Chapter 2: - Intros to Everything
"Is this alright Tsunami?"
The huge Water/Flying type serpent roared and dove into the ocean, splashing them with icy cold sea water.
"And stay safe!" She shouted after it.
"Wow." Joey watched the dragon like Pokemon surface again and whispered reverently.
"You weren't joking when you said some of them were big, were you?" Yugi said, wondering about Tsunami's resemblance to the River Gods.
"Nope, Gaia's not exactly small either."
"That tree turtle?"
"She's a Torterra." Jamelia sighed.
"Torterra." Joey repeated, memorizing it.
"And Tsunami's a Gyarados, right?" Tea asked.
"That's right." The Trainer nodded. "So what do you think of my partners?"
"I want a Charizard," Joey grinned, "And a Gyarados."
That reaction made Jamelia grin, "That was my reaction when I saw Cynthia's Garchomp for the first time." She shook her head, amused, "I never did catch that Gible."
"What's a Gible and what does it have to do with a Garchomp?"
Jamelia giggled, "A Gible is a little blue Dragon/Ground type Pokemon about this tall," She measured off the ground with her hand, "and which evolves into a Garcomp."
There were confused looks all round.
"Pokemon evolve, or a lot of them do, from a small, young Pokemon to something like Aisu or Tsunami. My Gyarados was a Magikarp once, a small, red fish."
"That's impossible."
"I would have thought you would have known better then to toss that word around, Tristan." Tea scowled at him.
Jamelia snorted, "I'm not lying, Aisu wasn't always icy blue with those ears either, she used to be an Eevee, half Aisu's size and brown and white."
"So you train these 'baby' Pokemon and they become stronger and change form?"
"That's right, Pokemon Researchers call fist forms 'Basic Pokemon'. Some Pokemon choose to not to evolve because of pride. They believe that they can and should be able to beat anything and everything, at any level."
"I know some Duellists like that." Tristan said, before getting clobbered by Joey.
This of course would have led to a brawl had Jamelia not pulled out a strange golden whistle and blown it, getting Tsunami to surface and spray them with water again. "You could hear me alright?" The Aspiring Champion asked her Pokemon, ignoring the growls from the now rather soggy teens.
The Gyarados nodded.
"Good. I'll need you to respond urgently when I call, but other then that, don't get caught, don't eat too many fish and you can stay around here if you promise to be careful."
Tsunami leant down, let his Trainer at him on the head and dived again, this time vanishing under the waves.
"A little warning next time." Joey complained.
"Sorry."
"She's not sorry at all." Tristan said, noting the small smile on her face.
"Nope, I just hope he behaves himself."
"Anyone else we need to settle?" Yugi asked to forestall any ranting from his Best Friend.
Jameila looked thoughtful, "Tsunami's in the ocean, Gaia's hiding in the park, Denkou and Iblis are sleeping in the house, I still don't know if leaving Iblis out of his Pokeball is a good idea, but he should be safe in the garden under that metal roof we put up, Shade's going to play at being a Guard dog at night for the shop and going to sleep in the living room during the day and Aisu…"
"Iblis should be alright outside at the moment because it's summer, plus he's a Fire type, right?" Yugi asked and received a nod in return, "Gaia should be alright as not many people go into that part of the woods in the park, Denkou is a Electric type, so as long as he doesn't shock anything he should be fine in the house and you said that even though she's an ice type, Aisu can sleep anywhere, right?"
There was a nod as they headed back to the shop, the stars were out in full force now, and it was just three hours from when Jamelia had first arrived. "Yes, but she will need to visit somewhere cold now and again, to maintain the right levels of cold and stop her getting sick. Water types have to go to big bodies of water sometimes too."
"What about the other types?" Joey asked.
"Dark types are normally nocturnal, Ghosts like scary places and pulling pranks, Fire types love to sunbathe of brilliantly clear days, Electric types attract thunder and lightening storms and love to play in them, Psychic types don't need much, but they do play with minds if you're not careful with them. Bugs like forests, Dragons like mountains, Fighting types seek strong opponents, Flyers spend more time in the air then roosting, Rock and Ground types like caves, Steel types prefer industrial areas, Poison types like both steel and ground hangout and are as bad as the Ghosts for sneak attacking people and Normal types are good just about anywhere."
