Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Spira's Tournement ❯ Spira’s Tournament Begins! A Blast From The Past! ( Chapter 6 )

So now, this will be the start of Spira's Tournament. However, I'm just going to be covering Rikku's progress in the tournament because: 1) It's already a given that Yugi, Joey, and Kaiba will be in the finals and this story's already long enough without doing their duels. And 2) Writing Duels will be tough and be very time consuming, and I hope to still be in the zone to write good duels when I do the three on three duel! Speaking of Spoilers, the participants in that duel aren't who you think they are.

 

Fire Goddess101 - Oh boy…I don't want to offend anyone, but I just don't like the KxS pairings. I've wondered what's so great about it, but I just can't see it! This is about the only other story I have this type of pairing (The other being “Vendetta”) but it's only for plot purposes. I know that I might have a few under my favorites (I haven't checked that in a while.) but even if it has the kind of pairings that I don't like, Just like with any story with guyxguy pairings (typical guy, I know.), I'll usually tolerate it. Besides, it could be worse. I once read a story that had a SolomonxMai pairing, how's that for bizarre!

 

PROTOTYPE Uber Rei Model - Yeah, he is the scapegoat in this. Sucks don't it? That's the bad part of having someone who looks like you, let alone someone who's evil.

 

Magicman/Smokegirl - Heh, good question! I almost forgot all about that! But sadly, it won't play much, if any, role in this story. As for the Al Bhed girls, yeah they do show signs of it. But then again, most of the more interesting characters are the more mysterious ones…

 

Chapter 6: Spira's Tournament Begins! A Blast From The Past!

 

The day had finally arrived…

 

Pegasus's tournament in Spira has finally begun as people not only from Domino, but from the whole world were heading towards Spira, intrigued at how the realism of the special duel disks they've received could surpass the duel disks from Kaiba Corp.

 

Rikku opened her eyes as she stretched her arms out. Decked in her yellow cotton pajamas, she pealed the silk covers from her body and climbed out of bed. When she checked her new Dark Magician Girl alarm clock, her eyes went wide!

 

“Oh no, I overslept!” She panicked as she quickly rushed to her closet, proceeding to throw everything out onto her bed. “Whattowearwhattowearwhattowear…” She said to herself repeatedly as time was ticking. The tournament was about to start, and she wasn't even dressed, let alone in Spira. How embarrassing that would be…”

 

Rikku decided to wear her orange sleeveless turtleneck, olive skirt, and her white and black boots. As she grabbed her utility belt which contained her deck, Rikku walked over to Kaiba's room. Much to her dismay, it was empty. It appeared that he and Mokuba had already left. “Thanks for waking me up, Setty…” She said sarcastically as she ran down the stairs and out from the mansion. She knew that it'd be next to impossible to make it on time without transportation. The limo was already gone and she didn't know where the car keys were. It all seemed hopeless.

 

It was just then when Rikku had the idea! Of course, why didn't she think about this before? It was just the thing she needed and if everything went her way, she would at least have five minutes to spare!

 

At Spira, Yugi and Tea had already made it as they were waiting for everyone else. They were one of the first ones to arrive.

 

“So what do you think about this tournament?” Tea asked her boyfriend. “After all, there are a lot of people you haven't seen before, so it won't be as if you're facing Wevil Underwood or Rex Raptor.

 

Yugi nodded. “Yeah, I've heard that Pegasus made new monsters based off of Spira. And with the ante rule in effect, I might add a few to my deck.”

 

The young couple saw another group of people arrive: Tristan riding on his, much to the curiosity of the people of Spira, a motorcycle with Serenity riding on the back.

 

Tea ran to her other friends. “Hey guys! Where's Joey? He is in the tournament too right?”

 

“Of course!” Serenity nodded, then sighed. It was as if the next bit of news was going to be upsetting to Tea. “But…”

 

“But? If Joey's in the tournament, then why isn't he with you?” Yugi asked, but his question was soon answered as he saw from inside of the stadium, Joey walking out but he was not alone! Much to Tea's dismay, Joey was walking with them: Erika, Aria, and Arana.

 

“Hey guys!” Joey smiled, but noticed Tea's glare. “What's wrong?”

 

The brunette shook her head. “You ditched your sister so you could hang out with-”

 

“Hey, Serenity said it was alright!” Joey informed.

 

“Yeah, just because you hate us, doesn't mean that everyone has too!” Arana hissed.

