Chaos Effect

Chapter 56 - 56

Chapter 56

I frowned as I looked about the large convention center I suddenly found myself in.

'Okay... take stock here,' I thought as I began to take stock of my surroundings. 'No one is where costumes or handing out candy so it isn't a Halloween Filler arc. And I don't see a Christmas character wearing the Millennium Crown so not one of those arcs either.' I poked at the inside of my lower lip. 'Arbor Day Special maybe?'

"Hey Edwin!" Yugi called out, waving his hand to get my attention. "Over here!"

I walked over to the table that the gang had stacked as their own. It was one of those really long banquet tables, the kind you'd see at wedding or the like. Yugi was currently dueling Joey... not with a duel disc or anything like that. Just a standard duel, like in the very first episode. Yuri and Tea were chatting about something as Joey selected his card while Tristan sat with Serenity, describing what was going on since she had bandages covering her eyes. Duke with the Pharaoh, playing Dungeon Dice Monsters, while Bakura was Dungeon Master for a D&D game he was doing with Mako, Yami Bakura, and Marik-

My brow furrowed at that.

"Something's... not quite right," I said.

"You okay?" Mai asked, getting up from her seat; she had been watching Mokuba and Seto play Shogi.

"Yeah, just... pretend I'm an idiot-"

"Not that hard," she teased.

"-and tell me what we are all doing here."

"...I have," I said so startled by his comment that I couldn't think of anything to say other than the truth. "Despite my jokes about it or making fun of everyone being focused on the game... I have enjoyed playing it. It... and getting to live in this world."

"I'm glad." He turned and gave me a bow and I found myself returning it. "Now... go have fun for me."

"Sure," I said, still a bit thrown off by everything. "Can I ask... who are you?"

The man smiled humbly. "Someone who just wanted the world to have fun."

"Edwin!" Mai called out, causing me to turn towards her. "Come on!"

I turned to look at the man only to find him gone.

"Hmm. Will do, sir," I whispered before heading to join the rest of the gang, Yugi and the Pharaoh smiling as I slid in between them, taking out my deck. "So... it's time to duel."

"The gift of kindness that you've given and the courage I've given you will remain with us, and that will forever bind us"

In Memory of

Kazuki Takahashi