The Portal Between Two Worlds

By Ria Minamino

2nd element

Kurama and Hiei were only about half way through their route by the time Bakura, Yugi, Yusuke and Kuwabara's train was pulling into the Zanera station.

Yugi and Bakura were asleep on their seats. "Get up you two. Come on!" Yusuke pushed the sleeping Bakura into Yugi. Yugi woke up but Bakura was still asleep.

"Hey!" He said sleepily. He then realized why he was woken, "Were here! Bakura get up, were here!" He poked Bakura.

"Huh?" Bakura sat up. "Oh! Were here! Yay!"

The train's PA system crackled to life "We have arrived in Zanera, please get off the train in a orderly fashion."

Kuwabara and Yusuke stood up and began to push their way through the line of people.

"Ahh, come back!" Yugi called to them. He grabbed Bakura's arm and dragged him through the crowd. "You guys! Geez, wait up!" They finally caught up with them outside the train doors.

"We will have to find the Zanera Inn and go to Kaiba's tournament area tomorrow." Bakura said, looking at the map of Zanera.

The next day everyone woke up late and rushed out of the hotel to find loads of traffic on all the roads. They called a taxi at eleven AM, it arrived there by twelve and finally got them to Kaiba's tournament area around four.

"Uggh. I think we could have walked here faster!" Kuwabara complained as he got out of the car.

"Yeah, probab- Woooaah!" Yusuke turned towards a huge building with the words 'Welcome Duelists' on a plastic sheet near the top. "I-is this it? Is that where were going?" He asked.

"Yup! And its where were staying for the next few days!" Bakura pulled out his suitcase from the taxi.

"Were late, hurry up!"

"I know, I know! Calm down, kid." Kuwabara growled back.

"That wasn't me.." Yugi responded.

"Don't look at me!" Yusuke said.

They all turned around to see at least thirty other kids and teens getting out of cars, dragging suit cases and… duel monsters decks?

"Wow! Are all those people here for the tournament too?" Yugi asked hypothetically. "That must have been why the streets were so crowded! And just think, these are only the people who are late! There must be even more inside!"

"Come on, let's go on!" Yusuke shouted boisterously.

Every one got their bags and hurried inside the mansion's doors.

"Welcome, sirs. Please sign in and I will direct you to your rooms." A butler handed Kuwabara a clipboard.

"Uh..?" Kuwabara stared at the sign-in sheet.

Yugi took it from him and signed his name, time ect. He handed it back to the butler.

The butler looked at it and turned to lead them to their rooms. He stopped at a big, expensive looking door and unlocked it. "Your room, sirs."

Everyone walked in and put down their things.

"Wow!" Yugi said as he laid back on one of the huge beds, "Oh, these are so soft!"

"I wanna try!" Ryou jumped up onto the other bed. "This is soft," he began jumping repeatedly on it, "and bouncy too!"

"Hey... theres only two beds.." Kuwabara discovered.

"This ones mine!" Yugi shouted playfully as he hugged his bed.

"Then this ones mine!" Yusuke ran over to the bed Ryou was jumping on.

Ryou stopped jumping, "Hey... I guess I'll share with Yugi."

"But what about me?" Kuwabara chimed in.

"You can share with Yusuke!" Yugi said.

Yusuke and Kuwabara looked at each other.

"Hes sleeping on the floor!" they both said pointing at each other.

"We should figure this out later," Yugi stopped them, "Right now we need to get ready to meet with Kaiba... to find out why I'm a 'special guest'."