I've been in a DBZ mood lately, but with the new YGO movie out and me being denied the chance to see it, well, that got me into the mood to work on this chapter. Which allowed me to finish the chapter. I wonder how much longer I'm going to have to wait for it to come out on DVD. *sigh* And now that college is done for the school year, I'm finally able to read over what I have to make sure the chapter goes the way I wanted it to.
Chapter 13
"Your parasite infected monsters still can't attack me." Weevil stated, sounding quiet proud of himself.
"Well, it's not over yet." Joey said, hoping to prove a point.
"Give it up, Wheeler." Weevil said, as if he had already won. "Now that my Ultimate Great Moth has emerged, you're as good as squashed. And your two Locator Cards are mine!"
"You wish." Tristan said, not impressed with what Weevil said.
"Zap that big bug, Joey!" Tea cheered Joey on, trying to give Joey some encouragement.
"Stay focused!" Grandpa reminded.
"Yeah, you can do this, you know you can!" Sere added, agreeing with Grandpa.
"You'll be saying goodbye to Battle City in no time, Wheeler!" Weevil said, as if Joey's friends hadn't even spoken.
"Whatever." Joey said, not impressed and sounding a little bored.
"Prepare to witness the devastating power of my Great Moth. Destroy his Alligator's Sword now!" Weevil commanded of his monster. The attack destroyed Joey's monster.
"Come on, you've must have some kind of giant flyswatter or something in your deck." Tristan said. As for Sere, she would've thought he was joking around if it weren't for the serious situation they were in.
"What are you? His pompom girl?" Weevil said as a way of insult.
"Don't make me come of there!" Tristan said, trying to sound threatening. Tea and Grandpa taking the exchange the same way anyone else would.
'Oh boy.' Sere thought to herself. "Tristan, don't let him get to you." Sere suggested.
"Look, thanks to the parasite living on his side of the field, all of Wheeler's cards are now insects, allowing my Insect Barrier to block every one of their attacks!" Weevil pointed out, still looking rather proud of himself. "Besides, only Gate Guardian and the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon have enough Attack Points to defeat my Great Moth. And I doubt you have either of them in your pathetic deck."
Joey seemed to be happy with the card that he drew from his deck, as he started his turn. "I place one card face down and switch all of my monster cards to Attack Mode!" Joey declared.
"Did I hear Joey right?" Grandpa asked, surprised.
"How can Joey attack Weevil's moth, when his monsters are weaker?" Tea questioned, wondering what Joey could possibly be thinking.
"The pressure has finally gotten to him." Tristan said, worried that his friend had finally lost it. "He's crackin' up!"
"That's not a nice thing to say, Tristan." Sere said, making it sound like Tristan had lost faith in Joey winning.
"Sere…" Tristan tried to explain why he said that, until he was interrupted before he could say anything more.
"Unless, he's doing what I think he is." Grandpa said, not really elaborating on what he was thinking.
"Bring it on!" Joey said, wanting to get on with it.
"You got it!" Weevil agreed, as he drew his card, beginning his turn. "I doubt that a fool like you could have anything sneaky planned." Weevil stated, thinking that everyone but himself was a moron. "But, just in case, I'll place this monster in Defense Mode." Weevil stated, as he placed a card face down. "Now, you remember Leghul, don't you?" Weevil said, with a grin and a snicker, still convinced he could never loose. Though, Joey didn't even bother to answer the question. "Perhaps I should refresh your memory. Leghul, bypass his monsters and attack his Life Points directly!" This brought Joey's Life Points down to 2800. "Now, since you put your parasite card in Attack Mode, and it's technically your weakest monster on the field, I'm going to attack it, which will knock your Life Points down to zero." Weevil happily declared. "Finish him off my Great Moth!" With that, Weevil's moth started to attack.
"Nice try, bug brain. Reveal, Skull Dice!" Joey said, as he activated one of his face down cards. "This card will reduce your monster's attack power down, depending on the roll of the dye! So, the higher the number, the weaker your moth gets!" Joey seemed to be happy to explain this, while at the end of the explanation, Weevil seemed to be surprised by this turn of events. Silence reigned as everyone watched the red dye roll around on the ground. Then, it stopped on a two. "What, a two?" Joey seemed totally surprised by this, as if he wasn't expecting it to be a low number. But that surprise didn't last long, as he seemed to go with what he got. "Oh well, it still cuts the Attack Points of your oversized pest in half." Joey stated, as the Great Moth's Attack Points dropped from 3500 to 1750.
