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Queen of the Sacred Flames—Thanks, and if you liked last chapter, you're going to love this one, for this is when the action starts.

If anyone doubts that I am from New Jersey, this should prove it: I live within 20 minutes of Willowbrook Mall, Paramus Park, and Garden State Plaza.

So, without any more bull, I present the next installment of…

BKA:

The Big Plot:

Ash and Yugi's Big Chance


Chapter 3—Trouble at Willowbrook Mall

When the 6 officers entered the mall area from the hallway, 5 of them were awestruck at the size of the building. (Take a wild guess who's not.)

"This place is huge!" May squealed in delight.

"Yeah." Max said. "And we don't have anything like this back home."

"You call this big?" Bernie said, scoffing slightly. "This is the smallest of the 3 nearest Totowa. You should see Garden State Plaza in Paramus. That is huge.", which seemed to kill their mood.

While they were searching for a suitable shop for their decks, May spotted a line of stores that sparked her interests. These stores in question were Rave Girl, Limited Too, and Delia's. She then grabbed Bernie's arm and yanked him towards the 3 shops. "Sheesh, she's strong." Joey said, reacting to May's spontaneous action.

"And you what's sad? I'm the one with the superpowers." Bernie said as he was dragged towards the 3 shops.

>Hilary Duff "So Yesterday">

As May dragged Bernie though each store, she found a collection of outfits, some of which, she took into the dressing room. When she came out one of the times, she had on a white skirt with a pink T-shirt that said, "Jersey Girl". Bernie chuckled and said to her, "What, you though that 'The Boss' was singing about you?" and then he laughed, but May looked clueless.

"Who's 'The Boss'?" May asked in her confusion, causing Bernie to anime-faint.

"Damn it!" Bernie said. "You haven't heard of Bruce Springsteen? The greatest musician to ever come from the Garden State? Not even The E-Street Band? God, what the hell am I gonna do with you!"

"Garden State?" Max said, butting in. "I haven't seen a single garden since we got here. It ought to be called the 'Smog State', 'Swamp State', or the 'Overly-crowded Mall State' or—" He was cut off by his older sister covering his mouth. "I think he gets the point, Max." she said, removing her hand.

Bernie then took Max aside. "Well, Max, if New Jersey were called anything like that, would any tourists want to come to this state?" Bernie said, which was met with Max shaking his head no. " Exactly, and that is why New Jersey is called the 'Garden State', because we couldn't fit, 'Oil and Petra-Chemical Refinery State' on a license plate." (The first reviewer to figure out what movie that came from gets the next chapter dedicated to them.)

"Anyway," Bernie said. "When we get home, I'll expose you guys to his works, but for now, we have cards to buy." And with that, May had finally finished her little "shopping spree" by going up to the register, but Bernie stopped her by saying to the lady, "Charge it to the BKA account." and she nodded, letting them know that the price was taken care of.

After a while, they came to this card booth by the Godiva chocolate store (and Yugi and Ash had to hold Joey back to keep him from getting at the chocolate), and Bernie shelled out some serious dough, saying, "New recruits. It's a BKA tradition." and the person at the register nodded.

(WARNING: This may be where the action starts, but this is where it also starts to get weird, but that's just me.)

Once they were done, they started to head out, when two figures dressed in black leapt from the second-floor balcony. "Holy shit!" Bernie screamed, and he, May, Max, Joey, Yugi, and Ash jumped out of the way, but the "jumpers" somehow landed on their feet. Once they stood up, the six got a glimpse of the pair, and what they were wearing.

The two, one green-haired male and one blond female, were dressed in all black, except for their gloves and boots, which were white, a big red R graced the front of the shirts, and they had on their wrists the same thing that Joey and Yugi had: a Duel Disc. It was at that moment, in Bernie's mind, that a presence with white hair and purple eyes, awoke. /Something's not right here./ Bernie thought.

"Prepare for trouble!" the blond shouted.

"Make it double!" the man said, though he sounded like he had a throat problem.

"To infect the world with devastation!"

"To blithe all peoples in every nation!"

"To denounce the goodness of truth and love!"

"To…"

"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Bernie screamed loudly, so loud in fact, that all of the patrons of the mall stopped dead in their tracks. "It's the same bullshit every time we cross paths, so why don't you just skip the motto crap, 'Botch' and 'Calamity'?" he said, putting as much mockery into the two "names" he had for them.

