By animeninjaNIPPON
The morning sun shone gently on my face. I was awake, but I hadn't opened my eyes yet. I was enjoying the mild warmth too much. Eventually, I opened up my eyes to see a green shirt with the image of a beetle on it…
"Haga!" I exclaimed, shaking him. "Haga, wake up! Do you realize what time it is?" He stirred, then opened his eyes.
"R-Ryuzaki?" He looked around nervously, realizing that we were still in the alley.
"You said you'd wake me in an hour!" I yelled.
"I guess I fell asleep, too…" He checked his watch. "It's 7:30."
"Oh crap!" I sprang to my feet. "I gotta go. 'Bye, Haga." I started to jump the fence.
"Wait!" he cried. I stepped back down.
"Now what? I gotta leave…" I sighed.
"Don't forget to meet me tonight, OK?" he said, half-turned away.
"I won't," I promised.
After I made it over the fence, I darted down the street toward my home. Not watching where I was going, I ran into someone and fell back on my ass. "Hey, watch it!" I yelled before looking up to see whom it was. To my surprise, it was Seto Kaiba.
"Aren't you the Dinosaur-Type duelist who lost pitifully to Katsuya Jonouchi in Duelist Kingdom?" he asked.
I glared at him evilly. "I am Dinosaur Ryuzaki – hey, how'd you know that?"
"Everybody knows that," he said wryly. I got up and brushed the dirt off the seat of my pants. "Anyway, I'm glad you're here," he continued. "I have an offer for you."
"An offer?"
"Yes. You don't like Jonouchi either, am I correct?"
"You got that right." I rolled my eyes.
"Well, my company is working on a new dueling prototype, and I need four people to participate." He went on to explain his "Shadow Game Simulation System 2.0," whatever that was, and how he planned to invite Yugi and Jonouchi to try it as well. "You can get your revenge this way."
"Sure," I said, "I accept!"
"All right," he responded, "but I'll send invitations to you and your Insect friend anyway. Be sure to RSVP." And with that, he was gone.
Revenge on Jonouchi sounded too good to be true. I thought about it as I ran home.
End of part twelve