Well, now that the duel with the gay clown is finished, now Atem has more reason to kick Pegasus' ass. Seto will also be joining the gang, compared to the manga. Atem's gonna need a nurse for a while lol. Also, I'm taking out the part where Joey asks Yami or Atem to not give him any pointers. I don't count the 'something you can show, but cannot see' phrase any pointers. All it did was reveal Mai's magic trick. That's not really helping Joey win, it's more like seeing through Mai's psychic trick. Yami never really helped Joey in dueling Mai.
Oh, and by the way. Joey hearing voices was not mentioned in the manga. I added this, because just like Seto hears and sees Blue-Eyes, Joey will feel the same connection with Red-Eyes. This is when Joey first sees it. There really isn't anything with Red-Eyes Black Dragon like Blue-Eyes, so this is my version of its story. It's very much like the same story for Red-Eyes as in Fate's Affect, if you guys read it. Review please!
Atem crossed his arms with a very annoyed and angry look. Not only did he get shot and lose Mokuba, but he was being carried BRIDAL STYLE! This was more embarrassing than Yugi and Hanaski running off like banshees down the school halls or Yugi and Tea kissing in public. This was Atem's WORST nightmare of his life. At least Seto wasn't enjoying this as much, since he was the one carrying Atem this way.
Everyone kept pressing forward, especially since Mokuba was kidnapped. Whatever happened to him was nothing they could change, unless Atem or Joey collected 10 star chips. For Atem, he needed to take a break from dueling, especially since he had a dressing on his waist area from the gunshot that happened only two or three hours ago. Joey decided to catch up on his star chips, since he only had two.
"Hey kid, you wanna duel?" Joey asked a random kid, who's eyes widened seeing Atem being carried by Seto bridal style.
"Say one word and I'll kick your f***ing ass," Seto warned the kid as he nodded slowly.
"Uh... right. No thank you. I don't wanna lose my star chips," the kid replied as Joey showed a defeated look.
"NICE GOING, KAIBA!" Joey shouted at Seto.
"Hey, maybe if one of your so called friends here could carry this son of a bitch, I wouldn't be such an ass, and neither would your midget friend," Seto glared.
"THEN WHY ARE YOU F***ING CARRYING ME LIKE A F***IN BABY!" Atem complained before feeling the pain from the wound on his side from stretching to much. "Ugh! Shit, I hate my life!"
"Trust me, I know EXACTLY how you feel: I just woke up from a damn coma, my mansion was attacked, the Big Five turned on me, my company is in the worst possible bankruptcy, and I have to CARRY YOU LIKE A GIRL!"
"F*** you," Atem muttered with his grimy look.
"F*** me? F*** you!"
"Guys enough!" Tea shouted as the two guys gave each other dirty glares that had thousands of insults written on them. Joey was wondering how Atem called Seto a friend when they were at each other like gravy on rice.
"So, how 'bout you tell me who the white-haired ass is?" Seto asked, trying to keep things somewhat entertaining.
"Ryan Bakura," Ryan replied in a dark tone. "And don't get started with me, you f***ing shit hole."
"And here I thought Atem had a bad mouth," Seto smirked as Atem stuck out a middle finger, still keeping his nasty glare.
"Surprisingly, this is better than when you were comatose," Ryan hissed.
"Really?" Seto smirked before letting out a small chuckle. "Did someone miss me or something?"
Atem humphed, while making a firm line on his lips. He still remembered visiting Seto at the hospital and crying over the bed with Joey by his side. Now that Seto was awake, Atem was back to being an ass to the CEO President and the same was going vice versa. It was no wonder that everyone was surprised of the two staring some sort of friendship. Friends usually never insulted each other like this.
Seto was given death glares by Atem's friends since he made a rude statement about someone missing him. They held memories of Atem being at Seto's hospital bed while Seto was comatose. Non of them could understand why Atem would be friends with a jerk like Seto Kaiba. Still, deep inside, Atem was more than happy that his friend was not in the hospital bed anymore, even if he was being an asshole, like usual.
"Man, when am I gonna find a duelist?" Joey complained as a curtain blond female came by with her smirking lips.
"Hey Joey!" Mai called as everyone turned their heads and saw the smirking blond chick. "We m..eh..." She stared wide-eyed at not only Seto being awake from his coma, since it was on the News, but he was carrying Atem like a baby. "ok, I wanna know what the f*** is going on here and why Atem is being carried around like a princess."
