Small Note

Sakura: It's Monday again and one of my least favorite days but at least I have this story to look forward to updating. So far so good on getting these updates out and thanks to all that have been reviewing. Not many reviews, but at least I'm getting some rather than none at all. There may be some mixed feelings within this chapter, but hopefully everyone still enjoys.

Chapter 3

The Path to Darkness

Yugi had no earthly idea what the hell was going on when the officer took him to some other room and shoved him inside. The door was shut behind him as he picked himself up off the floor of the pitch black room. Thankfully it was not dark for long as a light turned on behind him causing him to turn around. There to his surprise was Duke sitting at some table that could pass for a large air hockey table.

"Duke, what's going on? Where are we?" He questioned as he carefully approached the table. His friend had this look in his eyes liked he did not want to be there, but his body language said a different story.

"Sit down, Yugi. We're going to play a game." Duke told him motioning to the chair across from him to which Yugi slowly sat down. "It's time you and I play to find out who the real King of Games is."

Yugi was confused since this was very unlike Duke, "Duke I want an explanation. What's going on? Your security took both my puzzle and Yami away from me. If this is some kind of joke I'm not laughing."

"This is no joke we are going to play the game of my own creation to find out which one of us deserves the title of King of Games."

"I don't care about that, where is Yami and my puzzle?"

Duke could see the worry was clouding Yugi's judgement and he would be in no shape to play. He was going to just try and play it off as a fight for the title, but it just wasn't working out. Looking at his friend he realized he would have to tell him the truth in order for Yugi to want to play him. "Listen I wanted no part of this, but this fight is something my father and your grandfather started years ago. And now my father wants me to finish it so that I can take claim to your millennium puzzle."

"Duke, how does your father know about the millennium puzzle?" Yugi found himself asking knowing that not many people know about it. It was really no secret that Yugi had it since he wore it around but it had him wondering why Duke's father would want his son to claim it.

"It was before we were born…." Duke started to retell the story he had heard a thousand times as a child, "Back then there was this guy who was a legendary master of games. My father aspired to be like him. He asked to be his apprentice and it was one day my father's master told him about the millennium puzzle. It was a legend passed down from ancient times. If anyone could beat the master it would be the one who solved the puzzle. So my father challenged his master over the millennium puzzle…"

"Wait so my grandfather was his master…" Yugi said in a state of shock finally starting to put the pieces of this story together. The only other owner of the millennium puzzle had been his grandfather who found it in a tomb of the nameless pharaoh. Solomon had never been able to solve it which was why he gave it to Yugi who was able to solve it after years of hard work.

Duke nodded glad that Yugi was catching on. "They had played the Devil's board game which no sane man should ever play. My father lost the game against your grandfather and as the price of losing that game. My father became a hideous shadow of his former self…"

A glare set on Yugi's face as he said, "So what now after all these years you plan on fighting me for the rights of the millennium puzzle."

"No, as I stated earlier this game we will only be fighting for your title." Duke informed him trying to help his friend understand that he wanted no part of his father's revenge. "It's my father's twisted idea that I should be the one to have the millennium puzzle which is why he took both it and Yami away from you. The only reason I've agreed to play this game against you is to keep Yami safe. He is both someone special to us more so you now then me but still he is my friend."

"Where is he?"

"With my father who I'm sure is watching all that is going on in this room. If we are to keep him safe we must play the game to see who truly is the King of Games and owner of the millennium puzzle." Duke looked Yugi straight in the eyes as he said, "But mark my words whether you win or lose the puzzle and Yami will be returned to you."

Yugi wasn't sure what to think at this moment but if Duke believed Yami was in danger, he felt like he should believe him. Everything about this situation was not what he would have wanted either when it was all supposed to be fun. He finally nodded his head and said, "What will we be playing?"

"D.D.M of course which is short for Dungeon dice monsters," Duke reached down beside him and pulled up a briefcase. He turned and opened it for Yugi to see there were hundreds of dice inside of all different colors. "These are the dice we'll use to play. Each player will choose a 'dice pool' of twelve dice. There are over five hundred dice variations each with different levels and abilities. You will choose the dice that suit your strategy. I've already chosen my own pool and I will allow you to choose the dice you want…" He easily slid the case down to Yugi across the board.

Yugi caught the case and started to look through all the different dices. 'There are all kinds of weird colors and symbols…' He was having a hard time figuring out the best ones to pick when he did not know much about the game to begin with.

