A/N: Nothing to say here save that I hope you enjoy this chapter. Thank you wwe21 for favoriting this story and I hope you like this chapter and the rest. Also, I apologize for not getting this posted on time but I got very busy and the update on my crossover story took me way longer than I expected.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except "Revenge of the Blue-eyes". Kazuki Takahashi owns all of Yugioh.
Chapter 2: Another Test, Another Glitch
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It had been a busy week preparing and finalizing the locations to be used in the tournament. A business meeting of six men, four of which were presidents, regarding the use of the country, Egypt, had just ended. Three deep tanned men in white thobes (the middle man had a black and gold bisht covering his thobe) with gold turbans on their heads stood up on one side of the rectangular glass table. At the same time, across from them, stood up three other men in different colored suits and different colored hair. The middle tanned man, the President of Egypt, reached his hand out to shake the hands of the three gaming company presidents, signifying the deal was sealed.
"I look forward to having your tournament take place in the beautiful, sand-filled country of Egypt. *Wadaeaan washukraan lakum."
A man with black hair and wearing a gray suit standing off to the side translated for the men who could not speak or understand Arabic. "Goodbye and thank you."
Two men, one with short, brown hair in an all white suit with a light blue tie and a blue collared shirt underneath and the other with long, pink hair wearing a palatinate purple suit over a ruffled white dress shirt and around his neck and resting against his chest was a cerise colored frilled jabot, responded with "your welcome" as they each shook the Egyptian President's hand. But the third man, this one having silver hair that covered the left side of his face and was dressed in a red overcoat that covered his white shirt and red pants to match, responded, "*Ealaa alrahab w alsiea."
"You're welcome." Translated the group's translator.
"Show off." Whispered the pink haired man in a German accent.
The three Egyptians were then escorted out and the translator went back to his normal duties leaving the three gaming presidents alone in the conference room. And being alone with them was not something a certain CEO in the room would care for. The man in the white suit spoke first.
"Now, if you gentlemen would excuse yourselves out of my company, it would be greatly appreciated. I have another matter to attend to."
The silver haired man smiled mischievously as he said, "Going to test the new card out, Kaiba-boy?"
Kaiba's death glare at that comment did not go unnoticed by the pink haired German. He enjoyed toying with his rivals, no matter who they were.
"Vat card? Ooh, wait, don't tell me. It's ze card Pegasus created just for you, err Kaiba?" He asked with a sarcastic smirk. How in the world did he know?
As if reading his mind, Pegasus answered for him. "I told him, Kaiba-boy. Honestly, did you think he was reading your mind? I thought you didn't believe in hocus-pocus magic stuff." Kaiba shifted his glare back to Pegasus who was smiling as widely as he could. Doesn't he ever stop smiling just for the hell of it?
"Hmph." Was all Kaiba could manage to say as he walked by them and headed for his elevator. He was almost rid of them... or so he thought. He pushed the elevator button when he heard two sets of footsteps stop behind him instead of waiting for the other elevator.
"Can't you two take a hint and leave me alone already? Your business here is finished, so I suggest you take another elevator down before I really lose my temper and have you thrown off of this floor." Which would have ended up in immediate death considering they were about 700-800 feet up in the air.
"Now, now, Kaiba, we zought it would be nice if we accompanied you down to your lab. I really want to see zis new card of yours in action."
Pegasus chimed in also. "And as its creator, it's only fair that I be there for the first test." Kaiba closed his eyes and exhaled slowly out of his nose. These two were obviously not going to be leaving any time soon and knew his threat was nothing short of an empty one.
"Fine, you can come down with me. But as soon as you've seen the card, I want you both out of here. Is that clear?" He growled that last part, really hoping they would finally understand they were not welcomed here. The elevator dinged, signifying its arrival. The doors opened and the trio stepped inside, with Kaiba pushing the "Basement" level.
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"Everything is ready, Sir." A bearded man in a white lab coat informed his youngest master, a kid, who appeared to be around 13 years old, who had long, raven black hair and was wearing a blue and green striped shirt with a yellow vest and blue jeans and white sneakers. He nodded in acknowledgement.
