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Games for Fun
May. 7th, 2016 10:21 pmMain Points:
Yugioh Legacy!verse (mostly because it's mentioned later on, though it's a bit vague, so it could be read as universe optional if you'd like.)
Chapter Summary: Card games can't always be for high stakes, like the fate of the world.
Word Count: 430
Rating: teen
Yugi doesn’t dislike tournaments, but they’re always high-stakes, and everyone’s eyes are always on him. Some of the tournaments, like the local ones, might have been laid back if he wasn’t the King of Games. But naturally, he is, so he’s a celebrity.
Still, he likes the ones against his friends, where he can have fun and relax and not worry about the possible end of the world. (It should’ve been the end, after Zorc, after the Pharaoh left, but he’s the new Pharaoh in heart if not in title, despite the mocking way Kaiba will call him that out of the blue, and he can feel something stirring. The only thing that keeps him from worrying about it constantly is the even stronger feeling that he’s not center stage, anymore. He can help out, but it’s someone else’s destiny to save the world now, and he can’t help but feel relieved, even as he feels guilty, because it’s sort of the same thing as wishing someone else into danger. The practical, Yami-ish sounding part of him says that there’s no point in worrying about it, because he can’t change the fact that the world is quite possibly going to be in danger, again, and he can’t fight this kind of destiny.)
Of course, duels against Seto Kaiba are always high-stakes, even when it’s just the two of them. Seto brings the same intensity to everything he does.
It’s a surprise how Kaiba acts when he finally wins. He doesn’t start calling himself the King of Games. He doesn’t even make an announcement. At the time, he just smiles smugly to himself and for the first time congratulates Yugi on a duel well-played.
The secret can’t be kept forever, but when the media blows up, Kaiba’s interview says that he still considers Yugi the King of Games, and that he’s the only challenge Kaiba’s ever faced. (Kaiba does reclaim the World Champion title, though. His courtesy only extends so far.) It’s clear from the interview that he still considers the dueling world to only consist of him and Yugi, but Joey nearly falls over at the relative humility. Yugi holds himself back from telling his friends ‘I told you so’. He knows Kaiba is more than he presents himself, which comes as a relief for Mokuba, but they still have trouble believing.
Afterwards, Kaiba is still intense, but he actually manages to enjoy himself, sometimes. In general, Yugi still wins, but it doesn’t seem to bother Seto as much, especially since the tally is greater than one to a million.
Yugioh Legacy!verse (mostly because it's mentioned later on, though it's a bit vague, so it could be read as universe optional if you'd like.)
Chapter Summary: Card games can't always be for high stakes, like the fate of the world.
Word Count: 430
Rating: teen
Yugi doesn’t dislike tournaments, but they’re always high-stakes, and everyone’s eyes are always on him. Some of the tournaments, like the local ones, might have been laid back if he wasn’t the King of Games. But naturally, he is, so he’s a celebrity.
Still, he likes the ones against his friends, where he can have fun and relax and not worry about the possible end of the world. (It should’ve been the end, after Zorc, after the Pharaoh left, but he’s the new Pharaoh in heart if not in title, despite the mocking way Kaiba will call him that out of the blue, and he can feel something stirring. The only thing that keeps him from worrying about it constantly is the even stronger feeling that he’s not center stage, anymore. He can help out, but it’s someone else’s destiny to save the world now, and he can’t help but feel relieved, even as he feels guilty, because it’s sort of the same thing as wishing someone else into danger. The practical, Yami-ish sounding part of him says that there’s no point in worrying about it, because he can’t change the fact that the world is quite possibly going to be in danger, again, and he can’t fight this kind of destiny.)
Of course, duels against Seto Kaiba are always high-stakes, even when it’s just the two of them. Seto brings the same intensity to everything he does.
It’s a surprise how Kaiba acts when he finally wins. He doesn’t start calling himself the King of Games. He doesn’t even make an announcement. At the time, he just smiles smugly to himself and for the first time congratulates Yugi on a duel well-played.
The secret can’t be kept forever, but when the media blows up, Kaiba’s interview says that he still considers Yugi the King of Games, and that he’s the only challenge Kaiba’s ever faced. (Kaiba does reclaim the World Champion title, though. His courtesy only extends so far.) It’s clear from the interview that he still considers the dueling world to only consist of him and Yugi, but Joey nearly falls over at the relative humility. Yugi holds himself back from telling his friends ‘I told you so’. He knows Kaiba is more than he presents himself, which comes as a relief for Mokuba, but they still have trouble believing.
Afterwards, Kaiba is still intense, but he actually manages to enjoy himself, sometimes. In general, Yugi still wins, but it doesn’t seem to bother Seto as much, especially since the tally is greater than one to a million.
