Lots of submitted characters in this chapter:
Kai Kaethen is an original character submitted by Time Mage.
Zachary Kiselob is an original character submitted by DaBlAcKmAnInReD.
Mike Sullivan is an original character submitted by SulliMike23.
Kevin Hunter is an original character submitted by Blue Eyes Knight, aka
Edgar.
Tokyo Tournament
Chapter Eighteen- Beginning of the End
Also Entitled: FINALly!
"This is getting really frustrating," moaned Tea as she, Lin, and Term continued their search for the...um...the...
-...In the production studio (aka, That One Place Where I Write)...-
"How many were there?" wondered G.O.T. Nick as he began counting on his fingers. "Mai, Kaiba, and Mokuba they don't know about, Joy they don't know about, in fact, the only ones they DO know are missing are...oh yeah." G.O.T. Nick then continued typing whilst thinking that maybe he WAS using to many OCs.
-...Back to the story...-
"This is getting really frustrating," moaned Tea as she, Lin, and Term continued their search for the three missing people.
"Well, yeah," agreed Lin, "the author's been having us do nothing but search for them for the past two chapters."
"Huh?"
"Uh, I mean, we've been searching for over a half hour!" Lin replied hurriedly as he began to scratch his back nervously.
"If only there were someway we could know exactly where to go to find them," pondered Term as suddenly a PA system came on.
"Attention, duelists!" Cerberus's voice blared loudly over the speakers, "Currently more than half of the finals spots have been filled! Term, Lin, Kirbin, Giyan, Yamato, Joey Wheeler, Mai Valentine, Seto Kaiba, and Yugi Moto have all won nine chips. That leaves only seven spots to be filled, so hurry if you want to be in the tournament finals!" Then the system clicked off, and Tea, Term, and Lin looked at each other briefly before heading to the one place in the hotel that led to the basement (where the finals would take place): the elevator.
-...Several floors above, at the elevator...-
"Alright!" said Joey excitedly as he, Serenity, and Mai all waited for the elevator, "Yugi and the others made it to the finals!"
Mai smiled, "It's been a while since I dueled Yugi. I wonder if I'll be able to do it again."
Suddenly, Tristan walked around the corner and spotted the trio. He then ran up and tackled Joey to the floor, "YOU IDIOT! DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED WE WERE ABOUT YOU!? I SHOULD KILL YOU RIGHT NOW!" As the two friends began to fight, the elevator rang and its twin doors opened, revealing Giyan to be inside.
Giyan quirked an eyebrow as he watched the two beat the tar out of each other, then addressed Mai and Serenity, "Should we leave them?"
"Yes," said Mai matter-of-factly as she pulled Serenity into the elevator and hit the "close" button. Tristan and Joey immediately stopped struggling and dived into the small room.
-...Ground floor, near the elevators...-
Kirbin and Joy suddenly turned their attention away from the elevators to see Tea, Term, and Lin arrive. Term and Lin slapped hands with their friend before he made introductions. Shortly afterward, Yamato arrived, followed several minutes later by Yugi, Kaiba, Bakura, and Mokuba. When Yugi arrived, Tea immediately grabbed him in a hug, to which he responded by politely protesting.
"So, what happened to you, Yugi?" asked Lin.
"Well, it's kind of a long story..." began Yugi, reluctant to reveal that Bakura's Millennium Ring contained the spirit of a 5,000- (though probably actually 3,000) year-old Egyptian thief.
The elevator door then opened, revealing Joey, Serenity, Mai, Tristan, Giyan, Kirbin, and Joy within. Greetings were exchanged, and then all fifteen of them piled into the elevator.
-...The Basement...-
The twin doors of the elevator opened and all of its fifteen inhabitants excluding Kaiba, Yamato, and Mai all fell out in a jumble. Kaiba calmly stepped out of the elevator then, making sure to step on Joey's head, and pried his brother from the pile before making his way to a metal door on the other side of the underground room. He noticed that a wire ran from the door into a panel next to it that consisted of sixteen small square slots. A computerized voice said, "Please insert Key System." After briefly examining his KS, Kaiba slid it off its wristband and inserted it lengthways into the first of the sixteen slots, and the door opened. Kaiba stepped through, with Mokuba right behind him. The others soon followed, the competitors inserting their KS's into the slots.
