Quick Note: Thank you to everyone who has reviewed my story and has left
excellent feedback. For that, I will continue this awesome series. And I'm
going to be calling Isis by Ishizu now. I didn't before because I didn't
know how to spell it. Enjoy!
Ryan opened his eyes and saw the awful sight. He was in a black robe, standing on top of large stone stairs. The people below him also wearing black robes. Bowing and humming. The sky was black and red. Lightning cracked in the background. Ryan looked up a bit more to see a bald adult in front of a massive stone tablet. He, too, in a black robe, chanting a line. Ryan tried to see what was on the stone tablet. But it was very blurry for some reason.
"Whoa!" Ryan awoke. He shook his head awake. That same dream. He's been having it for a few weeks now. Not everynight, but close enough. "What does it mean?" It's been a good week for Ryan. No finals except yesterday. The victory over Seto the day before, and the soda with Mai on the same day. Not much happened. Mai asked him how long he's lived in Domino and how he aquired all the rare cards. Ryan told her about the rare cards, only then learning the men in the black hooded robes were dark duelist called Rare Hunters. Ryan kept replaying the sight of Seto's face as Exodia destroyed him and his great beast over and over in his head.
What Ryan really just wanted to know about his dream.
"I don't know what to make of it, Yugi," Ryan told Yugi as they played Duel Monsters on Ryan's kitchen table. Yugi and Joey were at his house. Téa and Tristan were stuck with finals. "This dream is reoccuring."
"And you can't make out what's on the tablet?" asked Yugi. Yugi lifted up Gazel (1500/1200) and Beta (1700/1600) off the table, setting them in the graveyard. He then summoned his signature card. "Dark Magician (2500/2100) in attack, but Vengeful Bog Spirit won't let him attack just now. So I'll play this face down card. Your move."
"Thanks. And no, I can't make out the tablet. It's a strange."
"Man, it sounds weird to me," said Joey. Ryan scoffed.
"Joey, please don't raid my fridge!"
"I'm starving, Ryan. You wouldn't let me starve, now would ya?"
"Depends. Will I being starvin' when you get done."
"With my hunger...yeah, most likely."
"Finish the Sea Food Salad before it goes bad, then. Yugi, in the dream, they are all bowing and chanting, and this one guy is shouting these words, and I can't make them out."
Ishizu Ishtar stood in her museum, admiring her egyptian artifacts. She had finally gained her Millennium Necklace back. Even though it was given to Yugi during Battle City, and it had helped, Yugi couldn't keep it, knowing how much it meant to her and how long it's been in her family. Ishizu wanted to spend time with Marik today. She finally had her warm- hearted brother back, and she couldn't be happier. But then she had gotten a phone call from Mokuba Kaiba, telling her Seto Kaiba was coming during the week to talk business with her.
Ishizu knew what it was about, even without the help of her necklace. News spread fast about the defeat of Kaiba by the hands of Ryan from Exodia. She knew exactly what he was going to ask her. He wanted his pride back. His soul. His most powerful card back in his possession. Ishizu heard foot steps approaching her from behind.
"Hello, Kaiba," she said without turning around.
"Cut the chit-chat," he demanded. "By now, you've heard of my careless acts that caused me to lose that duel to that nobody, Ryan. I could easily take him out in the next duel, but I need to do it faster than waiting for my Ultimate Dragon to be formed."
"I know what you are after, Seto Kaiba," she replied, still facing away. "You wish that I give you Obelisk the Tormentor to use in your next duel."
"Correct."
"Are you that dead set on beating this young boy?"
"I want to show him that if he dueled me in my Battle City days that he would face the torment!"
"Or is it because you want his Blue-Eyes White Dragon?"
"Those Blue-Eyes are mine. Only I should have them. His father was told to make four, and he makes a fifth and gives it to his son? He doesn't deserve that card! I had to search for all three of mine!"
"I'm sorry, Kaiba. Your greed and lust for victory will bring carnage if I give you Obelisk. I must deny you the Egyptian God Card." Seto growled at her.
"You deny me that card? How dare you!"
"You'll just have to take this defeat."
"ENOUGH! I want to know where Obelisk is now! You don't have to give him to me. I'll just take him." Ishizu turned to Kaiba finally, glaring him right in the eye.
"Upstairs, in a suitcase. I was going to put it on display next to the tablets with Slypher and Ra. Steal him if you must. I cannot stop you." Seto grinned, turning around to go get his card. He was so proud of himself. His ego had just sky rocketed through the roof. But Ishizu's voice stopped for a moment, saying one last thing before Kaiba continued on his way. "But, be warned. If you take that card, I will do what I can to make sure you don't keep it." Seto just laughed. Ishizu turned back to her work. She looked to her left and the new tablet recently discovered deeper in the lost pyramids of Egypt. A picture of a young boy, in a robe. There are sun rays surrounding his body, and at each end of the ray going away from his body was all seven Millennium Items. Below him were words yet to be translated. She had to find out what it all meant.
