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Commenting from a little less than a year after I wrote this: ...this is embarrassing to me...
Tokyo Tournament
Chapter One: Invitations
Also Entitled: First Day of Summer
In the city known as Domino, the schools had officially closed for summer vacation, a time that approximately (static) thousand youths had been looking forward to for a whole year.
Among these (static) thousand students was Yugi Moto, who was currently doing what many students do with their spare time: sleeping. He had set his alarm clock for 7:15 am, a time which he considered late, as he normally spent from 9:00 to 6:00 sleeping.
However, as all teens and preteens do, Yugi slept through part of his alarm.
Downstairs, his parental guardian and grandfather Solomon Moto was sweeping in front of the shop, while trying to ignore the constant –BEEP-BEEP-BEEP- BEEP- and praying that the residents of the surrounding shops would be able to do so as well.
Thankfully, Yugi was able to muster the energy to roll over and press the "sleep" button after a few minutes. Before he could roll back over and get additional sleep in, however, he found out the hard way that he had rolled to far the first time, the hard way being the floor connecting with his nose after a two-foot drop. Sitting up and rubbing the point of contact, he glanced at the clock; he suddenly found energy in his discovery. "WHAT!?! IT'S 7:17!?! I SLEPT IN!" With that, he rushed about his room getting dressed, threw his chain and Millennium Puzzle about his neck, quickly dropped into the bathroom to do whatever he does to keep his hair tri- colored and spiky, and blasted down the stairs to collect the mail before the clock had changed to 7:18. Unable to stray to far apart from the Puzzle, the Puzzle's spirit, Yami, moaned and drowsily followed Yugi down the stairs.
'I hate it when he does this,' thought Yami, 'Just because he can wake up whenever he wants doesn't mean I should have to get up with him.'
The pharaoh soon joined Yugi and Solomon downstairs, though Yugi was the only one who recognized his presence. Before Yugi could ask a question of his grandfather, the answer was given, "The mail is on the counter inside."
Almost before the words had left his grandfather's mouth, Yugi was at the counter shuffling through the mail. "Bill, bill, bill, bill, junk, junk, junk, here we go, Duelist's Digest." He quickly passed the magazine to Yami before going through the mail once again.
Yami went through the magazine quickly, /We're at the top, of course. Hmm, Pegasus has apparently begun to duel again, though it says that he has been dueling people at his level, and this picture shows him without his Eye./ Indeed, there was a picture of Pegasus dueling, and against a rather experienced person. Also, the Millennium Eye, which he had used to his advantage in the Duelist Kingdom Tournament against Yugi and Yami was not present. Yami continued, /Kaiba's near the top, and Joey. But wait, I'm seeing quite a few new names here. Looks like there are some great duelists who didn't attend the Battle City Tournament./
Yugi had only been half listening, as he was still going through the mail, "bill, bill, junk, a Victoria's Secret catalog?"
Yami quickly snatched away the magazine. /-Ahem- um, I think there must have been a mistake, um, what else is there?/
"Well, let's see, junk, bill, hey! I may have already won ten thousand dollars!"
/Junk./
"Right. Bill, bill, hey, what's this? You're invited..." Quickly tearing the envelope open, Yugi read its contents aloud.
"To Mr. Yugi Moto, you are invited to attend the next Duel Monsters Tournament in Tokyo! You may bring with you up to three friends or family members, for you are the top duelist in the world. You will fly first class with your friends and the other top 19 duelists in the world to attend this tournament. If you wish to accept this offer, please sign, and also have your guardian sign as well. Have your three friends do the same.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cerberus,
Manager of the Tokyo Duel Monsters Tournament
"Alright! I have to tell Joey!"
/Don't worry about that,/ Yami told him, /Joey will have received an invitation as well. I think that we should really just worry about asking your grandfather./
"Right!" Yugi dashed outside to talk to Solomon. After quickly explaining, Yugi began pleading. "So can I go, please, please, please, PLEASE?"
"Calm down Yugi, of course you can go, after all, all your friends will be there, so I'm sure you'll be fine. But before you ask them anything, I think you should eat something."
"Eat? I can't eat, I'm too excited! I'm-," but Yugi was cut off by the loud groan of his stomach. Blushing slightly, Yugi rushed inside the shop and began to prepare his breakfast.
"Hey, what's this?" mused Joey Wheeler as he tore open the envelope covering his own invitation.
Recognized duelists across the globe were receiving invitations to the tournament in Tokyo. Six of them talked amongst themselves.