The room beyond the door was extremely large, with a dueling arena at its center. On a balcony beyond the arena sat Cerberus, who grinned as he greeted them, "Welcome, duelists! The finals of the Tokyo Duel Monsters Tournament shall begin as soon as the other finalists arrive. Until then, I suggest you prepare yourselves for the duels ahead."
Yugi and Joey began going over their decks, making sure everything was as it should be. Kaiba leaned against a wall and closed his eyes while Mokuba took out a Game Boy Advanced SP. Tristan, Tea, Serenity, Bakura, and Joy chatted together. Yamato sat down cross-legged and waited.
Lin then took out a set of playing cards and a box of poker chips. Then he began shuffling the cards and formed a circle with Giyan, Kirbin, and Term, "Okay, who's up for some Poker?"
"Poker?" said Term, "Nah, let's play Texas Hold'em."
"No," disagreed Giyan, "Capitalism."
"I say BS," argued Kirbin.
"Poker!"
"Hold'em!"
"Capitalism!"
"BS!"
As the card game became a fist-fight, a duelist walked into the room. He wore a leather jacket and boots. His hair was green and spiky. He leaned against the wall and waited for the other finalists.
After eventually settling to play one round of each game, Lin dealt out the cards. Meanwhile, a teenage boy walked into the room. He had spiky, black hair and blazing blue eyes. He stood just less than six feet tall and wore black pants as well as a black vest over a white shirt. After looking about the room, he sat against one of the walls a ways away from the others in the room and began to meditate.
"Okay, give me three cards," Term told Lin as he selected three of the five cards in his hand and slid them over to Lin. Lin responded by taking the top three cards off of the deck and sliding them facedown to Term, who added them to his hand. Afterwards, Giyan and Kirbin took two while Lin took one. Meanwhile, another duelist stepped into the room. This one was about Yugi's age, though his height did not consist mostly of hair.
Now the four card-players placed their bets. "I'll start by putting in fifty," said Kirbin confidently as he threw in a couple of chips.
"I'll see your fifty," said Term as he threw in several of his own chips, "and I'll raise you a hundred!"
"Then I'll raise you two hundred," said Giyan.
"I'll raise you five hundred!" shouted Lin.
"I'll raise you a thousand!" yelled Kirbin.
Eventually, all four of them had gone all in. During the period when they had been betting, another duelist had entered. He was about seventeen, though he looked fifteen, and his hair was messy and brown. He wore a black t-shirt with a picture of the Duel Monster Sword Hunter on it, and he also had blue jeans on. His eyes were covered by black sunglasses that had blue and orange flames on the arms. He lowered the sunglasses and looked about the room, revealing his eyes to be chestnut brown.
"Okay, I call," said Lin after all the chips were in a tremendous pile between himself and the other card-players. At this moment, yet another duelist stepped into the room. His hair was blonde and spiky, and he wore blue jeans and a red jacket over a black t-shirt.
The four card-players set down their hands, one at a time. "Read 'em and weep!" cried Kirbin triumphantly as he played a Royal Flush of diamonds. Term pulled him back down from his victory dance and set his own hand down. It was a Royal Flush of hearts. Then Giyan set his hand down. It was a Royal Flush of Clubs. Then all three turned to Lin, who stared down in shock at the three hands before setting down his Royal Flush of Spades.
Lin quickly gathered up the cards and chips, "Let's never talk to anyone about this."
Just then, the final two duelists stepped into the room. The first was the duelist from the plane garbed in gray and blue (see chapter two for description). The other duelist was about fourteen years old, and he had black, messy hair. His eyes were a strange tinge of purple, and they twinkled behind his glasses. He wore purple pants and a black shirt.
After they had entered, Cerberus stood up and made an announcement, "Now all sixteen finalists have arrived. So let's get straight to business. All the duelists will randomly select one monster card from their deck. The duelist who draws the monster with the strongest attack will face the duelist with the weakest attack, the second-strongest with the second- weakest, and so on." As Cerberus had been speaking, a large screen had appeared on the wall below him, and it showed a tournament tree with labels of 1 through 16 at the branches. "So, let's begin, starting with Seto Kaiba." Kaiba took one card and held it up, revealing it to be the Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000 attack). As he held the card up, the number "3000" appeared on the branch labeled "1". "Next, Term," Term held up his monster: the Mystical Knight of Jackal (2700 attack). The number appeared on the second branch. "Lin," Lin responded by holding up his Celtic Guardian (1400 attack). "Yamato," Yamato held up Oni Tank T-34 (1400 attack). "Kirbin."
