Chapter Eight
“Uh, Pinkie,” Joey asks as they walk away from the bloody mess that is Weevil. “What was that?”
Pinkie looks at him confusedly, “What was what?”
“You know, you went all, like, badass. I’ve never seen Weevil defeated that easily. I mean usually it takes about two episodes to beat him but you beat him in less than a thousand words.”
“Oh,” Pinkie laughs. “I’m sure it was the author just getting lazy and not really knowing many of Weevil’s cards.”
“Be that as it may,” Yugi says in wonder, “You beat him in less than five turns. I really don’t want to face you now.”
“Hey, Yug,” Joey yells out. “Who says it’s going to be you who faces her. I might be the one to face her? It might be me.” He finishes by striking a foolish attempt at a strong pose, causing Pinkie to laugh.
Pinkie frowns. “To be honest I don’t want to duel either of you.” Mainly because I don’t want to see what Pinkamena will do.
“Ah come on, Pinkie,” Joey wraps his arm around her shoulders, causing her to blush. “It’ll be alright. At the end of the day we’re all friends, right?”
Pinkie Pie smiles again. “That’s right.” She gives Joey a hug. “Thank you. Thank you all.”
“For what,” Tea queries.
“For becoming my friends even though you didn’t know me. I miss my friends back home and the crazy physics there, but you five have made being away from home bearable. So, once again, thank you.”
The other five look at each other and smile.
“Come here,” Duke says as he holds out his arms.
Pinkie embraces him, and they all join in a group hug. “But, seriously, Duke, you’re going to have to change that theme music.”
“What theme music?” He asks as they all break the hug.
“Duke,” Pinkie chastises him, “We’ve been over this.”
“But I have no idea what you are talking about.”
“OK, Tristan where is that remote that you had?”
“I don’t know, I lost it when Yugi busted my kneecaps with a wrench.”
“Well dang it. Well, Duke, I guess I’m going have to-.”
An explosion sounded from not far away. Above the trees rose a great blue dragon.
“Kaiba,” Yugi whispered as he ran off to the battle. The other five followed.
They came upon a clearing where the battle was being held. Standing at one end of the clearing was Seto Kaiba. On the other side was a duelist who looked like he was way out of his league.
“You should have known better than to challenge me, punk,” Kaiba said menacingly.
The boy was close to tears. “I’m so sorry. I just wanted to battle the great Seto Kaiba. Please let me keep one of my star chips.”
“Sorry, but a wager is a wager.” He walks over and grabs the boys hand. He plucks the two star chips out of it. “Better luck next time.”
“Hey, Kaiba,” Yugi yells as he runs over.
“Yugi?” Kaiba says in surprise. “I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I am, however, surprised at the other two in your group that have dueling gauntlets.”
“Hey, Kaiba,” Joey yells in anger. “I’ll have you know that I am great duelist and definitely not a furry, and Pinkie, here, has already won her first match in less than five turns.”
“Ah, yes, I remember you. You were the pony-turned-human that sat on my head. Who did you win against? Some snot-nosed brat like that one I just beat?”
“Actually,” Pinkie replies, “his name was Weevil Underwood.”
Kaiba looks genuinely surprised. “Really, you beat Weevil in less than five turns. How?”
“With my dragon deck.”
“You have a dragon deck?” Pinkie nods “ What’s your most powerful one?”
“Um, either my Red Eyes Darkness Dragon or my Armored Dragon Lvl. 10.”
Kaiba laughs, “Well, it’s no wonder you beat him so easily if you brought even one of those cards out. Well, I look forward to battling you, Pinkie. You seem like you might be a good duelist after all. As for the rest of you, I’ll finish you off later.” Kaiba presses a button and his helicopter appears overhead. He gets in and flies off, in search of his next prey.
“What a creep,” Tea says after the noise of the chopper has died down. “I can’t believe him.”
“Don’t worry about it, Tea,” Yugi assures her. “We won’t see him until the finals. That’s how he works. Anyway let’s get moving. Joey and I haven’t had any battles yet.”