Yugi.

"Kaiba Corps' Supersonic Jet."

"Honestly, he has such a fondness of heights," grumbled Anzu as she and Honda clambered up to the top of the Three Broomsticks. The others were getting into position all around the major points of the town, all within easy sight of each other.

"No kidding," replied Honda as he strapped on his disk. "Nice designs for these though."

Anzu nodded as Flitwick levitated himself up to her height. "Hello," the tiny professor greeted cheerfully. "I will be casting sonorous on you so that you can speak normally at a loud volume." Anzu turned to Honda and repeated it in Japanese and Honda nodded.

Most of the population of Hogsmeade had come out to see the spectacle on the rooftops as Seto who had been charmed first spoke loudly in English. "Welcome Hogsmeade to the Battle Royal! For those uneducated in muggle games, we are about to display Kaiba Corp technology in coordination with the game of Duel Monsters, said to have been played several thousand years in Egypt!"

"The rules are simple," continued Seto. "During the first turn of the duel, no one is allowed to attack a player until the last person in the cycle has been reached. Anything else is fair game."

Most of the wizards looked curious while others were scrambling to get a better seat. "Now," said Seto. "Introducing the players! Yugi Mutou, Malik Ishtar, Rishid Ishtar, Ryou Bakura, Anzu Mazaki, Honda Hiroto and Katsuya Jounouchi!"

There was some applause as the disks hummed to life. "Duel!" the eight chorused in unison.

"I won the die roll so I'm going first!" called out Ryou as he drew his first card. No one bothered with English anyhow so they all mutually agreed to play in Japanese while a wizard who was fluent in it, tried to translate hurriedly. "I place two cards face down and summon Headless Knight in attack position!"

A suit of armour without a head burst from his card and hovered just above street level as two cards appeared face down. "End of turn!"

"Draw!" called out Jounouchi, making his draw. "I summon Landostar Swordsman in attack position!"

The small round faced warrior appeared on the field as Jounouchi set two cards face down. "End of Turn!"

"Draw!" Yugi drew and placed a magic or trap card face down and then slapped a card vertically. "Queens Knight, attack position! End of turn!"

Honda drew and grimaced before setting two face down magic cards face down onto the field and passed his turn. Malik did the same with two of his magic or trap cards and summoned a monster face down.

Rishid drew and nodded to himself. "I activate the magic card Pharoah's Shrine! Then I set four cards face down. That ends my turn." The huge shrine rose up behind him and loomed over Hogsmeade.

"Hey Rishid! You still using that trap deck of yours?" jeered Jounouchi from his rooftop.

Rishid smirked. "I've made a few modifications since our last duel. In fact, I'll make the first move myself! Reveal trap card! Sixth Sense!"

One of Rishid's trap cards flipped upright as the Egyptian smirked. "Here's how it works. I call two numbers and my opponent rolls a die. If it lands on one of the numbers I chose, I get to draw that many cards from my deck. If it does not however, I send the number of cards that was rolled from the top of my deck to the graveyard."

"Say what!" exclaimed Jounouchi. "Of all the rotten..!"

"Just for that, Jounouchi, YOU get to roll! And I call five or six!"

Jounouchi grimaced as the die appeared on the field. He pointed his hand and it flipped into the air. All eyes were on the large red die as it bounced three times, rolled over and landed on a five. Rishid smiled and he drew five cards.

"Great," grumbled Malik. "Now Rishid has a massive lead on us."

Rishid ended his turn and it came to Anzu's turn. Drawing, she held up her card. "I play Jar of Greed, drawing two cards."

Inspecting her hand, she placed two cards face down and summoned a Volt Girl in attack position. Passing her turn, it came to Seto who drew his card and smirked.

"Two cards face down. Then I summon Blood Volus in attack position!"

The Blood Volus appeared and he smirked, pointing towards Jounouchi. "Attack Jounouchi's Landostar Swordsman!"

With a great cry, the Blood Volus sped towards the Landostar Swordsman who rushed towards the Blood Volus, its own sword drawn.

"Activate Magic Arm Shield!" cried Jounouchi as a shield appeared on the Landostar Swordsman's arm. It reached out and ensnared the Volt Girl who looked positively shocked at being reeled in like a fish. Her exclamation of shock was short lived as she and the Blood Volus smashed up against each other, causing twin shouts of outrage.

"Jounouchi!" shouted Anzu. "That was low!"

