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Chapter 1: The Week Before
Yugi had just climbed out of bed when his Grandpa poked his head into the room.
"Yugi, Joey is waiting for you downstairs." He said.
"Thanks Grandpa I'll be down in a minute." Yugi replied as he slipped on a shirt and vest and grabbed his deck. Yugi took two steps towards the door and turned around, "I nearly forgot the puzzle." He said sheepishly to no-one in particular.
"Hey Yuge, did you hear the news?" Joey said as Yugi rounded the corner.
"What news Joey?" Yugi asked.
"Kaiba's holding another Battle City tournament!" Joey said with a giant grin on his face, "Now that there's no freaks like Marik and his Rare Hunters in the tournament I'll probably place second...After I wipe the floor with Kaiba!" Joey said as his grin grew.
"Yeah and another chance to improve our skills and our decks." Yugi said starting to smile himself.
"Lets go register for the tournament." Yugi said with excitement, "I'm going out Grandpa."
"Ok Yugi." He said as he began to dust some shelves.
Yugi and Joey were walking down the street when a familiar voice called out to them,
"Hey Yugi, Joey where are you guys going?" They turned around, it was the smiling face of their good friend Bakura.
"Oh, hey Bakura, Kaiba's going to hold another Battle City tournament. Me and Joey are on our way to register." Yugi said, "Hey, Bakura you're a good duelist maybe you should enter."
"No, no, I'm not very good it was the spirit of the Millennium Ring not me." Bakura said hurriedly.
"Come on Bakura, you're gonna enter the tournament with us." Joey said as he grabbed the back of Bakura's shirt and started dragging him.
"Hey let go of me, I don't want to register, I said let go of me-e!" Bakura demanded as he struggled to get free, when he suddenly lost his balance and fell, "Ow." He said as he started to climb to his feet.
"I'm sorry Bakura, I lost my grip." Joey said as he helped Bakura up and brushed the dirt off his pants.
"Hello, may I help you?" asked the clerk behind the counter.
"Yes, we want to register for the Battle City Tournament." Yugi said with a smile.
"Ah Mr. Yugi Motou and Mr. Joey Wheeler, ok, your all set. Go to the park next week for the opening cermonies." the clerk said as he typed their info into the computer.
"Aren't you supposed check to see if we're qualified?" Yugi asked.
"Usually, yes but in this case I don't have to, finalists from last years tournament are registered automatically as soon as they request it. Oh, would your friend, Mr. Ryu Bakura, like to register as well?" the clerk asked looking over Joey's shoulder.
"No thank you." Bakura said quickly.
"Come on Bakura." Joey said draping his left arm over Bakura's right shoulder.
"Yeah Bakura you should register, after all you won't get any better unless you duel other people." Yugi said as he looked up to Bakura.
"Oh, I guess I will register." Bakura looked down at Yugi then up at Joey.
"Just remember we may be friends but when the tournament starts we'll be rivals, at least until the end." He said and then looked at his watch "Oh, I need to go home, I have to clean my room, I've been putting it off all day. Good bye Yugi, Joey, see you next week." Bakura said as he ran out the door.
After a long walk Yugi and Joey stepped into Grandpa's store. "Grandpa I'm home." Yugi called out, "Hello Yugi." Grandpa called back. Joey looked at the clock, "Its getting kinda late, Yuge I'll see you next week I need to fix my deck, good bye Grandpa." Joey said and left. "I need to rebuild my deck too, I'll be in my room Grandpa!" Yugi called down the stairs. "Okay Yugi." Grandpa called back.
A/N: Not all chapters will be this short...Please review, flames are welcome, along with story ideas, decks, and character suggestions.
Avatar: Well, Yugi do you think anything strange will happen this year?
Yugi: Strange?
Yami: You forget, we have totally different definitions of strange...
Avatar: Oh, yeah, so do either of you think there will be another psychotic person, will try to control or destroy the world.
Yami: There's nothing like that, that I know of, rumors or otherwise.
Yugi: Me neither.
Avatar: You'll be surprised.
Yami and Yugi: What does that mean?
Avatar: You'll see.