"That's a long list."
"Yeap." Jamelia looked at them, "So what was that earlier with those rivals of Yugi's. What's this 'Duel Monsters' about?"
Joey looked shocked.
"You mean you don't have Duel Monsters where you come from?"
"We have Pokemon." Jamelia glared at him, hand going to her belt which now only had one full Pokeball on it, "We don't have much time for card games if we're travelling."
"Don't you have friends who come with you?"
"I travel with my Pokemon, that's it."
"That must be lonely."
"No." Jamelia's denial didn't quite ring true though.
"I'm just glad all the Duelling Arenas are closed for the night," Yugi sighed, "As it is, I'll have to play them tomorrow."
"Your opponents called you the King of Games, right?" Jamelia asked, "How did you win that title?"
Joey and Tristan looked at each other, while Tea bit her lip ad Yugi sighed, "Can I fill you in at home? You're trusting us with your Pokemon, I can give you the same courtesy with my secrets."
Yugi was quiet the rest of the way home, with a look on his face that she couldn't quite read. She wondered what exactly she was getting into, but then 'getting into' wasn't true, she was already into this, head first, with no other options. Who else would accept her into their home and help her like this with her Pokemon?
They waited until Shade was settled in downstairs, faking sleep by the door that led to the stairs, and Iblis had been fed, before settling into the living room, with Solomon popping out to buy some more food, since they'd be feeding more then usual.
"Grandpa doesn't know everything yet." Yugi sighed, "But…"
Jamelia tilted her head, "What?"
"To gain the title of King of Games, I fought and defeated the creator of Duel Monsters, the card game that those Duellists challenged me to earlier."
"Wow." The Trainer was suitably impressed,
"Don't be too impressed before I give you all the details." Yugi warned, "And some of this is going to sound crazy and you probably won't believe any of it."
"Crazier then going up a mountain to protect a legendary Pokemon, getting sent to another dimension where there are no Pokemon, and having to hide your Pokemon to avoid suspicion from other people?"
Joey snorted at her point.
Yugi held up his golden pendant. "This is called the Millennium Puzzle." He said, taking a deep breath, "It's got ties to some really powerful ancient magic and Pegasus was after it. He came after me and I beat him but Pegasus wasn't above hurting people to get what he wanted."
"The Dark Teams are like that, Rocket, Aqua, Magma and Galactic, they like to get their own way, it was Team Galactic I was fighting when I was sent here." She looked at Yugi, "Can you access any of the ancient magic?"
"A bit." Yugi admitted, "I'm still getting there with it."
"How did you get your hands on the Millennium Puzzle?"
"My Grandpa found it." Yugi said, "He's an Archaeologist. Uhhh, do you know what an Archaeologist is?"
"We have Researchers who specialise in Ancient Studies. They dig up things."
"That's pretty much what an Archaeologist does." Yugi nodded, glad for cross world similarities. "He found the box containing the puzzle pieces and I assembled it."
"And was introduced to the crazy." Jamelia accepted, "Ok, if we're sharing crazy secrets, I have one for you to even the balance."
"Isn't being a Pokemon Trainer crazy enough for you?"
"You forget, that's normal for my world."
"Ok, crazy story sharing time."
Jamelia grinned. "Well, about halfway through my journey though the Johto Region I had a run in with Team Rocket. They were building this facility just outside Goldenrod City and poisoning the local lake. I was trying to catch a Magikarp at the time and got involved in trying to stop them."
"You won obviously."
Jamelia's look told them there was more to it then that.
"During the fighting I freed the North Wind Pokemon, Suicune and it purified the lake. Later on I was caught in the last explosion in their control room at the lakeside and was knocked into the lake. I don't remember much, but Suicune saved my life." Jamelia closed her eyes, "I was Chosen from then on, Suicune gave me the gift of Water's Trust. I can breathe underwater, temporarily, I haven't tested it for longer then an hour yet and I wasn't having any problems. That and I'm a stronger swimmer for it."
"So, Yugi has ancient magical powers and you're the 'Chosen' of a Legendary Pokemon. I kind of feel left out." Joey joked.
