A Bloody Path
S. Hawk: I'm here and I'm holding chapter 9!
Y. Hawk: (mutters under breath) Finally…
Ichigo Neko: Yay, the chapter is done.
Chaos: S. Hawk doesn't own anything.
Ichigo Neko: Not even him? (Points to Pegasus)
S. Hawk: Dear Ra! Take off that horrid dress already!
Pegasus: Fine, hawk-boy! (takes off dress)
Chaos: Ahhh! My eyes!
Ichigo Neko: Oh dear God! When S. Hawk said take off the dress, he mean to put some other clothes on! I think I'm scarred for life… (Cries)
Sango: Let me kill it! (Throws Hiraikotsu) I got it!
Pegasus: Ow!
Reviewers: I'm glad so many of you reviewed. This makes me want to update this story. Even though I'm kind of busy, I somehow got around to writing this.
Luna, Princess of Shadows: Kaiba has a habit of being dramatic. He would jump off the bridge but he rather she died so he shoved her in front of a car. Well, they are both alive so it's okay.
Kiatra-chan: Thank you! Updating takes time and time is hard to find sometimes.
Nina: Thanks.
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge: I didn't like Titanic either. It is okay to think it is funny when characters get hurt. Otherwise, this fic wouldn't really be considered humor since most of the comedy is when people get hurt.
Invisible girl: I don't like Tea either. The others are going to be okay. Thanks to the power of fan fiction, all wounds are automatically healed! I know, isn't Blue Eyes White Cat so cool? I had to add something like it to the story. As for Serenity jumping first, would Kaiba really jump after her? That is a question that deserves some thought.
Surfnsport: Thanks.
No one in particular: Well, I have been slipping some swearing into the story. Since no one seems to care, I am going to use swear words instead of censoring now except for some words. The really offensive ones will remained censored.
Kiwigrl89: Thank you. I try to both tell a serious story with a twist of humor to make it enjoyable. I'm glad you like my writing style.
Nkitty29: Kaiba does need mental help. I think the stress of the story is getting to him. Well, a little duel tournament should be the relaxation he needs.
Dreamer of Dragons: To be honest, I'm using a lot of literary freedom in this story. It's like the anime, the rules of the real card game doesn't always apply to this world. I know that it sounds stupid but the focus of the story isn't on the card game. The only reason I mention duels is because it is how they solve a lot of arguments and it is their bonding factor. If you're geeky brother has a problem with this, tell him to write a story like mine. He'll see that it isn't as easy to come up with the plot as it is reciting card effects.
Anayas-creater: Thanks.
Chapter 9: Tournament starts
Kaiba was sitting at his office when inspiration walked through the door. Kaiba rubbed his eyes to see that inspiration was only Serenity. She is still his personal assistant and they now have a weird relationship. They like each other but neither one is willing to face the turmoil that the relationship will bring.
"Kaiba! Are you listening? The board meeting is waiting for you! Oh dear, you're stilling playing with your deck? That stupid game is what holding you up? Why don't you just start another tournament so you have a valid excuse for not working?"
While Serenity stormed off to tell the board members to wait a bit longer for Kaiba, inspiration did arrive in the form of Serenity. Kaiba decided to announce the start of his newest tournament. However, he needed to get to the board meeting first. THUD! Serenity decided to come back to the office and open Kaiba's door while he was behind it. The board members will definitely have to wait until Kaiba wakes up.
After the board meeting
Kaiba is ready for his next tournament. The KC Anarchy Tournament will begin in a month. The publicity department was working their asses off trying to get the word out about the tournament. Luckily, word of mouth spread quickly and usual duelists were signing up in a hurry. As Kaiba looked over the list, he made mental notes as to how to duel against each and everyone of them. So far, Weevil Underwood, Rex Raptor, Mai Valentine, Espa Roba, Mako Tsunami, and Bandit Keith were signed up. Kaiba knew it wouldn't be long before Yugi and Joey hear about the tournament. He was getting excited to duel and finally beat Yugi. He wondered where the geek group was right now.