"That was a sad attempt to survive, Wheeler. My moth can still blow your parasite to pieces!" Weevil pointed out, still acting like he can win no matter what, as if anything Joey tries would be pointless.
"Don't count on it." Joey said, with a slight smile creeping onto his face. "Now, I'll reveal my other face down card." Joey announced as he activated another card. "The Magic Card, Graceful Dice! Part two of my ingenious master plan!" This seemed to make Weevil worry. "The higher I roll, the stronger my parasite monster will become, you termite! Bet your sorry you snuck that into my deck now, huh?"
"It can't be…" Weevil said with a bit of surprise in his voice, while he looked somewhat worried.
"I need a four or higher to swat your moth!" Joey declared, as a blue dye was rolled. Silence once again reigned as everyone watched the dye roll on the ground, until it stopped on a four. "Alright!" Joey practically jumped for joy. "Parasite Paracide's Attack Points multiply by four to 2000!"
"Ah! I can't watch!" Weevil said in despair, as his monster was destroyed by Parasite Paracide.
"Say bye bye to your bug!" Joey said, as Weevil's monster was destroyed, disappearing. This brought Weevil's Life Points down to 5450.
"Up, high!" Tristan said, putting his hand in the hair for Tea to high-five.
"I knew Joey could do it." Tea said, as she high-five Tristan.
"That's the way to do it!" Sere cheered, ignoring the high-five.
"Great dueling!" Grandpa cheered, also ignoring the high-five.
"That's right, Weevil, Joey's back." Joey said, as he drew a card from his deck, beginning his turn.
"My moth, my precious Great Moth!" Weevil said, he seemed to be devastated by his monster being destroyed. "You've squashed it like a common fly!" And then anger set in, with an accusing finger pointed at Joey. "You'll pay! This duel isn't over yet, Wheeler, not by a mile!"
"Bring it on, Weevil!" Joey said, not even bothered by what Weevil said. Joey still seemed to be rather happy about getting rid of Weevil's moth. "I'll exterminate all your little critters."
"You won that round." Weevil said, seeming to be calmed down now, and beginning his turn, since Joey had to pass his turn. "But my next surprise will win me the duel, and send you packing!"
"We'll just see about that, Weevil." Joey said, not believing what Weevil was saying.
"Yes, we will." Weevil agreed, thinking that he had the upper hand, even though he lost his moth. "First, I'll play this, my Insect Soldiers of the Sky!" Weevil summoned his monster to the field in Attack Mode. "Next comes the Magic Card, Eradicating Aerosol!" Weevil said, activating the Magic Card from his hand. The activation of this card seemed to surprise everyone. "This card has the power to destroy any insect card on the field. And since all of your parasite infected monsters are still insects, I could take one of them out, but I'm not." Weevil explained, trying to make Joey worry there, trying to make him think that he was going to use his Magic Card on one of his monsters. But even when Weevil said that he wasn't going to do so, Weevil still looked happy about it. "I've got bigger plans. So, I play Pinch Hopper." Weevil announced, Flip Summoning a face down monster. "And now, I can destroy my own insect!" Once again, everyone seemed rather surprised by this.
"What gives?" Tristan asked, wondering why Weevil would do something like destroy his own monster.
"Does anyone else think that he's lost it?" Sere asked, thinking that Weevil had lost his mind, willingly wanting to get rid of his own monster.
"Once Pinch Hopper goes to the Grave Yard, Weevil can summon any monster from his hand!" Grandpa explained, knowing exactly why Weevil was doing this.
"Any monster?" Joey asked, in surprise, really not wanting to believe that could be true.
"Yes." Weevil happily answered Joey's question. "Eradicating Aerosol, now, destroy my Pinch Hopper!" With that command, Weevil's monster was destroyed. "Now, I can summon a creature whose attack power is virtually limitless!" Weevil then summoned his new monster, in Attack Mode. "Insect Queen! She's my rarest card, and if played the right way, is totally unstoppable. Prepare to lose it all, Wheeler! You may have defeated my Great Moth, but my queen will trounce your puny defense and whip out your Life Points! Now, you will face a power like no other! Say good bye to Battle City!" Weevil sounded as if his revenge for the destruction of his moth was now in place, and he seemed as if he couldn't lose. "If you think my Insect Queen is powerful now, just wait until you see her special function. She absorbs the Attack Points of every insect on the field!