 

“What about Mai?” Tea reminded. “Have you forgotten about her? Are you now going to act as if Battle City never happened?”

 

“Will you relax Tea?” Joey rolled his eyes. “Of course not! But I haven't heard from her since Battle City. Wonder if she's going to be in the tournament…”

 

“Speaking of those MIA…where's Rikku?” Yugi asked. “Isn't she going to be in the tournament?”

 

Joey browsed around. “Now that ya mentioned it, I haven't seen her around anywhere!”

 

“Wasn't she the one who decided that we all meet here?” Serenity asked. “Where is she?”

 

The question would have to be put on hold as Pegasus's face appeared on the screen.

 

“Greetings Duelists!” Pegasus greeted from the big screen. “ Welcome to Spira's Tournament: Duelist Kingdom 2! I'm so glad that you all have been able to join me in Luca! But before we can start the tournament that will take place all throughout Spira, I will go over the rules!

 

“The rules in this tournament are different from those at the previous Duelist Kingdom Tournament. For example, the format is mostly in the traditional rules: 8000 life points, The tribute rule will be in effect as in this tournament, direct attacks are allowed. And finally, each duelist will wager his or her rarest card in addition to one security sphere in a duel. Each of you should have received one in the mail. Lose, and you are eliminated from the tournament.”

 

Yugi sighs, “Once again my Dark Magician is up for grabs…”

 

“Puttin' my Red Eyes up for keeps? Fine…” Joey sighed as well.

 

“When a duelist gains eight Security spheres, he or she has advanced to the finals, but don't be too slow, as there's only eight spots! So not only are your fellow duelists a threat, time is your enemy as well. Luca Stadium will be closed, as that will be the place of the finals to see who will become King of Games…excuse me, or Queen of Games. Good luck and I hope to see you at the finals!”

 

As the screen switched off, everyone scattered, prepared to duel for a spot in the Duelist Kingdom finals!

 

“So Yug, we split up and win some Sphere, then meet back here?” Joey asked.

 

Yugi nodded. “Hope to see ya in the finals!” He extended a hand.

 

Joey shook the hand. “Same here!”

 

“Hey!” Erika protested.

 

“Don't forget us!” Aria declared.

 

“We're in the tournament, too!” Arana reminded.

 

“Sorry…” Joey scratched his head nervously.

 

“That's okay Joseph.” Aria smirked. “After I'm done whipping your hide, I'd forgotten all about it!”

 

“That is, if I don't whip yers first!” Joey smirked back.

 

“Rao kioc! (Hey Guys!)” A Familiar voice shouted from behind as they look back.

 

Tristan snickered. “Well look who it is!” He said as Brother caught up with the gang!”

 

“How's everyone Brother?” Tea asked.

 

“Well…it's pretty good! Paine came back!” The Al Bhed looked around. “Where's Rikku?”

 

“Don't know!” Yugi shrugged. “We thought that you would know!”

 

Brother shook his head. “No…”

 

Yugi sighed, “Okay. But have you seen Bakura or Marik?”

 

“Bakura did come by the other day to check out a few spheres. But Marik?” Brother blinked in confusion. He had never met Marik before, much less when the gang was last in Spira.

 

“Blonde Egyptian guy, around the same height as Bakura. Wears a bit of gold around his arms!” Joey listed, “That ring a bell?”

 

The Al Bhed shook his head. “No, why?”

 

Yugi sighed. “The God Cards were stolen last night.”

 

“Fryd!? (What!?)” Brother roared.

 

“It happened yesterday!” Erika informed. “We were walking back to Yugi's place, and we found them stolen!”

 

“I'm always tellin' Yuge; you need to put those cards in a safe and putta padlock on it!” Joey stated.

 

“So you think Marik stole them?”

 

“The Millennium Rod was stolen too!” Tristan explained, “So all evidence points to Marik. We also think that somehow the Millennium Ring got back around Bakura's neck so now the spirit's probably possessed him too and joined up with Marik!”

 

“FRYD!? (What!?)” If Brother wasn't in shock before, he was now at the mention of the Millennium Ring! “Ruf tet dryd rybbah? Frah tet dryd rybbah? RUF DRA RAMM TET DRA NEHK KAD PYLG YNUIHT REC HALG!? (How did that happen? When did that happen? HOW THE HELL DID THE RING GET BACK AROUND HIS NECK!?)”

