Sorry it took me so long to update one of my stories again. Life with college has been getting more than complicated…it's been making me wonder if it's even worth the effort. But recently I've been watching the Tomb Raider movies a little to much, as well as reading a lot of Harry Potter/Yu-Gi-Oh crossovers…which got me to wondering, if there has ever been a Tomb Raider/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover done before. If anyone knows of one or has seen one before, send it my way, I would love to read it.
Now that I'm done rambling…on to the story…enjoy!
Chapter 8
Sere could once again be found staring out her window. It would seem to be the only comfort she could find these days. She knew what today was, she knew it well, but she was worried that there was nothing she could do to help.
'Today's the first day of the Battle City Tournament. I wish there was a way I could help Yugi.' Sere sighed to herself.
Just then there was a knock at her open door and in came Yugi, "Ready to go?"
Sere turned around to look at him, putting on a smile while she was at it. She didn't want him to worry about her anymore, considering that this tournament was a big thing for him. "I think so." Was the only answer she gave him as she followed Yugi out of her room and down the stairs, and saying good bye to Grandpa on there way out of the house.
"This clear card was in the same package as the Dual Disk. It looks like it's apart of a map. But where's the rest of it?" Yugi mumbled aloud as he and Sere walked around the center of town, where the tournament was suppose to start. "It must be another new twist Kaiba through into his tournament."
"It sure would seem that way." Sere agreed, still trying not to make Yugi worry about her. But Yugi's thoughts about this clear card was making her wonder what Kaiba could be up to with this tournament and what he could possible be after, if he really is after anything.
The two of them continued to wander around the center of town, with Sere looking not just at her surroundings but at all the dualist that were gathered all in one place. But Yugi seemed to be looking for something or maybe even someone else.
"You looking for Joey, Yugi?" Sere asked, noticing the way Yugi was looking around.
"Yeah. I don't know where he could be. If he doesn't get here soon…" Yugi replied, starting to get a little worried about his friend. He was afraid if Joey didn't get there before the tournament started that he might be disqualified.
"I have an idea." Sere said as she stopped dead in her tracks.
"What's that?" Yugi asked, looking back at her, seeing as he didn't stop walking when she did.
"How about we go up there?" Sere suggested as she pointed to the top of a building near them. "We could probably get a good view from up there."
Yugi looked to the building Sere was pointing too. "You're right. Good idea, Sere." Yugi said with a smile. "Let's go!" With that said, they both took off toward the building and on there way to the roof.
When they got to the roof, Sere was, somewhat, surprised to see so many people up there. They must have had the same idea she did. 'I suppose this is one way to check out the competition.' Sere thought to herself.
"Kaiba should be announcing the start of the Battle City Tournament any second now. But we can't find a trace of Joey and we've looked everywhere. I hope he shows up before this starts." Yugi said, with a little worry, as he looked all around the roof top.
"Don't worry, Yugi. I'm sure he'll show. Even if it may be at the last minute, but I'm positive he will be here. I don't think he would miss this for the world!" Sere said trying to comfort her brother.
"You're probably right." Yugi agreed, but still couldn't help but worry a little bit.
Just then, a familiar voice sounded through out the town, "Greeting dualists. Welcome to Battle City." With that greeting, a blimp could be seen over the city, and flying pretty low.
"It's Kaiba!" Yugi shouted, recognizing who the blimp belonged too.
"It's time to put your dueling skills to the test. I hope none of you entered my tournament looking for friendly competition. Battle City is going to be an all out war." Kaiba declared. "But before my Battle City Tournament begins, I thought I'd let you all know what you're in for, incase you want to back out now. Let's begin with my new Dual Disks. Everyone who I decided was good enough to enter received one. With it you can dual anytime anywhere, and they contain a tracking chip that allows me to watch every move you make. Next, let's talk about the most important tournament rule. The loser of each dual is required to fork over their rarest card to the winner. If you don't have the guts to risk loosing your precious cards, then I suggest you forfeit now. And anyone who is foolish enough can challenge me to a dual, because I'll also be competing in this tournament."
"Thought so." Was all Yugi had to say about this. Sere really didn't find it to surprising herself.
"But don't get your hopes up, because I intend to win." Kaiba continued. "And there is one dualist out there I can't wait to defeat."
"You're on, Kaiba!" Yugi agreed. All Sere could do was glance at Yugi when he said this.