"The color of the dice indicates the type of creature. The only exception is the black dice. They contain special abilities and magical powers…." Duke explained although he wasn't going to tell his friend much wanting to really test his skills as the King of Games but also he remembered Yami's words and was curious to see if they were true. Without knowing much could Yugi really defeat him at his own game?

It took Yugi a couple minutes to figure out which one he wanted but once he did he took them from the case. "Now what..?"

Duke motioned to the board in front of them, "The stage for our game is the 'Dark Field', a land of perpetual darkness deep underground." He pressed a button and two little trap doors appeared on either side in front of them, "The game is ready now, place all your dices in the shooter."

Following Duke's example Yugi push all his dice into the hole which then closed back up. After a few seconds three of his dice reappeared at random though a slot on his side. He wasn't sure what to do next so he looked up to Duke for the next step.

"The table will automatically dispense your dice pool. It should be shuffled fairly. The dice sequence is an important factor in the game." Duke told him as he grabbed the three dice that appeared on his side, "Now take those three dice…"

Once they both had dice in hand something new happened on the board. Out of new trap doors two figures appeared on either side of their field, a strange magician looking figure for Yugi, while Duke had a clown that looked like the figure head for the shop. On the chest of these figures were three hearts lit up in red. "These figures represent the player's life. I call them dungeon masters. The dungeon master has three life points so in other words you lose if you take three hits. Are you ready Yugi?"

Yugi was sure hoping he was ready as he nodded to his friend. It was with that the game started as Duke made his move first. He watched as Duke rolled the dices and once they stopped two of the dice had stars on them while the other had two swords crossing.

Duke looked happy as he picked up one of the dice, "When two out of three dice show the same crest I can active that power. In other words I get to summon one of my creatures. I'll place one of the dice on the field and I'll choose this red dragon die." As soon as he placed it on the field Yugi watched in surprise as the dice started to unfold into a cross shape path on the field and within that dice a dragon appeared.

'The dice all have creatures inside of them…' Yugi thought wondering how in the world Duke came up with a game like this. This was almost like Duel monsters but he was sure there was much more to it than simply summoning creatures. He also took note of the path the dice had created.

"Do you understand Yugi? In D.D.M the players use their dice to build a dungeon. Then you invade that dungeon with your monsters and attack the enemy dungeon master!" Duke added kind of glad that he was leaving Yugi speechless on his first move. He had waited months to impress his friends with the game of his own design. Despite the stakes in place he hoped this game turned out fun for Yugi. No matter the winner, Duke would make sure Yugi and Yami left his game shop safe.

'I see…' Yugi was slowly putting the pieces together as he surveyed the field. 'Every time you summon a creature, you also expand the dungeon so every die you play effects the game in more ways than one.'

"It's your turn Yugi…"

Yugi gripped the three dice in his hands. Duke promised he would return both his puzzle and Yami once the game was over but that did not stop the worry he had. Being forced to play this game did not sit well with Yugi however he would try to play his best despite being new to the game. The young adult rolled the dice watching them rolled a bit before they stopped showing three different symbols, one arrow, one pentagram, and two swords crossing. "The crests are all different…" Yugi took note there wasn't anything he could do.

"Too bad Yugi, summon failed. The dice you chose were high level meaning they're difficult to summon." Duke explained letting Yugi learn just a bit more about the dice he had. "There are six different crests, summon, movement, magic, attack, defense, and trap. You can see them on the dice and then there are levels. For example my monster on the field wizard dragon is level two. Level is a measure of power. But what do the levels have to do with the crests I know you're wondering. It's determined by the number of crests on the creature dice." He held up one of the dice he did not use last turn showing the multiple summon crests on it, "On wizard dragon there are three summon crests. In other words the chances of summoning him are one in two. He is easy to summon but is a low level. Take a look at your dice."

Yugi picked up his dice and took a look at all three only to notice his flaw in picking the dice, "All of them only have one summon crests."

"That's right the less summon crests there are the lower the chances of summoning. You take a greater risk to summon a tougher monster. The outcome of this game will be decided by how many creatures you can bring to the field. If you only choose high level dice, you'll have no chance of winning." Duke told him noticing the look on frustration on Yugi's face and quickly added, "Unless you've got great luck."

