Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Deadly Duel ❯ Chapter 1

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Disclaimer: Yugioh characters are not mine; I do not own them. I so hate disclaimers.


(Thoughts)


-Telepathy-


Chapter 1



"I can't believe the school went through with this," Joey said, "I mean a Duel Monsters Tournament in the school, and with a holographic simulator too."


"Hey Joey said a big word," Tristan teased.


"What was that?" Joey asked as he glared at his friend, the others started laughing.


"So are you going to enter Yugi?" Tea asked. She looked over at him, she was finally used to him after his growth spurt a few weeks ago. Along with his voice changing he now resembled Yami, but Yugi didn't like to admit it.


"Of course," Yugi answered as he watched the truck stop on the field where they were unloading the simulator.


"That stadium is huge," Tristan, said, "It's even bigger than those used at Battle City, and those were huge."


"Guess they want the whole school to see it from where ever they are," Joey said.


"Whatever they want they mean business," said Bakura.


"They tournament starts next week," Tristan said, he was reading from a program that the staff had been handing out.


"We're just lucky that Kaiba already graduated," said Joey. "If he were still here, we wouldn't have a chance."


"Speak for yourself Joey, Yugi can take care of himself," said Tristan. The bell rang and the school day ended.


"See you guys on Monday," Tea said as she and Bakura headed home.


"It says the teachers will announce who made it in class on Monday," Tristan said as he read from the program.


"You're absorbed in that thing," Yugi said.


"Well it says what's going to happen, before the tournament that is." Yugi and Joey shook their heads and continued walking.


"Why do you think they're doing something like this?" Joey asked.


"Easy," said Yugi, "for profit. Parents or other people not associated with the school have to pay to get in."


"Are you sure you haven't had your hands on one of these?" Tristan asked.


"Positive."


"So does it say if there's going to be a special guest?" Joey asked.


"I'm lookin'," Tristan answered. He flipped a few pages and gasped.


"What's wrong?"


Tristan gulped, "Pegasus."


"Yeah what about him?"


"No, I mean he's the special guest."


"Let me see that thing," Yugi said. Tristan gave it to him and he scanned it quickly. "Great," he groaned.


"Just be thankful you don't have to duel him again," Joey said, Yugi shuddered at the memory.


"Well, I'll see you two on Monday," Tristan said as he turned down an opposite corner.


"Some weekend this going to be," Joey said.


"Yeah, a mountain of homework and we might not even have to turn it in," Yugi replied.


"Oh well. See ya later man," Joey waved as he headed down the street as Yugi went inside.


"I heard about the competition," Grandpa said.


"Yeah, you should see the simulator they brought in."


"Good thing they'll be showing it on TV, I won't be able to be there."


"Something's telling me you really don't want to be," Yugi said as he sat down. His grandfather shrugged and he went back to his paper.

***


The weekend passed like a blur and before he knew it Yugi was in his homeroom class, waiting to here which students had made it into the tournament.


"All right students," said the teacher. "I have the names of those who will be competing in this class. There are only three of you so good luck."


"Tell us who it is already," a student in the back said.


He glared at him and read the names. "Mike Roswell, Terry Stinemen, and Yugi Motuoh."


"Oh yeah!" Joey yelled, making Yugi jump out of his seat and hit the floor. "Opps, sorry."


"Yeah, yeah," Yugi said as he got back to his seat.


"You three go to the field," said the teacher, "The judges and principal are there to give you instructions." Yugi and the other two boys left the classroom. When they reached the field about a dozen students were already present.


"All right," said a judge. "You twelve have been chosen to duel in this tournament for a number of reasons which I will not reveal. For now you will stay here and get you decks ready, the tournament will start at ten." They were left there.


Yugi, not wanting to change his deck in the least, went to the bleachers and sat down. He pulled out a book and read, but then a student came over.


"Hey, aren't you going to build your deck up?" he asked.


"I already did," Yugi answered, not taking his eyes off his page.


"Want to have a practice duel then?" Yugi was getting annoyed. His book was getting good and he wanted to wait until the tournament started.


"But if I end up dueling you in tournament I'll already know what cards you have, making it so I'll now what you're going to use, you don't want that do you?"


"Guess not." The boy left him alone, but five other students asked him before they got the hint. When ten rolled around the stands began to fill up. Yugi and the other competitors went to the simulator where the judges were.


"Ladies and gentlemen," the principal yelled into the microphone, "welcome to our first Duel Monsters tournament. Our duelists have been categorized into six sections. They will duel each other until there are only two duelists left, then the final match will begin." The crowd cheered as the holographic board appeared, revealing who will be dueling whom first.


Yugi was to duel third, so he sat in the offered area and watched the students duel. He studied each one's strategies and moves through the whole duel until one was the victor.


"Round two," said the judge. Yugi paid just as close attention in this one as he did the last one, seeing some pretty crazy, but effective strategies. Once during the time out called by a student did he look up at the stands to see who was occupying them. There, smack dab in the middle, sat Maximillion Pegasus.


(Wonderful, now he can watch my every move again.) The duel proceeded and victor was soon decided. (My turn.) He got up and headed toward his side of the arena. He dueled and beat the kid in ten minutes. (I hope all my duels aren't like this,) he thought as he sat down.


The duels went on again few hours, Yugi's duels lasted no more then fifteen minutes or less.


(Great, looks like I'm in the finals.) Since he had won each duel flat out since the competition started he was automatically a finalist and watched the last two duelists duel. Finally it was his turn. He went to his side of the arena and rode up on the to the platform. (From the way I've watched this kid duel it looks like a breeze. I'd have a harder time beating Joey, I wonder why they didn't chose him, may be his grades were bad.) He was about to draw his first card, but then the whole stadium went quiet.


Author's Note: You're going to hate for what happens next if you're a major Yugi-loving fan. I hope you like this. Review me and tell me what you think.