Chapter 1
„(Step)Father and son activity"
'Trapping us in here wasn't bad enugh! No! Gozaboro's now aiming for the whole world. What a snake!' Tristan muttered and made monkey noises like the robot primape he'd been turned into.
'He'll never get away with this. I'll see to it myself.' Kaiba said and set forth.
'Wait Kaiba!' Yugi said standing in his way. 'He designed this world, he's controlling everything. There's no way you could stop him even if you found him.'
'Yuug's right.' Joey took the word. 'He could be anywere and for all we know this virtual world might be as big as the real thing. Wandering off in a random direction won't get us nowhere.'
'All right then. What do you suggest we do? Sit around and wait? Stay here if you'd like but I have my own plans to work on, on the road.' he said and took off along with Mokuba.
Yugi figured they were going to have to stick together so the gang followed them. On their way they continued to discuss their strategy.
'Assuming there's nothing we can actually do against Gozaboro in his own world… The only way to stop him is to trash his super computer from the outside…' Yugi figured. 'Noah, we need you to transfer our minds back to our bodies.'
'Too late for that now. Father has sealed all the exits to the outside world. My power pales in comparison to his.'
'There's gotta be something you can do. You beat the Big 5 all on your own.' Joey said.
At this point Noah's eyes kindled with hope.
'I didn't beat them... You did.'
'Yeah sure we beat them in a duel but…'
'That's all that matters. You see, my father may have created this place, but I've made some non-rewritable developments of my own. Take the Big 5 for instance. They had the power to take your bodies by force, however their powers were useless if they couldn't beat you in a duel. I've designed a system that temporarily drained them of their given abilities when losing a duel.'
'Does this system affect Gozaboro too?' Duke Devlin asked.
'Affirmative. Defeating him should give you enugh time to reattach to your bodies and destroy the main computer.'
'Well that's just great Noah...' Mokuba siad. 'Except for one small detail. Gozaboro doesn't play duelmonsters. Only game he ever played was chess.'
'Don't worry.' Seto put a word in. 'He's a fast learner and he will duel cause we have the perfect inspiration. Me. He'd never miss out on the chance of humiliating me at my own game. We'll just turn his arrogance into a weakness.'
'Hold on rich boy!' Joey yelled. 'We're not letting you duel this guy. A duel with such stakes needs the skill of our champion, Yugi.'
'Quiet Wheeler or I'll see to it that you're left behind. I'm dueling Gozaboro. You geeks got that?'
'Very well.' Noah agreed. 'I shall take you where he's most likely to be.'
'Haven't you lost all your powers when losing the duel to Yugi?' Tea asked.
'I did say it's just a temporary thing. My powers should be restored by now.'
At this point a door appeared right next to them, confirming what Noah said. They've all entered and were teleportad to a virtual Kaiba Corp.
'If you can't control the real thing, make a cheap copy. How sad.' Kaiba mocked, then opened the doors. 'This is as far as you go.' he told the others
'No way! We're in this together.' Tea argued.
'Haven't you learned by now I'm not one of you dweebs who needs the others' support? Besides, I'm not asking you to stay here, I'm telling you not to come inside. This is family busines. Come on, Mokuba!'
So our remaining hereos stoud outside and kept waiting for half an hour until…
'What's taking so long?!' Tristan yelled. 'I can't stand waiting in suspense. For all we know Kaiba may have lost by now.'
'I know how you feel Tristan but you need to have faith in the Kaiba brothers.' Yugi said. 'The fate of the world lies in their hands now.'
'We're sooo doomed.' Joey said, silently though.
Yugi looked around the nervous faces of his friends only to notice Noah creating another doorway.
'Hey, where are you going?'
'Their family busines is mine as well.' he said then left through the door.
'Vorse Raider, attack his LPs directly!' Seto commanded, and his monster knocked of 1900 of Gozaboro's LPs. It was the first damage either player had taken after 20 minutes of play. Noah came just in time to witness it. 'I set one card face down and end my turn pops.'
'Wich brings it back to me. I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards. Then I'll set two cards face down and end my turn. Ah, I see my other disapointing son dropped in to support the first.'
'You wanna see disapointment? Just wait till my brother stops your master plan.' Mokuba thretened.
'You see that father? That's the support of a true family. A thing you never gave and were never given. Go on Seto, show this freak how it's done.' Noah encouraged.
'Well if you're quite through with your monologue… Draw. I sacrifice Vorse Raider to summon Luster Dragon #2.'
A huge daimond-scale dragon replaced the beast-warrior. It had 2400 ATK wich seemed more than enugh to whipe out what was left of Gozaboro's LPs. Especially because he was whide opened.
'Now Luster Dragon, attack his LPs directly and end this duel!'
'Did you really think I'd leave myself defencless? I activate Mirror Force reflecting your monster's attack right back at it.'
'Please, it'll take more than that to stop me. I reveal my face down, Ring of Destruction. So eventhough my monster's leaving the field we now take damage equal to its ATK. But the fun doesn't stop just there. I play Ring of Defense wich will shield my LPs from harm.'