"MAI! I SWEAR I WILL..." Atem snapped before Hanaski interrupted.
"Atem, give us time to answer Mai's question," Hanaski said as Atem bit his tongue and held a firm line on his lips. "Atem got shot and Kaiba's carrying him since he can't walk with that gunshot wound and if he's carried any other way, it'll hurt like a bitch."
"Damn! But who the hell is carrying around guns here? Didn't they already check us for weapons?" Mai asked suspiciously.
"Listen bitch, I'm not in the mood right now, so could you ask your f***ing questions later?" Atem snapped as Mai rolled her eyes.
"Ok, ok," Mai replied, waving her hands in front. "Just askin' was all. You don't need to get all snappy at me."
"You want snappy, I can give it to you," Seto glared.
"Seto," Atem said as the CEO President looked at his rival's direction. "F*** you."
"As much as I'd love to see true enemies fighting, I have some unfinished business with Joey," Mai smirked without noticing Atem's slight chuckle when she said the word 'enemies.' Just because they were being asses, did not declare them enemies. Death-T already proven that, but maybe Mai looked at friendship the wrong way.
Mai stepped sideways and Rex Raptor appeared in the flesh. Atem slapped his hand on his face, knowing who this guy was. Of course Mai hired some Championship Runner-up to duel against Joey! Apparently, this woman didn't take losing very well. Rex snickered at Joey and he gave a gaming smirk.
"So... ya want me to fight, dino boy?" Joey asked.
"That's the idea," Rex smirked.
"Sweet! Then, I can just kick your ass," Joey smirked, showing teeth.
"Wheeler versus Dino Boy, this I gotta see," Seto smirked with a slight chuckle.
"Glad to see another Runner-Up watching my duel," Rex smirked as Seto glared in response. "We have alot more in common you know."
Seto was about to say something in defense when Atem smirked, "yes, but you never tried to make enemies or f*** Weevil's friends." Seto set Atem on the ground a little roughly in response. "YEOWCH! F*** YOU, SETO!"
"Seriously Atem, don't you get tired of these dweebs following you around?" Mai asked smirkingly, before turning her head to Seto. "Not excluding Seto, I wouldn't consider him your friend." Seto smirked in response did he did not like admitting that he had a soft side for Atem. The rest of the gang gave smirks, since they all saw Atem visiting Seto at the hospital when he was comatose.
"Mai, I'd like to duel this chum already!" Rex glared as Mai gave a smirk.
"Right! Go along and win for me, my cute little manservant," Mai replied flirtatiously as Atem burst out laughing, despite this hurting his wound.
"YOU'RE MAI'S MANSERVANT?" Atem asked, still laughing. Seto was laughing his head off too. "I'm starting to enjoy having to have Seto carry me around. I pity you, man."
"SHUT THE HELL UP, YOU MOTHER F***ER!" Rex yelled.
"Whatever... man slave," Seto insulted with a smirk up his lips. Him and Atem both were gawking up in laughter as Rex's head started to boil. "Does your bitch make you wash her feet too?"
"WOULD YOU BITCHES SHUT THE F*** UP?" Mai screamed at the two.
"Geez Mai, what happened when you lost to Joey?" Atem asked smirkingly.
"Wait, she lost to Wheeler? That's rich!" Seto smirked as Mai's head started boiling.
"I will gamble two star chips!" Joey said.
"Then, I will too," Rex smirked and the duel started. "I have the mountain field and you have grassland."
"Fair enough."
"Go Joey!" Tristan cheered.
"You can do it, Joey!" Atem cheered, having to hang onto Seto for support. Though, while cheering, he accidentally moved his wounded area and it started hurting. "yeow!"
"Careful with that, Atem!" Tea glared.
"Your bitch is right, don't move around so much!" Seto glared. This made Mai cock-eyed. Seto was helping Atem?
Joey seemed excited when drawing his first five cards. An anxious grin appeared on his face as Rex showed a dark chuckling smirk. He knew that Joey had drawn his trump card in his early draw. Any player who revealed this was on the death zone, even Seto knew that. Still, he was curious to see if Joey could beat this amateur.
"I place Baby Dragon in defense mode!" Joey announced before ending his turn and Rex drew his next card.
"I summon my Two-Headed King Rex in attack mode to kill off your Baby Dragon!" Rex declared as Two-Headed King Rex appeared on the field and stepped on Baby Dragon as Joey panicked and sweat dripped from his face.
