Well, here is another chapter. Though it seems like to me that it's been awhile since I posted a chapter, but compared to how long it usually takes, I suppose this could be considered quick. It probably feels like awhile to me since I sat down and started watching the series again trying to find this one moment in the series that I've been trying to remember what episode it was in. So, while I was watching the episodes again trying to find that point, I started writing down ideas as I watched. So now things should be going a little faster for chapters…that is if real life doesn't get in the way.
Now on with the chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 10
Yami and Sere were once again walking around Battle City. Sere looked at her brother as they walked down an alley, she was going to ask where they should go next but decided not to once she saw the look on his face. He appeared to be in deep thought, so she decided to leave him alone and just follow instead, she would find out where they were going as time went by.
"Did you hear? Joey Wheeler is dueling some guy with ESP!" Some kids shouted to each other as they ran by down a different alley.
"This I got to see!" One of the other kids said, following his two friends.
"Come on!" The first kid said, leading the way.
"That makes two of us." Yami said, as he and Sere stopped, as they watched the kids run by.
"So, we can go and watch Joey duel?" Sere asked, looking at her brother, starting to get a little excited.
"Yes." Yami answered, giving a small smile, noticing the somewhat contained excitement on Sere's face.
"Yay!" Sere cheered.
Yami and Sere went in the direction that the kids did. After some walking they found a rather big crowd at the end of the alley.
"Um…I don't think we can get through this crowd to see Joey's duel." Sere pointed out looking around, then she got a good idea as she looked up. "How about he watch from up there?" Sere looked to Yami, pointing to the top of one of the buildings that she saw railings on.
"That looks like as good a spot as any." Yami agreed.
"Well, at least we'll be able to see something from up there, because I don't think we would be able to down here, not unless you want to try and get through that crowd." Sere stated, pointing to the crowd.
"True." Yami agreed. "So, let's get going." Yami said as he started heading for the building to make his way up to the roof. Sere followed close behind him, not wanting to get left behind, since she almost wasn't paying attention when her brother started to walk off.
Once they made their way to the roof, Sere ran over to the railing the second she walked through the door and out onto the roof of the building. Yami took his time to walk over to the railing. The both of them stood in silence watching Joey's duel.
"Let's tell Espa what else this guy's got." Both Yami and Sere heard a voice say off to the left of them. They turned to the sound of the voice and saw four boys standing there on a roof of a different building, but both buildings were sitting next to each other so it was easy to get from one roof to another. There wasn't too much height different between the two roof tops, so it was easy to see the four boys. Three of the boys were watching the duel bellow. One of them was eating a rather big lollypop. Another held binoculars in his hands; he also had a small child on his back. The last of the boys seemed to be holding something to his ear; it seemed to be mostly covered by his hair, so it was hard to tell what it was.
"I'm pretty sure that I see Graceful Dice under his swordsmen." The boy with the binoculars said.
"Ok, big brother, Graceful Dice is under his swordsman." The boy that seemed to be holding something to his ear said.
"Are they…" Sere started to say, not really believing what she was seeing or hearing from those boys near them.
"It looks like he is a fake." Yami stated, still looking at the boys.
"So, they're cheating?" Sere asked, looking at Yami, trying to keep her voice down enough so the boys wouldn't know that the two of them were there. Sere still didn't want to believe that someone would be cheating like this. Yami didn't answer; he just kept on looking at the boys.
"Hold on, he drew another Graceful Dice." The boy with the binoculars announced to the other boys around him. This made Sere turn her attention back to the boys.
"Ok, bro, now listen up. Your opponent just picked up another Graceful Dice." The boy that seemed to be holding something in his ear said.
"I guess they really are cheating." Sere said, saddened. 'He just said the word opponent. 'That would mean it's the guy that Joey's dueling that they are talking to.' Sere thought to herself, with a sad look on her face. Now she was wondering why they would have to cheat like this, what reason could they possible have for doing this.
By now, watching Joey's duel was all but forgotten. Watching the boys cheat was now taking up her attention, and she was pretty sure that her brother was watching the boys as well.
"That guy is about to loose his mind." One of the boys stated, sound as if he was rather happy if that really did end up happening.
That comment about one of her friends and her brother's best friend, the comment was making her somewhat angry. 'How dare they think this is fun!' Sere thought to herself, just about ready to go down there and give those boys a piece of her mind. But before she could even take a step in their direction, her brother stopped her by placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Let them be." Yami said, looking at her. "Have faith that Joey will find away around their cheating."