Luck certainly did not feel like it was on Yugi's side as he mentally beat himself up over not figuring out all the rules before picking the dice. He could already tell Duke was testing him by only telling him things after they happened. It was like slapping Yugi in the face with his own mistakes. He was pretty sure he had some low level dice in his dice pool but there was no telling when those would come out.

"Yugi, you failed your summon so you can't play any dice on the board. It's my turn now." Duke reached to grab one new die so he had three in his hands. He tossed his dice upon the board and once they stopped was happy with the results as he had gotten two summon crest. Picking up one of the dice he placed it on the board just above his other monster. This new path connected with the other one and was slowly building toward Yugi's dungeon master. However Duke's turn did not end there as he said, "Plus I got a movement crest so I will move one of my creatures one space."

Yugi was not going to let this stress him out even though he was still stuck with the same three dice until he summon a creature or used them in some other way. At the end of Duke's turn he tossed his own dice down and once again to his horror he had not gotten anything he could use. That was two turns with no monsters on his side and it would not due well if Duke got a third monster. 'I'll lose if this keeps up!'

Unknowing to both Yugi and Duke they were being watched by Mr. Devlin through one of the clown masks on the wall. 'That's it Duke, let him know that the grandson of Solomon is no match for you! It's all part of my revenge…'

Yami frowned from his spot at the table as Mr. Devlin chuckled evilly to himself over something only he could see. It was no doubt the game between Duke and Yugi since as soon as Duke left them he had gone over to the wall which Yami had only then noticed had a random hole in the wall. The guy stuck his head into the wall and had not moved since then. This left Yami sitting there on his butt for who knows how long with nothing to do but stare at the wall until this thing was over.

The opening of the door caught Yami's attention as one of the security guards walked in. "Mr. Clown…" He called causing Mr. Devlin to remove his head and face the guard. "Yugi's friends are looking for him…"

"Tell them something and get rid of them!" Mr. Devlin told him not at all interested.

Yami smirked glad to know their friends were worried about them. If only he had not gotten his phone taken away he could have let them know where they were. He just hoped they did not believe any lame story this officer told them. If he could get out of here a hell of a lot faster that would be great.

"Like I told you before sir, I haven't seen the people you're talking about." The same officer explained to Joey once he returned to the main part of the store.

"You're lying!" Joey shouted at him, "We know they came in here!"

"And they never came out!" Tea added on standing behind Joey with Ryou and Solomon. They had all been worried when they finally found each other again only to realize that Yugi and Yami were nowhere to be seen. It was always easy to find them in a crowd because of their unique hair but they were pretty much nowhere to be found. They wouldn't just leave them like that without letting them know, plus she hadn't been able to get a hold of her own boyfriend to see where he was and if he had seen them. She knew Duke had a gift for Yugi.

"As you can see we're very crowded. They probably got tired of waiting in line, gave up on the game and went home."

Joey was starting to get frustrated with this guy, "Listen my bud would go without food for a day before he would give up on a game!" This was not like Yugi and Yami at all to just disappear. He just hoped where ever they were they were together since he knew Yami would not let anything happen to Yugi.

Knowing the situation could get worst if Joey started throwing punches, Solomon spoke up "Joey there's nothing we can do. Let's wait at my house, maybe they'll show up after all." They were not getting anywhere with the security guard and both Yugi and Yami were grown adults they could take care of themselves. Although that still did not stop the worry he had over them just disappearing.

Once they were outside of the stuffy game store, Joey tried his phone again to see if there were any new calls or messages. "Something's fishy! Why would they leave without telling us?"

Tea shrugged as she checked her own phone only to see no new messages or calls also. "There's no telling with those two but we'll just take Mr. Mutou up on his offer and wait. I'm sure they'll show up before long." That is at least she hoped they would.

Yugi cursed his luck as he watched Duke summon another monster giving him three while Yugi still had yet to summon one. Duke had almost connected a path straight to his dungeon master which was unprotected. If only he had learned the rules before agreeing to this game he may have stood a chance. This game was a lot harder than it looked and without any clue or strategy he had been doomed from the start.

'I'll lose if I can't summon a creature soon…' Yugi thought as he looked at the field. It was his turn and if he did not get anything on his turn the game was pretty much over. Taking the dice in hand he tossed them onto the board only to end up with nothing useful once again. He clenched his fist in anger. He didn't care about his title or anything else he was just so worried about Yami. Duke could make promises and Yugi would believe in him, but what about Duke's father. According to Duke he was obsessed over the puzzle and if Yugi were to lose there was no telling what would happen.