"By adding these two cards to my Exodia Deck," said Ryan, walking out of Yugi's Grandfather's Shop. "I can still win even in the worst case scenario." He looked at his other card. A picture of an evil demon face forming in the clouds, with a ring of 20 fireballs around him. "This should come in play once I get the other cards to make my Triple D." Ryan walked down the long road home, absorbed in his cards. His Exodia Deck was by far the strongest, and he's been improving it any chance he gets. Now that two new cards are added, only a few amount of cards can put this deck to rest. And Ryan knew that if Kaiba couldn't, then you'd have to be pretty damn good, better than Kaiba, to defeat him. But there was only one that could... One person whom Ryan just could not defeat...
"Hey, Ryan," said a voice. He turned around to see Téa jogging up. She had on the sleeveless blue button up she wore during Battle City, but a short skirt instead of short shorts. Ryan got real nervous around her, yet at the same time, so very comfortable. "How's it going?" she asked upon arrival. "I haven't seen you in awhile. Not since you beat Kaiba."
"Yeah, I was just buying some cards. I have to make sure this Exodia Deck is perfect. I saved some cash...Yugi's granpa gave me a slight discount...it all works."
"Wow, cool. Um...I..." Téa looked to her right while pushing her hair back. "I was...going to get a soda. Do you want to come with me?"
"Sounds awesome," he said back to her, smiling. "But, I have something I must do. Um, another time, definately."
"Oh...okay." She sounded hurt. Now Ryan felt real bad. Téa was just trying to be a good friend. She owed him for getting her coins back from that punk at the arcade.
"I'm really sorry, Téa." Ryan turned around and walked away in the opposite direction. Téa, too, walked away. She was hurt. He had a drink with Mai, but not her? It was jealousy. She had to admit that. But why?
Téa was about halfway home when she realized she forgot to drop off Yugi's Dark Magician Girl he had lent her a couple days earlier so she may experiment with a deck idea. She had returned the card in a envelope and slipped it under the door of the shop. As she was about to leave, a sight caught her eye. "Huh?" A few duelist were heading into an alleyway. "Dueling at 10 o' clock at night? Something seems out of place, here." She followed behind them, keeping her distance, so she wouldn't be noticed. Past the dumpsters and trash cans led to a...warehouse? The front door, which was a open garage door, was wide open. She slipped inside and saw something amazing. Maybe 100 kids, nearly half of them duelist. Some were standing in a circle, others were on the 2nd floor walkway. Téa couldn't see, so obviously up was the way to go. She climbed up the nearest latter to the 2nd floor. She pushed her way through some guys to get to the front. Of course, amongst a lot of men, the words "hands off" were said by her. She looked down into the circle. One side, a spikey blonde haired kid with a black t-shirt and jeans. Behind him were a few of his gang members. His opponent was..."Oh my gosh!" said Téa in amazment.
"I can't believe you," said the kid laughing. "Week after week I beat you. What's it take? You can't win, Takawa!" His opponent was Ryan.
"I got new cards, Genki," he retorted. "So we gonna play or are you gonna keep talking crap?"
"Ooooh. Exodia Boy has new cards. I already have your Tri-Horn Dragon and this crappy Serpent Night Dragon, not to mention the stupid cards you've given me in the past."
"I'll put on the line tonight--"
"No way. I heard about that one duel, Takawa! Keeping secrets from me? You own a Blue-Eyes White Dragon! I don't know how, but the fact is you do. You have a choice. You've already challenged me, so either Duel me or walk away. But walking away means you forfeit. So either way, your dragon is mine."
"I'm not putting my Blue-Eyes up."
"You must! It has to be your rarest card!"
"Come on, Ryan!" Téa shouted. "You can beat this chump!"
"Téa, what are you doing here?" Ryan asked in confusion.
"Look," said Genki. "Takawa brought his cheerleader girlfriend. Maybe you should throw her with your Blue-Eyes."
"In your dreams," Téa snapped back.
"Téa, this doesn't concern you," Ryan told her. "This is just something I do that no one knows about."
"Well, I now know. And I'll support you in beating this guy."
"Oh, enough," said Genki. "Let's go."
"On one condition, Genki. Put your money where your mouth is. I lose...my most powerful and rarest dragon will be yours. But if I win...all the cards and money I've lost to you will be returned to me!" Genki grinned. He reach in his pocket and took out Tri-Horn Dragon, Serpent Night Dragon, Jinzo, a couple more cards, and a roll of money.
"You want'em...come get'em."
