To Kill Time

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September 1st had come at last, and after a long, non-magical plane ride from Japan, Yugi and his friends, accompanied by Joey's mother and Yugi's grandfather and mother, arrived in London. From the airport, they took a couple of cabs to King's Cross Station, where according to the older family members, they would take a train to Hogwarts.

After placing all their belongings and pets on trolleys, the children followed the adults to a certain part of the station. When they reached that point, the adults decided to give them a few pointers for this school.

"No electronics,"

"What the hell?! That means there's no TV there!"

"Well, Brian's lost it...,"

"No pranks, they seriously frown on that...Joseph,"

"Aw, ma...,"

"Always listen to your teachers,"

"Do we have to?"

"Joey!"

After an eternity of tips and warnings, the group of would-be students found themselves passing through a magical barrier that separated the platform they were supposed to go to, Platform 9 3/4, from their world. Once on the other side, Joey and Brian looked back and decided to test the barrier out again.

"Joey, check it out. I'm in the magic world," Brian jumped through the barrier, "Real world!" he jumped back, "Magic world, real world, magic world, real world, magic-OW!"

Joey watched as Brian was soon dragged away by Tea, who had a firm grip on his ear.

"Poor guy...,"

"I still can't believe this is actually a real deal," Joey murmured as he took a seat on the train. He and his friends had put away their things and were waiting for the train to start moving.

"Same here, but when you think about it, Joey," Ryou smiled slightly, "When you think about all we've been through: Pegasus, Marik and his Rare Hunters," he shrugged, "It really shouldn't be that much of a surprise that this world of magic and wizards actually exists,"

Yugi nodded, "That's true,"

Brian cleared his throat, "Guys?"

Everyone looked at him.

"You guys do realize that we can't all fit in this compartment, right?"

That's when the rest of the group realized that they were all bunched together. After sharing a light laugh, they all left the compartment and tried to figure out who shared one and who shared another. Tea, Yugi and Serenity decided on one compartment while Brian, Joey, and Ryou decided on the one behind them.

"Not bad, plenty of space," Brian patted the seat cushion underneath him, "Believe me, I'd love to be with Tea, but this works out too,"

"Why's that?" Ryou asked, raising an eyebrow.

Brian grinned and pulled out his deck from his jacket, "Joey, let's have a duel. I got some new cards and I want to test them out,"

An identical grin crossed Joey's face, "Sounds good,"

"I don't think you can," Ryou interjected, waving his arms around the compartment, "There's no table, here you two,"

"No table?" Brian's grin widened, "Joey, I do think we have a table here,"

"Yeah, I think you're right," Joey nodded slowly, "So right,"

The two duelists turned to Ryou and the ivory-haired young man could see an evil glint in their eyes.

"W-Why are you two looking at me like that?"

"Bye Grandpa, bye mom!"

"Bye Yugi!"

"Behave yourself!"

"Bye mom!"

"Take care, honey, watch after Joey and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid,"

Yugi, Serenity and Tea waved goodbye as the train pulled out of the station, leaving the adults behind them. They were going to miss them, but they had a feeling that their time at Hogwarts would help them cope with it.

"I'm so excited," Serenity clapped happily, "This is going to be fun, I can tell!"

Tea nodded, "I wonder what kind of people we're going to meet once we get there,"

"Who knows. I'm interested in the kind of games this magic world has. I've read about a few already,"

"Really?"

"Yeah," Yugi grabbed his Domino backpack and pulled out a couple of magazines from the Wizarding World, "There's Gobstones, which is a lot like marbles, except when you lost a point, you get sprayed by nasty goo or something,"

"Ew," Serenity and Tea moaned in disgust.

"There's Wizard's Chess, which is a lot like normal chess, except the pieces move on their own,"

Tea chuckled, "Bet Kaiba would like that. But, I really don't see him playing that without looking it over with a microscope trying to find the batteries,"

"True," Yugi laughed, "Anyway, there's also some card games like Exploding Snaps...,"

"What's that?"

"Not sure, but according to my sources, they're like normal playing cards, except the cards you play with can explode at random. So, if you're trying to play solitaire or build a house of cards, there's a chance that the cards will explode when you start or when you're almost done, or even right in the middle of the game,"

"Yugi, mind if I look at some of those?"

"Not at all, Tea,"

Tea grabbed the magazines and looked through them, her interest rising with each one she saw.

"I wonder if Brian and Joey have seen these yet?"

"I dunno, but I'll go over to them later and see,"

"What are they doing, anyway?" Serenity wondered aloud.

Tea shrugged, "Knowing them, something stupid,"

"Fellas, I really don't like this,"

Joey shuffled his deck, "It's okay, Ryou, it's only for this one duel. Once it's over, you can get up,"

"But-,"

"Ryou, you're a table now, and table's don't talk, so no talkies!" Brian cut him off as he shuffled his own deck.

