~Sabrina~
With Bakura still nowhere to be seen, we decide to move on. Luckily, we finally get Joey to walk through that dark area, but it was followed with quite a few yells, and tackling. "Isn't that Kaiba Corp Stadium over there?" Yugi says pointing ahead.
I look ahead to see the stadium, which could pass off as a baseball field, or a very modern coliseum. "Well, it's not like we expected anything less from Kaiba." I say.
All of us walk up to the stadium and enter the opening on the side of the building. As we walk through, we see Kaiba, Mokuba, and some of their guards standing around. "So, this is it?" Yugi says.
"But this place is still under construction." I say.
"We must be really early." Mai says.
One of Kaiba's guards steps forward, "Welcome, please present your tournament Locator Cards." He says.
I reach into my pocket and pull out all six. Joey, Mai, and Yugi do the same. The guard reaches into his jacket and pulls out seven cards, and grabs four of them and hands them to us. "Here are your tournament ID's. Congratulations, you four are now officially Battle City finalists. Our security is tight, so keep these ID's with you at all times." He says
"So, where are the other finalists?" I ask.
"The four of you are the first ones here, aside from Mister Kaiba of course. The other three still need to attend." The guard says.
We hear footsteps coming toward us, so we look over to see a man walking toward us. He has tan skin, blonde-ish hair, grey/purple eyes, and wears a purple shirt and black pants. "Who is that?" I ask.
"Hey wait a second," Joey says walking up to the man, "your Namu right?"
"Yeah, you saved Bakura's life!" Tea adds.
"Glad I could help! Where's Bakura now?" Namu says.
I feel like I've missed a ton during the beginning of this tournament. I mean, Yugi got an Egyptian God card, Bakura was hospitalized, Joey and Tea met this guy named Namu, and who knows what else will come around! "We saw him walking around not too long ago. But then, he vanished. Maybe it was just something of our imagination." Tea says.
"Well, I hope he's okay. I'll always do anything to help someone in need!" Namu says.
I don't trust this Namu guy. There's something about him that seems familiar, but in a bad way. He also seems like a bit of a goody-too- shoes. For now, I'll keep my eye on him. "So Joey, I guess we both made it to the finals. I'm actually surprised that I ever made it this far." Namu says.
Yugi and I walk up to them, "Yugi, Sabrina, this is Namu." Tea says.
"I've heard a lot about you Yugi. It's an honor to meet you. Same to you Sabrina, you too always seem like true champions to me." Namu says.
He shakes our hands, but I still don't trust him. I sense something about him; I can't place my finger on it though. "It's nice to meet you too Namu, any friend of Joey and Tea, is a friend of mine!" Yugi says.
"The pleasure is all mine. I just hope everyone I meet today is as friendly as you guys."
Or maybe, he's not that awful. Maybe I'm just getting paranoid with all this Rare Hunter business. "Oh, look, is that the seventh finalist?" Namu says pointing.
We all look over to see a tall man with tan skin, wearing a Rare Hunter cloak walking toward us. Isn't that the guy that I saw when I was under Marik's control? Is that really Marik? "Yugi, that's the guy, he's the one we saw when the Rare Hunters kidnapped us!" I say.
Yugi's face turns serious as we watch the man. "State your name this instant." Kaiba says.
"My name is Marik." He says darkly.
"Argh! You're that Rare Hunter leader!? Imma kick your butt so hard, you won't know what hit you!" Joey says.
"You're no match for me."
"Is that a challenge?!"
"Joey now is not the time. I don't think any of us will do good making threats to him." I say to Joey.
Joey sighs and begins to calm down. Our attention moves over to Kaiba, to see what kind of move he's going to make, "I should disqualify you right now, for kidnapping my little brother. But, you have something I want. And when the finals are over, your Egyptian God card will be mine!" he says.
"Kaiba, you can't be serious! This guy kidnapped your brother, turned your tournament into some crazy disaster, and controlled us, and you're just going to let him walk free because you want one good Duel Monsters card?" I say
Kaiba grunts and ignores me. Geez, that guy has no respect. "Alright, seven out of the eight of you are here, it's time for an announcement." A guard says, "Although your Locator Cards lead you here, this is not the sight of the Battle City finals. The actual arena should be arriving any second now."
Arriving? So the location moves? "Okay, I'm totally lost." Joey says.
"So, then, where are the finals?" Yugi says.
I hear a noise overhead and I look up, "I guess right there." I say. Kaiba's giant blimp appears which I guess the stadium wasn't big enough for him.
"Dang, Kaiba went all out on that one." Joey says.
"So, I guess we're dueling in the sky." Yugi adds.
"You got it! 4000 feet to be exact!" Mokuba says. "So get ready, because it's time to board Kaiba Craft 3, to start the Battle City finals!"
