~Ari~
Yami and I go back to the Game Shop in hopes of finding the invitation. We enter to find that Yugi's Grandfather looking at some cards on the counter, "Oh, nice of you to return!" he says.
I'm not sure how to answer that, so I just cut to the question Yami and I both want to know, "Yeah, but did an invitation or anything come today?" I ask.
"Hmm… not that I know of. Maybe they sent it while I was doing errands." He says.
"Okay, thanks." I say as the two of us go upstairs.
I decide the best place to start is for us to look in Yugi and Sabrina's bedrooms. So Yami goes into Yugi's, and I go into Sabrina's. I open the door to find things just as they were this morning; clothes across the bed and the closet wide open. I then look over to a note on the desk. I open the blank envelope to read the letter, it says;
Sabrina Cafford,
We are glad to inform you that you have been invited to a Duel Monsters tournament. The tournament will take place in Domino City. For further information, please head to Domino Square at 7 pm. Thank you for your cooperation.
I look at the clock on the wall; it says 6:41 pm. I walk out of the room and walk into Yugi's room where Yami is finishing reading the letter he got. "We better get down to the square." I say.
He nods and the two of us go back downstairs. Yugi's Grandfather is still at the counter, "Oh, leaving so soon?" he says.
"We got an invitation to a tournament. We'll be back soon." Yami says opening the door.
The two of us leave and head for the square. We make it there just in time to see tons of duelist standing around. "Well Ishizu was right about one thing." I say.
"I'm not sure if she's correct about everything. But I do know that I need to enter this tournament and win." Yami says.
"Yes, but don't forget, I'm here to."
"Yeah, how could I forget?"
I then sense something. I realize that this presence is the same one whose been wanting the Puzzle and Pendant, "You feel that to right?" I say.
"Yes, but now that feeling is just… gone"
"Oh hey guys! I didn't expect to see you two here!" a woman says. I look over to see Mai Valentine running toward us. Oh, joy. "It's nice to see you two again!" she says.
"Uh huh…" I say.
She then almost locks me in a headlock, "Your looking snazzy today. You two aren't on a date are you?" Mai says.
Personally, I guess I would count this as a date, but I really wouldn't admit to it. "I wouldn't count it as a date, Mai. Friends can hang out together and still look nice right?" I say. I wink at Yami to say that I don't mean the 'friends' thing, since it's kind of more than that. I just don't want Sabrina and Yugi to be in an awkward place.
"Sure, if you say so." Mai says releasing her headlock on me. I grab my throat and gasp for air.
"So, I'm guessing you're here for the tournament?" Yami says changing the subject.
"Yes, and I'm guessing that's the reason you guys are here to."
"Yeah, but do you know whose hosting it?" I ask.
"I have no idea. Everyone I spoke to got an anonymous invitation. But the rumor is that the host is someone with a boat-load of cash and a horrible attitude."
"Gee, I'm wondering who that could be." I say sarcastically. Following that description, I'm about 97% sure that the host is Kaiba. "It's obviously Kaiba." I say.
"That must be why Ishizu had us enter this tournament! If the past will occur again then I must face Kaiba!" Yami says.
Mai looks sort of puzzled, "What on earth are you mumbling about? Anyway, we can be sure the host isn't Pegasus." She says.
"Yeah, but this place still looks a ton like Duelist Kingdom. I mean, look over there." I say.
"Yeah, that's Rex Raptor and Weevil Underwood. Also there's Mako Tsunami. And over there is this guy named Espa Roba, they say he uses psychic powers to duel." Mai says.
"And there's our host." I say pointing to a TV screen. Kaiba's face seems to be taking over each screen around town right now.
"Greetings duelists, welcome to the town of Domino. But more importantly, welcome to my tournament." Kaiba says. Geez, can his ego get any bigger? "I see you each received your private invite to Kaiba Corps exclusive Duel Monsters tournament. And you had enough brains to show up here tonight. Being that you are all elite duelists, I've added special rules to my tournament just for experts. For example, you will duel using these new and improved Duel Disks."
The camera lowers so we can see a Duel Disk on Kaiba's left forearm. It's larger than the original one he had in Duelist Kingdom and probably a lot less confusing to operate. "Another new rule that I designed for this tournament, is that before each duel each player will bet on their rarest card. And the loser will forfeit their card to the winner." Kaiba says. Forfeit Divine Queen!? "My competition will make Pegasus and his Duelist Kingdom tournament look like a joke." The screen then goes blank with the Kaiba Corp logo on it.
I wind then starts above us. I look up to see a helicopter with Kaiba standing on the edge of it. He's wearing a different trench-coat from the last time we saw him. This time, he wears a long white one and is wearing all black underneath it. "Don't forget to register and pick up your Duel Disk, because in exactly one week, my Battle City tournament begins!" he says.
~Sabrina~
A few days have passed by, and it's almost time for the tournament. School was having a break the past few days, so now everyone is heading back. During our morning recess, the gang and I meet up on the roof to discuss Battle City.
"You can't be serious! That big punk Kaiba is throwing a big tournament and I wasn't invited!?" Joey shouts.
"Well, Kaiba doesn't exactly like you, you know. He probably hates you more than he hates Yugi. And besides, he probably wants you to feel angry about it, for his enjoyment." I say.
"Yeah, but still! Third place in Duelist Kingdom and I get nothing! Even Mai is more popular in the dueling world than I am, and she came in fourth place!"
"Just stop complaining! You miss out on one tournament; it's not the end of the world."
"Fine. But are you going to enter Yugi?" Joey asks. What kind of question is that! Of course we're entering!
"Of course, this tournament will be the only way for me to realize my destiny." Yugi says.
"You're destiny?" Joey says.
