~Ari~
I open the door to my room and step out into the hallway. I look around and notice that no one is here, so I shut my door and start walking to the elevator. I hear another door open, so I turn around to see Yami exiting his room, "Hi Ari." He says walking up to me.
"Hi Yami." I say hugging him. Before we separate, he kisses my cheek.
We begin making our way over to the elevator. We step inside and press the button for the main hall. "So, how do you think Kaiba will work this tournament?" I ask him.
"I don't know. No doubt it's going to pretty elaborate since we're speaking of Kaiba. I just hope we don't have to duel each other."
I shrug, "Well whatever happens, happens. But I'm not going to hold back in this tournament, even if I'm going to face you."
"Then I'll do the same."
The elevator door opens to the main hall. Everyone is in there, mostly surrounding the food tables. "Oh hey, what took you guys so long?" Joey says while he stuffs his face.
"Sorry, we just wanted to fine tune our decks." I say.
Joey just shrugs and continues to eat. I swear, with all that food he eats, how is he so skinny? Yami and I walk over to one of the food tables and start talking with the gang. "Hey Kaiba, come on, we're eager to see who we're going to duel." Joey says.
"You're so anxious to lose Wheeler." Kaiba says. He presses the 'KC' button on his trench coat, "Let's begin."
On a small stage in the back of the room, the floor opens up and a machine comes out of it. When the entire thing shows up, I get a better view; it looks almost like a lottery machine with the numbered balls inside, but there are three Blue-Eyes heads that I guess are supposed to dispense them. "Attention finalists, round one will be chosen by lottery." Roland says. "To guarantee fairness, each opponent will be chosen at random. You were all assigned a number 1-8. The next match won't be chosen until a winner has been declared from the first one."
Kaiba has 1, Joey has 2, Yugi has 3, Mai has 4, Namu has 5, I have 6, Marik has 7, and the unknown player has 8. "Start the machine." Roland says.
The balls begin to jumble around in the machine, until two of them are finally chosen. "Alright, the first duelist is number 2; Joey Wheeler." Roland says. "And the second duelist is… number 3; Yugi Muto!"
"Whoa! Joey and Yugi right off the bat!" Tristan says
"Duelist number 2 and 3, please follow me to the roof. The rest of you may watch the duel." Roland says.
I look over at Yami, "I'm sure you'll do fine." I say.
"I'd be hard facing Joey though. How am I supposed to defeat Marik when I risk kicking my best friend out of the tournament? I can't do that to Joey." He says.
"It's a decision that you're going to have to make. But I'll stand by you one-hundred percent."
I lean over to him and kiss him. None of the gang notices though, which is good. I separate from him, and he begins to walk over to the elevator designated for him and Joey. The rest of us make our way over to the other elevator to go and watch the door. We all enter and the doors shut. "Man, this will be a pretty tough duel." Duke says.
"It will be the hardest one they have to face." Tea adds.
"The duel could go either way. I don't know what do you guys think?" Tristan says. The rest of them stay silent, "Aw come on guys, give your opinions! What do you think Sabrina?"
The gang knows that I live within the Pendant, but they still call me Sabrina out of habit I guess. "The duel will go either way. It's going to be hard for them. But if the world is to survive, then Yugi has to win it." I say.
They all just raise an eyebrow at me. I just shrug and turn my attention back to myself. The doors to the elevator open to find the night sky above us, and a dueling field in the middle of a long platform across the roof. Yami and Joey are standing there getting ready to duel.
"I'm giving this my all Yug', so don't hold back on me." Joey says.
"I wasn't planning on it Joey." Yami says.
Roland clears his throat, "Alright, the duel between Yugi Muto and Joey Wheeler will now commence!" he says.
Here we go. Yami has the first move, he draws, "I set one card face-down and play the Celtic Guardian in attack mode!" he says, "That ends my turn."
"Then I'll also play a card face-down and place a monster in defense mode. Back to you Yugi." Joey says.
"I'll use my face-down; Dust Tornado, to destroy your face-down!" it was Nutrient Z, "And then I'll sacrifice my Celtic Guardian in order to summon Dark Magician Girl! Dark Magician Girl, attack!"
Joey's monster was Swordsman of Landstar. "Okay, I activate Silent Doom to bring back my Swordsman of Landstar. And then I'll sacrifice it to summon the Legendary Fisherman!"
"But Joey, you're fisherman is still no match for my Dark Magician Girl." Yami says.
"I know, that's why I'm equipping him with my Kunai with Chain! It allows me to raise my Fisherman's attack to 2350! Fisherman, attack!"
