Motto Meets Elric Pt.7

Yugi: Are you ready Ed?

Ed: You bet!

Ed stands on a rock away from Yugi.

Yugi stands on the other side admiring his new disc

Ed: Hey you know we've started

Yugi looks up and sees Ed in the light falling towards him

Yugi: What

Yugi runs and leaps away from Ed and draws a card from his deck

Yugi: Activate Trap Hole

A hole opens beneath Ed's feet

Ed: What

Ed holds onto the side and pulls himself up back onto the ground

Ed: Did you think that could stop me…I've been using that trick for years.

Ed looks around

Ed: Where'd he go?

A monster appears behind Ed

Ed: What the?

The monster swings its sword

Ed jumps out of the way.

Ed: Ok then lets fight your way

Ed transforms his arm into a sword and smashes it into the monsters gut.

The monster Shatters

Ed: Now that's what I'm talking about

Ed turns around to be slashed by two more monsters

Ed: He set another trap

Yugi: Ed are you ok

Ed gets up and wipes the blood off his mouth

Ed: Yeah

Ed puts his hands on the ground and sends a jolt to Yugi knocking him to the ground

Ed: Now your gonna get it

Ed transmutes a giant cannon pointed at Yugi

Roy: Enough

Roy helps Yugi up

Roy: Lets call it a tie

Ed: What I was about to win

Roy: That may be true, but so was Yugi. Except he was more worried about hurting you.

Ed: So you've got yourself a new pet. How sweet.

Yugi: What?

Roy: Enough Edward. Yugi I am not going to allow you to join this military

Yugi: Why

Roy: Your not cut out to be in the military. Ed was ready to kill you and you were finished because you care to much.

Yugi: Wow, that's kind of a sad thing to put down

Roy: Yes maybe, but I will allow you to stay here as if you were a state alchemist until you can get back home.

Yugi: Really! Thanks

Roy: Your welcome

Yugi: Can I still be called "The Dueling Alchemist"

Roy: Why not, I'm sure nobody would object

Ed: I would!

Roy: Excuse me…nobody over 18 will object

Ed: Hey that's not fair

Roy: Maybe not, but since I'm in command it doesn't have to be fair

Ed: Ah forget it

Yugi: Hey where's Al?

Ed: What? I don't know, haven't seen him since we got back.

The door slams open

Hughes: Hey Ed, brought your brother back. Me and him took Elicia to the park today.

Al stands still at the doorway

Hughes: Well, I'll be seeing you

Ed: Hey Al, its not like you to run off without telling me

Al takes off his foot and tips it over Ed covering his face in sand

Al: She Buried me

Ed: Hughes let her bury you

Al: He helped

Al goes to the corner and sits down, and looks like he passed out after a long day

Ed and Yugi try to contain their laughter and rush out the door

Yugi: I'm hungry

Ed: Me too

After a nice meal

Ed: I'm so tired

Yugi: Me too

Ed and Yugi both fall asleep in their chairs

Armstrong: Hmm, can't let them sleep there. They will be sore in the morning for sure!

Armstrong picks both of them up and carries them back to their room

A few hours later

Armstrong: Hey you three get up. Rise and shine.

Yugi and Ed open their eyes to see Armstrong's sparkling forehead.

Armstrong: Great you're up

Armstrong walks away

Yugi: Is he always that shiny

Ed: Yeah, I heard he ran a car off the road once on a sunny day

All three of them laugh

Later that night

Ed: So Yugi, what's it like where you live?

Yugi: It's nothing like this place. The Technology is very advanced.

Ed: Really?

Yugi: Yeah, you don't really here anything about alchemists.

Ed: So technology is everything there

Yugi: Not always, there are lots of other things to do.

Ed: Like what

Yugi: Um, there's duel monsters. Just about everybody plays it.

Ed: Oh, so is that all you do is play a card game

Yugi: No its not like that…Actually it kind of is…

Ed stares blankly at Yugi

Yugi: I've dueled to save the world a couple times

Ed: So you've save the world with playing cards

Yugi: Trading Cards, and yes

Ed: That sounds boring

Yugi: Know it isn't. You get to strategize and think of combinations to use against people.

Ed: So you like this game

Yugi: Yeah, as a matter of fact, I hold the title "King of Games" at home

Ed: What so you're like the best out of everybody

Yugi: That's what people say

Ed: WELL NO WONDER I COULDN'T BEAT YOU!

Al: Keep it down; I've got a headache

Yugi: As I was saying, I am called the King of games. But the only reason I'm good is because I have the support of my friends, and believe in the heart of the cards.

Ed: Heart of the cards? Do I even want to know…

Yugi: It is a bond between you and the monsters in your deck. When they trust you and you trust them no one can beat you.

Ed: That was the most…

Yugi looks at Ed directly

Ed: Corniest thing I ever heard

Ed falls to the ground laughing

Yugi hammers his fist down where Ed is sitting

Yugi: Ed that's the difference between me and you

Ed: what?

Yugi: I know I need help. And that I cant do things by myself. And I trust my friends so much that I would jump off a bridge knowing they would catch me.

Ed: huh

Yugi: You on the other hand only trust in yourself. You don't rely on anybody, and let nothing hold you back.

Ed: You don't know what you're talking about

Yugi: Yes I do. You will never win the battle against yourself if there is nobody to help you.

Ed: I've got my brother

Yugi: That may be, but what if you didn't

Ed: The point is I do

Yugi: Yeah, you do. So you better hold him close because he's the only one you have.

Yugi Slams the door behind him. And walks away

Ed: What's his problem?

To be Continued