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The next day, lunch period had begun. Lucas was eating a very special lunch his older brother had prepared for his magnificent little brother. Lucas still felt bad about not having told Drew what had happened at the warehouse the other day. He swore that once he got home, Lucas would tell Drew everything that had happened.

"Hey Red!" Yelled an obnoxious Jacob from the entrance of the door. He notice Lucas was sitting in his chair, troubled by his thoughts. He walked over to Lucas and slammed the table top of his desk.

"Huh," Lucas came back to Earth, "Oh, hey Jacob. What's going on?"

"What's the matter with you?" said Jacob, "Ever since Seto Kaiba declared his new tournament, you've been moping more than usual. I thought you'd be happy to finally have a chance to duel Yugi Mouto in this tournament. What's got you so down?"

"It's nothing," said Lucas, looking Jacob in the eyes, "I was just thinking how am I going to explain the whole Jellal and Jackal story to Drew".

Jacob calmed down a bit and realised how imaginative the event with Jellal and Jackal had been. Jacob ignored his previous thoughts and tried to suggest many scenarios which involved "Jack" and Lucas. None of which was a good idea, but it did cheer Lucas up. Lunch had ended and Jacob headed back to his classroom, leaving Lucas to his thoughts. Jacob has good intentions, and he never meant to bring Lucas down, but the little uproar he made. Lucas remembers the deal he made with Ishizu.

You are not okay with the deal, are you?

I am not, thought Lucas, But this is what I can do for both you and Yubel. The sooner you two can return to where you belong, the better.

Lucas, you've been wanting to duel this Yugi mouto character for quite some time now. If we must, we'll wait to find the tomb robber. This may well be your only chance.

Or what we could do is try to find my King as quickly as possible, stated Yubel, worrying for both Lucas and Jackal. This way, I will no longer be a burden to you both.

But you heard what Ishizu told us, Lucas continued, Whether I do or I don't accept my role, that event is inevitable. I need to follow these steps so that no one can get hurt. I have to sacrifice everything. I don't want to do this, But I have to. As a bonus, once our deal is met, I will be able to help the two of you as well.

If you feel that is what you must do…

Then we will respect your decision.

But, I do not wish to see your…

"Alright class," said Mr. Mook, trying to grab his class' attention, "Shall we get started?"

…

A certain game shop, which was visited by two young boys the day before, was filled with duelists who were anxious to register for the upcoming Battle City Tournament. This tournament would be held one week from now. From this line, there were two individuals, one of which practically losing his patience. A couple of hours have passed, the last hour of classes for the day had ended and two best friends agreed on registering for the Battle City Tournament. As both Lucas and Jacob went to a restaurant to grab a quick bite, the two mysterious individuals had reached the front of the line.

"Why hello there," said the shop clerk, "I assume you two will be participating in the Battle City Tournament".

"Battle City?" said the male individual, "We do not wish to participate in a tournament. We would like to purchase one of those devices," he pointed towards the shelf of Duel Disks behind the clerk.

"Well just so you know," said the clerk, "You'd be much better off just registering for the Tournament. People who register for the tournament will get one of Kaiba Corp's Duel Disk, free of charge".

"I do not wish to test myself on these lousy peasants," shouted the man, "Do you have any idea who-"

"We will gladly register for the tournament," the woman had interrupted the man before they brought even more attention to themselves.

"Fantastic," said the clerk, "May I have your names?"

The woman gave both hers, as well as the man's names. The clerk seemed surprised when he viewed his computer screen, but allowed the two to register for the tournament. The two individuals obtained their Duel Disks, and headed out the store.

"Tch," exclaimed the man, "These humans do not understand how to treat a god".

"Calm yourself, Horus," stated the woman, "We have what we need. We will not participate in this tournament. We must find the human boy, retrieve Jackal as soon as possible".