"Good, my brother is on his way down. I just spoke with him."
A couple of minutes went by when the elevator dinged. Everyone stopped what they were doing and gave the new arrivals their full attention. No one dared anger their head master, and made sure to be completely respectful, though they were frightened of him at the same time. Everyone but the kid in the room, that is. He casually walked up to the brown haired, blue-eyed CEO.
"All systems are ready, Seto." Kaiba nodded without saying anything. He walked by and the younger teen's violet-gray eyes widened when he saw who had come down with his older brother.
"Hello young Mokuba, it is so very good to see you! How are you? Is Kaiba treating you well? How is...?" But Pegasus couldn't finish his last question for Kaiba had immediately stepped in between him and his brother.
"That is enough, Pegasus. I let you come down here for one reason, and that reason only, do you understand? Don't talk to anyone, especially Mokuba." He said his brother's name with a dangerously threatening tone. He turned to his brother, his tone softening a little. "Activate the duel computer."
Mokuba nodded and headed over to one of the computers. Kaiba turned back to his "guests".
"Not another word out of you. That includes you as well, Zigfried."
"Excuse me for being friendly, Kaiba-boy." Pegasus exclaimed, pretending to pout as he pushed his hair aside.
"Vatever, Kaiba." Zigfried also didn't seem to be taking Kaiba's demand seriously.
Kaiba grabbed his briefcase from under a desk and opened it, revealing a duel disk strapped in the top half and dozens of Duel Monsters cards neatly placed in the bottom half. He unstrapped the disk and slid it on his left arm. Under the disk was another stack of cards. His own personal deck. The same deck that he used in all his duels, the very deck with the deadly "Blue-eyes White Dragons" and his new card that he came to test. Yes, his new card. He would find a way around the contract and make it his. But for now, he would play along with Pegasus's head games.
"It's time, start it up." He demanded his research team while shuffling his deck and then placing it up on the duel disk which was now strapped to his left arm.
"Yes, Sir!" They responded and begin to start up the duel as Kaiba stepped out into the lab. He had given the duel computer a deck strong enough to destroy a single "Blue-eyes" though he hated the feeling that he was betraying his favorite monster, but it was necessary to test out "Revenge of the Blue-eyes"'s effect. He drew his first five cards and he and the duel computer both said "let's duel" in unison.
Seto Kaiba - LP: 4000
Duel Computer - LP: 4000
"I'll start first." The Kaiba Corp. CEO drew his sixth card and placed it in his hand. He then took another card from his hand and placed it on his disk, face up horizontally. "I summon Mystic Horseman[1300/1550] in defense mode." A centaur with a scythe appeared kneeling in front of Kaiba.
"Next, I place this card face-down. That will end my turn." Once the computer attacks, I can block it with ease. Kaiba looked back at his hand which held Battle Ox, Polymerization, De-spell, and the card he just drew: Shrink. I can summon my Battle Ox and fuse my two mythical creatures together. Once I draw my Blue-eyes and De-fusion cards, I can make the Rabid Horseman two monsters again and sacrifice them to summon Blue-eyes White Dragon. Hopefully, the computer won't destroy it before I draw that one card.
In a female robotic voice, the computer informed it was drawing a card from the deck it was hand given by Kaiba. It then explained it was placing a set card on the field before summoning Ancient Elf[1450/1200] in attack mode. A she-elf in a purple robe that hugged her waist and legs like a mermaid's tail and wearing a tall purple hat resting a top her long black hair materialized across from the centaur. In her hand was an unusual red staff with a blue orb at the top.
Second, the computer played Elf's Light which increased the Ancient Elf's attack by 400 but decreased the defense by 200.
Ancient Elf[1850/1000]
The computer then informed it was attacking Mystic Horseman.
It took my bait. "I activate Negate Attack, which stops Ancient Elf's attack!"
But the computer was ready for that and activated its own set card: Remove Trap. The Negate Attack was destroyed before it could block the elf's attack and the purple ball of magic struck the Mystic Horseman. But luckily it was in defense mode so Kaiba didn't suffer any damage but his original strategy was ruined. Mokuba watched on in fear, though he trusted his brother, something in the pit of his stomach told him something was not right. Surely it's my imagination, Big Brother's got this!
