Chapter 2: Ultimate Dragon – Kaiba verses Jack!

Yugi's eyes twitched, he was only just recovering after his very heavy fall from the time portal. He couldn't deny that it hurt, he did fall on his head and then onto a hard floor. He was substituting for the Pharaoh who had suffered the most, still for some odd reason the impact had affected him as well. Trying his best, Yugi finally opened his eyes. He couldn't tell where he was, though if he would have guessed he would say some kind of nurses' office. He was in a very standard metal bed, with white sheets like they had in hospitals. There were curtains on every side of him, in fact the only thing that didn't make him believe it wasn't a Hospital, was because there were very basic medical charts on the wall and no high tech equipment.

He could hear voices on the other side of the curtains, implying that he was not alone. For some reason he thought two of the male voices sounded familiar, he was fairly sure he had heard them before. Though a younger boy, and two female voices with them were not so familiar.

"Um hello?" He called out wanting to figure out who was talking, or at least he was hoping that they weren't just voices in his head. The voices suddenly stopped and then Yugi saw the curtains open. There were five people in all three males and two females, he didn't recognise the older girl in the corset or the girl and boy who were clearly twins. The other two though he knew very well.
"Judai-kun, Yusei-kun wait then that means...did I just travel through time to one of your times?"

Judai didn't say anything, whilst Yusei nodded. "Yes Yugi-san you have, this is my time so I guess I must welcome you to Neo Domino."

"Neo Domino?"

"It is like your version of Domino; except it is well...you will see when you get out of here." Yusei explained trying his best to keep things serious for the time being.

This was of course ruined later by Rua. "I don't understand, what's so special about this guy? He doesn't look all that great, hey Yusei did you meet him back in time too?"

Yugi was almost stunned by this comment; he couldn't believe that the legend of the King of Games hadn't been passed down to this time. Judai looked offended by Rua's comment, after all Yugi had been his idol since childhood.
Yusei on the other hand, gave a small laugh before explaining. "Yes Rua this is the original King of Games, this is Yugi Mutou."

Aki turned to Yusei in shock. "Wait a minute Yugi Mutou, the legendary one that possessed the cards known as the Egyptian God Cards? The one with Black Magician and Black Magician Girl, I'm sorry but that seems a bit hard to believe. I mean for starters, he is a lot shorter and child like in comparison to the pictures I've seen of him."

Yugi let out a sigh before he switched to his other half. "So Aki-san is this better for you?"

Aki eyes widened in shock, at Yugi's sudden transformation, as did Rua and Ruka. Yusei and Judai smirked slightly at the sudden shock, which had come across the other three.
"Ok that is more believable."

Later when Yugi had finally got out of the nurses office, and the Academy day was over. The six friends went back to Yusei's garage; Crow was already there as they entered the main area of the garage. Yusei parked his D-Wheel and looked back at the others; silence gripped the room for a long time. It was a bit of an awkward moment since this was very hard to explain already.

"Yo everyone," Crow said cheerfully then suddenly changed in expression, "Umm ok so who are you guys?" He pointed at Judai and Yugi who was still the spirit of the puzzle.

"I'm Judai Yuki, please to meet you and this is Yugi Mutou-san we are kind of new to the area." Judai said trying his best, to make it sound like he had been from some other country or something.

"Heh I gathered that, since when we originally were searching for a man called Paradox. Your name appeared, as a person who was attacked by him in the past. So don't try and hide it." Crow laughed, his laugh wasn't cruel but it was directly pointed at Judai.

Yugi looked embarrassed; there cover up act had just failed miserably. Then again he wasn't sure if it would have worked anyway, he had a slight feeling that Yusei may have told his friends what had happened.
"Oh well I guess Judai-kun's fake act wasn't really needed then, well sorry about that it's please to meet you...uh?"

"The name's Crow, I'm one of Yusei's childhood friends. In fact in comparison to everyone else in the room, I've actually known him longer." Crow boasted.

