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They soon arrived at Domino Station. Joey was looking around. Yugi was looking at Draco who knew which train they needed to get on, however she knew they would need the ticket too board the Duel Exspress. Two men stood there at the ticket booth when they reached the ticket booth. the two men had duel disks on their arms and they were in charge of the train tickets. You could tell by their blue uniforms.
"Are you duelists?" The 1st man asked smiling at them.
"Yes we are." Yugi answered. The two men had amusement in their eyes. Draco sighed she knew this wasn't going to be easy at all.
"Ah, you are? Then please step on board!" the 2nd man said smiling stepping to the side.
"Alright!" Joey said grinning as he was about too step foreward however the two men then blocked the way. "Hey what gives?"
"Just kidding! It's never that easy. If you wish to board the Duel exspress...You'll have to get by us first! Winning this tag duel is your dueling pass for you three!" The two men said smiling.
So we don't need an actual ticket. Interesting. Draco thought.
Joey frowned. "I wasn't exspectin' things to be a cake walk...but who would have imagined a tag duel to test our skills?"
"Joey, its called the Duel Exspress for a reason." Draco pointed out as she crossed her arms in annoyance.
"Well, I don't think we have much of a choice, except duel. Also there is no way, that every duelist in the world can fit into the train, Joey." Yugi said nervously as Draco nodded with a firm look.
"That would have too be a pretty big train or we would all be packed in there like sardines and i highly doupt any of could duel like that, let alone breathe." Draco said.
"I guess dat's true...but in a tag duel you'll need a partner." Joey said before he looked at Draco with a wide smile. "So Draco who do you want to team up with? Me or Yugi?"
"Why are you asking me!? Why don't you two duel?" Draco asked with wide eyes.
"Draco, you need as much practice as you can get. Considering you're a little rusty at dueling from what what happened at Battle City and from that match with Rebecca." Joey said.
"I hate too say it Draco, but Joey's right. We saw how you were struggling against Rebecca and normally you're a lot better then that. It was like you were fighting with yourself durring the entire duel. I know what Ishizu said is troubling you and reopening those memories of what Marik did to you..." Yugi said looking concerned.
"Thanks for the reminder Yugi. I really needed to remember all that." Draco said bitterly as her eye twitched in annoyance.
"Sorry...just saying." Yugi said nervously as he inched back away from her.
"It's fine...Joey, I'm choosing you since you need the practice as well. I trust Yugi's dueling skills, Your dueling skills however...makes me worried." Draco said sighing as she uncrossed her arms.
"That was a wise decision, Draco! I promise i wont let you down." Joey said grinning. "Hey wait a minute! Are you saying i'm a bad duelist!?" He yelled.
"Not at all Joey, I'm just saying you make me worry when you duel. i never once said you were a bad duelist nor was it hinted." Draco said. Yugi shook his head as he gave Draco an amused smile. Joey then smiled at Draco as well.
"Are you two done arguing or are you ready to duel?" The 2nd man asked.
"Oh we're ready, right Draco?" Joey asked smiling.
"The sooner we get this over with, the better." Draco said.
"Very well then miss." the 1st man said smiling.
"Let's duel!" Joey, Draco and the two men yelled as their duel disks activated.
"Bravo! Bravo! Please feel free to board the train." The two man said smiling at Draco, Yugi and Joey. Draco and Joey had won the duel.
"What took ya so long Draco?" Joey asked her.
"Don't you dare start with me Joey..." Draco hissed as her eye twitched in annoyance but it went unheared and unnoticed by Joey who continued.
"If you're having trouble against these guys...well, I hate too think what would happen if you went up against some real competition. Normally you are way better then this...also I know it's not because of the deck your using." Joey said looking worried as well as concerned.
"I know it's not my deck Joey...it's me." Draco said bitterly.
"Draco...please you need too stay focus about this." Yugi said looking concerned.
"I know...I know...just can't get my mind into the game!" Draco said bitterly as they walked foreward.
The three duelists were unaware of the hidden danger, lerking in the shadows close behind them. Just watching them as the person followed them, with an evil smile on his face as he wore black hooded robes. That hid its appearence. "Heeheehee...I've found them...this will be so easy...hahahaaa." a male said laughing as he followed them at a distance not to be noticed as he slipped onto the Duel Express as well.
"The Duel Exspress is reserved for duelists only...I'm raring to go!" Joey said in an excited voice as they boarded the train. Inside the train was very big and pretty impressive.
