(Hikari's pov.)
In order for me to prevent myself from killing the others, specifically Joey as he continuously shouted 'Yami got some!', I decided to tinker. I had found an old duel disk in the closet and some tools in the living room. It was broken, it wouldn't even turn on! I took it apart and after a few minutes of getting familiar with it's inside, I began to put it back together, but a little differently. It was now more sophisticated (a/n: more sophisticated than the gx duel disk. and more high tech looking than the zexal one as well.) and looked way better. Gone were the dull, monotone colors of the original, and in it's place was a cloudy white with red veins peeking through. It looked like a rare stone, well, a high tech stone.
Now to test it... I placed a nearby card onto the center, which opened up which caused the card to fall in. Not to much longer a familiar dragon appeared in the room, majestic and beautiful. It worked all right, now to put it to good use...
The others all agreed to go out into town with me, except for Yami, who had to stay behind and call his manager about something important. Tea, of course, was trying to find a reason to stay as well, but in the end gave up and joined us. "Try to come soon, okay?" she begged, whimpering softly and biting her lip. I resisted the urge to laugh at Yami's annoyed expression.
He took a deep breath and replied with a small tick mark on his temple. "Maybe, but no promises." Tea bounced up and down against him giggling and cheering with joy. Yami just took a step back, grumbling in annoyance. Show time. I walked up to him and smiled gently, gazing into his surprised amethyst eyes.
"Well... if you can, please try to be there. It would mean a lot to me, to all of us." I whisper, touching his arm softly. He blinked, and nodded in a daze.
"...I'll try..." he mumbled at last. I said a quick thank you and walked over to the amazed group. Tea flipped me the bird discretely, and I can flip me off all she wants, I still got what I wanted. From both parties.
(To the town. Oh, Hikari, I changed the plans A little in this next part, just to... well, you'll see)
We began to walk around town and I looked for those who looked capable of dueling. And when I say dueling, I don't just mean they can duel. I mean that they are able to hold their own for a while, actually prove a threat. No one popped up on my radar. All the while, Tea was getting more agitated and angry about my stunt earlier, purposefully trying to push me on 'accident'. But I just ducked at the last minuet to 'lace up my shoe' causing her to loose her balance and fall either on her face or butt. It was most amusing. After about five or so assurances, she exploded."I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL!" she screamed, before whipping out a duel disk.
"I accept."I said, reaching into my pocket.
"But, 'Kari you don't have a-" Joey began but shut up when he saw what I pulled out of my jeans. It looked like a red and white square, with a ruby like jem at it's center. I pushed it and it popped open into my modified Duel disk.
"Fancy contraptions are not going to make you win! It's all about the cards!" Tea laughed, catching a few people's interests. A decent sized crowd had gathered around us. If it's a show they want, it's a show they'll get.
In unison, we both shouted:"IT'S TIME TO DUEL!"
(Tristan's pov)
Well Tea looked pissed. But I gotta hand it to Hikari, she has one nifty looking duel disk. The duel started, and Tea went first. She played a few weak monsters on the field, then used them to summon a strong monster, that with one attack, could have Hikari beat. But she didn't look the least bit nervous. She played a simple monster, that had no effect, the placed a card faced down. Even with the monster, Hikari would be beat in a second. But that look on her face, I recognized it. It's the look Yami always had when he had a plan up his sleeve. Something interesting was about to go down.
"Oh please, that pathetic thing is not going to save you. Now, Fairy Queen (a/n Idk if it's a real card, I just made it up. pretend it's strong.) attack her monster and win this thing." Tea snarled, pointing at her.
"Reveal face down card!" now, I was expecting something cool that would catch us all of guard, but what happened... it reduced her monsters attack points to zero. Nothing like Yami, at all. Tea's monster struck the small creature and... Tea's life points were dropping rapidly. "Whatever damage you try to give to me, while be deduced from you. Which means... I win." Guess I spoke too soon.