"It's a long story, but I'll sum it up for you. Some evil force is coming back from the past and it's my job to defeat it once again."
"Then it will be my destiny to help! With none other than Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
"So you changed your mind again, and now you're going to enter Kaiba's tournament?" Tristan says.
"Of course! And with this baby in my deck, I'll squish any force that comes near me!" Joey says kissing the Red-Eyes card. "Isn't that right Red-Eyes? Who's going to help me kick some major Kaiba butt?"
Okay, Joey is officially weirding me out now. "But didn't you learn your lesson the last time you got your butt kicked by Kaiba?" Tea says.
"Yeah, Red-Eyes is powerful, but it doesn't stand anywhere near Kaiba's Blue-Eyes." I say. "And besides you're going to have to get used to the new Duel Disk."
"But even the old ones were too advanced for me! It cost me that duel!"
"But you're still a much better duelist then you were then Joey. You should probably just start practicing with the new Duel Disk." Yugi says.
The rest of the school day passes by rather quickly. After school, we all head straight to the registration office. We enter the office to find a man behind a counter with a computer next to him, "May I be of some assistance?" he says.
"Yeah, we came here to register for the Battle City tournament and get our Duel Disks." Yugi says.
"Then this is the right place. You're lucky that I have three Duel Disks left." The man says. "Names please?"
"Yugi Muto." Yugi says.
The man types in his name on the computer and turns the screen around so we can see it. On the screen, is a picture of Yugi, his Dark Magician, and five stars below. "Where does this information come from?" I ask.
"Kaiba Corp did research on some of the biggest duelists around the world, and compiled them into a database. To see that each duelist is qualified, Mister Kaiba has gone through the list himself. This shows your ranking and rarest card used in a duel. Next please?"
"Sabrina Cafford." I say.
He types in my name and turns the screen so we can see. I have five stars like Yugi, and Divine Queen is next to my name. "Very good, you also qualify. And since you two do, I'm allowed to grant you with this." He says holding out two boxes for the Duel Disk.
"Wow, thanks." I say as Yugi and I take the boxes.
Joey then shoves us aside, "I'd like to register too. My name's Joey Wheeler." He says.
The man types in the name and turns the screen so we can see. His rarest card is Red-Eyes Black Dragon and he has a one star ranking. I knew that would happen. "That can't be! Kaiba fixed those results! I'm going to kill him!" Joey yells.
"Joey calm down! Quit spazzing!" Tristan says holding him back from rampaging.
"Oh! I'm sorry Mister Wheeler, but it appears that my hard drive was malfunctioning. It appears that you have four stars. Congratulations, you qualify." The man says.
"Aw yeah! I knew dat computer was wrong! Now come to papa!" Joey says grabbing his Duel Disk box.
We then exit the shop and start walking home. "Oh, guys I have to get going. Serenity's eye operation is tomorrow. I told her I'd stay at the hospital with her tonight." Joey says.
"Okay, wish her luck from us Joey. I'm sure it will go smoothly." Yugi says.
"Alright, later guys!" Joey says running off.
The rest of us then depart. Yugi and I head back to the Game Shop and go to sleep. The next morning, I wake up and head down to the kitchen. I notice that Yugi isn't awake yet, so I just start eating a piece of toast. I then hear the phone ring.
I walk over and answer it, "Hello?" I say.
"Oh, hello, is this the home of Yugi Muto?" a woman says
"Yes."
"Oh, okay, this is Mrs. Wheeler, Joseph's mother. Have you seen him?" she says kind of frantically.
"No, the last time we saw him was last night. Why, did something happen?"
"Yes, he didn't show up at the hospital last night."
"What!? Don't worry, Mrs. Wheeler, we'll start looking for him right away!" I say hanging up the phone.
Run upstairs as fast as I can to Yugi's room, "YUGI! YUGI! OPEN THE DOOR!" I yell pounding on it. I hear a large thud and then I open the door. I find Yugi lying on the floor, rubbing his eyes.
"What is it? Can't a guy sleep in?" he says.
"NO YOU CAN'T! Listen, Mrs. Wheeler called and said Joey never showed up at the hospital. SO GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND LET'S START LOOKING FOR HIM!" I yell.
"WHAT!? J-just give me a minute to get dressed. I run out of the room and start getting my clothes on. I don't have time to put on anything special, so I just put on a white tank top and a pair of jeans. I quickly put my hair into a ponytail and rush downstairs. Yugi comes downstairs a minute later, "Don't worry, I called Tea and told her. She's going to call Tristan." He says.
"Alright." I say walking outside.
Tea shows up first, and Tristan comes a second later on a motorcycle. "What should we do?" Tea says.
"We should split up. Tristan will cover more ground on his motorcycle, while the rest of us go on foot." I say.
"Right!" the rest of them say.
I start by checking some of the narrow alleyways, but find nothing. I then continue my search near most of the downtown areas, but still nothing. All of us meet downtown, but Tea, Yugi, and I haven't found anything. Tristan then zooms past us on his motorcycle, "Hey look what I got!" he says as he passes us.
"Hey! He's got Joey! And he's okay!" Yugi says.
With Joey okay, Tea, Yugi and I head to the Game Shop. We just sit around and watch TV, until the phone rings again. "I'll get it." Yugi says walking into the other room. "Hello? What's that Joey? Serenity's operation went well? That's awesome!"
I'm glad for Joey. Yugi continues talking on the phone for a minute, and then hangs up. "Well?" I say.
"He also said that these three guys took his Red-Eyes card. I think they may be involved with that guy who was controlling Keith." Yugi says.
"There's probably no doubt." I say.
Sorry, I haven't updated in the last two days, but I got really lazy. I will probably post the next chapter later on today, it depends though.