AN: And while there will be several characters from Yu-Gi-Oh showing up, I plan on moving a few of the item bearers around. Mainly I've got some ideas that would be interesting if I get to them.

Xander was wondering just who in heaven he had managed to piss off, as he was dragged through the mall by Buffy and WIllow. And to make it even worse, they had hours to shop and Giles let them drag him to one in LA, while the Watcher went to meet some friends there.

A smile crossed his lips when he spotted something and turned away from the girls with a wide grin.

A moment later Willow turned towards where her friend had been, "Xander...Xander?"

Then she saw the sign, "Buffy, we've just lost Xander."

"What?" the blond slayer said when she saw the same sign, "Duel Monsters?"

"Now how do we get him to leave?" the redhead asked, "Jessie used to drag Xander and me to thses things, and now Xander's as obsessed, if not more so, with the game."

"Oh great," Buffy groaned, "The shopping trip is ruined because of a card game..."

"Today is the unveiling of the latest innovation in dueling technology," the announcer yelled, "Kaiba Corp has set up one of the brand new holographic dueling fields for a very special duel, one of you will face off against the Deul Monsters World Champion, Seto Kaiba himself!"

A cheer errupted from the floor as the grim faced man walked onto the stage.

"And the duelist will be chosen at random," the announcer declared as he walked towards a computer, "From the people who came here!"

He hit a button and a name appeared on the screen.

"And the lucky duelist is Alexander Harris!"

"Cool," Xander said as he slipped his deck from the leather, belt pouch, "Was thinking that the day would have been boring."

He stepped onto the platform as a faint flash of light errupted from the puzzle around his neck, no one noticed the small changes that came over him, "It's time to duel!"

They faced off across a large field, each shuffling decks.

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"I place one monster face down on the field and two other cards face down, and end my turn," Yami said with a smirk.

"So you're already running," Kaiba sneered, "I summon Axe Raider and attack your face down card!"

"And you fall right into my trap, reveal face down card, Trap Hole!" the other responded as the monster disintigrated between them.

"I place one card face down and end my turn!"

"I reveal my face down monster," Xander said with a smirk, "Summoned Skull, then I summon a second monster, arise my Red Eyes Black Dragon!"

"So the punk does have some rare cards," Kaiba responded, "Well, I guess that I ought to respond in kind, I summon Lord of D and play a Flute of Summon Dragon!"

"Two more dragons on the field, huh," Yami snorted, "Which two are you going to use?"

"Ones far more dangerous than yours! Be prepared to see your demise!" the rich one yelled, "Meet two of the rarest card in existance, two Blue Eyes White Dragons!"

The twin towering monsters seemed to materialize between the two and in front of Xanders monsters.

"I attack your Summoned Skull!"

"Reveal face down card, Polymerization," Yami snapped and his two monsters became one bigger one.

"Reveal face down card, Negate Attack!"

"So we remain in a deadlock," Yami commented as he drew another card, "I place two more cards face down and put one monster in defense mode, then I attack one of your dragons, Molten Fireball Attack!"

One of the two blue titans exploded in a burst.

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"What the hell," Buffy stammered as she saw the massive creatures appearing in the mall while reflexively reaching through her purse for a stake.

"Blue Eyes White Dragon," Willow stammered, "Two of the four!"

"Four what?"

"Only four of that card was made, and this guy just used two of them, and Xander managed to take down one of the most powerful monsters in the game!"

"What!"

"They're holograms, and Xander's going to be on TV!"

"Well then," the man growled, "I activate Reborn the Monster and call my dragon back onto the field, then I summon my third Blue Eyes White Dragon!"

"So you possess three of the legendary creatures," Yami responded, something in the back of his mind warned him that trouble was comming.

"And I use your own trick to make them even more powerful, I play my own Polymerization to make the ultimate monster, Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"

"Crap!"

"Neutron Blaster!"

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Xander watched helplessly as his Black Skull Dragon was destroyed, and he wondered just how the hell this duel was still winable.

TBC...