"I know this isn't the extent of your gaming skills…." Duke commented causing Yugi to look up at him. "As you've always told me the game isn't over until the last move is made." He didn't like the looks Yugi had on his face and in a way it had not be fair to start a game without Yugi knowing the rules, but he was going to test him. Grabbing his own dice he took his turn, ending with another summon. He took one of the dice in hand and placed it on the field right in front of Yugi's master. The path opened up just right linking the two sides and giving Duke's monsters a straight path to attack Yugi's life points.

With the summoning of the two headed griffon, Yugi saw that Duke was one square away from being able to attack him. He was just glad that Duke did not have any movement crests on that turn so that gave Yugi one more chance to get a monster on the field. Gripping the three dice in his hands he put all the faith he had within them hoping to turn the game around in his favor. Duke had been right the game was not over until the last move was made and one of them had no life points.

Letting the dice go from his hand Yugi watched them hit the board and roll around before finally stopping. A look of shock covered both their faces as finally after so many turns Yugi would be able to summon a creature. With a smile on his face now Yugi grabbed one of the dice and placed it on the board beside Duke's creature. The two paths connected as Yugi unleashed a level four little wizard on his side of the field to protect him. However that wasn't the end of Yugi's turn.

"My wizard attacks your griffon with lightning rod!" The wizard easily took down the griffon taking over the spot it once stood. It had been awesome luck on Yugi's part to have also rolled a magic crest with his summon so that his wizard could attack the griffon on the same turn. It left Yugi was a defense turning this game around just enough to give Yugi a fighting chance.

Duke was partly impressed that Yugi was able to pull that off as he said, "Good job… but this game is far from over Yugi. My dice dungeon has reached your territory and I have more creatures than you."

Yugi looked just a little more confident as he replied, "Your right Duke the game has only just begun." Until he had no more monsters on the field he was going to fight and not give up hope so easily. He would live up to his title and show Duke who the King of Games really was.

Duke grabbed his dice in his hand and rolled collecting yet another summon to bring forth another creature. As he placed it on the field beside one of his other creatures that put him back up to four monsters. "My bomb lizard isn't that strong but it has a special power. When I collect two trap crests it can bomb and destroy any one enemy." He filled Yugi in giving him a heads up of what he was against. Sure Yugi's wizard was strong but it was also the only monster on the field. He was interested to see if Yugi would walk his way out of this one.

'This is bad… I have to bolster my defense… There are monsters coming from all sides.' Yugi collected his new dices and took a second to look them over. One of the new die had three stars on it meaning Yugi had a higher chance of getting a monster to help him out. This wasn't the same as duel monsters, but as his grandfather taught him he put his heart in the dices much like he would his cards and took his turn.

The roll ended with Yugi getting two summon crests letting him summon another creature to his side. This one was placed beside Yugi's dungeon master to protect his points from the enemies ahead. This left him with both a level four wizard and crocosaurus on his side keeping him safe for now. It did not matter that he could not attack that turn so long as he had a few monsters on the field.

'Indeed, crocosaurus has a high attack and defense…' Duke thought as he grabbed his new dice, 'But depending on what crests you use you can perform all sorts of combo attacks in this game.' He rolled his dice on his turn and it gave him one summon and two trap crests which is just what he needed.

Yugi immediately knew what was going to happen as soon as he saw those trap crests. It was scary how when they both needed something the dice seem to work for them. More so with Duke than for Yugi as far as the game was going.

"With two trap crests bomb lizard can use his special power: bomb throw." Duke announced allowing his lizard to take out the crocosaurus that Yugi had only just summoned. It left Yugi back at one monster unless on his next turn he could summon another one to replace him. "Sorry to have to kill him just after he appeared."

Yugi grabbed his new dices trying not to let that move affect him as he took his turn. However it did not work out like he wanted as his dice left him without a summon making it Duke's turn once again.

"Let me show you how it's done!" Duke rolled on his turn producing yet another monster to summon. He placed it on the field giving him five monsters against Yugi's one.

The odds no longer looked bad they looked terrible as Yugi looked out over the board. At this point it really did look hopeless and that he was finished for good with just his one monster. There was no way to know if he would summon another monster that could help him out of this jam he was in. His little wizard was strong but only if he had the right crests to have him attack. Closing his eyes his thoughts started reminding him of one other battle that had been tough because he was up against the creator, 'Duke designed this game… He's as good at it as Pegasus was at duel monsters… I never had a chance…' At least at Duel monsters he had known the rules and looking back he almost wondered if it had been complete luck that he beat Pegasus in the first place.

