Now everybody's trapped! MUAHAHAHAHA! Now, just to clarify some things, Ryan won't put on the Ring around the Labyrinth chapter like the manga. For Ryou, he's timid and scared easily, so he won't put the ring back on until sometime later in this story. Yes, Yami Ryou returns sometime in his story, but not now.
Oh, one more thing. I don't know if the Paradox Brothers rhymed or not in the original jap. It's possible that they could have and it doesn't sound rhymie, because it's translated from jap to English. Though, they do talk in the manga in the style of a poem, which gives a hint that they could have rhymed in the jap too. I'll also do line rhymes, which is a repeat of a few words in a line. They only rhyme when both brothers are talking together. If one is talking and not the other, no rhyme. That's how it goes. Review please!
Everyone walked in the cave for so long, their legs were starting to hurt. It was a good thing Atem's flashlight lasted for a whole day before blowing out. Still, things were seemingly hopeless into escaping the cave. Yugi was guiding his friends into the cave, finding a way out. Suddenly, there was a fork along the cave.
"Well, this is brilliant!" Joey complained. "We're stuck in this damn cave, my feet hurt, AND I'M HUNGRY!"
"But we ate like two hours ago," Tea reminded.
"I can't go without a snack for two whole hours!"
"Suck it up, Joey! After we get out of this damn cave, we'll give you some f***ing food!" Ryan glared before letting out a sigh.
"Ryan, maybe we can use our ring!" Ryou said beside his brother. Ryan smirked before digging into his bag and got out the millennium ring, giving everyone heart attacks.
"RYAN! YOU STILL HAVE THAT THING?" Tristan asked awestruck.
"Just because my brother has an evil spirit, that doesn't mean I'm f***ing with him!" Ryan glared as he stared at the piece of jewelry and one of the pointers pointed toward a curtain direction of the cave. "This will be pointing toward Pegasus' eye, which will lead us out of this f***ing place."
"Great idea, Ryan!" Yugi said.
"Actually, it was Ryou's idea," Ryan corrected as everyone walked in the same direction the millennium ring was pointing at.
"MAN! I'M HUNGRY! I NEEEEEED FOOOOOOOD!" Joey wined.
"Here's an idea, how about this: if you don't stop wining, I'll shove your d*** up your ass?" Ryan warned with a huge glare as Joey gulped.
"Yugi, we'll we ever get out?" Hanaski asked fearfully.
"Don't worry, we will," Yugi promised with his warm smile.
Hanaski gave a hopeful smile as him and Yugi kept walking. The walls of the cave were slowly becoming more smooth and the floor was becoming more like marble floors. Things were seemingly hopeful now, thanks to Ryan's millennium ring. Now, the cave was changing into a labyrinth. The gang soon spotted a door at the end of the tunnel.
"Looks like we made it!" Ryan said in happiness.
"Looks like it," Tristan smirked.
"Maybe we can finally find some food!" Joey grinned hungrily.
"Joey, must you always think with your stomach?" Tea asked glaringly.
"Let's just get out of here!" Yugi smirked before opening the door, which led to a room with light. There was marble floor and a high ceiling.
"What the hell is this place?" Tristan asked before the gang flinched by the sudden jumps and flips by twin bald men with ninja robes. They landed on their feet back to back.
"We are..." one bald man said.
"the Paradox Brothers..." the other bald man introduced.
"The guardians of the labyrinth," the twin men finished together.
"You have got to be f***ing kidding me," Ryan glared in annoyance.
"Ryan, I think your ring is a gaydar," Joey smirked.
"Gaydar?"
"A radar that attracts gay men."
"Brother, what do we have here?" one of the bald men asked.
"Lost travelers, lost in a maze, we have here," the second bald man replied.
"If you want to escape from this cave..."
"You must defeat us in a duel, to be saved..."
"Defeat us..."
"In a tag-team duel!" both brothers finished, pointing their hands toward the tag-team dueling table.
"Tag-Team duel?" Hanaski questioned.
