Oh brother. Sorry for being a little late with updates, but I've been busy
for awhile.
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"All right, let's see.........Solomon said that the decks he loaned to me and Toad work very well. Maybe I'd better check through the deck and see exactly what I can do with it."
Kurt was currently in his room at the mansion, examining his deck to see what each card was capable of. He knew from watching the duel between Yugi and Kaiba how Multiply worked on Kuriboh, but he checked the cards anyway.
"Hey Kurt, what'cha doing?"
Kurt looked to Bobby, who had come into the room.
"Trying to figure out this deck. This nice guy that runs a new game shop loaned it to me for the tournament." he answered.
"Cool, let me see. I've been into that Duel Monsters stuff you've been talking about for awhile now."
Kurt handed Bobby the deck, who looked it over.
"Wow, this deck sure looks like a keeper. United We Stand, Buster Blader, Copycat...."
"Uh, just what exactly do those all do?" Kurt had to ask.
"United We Stand is a Magic card that can be equipped to a monster, and boosts that monster's attack and defense by 800 for each monster on your side of the field. That's part of why the people that make Duel Monsters cards are planning to change the effect of Multiply so they can't have an insane power boost. Buster Blader is a powerful monster that gains 500 attack for every dragon on the opponent's field and in their graveyard. Copycat is a monster card that can copy the effects of one of your opponent's cards that has been played."
Kurt thought that over.
"It sure sounds good. Who knows, maybe I could win."
"Okay, but you'd have to beat me. I'm entering too."
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Todd was currently busy looking through his deck, heading up the stairs to his room in the run-down home that he and the rest of the Brotherhood lived in, when he accidentally ran into someone.
"Hey! Watch it!" Todd yelped.
"What the heck are these?" Lance asked, holding up Todd's deck.
"Hey! Give those back!"
Lance looked at Todd.
"Make me."
Todd leapt at Lance to try to grab the deck back. Lance stepped to the side, letting Todd crash head first into a wall.
"What is going on down there!!" They heard Mystique shout.
"Come on!" Todd shouted, jumping for the cards again.
Lance stepped to the side again. This time Todd's eyes went wide.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Todd flew right down the stairs, and landed on his head at the bottom as Mystique got to Lance. Pietro and Fred came into the room from the door next to Todd.
"Well? What is going on?"
"Ask Toad, he's the one who brought these here."
"I borrowed those so I could enter some tournament around here that has a huge cash prize!"
Lance, Mystique, Pietro, and Fred looked to Todd, who stood up, holding his head in pain, and looked to Pietro and Fred.
"Hey Lance, how'd you and Mystique get down here so fast?"
Pietro, Lance, and Mystique remained silent.
"Uh, Todd, I'm Fred, and this is Pietro next to me. Can't you tell?"
Todd blinked, then looked around.
"Whoa man, I'm seeing things......Oww!"
Todd had mistakenly walked into the banister post.
"This is sooooo not my fault." Lance spoke up.
"Why do you sound like Kitty when you say that?" Pietro prodded.
"Enough of that, we're going to have to take Todd to a doctor to see about this....." Mystique told them all.
"I'm fine, really!"
WHAM!!!! Todd had then walked straight into the closet door.
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"Oh Yugi. This letter arrived for you in the mail!"
Yugi went downstairs and took the letter from his grandfather.
"Thank you," he said as he looked, "Kaiba Corp.? Oh no, next he'll probably send us to Alaska."
Yugi opened the letter, and read it.
"......it's an invitation to a pre-opening testing of a new Duel Monsters theme park. It also says I'm allowed up to ten friends to bring along."
"I would go, but I still have to mind the shop. Why don't you ask my new students?"
Yugi looked up.
"You mean those two that were arguing the other day? All right, it sounds good to me."
Kurt and Bobby then walked into the card shop.
"Mr Mutou, sir, I brought a friend that wishes to purchase a couple of card booster packs."
"Excellent timing Kurt, my grand-son has just received an invitation to test a new Duel Monsters theme park, and he's allowed to bring some friends. How would you and your friend like to go?" Solomon asked.
Kurt and Bobby looked at each other.
"We'll go, we'll go! Wow!"