Kirbin, however, chose not to hold up a card, "I'd rather just face whoever draws the strongest monster," he explained.
Cerberus cocked an eyebrow, but then chuckled before responding, "An interesting proposal. Very well, let's continue. Giyan," Giyan held up the Black Skull Dragon (3200 attack), placing him at the one spot. "Joey Wheeler," Joey already had Panther Warrior (2000 attack) in his hand. "Mai Valentine," Mai held up Cyber Harpie (1800 attack). "Yugi Moto," Yugi had drawn his weakest monster: Kuriboh (300 attack). "Bullus," the green-haired man held up the extremely powerful but extremely hard-to-use Ultimate Obedient Fiend (3500 attack). "Kai Kaethen," the black-haired teen dressed mostly in black held up the Skilled Dark Magician (1900 attack). "Zachary Kiselob," the boy that had entered after Kai held up the Last Warrior from Another Planet (2350 attack). "Mike Sullivan," the teen with the Sword Hunter shirt held up Maha Vailo (1550 attack). "Kevin Hunter," the teen with blonde, spiky hair had the Cyber Jar (900 attack). "Shaun," the purple- clothed boy held up the Catapult Turtle (1000 attack). "And finally, Nick," the man with his face covered by cloth held up Freed the Matchless General (2300 attack). The screen now read as follows:
(1) Bullus v. (16) Kirbin
(2) Giyan v. (15) Yugi
(3) Kaiba v. (14) Kevin
(4) Term v. (13) Shaun
(5) Zachary v. (12) Yamato
(6) Nick v. (11) Lin
(7) Joey v. (10) Mike
(8) Kai v. (9) Mai
"The first duel of the Tokyo Duel Monsters Tournament Finals will begin immediately!" declared Cerberus, "Bullus and Kirbin, step onto the dueling arena!"
Next time: The first duel of the Tournament Finals begins!
Special thanks to the above-mentioned OC-submitters.
Tokyo Tournament
Chapter Eighteen- Beginning of the End
Also Entitled: FINALly!
"This is getting really frustrating," moaned Tea as she, Lin, and Term continued their search for the...um...the...
-...In the production studio (aka, That One Place Where I Write)...-
"How many were there?" wondered G.O.T. Nick as he began counting on his fingers. "Mai, Kaiba, and Mokuba they don't know about, Joy they don't know about, in fact, the only ones they DO know are missing are...oh yeah." G.O.T. Nick then continued typing whilst thinking that maybe he WAS using to many OCs.
-...Back to the story...-
"This is getting really frustrating," moaned Tea as she, Lin, and Term continued their search for the three missing people.
"Well, yeah," agreed Lin, "the author's been having us do nothing but search for them for the past two chapters."
"Huh?"
"Uh, I mean, we've been searching for over a half hour!" Lin replied hurriedly as he began to scratch his back nervously.
"If only there were someway we could know exactly where to go to find them," pondered Term as suddenly a PA system came on.
"Attention, duelists!" Cerberus's voice blared loudly over the speakers, "Currently more than half of the finals spots have been filled! Term, Lin, Kirbin, Giyan, Yamato, Joey Wheeler, Mai Valentine, Seto Kaiba, and Yugi Moto have all won nine chips. That leaves only seven spots to be filled, so hurry if you want to be in the tournament finals!" Then the system clicked off, and Tea, Term, and Lin looked at each other briefly before heading to the one place in the hotel that led to the basement (where the finals would take place): the elevator.
-...Several floors above, at the elevator...-
"Alright!" said Joey excitedly as he, Serenity, and Mai all waited for the elevator, "Yugi and the others made it to the finals!"
Mai smiled, "It's been a while since I dueled Yugi. I wonder if I'll be able to do it again."