"You all make me sound like I'm some kind of weird competition." Yusei sighed, and then looked back at the others. "Besides that we have more of a situation here then we first thought, I mean for a start it would appear Paradox may be back. So that means we must track him down, and defeat him. As for the other problem, well how are we going to get room for Yugi and Judai-san? We are full as it is."

"Well Yusei they could stay with us," Ruka said. "I mean we have enough room, and besides they could visit after school like we do."

"That's great Ruka, thank you." Yusei smiled, and then an alarm like sound came from his computer. "Oh great that might be our clue, to were Paradox is hiding. I decided to add some new features, since that encounter." Yusei sat down at his computer and started typing; he had opened up a new programme which should something like a GPS system.

Judai and the others looked on, they weren't sure what Yusei was doing but it became clear that he was searching for the disturbance. After a couple of minutes of only the sound of typing, Yusei finally stopped. He looked troubled though.
"From what I gather Paradox is not only in Yugi-san's time, he is somehow in all our times including this one and Judai's time. Hence he could send you both here at the same time however, something else is bothering me. If Paradox is everywhere at once why hasn't he altered time yet? There are no records of unusual activities or anything; it is like Paradox is waiting for something."

"If that is the case, we better go and find out what he is waiting for." Judai spoke up, he then growled in anger. "Then we stop him before he messes our futures, and also our friend's futures."

"You claim to be a king, but you seem to have a very egotistical view of things. Do you honestly believe that you can defeat me? I could beat you with one hand tied behind my back." A voice came from outside the garage, only two of the people inside knew who the voice belonged to.

"Humph, I won't be taken down by anyone who thinks so highly of themselves. Not to mention how he thinks he knows better than me. I will show you that a King's duel is all about entertainment." Another voice in which the other five people knew came from the exact same spot.

"Oh brother what has Jack gotten into now? I swear that guy has anger issues, why can't he simply calm down?" Crow moaned as he slapped his forehead, in disbelief. The six Duelists left the garage, and went to see what all the commotion was. They arrived to see Jack glaring down another Duelist; he was just as tall as Jack. Wearing a long white coat with metal studs on it, he had dark blue eyes which could pierce the soul and dark brown hair. Yugi and Judai knew him full well, he was the man known as Seto Kaiba.

"Kaiba kun, so you are here too?" Yugi gasped in shock, he couldn't believe that Kaiba would have been dragged into this as well. Still in comparison to most of the people he had seen, it was at least a relief to notice a familiar face.

Kaiba suddenly lost focus on Jack, when he heard Yugi's voice. He turned around his eyes widened. "Yugi? You are here too?" He sounded shocked, and then he smirked and gave out a light laugh. "I should have guessed my rival would be here," Kaiba then turned back to Jack, and slotted his deck in his Duel Disk. "Watch me Yugi; I will prove that no Duelist will stand in my way and only I can defeat you."

Jack and Kaiba activated their disk, still staring into one enough with their eyes. Jack's eye twitched at one point, it was clear that he wasn't going to wait much longer.

"DUEL"

Kaiba: 4000
Jack: 4000

Jack drew his card, as he declared his turn. "To begin with I will show you the kings true duel, I set two cards face down and then I summon Dark Resonator in defence mode. (1300/300)" Two set cards appeared in front of Jack, followed by an odd looking demon monster.

Kaiba smirked. "If this is what a so called King can do, I'm sure this won't take that long." Kaiba drew, sensing victory. "I will play Blood Vorse in attack mode, (1900/1200)" A foul looking beast man appeared wielding an axe emerged on Kaiba's field. "Then I will set two cards as well, and that will end my turn."

"You know the funny thing is, if you really think hard about it. These two are awfully alike." Aki said turning Yusei, she had a small cheeky smile on her face. Something which not many people would of thought, Aki could achieve.

Yusei chuckled back, "You have a very good point Aki, I mean both Jack and Kaiba seem to have very narrow minded views. You never know before too long, they may even become friends."

"Is that all? Come on if you really think you can defeat me then prove it. My turn, draw!"Jack grunted as he drew his next card. "I release my Dark Resonator in order to summon Big Piece Golem in attack mode (2100/0), this is the start of the first battle let's see if you are worth of being the King's opponent. Big Piece Golem attack Blood Vorse." Jack's Golem heading towards Kaiba's Blood Demon however, Kaiba didn't seem worried.