"Seto told brother about this. It's when two duelists fight against another pair of two duelists. The rules are different from a regular duel. You see, a two pairs are to team up and duel against another pair. Each person gets a turn. It can go clockwise, counterclockwise, or crisscross, depending on who goes first, second, third, or fourth. When tag-teaming, nobody can attack until all the players have taken their turn. Also, if one of the members goes out, so does the other, since they share life points. It's basically all about teamwork and strategy," Yugi explained as everyone gazed in amazement.
"So, I guess we'll have to work together, huh Yuge?" Joey asked.
"If we're to get out of here alive, I suppose we should," Yugi agreed.
Joey and Yugi stepped forward onto the dueling table. Joey asked, "Yuge, you need two more star chips right? How about each of us wager one star chip, so when we win, you can have two and we won't be losing anything."
"Great idea, Joey," Yugi agreed, nodding his head.
"Then, my brother and I will wager one," the first bald man decided.
"And trap you here when we won," the second bald man said.
"By the way, mario brothers, what are your names?" Joey asked.
"I am Para," the first bald man, Para, replied.
"I am Dox," the second bald man, Dox, replied.
"Together we are..."
"The Paradox Brothers," the Paradox brothers ended together.
"Ok, Para, Dox, let's see what you've got!" Yugi smirked widely as the duel begun.
"I'll go first," Dox declared as he played a field spell. "I play Labyrinth Wall. Since we don't get field bonuses, we get field spell cards."
"Now you can't go through unless you work hard..." Para said.
"To go through the labyrinth."
Joey and Yugi gasped as a maze of walls appeared on the field. It was as if this field was literally a labyrinth. How were both of them supposed to defeat the Paradox Brothers when they couldn't get to their monsters. Yugi knew that him and Joey were going to have to travel through the maze in order to attack the Paradox Brothers.
"Now for the Labyrinth Field Spell..." Dox said.
"Showing you how to play, we shall," Para added.
"Your monsters are like chess pieces..."
"In attack mode. Your monsters advance forward to the number of steps as the level of your monsters. As their steps increases..."
"That monster comes closer to our field where our monsters wait."
"But you must chose which door to open, that is your fate."
"One will lead you and your friends out."
"And the other will leave you in doubt."
"Well, how do we know which door leads where?" Joey asked demandingly. "At least give us a clue here!"
"Very well," Para agreed. "One of us will tell the truth..."
"And the other one will lie to you youths," Dox finished grimly.
"Is that the truth?" Yugi asked suspiciously.
"Of course it is!" Dox replied grimly as Yugi furrowed his eyebrows.
"Now that, that is settled. Just know that my door is the right door," Dox said.
"No, it is not my brother's door. It is my door that's the right door," Para convinced as Joey started sweating, trying to figure out which brother was telling the truth.
Joey started thinking and remembered a multilayer where they showed a riddle much like this one. A guy stands on the crossroad. One road goes to Honest Town and the other goes to Liar Town. The guy finds a local stranger whom he wasn't sure was from Honest Town or Liar Town. To get to Honest Town, the guy must say, "Take me to your town!" If this stranger was honest, he'd take the guy to Honest Town, if he was a liar, he'd take the guy to the other town Honest Town.
Joey smirked, "you gotta answer our questions!"
"Very well," Para agreed as Dox nodded, also giving Yugi suspicion.
"If one of your doors is the right one, take us to your door!"
Immediately, Para pointed to his brother's door while Dox pointed to his own door. Joey grinned, "I DID IT! Para is the liar and Dox is telling the truth. Dox's door is the right door!"
"I don't know," Yugi said suspiciously. "I mean depending on how you look at it, I suppose it's correct. Though, should we take their words for their facial expressions or pointing?"
"What do you mean, Yuge? I mean one is honest and the other one's a liar. They should've already have answered my question."
"Not really," Yugi disagreed with suspicion. "It's dangerous to compare our situation with the 'Honest Town' question from a multiplayer game." Joey raised his eyebrows with question. "For one thing, there was only one villager in that game, while we're facing two. Our two villagers also told us 'one will tell the truth and the other one will lie' and that's also suspicious. If one of them is a liar, he should've claimed that they're both honest. Also, there's a possibility they're both lying." Joey seemed very surprised by this logic. He never thought of it that way. "In other words, it's not even curtain there's even a town at the end of the road at all. Perhaps that road leads off a cliff..." Yugi drew his next card. "Either way, I'll still play. I summon Beaver Warrior in attack mode!" Beaver Warrior appeared and advanced four spaces in the maze.
