Chapter 7: 'Hey, move it kid!' Some one called from a car while honking his horn.
'Sorry.' Vincent called to the driver.
'Don't be sorry, just move.' The person occupying the car replied.
'Oh right.' Vincent called back as he finished crossing.
'What's wrong, feeling a little scared?' The voice asked in a teasing manner.
'Who are you?' Vincent asked becoming angry with the unknown occupant in his own head as he continued walking down the street.
'As I said, I am your master.' The voice said with becoming equally angry with Vincent.
'What is your name?' Vincent asked, now furious with the voice.
'My name is not your concern, but I will tell you. I am called Garlan.' Garlan said a little annoyed.
'Where did you come from, and why are you in my head?' Vincent asked a little calmer than he was moments ago.
'I was a great sorcerer in ancient Egypt, though I was not known by many. I was attacked in the middle of the night, desperately clinging to life I summoned up all the energy I could muster and cast a spell that would help me survive in the minds of others. Though I was successful, I was often sealed away, as I was in your mind. I was sometimes able to guide my host with subtle suggestions, but now that I am free I can take total control any time.' Garlan explained, 'I guided you to steal the Millennium Rod for me while you were sleeping, but since that fool released me I can collect the remaining Millennium Items.'
'But why are you trying to collect the Millennium Items?' Vincent asked.
'Once I collect all seven Millennium Items, I will be able to recover my body and live once more.' Garlan said in a simple tone.
'Why did you refer to yourself as my master?' Vincent questioned Garlan, as he looked around at his surroundings and noticed that he had traveled a good distance into unknown territory.
'I was not only a sorcerer, I was also a ruler. "Old habits are hard to break" isn't that how the saying goes?' Garlan replied.
'I see, that's understandable.' Vincent said a little distracted, looking around for a familiar building or some other landmark.
'Excuse me young man, are you lost?' An elderly voice called from Vincent's left.
'Huh?' Vincent said as he turned towards the source of the voice
'Are you lost young man?' An old man asked once more.
'A little.' Vincent said followed by an embarrassed laugh.
'Where are you trying to go?' The old man asked.
'Nowhere in particular.' Vincent replied, 'Oh, where are my manners, my name is Vincent.'
'Hello Vincent I'm Solomon Motou, but everyone calls me Grandpa.' Grandpa said with a light laugh.
'Motou? Hey are you related to Yugi Motou?' Vincent asked.
'Huh? Why yes I am he's my grandson, in fact I was about to go out and look for him.' Grandpa said, 'Do you know him?'
'Yes, actually I just met him about an hour ago, he was at the Domino Museum in the Egyptian exhibit.' Vincent said with a smile.
'Oh, he must have left the museum by now.' Grandpa said.
'I'll help you look for him.' Vincent said with a polite smile.
'Yes, help him look for Yugi. Then we can claim his Puzzle.' Garlan said to Vincent.
'What?' Vincent asked out loud.
'Excuse me?' Grandpa said
'Oh nothing, lets go look for Yugi.' Vincent said quickly.
Yugi was walking out of the Domino Museum with Rebecca.
'Thanks for showing me the Egyptian exhibit, I thought it was very interesting.' Rebecca said giving Yugi a friendly hug.
'It was nothing really.' Yugi said blushing slightly.
'Yugi I must tell you earlier when you were talking to that boy, Vincent I think was his name, I got the feeling that our paths will cross more far more than we would want throughout this tournament.' Yami said in the back of Yugi's mind.
'I'm sure it's nothing really, he seem really nice.' Yugi replied.
'If you think we should trust him I will, until he makes his move.' Yami said.
'Hey Yugi.' A familiar voice called to him.
'Oh, hey TŽa, how's it going have you seen Joey?' Yugi called back as TŽa ran over to meet him and Rebecca.
'Hi Tea.' Rebecca said with a smile.
'Hi Rebecca, how's college?' TŽa asked.
