fight for freedom

The days passed, the sun came up, the sun went down, and when Tea didn't feel like losing again to the King of the Games, she asked what she had wanted to ask for a long time.

"You know, my uncle is a gifted Duel Monsters player - I know the game from him, stole his cards - and, well ... if someone defeated him, I could get out of this tower. That's why I wanted to. .. wondering ... as King of the Games, if you were good enough, you could defeat him, "she concluded a little slowly.

"Oh, if that's all, I've been looking for a good duelist for a long time. The only one who is my equal lives very far away from here," said Yami, enthusiastic about the proposal.

"Okay, if it shows up again today, are you going to do it all?" She asked, beaming.

"What you can rely on!"

With a new Duel Disk, Marik appeared in front of the tower to the second.

"Oh Tea, oh Tea, let down a rope," he called, wondering why he couldn't think of a better line to say."I've already said that there is no point," said Tea, whereupon she took another brick from her pantry and dropped it on his head. "Besides, I don't feel like staying here anymore!"

While Marik escaped the brick with a strangely practiced ease, he looked up a little confused.

"What does this mean?"

"That means I've found a duelist who will defeat you!"

"That I don't laugh! Who can defeat me?", Marik shouted, doubting Tea's mind.

"I", came the resounding sound through the forest.

Prince Yami strode through the forest, his cloak billowing and his strands swaying. His Duel Disk open and ready for battle.

"It's time for a duel! I hereby officially challenge you to a Duel Monsters Match!" He shouted, pointing his finger at Marik.

"Oh, the King of the Games himself," said Marik, amused. "But even you have no chance against me! -Duel!"Five minutes later:

"That - that is impossible - you cannot - you have - you -NO!!!! You cannot defeat me !!! You cheated, cheated, I know it! This match does not work ! We repeat the whole thing! No buts! Did you get that ?! "

Five minutes later:

"Cheated, cheated, cheated! I saw it exactly! Again!"

Five minutes later:

"NOEEEEIN! That - That was a scam -FRAUD!!!!"

Meanwhile in the Kingdom in Electronic Land:

"Yes," said King Kaiba tonelessly, while he sat bored on the throne, his head resting on his hand, and a man with a long parchment stood in front of him and explained the most important information.

"The King of Industrial Illusions from the far south would like to invite you to a cup of tea and at the same time discuss your new system," said the informant of the 28th note on the endless parchment.

"Yes," said Kaiba for the 28th time without really listening.

"King Maximillian Pegasus, from the north, would like to test your new virtual reality game at -""Yes," Kaiba said before the informant could even finish reading.

Half an hour later:

"Yes."

"The weather here will remain sunny and pleasant like the last few days ..."

"Yes..."

"Oh, I missed that," said the informant, folding up the parchment. "Your power plant in the domino forest is as good as finished, the workers said it would be operational in less than a week."

"J-"

"Speaking of the forest, I saw strange sparks and lights on the way here from the inaccessible forest. So if you ask me, you should have a certain safety-"

"What?", Kaiba interrupted him and stood up suddenly, a radiant enthusiasm was written on his face.

The informant staggered a few steps back, startled.

"Um, well, the security thing, I mean, it's sure to be dangerous if -"

But the king barely listened to him, he grabbed his Duel Disk, which had been lying in a dark corner of the room, looking like it had been there for centuries, and ran out of the castle, leaving behind a completely perplexed informant."White dragon with an ice-cold look!"

Meanwhile, miles away:

Yami, just before going to sleep, put a card on the field with half-open eyes.

"I sacrifice elven swordsmen ... and Kuribo to ... * yawn * to summon the black magician ..."

He rubbed his eyes sleepily when he heard another wretched scream.

"No, no, NO !!!!! That - that doesn't work - Again - I insist on one repetition[/i]!!!"

"Man, I've already won over ten times, have you had enough?" Yami asked, slightly annoyed.

"Oh, you - you wretched deceiver! You don't deserve it any other way! You belong in the realm of shadows -MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!"

“Wh-?” Yami couldn't get the word out when all of his surroundings suddenly changed.

"W-Where are we?" Tea asked behind him, slightly scared.

"That guy -your uncle- called it ... the realm of shadows."

And so it looked, around them there was nothing but endless darkness, mixed with purple-pale blue-green tones."Hah, so you are the mysterious duelist who is up to mischief here!" A voice called over Marik.

His head turned. A huge shimmering blue and white dragon flew over the trees, but soon dissolved into bright light, while a stately man landed elegantly on both feet.

He straightened up and held out his Duel Disk, which unfolded as if she had read his mind.

"I haven't dueled in a long time - you are just right for me! I challenge you to a duel that you will never forget!"

"Another fool who wants to end up in the realm of shadows - as you will!"

"DUEL!"

Five minutes later:

Kaiba looked around, blinking, when his surroundings suddenly darkened, everything around him blurred.

"Man, what kind of guy is that?" He asked confused. "I defeated him, why did he send me to this so-called realm of shadows?"

He quickly realized that he wasn't the only one who was banished here."K-Kaiba?", Yami asked with eyes twice as big - What was his biggest rivaldoing here?

Both stories were told briefly and painlessly, while Tea stared at Kaiba in awe.

"You - you are King Kaiba?" She asked stunned. "I overheard my uncle ... you-you-you are my father!"

"Really?", Kaiba asked uninterestedly and turned around. "So how do we get out of here?"

Tea fell over while Yami looked from one to the other, still slightly confused.

"Well, there has to be an exit somewhere. I don't have forever, my schedule is full to the max," Kaiba said to Yami, as if he would surely find a solution to her problem.

"Um, well ...", Yami seemed to be thinking hard. "Maybe we can smash this area with our monsters."

"Worth a try."

"White kites with an ice-cold look!"

"Black magician!"

"Executor!"

"Curse of the Dragon!"

"Swordsman!""Representative of the Demons!"

So all the monsters that Yami and Kaiba owned were called and sent in all directions.

"Man, this is a mess," Tea muttered while watching the tons of monsters at work.

Every corner of the shadowy realm - if there were any - was filled with explosions until only smoke could be seen around them. The monsters disappeared almost imperiously into light as the smoke cleared and the three found themselves on the grass of the forest.

There was a few minutes of silence between those present.

"H-Hey, I'm ... free!", Tea suddenly shouted when she realized that she was no longer in the tower. "I'm free! I'm free! Free! Free![I]FREE!"

She danced a few rounds through the forest, beaming, while Yami and Kaiba did not move from the spot.

"... Free! Free! Free! Free! ..."

"Um ...", Kaiba was the first to speak. "While we're here - I'll challenge you to a duel!""As you wish."

They forgot the constant enthusiastic calls around them, and enjoyed their duel for the first time, although one should not speak of a friendly game under any circumstances. They will always face each other as rivals ...

... what you are still doing today ...