"Hold on guys, I just read something else. It says duelists are recommended to bring their decks for use in the '3-D Duel Maze' with Kaiba Corp. Technology installed." Yugi notified them.
"Well, I'm not very good, but this is just a theme park, right? What's the worst that could happen?" Kurt asked.
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Within an hour, as the letter ended up stating the trip was that same day, Kurt, Bobby, Tea, Tristan, Joey, Yugi, and Bakura were on their way by bus to the park. Unfortunately, they couldn't locate Todd in time, and since it was Saturday, he was likely with the rest of the Brotherhood, wherever they happened to be.
"Oh man, is that it ahead?" Bobby asked the driver.
"Yes it is."
The bus stopped in front of a massive park. Kurt looked up, and saw a sign with the Dark Magician and the Blue Eyes White Dragon on it with the words, "Duel Monsters Theme Park" on it.
"We still happen to be working on a name." They heard a familiar voice say.
They looked back to the entrance to see Seto and Mokuba Kaiba standing there.
"I never thought I'd see Kaiba opening a theme park." Joey joked.
Kaiba glared at him.
"For your information Wheeler, the park was my brother's idea."
"Uh, whoops, my bad." Joey replied.
"I still can't believe I'm in the presence of the world's best Duel Monsters champions!" Bobby exclaimed, "All that's missing is Maximillion Pegasus to round out the list of best duelists......oh yeah! Almost forgot!"
Everyone sweatdropped as Bobby took out a book with blank pages and a pen. Kaiba in particular gave him a death glare, not for the autograph, but for mentioning Pegasus.
"Can I have you guys' autographs?"
Kaiba scowled.
"I save my signature for contracts." He told Bobby.
"You don't have to be rude Kaiba. Here, I'll sign." Yugi said.
Yugi signed his name in the book, and handed it back to Bobby, who put the items away.
"Now, before we begin, all of the rides and attractions are operational, but the snack stands are not." Kaiba explained to them.
Joey's eyes went wide, and his jaw dropped open.
"Aw man, I haven't had anything to eat today!" Joey yelped.
"That's your problem Wheeler. Anyway, our most crucial test would be the Duel Maze. I trust all of you intending to test the Maze brought decks like the invitation specified."
Yugi, Joey, Kurt, Bobby, and Bakura held up their decks.
"What about you two?" Kaiba asked Tristan and Tea.
"I came to see the park, so I don't intend to test the dueling stuff." Tea explained.
"Fair enough, the Maze was also designed so non-duelists could have just as much fun."
"I'm only here to keep Joey out of trouble." Tristan told them.
"Ha-ha-ha, very funny." was Joey's response.
"Mokuba and I will be in the control room. Enjoy the park."
Kaiba and Mokuba then walked off. Joey frowned.
"Why do I have a bad case of the creeps all of a sudden?"
"Pardon?" Yugi asked.
"I've got a bad feeling in my gut about this."
Then all of them sweatdropped as Joey's stomach was quite easily heard rumbling.
"Then again, maybe it's because I haven't had food today."
"I'm going to ride the roller coasters!" Bobby said as he ran off for the nearest one.
"Bobby! Wait up!" Kurt shouted as he went after him.
"Well, this IS a theme park. Let's enjoy ourselves." Ryou commented.
And so they had a fun time at the park, riding the roller coasters, which made Yugi vomit over the side, played various prize games, where Joey ended up bouncing a ring from a ring toss onto Bakura's head, and then they were all standing in front of the maze.
"Well, Kaiba did say this was the most crucial test." Kurt remembered.
"I wonder what he's got planned in there." Tristan wondered.
"Only one way to find out." Yugi told them.
They all headed inside. Inside, an assistant handed each of those with decks a Duelist gauntlet, similar to the one Kaiba showed at the demo. They placed them on their non-dominate arms, and placed their decks in the slots.
"Have a good time." The assistant told them.
"Thanks." Joey replied as they went further inside.
From the control room, Kaiba and Mokuba watched their progress into the Maze.
"Keep your fingers crossed Mokuba. I'm not sure how this will turn out."
"Okay Big Brother."
