Last time on Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Net, Jacob passed the first round of the tournament, and also found out the card the psychic duelist used to predict his future was Cemetery Bomb. Before he could think too much about it, a sudden shout alerted everyone? *Evil laughter* There will be a duel in this chapter, and it is manipulated, so no hating. R&R, PM, and Enjoy!

Chapter 8

"I said no, Dad!" Jacob looked to where the shout had come from, and saw Mikayla struggling with an older man, apparently her father.

"I told you Mikayla, we are leaving now!"

"Well I can't leave, because I made a promise to a friend."

"Your so-called friend defeated you in the first round of the tournament. Do you know how that reflects on our family name?"

"Hey, you!" Jacob shouted, rushing over to them.

The man turned to Jacob, and half shouted, "You, you're the one that defeated my daughter!"

"And what if I am?!" Jacob shouted back.

His father walked up to him, and silently said, "Jacob, you shouldn't get involved in this."

Jacob looked back at his father, and said, "It's too late for that, I'm afraid."

"You tarnished our family's name," the man said, anger coming off every word. "Do you know who I am?"

Jacob's father looked up at Mikayla's father, and said, "Oh, Damion, what a surprise to see you here." Mikayla's father, apparently called Damion, looked at Jacob's father, and a wide grin spread across his face.

"Blake, haven't seen you in a long time!"

"So what's the problem, Damion?"

"Oh that. Well we're supposed to leave right now so we can catch the next plane back to South Carolina, but Mikayla refuses to leave."

"How about a wager then?" Jacob said, stepping forward. The three looked at him in surprise, Mikayla whispering, "Jacob, no."

"Okay, let me guess a duel? What are the stakes?"

Just as Jacob was about to speak, some of the security guards headed by the unnamed man approached them, the man saying, "What's going on here?" Jacob looked out of the corner of his eye, and an idea formed in his head.

"Okay, how about this; if I win, you let Mikayla stay here for as long as she wants, and if I lose she can leave with no questions asked."

"If you engage in a duel, you'll be disqualified from the tournament."

Murmurs from the surrounding crowd began to spread, and Jacob said, "Then by all means, join in; all three of you. Four against one." The man was completely surprised by this, and Jacob continued, "If I win against you, then nothing else happens; no perks, no advantages. But if I lose to you, you can disqualify me from the tournament and ban me." The murmurs turned into excited chatter.

The man was silent for a moment, then said, "Alright, then say goodbye to this and all tournaments you'll ever enter!" The man and two security guards activated their gray-colored duel disks. Damion took out his own red duel disk, and Jacob took out his deep blue.

"Duel Disk, set! Duel Gazer, activate!" they shouted simultaneously.

"Augmented Reality, Vision Link established."

"Duel!"

Damion: 4000
Mokuba: 4000
Guard: 4000
Guard: 4000
Jacob: 4000

"I'll start," Damion shouted, "Draw!" He looked at the card he drew, and his smile grew. "I Special Summon from my hand Rocket Arrow Express (10/5000/0)!" A swirling Vortex appeared in the sky, and a railroad stretched out. All of a sudden, a giant machine which looked like a train with a jet on top of it shot out of the vortex, and began to circle the field, running along the ever-expanding railway. "I'll end my turn here."

Damion: 4000
Mokuba: 4000
Guard: 4000
Guard: 4000
Jacob: 4000

The man, who Jacob learned by the duel interface was named Mokuba, drew his next card, and said, "I summon Copycat (1/0/0), and target Rocket Arrow Express!" A humanoid figure with a mirror covering its face appeared on the field. The mirror flashed, showing an image of Rocket Arrow Express, before its attack greatly increased (0-5000). "I end my turn as well, but with a face-down." The two guards did the same thing as Mokuba; summoning a Copycat and copying Rocket Arrow Express' ATK, but they didn't place any face-downs.

Damion: 4000
Mokuba: 4000
Guard: 4000
Guard: 4000
Jacob: 4000

Jacob drew and looked at his hand. He gasped at what was in his hand, and saw the two guards smirk. "I place five cards face-down, and summon Alexandrite Dragon (4/2000/100)." Jacob swallowed as his monster, a dragon with scales that sparkled like a rainbow, appeared on the field, along with five cards behind it.

Damion: 4000
Mokuba: 4000
Guard: 4000
Guard: 4000
Jacob: 4000

"Ha!" Damion shouted, "this'll be easy. Okay, first I discard my entire hand to keep Rocket Arrow Express in play. Okay, now I have to choose: play it safe, or take a chance and attack while he's got four face-downs which are probably traps."

"Or just a bluff," Jacob mused to himself, a little loudly.

He tensed up, and Anna shouted, "You idiot! What were you thinking?!"

"Ha, the old psych-out trick, huh? Kid, I invented that move! Go, Rocket Arrow Express! Rocket Arrow Attack!" The giant mechanism veered straight for Alexandrite Dragon, and Jacob was panicking. "You lose kid!" Damion shouted.

