"MIN TURN! TEGNE!" Yuei looked at his hand, and saw Artifact Ignition in his hand. He had Artifact Begalltech, and Artifact Labrys on his field. "MAGISKE KORTET, Artifact Ignition AKTIVERE" The crowd stared at Yuei, none of them seemed to understand what was going on.

"Yuei, wake up!"

"MOR!"

"YUEI!"

"MOR, HVOR ER DU?"

"MITSUI YUEI! WAKE UP ALREADY!"

"Mor?" Yuei's head shot off the bed, as he forced himself to sit up. "Mor, er du der?"

"YUEI!" Yuei's mother took the fan in her hand, and closed it, putting it close to Yuei's face. "The tournament's soon, you might wanna hurry up."

"Turnering?" Yuei leaned his head, his mother starting to get angry.

"NO ONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING!" Yuei's mother took her open hand, and clenched it into a fist, she pushed it through the air, practically breaking the sound barrier, and stopping right in front of Yuei's face.

"I'm sorry mom, I guess I got caught up in my dream."

"Yuei," Her voice was fierce, but calm. She put her fist down gently. "It's ok, Son. But, what were you saying? Hell, what language was that?"

Yuei looked down, staring at his hands. He looked to the sides of his room, confirming to himself that he was in fact awake. "I think I was speaking Norwegian."

"Norwegian, since when did you learn that?"

"I-I don't know." Yuei looked at his desk, sitting at the end of his bed. "WHAT'S THAT?" Yuei pointed to the grey rectangle on his desk.

"That? Yoshida-Kun delivered it to us just now. He actually shook my hand and handed me the package, I JUST COULDN'T WAIT TO OPEN IT! I'm sorry Yuei, but it is for you." Yuei's mother picked up the duel disk, and handed it to Yuei.

"What? This isn't like any disk I've seen before."

"Well, try it on!"

Yuei slipped out of the bed, trying to to break the cast on his leg. "AH! Crap, this hurts."

"If you need to, lay back down."

"No, This is meant to be used standing up, so I will." Yuei forced himself up, and tried to stay as steady as possible. Yuei stared at the disk. It was a light grey, with a red stripe going down it. There were two small striped of blue down each side of the rectangle, and the normal screen in the middle. He made it look like mine on purpose. Well, let's see what he did with the blade. Yuei put the duel disk on his arm, and it latched around quite nicely. He stuck his arm out in front of him, trying to keep himself from falling. "DUEL!"

"Error." The machine spit out.

"What?, why is it spitting out two errors?" Yuei tapped the screen.

"Error 1, no deck inserted. Error 2, no opponent. Please select AI duel if you wish to duel with the system." The machine advised.

"A.I.? I CAN DUEL WITHOUT ANYONE!? Mom, we have to try thi-"

"You'll need your deck, first." Yuei's mother handed the deck to Yuei, and watched as he slid the deck in. "You should leave now, the tournament sign-ups are going to close soon."

"Then, lets get going." Yuei slumped himself against the wall, and pushed against it to keep from falling. He grabbed his jacket from the door handle, and slid it on as fast as he could, and started out of his room.

Yuei opened the car door, and stepped outside. He clutched onto his crutches, and forced himself up. "Yuei, over here!" Ayumi was standing outside the card shop. International Cards, one of the biggest shops in all of the city. No wonder Kaiba Corp decided to have the sign-ups here.

"I'm coming, Ayumi!" Yuei turned his head to his mother, still in the car. "I'll have Ayumi take me home, ok?" Yuei questioned his mother, and watched as she gave a nod. Yuei's mother closed the door. Yuei turned around, and listened as the car drove off. "Ayumi, have the sign-ups ended yet?"

"You have time, Yuei."

"Can you help me over?"

"Sure, no problem." Ayumi grabbed Yuei's shoulder, and slowly pulled him over to the front desk. There was no line, but everyone else had already signed up. Yuei suspected that Ayumi had already signed up, as well as Jack.

"Welcome to International Cards! The number one card shop. Are you here to sign up?"

"Yeah, I've been waiting for this tournament for a while now."

"Well, sorry kid. Unless your name's Mitsui Yuei, you're out of luck." The man behind the counter looked down at Yuei.

"Well, looks like I'm in luck. Yuei Mitsui, right here." Yuei put his hand as close to his face as possible without losing his crutch, and pointed to his face. "But, why reserve a spot for me?"

"Special orders from head of Kaiba Corp himself. Said he needed to see you in action."