 

`Now would be the right time for them to be somewhat useful…' Tea looked at the three Al Bhed girls. “What did he say?”

 

Erika sighed. She probably wouldn't have if the person who asked her was anyone but Tea! Joey, Tristan, maybe even Yugi or Serenity, but Tea!? After the way she treated them and now she was asking them for a favor?

 

She decided to be the better woman. “Brother's just basically wondering how the Millennium Ring wound up back to Bakura. Whatever that is…”

 

“It's a long story…” Tristan said, then looked to Brother. “Are your friends up for a man hunt?”

 

Brother nodded. “With the Celsius on our side, we'll track down Marik and Bakura in no time!”

 

“Cool! I'll come along with ya! Just incase y'need some extra muscle!” Tristan offered.

 

“Good. Maybe you can tell me more about this Marik person!”

 

“Hey Brother, what about the tournament?” Yugi reminded.

 

“Speaking of the tournament, isn't Yuna going to join?” Tea added.

 

“Don't worry, Pegasus said that it was throughout Spira, so I should find a few duels! Shinra's joining the tournament, too!”

 

“Shinra's in the tournament?” Serenity smiled with interest!

 

“Yeah! He wants to try out his dueling skills in this tournament.” Brother said. Ever since that he saw that Tea was happy, his hatred for Serenity has decreased tremendously. No longer seeing her as the girl who was the cause of Tea's pain, Brother just saw Serenity Wheeler as another one of Tea's friends. And any friend of Tea's is a friend of his.

 

Brother then sighed at the mention of Yuna. “Yuna will not be joining this tournament…” He informed, much to the shock of everyone.

 

“What?” Joey blinked. “After kicking the living hell outta Kaiba, I thought that Yuna would be excited about this tournament!”

 

“She has decided that she will never duel again, until she's found him!” Brother placed as much emphasis as if he was sick. Particularly sick of a certain someone…

 

“Him?” Tea blinked. “Do you mean Tidus?”

 

“Yes him!” Brother hissed as he muttered a few Al Bhed curses…

 

“What's wrong?”

 

“Tidus is my problem! He's the reason why Yuna's becoming more miserable! She's going to dedicate all of her time looking for him, and nothing else!”

 

“How romantic…” Serenity cooed. “I would just love it if a guy did that for me…”

 

“You sure would, Traitor…” Aria muttered, which caused Arana to blink.

 

“Huh? Is something wrong?” The blonde asked her sister.

 

“It's nothing…” She assured.

 

“When I find that guy, I'm going to crush him to Kingdom Come!” Brother declared as Serenity sighed.

 

“Now you're starting to sound like Joey…” She said.

 

“Hey!” Her brother replied with offense, as Aria sighed. Knowing how angry he was going to be when he found out what happened last night with her…

 

…

 

The Blue Eyes White Dragon Plane landed at the docks as the cockpit opened, revealing the pilot to be a certain green-eyed Al Bhed thief! Rikku had just made it to Luca as she, after hopping out of the plane, began running as fast as she could, hoping that she had just made it in time! Much to her horror, she had already saw people setting up their duel disks while others watch. “Oh no, I'm late! It's already started!” As the Al Bhed thief ran, desperately searching for her friends, she did not see the person who she bumped into, causing them both to fall down to the ground.

 

“Darn…Sorry…” Rikku sighed, but was met with a some-what scratchy voice.

 

“Walk much, or is this your first time trying?”

 

Rikku looked up as she glared at a guy who wasn't short, but not tall either. He had a red wool cap on his head, but his long brown hair was still noticeable. And he was wearing a green jacket and blue jeans. “What's your problem?”

 

“My problem is that you're obviously too blind as bat to see where you're going and you knock me down!”

 

“Well if you excuse me, I have to find my friends! Something that you wouldn't know anything about!” Rikku was about to walk off, but her hand was grabbed. “Hey, let got!”

 

“Wait a second!” He said. “You have a duel disk! So you must be in this Tournament!” He said. “Put it on right now, so me and my Dinosaurs can cream ya and knock you outta the tournament!”

 

“Hey!” Rikku protested. “First of all, I don't even know your name! And second of all, I'll duel who I want to at my own place! But today is your lucky day!” The Al Bhed quickly placed on her Duel Disk as she then activated it!

 

“The name's Rex Raptor! Dino Duelist Extraordinaire!” He introduced himself as he placed and switched on his Duel Disk. “And I'll wager my Black Tyranno and one security sphere!”

