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"Ugh.where am I?" groaned Joe as he slowly woke up. He looked around. He was inside some sort of castle, apparently the grand hall. Big curving staircases were on either wall. Thick red carpet lined the floor. Several suits of armor stood in the corners. It was lit by a large chandelier. The only problem was that he was completely alone here.
"Hey! Yu-Gi! Serenity!" he called. The only answer he got was the echo of his own voice. "Where is everyone? This has to be some kind of game Noah is playing!" He started wandering around. He'd call out names every so often, but other than that there was no sign of life anywhere.
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"Joe? Where are you? Is anyone here?" called Serenity, nervously. She was completely alone, standing on the edge of a lake in the middle of a meadow in the middle of a forest. She looked around, truly concerned, but the only thing moving was herself.
"Guys! I'm scared!" she called, but there was no way anyone could have responded to her.
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/Aibou! Wake up!/ Yami called to Yu-Gi.
/Ugh..where are we?/ asked Yu-Gi as he slowly stood up. He looked around. A thick wall of trees was behind him. In front was a small lake, nowhere near the size of the one Serenity was at. Strange Duel Monsters calls could be heard echoing through the trees. But nothing sounded human. He was completely alone.
/Where are the others?/ Yu-Gi asked Yami.
/We are in Noah's world now.../ Yami reminded him.
/Well, we'd better start trying to find a way out of here,/ commented Yu- Gi.
Insane laughter broke his conversation with his alter-ego. The waters on the lake began to ripple. A whirlpool was formed and out of that rose a Duel Monster. This one a greenish-blue was half reptilian half humanoid. It wore some kind of neo-armor. It was the Deep Sea Warrior.
"What is going on here?!" demanded Yu-Gi.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Gamesly of the Big 5. You will now duel me and the winner will leave this world in your body!" Gamesly cackled.
"That will never happen!" countered Yami, who had taken over. "We will crush you and the rest of the Big 5!"
"You are so naïve. I was the former vice president of business at Kaiba Corp. I know how to make an unstoppable work force," said Gamesly. "And that is how I duel. You won't stand a chance!"
"I will stop you!" snapped Yami Yu-Gi. "I will not let you leave this place and I will not let you hurt my friends!"
"You may be the best duelist in the world, but there is one thing you haven't counted on. And that is my desire to leave this place, so chose your deck well!" cackled Gamesly. As he finished talking a square of cards floating in mid-air appeared in front of Yu-Gi. The cards began to scroll down, much like a computer does.
"What is this?!" gasped Yami.
"You need to construct your deck anew from our card data base. So hurry and choose wisely, you don't want any winners to slip by you," said Gamesly.
Yami focused on the cards in front of him and touched them, adding them to his deck. As soon as his deck was full the database disappeared.
"Now, we need to select our Deck Masters," said Gamesly. "I have already taken the form of a monster, so my Deck Master will be the Deep Sea Warrior."
"That is no problem for me" said Yami. "I choose the Dark..." As he pulled on his favorite card, Kuriboh popped out. "Huh?! I didn't choose you!"
"Kuri?" said the Kuriboh.
"What a pathetic Deck Master!" cackled Gamesly.
"I wanted my Dark Magician," said Yami.
"It is too late, you have already selected and your Deck Master cannot be changed," cackled Gamesly.
"Very well then. I will win with Kuriboh," stated Yami.
Gamesly laughed. "I will crush both you and your pathetic Deck Master!"
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Drake and Lara awoke to find themselves in a wetlands. They were on a large rock, which kept them from falling into the bog around them. Everything was extremely humid and dreary. Nothing stirred, not even the wind.
"Lara, are you okay?" asked Drake.
"I'm fine," she said as she tried to find a more comfortable position to sit in. But her shifting almost caused her to fall off of the rock. Her arms flailed wildly for a moment until they clung to Drake. He steady her.
"This is definitely bizarre," he commented, looking around.
"Yeah, but we are alone," smiled Lara as she tightened her embrace.
Drake blushed slightly. "But who knows what the Big 5 is planning. We are going to have to be careful."
"Yeah," sighed Lara. "I guess we should try to find the others."