'College is great.' Rebecca replied.
'Um, TŽa?' Yugi said quietly.
'Oh right, Joey, nope haven't seen him.' TŽa said quickly, 'I hope he ok.'
'Yeah, I hope he didn't get kicked out of the tournament.' Rebecca said.
'I don't think so, Joey's a pretty good duelist.' Yugi said.
'Hey, I got an idea. Let's go look for Joey.' Yugi said with enthusiasm
'Ok Yugi, lets go.' TŽa said
The three walked down the street together for a short while until they came across an alley with a man, in what appeared to be an old set of robe that were sort of an off-yellow color, stained by the dirt and grime that caked the alley's walls and floor. Struggling to get to his feet. Yugi rushed to help him up.
'Are you ok sir?' Yugi said gripping him by the filthy arm of the man's robe. And tried to pull the man to his feet.
'Thank you...' He said as he started to look up, until he saw the Millennium Puzzle. 'Yugi Motou!'
He said quickly lifting his head, and stared at Yugi.
'Shadi! What happened, who did this to you?' Yugi said shocked to see Shadi again.
'It was...a boy… in a red… cape.' Shadi said slowly trying to clear his head.
'A boy in a red cape!' Yugi and Rebecca said in unison.
'You have seen the boy?' Shadi asked.
'Yes, we met him in the museum, in the Egyptian exhibit.' Rebecca said.
'What boy?' TŽa asked.
'He is very dangerous.' Shadi said, 'There is an evil spirit dwelling in him, but it has not taken control of him yet.'
'His name is Vincent Desmont, he's in the tournament.' Yugi said.
'Hmm he was in the Egyptian exhibit? I guess he was drawn there by the spirit.' Shadi said.
'What can be so dangerous about a teenage boy?' TŽa asked.
'As I was while I was examining the boy's mind I came across a large metal door that had been sealed. When I had opened it, the room I was in was flooded with chaos.' Shadi said, 'I was confronted by the spirit, but he never revealed himself, he hid amidst the chaos until he forced me out of the boy's mind.'
'We better watch out for him then.' Yugi said.
'Be careful Yugi, for he has the Millennium Rod and plans to take your Millennium Puzzle.' Shadi said quickly, 'I must go now... I need to check on the other Items.'
'Good-bye Shadi.' Yugi said as Shadi left the alley, with his dirty robe sweeping the filthy floor.
'Good-bye for now Yugi, an d be careful next time you see that boy.' Shadi said be fore walking out of view.
'He is right Yugi, we should be very careful.' Yami said.
'Yes, we should.' Yugi replied.
'Let's go find Bakura before he gets attacked.' Yugi said quickly running out of the alley.
'I forgot all about Bakura.' TŽa said chasing after Yugi.
'Wait for me Yugi.' Rebecca called after them as she too ran out of the alley.
'Well, this was where I last saw Yugi.' Vincent said standing in front of the Domino Museum.
'Where could he have gone?' Grandpa said looking around.
'I'm not sure, but it's getting late.' Vincent said walking around searching for Yugi.
The sun began setting leaving the sky streaked with a pink and purple hue along with a fading golden light.
'I'm going to look over there.' Vincent said walking towards the main street.
'Okay, I'll be waiting here. Just come back if you find him, if you don't find him, please don't just walk off or I might be standing here for quite a while.' Grandpa said with a smile.
'There he is!' Vincent called as Yugi and the others ran out of the alley and onto the main street.
'What?' Grandpa said turning around spotting Yugi.
'Yugi, over here!' Vincent called.
'What?' Yugi said turning around to see who had called him.
'It's him, Vincent.' Rebecca said pointing at Vincent.
'Yugi, there you are... I started to worry.' Grandpa said walking towards Yugi, 'Thank you for your help Vincent.'
'Grandpa you know him' Yugi said meeting Grandpa.