Suddenly, Tristan walked around the corner and spotted the trio. He then ran up and tackled Joey to the floor, "YOU IDIOT! DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED WE WERE ABOUT YOU!? I SHOULD KILL YOU RIGHT NOW!" As the two friends began to fight, the elevator rang and its twin doors opened, revealing Giyan to be inside.
Giyan quirked an eyebrow as he watched the two beat the tar out of each other, then addressed Mai and Serenity, "Should we leave them?"
"Yes," said Mai matter-of-factly as she pulled Serenity into the elevator and hit the "close" button. Tristan and Joey immediately stopped struggling and dived into the small room.
-...Ground floor, near the elevators...-
Kirbin and Joy suddenly turned their attention away from the elevators to see Tea, Term, and Lin arrive. Term and Lin slapped hands with their friend before he made introductions. Shortly afterward, Yamato arrived, followed several minutes later by Yugi, Kaiba, Bakura, and Mokuba. When Yugi arrived, Tea immediately grabbed him in a hug, to which he responded by politely protesting.
"So, what happened to you, Yugi?" asked Lin.
"Well, it's kind of a long story..." began Yugi, reluctant to reveal that Bakura's Millennium Ring contained the spirit of a 5,000- (though probably actually 3,000) year-old Egyptian thief.
The elevator door then opened, revealing Joey, Serenity, Mai, Tristan, Giyan, Kirbin, and Joy within. Greetings were exchanged, and then all fifteen of them piled into the elevator.
-...The Basement...-
The twin doors of the elevator opened and all of its fifteen inhabitants excluding Kaiba, Yamato, and Mai all fell out in a jumble. Kaiba calmly stepped out of the elevator then, making sure to step on Joey's head, and pried his brother from the pile before making his way to a metal door on the other side of the underground room. He noticed that a wire ran from the door into a panel next to it that consisted of sixteen small square slots. A computerized voice said, "Please insert Key System." After briefly examining his KS, Kaiba slid it off its wristband and inserted it lengthways into the first of the sixteen slots, and the door opened. Kaiba stepped through, with Mokuba right behind him. The others soon followed, the competitors inserting their KS's into the slots.
The room beyond the door was extremely large, with a dueling arena at its center. On a balcony beyond the arena sat Cerberus, who grinned as he greeted them, "Welcome, duelists! The finals of the Tokyo Duel Monsters Tournament shall begin as soon as the other finalists arrive. Until then, I suggest you prepare yourselves for the duels ahead."
Yugi and Joey began going over their decks, making sure everything was as it should be. Kaiba leaned against a wall and closed his eyes while Mokuba took out a Game Boy Advanced SP. Tristan, Tea, Serenity, Bakura, and Joy chatted together. Yamato sat down cross-legged and waited.
Lin then took out a set of playing cards and a box of poker chips. Then he began shuffling the cards and formed a circle with Giyan, Kirbin, and Term, "Okay, who's up for some Poker?"
"Poker?" said Term, "Nah, let's play Texas Hold'em."
"No," disagreed Giyan, "Capitalism."
"I say BS," argued Kirbin.
"Poker!"
"Hold'em!"
"Capitalism!"
"BS!"
As the card game became a fist-fight, a duelist walked into the room. He wore a leather jacket and boots. His hair was green and spiky. He leaned against the wall and waited for the other finalists.
After eventually settling to play one round of each game, Lin dealt out the cards. Meanwhile, a teenage boy walked into the room. He had spiky, black hair and blazing blue eyes. He stood just less than six feet tall and wore black pants as well as a black vest over a white shirt. After looking about the room, he sat against one of the walls a ways away from the others in the room and began to meditate.
"Okay, give me three cards," Term told Lin as he selected three of the five cards in his hand and slid them over to Lin. Lin responded by taking the top three cards off of the deck and sliding them facedown to Term, who added them to his hand. Afterwards, Giyan and Kirbin took two while Lin took one. Meanwhile, another duelist stepped into the room. This one was about Yugi's age, though his height did not consist mostly of hair.
Now the four card-players placed their bets. "I'll start by putting in fifty," said Kirbin confidently as he threw in a couple of chips.
"I'll see your fifty," said Term as he threw in several of his own chips, "and I'll raise you a hundred!"
"Then I'll raise you two hundred," said Giyan.
"I'll raise you five hundred!" shouted Lin.
"I'll raise you a thousand!" yelled Kirbin.