Tears rolled down Ryou's face as he was forced onto his hands and knees so that Joey and Brian could use his back as a tabletop since there were no tables around.

/Note to self: Banish these idiots to the Shadow Realm after this.../ Bakura's voice growled from the Millenium Ring.

Please don't, Bakura!

/You're too soft, landlord, that's why you're a living table for these fools!/

"Awright, ready Brian?" Joey asked, placing his deck on Ryou's back.

Brian nodded as he placed his deck on Ryou's back and drew his hand, "Surprised we actually have room on Ryou's back to duel, but hey, I'm not complaining,"

"Why would you be complaining?"

"Hush, table!" Brian looked at Joey, "You wanna go first or should I?"

"I'll go first!"

"Alright, let's duel, Joey!"

J: 4000
B: 4000

Joey drew his first card, "Let's see...I think that I'll summon Panther Warrior (2000/1600) in attack mode, place two cards facedown, then end my turn," he wiped his nose, grinning, "Not bad, eh?"

"Not bad. Predictable, but not bad," Brian drew his card, "I know that one of your facedown cards is Scapegoat,"

"Oh yeah? How do you know that, smart guy?"

"I've seen you duel, Joey. Panther Warrior cannot attack unless you sacrifice a monster on your field, and whenever you use Panther Warrior, you almost always use Scapegoat to use it's token effect to attack with him,"

Joey looked at him, annoyed.

"What?"

"Just do your turn, Mr-I-Know-Everything-About-The-Godfather-Of-Games-And-His-Deck,"

"Alright, alright," Brian looked at his hand, "I summon Necro Gardna (600/1300) in defense mode, place one card facedown, then play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy...," he looked at Joey's facedown cards, "...the one on the right!"

Joey flipped the card over to reveal Kunai with Chain before sending it to the Graveyard.

The other must be Scapegoat Brian thought as he looked at Joey's other card, It's okay, though, I know how to counter Joey's deck.

"You done?"

"Yeah,"

"My turn, then," Joey drew his card, Necro Gardna's power isn't so big...does it have a special effect? he looked at his hand, I should probably destroy it before he has a chance to activate it... he reached down and flipped over his remaining facedown, "I activate Scapegoat!"

"I knew it!" Brian reached into his pockets and pulled out a few coins, "Here, use these for counters,"

"Thanks," Joey placed the four coins alongside his Panther Warrior, "Next, I'll sacrifice two of them so that I can summon my Red-Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) in attack mode!" he declared as his favorite card appeared on the field, "Next, I'll sacrifice one of my other tokens so that Panther Warrior can attack your Necro Gardna,"

Brian shrugged and placed his card in the Graveyard, "No big deal,"

"That's what you say now, but since you're open," Joey grinned, "I'll attack you directly with Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"

J: 4000
B: 1600

Brian growled, "You're lucky you brought that out, Joey...,"

Joey wiped his nose, "Yeah, Red-Eyes never lets me down!"

We'll see about that, Joey Brian thought with a grin, "You done?"

"I place one card facedown and end my turn,"

Ryou groaned from under the dueling field, "How much longer is this going to take?"

"About one more turn, don't worry,"

That's what you think, Joey. You always do get a little big headed when Red-Eyes comes out... Brian drew his card, "I activate my facedown card, Solemn Wishes! Now, everytime I draw a card, I gain 500 Life Points!"

J: 4000
B: 2100

Joey folded his arms, "Why didn't you activate that on my turn? You coulda gotten more points this turn,"

"Shaddup," Brian looked at his hand, "Anyway, I summon my Silent Swordsman LV 3 (1000/1000) in attack mode and I'll attack your remaining Scapegoat token,"

Joey grumbled as he gave Brian back his coins.

That shortens his choices of using monsters for sacrifices, but I gotta protect myself... Brian looked at his hand again, "I place one card facedown and end my turn,"

First, he has that weird Necro Gardna thing, then this Silent Swordsman...where'd Brian get these cards? Joey thought as he drew his card, "I activate my facedown card, Metalmorph!"

"Aw crap," Brian facefaulted, "I know where this is going,"

"I equip this to my Red-Eyes Black Dragon, then I sacrifice my Dragon in order to Special Summon Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon (2800/2400) in attack mode!" Joey held up the V-sign, "Booya!"

"This is gonna hurt me, isn't it?"

"Oh yeah!" Joey nodded rapidly, "I attack your Silent Swordsman with Red-Eyes!"

"Oh man, you killed him..." Brian grinned and flipped over his facedown card, "Not! I activate Waboku, meaning my monster and my Life Points are safe!"

Joey's eye twitched, "I end my turn,"

Something's wrong with Joey. He's not playing like normally. I wonder what's wrong with him?

"Earth to Brian, you in there?" Joey reached over and knocked on his friend's head, "Yo!"