"Why is he out for me? What's the point?" Yuei looked down, he started sweating, his face turning red. What could I have done to piss off Yoshida-Kun this much?

"I'll go ahead and sign for you, kid. With the leg injury, it must be hard to do anything."

"Oh no, it's fine. As long as I have Ayumi supporting me, I can stand pretty well." Yuei took the pen on the desk, and located the blank box. He signed his name and address, before slowly putting the pen down. "Thanks for holding that spot, don't know what I would've done without it."

"No problem kid, just hope that leg heals before the tournament starts."

"I have a week, no problem." Yuei turned around, Ayumi supporting him.

"Yuei, are you ready to go to the doctor?"

"Yeah, let's get this leg checked out." Yuei grabbed Ayumi's hand, and used it to balance himself out of the door. "After all, I wanna use this new duel disk as soon as possible."

Ayumi looked down, and saw the grey rectangle on Yuei's arm. "YOU GOT A NEW DUEL DISK?" Ayumi grabbed Yuei's hand, and started to shake up and down. "YES! Now you don't have to get it fixed every five weeks!"

"Ayumi, can we get to the hospital now?" Yuei grabbed Ayumi's shoulders, and calmed her down.

"Yeah, sorry. Let's get going."

"Did it go well, Yuei?"

"Of course, Yumi!" Yuei stared at Ayumi's face.

"I thought I asked you never to call me that again." Ayumi's face turned red, and Yuei turned away.

"Sorry, I'll stop." The two were walking – Yuei scudding – along. "Hey, there's an empty spot over there, wanna duel, Ayumi?" Yuei tugged on Ayumi's arm, but it seemed like she was focusing on something else. "Ayumi,"

"Huh, what?"

"I said, do you wanna duel?" Yuei pointed to the open spot in the field, and Ayumi blushed.

"Y-Yeah. Sure." Ayumi pulled Yumi over to one designated side. Ayumi walked over to hers.

"Ok. I've changed up my deck a bit. So, be careful." Yuei gave a sly look at Ayumi, Ayumi returning one.

"No problem, I'll beat you like always." Ayumi put her arm forward, and slid a pink rectangle on. She turned it on, and watched as the two sides shot out. The blade appeared in front of her, with a yellow outline. "Let's see the new disk."

Yuei nodded, and slowly lifted his arm. He turned it on, and pointed the front towards Ayumi. Both sides shot out, and Yuei slid his deck in as fast as he could. The blade shot out of the front, with a distinct look. "THE BLADE! It looks just like my old one!" There was an edge at the end, connecting off the blade to a would-be hologram area. The blade itself had a turquoise tint to it. "Yoshida-Kun really put a lot of effort into this!" Yuei touched the pad, adjusting a few settings, and getting used to the feel of the disk itself.

"Ready?"

"You know it." Yuei put his arm forward, and drew his five cards.

"DUEL!" Both duelists yelled at once, and the duel started.

Duel Start

Yuei: 4000

Ayumi: 4000

"I'll take the first turn, Ayumi." Yuei looked at his hand. Double Cyclone, Artifact Ignition, Artifact Caduecus, and Begalltach. But the last card was an odd one. "I summon my Edge Imp Sabres to the field!" A pair of scissors appeared on the field, and started to fly around.

Edge Imp Sabres

Dark / Fiend Effect / Level 3 / ATK: 1200 DEF: 800

"And I set four cards face down, and end my turn."

"Wow, Yuei. You added a monster that wasn't an Artifact?"

"Sometimes you do what you have to." Yuei shrugged as much as he could, but immediately grabbed his crutches again.

"Well, allow me to follow in example. I DRAW! I activate my Emergency Teleport!"

Emergency Teleport

Quick Spell

"Special summon 1 level 3 or lower Psychic-Type monster from your hand or Deck; banish it during the End Phase."

"I'll special summon Psychic Commander from my hand!"

"Allow me to activate my Double Cyclone, miss." Yuei touched his screen, and tapped his face-down Double Cyclone. "I believe you already know this card lets me trade a face-down of mine for one of your spell/trap cards."

"Y-Yes, I do." Ayumi blushed.

"Allow me to offer my Artifact Caduceus as a trade." Caduceus lifted itself out of the Spell/Trap Zone, and destroyed itself. "In return, I'll be destroying your Emergency Teleport." Ayumi's card turned into dust, and flew away.