Duke could see it in Yugi's face and his body language. There was only so much someone could be pushed before they gave in and that's not what Duke wanted to happen, "Don't disappoint me Yugi!" He shouted getting the shorter adult's attention, "I know you're better than this! You've defeated countless enemies and that's the gamer I want to face right here and now."

Those words seem to stir something inside of Yugi as he cursed himself for even thinking of just giving in. If the others could see him there's no telling what they would say. He had defeated many enemies and no matter if Duke was a friend he would defeat him too. "Alright Duke I'll be the first one to beat you at your own game!" He rolled the dice with a new determination to be the gamer everyone knew he was.

That move seem to mirror Yugi's new mind set as he was able to get two summon crests. He looked the two dice over carefully thinking ahead with his move before he placed one of the die down on the board. However the dice did not open to reveal the monster inside surprising Duke. "I won't dimension this die yet…" Yugi explained to him letting the die sit there for now until it was needed. It was a gamble he was going to take to hopefully ensure a real turn around in this game.

'True the rule allows him to wait to activate it on its next turn…' Duke thought wondering what Yugi was up to with a move like that. It was either to protect it or something else completely that he wasn't sure of yet. He wasn't going to let that worry him for now as he took his turn rolling two movement crests and an attack crests. "Perfect my frontline monsters move closer!"

The two monsters moved forward now standing in front of Yugi's dungeon master which was left wide open. "In addition I rolled an attack crest and that means I can attack your dungeon master!" Duke said as one of his monsters unleashed an attack taking away one of the hearts on the dungeon master.

That move did not rattle Yugi like Duke would have thought as instead Yugi smirked as he said "Dimension dice!" The creature he had put on the board beforehand unfolded linking a path to Duke's monsters. A level three Iron golem gorogon appeared much to Duke's dismay knowing just what Yugi was planning now from the sight of it. And it was thanks to one trap crest Gorogon rolled up into a ball going down the straight path taking out both of Duke's monsters in one hit.

"I may have lost a life but I took out two of your creatures." Yugi cheered.

Duke was rather impressed with that move. Never until today had Yugi played D.D.M and he was already using advance tactics like a delayed dimension. It quickly changed his view point that just maybe Yami had been right about Yugi all along. Although it still didn't mean Yugi would win the game, but he was a fast learner. "You know Yugi, when I first met you I thought you were just a timid little gamer who Yami had a crush on. I couldn't even picture you being the one to have defeated Pegasus at his own game. However getting to know you and seeing you play today I'm seeing a whole new side of you that I haven't seen before. This is who you really are…"

Out of all their friends Yugi had never been personally close to Duke but to hear those words from Duke felt like maybe after all these years they were becoming closer. He trusted all his friends and despite what was happening he wanted to be able to put this behind them later without it hanging over their heads. "Alright Duke you wanted my best… well here it goes…" He picked up his new dice looking over the board to figure out the best strategy. As long as he had his Gorogon where it was any enemy that crossed that path would be dealt with. However he couldn't win the game by defending. He was going to have to find a way to get to Duke's dungeon master.

With dice in hand he took his turn rolling them and hoping for a good summon so he could go on the offense. It was like the dice were feeding off his energy as he ended up with another summon letting him bring forth a level three Duker of twin swords. There wasn't much he could do at the moment so he chose to hold back for now. "I'm not ready to mount an attack yet. I'll save my attack crests for later in my crest pool."

"Fine… Once it's stored in your crest pool it can be used at any time." Duke reminded him. He took his own turn rolling the dice and ending up with another summon as well. He summoned flame armor dragon level three right in front of Yugi's warrior connecting their paths. "Perhaps I'll use some attack crests from my crest pool and have flame dragon attack on this turn."

"Go ahead and try, my creature won't just curl up and die." Yugi told him not afraid anymore. He had some moves saved up as well.

Now this was getting into a real fight as Duke used two movement crests and an attack crest to launch his attack on Yugi's warrior. As the dragon bought his sword down on the warrior Yugi countered by using two attack crests of his own to defend his monster and then attack killing the dragon.