Brian smacked Joey's hand away, "i'm thinking, I'm thinking,"

"Well, at least draw!"

"Fine," Brian drew his card, "My Solemn Wishes increase my Life Points again...,"

J: 4000
B: 2600

"Next, I activate one of my Silent Swordsman's effects! By sending him to the Graveyard, I can special summon a more powerful monster," Brian fanned out his deck, grabbed a card and placed it down on Ryou's back, "I summon Silent Swordsman LV5 (2300/1000) in attack mode!"

Joey looked down at the improved level monster, Okay, he has definitely gotten some better cards...

"Next, I play the Spell card, Card of Sanctity! That means we both draw cards until we have six cards in our hands,"

"I know how it works," Joey waved him off before drawing a full hand.

"Don't forget, everytime I draw a new card, I get more Life Points,"

J: 4000
B: 4600

"Oh, you gotta be kiddin' me!" Joey gawked at the point increase, "Seriously?!"

Brian grinned, "Sorry, Joey, but you should know by now that I'm like you, I don't go down without a fight! Speaking of fights, I think it's time I do some of my own for once. First, I play Brain Control! By sacrificing 800 Life Points, I'll take control of one of your monsters, so hand over Red-Eyes!"

J: 4000
B: 3800

Brian grinned as the powerful dragon was transferred to his side of the field, "I'll attack your Panther Warrior with your Dragon...,"

Joey cursed under his breath as his monster was sent to the Graveyard.

J: 3200
B: 3800

"Next up, I'll attack you directly with Silent Swordsman LV5!"

J: 900
B: 3800

"My turn's over,"

Okay, this is getting annoying. I had him on the ropes, now I'm gettin' my ass kicked! Joey drew his card and looked at his hand, "I'll discard my Brigadier of Landstar (900/1200) and then I'll attack your Silent Swordsman with my Dragon!"

"Wrong again!" Brian wagged a finger, "i activate Necro Gardna's effect! By removing him from the Graveyard, I can negate the attack of one of my opponent's monsters. Guess that means that your Dragon fails,"

"Alright, alright...get you next time though!" Joey looked at his hand, "I place two cards facedown and I end my turn,"

Brian drew his card, increasing his points again.

J: 900
B: 4300

"I activate my Swordsman's effect and sacrifice him to summon Silent Swordsman LV7 (2800/1000), it's strongest form yet!"

Joey looked at the new card, "It's got the same power of my Red-Eyes!"

"Damn right! I hate to do this, but the best victories are in need of sacrifices of the troops, so I'll attack your Dragon with my Silent Swordsman! With the both of them having the same power, they're both destroyed!"

"I don't think so," Joey flipped over one of his cards, "I play my two facedown cards! First, I play Graceful Dice!"

"Forget it!" Brian pointed to his Swordsman, "My monster's other effect negates all Spell cards on the field, so Graceful Dice Fails!"

Joey's eye twitched again, "Awright, but I still got Skull Dice, and that's a Trap card, so that can still work! Just need a-," he paused when Brian held out a dice, "Where do you get these things?"

"I'm a packrat,"

"Oh..okay," Joey rolled the dice and laughed when it came up on six, "Your Silent Swordsman's power is decreased by 600 points!"

Silent Swordsman LV7 (2200/400)

"Aw crap," Brian smacked himself in the head, "That means that Red-Eyes kills my Warrior!"

"Got that right!" Joey grinned, "End your turn?"

"I place one more card facedown and I end my turn,"

Joey drew his next card, "I summon my Marauding Captain (1200/400) in attack mode, and I use his Special Effect-,"

"Which allows you to summon a Level 4 Warrior monster from your hand to the field, and the other effect protects that monster and all other Warriors from destruction,"

"Bingo," Joey plucked a card from his hand, "I summon Rocket Warrior (1500/1300) in attack mode, and then I'll attack you directly with all three of my monsters!"

J: 900
B: 0

"Aw, dammit!" Brian threw his cards onto the seat, "I almost had you! I was so close!"

Joey laughed, "Don't mess with the Godfather of Games!"

Brian facefaulted, "One of these days, the Warlord's gonna get you, Joey Wheeler!"

"Bring it on, pal!" Joey looked down at the field, "What was your facedown, anyway?"

His friend turned it over to show Reinforcement of the Army.

"Ouch,"

"Yeah, ouch," Brian sighed, then shrugged, "Oh well, that was fun. Kinda dull when it doesn't involve duel disks, huh?"

"Yeah...,"

"Excuse me," the long forgotten human table cleared his throat, "If you're done, can I get up now?"

Kilnorc: Alright, that chapter's done. I wanted to have at least one duel in this story...so why not have one to kill time on the train ride? Anyhoo, did my best with the duel, but if I have any mistakes, I'm sorry.

Later ya'll!