Yami now has 3650 Life Points. Yami then sets a monster and ends his turn. Joey draws and then has Legendary Fisherman attack his monster, which was Silver Fang. "Good move Joey, but not good enough. I activate Change of Heart so I may take control of your Fisherman. Now my Fisherman, attack his Life Points directly!"
Joey is at 1650 Life Points now. Joey passes his turn. Yami draws, "First, I'll set two cards face-down. And then I'll activate Card Destruction, so we both have to discard the cards in our hand and draw the same amount from our decks. And then I'll summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn." He says.
"I summon Battle Warrior in attack mode! Legendary Fisherman, attack his defense mode monster!" It was Giant Soldier of Stone. "And then, Battle Warrior, attack him directly!"
"Hold on Joey! I activate Magic Cylinder, to redirect the damage I would have taken right back at your Life Points." Joey now has 950 Life Points. "My turn now. I'll activate my face-down, Monster Reborn to bring back the Dark Magician I had to discard earlier. Dark Magician, attack his Legendary Fisherman!"
Joey has 800 Life Points left. "I switch Battle Warrior into defense mode and set one card. Back to you, Yugi."
Yami sets a card and has Dark Magician destroy Battle Warrior. Joey sets another card, along with a monster. Yami has Dark Magician attack Joey's monster, which was Panther Warrior and destroys it. Joey passes his turn. Yami draws, "I set one card and then have Dark Magician attack you directly!" he says.
"This isn't over yet Yugi. I activate ScapeGoat! Now I have four monsters to protect my Life Points."
Joey passes his turn. Yami activates Graceful Charity then uses Magic Formula to lift Dark Magician's attack to 3200. Dark Magician then attacks one of the Scapegoats. Joey draws, "Okay I'll activate Shield and Sword to drop Dark Magician's attack to 2100. Then, I summon Alligator Sword in attack mode. I'll also play Skull Dice to decrease your Magician's attack. And I roll a… six! Now your Magician has the same attack as my Alligator, so I'll have him attack to rid it from the field!" Joey says.
"Well played Joey. I set two cards face-down and summon Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts in attack mode! Then I activate Soul Taker to destroy one of your Scapegoats, and have Gazelle attack another!" Yami says. Soul Taker also gives Joey 1000 Life Points, bringing him to 1800.
"I set one card and end my turn."
Yami draws, "Gazelle destroy his last Scapegoat!"
"I summon Axe Raider in attack mode! Then I'll activate Foolish Burial to send Gilford the Lightning to my Graveyard! Then, I'll activate Graverobber, allowing me to take one magic card from your Graveyard, and I choose your Monster Reborn! Then I use Monster Reborn to bring back Gilford!"
"Nice try Joey, but I activate Magic Jammer! If I discard one card from my hand, I can negate the effect of a magic card being played!"
"Then I also use Axe Raider to destroy your Gazelle!"
Yami now has 3450 Life Points. He sets a monster and ends his turn. Joey draws and summons Gearfried the Iron Knight in attack mode and has him attack Yami's defense mode monster. And then has Axe Raider attack him directly. Yami is left at 1750 Life Points now.
Yami draws, "I set one card and place a monster in defense mode. That ends my turn."
Joey draws, "Gearfried, destroy his monster!"
"The card you attacked was Big Shield Gardna. Due to its high defense power, you lose Life Points equal to the difference in defense from your attack. But now, it's switched to attack mode."
Joey has 1000 Life Points now, "Then Axe Raider, destroy Big Shield Gardna!"
"Not so fast, I activate Mirror Force! Now every monster on your side of the field is destroyed!" Yami says, "My move. I summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior in attack mode! I'm sorry Joey, but this duel has to end now, if the world is to survive."
"Go ahead Yug."
"Alright, forgive me my friend. Gamma, attack his Life Points and end this duel!"
Joey's Life Points drop to 0. I'm glad that Yami won, but it's also sad that Joey lost in the first duel. "The winner is duelist number 3; Yugi Muto!" Roland shouts.
The dueling field lowers so Joey and Yami can exit it. "Great duel Joey." Yami says.
"Thanks Yugi. I guess I should say the same to you." Joey says.
"Nice job guys." I say to them.
"Thanks."
"We're going to have a short break before the next duel, so go and head back to your rooms until we call you down." Roland says.
"Alright, that sounds like a good idea." I say.
At first, I wasn't sure I was going to finish this today, but I did! And I'm sorry to the fans who like Joey, but I had to have him duel Yugi and get beaten due to some plot details.