"Reverse Card open," Kaiba smirked as one of his set cards flipped upwards. "Shrink, this card allows me to half the attack points of one monster on the field. So now I half my Blood Vorse attack by half, and then I will open my second reverse card. Deck Destruction Virus of Death, so now I offer my Blood Vorse and with that all your monster with fifteen hundred attack or more in your hand and deck are completely destroyed." Kaiba laughed as Jack's face changed in shock, he wasn't expecting that. Most of his deck had just been destroyed in one turn, and there were barely any monsters that would beat Kaiba in his deck.

"That was brutal; who knew that Kaiba guy could cripple Jack so much. I mean isn't Jack's deck made of high attack point monsters? I hate to say but I think Jack is in a super pinch." Rua said face looked like he had just suffered a heart attack, he couldn't believe that Jack a Duelist who was an inspiration to him was losing so easily.

"Well that is a first for you Rua; you actually looked carefully at the situation." Ruka smiled before laughing, "Now if only you could be that focused in class then you would be set."

Jack sent all his monsters high attacking monsters in his hand and deck, as well as Big Piece Golem to the graveyard. He couldn't quite believe that such a combo would have destroyed his deck that easily. "I...I end my turn"

Kaiba smiled wickedly, "What a disappointment for a so called king, you still have a long way to go. Now it is my go, I draw." Kaiba drew his card a sense of satisfaction flowed through his body. "Alright then I play Pot of Greed, this allows me to draw twice more." He drew two more cards. "Now I will play one card face down and play Spear Dragon in attack mode (1900/0), now Spear Dragon attack Jack directly." Kaiba's monster obeyed, but Jack didn't look too worried.

"I special summon Battle Fader in defence mode, (0/0) this monster can be special summoned from my hand, when an opponent attacks me directly. It also allows me to stop your Battle Phase, so in other words your monster attack fails." Jack blew a sigh of relief, had the attack made it through it would have hurt.

"Well for a King you seem to be desperate, no matter this will end soon. I will end my turn." Kaiba smirked as he placed his card face down.

"You will regret insulting the King; I won't lose to someone who doesn't understand how powerful I am." Jack shouted his eyes showed the signs of flames in them.

Aki sweat dropped, "Isn't he over doing this, I mean if I remember he is the former King correct?"

"I heard that Izayoi!" Jack shouted back at her, making the violet haired Signer jump back in surprise. Jack shook his head and drew his card, "I will play one of my face down cards, Cry of the Living Dead. This card allows me to resurrect my Vice Dragon which sleeps in the grave (2000/2400)." A purple dragon with green sided wings emerged in front of Jack; it was clearly a card that had been destroyed by the Virus card. "Now I summon Trust Guardian, (0/800)"

"I activate my trap, Cloning." Kaiba interrupted, this allows me to summon a token on my side of the field. This token though gains the same attack and defence as the monster you summoned, and I can chose which mode it is in. I will pick defence." Another small Trust Guardian appeared on Kaiba's field appeared as it did on Jack's.

Jack chuckled; he had just seen a flaw in Kaiba's plan. "Bad move Kaiba, you see the token only stays on the field if my monster does. However, my Trust Guardian isn't staying on the field. I tune my level three Trust Guardian with my level five Vice Dragon." Trust Guardian transformed into three green rings, and surrounded Vice Dragon which turned into five white stars as Jack chanted.
"The ruler's heartbeats will now file through here! Take witness to its creation-shaking power! Synchro Summon! My very soul, Red Demons Dragon! (3000/2000)" Jack's ace monster emerged in a sea of flames, roaring loudly as the flames burst apart from the wings of the giant dragon.

"Whoa, hey Yusei isn't this dragon similar to yours? I remember you using that method of summoning when we fought Paradox before." Judai said whistling at the appearance of Red Demons.

