Hello everyone again!
Sarah: Yeesh. Last time you updated in about two days but this time you updated in about 5. Ever heard of the word "Consistancy"?
Ever heard of the word "Compassion"?
Sarah:...Touche.
Anyway, thanks to cyclonzgirl for commenting again!
Sarah: Hey, I want to thank MikieJoe for saying I was funny.
Oh yeah? cyclonzgirl said my story was funny. So XP.
Sarah: XP? Seriously? Wow. Fail.
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Quick Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any other refernces made that i forgot I made thus I forgot to mention.
Sarah: I still can't get over XP. Man, I will never let you let that down. X)
*SIGH* Please enjoy.
Greta took DJ and me home, and boy was I shocked when she showed us where we would be staying. All the houses were freaking mansions! Our freaking mansions! DJ and I just starred in awe at what Great insisted was what my "parents" bought/rented for us.
My house was surrounded by a black cast-iron fence and was made out of brick stone. I guess it was more of a creepy castle than a house, but it was pretty cool that way. I wasn't goth or emo, but when your whole life revolved around Yu-Gi-Oh, darker colors started looking more appealing in your eyes than bright yellows or pinks.
DJ's house was similar to mine in terms of what materials seemed to make it up, but the house was slightly smaller and less creepy looking than mine. We both realized how tired we both were and decided to part ways until school started up.
The house on the inside was as cool as it was on the outside. There were splashes of a deep crimson red among blacks and darker purples (I promise you, I'm not emo or goth).
When I got to my room I found a comfy bed with a black frame and bedposts. A thick black curtain was pulled back to let light into the room, and all in all I decided I could get used to living there while I was trying to keep Yu-Gi-Oh from collapsing.
"Hm…I still can't help but wonder who that guy is who's trying to destroy Yu-Gi-Oh in the first place. Is he working with Zorc and Bakura, or is he all alone in this plan? Why are we equals in the amount of plot changing we can do to the story? Is he from my world? But…then how did he get here in the first place?" These questions swirled around my head, but I found no answers for any of them. Eventually, my brain hurt from thinking too much.
"Geez, I should save the thinking for when I go to school."
Two days later at Domino High School…
School was…interesting, to say the least. Everyone was talking about some new guy who just moved to Domino and whose father was opening a game shop. The girls were swooning over him, the guys were jealous of him, and his name was Duke Devlin.
"Geez, our arrival is totally overshadowed by the new guy!" DJ protested. "I mean sure…he is hoooooootttt…but, we're just as cool!"
I personally didn't care about Duke's arrival or the fact that it overshadowed my own; I was more worried whether this was going in the direction of the anime or the manga.
"Yeah, someone has to teach that guy a lesson!" Joey announced. He made his way towards the room Duke had planted himself around all the girls and got right up into his face.
"Can I help you?" Duke asked calmly, not making eye contact with Joey.
Yugi, Tea, Tristan, Ryo, DJ, and I just decided to watch and see how this was all going to play out.
"Yes, you can. Hows 'bout you give the girls their brains back?"
"I never took them." All the girls squealed the moment the first syllable came out of Duke's mouth. "But if you're really so mad at me, how about we play a game to prove you right? If you win, I'll leave and 'return the girl's brains'. But if I win, you'll become my personal slave for a week."
"You're on!" Joey exclaimed without even giving it a second thought.
"Alright then." Duke stood up and placed a die under a cup he had been using to impress the brainless girls who couldn't have their brains returned because they never had any. "I bet you that I can take the die without touching the cup."
"Ha! There's no way you can do that! That's impossible!" Joey said smugly.
"Are you sure? How do you know I don't already have it? Why don't you check?"
Like the gullible idiot Joey was he lifted up the cup to check if the die was still there. Sure enough, it was, but not for long. In one swift moment Duke grabbed the die, successfully grabbing the die without touching the cup.
"Wha-"
"I win. Now beg mutt. Beg to your master!" Duke pushed Joey to his knees, and Joey snarled back. "Looks like this dog has some bite in him, eh ladies?" The girls squealed in agreement.
"Grrr…that was unfair! I want to play a different game!" Joey protested.
