Domino City Square... one hour later.
"Whoa, there's a LOT of Duelists here." Robert said, stunned. His Nerves already beginning to set him ill at ease.
Robert began looking around the expansive city square, spotted with trees and filled with people, wearing Duel Disks and not. A large fountain in the center of the square sending a light mist into the air, the giant Television screen counting down the last thirty minutes until the "Grand Announcement".
"Relax, remember you're one of the top twenty, you were invited here by the VP of Kaiba Corp." Sammantha re-assured Robert, as she rubbed his back and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
Robert steadied himself and walked into the throng of Duelists, he saw trading and one or two friendly matches, mostly though, the others were sizing each other up through conversations and in some cases just through carefully studying one another.
"HEY! Ms. Dawson!" A voice called out behind them
Sammantha turned around to see a tall young man running toward her waving.
"Oh, Hi Tristan. What are you doing here?" Sammantha asked as the young man stopped in front of the two duelists.
"Just here supporting my friends, Yugi and Joey. I didn't know you were a Duelist." Tristan said, motioning towards a small group of people then turning his attention back to Sammanhta's Duel Disk.
"Yeah, I'm one of the top twenty ranked Duelists in the World." Sammantha and Tristan began to get into a conversation when Robert cleared his throat in a less than subtle way.
"OH! Where are my manners, Tristan this is Robert, my Fiancé." Sammantha reached out and put here hand on Roberts shoulder as she introduced him. "Robert, this is Tristan, he's the Gym coach at Domino High." She said, gesturing politely to Tristan.
"Here to support the Girlfriend eh? Good for you." Tristan said and offered his right hand to Robert to shake.
Robert moved his left arm from behind Sammantha, un-obscuring the view of his Duel Disk, and took Tristans hand, shaking it politely while applying sufficient force to make Tristan wince slightly.
"And while I may be here to support Sammantha, I'm also one of the top twenty Duelists in the world. I'm here to duel as well." Robert's face was totally impassive, if he was annoyed with Tristan it didn't show.
The rest of Tristans group approached, A tall blond man with a goatee, An average sized man who looked much younger than Both Tristan and the blond man, His hair was spiked and a deep Purple color, almost verging on black, with small blonde spikes jutting out in the front. He wore a large gold colored item around his neck fastened by a thick chain, the item looked quite heavy judging only by it's size but the young man carried it as though it weren't even there.
"This is Joey,"Tristan motioned towards the blond man with the Goatee. "And Yugi, the World Champion at Duel Monsters." Tristan motioned towards the shorter of the two.
"Nice to meetcha." Joey said with a terrible fake Brooklyn accent, offering his left hand to Robert then to Sammantha.
"You're Robert Marcus and Sammtha Dawson right?" Yugi asked as he put out his hand to shake theirs.
"Um, yeah that's us." Robert answered slightly bewildered.
"You've heard of us?" Sammantha asked as she shook Yugi's hand.
"Well, sort of, the big screen there," Yugi motioned to the screen counting down, "was running through the images and names of the Duelists that were invited personally by the Kaiba Corporation. You two must be good if you were personally invited." Yugi finished and the screen behind them shifted over to an image of Seto Kaiba.
"Welcome Duelists, you're all here for one reason. because I want you here. You're the best of the best, and now it's time to find out who's the BEST of the best of the best." Kaiba began looking around at each of the duelists. At first Robert thought it was just for effect, then he noticed the cameras positioned under the screen moving in unison with him, he really was looking at them!
"Ah, Yugi. My old friend." Kaiba said the word but his voice was filled with venom.
"And Wheeler, Still pretending to be a Duelist eh?" Kaiba had a camera focused on Joey at this point, Joey in response began to fume.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to announce that the battle Island tournament will be hald in two days, new rules will be in effect and they will be explained by the announcer on the Island. Be at Domino Harbor in two days at six thirty A.M. If you don't show up, you don't participate. That is all." With that Kaiba's image disappeared from the screen and the cameras retraced.
"He certainly is a friendly one isn't he?" Tristan said, wryly.
"He's a loser and a jerk!" Joey was still angry that he'd been humiliated in front of the other duelists in attendance.
"Six thirty in the morning! How does he expect a girl to get any beauty sleep?" The group of Duelists turned around to see a very attractive older woman approaching, Her blond hair blowing in the slight breeze.
"How are you doing Yugi? Joey?" She asked nodding to the two respectively.
"Good to see you again Sammy." She spat as she looked at Sammantha.
"Mai Mizaki, well there goes the upscale reputation of KC tournaments." Sammatha snidely commented as she stared down the woman.