"MY TURN!" Para declared as he drew his next card. "I use Polymerization to fuse my Shadow Ghoul and Labyrinth Wall!" The Shadow Ghoul lurked among the walls of the maze and attacked Beaver Warrior, leaving Yugi with 1600 life points.
"Oh crud, that thing moves like a squirrel!" Yugi said.
"I'll help ya there and get my monsters on the field," Joey assured Yugi as he drew his next card. "I'll summon Axe Raider in attack mode and a card face-down. Since I can't fight what I can't see, I'll just have my monster chilling for a while away from the walls."
"Good idea."
"Then, it's my turn!" Dox declared as he drew his next card. "I'll play my Jirai Gumo Trap Card. If your monster steps into the wrong part of the labyrinth, they'll fall into a trap!" Jirai Gumo was placed as a trap card on the Spell and Trap Card Zone. "Now, I play Labyrinth Tank."
"It's my turn!" Yugi declared before drawing his card. He looked at his card before giving Joey a glance. "I summon Celtic Guardian in attack mode!" Obnoxious Celtic Guardian appeared on the field and advanced inside the labyrinth.
"It seems you've forgotten my Shadow Ghoul!" Para smirked as the Shadow Ghoul lurked quickly around the labyrinth to attack Yugi's Obnoxious Celtic Guardian. "Your Celtic Guardian is finished!"
"Not in a long run!" Joey smirked, showing his trap card Kunai With Chain as the Shadow Ghoul became wrapped in a chain and Obnoxious Celtic Guardian destroyed the Shadow Ghoul. Para's life points were now 1700. "ALRIGHT! We make a great team, huh Yuge?"
"Right," Yugi nodded with a huge smile.
"Nice going, Joey!" Tea cheered.
"Yeah, you're the man!" Tristan cheered.
"I believe it's my turn," Joey grinned as he drew his next card. "I play Flamed Swordsman, then I advance him and Axe Raider to Celtic Guardian. I'll also equip Kunai With Chain with Axe Raider, to boost his attack up. That will do, for now."
The Paradox Brothers peered at the field and saw what they had to face. It seemed that the three monsters were in a close formation. They made it their mission to break it.
"My turn!" Dox declared as he drew his next card. "My Labyrinth Tank advances toward your monsters!" The Labyrinth Tank advanced toward Joey's and Yugi's monsters. There was also the trap card for the two friends to worry about.
"I'll go!" Yugi said before drawing a card.
"Man, I wish we could just jump over those stupid walls!" Joey complained.
"We can't do that, Joey. This setting is a labyrinth with a stone ceiling. So, flying monsters won't work in this labyrinth," Yugi explained as Joey's face turned awestruck.
"B... But my Red-Eyes is a flying monster!"
"Dragons are no good in this setting. We'll have to fight with ground unit monsters."
"Damn!"
"But there's another way," Atem added as Yugi nodded.
"I play Dark Magician!" Yugi declared as Dark Magician appeared.
"I shall help you, Yugi," Dark Magician promised as Yugi nodded. Though, Atem could never hear Dark Magician, Yugi could. He had always shared a close connection with Dark Magician just like Seto did with Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Joey did with Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
"He advances into the labyrinth!" Yugi declared as Dark Magician walked and joined with the other three monsters.
Para drew his next card, noticing the number of forces the two boys grew. He declared, "I play Magical Labyrinth! This changes the walls of the labyrinth!" The walls started shifting and moving. The four monsters were separated into two's. Dark Magician and Obnoxious Celtic Guardian were seperated from Flamed Swordsman and Axe Raider. "Now you're pieces are separated from each other! What will you do?"
Joey drew a card and declared, "I advance my Axe Raider!" His Axe Raider moved forward, and then...