-------------------------------------------------------- Sorry that took so long. But I have great ideas for chapters 5 and 6, so they'll be up quite soon.
Ryan opened his eyes and saw the awful sight. He was in a black robe, standing on top of large stone stairs. The people below him also wearing black robes. Bowing and humming. The sky was black and red. Lightning cracked in the background. Ryan looked up a bit more to see a bald adult in front of a massive stone tablet. He, too, in a black robe, chanting a line. Ryan tried to see what was on the stone tablet. But it was very blurry for some reason.
"Whoa!" Ryan awoke. He shook his head awake. That same dream. He's been having it for a few weeks now. Not everynight, but close enough. "What does it mean?" It's been a good week for Ryan. No finals except yesterday. The victory over Seto the day before, and the soda with Mai on the same day. Not much happened. Mai asked him how long he's lived in Domino and how he aquired all the rare cards. Ryan told her about the rare cards, only then learning the men in the black hooded robes were dark duelist called Rare Hunters. Ryan kept replaying the sight of Seto's face as Exodia destroyed him and his great beast over and over in his head.
What Ryan really just wanted to know about his dream.
"I don't know what to make of it, Yugi," Ryan told Yugi as they played Duel Monsters on Ryan's kitchen table. Yugi and Joey were at his house. Téa and Tristan were stuck with finals. "This dream is reoccuring."
"And you can't make out what's on the tablet?" asked Yugi. Yugi lifted up Gazel (1500/1200) and Beta (1700/1600) off the table, setting them in the graveyard. He then summoned his signature card. "Dark Magician (2500/2100) in attack, but Vengeful Bog Spirit won't let him attack just now. So I'll play this face down card. Your move."
"Thanks. And no, I can't make out the tablet. It's a strange."
"Man, it sounds weird to me," said Joey. Ryan scoffed.
"Joey, please don't raid my fridge!"
"I'm starving, Ryan. You wouldn't let me starve, now would ya?"
"Depends. Will I being starvin' when you get done."
"With my hunger...yeah, most likely."
"Finish the Sea Food Salad before it goes bad, then. Yugi, in the dream, they are all bowing and chanting, and this one guy is shouting these words, and I can't make them out."
Ishizu Ishtar stood in her museum, admiring her egyptian artifacts. She had finally gained her Millennium Necklace back. Even though it was given to Yugi during Battle City, and it had helped, Yugi couldn't keep it, knowing how much it meant to her and how long it's been in her family. Ishizu wanted to spend time with Marik today. She finally had her warm- hearted brother back, and she couldn't be happier. But then she had gotten a phone call from Mokuba Kaiba, telling her Seto Kaiba was coming during the week to talk business with her.
Ishizu knew what it was about, even without the help of her necklace. News spread fast about the defeat of Kaiba by the hands of Ryan from Exodia. She knew exactly what he was going to ask her. He wanted his pride back. His soul. His most powerful card back in his possession. Ishizu heard foot steps approaching her from behind.
"Hello, Kaiba," she said without turning around.
"Cut the chit-chat," he demanded. "By now, you've heard of my careless acts that caused me to lose that duel to that nobody, Ryan. I could easily take him out in the next duel, but I need to do it faster than waiting for my Ultimate Dragon to be formed."
"I know what you are after, Seto Kaiba," she replied, still facing away. "You wish that I give you Obelisk the Tormentor to use in your next duel."
"Correct."
"Are you that dead set on beating this young boy?"
"I want to show him that if he dueled me in my Battle City days that he would face the torment!"
"Or is it because you want his Blue-Eyes White Dragon?"
"Those Blue-Eyes are mine. Only I should have them. His father was told to make four, and he makes a fifth and gives it to his son? He doesn't deserve that card! I had to search for all three of mine!"
"I'm sorry, Kaiba. Your greed and lust for victory will bring carnage if I give you Obelisk. I must deny you the Egyptian God Card." Seto growled at her.
"You deny me that card? How dare you!"
"You'll just have to take this defeat."
"ENOUGH! I want to know where Obelisk is now! You don't have to give him to me. I'll just take him." Ishizu turned to Kaiba finally, glaring him right in the eye.
"Upstairs, in a suitcase. I was going to put it on display next to the tablets with Slypher and Ra. Steal him if you must. I cannot stop you." Seto grinned, turning around to go get his card. He was so proud of himself. His ego had just sky rocketed through the roof. But Ishizu's voice stopped for a moment, saying one last thing before Kaiba continued on his way. "But, be warned. If you take that card, I will do what I can to make sure you don't keep it." Seto just laughed. Ishizu turned back to her work. She looked to her left and the new tablet recently discovered deeper in the lost pyramids of Egypt. A picture of a young boy, in a robe. There are sun rays surrounding his body, and at each end of the ray going away from his body was all seven Millennium Items. Below him were words yet to be translated. She had to find out what it all meant.