 

“I'm Rikku! And I'll wager my Dark Magician Girl and my only security sphere!” Rikku stated. “Let's go!”

 

“Big mistake Girly!” Rex informed. “As soon as my Dinosaurs pound you back to the Jurassic, I'll be one step closer to the finals!”

 

The life points were reset at 8000 as both duelists drew 5 cards…

 

Rikku: 8000

Rex: 8000

 

“Let's duel!”

 

“Vets go first, Newbie!” Rex drew a card. “I'll start by playing Hyper Hammerhead [1500/1200] in Attack mode!” He placed his card down as a dinosaur with a hammer-shaped mouth was summoned onto the field via the pyroflies! “I end my turn!”

 

`He's obviously not from Spira.' Rikku noted the shock and amaze of Rex's face. `He's not even used to the Duel Disks around here!' She knew that at that aspect, she had the advantage, as she drew her card. “Okay…” She looked at her card as she then placed it down on the field. “I summon Helping Robo For Combat [1600/0] in attack mode, and place once card facedown!” Rikku announced as she placed her card in the monster zone of her duel disk, summoning the helper-like Robot on the field. “Helping Robo For Combat, destroy Rex's Hyper Hammerhead!” Rikku ordered as the Machine monster destroyed the hammer-headed Dinosaur, causing Rex's lifepoints to go down.

 

Rikku: 8000

Rex: 7900

 

Rex scoffed this loss off. “No big deal! Compared to what I'm gonna do to you next! First, you activated my Hyper Hammerhead's special ability! When up against this Dino, your monsters has two choices: Be destroy or be sent back to your hand, and since your Robo decided to destroy Hyper Hammerhead…”

 

“Oh no…” Rikku was in shocked as her Robo vanished, leaving her to return the card back into her hand.

 

“Now is where the fun starts!” Rex drew a card and placed it to his current hand, where he placed down two cards: One of them in the spell/traps zone, the other in the monster card zone. “I play Mad Sword Beast [1400/1200] in attack mode, and one card face down!” Rex announced. “And since you don't have any traps, I'm free to attack your life points!” His gave a smile at his opponent. “Mad Sword Beast, attack Rikku's life points!” He ordered as the Mad Sword Beast rushed right into Rikku, knocking her down, as well as her life points…

 

Rikku: 6600

Rex: 7900

 

“That's just the beginning Girl Pants.” Rex stated. “I end my turn! Go ahead and make a move, summon whatever monster you can, because the only way they'll be able to beat my Dinosaurs is if it causes another meteorite to crash here!”

 

`He's obviously has a trap for me, but it won't work!' Rikku drew a card as added it to her hand. These were the only cards currently in her hand: Cyber Jar, Barrel Dragon, Blowback Dragon, Cyber Tech Alligator, Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, and Zoa. She smiled at the first card in her hand, the only monster she was able to summon. `Good ole Cyber Jar.' As soon as Dino-Freak attacks, that Mad Sword Beast is history!' She placed the card down. “I place one monster face down in defense mode and end my turn!”

 

Rex drew a card. “I play Uraby [1500/800] in attack mode!” He said as quick dinosaur was summoned onto the field. “Now Mad Sword Beast, attack Rikku's face down monster and her life points!” He ordered as the Rhino-like Dino went to attack and destroy the face down monster, which was revealed to be Cyber Jar.

 

“Sorry, but say goodbye to your Dinos!” Rikku said as then, much to her horror she began to lose some life points…

 

Rikku: 6100

Rex: 7900

 

“Wh-what's going on?” She asked in shock.

 

“Mad Sword Beast's special ability is that when it's attacks a defense position monster with lower defense points than Mad Sword Beast's attack points, you still lose life points even if your monster is in defense mode!”

 

“Well at least your Mad Sword Beast is gone now, and you'll have to draw five new card and summon any 4 or lower level monster you get!” Rikku said as, much to her horror, the cards Rex manage to draw and summon were three more monsters that Rex had previously summoned: Uraby, Mad Sword Beast, and Hyper Hammerhead!

 

It was now Rikku's turn to draw, but unfortunately for the young Al Bhed girl, the only cards she managed to draw were Cyber-Stein [700/500], Giga Tech Wolf [1200/1400] , Machine Conversion Factory, Limiter Removal, and a second Blue Eyes Toon Dagon. With a sigh, Rikku placed Cyber Stein face up in attack mode, and Giga Tech Wolf face down in defensive mode!