'Yes, he was lost when I found him standing by the shop's door.' Grandpa said looking at Yugi, 'Why is there a problem?'
'No, I don't think there is.' Yugi said slowly.
Yugi looked up at Vincent who seemed different, but he couldn't figure out what it was.
'What are you doing?' Vincent asked.
'I am going to duel Yugi, but to do so I must borrow your body.' Garlan replied quickly.
Garlan had taken control of Vincent.
'Yugi Motou, I challenge you to a duel.' Garlan announce through Vincent's mouth.
'What?' Yugi said shocked.
'I shall wager the Millennium Rod, for your Millennium Item.' Gralan said lifting the Rod from under the cape that had been hanging off Vincent's back.
'He doesn't seem like the boy we had met earlier.' Yami said quietly.
'You're right Yami. Should we duel him?' Yugi asked unsure.
'We are a formidable team, maybe we should. We can, at least, recover the Millennium Rod.' Yami said.
'Ok, I accept your challenge, but before we duel I must ask.' Yugi said, 'Who are you?'
'Ah, I see you have a sharp mind. My name is Garlan.' Garlan said curtly.
'All right, prepare to lose.' Yami said taking control of Yugi.
Both of their duel disks' Life Point read out read 4000 as they drew their first five cards.
'Let's duel!' They both said in unison.
'I'll start.' Yami said drawing, 'And, I'll start off by playing Big Shield Guardna in Defense Mode and I shall end my turn.'
Big Shield Guardna ATK/100 DEF/2600
'My turn, I draw.' Garlan said, 'And I play Twin-Headed Behemoth in Attack Mode and end my turn.'
Twin-Headed Behemoth ATK/1500 DEF/1200
'You must have better cards than that.' Yami said drawing, 'I summon Beta the Magnet Warrior in Attack Mode.'
The Magnet Warrior appeared in front of the, what light remained glinting off his body.
Beta the Magnet Warrior ATK/1700 DEF/1500
'Now Beta destroy his monster.' Yami commanded his creature.
'It was necessary to sacrifice a monster and a small amount of Life Points for my plan to work.' Garlan said calmly as his monster shattered and his Life Points dropped to 3800.
'I shall end my turn.' Yami said watching Garlan carefully.
'And my Twin-Headed Behemoth returns to the field.' Garlan said.
Twin-Headed Behemoth ATK/1000 DEF/1000
'I draw.' Garlan said, 'Now I sacrifice my Twin-Headed Behemoth to summon my Ancient Gear Beast.'
A thick mist cloud formed behind Garlan and from it came a giant mechanical beast, it's gears and hinges were well rusted and it smelled of ancient oil.
Ancient Gear Beast ATK/2000 DEF/2000
'Now my Beast, destroy his Magnet Warrior!' Garlan said.
The giant beast lunged forward and crushed Yugi's Magnet Warrior in it's massive jaws, Yugi's Life Points dropped to 3700 as his monster vanished into the maw of the mechanical creature that stood before him.
'Now I end my turn.' Garlan said.
'I will win.' Yami said drawing once again, 'I summon my Giant Soldier of Stone in Defense mode and set 1 card and regretfully, end my turn.' Yami said.
Giant Soldier of Stone ATK/1300 DEF/2000
'So, no more than three turns into the duel, and already your hiding behind your monsters.' Garlan said drawing a card from his deck. 'I summon my Mirage Dragon.'
A long green and yellow scaled dragon flew out of the mist that remained behind Garlan and settled in front of him.
Mirage Dragon ATK/1600 DEF/600
'I must end my turn.' Garlan said.
'I'm guessing that you have few Magic and Traps in your deck.' Yami said drawing, 'I sacrifice my two monsters to summon my Dark Magician in Attack Mode.'
The Dark Magician appeared on his kneeling down on his left knee in front of Yami, then slowly rose to his feet.
Dark Magician ATK/2500 DEF/2100
'Hmm, that is quite a powerful monster, but it is relatively easy to destroy it.' Garlan said examining the Dark Magician.