"By adding these two cards to my Exodia Deck," said Ryan, walking out of Yugi's Grandfather's Shop. "I can still win even in the worst case scenario." He looked at his other card. A picture of an evil demon face forming in the clouds, with a ring of 20 fireballs around him. "This should come in play once I get the other cards to make my Triple D." Ryan walked down the long road home, absorbed in his cards. His Exodia Deck was by far the strongest, and he's been improving it any chance he gets. Now that two new cards are added, only a few amount of cards can put this deck to rest. And Ryan knew that if Kaiba couldn't, then you'd have to be pretty damn good, better than Kaiba, to defeat him. But there was only one that could... One person whom Ryan just could not defeat...
"Hey, Ryan," said a voice. He turned around to see Téa jogging up. She had on the sleeveless blue button up she wore during Battle City, but a short skirt instead of short shorts. Ryan got real nervous around her, yet at the same time, so very comfortable. "How's it going?" she asked upon arrival. "I haven't seen you in awhile. Not since you beat Kaiba."
"Yeah, I was just buying some cards. I have to make sure this Exodia Deck is perfect. I saved some cash...Yugi's granpa gave me a slight discount...it all works."
"Wow, cool. Um...I..." Téa looked to her right while pushing her hair back. "I was...going to get a soda. Do you want to come with me?"
"Sounds awesome," he said back to her, smiling. "But, I have something I must do. Um, another time, definately."
"Oh...okay." She sounded hurt. Now Ryan felt real bad. Téa was just trying to be a good friend. She owed him for getting her coins back from that punk at the arcade.
"I'm really sorry, Téa." Ryan turned around and walked away in the opposite direction. Téa, too, walked away. She was hurt. He had a drink with Mai, but not her? It was jealousy. She had to admit that. But why?
Téa was about halfway home when she realized she forgot to drop off Yugi's Dark Magician Girl he had lent her a couple days earlier so she may experiment with a deck idea. She had returned the card in a envelope and slipped it under the door of the shop. As she was about to leave, a sight caught her eye. "Huh?" A few duelist were heading into an alleyway. "Dueling at 10 o' clock at night? Something seems out of place, here." She followed behind them, keeping her distance, so she wouldn't be noticed. Past the dumpsters and trash cans led to a...warehouse? The front door, which was a open garage door, was wide open. She slipped inside and saw something amazing. Maybe 100 kids, nearly half of them duelist. Some were standing in a circle, others were on the 2nd floor walkway. Téa couldn't see, so obviously up was the way to go. She climbed up the nearest latter to the 2nd floor. She pushed her way through some guys to get to the front. Of course, amongst a lot of men, the words "hands off" were said by her. She looked down into the circle. One side, a spikey blonde haired kid with a black t-shirt and jeans. Behind him were a few of his gang members. His opponent was..."Oh my gosh!" said Téa in amazment.
"I can't believe you," said the kid laughing. "Week after week I beat you. What's it take? You can't win, Takawa!" His opponent was Ryan.
"I got new cards, Genki," he retorted. "So we gonna play or are you gonna keep talking crap?"
"Ooooh. Exodia Boy has new cards. I already have your Tri-Horn Dragon and this crappy Serpent Night Dragon, not to mention the stupid cards you've given me in the past."
"I'll put on the line tonight--"
"No way. I heard about that one duel, Takawa! Keeping secrets from me? You own a Blue-Eyes White Dragon! I don't know how, but the fact is you do. You have a choice. You've already challenged me, so either Duel me or walk away. But walking away means you forfeit. So either way, your dragon is mine."
"I'm not putting my Blue-Eyes up."
"You must! It has to be your rarest card!"
"Come on, Ryan!" Téa shouted. "You can beat this chump!"
"Téa, what are you doing here?" Ryan asked in confusion.
"Look," said Genki. "Takawa brought his cheerleader girlfriend. Maybe you should throw her with your Blue-Eyes."
"In your dreams," Téa snapped back.
"Téa, this doesn't concern you," Ryan told her. "This is just something I do that no one knows about."
"Well, I now know. And I'll support you in beating this guy."
"Oh, enough," said Genki. "Let's go."
"On one condition, Genki. Put your money where your mouth is. I lose...my most powerful and rarest dragon will be yours. But if I win...all the cards and money I've lost to you will be returned to me!" Genki grinned. He reach in his pocket and took out Tri-Horn Dragon, Serpent Night Dragon, Jinzo, a couple more cards, and a roll of money.
"You want'em...come get'em."
-------------------------------------------------------- Sorry that took so long. But I have great ideas for chapters 5 and 6, so they'll be up quite soon.
