Author's Notes:
Sorry for the long wait. Writer's block hit me like a ton of bricks. As it is I am going to be rewriting the first chapter to BOS to fit with this better or I just create a different sequel and just make BOS its own universe. I am just glad that I finally dug myself out from under the pile and recuperated from having my spleen crushed. -.- so yeah. On to the next chapter! Oh and once summer ends I am going to be juggling school and work … maybe work if I can find a job anyway. Last year of school so I definitely can't slack off.
Don't expect me to get the personalities completely right for all of the characters in this but I will try my best and this takes place after Brisingr.
Mind link talk
/Yugi to Yami/
/Yami to Yugi/
Riders to Dragons
Dragons to Riders
People thinking to themselves: 'la la la'
The Final Rider
Chapter 1
Yugi, Joey, Tea, and Tristan walked out of Domino High on a glorious sunny day … well, Yugi and Tea walked. Joey and Tristan ran out yelling at the top of their lungs, "summer vacation is finally here!" They were all happily anticipating a summer without an egomaniac trying to take over the world. Last year with Dartz and the Orichalcos was enough.
"Those two will never grow up, will they?" Tea asked Yugi with a smile on her face as she watched Joey and Tristan run toward the Kame game shop.
"Nope," Yugi said smiling, "But you have to admit they make life more interesting."
Tea laughed answering, "True."
Joey and Tristan stopped running and turned towards Yugi and Tea yelling as they did so, "Come on ya slow pokes! It's summer vacation so let's enjoy it while it lasts! Now on to Burger World!"
"I'm just happy we don't have any school for a while." Yugi said as he and Tea caught up with Joey and Tristan.
"Yeah but we still have that homework." Tea said with an informative tone.
"Don't remind me!" Yugi groaned.
"Tea, its summer vacation! It's illegal to mention the "HW" word." Joey said while Tristan nodded his head agreeing with Joey.
"But I thought that you liked school." Tea said teasingly, Yugi and the others just groaned again.
"Tea, you know that I hate school, I would much rather be dueling." Yugi said calmly.
"Why does your life revolve around Duel Monsters Yugi?" Tea asked tilting her head with a touch of confusion.
"Well, I guess one part would be, it's what I'm best at, another is that I have a five thousand year old spirit living inside me, and that's what he's best at." Yugi said calmly.
"Oh, yeah, how could I forget?" Tea said tapping Yugi's Millennium Puzzle and laughing good-naturedly.
Yugi smiled and headed down the street in the direction of Burger World as he discussed a Duel Monsters tournament with Joey with Tea and Tristan following calmly.
"I challenge you to a duel!"
Yugi and the others jumped and spun around, and standing behind them was a man with long brown hair and dark green eyes. He was wearing dark blue jeans, black boots, and a black turtleneck. Around his neck hung a silver dragon twisted into a G. He had a Duel Disk strapped to his arm and a determined expression on his face.
"Who are you, and why do you want to duel me?" Yugi asked suspiciously, he didn't trust this guy for some reason.
"My name is unimportant, and the reason I want to duel you is known only to me and my king." Yugi narrowed his eyes, now he really didn't trust this guy.
"Your king?" Yugi asked fishing for information.
"That is unimportant right now also."
"Fine, I'll duel you!" Yugi took his Duel Disk out of his backpack and strapped it onto his arm. He dropped his backpack to the side and the Duel Disk life point counter lit up to four thousand.
/Do you want me to duel Yugi?/ Yami asked.
/No thanks, I'm fine for now./ Yugi said smiling.
Duel Starts here. Skip if you want.
(This is a duel between Aya and me. I am putting it in place of a duel between Yugi and the stranger he beats. I adjusted the rules for my younger brother and sister to make it easier for them and it was by these rules Aya learned the basics. I see this duel as her graduation [Aya: Where's my cap and gown? D: ] as she beat me without using Final Countdown, put together strategies and defended them. Hope you enjoy and perhaps learn of strategies that you can use. She went first. Though a lot of the dialogue is going in as I write this because I just wrote down everything visible to the both of us so the cards we have in our hands aren't visible until we play them. Just like the facedown cards.)
Starting Life Points
Aya: 10,000
LL: 10,000
Aya draws a card to add to her current five. "I'll place three monsters in face down defense mode and end my turn."
"My go then." I draw a card to add to my current five and I switch three cards in my hand for three cards in my side deck. (If anyone knows how to correctly use the side deck let me know because I am not sure I am right.) "I place two monsters in face down defense mode, three cards face down and I activate Ookazi and end my turn."
Current Life Points
Aya: 10,000 → 9,200 (-800)
LL: 10,000
Aya draws from her deck. "I place one monster in face down defense mode and end my turn."