"I'm sure you have some sort of powers." Tristan said, straight-faced, "I'm sure you couldn't be half as annoying as you are without them."
Jamelia winced as a wrestling match started, rolling onto Denkou's tail, who used Thunderbolt on the two of them, and jumped onto it's Trainer's lap.
"Owwww." The teen complained as they sat up slowly.
"Electric type." She said in a 'matter of fact' way. "Raichu's don't store electricity well when they're in pain or startled."
"Is he dangerous?" Tea asked, concerned.
"Not really, Denkou knows better then to shock humans and even if he does, it's normally safe if you're wearing some form of rubber."
"So, what're you planning to do now?" Tea asked, "You gonna sign up for school?"
A single look from the Pokemon Trainer told the girl what she thought of that idea, "I have to keep an eye out for Team Galactic members, plus take care of my Pokemon, I don't have time for school." I don't need school.
"We couldn't get Jamelia signed up now, even if she had time to." Joey said, "School doesn't accept transfers without papers and tests and allsorts."
"How do you know that?"
"Bakura."
There was a moment of surprise, since Bakura had been avoiding them since Duellist Kingdom, then Jamelia turned to Yugi, "Actually, I was wondering if I could come and watch you 'Duel' tomorrow."
"You want to watch?"
There was a nod, "If you'd let me."
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"So you showed then." The first of the two who had challenged Yugi yesterday, Hiroshi, said, with a sneer that had Jamelia reaching for Aisu's Pokeball.
Yugi sighed at the macho act, "I never said I wouldn't."
"I see you brought cheerleaders along." The second, Hotaru, said, with an matching sneer.
"We're not cheerleaders." Joey growled.
"They're my friends and actually I'm introducing my friend to the game of Duel Monsters." Yugi said calmly, gesturing towards Jamelia, who moved her hand away from her belt. "Are there any free Duelling Arenas?"
"We've booked one, told them it was for a match with you and suddenly the spaces opened up."
Jamelia paused as Yugi seemed to gain a couple of inches, was this the magic he'd mentioned last night? "Fine, let's Duel."
They went indoors to one of the huge Duelling Arenas that reminded the Pokemon Trainer of a Stadium and she watched as Yugi take his place on a platform, leaning against the rails in interest as Yugi 'drew' his cards.
"Watch this Jamie, it's great." Joey sounded excited and Jamelia let the 'Jamie' slide.
"You can go first." Hiroshi said, sneering, "Show your friend how to lose."
Yugi didn't bother with a retort, "I summon the Dark Magician and play a card face down, your move."
Jamie's face was a picture as a man in a purple robe and a rather pointy hat stood on the field, purple hair obvious and a rather sharp glare aimed at Yugi's opponent. "What, how?"
The opponent's face was a picture too, he hadn't been expecting that right off the bat. There was grumbling under his breath as he set a card in defence mode and set a card face down.
"Joey, what?"
"Ok, I'll give you a quick rundown." The Duellist said as Yugi drew, summoned Celtic Guardian and used it to attack the face down monster, which exploded and took five hundred life points from Yugi as it did so. "Yugi's summoned his Monsters in Attack Mode, this means that they can attack the opponent. The card Yugi's Celtic Guardian destroyed was in defence mode which means that Hiroshi doesn't lose life points and his face down card must have had a special ability because it…" Joey paused.
"My Princess of Tsurugi takes five hundred points for every magic and trap card you have on the field." Hiroshi was gloating.
"You start off with two thousand life points, when you're attacked by a monster directly, your monster in attack mode is destroyed or you're hit by effect damage you lose life points, the first one to hit zero or run out of cards loses."
"Doesn't this mean that Hiroshi's going to lose?" Jamelia asked, "Yugi can attack with that purple guy."
"The Dark Magician and…" Joey paused as Yugi made the exact move that Jamelia had predicted. Hiroshi countered with Stop Attack, stopping the attack in it's tracks. "You're quick."
"Been in battles for years." She said shortly, Joey recognised a convertee when he saw one, "So you take turns and only get one attack per monster per turn?"
"That's right." Joey confirmed as Hiroshi summoned a rather large beast looking thing, that twatted Yugi's Celtic Guardian with it's ax. "Battle Ox." Joey filled in, as Yugi's points dropped by 600, to 900.