"Wheeler, you're more pathetic, even on the field!" Seto glared, not very impressed. "Seriously, Baby Dragon? Baby freakin' Dragon? You're a disgrace!"
"SHUT UP, KAIBA! NOBODY ASKED YOU!" Joey shouted as Rex laughed mockingly.
"Then start using your head, dork! See, this is why I never want to duel you!"
"Like he even knows how," Mai smirked with her arms crossed.
"Apparently, you never used your head either, which is why you lost in the first place," Seto smirked as Mai's head boiled even more.
"I ONLY LOST BECAUSE HE USED THAT F***ING TIME WIZARD WITH HIS BABY DRAGON!" Mai shouted as Seto smirked slightly on his lips.
"So that's what Wheeler was trying to do," Seto realized before glaring at the blond. "Only an armature relies on one combo to win a duel."
"SHUT UP! I've got other strong monsters in my deck!" Joey defended as he drew his next card and searched through his hand. He smirked, and then summoned Battle Steer in attack mode.
"HA! Man, you are an idiot!" Rex smirked, mockingly laughing. "Did you forget about the field bonus?"
"SHIT!" Joey cursed at himself as Seto chuckled mockingly.
"You are sooo hopeless. You might as well just give him your star chips and be done with it," Seto mocked as the Two-Headed King Rex stomped on Joey's Battle Steer. Joey's life points were now 1720.
"Damn it!" Joey responded.
"Joey, don't rush!" Atem warned Joey as he gave his friend a nod.
"Give it up! This weakling's gonna be crushed in no time, by the way he's playing!" Rex smirked.
"He's right, Atem. Unless Wheeler starts getting his act together, he's never gonna win this duel," Seto said factually.
"I believe in Joey!"
"Well, it's gonna take more than 'believing,' Atem."
"I play Axe Raider, and this guy gets a field bonus from grassland!" Joey declared before ending his turn.
"I play Sword Arm of Dragon to take down your Axe Raider!" Rex declared as Sword Arm of Dragon swished its tail at Axe Raider and destroyed it, leaving Joey with 1145 life points.
"If you think you can beat my dinosaur deck, you're better off in the ice age!" Rex insulted as Joey panicked and stared down at his field. Seto glared coldly at Joey, watching him at the point of giving up hope.
"Don't tell me you're giving up!" Seto smirked as Joey glared at the CEO President. "You're more pathetic than I thought."
"Who's giving up, Rich Boy?" Joey asked rhetorically as he searched through his deck to find a card to play. "I set one card face-down."
"Careful Rex, Joey probably has Time Wizard face-down!" Mai warned Rex.
"Relax, hot stuff! That dork probably doesn't even know how to use it!" Rex smirked manically.
"I place Rock Ogre in attack mode!" Joey declared.
"Then I'll play Megazowler to take down your rock monster!" Rex smirked as Megazowler rammed right into Joey's Rock Ogre, leaving Joey with 1140 life points left.
"I play Swamp Battleguard!" Joey declared before Megazowler wiped his monster with its tail, leaving him with 665 life points left
"You're wasting your time, Wheeler!" Seto glared without emotion. "Just what are you trying to prove exactly? You're useless!"
"Who asked you to critisize my duels anyways?" Joey asked, getting annoyed with Seto's comments.
"I'm just saying the facts, Wheeler! If I knew that you were just gonna waste your monsters, I would've never bothered watching this duel."
"I will win, Kaiba! Just you watch!"
"Then use that brain of yours! Maybe then, you might have a chance to beat this amateur!"
"Is there any way for Joey to win?" Hanaski asked.
"There is, it depends on if Wheeler can use that big head of his. If he doesn't use it soon, he might as well give out Rex his star chips here and there," Seto replied with his arms crossed.
"Seto's right, and you know if I agree with Seto, then it must be true," Atem said, leaving a side joke.
"Do you think Joey can figure it out?" Hanaski asked.
"Hm," Seto smirked with his eyes closed. "Let's wait and see if Wheeler can surprise me."
"Well, so far, he seems to be ahead of the game," Atem said, pointing his head toward his blond friend who held confidence.
"I summon my Flame Swordsman!" Joey declared as Flame Swordsman appeared with its flaming sword in attack mode.
"Great, now he brings out a powerful monster wearing a dress," Seto said sarcastically.
"It's time to get down and dirty! Attack Rex's Megazowler!" Joey declared.