"Trap card activated!" Dox declared as a trap door appeared and Jirai Gumo appeared and attacked Axe Raider by surprise. This monster was treated as a trap card.
"SHIT!" Joey responded as his life points stooped down to 1600.
"Hang on there, Joey!" Yugi said.
"I believe it's my turn!" Dox smirked as he drew his next card. "My Labyrinth Tank moves toward Flamed Swordsman and I end!"
"Double shit!" Joey responded.
"DON'T GIVE UP, JOEY!" Tea cheered.
"Common man, don't give up!" Tristan cheered as Joey gave a nod.
"I believe it's my turn," Yugi smirked as he drew his next card. "For this one, I'll play Mystic Box with my Dark Magician!"
"Holy shit!" Dox gasped as he watched Dark Magician enter inside a rectangular box with three doors from top to bottom. They all closed. At the same time, another box appeared where Jirai Gumo was. The brothers gasped as the box with Dark Magician had swords stabbing all over it. When it opened, instead of Dark Magician, there was Jirai Gumo all stabbed up and killed while Dark Magician appeared in the box Jirai Gumo once was.
"This card makes it to where Dark Magician can teleport and switch places with your itssy bitsy spider," Yugi smirked.
"Nice one, Yuge!" Joey cheered with a huge smile.
"Now, to destroy your tank," Yugi declared as Dark Magician attacked and destroyed Labyrinth Tank, leaving Dox with 1600 life points.
"It's my turn!" Para declared as he drew his next card. He grinned deviously. "I summon Sanga of the Thunder!" A box that seemed like a present tied with rope appeared on the field, leaving Yugi cock-eyed.
"I've got a bad feeling about this," Atem thought with worry.
'Same here,' Yugi agreed.
"My turn!" Joey declared while drawing his card. "Flamed Swordsman advances forward and I'll end it at that!"
"My turn again!" Dox declared as he drew his next card. "I summon Suijin!" Another box, identical to the box Para played.
"I've got a bad feeling about those boxes, Joey," Yugi thought.
"Same here," Joey agreed.
"Now, I play Dungeon Worm in attack mode!" Dox declared as the duel table began to shake.
"What the hell?" Joey responded wide-eyed before Dungeon Worm appeared and gobbled Celtic Guardian. "HOLY F***!"
"That's just like that worm from Tremor," Tristan glared.
"You watch that?" Ryan asked in surprise.
"Common, I like a good movie with that kind of action! You shoulda seen the third one! They were bitchasses!" Tristan grinned.
Yugi's life points stooped down to 1200 life points before the worm tunneled back underground. Both Yugi and Joey cringed at the sight as the Paradox Brothers chuckled deviously.
"What's amazing is that every time the worm eats, it's attack boosts up!" Dox smirked with a dark chuckle.
"Yah! I'm starting to agree with Tristan. That worm is like Tremor," Joey said with a cringing look. "I'd really hate to become worm food."
"My turn!" Yugi declared before drawing a card. "I'll use Magical Hats to cover up Dark Magician and Flamed Swordsman!"
"SHIT!" The Paradox Brothers responded awestruck.
"And if your worm hits Dark Magician, it goes bye bye," Yugi grinned childishly.
"Then I'll play Monster Tamer!" Para smirked as Yugi's face flustered. "With this, I can control my brother's worm and increase its attack points by 600."
"Shit!" Atem responded.
The Dungeon Worm attacked one of the hats, but no monster was seen. Both Yugi's and Joey's monster were safe. The two boys sighed in relief before wiping the sweat droplets from their foreheads.
"My turn!" Joey declared with a slight smirk. "And I'll let Flamed Swordsman gets some fresh air!" Flamed Swordsman jumped up from one of the magical hats, leaving all this friends awestruck. "I'll also equip my Flamed Swordsman with Salamandra to boost him up a bit, than attack your mother f***er!" Flamed Swordsman attacked Dungeon Worm and burned it to a crisp, leaving Dox with 1080.
"Not bad, Joey!" Yugi cheered happily.