 

The Dino Duelist smirked, “From the looks on your face, your plan backfired! And after all that! You wanted to delay the inevitable, but all it got ya was 500 life points taken away! But it's just about to get worse!” Mad Sword Beast, attack Rikku's faced down monster on the left!” He ordered as the Dino attacked the face down monster, Giga Tech Wolf. Since Giga Tech Wolf's Defense Points and Mad Sword Beast's attack points were both 1400, the Dino's special effect was more or less useless.

 

“No matter…Hyper Hammerhead, destroy Rikku's Cyber Stein!” Rex ordered.

 

“Before you do, I activate Cyber Stein's Special Ability!” Rikku said as her life points began to go down, right when Cyber Stein is destroyed.

 

Rikku: 300

Rex: 7900

 

“You really want to lose, do you Rikku? You're now down to your last Life Points and I still have 7900!”

 

“Yeah, I have 300, but not for long! Thanks to this: Life Absorbing Machine!” The Al Bhed girl announced. “I may've lost 5000 this turn, but I get 2500 next turn!”

Rex scoffs it off. “So what did you flush 5000 life points down for, anyway?”

 

“This: For 5000 life points, I get to summon any Fusion Monster I want. And guess which monster I'm going to summon: Haven't you ever heard of a monster called `Blaster Cannon Dragon?'” She asks.

 

“Never heard of it, but where are you getting at?” Rex asked, getting annoyed with Rikku's stalling.

 

Rikku placed the card on the field. “Say hello to the second strongest monster in my deck: Blaster Cannon Dragon [4300/3500].” She announced as the Dragon-like Machine was summoned onto the field. It had the same characteristics as Gatling Dragon, as well as another machine monster.

 

“It's still my turn, and I'm going to put my Uraby in defense mode!” Rex announced. “I end my turn! Make your move so I can end this duel!”

 

Rikku drew a card. “First, I'm going to get my 2500 life points back!” She announced as her Life Points increased…

 

Rikku: 2700

Rex: 7900

 

The next thing I'm going to do is to destroy your monsters. Blaster Cannon Dragon has a meter that spins and if it stops at the right place, I get to destroy either all of yer spell and traps, or yer monsters!” She explains as the roulette spins. Much to her satisfaction, it lands on a quarter of the circle that is filled with red, which signaled the machine to destroy! “Sucks to be you Rexie, now say goodbye to your Dinos!”

 

“Oh no!”

 

“Oh yes! Blaster Cannon Dragon, destroy all of Rex Raptor's monsters!” She ordered as Blaster Cannon Dragon launched its missiles, which were directly aimed at all of Rex's monsters on the field. “Thank you, come again!”

 

Rex seethed as he saw his Dinosaurs be destroyed by the missiles! “Just finish your turn!”

 

“Now I summon X-Head Cannon [1800/1500] in attack mode!” Rikku placed the card down as the X-Head cannon was summoned onto the field. “Now X Head Cannon, Blaster Cannon, attack directly at Rex's life points!” She ordered as the two machines opened fired directly at the Dino Duelist, causing him to lose a huge chunk of his life points…

 

Rikku: 2700

Rex: 1800

 

“I place one card down and end my turn!” Rikku smirked. “One more turn and it's all over!”

 

Rex drew a card as he then laughed. Much to the young Thief's confusion…

 

“Hey! What's so funny?”

 

“The fact that your own monster's going to be used against ya! Thanks to this card: Snatch Steal!” Rex declared. “The only bad side about this card is that for as long as I have control over your monster, you'll get 1000 life points at the start of each of your turns! Not that it'll last that long!

 

Rikku's eyes went wide in shock! “No, not that?”

 

“Oh yes! Blaster Cannon Dragon, come to me!” Rex ordered as the Machine Dragon was brought over to the Dino Duelist side. “I could destroy you right now, but that'll be too easy of an overkill! That's why I play the spell card Monster Reborn and bring back my Uraby!”

Rikku blinked. “Why are you bringing that monster? It's still too weak to end the duel!”