"How many damn times do I have to tell you, it's Butch, not Botch!" the frog-throated foe said to the teenage crime-fighter.

"And how many times do I have to tell you to bite me, because I don't give 2 shits, 3 damns and a flying fornication about your goddamn name!" Bernie spat back at him, drawing his K2 laser pistol. "What I do care about is knowing just what the hell you are doing in Jersey!"

"Calm down, kid." Cassidy said. "We're just here for some friendly competition."

"Yeah." Butch said. "Since we are newbs at this game, we decided to challenge your newbs to a duel."

"Huh?" Max and May said, completely clueless.

"Didn't ya hear?" Joey said to them. "You've just been challenged to a duel."

"Awesome!" Max said. "We accept!" he shouted while getting out his Duel Disc, while his sister did the same.

"Then let's get it on!" Butch and Cassidy shouted.

(This won't be like a normal tag-team duel. The teams' members will take their turns together before the other team. Also, the members of a team can attack just as if this was a 1-on-1 duel. This I will refer to as Team Rocket's Tag-Team Rule.)

>Trapt "Headstrong" (first half)>

) BUTCH: 4000/CASSIDY: 4000 (

) MAY: 4000/MAX: 4000 (

They each drew their hands respectively, while glaring menacingly at their opponents. Butch was the first to move as he drew a card. He then looked at his hand and said, "I'll place a monster in defense mode and that'll be all from me." as he placed a card face-down on the tray and it appeared in a larger form in front of him.

Then Cassidy took her turn. She drew her card, took a glance at her hand, and said. "I'll do the same." as she placed a card face-down on the tray, and a card appeared in large form on the ground in front of her.

"Okay, now it's my turn!" Max said, as he was eager to begin, drawing his first card.

"Here we go." Yugi said as Max began his turn. "I wonder what monsters Butch and Cassidy have hidden."

"Knowing them," Bernie said. "They're either one of two: One, they have high defense, or two, devastating flip abilities."

"Guess we'll have to find out when Max and May do." Ash said.

As they said this, Max glanced at his hand. /I wish that I knew what they had out./ he thought, but then he saw a card with a finger that appeared to have a light coming from it. /That'll do./ he thought as he pulled this card aside. "I activate the Magic card Dark-Piercing Light!" he shouted as he put that same card in one of the Magic/Trap Card slots on the tray, and that same card appeared jumbo-sized in front of him. "This card forces you two to flip up your monsters!" he said with a smirk. "So show us what you got!"

They each complied, and Butch flipped up a robot-like creature which looked like a football player, while Cassidy flipped up a ghost being with a sword and shield that emerged from a sleeping person.

"Battle Footballer and The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams," Yugi said as he identified each of their monsters. "Guess you were right about those monsters."

"True, and Max's move was smart, but risky. There was a slight chance that those monsters had special effects, but if those effects destroy opponent's monsters, he was smart in flipping them up before summoning anything." Bernie stated. "Let's just see what they do now."

"Please. As far as I can tell, dose Rockets are the worse duelists dis side of da Hudson. Max and May'll wipe da floor with dose creeps." Joey said, full of blind confidence.

"I just hope you're right, Joey." Ash said to him, unsure.

Back to the duel, Max was preparing to play his next card, and thanks to him studying all of Ash's duels, he knew just what to play. "I activate a second Magic card: Fissure!" he shouted as he threw another card in one of the slots. "Now I can destroy Butch's Battle Footballer!" and that said monster fell into a hole in the ground, and was gone.

"And I'm not done yet, Botch!" the young duelist said in response to Butch's scared face. "You little brat! Don't you start with that, too!" the Rocket lackey said back to him. Nevertheless, Max continued with his turn. "Now I summon Vorce Raider the Man-Beast in Attack mode!" he yelled as he smacked a Monster card down on his tray and a bull/human creature appeared, carrying an ax-like weapon. "Attack his Lifepoints directly!" he ordered and the creature flung its weapon in Butch's direction, striking him in the chest.

) BUTCH: 2100 (

Although the hit knocked him to the ground, Butch was not about to give up. He regained his stance and composure quickly. "Now I play one card face-down and I end my turn." he said as he placed a third card into a slot, and it appeared in large form in front of him.

