Well, here we go. Always wanted to write a Yu-Gi-Oh story on here, as it was one of the first ever things I can remember watching, and this franchise does hold special significance for me. This is my second story, so I'm hoping to try and improve on some mistakes I may have made when beginning on here. Can't guarantee weekly uploads here, so if you like this story, make sure to favourite/follow this story so you don't lose it.

I'm obviously going with a much more popular genre in the anime/fanfic fandom here than in my last story, so I'll still try to answer as many reviews as I can. I just ask that you try and keep them constructive. I'll do my best to reply to them all before the next chapter comes out.

Now, enough from me, onto the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, or it's spin-off anime's. I do however own the OC's of this story, as well as any custom cards. Do NOT steal them.

-Yu-Gi-Oh: Dimensions in Disarray-

Arc 1: The Arrival

Chapter 1: It's Time To… Duel?

You know, I've always felt that waking up has always been one of the most important things that a person goes through in their day.

By waking up, we can choose to move forwards and truly put yesterday in the past, focusing on what today would bring. Today would be whole new day after all, we need lots of energy and a good attitude to push forwards.

Still… despite me always trying to get a good night's sleep, that alone can't exactly fix up your entire previous few years.

Ah, my life… It wasn't wholly bad; in fact, I'd wager it was alright. It's just… there's always being a lingering feeling that I've missed so much even though I've been working as hard as I can since leaving High School. I was alone for most of my life. My parents unfortunately died after I left High School. They were really amazing people, so it hurt to see them go.

And before that… I lost my older brother. It happened when I just moved up into High School, we were walking home, and I just ended up getting into an argument with him about… something…

The fact that I can't remember has always made me uneasy…

Right when we were crossing the road, I stormed ahead, not wanting to walk home with him anymore. That was when the idiot on wheels came flying around the corner.

Less than ten seconds later, I heard the sound of a horn, I was flown across and crashed on the ground, and I heard a loud thudding sound. The rest is history.

But yeah, my life wasn't that amazing… I had no real friends, and no remaining family after leaving High School. Things wouldn't change for me that much after leaving and trying to find work.

And how could I forget my work? Let me tell you something: Working behind a desk in a super large office, with a terrible boss, terrible hours, way too many co-workers so that no one recognises you, and overall boring tasks made for a pretty bad job. What a life I was living, right?

But hey, in the last year of my twenty years of living, I found a release of sorts. Well, rather a return to an old childhood joy of mine. Anime, to be more specific…

Yu-Gi-Oh.

I always played it with my brother when I was going through my early years, and it was one of the first things I can ever remember watching in life. I loved the anime, I loved the game, I loved cheating occasionally with my brother when I was younger… it was brilliant!

But then… he died, and my interest disappeared for the next half a decade of my life. But recently, I decided to remake some good memories and tried to get back into the franchise!… Well, then I downloaded Master Duel thinking it was good for returning players… It was a bit rough.

Despite my initial few weeks of struggling at the new game mechanics, I did get back into things quite nicely. Not only that, but the anime was also something that I returned to. I watched all of them, from Duel Monsters through to VRAINS. I was going to leave the Rush Duel shows for another time, as I wasn't interested in learning a new whole style of playing the game.

So, yeah, point is, my life wasn't great really. But I still tried to always have high hopes for the future. I'd get my big break, right? I just needed to make sure that I always have a good nights sleep, so I'd be ready for the next day.

So, sleeping is important for you all. Keep that in your mind kids.

Since I always found myself getting some decent or even very nice hours of sleep, I knew my bed inside and out. I'd always know where I'd wake up, where I am when I wake up, and the best place for the best sleep.

So when I woke up today and felt that I wasn't in my own bed… I knew something was wrong.

'Oh shit.' I thought suddenly, as I came to. 'This isn't my bed.'

I didn't have anything to drink last night, so I knew this wasn't me going crazy via hangover. I quickly sat up and rubbed my eyes, before opening them as fast as I could to see where I was.

And the panic began to increase little by little.

I was not in my bedroom. I had woken up in a lovely double sized bed, with light blue covers and pillows. The walls of this room were painted a very light grey colour, while the floor was a nice smooth wood. There were shelf's, dressers and drawers in my room here, along with a window that had the blinds lowered; I could still see that it was sunny outside though. What was interesting was that there were two doors in this room here. One was open, and I saw it led directly into an ensuite bathroom! The other must lead into the rest of this house.

