A/N: I am so sorry. I have been unable to update because I have been having tremendous stress over the finals that I have been having. I'm very sorry. But now school is finally over, and I will now update more often than before. Thanks to all of those who reviewed. Chapter six will commence shortly. Last time, Kaiba defeated Alexis and moved on into the championships. Bandit Keith defeated Mai as well. Yugi and Noah will continue their duel to see who goes off to the World Championships. Ok, time to begin!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. I hated to see Yu-Gi-Oh! end. It's the best anime.
The current stats of the duel was like this. Noah had 2700 life points remaining, and his Spring of Rebirth magic card was in play. However, he had no monster's on the field. Yugi only had 900 life points remaining, but he had his Dark Paladin(2900/2400) in attack mode. It was Noah's move and he had just drawn his card.
"All right Yugi." Noah said. "I will summon Gradius(1200/800) in defense mode. Then I'll place one card facedown and I shall end my turn."
"It's my move!" Yugi said. "First I'll place two cards facedown, and then I will summon my Queen's Knight(1500/1600) in attack mode! Now Queen's Knight destroy his Gradius!"
"I don't think so!" Noah shouted. "I reveal my facedown card. The trap card Interdimensional Matter Transporter!"
"Not that!" Yugi said.
"Yes." Noah said. "This powerful trap card takes my monster out of play for your attack so your attack was wasted."
"That may be." Yugi said. "But my other attack won't. Dark Paladin, wipe out his Gradius now!"
Noah braced himself as Dark Paladin raised it's staff and blasted his Gradius into the next millenium.
"Not bad." Noah said. "But it's my move now. And I will now activate the magic card Hinotama! This magic card deals 500 points of damage directly to you!"
"No!" Yugi shouted as he was blasted the flames. Noah: 2700 / Yugi: 400
"It's almost over." Noah said. "But for now, I will activate the magic card Ice Age Panic! Now I can summon my Last Tusk Mammoth(800/700) in attack mode. Now attack Queen's Knight!"
"Of course." Yugi thought. "When last tusk mammoth is destroyed, both players will lose life points, which means I'll lose the duel."
"I win!" Noah said proudly.
"I don't think so." Yugi said. "I reveal my facedown trap!" The trap card was then revealed.
"Magician Selection?" Noah asked dumbfounded.
"I can only activate this card during your battle phase if and only if I have a spellcaster type monster on the field." Yugi explained. "And it just so happens that I do. My Dark Paladin. Now this card will instantly negate your attack as well it sends your weakest monster on the field to your graveyard. And last I checked, you only have one monster on your side of the field. So your Tusk Mammoth has to go. And since it was destroyed using a trap card, and not as battle, we both suffer no damage."
"Smart move Yugi." Noah commented. "But it's not over yet. For now, I will place two cards facedown and I will end my turn."
"It's my move." Yugi said while drawing his card. "I will now summon my Big Shield Gardna(100/2600) in defense mode. Now to end this duel. Dark Paladin, wipe out his life points now!" Dark Paladin raised its staff and fired waves of powerful dark magic at Noah.
"Not so fast." Noah said quickly. "I activate my facedown card Next World! This magic card allows me to select one of your monsters and then I can summon any monster from my hand with the same number of stars! And since your Dark Paladin is an eight star monster, I can summon an eight star monster from my hand."
"You seem to have overlooked Dark Paladin's special ability." Yugi said. "By discarding one card from my hand, my Dark Paladin can negate the effect of one magic card."
"I know that." Noah said. "That's why I placed this down too. The magic card Hand Destruction! Here is how it works. We each roll a die. Whatever number we get determines the number of cards we have to discard from our hands. I'll go first."
Noah's roll ended up as a two. Yugi's roll was a four.
"No!" Yugi shouted. "Now I have to discard my entire hand."
"Exactly." Noah said. "Now that you have no cards in your hand, you can't use your monster's special ability, so now I will continue my cards effect and now I summon my Hino-Kagu Tsuchi(2800/2900)!"
"That may be." Yugi said. "But it's still not strong enough to beat my Dark Paladin. Now Dark Paladin, destroy his Hino-Kagu Tsuchi!"
"Curses." Noah muttered under his breath. Noah: 2600 / Yugi: 400
"Now, Queen's Knight attack his life points directly!" Yugi commanded. Queen's Knight flew to Noah's side and struck him with her sword. Then flew back.
Noah: 1100 / Yugi: 400
"I'll end my turn." Yugi said.
"It's my move." Noah said, drawing his next card. When he saw it, he smiled. "Yugi, I activate the magic card Greed Regenerate. This card allows me to add one Pot of Greed card from my graveyard to my hand. And now I shall play it. Which allows me to draw two cards. Perfect."
"I have a bad feeling about this." Yugi said.
"I activate the magic card Deepest Impact!" Noah said.
"I remember that card!" Yugi said.
FLASHBACK
"I activate the magic card Deepest Impact!" Noah shouted. Tons of meteors came and blasted the field.
"What's going on?" Joey asked.
"I don't know!" Tea replied as they all crashed to the ground."