The computer ended its turn and Kaiba drew to begin his. I don't believe this! I just drew my Blue-eyes but I lost my Mystic Horseman. No matter, Battle Ox can still take down that pathetic elf. I'll just have to find another way to summon Blue-eyes.
"I summon Battle Ox[1700/1000] in attack mode!" In a bright flash appeared a minotaur with an ax in its muscly arms. Protecting its head was a red and yellow helmet and it had matching shoulder pads and bracelets. It snarled and shot out "smoke" from its nostrils. However, Kaiba still needed to raise his Battle Ox's attack but thanks to a magic card in his hand, he didn't have to increase Battle Ox's attack, rather decrease Ancient Elf's attack.
"I activate De-spell! I will remove and destroy the Elf's Light card, reducing the Ancient Elf's attack to its original 1450 attack points!"
Ancient Elf[1450/1200]
"Now, Battle Ox, it's time to avenge your fallen comrade! Attack the elf!" The minotaur roared a battle cry and sprinted towards the purple clad elf, raising its axe above its head to deliver a crushing blow to its opponent's head. The axe hit its target and the elf cried out before diminishing into many pixels.
Duel Computer – LP: 3750
"I think that is enough punishment for now. I set one card and end my turn."
Up in the control center, Pegasus, Zigfried, and Mokuba, along with the rest of the research team, observed the duel with great interest. Pegasus couldn't wait to see how his new card actually worked but Zigfried was only enjoying the sport of it all, and that included taunting as well.
The pink headed, fashionable German pressed the intercom button so that Kaiba would hear him.
"Really, Kaiba, is zat ze best you can do? Oh, silly me, perhaps you don't have any good cards in your hand to play, err Kaiba? Heh he heh."
"I said, 'not a word out of you', you foolish fiend." Kaiba retorted. Zigfried and Pegasus were getting on his last nerves.
"Well put, Zigfried. I couldn't have said it better myself." Pegasus encouraged, which earned a "hey, shut up!" look by Mokuba.
The computer initiated its turn and played Cost Down. It then summoned a five star monster known as Armed Dragon Level 5[2400/1700]. A gray dragon with a red underbelly and wings emerged. Embellishing its body were silver spikes and drills of all sizes. Its turquoise eyes stared menacingly at the minotaur.
Kaiba's expression did not change even though he knew where this was heading. The duel computer was planning on destroying his Battle Ox and once it accomplished that, one of the dragon's effects would activate allowing the computer to trade its dragon for an even stronger Armed Dragon.
The computer set one card down before doing just as the company's CEO predicted. It declared an attack on Battle Ox. Just as the dragon was flying over to the weaker beast, Kaiba smirked and activated his set card. "Not so fast, I play Shrink!"
The Dragon's form got smaller and its attack was decreased by half.
Armed Dragon[1200/1700]
"Battle Ox, counterattack!" The minotaur swung its axe back at the spiked dragon but the computer informed it was activating its face-down card which was revealed as "Twister". The computer explained it would pay 500 life points to activate said card and destroy one face-up spell card on the field. Unfortunately for Kaiba, Shrink was the only one to choose.
Duel Computer – LP: 3250
"Oh no!" Kaiba was shocked that the computer outsmarted him again. As a holographic tornado spun over the Shrink card and destroyed it, Kaiba thought about how the Twister card was even in the computer's deck. I don't recall having put that card in the deck. Perhaps it was stuck to another card? But then that would make the computer at having a total of 41 cards. There's only one way to find out.
Shrink was destroyed and Battle Ox still went through with its attack only to destroy itself since Armed Dragon was back to its original attack of 2400. The result was Kaiba's life points descending by 700 points.
Kaiba – LP: 3300
Kaiba then spoke into the mouthpiece of his headset.
Up above, Mokuba's stomach tightened. How could this have happened? The computer has been one step ahead of his brother the entire duel, almost as if the computer was actually human. Suddenly, a thought hit him and it wasn't a good one.
"Benjamin."
The bearded scientist he had spoken to before Seto's arrival to the lab responded.
