Tap.....tap....tap....constant taps on the window awoke Ryan from his
sleep. He mumbled and tried to go back to resting. The taps continued. He
growled. "Alright, I'm up!" he stated. He walked to his window in his red,
plaid pajamas. "What?"
"I was just waking you up!" said Joey, looking up at Ryan.
"By throwing peebles at my window?"
"Got you up, didn't it?"
"What do you need, Joey?"
"I was hopin' I could get to duel you later today. I gots some finals and den I'm free."
"Yeah, sure. Now let me sleep." Ryan shut his window and crawled back into bed. His room was average size. Blue walls covered in Duel Monsters posters. A double bed with blue pillow cases and green blankets. A T.V., computer on a desk with drawers, the bottom right one holding Duel Magazines called the Daily Duelist, which comes once a month with 9 cards. The top of his desk was messy. There were 3 decks, and other misc cards scattered around his desk. He tried to get back to sleep. He had no finals today and tried his best to rest up if he was going to take on Joey Wheeler later. He's a champion. But Ryan depended on his Blue-Eyes White Dragon. No matter what deck he used, he made sure his Blue-Eyes was in there. That way, his dad would be dueling beside him no matter what. Yesterday's duel, Ryan will admit, was a fluke. He drew the right cards at the right time. "Oh, damn," he thought to himself. "I invited Yugi over today. I guess Joey will have to wait a little later for his shot at me."
The door opened to the house. Yugi starred up at a lovely middle-aged woman. Very pretty. Chin long brown hair, wearing a pink blouse and skirt. "Uh, hi, Mrs. Takawa," said Yugi.
"You must be Yugi," she said happily. "Come in. I'm so glad Ryan's making friends already."
"He's an excellent duelist with a lot of skill."
"I know. He has his father to thank for all the cards. He knew that taking cards was illegal, but the people at work knew how much Ryan loved the game. They never told on him." Yugi spotted a picture on the table by the steps. A tall man, hair like Ryan's, looking about as old as Ryan's mom.
"This is him?"
"Yeah...we miss him."
"I know...I know what's it's like to lose someone..." Yugi's mind flashed back to when Pegasus took Yugi's grandfather's soul.
"Yugi, is that you?" yelled Ryan from upstairs.
"Yes, dear," his mother yelled up.
"Send him up, mum!"
"Okay! Top of the stairs, at the end of the hall is a door."
"Thank you," said Yugi.
Yugi opened the door of Ryan's room. He saw Ryan reading an issue of Daily Duelist with a picture of the featured monster of the week, Jinzo, on the cover. Ryan looked up from his magazine. "Hey, Yugi."
"Hey, Ryan. Wow, nice room." Yugi looked on his desk. "Not very neat with your cards, however."
"Yeah. Extras get scattered."
"Nice. Three decks."
"Yeah."
"What are they?" Yugi asked.
"This one has my Blue-Eyes, centered around high level 4 creatures and Dragons. This one has a Jinzo in it, centered around Anti-Trap."
"This last one?" Yugi reached for it, but Ryan put his hand on top of the deck. His glare towards that deck was cold and blank.
"This one is for the day I find Seto Kaiba and he wants to try to take my Dragon away." He looked back at Yugi and grinned. "The monster revolved around this deck is one he hates the most. The card not even one of those Egyption God Monsters can stop."
"You know about the Egyption God cards?"
"I've read my history. Obelisk the Tormentor. Slifer the Sky Dragon. The Winged Dragon of Ra. Interesting how they were made into cards and used in the Battle City Tournament."
"Yeah, I guess."
"How'd it feel, Yugi? To have held Slifer in your hand. To have that Egyption God obey your command." Yugi's look turned serious.
"Not good at all. Facing Slifer wasn't as scary as using him. I almost killed my friend, Bakura, with it. God monsters are powerful as they are dangerous."
"Where are the Gods now?"
"They were given back to Isis. And, I know, someday, that I'll have to use Slifer again to save the world, as Kaiba will Obelisk, and perhaps...maybe even Marik to Ra."