"That cursed Jellal," exclaimed Horus, "Tell me Nephthys. How difficult was it to defeat a simple mortal. There shouldn't have been any reason for his defeat". The two had walked past a group of teenagers, four to be exact, not giving them any attention as the group headed for the game shop to register for the Battle City tournament. After a couple of steps, the two had felt a chill down their spines, but quickly ignored it as they attempted to figure out the whereabouts of the young boy and the escaped Jackal.

…

"I'll take out Milus Radiant," Lucas said as both he and Jacob tossed away their garbage and walked out the door, "So that I can put in this copy of Rescue Cat".

"That should make it so that you can Tribute Summon quicker," responded Jacob, as he went through his deck seeing what he can do to actually use his deck for he wants it to be used as. "I swear this new Tribute Summon rule is a real hassle. I can't can't believe we were in that restaurant till night time".

"How do you think I feel," said Lucas, "I need to take out a couple of my higher leveled monsters so that the deck runs smoothly. And you shouldn't have ordered that premium bento".

"But it was so good and so worth the wait. Putting food talk aside, we are going to make it to the Finals," said Jacob, "Let's make sure to take out anyone who stands in our way".

Lucas hesitated a bit. He tried not to show his worried face, for Jacob will bother Lucas as to what bothers him. He only nodded, pretending as though nothing is wrong. The two finally arrived at the game shop. They walked in.

"Hello welcome to-" said the clerk, but caught his words as he recognized the two young boys who walked through the door, "Well if it isn't the two boys who roughhoused into my store yesterday. Let me guess, you want to register for the Battle City Tournament?"

"Yes we would," responded Lucas, "How do we register for it?"

"Well, all you need to do is give me your name and I'll sign you two in. However," said the clerk, "We only have one Duel Disk in stock until the day after tomorrow".

"What?" exclaimed Jacob, "What happened to them?"

"We were really busy," said the clerk, "A lot of duelists wanted to be a part of this tournament".

Jacob let out a sigh, and then had an idea, "Hey Lucas. Let's have a duel to decide who gets the last Duel Disk".

"It's pretty late Jacob," mentioned Lucas, "Are you sure we have the time for it?"

"Sure I'm sure," said Jacob, "Excuse me sir, what time will you close?"

"In an hour," the clerk responded.

"Then let's do it Red!" exclaimed Jacob.

"Don't call me that".

The two sat down on one of the tables that were placed in the shop. The two shuffled their decks, placed them on the table, and got ready to start.

"You ready?" said Jacob.

"Let's do it," Lucas responded.

The both shouted out DUEL, and began their match.

(Round 1: Lucas 4000 Jacob 4000)

"I'll start if you don't mind," says Jacob, "I draw!" Jacob placed the card in his hand.

Lucas was looking intently at Jacob. I dueled Jacob numerous times, thought Lucas to himself, I've helped put his deck together. He asked me quite the favor considering the type of deck he wanted.

What kind of deck does Jacob use?

A deck whose goal is to summon one specific monster, Lucas responded to Jackal, but this monster is a monster which was known to be impossible to summon.

"Alright," Jacob said, "I set one monster in Face-Down Defense Position," Jacob placed a card horizontally on his side of the table face-down, "I also set this card Face-Down as well". Jacob place one other card vertically face-down, right behind the face-down monster card. "It'll be your turn after that".

(Round 2: Lucas 4000 Jacob 4000)

"It's my turn," Lucas placed his fingers on his deck, "I draw. I summon the Enraged Battle Ox in Attack Mode". Lucas placed a card with an image of a Minotaur, surrounded by an energy of sorts, onto the table.

"You really don't want to go easy on me do ya?" Jacob asked Lucas, not losing his focus one bit.

"As much as I adore to 'go easy on you'," Lucas responded, "We are on a time limit. I attack your Face-Down monster with my Enraged Battle Ox".

Jacob flipped up his monster, revealing the Witch of the Black Forest, and placing it in his graveyard. "I don't need to explain my Witch's effect to you, do I?" Jacob went through his deck and revealed another card, Legion the Fiend Jester, to Lucas, and placing it in his hand.

"Don't be getting cocky now," responded Lucas, "You still took damage due to my Battle Ox's effect. I shall set one card Face-Down". Lucas placed a card below his Battle Ox similar to what Jacob had done previously, "I end my turn".