Then both of them spun around to the door, eyes wide, when they heard the electronic lock engage.
"What did you touch?" Kaiba asked his little brother.
"I didn't touch anything, honest!"
"He's telling you the truth, Seto Kaiba. I can only say I'm disappointed I couldn't catch you in my little trap in your maze, but I suppose being locked in here forever ought to be just as good."
Both of the brothers' eyes were wide with fear. They turned to the main monitor. There on the screen was Pegasus' face, with a sly grin on his face.
"Pegasus!?! What on earth?"
"Now-now Kaiba, don't tell me you didn't expect something to happen." The Pegasus on screen said, his mouth moving exactly in time to his words.
The Pegasus on screen was even moving around a bit. He walked off the main monitor onto a secondary one, standing in it as a miniature Pegasus while looking at the main screen, which showed the group entering deeper into the maze.
"Nothing yet. Do ya think something's gone wrong?" Joey asked.
"For you, maybe Joey, but for me, everything's going right......huh?"
The Pegasus on the screen looked back to the main monitor. He looked over Bobby and Kurt.
"Well, well, well....it looks like I have a couple of unexpected guests. No matter, they'll just die with the others."
"Why are you doing this Pegasus?" Kaiba demanded.
"Isn't it obvious Kaiba? For the fun of it!"
Back with the group, a steel shutter slammed closed behind them.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Kurt said weakly.
"And now why would that be?"
They looked forward to see a man in a red suit with shoulder length white hair, and the same sly grin that he had with the Kaiba brothers.
"Wow, I didn't know Pegasus was part of this!"
"I don't think he is...." Yugi replied.
"Welcome, one and all, to your final destination!" Pegasus told them.
".......man, awfully grim show."
Pegasus looked at Bobby.
"And you'd be one of Yugi-boy's new friends I saw from Kaiba's control room. Let's just take a little looksie into your mind and the other new friend's, shall we?" Pegasus asked as he used his left hand to pull aside the hair in front of the Millennium Eye.
The Eye glowed briefly before Pegasus' grin became one that was starting to scare them all.
"Ah, so Bobby's your name. Very interesting educational curriculum you and Kurt have."
"Okay, now he's freaking me out." Bobby managed to say, nervous and somewhat frightened.
"What do you want Pegasus?" Yami Yugi asked, now in control.
"Very simple Yugi-boy. Since you spoiled my plans at Duelist Kingdom, I'll just have to have you and your friends here die so I can retrieve your Millennium Puzzle and Bakura's Millennium Ring. If you'll be so kind as to look at your arms, the ones that you placed the dueling gear on, I'll invite you to notice that on each is a small little label on the bottom that I believe says, 'Warning, may cause electric shock', which has a cute little bunny on it!"
They all looked at Pegasus funny. Pegasus current had anime U shaped eyes, and a big smile on his face.
"Okay, Pegasus is even crazier than last time." Joey muttered.
"I heard that Joey. My own little addition to those gloves would be that each time you take a blow to your lifepoints in a duel in here, you'll feel it through those gloves. Can anyone guess what happens if you lose all your lifepoints?"
By this time they were all frightened.
"He's crazy!" Kurt yelped.
"And we had to stop him at Duelist Kingdom." Yami Yugi told him.
Bobby and Joey were reaching for their gloves to remove them, when Pegasus interrupted.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. Those batteries will be triggered and kill you anyway unless you all manage to defeat me and my four duel monsters in duels. Everyone?"
Then four different monsters appeared.
"The Toon Summoned Skull!" Bakura yelped.
"The Blue Eyes Toon Dragon!" Joey noted.
"Relinquished!" Tristan added.
"And Manga Ryu-Ran makes five of us, and five of you," Pegasus noted, "Since that seems about right, how about one of you duels one of us. That seems fair, don't you agree? Of course, should any of you lose, it's understandable if one of the remaining duelists take that duel. Let's see.....hmmm, how about Bobby against Manga Ryu-Ran, Kurt against Toon Summoned Skull, Joey against the Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, Bakura against Relinquished, and Yugi against myself. Is that agreeable?"
"It's not like we have a choice....." Joey commented.
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Oh boy, what's going to happen to them, and what happened to Todd. Check in next time.