A ring of explsives was located on the dragon's neck and blew it up dealing damage to Gozaboro's LPs. Or so the Kaiba brothers thought. But when the smoke cleared the scoreboard showed him having 2100 LPs left.
'What? Why haven't you lost any LPs?' Seto demanded.
'I told you I've set a good defense. You've trigered my other face down card, Barrel Behind the Door. It activates when I'm about to take damage and sends it all back to you. Fortunatly for you your Ring of Defense was there to protect you, otherwise you would have lost. But in this case all damage was neutralized.'
Seto: 4000
Gozaboro: 2100
'You've prolonged this for long enugh old man. I set three face downs and end my turn.'
'Come now Seto! Do you honestly believe you're in control? Maybe it's time I opened your eyes to the trueth. I play Monster Reborn to resurrect your dragon.'
'Oh no!' Mokuba yelled.
'Stand aside, you two!' Kaiba ordered his siblings. 'It's dangerous for you here.'
'Their fates have already been sealed, as has yours. Luster Dragon, attack his LPs directly!'
'Seems like you've failed to notice my face downs this time. Observ: I activate Rising Energy! Here's how it works: by discarding one card from my hand I'm able to increase a monster's ATK by 1500 for this turn.'
'But my dragon's the only monster on the field…'
'I'm avare of that. It seems as though you don't want a 3900 ATK monster.'
'You've given up and now you want to end this fast? I don't see why else you'd make such a vulgar move, but if you insist I'll take the boost and will use it against you. Attack my mighty beast!'
'Seto!' Noah yelled with concern.
„He'll activate one of his face down cards. He's got to." Mokuba thought, but he was wrong. Seto didn't counter the attack. 3900 of his LPs were burnt away.
Seto: 100
Gozaboro: 2100
'100 LPs left. You're only one attack away from defeat.' Having said that Gozaboro let out a loud laugh.
'Old man you're the one who's going to regret this attack.' Seto said and let out a laugh of his own. 'I activate Damage Condenser. By discarding another card from my hand I can special summon a monster from my deck with ATK equal to or less than the damage I just took.'
'What?!'
'Get ready to feel the wrath of my deck. Come forth, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!'
'Oh no!'
'If you think that's bad I have one last face down to play. Super Rejuvenation. It allows me to draw a card for every dragon that was sent to my graveyard this turn.'
'It's a shame you haven't lost a single monster this turn.'
'Haven't I? Remember the two cards I discarded for the effects of my trap cards? That's right pops. They were all dragons. That's two new cards.'
„I just drew Polimarization along with another Blue-Eyes. If I could draw the third Blue-Eyes I could fuse them together to form my ultimate creature. The duel would be mine." He thought.
'Not impressed Seto. I end my turn.'
'And so your dragon's ATK drops back to its original. Now my Blue-Eyes is stronger. Draw.'
„I didn't draw my third Blue-Eyes, but one head is still better than none." 'Blue-Eyes, attack his Luster Dragon now!'
The white dragon's lightning attack easily destroyed the weaker dragon.
Seto: 100
Gozaboro: 1500
'I set one card face down and end my turn.'
'Your last turn son.'
'Wanna bet?'
„With Solemn Judgment on my side, I can stop him from playing a card by paying half my LPs. So even with four cards in his hand and the card he needs to draw, there's no way he'll turn this duel around in one turn."
'With this card I shall seal your fate. Draw…'
'Noah's been gone for ever. Kaiba's been for twice as long.' Tristan complained.
At this point came a flash of light from the building.
'What was that?'
' I don't know… But I don't think it means any good for Kaiba.' Joey said.
'Enugh waiting. We have to go after them.' Yugi declared.
'Why bother? There's nobody inside.' said someone behind their back. Turning they saw Gozaboro.
'What have you done with the Kaibas?' Tea demanded.
'They've become a nuisance, so I deleted them.They're no longer part of this world or any other. They've seaced to exist.'
'They were your children you freak!' Joey yelled and rushed towards him with his fist clenched ready for a right jab. But he never got to touch the old man. Joey disapeared just before his fist could meet his jaw.
'Joey!' Serenity yelled with tears rolling down her face.
'Ah, don't cry dear. I'm good at reuniting people with their brothers.' Gozaboro said taking a few steps closer to her.
'Leave her alone!' Tristan yelled taking position in front of her.
'We're warning you.' Duke joined him.
All three of them vanished into thin air.
'Three down. Two to go.' Gozaboro said with a satisfied smirk on his face he took a few steps towards Yugi and Tea.
'Oh no!' Tea backed away.
'Don't worry. I'll protect you.' Yugi promised then used the power of his Millennium Puzzle to give control of his body to the 3000 year old pharaoh Yami. However Gozaboro's power could not be matched with ancient magic. He and Tea were deleted.
'What a shame… Now I'm all alone in this world. I have to download some more people.' he said and let out a loud laugh.
