Here's chapter two. It's a little short, but it no matter. The word "Man-gina" in here is brought to you by my friend's, Celeste, Textbook. Don't ask why it's in a university textbook along with a lot of other foul words, but it's amusing to say the least. Now here you go!

Chapter 2

Let's See the Basics

11:30 AM

Atem sat in the stands of the dance stage part of the stadium. He was accommodated by a slightly worried Téa on his right and a very agitated Joey on his left. He didn't know what to think, this was the second time that the three of them had to stand by and watch as Mai risked her life; or at least according to Joey. Apparently, this Jacob guy wasn't to be trusted and dangerous. Though, he couldn't understand why a cheat would be dangerous considering both Yugi and Regan said that he didn't pose as a threat, just someone that liked to act tough.

Atem knitted his eyebrows as something that was repeated by the three of them that he had said 'You're lucky Joey Wheeler, if your friends had not shown up; I would have showed you the consequences for losing were.'

'What would he have showed Joey?' He turned to him slightly as his blond friend fidgeted in his seat. 'If he really is dangerous then what could he do to Mai, can she handle being in the same situation I was? Dammit Mai, if this guy is anything like Stephan I don't think many of us can help you from here, please be careful.' Téa tightened her grip on his hand. He turned to her. "What's wrong?

"Kaiba will begin his match with the dragon slayer at the same time as Mai. If something happens to Yugi, Regan, Mokuba or Kaiba or all of them at the same time, we won't be able to help them as we are here to make sure Mai comes out okay."

"They'll be fine. Yugi is there if anything goes wrong in their section and Regan can keep an eye on Kaiba." He reassured, but he wasn't if it was for her sake or his own.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, let get this Dance, Dance Revolution game started!" The MC shouted into his microphone and many people cheered in delight. "Well, let me introduce our competitors, first I would like to invite Mai Valentine!"

Mai came out onto the stage wearing with her hair in a ponytail, a purple cropped tank top and a pair of black yoga short shorts.

"Next, we have Jacob Black!"

The mysterious man walked out on stage wearing black track pants and a black t-shirt. Atem turned to Joey. "He doesn't seem like a bad figure."

"And neither did Namu, but guess what, he turned out to be Marik who was trying to kill you and Yugi at the time." Joey retorted.

"True." he sighed and turned back to the stage.

"Now let's get this game on!" The MC shouted. "The song that will be dancing to is Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO!"

The crowd cheered loudly.

"Are you ready to lose?" Jacob asked.

"Not to a man-gina like you." Mai retorted and Joey started laughing like crazy next to Atem.

"Hey, try to keep it PG there are kids watching." Jacob said. "And that hurt my feelings."

"You kicked my boyfriend out of the tournament because you cheated. Do you really think I care about your feelings?"

Jacob looked ready to answer but the music came on making Atem curious about what he was going to say as he turned to the screen to watch a close view of the dancers on stage. The intro started and both dancers were smoothly dancing across the mat. Mai had a different dance style then Jacob as far as Atem could tell but he didn't know what the styles were called. And then, the words came in after twenty seconds of beat.

Party rock
Yeah
Whoa!
Let's go!

Party rock is in the house tonight

Mai stepped onto the front arrow and then jumped to the side buttons to hold the long word at the end of line.
Everybody just have a good time (yeah)

There were several double notes and add on beats Atem wasn't sure how she kept up with them, but she was doing a fantastic job as hit the notes with accuracy.
And we gonna make you lose your mind (whoa!)

She hit the floor crisscrossing her legs to get each note that the long beat created.
Everybody just have a good time (clap!)

She jumped to make a star as she hit the notes and then she started clapping to the beat as the music changed.

Party rock is in the house tonight (oh)
Everybody just have a good time (I can feel it baby!)
And we gonna make you lose your mind (yeah)

The song repeated the same steps at the top as it repeated itself.
We just wanna see you... shake that!

The steps paused and then made Mai step on the left button three times and then stopped completely for a second as the music stopped.

The music came back and repeated the intro.

In the club party rock, lookin' for your girl,

Atem noticed that the song was extremely repetitive as the intro was playing again to match the songs words.
She on my jock (huh) non-stop when we're in the spot
Booty move the weight like she owns the block
Where I drank I got to know
Tight jeans, tattoos cause I'm rock and roll
Half black half white, domino

The steps changed again as it did a quick step movement.
Gain the money Oprah Doe!

Mai did very abrupt steps as she hit the corner buttons individually.

Yo!

Mai stepped on the two side buttons as it was a long note and then quickly went back to add on notes.
I'm running through these hoes like Drano

She continued the add on notes along with the double notes. Atem was happy that there weren't any triple notes or quadruple notes like he had on his song.
I got that devilish flow rock and roll no halo

Mai hit the notes that made her go back and forth and then a long note all over again.
We party rock yeah! that's the crew that I'm repping

On a rise to the top no lead in our Zeppelin

There was quick steps again and then a single long double step.
Hey!