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Seto Kaiba and Mokuba were in another part of the forest, or it could have been another forest entirely, it was hard to tell. They, like the rest of the group, had been knocked unconscious by the lurch into the Virtual World. Nonetheless, Seto managed to put his arm protectively around his brother, even though they were both out of it.
"Huh?" groaned Mokuba as he woke up. "Seto! Are you all right?"
"Ugh.." groaned his brother. "I-I'm fine." He shook his head to clear it. He looked around. "So this is Noah's idea of a game." He didn't sound too impressed. "Come on Mokuba, we might as well try to find a way out of here."
"Right, Seto," said Mokuba. "But what about the Big 5?"
"I will make them pay!"
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"It's almost pretty here," said Téa as she walked along the bottom of a desert canyon. The rock walls were amazing. "I just wish I knew where the others were at."
She slowly made her way down the sandy trail, looking around, more or less enjoying herself. But she froze in her tracks as a shadow fell over her.
"Who's there?" she stammered.
"EARGH!" growled a massive monster. It had blue skin and wore an animal skin robe. It had only one eye and wielded a large club. It was the Duel Monster Hitasume Giant.
"EEK!" exclaimed Téa. The creature approached her, Téa ran.
"What is this?!" cried Téa, terrified as several more giants appeared. Téa stopped. Between the walls of the canyon and the giants, she was completely surrounded.
One threw its club at her. It was an over-shot, the club fell behind her. But the force of it dislodged rocks that showered her. Téa gasped as one cut her cheek.
"This.This isn't like before!" she stammered. She remembered how her hands went through the flower. "This is real!"
The giants charged forward and attacked. In a matter of seconds Téa was unconscious. The leader picked her up and threw her over its shoulder like she was a goat. Which she was in their eyes.
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Tristan had woken up to find himself in a long fancy hallway. The carpet was red and the walls were solid okay. Several suits of armor stood guard here as well. It could have been part of the same castle Joe was in, but since it was the Virtual World, there was no way of knowing that. Duke was with him, still unconscious.
"Duke, man, wake up," said Tristan as he shook the other guy.
"Huh?" groaned Duke. His eyes flew open and he looked around. "Where's Serenity?!"
"Oh no!" gasped Tristan.
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"I really don't like surprises," groaned Shayla as she woke up.
She was sprawled out in what she could best tell was a large meadow. Her backpack was tightly gripped in her right hand. She sat up. That was when her left hand found her walking stick in her lap. She thought that was odd, because it had been inside her backpack when she entered the Virtual World. She ran her fingers along it and was surprised to find that the joint that had broken when it came in contact with Pegasus's skull was fixed.
"Oh.I get it," she sighed. "They want me to roam around this virtual nightmare." She sat back further, Indian style, and crossed her arms. "Ain't happening." She resolved in her mind to do nothing. "I'm not playing their game."
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Noah watched every duelist from his command headquarters. He sat on a chair surrounded by screens showing each group. He cackled as he strung them along. The controls to the entire Virtual World were on the arms of his chair, literally at his fingertips. He could change the world at his every whim.
"Looks like Téa has already met my giants," he laughed as the giants carried her back to their lair. "And those losers," he looked at Joe, then Duke and Tristan, "will be wandering my labyrinth forever!"
He glanced at Serenity, "Poor girl, lost with out her friends?" he laughed. He looked over at Drake and Lara. "Aw, how cute. Looks like these two are going to provide the romance."
"Pity about this one," he looked at the screen that showed Shayla. "She isn't doing anything entertaining. I'm going to have to do something to liven things up a bit." He glanced at the Kaiba brothers. "Then again, she may be useful...Poor Seto, he doesn't even know my software is scanning his memories at this very moment."
"And then we have Gamesly and Yu-Gi," said Noah. The duel was about over. Gamesly had come out strong and nearly won, but Yu-Gi had summoned his Deck Master to the field, and, using a magic card, finished Gamesly off fairly quickly. "One failure. And I had high hopes that the Big 5 would actually be able to deal with a group of teenages."
