Into The World Of Yu-Gi-Oh [Book 1]

Episode 2: The Gauntlet is Thrown

Icarus stood in front of a Tv, talking to the duel tournament directors and
Maximillion Pegasus. 

"Are you sure about this, Seto Kaiba lost and is dropping out of the tournament?" one duel director asked

Pegasus merely chuckled "so my information was correct, do tell who was the one who defeated Kaiba boy"

Icarus sighed and told them the whole duel, and how it played out. But didn't tell them why Yugi and Seto dueled in the first place.

"And the person who by some miracle defeated seto was...Yugi Moto"

The directors talked among themselves before approving the statement and pulled Seto's name from the tournament.

The brown haired girl stood there with an uninterested face when the duel directors finally hung up. All that was left was Icarus and Pegasus. 

"Before I leave I have a few questions" Pegasus spoke with an evil glint in his eyes.

"Very well, make it quick" Icarus rushed him.

The question we're mostly about the duel between Yugi and seto. Icarus answered every one until he took notice of her key.

"Oh my, what a bizarre pendant" Icarus visibly paled and gripped it.

"Good day to you Pegasus" with that she hung up. Backing up she fell on the couch sighing.

Ever since losing seto never returned to school. Icarus was extremely worried and looked for her friend only to find him in his room asking her to tell the dueling directors to drop him out of the tournament. Mokuba came and tried to cheer his brother up saying "you're still the best duelist" but seto wasn't having it.

Icarus pull Mokuba away to give seto some space. Sighing she decided to go back to school and told seto before leaving. He only grunted in response so she took it as her sign to leave.

Halfway towards the school, she stopped and decided to wasn't worth it and went home. This wasn't her world so school shouldn't matter. With that thought, Icarus went to her apartment.

At school, Joey plays Duel Monsters against Téa. He Summons Rock Ogre Grotto #1, claiming it will "rock her block off". However, Téa flips over her face-down "Happy Lover". Joey laughs that wimpy card doesn't stand a chance against his giant rock guy and urges her to give it up. Téa agrees that she doesn't stand a chance, unless she plays the "Breath of Light" card, sliding it onto the field as she does so. Startled, Joey asks Yugi if she can do that. Yugi replies that the "Breath of Light" card wears down Rock-Type monsters and reduces them to rubble. "Rock Ogre Grotto" is hit and falls apart, stunning Joey, whose Life Points hit 0. Téa celebrates over defeating Joey yet again and Tristan tells Joey he stinks at this game. Joey moans and buries his head onto the desk.

Afterward, outside school, Joey hangs out with Yugi and admits that Tristan is right, he does stink at the game and couldn't win a game of Duel Monsters to save his life. He asks Yugi for help, so Yugi decides to take a look at Joey's Deck, and finds it is made up entirely of Monster Cards. Joey explains that he filled it with the most powerful monsters he could find, but Yugi tells him that's not how the game works; Duel Monsters about combining Monster Cards with Magic Cards to make them stronger. Without Magic Cards, his monsters will get creamed every time, Yugi says. Joey rushes over and seizes Yugi excitedly, saying that's the kind of advice he needs and Yugi has got to help him more.

Yugi brings joey to the game shop and tells his Grandpa he's brought him a new student. Since Grandpa knows more about Duel Monsters than anyone, Joey says he was hoping that he'd teach him. Grandpa climbs down from the ladder and states that Duel Monsters is a very complex game. Joey agrees, say Téa beat him in three games in a row. Yugi corrects him, saying that it was five. Joey looks up at the poster and Grandpa says that he could teach Joey to be a great tournament duelist, but only if he's willing to spend endless days and sleepless nights training. "Piece of cake", Joey says and Grandpa says that with an attitude like that, teaching Joey may not be worth his effort. Joey withdraws and Yugi sarcastically compliments him. Joey drops to his knees and bows to Yugi, begging him to help convince Grandpa to teach him, promising to work hard. Yugi starts to argue that his grandpa can't do it, reversely affecting Grandpa, who decides he can do it. If he agrees, he tells Joey he must hard. Joey promises, and Grandpa says they'll begin immediately. He cracks his fingers, saying under his tuition, Joey will learn. He asks Joey if he can name the most powerful and weakest Duel Monster and if he knows what a Trap Card is, but Joey has no idea.