A/N: I added on to the last chapter so if you haven't read it, you'll get a little lost. even though some of you have already caught up.
I'll be skipping a little bit of the duels, since some of them aren't that important. And also, this will be where the gang finally goes to Duelist Kingdom to compete and rescue Yugi's grandfather and Stacey's uncle, since it's a family rescue mission for them. Enjoy!

Chapter 4: Duelist Kingdom Tournament Invitational

Two days after what had happened, Stacey and Yugi both got their invitations to the Duelist Kingdom Tournament. Téa, Tristan and Joey didn't like the idea of Yugi and Stacey going by themselves, but it was the only way to rescue Yugi's grandfather and her uncle. The grand prize is three-million dollars but the money didn't matter now, but it did to Joey. His sister needed an operation for her eyes in order to not go blind forever, and with that in mind, Joey wanted in. Now, Kaiba was an angel compared to what Pegasus did to Yugi and Stacey.

Thinking about her not helping when that happened, she felt so guilty. not that she could have stopped him, but she could've done something.
As she's packing for the trip, she just couldn't help but cry, the feeling of guilt eating away at her. then she felt a hand take hers,
gently taking her into a hug. "Don't blame yourself, it wasn't your fault Stace." she heard Yugi's soft voice telling her. she nodded and finished her packing, then she saw Joey coming with a bag and interrupting the cousins' family moment.

"Let's go you two, we're wasting time, the ship's about to leave!" he yelled.

Getting to the ship, they had to show their star chips that Pegasus gave them in order to board. the bad thing was that Joey didn't have any.
Yugi gave Joey one, since they had two each. being on board was really nice and being with those two. all three of them were looking over the railing, just talking about what it would be like at the island, then there came an annoyingly girly voice that Stacey just couldn't stand to hear.

"Well, what do we have here?" they all turned to see a girl, a little older than them, 18-19, blonde hair, purple eyes and with a duelist glove.
and by the look on Joey's face, he now found a crush to stalk on this trip.
"You must be the Yugi everyone is talking about. and I'm amazed that a squirt like you could beat Kaiba. You're famous now."

Yugi blushed like crazy and scratched the back of his neck, and she didn't know why but she was a little mad. at least Joey butted in on the
awkward moment between the girl and Stacey. "Hey, I'm a really good friend of Yugi's and..."

"Look, you're either a champ or a chump, so cut this guy loose." She said arrogantly, pointing at Joey.

Stacey was about to tell her off for being rude to Joey, fists clenched at her sides, but she walked away, but not before saying...

"The name's Mai by the way." Stacey crossed her arms in pure anger and thought: Who the hell does this fake, plastic barbie bitch think she is? talking to Joey that way? Someone ought to knock her down a peg! and she had smoke blasting out of her ears. Tristan noticed the hostility between her and Mai and muttered to Yugi by saying: "Uh, Yugi? I think you need to control your cousin before she starts a cat fight."

They bumped into Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor while looking for their rooms, both of them looking at her with goo-goo eyes. Yugi looked like he was going to kill them if they didn't stop staring at her like that. (A/N: Looks like Yugi has gone into overprotective cousin mode.) Since they stayed in their rooms,
all three of them headed outside to see the cards that they've traded already. Stacey gave a couple of monsters away, ones that she didn't need.
Joey had been getting some good magic and trap cards too. And Yugi gave Joey a card, Time Wizard, and said that it could be helpful in a tight spot.

"Ahh, we meet again."

Weevil, man did she hate his voice? he's so annoying. he had a smug grin on his face as he moved closer to her, then Yugi and Joey moved in between them.
She sighed in relief, thanking God that she had the two with her. "So have you traded any cards, Yugi?" he asked. "Nah, I'm gonna duel with the cards my grandpa gave me."
"I thought as much. you used Exodia in your duel with Kaiba right? Those are the strongest cards of them all. could I see those legendary cards?"