"If only you weren't so Naive. I activate the second one in my hand. So I'll summon Psychic Commander!" Ayumi slid the second card into her grave, and Psychic Commander flew on the field.

Psychic Commander

Earth / Effect-Tuner-Psychic / Level 3 / ATK: 1400 DEF: 800

"I attack Edge Imp Sabres, you'll take 200 damage." Psychic Commander launched itself forward, and picked up the pair of scissors. The Blue Ball threw Edge Imp Sabres flew into a nearby trashcan, and turned to dust.

Yuei: 4000 → 3800

"I summon my Kozmo Goodwitch,"

"Then allow me to activate my spell card before your turn ends. I activate my face-down, Artifact Ignition."

Artifact Ignition

Quick Spell

"Target 1 set Spell/Trap Card on the field; destroy that target, and if you do, Set 1 "Artifact" monster directly from your deck to your Spell & Trap Zone as a Spell Card"

"I'll destroy my face-down Begalltach, and set my Yumi!" The face-down card was replaced, and Begalltach appeared on the field. "Next up is Begalltach's effect! With it, I'll destroy the Yumi I just placed down, and have her appear onto the field!" A red spirit weilding a bow flew from the card onto the field. "Now, please finish your turn."

"Yuei, I set one card and end my turn." Ayumi slid a card into her disk, and let Yuei take his turn.

"My turn, DRAW! Yuei drew the card, but didn't look at it. He stared at the back of the card, and saw a gaseous substance emanating from it. The gas started to cover his arm, and quickly spreading to his body. "NO! NO! STOP!" Yuei started to flail around as much as he could. The people around them were staring. There was nothing, not to them. They only saw a boy seemingly going insane. "AYUMI! WHAT'S GOING ON?" Yuei fell to the ground, his face landing in the grass. "HELP ME! AYUMI HELP!" Ayumi stood still, at first she thought that Yuei was playing around with her, but there was fear on Yuei's face. It was growing dark, losing sign of color. He crawled towards Ayumi, using his one arm.

Ayumi stood still, unable to move. There was something in the air, but she couldn't see it. She felt it, she felt something overcoming her. Her face started to contort, she wanted to run, but she couldn't. Her friend was in danger, she had to help. Her skin was bumpy, her hands shaking. "Y-Yuei?"

"AYUMI! HEL-" Yuei froze, his motion stopped. His skin drained of it's color, eyes turning black. He looked souless. There was no more emotion, nothing. Ayumi ran to the middle of the field, Yuei laying there, one arm in the air. Ayumi bent down, and tried shaking Yuei.

"YUEI! Get up, come on, move! If you're messing with me again, I'm going to kill you!" Ayumi babbled on, trying to get the slightest reaction out of Yuei, but nothing came. Yuei started to shake, everyone around the two kids still staring. Something was wrong with these two, but no one knew what. Yuei lowered his arm, and pushed himself up. He stood up, and removed the cast on his foot. "YOU JERK! You had me worried sick. I hope you really break your leg next time!" Yuei stared down at Ayumi, who was sitting on the ground.

"Broken leg? How did I not know about this, Yuei?" Yuei's voice was shrill, and cold. There was no warmth in it, like usual. Ayumi stood up.

"What are you doing now? Are you gonna laugh at me like normal!? I'm forfeiting this duel." Ayumi turned around, and started to walk away.
"No," Yuei grabbed Ayumi's shoulder. "The fun's just starting." Yuei turned around, and walked to his side of the field. Ayumi shrugged, and ran to her side. She was blushing, and clenching her fist. Dammit Yuei, why'd you do that shit?!

"I believe it's your turn, Yuei."

"Yue- no no no, I'm not Yuei. I'm simply using his body for a brief moment."

"T-Then who are you?"

"Me?" Yuei lifted his head, and thrusted his arm forward. "I am Yubel, your worst Nightmare."

"No, Yubel's just a card. How could you be Yubel?"

"Think again, I tribute my face up Artifact Caduecus and my Artifact Begalltach." Begalltach picked up his sword, Caduecus picked up his cross, and clashed them together. A light shot out of the two. Yuei watched on as the light turned black, and Yubel slowly crawled out. "Yubel! Become one with my monsters!"

Yubel

Dark / Fiend Effect / Level 10 / ATK: 0 DEF: 0

"Now, I'll end my tu-"

Ayumi touched the duel disk. "Trap Card, activate! Ring of Destruction."

"Yubel destroy's your monster instantly during battle. Do you want to keep your monster, or do you want to deal damage?" Yuei taunted.