"So, the tournament is being held by Cerberus, is it?"
"Yes, the same one who possesses the lost Millennium Item."
"Actually, he possesses one of the three lost Items."
"You're right, but really there's only one that's still lost."
"I still don't think it was destroyed. Someone must have found it."
"True, and I have a strange feeling about this tournament my friends. I believe the pharaoh will be tested soon. I also sense that something of great power awaits us. Why hasn't he said anything?" The last comment was made as he pointed his figure at the figure that was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed.
"He is having a duel amongst his essences. He is preparing for the tournament."
"Good, then let him be. I believe we will need all the practice we can. It will be a tough job to protect the pharaoh. Even with his friends to help him, he is in grave danger."
Deep within the recesses of the mind of the one who sat concentrating, a duel was about to commence. The two figures shuffled their decks and placed them before them. Six other figures watched from a short distance away. Both duelists drew their hands. The figure on the left went first. He examined his hand and watched as white light formed in front of him in the shape of the number 4000. The same was happening in front of his opponent. He pondered what to do with the cards he had drawn (House of Adhesive Tape, Eatgaboon, 7-Completed, Bombardment Beetle, Man-Eater Bug). His opponent did likewise (Invitation to a Dark Sleep, Ooguchi, Mystic Lamp, Mystical Elf, Waboku).
The first figure then drew a card (Destruction Punch) and announced his action. "I play a card face-down in defense mode (Man-Eater Bug-450/600) and end my turn," the single card appeared enlarged in front of him as he said this.
His opponent then went, drawing a card (Wall of Illusion) before announcing, "I also play a card in defense mode (Mystical Elf-800/2000) and another card face down (Waboku) and end my turn."
His opponent quickly went. He looked at the card he had drawn (Torrential Tribute) and said, "I lay a card face down (Torrential Tribute) plus a face- down defense mode monster (Bombardment Beetle-400/900). Now I'll flip my face-down Man-Eater Bug, and destroy your face down card!" The two cards appeared on the field, and the original flipped up, revealing an enormous brown bug, which trudged towards the face-down Mystical Elf, holding up the card as it momentarily appeared as the blue humanoid before being thrust extremely close to the bug's mouth and shattered into millions of tiny bits. "I now end my turn."
The second figure considered how he could keep his opponent from simply destroying his monsters every turn. As he drew a card (Paralyzing Potion) he recalled the facedown Waboku. Even if his opponent were able to destroy a monster he summoned, his life points would be protected. "I play a card face-down (Spellbinding Circle) and the Wall of Illusions (1000/1850) in attack mode!"
But as the red wall with a purple face emerged, the first figure acted. "You activated my Trap Card, Torrential Tribute, and it will destroy all monsters on the field!" The card in front of him flipped up, and water blasted forth from it like a geyser, washing away the Man-Eater Bug, Bombardment Beetle, and Wall of Illusion. "And now it's my turn," he drew his card (Blast Juggler-800/900) and immediately set it down, "I'll just play this card face down and end my turn."
The second figure began his turn, drawing a card (Cannon Soldier) and smiled before announcing, "I play the Cannon Soldier (1400/1300) in attack mode, and attack your face-down card!" The purple humanoid robot with a long black cannon replacing its head emerged, then fired a blast at the face-down card, momentarily revealing the orange, grim-faced metal ball before it exploded into thousands of pieces. "Your turn."
The first figure drew a card (Infinite Dismissal), and began to sweat slightly. He set the card down without a word and motioned for his opponent to go. The second figure drew (Mystical Elf) and said, "I play Mystical Elf (800/2000) in attack mode! And now both my monsters will attack your life points!" Both machine and elf rushed towards the light-constructed Life Point meter, and as they struck it the number changed from 4000 to 1800. The first figure took his turn, looking at the card he had drawn (Acid Trap Hole) and shaking his head.
This was enough to tell the second figure the duel was over. He drew a card (Swords of Revealing Light) and had to stifle a chuckle. Ordering his two monsters attack, he simply watched as his opponent's Life Points dropped to 0.
There were no hard feelings between the two, as they had known each other for a long time and had simply dueled as practice to see what improvements could be made to their decks. They exchanged places with two of the people who had been watching and prepared for what was to come in Tokyo, just as many others were doing at that very moment.
So, there you go, the first chapter has been completed. Please Review! I would like to know if there are people who actually are reading this! Also, if you know anyone who might like to read this, please tell them about it. There isn't any advertisement on fanfiction.net.