'Of every insect monster?' Sere thought to herself, not too sure if she should be worried by that or not.
"It's still got less than your moth, and I creamed that thing." Joey stated, seeming to not be to impressed with what Weevil said.
"You weren't listening." Weevil said, once again pointing an accusing figure at Joey. "She absorbs the points of every insect, yours included!"
'That's what I was afraid of.' Sere thought to herself, now worried.
"Mine?" Joey questioned, not exactly knowing why this had anything to do with his monsters. Then it hit him. "That's right; my monsters are still considered insects because of that stinking parasite."
"Exactly!" Weevil happily confirmed that Joey, was indeed, right. "Now, absorb their power, my queen!"
"That's a thousand more Attack Points!" Joey said, not liking what he was seeing, as the Insect Queen's Attack Points rose from 2200 to 3200.
"Come on!" Tristan said, trying to be encouraging.
"Oh no." Tea said, getting worried.
"Joey, remember, insect cards can be extremely tricky, and to battle an insect duelist, you have to think like an insect duelist!" Grandpa advised, trying to help Joey out, as well as be encouraging. "You destroyed his Great Moth, and you can destroy his Insect Queen!"
All that seemed to do was make Weevil happily snicker, as if anything that Joey does will, once again, be pointless. "And now, I give my queen another power boost! I sacrifice Leghul!" Once Weevil said this, Insect Queen stated to eat Leghul. "The more she feeds, the more powerful she becomes."
"Eeww." Tea said, as she turned her head away, not wanting to look as Weevil's monster ate the other one.
"Did it really have to eat the other monster?" Sere asked, feeling the same way as Tea, but still watched.
"Now that's just disgusting." Tristan said, in a way, agreeing with Tea.
"Insect Queen, attack!" Weevil commanded of his monster, ignoring Tristan and Tea. "Annihilate his Tiny Guardian!" And with that attack, Joey's Life Points went down to 1000. "Now your monster is bug juice. And you lost some serious Life Points. And it gets better, with every monster my queen destroys, she lays an egg!" And this egg is considered an Insect Monster Token, which was placed in Attack Mode. Of course, all of this made Weevil laugh rather happily/proudly. "These eggs let her keep the extra Attack Points, even after the monsters destroyed!" It would seem that Weevil only stopped laughing long enough to talk. "Plus, when these eggs hatch, I'll have an entire insect army!"
"I don't think I want to know what they would hatch into." Sere commented, not really wanting to know the details.
"Here goes nothing." Joey said, as he drew a card, beginning his turn. "I'll place one card face down on the field, and end my turn." With that placement of a card in his magic and trap card zone, Joey's turn ended and Weevil's turn began. This made Weevil grin.
"Joey, you forgot to switch all of your monsters back into Defense Mode!" Grandpa pointed out.
"Huh?" Joey seems surprised by that.
"Tough luck!" Weevil said, pointing a figure, once again, at Joey, taking pleasure at Joey's misfortune. "Now, there's nothing defending your Life Points against my attacks! Time to finish you off, Wheeler."
"Oh no." Grandpa said, seeming to just realize something. "If Joey's attacked now, his Life Points will drop to zero!"
"So long, Wheeler. I summon Cockroach Knight!" Weevil said, as he summoned a monster in Attack Mode. "To feed my queen!" Weevil declared, as this monster, too, was eaten. "And, whenever my cockroach is destroyed, it returns to the top of my deck. So, I can keep sacrificing it, to increase my queen's strength! And, now, Insect Queen, destroy his panther. Then knock him out of the tournament for good!"
"Don't be so sure, Weevil." Joey said, seeming to be rather happy about something, which surprised Weevil. "Let's see if you can guess what is beneath card number one."
"No, not a Trap Card!" Weevil said, seeming to be, not just surprised, but almost like he was taken aback by this, as if he didn't think something like this could possible happen. "You kept your monsters in Attack Mode on purpose! Didn't you?"