'Just stay calm. Just stay calm…' I thought as I got out of bed carefully. 'This is just one of those sick social experiments you see on TV nowadays.'

See, I would have shouted out to the researchers that probably kidnapped me and brought me here, that they were breaching ethics and committing several crimes by doing this… but then I saw something on the nearest dresser that really got me interested.

It looked… like a wallet.

If there was a wallet, I could find ID. I could find out who the hell lives here! Maybe they could give me a lift home…? Or was it them who kidnapped me…? Whatever the case, I needed to know who this person was.

I walked over to the wallet and opened it. The first thing I saw and picked up was the persons driving license. Nothing else in there mattered at the moment. My eyes skimmed over the persons name.

Name, Eric Yuriko. Gender, Male. Age, 20.

I blinked. 'Who the hell is this guy supposed to be? He certainly didn't live in my neighborhood. He is the same age as me though.' I thought as I put the wallet my pocket. The pyjamas I was thankfully wearing did have some pockets. I could return this Eric guy's wallet to him whenever I saw him next.

'Guess I should walk through the rest of the house…?' I decided, before realising that it might be best. Thankfully, I wasn't looked in this bedroom here. The door was unlocked, and I left the room instantly. 'If this is some sort of sick experiment, maybe going along with it will help me leave faster. If things go wrong, I can always sue them for money!'

The rest of this house was way nicer than mine, I couldn't deny that. It was super clean, super tidy and I swore it was also literally shining in a few places. Where the hell was I? There was never a place this tidy in my neighborhood!

However, my ever-wandering thoughts would be frozen, as I passed a mirror that was next to me. I had simply walked past it without giving it much care, except for a slight glance of my head.

But my blood froze as I just made out the person in the mirror.

Eyes wide, and body shaking, I moved back to the mirror and looked into it. I needed to confirm if what I saw was true or not. 'It… it couldn't be…'

And in the reflection, I saw that…

I was not me… not anymore.

My old face was… gone! Now I had a completely different facial structure! Light blue eyes, light brown hair… Who was I!?

I let out a terrifying scream and found that my voice was also different!

'What in the fuck has happened to me!?' I thought with fear as I pulled my face. 'This can't be a dream; this feels too real!' I desperately pinched myself to try and determine whether I was actually dreaming or not. My efforts showed that I was indeed awake.

But that pinch reminded me of something really important that I had almost forgotten.

'No! That face-!?' I began to think as I looked down my pocket. 'It can't be… right?'

Slowly I lowered my hand into the pocket that had the wallet of Eric Yuriko and pulled it out. Immediately, I opened up the wallet and pulled out the ID that I saw earlier.

…There's no way…

No! There's only one god awful explanation for this! Out of all the anime troupes that could befall you-!

I, have been Iskekied! And now I was this Eric Yuriko!

The next hour or so of my life was spent back in the bedroom, panicking about what had happened to me. This was all new to me you see.

Many, many thoughts crossed through my mind as I was lying on the bed with my hands on my face.

Where was I?

Who actually was I?

Am I here for good?

What do I do now?

Taking a few deep breaths, I did my best to regain my bearings about my new situation. I had to try and stay calm here… which was hard, but it would definitely be possible.

You may be wondering why I'm panicking so much? Isn't this supposed to be amazing for someone with a terrible life? Well, answer me this: How can you be all giddy with excitement until you know where you are?! As a matter of fact, how the hell do I know if I'll be sent somewhere else if I fall asleep again?!

I could wake up in middle of a forest, or even in another house as a kid again! I didn't want to go through puberty again, no thanks. Thank you, Eric, for being twenty years old and leaving all that in the past. Agh, back to thinking about where exactly I am!

'I have to get a grip…' I realised as I sat up and rubbed my face with my hands. 'Not only have I not explored the entire house, but I really need to find out where I am. Am I in a universe that I know? Or somewhere entirely different?'

I decided that this was an immediate priority for me. Taking one final breath of determination, I got up off my new bed, and marched to find a computer. There had to be one in here, right?