"Cheer all you want! It's still my turn!" Dox declared before drawing his next card. "I play Kazejin! Now all of the three guardians of thunder, water, and wind are all combined! Using Sanga of the Thunder, Suijin, and Kazejin, we're able to combine them to create The Gate Guardian!"
All of the three monsters combined, stacked on top of each other. It stood between the two doors of the Paradox Brothers. Joey and Yugi seemed very awestruck. That monster seemed very powerful and held alot of defenses.
"Now you shall die!" Dox declared with a grinning smirk.
"And destroying you shall be easy as pie," Para added.
"Well, since you guys can use teamwork combos, let's show you ours," Joey smirked before Yugi made his next draw.
"I will play one card face-down," Yugi declared.
"Now, Gate Guardian, ATTACK!" Para declared as the boys gasped. The Saga of the Thunder part of the monster used its powers to attack Flamed Swordsman.
"NOOO!" Joey cried with sweat droplets on his face.
"TRAP! MIRROR FORCE!" Yugi smirked as he revealed his face-down card. It protected Flamed Swordsman and reflected at the Paradox Brothers' monsters.
"Gate Guardian's special ability makes a reflection, to prevent itself from your onslaught!" Para smirked.
"Too bad your Monster Tamer isn't safe," Yugi smirked as Monster Tamer was shocked by electricity, leaving Para with 900 life points.
"You son of a bitch!" Para seethed through his teeth.
"Whew, thanks for the save, Yugi," Joey thanked as Yugi nodded. Joey smirked deeply before drew his next card. While touching the top of his deck...
"Hey, little bro," Damon's voice was heard as Joey drew the card and saw his Red-Eyes Black Dragon. Joey showed a half smile.
'Damon, if it wasn't for you, I would've lost hope back there. I owe you alot,' Joey thought in his head while glancing at the card. "PAYBACK TIME! FLAMED SWORDSMAN ATTACKS YOUR KAZEJIN!"
Flamed Swordsman attacked the Kazejin piece of the Gate Guardian before a stream of water gushed out, negating the attack. The Paradox Brothers giggled darkly before Dox drew his next card. The Suijin part of the Gate Guardian attacked with a stream of water that flowed throughout the whole labyrinth. Dark Magician was safe, but Flamed Swordsman was in huge trouble.
"OH SHIIIIIIT!" Joey responded as his life points stooped down to 1300. "Great! Do I have to walk around the Labyrinth again?"
"No, your Flamed Swordsman's death was not in vain," Yugi promised after drawing his next card. "I summon out Summoned Skull!"
"It can't attack Gate Guardian!" Para grinned.
"Unless you go through the labyrinth again," Dox agreed.
"I guess you don't know chemistry, do you?" Yugi smirked before the Paradox Brothers noticed and gasped at the flooded labyrinth covered with water. "I'll take that as a 'yes.' SUMMONED SKULL, DO YOUR STUFF!" Summoned Skull attacked the water and it followed up the water right for Suijin.
"I'll blow it away with Kazejin's wind power!" Dox declared grimly before the lightning hit Suijin, leaving him dumbfounded. "WHAT! BUT HOW?"
"Remember when your attack passed the hats?" Yugi asked with a slight smirk, before revealing Spellbinding Circle. "This was under one of the Magical Hats. In other words, your Gate Guardian activated my trap card." Spellbinding Circle caught the Gate Guardian as Suijin was destroyed completely, leaving Dox with 780 life points.
"ALRIGHT! We'll tumble that thing down like a tower of blocks!" Joey smirked.
"My turn!" Para declared as he showed De-Spell. "I'll de-spell your Spellbinding Circle! Your turn!"
"Then, here it goes!" Joey smirked as he drew his next card and caught Yugi's glance.
"I think he wants you to play me," Damon said as Joey nodded unsurely, since Yugi did declare that dragons weren't made for this sort of setting.
"I'll summon out good ol' Red-Eyes!" Joey declared as Red-Eyes Black Dragon appeared on the field. Its head turned toward the blond.
"I'll fight for you and his majesty," Damon promised before Red-Eyes Black Dragon gave a wink.
'Majesty? I'll have to ask Yugi about that later,' Joey thought in awestruck. Did Damon know about Yugi?
