Theres a saying that astronots use called "in space nobody can here you screm". Little do they know that its also equally just as true underground and its a saying that echoed inside Noah's mind as he faced the monster before him. The monster Noetokubeto Kaiba. He was a holograph boy that there father Gozubro had creating to be the perfect son that none of his actuall foolish sons could be! Seto took comand of the situation and shot his icy glaze toward Neoboketo. "Enough stalling, fool! Let's do this!"
The laugh exibited by Nobekoto made Noah's neck stand on end. "If that is your final wish," he said icicly emphasising the "final" part, "I'd be honored to carry it out to the end!" Seto then razed both his duel disked arms high above his head, and then shot his finger down to point at Nobekoto. The act of doing so made almost everyone in the room gape.
"I choose!...To DRAW!" Seto proclaimed and yanked 6 cards from the top of his half-deck (5 plus his drawed one) after hardly glancing over his cards at all, he already had a plan and slapped some down onto his duel disk. Noah had to smirk; he was off and running. The smirk didn't last however, becasue from his view-angle, he noticed Seto's back shacking from pain from his majestic gestures. Noah knew Sto couldn't take much more of this but how long could he last?
"HA! As dimwitted as ever I've seen you, Seto!" Neobutoeto screamed at Kaiba from accross the room. Set winced as the pain grew inside him until it burst forth in a mighty gush of pained yelling.
"Hang in there Seto." Noah thought. Seto tried valiantly to turn in into a a roar of defiance or something, but all could tell that Noetokuba wasn't buying it... The latter commenced to laugh in a deep tone that shook Noah's core and gave him a sense of fear that not even Exodia could match. "You fool", panted Seto grimly with a smirk "While you were busy laughing at my pain, I attacked your lifepoints directly!" The constantly morphing form of Noetokubo took a major a back that instantly stopped any laughing that he was currently engaged in. When he checked his life point meter indicatur, he saw that Seto had spoken TRUTH!
A shimmering Feral Imp on Setos side of the feild grinned slyly then pulled one eyelid down to make a taunting fce at Noetokuba. "Feral Imp has 1300 attack points and 1400 defense points, meaning you have only 2700 life points left and exactly 0 chances of winning," Seto stated—he looked so stately then that Noah thought he almost might have faked the screams of pain to distract him on purpose. The misture of the Imp's display, Seto's burning quip, and the idea that Kaiba was faking as if to play Nobetoeku was enough to make anyone smile, and Hoah was not immune to it's seductive powers. A wide grin sprouted on his lower face.
"Lucky move, you teme," Noebotkuba called towards the majestically roaing Seto. He pulled his cards and grinned eyeward. Sad day, friend, you fought so valiantly if sneaky like a rat. I play the Poison Grimfrog in attack mode!" Seto's eyes dilated to a glour. "That card was never put on the market", he spat, his brunette bangs swaying with the motion, "It's too dangerous! I know because it was in fact I who made sure it never saw the light of day again!"Chuckling was heard as Noetokuba rolled his head into a massive laugh that filled the entire cavern. "Then you know that it means the instant crushing of all monsters in it's path with it's Poision Cascade Wave!" "I also play a trap card down, and for now end my turn," he smirked.
Why was he being so koi? The teal-haired teen wondered. Why didn't he use the Poison Cascade Wade and put an end to the brunete?
"I NOW USE POISONGRIMFROG'S SPECIAL ABILITY! At the end of every turn, you loose a thousand life points and all of your monsters die a firey deaths!"
"NOT SO FAST" Seto barked, "I played more than just my Imp on my last turn I also played a facedown, which I now activate! Card Guard makes it so all my monsters can't be destroyed by effects and such, and if you knew your own Poison Grimfrog card better, you'd realise that I only take damage if at least on of my monsters is sent to the graveyard from that effect!" Meanwhile, Noah sighed a relief. He had always been attached to the card monsters (to attached some people told him ) maybe it was because he himself was once a virtual person like they are and the thought of the jovial imp being obligated would have been too much.
"Don't I know him better, though, "Neotobeto chuckled with menace and triumph is his obnoxious voice. He flipped up a trap card that he had laid down on his first turn. "Absorb Spell lets me gain 500 life points from your spell. Now, whenever I gain life that was, Poison GrimFrog's second hidden ability takes place and he can attack with Poison Cascade Wave immediately!" To this Seto could do nothing but grit his teeth in anger as the holographic flood moved accross the covern right towards him- and his lifepoints with him. Nearby, the teal screamed more than he thought possible. He almost sounded like... a gril? How could he be so reckless as to dismiss Kanyun like that? When Kanyun had shrieked Noah had thought he was a wuss or something but now he realises that everyone is scared and Kanyun was just sensitive to it. Sometimes screaming is just the most honest response to life. When sombody you love is in jeepardy... Noah stopped his thought right there and checked it. To his surprise, he found it was true, and his thoughts moved to what Mokuba had said in bed.