Jacob's panic suddenly turned into laughter, and he shouted, "Magic Cylinder!" His middle-left card flipped up, and two cylinders appeared on the field. One of them expanded as Rocket Arrow Express barreled straight inside. The second cylinder aimed straight at Damion, and Jacob said, "When you attack, I can redirect that attack straight back at you!" The second cylinder expanded, and Rocket Arrow Express shot towards Damion like a bullet. "And since you have no cards to defend with, and you can't activate card effects, you are helpless." The machine ran into Damion, throwing him back and reducing his Life Points down to zero.

Damion: 0
Mokuba: 4000
Guard: 4000
Guard: 4000
Jacob: 4000

It was now Mokuba's turn, and he played his face-down. "Go Trap Stun! Now you can't activate Traps for the rest of this turn."

"Good strategy," Jacob said, "Too bad another one of my face-downs is a Dark Bribe, which chains with Trap Stun! Now Trap Stun is destroyed, and you draw a card!" Both cards were destroyed, and Mokuba drew a card.

"Okay, I end my turn here."

Mokuba: 4000
Guard: 4000
Guard: 4000
Jacob: 4000

Mokuba looked at the two guards and nodded to them, who nodded back. Their moves were exactly the same, and so was the outcome. "I attack with Copycat!"

"Magic Cylinder! Redirect the attack!" During each of their turns, the guards attacked with their own Copycats, which still had the 5000 ATK from their effects, and Jacob countered with a Magic Cylinder trap for each attack, knocking them out.

Mokuba: 4000
Jacob: 4000

Jacob analyzed the situation; he still had Alexandrite Dragon along with his face-down, and Mokuba only has Copycat, which still has 5000 ATK. 'I've only got one shot at this. Come on, please be the right card.' Jacob drew, and looked at the card. He smirked, and activated it, "Upstart Goblin! This allows me to draw one card, but you gain 1000 Life Points."

Mokuba: 5000
Jacob: 4000

"And you're being so helpful, why?" Mokuba asked.

"I'll tell you. Since I have less Life Points than you I can activate my face-down, Megamorph! This doubles Alexandrite Dragon's ATK (2000-4000)!"

"But it still isn't powerful enough!"

"That's where you're wrong!" Jacob called out, causing Mokuba to become confused. "The card I drew is a Spell, Riryoku!" Mokuba gasped, "Oh no!"

"Oh yes! This halves your Copycat's ATK (5000-2500) and adds it to Alexandrite's (4000-6500)! Now attack!" Alexandrite's scales began to glow, and it reared back it's head.

"No, no!"

"Jewel Hide Energy Blast!" Alexandrite Dragon threw its head forward, releasing a powerful beam of energy, drawing on the jewels embedded in its hide. Mokuba was thrown back by the sheer force of the attack.

Mokuba: 1000
Jacob: 4000

Mokuba, growled in anger, and shouted, "You'll pay for that!"

Before he could draw, someone shouted, "What happened here!?" Everyone turned to see Seto Kaiba himself walking towards them, an impressive scowl on his face.

"Brother...I..." Mokuba started to say. Kaiba held up a hand and looked over to Jacob.

"Are you a contestant in this tournament?" he asked in a demanding tone, walking over to Jacob.

"If I am?" Jacob asked, crossing his arms. Kaiba scowled even more, if it was even possible. He stopped in front of him and took out an electronic pad. He tapped it a few times and stared at the screen for a while.

After a few minutes, he said, "Well, Jacob Yudara," Jacob was surprised at this, how did he know his name? Did he look at the tournament roster? "You are still in this tournament, but only because I want to see if this was a fluke or not." It was Jacob's turn to scowl, and Kaiba said, "I look forward to facing you. Don't disappoint me." Kaiba walked past Jacob and over to his father.

"Make sure you keep him in line," Kaiba said. "Who knows, you two could be working together as father and son." With that, Kaiba walked away, followed by Mokuba and the guards.

Jacob kept staring in their direction, and said to himself, "Don't worry, I won't."

Jacob removed his Duel Gazer and walked over to Damion. He was sitting up, his head hung low. "Hey," Jacob said, holding his hand out to him. Damion looked up and took it, pulling himself up. "That was a pretty good battle, especially with that powerful card you have." Damion laughed a little, and Jacob continued, "Hey, just so you know, Mikayla wanted to stay because I promised to split the prize money with her 50/50." Mikayla walked over to them, and Damion asked, "Mikayla, is this true?" Mikayla nodded, and Damion smiled. "Well then," Damion said, "I guess I can book another flight, on a different day. But for now, let's get something to eat."

Okay, so if you haven't figured it out, Blake works for Kaiba! The back story will be in the next chapter, so R&R, PM, and duel on!