"I agree with Mazaki," growled Seto, more frustrated loosing his monster than anything. Finding nothing, he passed his turn.

Ryou laughed. "Thanks for making my job easier, Jounouchi! I sacrifice Headless Knight for Demon King of the Underworld: Ha-Des!"

The large demonic monarch appeared and chuckled. Ryou pointed towards Seto who had nothing on the field. "Attack Kaiba directly!"

"Activate Destruction Ring!" said Kaiba, his ring appearing on Ha-Des' neck. "And just to be safe, I'll chain with Chalkboard Eraser Trap! That makes Ryou discard one card from his hand."

Ryou flinched as his life dropped sharply from 4000 to 1550. "I'll set two cards and end my turn."

Jounouchi drew and held up his card. "I play Jar of Greed, drawing two cards. Then, I sacrifice my Landostar Swordsman for Android Psycho Shocker, in attack position!"

The large green android burst from the card and settled onto the field. Jounouchi snickered. "Looks like your traps are all useless."

Rishid arched an eyebrow. "I beg to differ. Reveal face down magic card. Book of the Moon! Now it flips your Psycho Shocker into face down defence position."

"Crap," grunted Jounouchi as he set a magic or trap card face down and passed his turn.

Yugi drew and slapped down a monster onto the field. "I summon Kings Knight, in attack position! Then I use the ability to special summon Jacks Knight to the field, also in attack position. Then I'll set two cards. Now, Kings Knight, attack Honda directly!"

"I don't think so!" cried Honda as he tossed a card into his graveyard. "I activate Holy Life Barrier! It reduces all damage done to me in a turn to zero."

The attack hit home and Honda was shoved backwards but no damage took place.

Yugi frowned and targeted Jacks Knight onto Jounouchi. The Psycho Shocker was destroyed with a swing of the sword. "Queens Knight, attack Malik's face down card!"

Malik chuckled as it flipped over, revealing a large hooded figure with a long wickedly sharp knife. "Night Assassin reverses itself, and destroys your Jacks Knight, Yugi."

Yugi set a card and ended his turn.

Honda drew and slid a card into his disk. "I activate Fusion! Offering Divine Dragon Ragnarok and Dragon Ruler - Lord of Dragons from my hand. King Dragoon, sign of attack!"

A dragon appeared on his side of the field as Honda held up another card. "Using it's effect, I summon Tyrant Dragon, sign of attack!"

The giant golden dragon appeared on the field as Honda pointed at Yugi. "Attack both his monsters, Tyrant Dragon!"

The Tyrant Dragon blew both of Yugi's cards into nothing, dropping his life sharply. Setting a card, Honda ended his turn.

"Activate three Avatar of Apophis!" exclaimed Rishid. "And then I'll set another magic or trap card. Attack Yugi Mutou!"

Yugi yelped as his life was dropped to zero. People STARED.

"No way, we beat Yugi!" exclaimed Malik, letting out a whoop of victory as Honda set up a magic or trap card.

Bakura suddenly took control of Ryou and laughed. "Looks like your game is off today Pharoah!"

"Shut it, Tomb Robber!" yelled the other Yugi who had taken control as well.

"Guys, pay attention?" said Anzu as she set up a face down magic or trap card and passed her turn.

"Yes, because this is going to spell all of your doom!" said Seto. "I draw! And then I activate Distressing Choice!"

Selecting five cards, he showed it to Anzu who gave him a Killer Snake. "Now, here's where it all ends! First I activate Coins from Heaven which makes everyone draw till we all have six cards! Then I remove one light monster and one dark monster to summon Chaos Emperor Dragon - Messenger of the End!"

The huge Chaos Emperor Dragon materialized in a burst of light and let out a roar. "Chaos Emperor Dragon, use your effect to wipe the field and hand!"

"WHAT!" came the exclamation of horror and shock as the combined amount of cards in everyone's hand would end the game right there. The Chaos Emperor Dragon spat a long flame which wrapped around everything before they all exploded.

Rishid was the first to act with a cry of "Activate Pikeru's Magic Ring!" Honda was right behind him with a yell of "Chalkboard Eraser Trap, activate!"

Anzu flipped her face down trap, revealing it to be another Pikeru's Magic Ring while Jounouchi was the one who activated a Chalkboard Eraser Trap as well. Ryou and Malik groaned and sent their whole hands and fields to the graveyard, conceding as their life dropped to zero.

Seto smirked as he ended his turn with full life.