"What about me? Could I control Ra?"
"Ra was only able to be summoned by those who can translate the ancient scriptures on the bottom of the card. After that, Ra is yours to control anytime you play him. But only Marik could translate the words. No one else knows the words or--"
"Great beast of the sky, please hear my cry. Transform thyself from orb of light, and bring me victory in this fight. Envelope the deserts with your glow, and cast your rage upon my foe. Unlock your powers from deep within, so that together we may win. Appear in the Shadow Game as I call your name. Winged Dragon of Ra!" There was a long moment of silence. Nothing. No noise. Just a long silence. Yugi didn't know what to say. Ryan just receited the ancient scripture on Ra's Card. "You want to know the scary part, Yugi?" Yugi nodded. "I don't know how I know that."
"Alligator Sword, attack his life points directly!" ordered Joey.
"Not so fast, Wheeler!" said Ryan. "Activate Trap: Gravity Bind!" Joey's Alligator Sword stopped dead in its tracks due to an increase of gravity. "The gravity for creatures level four and up increases to the point that they can no longer attack!" Yugi was off to the side, paying attention to the duel, but talking with Tristan and Téa.
"He knew Ra's ancient scriptures?" asked Tristan.
"How?" asked Téa.
"He doesn't know," answered Yugi. "He has no idea how he knows them."
"There is more to him than what we can see," Yami told Yugi. "Ryan himself can't even see it. He's as blind as we are."
"I'll play Lord of Dragons in attack mode (1200/1100)!" Ryan announced. "Next, Graceful Charity!" Ryan drew three cards. "Perfect." He discarded one of the drawn cards and two others from his hand. "Now, play the Flute of Summoning Dragon! And I summon the Tri-Horn Dragon (2850/2350) and my rare Serpent Night Dragon (2350/2400)."
"Serpent Night Dragon?" asked Joey.
"Picked it up off this duelist named Espa Roba who won it off a Rex Raptor. Wasn't an easy win. But the reward was great."
"Espa, huh? I remember him. Won my Jinzo off him. Ah, I got nothing to save me. I'll let you have this duel because I'm so generous."
"Good match. I'll look towards our next one." The Duel Disk shut down and the monsters faded away. "Now, you should treat me to that milk shake that you said you'd buy if I--"
"I found him," said a voice from behind Ryan. He looked behind him to see a familiar face. A face that for some reason, deep inside, filled him with the utmost rage. The brown hair. The silver coat with no sleeves. The black sweat-shirt and pants. "Good job tracking his Duel Disk, Mokuba," he said into his comlink.
"Seto...Seto Kaiba..." A crowd of on lookers began to gather around Ryan and Kaiba. Ryan starred down Seto, and Seto just grinned back.
"You have something I want."
"You're not getting my Blue-Eyes White Dragon, you greedy little prick."
"Look, the way I see it, this can be done in one of two ways. You hand me that card and walk away quietly, or I duel you for it and take it from you and leave you a cowaring dog like Wheeler!"
"What'd you say?" said Joey. Joey tried to charge, but Tristan held him back.
"Easy, buddy," said Tristan.
"If you want to duel me, Seto Kaiba...then I'll take you on!" said Ryan.
"Ryan, don't," said Téa.
"Think about it first," said Yugi.
"I have," Ryan replied. "I have for the past year. I'm sick of his ego. I'm sick of his insults towards lower level duelist. I'm sick of everything about him." Ryan took his deck out of his Duel Disk System and handed it to Téa. "Hold this for me." She nodded. He pulled another deck from his pocket and placed it inside. "You wanted to see this deck, Yugi. Well, now I get to show you how it works." Ryan glared at Seto. "When this duel is over, Kaiba...I don't want your dragon. Or your most powerful card. Not any of your cards. I want you to do something I've never seen from you. Admit defeat. Admit I am the better duelist! You got me?"
"Whatever," he chuckled. "I've already won in my mind." Duel Disk started again. Ryan could see on giant T.V.s on nearby buildings that Kaiba has decided to broadcast this duel live. Everyone in Domino City would see this duel. Cards drawn. Life Points set. This was it. The duel Ryan has been waiting a long time for.