AN/ Sorry about the short chapter and skipping over Yu-Gi's duel. I would just be reiterating it, so I didn't feel like taking the time. And, as always, please read, review, and enjoy! (
"Ugh.where am I?" groaned Joe as he slowly woke up. He looked around. He was inside some sort of castle, apparently the grand hall. Big curving staircases were on either wall. Thick red carpet lined the floor. Several suits of armor stood in the corners. It was lit by a large chandelier. The only problem was that he was completely alone here.
"Hey! Yu-Gi! Serenity!" he called. The only answer he got was the echo of his own voice. "Where is everyone? This has to be some kind of game Noah is playing!" He started wandering around. He'd call out names every so often, but other than that there was no sign of life anywhere.
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"Joe? Where are you? Is anyone here?" called Serenity, nervously. She was completely alone, standing on the edge of a lake in the middle of a meadow in the middle of a forest. She looked around, truly concerned, but the only thing moving was herself.
"Guys! I'm scared!" she called, but there was no way anyone could have responded to her.
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/Aibou! Wake up!/ Yami called to Yu-Gi.
/Ugh..where are we?/ asked Yu-Gi as he slowly stood up. He looked around. A thick wall of trees was behind him. In front was a small lake, nowhere near the size of the one Serenity was at. Strange Duel Monsters calls could be heard echoing through the trees. But nothing sounded human. He was completely alone.
/Where are the others?/ Yu-Gi asked Yami.
/We are in Noah's world now.../ Yami reminded him.
/Well, we'd better start trying to find a way out of here,/ commented Yu- Gi.
Insane laughter broke his conversation with his alter-ego. The waters on the lake began to ripple. A whirlpool was formed and out of that rose a Duel Monster. This one a greenish-blue was half reptilian half humanoid. It wore some kind of neo-armor. It was the Deep Sea Warrior.
"What is going on here?!" demanded Yu-Gi.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Gamesly of the Big 5. You will now duel me and the winner will leave this world in your body!" Gamesly cackled.
"That will never happen!" countered Yami, who had taken over. "We will crush you and the rest of the Big 5!"
"You are so naïve. I was the former vice president of business at Kaiba Corp. I know how to make an unstoppable work force," said Gamesly. "And that is how I duel. You won't stand a chance!"
"I will stop you!" snapped Yami Yu-Gi. "I will not let you leave this place and I will not let you hurt my friends!"
"You may be the best duelist in the world, but there is one thing you haven't counted on. And that is my desire to leave this place, so chose your deck well!" cackled Gamesly. As he finished talking a square of cards floating in mid-air appeared in front of Yu-Gi. The cards began to scroll down, much like a computer does.
"What is this?!" gasped Yami.
"You need to construct your deck anew from our card data base. So hurry and choose wisely, you don't want any winners to slip by you," said Gamesly.
Yami focused on the cards in front of him and touched them, adding them to his deck. As soon as his deck was full the database disappeared.
"Now, we need to select our Deck Masters," said Gamesly. "I have already taken the form of a monster, so my Deck Master will be the Deep Sea Warrior."
"That is no problem for me" said Yami. "I choose the Dark..." As he pulled on his favorite card, Kuriboh popped out. "Huh?! I didn't choose you!"
"Kuri?" said the Kuriboh.
"What a pathetic Deck Master!" cackled Gamesly.
"I wanted my Dark Magician," said Yami.
"It is too late, you have already selected and your Deck Master cannot be changed," cackled Gamesly.
"Very well then. I will win with Kuriboh," stated Yami.
Gamesly laughed. "I will crush both you and your pathetic Deck Master!"
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Drake and Lara awoke to find themselves in a wetlands. They were on a large rock, which kept them from falling into the bog around them. Everything was extremely humid and dreary. Nothing stirred, not even the wind.
"Lara, are you okay?" asked Drake.
"I'm fine," she said as she tried to find a more comfortable position to sit in. But her shifting almost caused her to fall off of the rock. Her arms flailed wildly for a moment until they clung to Drake. He steady her.
"This is definitely bizarre," he commented, looking around.
"Yeah, but we are alone," smiled Lara as she tightened her embrace.
Drake blushed slightly. "But who knows what the Big 5 is planning. We are going to have to be careful."
"Yeah," sighed Lara. "I guess we should try to find the others."