 

“Who said I'm going to use Uraby? I'm going to sacrifice it, and your precious Blaster Cannon Dragon to bring out the King of the Dinos himself, Black Tyrano [2600/1800]!” Rex announced as the Black Tyrannosaurus Rex was summoned on the field. “And that's not all! I play Raise Body Heat to increase my Tyrano's power by 700 points [3300/2100]. And finally, I play the Spell Card Block attack, which'll force your X-Head Cannon to defense mode!”

 

“Okay, so what that you put my machine in Defense mode! It'll still protect my Life Points!”

 

“Wrong!” Rex explained, “Black Tyrano's special ability allows it to attack your Life Points directly, even if there are monsters on the field, provided that they're all in defense mode! That's why I played Block Attack! So your Life Points would be open wide for my Tyrano!”

 

“It can attack directly, even if my monsters are in Defense Mode?”

 

“Black Tyrano, attack Rikku directly, wiping out the remaining of her Life Points!” The Dino Duelist sneered. “It's all over Rikku! You're just about to become extinct!”

 

Rikku sighed. “Rex, you should've use it's special ability, then attacked me with Blaster Cannon Dragon…” She said.

 

Rex scoffed. “Don't you tell me how to duel! I don't need help from amateurs!”

 

“I'm not saying this to diss you, I'm telling the truth. Otherwise I wouldn't have had the chance to play this: Mirror Force!”

 

“WHAT!?” Rex blinked in shock.

 

“That's right, now your Tyrano's attack will come back at ya!” Rikku informed as Black Tyrano went to bite Rikku but a mirror-like force field appeared inf front of her. Knocking the Dino back and destroying it!

 

“THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!” Rex screamed, outraged that his strongest creature in his deck would be destroyed so easily.

 

“Oh but it is!” Rikku smiled. “It's my turn now.” She drew a card. “I don't need anything else to beat you now! X-Head Cannon, attack Rex directly, wiping out his remaining Life Points!” Rikku ordered as X-Head Cannon opened fire, taking out the remains of Rex Raptor's life points, and knocking him out of the tournament.

 

Rikku: 2700

Rex: 0

 

“Some advice: If you have the perfect opportunity to win, don't be so pompous that using anyone else's card isn't cool!” Rikku then extended her hand out to Rex.

 

“I don't need your help getting up!” The defeated duelist hissed.

 

“Help? No, I want your security sphere and your Black Tyranno! Now hand `em over!”

 

Rex reluctantly handed over his rarest card and security Sphere to Rikku as he then began to bawl… “Not again! First I lose my Red Eyes to Wheeler, then I lose my Serpent Night Dragon to Espa Roba, now this!”

 

“Hey, it's not the end of the world!” Rikku said. “I've lost my Blue Eyes White Dragon, but I moved on okay!”

 

Rex scoffed. “You? With a Blue Eyes? Preposterous!”

 

“Fine!” Rikku scoffed as she walked away. “What a sore loser…” She sighed as she left the Dino duelist, defeated once again…

 

The Al Bhed girl smiled as she looked at her capture: The Earth Dino monster Black Tyranno, which its special ability lets it attack the opponent's life points if all of their monsters are in defense position. This monster would be useful, but went against the Machine theme of her deck. This would be listed under the backup pile known as the Side Deck.

 

Rikku sighed as she looked up at the sky. “I wonder how Yugi, Joey, Setty, and those triplets are doing?” She wondered. “I wonder if Brother, Yuna, and Shinra decided to join the tournament.”

 

At Guadosalam, various Goons and Fem-Goons were being dispatched to their objectives. What neither of them saw was Seymour, Yami Bakura, and Yami Marik, who all blended into the confusion, enter inside the chateau…

 

“So this is where you used to reside…” The Tomb Robber looked around as Seymour sighed.

 

“It still remains the same after two years…” The former Maester mused. “However, they were soon stopped by a certain trio. A trio who were not happy at all with their arrival!”

 

“You're trespassing on Private Property!” Logos informed.

 

“So if you value your life, hand over any sphere you have and leave!” Ormi added.

 

Seymour laughed, “You're right about one thing, this is Private Property and you three are trespassing! The last time I checked, this little chateau belonged to me!

 

LeBlanc's eyes went wide. “You're…you're Seymour!”

 

“A las, you've heard of me.” The Guado nodded. “And allow me to introduce you to my friends!” He said as the Yamis grinned darkly. “They may not seem much, but you'd be surprised at what power they possess!”

 

“Well I don't care what power they posses, you're not scaring us!” She declared. “Sorry Loves, but this chateau belongs to us now!”

