Ok, I want everyone to know that the part of the manga where Mokuba steals people's star chips is not gonna be around. Since Mokuba is hanging around with Atem, there's no need for it. Though, star chips will be stolen, just not by Mokuba. Also, I'm anxious for when Atem duels the gay clown, if you know what I mean lol. Review please!
Yugi and Mako entered inside the Duel Box and gambled two star chips for the duel. Yugi was excited to duel someone for once instead of watching his brother duel. Mako seemed like a really nice guy and he seemed excited about the duel too. Yugi's side of the board was a piece of wasteland, while Mako's half was ocean.
After giving back their decks, the two drew five cards and prepared for their dueled.
"How about you go first?" Yugi offered as Mako excitedly drew his first card.
"I play Devil Kracken!" Mako announced as he put down his card in attack mode, but it never appeared. Yugi raised his eyebrows, thinking that the Duel Box hologram was probably busted.
"Ok, I summon out Imp in attack mode!" Yugi smirked as Imp appeared as the hologram image appeared. "That's weird, why isn't your monster appearing?"
"Because, I'm using the ocean field bonus. As an addition, you cannot see my monster."
That's when Yugi noticed that Mako's card was under the sea and the image, that told the information of the monster's attack points, were faded. Yugi's eyes widened, but focused again with a slight smirk. This would be a challenge, but if this wasn't a challenge, than the game would be boring. Yugi decided to take this chance.
"Ok," Yugi nodded. "Then I end my turn."
"GOOD!" Mako smirked as as grin appeared on his lips. "Because of the field bonus, I can use the power of the ocean to attack your monster!"
Yugi gasped as the ocean wave washed away his Imp and he was left with 1740 points. He heard his friends gasp from outside of the Duel Box. Even Atem was bug-eyed.
"Daaaaamn! Mako doesn't mess around!" Mokuba commented.
"You're telling me," Joey agreed. He looked at his friend from outside the Duel Box. "Common Yu... Atem! Kick that fish guy's ass!"
Yugi turned his head and gave a thumbs up. He had this duel and he was going to beat Mako with everything he had. Atem could see bold confidence in his brother and watched from behind.
"I play Fernal Imp in defense mode!" Yugi declared as his Fernal Imp appeared in defense mode. A smirk appeared on his face, there was always more than one way to skin a cat.
"Then, I play Jellyfish in defense mode!" Mako smirked as he placed his Jellyfish, which showed above the water. Yugi bit his bottom lip, he had a bad feeling about that jellyfish. "Common Atem! Come at it with my Jellyfish! You can fry it or cook it!"
"Thanks, but I'm allergic to jellyfish," Yugi admitted as Mako blinked. "Yeah, I swelled up in the hospital after eating one at a Chinese Restaurant."
"Wow, you're getting good at pretending to be me," Atem complimented with a slight giggle. "Though you didn't have to mention the part where I ended up in the hospital."
'Sorry,' Yugi blushed. He then narrowed his eyes and a smirk appeared on his lips. "I equip my Fernal Imp with Horn of the Unicorn and attack the sea!"
"F***in genius!" Ryan smirked with his arms crossed. "That's showing fish boy what ya made of!"
"YEAH!" Tea cheered as Yugi grinned even wider.
"So you think," Mako smirked as Yugi noticed that the Jellyfish was not affected from Horn of the Unicorn. "When my Jellyfish is out, it acts like a lightning rod. In other words, your attack was negated."
"Damn!" Tristan glared.
"Not only that, but my Jellyfish feeds off of your attack!" Mako pointed out at the Jellyfish growing bigger. Yugi was completely bug-eyed while seeing the jellyfish growing huge.
"That is one huge mother f***er," Mokuba thought.
"Now, time for me to take down your Fernal Imp!" Mako announced as a huge wave took a hold of Fernal Imp and Yugi's life points dropped down to 1480. "HA! NOBODY CAN BEAT ME AT THE SEA!"
"We'll see," Yugi smirked with a slight giggle. "It's not over until one of our life points reaches 0."
"Wow, you are one spirited kid. I'll give ya pointers on that. Most of my victims are already shaken up, yet you're still up and kicking."
"That's because I'm having a blast!" Yugi grinned as he drew his next card. "I play Silver Fang and equip him with Mystical Moon!"