'So you say, but lets see if you can do so.' Yami said, 'Go my Dark Magician, attack his Ancient Gear Beast.'
The Dark Magician waved his staff and the colossal machine shattered into millions of pixels before disappearing.
Garlan's Life Points dropped by 500 to 3300.
'I will destroy that Magician.' Garlan said drawing. 'I set one monster in Defense Mode and switch my Mirage Dragon to Defense Mode.'
A facedown card appeared in front of Garlan and the Dragon curled into a coil watching the Magician through beady eyes.
'I also set one card and end my turn.' Garlan said as another card appeared on the field.
'Now who's hiding.' Yami said drawing, 'I reveal my Swords of Revealing Light.'
'I activate my Trap card, Ceasefire.' Garlan said immediately, 'Ceasefire force all monster on the field to flip face-up, flip-effects are not activated.'
Garlan's monster was revealed as Dark Catapulter, a blue mechanical dragon with what appeared to be a giant slingshot on it's back appeared, in a crouching position with its two large arms across its chest, in front of Garlan.
'What was the point in that?' TŽa asked.
'Ceasefire has a second effect TŽa.' Grandpa said, 'Now that all monsters are face-up, Yugi will take 500 points of Direct Damage for each Effect monster on the Field.'
'But that means he loses 1000 Life Points.' TŽa began.
'Correct TŽa.' Grandpa said as Yugi's Life Points fell to 2700.
'Now I'll attack your Mirage Dragon with Dark Magician, go Dark Magic attack.' Yami commanded as the Dark Magician struck the dragon which burst into millions of particles and vanished.
'I end my turn.' Yami said.
'My turn.' Garlan said as he drew another card. 'I summon Elemental Hero Clayman in Defense Mode.'
A monster that appeared to be made of stone burst from the ground and climbed to its feet before kneeling.
Elemental Hero Clayman ATK/800 DEF/2000
'I end my turn.' Garlan said.
'You still haven't destroyed my Dark Magician.' Yami said as he drew a card. 'Now I summon Celtic Guardian in Attack Mode.'
The elven warrior appeared in front of Yami and lifted its sword, ready for battle.
Celtic Guardian ATK/1400 DEF/1200
'Now, Dark Magician attack his Elemental Hero Clayman.' Yami said as his Magician attacked destroying the monster.
'Soon I will be rid of your Dark Magician.' Garlan said drawing 'You can be sure of that. I now summon my Luster Dragon in Attack Mode.'
A dragon with sapphire scales appeared in front of Garlan, and sat with its wings spread wide.
Luster Dragon ATK/1900 DEF/1600
'And I will set one card and end my turn.' Garlan said with a grin. 'Now your Swords of Revealing Light vanish allowing me to attack.'
'You've made a mistake.' Yami said drawing, 'Now I summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior in Attack Mode.'
Gamma appeared in the now darkened area with the light from the rising moon shimmering off its metallic body.
Gamma the Magnet Warrior ATK/1500 DEF/1800
'You're the one whose made a mistake I activate my Trap card, Phoenix Wing Wind Blast. By discarding one card from my hand I am allowed to return one card on your side of the field to the top of your deck, and I choose your Dark Magician.' Garlan said with a wicked smile as Yugi's Dark Magician was returned to his hand.
'I guess I must end my turn.' Yami said.
'I draw.' Garlan said, 'And now I will switch my Dark Catapulter into Attack Mode, and summon my Sea Serpent Warrior of Darkness in Attack Mode.'
A monster coated in armor walked out from the mist, which seemed to hover behind Garlan regardless of the breeze, which began blowing moments ago.
Sea Serpent Warrior of Darkness ATK/1800 DEF/1500
'I now end my turn and will end this duel next turn.' Garlan said.
'I don't think so.' Yami said, 'I sacrifice my two monsters to summon my Dark Magician in Attack Mode once again.'