Downstairs, I was able to see more of the house, and it was just as nice as it was upstairs… This Eric guy must have been pretty loaded with cash…

In what looked like the dining room, I was able to find a laptop. Excellent, that could solve all my problems.

Sitting down, I decided to open up the laptop, and found that it was at full power. By the end of the day, this thing will probably be completely drained of power. 'Sorry laptop, gonna have to work you dry today.'

Upon opening up the laptop, I saw a few things that were… interesting. The first was that the main home page had the background of two people. One person looked like a younger version of Eric, but the other person was an older man who literally looked like an older version of Eric. His father perhaps?

Then there was the thing that had me pause and collect my thoughts. Both of them were holding up Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Hadn't I been Isekaied? Yu-Gi-Oh cards shouldn't exist, right…? Of course, I could have been brought into a universe where the card game still existed like normal, as well as the anime… but what had me questioning that possibility, was that Eric and his father were holding cards that had the OG anime back print, when it was just a circle… weird.

…Could it be…?

I needed to know what was trending in the news right now. That may tell me where I am. I clicked the internet browser to try and access the trending news. A theory was running though my head about my situation, and it was one that I needed answered now. I clicked a few times, closed a few adds (so glad to see that hasn't changed…) and found myself on what was trending in the world right now. Was I where I thought I was?

It turns out I was.

'No. Fucking. Way.'

—

The true King Of Games! Yugi Muto beats creator Duke Devlin at his own game! Click here for more details!

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Yugi… Muto…

I was in… Yu-Gi-Oh…?!

Yu-Gi-Oh!? The world where some ultimate evil is always trying to kill everyone, and they have to rely on card games to win!? The world that always had an aching timeline to try and figure out!? The world that could be destroyed by a super ancient evil if we don't draw the right card?! Well shit...

My mind began to race, thinking about things like characters, plot points, sub and dub differences, the actual fucking game, everything! I was honestly mixed between excitement and small panics here and there.

'Deep breaths… deep breaths.' I thought with several sighs as I recollected myself. 'I'm in the world of Yu-Gi-Oh… and Duel Monsters to be more accurate.'

Well, to be exact, Yugi has beaten Duke at Dungeon Dice Monsters, which means Battle City is coming up soon. But when is it? It could be next week or it could be tomorrow for all I know! At least I'm not in Duelist Kingdom… Pegasus would be a nightmare to try and avoid with his millennium eye. And don't even get me started with the Duelist Kingdom rules!

I looked back up at the computer screen and scrolled through some more articles. I had just checked to see if Kaiba had announced Battle City yet, and I was met with nothing. However, I was lucky to find a low effort journalist article that was posted yesterday, which detailed about how a professional museum collector had brought some ancient artefacts and tablets here into Domino City.

Ishizu… she had already brought the stone tablets here. That meant Kaiba had went to see her about his Egyptian past, as well as him acquiring Obelisk The Tormentor from her. Wait, if that was yesterday, then that meant Kaiba was testing the Duel Disk later today, Yami Yugi and Tea were out today, then Yugi and Tea meet up with Ishizu, and after that-

'Fuck me, Kaiba announces Battle City tonight!' I thought as I sat upright.

I was waaaay closer to the next canon arc than I would have liked to have been. A bit of time to maybe relax and figure out a game plan going forwards, you know? Still, it's not like I can enter the tournament. Kaiba was pretty picky about who he wanted to enter. I doubt that Eric was skilled enough to enter, I certainly don't remember seeing him in Battle City during the anime. Honestly, sitting out of Battle City wasn't that bad of an idea. I think looking into Eric some more would be more beneficial at the moment. I could learn more about him so I don't risk exposing myself to anyone that he knew. There was no rush!

*ding dong!*

I nearly jumped out my skin hearing the doorbell. 'Fuck me, who is that…?'

I could just hide and try to ignore whoever it was out there… if it was someone who knows me, or rather Eric, things could get dicey really quickly. It might be better to try and learn more about Eric before even considering going out and meeting anyone he knows.

*ding dong!*

'…They're not going to leave, are they?' I thought with a sigh of defeat.

Walking over to the front door, I tidied myself up the best that I could (I was still in my pyjamas after all), and opened the front door, praying that it wasn't someone that knew Eric, and it would just be the mailman coming round to deliver the mail. What were the odds that this was a character from the anime?