"Remember what our objective is...Joey" Draco said softly as they headed for a compartment on the train. They found a room and sat down on the soft benches
"Yeah I know. However if we raise our dueling skills, while we look for the millennium items, that's like killing two birds with one stone!" Joey said grinning.
"Joey's right." yugi said as teh train started too pull out of the station.
"Point taken..."
"Alright duelists, it's time too duel and remember winners gain the losers rarest card." An announcement is heared. before the sounds of dueling echoed in the train. Draco sighed as they stood up so they could do some dueling. That was when all the lights went out.
"What the hell!? Did the train loose power or something?" Joey asked.
"Uh Joey, the train is still moving. Want too try that again?" Draco said as her eye twitched in annoyance.
"Draco's right, Joey. If the train did loose power well we could have come to a complete emergancy stop, that would have sent us toppling over and hitting the floor. and we would be in tangled mess on the floor." Yugi said.
"Yugi's also right about that Joey, also this is a new train system that Kaiba set up especially for duelists. It can't be a system glitch, or a malfuction. Kaiba always runs tests and make sures everything is fully opperational before revealing something something so large. Also all the train stations run a lot of exspections and test runs, before allowing any train too carry passengers. Someone had to shut off the lights mannually." Draco said firmly.
"How do you know that?" Joey asked.
"I helped my cousin desighn the duel exspress. Why do you think, I spent so much time after school with my cousin, especially after Battle City, Joey?" Draco said as she made a fist as she shook. Oh gods of Egypt, how she wanted too hit joey over the head few hundred times. Maybe it would stay inside his head. She counted to ten in her mind before she forced herself to calm down. "I thought I exsplain all this, too you guys already."
"Oh right...anyways I don't like this one bit." Joey said frowning. Draco smacked her face as Yugi sighed.
"I just hope this isn't going to turn into a shadow game, since none of us has a millennium item." Yugi said frowning.
"You're forgetting Draco's bracelete." Joey said pointing the bracelete.
"Joey, we have no proff if it is a millennium item or not! Her item didn't dissappear with the other millennium items." Yugi said.
"Unless my bracelete, isn't part of the same set of millennium items that were created." Draco pointed out.
"Two set of millennium items? Is that even possible?" Joey asked.
"Joey, if Anubis the egyptain god of the dead, showed up too duel the pharaoh and me, with the Pyridmid of light so soon after the battle City tournament...then I strongly believe it could be possible. Also Draco, does have a very good point Joey." Yugi said softly.
"That's right Anubis, kept starring at her, so strangely and acted differently around her. When he saw her bracelete and especially when he heared Draco's last name was the same as his first name. He almost appeared weary of her." Joey said.
"Why do i have a bad feeling about this whole mess?!" Draco asked just as the lights then came back on as they left the compartment, only to be greeted by a hooded man standing there before them with a duel disk. "I really need too keep my big mouth shut..." She said under her breath that went unheared.
"Hahahaha...you'll go no further then this. Hahahaha..." The man laughed causing yugi, Joey and Draco to be on guard.
"Who are you!?" Yugi demanded with narrowed eyes.
"My name is Panik, The millennium items will never be yours! Hahahahaha! Looks like we've entered a tunnel! Darkness gives me power! It's time too duel!" The man laughed as he pulled his hood off as he activated his dueldisk.
"Panik!?" Yugi and Joey yelled as they reconised him.
"Oh great, we deal with the psycho pyromaniac idiot from Duelist Kingdom, who tried to barbeque or crispy fry Yugi, in that fire death trap of duelist platform." Draco said in annoyance.
"Who are you calling an idiot miss doll face?!" Panik snarled. Draco's body shook in rage at that comment.
"THAT'S IT! THE CREEP, IS GETTING HIS ASS KICKED!" Draco snarled as she walked foreward. "I'll take you on you!" Draco hissed as she activated her duel disk.
"Draco!" Yugi and Joey yelped in alarm with wide eyes of surprise.
"I wont loose too this idiot. That's a damn promise..." Draco said firmly as her eyes appeared too darken slightly. Yugi and Joey then smiled as they reconised the old Draco shining through in her eyes.
"We believe in ya." Joey said.
"Remember to believe in the heart of the cards!" Yugi said grinning.
"Right..." Draco said. I didn't really need the reminder of the heart of the cards speech Yugi. I really hate that speech as well as Tea's friendship speeches. She thought silently to herself. She never did have the heart too tell Yugi or Tea too shut up when they did their speeches.
"LET'S DUEL!" Draco and Panik yelled before they started dueling. Their duel disks activated as Draco held a deadly exspression on her face as her eyes burned with determination.
To Be Continued...
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