"Umm, am I missing something?" Tristan asked as he leaned in towards Robert, who was gently rubbing the bridge of his nose as though he were developing a head ache.
"They battled each other at an Exhibition match a while back, Apparently it wasn't just a duel it was an insult contest. Sammantha said they used to go to school together but she doesn't really go into details." Robert stepped forward interposing himself between Sammantha and Mai hoping to stem any further confrontation.
"And who's this cutie?" Mai asked as she eyed Robert up and down.
"My name is Robert, I'm Sammantha's Fiancé, It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Mizaki." Robert offered his hand.
Mai stepped forward and took Robert's hand shaking it very demurely.
"No, the pleasure's all mine. How exactly did Sammy land a guy like you?" She said with a smirk and a wink.
"Back of you dirty..." Sammantha's voice raised and she took a step forward.
"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! Sammantha calm down, there are after all kids present." Robert turned to his Fiancé and looked into her eyes, conveying all she needed to know and allaying any concern she may have had.
"All right Mai, Let's see how far you've come. Let's Duel!" Sammantha raised her left arm and locked her Duel Disk into position.
"Fine with me, but this will be a repeat of all our other contests, I'll win. I always win. In everything." Mai said and winked at Robert, giving him a fair idea as to why Sammantha lost her cool.
All of the others cleared back as the Holographic Projectors locked into their places forming a square roughly fourteen feet by fourteen feet. Small rotating holographic screens showing each Duelists life points appeared in each corner of the field.
Mai: 4000
Sammantha: 4000
"Loser first Sammy." Mai said as she drew her opening hand.
"Your first mistake Mai." Sammantha replied. "I'll set one Monster in Defense mode and four Magic or Trap cards. My turn is over."
"It's about time, I was getting bored, even with Eye candy around any contest with you is a boring one." Mai said as she looked at Robert again, eliciting a slight growl from Sammantha.
"First I'll play Harpies feather Duster to get rid of your Magic and trap cards." Mai set the card and a vortex formed over Sammantha's M/T cards but froze instantly as Sammantha activated a trap card.
"Not so fast Blondie Magic Drain, If you can't discard a magic card from your hand my magic and trap cards stay." Sammantha was pleased with her blockage of Mai's magic card and let it be known with a broad smile.
"Oh that's no problem Sammy, I'll discard my Elegant Egotist card." Mai pushed the magic card into the graveyard slot and the vortex resumed it's assault on Sammantha's magic and Trap cards.
"Now that those are gone I'll summon my Harpies Brother in attack mode and attack your face down card." A man with large brown wings appeared on the field, on his left arm a three bladed sword, the monster launched at Sammantha's face down card and sliced it neatly into four pieces the returned to Mai's side of the field hovering a few feet off the ground.
The floating remnants of Sammantha's card reformed into a large purple orb which released a blast of purple gas at mai, whos life points dropped by five hundred points.
"Thanks Mai, You destroyed my Giant Germ which instantly deals five hundred points of direct damage to your Life points and allows me to set up to two more Giant Germs in Face down Defense mode." Sammantha pulled her deck out of the holder and set two more monsters in defense mode.
Mai: 3500
Sammantha: 4000
"You should know as well as anyone that 500lp means very little in this game Sammy girl." Mai shot back. "Besides, I've still got my Harpies brother and I'm sure I can find a way around your Germs. For now though, my turn is over." Mai gave a casual wave towards Sammantha.
Sammantha drew her card.
"I'll activate the pot of Greed." Sammantha drew two more cards.
"Then I'll set two Magic or Trap cards and one Monster in Defense mode, my turn's done." Sammantha finished and looked at mai with an odd smirk on her face.
"What's up with her?" Tristan asked Robert as they and the others watched the duel.
"I have no idea. I've never seen her like this before." Robert had a look of slight concern on his face.
Yugi and Joey walked closer to Robert and Tristans position.
"Your Finacé's good Duelist, She didn't even react when she lost those two magic or trap cards." yugi smiled and motioned his head towards the duel, the blond "Bangs" shaking as he did so.
"Yeah, she's got some good tricks up her sleeve, but I've never seen those cards in her deck before." Robert replied referencing Giant Germ and Magic Drain.
"Yeah well, no offense but she's in for a hell of a match against Mai." Joey said looking at Mai with a little more than just respect in his eyes.
"Oh goody, my turn again." Mai said enthusiastically. "I'll summon my Harpies Lady, Set one magic or trap card and activate the magic card Dian Keto the Cure Master." Mai happily said, her Life Points going up by 1000.
Mai: 4500
Sammantha: 4000
"Now I'll attack your face down monster to the left with my Harpies Brother." She motioned towards Sammantha' newest defense monster.