"And speaking of winning, only the eight best dualists will make it to the final round. And these finals will be held in a hidden location." Kaiba continued to explain. "In order to find the finals, you'll need these locater cards. You've each received one with your Dual Disk. But don't get too excited, because ones not enough. You'll need six of them to make it to the tournament finals. Every time you win a dual you get a locator card from your loosing opponent. When six cards are stacked together, they produce a map of Battle City and activate a global positioning satellite, which will transmit the location to you. But the tournament finals are a long time away and most of you will be eliminated way before that. Alright, everything I just said and more can be found in my tournament rule book. Just remember, only one player can win and claim the title of number one dualist in the world. Now get ready dualists. Let the tournament begin!"
"Well, time to face my destiny!" Yugi said with confidence. But for Sere, the word destiny sounded all too familiar to her, she didn't know why, but it did. Sere was starting to wonder why she was starting to get this feeling that she didn't like that word all that much.
Just as Yugi and Sere were getting ready to leave the roof top and head back down to street level, they heard another familiar voice shouting from down below, "Where are you, you creep!?"
"What's he doing?" Yugi asked as he watched Joey walk angrily through the crowd.
"What's the matter, Yugi?" Sere asked, noticing that her brother was looking down at the crowd below.
"It's Joey!" Yugi answered as he pointed to a single spot below them so Sere would know where to look.
"Oh no. He doesn't look to happy." Sere commented as she spotted Joey in the crowd.
"Hey, Freak!" Joey yelled out as he came to the one he was looking for. "I knew I'd find ya."
"Didn't you learn your lesson?" Joey's so called Freak asked, acknowledging Joey's presence.
"Ya, never let an old creep in a cape slap ya around." Joey answered back, still angry with what happened they other day.
"You fool." Was all the other guy could say, he didn't want to deal with Joey anymore, already having what he wanted from him.
"Listen, you got my Red Eyes Black Dragon and I want it back! So, its time to dual!" Joey declared. "Are you ready to dual me so I can win back my Red Eyes Black Dragon?"
"I have no desire to dual you. I've already relieved you of your rare Red Eyes Black Dragon. My hunt for your deck is over. And my prey has already been captured." The Hunter stated, still not interested in dealing with Joey.
"Well that's too bad. 'Cause I'm not leaving until I win back my Red Eyes!" Joey insisted.
"Joey! What's going on?" Yugi called out as he and Sere ran up to Joey. "What are you yelling about?"
"That's one of the goons who swiped my Red Eyes!" Joey explained, pointing at who he was referring too. "They call themselves Rare Hunters. Which to me translates as cape-wearing-card-taking freak-a-zoids. And this one owes me a rematch, so I can win back my Red Eyes Black Dragon."
"I already told you, you have nothing of any use to me. But perhaps your friend would be interested in becoming my next victim." The Rare Hunter stated. "It would be my pleasure to hunt the Dualist Kingdom Champion and snare his Dark Magician. So, I challenge Yugi Moto to a dual!"
"Look, this is between you and me, got it?" Joey asked, in a way, demanded, angrily.
"Joey, wait." Yugi said, getting Joey to stop his yelling. "Fine Rare Hunter, I accept your challenge!"
"But Yug…?" Joey questioned.
"It's the only way to get back your Red Eyes Black Dragon. I promise you, I'll beat him, Joey." Yugi stated, getting ready to change places with Yami.
"Yugi, please be careful." Sere said, as she sensed the change in her brother. She couldn't see anything different but for some reason she could feel it.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Yami answered Sere, for Yugi. Then he turned his attention back to the task at hand, "So, do we have a deal, Rare Hunter?" With no answer from the Rare Hunter, Yami continued, demanding, "As my first Battle City opponent, if you loose you must return Joey's Red Eyes Black Dragon! And if you win this dual, then I'll hand over my Dark Magician to you."
With that declaration, Sere got the feeling that there was no changing her brother's mind in his decision. So, she did the only thing she could think of that would help her brother in this situation, she went over to Joey and tried to get him to give them some room for their dual. "Come on, Joey. Let's give Yugi some room to do what he needs to do." Sere said, trying to lightly pull on Joey's arm, but he wouldn't budge.
"Sorry, Sere. But I can't do that." Joey said instantly, not wanting to turn his back on his best friend, "Yugi, there's no way I'm letting you risk your Dark Magician! I can take him." Joey stated, trying to change his friend's mind, "I'll never forgive myself if that ugly bum picks your most valuable card! I'll deal with this, it's my…!" Joey was interrupted by Yami putting his hand up in Joey's face, instantly silencing him.
"Thank you, Joey. But I must dual this Rare Hunter." Yami stated, as he hand returned back to his side.
"But..!" Joey started to say, once again trying to get his best friend to change his mind.
"I'll have to risk loosing my Dark Magician eventually. This is my first Battle City dual, the first step in fulfilling my destiny." Yami stated.