The move left Yugi feeling great that his monster had stood a chance in that fight, but Duke did not seem at all upset over the loss. He only chuckled and said, "Nice job destroying flame dragon but I knew how many crests you have saved up and I knew my creature would lose. This game isn't decided just by monster battles. Why don't you take a look at the board…?"

At first Yugi was confused but looked anyway and that was only when he noticed what Duke was trying to point out. 'When I played the dice on the field to summon the creature I had to place it so it connected to one of my own dungeon dice corridors. But Duke's dungeon dice are cutting off my path. There's hardly any room left for me to play my dice.'

"You see Yugi… You only have room to summon a few more creatures and that's if you're lucky. When you split open the cube of a six-sided die fits inside a three by four grid. When you call dimension dice your die can open up in one of thirty possible ways. One of the winning strategies in this game is to place your dice on the board like a puzzle in the most advantageous ways." Duke informed him having thought of many ways to make this game both complicated and not an easy win. It kept the player thinking throughout the whole game on the best way to go about it from placing their monsters to defending their dungeon master, and how to go about attacking their opponent. "If you do it right your creatures get a clear path to the enemy and the enemy doesn't have room to summon creatures to fight back. But you can still win Yugi if you can reach my dungeon master and defeat all the creatures in your way."

This is where Yugi really hated himself for not trying to get creatures on the board sooner. He could summon a few more monsters but only if they could connect to his dungeon paths and fit in the spaces. Every time he felt like he was winning, Duke reveals something that pushes him back.

Duke pulled a new die from the dice pool and was glad to see what die he now held. He put it up for Yugi to see as he said, "Look at this new die. This is what's known as a rare black. It is a rare die equipped with a special ability even by the standards of the black dice. This red star is a sign of its power." He pointed out the red star on the side of it, "And on my next turn I see I'll draw another rare black. When two rare blacks come together a deadly combo will begin. So get ready for it Yugi."

Just as he was finished filling Yugi in on what the die was about he rolled and once again to his luck he was able to get a summon with the black die. Taking that one up he put it on the board and bought forth a new creature but he did so on his side of the board away from Yugi's side for now. That move kept Yugi wondering what he was planning as Duke had plenty of places he could have put it but he picked right near his own dungeon master.

Once the level two creature was revealed Yugi also noticed something else on the path that he had not seen yet. As always Duke did not leave Yugi in the dark for long as he explained the strange black hole on the path, "That is a warp crest. Each rare black die has a special crest hidden on the inside. This crest will come into play when two rare blacks are played on the field. One will become an entrance and the other an exit and I'll be able to warp in an instant."

'I get it! When two warp crests are on the board, his creatures can teleport between them.' Yugi thought as he looked over the board trying to think steps ahead in order to protect himself before Duke had a chance to summon another warp crest. 'There's still one place left in my territory where I can play the dimension dice.'

The same corner Yugi was focusing on was also the same corner Duke had his eye on since some of his dungeon paths were there. 'I left that one corner open so I can place my rare black there and teleport my army in an instant. If this rare black combo works my victory is assured.'

"Duke there's one thing you overlooked…." This cause Duke to focus back on Yugi and his eyes widen at what he saw. Not only did he have black dices in his dice pool, Yugi now held one in his hands. "I have one too…"

If temporary left Duke speechless as Yugi took his turn getting an easy summon with the black die much like Duke did and placing it on the board right where Duke wanted to put his second one. Neither got a chance to see the creature inside as it immediately jumped through the warp crest that also appeared. All eyes turned to the warp crest on Duke's side as the creature known as Black Ninja appeared on the other end making quick work of Duke's weak level two monster.

Yugi felt like he had new energy with that win as he stated, "Now I'm in your territory…" This game was getting a whole lot more interesting now.

Sakura: I really hope it's not this hard to write duels... Well we've made it through another chapter and there's a few more to go through before Yugi and Duke are done. I really didn't want to draw it out too long so I combined chapters from the manga into one chapter here. If I didn't then this would be some short chapters for this story. Probably going to be doing the same throughout the whole battle city series depending on what they look like.

Okay enough of my rambling but I do want to say sorry if Duke seems kind of off. I don't want him to be as mean as in the manga because in my story he and Yugi are friends. It's just they have to deal with Mr. Devlin's weird form of revenge. So I'm having to change a few things and make Duke want to push Yugi to do his best and win, but Duke also wants to win at his own game. He's also testing Yugi to see if Yami's words are true…. Other than that I hope I did a decent job …

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