Bittersweet Victory
Greetings again, Yu-Gi-Oh GX fans! It's been a while, but I think I came up with something! This is partly thanks to WhiteAsukaLover, who wanted a "Sy gets revenge on Zane" fiction similar to my other story, "Political Revenge." Somehow, that idea took an interesting turn in my head. Syrus, like Obi-Wan Kenobi or Luke Skywalker, wants to save his brother from the dark side of the Force. He's too gentle, I think, to do what Chazz did to his brothers in my aforementioned story, so I came up with an alternate ending to Episode 95, "Tough Love" in the dub, where Sy and Zane duel. Sy wins this time, but the name of this story should be a clue as to what happens…
Disclaimer: Peach doesn't own the Yugi-verse. She just has fun playing in it! She also doesn't own Sailor Moon, for which the inspiration for Sy's winning cards come! She just wants the Guardian of Love and Justice to help our cute little guy win!
Zane Truesdale smiled wickedly in triumph. He knew for certain that he was about to grind his only brother, Syrus, into the dust. He'd seen it in his other opponents, all stronger than this little maggot that stood before him. A year ago, he wouldn't have even thought that of his brother, that he was completely worthless. But the Zane that was here didn't care and regarded his gray-eyed, blue-haired, spectacle-wearing little brother as little better than a bug to be stepped on. Syrus was proving he was as weak as those others Zane had faced. Those others couldn't stand up to the power of the shock collars and Syrus, from the looks of him, wouldn't be able to stand up much longer.
"Go ahead, Syrus. Make your move. You know that I'll be able to take down whatever monster you throw at me," he said with the wicked tone that had become Hell Kaiser's trademark.
Syrus was indeed feeling the strain of his brother's attacks. It won't be long and I won't be able to stand, he thought, but I will save him. And the cards are in my hand! Syrus placed the magic card and the monster onto his field.
"You won't be able to take this monster down, Zane. I play the Angelic Guardian of the Moon, Usagi! And I equip her with her special magic attack card, Silver Moon Extra Cleansing Kiss! To use this card, I have to give up all but one of my life points!" Sy screeched as the shock collar took its due from him, dropping his life points to 1. Panting now and with tears in his eyes, he continued, "Not even Dark Horn can stand up to this attack!"
The female fairy-type monster with bright blue eyes and long blonde hair pulled into very long pigtails with buns at the top of her head, dressed in what looked like a cross between an anime girl's sailor suit-style school uniform, a cheerleader's costume and an angel costume, held out and twirled a red and white scepter like a baton. When she was done twirling the scepter, she held it above her head in dramatic fashion and a bright pink light exploded from the scepter. Dark Horn was eliminated from the field along with Zane's remaining life points. Zane cried out as the shock collar took its due from him and he fell on his butt.
For a moment, Zane lost complete awareness of his surroundings. What's going on? Where am I? He was in a dark place and felt himself rising upward into a warm sweet light. The duel monster who'd just taken his top monster down was waiting for him, and smiling.
"Hello, Zane," she said in a sweet voice, "my name is Usagi. Your brother played me to save you. He loves you and wanted you to get better."
"What did I just do?" Zane asked, horrified.
"You dueled him and previously dueled your best friend. You haven't been yourself, Zane. But your little brother, even though he thinks you hate him, risked everything to save you."
Zane thought for a minute. "I was horrible to him. I called him a little maggot," he said in horror, "and yet… I just hope he can forgive me."
Usagi smiled knowingly. "I fight with my sister monsters sometimes, particularly Rei, the Guardian of Mars, but no matter what, we're still sisters and can forgive. Tell your brother you're sorry." Zane nodded and the scene faded. He became aware of himself again, first realizing he didn't feel angry anymore. The Hell Kaiser that had been was now contained in the recesses of Zane's now-much-lighter soul. And then he felt uncomfortably warm.
I think I need to get out of all this black, he realized. He looked across from himself to where his brother should be standing… "Syrus?" And then his heart was in his throat.
Jaden Yuki was holding Syrus in his red-clad arms. "Somebody get a doctor! Alexis, get Ms. Fontaine!" Jaden was practically sobbing that plea. Alexis Rhodes raced through the crowd to the head of the Obelisk girls' dorms and the school nurse while Chazz Princeton and a Ra Yellow with dreadlocks and a bandanna that made him look like he had a dinosaur's head for a hat on moved the crowd back. Zane moved forward.
"Syrus? What happened?" Zane asked as he got close enough to Jaden to ask the question. But it was obvious that something was very, very wrong. Jaden was laying his best friend gently on the ground.
"Sy, you've got to hang on! Alexis is getting Ms. Fontaine!" He hadn't really heard Zane's query, but if he had, it's doubtful he would've answered at that moment, for little Syrus Aidan Truesdale suddenly breathed deep and exhaled, a horrible rattling sound coming from his chest…
Cliffhanger… Will Sy survive or will he die? Stay tuned! Read and review, everybody!