Then I saw who it was.

Oh… The odds were quite high apparently. It wasn't just a case of who this was, but rather an immediate sense that I may be more connected to the plot than I hoped I'd be.

Standing on my front doorstep, acting completely normal with a simple look, was none other than the brother of Seto Kaiba himself.

"Hey there Eric!" Grinned Mokuba Kaiba. "Long time no see!"

…What?

"M-Mokuba?" I spluttered, trying to be as calm as possible. Hey, is that my voice? Not what I thought It'd be... Ah, focus! What the hell is Mokuba doing here?! And is that Roland behind him?! How do these guys know me?! Does Seto Kaiba know me!? "W-What are you doing here?"

"Well I just thought that I'd come around and deliver some exciting news!" Mokuba began, still grinning. "Seto is holding a huge tournament in Domino City next week! He'll be announcing it tonight in Domino Plaza!"

I already assumed that, so I just had to ask the more important question. "Oh that's great Mokuba! So… why are you here?"

Mokuba faltered a little. "Oh, well, I'm here to give you your invite Eric. Seto is just having messages sent to everyone else that he wants in the tournament, but I asked him if I could give you yours!"

"Me?" I blurted in a very unprofessional manner. "I-I'll… see Mokuba. I might have some stuff going on over the next few days…If I do sign up, where do I register?"

Mokuba looked saddened by what I said first, but quickly regained his smile. "Oh, well you're already registered technically. You just need to pick up your duel disk when it hits the shops next week! It something that my brother made for the tournament! Just make sure you don't tell anyone this until later tonight. This is kinda secret information."

"Right, cool. Well, no promises about me entering, ok? I'd like to, but things might be picking up for me in the next few days." I said to Mokuba casually. "…Still the tournament sounds interesting."

That definitely make Mokuba happy. "Well, I hope to see you there Eric! I have to get going now, Seto wanted me to help him with something after I came to see you." Mokuba then turned away from me. "See you around Eric!"

"See you later Mokuba!" I cheered, giving him and even Roland a wave. I quickly shut the door and put my back against it.

'Okayyyyy… Lemme try and process what I just learned there.'

'Mokuba said long time no see when he saw me. So… he knew me before today, I'm guessing that Kaiba knew me as well if that's the case. So… what sort of history did we have together?' I questioned in my mind. 'I doubt I was an orphan like they were, I think Eric had a father from what I saw on the computer screen.'

The how and why I knew the Kaiba's eluded me for now. So now I had to figure out what did we do together? Let me think… 'long time no see' meant Eric apparently hadn't seen the Kaiba's for a while, so something happened that caused Eric to break away from them, and Kaiba wanted Eric to join Battle City - obviously for his Dueling skills. Was this a personal thing?

Did… Eric beat Kaiba in the past? That's worth checking out.

With that decided, I returned to the computer for some more research about Eric and maybe seeing if I could get info on his supposed beef with Kaiba. As I technically had a good suspicion about what I was looking for, all it took was a quick search to find what I was looking for. The article was old, but it confirmed what I was looking for.

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Prodigy Defeated! Vagabond Eric Yuriko Beats Seto Kaiba! Make sure to click here for the chance to wi-

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'Well, that answers that…' I realised. 'So Kaiba is hoping to settle the score in Battle City, huh? I guess in this world, he has two people that's he's hoping to best. Yugi and me. Pretty sure that denying the entry into the tournament would be a bit harsh… and I'd like to Duel with a Duel Disk. It was always one of my dreams as a kid. That, and Dueling Yugi.'

I thought about it some more, leaning back in my seat. 'Well, there's lots of opportunities for me if I join Battle City… I could get some rare cards… That'd help to strengthen my deck. Currently it-'

'Holy shit, my deck!' I thought as I suddenly sat up straight. 'I need a deck! Wait, do I have a deck? No, of course I have one! Eric beat Kaiba for crying out loud, there must be one around here somewhere!'

'How the hell did it take me this long to realise that I need a deck to do shit in this world!? Literally everyone uses one. Fucking hell, even the police used them in 5D's and Arc-V! Do the IRS Duel you if you don't pay your taxes?!' I thought, figuring if that WAS the case, those guys probably pay off Pegasus to have elite decks.