"Yes, Master Mokuba?" Before Mokuba could speak his brother's voice came into the earpiece of his own headset.
"How many total cards does the computer show was given to the Duel Computer?"
"Let me check." After a few seconds of typing, Mokuba found what he was searching for. He spoke into his mouthpiece. "40, and they were all put in by you. Is something wrong?"
Not all of them were… Kaiba pondered to himself as he responded to his little brother. "No, everything is fine. I just had to be sure."
Mokuba noticed his brother's voice a little off and it reminded him what he was going to ask Benjamin.
"Benjamin, what power level did you set the computer at?" Please don't tell me what I think it is.
The scientist fidgeted for a moment before answering. He was just following orders but knew the young boy before him was not going to like his answer. Mokuba began growing impatient.
"Well, Benjamin? What level is it on?!" He said the last few words a little slower, emphasizing his annoyance at waiting.
Benjamin finally caved in and told his master everything. "Max power, Sir. It was Master Kaiba's orders. I tried to reason with him, I reminded him of what almost happened the last time he did this, but he just wouldn't listen. Please, forgive me." The scientist bowed, the sincerity in his body language. And Mokuba knew nothing could be done except to wait the duel out and hope Seto came out as the winner.
By now, the computer had a new dragon on the field. This one was very similar to its "relative" that it just replaced, only it was solid red and much bigger, even the spikes and drills were bigger, and wore silver armor. The computer had used Armed Dragon Level 5's effect to replace it with Armed Dragon Level 7[2800/1000]. It set one card face-down,then, ended its turn giving Kaiba one final chance.
It all comes down to this last draw. If I can't draw what I need now… Cobalt eyes moved to the right side and gazed upon Pegasus and Zigfried, both looking greatly amused by Kaiba's current situation. ...those two freaks will never live it down.
He glanced back down at his deck and closed his eyes in thought. Yugi Mutou, The King of Games, his arch rival, his most worthy opponent, believes in a power known as "The Heart of the Cards". But Kaiba still wasn't, and will probably never be, sure if it actually exists. All he knows is it has helped Yugi in almost every situation. Kaiba remembered the time he was forced to believe in this power. Back then, Pegasus was trying to take over Kaiba Corp. and had kidnapped Mokuba to do it. Pegasus had sealed Mokuba's soul in a blank dueling card and forced Kaiba to duel Yugi for the privilege to challenge him. For Mokuba's sake, he allowed himself to believe in something he would normally never believe in.
But this wasn't about Mokuba. Still, he needed a miracle for this last draw. And besides, what could it hurt?
He slowly slid the top card off the deck and stuck his arm out holding the card away from him, the back of the card facing him. He silently begged "The Heart of the Cards" to help him, then, very slowly, began turning the card over to see what he had drawn.
As the spectators continued to watch, Mokuba and Pegasus understood Kaiba's notion. Zigfried, however, was baffled. He looked at Pegasus with confusion.
"Vat is he doing, err Pegasus?"
"I believe he is using a technique I have seen Yugi Mutou use many times. It is called, 'The Heart of the Cards'." But that was all he could say.
Kaiba turned the card over and saw it was his Card of Demise. Excellent!
"I play Card of Demise! This lets me draw three cards to make my hand have a total of five." He drew three cards and peered at them. He was bestowed Pot of Greed, Spear Dragon, and Lord of Dragons. "Next I play the magic card, Pot of Greed."
As Kaiba drew his next two cards thanks to the effect of Pot of Greed, Pegasus smiled, agreeing with Zigfried from his earlier taunting.
"I think you're right, Zigfried. He seems to be desperate for a good move now, doesn't he?" Zigfried smirked back but said nothing. Mokuba shot a glare to Pegasus before looking back to his brother, worry filling every part of him.
As he gazed upon the two new cards he just drew, Kaiba began chuckling lightly. He had drawn Flute of Summoning Dragon and Revenge of the Blue-eyes. Inwardly, he said, this duel is over.
"I put this card face-down. Next, I summon Lord of Dragons[1200/1100] to the field, in attack mode!" A card appeared face-down, then a bright flash as a man clad in an armor of dragon bones, a dragon's skull was his breastplate, and adorned with a blue cape, rose up from the ground and stood tall, guarding its master.