"Hmph. Fine. But if I win, you'll have to be my slave for two weeks." Duke said smugly.
"You're on!"
"Alright, we'll use cards this time. I have four aces." Duke shuffled the four cards and laid them out on the table. "All you have to do is draw two aces of the same color. Sound easy enough for you?"
Joey stared intently at the four cards as if he were hoping they would tell him the answer.
"I pick this one and this one!" Joey tapped the two cards in the middle. Duke flipped them over to reveal the ace of hearts and the ace of clubs, a losing hand.
"Looks like I win." Duke said with a smile.
"One more time!" Joey insisted.
"Whatever you want." Duke took the four cards and reshuffled them. He laid all four on the table, just like last time. And just like last time, Joey lost.
"No!" Joey yelled in horror. He had lost and now he had to obey Duke for two weeks.
Perhaps I could have said something earlier, told Joey not to go through with it. After all, I knew what was going to happen. But that was exactly why I didn't tell anyone; I knew what was going to happen next. To tell you the truth, it felt like I was cheating.
"I won't let you mess with my friends, Duke!" It was the Pharaoh's voice, which meant he and Yugi had switched control. "I'll be your new opponent."
"Oooo. So this is the legendary King of Games. What an honor it is for you to ask to compete against me." Duke said mockingly. "But, if I beat you, you'll have to serve me just like the mutt over there."
"And if I beat you Joey's deal is off. How does that sound?"
"Fine with me. I think we'll play what Joey was playing, four aces."
"Not so fast. I want you to add a joker to those four aces."
"What? Why?" Duke was definitely shocked at the Pharaoh's request.
"We'll be playing a bit different version of the game. Each player will pick one card at a time. If you get two aces of the same color you win, but if you get the joker you automatically lose. If we both get two different colors it's a tie."
"Sounds fair enough. We'll play it your way, but you'll still lose."
Duke took the five cards, shuffled them and laid them out on the table in a straight line. The Pharaoh and Duke took turns picking one card until they both had two.
"Show your cards!" The Pharaoh said.
The Pharaoh had gotten the ace of hearts and the ace of clubs, but Duke got the ace of spades…and the joker. That meant the win went to the Pharaoh.
"Augh! Again!" Duke demanded.
"Fine with me." The Pharaoh said with a shrug.
They repeated the game, but this time with different results. The Pharaoh got the ace of clubs and the ace of spades while Duke got the ace of diamonds and the joker, again. Another win for the Pharaoh.
"Wait…is this a shell game?" Duke asked.
"Maybe." The Pharaoh said smugly.
"A what?" Joey asked.
"An unfair game. Shell games are designed to distract the opponent from the terrible odds. That's why you originally lost Joey." I explained. Everyone looked at me, surprised I knew that.
But in reality, the Pharaoh's game wasn't unfair. The only way to possibly win was for the opponent to get the joker. Duke just happened to be unlucky two times in a row. Judging from the expression on Duke's face, he figured that out too.
"So we're going the route of the manga then, huh?" I said to myself.
"What was that Sage?" Ryo asked me.
"Oops. It was nothing, nothing. Sorry, I talk to myself a lot."
Ryo didn't seem too convinced at first, but he shook it off and joined everyone else in congratulating the Pharaoh.
"Oh well. The manga version is a bit more entertaining anyway."
Sarah: Jeez. Talk about a slow chapter.
Hey! Sometimes things have to be slow before they get to the action.
Sarah: There's no way you're going to get more people resding this with slow. We want fast, action packed crazy SH*EEP. With explosions out of nowhere and cussing. Lots of cussing.
O_O...Maybe you should be reading some other fanfiction. Because most of the Yu-Gi-Oh fanfiction is about romantic couples. Yaoi, romantic couples.
Sarah: Yeah, but you refuse to read those. You usually read the ones where Yugi gets seriously injured.
I can't help it if I like reading those!
Sarah: You could if you really wanted too...
*SIGH* I'll see you all next time. Please comment , I like reading them.
Sarah: I do too! And I've even responded to some.
You've done what?
Sarah: Nothing...Goodbye!
Wait, I want to-