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"All right, let's see.........Solomon said that the decks he loaned to me and Toad work very well. Maybe I'd better check through the deck and see exactly what I can do with it."
Kurt was currently in his room at the mansion, examining his deck to see what each card was capable of. He knew from watching the duel between Yugi and Kaiba how Multiply worked on Kuriboh, but he checked the cards anyway.
"Hey Kurt, what'cha doing?"
Kurt looked to Bobby, who had come into the room.
"Trying to figure out this deck. This nice guy that runs a new game shop loaned it to me for the tournament." he answered.
"Cool, let me see. I've been into that Duel Monsters stuff you've been talking about for awhile now."
Kurt handed Bobby the deck, who looked it over.
"Wow, this deck sure looks like a keeper. United We Stand, Buster Blader, Copycat...."
"Uh, just what exactly do those all do?" Kurt had to ask.
"United We Stand is a Magic card that can be equipped to a monster, and boosts that monster's attack and defense by 800 for each monster on your side of the field. That's part of why the people that make Duel Monsters cards are planning to change the effect of Multiply so they can't have an insane power boost. Buster Blader is a powerful monster that gains 500 attack for every dragon on the opponent's field and in their graveyard. Copycat is a monster card that can copy the effects of one of your opponent's cards that has been played."
Kurt thought that over.
"It sure sounds good. Who knows, maybe I could win."
"Okay, but you'd have to beat me. I'm entering too."
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Todd was currently busy looking through his deck, heading up the stairs to his room in the run-down home that he and the rest of the Brotherhood lived in, when he accidentally ran into someone.
"Hey! Watch it!" Todd yelped.
"What the heck are these?" Lance asked, holding up Todd's deck.
"Hey! Give those back!"
Lance looked at Todd.
"Make me."
Todd leapt at Lance to try to grab the deck back. Lance stepped to the side, letting Todd crash head first into a wall.
"What is going on down there!!" They heard Mystique shout.
"Come on!" Todd shouted, jumping for the cards again.
Lance stepped to the side again. This time Todd's eyes went wide.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Todd flew right down the stairs, and landed on his head at the bottom as Mystique got to Lance. Pietro and Fred came into the room from the door next to Todd.
"Well? What is going on?"
"Ask Toad, he's the one who brought these here."
"I borrowed those so I could enter some tournament around here that has a huge cash prize!"
Lance, Mystique, Pietro, and Fred looked to Todd, who stood up, holding his head in pain, and looked to Pietro and Fred.
"Hey Lance, how'd you and Mystique get down here so fast?"
Pietro, Lance, and Mystique remained silent.
"Uh, Todd, I'm Fred, and this is Pietro next to me. Can't you tell?"
Todd blinked, then looked around.
"Whoa man, I'm seeing things......Oww!"
Todd had mistakenly walked into the banister post.
"This is sooooo not my fault." Lance spoke up.
"Why do you sound like Kitty when you say that?" Pietro prodded.
"Enough of that, we're going to have to take Todd to a doctor to see about this....." Mystique told them all.
"I'm fine, really!"
WHAM!!!! Todd had then walked straight into the closet door.
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"Oh Yugi. This letter arrived for you in the mail!"
Yugi went downstairs and took the letter from his grandfather.
"Thank you," he said as he looked, "Kaiba Corp.? Oh no, next he'll probably send us to Alaska."
Yugi opened the letter, and read it.
"......it's an invitation to a pre-opening testing of a new Duel Monsters theme park. It also says I'm allowed up to ten friends to bring along."
"I would go, but I still have to mind the shop. Why don't you ask my new students?"
Yugi looked up.
"You mean those two that were arguing the other day? All right, it sounds good to me."
Kurt and Bobby then walked into the card shop.
"Mr Mutou, sir, I brought a friend that wishes to purchase a couple of card booster packs."
"Excellent timing Kurt, my grand-son has just received an invitation to test a new Duel Monsters theme park, and he's allowed to bring some friends. How would you and your friend like to go?" Solomon asked.
Kurt and Bobby looked at each other.
"We'll go, we'll go! Wow!"