"On the nose." Joey said, confirming what Weevil suspected. "And because you fell for it, you went for the kill, now it's time to pay!" Joey then activated his face down card. "Activate, Magic Arm Shield!"
"My Insect Soldiers of the Sky!" Weevil said, in disbelief, watching as the arms of Joey's Magic Card came and took Weevil's monster from his side of the field to Joey's side of the field.
"My Magic Arm Shield lets me defend myself against your attack by using one of your monsters to deflect the blow." Joey explained, while Weevil's monster was destroyed, instead of one of Joey's monsters. Weevil seemed to be, once again, devastated by this, as his Life Points were brought down to 3250. "Now whose points are history?" Joey asked, seeming smug about this accomplishment. But since it was Weevil's Insect Queen being the one that attacked and destroyed a monster, another egg was placed on the field, meaning another Token was placed on the field in Attack Mode.
"You may have blocked one attack, but you're just prolonging your defeat." Weevil declared, trying to make it look like this turn of events didn't bother him at all.
"I can't stand him!" Tea said, getting sick of Weevil.
"I agree with Tea." Sere agreed, with Tea's statement.
"Joey will shut him up." Tristan said, trying to make the two feel better about all of this. "As soon as he destroys that Insect Queen."
"What's the matter, Wheeler?" Weevil asked, trying to get under Joey's skin, once again. "Did your flee sized brain run out of ideas already? There's no way out. As my queen gets stronger, she'll continue to lay eggs, that will hatch into a swarm of insect warriors. And, if that wasn't enough to ensure my victory in this duel, Wheeler, thanks to my Insect Barrier, you still can't attack!"
"Don't count your eggs yet." Joey said, as he drew his card, and began his turn. "To protect my Life Points, I'll put both my monsters in Defense Mode."
"Looks like someone's running out of options." Weevil said, laughing, trying to get Joey angry, as well as beginning his turn. "But, relax, I promise that I'll finish you quickly." Weevil then held up a card, showing it to Joey and everyone behind him. "Recognize this? It's Cockroach Knight again!" Weevil summoned his monster in Attack Mode. "Eat and grow strong, my queen!" And with that, Weevil's monster once again ate another monster. "And now, attack his Panther Warrior!" Weevil laughed as Joey's monster was destroyed. "Another one bites the dust!" And with that attack done, Weevil's monster, once again, laid an egg, which placed another Token on the field in Attack Mode, which now made it a total of three Tokens. "Time to hand over your two Locator Cards and go home, Wheeler!" And now that laugh turned into hysterical laughter.
"Is it me, or is he insane?" Sere quietly commented, once Weevil started with the hysterical laughter. Though, she didn't really expect anyone to answer her.
"Hang in there, Joey!" Tea cheered, hoping to encourage him. "We're all behind you!"
"Trust yourself, Joey." Grandpa said, joining Tea in encouraging Joey. "Trust your deck!"
"Focus, Joey!" Tristan decided to join in too. "You've gotten out of tougher situations than this before! And remember, Serenity looks to you for strength. So, you've got to stop this termite for your sister!" That seemed to snap Joey out of some kind of funk that he was starting to slip into, because of what Weevil said.
"That's right, do it for your sister!" Sere cheered, agreeing with what Tristan said.
"You can do it, Joey!" Tea continued to cheer.
"Don't let that little bug push you around." Tristan also continued to encourage Joey.
"Believe in yourself, Joey." Grandpa said, reinforcing what he had said before.
"Just give up, Wheeler, it's over!" Weevil said, trying to get Joey to not listen to what his friends were saying.
"Joey Wheeler doesn't quit." Joey said, with determination. "Maybe you'd understand if you had friends." With that said, Joey drew his card, beginning his turn. "Come on!"
"You are finished!" Weevil said, still acting like he couldn't lose. "You know Parasite Paracide will infect any monster you summon."
"I'll place one card face down." Joey said, as he place a card face down in his magic and trap card zone. "And I'll summon, Gearfried the Iron Knight!" Joey summoned his monster to the field in Attack Mode.
"You fool." Weevil said, seeming to be rather happy by Joey summoning another monster. "Once your knight has been infected by my parasite card, it will just be another snack for my ravenous queen!"