"I'll play Polymerization to combine Summoned Skull with Red-Eyes to create Black Skull Dragon!" Yugi declared as Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Skull Dragon morphed together and Black Skull Dragon appeared bold and brave.
"HA! NOT BAD DAMON!" Joey grinned, his friends turning cock-eyed, but brushed it off.
Yugi blinked at that name. Atem appeared cock-eyed asking, "what is it?"
'That name, Damon. I know I heard it from somewhere, but I don't know where,' Yugi confessed as Atem rose two eyebrows. 'I think it might be a part of a memory I lost.'
"Strange," Atem responded with raised eyebrows. "You think you might've known Red-Eyes?"
'Maybe,' Yugi shrugged before continuing the game. He decided to worry about his lost memories later.
Dox laughed mockingly and smirked, "YOU FOOLS! HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN? THIS LABYRINTH CAN ONLY BE CROSSED BY GROUND UNITS, NOT FLYING CREATURES!"
"Didn't Yugi say something about that?" Damon asked as Joey looked at Yugi with raised eyebrows. He seemed to hold sure confidence. "I think he knew what he was doing, Joseph. Just keep fighting."
"I'm done," Joey smirked, trusting Yugi.
"Common guys! You can do it!" Tea cheered.
"Yeah, it's the only way to get out of this mother f***ing place!" Ryan glared with folded arms.
"Brother!" Ryou cried, shaking terrified. "He's back! I can feel it!"
'What the hell... oh shit, you don't mean?' Ryan replied wide-eyed.
"M-hm," Ryou nodded, still trembling. "He was already awake, but... he was trying to find a perfect time for you to put on the ring. With us in danger, he's using this opportunity. Don't put on the ring!"
'Of course not!'
"Even if we're trapped here forever, DON'T!"
'Wait, why aren't you possessed if he's awake?'
"He only possesses me when you're wearing the ring, I think," Ryou thought while staring at the ground. "I think when a host has the ring on, he... he can take over my soul room easier. When I'm just a spirit, he can't go into my soul room, since I am not in your body."
'So I'm protecting you as well, by not putting on the ring.'
Dox drew his next card and declared, "I'll play my magic card Ryoku!"
"HOLY SHIT!" Joey responded as he watched his and Yugi's life points cut in half. Joey now had 650 life points while Yugi had 600. Half of their life points were transferred to the two remaining pieces of the Gate Guardian.
"My turn!" Yugi declared as he drew his next card. He smirked widely before saying, "My Dark Magician exits from the labyrinth!" Dark Magician flew out of the hat and started walking seven spaces toward the Gate Guardian. The Paradox Brothers laughed in mockery, since the Dark Magician had to go passed the Gate Guardian. "And before I end my turn, I'll activate Monster Reborn!"
"Bring on any monster you like," Para smirked.
"We will still be able to strike," Dox finished.
"GEEZE GUYS! WILL YOU STOP THE RHYMING ALREADY?" Joey yelled. "I mean seriously, what is this, Poetry Class?"
"Gate Guardian, attack Dark Magician!" Para declared as Gate Guardian, but not before Suijin, the monster Yugi summoned using Monster Reborn, blocked it. He gasped as Yugi giggled before Joey drew his next card.
"I'm gonna just go and use Copy Cat!" Joey smirked as the twins gasped. "I'll be copying your card Ryoku! Thought I'd give you a taste of your own medicine!" The Paradox Brothers' life points were halved. Para had 450 life points while Dox had 390. "Now, I'll use them on Black Skull Dragon!" Black Skull Dragon's attack points were now 4040.
"Nice going, little bro," Damon cheered.
"Wait, you can still talk to me in there?" Joey asked cock-eyed.
"Just because I'm in a fused monster, doesn't mean I can't talk to my little bro."
"Uh Joey, are you okay?" Tristan asked looking at his friend as if he was drunk. "You're talking to a holographic monster."
"Yah, I'm fine," Joey grinned nervously while rubbing the back of his head. "Just... you know... just talkin..."
"Riiiiiight," Tea said grimly.