Pushing these admittedly interesting thoughts out of my mind, I moved throughout the house to try and find the deck that Eric had. The information seeking about Eric could wait for a few more minutes.

I found myself getting a good tour of the entire house. For crying out loud, this place had four bathrooms! What did Eric's father do for a living? After much and much searching, I found myself back in the bedroom… again. I realised that I hadn't searched anywhere in here. I only took the wallet that was still in my pocket before leaving.

As I was searching, I decided to go have a shower midway through to try and clean myself up a bit. In the end, the shower did make me feel a bit better about being here. I was no longer panicking internally about what would happen next to me. The way that I saw it, if that was possible, then I had what it took to make it through this insane world.

I got changed into some blue jeans, wore a grey shirt and a light brown jacket. All in all, it looked quite nice on me. As I resumed the searching, I was able to figure out that I hadn't looked in a small and thin cabinet, with two drawers that was in the corner of the bedroom.

Moving over to it, I opened up the top drawer and looked inside. There I saw two things: A black deck box and a photograph.

'Bingo.' I thought with relief as I pulled out both items.

First, I looked at the photograph. It showed the image that I saw on the computer's homepage. The image of a young Eric, and who was clearly his father, holding a card. Well two cards actually. On the computer, some of the files had obscured the image a little. I could clearly see the card that young Eric was holding, while the card his father held was turned away, so I could only see the back. Eric was holding Gogiga Gagagigo, smiling at the camera.

'Ah, Eric had good taste.' I thought with a smile myself. That monster was quite strong at this time period. Just a few ATK points away from rivalling Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

Now onto the deck box. I placed the photo back in the drawer and closed it over. Then I moved onto the bed and opened up the deck box. The cards weren't sleeved, but they were in good condition. As if I were a gambler, I slid the cards on top of the bed, allowing me to see them all.

'Let's see what you got Eric.'

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Monsters:

Gogiga Gagagigo

Luster Dragon #2

Giga Gagagigo

Gagagigo

Dark Blade

Nin-Ken Dog

Neo The Magic Swordsman

Divine Dragon Ragnarock

Mefist The Infernal General

Victoria

Zolga

Freed The Brave Wanderer

Dancing Fairy

Des Feral Imp

Twin-Sword Marauder

Mad Sword Beast

Manju Of The Ten Thousand Hands

Masked Sorcerer

Twin-Headed Behemoth

Water Magician

Familiar Knight

Cyber Jar

Spells/Traps:

Riryoku

Dark Hole

Pot Of Greed

Graceful Charity

Monster Reborn

Polymerisation

The Warrior Returning Alive

Raigeki Break

Soul Rope

Draining Shield

Sakuretsu Armour

Cloning

Rope Of Live

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'Not bad… These are pretty good cards considering where I am today.' I thought as I looked at the cards.

In terms of monsters, I assumed that Gogiga Gagagigo was Eric's ace monster. It was the card he had on the photo, and it was pretty powerful with 2950 ATK. Not to mention that Eric had the other Gagagigo monsters in here, so they must be the Dark Magician of his deck. Nice to see that the little lizard gets some attention here considering he never showed up in the anime? Well I certainly don't remember anyone important using him.

I also had Luster Dragon, Giga Gagagigo and Mefist The Infernal General as my only other monsters that were level five or higher. I guess that meant that I wouldn't be bricking that much. I mean it was still possible, but the odds were still low.

On a brighter side, I had more powerful level four monsters than I had weaker monsters. And even then, the ones that were weaker had effects that were quite good for this time.

Zolga, Dancing Fairy, Masked Sorcerer, Twin-Headed Behemoth, Masked Dragon, Familiar Knight and Cyber Jar were all amazing with great effects that could help me here! Especially Cyber Jar; there's a reason why he was banned for so long.

Then there were the spells and traps. Considering the era I'm in, just about everything was really genetic in what it did. I was surprised that it took me this long to remember that a proper banlist doesn't actually exist yet! It was only in GX that they actually took a bit of time to go over banned cards in Jaden and Dimitri's Duel. I had perhaps the best card in all of Yugioh, Pot Of Greed! Not to mention Graceful Charity! Monster Reborn was also good, and the traps felt decent considering where I was right now.