This statement caused a little bit of shock and surprise to be shown on Joey's face.
But as for Sere, once she heard the word 'destiny' again, she got the same feeling she did before when she last heard that word spoken. The more that word seemed to be said the more she seemed to hate it.
"Let's get on with this hunt already. The sooner I can take my prize the better." The Rare Hunter said, starting to get impatient.
"I'm ready to dual whenever you are, Rare Hunter!" Yami declared, hopping this would bring an end to the conversation he was having with Joey.
"Yug, wait!" Joey said, trying to get his best friend's attention again. He had one more thing he wanted to say.
"Don't even think about revealing my strategy, Joey Wheeler! If you say a word about how I defeated you, I'll tear your Red Eyes Black Dragon to shreds! So, I'd give my mouth a rest if I were you. And allow me to stalk the Dualist Kingdom Champion and take his Dark Magician without your commentary." The Rare Hunter stated, laughing a little before he spoke. He seemed be trying to threaten Joey to keep him quiet.
"Fine, I'll dual you one on one." Yami agreed, with what seemed to be a smile on his face.
Still holding onto Joey's arm, Sere took this as her queue to try and get Joey to budge this time. "Joey…?" Sere started to ask again, looking up at him.
Joey looked down at his best friend's sister, who seemed to remind him a lot f his own sister. Because of this, he gave in, "Alright, fine." Joey said, letting Sere pull him back a little and out of Yugi's way. With that said, the Dual Disks were activated and the dual began.
Yami was the one who got to start off first. Drawing his hand of five cards, than his sixth card when he declared he would start things off. The Rare Hunter also drew his starting hand of five cards when Yami did.
"Yug, watch out for…" Joey started to say, still not giving up on helping Yugi. Joey really didn't want Yugi to loose his Dark Magician because of him.
"Silence, Wheeler!" Commented the Rare Hunter, when Joey tried to help Yugi. "Or say good bye to your Red Eyes!"
"To start off I place two cards face down on the field." Yami said, setting two cards on the field, as two large holographic looking cards facing down showed up in front of Yami. "Next I summon Beta the Magnet Warrior in attack mode!" Yami announced in a dramatic way, as the monster he played showed up on the field in front of the two face down holographic cards. "Can you handle my newest monster?"
"My first card will be…" The Rare Hunter said as he drew his first card. "Just what I suspected…" The Rare Hunter turned the card he just drew forward so Yami and everyone else could see it. "Graceful Charity lets me drew three cards…" The Rare Hunter said as he drew three more cards from his deck and added them to his hand. "And I discard two." As the Rare Hunter put two cards from his hand into his Grave Yard. "If you only knew what was in my hand waiting you'd forfeit now, and relinquish your rare Dark Magician!" The Rare Hunter taunted.
"Never! I may not know what's in your hand, but my Trap Card, Light of Intervention, reveals all your hidden monsters on the field. There will be no surprise attacks from you!" Yami stated, as one of the two face down holographic cards lifted up to reveal the Trap Card Yami played.
"That doesn't matter." The Rare Hunter said, as if Yami's statement didn't faze him one bit. "I play Stone Statue of the Aztecs in Defense Mode!" The Rare Hunter placed the card on the Dual Disk and his monster appeared the field in holographic image of itself sitting on top of its face up card.
Sere was still holding onto Joey's arm, while watching the dual. She knew just how Joey felt, for she wished she could do something to help. But all anyone could do at this point was just watch and hope for a good outcome. All Sere could do right now was hold onto Joey to make sure he didn't do anything drastic. Sere looked from Joey to the Rare Hunter, who she was getting a bad feeling from. She was wondering just how that Rare Hunter tricked Joey. Then Sere looked from the Rare Hunter to Yami. She could tell it was that other part of Yugi that was on the surface right now, dueling. She just had this feeling about that, the same feeling she kept getting whenever Yami was around. But one thing she did notice right now was that Yami seemed a bit curious as to what this Rare Hunter was up to. But that only seemed to last for only a moment.
"It's time for your Stone Statue to crumble!" Yami declared as he drew his next card. "By Battle City rules, I sacrifice my weaker Magnet Warrior to summon the almighty Berfomet!" With that said, the holographic Magnet Warrior disappeared from the field to be replaced by the monster Yami just summoned. "And he is able to bring forth Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts!" With that announcement, another monster appeared on the field. "That's not all, now I use Polymerization to fuse them together…" Yami stated, as the second face down card that was on the field lifted up, its effect activated, fusing the two monsters to created a new one. "…forming Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast! On my next turn, my all powerful Chimera will erode your Stone Statue into tiny pieces of rubble. Then, according to Battle City rules, once you have no monsters left on the field I can attack your Life Points directly."