"Our monsters have the same attack power!" Rex glared as the two monsters collided. He smirked with a slight chuckle until he watched Flame Swordsman cut through his Megazowler, leaving Rex with 1460 life points. "WHAT?"
"Guess your Megazowler's not so tough now, huh?" Joey smirked victoriously.
"What? But how?"
"Flame Swordsman has a type advantage over dinosaur cards. Guess the geek's finally showing progress," Seto explained with a slight shrug.
"That's the way to do it, Joey!" Atem cheered as Mai humphed.
"Now let's see if Wheeler can keep this up and use that big head of his."
"That was just a fluke!" Mai glared with a snobbish look.
"That's why he beat a bitch like you, right?" Seto mocked as Mai's head boiled.
"Listen here, just because your so big and mighty, doesn't mean you have the right to mock me!" Mai cried.
"Actually, it does," Seto smirked with a slight chuckle. He stared at the blond with a serious look. "Listen here, I could beat you in an instant, especially if you had your ass kicked by Wheeler. It gives me every right to criticize and mock your strategies. Losing can humble somebody to the point where they're on the ground." A smirk appeared on Seto's lips before staring at Joey's duel. "Just be glad Wheelers not an asshole like me. I would've left you dead on the tracks. You can ask Atem."
"I'll put Uraby and end my turn!" Rex declared.
"Then my Flame Swordsman can slice your dino in half!" Joey smirked as Flame Swordsman wipe out Uraby and Rex's life points went down to 720.
"CRAP!"
"What the hell was that?" Mai yelled from the Duel Box.
"Can't you see I'm trying to think, bitch?" Rex yelled back before drawing his next card. "I bring out Crawling Dragon in defense mode!"
"Flame Swordsman, slice and dice!" Joey shouted triumphantly as Flame Swordsman cut Crawling Dragon in half. "What's the matter dino freak, have you run out of cards?"
"Quit your yap!" Rex glared as he drew his next card, and then showed a slight smirk. Seto narrowed his eyes, knowing Rex had drawn his trump card. "NOW I SUMMON RED-EYES BLACK DRAGON!"
Red-Eyes Black Dragon emerged forth victoriously. Joey awed at this amazing dragon in shock. It was so terrifying, yet brilliant. Joey had never seen an amazing dragon like the one that was standing in front of his eyes. It was both terrifying and bewildering. Then, all of a sudden, Joey heard something... a voice.
"Brother..." A voice called as Joey cocked his eyebrows.
'Ok, that was weird,' Joey thought before focusing on the duel. "Oh crap! That dragon's strong!"
"Crap! Is that..." Atem wondered.
"Red-Eyes Black Dragon," Seto said without emotion. "It's one of the rarest cards in Duel Monsters. What I'm wondering, is how this loser got a hold of it?"
"I got it as a tournament prize! It's a super rare card!" Rex smirked with a dark chuckle. Joey seemed to be in his own little world while staring at Red-Eyes Black Dragon. "Unfortunately, this card is a dark tribute, so it doesn't get a field bonus. Still, it's enough to wipe the floor with ya! Just look! He's already frozen in fear."
Though, Joey wasn't frozen in fear, but in shock. He was hearing something... a voice of some kind. While Rex was talking and bragging, Joey heard, "brother... is that you? It's me... Damon." Joey was starting to think he was going mad. At the same time, he was wondering who or what that voice was. Then, he heard Rex again.
"RED-EYES! ATTACK FLAME SWORDSMAN!" Rex declared as Red-Eyes Black Dragon fired at Flame Swordsman and left Joey with 65 life points. Everyone gasped, Joey was hanging by a thread. "You're useless, Wheeler! I win this duel!"
"JOEY! DON'T GIVE UP!" Atem screamed as Joey stared at the game board. "DON'T GIVE UP!"
Joey knew he was hanging by 65 life points. Was it really over? He couldn't take it! He failed his sister and he failed his friends. There was no way he could win when he barely had any life points left. Rex was going to beat him with that Red-Eyes Black Dragon on the field. Joey looked up at Red-Eyes Black Dragon with loss of hope. He then, heard that voice again.
"Brother... don't be sad... please... I'm right here..."
'What's going on?' Joey asked himself. 'Am I going mad? At least Atem doesn't know I'm hearing things.'
"Don't give up, little brother... don't..."
'It's official. I think the sun must've gotten to me,' Joey thought, but then focused back on the game. He drew his next card, declaring to never give up, even if he was going crazy.