As decent as this deck was, there were two things that were bothering me here: The inclusion of Polymerisation and Manju Of The Ten Thousand Hands, and the fact that there was only thirty-five cards in the deck! It was incomplete and had literal bricks!

Frowning, I scooped up all the cards and put them back in my deck box. Maybe I can find some extra cards around here or in the nearby stores? As I scooped up the last of the cards on the bed, I felt that there was something under the covers.

With curiosity as to what in the world could be under there, I grabbed my bed covers and flung them to the right to see what it was.

I saw… five Yugioh cards – wait should I be saying Duel Monsters cards or Yugioh cards? Ugh, that'll be annoying.

Anyway, weirded out by this, I picked up the cards to look at them closer. Upon examine them, I saw that they were…

They…

…

'…!'

My face paled as I nearly dropped the cards but was able to hold onto them.

"Wh-What…!? That's impossible…!?" I shouted out loud in disbelief.

These cards… they were my cards! The cards I made when I was younger!

Years and years ago when my brother was still alive and we played the game together, Konami made some sort of content where you could send in your own fan-made cards by letter, and they could be made, like with Jaden in GX. Of course, there was thousands of participants.

In the end, I lost, and never saw my cards again. They never even came back in the mail. Though I did get a letter saying that Konami were sorry to reject my cards but gave me some advice, saying that they were 'too unoriginal' to be made properly. Looking back, I realise that A: They were right, and B: They probably sent that same response to everyone.

But now they were here! They were here and in my hands! As actual playable cards!

My eyes looked at the first card, a normal monster. This was the main poster boy of the cards that I made so to speak, but not the strongest. The Junk Synchron you could say.

The illustration showed a young boy with brown hair and blue eyes, clad in some cobalt-coloured armour that was shiny. At his side, he had a sword holstered, and had a small red coat that came over his right shoulder. He took up most of the card's artwork, which I found interesting.

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Taladon The Warrior

WIND LV4

Normal/Warrior

ATK/1700, DEF/1400

A young warrior who chose to always fight for his friends and family no matter the danger. When travelling, he always makes sure to watch over his friends and family, making sure they are safe.

—

My eyes then looked the next card underneath Taladon The Warrior. This one was similar enough to Taladon, but he looked a bit older and stronger, with his armour being a bit duller in colour, showing its age. This was an effect monster.

—

Taladon The Swordsman

WIND LV6

Effect/Warrior

ATK/2200, DEF/1900

When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can add one LV4 Warrior Type monster from your graveyard to your hand. Once per turn, you can equip one LV4 or lower Warrior Type monster from your hand onto this card as an Equip Spell; if so, increase the ATK and DEF of this card by the ATK and DEF of the equipped monster. You can only have one monster equipped to this card at a time.

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'Well, that's… pretty good I guess? It's just a worse version of Relinquished.' I concluded, looking at this card and Taladon The Warrior again. 'I don't think I gave them any effects back when I first made them. Interesting.'

So… I have my own cards here... Is ok to play them? Like, Kaiba will be tracking all duels on a duel disk when Battle City begins, so he'll know if I play an illegal card. I'm not even going to question how they got here, or how they're actual cards I could probably play right now. The Yugiverse was weird when it came to when you gain cards out of thin air.

Considering that Kaiba literally allowed the Rare Hunters to stay in the tournament, as well as Marik even after he kidnapped Mokuba, he'd probably just ignore the fact that I have these cards, apparently wanting some payback. There shouldn't be anything wrong with playing them, right? The worst that could happen is that I get disqualified somehow, or the Rare Hunters come after me seeing as I have cards that Pegasus never even thought of creating.

'…I'll take the risk.' I thought, as I put the two cards into my deck box, adding them into my deck.

I then looked at the other three cards that I had.

'…! These are… Ah, I see… Heh, I guess Manju and Polymerisation won't be bricks after all.'

Smiling, I put the rest of the cards in my new deck box which I strapped to my waist. While the mysteries of these cards still plagued my brain, I did some more stuff to do here. For one, there was the bottom drawer in the cabinet that had my deck box and the photograph. Opening that up, and I saw that there were dozens upon dozens of loose cards that filled up the drawer. Examining the cards showed me that they… weren't that good.