(Round 3: Lucas 4000 Jacob 3500)

"Draw! I summon Neo, the Magical Swordsman from my hand".

"A monster with the same number of Attack Points as my Battle Ox," Lucas looked at the monster Jacob had placed down, "Looks like you're not gonna make this easy for me either".

"Well it's only fair," said Jacob mockingly, "I will also set one card Face-Down and end my turn". Jacob had placed his new card, from his perspective, to the right of his previous set card.

(Round 4: Lucas 4000 Jacob 3500)

Those two Face-Downs are really troubling, thought Lucas as he drew his next card. He looked at the card he drew and thought, What luck. "I activate my Spell Card: Harpie's Feather Duster".

"You don't want to do that," says Jacob nervously, "Do ya?"

"With this card, all of your Spells and Trap cards are destroyed," responded Lucas as Jacob placed his two Face-Down cards into his Graveyard. "Next I play Change of Heart," Lucas placed his new card on the table. "Now with this," continued Lucas.

"You can control one of my monsters until the end of the turn," interrupted Jacob, "We know what the card does, Red. I thought we were on a 'Time Limit'".

"Well you know what," Lucas responded, "Just for that I tribute both of our monsters in order to Tribute Summon: Mystical Knight of Jackal!"

I will not fail you, Partner

The spirit of Jackal took a stance, half ready to strike Jacob down. Let's do it, partner. "Now I attack you directly with my Mystical Knight of Jackal," Jacob had tensed up quite a bit. "Egyptian Howl!" yelled Lucas as he pointed the direction at which Jackal needed to attack. The Duel Monster's Spirit jumped closer to Jacob and began howling at the boy. Lucas being the only one who could hear Jackal, covered his ears so that he could block out Jackal's treacherous howl. Jacob also placed his hands in his ears and pretended to have taken serious damage.

After the howl, the two looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh. At this moment, the shop owner came along and warned both Jacob and Lucas of how much time they had left.

…

(Round 5: Lucas 4000 Jacob 800)

The two students began to take the duel seriously. They were running low on time. They needed to speed things up so that both Drew's precious little brother and his fairly tolerable best friend could arrive home before they would get a proper scolding for being out late playing a silly trading card game!

Jacob drew his next card and without hesitation activates a spell card. "I activate Raigeki and destroy Jackal".

Lucas's expression never changed, he quickly placed Jackal in his Graveyard.

Forgive me, Lucas. I did not anticipate that spell card.

You're good partner, Lucas told Jackal, We didn't prepare for it.

"I then set a monster," Jacob placed another monster in Face-Down Defense Position, "Its your turn".

(Round 6: Lucas 4000 Jacob 800)

"I draw," Lucas placed his card on the table, "I summon Sangan and I attack your Face-Down monster".

"You attacked Legion," exclaimed Jacob, "A monster with 1500 Defense points".

Lucas made a "tch" sound with his mouth before ending his turn.

(Round 7: Lucas 3500 Jacob 800)

"My move," Jacob drew his card, "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying your Face-Down card". Lucas placed his card into his Graveyard. "I switch my Legion into Attack Mode and I attack your Sangan". Lucas had also put his Sangan into the Graveyard.

"I believe I don't have to explain Sangan's effect, do I?" Said Luacs mockingly as he added Des Kangaroo from his Deck to his hand.

"Oh haha," Grinned Jacob, "Very funny. It's your move".

(Round 8: Lucas 3200 Jacob 800)

"I draw!" Lucas had placed down a card with the image a green kangaroo wearing red boxing gloves. "I summon Des Kangaroo and I attack your Legion".

"You activated Legion's effect," responded Jacob, "Now I add the Left arm of the Forbidden One from my deck to my hand". Jacob showed the card to Lucas. Lucas's eyes widened as he saw Jacob emitting an aura so intense, it almost compared to Jellal's when they dueled in the warehouse.

"I-I end my turn". Could he really be so close to summon Exodia?