"HA! You're only wasting your breath with that card! NO ONE can overpower the sea!" Mako smirked as Yugi only deepened his smirk.
"THEN BRING IT ON ALREADY!"
"Oh, I will! I play Leviathan!" Mako proclaimed as he smacked down his monster card and a giant sea monster appeared from the deep.
"Ah shit!" Joey responded.
"That doesn't sound good," Tea said.
"NOW! YOU SHALL FEEL THE WRATH OF THE SEA BY THIS POWERFUL BEAST!" Mako shouted triumphantly as Leviathan arose from the sea and a gigantic wave appeared and wiped out all of Yugi's land area, which included Silver Fang. Yet, Yugi was still smiling and giggling with only 340 life points left.
"Common Yugi!" Hanaski cheered. Mako blinked at the boy saying 'Yugi' instead of 'Atem.'
"Hanaski always calls me that," Yugi explained as Mako nodded, and then focused on the duel. "Well, that was a nice swim."
"But it didn't just take away your monster. Look!" Mako said, pointing at the board which showed only one tiny land mass and little sandbars here and here. "YOU HAVE BARELY ANY LAND MASS! YOU CANNOT FIGHT AGAINST THE POWER OF THE SEA!"
"But my life points are still there!"
"Yeah, but if you don't play a card, you automatically lose!"
"I still have a land mass here," Yugi said, pointing to that little island on his Monster Card Zone.
"Wow, are you always this optimistic?"
"I suppose I am," Yugi grinned as he drew his next card.
"Wow, even with the stakes at a very slim area, Yugi is still at it," Joey said in amazement, at a low voice, so Mako wouldn't hear the conversation.
"Why do you think Tea fell in love with him?" Hanaski asked rhetorically, looking at his childhood friend who was gazing at Yugi so lovingly. "Tea's always lived a life of hardship. When there's someone that can take that hardship and put a smile on it, Tea becomes attracted to that kind of person."
"Wow, kinda something," Tristan thought.
"Common Atem, you can do it!" Tea cheered as Yugi looked back and gave a flirtatious wink. Mako thought nothing of it since he never saw the Atem side of Yugi.
"I play Giant Soldier of Stone in defense mode!" Yugi declared as Mako just stared at the stone soldier with a smirk.
"Ah, I get it! You're gonna move the stone man into the water and make another spot of land!" Mako thought as Yugi still kept his smile. "Unfortunately, that trick isn't going to work. I'm gonna add more monsters!" Mako smirked deviously as the three monsters appeared on each side of the small little island. Everyone gasped as Yugi smirked even deeper. "Now you can't increase your land mass!"
"Too bad that wasn't your plan," Atem said giggling under his nose. Yugi nodded at his brother in reply.
"Now I switch my Giant Soldier of Stone in attack mode!" Yugi declared.
"You're planning to attack my monsters? But you can't even see them! They're hidden underwater!" Mako cried awestruck. Everyone else was awestruck as well.
"I'm not planning on attacking your monsters, silly," Yugi giggled as Mako blinked at the kid. He pointed to Mystical Moon. "I'm attacking the moon. I knew you'd try to overpower my land mass with the sea!" Everyone blinked, including Mako. "I'm not good with Jellyfish, but I know the general rule of sea creatures, they need water to survive. That's why I placed Silver Fang out. I wanted you to attack it, to rise the sea level up." Mako continually was blinking in amazement. This kid read his opponent like a book. "Of course..." He admitted, while rubbing the back of his neck, keeping his smile. "I didn't expect you to use a sea monster that would wipe out almost ALL my land mass. Still, the remaining land is enough to destroy the moon, which is gonna leave your sea creatures like fish outta water."
Giant Soldier of Stone crushed the moon and the tide of the sea was pushed away. Mako gasped in horror as he watched all his sea creatures, on Yugi's side of the board, on the land unmoving. They really did act like fish outta water. Yugi smirked widely, showing his teeth. Mako knew this kid beat him big time.
"Mako, didn't you know that fish are unsafe near shallow water?" Yugi asked rhetorically with furrowed eyebrows. "Now I summon Curse of Dragon, equip with Burning Land, to wipe out all your monsters and your remaining life points!"
Curse of Dragon flamed all of the sea creatures that were shown out of the water and Mako's life points were dropped to 0. Everyone cheered and gave Yugi a group hug after he exited out of the Duel Box. Mako showed a huge smile after exiting out of the Duel Box. A giggle escaped the sea man's lips as Yugi looked up at him.