Dark Magician ATK/2500 DEF/2100
'Now I'll attack your attack Dark Catapulter.' Yami said.
'I activate my Trap, Dimension Wall, Now you take the battle damage instead of me.' Garlan said.
Yugi's Life Points fell to 1700.
'I end my turn.' Yami said.
'I draw.' Garlan said becoming bored with the duel. 'I attack your Gamma the Magnet Warrior with my Sea Serpent, and Celtic Guardian with Luster Dragon.'
Yugi gasped as his monsters were destroyed and his Life Points dropped to 900.
'Now I activate my Magic card, Creature Swap, we both select one monster on our sides of the field and change control, since you only have your Dark Magician I gain control of him, and you shall get my Sea Serpent.' Garlan said, 'Now I end my turn.'
'I draw.' Yami said, 'Now, I switch Sea Serpent to Defense Mode and set Alpha the Magnet Warrior in defense mode and end my turn.'
Alpha the Magnet Warrior ATK/1400 DEF/1700
'I draw.' Garlan said 'Now I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman and equip him with Spark Blaster, this card allows me to change the position of any face-up monster on the field and I'm going to switch both of your monsters into Attack Mode. Now I attack with Dark Magician, Luster Dragon and Elemental Hero Sparkman. I do believe the duel is over.'
'No, I lost.' Yami said dropping to his knees as his Life Points fell to 0.
'I believe you owe me a Millennium Item.' Garlan said approaching him.
Yami reached into his pocket and removed the Millennium Necklace and handed it to Garlan.
'Oh, you have two Items, I'll be back for the other later.' Garlan said before disappearing into the fog, which had never dispersed.
A/N: Well that was some chapter, poor Yugi, I bet no one saw that coming. So Yugi lost the Millennium Necklace Ishizu had given him. Please read and you know the drill, R&R Flames welcome along with story, deck, and character ideas blah blah blah.
NEO appears out of nowhere.
Avatar: What are you doing here, I thought you died.
NEO: I didn't like what you did after the end of the last chapter...
Avatar: Wait I have a question.
NEO: What is it?
Avatar: What ever happened to the cookie The Oracle gave you? I mean, we never actually saw you eat it.
NEO: Hmm I don't know, I think it might still be in my pocket.
NEO reaches into his pocket and pulls out a crumbling mass of green and brown.
NEO: Here it is.
Avatar: That thing is nasty, throw it away.
NEO: No wait. Watch this.
NEO waves his hand in front of the cookie.
Avatar: Well?
NEO: Well what?
Avatar: What was supposed to happen?
NEO looks at the still nasty green cookie.
NEO: Hmm, it didn't work let me try it again.
NEO wave his hand in front of the cookie again.
Avatar: Still nasty...
NEO: Why doesn't it work?
Avatar: Well for one thing, this is not the Matrix. And for another, you are an airhead.
NEO: What do you mean, "airhead"?
Avatar: Does this sound familiar,
Neo "Why am I here?"
Oracle "Because you are the One."
Neo: "Why?"
Neo "Why are you here?"
NEO: What does that mean?
Avatar: Just forget it, and eat the damn cookie already.
NEO: All right.
Avatar: What?
NEO takes a bite of the cookie...
NEO: This cookie's pretty good.
Avatar: Looks like it's time for my favorite thing.
Avatar pulls a lever and a hole opens beneath NEO, but NEO just hovers over it.
NEO: You forget I am The One. Hey, where are you going with those bolt cutters?
Avatar: To cut your suspension wires.
NEO: What?
Avatar walks out of view.
SNAP
NEO: Uh oh.
NEO falls down the plot hole.
Avatar: That puts an end to "The One". Oh and I bet the writers thought they were very clever, just look here for a sec The ONE's name happens to be NEO, does any one see it... Neo is an anagram for one, but I bet you all already knew this...sorry for wasting your time.