Kame Game Shop
The geek group was watching television in the game shop. The report of KC Anarchy Tournament was airing and the group was shocked by the news. "Wha da hell? Kaiba is hosting anotha tournament? Why is this the first time I heard of this?" Joey was ranting about how he didn't know that the KC Anarchy Tournament was kicking off. "Big brother! I have been telling you about it for the past week! If you would just shut up for once and listen…" Everyone was staring at Serenity as if this was the first time they met Serenity. In a way, it is. Serenity has become a lot more self-assured thanks to Kaiba. Apparently, his aggressive nature has inspired a tougher attitude within Serenity. She is slowly but surely becoming a strong, independent woman. She has learnt that she can do so much by herself. She can survive in the business world, thanks to the rigorous training at Kaiba corp. Serenity has become a rougher, tougher person that can handle herself.
"The tournament is next month and the nearest sign up point is…here." Serenity pointed to an area on a map. "You guys should sign up soon. In fact, I think we all should. Yugi was the champion, Joey made it to the finals, Duke and Tristan did an okay job with me during the duel against the Big 5. Tea… anyways, we all should sign up." Everyone agreed with a hesitant agreement from Joey. It was oblivious that he didn't want Serenity to duel in this tournament but he couldn't force her to do something against her will. He learnt that lesson the hard way.
Flashback: yesterday
Joey was getting out of school when he saw his sister rushing towards the infamous limousine. He still felt ill from having her work for money-bags. He decided to stop her this time and end what he thought was a horrid situation. Joey is in denial about anything going on between his sister and Kaiba. He ran in front of Serenity to get trampled by the usual fan girls that surround Kaiba's limo. Serenity has long observed the way to avoid these harpies by making a spiral circle path around the limo. Joey hasn't had that luxury. Damn that Kaiba! How does a person so conceited get so many fan girls? Ow! Someone just stepped on my hand! "Ow! Someone just stepped on my hand!" What was that? Oh, it must be what Yugi and the others were trying to tell me. Think before I speak. So, this is what it's like. "So, this is what it's like."
"Huh? Ew! Pervert!" Apparently, Joey hasn't had enough practice to know that saying everything that he thinks is still not a good thing. The fan girls assumed that he was implying something perverted since he was on the ground and looking up. Hasn't someone at the school realized that skirts and teenage boys don't mix? Well, Joey learn a lesson from those girls: Unless you want a can of whoop ass, keep your mouth shut in front of Kaiba fan girls. After the amazing beatings that fifty girls has given him, Joey was clear to stop his loving sister from entering the limo of doom. It was his plan at least.
"Joey, why are you on the ground bleeding? Did you get beat up again? Joey, let go of my leg. I still need to get to work and you're in the way." Apparently, Joey came up with a lame brain idea to stop Serenity. It would have worked if Serenity didn't kick Joey in his special place and screamed at the top of her lungs "pervert". The scream triggered another massive beat down on poor Joey. Lesson of that story: Never make a girl late for her job…ever… even if she's your sister… especially if she's your sister.
Present Time
While Joey was deep in his memories, the gang left him to register for the tournament. "Shouldn't we wait for Joey? Friends would never leave-" Unfortunately for Tea, an accidental nudge from Yugi sent her flying in front of a city bus. Clunk! Normally, buses stop after they hit a person but the driver assumed it was his imagination so he kept going. Even though several people saw Tea dangling from the front of the bus, they just assumed that she was just some weird girl and didn't want to make her self-conscious.
"What should we do about Tea?" Everyone turned to stare at Ryou. He just shrugged and said that every living thing deserves some sympathy. "Does Tea really count as a living thing? I always assumed that she was some horrible lab accident." Bakura's comment didn't get much denial so it appears no one disagrees.
Eventually, the group arrived at the registration point. Tea and Joey arrived several minutes later. Tea managed to jump off the moving bus onto a car. From that car, she leaped from car to car until she landed in a convertible. The shocked driver pulled out a shotgun and tried to fire at Tea. Unfortunately, she wasn't watching the road so the driver didn't see the car in front of her stop. After the convertible rear ended the car in front, Tea went flying since she wasn't wearing a seat belt. That move saved her as the shotgun fired and the blast injured the driver of the nearby car. The injured driver swerved since he was shot and bleeding into the car in front. Both of the front cars were sent into the busy intersection and a 20 car pileup formed. Bad Tea walked away from the carnage after seeing the damage she had done. Luckily for her, the registration point was nearby. Joey, on the other hand, figured that everyone left and ran after them. After running the entire way, Joey was extremely out of breath when he reached his destination.