That meant it was May's turn, and she was quite nervous. /Oh, crap./ she though. /What do I do/

"Just follow my lead, May." Max said. "Do what I did. Take out her monster and get at her Lifepoints. I know you can do it." he said, which seemed to reassure her. She regained some sense of composure, and a glare to boot. "All right, Team Rocket, here I come!" she said as she drew her card, which has the same as what her brother played 2 cards ago: Fissure. "I activate Fissure!" she yelled, placing that same card that her brother played last turn. "Now I'll take out your monster, Calamity!" she said, putting as much scorn as she could in that last word. "Why you little bitch! How dare you mock the elite of Team Rocket!"

"Ehh, sube tu culo y a la iziquierda de la mierda, puta." Bernie said to Cassidy, showing her the "Jersey State Bird", which in this case, wasn't the eastern goldfinch. "What did you say?" Cassidy said, raising an eyebrow.

"I'll tell you later." Bernie said. /Dumbass./ he thought.

Meanwhile, during the duel, May was in control. "Now I summon Gemini Elf in Attack mode!" she said as she placed a Monster card on the tray and a pair of female elves appeared in front of her. "Attack Cassidy's Lifepoints directly!" she commanded, and the twins jumped into the air, and kicked the Class A Rocket grunt in the chest, knocking her to the ground.

) CASSIDY: 2100 (

"Ooooh, right in the chest. She's gonna feel that one tomorrow." Bernie said, wincing, then he began laughing his ass off.

"Now I play one card-face down, and I'll end my turn." May stated, doing exactly what she said. This put the duel back in Butch's control.

He drew a card, and he put a sick grin on his face. "Now I have what I need to take out your monster! I summon Jirai Gumo!" he shouted as he played a Monster card on the tray and a gigantic spider appeared on the field. However, no sooner did he play this creature, it disappeared into a giant pit. He looked to his young foe and saw that he had triggered his face-down card, which happened to be the Trap card Trap Hole. "Damn." he said silently. "Fine. I end my turn." he said in a defeated tone.

Then Cassidy began her turn. She drew her card, took a look at it, and said, "I'll show those snot-nosed brats what happens when you mess with Team Rocket!"

"Yeah, Rocket gets the shit beat outta them!" Bernie shouted back at her, and he, Ash, Joey, and Yugi began to laugh. Cassidy glared, nothing would please her more that going up to Bernie and putting him straight through a wall, but she had to focus on the duel right now. "Now I summon The Unfriendly Amazon!" she shouted, and she smacked a card down on the tray, and a female warrior appeared on the field. Unfortunately for Cassidy, that creature shared the same fate as Jirai Gumo, as May activated her Trap Hole card. Grumbling, Cassidy ended her turn, knowing full well what would happen next.

"My turn now!" Max shouted drawing his next card, taking a look, and then he smirked. "I sacrifice my monster to summon Mr. Volcano!" he said as Vorce Raider disappeared, and in its place, a man with flames emerging from his arms appeared. "Attack Butch! Finish him off!" Max ordered, and his creature prepared a ball of fire, which was launched at Butch, engulfing him in holographic flames.

) BUTCH: 0 (

This attack took him out of the duel, and put it in May's hands. She drew her next card, and smirked. "I offer my Gemini Elf to summon my Luster Dragon!" she said as the twin elves disappeared and a giant dragon made entirely of emeralds appeared in their place. "Luster Dragon, attack! End this duel!" she commanded, and her dragon inhaled, and shot out a torrent of sapphire flames at Cassidy, hitting her dead on.

) CASSIDY: 0 (

"Good morning, good afternoon, and GOOD NIGHT!" Bernie said in celebration of their victory.

"What did I tell ya? Rockets suck at duelin'" Joey said, reassuring his own previous comment.

"Joey, Team 'Suck-At' sucks at everything." Bernie said. As the group was celebrating, they heard loud screams. Once they looked, they saw that Butch and Cassidy were running off, with May slung over Butch's shoulder, and Max being held aloft by Cassidy's right arm.

"'Friendly competition', huh? BKAs, HO!" Bernie shouted, and he and the others gave chase.

>Linkin Park "Faint">

Once they got outside, they saw that the two Rockets threw their captives in the back of a nearby van, and then they got inside, started it up, and drove off. "After them!" Bernie said as they loaded into their minivan, with Bernie at the wheel, and in a few seconds, they were off, with sirens blaring and purple and blue lights flashing.