It's time. I expect that his face-down is none other than my Revenge of the Blue-eyes. How exciting! Pegasus mused. Kaiba continued with his move, his very predictive move to the spectators.
"I'll equip Lord of Dragons with this card: Flute of Summoning Dragon! With this card I can summon up to two dragons from my hand." The Lord of Dragons held up a yellow flute that looked like a dragon's head and neck and blew into it. Kaiba took two cards from his hand and slapped them on his duel disk.
"So, I call upon Spear Dragon[1900/0] and my mighty Blue-eyes White Dragon[3000/2700] in Attack Position!"
A small tan-bellied and blue-backed, blue-winged dragon appeared with a nose in the shape of a long spear, kind of like a sword fish, and next to it, in a grand array of blue and white streams of light, appeared the teen CEO's favorite signature card: Blue-eyes White Dragon. Each dragon roared but the Blue-eyes won the contest of the loudest roar. It was also the most majestic creature on the field. Even the Armed Dragon across the way, in all its spikes and armor, seemed to be quivering in fear.
Kaiba pointed his right forefinger at the Armed Dragon and commanded, "Go, Blue-eyes, and destroy the Armed Dragon. White Lightning!"
The dragon roared, as if to say "with pleasure", and obediently obeyed its master. It opened its mouth wide, electricity sparking from it, and from the back of the throat a ball of white lightning inside shot out towards the armored dragon. But the computer activated its set card: Dragon Treasure.
Equipped with Dragon Treasure, Armed Dragon Level 7's attack rose to 3100, just enough to counterattack and wipe out Blue-eyes White Dragon from the field. To the onlookers, Kaiba was as good as done.
"Zis has been much entertaining but, unfortunately, I didn't come here to watch him lose like zis. I'll be taking my leave."
"I would wait if I were you, Zigfried. Look..." Pegasus pointed at the glass but his finger was really pointing at the playing field below. The Blue-eyes was destroyed and Kaiba's life points decreased by another 100 points. But Kaiba was actually smirking.
Kaiba - LP: 3200
"Now, the moment I've been waiting for. Destroying my Blue-eyes was a big mistake because I can now activate my trap: Revenge of the Blue-eyes!" A trap card rose up and glowed, representing its activation. A dragon's cry, specifically Blue-eyes White Dragon, could be heard all around, but not a single dragon was in sight. Not a minute after the roaring of the dragon, from the heavens above, a ray of blue and white light shot down onto the duel computer. Kaiba explained the trap's effect.
"Thanks to this card, my opponent gets a direct attack equal to half of the Blue-eyes White Dragon that was just destroyed. So, I lost 100 life points but my opponent loses 1500!"
Duel Computer - LP: 1750
"Next, I attack with Spear Dragon to finish this duel! Cyclone Blast!" The spear nosed dragon shot out a whirlwind of air when all of a sudden, the computer then started saying, "Error. Error. Error." and so on. The attack was negated and all of the cards vanished as the duel had come to a close.
Kaiba shouted into his mouthpiece, enraged at the incident now unfolding before him. "What is going on?! Somebody better have an explanation for this!"
Mokuba answered his brother immediately. "The team is searching up on it now. But, Seto, something seems to be infecting the system. I think the computer thinks there is a fire or something cause we can't open the doors to get you out."
"What?! Are you saying I'm trapped in here?"
"Unfortunately... What do we do?"
Kaiba racked his brain for an idea but nothing came to mind, save for one but it was very risky. The only way to unlock the now infected, computer-controlled doors would be to shut down the mainframe and reboot everything. But during the reboot session, the system would be vulnerable to outside hackers, and there were two people in his lab that have hacked into his systems in the past. However, it was their best option to free him from the "prison" he was now stuck in.
"There's only one thing we can do. I'll need you to relay this information to Roland but you cannot let Pegasus or Zigfried find out. Now, listen closely..."