Party rock is in the house tonight (whoa)
Everybody just have a good time (yeah)
And we gonna make you lose your mind
Everybody just have a good time

The chorus repeated like the first verse did and Atem clenched his jaw as Mai had missed a note.

Let's go

The beat picked up, but the moves stayed the same.

Party rock is in the house tonight
Everybody just have a good time (I can feel it baby!)
And we gonna make you lose your mind
We just wanna see you... shake that!

It repeated just as before and Mai was right on top of it and Téa cheered loudly beside him. And then the music stopped for a moment.

Every day I'm shuffling

The main beat came on and the notes repeated.
Shuffling shuffling

Step up fast and be the first girl to make me throw this cash

The steps picked up and Mai spun in a circle as she hit the notes and then threw her hand like she was throwing cash.
We get money, don't be mad, now stop – hating's bad

She did a few steps and then threw up her hand as if saying stop and then ticked her figure back and forth towards the audience.

One more shot for us
(Another round)

The steps went back and forth on the side arrows.
Please fill up my cup
(Don't mess around)

It switched to the front and back arrows and Mai nailed them.
We just wanna see
(You shake it now)

It went to the left upper corner and the bottom right corner arrows and Atem noticed that Jacob missed the note.
Now you home with me
(You're naked now)

It flipped to the opposite arrows.

Get up get down put your hands up to the sound [3x]

The words made the two dancers go up and down as the arrows lit up from one note to four.
Put your hands up to the sound [2x]
Get up [9x]
Put your hands up to the sound, to the sound
Put your hands up! [4x]

The song repeated itself, but Mai managed to slide across the notes making it look flawless and Atem was overly impressed by her take to the many notes that appeared on the screen. He was also glad that Jacob hadn't done anything that could have put Mai's life in danger, like Stephan had with his own.

Party rock is in the house tonight (put your hands up!)
Everybody just have a good time (put your hands up!)
And we gonna make you lose your mind (put your hands up!)
Everybody just have a good good good time

The chorus repeated and it looked like Jacob was falling behind in steps as well as points. Atem cheered loudly along with Téa and Joey.

Oh! Oh! (Put your hands up)
Oh! Oh! (Time to fill it now!)
Oh! Oh! (Put your hands up)
Oh! Oh! (Put your hands up)

Mai slid across the notes again catching each one just right.

Shake that!
Every day I'm shuf-f-f-ling

The song started to slow down on the notes that needed to be hit.

Put your put your
Put your put your (yeah yeah)
Put your put your (whoa!)
Put your put your
Put your hands up
Your hands up
Put your hands up

The arrows repeated the intro and then it stopped as the last line rang out.

Every day I'm shuffling

The dancers finished and everyone that was present in the stadium cheered as the Atem looked at the scores and Jacob's was much more than Mai's, but he knew that Mai had performed a lot better than Jacob had or at least from what he saw. He heard Joey growl and glared done at the man in black.

The MC came on stage. "Well would you look at that, what an awesome performance if I do say so myself, but what do you guys think?"

The crowd cheered except for Atem, Joey and Téa as they waited to see who had actually won.

"The winner of the Dance Off is Ja-"

"This game does not count." Devin said as he interrupted coming up on stage. There was a loud gasp throughout the crowd.

"What do you mean doesn't count." Jacob asked angrily.

"It's exactly as I said it. This game has been terminated and you disqualified for good for cheating and messing with my system." Devin retorted without much feeling in his words, but Atem still felt like they were as cold as ice. "Now, what were the scores truly like?"

The scores changed and Mai was tied with Jacob.

"What?!" Joey shouted.

The crowd was pretty silent as Devin started talking again. "Now since this is a tie, we must have a tie breaker and due to her opponent being disqualified, there is someone that didn't have a match to compete in so I would like to ask for that person to come onto the stage.

The sound of heals clicking on the wood could be heard in the silence. When they came out onto the stage Atem felt his heart skip a beat. 'How is this possible?'

A burgundy haired, middle age woman came up on stage and stood in front of Mai. Mai's eyes widen in recognition and then glared so hard that it reminded him of when she had the Stone of Orichalcos. They were the same height and the woman had a look of satisfaction on her face.

"This is the coin toss, whoever wins gets to go to the next round." Devin said as he pulled out a coin. "Mai Valentine, since you are the one who participated, how about you decide?"

"I go with heads." Mai said calmly.

Devin flipped the coin and the camera did a close up as it flipped twenty feet into the air and then came back down into Devin's hand. He closed it and flipped it over onto his other hand. Then, it was revealed.

"It's Tails; Jade Heartin will be heading to the next round!"

There were some cheers but there were a lot of muttering about the last name. All Atem could do was stare down at the woman who had messed with his partner's and the Kaibas' lives. He got up and quickly headed for the exit. Téa and Joey were right behind him and he could feel Jade watching them leave. They ran down the stairs and went to the competitor's hall. When they got there, there was a loud noise that came from the room.