"Good day sir. How may I help you?"
"I wanna regista for the tournament."
"Excuse me sir? Say that again?"
"I wanna regista for the tournament."
"Sir, I don't speak your language. Do I need to get you a translator?"
"Wha da hell? I don need no damn translator! I can speak Japanese, you stupid…stupid!"
Serenity sweat dropped. "Nice comeback, big brother. Did you come up with that yourself or did Tristan have to help?" Serenity has been hanging around Kaiba way too much. It shocked Joey that his innocent sister just said that to him. Before he could say anything, Serenity had already registered Joey, Yugi, Yami, herself, and the others for the tournament. I hope Seto will enjoy seeing who entered the tournament.
Kaiba Corp.
"What the mother-(censored) hell! Who told Kitty to sign up? The tournament was supposed to be my victory over Yami! I can't compete against my girl…err, my personal assistant! THIS WILL PUT A CRAMP INTO MY PLANS!"
"Seto…indoor voices." Kaiba drew the attention of everyone in the control center including Mokuba. Mokuba was trying his best to calm down the raging inferno that was building inside of his big brother. Unfortunately, calming down Kaiba is like calming down a tsunami…it's never going to happen.
"AHHHH! INDOOR VOICES! INDOOR VOICES! I'LL SHOW YOU WHO IS INDOORS!"
"EEP! Big brother has lost it! Someone hit the emergency button! Code Blue Eyes! Code Blue Eyes!" Mokuba ran towards the control panel with the flashing lights. His voice was projected to the entire building. "Everyone, this is not a drill! This is not a drill! This is a real Code Blue Eyes emergency! That's right, a Blue Eyes emergency! Big brother has lost it and he might self-detonate the building…again. Everyone better run for your life! I don't really care if anyone believes me. It's not my ass on the line. I'm out of here!" With a burst of speed, Mokuba jumped into his emergency escape pod that Seto built for him in case of emergency. This definitely would count as an emergency. God help us all…again.
Registration Point
"What are the rules to this tournament?"
Serenity sighed. She just went through this with Yugi and now she had to re-explain it to Tristan. If that idiot would have listened to me before, I wouldn't have to do this again. Stupid big brother for making such retarded friends! Tristan was too busy staring at those tramps' rear ends to hear me. Seto would never let these retard people in his tournament. I can imagine Seto raging when he hears this. Seto would be fuming and his muscles would be all tensed up. His hair would be disheveled and his blue eyes will be really focused and hot. His body all wet with sweat and his lips will be curled in a cute yet wicked snarl. OKAY! Bad Serenity! No naughty thoughts about Seto while trying to explain the rules to these idiots.
"The rules are as following. First, all duelist will be using Kaiba Corp's newest duel disk. Second, the finalist will be determined by the point system. The new duelist to the tournament will be issued 500pts. Yugi, the champion, will start with 1,000 pts. Malik would start with 900pts but Isis wouldn't let him join the tournament. Seto would start the contest with 800pts for coming in third. Joey will be given 700 pts. The other entire finalists will start with 600 pts. Duelist may wager as many points as they wish on the duels. The eight people with the most points will be in the finals. The dueling rules are the same as Battle City. Losers will hand over their rarest card to the winners. When a person hits zero pts, they are automatically eliminated from the tournament. There is not fear of being robbed of points, unlike Battle City where someone beat the living crap out of a poor duelist." All eyes turned to Bakura. He wasn't paying attention as he tried unsuccessfully to send a spirit into a Barney's doll. "Those are the rules and good luck duelist."
"I can't wait to get started! When does this thing start?" The registration guy told them the tournament will start in a month. "Well, I guess we better start practicing until the tournament started." With that, they left in all directions. Joey, Tristan, Yugi, and Yami went to train together. Tea left with Ryou, and Bakura to train. Serenity went straight for Kaiba Corp to being her training.