"Hold on guys, I just read something else. It says duelists are recommended to bring their decks for use in the '3-D Duel Maze' with Kaiba Corp. Technology installed." Yugi notified them.
"Well, I'm not very good, but this is just a theme park, right? What's the worst that could happen?" Kurt asked.
/////////////////////////////////
Within an hour, as the letter ended up stating the trip was that same day, Kurt, Bobby, Tea, Tristan, Joey, Yugi, and Bakura were on their way by bus to the park. Unfortunately, they couldn't locate Todd in time, and since it was Saturday, he was likely with the rest of the Brotherhood, wherever they happened to be.
"Oh man, is that it ahead?" Bobby asked the driver.
"Yes it is."
The bus stopped in front of a massive park. Kurt looked up, and saw a sign with the Dark Magician and the Blue Eyes White Dragon on it with the words, "Duel Monsters Theme Park" on it.
"We still happen to be working on a name." They heard a familiar voice say.
They looked back to the entrance to see Seto and Mokuba Kaiba standing there.
"I never thought I'd see Kaiba opening a theme park." Joey joked.
Kaiba glared at him.
"For your information Wheeler, the park was my brother's idea."
"Uh, whoops, my bad." Joey replied.
"I still can't believe I'm in the presence of the world's best Duel Monsters champions!" Bobby exclaimed, "All that's missing is Maximillion Pegasus to round out the list of best duelists......oh yeah! Almost forgot!"
Everyone sweatdropped as Bobby took out a book with blank pages and a pen. Kaiba in particular gave him a death glare, not for the autograph, but for mentioning Pegasus.
"Can I have you guys' autographs?"
Kaiba scowled.
"I save my signature for contracts." He told Bobby.
"You don't have to be rude Kaiba. Here, I'll sign." Yugi said.
Yugi signed his name in the book, and handed it back to Bobby, who put the items away.
"Now, before we begin, all of the rides and attractions are operational, but the snack stands are not." Kaiba explained to them.
Joey's eyes went wide, and his jaw dropped open.
"Aw man, I haven't had anything to eat today!" Joey yelped.
"That's your problem Wheeler. Anyway, our most crucial test would be the Duel Maze. I trust all of you intending to test the Maze brought decks like the invitation specified."
Yugi, Joey, Kurt, Bobby, and Bakura held up their decks.
"What about you two?" Kaiba asked Tristan and Tea.
"I came to see the park, so I don't intend to test the dueling stuff." Tea explained.
"Fair enough, the Maze was also designed so non-duelists could have just as much fun."
"I'm only here to keep Joey out of trouble." Tristan told them.
"Ha-ha-ha, very funny." was Joey's response.
"Mokuba and I will be in the control room. Enjoy the park."
Kaiba and Mokuba then walked off. Joey frowned.
"Why do I have a bad case of the creeps all of a sudden?"
"Pardon?" Yugi asked.
"I've got a bad feeling in my gut about this."
Then all of them sweatdropped as Joey's stomach was quite easily heard rumbling.
"Then again, maybe it's because I haven't had food today."
"I'm going to ride the roller coasters!" Bobby said as he ran off for the nearest one.
"Bobby! Wait up!" Kurt shouted as he went after him.
"Well, this IS a theme park. Let's enjoy ourselves." Ryou commented.
And so they had a fun time at the park, riding the roller coasters, which made Yugi vomit over the side, played various prize games, where Joey ended up bouncing a ring from a ring toss onto Bakura's head, and then they were all standing in front of the maze.
"Well, Kaiba did say this was the most crucial test." Kurt remembered.
"I wonder what he's got planned in there." Tristan wondered.
"Only one way to find out." Yugi told them.
They all headed inside. Inside, an assistant handed each of those with decks a Duelist gauntlet, similar to the one Kaiba showed at the demo. They placed them on their non-dominate arms, and placed their decks in the slots.
"Have a good time." The assistant told them.
"Thanks." Joey replied as they went further inside.
From the control room, Kaiba and Mokuba watched their progress into the Maze.
"Keep your fingers crossed Mokuba. I'm not sure how this will turn out."
"Okay Big Brother."
Then both of them spun around to the door, eyes wide, when they heard the electronic lock engage.