I draw from my deck. "I place one card face down and end my turn."
Aya draws. "I place one monster in face down defense mode and end my turn."
I draw. "I place one card face down and end my turn."
Aya draws. "I place one card in face down and activate Eye of Truth and Bad Reaction to Simochi. Your turn."
I draw Tribute to the Doomed. "I drew a spell so I loose 1,000 points. I flip summon my two Princess of Tsurugi. You take 3000 points of damage."
Current Life Points
Aya: 9,200 → 6,200 (-3000)
LL: 9,000
Aya draws after glaring. "I activate Ookazi and flip summon my own Princess of Tsurugi. Your turn again."
CLPs
Aya: 6,200
LL: 9,000 → 5,700 (-3300)
I draw while glaring. "I summon the Spirit Reaper in defense mode and end my turn."
Aya draws. "I activate the Pot of Greed." Aya switches one card in her hand with one in her side deck. "I'll activate Shadow Spell against your Spirit Reaper. Due to the effect of Spirit Reaper it is automatically destroyed."
I send my Spirit Reaper to the graveyard and draw Monster Reborn. "Another spell and another 1,000 points of damage." I trade one card in my hand with one card in my side deck. "I'll activate my own Pot of Greed." I switch two cards in my hand for two cards in my side deck. "I'll place one card face down, one monster in face down defense mode and end my turn."
CLPs
Aya: 6,200
LL: 5,700 → 4,700 (-1000)
Aya draws. "I activate Poison of the Old Man and increase my life points by 1,200."
CLPs
Aya: 6,200 → 7,400 (+1200)
LL: 4,700
I draw and switch with my side deck. "I place one monster in face down defense mode and I activate Remove Trap to destroy your Bad Reaction to Simochi."
Aya flips a card on her side of the field. "I counter your Remove Trap with Dust Tornado."
"And I counter your Dust Tornado with Mystical Space Typhoon."
"Close but no cigar. I counter your Mystical Space Typhoon with another Dust Tornado."
I growl. "Foiled for now. I end my turn."
Aya smirks and draws and switches the card for one in her side deck. "I place one card face down on the field and end my turn." With this Aya begins to text a buddy of hers.
I draw and switch a card in my side deck. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon."
Aya nonchalantly flips a card on her field to reveal her own Mystical Space Typhoon and continues to text gaining a smirk.
I growl again. "Yeah, yeah just go."
Aya grins, draws and switches it for a card in her side deck. "I place one card face down and I flip summon Princess of Tsurugi dealing 2,500 points of damage to you. With this I end my turn."
CLPs
Aya: 7,400
LL: 4,700 → 2,200 (-2500)
I grimace whilst drawing before switching it for a card in my side deck. "I activate Remove Trap on your Bad Reaction to Simochi again."
"And I counter again with Dust Tornado."
"Thus ending my turn. Go."
"My thanks. Probably wishing you hadn't taught me so well now aren't you." Aya draws while I shake my head grinning. She switches for a card in her side deck. "I activate Just Desserts dealing 2000 points of damage."
CLPs
Aya: 7,400
LL: 2,200 → 200 (-2000)
I blink. Aya grins before asking, "So. What's the score?"
"Seventy-four hundred to two hundred. If I draw a spell card then you win. And with that I probably just jinxed myself."
I draw and pause looking at the card in my hand. Mage Power. A spell card as well as one of my favorite though not at that moment. I flip the card and say to Aya, "Well. I did jinx myself and congratulations on finally winning a duel on skills and strategies rather than just locking me down waiting for my deck to run out or using Final Countdown."
Aya gapes. "You mean … I finally won won?" At my nod she screams, "YES! Hey, DinoGuy2000 (my younger brother's pen name on here.) I won!"
Duel ends here.
"Yay Yugi!" Tea cheered.
"Alright Yug'! Show 'em who's the top dog 'round these parts!" Joey shouted enthusiastically.
"That's the way to do it!" Tristan yelled as he shot his fist in the air.
Yugi jumped, he had forgotten that they were there.
"Next time think twice before challenging me." Yugi said.
"You will be sorry for defeating me." The man said quietly but loud enough for Yugi to hear.
"What?" Yugi asked, but suddenly the ground beneath his feet disappeared and he was falling into darkness faintly aware of his friends calling his name.
"What did you do to him?" Tea demanded of the man.
"I sent him to a little place that you can't get to without the proper magic." The man said evilly.
Tea stared at the place Yugi had been standing in a moment before.
"Bring my little buddy back right now!" Joey yelled getting ready to pummel the man for what he did.
"I can't," The man said airily before he disappeared.
Well that is that then. Sorry it took so long. Chapters 3 and 4 should be done within the next week or so. I have them planned out. I just need to write in the finer details.