"Not stronger then Yugi's Dark Magician." Jamelia stated.
"No, but it's a very powerful monster." Joey said.
"I summon Curse of Dragon, in attack mode." Yugi said, "And activate Polymerisation, allowing me to merge my Curse of Dragon and my Gaia, the Fierce Knight, to make Gaia, the Dragon Champion."
Hiroshi gulped and Jamelia watched, entranced as Gaia destroyed the guy's Battle Ox and the Dark Magician won the Duel.
"So what do you think?" Joey asked.
"I want a go, but I'm not sure about humanoid monsters." The Trainer said as Hiroshi and Yugi exchanged a hated round of comments, which surprised the girl considering the Yugi she'd known so far had been quite calm and collected.
"I can take you." Hotaru said and it started again, but this match lasted one turn.
"After the enemies at Duellist Kingdom, these jokers are easy." Joey sighed, "We're contemplating entering the next big tournament just for a challenge."
Jamie snorted, "I know that feeling, I've been helping starting Trainers with training techniques, but it doesn't amount to a real battle."
Yugi joined them as Hiroshi and Hotaru stormed out.
"They were friendly." Jamie looked surprised as they headed out of the building. "That's considered the height of rudeness where I come from, storming off after a battle."
Joey snorted, "You'd better get used to it, Novice Duellists are notoriously rude when they lose."
The whole group froze as screams sounded from outside. Rushing out the door, and freezing.
"How the bloody hell did that get here!" Jamie demanded, as she acted without thinking, pulling Aisu's Pokeball from her belt and sending her out.
"Jamie, what is that?" Joey asked.
"An Onix!" She snapped, "Hey!"
The huge rock snake Pokemon turned and looked at her. Jamie pulled another Pokeball from her bag, "Aisu, Ice Beam!"
"Dig!"
Jamie snarled as the Ice Beam went over the diving Rock/Ground type's head and hit a statue of a Dragon behind it, turning it into a dragonsicle. "Who's there?"
The crowd had scattered to the sides, thinking this was a stunt to attract crowds to the Kaiba Corp building.
Yugi watched as Jamie shifted into an attacking stance as a guy in a white and grey outfit appeared in the clouds of smoke.
"You're Team Galactic!" Jamie snapped, "How the hell did you get here?"
"You?" The grunt laughed, "I thought you were lost at the same time as Cyrus!"
"Then there's more of you here?"
There was a smirk.
"Aisu, watch out!"
The Onix shot up, creating a second large crater and slamming into Aisu. The Glaceon landed on her feet, "Rock Smash!"
"Blizzard!"
"Dig!"
The Onix's tail was frozen as it went underground again.
"Wait for it." She ordered Aisu, "What happened with Palkia!"
"It's ours now, all that effort, wasted Trainer, you can't stop us now, the team in the real world will put our plans into action." Aisu managed to avoid the upcoming Onix.
"Now!" Aisu unleashed a powerful Ice Beam attack that froze the huge Pokemon rock solid. "How did you get here? How do we get back?"
The grunt smirked, recalled his Onix and vanished into the crowd. Jamie snarled and chased after it, losing him in the crowd. When Yugi and the gang finally caught up, Jamelia looked furious.
"From now on, Iblis and Shade come with me during the day." She snarled.
"You!" The Trainer tensed up, her Glaceon getting between the girl and the two men in suits shouting.
"Yes?"
"Mr Kaiba wants to see you."
"Who?" She asked Yugi, who whispered in her ear about him being the owner of the building she'd battled outside.
"Miss?" The suited men took a step forward.
"Is it safe?" She asked Yugi.
"Mostly." Yugi didn't lie.
"I want to collect the rest of my Pokemon, then I'll come and see your boss. Will twenty minutes suffice?"
They spoke to someone on a radio, "Where are you staying?"
"The Kame Game Shop." Jamie said, receiving a go ahead from Yugi.
"There will be a limo there in twenty minutes." The goon said and walked off.
"This isn't good, is it?" Jamie asked.
"Well," Yugi sighed, "We have twenty minutes to get you up to speed on Kaiba."
"Only if you can keep up, I have to go get Tsunami." She broke into a run and the gang went after her.