"Mai!" Joey shouted as he ran down the hall.

"Don't come through the door way!" Mai answered.

"Why?" He asked just as he got in the door frame. Jacob was thrown out of the room, crashing into Joey and they both fell on the ground.

Mai came out without a scratch with her hands on her hips. Atem and Téa walked down the hall way as Joey kicked Jacob off of him. "And that's why you don't try and eat me!"

Jacob growled at Mai, but Atem grabbed him by the collar of his robe and threw him against the wall before he could do anything. "Another demon I presume." He started softly but there wasn't anything soft about it. "What are you here for?"

"To take out everyone who gets in my employer's way." He grinned.

"How many of you demons are in this tournament? Who hired you?"

"That Pharaoh, are two simple answers that I will not answer. But if you think about it, I'm sure the answers will come right to you."

Atem growled lowly and then Jacob disappeared with a shriek as a hole appeared behind him. It closed leaving only the sighs of the shadow that was there for a second as he thought about how many could there be.

"Atem, how many are there?" Joey asked.

"I've seen those robes on stage last night, but there were only three of them." Mai started and then the answer came right to him.

"There were four and now there are only two now." Atem told them.

"Great how will we find them before they eat the rest of the competition, I'm sure I'm not the only one that noticed that there have been a lot of people going missing." Tea asked.

Atem shook his head. It was going to be a problem as they didn't know who the other two were and for all they knew, they could be blending in with the crowd instead of what Jacob and Stephan did. "I don't know, I guess we will find them as we go along. But right now, we need to go tell Regan about her mother being here. After that I'm finding Pegasus for a chat."

"Why don't you just communicate through your little connection, it would be easier." Joey suggested.

"I could, but they have me blocked out because they are concentrating on Kaiba's game and Regan's cellphone is off just in case they are trying to track her whereabouts through her phone."

"So much for trying to keep each other connected." Mai sighed. "Give me a moment to change and then we'll go see them. Hopefully, they will be done by then."

She went back into the room and shut the door. No more than thirty seconds later she came out wearing a pair of jeans and a blue shirt.

"You weren't kidding when you said moment." Téa said and they ran down the hall to get to the apartment building.

It took longer than Atem wanted it to be. They were in the far corner of the stadium and it seemed to take forever as the halls seemed longer. When they finally crossed into the apartment building, they were started to climb the stairs when suddenly the whole building shook. Téa almost fell backwards, but Atem caught her. The scene reminded him of the climb in Kaiba's old house in the virtual world. When they got their footing they continued up the stairs as the building was still vibrating. Atem opened the door so hard and fast it smashed into the wall and pieces of concrete fell to the floor where the door handle placed a hole. There was a loud explosion and the casino doors flew off their hinges and into the wall where some unlucky person was bracing themselves against.

"Joey, check to see if they are ok or even alive." Atem ordered. "Téa, Mai, please stay out here."

"I'll stay, but take Téa with you. She at least has a phone and can call us if we need to move that person." Mai stated as they continued their run.

"Fine." He said, but he didn't want to place Téa in danger.

They separated as Atem ran into the smoky chaos and Atem looked around. There were people running or unconscious on the floor and he turned his attention to the balcony seats to see where Yugi was. Suddenly, there was an explosion in closest balcony seat to the stage and then a shout of pain that he didn't want to hear.

"Yugi!" Atem and Téa shouted.

Atem grabbed her hand and then led her towards to the stairs. They started to climb them and then a second explosion went off at the top shaking the whole staircase. They went to the top and saw that there was a hole in the floor that was almost four feet in diameter and a three story drop to the casino floor. Someone started running towards them out of the smoke.

"Wait! Stop!" Atem shouted, but the person didn't stop soon enough and they fell through the hole and Atem could hear something break. He didn't want to look, but he did anyway and saw the person in a funny shape on the ground. He felt sick to his stomach as he blocked Téa from seeing the body. "Come on."

They went around the hole and started towards the balcony Yugi asked for. They were one balcony away when someone came out of nowhere screaming like they were dying and jumped over the side of the balcony.

Téa gasped as they stood still at what they had seen. "What is going on?"

"I-I don't know Téa." He whispered.

"Please tell me this is a dream."

He couldn't answer her as he pulled her away from the balcony edge. They went to Yugi's Balcony and the place was a lot quieter now, minus the sounds of screaming below. "Yugi, Regan, Mokuba, where are you?" He saw that there was a lot of broken furniture and what looked like blood on the side of a table.

"Atem!" Téa cried as her hand left his as she went over to the side of the balcony which had a half of it gone. "Down there."

He went over to the side and saw Kaiba bending over Yugi, who was lying on the ground. "YUGI!"

CLIFFHANGER MAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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