"My turn!" Dox declared as he drew his next card. "Kazejin destroys Suijin!" Kazejin attacked and destroyed Suijin, who was summoned by Yugi's monster reborn. The brothers smirked widely, seeing that Yugi and Joey were close to defeat.
Yugi giggled as the brothers' eyes widened. He revealed his magic card called Shift and declared, "I use Shift. There was a reason I had Dark Magician cross the Labyrinth." The Paradox Brothers gasped with wide eyes. "This card lets me switch my Dark Magician and Black Skull Dragon." Automatically, Dark Magician and Black Skull Dragon disappeared and appeared in the other's position. Black Skull Dragon was right in front of Gate Guardian.
"Ready for this?" Yugi asked with a game face.
"Ready!" Joey smirked.
"BLACK SKULL DRAGON, ATTACK!" Yugi and Joey shouted together as Black Skull Dragon attacked Gate Guardian and the Paradox Brothers' life points went down to 0.
"YEAH! GO DAMON!" Joey cheered while jumping in the air.
"Uh Joey... who's Damon?" Tea asked, wondering if Joey really had been drinking.
"Well uhhhh," Joey said, trying to come up with a logical answer.
"I think that's the true name of Red-Eyes Black Dragon," Yugi said, then showing a bright smile. "Dark Magician's real name is Mahad. Cool huh?"
"Ok, aside from the weirdness that goes around here, YOU GUYS WON!" Tristan grinned as the group gave a hug in excitement.
"Ten star chips!" Yugi grinned happily.
"You may have won this game," Para smirked.
"But your problem is still the same," Dox said.
"You must choose which door is right."
"And which door is not right."
"We haven't forgotten," Yugi said with a slight smirk. "There are two doors. One is guarded by Para, and the other by Dox. We only get to open the door to the person we beat and we beat both of you. Both doors should be open."
"No, only one door will open!" The Paradox Brothers disagreed.
"Man, how are they doing that?" Atem wondered with his arms crossed.
"HEY! THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Joey shouted.
"Since when was this tournament actually fair?" Ryan asked sarcastically with folded arms.
"You must choose a door," Dox declared.
"Which one will you go for," Para smirked.
"I'll give you a hint: my door is the one."
"No, my door is the one."
"UGH! WOULD YOU STOP THAT CRAP ALREADY!" Joey yelled, his head hurting. "I'm getting a headache."
"This seems difficult. Joey asked them which door was the right door, but they never said the answer, just showed it. It could be a trick to deceive us," Atem thought with folded arms.
'I was thinking that too. I also think their words are also there to deceive us,' Yugi said as Atem nodded.
"They also seem sure that we will never find an exit, even though it's a fifty-fifty chance," Atem added before rubbing his chin. "How can they be so confident?"
'There are four possible answers: Para's door is the right one, Dox's door is the right one, both doors are right, or they're both wrong and there's a third door leading somewhere else,' Yugi reviewed over the possible answers. He bit his bottom lip.
"It seems your suspicious that there's a third door," Dox smirked.
"Very well, search around if there's a third door," Para declared as everyone searched besides Yugi and Ryan.
"You aren't going to look?"
"I'm good right here," Yugi said with confidence.
"I'm good here too," Ryan smirked as Yugi looked over to his friend. It seemed the white-haired teen was getting the whole deceptive picture.
"We couldn't find an exit anywhere," Tristan said without hope after searching for five minutes. Ryan smirked as a dark chuckle escaped his nose. Him and Yugi gave glances as if they were using some mind communication.
"Now, choose a door!" The Paradox Brothers said.
"I think Yugi's got it!" Ryou said happily to his brother as Ryan gave him a smirk.
Yugi dug in his pocket and retrieved two coins. One had Para's name and the other one had Dox's name. The Paradox Brothers laughed in mockery. Yugi smirked widely while Ryan was just sitting there with his arms loosely crossed.
"You're going to decide your fate in a coin toss?" Dox mocked.
"Watch!" Yugi said, placing two coins on the dueling table. "I have two coins, left and right." He covered them with two fingers. "The coin I will leave in my hand, will be the door I choose. You ready?"