The huge Water/Flying type serpent roared and dove into the ocean, splashing them with icy cold sea water.
"And stay safe!" She shouted after it.
"Wow." Joey watched the dragon like Pokemon surface again and whispered reverently.
"You weren't joking when you said some of them were big, were you?" Yugi said, wondering about Tsunami's resemblance to the River Gods.
"Nope, Gaia's not exactly small either."
"That tree turtle?"
"She's a Torterra." Jamelia sighed.
"Torterra." Joey repeated, memorizing it.
"And Tsunami's a Gyarados, right?" Tea asked.
"That's right." The Trainer nodded. "So what do you think of my partners?"
"I want a Charizard," Joey grinned, "And a Gyarados."
That reaction made Jamelia grin, "That was my reaction when I saw Cynthia's Garchomp for the first time." She shook her head, amused, "I never did catch that Gible."
"What's a Gible and what does it have to do with a Garchomp?"
Jamelia giggled, "A Gible is a little blue Dragon/Ground type Pokemon about this tall," She measured off the ground with her hand, "and which evolves into a Garcomp."
There were confused looks all round.
"Pokemon evolve, or a lot of them do, from a small, young Pokemon to something like Aisu or Tsunami. My Gyarados was a Magikarp once, a small, red fish."
"That's impossible."
"I would have thought you would have known better then to toss that word around, Tristan." Tea scowled at him.
Jamelia snorted, "I'm not lying, Aisu wasn't always icy blue with those ears either, she used to be an Eevee, half Aisu's size and brown and white."
"So you train these 'baby' Pokemon and they become stronger and change form?"
"That's right, Pokemon Researchers call fist forms 'Basic Pokemon'. Some Pokemon choose to not to evolve because of pride. They believe that they can and should be able to beat anything and everything, at any level."
"I know some Duellists like that." Tristan said, before getting clobbered by Joey.
This of course would have led to a brawl had Jamelia not pulled out a strange golden whistle and blown it, getting Tsunami to surface and spray them with water again. "You could hear me alright?" The Aspiring Champion asked her Pokemon, ignoring the growls from the now rather soggy teens.
The Gyarados nodded.
"Good. I'll need you to respond urgently when I call, but other then that, don't get caught, don't eat too many fish and you can stay around here if you promise to be careful."
Tsunami leant down, let his Trainer at him on the head and dived again, this time vanishing under the waves.
"A little warning next time." Joey complained.
"Sorry."
"She's not sorry at all." Tristan said, noting the small smile on her face.
"Nope, I just hope he behaves himself."
"Anyone else we need to settle?" Yugi asked to forestall any ranting from his Best Friend.
Jameila looked thoughtful, "Tsunami's in the ocean, Gaia's hiding in the park, Denkou and Iblis are sleeping in the house, I still don't know if leaving Iblis out of his Pokeball is a good idea, but he should be safe in the garden under that metal roof we put up, Shade's going to play at being a Guard dog at night for the shop and going to sleep in the living room during the day and Aisu…"
"Iblis should be alright outside at the moment because it's summer, plus he's a Fire type, right?" Yugi asked and received a nod in return, "Gaia should be alright as not many people go into that part of the woods in the park, Denkou is a Electric type, so as long as he doesn't shock anything he should be fine in the house and you said that even though she's an ice type, Aisu can sleep anywhere, right?"
There was a nod as they headed back to the shop, the stars were out in full force now, and it was just three hours from when Jamelia had first arrived. "Yes, but she will need to visit somewhere cold now and again, to maintain the right levels of cold and stop her getting sick. Water types have to go to big bodies of water sometimes too."
"What about the other types?" Joey asked.
"Dark types are normally nocturnal, Ghosts like scary places and pulling pranks, Fire types love to sunbathe of brilliantly clear days, Electric types attract thunder and lightening storms and love to play in them, Psychic types don't need much, but they do play with minds if you're not careful with them. Bugs like forests, Dragons like mountains, Fighting types seek strong opponents, Flyers spend more time in the air then roosting, Rock and Ground types like caves, Steel types prefer industrial areas, Poison types like both steel and ground hangout and are as bad as the Ghosts for sneak attacking people and Normal types are good just about anywhere."