"Okay, it's down to us?" asked Jounouchi. "I summon Panther Warrior, sign of attack! That'll end my turn."

"I draw as well," rumbled Rishid, "and I set one card face down. End of turn."

"Draw," announced Honda. "Whoo, I play Jar of Greed, drawing two. And then I summon Giant Soldier of Stone in defence position. End."

Anzu drew and nodded to herself. "Coins from Heaven. Everyone draw!"

"Thanks Anzu," called out Jounouchi. "That was great!"

"I'm not done," said Anzu as she summoned Injection Angel Lily in attack position. "Attack Jounouchi!"

"ACK!" exclaimed Jounouchi as the Lily slammed into the Panther Warrior, needle point first. "And you paid huh?"

"Yep," said Anzu as her life dropped to 2000. Setting up a magic or trap card, she ended her turn."

"Right, so it's back to me," said Seto as he drew. "I'll summon Paladin of White Dragon by playing White Dragon Decent! Attack Rishid!"

"Reveal face down trap! Negate Attack!" The attack stopped cold.

"I sacrifice Paladin of White Dragon to summon Blue Eyes White Dragon!" said Seto. "That will end my turn."

Jounouchi drew and smirked. "Hey Kaiba? Take this! I play Monster Reborn to special summon your Chaos Emperor Dragon to the field!"

"What!" asked Seto in shock.

"Attack Kaiba's Blue Eyes!" yelled Jounouchi.

The pair of blasts from either end collided and wiped out both monsters in a single hit. Jounouchi smirked at him as he ended his turn.

Rishid shook his head. "Useless gesture," he uttered as he activated his face down card of Cry of the Living Dead. "Antique Gear Beast, attack position! Then I activate Limiter Removal which brings him up from 2400 to 4800. Attack Jounouchi!"

Jounouchi yelped as he was blown away.

Honda whistled. "Man, that was harsh. I play Monster Reborn as well, this time bringing back Kaiba's Blue Eyes!"

Kaiba glared at Honda who smirked and played his own Premature Burial. "And then I bring back Tyrant Dragon! Now, finish off Rishid!"

After the spectacular blast faded, Rishid nodded as his disk counted down to 0. "It is up to the three of you now."

Anzu sighed. "Just no pressure, huh? I summon Exclusivity Virus in attack position! Then I discard my Killer Snake and declare Dragon!"

Both monsters exploded into nothing and Anzu hit Honda for 1600. Setting up two cards, she ended her turn.

"Well, it's down to us," remarked Seto as he drew. "I summon Blue Eyes White Dragon with Monster Reborn!"

The huge Blue Eyes erupted from the disk and Honda swallowed. "Crap, I'm open!"

"Now, I also summon Spear Dragon in attack position! Attack Honda and finish him off!"

Twin blasts of lightning and wind hammered at Honda as his life dropped to zero. Shaking himself off, Honda looked at Anzu. "You're up."

"No pressure," repeated Anzu as she drew. "All right Seto, time to take you down!"

Seto smirked. "I think Bakura said it best. Bring it."

"I will! I remove three light and three dark monsters to special summon two Chaos Sorcerers and Chaos Soldier- Messenger of the Beginning! Chaos Sorcerer number one, remove his Blue Eyes from the game!"

In a sparkle, the Blue Eyes vanished. Kaiba had barely a chance to do anything when the Chaos Soldier came flying at his monster, cutting the Spear Dragon in half and then passing his sword through him. Chaos Sorcerer was behind him with a twin blast of light and dark magic.

And in the stunned silence, Bakura exclaimed, "HA! Kaiba got slapped down by Mazaki? Classic!"

The crowd who had watched the duel erupted into loud cheering as the winner of the duel celebrated on top of the roof.

"A deal is a deal, Anzu, you get to keep the cards," said Seto.

"Man, I can't believe I lost," grumbled Jounouchi.

"You can't believe it? I can't believe Yugi lost," remarked Honda. "Right off the bat too."

"I think the Tomb Robber is doing a jig," remarked Malik, casting a glance. Sure enough, Bakura had taken control and was dancing a jig. the other Yugi had taken control as well and he was steaming mad.

"Good news though," put in Seto. "I have gathered over fifty orders for Duel Disks and boxes of Duel Monsters. We'll have this place saturated in no time."

"And of course this is all because you're so nice, huh Seto?" remarked Honda with a smirk.

"Of course," replied Seto with a smirk of his own.