"Make your move!" The Paradox Brothers said together.
Yugi removed his left two fingers to show Dox's name. Ryan shouted, "Ahh, the Dox coin! That means the coin in your other hand must be Para!"
"IDIOT! DOX WAS THE RIGHT DOOR!" Ryan shouted, as the Paradox Brothers laughed maniacally.
"It's too late! You already chose the Para door!" Dox declared.
"It's too late to change from the Para door," Para said.
"You should have listened to your white-haired friend."
"But you haven't, and now your journey is at its end."
"The correct answer is..."
"THE DOX DOOR!" The Paradox Brothers answered together as everyone gasped. Everyone seemed anxiously defeated, except for Yugi and Ryan, who just narrowed their eyes.
"YOU CHOSE WRONG AND NOW YOU MUST STAY HERE FOREVER!" Dox declared with a maniacal laugh.
"I knew it," Yugi and Ryan replied together as everyone stared a blank-eye at Yugi and Ryan.
"I knew it from the smudginess on your faces that I wouldn't be able to choose correctly," Yugi explained with a childish smirk and folded arms. "Because there is no right answer. If I said Para, the correct answer would be Dox and vise versa."
"In other words, they would decide which door was correct after knowing which door their opponent would choose," Ryan finished before letting out a chuckle. "I must say, maybe we both really do think alike."
"That doesn't matter, you still couldn't choose correctly," Dox smirked. "We win!"
"Not really," Ryan disagreed while rolling his eyes as Yugi removed his other fingers, which also showed Dox.
"I chose the Dox coin," Yugi said as the brothers gasped in horror. He showed the coin he covered with his left hand. "The coin I covered with my right hand had Dox written on both sides, but the first coin I revealed had Para on the other." Yugi put the coins down and asked mockingly, "did I mention that my left hand doesn't play fair?"
The Paradox Brothers were shocked beyond all means that they lost. Yugi and his friends quickly left the room to the outside of cave walls. After leaving, Ryan and Yugi gawked up in laughter. They laughed so hard, they were choking from lack of oxygen.
"You are one sneaky mother f***ing bitch!" Ryan complimented.
"I know huh?" Yugi agreed.
"Ok, it's time for you boys to explain," Tea smirked while crossing her arms.
"Yeah, how'd you do that?" Hanaski asked anxiously.
"I found out with their smudgy expressions and their play," Yugi replied.
"Same can go here," Ryan smirked with folded arms. "In fact I used to do that kind of crap in England before meeting Ryou. I worked at a local casino and would play one of those gambling 'hide the coin' games. You take three or four cups and cover the coin with them. Then, you shuffle them. While doing this, you slide the cup with the coin far enough where it hits your lap, so the contestant will make a wrong guess."
"You f***ing cheat!" Joey glared as Ryan chuckled with a sneaky smirk.
"I didn't know that Ryan knew about the trick until he sat still while the rest of you guys looked for a third door. I needed him to distract the Paradox Brothers, so they wouldn't see through my trick," Yugi said.
"So, how did you know Yugi was playing that trick?" Hanaski asked.
"When he showed the damn coins. If he wasn't doing a f***ing trick, than he would've been guessing with words, not coins," Ryan replied while rolling his eyes.
"One question, when did you realize gambling was a waste of your time?" Joey asked smirkingly before being punched by Tristan. "OW! GEEZ TRISTAN!"
"It was Ryou," Ryan replied with a soft smile. "I was alone until he came into my life. Atem says that Yugi is the same way."
"Now that I think about it, since Yugi came around, Atem's been less of an ass," Tea smirked.
"Huh, I guess Atem has changed. Who knew a spirit inhabiting a body could change a person?" Tristan asked rhetorically as Yugi blushed.
"He's changed me as well," Yugi admitted while looking at the ground. "He's shown me true courage, even at ten years old."
"Wow," Hanaski responded.
"Hey, I think there's light up there!" Tristan shouted, pointing to the way out of the tunnel. Everyone excitedly ran out of the cave, Yugi and Joey with ten star chips.