"That's a long list."
"Yeap." Jamelia looked at them, "So what was that earlier with those rivals of Yugi's. What's this 'Duel Monsters' about?"
Joey looked shocked.
"You mean you don't have Duel Monsters where you come from?"
"We have Pokemon." Jamelia glared at him, hand going to her belt which now only had one full Pokeball on it, "We don't have much time for card games if we're travelling."
"Don't you have friends who come with you?"
"I travel with my Pokemon, that's it."
"That must be lonely."
"No." Jamelia's denial didn't quite ring true though.
"I'm just glad all the Duelling Arenas are closed for the night," Yugi sighed, "As it is, I'll have to play them tomorrow."
"Your opponents called you the King of Games, right?" Jamelia asked, "How did you win that title?"
Joey and Tristan looked at each other, while Tea bit her lip ad Yugi sighed, "Can I fill you in at home? You're trusting us with your Pokemon, I can give you the same courtesy with my secrets."
Yugi was quiet the rest of the way home, with a look on his face that she couldn't quite read. She wondered what exactly she was getting into, but then 'getting into' wasn't true, she was already into this, head first, with no other options. Who else would accept her into their home and help her like this with her Pokemon?
They waited until Shade was settled in downstairs, faking sleep by the door that led to the stairs, and Iblis had been fed, before settling into the living room, with Solomon popping out to buy some more food, since they'd be feeding more then usual.
"Grandpa doesn't know everything yet." Yugi sighed, "But…"
Jamelia tilted her head, "What?"
"To gain the title of King of Games, I fought and defeated the creator of Duel Monsters, the card game that those Duellists challenged me to earlier."
"Wow." The Trainer was suitably impressed,
"Don't be too impressed before I give you all the details." Yugi warned, "And some of this is going to sound crazy and you probably won't believe any of it."
"Crazier then going up a mountain to protect a legendary Pokemon, getting sent to another dimension where there are no Pokemon, and having to hide your Pokemon to avoid suspicion from other people?"
Joey snorted at her point.
Yugi held up his golden pendant. "This is called the Millennium Puzzle." He said, taking a deep breath, "It's got ties to some really powerful ancient magic and Pegasus was after it. He came after me and I beat him but Pegasus wasn't above hurting people to get what he wanted."
"The Dark Teams are like that, Rocket, Aqua, Magma and Galactic, they like to get their own way, it was Team Galactic I was fighting when I was sent here." She looked at Yugi, "Can you access any of the ancient magic?"
"A bit." Yugi admitted, "I'm still getting there with it."
"How did you get your hands on the Millennium Puzzle?"
"My Grandpa found it." Yugi said, "He's an Archaeologist. Uhhh, do you know what an Archaeologist is?"
"We have Researchers who specialise in Ancient Studies. They dig up things."
"That's pretty much what an Archaeologist does." Yugi nodded, glad for cross world similarities. "He found the box containing the puzzle pieces and I assembled it."
"And was introduced to the crazy." Jamelia accepted, "Ok, if we're sharing crazy secrets, I have one for you to even the balance."
"Isn't being a Pokemon Trainer crazy enough for you?"
"You forget, that's normal for my world."
"Ok, crazy story sharing time."
Jamelia grinned. "Well, about halfway through my journey though the Johto Region I had a run in with Team Rocket. They were building this facility just outside Goldenrod City and poisoning the local lake. I was trying to catch a Magikarp at the time and got involved in trying to stop them."
"You won obviously."
Jamelia's look told them there was more to it then that.
"During the fighting I freed the North Wind Pokemon, Suicune and it purified the lake. Later on I was caught in the last explosion in their control room at the lakeside and was knocked into the lake. I don't remember much, but Suicune saved my life." Jamelia closed her eyes, "I was Chosen from then on, Suicune gave me the gift of Water's Trust. I can breathe underwater, temporarily, I haven't tested it for longer then an hour yet and I wasn't having any problems. That and I'm a stronger swimmer for it."
"So, Yugi has ancient magical powers and you're the 'Chosen' of a Legendary Pokemon. I kind of feel left out." Joey joked.
"I'm sure you have some sort of powers." Tristan said, straight-faced, "I'm sure you couldn't be half as annoying as you are without them."