Eventually, all four of them had gone all in. During the period when they had been betting, another duelist had entered. He was about seventeen, though he looked fifteen, and his hair was messy and brown. He wore a black t-shirt with a picture of the Duel Monster Sword Hunter on it, and he also had blue jeans on. His eyes were covered by black sunglasses that had blue and orange flames on the arms. He lowered the sunglasses and looked about the room, revealing his eyes to be chestnut brown.
"Okay, I call," said Lin after all the chips were in a tremendous pile between himself and the other card-players. At this moment, yet another duelist stepped into the room. His hair was blonde and spiky, and he wore blue jeans and a red jacket over a black t-shirt.
The four card-players set down their hands, one at a time. "Read 'em and weep!" cried Kirbin triumphantly as he played a Royal Flush of diamonds. Term pulled him back down from his victory dance and set his own hand down. It was a Royal Flush of hearts. Then Giyan set his hand down. It was a Royal Flush of Clubs. Then all three turned to Lin, who stared down in shock at the three hands before setting down his Royal Flush of Spades.
Lin quickly gathered up the cards and chips, "Let's never talk to anyone about this."
Just then, the final two duelists stepped into the room. The first was the duelist from the plane garbed in gray and blue (see chapter two for description). The other duelist was about fourteen years old, and he had black, messy hair. His eyes were a strange tinge of purple, and they twinkled behind his glasses. He wore purple pants and a black shirt.
After they had entered, Cerberus stood up and made an announcement, "Now all sixteen finalists have arrived. So let's get straight to business. All the duelists will randomly select one monster card from their deck. The duelist who draws the monster with the strongest attack will face the duelist with the weakest attack, the second-strongest with the second- weakest, and so on." As Cerberus had been speaking, a large screen had appeared on the wall below him, and it showed a tournament tree with labels of 1 through 16 at the branches. "So, let's begin, starting with Seto Kaiba." Kaiba took one card and held it up, revealing it to be the Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000 attack). As he held the card up, the number "3000" appeared on the branch labeled "1". "Next, Term," Term held up his monster: the Mystical Knight of Jackal (2700 attack). The number appeared on the second branch. "Lin," Lin responded by holding up his Celtic Guardian (1400 attack). "Yamato," Yamato held up Oni Tank T-34 (1400 attack). "Kirbin."
Kirbin, however, chose not to hold up a card, "I'd rather just face whoever draws the strongest monster," he explained.
Cerberus cocked an eyebrow, but then chuckled before responding, "An interesting proposal. Very well, let's continue. Giyan," Giyan held up the Black Skull Dragon (3200 attack), placing him at the one spot. "Joey Wheeler," Joey already had Panther Warrior (2000 attack) in his hand. "Mai Valentine," Mai held up Cyber Harpie (1800 attack). "Yugi Moto," Yugi had drawn his weakest monster: Kuriboh (300 attack). "Bullus," the green-haired man held up the extremely powerful but extremely hard-to-use Ultimate Obedient Fiend (3500 attack). "Kai Kaethen," the black-haired teen dressed mostly in black held up the Skilled Dark Magician (1900 attack). "Zachary Kiselob," the boy that had entered after Kai held up the Last Warrior from Another Planet (2350 attack). "Mike Sullivan," the teen with the Sword Hunter shirt held up Maha Vailo (1550 attack). "Kevin Hunter," the teen with blonde, spiky hair had the Cyber Jar (900 attack). "Shaun," the purple- clothed boy held up the Catapult Turtle (1000 attack). "And finally, Nick," the man with his face covered by cloth held up Freed the Matchless General (2300 attack). The screen now read as follows:
(1) Bullus v. (16) Kirbin
(2) Giyan v. (15) Yugi
(3) Kaiba v. (14) Kevin
(4) Term v. (13) Shaun
(5) Zachary v. (12) Yamato
(6) Nick v. (11) Lin
(7) Joey v. (10) Mike
(8) Kai v. (9) Mai
"The first duel of the Tokyo Duel Monsters Tournament Finals will begin immediately!" declared Cerberus, "Bullus and Kirbin, step onto the dueling arena!"
Next time: The first duel of the Tournament Finals begins!
Special thanks to the above-mentioned OC-submitters.