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Seto Kaiba and Mokuba were in another part of the forest, or it could have been another forest entirely, it was hard to tell. They, like the rest of the group, had been knocked unconscious by the lurch into the Virtual World. Nonetheless, Seto managed to put his arm protectively around his brother, even though they were both out of it.
"Huh?" groaned Mokuba as he woke up. "Seto! Are you all right?"
"Ugh.." groaned his brother. "I-I'm fine." He shook his head to clear it. He looked around. "So this is Noah's idea of a game." He didn't sound too impressed. "Come on Mokuba, we might as well try to find a way out of here."
"Right, Seto," said Mokuba. "But what about the Big 5?"
"I will make them pay!"
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"It's almost pretty here," said Téa as she walked along the bottom of a desert canyon. The rock walls were amazing. "I just wish I knew where the others were at."
She slowly made her way down the sandy trail, looking around, more or less enjoying herself. But she froze in her tracks as a shadow fell over her.
"Who's there?" she stammered.
"EARGH!" growled a massive monster. It had blue skin and wore an animal skin robe. It had only one eye and wielded a large club. It was the Duel Monster Hitasume Giant.
"EEK!" exclaimed Téa. The creature approached her, Téa ran.
"What is this?!" cried Téa, terrified as several more giants appeared. Téa stopped. Between the walls of the canyon and the giants, she was completely surrounded.
One threw its club at her. It was an over-shot, the club fell behind her. But the force of it dislodged rocks that showered her. Téa gasped as one cut her cheek.
"This.This isn't like before!" she stammered. She remembered how her hands went through the flower. "This is real!"
The giants charged forward and attacked. In a matter of seconds Téa was unconscious. The leader picked her up and threw her over its shoulder like she was a goat. Which she was in their eyes.
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Tristan had woken up to find himself in a long fancy hallway. The carpet was red and the walls were solid okay. Several suits of armor stood guard here as well. It could have been part of the same castle Joe was in, but since it was the Virtual World, there was no way of knowing that. Duke was with him, still unconscious.
"Duke, man, wake up," said Tristan as he shook the other guy.
"Huh?" groaned Duke. His eyes flew open and he looked around. "Where's Serenity?!"
"Oh no!" gasped Tristan.
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"I really don't like surprises," groaned Shayla as she woke up.
She was sprawled out in what she could best tell was a large meadow. Her backpack was tightly gripped in her right hand. She sat up. That was when her left hand found her walking stick in her lap. She thought that was odd, because it had been inside her backpack when she entered the Virtual World. She ran her fingers along it and was surprised to find that the joint that had broken when it came in contact with Pegasus's skull was fixed.
"Oh.I get it," she sighed. "They want me to roam around this virtual nightmare." She sat back further, Indian style, and crossed her arms. "Ain't happening." She resolved in her mind to do nothing. "I'm not playing their game."
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Noah watched every duelist from his command headquarters. He sat on a chair surrounded by screens showing each group. He cackled as he strung them along. The controls to the entire Virtual World were on the arms of his chair, literally at his fingertips. He could change the world at his every whim.
"Looks like Téa has already met my giants," he laughed as the giants carried her back to their lair. "And those losers," he looked at Joe, then Duke and Tristan, "will be wandering my labyrinth forever!"
He glanced at Serenity, "Poor girl, lost with out her friends?" he laughed. He looked over at Drake and Lara. "Aw, how cute. Looks like these two are going to provide the romance."
"Pity about this one," he looked at the screen that showed Shayla. "She isn't doing anything entertaining. I'm going to have to do something to liven things up a bit." He glanced at the Kaiba brothers. "Then again, she may be useful...Poor Seto, he doesn't even know my software is scanning his memories at this very moment."
"And then we have Gamesly and Yu-Gi," said Noah. The duel was about over. Gamesly had come out strong and nearly won, but Yu-Gi had summoned his Deck Master to the field, and, using a magic card, finished Gamesly off fairly quickly. "One failure. And I had high hopes that the Big 5 would actually be able to deal with a group of teenages."
AN/ Sorry about the short chapter and skipping over Yu-Gi's duel. I would just be reiterating it, so I didn't feel like taking the time. And, as always, please read, review, and enjoy! (