 

“Allow me…” Yami Bakura volunteered as he approached the blonde. “Why don't we settle the ownership of this Plateau with a Shadow Game!”

 

“S-shadow game?” Logos and Ormi both blinked at the same time. Remembering all too well what happened at the last Shadow Game. This last Shadow Game was against Yugi. “Don't do it Boss!” Logos advised.

 

“Yeah Boss! Those guys will do all sorts of things to ya!” Ormi added.

 

“Do you want to get the heel?” LeBlanc glared at the two. She turned back to the Tomb Robber. “Fine, name your game!”

 

The Millennium Ring flashed as Yami Bakura explained, pulling out his deck as he walked over to a nearby table. “Draw three monster cards from the deck, then I'll place three cards face down on the table. The game is to place the monster cards to the three cards next to the three cards, and when those facedown monsters are revealed they will be destroyed by the monsters you've chose. But beware! If even one of your monsters are destroyed by mine you'll pay a high price for your error!

 

“Hmph!” LeBlanc drew three cards from her deck as Logos and Ormi looked on.

 

“Those look really strong, Boss!” Ormi complemented.

 

“Well of course!” She smirked. “There's no way what's his name over there's going to beat the Mighty LeBlanc.” She said with pride as she then walked over and matched her card up to the ones that were already on the table. “Here's my cards!” She announced as she placed next to the first facedown card, Trial of Nightmare [1300/700], the second Earl of Demise [2000/500], and the third Dark Necrofear [2200/2800]. “Let's see you try to beat that!”

 

“Confident, is she?” Yami Marik mused as Yami Bakura walked over to reveal the facedown cards and as he went to flip one up, he sighed.

 

“What's wrong? Didn't have the card to beat me, Love?” The leader of the LeBlanc Syndicate asked in mock sympathy.

 

“Actually, I'm disappointed that this game is over for you!” The Tomb Robber informed. “I was hoping to prolong your misery to provide some entertainment from you, fool!”

 

“What!?” All three head members of the Syndicate blinked.

 

As the facedown cards glowed, they flipped by themselves, revealing them to be none other than the Egyptian God Cards! “No matter what other card you picked from my deck, you could've never defeated the Egyptian God Cards!” He explained, much to the horror of the Syndicate as they looked at the cards. Osiris the Sky Dragon was next to Trial of Nightmare, Obelisk the Tormentor was next to Earl of Demise, and finally, The Wing Dragon of Ra was next to Dark Necrofear!

 

“This is impossible!” LeBlanc protested. “It can't be!”

 

“Oh, but it is! And now, you will pay the ultimate Penalty!” Yami Bakura declared as his Millennium Ring flashed, leaving LeBlanc's eyes a blank look…

 

…

 

The leader of the Youth League, Nooj, was standing near a beach as he sighed. “The beach looks pretty, doesn't it!”

 

Yuna ran up to him as she hugged him! “It sure is, darling! Oh, I'm so happy here…with you!”

 

“I feel the same way you do, dear! I feel the same way!” He said, his head coming closer to Yuna's as they soon kissed…

 

LeBlanc, who was now trapped in an hourglass watched on in horror, shock, and anger all wrapped up into one! “What is she doing with my Noojie? What is this?”

 

“Welcome to your worse nightmare…” Yami Bakura informed as LeBlanc attempted, however futile, to break out from her “prison.” “The Shadow Realm, where you'll spend all eternity!”

 

“No…” She shook her head, not wanting to believe it! “This is a joke! This is just some sick joke!” She screamed.

 

“It's all but a joke, pathetic mortal! And by the way, I'll be taking back my cards now!” As he grabbed the cards LeBlanc used, which were stuck in between the hourglass, and pulled them out, he began to laugh sinisterly as the sands began to pour on LeBlanc, as her worst nightmare continued to be shown…

 

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

 

…

 

LeBlanc's lifeless body first dropped down to the knees then fell forward. Much to the shock of Logos and Ormi!

 

“BOSS!” The two rushed over to the fallen form of their boss. Logos glared at the Tomb Robber. “What did you do?”

 

“Her soul now belongs to the shadows!” Yami Marik informed as he walked over to the remaining members of the Syndicate.

 

Ormi took out his shield as Logos drew his pistols. “You free the boss right now or-”

 

“Do you wish to join her?” Yami Marik took out his Millennium Rod from his belt, ready if necessary to send two more souls to the Shadow Realm.