The blimp lands and a small staircase comes out by the opening, "We'll depart as soon as the eighth duelist arrives."
We all enter the blimp, but I then look behind me to see Duke, Tristan, Tea, and Serenity not being able to get on board, "You don't have tournament ID's, so I can't let you pass." The guard says.
"Give it a rest Roland; I don't even have an ID card!" Mokuba says.
"But these are Mister Kaiba's rules." Roland says.
"Well bro, can they come?"
Kaiba shrugs, "Whatever." He says.
The four of them then run on board, with me still ahead of them, "I guess you guys got lucky." I say.
"Yeah, I'm surprised Kaiba was that 'nice'." Tea says.
"Well, I wouldn't expect us to get used to that, now come on, we've got to catch up with the others!" I say running ahead. I then run into Yugi on the next level, by one of the windows, "Hey Yugi." I say.
"Oh, hi Sabrina. I wasn't sure where you went." He says.
"Well, I'm here now."
The blimp begins to take off, so we all stand there watching the city get smaller through the windows. "Man, thanks for bringing me along Joey!" Serenity says.
"No problem, I guess that's the joy of being related to a champion!" he says.
"Is that a joke Wheeler?" Kaiba says, "You'll get squashed in this tournament, it's a long way down from the height we're at. And last time I checked, monkeys can't fly."
So now Joey's been demoted from a dog to a monkey. Wouldn't expect anything else from Kaiba. "Yugi, I have some words of advice for you too." Kaiba adds, "I'm aware that you haven't played your Egyptian God card since you got it, but it's time for that to end right here and now. So Slifer better be in your deck when I win it! This is my tournament, got it? So when this is over, I'll be the owner of all three Egyptian God cards! So, you're playing my game, with my rules!" he says walking away.
"Man, that guy has no respect." Ari says.
"You can say that twice." I say.
"But Yugi, you'd be wise to take Kaiba's advice. We don't know what we're dealing with in this tournament, so Slifer could be a big help."
"I don't know Ari. It seems a bit too dangerous." Yugi says.
"This tournament is already dangerous, Yugi. We should out Slifer to good use." Yami adds.
"Attention finalists, please report to your assigned rooms. They will be granted by the help of your tournament ID." The intercom says.
We head up to the next level, where all of the rooms are. I swipe my ID card into the slot and enter my room. This room is like a small apartment! It has a bed, couch, coffee table, fridge, mini bar, and tons of food. I hear a knock and the door and open it to find Tea, Tristan, and Duke standing there, "Oh, hi guys." I say.
"Hey Sabrina. We just came to check out your room. We already saw Yugi's and it look about the same." Tea says.
"Nah, I think this one might be bigger." Tristan says.
"No way! Yugi's the King of Games, he has to have the bigger room!" Duke says.
"Well, does it really matter?" I say.
"No, it doesn't. So behave guys." Tea says.
"Yeah, and I'm sorry to say this, but can you guys leave, I want to look over my deck before the tournament starts." I say.
"Oh, of course. No problem, we'll just go and see how Joey's doing!"
The three of them leave so I'm left alone, besides having Ari with me. I grab a soda from the fridge and open it up. I gulp down part of it and then set it on the table. I pull up a chair and start looking through me deck. "I hope Yugi took our advice and decided to use Slifer." I say to Ari.
"Yeah, this tournament seems like it will be a clash between the three of them. Anyone without one of them will be taken out quickly." She says.
"But we don't have one. Doesn't that mean that we're going to lose?"
"I feel that the Egyptian Gods have more of a relation to us than you may think. Remember that time when you entered my soul room with Shadi?"
"Yeah, back in Duelist Kingdom. What about it?"
"You told me that you encountered a dragon in one of the rooms, and that you were able to call it off from attacking."
"Yeah, that thing was huge. I don't know why it was trying to guard your mind so heavily."
"What did it look like?"
"It was like a serpent. Its roar sounded like a lion. And, wait, wait, wait. Was that creature Slifer?"
"It could have been. I have ties with the Egyptian Gods, but I don't know why. But I feel that I'll soon know the answers."
The TV screen on the wall then lights up. I look over to see Roland on the screen, "Attention, would all Battle City finalists report in the main hall. The finals are about to begin." He says.
I gather up my cards and put my deck into my Duel Disk. "I think it's your turn Ari." I say.
~Ari~
"Alright, the fate of the world is in the hands of us." I say.
Yeah, I decided to end the chapter there, dramatic effect or something. I want to say that I'll post the next chapter tonight, but I'm going to be busy the rest of the day, so that's highly doubtful. And I'm not sure when I'll be able to post this week, since I have exams, but after, I get the entire summer to work!