Jamelia winced as a wrestling match started, rolling onto Denkou's tail, who used Thunderbolt on the two of them, and jumped onto it's Trainer's lap.
"Owwww." The teen complained as they sat up slowly.
"Electric type." She said in a 'matter of fact' way. "Raichu's don't store electricity well when they're in pain or startled."
"Is he dangerous?" Tea asked, concerned.
"Not really, Denkou knows better then to shock humans and even if he does, it's normally safe if you're wearing some form of rubber."
"So, what're you planning to do now?" Tea asked, "You gonna sign up for school?"
A single look from the Pokemon Trainer told the girl what she thought of that idea, "I have to keep an eye out for Team Galactic members, plus take care of my Pokemon, I don't have time for school." I don't need school.
"We couldn't get Jamelia signed up now, even if she had time to." Joey said, "School doesn't accept transfers without papers and tests and allsorts."
"How do you know that?"
"Bakura."
There was a moment of surprise, since Bakura had been avoiding them since Duellist Kingdom, then Jamelia turned to Yugi, "Actually, I was wondering if I could come and watch you 'Duel' tomorrow."
"You want to watch?"
There was a nod, "If you'd let me."
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"So you showed then." The first of the two who had challenged Yugi yesterday, Hiroshi, said, with a sneer that had Jamelia reaching for Aisu's Pokeball.
Yugi sighed at the macho act, "I never said I wouldn't."
"I see you brought cheerleaders along." The second, Hotaru, said, with an matching sneer.
"We're not cheerleaders." Joey growled.
"They're my friends and actually I'm introducing my friend to the game of Duel Monsters." Yugi said calmly, gesturing towards Jamelia, who moved her hand away from her belt. "Are there any free Duelling Arenas?"
"We've booked one, told them it was for a match with you and suddenly the spaces opened up."
Jamelia paused as Yugi seemed to gain a couple of inches, was this the magic he'd mentioned last night? "Fine, let's Duel."
They went indoors to one of the huge Duelling Arenas that reminded the Pokemon Trainer of a Stadium and she watched as Yugi take his place on a platform, leaning against the rails in interest as Yugi 'drew' his cards.
"Watch this Jamie, it's great." Joey sounded excited and Jamelia let the 'Jamie' slide.
"You can go first." Hiroshi said, sneering, "Show your friend how to lose."
Yugi didn't bother with a retort, "I summon the Dark Magician and play a card face down, your move."
Jamie's face was a picture as a man in a purple robe and a rather pointy hat stood on the field, purple hair obvious and a rather sharp glare aimed at Yugi's opponent. "What, how?"
The opponent's face was a picture too, he hadn't been expecting that right off the bat. There was grumbling under his breath as he set a card in defence mode and set a card face down.
"Joey, what?"
"Ok, I'll give you a quick rundown." The Duellist said as Yugi drew, summoned Celtic Guardian and used it to attack the face down monster, which exploded and took five hundred life points from Yugi as it did so. "Yugi's summoned his Monsters in Attack Mode, this means that they can attack the opponent. The card Yugi's Celtic Guardian destroyed was in defence mode which means that Hiroshi doesn't lose life points and his face down card must have had a special ability because it…" Joey paused.
"My Princess of Tsurugi takes five hundred points for every magic and trap card you have on the field." Hiroshi was gloating.
"You start off with two thousand life points, when you're attacked by a monster directly, your monster in attack mode is destroyed or you're hit by effect damage you lose life points, the first one to hit zero or run out of cards loses."
"Doesn't this mean that Hiroshi's going to lose?" Jamelia asked, "Yugi can attack with that purple guy."
"The Dark Magician and…" Joey paused as Yugi made the exact move that Jamelia had predicted. Hiroshi countered with Stop Attack, stopping the attack in it's tracks. "You're quick."
"Been in battles for years." She said shortly, Joey recognised a convertee when he saw one, "So you take turns and only get one attack per monster per turn?"
"That's right." Joey confirmed as Hiroshi summoned a rather large beast looking thing, that twatted Yugi's Celtic Guardian with it's ax. "Battle Ox." Joey filled in, as Yugi's points dropped by 600, to 900.