Commenting from a little less than a year after I wrote this: ...this is embarrassing to me...
Tokyo Tournament
Chapter One: Invitations
Also Entitled: First Day of Summer
In the city known as Domino, the schools had officially closed for summer vacation, a time that approximately (static) thousand youths had been looking forward to for a whole year.
Among these (static) thousand students was Yugi Moto, who was currently doing what many students do with their spare time: sleeping. He had set his alarm clock for 7:15 am, a time which he considered late, as he normally spent from 9:00 to 6:00 sleeping.
However, as all teens and preteens do, Yugi slept through part of his alarm.
Downstairs, his parental guardian and grandfather Solomon Moto was sweeping in front of the shop, while trying to ignore the constant –BEEP-BEEP-BEEP- BEEP- and praying that the residents of the surrounding shops would be able to do so as well.
Thankfully, Yugi was able to muster the energy to roll over and press the "sleep" button after a few minutes. Before he could roll back over and get additional sleep in, however, he found out the hard way that he had rolled to far the first time, the hard way being the floor connecting with his nose after a two-foot drop. Sitting up and rubbing the point of contact, he glanced at the clock; he suddenly found energy in his discovery. "WHAT!?! IT'S 7:17!?! I SLEPT IN!" With that, he rushed about his room getting dressed, threw his chain and Millennium Puzzle about his neck, quickly dropped into the bathroom to do whatever he does to keep his hair tri- colored and spiky, and blasted down the stairs to collect the mail before the clock had changed to 7:18. Unable to stray to far apart from the Puzzle, the Puzzle's spirit, Yami, moaned and drowsily followed Yugi down the stairs.
'I hate it when he does this,' thought Yami, 'Just because he can wake up whenever he wants doesn't mean I should have to get up with him.'
The pharaoh soon joined Yugi and Solomon downstairs, though Yugi was the only one who recognized his presence. Before Yugi could ask a question of his grandfather, the answer was given, "The mail is on the counter inside."
Almost before the words had left his grandfather's mouth, Yugi was at the counter shuffling through the mail. "Bill, bill, bill, bill, junk, junk, junk, here we go, Duelist's Digest." He quickly passed the magazine to Yami before going through the mail once again.
Yami went through the magazine quickly, /We're at the top, of course. Hmm, Pegasus has apparently begun to duel again, though it says that he has been dueling people at his level, and this picture shows him without his Eye./ Indeed, there was a picture of Pegasus dueling, and against a rather experienced person. Also, the Millennium Eye, which he had used to his advantage in the Duelist Kingdom Tournament against Yugi and Yami was not present. Yami continued, /Kaiba's near the top, and Joey. But wait, I'm seeing quite a few new names here. Looks like there are some great duelists who didn't attend the Battle City Tournament./
Yugi had only been half listening, as he was still going through the mail, "bill, bill, junk, a Victoria's Secret catalog?"
Yami quickly snatched away the magazine. /-Ahem- um, I think there must have been a mistake, um, what else is there?/
"Well, let's see, junk, bill, hey! I may have already won ten thousand dollars!"
/Junk./
"Right. Bill, bill, hey, what's this? You're invited..." Quickly tearing the envelope open, Yugi read its contents aloud.
"To Mr. Yugi Moto, you are invited to attend the next Duel Monsters Tournament in Tokyo! You may bring with you up to three friends or family members, for you are the top duelist in the world. You will fly first class with your friends and the other top 19 duelists in the world to attend this tournament. If you wish to accept this offer, please sign, and also have your guardian sign as well. Have your three friends do the same.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cerberus,
Manager of the Tokyo Duel Monsters Tournament
"Alright! I have to tell Joey!"
/Don't worry about that,/ Yami told him, /Joey will have received an invitation as well. I think that we should really just worry about asking your grandfather./
"Right!" Yugi dashed outside to talk to Solomon. After quickly explaining, Yugi began pleading. "So can I go, please, please, please, PLEASE?"
"Calm down Yugi, of course you can go, after all, all your friends will be there, so I'm sure you'll be fine. But before you ask them anything, I think you should eat something."
"Eat? I can't eat, I'm too excited! I'm-," but Yugi was cut off by the loud groan of his stomach. Blushing slightly, Yugi rushed inside the shop and began to prepare his breakfast.
"Hey, what's this?" mused Joey Wheeler as he tore open the envelope covering his own invitation.
Recognized duelists across the globe were receiving invitations to the tournament in Tokyo. Six of them talked amongst themselves.