"Don't be so sure about that, Weevil." Joey said, as the Parasite Paracide card tried to infect Joey's new monster, but there seemed to be something different about this monster. "Some cards are bug-proof!"
"What's wrong?" Weevil asked, surprised by the turn of events, he wasn't expecting something like this to happen, he was sure something like this wouldn't happen. And, somewhat, confused as to why his cheating plan wasn't working the way it was suppose to. "Why can't the parasite feed on it?"
"He's Gearfried the Iron Knight." Joey repeated, putting more emphasis on the word iron. "And that slimy parasite is helpless against his metal armor."
"How'd you figure that out?" Weevil asked, surprised by this. He thought Joey was a total moron, Weevil thought Joey was someone that couldn't even think of the most simplest and basic things.
"He did his homework, Weevil." Grandpa said, as if that answered everything. "You should've known that Parasite Paracide wasn't able to feed off of metal. And you call yourself an expert insect duelist?"
"That's a good point, and here I thought the word expert meant you knew everything about something." Sere commented, adding her two cents to what Grandpa said.
"Awesome." Tristan said, seeming to get rather excited by all of this. "That means that the knight can smash through the Insect Barrier and attack!"
"And I got a perfect plan to wipe out your Insect Queen, Weevil." Joey said, seeming to be rather happy about all of this. "And my plan starts with those eggs."
"No!" Weevil shouted, but also sounded a bit like a cry, that devastation seemed to be sinking in again for him.
"Gearfried the Iron Knight, attack his queen's eggs, and lower her attack power!" Joey happily commanded his monster. Weevil seemed to close his eyes as one of those eggs were destroyed. And with that attack, Weevil's Life Points were brought down to 1550, and the Insect Queen's Attack Points were brought down from 3200 to 3000.
"That's it!" Weevil angrily said, after one of those eggs were attacked. "Next turn your bug food!"
Tea, Tristan, Sere, and Grandpa all cheered about Joey's accomplishment, for now, Joey finally had the upper hand; he finally had a way to attack Weevil.
"Joey remembered her weakness; the queen needs her eggs to keep her Attack Points high." Grandpa explained, as to why this was such a great thing. "If they're destroyed, she gets weaker."
"Every time the Insect Queen chows on an opponent's monster, she boosts her Attack Points and she lays another egg." Joey explained what he observed. "But, until they hatch, those eggs are defenseless. And now that your Insect Barrier can't stop my attacks, I'm free to wipe them out! So, tell me, Weevil, does Insect Queen like her eggs poached or sunny side up?"
"Enjoy this while it lasts." Weevil said, growling a bit. "Because, after my turn, I'll be one duel closer to the Battle City Finals!" And with that, Joey's cheerful mood was gone. "No one gets away with disrespecting my queen like that! Prepare to be pulverized as I power up my mighty Insect Queen with even more Attack Points!" And now was the beginning of Weevil's turn. "First off, I will summon Soldier Ant!" Weevil summoned his monster in Attack Mode. "Then activate the Magic Card, Ant Reproduction! Watch them multiply into an ant colony!" With that, many ants appeared on Weevil's side of the field, almost as if those ants were trying to guard Weevil's Insect Queen.
"What now?" Joey questioned, as he watched all the ants appear.
"I'll explain." Weevil said, seeming to be in a happy enough mood to actually answer Joey's question. "This card takes one Soldier Ant and turns it into an army of ten ants for the length of my turn!" Of course, all these ants were, in a way, Tokens as well. "I bet you know what's next." Weevil was grinning by now. "Right, Wheeler?"
"Your queen's going to absorb the Attack Points of each one, and then get even stronger." Joey said, getting use to how this goes by now.
"That's right!" Weevil said happily, confirming that Joey guessed right. Having this army of ants brought the Attack Points of Weevil's queen up from 3000 to 4800. "And now, that my mighty queen's done powering up, it's the end of Joey Wheeler once and for all!" Weevil yelled this happily, as his queen looked like it was getting ready to attack.
"No!" Joey practically yelled, seeming to be worried by this.
"Uh oh." Grandpa said, as he watched. "If Weevil destroys Joey's knight, this duel's over."
