Chapter 14- Day One
Yugi got dressed and met Joey in the hallway.
"'Sup, Yugi?" asked Joey.
"Oh, nothing. I'm just kind of excited."
"Me too," agreed Joey, "Well, we should get going."
"Yeah."
Yugi and Joey were on the elevator, when Joey spoke up.
"Hey, Yugi, do you think we'll be Ok usin' only one type of monster? I mean, my Thousand Dragon fusion uses no warriors at all, and that's gotten me outta all kindsa' trouble."
Yugi thought this over and answered Joey's question.
"I think we'll be all right. We'll just have to see what dueling with a limitation is like."
They continued on until they came into the meeting room where the matches were chosen.
Hello, duelists, rang Jr.'s voice out of an overhead speaker, we've seen so many wonderful duels, but we can only accept some of who tried out. I have here a list of all those who made the tournament. I will read it backwards from the alphabet. Henry Yao, Herb Xylem, Joey Wheeler-
Joey pumped his fist in the air at this.
Dan Willcombi, Mai Valentine, Weevil Underwood, Mako Tsunami, Rex Raptor…"
After twenty six more names, Yugi's name was called.
"Yugi Moto, Seto Kaiba, Marik Ishtar, Larry Gindle, Nicole Farondini, Brandon Dewt, and J.D. Chobank. Everyone's name that wasn't called, thank you for coming and please exit to board the ship. Those who have, congratulations on making it. You will be staying one more night in your rooms, and in the morning, you will all leave to the tournament grounds. Thank you.
The room went abuzz with excitement.
"Yes, Yugi! We're in!" Joey exclaimed .
Yugi smiled at him.
"Mmm-Hmm. And so did Kaiba and Marik."
Joey then remembered the other participants.
"Yeah! And so did Rex Raptor and Mai, and all the other Duelist Kingdom/ Battle City guys."
"Maybe we'll see them while we're there," said Yugi.
"Yep. Well, I'm getting' kinda hungry. How 'sabout we head over ta my room and order up some lunch?"
"Sure," answered Yugi.
Joey's finger was touching the up button, when a familiar voice spoke up behind him and Yugi.
"Why hello Yugi, Wheeler."
Joey and Yugi turned around to see Kaiba smirking at them.
"I just wanted to congratulate your skill, Yugi, and your luck, Wheeler."
At this Joey jumped at Kaiba, only to be restrained by Yugi.
"Luck nothin', rich boy," snapped Joey, "I made the final cut cause a' pure skill. Me and Yugi's duel ended in a tie, so neitha' of us lost."
"Yeah, right. I doubt you've ever fought in a real duel in all your life."
Joey was getting steamed.
"Just forget it, Joey," urged Yugi. But Joey just ignored him.
"Define real duel," said Joey through clenched teeth.
Kaiba positioned his face into a very satisfied grin.
"A duel where your opponent doesn't hold back all the skill he has."
"I'LL HAVE YA' KNOW I ALMOST BEAT YUGI BACK IN DUELIST KINGDOM!"
And then Joey relaxed his face, and controlled his voice.
"An' why weren't you there to see it. Oh, yeah. Cause your soul was frozen in a slip of textured paper."
(Ooohh!)
Clearly startled, Kaiba smiled darkly.
"Touché, Wheeler. I'll be seeing you, Yugi, later."
Kaiba walked down the hall, cape flowing behind him.
"So,Yugi. What'll we have?"
…………………………………………………………………………………
The day has arrived. The duelists had all gathered in a massive dome building at the center of the island.
"This is cool, isn't it, Yugi?" Joey asked ecstatically.
Yugi (not Yami) nodded in agreement. "It's going to be really fun and. All these people were hand chosen by Pegasus to participate in this tournament, and they all seem really tough."
As soon as all the duelists arrived, Kroket appeared, and stood in front of a huge podium. As everyone saw him, they quieted down, waiting to here him speak.
"Welcome duelists," he rasped, "You have been chosen as elite duelists from your past victories, as well as card strategies and the cards you hold. Shortly you will all board the transportation that master Pegasus has provided. If you will all follow me please, we may proceed."
And with that he turned around and started walking down the wide hallway behind him.
At the end was a bank of twenty elevators, all side by side.
"Please board these elevators to the appropriate place, five people per elevator if you please. Your destination is the floor marked 'H'. I'll see you all there. Good luck to you all."
And with that, Kroket boarded a narrower elevator, pressed a button, and disappeared behind the closing doors.
"Well, let's go Yugi."