"That was a great duel, Atem. I had fun!" Mako grinned.
"Me too! I'd love to duel you again sometime!" Yugi said.
"Sure. One of us is gonna make it to that castle. If not me, I hope it's you. You're a good gamer and I hope to beat you someday."
"We'll see!"
Mako and Yugi clasped their hands together and gave each other a guy hug. After that, they both had a good laugh. There was just something about Mako you just could not hate. Even Mokuba had to admit that, despite the fact Mako acted like a complete freak at times. Atem was very proud of Yugi for his win against Mako and was happy for it too. The kids decided to find other competitors to duel against.
Meanwhile, in the Castle of Duelist Kingdom, Pegasus was sitting on his chair reading the funnies. He was laughing, though not too loud. If there was one thing Pegasus loved, and that was reading cartoons from the funnies. He remembered reading them alot as a kid and nothing more. Then, he grew up and all of those innocent lives had been washed away at the day of his wife's death.
Pegasus heard the door open and noticed his employer walking toward him. Compared to Seto, Pegasus hired those he knew he could trust. It was his moto that if you can't trust someone, then why hire them. Seto's weakness for trusting people is what gave Pegasus the advantage to take control of Kaiba Corp. Of course, Pegasus was aware that there were ones very loyal to Seto like Atem, Mokuba, and apparently Hobson, since he helped Atem escape with Mokuba.
"Sir," Pegasus employer said as Pegasus turned his head to meet his gaze. "It's been six hours. Out of 40 participants, 12 have been shipped out. The first ship will be departing shortly."
"And Atem-boy is still playing, is he not?" Pegasus asked without emotion.
"Yes, he has four star chips, so far."
"EXCELLENT!" Pegasus cried in excitement. "I still want to duel him, but I'm growing impatient about those keys. I suppose I should've been prepared for Atem-boy being just as loyal to Kaiba-boy as Mokuba-boy. It seems that Kaiba-boy and Atem-boy have a close bond. Otherwise, he would've given me the key already."
"That's another thing. The boy is with him."
"I figured that much," Pegasus declared while flipping the page of his comic book. "Atem-boy wouldn't leave little Mokuba out of his sight." He then rubbed his chin and a smirk appared on the billionaire's lips. "But, I suppose I could hit two birds with one stone. I need you all to get Mokuba-boy and snatch the key from Atem-boy."
"But sir, I've checked the kid's records. He's not gonna be easy to tackle."
"Then we'll distract him and I know one in particular who will do just the trick," Pegasus smirked deviously as he got out his iPad and typed in a few stuff. "Get Kimo to snatch the kid and I will make a phone call to someone in particular."
"Who?"
"An assassin. He knows how to go deep into someone's head before going for the kill."
"But sir, won't that be murder?"
"Relax, Atem-boy will be just fine. I'm just having to daze him up a little bit. The kid has a millennium item, he can take care of himself. Knowing Atem-boy, he'll obviously play a shadow game and win. There's no doubt in my mind."
"Um uh... right."
"Something also tells me that Kaiba-boy will wake up soon. There's no doubt in my mind he will be wanting to come on this island to be chasing after his Mokuba-boy," Pegasus said while getting up from his chair and facing the window. He looked down at the place where the other players were dueling.
At the game, everyone had been traveling for at least five hours. Yugi and Joey dueled one person and now Joey had three star chips while Yugi had five. Soon, everyone started growing weary, even Mokuba's legs were starting to hurt. They all decided to rest next to a cliff, since there were no more duelists for Joey or Yugi to duel. Yugi and the rest of the gang laid on the grass, watching clouds go by. Tea laid next to Yugi, her head laying on that nice soft chest. Yugi had his arm around Tea while feeling strands of brown hair on his chin.
"It feels soooo good to feel relaxed for once," Mokuba said, his arms used as a pillow for his head.
"I know, right?" Joey agreed while taking in a huge breath.
"And no more of this stress of Kaiba Crop. or Pegasus taking Gramp's soul," Tea agreed as a slight moan escaped her nose, loving the feeling of being next to Yugi.
"Speaking of which," Yugi remembered as he got out his iPhone and turned it on. Solomon's face appeared on the screen. "Hey gramps!"