"Whoa, there's a LOT of Duelists here." Robert said, stunned. His Nerves already beginning to set him ill at ease.
Robert began looking around the expansive city square, spotted with trees and filled with people, wearing Duel Disks and not. A large fountain in the center of the square sending a light mist into the air, the giant Television screen counting down the last thirty minutes until the "Grand Announcement".
"Relax, remember you're one of the top twenty, you were invited here by the VP of Kaiba Corp." Sammantha re-assured Robert, as she rubbed his back and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
Robert steadied himself and walked into the throng of Duelists, he saw trading and one or two friendly matches, mostly though, the others were sizing each other up through conversations and in some cases just through carefully studying one another.
"HEY! Ms. Dawson!" A voice called out behind them
Sammantha turned around to see a tall young man running toward her waving.
"Oh, Hi Tristan. What are you doing here?" Sammantha asked as the young man stopped in front of the two duelists.
"Just here supporting my friends, Yugi and Joey. I didn't know you were a Duelist." Tristan said, motioning towards a small group of people then turning his attention back to Sammanhta's Duel Disk.
"Yeah, I'm one of the top twenty ranked Duelists in the World." Sammantha and Tristan began to get into a conversation when Robert cleared his throat in a less than subtle way.
"OH! Where are my manners, Tristan this is Robert, my Fiancé." Sammantha reached out and put here hand on Roberts shoulder as she introduced him. "Robert, this is Tristan, he's the Gym coach at Domino High." She said, gesturing politely to Tristan.
"Here to support the Girlfriend eh? Good for you." Tristan said and offered his right hand to Robert to shake.
Robert moved his left arm from behind Sammantha, un-obscuring the view of his Duel Disk, and took Tristans hand, shaking it politely while applying sufficient force to make Tristan wince slightly.
"And while I may be here to support Sammantha, I'm also one of the top twenty Duelists in the world. I'm here to duel as well." Robert's face was totally impassive, if he was annoyed with Tristan it didn't show.
The rest of Tristans group approached, A tall blond man with a goatee, An average sized man who looked much younger than Both Tristan and the blond man, His hair was spiked and a deep Purple color, almost verging on black, with small blonde spikes jutting out in the front. He wore a large gold colored item around his neck fastened by a thick chain, the item looked quite heavy judging only by it's size but the young man carried it as though it weren't even there.
"This is Joey,"Tristan motioned towards the blond man with the Goatee. "And Yugi, the World Champion at Duel Monsters." Tristan motioned towards the shorter of the two.
"Nice to meetcha." Joey said with a terrible fake Brooklyn accent, offering his left hand to Robert then to Sammantha.
"You're Robert Marcus and Sammtha Dawson right?" Yugi asked as he put out his hand to shake theirs.
"Um, yeah that's us." Robert answered slightly bewildered.
"You've heard of us?" Sammantha asked as she shook Yugi's hand.
"Well, sort of, the big screen there," Yugi motioned to the screen counting down, "was running through the images and names of the Duelists that were invited personally by the Kaiba Corporation. You two must be good if you were personally invited." Yugi finished and the screen behind them shifted over to an image of Seto Kaiba.
"Welcome Duelists, you're all here for one reason. because I want you here. You're the best of the best, and now it's time to find out who's the BEST of the best of the best." Kaiba began looking around at each of the duelists. At first Robert thought it was just for effect, then he noticed the cameras positioned under the screen moving in unison with him, he really was looking at them!
"Ah, Yugi. My old friend." Kaiba said the word but his voice was filled with venom.
"And Wheeler, Still pretending to be a Duelist eh?" Kaiba had a camera focused on Joey at this point, Joey in response began to fume.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to announce that the battle Island tournament will be hald in two days, new rules will be in effect and they will be explained by the announcer on the Island. Be at Domino Harbor in two days at six thirty A.M. If you don't show up, you don't participate. That is all." With that Kaiba's image disappeared from the screen and the cameras retraced.
"He certainly is a friendly one isn't he?" Tristan said, wryly.
"He's a loser and a jerk!" Joey was still angry that he'd been humiliated in front of the other duelists in attendance.
"Six thirty in the morning! How does he expect a girl to get any beauty sleep?" The group of Duelists turned around to see a very attractive older woman approaching, Her blond hair blowing in the slight breeze.
"How are you doing Yugi? Joey?" She asked nodding to the two respectively.
"Good to see you again Sammy." She spat as she looked at Sammantha.
"Mai Mizaki, well there goes the upscale reputation of KC tournaments." Sammatha snidely commented as she stared down the woman.