"No." she blurted out. Everyone looked at her funny, but she knew his type. He would either steal them or destroy them.
"Well, I don't see why not, just be careful." She facepalmed, thinking, Why Yugi, you gullible idiot? as soon as Yugi handed him the cards, he threw them into the ocean. Stacey grabbed Weevil by his shirt and pulled him up to her face. "You little weasel! If it wasn't illegal, I'd throw you off this ship with them!"

He just gave her his creepy smile, looking down her shirt, and that's when she dropped him. With a thud, he landed face first on the floor.
Joey was in the water trying to grab the cards, but he looked like he was about to drown. one wave came up, swallowing him under the current,
and that's when Yugi jumped in after him. she screamed when he jumped off the railing and into the water below. Thinking as quickly as she could,
she grabbed a rope ladder that was there and threw it out to them. then there came two very familiar voices: "Yugi, we're coming!"

Téa, Tristan, how did they get here? Yugi and Joey climbed up and flopped on to the deck. While both of them were catching their breath, she kicked them both in the shins and then started pummeling Joey with punches to the shoulder.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again, you two almost gave me a heart attack! Jeez, Joey! What. Is. The. Matter. With. You?!"
Everyone laughed, then came gloomy Joey to dampen the mood. "I failed Yugi, I only got two cards."

"It's okay, Joey."

"No, it's not. It's always this way with me, I can never do anything right. How am I gonna help my sister?"
Stacey went next to him, putting her arm around his shoulders.
"You have us, Joey, and don't forget that. and another thing: Jump off again and I will beat you up again."
He chuckled as they watched the sun come over the horizon as the sunlight came in, they could see the island. it was almost time.

"Attention all duelists! please exit the ship in an orderly fashion!" the loud speaker said as they docked into Duelist Kingdom. While walking off the boat,
Tristan made it a little too obvious that he wasn't supposed to be there, but the guards paid no attention. When they sat down,
Stacey and Téa smacked Tristan upside the head. "Could you be any more stupid?" Téa yelled. "Yeah, dude!" Stacey chimed in.
"Well, at least we're all here, safe and...ACHOO!" Joey said, with a big sneeze. "You know if you hadn't jumped off the boat, you wouldn't have that cold."
Stacey said. "Duelists, welcome, please follow the stairs to meet your gracious host." One of the big guards said. Gracious host? yeah right.

Climbing up that big stairwell, man, was she tired? since none of them got any sleep. Several voices were around them as they made their way up the stairs.
Many of the the other duelists were talking about Seto and Yugi, and that they wanted a shot at dueling him. But weren't they forgetting that SHE also dueled?
Jeez! People can be so dense and rude sometimes. They all stood in front of Pegasus's castle, waiting for him to step out and greet them on his balcony.
Wise man, probably knows that she could kill him if he was right in front of her, and get revenge for destroying her family.

"Greetings duelists, I'm Maximillion Pegasus! It is my great honor and pleasure to welcome you all to Duelist Kingdom!
You all stand before me as the world's greatest duelists, but come tournament's end, only one will be crowned King Of Games! I expect you all to assemble your decks with care and cunning, for this competition will test your skills like no other. To track your progress in this tournament, all of you have been given a
duelist glove and two star chips, you wager these chips while you duel.
In order to enter the castle, you must win ten star chips, where one of you will face me in one final duel. There are arenas placed all over the island, good luck to all of you."

And with that, he left, with a smug smile on his face. Stacey had two, and Yugi and Joey both only had one, and Joey didn't even have a glove.

A/N: Chapter 4 is finally finished. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. And also, tell me what your favorite moment was in the comments?
And I'm also sorry about the last author's note where I said that the other characters are going to show up. Well, they are going to show up,
but towards the end of the story.
They'll mostly be absent for most of the Duelist Kingdom arc and their debuts will be made in the Dungeon Dice Monsters arc, even though I haven't gotten to that yet, seeing as I'm still trying to finish Duelist Kingdom, which will end at Chapter 23.