To Be Continued....
"I was just waking you up!" said Joey, looking up at Ryan.
"By throwing peebles at my window?"
"Got you up, didn't it?"
"What do you need, Joey?"
"I was hopin' I could get to duel you later today. I gots some finals and den I'm free."
"Yeah, sure. Now let me sleep." Ryan shut his window and crawled back into bed. His room was average size. Blue walls covered in Duel Monsters posters. A double bed with blue pillow cases and green blankets. A T.V., computer on a desk with drawers, the bottom right one holding Duel Magazines called the Daily Duelist, which comes once a month with 9 cards. The top of his desk was messy. There were 3 decks, and other misc cards scattered around his desk. He tried to get back to sleep. He had no finals today and tried his best to rest up if he was going to take on Joey Wheeler later. He's a champion. But Ryan depended on his Blue-Eyes White Dragon. No matter what deck he used, he made sure his Blue-Eyes was in there. That way, his dad would be dueling beside him no matter what. Yesterday's duel, Ryan will admit, was a fluke. He drew the right cards at the right time. "Oh, damn," he thought to himself. "I invited Yugi over today. I guess Joey will have to wait a little later for his shot at me."
The door opened to the house. Yugi starred up at a lovely middle-aged woman. Very pretty. Chin long brown hair, wearing a pink blouse and skirt. "Uh, hi, Mrs. Takawa," said Yugi.
"You must be Yugi," she said happily. "Come in. I'm so glad Ryan's making friends already."
"He's an excellent duelist with a lot of skill."
"I know. He has his father to thank for all the cards. He knew that taking cards was illegal, but the people at work knew how much Ryan loved the game. They never told on him." Yugi spotted a picture on the table by the steps. A tall man, hair like Ryan's, looking about as old as Ryan's mom.
"This is him?"
"Yeah...we miss him."
"I know...I know what's it's like to lose someone..." Yugi's mind flashed back to when Pegasus took Yugi's grandfather's soul.
"Yugi, is that you?" yelled Ryan from upstairs.
"Yes, dear," his mother yelled up.
"Send him up, mum!"
"Okay! Top of the stairs, at the end of the hall is a door."
"Thank you," said Yugi.
Yugi opened the door of Ryan's room. He saw Ryan reading an issue of Daily Duelist with a picture of the featured monster of the week, Jinzo, on the cover. Ryan looked up from his magazine. "Hey, Yugi."
"Hey, Ryan. Wow, nice room." Yugi looked on his desk. "Not very neat with your cards, however."
"Yeah. Extras get scattered."
"Nice. Three decks."
"Yeah."
"What are they?" Yugi asked.
"This one has my Blue-Eyes, centered around high level 4 creatures and Dragons. This one has a Jinzo in it, centered around Anti-Trap."
"This last one?" Yugi reached for it, but Ryan put his hand on top of the deck. His glare towards that deck was cold and blank.
"This one is for the day I find Seto Kaiba and he wants to try to take my Dragon away." He looked back at Yugi and grinned. "The monster revolved around this deck is one he hates the most. The card not even one of those Egyption God Monsters can stop."
"You know about the Egyption God cards?"
"I've read my history. Obelisk the Tormentor. Slifer the Sky Dragon. The Winged Dragon of Ra. Interesting how they were made into cards and used in the Battle City Tournament."
"Yeah, I guess."
"How'd it feel, Yugi? To have held Slifer in your hand. To have that Egyption God obey your command." Yugi's look turned serious.
"Not good at all. Facing Slifer wasn't as scary as using him. I almost killed my friend, Bakura, with it. God monsters are powerful as they are dangerous."
"Where are the Gods now?"
"They were given back to Isis. And, I know, someday, that I'll have to use Slifer again to save the world, as Kaiba will Obelisk, and perhaps...maybe even Marik to Ra."
"What about me? Could I control Ra?"