"Hey Wheeler!" Rex called as Joey looked at his opponent. "How about we have a deal? The winner gets the loser's card! If I win, I get your Time Wizard and if you win, you can have my Red-Eyes!"
"What?" Joey glared awestruck. A gamble, in the middle of a duel while he was hanging by 65 life points? There was no way he was going to agree with that bet, NO WAY! Joey was about to say no when...
"Say yes! PLEASE!" The voice cried out again. "I want to be with you, not him..." Red-Eyes Black Dragon turned its face toward Rex. Then, Joey finally understood. Was Red-Eyes Black Dragon talking to him? Why? "Please, take me."
"Listen here, Rex! I won't allow that trading card rule!" Mai yelled glaringly. Seto smirked at the fight going on. "You're my manservant, you do as I say!"
"I never even agreed to be your manservant, bitch!" Rex argued.
"Please... help me... I want to be with you... I promise I will protect you with my life like I once did years ago, little brother," Damon, the spirit of Red-Eyes Black Dragon, begged as Joey nodded. Even though he was sure he was hearing things, he didn't want this dragon to be with Rex if he didn't want to. "Thank you."
"I ACCEPT!" Joey declared with boldness in his eyes.
"Huh?" Rex and Mai replied.
"I accept!" Joey repeated. "If I win, I get Red-Eyes and if you win, you can have my Time Wizard!"
"JOEY!" Atem glared, baffled that Joey accepted a card trading gamble, using the card he gave Joey.
"That Geek's nuts!" Seto glared, also baffled that Joey agreed under those terms. Though, he seemed to be more confident despite his low life point score.
Joey knew he had to think of a win and quickly. He didn't want to rush things, but he didn't want to lose the rest of his life points either. He then, remembered Time Wizard, especially since Rex mentioned the card. Joey turned his Time Wizard card that was still face-down to look over the card. There was a way to win this game with the life points remaining at 65.
"I USE TIME WIZARD!" Joey declared with boldness as Rex and Mai gasped. He was finally using Time Wizard, but did he know how to use it? "It's time for time to move forward! TIME ROULET GO!" 'Common! I need to free Red-Eyes, he's calling me, even though I sound high by saying that.' The arrow on Time Wizard's staff it the white and all of Rex's dinosaurs were turned to dust. Rex was left with 0 life points. "I believe Red-Eyes is mine now!"
"What? NO!" Rex cried, but Joey snatched Red-Eyes Black Dragon and stared at the card as he saw a transcend face through the card of a young man with red eyes and long black hair that went to his shoulders.
"Thank you, little brother," Damon thanked Joey before the transcend face disappeared.
'Wow, I really am losing my marbles,' Joey thought.
"Looks like the Geek finally used his head," Seto smirked before picking up Atem again. "And if you complain, I'm dropping you!"
"I'm not complaining, but I am wanting to give Joey a piece of my mind," Atem glared with his arms crossed.
"You know," Mai smirked, eying the sunset across the horizon. "It's getting close to nighttime. How about we call it a truce, especially since you'll need a place to put Atem."
"Only if you don't treat us like how you treat your man slave back there," Seto said as Mai shrugged in reply.
"Whatever," Mai replied as she turned around and walked off into the forest. The gang followed the blond woman.
Atem shot Joey a glare with his arms crossed. Joey eyed it and realized that he gambled the card Atem gave to him. It was no wonder he was pissed. Joey sighed and knew it was time to explain things, especially since Atem didn't have the strength to kick his ass yet.
"Atem, when I saw Red-Eyes, I... please don't call me crazy, but I heard a voice," Joey explained as Seto stopped and stared at the blond with serious eyes.
"What voice?" Seto asked.
"Why do you wanna know? I was talking to my friend!" Joey glared with crossed arms.
"You didn't answer my question."
"I heard Red-Eyes talking!"
"Shit!" Seto responded before showing a smirk. "Red-Eyes was calling for you."
Atem's glare disappeared and reached for his Dark Magician card. Atem said, "the same thing happened with Dark Magician. Yugi said he felt something calling to him from here."
"I'm sorry for using the card you gave me as a trading item. It's like... Red-Eyes was real... you know?" Joey asked as Atem let out a sigh. "I guess I'm acting high aren't I?"
"Yes, but people think I have a double personality or am bipolar," Atem smirked before shooting another glare. "DON'T DO THAT AGAIN OR I'LL SEND YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL!"
"Glad you Geeks made-up, now let's move. My arms hurt like hell!" Seto said before moving toward the forest.