"Good bye, Wheeler." Weevil said happily, with a rather big grin. He was sure this was the end of the duel and that he was going to win. "And now my lovely queen, destroy his scrapheap of a knight and what's left of his Life Points!"
"You grub." Joey said, making it sound like Weevil was a fool. "I was hoping you would attack me."
"You were?" Weevil said, seeming to be genially surprised by this, acting as if Joey couldn't possible think of something like that on his own.
"All part of my plan." Joey simply stated, as if it should've been an obvious thing. "Activate the Trap Card, Graverobber!" Joey announced, activating his trap.
"Not Graverobber!" Weevil said in a panicked voice, as if he wasn't expecting Joey to have a card like that.
"Yep." Joey said, confirming that it was indeed Graverobber. "It can take a card from your Graveyard and use it against ya. And he just nabbed your can of aerosol." Joey said, pointing to his Graverobber, as it held a card in his hands, turning around to show Weevil what card it was. "Time to exterminate your queen!" And with that, Weevil's Insect Queen was destroyed. "Yeah, there goes my pest problem!" Joey cheered, finally getting rid it.
"What have you done to my queen?" Weevil shouted, practically crying.
"But wait, I'm not through with you yet, Weevil Underpants." Joey said, trying to get Weevil's attention back, because it was time for him to begin his turn. "Gearfried, destroy his last egg and the rest of his Life Points!" And with that attack, Weevil's Life Points dropped to zero. "Welcome to Looserville, Weevil, population, you."
"I…I lost?" Weevil stuttered, dropping to his knees, not believing that he lost, that there could've been any possible way that he could lose, especially to Joey. "I don't believe it."
"You know, Weevil, one of the reasons I think you lost is because you kept underestimating Joey." Sere pointed out, even though Weevil probably wasn't listening.
"Alright!" Tea cheered, finally Joey won against Weevil.
"You sure showed that little sneak!" Tristan said, feeling that everything was solved now that Weevil lost.
"Way to go!" Grandpa cheered, as well.
"Alright, Weevil." Joey said, as he walked up to Weevil, who was still on his knees, seeming to be rather out of it. "Cough them up. Your Insect Queen and two Locator Cards."
"Have mercy." Weevil said, looking up at Joey, sounding like he was trying not to cry.
"Mercy?" Joey questioned, repeating the word Weevil used. "No way. You should've thought of that before you decided to cheat." This seemed to surprise Weevil. "Now, just like at Duelist Kingdom, you're out of the tournament!" And with that declaration, Weevil fainted, still not able to believe it. Since Weevil was now out, rather literally this time, Joey went ahead and took Weevil's Insect Queen and his two Locator Cards himself, since it was obvious that Weevil was not going to be able to do it himself since he was unconscious.
"Now, let's get going." Joey said, once he had Weevil's rarest card and the two Locator Cards.
"Are you sure we should leave him here?" Sere asked, not too sure they should just leave him, even if he did cheat.
"Why not?" Tea asked, not knowing why they shouldn't just leave him there.
"Don't worry, he'll be fine." Tristan assured her.
And with that they left Weevil behind, once again walking around the city, once again on the search for Yugi. Though, it didn't stop them, especially Joey, from marveling at Joey's new accomplishment.
"Who's the man?" Joey asked happily, still running off the energy from the duel he just had with Weevil. And that excitement would probably still last for a time to come. "Thanks to Weevil, I'm only two Locator Cards away from the finals!"
"That was some seriously impressive dueling back there, Joey." Tristan complimented his friend. "You sent that cheater running out of Battle City like a roach from a spray can."
"Thanks, Tristan." Joey said, accepting the compliment. "I guess I was the star of the show today, wasn't I? The crowed dug me; I crushed Weevil, what a duel, huh? Plus, I got that termite's rarest card, the Insect Queen!"
"And you totally deserve it, Joey." Tea complimented, as well. "Think about it, so far you've out smarted two top Duelists and both of them turned out to be major cheaters."
"Yeah." Joey agreed, then stopped as a thought hit him, causing the others to stop as well. "Why do I attract these freaks?"
This caused Grandpa to laugh. "It's good practice, Joey." Grandpa admitted. "Dueling Espa Roba and Weevil prepared you for anything. You're on your way to becoming an experienced Duelist."