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"Good day, Mister Roland." One employee acknowledged his co-worker, a tall man in a black and white suit, black pants and shoes, and black shades to complete the ensemble. His short, teal hair and small black mustache made him stand out above the rest of what many Kaiba Corp. employees called, "the suits", which was what they called their security for they were always in black jackets, white collared shirts, black pants and shoes, and lastly, black shades.
"It is, isn't it?" Roland greeted back. He approached a counter with a coffee machine and poured some coffee into the cup he brought with him. A ringing in his right ear alerted him to an incoming call from his cellphone in his pocket. He tapped a button on his blue-tooth earpiece.
"This Roland." He began sipping on his hot beverage when the voice on the other end shouted in his ear, causing him to choke on his coffee.
"Roland, we need your help!" Cough… Cough… Cough…
"Did I cause this? I'm so sorry, are you okay? Do you need help?" The frantic child's voice began his series of 20 questions when Roland finally pulled himself together.
"I'm fine, really." Clears throat. "Now, what is going on, Master Mokuba?"
"Okay, so here's the thing. The duel computer is infected and it has sealed the doors to the lab. But that's not our only problem. Seto is trapped in the lab and we can't get him out!"
Roland's face appeared to have been drained of all its normal color when he heard that last sentence. If he didn't get his master out of this predicament then there would be hell to pay. Namely, he would lose his job and he was more than sure his employer would make the rest of his life a living hell, so to speak.
"What we need to do is shut down the mainframe and reboot the entire system, but Seto's worried about Zigfried and Pegasus trying to pull something since the system will be vulnerable to outside interferences. Think you can stall them while I reboot it?" Mokuba pleaded with his brother's right-hand man and his own close friend. Mokuba needed to use his own codes to do the job, seeing as how there was no possible way for Kaiba to do it now.
Roland took a handkerchief out of his pocket and dabbed the sweat forming on his forehead. He knew what he had to do but that didn't mean he was going to enjoy it. "Yes, Master Mokuba, I will take care of them."
"Great! Meet us in the lab. I gotta go, before Zigfried and Pegasus get suspicious." Click. Roland sighed and downed the rest of his coffee before heading down the hall to the elevators.
Ten minutes later...
"Won't you gentlemen care for something to drink?" Roland asked Pegasus and Zigfried as he tried profusely to keep their attention away from the computer acting out in the lab. Mokuba had told them he was going to check with the security to see what they had found about the incident, but in reality he was heading to the most bottom floor where the mainframe was located. He knew his brother was counting on him and he wouldn't let him down. The duel computer was still saying "Error..." over and over but nothing else was happening. Kaiba was really getting annoyed with the repetitiveness but knew there was nothing that could be done until Mokuba rebooted the system. After about five more minutes, Mokuba informed his brother that the system was rebooting.
"It's about time." Kaiba mumbled to himself. He looked back towards the control center and could see Pegasus and Zigfried chatting with Roland, what about he had no idea and he really could care less. Just as long as they didn't try to pull anything was all he really cared about. In all honesty, he really just wanted them to leave and never come back. The elevator dinged and Mokuba walked back out.
"Alright, the computer glitch should be taken care of in just a few minutes."
As soon as he finished updating everyone, Benjamin got up quickly and informed them he was going to the restroom and would be right back. From his position on the other side of the glass, Kaiba saw his scientist's fast movements and told Mokuba to give the headset to Roland. "Roland, follow him."
"Yes, Sir." But just as Roland was about to head in the direction Benjamin had gone into the duel computer began an announcement that was only more bad news than they already had.
"Warning! Warning! A destructive virus has been detected. Duel computer is set for self-destruction in 15 minutes!"
A/N: Okay, not quite the way I had planned for this chapter but I'm happy with it. Sorry if the end is a little cheesy, but you know how the computers in the series are and plus, I'm sure this is not a real virus, but again, this is Yu-Gi-Oh so the computers are always cheesy. Please don't be angry with me, you top notch computer nerds:) Stay tuned for the next chapter (I have no clue when I'll get it posted, it might possibly be after New Year's but not 100% sure on that).
P.S. I forgot to add a note for the *s in the story. These were what I found from Google Translator, from English-Arabic. So, if these are wrong, please be mad at Google, not me.
