'After our win over Sid and his friend? me and Mai have little to no difficulty with everyone else in the tournament. The only thing is that I see Tommy also participated but lost in the semifinals. I suppose that would make Tommy like top 50 double duelist in Japan since it also means that he won a smaller tournament just to participate in this one.'
'Anyway the interesting part wasn't the tournament itself but what's happening after, I mean other than us or I suppose just Mai getting a nice check. Sensing around us I "see" or "feel" would be the right word multiple dark and very dim presences. They feel almost dead which means it could only be one thing, Rare Hunters! but why are they here now battle city hasn't started and Marik doesn't have a reason to be in Japan if Ishizu hasn't give Kaiba Obelisk yet.'
'The weirdest part is that there's 2 of them which means that Marik found us somehow and seeing us double duel he wants to give it a shot. Or he was planning on taking Mai or me out in an unfair double duel and found both of us together instead. Either way Marik found us in someway different than in cannon since I don't think Mai in cannon every said that she faced off against the Rare Hunters but I suppose it would make sense for Marik to send some after her.'
"Hey! are you done with whatever internal dialogue you were focusing on and tell me why there's people in black robes following us." Mai speaks up after I went quiet for too long. 'Mai kinda learned how to sense Ba but she can't make out regular people and spirit that don't want to be found unlike me but she still was able to find the Rare Hunters. Although their not really being discreet in their blatant stalking'
I respond back in a low voice. "They're the Rare Hunters not the same as the spirit guy who wants to rip out my guts but their controlled by a guy with a Millennium Item and they've lost their mind since losing a game against them. They're probably following us to get our rare cards and/or they're here to make us join their leader as a mind slave or something."
In a low whisper Mai leans in after agressively grabbing my shoulder. "Why did you drag me into this! I could've been living my life spirit and stress free!"
"Don't blame me even if you weren't with me these guy would still be coming after you since your a known duelist with multiple rare cards and a duelist Kingdom semi-finalist."
Suddenly it goes very quiet as I notice that both me and Mai somehow ended up in a dark alley with noone else around untill 2 robe wearing Rare Hunters pop out of seemingly nowhere, for Mai at least I saw them hide in the shadows then slowly creep out for the only reason being dramatic effect.
"Mai Valentine." The first robed person speaks in a higher pitched tone. They look to be around 2 inches shorter than Mai and female if I had to guess. "Riku Yulunger." The second one comes out of the shadows and speaks my name in a low pitch. Unlike the first they are around my height even with my physical enhancements letting me grow slightly above 6 feet tall, and they appear to be male.
"We've come for your rare cards surrender them now and save yoursevles the embarrassment!" Both of the Rare Hunters speak at the same time asking for a duel.
"Listen guys I'd love to but if you haven't noticed we don't have arena to duel with so your at a lost sorry!"
The taller male Rare Hunter speaks up as he throws something at me. "We have a solution to that a new dueling system with new rules it's called a duel disk and will allow us to duel anywhere with the same effectiveness now prepare yourself to duel!"
Opening the sack he just threw at me I see two duel disk almost exactly how I remember them in the original show and as the Rare Hunter finishes speaking Mai chimes in. "What do you mean new rules? and how do we even use these things?"
As Mai says new rules both duel disks light up and start speaking in a robotic voice. "Rules for the expansion of Duel Monsters."
"1: Both players start at 4000 Life Points. 2:Both players have the ability to make direct attacks. 3: Not summoning a monster on your turn will no longer cause a automatic loss. 4: Monsters of level 5 and 6 require one tribute to summon and monsters level 7 and higher require 2 or more tributes. 5:Fusion Monsters must wait one turn after they are Summoned before they can attack, though the "Quick Attack" card can be used to circumvent this. 6:If a monster is offered as a Tribute by the effect of another card while being attacked by an opponent's monster, the enemy's attack is negated."
"Now that you have your rules you must duel us or else you won't be leaving this place!" This time the smaller Rare Hunter speaks up after turning on they're duel disk. Mai looks at me to probably ask if we should just be at them up or duel them. "Fine we'll duel you! You probably already know what card you'll take if you win but what are your rare cards you'll put on the line."
Both Rare Hunters respond to me synchronized again. "We will wager our Nightmare Wheel!"
Mai upon getting the go ahead puts on her duel disk and declares. "Then lets DUEL!"