One month later
The tournament has started. The gang has been in constant training for a whole month and now, it's time to show what they had learned. Interestingly, the first duel of the tournament was between two unlikely duelists. It began when Tea said, "Man, this tournament is huge. I can't wait to compete. Look at Kaiba! He is so freaking hot! I like a piece of that!"
"Tea! Don't say things like that!" Especially about my boy…er, my boss.
"I can say anything I want, Wheeler!"
"Oh yeah?"
"YEAH!"
"Well, I challenge you to a duel!"
This is the start of the first duel. They both place their 500 pts on the line.
Tea vs. Serenity
They decided that they were going to duel across the street from each other. Tea went first. They each drew five cards and Tea drew another to start the duel off. "I play 'Dancing Elf' (300/250) in defense mode. I also play this card face down." Serenity drew her card. Her hand didn't look too good considering she inherited Joey's cards. Luckily, Mokuba did manage to sneak a few rare cards from Seto's collection for her. She hoped her next combo would be useful. "I play 'Amazoness Tiger' (1100/1500). Along with that, I activate 'Big Bang Shot'! For those that have been sleeping when the new cards were published, this card equipped my tiger increases its attack by 400 and allows me to damage your life point even if your monster is in defense mode. I also play this card face down. Now tiger, rip her a new one! Kill!" As the tiger approached, Tea activated her trap card. "Let's see how well you handle this card: A Hero Emerges. You get to pick a card from my hand. If it's a monster, I get to summon it to the field. If not, it goes to the graveyard. Good luck…."
Serenity looked at the four cards in Tea's hand and she picked the card on the right. The card is… Monster Reborn. It was sent to graveyard and Tea was in distress. Tea watched as her 'Dancing Elf' was ripped in half by the tiger's sharp teeth. It didn't stop there. It continued its attack on Tea by ripping away Tea's blouse. The score is Tea: 2750 Serenity: 4000.
Tea drew her next card and summoned 'Dancing Fairy' (1700/1000) to the field. "I guess this is a good time to play de-spell!" With de-spell, Serenity's equip card was destroyed. Dancing Fairy attacked the weakened tiger and blow it away…along with Serenity's skirt. Good thing that Serenity decided to wear panties today. The score is now Tea: 2750 Serenity: 3400.
Serenity needed a strong card to beat Tea. She pulled a card and it is…'Blade Knight' (1600/1000). Seto's card came to her when it was needed. Serenity had a plan on beating this wannabe. "I summon 'Blade Knight' to the field. Along with him, I think I'll add Seto's 'Dragonic Attack'. That card treats Blade Knight as a dragon now and adds 500 to its attack and defenses. Now, enjoy a nice 'Final Flame" on me! That's 600 LP down! Blade Knight, attack and take care of Dancing Fairy. Oh, since I only have one card in my hand, Blade Knight gets an extra 400 attack points. That means it has 2500 attack points!" With a swift swing of its sword, Dancing Fairy and Tea's skirt and shoes are gone. The score is Tea: 1350 Serenity: 3400.
Tea had to play her next trump card so she drew a card and then played 'Change of Hearts'. With that card, she sacrificed Blade Knight for 'Airknight Parshath' (1900/1400). Her knight attacked and removed 1900 LP from Serenity and it also allowed Tea to draw a card thanks to her knight's special ability. The score reads Tea: 1350 Serenity: 1500.
Serenity needed to draw a good card again. She hoped that she can draw another one of Seto's cards. She drew a card and it was…pot of greed. It allowed her to draw two more cards. The first card was 'Dark Hole' so Tea's monster was destroyed. The second card was 'Cost-down". It allowed her to remove two stars from one of her monster cards. With that card she summoned 'Parrot Dragon' (2000/1300). It is enough to remove the rest of Tea's LP…and also all of her remaining clothing. Luckily for everyone, the police dragged her away for indecent exposure. The most important thing is that Serenity is now tied with Yugi for first! She might actually make it to the finals. Only time will tell.
A/N
S. Hawk: That ends chapter 9.
Y. Hawk: The tournament is going to be weird.
Chaos: Oh well! Please R&R!