"Yep that's right," Yusei nodded, "This is Jack's signer dragon, just like Stardust is mine. I've got to admit I'm amazed Jack managed to pull of that combo, as Rua said his deck is based on power and there is no doubt that Kaiba's virus combo killed most of Jack's deck. However, Jack managed to find a way around it and summon Red Demons is nothing short of amazing."

"Battle!" Jack declared, his dragon baring his fangs. "Red Demons attack Spear Dragon, Absolute Powerforce." Red Demons Dragon got closer and simply crushed Spear Dragon under his mighty claw. Kaiba flinched on the impact, completely surprised by the amount of power this new Dragon possessed. Jack smiled it was all going according to plan, and he soon ended his turn.

Kaiba: 2900
Jack: 4000

"Maybe I misjudged you, you have talent it appears. I never expect a monster quite like that however, there is one dragon that is mightier than that creature of yours and it sleeps in my deck." Kaiba said smiling at the mention of the dragon, he drew his card.
"I play two cards face down, and then I summon Kaiser Sea Horse in attack mode (1700/1650). Turn end."

Jack seemed unimpressed as he drew his card. "There is no need to worry about a weak monster like that, so now I battle Absolute Powerforce!" Jack's dragon once again lunched towards Kaiba's monster, but the attack was stopped. "What?"

"Reverse card open, Attack Nullification!" Kaiba screamed as counter trap prevented his monster from being destroyed, "This trap negates your attack and ends the battle phase. So in other words, your turn is over."

"Almost, I set one more card face down and end my turn." Jack grumbled unimpressed with the last failed attempt.

Kaiba drew sensing weakness, "I activate Kaiser Sea Horse's effect, so now I can count its tribute for a light monster two instead of one. So I tribute Kaiser Sea Horse and summon my ace monster, arise Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500)!" The infamous white dragon arose on the field, roaring with anger.

"So this is Kaiba's Blue Eyes?" Judai said, making a noise like a school boy's joy. "This is so cool; I get to see two awesome dragons. Plus I've travelled to the future all in one day; this is the craziest but best day ever."

Kaiba then ended his turn; he only had one card in his hand, though he still didn't use it. He wasn't worried about Jack's next move.

"Blue Eyes? The legendary monster apparently only three in the world exists, interesting. This will be a worth monster to crush." Jack laughed as he drew his card. "I play the trap Revival Gift, so I get Dark Resonator back in attack. Whilst you get a present as well."

Two little black creatures appeared on Kaiba's field, they were goofy looking and waving their arms frantically. "What the hell did you give to me?" Kaiba asked completely disgusted by the new creatures.

"Those are gift tokens, (1500/1500) and they are in defence mode this is all a plan to win. You will now see what I mean, Red Demons Dragon attack the gift token. Absolute Powerforce!" Jack said as he attacked one gift token before the other one blew up as well. "If you are wondering what happened to the other I will explain it is my Red Demons effect Demon Meteor! When it destroys a defence monster it destroys every other one as well. Anyway I activate Pedigree of the Destruction Deity, when I destroy a defence monster I can select a level eight monster on my field. Then that monster can attack twice, so in other words Red Demon's can attack again. So attack again Crimson Hell Flare."

Red Demon's shot red hot flames from his mouth, Kaiba seemed surprised but he order the attack of Blue Eyes White Dragon. "Burst Stream of Destruction" Both attacks hit each dragon, but only Blue Eyes was destroyed. "How did I lose my monster and you didn't? They both had the same attack points, so they should both die." Kaiba asked his eyes wide with shock.

"Trust Guardian's effect activated!" Jack explained, "The Synchro monster that I created with Trust Guardian's effect, lowers its attack by four hundred after battle in order to keep it alive." Jack smirked in satisfaction, Kaiba was wide open and he still had a monster left. "Dark Resonator attack Kaiba directly."

Kaiba once again flinched in pain as Dark Resonator attacked him, he couldn't believe he was losing the duel. Jack ended his turn knowing it was only a matter of time, before the end of the duel was certainly going to end in his victory.