"But…" Sere started to argue.
"Do you think that Joey would want us helping him out in this duel like that?" Yami asked.
"Probably not." Sere said with a sigh, realizing that her brother was right. The two of them then turned their attention back to the dual bellow. Even though they couldn't hear what was going on down bellow because of them being so far up, but they could at least see what was going on.
Sere watched as she saw that Joey placed two cards face down in his magic and trap part of his field, as he summoned a monster in attack mode. Sere wished she could see which monster it was, but they were to far away to really make out any details. Sere then quickly glanced over at the boys. 'That must be why one of them has binoculars. You can't really make out any details from here without them.' Sere thought to herself, as she turned her attention back to the duel bellow.
Sere turned her attention back to the duel just in time for Joey's opponent to begin his turn. She watched as Joey's opponent sacrificed one of his monsters to summon another one, but again she couldn't tell exactly what monsters were being used. Sere leaned against the railing as she saw that Joey activated one of his two face down cards. She hoped that the card would help Joey out.
Sere started to worry a little when she saw that Joey's opponent started his attack on Joey's monster. Hope once again filled Sere as she noticed that Joey activated the other face down card he had. 'Please, let this work.' Sere thought to herself, as she watched on, almost holding her breath.
"Yes!" Sere cheered, when Joey's opponent's monster was destroyed. But Sere tried to keep her excitement as quiet as possible so the boys that were cheating didn't know they were there watching them.
"Uhoh…" The one with the binoculars said, with a somewhat worried expression on his face.
"Busted…" The boy that was telling Joey's opponent what Joey had in his hand said, just as worried as the boy next to him.
"Nice work, Joey. Now you're in control." Yami said, paying more attention to the duel bellow than the cheating boys near them.
"Yes." Sere nodded her head in agreement.
Their thoughts were interrupted when they heard a whistle coming from the roof next to them, as well as someone shouting. This caught both Yami and Sere's attention as the turned to see what was going on.
"Violation!" Shouted a young boy with long black hair, as he ran up to the four boys that were cheating.
"Run!" The boy that was telling Joey's opponent what cards he had said as he got up to run away. The other three boys weren't quick enough. The boy with the long black hair ran by the three boys, taking the binoculars with him as he ran by after the boy that was trying to run away.
"Freeze!" The boy with the long black hair yelled, as he slid to try and catch the boy that tried to run, as he tried to duck under a sign that was on the roof. Unfortunately, the boy wasn't fast enough, and the boy with the long black hair caught him.
"Your brother will never duel in this town again!" The black haired boy stated, as he looked down at the boy he just caught trying to run away.
"We've learned out lesson. Please, you've got to give him another chance." The boy that had the binoculars pleaded.
"As the Battle City Tournament Commissioner, it's my sworn duty to bust cheaters!" The black haired boy stated, folding his arms over his chest. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't cancel this duel."
"You just can't!" The binocular-less boy begged.
"Show some mercy commish, our brother isn't doing this for the dueling glory, he's doing it for us." The boy, that the black haired boy caught, said, almost in a pleading manner. What the boy said caught the black haired boy's attention.
"We're carnival folk, or at least we use to be." The binocular-less boy explained. "Since we left the show, he's kept the bullies off our backs."
"Your big brother protects you from bullies?" The black haired boy asked, sounding as if he understood what they were talking about, as if he had been through something similar himself.
"See, every day after school, the big kids would gang up on us." The binocular-less boy explained.
"But even bullies respect a good duelist, like our brother." The boy that was caught running away added. "As long as he wins, they leave us alone. We're just trying to make sure he does."
The black haired boy got this sort of sad look on his face as he turned his gaze over his shoulder, as if he didn't want to look at the four boys before him. He ended up seeing Sere standing there leaning against the railing watching the scene play out before her. The black haired boy got this confused look on his face when he spotted her. 'He probably is wondering who I am, just like I'm wondering who he his.' Sere thought to herself. But the expression on his face quickly changed when his gazed looked slightly past her. Sere noticed the boy had a look of recognition, as if he recognized something, or someone. So, Sere glanced behind herself to look at her brother and noticed that he was looking straight at the black haired boy. Sere turned back to the boy and noticed he was looking straight at her brother.
"You know him?" Sere asked, referring to the black haired boy, as she turned her attention back to her brother.
"His name is Mokuba Kaiba. He is Seto Kaiba's younger brother." Yami explained, never taking his eyes off of Mokuba.