"Yeah, your right." Joey agreed. "Eat your heart out, Yugi!" This causing Joey to happily laugh.
"Don't let it go to your head too much." Sere advised, seeing all this complimenting was starting to go to Joey's head.
"Hey!" That caught Joey's attention.
"Alright, let's get going, you guys." Tristan said, seeming to be rather excited still. "We still gotta find Yugi, and Joey needs another challenge!"
"Yeah!" Joey agreed, getting just as excited as Tristan.
And with that, they started to walk around the city again.
"I wonder where Yugi is anyway." Tea wonder aloud.
"Can't be too far." Tristan reasoned. "We'll find him."
They walked around, until they stopped at a populated part of the city. Joey sitting down on a stone bench, while, at least, Grandpa and Tristan looking around for someone for Joey to duel next. After awhile, Joey, leaning on his legs a bit as he sat there, started to look like he wasn't even interested anymore.
"You should've challenged him." Tristan commented, as he, Grandpa, and Sere watched a duelist walk by. "You would've destroyed him, one, two, three. Come on, you're just two Locator Cards away from the finals."
"It would've been too easy." Sere stated, as if it were obvious.
"What do you mean?" Tristan asked, wondering what Sere was getting at.
"As I said, it would've been too easy." Sere repeated. "I'm no duelist, but even I could tell it would've been too easy. Didn't you see the way he was looking around, as if he wasn't too sure what he was doing?"
"Even if that was true, that would've meant that Joey would be that much closer to the finals quicker." Tristan explained his thinking.
"Sere's right, he was a light weight." Joey said, agreeing with Sere. "I've got a reputation to uphold, over here. I can't go dueling every inexperienced chump I see."
"What?" Tristan almost yelled, still not seeing the point of not doing what he was thinking they should do, it would be all that much quicker if they did. "You're out of your mind, Joey. The both of you are." This time, referring to Sere too. "Dude, I don't care if that guy couldn't even play Go Fish, his Locator Cards are just as good as anyone else's, and you need them now." This time, trying to explain his reasoning to Joey instead of Sere.
"Look, Tristan. You don't understand how it feels." Joey explained. "I came in second place in Duelist Kingdom. That puts a lot of pressure on me to kick some serious butt in this tournament. No one's going to claim that Joey Wheeler did it the easy way." That got Tristan's attention, even though it made him a bit confused. Joey then stood up, and continued explaining. "Plus, after the way I've been dueling lately, I know I'm ready to take on anyone in Battle City, and I mean anyone!"
"Well, it's true your dueling skills have improved quite a bit, especially during your last two duels, but besides having confidence in one's self, Joey, being a great duelist means knowing there's always more to learn." Grandpa pointed out.
"Well, what do we have here?" A voice said, not too far off from the group. Everyone turned to see who had spoken.
"Kaiba?" Tea said, somewhat surprised to see him.
"Why is a complete amateur, like you, wearing one of my Duel Disks, Wheeler?" Seto Kaiba asked, not pleased at all.
"Amateur?" Joey questioned, taking offence to being called that. "I'm going to the top!"
"Looks like someone screwed up at registration." Seto said simply. "I'll deal with you later."
"Hmm…Mokuba?" Sere said, just now noticing that Mokuba was standing somewhat behind Seto. "Is that you?"
"Sere?" Mokuba said, just realizing she was there.
"Someone you know?" Seto asked of his brother, before he could say or do anything else. "And why is she hanging around the looser?"
"Looser?" Joey shouted, taking offence to that, but Seto and Mokuba didn't pay him any attention.
"Yeah." Mokuba answered his brother. "She's Yugi's sister."
"Yugi's sister?" Seto questioned, taken a bit by surprise, even if he didn't outwardly show it. "I wasn't aware that Yugi had a sister."
"Yeah, I didn't know he had a sister, either, until I met her." Mokuba explained. "She was with Yugi when I met her, and I thought she would be with Yugi."
"Hmm." Seto hummed, as he took a moment or two to look at Sere. Sere felt like she was being sized up, but she suppressed the urge to shift under his stare. Then, all of a sudden, Seto turned to Mokuba. "Come on, Mokuba, we're leaving." And with that, the two turned and started leaving the group behind. "We've wasted enough time here."