After a while of chasing them on Interstate 80, the Rocket van took an exit that Bernie knew quite well, which was Exit 62.

"Where are they going?" Yugi asked.

"They're heading for the Parkway!" Bernie said. "Hang on!" he said, and he drove over 3 lanes of traffic to make the exit. Once they got passed the tolls, Bernie rolled down the window.

"Ash, take the wheel. I'm going out there to get our friends back. When I say 'Now', hit the brakes." he said to Ash, who just happened to be riding shotgun. Once he had control, and his foot on the gas pedal, Bernie climbed out of the window, and latched himself onto the door.

He tried to get to the nose of the car from there, but he found it impossible. He then began to move towards the rear of their vehicle.

"What's Bernie up to?" Joey asked Ash, who just shrugged his shoulders.

Meanwhile, Bernie had reached the back of the minivan, and began to pull himself on the roof. Once he did that, he kept himself low, and moved towards the front. He then stood up, stepped over the row of flashing lights, and onto the nose of the vehicle.

"Almost there, Ash. Get us a little closer." Bernie said from on the hood. Once that was done, Bernie shouted, "Now!" and Ash slammed as hard as he could on the brake pedal. This action sent Bernie flying towards Butch and Cassidy's van, which he landed on, but then he slipped and grabbed onto the edge of the roof.

A loud thump was heard by the two in the van. "What was that?" Butch said, while driving. Cassidy took a look outside, and then she said, "Probably just one of those damn potholes."

>Evanescence "Bring Me To Life">

Unknown to those two, that thump was Bernie hitting the back of their van. Still hanging on, Bernie tried to climb up to the roof, but found it too difficult to do so. He then looked towards the driver's side and saw that there was a ladder nearby. He then carefully made it towards the ladder, and once he got there, he climbed up without any sign of trouble.

However, once he got onto the roof, he made another bang when he stepped onto the metal. Fortunately, this went on with no incident. Breathing a sigh of relief, he crawled his way towards the edge. Once there, he flicked his index and middle fingers of both hands up, causing then to have a blue glow to them.

He then placed these fingers on the roof as far as his arms could reach. He then brought then towards him, dividing them once they were near his feet, extending them towards the edges. (This ability is known as "blade magic".) Once the glowing disappeared, Bernie grabbed both parts of the roof, and began to pull. With little effort, he ripped the pieces clean off, tossing them off the sides.

Unknown to him, this instance was noticed by Butch and Cassidy, and Cassidy went out through the window, carrying a weapon.

"May! Max! Up here!" he shouted at the two, who instantly recognized him. "Bernie!" they shouted, while May went starry-eyed.

"This is just like those movies where the strong good guy saves the damsel in distress!" she said.

"Focus, May! Take my hand!" he shouted, and she jumped up and grabbed it. Max then latched onto his sister's waist, hanging on for dear life. With that, Bernie began to pull them up.

It was at that moment that Cassidy made it to the roof. Once she saw this, she shouted, "It's that Byrne brat again!" and as Bernie got May's arm over the top, she fired her weapon, which was a laser blaster, at Bernie. This shot hit him dead-on in the stomach, causing him to let go, but not before taking May's glove with him. He fell off the side, and onto the pavement of the Garden State Parkway, landing butt-first. Injured badly, but still able to stand, Bernie kicked off the ground, and made a beeline for the van, but Cassidy shot him again, knocking him back to the pavement, but this time, he rolled on impact back down the road, until he stopped flat on the pavement, covered in cuts and bruises.

As he was getting up, he saw a car coming towards him, and he braced for impact, but the car—or more appropriately, van—stopped right in front of him. The door opened, and Ash stepped out. "Chief!" he shouted as he rushed toward Bernie. Helping him up, he asked him if he was alright. "I heal pretty fast." He said, though he seemed depressed. Bernie then opened his hand, and he saw May's glove. Enraged, so much that his eye color changed from hazel to cobalt, he slammed both fists on the pavement, creating a new pothole.

Once he did that, he regained his composure and said, "Contact HQ and prepare them for bad news." And then he got into the van and they drove back home.


Whoa…this is getting deep. That ends my longest chapter to date, as well as my first duel written. What did you guys think?

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