Yugi and Joey boarded the elevator, at which time Yami took over like he usually does.
When more people boarded, the doors closed, and Joey pressed the glowing button marked with an 'H'.
Yami looked at the doors, and noticed Bakura standing a few feet away from him. Joey and the others had been on good terms with him, though Yami showed little at the most respect and kindness towards him. He was looking very angry and snapped at Yami when he greeted him; though Yami showed very little he meant it.
"Yeah right. I'm only here in this rat hole to get what was taken from me." Bakura growled.
"What do you mean?" Yami asked curiously.
"Someone beat me in a duel and won my Millennium It-"
"You put up your Millennium Ring in a duel?" gasped Yami.
"No… it was another one. He took that fool Pegasus's Item. How would I be here if they took the Ring Pharaoh?"
"IT WAS YOU WHO STOLE THE MILLENNIUM EYE?" Yami yelled in surprise and anger.
The other people in the elevator, including Joey, looked over curiously, eager to see the commotion.
"That fool didn't deserve the power the Millennium Eye holds. I'm the one destined to control all the powers of the seven Millennium Items. But that's beside the point. One of Pegasus's servants beat me, robbed me of my Millennium Eye, and I'm here to get it back and punish the fool."
Just after Bakura finished his sentence, and Yami let Yugi take over, the doors opened and the people flooded out.
When they got out, it became apparent that 'H' stood for 'Harbor'.
About a dozen thirty-foot submarines bobbed up and down in dark, bottomless water next to a series of buoyed docks.
They were contained in a circular chamber the size of a floor in a parking garage. Imbedded in the ceiling were no more than fifteen dim light fixtures, so the room was also lit up like a parking garage.
The docks projected outward from one main platform, which held the many elevator shafts. Kroket could be seen in front of the first dock.
"Ladies and gentlemen, here is your transportation to The Type Championship. You're looking at the latest of marine travel. These machines will travel non-stop, for half an hour. The course we'll be taking would normally take a submarine an hour and a half to reach. Now please, only ten duelists per sub. Watch your step."
At these words, everyone boarded the submarines. Each submarine was given a different Water Duel Monster name. The one Joey and Yugi boarded was called the S.S. Levia Daedalus (Levia Dragon Daedalus.)
Inside the submarine, buttons blinked, machines whirred and a crew of five people in uniforms sat in a cockpit at the front of the Levia Daedalus.
Yugi and Joey went in the back of the sub. Individual seats stuck out of the metallic floor, each seat next to a porthole bolted into the side of the submarine.
"Happy sailings, Yug'," said Joey as he sat down in a seat, pulled out a CD player, and put the headphones over his head.
Yugi sat down in a seat in front of Joey's. His seatbelt wasn't even fastened, when Yami appeared at his side, in spirit form.
"There is no doubt that Pegasus' servant is going to give Pegasus the Millennium Eye. It is our duty to see to it that he doesn't steal anymore souls to revive his deceased wife."
Yugi nodded in agreement, remembering the pain and suffering so many people had endured while the Duelist Kingdom tournament took place.
"But why would Pegasus send a servant to do it?" asked Yugi.
"I don't know," answered Yami, "Perhaps he is still too weak to retrieve it himself."
"Well, whatever it is we must find out," said Yugi.
Yugi then got up and crossed to the back of the sub to the bathroom. Inside he splashed some cold water over his face. He then dried his face off with a paper towel, and was shocked at what he saw in the mirror. There in the reflection was the mysterious man known as Shadi.
"Greetings, Pharaoh," said Shadi in his emotionless voice.
"Shadi, what are you doing here?" asked a bewildered Yugi.
Shadi answered calmly, "I feel an uproar in the Millennium Item's cosmic energies."
"The Pharaoh and I wondered why Pegasus would organize another tournament," stated Yugi.
"It appears that the Millennium Eye has been put onto a new host."
Yugi looked even more shocked.
"How is that possible? I thought if someone wasn't worthy enough to own a Millennium Item, they would be killed?"
"That is true. The person who now wears the Millennium Eye is of the same bloodline as Pegasus. The Eye is confused and thinks it has been reunited with Pegasus."
"So the eye is being worn by some relative of Pegasus?"
"Yes. It is being worn by his child."
This made Yugi collapse with surprise.
"Pegasus had a son?"
"Indeed. And the younger the holder of a Millennium Item, the more powerful its magic becomes."
"So what am I supposed to do?"
"I need you to retrieve the Millennium Eye and give it back to Pegasus. The fate of the world is once again riding in your hands, Pharaoh."