Destiny - A Ducktales Fanfic

30. Kings and Queens.

*Chapter-30!*

Osaka castle was a beautiful piece of architecture, with white walls and emerald-coloured roofs decorated with golden statues and lining. The inside however, resembled more of a western museum than a Japanese monument, the current room they were in had floors made of wood-planks and a balcony which was sort of a second floor.

There was also glass display cases full of historical artefacts, one was filled with miniature soldiers reenacting a famous battle in Japanese history. The family had to keep Dewey from touching the case and getting them kicked out before they found Louie and brought him home.

Not that it would be easy to find Louie, the place was absolutely packed, they could barely move, or see a foot in front of them, apart from that, this was the last day of the tournament, the only reason Violet knew Louie was in here is that he'd been thrust into the limelight as a finalist. So all-in-all the McDucks had a limited amount of time to find someone in a crowded room.

"Webby, you're here!" - Lena's voice cut through all the background chatter of others, the teenager squeezed past a few people before arriving beside the group and hugging Webby. - "Others." - She nodded, still hugging the younger girl.

"Lena!" - The girl cried, hugging the smaller girl. - "Where's Violet?" - She asked, looking about for the Hummingbird.

Lena let her friend go. - "She's getting ready to play."

"More importantly," - Della interrupted. - "Where's Louie?"

"Haven't seen him since last night." - The girl shrugged.

"What happened last night?"

"Me an Violet ran into him last night at the hotel, we didn't even get to say a word before he'd locked himself in his room."

"So why don't we just go to his hotel room and wait for him there?" - Dewey suggested boredly, as he ignored Huey try and explain chess to him for what felt like the 100th time.

"Not going to work." - Lena remarked, looking rather bored herself. - "The coordinators had everyone clear out their rooms this morning, he's not going back to the hotel."

Webby turned to face Scrooge and Della. - "So what now?"

Scrooge scratched his long whisper and surveyed the very little area he could.

"We figure out what Louie wants and use it to our advantage."

"So what does he want?"

"The trophy." - Lena said, before anyone suggested any other ideas. - "Every time he's not playing, he's eyeing that thing." - She gestured over to the glass encased award.

Scrooge moved over to the silver cup, with his family following closely behind. The trophy was nothing special, just a regular metallic-coloured prize attached to a wooden base with a plaque, reading simply. - '1st place at Chess tournament, donated 1723.'

"Why does this trophy look so familiar?" - The Billionaire asked to no one in particular, as he reached inside his jacket pocket and pulled out the book he was reading earlier. He flipped through the pages until he found what he was looking found. - "This trophy is the same one given to King George the 1st of England in 1723 by an unknown party."

"Unknown party?" - Della repeated in a suspicious tone, which enlightened the rest of the group to the thought the pair shared.

"The trophy belonged to Kovax?"

"Great!" - Dewey chimed. - "Now we know what Louie's after, let's take it." - The current youngest McDuck pushed forward and managed to lay his hand on the glass case before he was blocked by another figure dressed in a red vest and bowtie.