"HEY!" Everyone greeted.
"Hey kids! How's the competition?" Solomon asked.
"Brother and I won five star chips!" Yugi grinned.
"That's great! You both are like a team."
"So, how're you feeling, Gramps?" Mokuba asked.
"I'm feeling great, actually. I'm starting to get used to being here," Solomon grinned with a slight chuckle.
"Don't worry, brother and I will get you outta there," Yugi promised.
"Don't tell me you're still feeling mopy over this."
"I'm fine, I just wished this whole thing never happened. I mean, I could be at the Game Shop right now and brother would be checking in on Mokuba."
"I know things are tough, but you gotta keep going. I know Seto will wake up soon and when he does, I'm sure he'll set things right."
"I hope you're right," Mokuba muttered.
Atem, in spirit form, stared at Mokuba with concern. He looked at Yugi, who nodded and looked at Tea. Yugi gave his girlfriend a kiss on the cheek and asked, "Brother wants out, you think you can make it less awkward?"
"Sure," Tea replied, rolling her eyes, before moving her body from Yugi, so he could change to Atem.
Yugi changed into Atem and he wrapped his arms around Mokuba, holding him close. This was the first time the gang has ever seen the two have any contact like this. Mokuba needed a protector, but also a brother. Seto wasn't around, so Atem had to fill in that position temporarily. It occurred to the friends of how close Atem and Mokuba became since Death-T. How was Seto going to react to this?
"No matter what happens," Atem said, rubbing Mokuba's back. Mokuba looked up at Atem, arms around his neck. "As long as we believe in Seto, miracles will happen when you don't even realize it." Mokuba looked up with tearful eyes before holding onto Atem tightly with his head nuzzling in his chest. He held Mokuba gently while stroking his back. "Stay strong, Mokuba. For Seto."
"I will," Mokuba promised.
At the Kaiba Mansion, Hobson took the time in having Seto Kaiba delivered to the mansion and having personal doctors treat the comatose boy. Hobson held Seto's gentle hand, which held "Atem Moto," written with perminant marker. Even when Seto bathed, those marks printed firmly never washed or faded away. There was no doubt this was done by powerful magic.
Hobson sighed deeply before staring at the picture on the night stand of Seto and Mokuba playing chess. Seto once smiled, but that was long ago. Hobson once worked for Gozaburro, but when he was to care for Seto and Mokuba Kaiba, those two had grown on him. He would always work for them. They were almost like his kids. If only Gozaburro had been a better father to these kids. They were so sweet and innocent back then.
While thinking about those deep memories, Hobson felt a twitch in Seto's fingers. The butler gasped quietly as the fingers twitched some more. Hobson stared at Seto's face, mostly his eyelids. Those cold blue eyes were fluttering, and than finally snapped open.
"Master Kaiba!" Hobson said awestruck. Seto Kaiba had awoken, and at a bad time too. Especially, when Kaiba Corp. was about to be sold to Industrial Illusions and Mokuba and Atem were in high waters. What was Seto gonna say about this?
Seto turned his head and eyed his right hand, which was printed "Mokuba Kaiba" in black permanent marker. What made Seto gasp was the other name printed on his left hand, which read, "Atem Moto."
"Mokuba..." Seto muttered, a long pause came, which lasted a good long while. "Atem..."
Flightfoot: I suppose, but there was no explaination for why Yugi wasn't disqualified like Bandit Keith, just like there was no explaination why Joey wasn't disqualified for illigal participation. There kinda was in the anime, but the guards still should've had a list of participants. This is basically my way of explaining the reason. There is a possibility Pegasus could've meant AT LEAST meaning no more. Sometimes in tournaments, they mean that. I know at times when I hear the words "at least" it can mean just no less or just no more. Now, that might've been a mistake on the author's part, but Pegasus could've meant no more than 40 cards. Like you could have 30 cards, because a minimum of cards in a duel is usually 20 or so cards. I try to make sure my story adds more sense to it, like why Joey wasn't disqualified. That comes later in my story. Pegasus is aware of Joey's illigal participation. Now, there are some parts I'm still adding to make fun of the show, like the Rape Ship, because they're sticking all the non famous duelists in one room both girls and boys. Also, trapping the top four duelists on the island instead of giving them a ride. At least the Pokemon movie with Mew Two in it, the kids had a way to ride themselves home.