"What did you touch?" Kaiba asked his little brother.
"I didn't touch anything, honest!"
"He's telling you the truth, Seto Kaiba. I can only say I'm disappointed I couldn't catch you in my little trap in your maze, but I suppose being locked in here forever ought to be just as good."
Both of the brothers' eyes were wide with fear. They turned to the main monitor. There on the screen was Pegasus' face, with a sly grin on his face.
"Pegasus!?! What on earth?"
"Now-now Kaiba, don't tell me you didn't expect something to happen." The Pegasus on screen said, his mouth moving exactly in time to his words.
The Pegasus on screen was even moving around a bit. He walked off the main monitor onto a secondary one, standing in it as a miniature Pegasus while looking at the main screen, which showed the group entering deeper into the maze.
"Nothing yet. Do ya think something's gone wrong?" Joey asked.
"For you, maybe Joey, but for me, everything's going right......huh?"
The Pegasus on the screen looked back to the main monitor. He looked over Bobby and Kurt.
"Well, well, well....it looks like I have a couple of unexpected guests. No matter, they'll just die with the others."
"Why are you doing this Pegasus?" Kaiba demanded.
"Isn't it obvious Kaiba? For the fun of it!"
Back with the group, a steel shutter slammed closed behind them.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Kurt said weakly.
"And now why would that be?"
They looked forward to see a man in a red suit with shoulder length white hair, and the same sly grin that he had with the Kaiba brothers.
"Wow, I didn't know Pegasus was part of this!"
"I don't think he is...." Yugi replied.
"Welcome, one and all, to your final destination!" Pegasus told them.
".......man, awfully grim show."
Pegasus looked at Bobby.
"And you'd be one of Yugi-boy's new friends I saw from Kaiba's control room. Let's just take a little looksie into your mind and the other new friend's, shall we?" Pegasus asked as he used his left hand to pull aside the hair in front of the Millennium Eye.
The Eye glowed briefly before Pegasus' grin became one that was starting to scare them all.
"Ah, so Bobby's your name. Very interesting educational curriculum you and Kurt have."
"Okay, now he's freaking me out." Bobby managed to say, nervous and somewhat frightened.
"What do you want Pegasus?" Yami Yugi asked, now in control.
"Very simple Yugi-boy. Since you spoiled my plans at Duelist Kingdom, I'll just have to have you and your friends here die so I can retrieve your Millennium Puzzle and Bakura's Millennium Ring. If you'll be so kind as to look at your arms, the ones that you placed the dueling gear on, I'll invite you to notice that on each is a small little label on the bottom that I believe says, 'Warning, may cause electric shock', which has a cute little bunny on it!"
They all looked at Pegasus funny. Pegasus current had anime U shaped eyes, and a big smile on his face.
"Okay, Pegasus is even crazier than last time." Joey muttered.
"I heard that Joey. My own little addition to those gloves would be that each time you take a blow to your lifepoints in a duel in here, you'll feel it through those gloves. Can anyone guess what happens if you lose all your lifepoints?"
By this time they were all frightened.
"He's crazy!" Kurt yelped.
"And we had to stop him at Duelist Kingdom." Yami Yugi told him.
Bobby and Joey were reaching for their gloves to remove them, when Pegasus interrupted.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. Those batteries will be triggered and kill you anyway unless you all manage to defeat me and my four duel monsters in duels. Everyone?"
Then four different monsters appeared.
"The Toon Summoned Skull!" Bakura yelped.
"The Blue Eyes Toon Dragon!" Joey noted.
"Relinquished!" Tristan added.
"And Manga Ryu-Ran makes five of us, and five of you," Pegasus noted, "Since that seems about right, how about one of you duels one of us. That seems fair, don't you agree? Of course, should any of you lose, it's understandable if one of the remaining duelists take that duel. Let's see.....hmmm, how about Bobby against Manga Ryu-Ran, Kurt against Toon Summoned Skull, Joey against the Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, Bakura against Relinquished, and Yugi against myself. Is that agreeable?"
"It's not like we have a choice....." Joey commented.
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Oh boy, what's going to happen to them, and what happened to Todd. Check in next time.