"Very impressive, but you'll need more than that to scare off the Hunter." The Rare Hunter said, obviously not threaded by Yami one bit.
"Listen Yug, this guys got a plan to whip you out! Check out the grin on that ugly kisser of his. This is exactly what the old creep did to me! He's got something in his hand that's gonna…" Joey said, once again not being able to just stand aside, and feeling the need to help his friend in any way possible.
"Silence, Wheeler! One more word out of you and say goodbye to your Red Eyes for ever!" The Rare Hunter threatened, after Joey's little out burst.
"Joey, please." Sere said, tugging gently on Joey's arm, causing Joey to look down at Sere. "Please don't make things worse than they already are."
"I'll end my turn by placing this card face down on the field." Yami stated, setting a card on the field, as another holographic face down card appeared on the field in front of Yami.
"I predict another Graceful Charity." The Rare Hunter stated, drawing his card. "Imagine that, I was correct." With that, the Rare Hunter activated the card. "I draw three more cards, and discard two."
Sere noticed, once again, that that curious look appeared on Yami's face again. But just like before, it disappeared quickly. She was starting to wonder herself, at exactly what this Rare Hunter was up too. Then she started to wonder how exactly her visions work, because if she could get a vision about what this Rare Hunter was up to she could tell Yami. But then again, she got this feeling that she shouldn't tip Yami off. She got this feeling that Yami wanted to do this on his own, hence why he doesn't want Joey saying what he so desperately wants to say.
"Yugi, your Dark Magician is as good as mine." The Rare Hunter stated, grinning. "Now I'll strengthen my defenses. To protect me I'll summon Gear Golem the Moving Fortress!" With that said, another monster appeared on the Rare Hunter's side of the field sitting on its holographic face up card. "Even your Chimera is not powerful enough to destroy it. What are you going to do now, Yugi? You can't beat me if you can't get by my defenses!"
"You may be protecting your Life Points with fortresses and stone walls, Rare Hunter. But in order for you to win this dual, you must attack me eventually. So, what are you waiting for?" Yami said.
"Oh, you'll find out soon enough, Yugi. So, go ahead. Make your move. The Hunter will strike his pray when the time is right." The Rare Hunter stated.
At this moment, Sere, still holding on to Joey's arm, noticed that he was starting to shake a little. She didn't know if it was because of frustration, anger, or for being worried about Yugi. She hoped that he wouldn't go and do anything to drastic. "Joey…?" Sere said, trying to get Joey's attention, to try and get him to calm down. Unfortunately for Sere, Joey seemed to ignore her this time.
"Hey, Yug, hold it!" Joey said, not being able to hold it in anymore, while Sere held firmly onto his arm, keeping from going to far. "I can't stand by and watch this. No way. I won't let you loose your Dark Magician for me!"
"That's enough, Joey! You must not reveal the Rare Hunter's strategy. I will defeat him. You're my friend, Joey. And I'm fighting this dual for you, just as you would do for me!" Yami stated.
"You're right." Joey agreed.
"Do you remember that time that Weevel threw my Exodia cards into the ocean? You risked your life to try to get my cards back. Not just because Exodia is the most powerful card in the game, but because I was friend in need." Yami stated.
Sere noticed after Yami had stopped talking that he had a look of realization. She hoped that he had figured something out that can finish this dual and get Joey's card back.
"I'm on to you. I know your strategy, Rare Hunter!" Yami stated. "Your planning to summon Exodia the Forbidden One!"
This statement shocked the Rare Hunter. It would seem as if he underestimated Yami thinking he could never figure it out.
"Alright!" Joey cheered.
"Thank you, Joey. You allowed me to figure out his strategy without actually telling me." Yami thanked Joey, giving him the thumbs up. Joey returned the gesture, giving a thumbs up in return.
All Sere could do was smile. This was good, she knew everything would be alright, but now she didn't have to worry anymore. For some reason she had this feeling that this dual will be over soon.
"Just because you figured out my strategy, doesn't mean you can stop me from succeeding. Everyone knows Exodia is the most powerful creature in Dual Monsters! How will you stop the unstoppable Exodia?" The Rare Hunter taunted.
"True. No one has ever defeated Exodia. But, in order to win back Joey's Red Eyes Black Dragon, I'll be the first." Yami declared.
Again, sorry that it took so long for an update. Life has been getting in the way a lot lately. I also start my summer job on July 2nd, so hopefully I'll get some down time from everything else to work on my fics. Which tends to happen a lot at my summer job. The only down side is, I don't get internet connection at my work.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. I hope to get another out soon, though who knows when "soon" will happen.