"So, the tournament is being held by Cerberus, is it?"
"Yes, the same one who possesses the lost Millennium Item."
"Actually, he possesses one of the three lost Items."
"You're right, but really there's only one that's still lost."
"I still don't think it was destroyed. Someone must have found it."
"True, and I have a strange feeling about this tournament my friends. I believe the pharaoh will be tested soon. I also sense that something of great power awaits us. Why hasn't he said anything?" The last comment was made as he pointed his figure at the figure that was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed.
"He is having a duel amongst his essences. He is preparing for the tournament."
"Good, then let him be. I believe we will need all the practice we can. It will be a tough job to protect the pharaoh. Even with his friends to help him, he is in grave danger."
Deep within the recesses of the mind of the one who sat concentrating, a duel was about to commence. The two figures shuffled their decks and placed them before them. Six other figures watched from a short distance away. Both duelists drew their hands. The figure on the left went first. He examined his hand and watched as white light formed in front of him in the shape of the number 4000. The same was happening in front of his opponent. He pondered what to do with the cards he had drawn (House of Adhesive Tape, Eatgaboon, 7-Completed, Bombardment Beetle, Man-Eater Bug). His opponent did likewise (Invitation to a Dark Sleep, Ooguchi, Mystic Lamp, Mystical Elf, Waboku).
The first figure then drew a card (Destruction Punch) and announced his action. "I play a card face-down in defense mode (Man-Eater Bug-450/600) and end my turn," the single card appeared enlarged in front of him as he said this.
His opponent then went, drawing a card (Wall of Illusion) before announcing, "I also play a card in defense mode (Mystical Elf-800/2000) and another card face down (Waboku) and end my turn."
His opponent quickly went. He looked at the card he had drawn (Torrential Tribute) and said, "I lay a card face down (Torrential Tribute) plus a face- down defense mode monster (Bombardment Beetle-400/900). Now I'll flip my face-down Man-Eater Bug, and destroy your face down card!" The two cards appeared on the field, and the original flipped up, revealing an enormous brown bug, which trudged towards the face-down Mystical Elf, holding up the card as it momentarily appeared as the blue humanoid before being thrust extremely close to the bug's mouth and shattered into millions of tiny bits. "I now end my turn."
The second figure considered how he could keep his opponent from simply destroying his monsters every turn. As he drew a card (Paralyzing Potion) he recalled the facedown Waboku. Even if his opponent were able to destroy a monster he summoned, his life points would be protected. "I play a card face-down (Spellbinding Circle) and the Wall of Illusions (1000/1850) in attack mode!"
But as the red wall with a purple face emerged, the first figure acted. "You activated my Trap Card, Torrential Tribute, and it will destroy all monsters on the field!" The card in front of him flipped up, and water blasted forth from it like a geyser, washing away the Man-Eater Bug, Bombardment Beetle, and Wall of Illusion. "And now it's my turn," he drew his card (Blast Juggler-800/900) and immediately set it down, "I'll just play this card face down and end my turn."
The second figure began his turn, drawing a card (Cannon Soldier) and smiled before announcing, "I play the Cannon Soldier (1400/1300) in attack mode, and attack your face-down card!" The purple humanoid robot with a long black cannon replacing its head emerged, then fired a blast at the face-down card, momentarily revealing the orange, grim-faced metal ball before it exploded into thousands of pieces. "Your turn."
The first figure drew a card (Infinite Dismissal), and began to sweat slightly. He set the card down without a word and motioned for his opponent to go. The second figure drew (Mystical Elf) and said, "I play Mystical Elf (800/2000) in attack mode! And now both my monsters will attack your life points!" Both machine and elf rushed towards the light-constructed Life Point meter, and as they struck it the number changed from 4000 to 1800. The first figure took his turn, looking at the card he had drawn (Acid Trap Hole) and shaking his head.
This was enough to tell the second figure the duel was over. He drew a card (Swords of Revealing Light) and had to stifle a chuckle. Ordering his two monsters attack, he simply watched as his opponent's Life Points dropped to 0.
There were no hard feelings between the two, as they had known each other for a long time and had simply dueled as practice to see what improvements could be made to their decks. They exchanged places with two of the people who had been watching and prepared for what was to come in Tokyo, just as many others were doing at that very moment.
So, there you go, the first chapter has been completed. Please Review! I would like to know if there are people who actually are reading this! Also, if you know anyone who might like to read this, please tell them about it. There isn't any advertisement on fanfiction.net.