(Hikari's pov)
I though Tea took the defeat rather well, she was only screaming profanities at me. "Well done, Hikari." a deep voice said behind me. I turned to find Yami smiling at me, an amused look in his eyes. He wore a navy hoodie, which contrasted from his usual leather attire.
Tea noticed and immediately went back to her 'normal' self. Of course, Yami didn't even acknowledge her."Thanks, let's keep on walking around." I suggested, and we all walked on, oblivious to a certain brunette screaming for attention. After awhile, we reached a crowd of people, trying to push back security guys. From what I gathered, it was some sort of celebrity. And considering this was duelist city, it was probably a duelist. My suspicions were confirmed as people began asking for duels, and I just searched for a face.
"Ra, I wish we could actually talk to this duelist, I hear she is amazing." Yugi muttered. I was about to step forward and use that trick I used last time, when Tea shoved past me. She walked up to the men and flirted heavily with them for a good while, I think she may have even flashed them. Afterwards, they let us into the circle, Yami didn't say anything, he didn't even look angry or anything. Anyways, in the center was an olive skinned woman with poofy, frizzy black hair and round onyx eyes. She was rather short and wore a tacky outfit. She turned toward us and looked each of us up and down.
"Uh, excuse me, I only talk to people worth my time. You all can leave, except, the two guys with crazy hair." She snarled, a snotty expression on her face.
"And yet, you spoke to us." I replied, sighing in mock sorrow. The others were trying not to laugh as Joey let out an 'ooohhhhhhh'
"Were you insulting me?" she asked, again in a snarky attitude.
"Easy tiger, I was only pointing out the fact you were talking to us. No need to get all tense." The others were turning purple from suppressing their laughter and I smirked briefly.
"I hate you. And I'm going to humiliate you by wiping the floor with you in a duel. Get ready, bitch, because you are about to suffer defeat at the hand of D'andria. " ah, so that's her name. I accepted and the duel began. I admit, she was impressive but she was manipulating her cards. She didn't care about anything, but having the strongest monster. It's girls like her that remind me why I always got in fights in school. Wait, what? How did I... OH, I'll think about it later, right now I have a duel to win. It didn't take long. Just a Mirror Force combed with a Cemetery Bomb and she was gone and I still had most of my life points remaining.
D'andria was furious and stomped away into a limo while flipping me the bird and yelling 'I hate you' at the top of her lungs. I just laugh and turn towards the others who all smile and cheer. Yami steps forward, to congratulate hoodie was gone to reveal a pyramid shaped puzzle on a thick chain. The noise in the back ground faded and images began flashing through my mind. Some were faded, but they slowly got clearer as time passed. In a few, I recognized that girl I was in my nightmare, actually, she was in a lot, but then it was more recent. I recognized parts of Domino city and saw snippets of duels with multiple people until finally, it was just white. He stepped forward, shouting something and I ran. I don't know why, I just did.I let my feet guide me as more images flashed through my mind.
Yami sending a man with freakishly large eyebrows into madness, him battling with two men, one with hair similar to a Kuriboh's, the other with a motorcycle. Another of him struggling to suppress darkness, of holding Yugi as he faded away. I panted as I was slowly brought back into reality. I was on my knees in a littered alleyway overshadowed by a tall building. My vision began slipping as my strength seeped into the cold concrete beneath me. I collapsed and groaned as my head made contact, but I didn't care. I just wanted to sink into the blissful arms of sleep. Just as I began to slip into unconsciousness, I registered a person walking towards me. They gave a low chuckle and I saw a hand reach out for me before my world went black.
yeah so it's really long and stuff. Yes, Hikari, it's late but...oh gosh don't kill me like you said you were going to! Oh, and I forgot, is next chapter Imate's or yours? because I know what yours will be, but we have to do that thing we talked about earlier with Bakura... I hope you liked the change. I just thought it would add a little more... oomph to the readers, this is Emu here, telling you not to worry about the cliff hanger. the next chapter will be up soon! and thank you for the comments, keep it up!
~DREAM BIG!