(Round 9 Lucas 3200 Jacob 600)

Jacob drew his next card and activated a Spell Card. "I activate Graceful Charity. This allows me to draw three new cards, as long as I discard two from my hand". Jacob drew his three cards and discarded his copy of Harpie's Feather Duster and a monster.

"I then activate Painful Choice," Jacob continued, "With this Spell, I reveal five cards from my deck. You get to pick one of the five cards to add to my hand. I send the remaining cards to the Graveyard. So, which will it be". Jacob reveals Pot of Avarice, Sangan, Two Reckless Greeds, and one Pot of Greed.

"I select Reckless Greed," proclaimed Lucas. Jacob adds one of the Reckless Greeds to his hand. He then sends the other four to his Graveyard.

"Now I activate Monster Reborn," Jacob began looking through his Graveyard. "I will now be able to Special Summon from my Graveyard the Cosmo Queen". He had placed his fierce Level 8 monster on the field. "And now my Queen, attack his Des Kangaroo". Lucas grunted a bit, "I set one card Face-Down. It's your go".

(Round 10: Lucas 1800 Jacob 600)

"I draw and set a monster," said Lucas, "It's your turn". I just need to hold out a bit longer.

(Round 11 Lucas 1800 Jacob 600)

"I draw!" said Jacob, "Now my Cosmo Queen will attack your Face-Down monster". Lucas flipped his monster Face-Up, revealing the Magician of Faith, then sent it to the graveyard, this startled Jacob.

"Due to my Magician of Faith's effect, when she's flipped, I can add one Spell Card from my Graveyard to my hand. And I add the Change of Heart". Jacob was shocked by this turn of events.

"Main Phase Two!," exclaimed Jacob as he flipped his Face-Down card, "Reckless Greed! Now I can draw two new cards from my deck. However, I am not allowed to draw during my Draw phase for the next two turns".

"So you're gonna try to draw Exodia before I make you lose the last of your Life Points"?

"We got to make these last few minutes unforgettable," Jacob drew his two new cards, "I set two more cards Face-Down. I end my turn". Jacob's energy grew even fiercer as Lucas began his turn.

(Round 12 Lucas 1800 Jacob 600)

"So then this turn will be the last turn," said Lucas, "I draw. I summon Manjuu of the Thousand Hans".

"Manjuu?!" exclaimed Jacob.

"Now I get to add one Ritual Spell or Ritual Monster from my deck to my hand. I add Curse of the Masked Beast". Jacob broke into a sweat. Does this mean he has the Ritual monster already in his hand, thought Jacob to himself.

"I first activate Change of Heart to gain control of your Cosmo Queen," Jacob passed over his Queen to Lucas, "I now activate the Ritual Spell, Curse of the Masked Beast! I tribute your Cosmo Queen on the field and my King of the Swamp in my hand in order to Ritual Summon, The Masked Beast!"

Jacob was amazed at how Lucas was able to take control of the situation of the previous turn.

"Now I attack you directly with The Masked Beast!"

"Not so fast," responded Jacob, "At the start of your Battle Phase, I activate Common Charity! This card allows me to draw two more cards from my deck, in exchange, I have to remove from play one Normal Monster from my hand".

"So you are going to draw out Exodia during my turn," said Lucas, "You sure a sneaky guy aren't ya".

Jacob grinned at the "compliment". "So I draw two, and remove from play the Gemini Elf". Jacob held five cards in his hand. Lucas saw Jacob's Duel Energy growing bigger than how it was before. Lucas was curious. Did he drew it? Did he finally summon Exodia?

Jacob revealed his hand, grinned at the cards in his hand and shrugged. Lucas's facial expression changed from anxiousness to relief.

"The Masked Beast attacks you directly!"

…

"Thank you boys! Come back again!" The store clerk waved Good bye to Lucas and Jacob as they walked home. Once the store clerk locked up the shop for the night, he grabbed his phone and made a call.

"It's me. There are a couple of students who just left my store. The one with the Duel Disk. He's your next target".