Yugi had just transformed into his alter ego on the sidelines, after notice the look of disbelief and fear in Kaiba's face. "Kaiba listen to me, you aren't out yet." He said making Kaiba turn to him. "If you believe you have lost, then you really have. Didn't you say that you refused to be stopped by anyone until you beat me? Then prove it Kaiba, smash down that Dragon and win this duel."

Kaiba smiled slightly. "Then keep watching Yugi, I will show you my soul of a Duelist. Then I will meet you again, on our never ending road." Kaiba then drew his card and smiled. "I play the magic card Life-Shaving Card Treasure, so now I draw until I have five cards in my hand. Then in five turns I will send all my cards in the hand to the grave however, I wouldn't need to worry about that since I will win this turn."

"Stop screwing with me Kaiba, there is no way you can win in one turn. I have all my life points, and you have no monsters on the field." Jack screamed back in anger and disbelief.

"Oh really? Well then watch this, and I will prove you wrong. I play Resurrection of the Dead and bring back Blue Eyes White Dragon, and then I play Fusion. So now I will summon a Dragon whose power is beyond any on this world. Arise Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500/3800)!" Kaiba said laughing as his three headed Blue Eyes Dragon emerged onto the field, it was bigger and more menacing then anyone had expected.

Jack was frozen in fear at the arrival of the new dragon, he couldn't have predicted this. Kaiba on the other hand, saw the fear in Jack's eyes and smirked. "I thought the King knew no fear, the truth is as soon as you realise you've lost you can't fight back. Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Ultimate Burst." Kaiba ordered the attack on Dark Resonator which hit it hard, making Jack scream as his life points dropped heavily.

"I still survived so you lied, you haven't won yet." Jack grunted after the full force of the attack, he was hoping for that miracle card to be pulled next turn. Though he could survive through the next turn with the protection of Dark Resonator and Red Demons Dragon.

Kaiba laughed, "I see Dark Resonator couldn't be destroyed by battle once per turn however, as I said there is no next turn for you. Reverse card open Fusion Cancel, this allows me to defuse my monster, and bring back all three of my Blue Eyes White Dragons." The three Blue Eyes returned by Kaiba's side all with their original attack, and with it still being the battle phase Kaiba could attack with all three. "Blue Eyes White Dragon's attack Dark Resonator and Red Demon's Dragon. BURST STREAM!"

All three monsters fired their attacks at Jack's monsters, which hit one after another successfully. Jack screamed in pain as his monsters were destroyed, before being blown off his feet and hitting the ground behind him. Kaiba all the while laughing at his victory.

Kaiba: 1600
Jack: 0
Winner – Kaiba!

"I guess you weren't half bad, but you do have a very narrow minded view of the world. You can't expect to be a King, if you are so self centred. When you figure that out, I will duel you again." Kaiba said, as he turned and walked away.

Jack got up from his feet. "Kaiba! Listen I'm no King and I know that however, I was simply angry because you thought you could insult me by not hearing about me. That duel though showed me, you are one mighty Duelist and I will duel you again soon enough."

"Interesting, I like your style. I will see you around Jack Atlas." Kaiba turned and smiled before walking off but not before stopping by Yugi. "Yugi, when we get out of here I will duel you again. I hope you noticed now, I will not give in until I defeat you."

"I'm aware Kaiba, I'll see you later." Yugi replied, before Kaiba walked off into Neo Domino City. They all knew that soon, they would need Kaiba's help in order to stop this threat. The shadow of Paradox was looming, and it was about to get serious. The battle through time was coming.

A/N: Well finally I've finished chapter 2, sorry for a wait guys. I've been having a hard week, so it has been hard to get motivated. For all that are interested, I am using mostly Japanese Card Names as well as character names. This is because I'm a fan of the Japanese originals, then that of the dub. Anyway here is the preview for chapter 3.

Yusei: Aki, why did you want to see me? Why did you want to meet me here alone, is something bothering you?

Aki: Yusei things are getting dangerous again, I want to be part of this as well. After all I don't want anything to happen to you.

Yusei: Aki nothing will happen to me...Aki look out. *Screams out in pain*

Aki: Yusei!

???: Yusei? Oh no I'm something much more interesting.

Next time – The Shadows of the enemy – Paradox Yusei?