 

“If that's the risk for avenging the boss…” Logos' glare became more and more narrow…

 

“There is…a way you can save her…” Seymour says. “All you have to do is join us in our quest to revive Sin!”

 

“Revive Sin? You're crazy!” Ormi was about to throw his large shield, but found himself unable to move! “Hey! What the?”

 

“I believe that you don't have a choice in the matter!” Yami Marik informed as his Rod continued to glow. “So what will it be: Join us to bring back Sin and free LeBlanc's soul, or join her in the Shadow Realm!”

 

Logos still had his pistols out as he pulled back on the triggers a bit. He sighed as he placed them away. “What…do we have to do…to bring back her soul?” He asked, defeated.

 

Ormi blinked, “Logos, you can't be-”

 

“We don't have any other choice Ormi!” He said before turning back to the three. “What is it that you want us to do?”

 

Seymour explained, “Simple: How good are your dueling skills?”

 

Ormi, who has since been released from Yami Marik's hold, blinked. “What?”

 

“We want you both to enter Spira's Tournament!” He says. “Capture the souls of Yugi Moto and his strongest rival, Seto Kaiba. If anyone else gets in the way, capture their souls as well!”

 

Logos gave the former Maester a skeptical look. “Soul stealing?”

 

“How are we supposed to do that?” Ormi asked.

 

Yami Marik produced a car from his pocket as he then gave it to Logos. “Use this card: `The Eye of Horus!' It will make your deck even stronger.”

 

Logos looked at the card as he sighed. “If this is what it takes to save the boss…”

 

“Then we'll do it…” Ormi finished.

 

“Nice to see that we're all on the same page!” Yami Bakura smiled as he apparently had another idea. “Now, there's one more thing that you must do for us.”

 

Ormi sighed, “What now…”

 

“Since you two are now in charge of the LeBlanc Syndicate, you have control of your underlings, do you not?”

 

Both Logos and Ormi nodded, as the Tomb Robber continued. “Since you're now working for us, that technically makes them under our control as well! What your first order of business is to make sure that they…get involved in the tournament. We do need more souls than those of Yugi and Kaiba.”

 

“But we're a sphere hunting group, not a group of Duelists?” Logos reminded.

 

The holder of the Millennium Rod sneered. “Leave them… It's obvious that they don't care about their fallen friend, LeBlanc!”

 

“Okay, we'll order our troops to do whatever you say!” Ormi said, submitting to the three who apparently held all the cards at the moment.

 

Logos nodded. “Looks like we'll put sphere hunting on hold for a while.”

 

Yami Marik smirked to his two accomplices. “You see, you just need to convince them to understand!” He said as they walked upstairs in the Chateau, leaving the LeBlanc Syndicate members alone. For they had a lot of work to do…

 

That's it for this chapter. So now the LeBlanc Syndicate is on their side, which can only mean trouble for our heroes. Also, I've already used one of my first OC Cards in this duel: Blaster Cannon Dragon!

 

Blaster Cannon Dragon

Dark/Machine/12 Star

4300/3500

Fusion/Effect

Gatling Dragon + Buster Dragon(Another OC Card); Toss a coin three times, if the outcome of heads is 2/3, destroy either all spell and trap or monster cards on the opponent's side of the field. This effect can only be used once per turn.

 

Note that I'm using the rules as if it's done without the graphics (It makes things easier this way, don't ask), but as for Duel Disk-related effects, I'm doing the best I can on that subject. Expect another OC card to be seen in the next duel!

 

Preview For Next Chapter:

 

“She was working for me! She was on lookout, just so I'll know when you're coming, Rikku!”

 

Rikku blinked in shock again. “H-how did you know my name?”

 

“Let's just say that I talked to an old friend of yours.” Weevil smirked. “Let's just say that he wants you out of this tournament.”

 

`Probably Brother so he can make sure I don't whip his tail again...' Rikku scoffed, “Well you're gonna have to tell your boss that he's going to be disappointed, because if anyone's going to be knocked out of this tournament, it'll be you!”

 

“HA! You have no idea who you're dealing with little girl! I'm a Regional Champion in Duel Monsters.”

 

“'Little girl?' Have you looked at yourself in the mirror, Half Pint?”

 

“Enough talk!” Weevil hissed. “Now we duel!”

 

Chapter 7: Rikku's Second Match: Caught In Weevil's Web!