"I see." Sere said, as she turned her attention back to the boys and Mokuba.
"It's still cheating!" Mokuba said, as she shook his head as if he was trying to get rid of some thought he had. "If I let you guys off the hook, what's to stop you from pulling this stunt again?"
"I'm begging." The boy that was next to Mokuba pleaded. "Let my brother duel, or we're toast after school."
"Just give him a chance to go legit." The boy with the lollypop finally spoke. "Espa may be a bogus psychic, but he's a great duelist."
Sere noticed that Mokuba looked back up at her brother with a sad questioning look, as if he was looking for her brother's input. Sere turned to look over at her brother, she gave him her own questioning look, but it was different from Mokuba's. The look that she was giving was asking for his permission if she could go and talk to them this time. Her brother looked to her, gave a soft smile, closed his eyes, and turned his attention back to the duel bellow. Sere took this for the answer of "yes". Sere turned her attention back to the group of boys bellow her on the slightly lower roof and smiled. She climbed over the railing and jumped down to the lower roof top and walked over to the group of boys.
"Hi." Sere said to Mokuba, as she sat down next to him. "I know we never met before, but it would seem that you and my brother know each other." Sere then turned to look over at her brother for a moment, so Mokuba would know who she was referring to.
"You're Yugi's sister?" Mokuba asked, surprised.
"Yes." Sere simply answered. "My name is Serenity Moto. Though everyone calls me Sere as to not confuse me with Joey's little sister, since she has the same name I do."
"I didn't even know that Yugi had a sister." Mokuba said, mostly to himself. To this, Sere gave a sad smile, she really didn't feel like telling him that he was right, that Yugi didn't have a sister, not until she came along, but that would be a story for another day, if she ever felt like telling him. But, there were more important things to do at the moment, like giving Mokuba the advice he was looking for.
"Mokuba, right?" Sere asked. As Mokuba nodded, she continued. "I believe in giving people second chances. Everyone deserves a second chance. Otherwise, how would people learn from their mistakes?"
"What do you say?" The binocular-less point asked, as he crawled over to where Mokuba was sitting.
"Come on, have a heart." The other boy next to Mokuba pleaded.
"This is your last chance." Mokuba stated, with a sigh. "If he cheats again, then it's no more mister nice guy."
"Thanks, Commish!" The boy binocular-less boy thanked, looking over at his brother sitting near Mokuba.
"Big brother stories get me every time." Mokuba said, more to himself.
"You did the right thing." Sere said, putting her hand on Mokuba's shoulder, with a smile on her face.
"Come on, Joey." Yami said, his full attention back on the duel bellow him. Sere heard what her brother said, she looked up at Yami and noticed that he was paying attention to the duel, then Sere got an idea. She turned her attention back to the boys around her.
"Come on, let's go and watch the rest of this duel. Let's go and see who will win." Sere suggested as she got up and walked over to the railing of the roof top to watch the duel bellow. The four brothers came over just in time to see their brother place a card face down in his magic and trap part of his field. Mokuba joined them just in time to see Joey summon a monster in attack mode.
Sere watched as Joey had one of his monsters attack Espa directly. Even though her attention was back on the duel bellow, it was rather hard to try and keep the out the sounds of the four cheering brothers next to her. Though she had to smile at the display, at the faith they had in their brother.
"Be careful, Joey, keep up your defenses." Yami said, as if Joey could hear his advice. Sere smiled up at her brother, she was wondering if that was his way of cheering Joey on.
Joey's other monster went on the attack, just as Sere had the thought that they were making quiet the cheering section, to bad they were so far away, the people they were cheering wouldn't be able to hear them. But that thought was short lived, as Joey's attack came to a stop when Espa activated his face down card.
'Oh no.' Sere thought, as she watched Joey's monster became Espa's monster.
Sere watched as Joey placed a monster face down in his magic and trap part of his field. She was now hoping that that card would help him win this duel. Sere continued to hope as she saw Espa sacrifice Joey's monster that he took control of to summon his own monster.
"Not good…" Sere mumbled, as Joey's face down card was destroyed. Her worry started to make a comeback when she saw that Espa equipped a card to his monster, it obviously made his monster stronger.
'Come on, Joey, you can beat that guy's monster.' Sere thought to herself, trying to keep hope alive, as she watched Joey's monster get destroyed.
Once again a small smile formed on Sere's face as the four brothers' continued to cheer their brother on.