It was then that Noah heard the screaming, coming not from Seto's mouth, but from the little musle we all had in our chests. He walked over to him, and placed his arms on Seto's brauny and well formed coat. "I believe in you, Seto," Noah whispered, "and I'll help you win this weather you want my help or not."
"I believe in you, Seto," Noah whispered, "and I'll help you win this weather you want my help or not."
Seto stiffened, but said nothing. "You see, my heart tells me..." the teal could barely go on, but his memories and past had strengthened him into a new stronger Noah. The new Noah blurted "I thought I loved somebody else, but my heart tells me it's you now!"
Seto looked up into Noah's beautiful colored eyes, and coughed. What came up though, was nothing but blood. "Noah," he choked, something vagely computerized about his voice, "I have something to tell you..."
Noah was panicking right there! Something was beyond wrong and Noah knew it. He whiped his head sideways to behold Nobetekuba, who was laughing once again, but this time something about it sounded more real than ever. "Finally, I have awoken into this world as a duel master being capable of trouncing the great SETO!"
"That's enough out of you!" Noah yelled in confusion. He got the feeling that time was running up and he had to do something-anything! Noah took out his half of a duel dek from its brown pouch and slammed it into the duel disk on Seto's other arm, making the latter wince a bit. "I don't know how these holographs became real and hurt you Seto, but I'm going to beat the truth out of this third-tire fool!" But Seto's hand lunched at his own, stopping him "That's not what happened, Noah you have to listen to me!" Noah slapped away Seto's broken arm and yelled "We get a second turn now because I'm playing!"
He drew his cards and snickered lowly, allowing Seto to see the cards in his hand. With these we can win this and youll be safe and...and we can be together—he was starting to choke up. He slapped down Otohime, a three starred monster, then sacrificed it to bring out Yamata Dragon, a fearsome beast at 2600 attack points. It was a masterous move if Noah did say so himself. "Now I will attack you for ALL YOU'RE WORTH, FOOL!" Noetoetobuka screamed like Seto did after his first match with that Motou punk. "I CAN'T GO BACK TO LIVING IN THE COMPUTER IT WOULD DESTROY ME!"
"ATAAAAAAAAAAAACK!" Noah wrenched his eyes closed as he thrust his finger at the imposter hybrid. The other man's yells sounded like three people's as the many headed dragon dove into him and shattered his being. The morphing-haired figure blasted into a thousand digital pieces but his screames echoed around the cavern for a minute before fading to a stop. Noah celebrated internally and turned to check on his beloved.
Seto lay there in a fumbled heap of himself. As Noah watched, the brunette/brown haired man morphed and changed into... MOKUBA!
Noah realed at the event—was this a dream? Some sick joke? Trembling, and blinking unconsolably, he knelt beside the soft, wimpering form. Mokuba's lips managed to let out "I-I'm so s-s-sorry, Noey." Now he knew it was real, and his face erupted with a sea of tears.
"How can this be? You said the monsters weren't real so then what?" Noah cried.
"I tried to tell you. The monsters aren't real but then..." Mokuba paused, "neither was I."
Of course! "You were in a holograph Seto disguise! That would make monster attacks affective against you! But why, Moky?!" Noahs tears splashed into Mokuba's slowly-shutting eyes. "It was a test, Noey." He was struggling to breath but he pushed onward with his sentence. "After you accidentally... called me 'Moky' at Kanyun's party, I knew I had to test your love." Noah didn't try to stop his surprise from coming out. Mokuba kept going dispite all odds "Do you... remember what I asked you?" He asked through mouthfuls of cascading blood.
Noah searched the back of his head for the information he desperately requited. "You... you asked me if. "Noah choked back a weep. "if I would treat you different if you became something else." Realization rocketed through his form. Holograph disgising as Seto was a test to see if Noah could still see the Mokuba inside! The inaliable feel of love that he fealt even though it was Seto was true love!
Noah was crying what felt like more tears than his sad eyes could hold. He was too week to say anything, but Mokuba smiled lightly as if to say "Well done. You passed." The fragil boy's hazel ayes rolled up into his head and then he was gone.
Noah yelled in entropy. His cries bounced around him, and somewhere, a clock tower struck midnight... on his soul.