"Umm, am I missing something?" Tristan asked as he leaned in towards Robert, who was gently rubbing the bridge of his nose as though he were developing a head ache.
"They battled each other at an Exhibition match a while back, Apparently it wasn't just a duel it was an insult contest. Sammantha said they used to go to school together but she doesn't really go into details." Robert stepped forward interposing himself between Sammantha and Mai hoping to stem any further confrontation.
"And who's this cutie?" Mai asked as she eyed Robert up and down.
"My name is Robert, I'm Sammantha's Fiancé, It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Mizaki." Robert offered his hand.
Mai stepped forward and took Robert's hand shaking it very demurely.
"No, the pleasure's all mine. How exactly did Sammy land a guy like you?" She said with a smirk and a wink.
"Back of you dirty..." Sammantha's voice raised and she took a step forward.
"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! Sammantha calm down, there are after all kids present." Robert turned to his Fiancé and looked into her eyes, conveying all she needed to know and allaying any concern she may have had.
"All right Mai, Let's see how far you've come. Let's Duel!" Sammantha raised her left arm and locked her Duel Disk into position.
"Fine with me, but this will be a repeat of all our other contests, I'll win. I always win. In everything." Mai said and winked at Robert, giving him a fair idea as to why Sammantha lost her cool.
All of the others cleared back as the Holographic Projectors locked into their places forming a square roughly fourteen feet by fourteen feet. Small rotating holographic screens showing each Duelists life points appeared in each corner of the field.
Mai: 4000
Sammantha: 4000
"Loser first Sammy." Mai said as she drew her opening hand.
"Your first mistake Mai." Sammantha replied. "I'll set one Monster in Defense mode and four Magic or Trap cards. My turn is over."
"It's about time, I was getting bored, even with Eye candy around any contest with you is a boring one." Mai said as she looked at Robert again, eliciting a slight growl from Sammantha.
"First I'll play Harpies feather Duster to get rid of your Magic and trap cards." Mai set the card and a vortex formed over Sammantha's M/T cards but froze instantly as Sammantha activated a trap card.
"Not so fast Blondie Magic Drain, If you can't discard a magic card from your hand my magic and trap cards stay." Sammantha was pleased with her blockage of Mai's magic card and let it be known with a broad smile.
"Oh that's no problem Sammy, I'll discard my Elegant Egotist card." Mai pushed the magic card into the graveyard slot and the vortex resumed it's assault on Sammantha's magic and Trap cards.
"Now that those are gone I'll summon my Harpies Brother in attack mode and attack your face down card." A man with large brown wings appeared on the field, on his left arm a three bladed sword, the monster launched at Sammantha's face down card and sliced it neatly into four pieces the returned to Mai's side of the field hovering a few feet off the ground.
The floating remnants of Sammantha's card reformed into a large purple orb which released a blast of purple gas at mai, whos life points dropped by five hundred points.
"Thanks Mai, You destroyed my Giant Germ which instantly deals five hundred points of direct damage to your Life points and allows me to set up to two more Giant Germs in Face down Defense mode." Sammantha pulled her deck out of the holder and set two more monsters in defense mode.
Mai: 3500
Sammantha: 4000
"You should know as well as anyone that 500lp means very little in this game Sammy girl." Mai shot back. "Besides, I've still got my Harpies brother and I'm sure I can find a way around your Germs. For now though, my turn is over." Mai gave a casual wave towards Sammantha.
Sammantha drew her card.
"I'll activate the pot of Greed." Sammantha drew two more cards.
"Then I'll set two Magic or Trap cards and one Monster in Defense mode, my turn's done." Sammantha finished and looked at mai with an odd smirk on her face.
"What's up with her?" Tristan asked Robert as they and the others watched the duel.
"I have no idea. I've never seen her like this before." Robert had a look of slight concern on his face.
Yugi and Joey walked closer to Robert and Tristans position.
"Your Finacé's good Duelist, She didn't even react when she lost those two magic or trap cards." yugi smiled and motioned his head towards the duel, the blond "Bangs" shaking as he did so.
"Yeah, she's got some good tricks up her sleeve, but I've never seen those cards in her deck before." Robert replied referencing Giant Germ and Magic Drain.
"Yeah well, no offense but she's in for a hell of a match against Mai." Joey said looking at Mai with a little more than just respect in his eyes.
"Oh goody, my turn again." Mai said enthusiastically. "I'll summon my Harpies Lady, Set one magic or trap card and activate the magic card Dian Keto the Cure Master." Mai happily said, her Life Points going up by 1000.
Mai: 4500
Sammantha: 4000
"Now I'll attack your face down monster to the left with my Harpies Brother." She motioned towards Sammantha' newest defense monster.