"Alright, even without us giving him the info, Espa's winning." One of the brothers's said with excitement, now that he was able to watch the duel through his binoculars again. "And he's still faking the ESP just to psych that guy out!"
Sere's attention quickly turned back to the duel when she noticed that Joey summoned a monster. Then after some time, which seemed like the two duelist bellow were making small talk again, Joey used an effect of another monster of his as it showed up on the field. Sere watched as the monster that Joey summoned changed into a different monster. She got the impression that the effect of what Joey did was to make time pass by really fast for the monsters on the field. Sere got the feeling that Joey's idea didn't work like he thought it would. Sere slightly gripped the railing a little tighter than she was before, as Joey's monster got destroyed. She was hoping that Joey's monster would've stayed out longer to be able to at least do something than just get destroyed after being summoned. Sere's hope, once again, returned when Joey activated one of his magic cards. Sere saw four little sheep appear on Joey's side of the field.
Sere started to worry again when Espa summoned another monster to his side of the field. She was worried by the fact that Joey's opponent now has two monsters on the field. But Sere never lost faith that Joey would find a way to win the duel, he had to, he just had to.
Sere's worry was realized when Espa attacked one of the four sheep that Joey had on his field. Then not to long after that one sheep disappeared, Espa attacked again with his other monster, as another sheep disappeared, leaving only two little sheep left.
Sere found herself starting to lean against the railing as Joey activated a magic card. She leaned as if it would help her get a better look at what was going on. For some reason, this one move put her hopes up really high, she had this feeling that this could be it, the move that would decided this duel.
Sere was starting to notice a pattern in Joey's dueling strategy; she was noticing that Joey tended to rely on luck when it came to his dueling, just as this one move seemed to be. Sere watched as this web formed on the field with one of Espa's monsters in the center of it. Just then, it started to spin around in a circle, after some time it seemed to start to come to a stop. Sere seemed to be getting into a state of suspense, leaning more onto the railing.
Once the spinning monster came to a stop, it was facing Espa's other monster, as the once spinning monster attacked the monster it was now facing. The attack was bounced off the monster it was fired on, instantly destroying the monster that reflected the attack back to the one that fired it. The bounced back attack destroyed the monster that originally fired the attack. In the end, both of Espa's monsters were destroyed.
"Yes!" Sere cheered, as she jumped back and away from the railing, as to not fall off the roof.
"Espa put up an awesome fight, but that guy beat him." The brother with the binoculars announced.
"He was so close!" One of the other brothers's said, with some disappointment in his voice.
Sere looked over at the four brothers when she heard the disappointment in one of their voices. She walked up to one of the brothers and placed her hand on the shoulder on the brother how spoke with the disappointment in his voice. The boy looked up at her at the touch.
"Your brother dueled well. You should be proud of him." Sere said with a smile, trying to cheer the four brothers up. "Go to him. The four of them should be there for him."
The three older brothers looked to each other, coming to some silent agreement, then left, taking Sere's advice to heart.
Sere turned her attention back down bellow, trying to spot the four boys once they made their way down to the crowd bellow. After a moment of searching, she spotted them, the crowd had parted to let them threw. Sere was sure they were talking to their older brother, but to her, at such a far distance, she really had no idea if they were talking or just staring at each other. But after a little while, she saw that they ran to their older brother and gave them a hug. Sere smiled at the family hug, getting the feeling that everything was right with the world again, or at least, everything was right again with the Roba brothers.
With the thought of family, Sere looked up at her brother on the roof next to the one she was currently on. She noticed that he was looked down at her too. "Meet up with you downstairs?" Sere asked with a smile. With a nodded of his head, Yami headed for the bottom floor of the building.
Sere turned to leave herself, but noticed Mokuba was still there on the roof.
"I suppose I'll see you later then." Sere said with a slight smile.
"Yeah, of course we will. You're Yugi's sister; I know we'll see each other again." Mokuba answered with determination.
"Alright!" Sere said happily, as she started running for the exit of the roof to go and meet up with her brother on the ground. "See you later!" Sere gave a back handed wave as she went.
Once Sere got down to the ground again, it took a moment to find her brother, since those from the crowd were wondering around once again, but she did eventually find him. Once they met up, they started on their way again. Once again the question being, where were they going next?
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I hope that it doesn't sound to confusing. I have a habit of writing from what Serena knows…so in a way what Serena knows the view/reader knows. So since she was watching the duel from up on top of a building, I think it would've been rather hard to see detail and hear exactly what was going on…that is if you could hear it all the way on top of a building.