"Not stronger then Yugi's Dark Magician." Jamelia stated.
"No, but it's a very powerful monster." Joey said.
"I summon Curse of Dragon, in attack mode." Yugi said, "And activate Polymerisation, allowing me to merge my Curse of Dragon and my Gaia, the Fierce Knight, to make Gaia, the Dragon Champion."
Hiroshi gulped and Jamelia watched, entranced as Gaia destroyed the guy's Battle Ox and the Dark Magician won the Duel.
"So what do you think?" Joey asked.
"I want a go, but I'm not sure about humanoid monsters." The Trainer said as Hiroshi and Yugi exchanged a hated round of comments, which surprised the girl considering the Yugi she'd known so far had been quite calm and collected.
"I can take you." Hotaru said and it started again, but this match lasted one turn.
"After the enemies at Duellist Kingdom, these jokers are easy." Joey sighed, "We're contemplating entering the next big tournament just for a challenge."
Jamie snorted, "I know that feeling, I've been helping starting Trainers with training techniques, but it doesn't amount to a real battle."
Yugi joined them as Hiroshi and Hotaru stormed out.
"They were friendly." Jamie looked surprised as they headed out of the building. "That's considered the height of rudeness where I come from, storming off after a battle."
Joey snorted, "You'd better get used to it, Novice Duellists are notoriously rude when they lose."
The whole group froze as screams sounded from outside. Rushing out the door, and freezing.
"How the bloody hell did that get here!" Jamie demanded, as she acted without thinking, pulling Aisu's Pokeball from her belt and sending her out.
"Jamie, what is that?" Joey asked.
"An Onix!" She snapped, "Hey!"
The huge rock snake Pokemon turned and looked at her. Jamie pulled another Pokeball from her bag, "Aisu, Ice Beam!"
"Dig!"
Jamie snarled as the Ice Beam went over the diving Rock/Ground type's head and hit a statue of a Dragon behind it, turning it into a dragonsicle. "Who's there?"
The crowd had scattered to the sides, thinking this was a stunt to attract crowds to the Kaiba Corp building.
Yugi watched as Jamie shifted into an attacking stance as a guy in a white and grey outfit appeared in the clouds of smoke.
"You're Team Galactic!" Jamie snapped, "How the hell did you get here?"
"You?" The grunt laughed, "I thought you were lost at the same time as Cyrus!"
"Then there's more of you here?"
There was a smirk.
"Aisu, watch out!"
The Onix shot up, creating a second large crater and slamming into Aisu. The Glaceon landed on her feet, "Rock Smash!"
"Blizzard!"
"Dig!"
The Onix's tail was frozen as it went underground again.
"Wait for it." She ordered Aisu, "What happened with Palkia!"
"It's ours now, all that effort, wasted Trainer, you can't stop us now, the team in the real world will put our plans into action." Aisu managed to avoid the upcoming Onix.
"Now!" Aisu unleashed a powerful Ice Beam attack that froze the huge Pokemon rock solid. "How did you get here? How do we get back?"
The grunt smirked, recalled his Onix and vanished into the crowd. Jamie snarled and chased after it, losing him in the crowd. When Yugi and the gang finally caught up, Jamelia looked furious.
"From now on, Iblis and Shade come with me during the day." She snarled.
"You!" The Trainer tensed up, her Glaceon getting between the girl and the two men in suits shouting.
"Yes?"
"Mr Kaiba wants to see you."
"Who?" She asked Yugi, who whispered in her ear about him being the owner of the building she'd battled outside.
"Miss?" The suited men took a step forward.
"Is it safe?" She asked Yugi.
"Mostly." Yugi didn't lie.
"I want to collect the rest of my Pokemon, then I'll come and see your boss. Will twenty minutes suffice?"
They spoke to someone on a radio, "Where are you staying?"
"The Kame Game Shop." Jamie said, receiving a go ahead from Yugi.
"There will be a limo there in twenty minutes." The goon said and walked off.
"This isn't good, is it?" Jamie asked.
"Well," Yugi sighed, "We have twenty minutes to get you up to speed on Kaiba."
"Only if you can keep up, I have to go get Tsunami." She broke into a run and the gang went after her.