"I-I'll destroy Yubel!"

"FOOL! Yubel's second effect activates!"

Yubel's Second Effect:

"When this card is destroyed, except by its own effect: Its owner can Special Summon 1 "Yubel - Terror Incarnate" from their hand, Deck, or Graveyard."

"SO, I'll bring Terror Incarnate from my deck!" Yuei put his hand down to his deck, and jumped back when the card shot out. "AH! Gods, I'm not used to this duel disk." Yuei pulled the card out, and put it down on the duel disk.

Yubel – Terror Incarnate

Dark / Fiend Effect / Level 11 / ATK: 0 DEF: 0

"Now, If I may, I activate Terror Incarnate's effect. I mujst destroy all other monsters during my end phase." Yuei stuck his hand out, pointing to Ayumi. "It's your turn. So go."

Ayumi shook her head. "I use Godwitch's effect. I can banish her during either of our turns, and special summon a level 5 or higher Kozmo monster from my deck. I choose Kozmo Forerunner." Goodwitch turned grey, and shattered. A new monster replaced her, a giant grey ship that had blue flowing through it. "now, I attack using Forerunner!"

"Missy, I think you're too far in with yourself." Yuei shook his hand, Ayumi Shook her head.

"Whatever effect you have, Forerunner can't be targeted by it."

"Really now? Because I don't take damage from battles involving Yubel."

"WHAT?" Yubel stood her ground, and Forerunner glided back to it's side of the field.

"But it is because of you I get to keep Yubel on the field now. So, since I couldn't deal damage to you with it's effect, how about I show my gratitude?"

"I-I end my turn."

"Second rate duelist. Your deck most likely doesn't have a good balance of Spells & Traps to Monsters. You'll need to work on that for the tournament, won't you?" Yuei chuckled, and looked back at Ayumi. "My turn, DRAW!" Yuei slipped the card into the duel disk. "I activate my pot of Duality. Now I can choose one of three cards on the top of my deck to add to my hand." Yuei pulled the top three cards out of his deck, and took the first one. "I'll choose Dark Hole." He put the other two cards back ontop of the deck, and the deck shuffled itself. "Now, let's get this over with. All our monsters are destroyed. Activate, Dark Hole!" Yuei's voice sank, yet the pitch became higher.

Terror Incarnate turned into dust, and quickly flew off. While Forerunner collapsed into glass. "Now, Ayumi, tell me what you think Terror Incarnate's second effect is."

"D-Do you get to summon another monster from the deck?"

"You're right. I special summon Yubel – The Ultimate Nightmare!"

Yubel – The Ultimate Nightmare

Dark / Fiend Effect / Level 12 / ATK: 0 DEF: 0

"Now, I'll just end my turn." Yuei shoved his hand forward, and put his palm up. "Go ahead."

"I draw! I play Kozmotown."

Kozmotown

Field-Spell

"Once per turn: You can target 1 of your banished "Kozmo" monsters; return it to the hand, and if you do, lose LP equal to its original Level x 100."

"Now, I'll return my Goodwitch to my hand. Which makes me take 400 damage."

Ayumi: 4000 → 3600

"Now I'll summon her again, so I use her effect! Now, come from my deck, Kozmo Dark Destroyer!"

Kozmo Dark Destroyer

Dark / Machine Effect / Level 9 / ATK: 3000 DEF: 1800

"Attack, Dark Destroyer!"

"Wrong again! Don't you remember my effect? I take no battle damage, and Ultimate Nightmare can't be destroyed. Instead, you're destroyed!" Dark Destroyer flew into the chest of the giant beast, and exploded. "Now, take damage equal to it's attack!"

"WHAT?" Ayumi put her arms in front of her, and felt the air flow past her quickly. She felt as the cold shrill air touched her arms, and enveloped her whole body.

Ayumi: 3600 → 600

"Face it, girl. You're no match for the demon who is I. Yubel! Ahahahaha!" Yuei looked around, and saw everyone was staring. Their faces were all lined with fear, emotion draining from everyone. "It seems that I have overstepped my bounds. I will return Yuei's body back to him. Please, Dear," Yuei cracked a smile, "take care of him while I'm not around."

"W-What do you mean?"

"You'll know in due time." A dark gas started to envelop Yuei, and started to turn into a yellow gas. His eyes regained their color, and he fell to his knees. The gas flew away, and Yuei spoke.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. How was Yubel?"

To be Continued