Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Yu-Gi-Oh: American Kids ❯ Yugi the gamer ( Chapter 1 )

"Sure Joey, he's upstairs."

"Thanks Mr. Moto."

Yugi didn't give any sign that he heard his friend Joey thump up the stairs. The only movement came from his rapidly flickering fingers as he manipulated the character on the screen before him.

Yugi grunted when the door opened and shunted sideways just as Joe Kickass sidestepped a potentially devastating blow from Cha Ching. Joey settled down beside him and waited until the flashing YOU WIN sign lit up the screen before talking.

"Is that Death Kiss 3 Mega Melee you're playing?"

Yugi nodded. "The storyline is weak, but the engine's amazing. I'm unlocking the secret characters right now. I've beaten Cha Ching 73 times in a row and I reckon that I'll get another one when I hit the hundred."

Joey settled in as the kills racked up, until Yugi heard YOU WIN for the hundredth time. Nothing happened and Yugi muttered, "Want to play against me, Joey? I can try to unlock the secrets again some other time."

Joey nodded and Yugi clicked the punch button to get back to the menu.

YOU UNLOCKED... SECRET CHARACTER! flashed up as soon as he did.

"Neat!" exclaimed Joey. "Who do you think you got?"

A silhouette climbed onto the screen and pulled off a few impressive poses before the writing flashed up - the lighting effect exposing BIKINI GIRL.

"Wow!" squealed Yugi. "I'm playing with her."

"Then I'll be Joe Kickass," added Joey. "Bikini girl is nice, but Joe Kickass is unbeatable." He stretched his back muscles before picking up a controller and hunching over it. "I'm warning you Yugi, I was Death Kiss 2 Hyper Kick Groove champion at the school for six months and I won't go easy on you."

Yugi looked at the dusty trophy on his shelf marked Death Kiss 2 Grand Master and modestly said nothing.

Yugi's grandpa found Joey wallowing in defeat three minutes later, as he arrived with drinks and munchies. Joey dove straight in with a rushed "Thanks Mr. Moto", while Yugi set up the next game

NEW CHALLENGER!

Yugi's grandpa paused at the door on his way out. "Yugi?" he asked.

"Yeah, Grandpa?" Yugi replied without turning around.

ROUND ONE!

"Have you looked at the millennium puzzle I gave you for your birthday yet."

"Sure grandpa," Yugi answered, flexing his fingers over the controls, "soon as I finish this game with Joey."

FIGHT!

"Ah," muttered his grandpa, before shuffling off downstairs.

As soon as Joe Kickass lost his first wodge of health, Joey turned to Yugi. "What was that about?"

"Ah, it's nothing important," Yugi said, as Bikini Girl used her soon-to-be-famous beach volley ball attack. "Grandpa gave me some sort of lame 3D jigsaw for my birthday and he's always asking if I've solved it yet."

"He seemed kinda disappointed," Joey responded, while Joe Kickass grabbed at Bikini Girl and threw her across the screen.

"There are only a few pieces," Yugi said, delicately getting Bikini Girl back on her feet. "It looks really boring."

"It could be one of those logic puzzles," Joey hissed as he mashed the buttons. "Tristan's always buying them: Move the ring off the rope, assemble a perfect pyramid, that sort of thing. Some of them are really hard."

"Okay, I'll take a look."YOU WIN "Another game?"

"You bet!"

The millennium puzzle, buried under a pile of video games, still glittered, but somehow sadly.