"Tristan." Joey said, as they watched the Kaiba brothers walk away, excitement slowly entering his voice. "I think I feel a challenge coming on, here!"
"Maybe you should save Kaiba for the finals, Joey." Tristan said, getting worried that Joey was getting in over his head.
"I take it since he is the one that is throwing this tournament, that he is a really good duelist?" Sere asked Tristan, wondering why Tristan was acting the way he was.
"Yeah, Kaiba is." Tristan answered.
"Then what's the problem with Joey challenging him?" Sere asked.
"Because, Kaiba is way better than Joey!" Tristan answered, trying to make sure only Sere could hear him.
"Kaiba!" Joey said, as he stood in front of the group. "You want a piece of me?" That made Seto stop and look over his shoulder at Joey. Joey looked determined, while Tea, Tristan, and Grandpa looked worried.
"Joey…" Tea said, not at all impressed.
"You might want to rethink this." Grandpa advised.
"Is this really that bad of an idea?" Sere asked.
"Yes!" Tea, Tristan, and Grandpa all, somewhat, shouted the answer.
"Nobody disrespects me in front of my friends!" Joey said, with determination, as if this explained everything, as to why he wants to challenge Seto Kaiba.
"Joey, you're an ok duelist and all, but playing against you would be a complete waste of my big brother's time." Mokuba said, trying to reason with Joey, and in a way, probably trying to save him the humiliation of a defeat.
"This won't take long." Seto said, surprising Mokuba. It's almost like Seto wanted to teach Joey a lesson.
"Let's rock and roll." Joey said, happy that Seto accepted his challenge to a duel.
"You fool!" Seto said, making it sound like Joey was a moron. "Looks like I'll have to teach you to behave. Just like the dog you are." This made Mokuba to start inching away from his brother.
"Kaiba, your toast." Joey boasted. Seto didn't say anything, he just smirked. But not too long after that, the wind seemed to pick up and blew rather strongly. "What's with all this wind, huh?" Joey asked, as he and the others tried to protect themselves from the rather large gust of wind.
"It's a twister!" Grandpa thought out loud.
"No, it's a helicopter." Sere said, looking up.
"Your chopper." Mokuba said, also looking up.
"Quiet stalling!" Joey said, still trying to shield himself from the wind the helicopter was making, not noticing that a ladder was thrown out of it so the Kaiba Brother's could climb up. "There's dueling to be done!"
"It's your lucky day." Seto said, grabbing onto the ladder so it wouldn't fly about anymore.
What Seto said caught Joey's attention. "Huh?" Joey said, confused, finally looking over at Seto, then finally noticing what was going on. "What?" Joey said, looking up, and finally seeing the helicopter.
"Later, Joey!" Mokuba said, as he bid them good bye, as the chopper flew off with Seto and Mokuba on the ladder. "We got a date with an Egyptian God Card!"
"Then it's your lucky day, punk!" Joey said, trying to pour every ounce of determination into this. While Tea, Tristan, and Grandpa looked relieved that Seto had left. "I was about to wipe the street with ya!" Now he looked happy. "You better run from me!" And now a sigh of relief.
"I guess it really was a bad idea to duel him." Sere commented, as she saw Joey sigh with relief.
"Man, did you see the way he took off?" Joey asked, trying to cover up the fact that he was just as relived as the others.
"You can drop the act." Tristan advised.
"You're safe, Joey." Tea pointed out.
"What?" Joey seemed to be surprised by this, and maybe taking a little bit of offence to it. "I would've crushed him!" This reaction, for some reason, made Sere laugh. "Hey! Ah, come on, I was this close to kicking Kaiba's butt in a duel."
"So, why did you look so relieved when he had to suddenly take off?" Tea teased, by pointing out the obvious.
"What?" Joey practically yelled, not liking what Tea just said. This reaction caused Tristan to smirk. "I'm not afraid of that punk!"
"Oh right." Tea said, not at all convinced. And now Grandpa was smirking too, which ended up turning into snickering by all four. It looked like it was time to tease Joey.
I suppose that isn't too bad…16 pages…I think this is my biggest chapter yet. The reasons it ended up being so long, is because this chapter would've originally ended at 10 pages, and I didn't want to have the next chapter be less than 10 pages, so I combined the two chapters together. And there you have it, 16 pages.