"What have you done, Noah?" Kaiba asked.
"You may be wondering why I created this Meteor Shower to destroy ever monster on the field and cut both of our life points in half." Noah replied. Noah: 1400 / Kaiba: 700
END FLASHBACK
"Yes, you used that card against Kaiba." Yugi said.
"Yes." Noah responded. "And I'm gonna use it on you! Now Meteor Shower destroy all of his monsters!"
"No!" Yugi shouted, but it was too late. When everything cleared, all of Yugi's monsters were gone, and both of their life points were cut in half. Noah: 550 / Yugi: 200
"I'm not done yet." Noah said. "I activate the magic card, Monster Reborn! This allows me to bring back a monster from the graveyard, and I choose my Shinato King of a Higher Plane!"
"Whoa!" Yugi said.
"Yes." Noah said. "This duel is over. Shinato wipe out the rest of his life points with Destruction Ring!" The attack approached.
"And the winner is..." the judge began.
"I activate my facedown card!" Yugi said. "Behold, my Mirror Force!"
"NO!" Noah shouted in agony, as Shinato's attack was deflected and blasted right back at Shinato and then Shinato was destroyed.
"Oh well." Yugi said. "Now you're defenseless."
"But I came so close." Noah said. "Nevermind, just end this duel."
"It'll only end, if I draw a monster." Yugi said. "And the card that I have drawn is... Mystical Elf(800/2000)! Come forth in attack mode. Now Mystical Elf, wipe out the rest of Noah's life points!" Mystical Elf released a beam of white light at Noah. Noah fell backwards as his life points fell. Yugi: 200 / Noah: 0
"And the winner is Yugi Muto!" the Judge announced. "You have also made it to the world championships! Congratulations!
"Great duel Noah." Yugi said as he extended his hand.
"Thanks Yugi." Noah said. "And I'm sorry about what happened back in the Virtual World. Good luck in the World Championships, and tell Seto that I'm rooting for him."
Yugi smiled. "I will." Then the two parted.
"Yugi Muto." the judge said. "Please head toward the airship. It is about an hour away from here. And the other four participants from this nation are heading there as we speak. So please hurry."
Yugi walked for a while until he finally caught sight of a few people. He saw Jaden, Syrus, and Alexis.
"Hey guys!" Yugi shouted.
"Yugi!" Jaden shouted. Yugi caught up with them and they began to talk. "So you're in the World Championships too?" Jaden asked.
"Yep." Yugi replied. "Are you three in it?"
"Nope." Syrus replied. "Just Jaden. I didn't even get to participate, and Alexis lost to Seto Kaiba in the final duel in her division."
"Sorry to hear that." Yugi said. "Well Jaden, what do you think about this tournament?"
"Well it's been fun." Jaden said. "But I want to get to the championships and have all the great duels."
"Hey Yugi!" came a few voices from behind. Yugi turned around, and he saw Joey and Tea. "Hey guys!" Yugi shouted back to them. After they all caught up and everybody was introduced, Yugi learned that Joey was also a participant in the championships.
"So how'd you guys get here anyway?" Alexis questioned while holding Jaden's hand."
""I found us a ride here." Tea said bluntly.
"Cool." Syrus said, as they all continued on their way. They finally arrived at the site where the airship was. Then they saw Kaiba standing there.
"Kaiba, you're in this too right?" Yugi asked.
"What do you think, you dweeb?" Kaiba replied.
"Some things never change." Tea said. Alexis nodded her head in agreement.
"Okay, four of us are here. But who do you think is the fifth guy?" Joey asked.
"We'll find out when we see, Joey." Yugi answered.
"I can't wait!" Joey shouted. "Let's get moving, so we can get to the dueling!"
"Yugi Muto, Jaden Yuki, Joey Wheeler, and Seto Kaiba, congratulations on reaching the World Championships." came a man dressed in a black suit. "The fifth participant is already on board. Please enter the airship." The four finalists, as well as Tea, Syrus, and Alexis entered the ship.
"The ship will be taking off momentarily. Please stay in the main hall until further notified. You will each be assigned a room. You may have no more than one guest per room." came the voice of that same man.
"Well... Tea you could stay with me." Yugi said.
"I'd love to." Tea replied. "Okay, what else?"
"I'll stay with Jaden." Alexis said. "If that's all right with you."
"Of course it is." Jaden replied.
"No roommates for me." Kaiba said.
"What about me?" Syrus wailed.
"It's ok." Joey said. "You can stay with me."
"Thanks Joey." Syrus said.
"No problem." Joey said. "Speaking of which, where's Mai? I know she was a participant."
"Maybe she didn't make it." Tea suggested.
"Well, I thought she would." Joey said. "Ah well..."
"Sorry man." Yugi said and gave Joey a hug.
"All right, the airship has lifted!" came the man's voice! Shortly after that however, came a rude awakening.
"NO!" Jaden heard a scream.
"What was that?" he asked shaking.
"I don't know." Tea said. "But whatever it is, it's not good."
"Hahahahaha!" came a voice, and it was not the same person. Then the television in the main hall turned on and a face appeared. It was none other than the face of Bandit Keith!