It was all monsters with low ATK and DEF with no effects. I liked Yusei's idea of no card being useless, but I ain't winning Duel's with Skull Servant and no support to back him up. A bit more looking around showed me that none these cards were going to help me sadly. There was no hidden gem in amongst this pile.

With nearly the whole house ransacked for information about Eric or for some clothes, I looked over at the nearby alarm clock and saw that the time was 11:37 AM.

I think I'll spend the rest of the hour that I have looking for more information about Eric on that computer, then at 12:00 AM, I'll head out to see if I can get some better cards. A quick look at Eric's wallet showed me that he had some money on him. Earlier when I opened the door to greet Mokuba, I saw that I was in a city of sorts, so I'm guessing that I just lived in Domino City. Boy, that was convenient.

I headed back downstairs and did some more research on the computer. I don't think it's common to leave your whole life story on your computer, but I was feeling hopeful!

Alas, Eric didn't have his life backstory on a file for me to access. But I did learn one thing. His father and him were clearly close, and it seemed like he had passed away a few months ago. On one hand, I was happy that he wouldn't potentially suspect me of being an imposter Eric, on the other hand, I suppose it wouldn't have been easy for Eric to cope with the loss.

Based on my conversation with Mokuba earlier, I'm guessing that Eric wasn't too serious of a person. I mean, Mokuba isn't the smartest person in the entire series, but he never seemed fazed by my responses. If those last few minutes are anything to go by, then I can take things a little easier when talking to someone. But if Eric was a complete pushover, I would still bite back if cornered.

When it hit 12:00 AM, I got changed into some brown shoes, and made my way to the front door of the house. Upon exiting and closing the door behind me, I properly took in the fresh air, feeling much calmer now than I was a few hours ago. I locked the door, and began to walk to try and find a decent game shop around here.

'Well, here's hoping this new first day of mine won't end in disaster.' I thought. As long as I'm careful, I won't change that much, right?

With a sigh, I began the walk in this brand new, yet all too familiar world. By the end of today, I'd have made up my mind about Battle City.

Seto Kaiba

Kaiba sat at his desk typing away at his high resolution and instant-working computer. This was one of the only chance he had gotten to relax his legs. He had busy preparing for today.

Battle City would be announced tonight. Kaiba would make it a public statement, so everyone will hear. Coming in via helicopter and paying off Domino City Electrical company would be simple enough. This would easily make it the best method of announcement. Though Kaiba wanted to make more than just an announcement; Kaiba was aiming for a statement here. To Yugi, the Rare Hunters, as well as Eric.

He would need the perfect deck. He had already tasted defeat to Yugi as well as Eric before that. Kaiba would make the perfect the deck that could beat both Yugi and Eric, as well make those Rare Hunters regret ever coming into his tournament. Every card had to be planned out, every move, every possible combinat–

*ring ring!*

Kaiba picked up the phone on his desk. "Yes?"

"Hey big bro!" Came Mokuba over the phone. "I visited Eric, just like you asked me to. We're headed back now!"

"What did he say?" Kaiba questioned. "Will he be joining my tournament?"

"Uh… Eric said that he may have some stuff going that might stop him taking part in the tournament… but he said he'd keep an open mind!" Mokuba answered with what Kaiba knew was a smile behind the phone.

Kaiba actually gave a small smirk. "I see. You and Roland get back here as soon as you both can. We have work to do. It's time for me to test out my new Duel Disk."

"Yeah, we'll be right back as soon as we can! Right Roland?"

"Uh, yes of course! Expect us back in the next hour Mr Kaiba."

"Make it thirty minutes." Kaiba demanded lightly, before putting the phone down.

'So Eric, you plan on trying to make excuses again.' Kaiba began in his head. 'That's just like you. But I know you'll appear at this tournament, and when you do, I'll make sure to make you feel the same humiliation you made me feel all those years ago.'

'With my Egyptian God card, No Duelist can stand up to me, and when I have all three in my deck, I'll be unstoppable! Not even Eric or Yugi will be able to defeat me!' Kaiba thought, confident in his victory for this tournament.

That's this chapter done! What did you think? Whether you liked it or not, I hope to see you all in the next chapter!