"Ra was only able to be summoned by those who can translate the ancient scriptures on the bottom of the card. After that, Ra is yours to control anytime you play him. But only Marik could translate the words. No one else knows the words or--"
"Great beast of the sky, please hear my cry. Transform thyself from orb of light, and bring me victory in this fight. Envelope the deserts with your glow, and cast your rage upon my foe. Unlock your powers from deep within, so that together we may win. Appear in the Shadow Game as I call your name. Winged Dragon of Ra!" There was a long moment of silence. Nothing. No noise. Just a long silence. Yugi didn't know what to say. Ryan just receited the ancient scripture on Ra's Card. "You want to know the scary part, Yugi?" Yugi nodded. "I don't know how I know that."
"Alligator Sword, attack his life points directly!" ordered Joey.
"Not so fast, Wheeler!" said Ryan. "Activate Trap: Gravity Bind!" Joey's Alligator Sword stopped dead in its tracks due to an increase of gravity. "The gravity for creatures level four and up increases to the point that they can no longer attack!" Yugi was off to the side, paying attention to the duel, but talking with Tristan and Téa.
"He knew Ra's ancient scriptures?" asked Tristan.
"How?" asked Téa.
"He doesn't know," answered Yugi. "He has no idea how he knows them."
"There is more to him than what we can see," Yami told Yugi. "Ryan himself can't even see it. He's as blind as we are."
"I'll play Lord of Dragons in attack mode (1200/1100)!" Ryan announced. "Next, Graceful Charity!" Ryan drew three cards. "Perfect." He discarded one of the drawn cards and two others from his hand. "Now, play the Flute of Summoning Dragon! And I summon the Tri-Horn Dragon (2850/2350) and my rare Serpent Night Dragon (2350/2400)."
"Serpent Night Dragon?" asked Joey.
"Picked it up off this duelist named Espa Roba who won it off a Rex Raptor. Wasn't an easy win. But the reward was great."
"Espa, huh? I remember him. Won my Jinzo off him. Ah, I got nothing to save me. I'll let you have this duel because I'm so generous."
"Good match. I'll look towards our next one." The Duel Disk shut down and the monsters faded away. "Now, you should treat me to that milk shake that you said you'd buy if I--"
"I found him," said a voice from behind Ryan. He looked behind him to see a familiar face. A face that for some reason, deep inside, filled him with the utmost rage. The brown hair. The silver coat with no sleeves. The black sweat-shirt and pants. "Good job tracking his Duel Disk, Mokuba," he said into his comlink.
"Seto...Seto Kaiba..." A crowd of on lookers began to gather around Ryan and Kaiba. Ryan starred down Seto, and Seto just grinned back.
"You have something I want."
"You're not getting my Blue-Eyes White Dragon, you greedy little prick."
"Look, the way I see it, this can be done in one of two ways. You hand me that card and walk away quietly, or I duel you for it and take it from you and leave you a cowaring dog like Wheeler!"
"What'd you say?" said Joey. Joey tried to charge, but Tristan held him back.
"Easy, buddy," said Tristan.
"If you want to duel me, Seto Kaiba...then I'll take you on!" said Ryan.
"Ryan, don't," said Téa.
"Think about it first," said Yugi.
"I have," Ryan replied. "I have for the past year. I'm sick of his ego. I'm sick of his insults towards lower level duelist. I'm sick of everything about him." Ryan took his deck out of his Duel Disk System and handed it to Téa. "Hold this for me." She nodded. He pulled another deck from his pocket and placed it inside. "You wanted to see this deck, Yugi. Well, now I get to show you how it works." Ryan glared at Seto. "When this duel is over, Kaiba...I don't want your dragon. Or your most powerful card. Not any of your cards. I want you to do something I've never seen from you. Admit defeat. Admit I am the better duelist! You got me?"
"Whatever," he chuckled. "I've already won in my mind." Duel Disk started again. Ryan could see on giant T.V.s on nearby buildings that Kaiba has decided to broadcast this duel live. Everyone in Domino City would see this duel. Cards drawn. Life Points set. This was it. The duel Ryan has been waiting a long time for.
To Be Continued....