"What!" Joey exploded. "How... when... how?"
"Save your questions for later, punk." Bandit Keith said.
"What is it that you want?" Yugi asked.
"What I want, is to destroy you all and complete my plan. And if you haven't already guessed. I have taken control of this airship. And I am indeed the fifth finalist. And Wheeler, this may hurt a bit. But I dueled your girlfriend Mai, and I beat her and I took her soul."
"YOU DID WHAT!" Joey asked angrily. It was taking all that Yugi and Jaden had to hold him so he wouldn't go destroying everything.
"That's right." Bandit Keith said. "Now I have a few men who are there, ready to take you down and capture your souls. I wish you best of luck in your quest. Until then, bye-bye!"
"What does he mean?" Syrus asked worriedly.
"I don't know." Jaden said. "But something tells me that something bad WILL occur."
No sooner had the words came out of Jaden's mouth, when the lights shut off and figures grabbed the finalists and friends and pulled them apart from each other...
Joey awoke in a room, to find himself alone. Suddenly, the lights came on and then he saw a figure. He was holding an ankh shaped key, and he had a twisted grin. However, he looked familiar. "Who's there?" Joey shouted.
"Why, it's me." came the voice. "Heh heh heh." Joey's vision finally came clear and he saw what he couldn't believe.
"You're the guy who stole my Red Eyes Black Dragon!" Joey screamed. "You're that same rare hunter from Battle City!"
"Pleased you remember." Rare Hunter said. "Now prepare for your final duel!"
"What's that thing you have?" Joey asked.
"You mean this?" Rare Hunter asked holding up that same ankh shaped key.
"That's the Millenium Key!" Joey said. "That was destroyed in that cavern where the ceremonial battle took place, a year ago!"
"Well, enough chit-chat." Rare Hunter said. "Let's duel!"
AT ANOTHER PLACE ON THE AIRSHIP
Yugi awoke as well, and he saw a figure who looked familiar, and he was wearing a golden necklace. It looked just like the Millenium Necklace.
"Yugi, this time, you won't win." the figure said. "Hahahahaha! My Dark Magician will beat yours, and I will prove that once and for all, I am the true master of the Dark Magician!"
"Arkana!" Yugi shouted.
"That's correct." Arkana said. As the lights in that particular room came on, and Arkana was revealed. More shocking than his appearance was the fact that he was wearing the Millenium Necklace!
"That's the Millenium Necklace!" Yugi shouted. "How did you get that! That was buried with the other Millenium Items in that cavern!"
"Heh heh heh." Arkana laughed. "If you defeat me in a duel, I may be inclined to tell you."
"Then let's duel, Arkana!" Yugi shouted.
IN A ROOM FILLED WITH DARKNESS
Tea, Alexis, and Syrus were huddling together in the room. It was very dark and there was absolutely no light.
"What's going on?" Alexis asked.
"Let's just hope, there's just a problem on the airship." Tea said, although inside, she knew that wasn't the case.
AT THE EXACT SAME TIME IN ANOTHER ROOM
Jaden awoke, rubbing his eyes. "Where am I?" he wondered.
"Do you have to be so loud?" came a voice.
"Kaiba?" Jaden asked in disbelief.
"Jaden?" Kaiba was equally suprised.
"Well look what the cat dragged in." came another voice.
"Who said that!" Kaiba bellowed. Then the lights came on. And two figures were revealed. One was holding a Scale, and the other was holding an eye." Jaden didn't recognize them, but Kaiba did.
"Umbra! Lumis!" Kaiba shouted. "Those are the Millenium Scale, and the Millenium Eye!"
"That's the greeting we get after all this time?" Lumis asked in a sad voice.
"Cut the theatrics." Kaiba said. "I want answers. And I want them NOW!"
"Impatience won't get you anywhere, Kaiba." Umbra said. "You should know that by now."
"Look, what do you want?" Jaden asked.
"Well, WE want revenge on Kaiba." Lumis said. "And we're going to duel you two in a minute, but our master wants your souls."
"Who is this master?" Kaiba asked.
"And you could run Kaiba Corp and not know that?" Lumis taunted.
"Bandit Keith!" Jaden shouted.
"Wow, even a Slifer Red knows more than you, Kaiba." Umbra said.
"Shut up!" Kaiba yelled. "I've heard enough. Let's just begin this duel!"
"Let's start." Lumis said. "It'll be us against you two. It's just like a normal tag team match."
"Let's duel!" they all shouted.
AT THE CONTROL ROOM
"Hmmm, everything's going according to plan." Bandit Keith said smugly. "Before long, the four souls will be mine, as well as their spirits, and finally my plan will be complete. HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
A/N: Well, there was chapter six. I really hope it was good. Did anybody have any other ideas? I decided to bring back the Rare Hunters and put them into this. I figured that after Battle City, they would want revenge. And also, they all possess millenium items. And who knows what'll happen next? Chaos? Also, Hand Destruction and Greed Regenerate are not actual game cards. Please read and review. I really need reviews. Once again, I'm sorry for the long wait.