Well, i finally got around to adding another chapter to this... Honestly, I think the only reason I made this chapter was because I can't work on my Treasure Planet story over this weekend. Don't get me wrong, I love writing for this fandom, but my Treasure Planet stories are taking most of my focus. Anyway, hope you like the latest chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh. The best I got are a couple deck's worth of cards.
Ebony could still remember the first time Yugi and Seto had dueled. It was all because of that fourth Blue Eyes Seto had wanted to get his hands on. Although she didn't agree with his methods, she didn't really feel as though there was anything she could do. Seto had gotten out of control in recent months. All he cared about was being the most powerful, having the best deck, being the best. By obtaining that fourth and final Blue Eyes White Dragon, he felt that he could do just that. Of course, that didn't put Ebony's mind at ease, or Mokuba's. The day of Seto's duel with Yugi, he was worse than usual. He'd become power-hungry and Ebony felt useless. She felt that all she could do was watch as her best friend was destroyed from the inside out. Seto had stopped taking care of himself and was thinner than he once was. Ebony and Mokuba worried for his health, both physically and mentally.
When Ebony came into the arena where the duel was being held, she was intending on finally confronting Seto about the problems he had. Instead, she saw him and a boy with oddly shaped, multi-colored hair. At the moment, she didn't care who this new boy was. All she wanted to do was get Seto out of there and to a place where she could help him.
"Seto!" she called. He glanced in her direction, but didn't answer.
'My brother,' Asenath whispered and Ebony gasped quietly.
The boy Seto was dueling was actually the spirit within the Millennium Puzzle, as Asenath had previously informed her. She began to fear even more for her closest friend. If this spirit was as good a duelist as his sister had said, Seto was sure to lose. As Ebony watched, she could tell she'd come in towards the end of the duel. Seto's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon was on the field and she knew no monster that could defeat it, not unless a series of magic or trap cards were accompanying it. Ebony was sure the pharaoh dueling Seto would lose this duel. However, this boy, whose name she's discovered is Yugi, froze the dragon in the Swords of Revealing Light magic card.
'He still can't win,' Ebony thought. 'It's only a matter of time before those swords give out and then Seto will be free to attack.'
'You obviously underestimate my brother. He will win this, trust me,' Asenath answered. As the duel progressed, Seto continued to taught his opponent. Then, Yugi drew a card that would seem impossible to be able to get at just that moment.
"My grandpa's deck has no pathetic cards, but it does contain this," he said in response to Seto's taunting and held up the head of Exodia. He had all five pieces in his hand, meaning he won the duel. Ebony's eyes widened in shock. Seto had never lost anything before. He always won at every game he played, from chess to duel monsters.
"That can't be! My brother never loses!" Mokuba yelled.
"You play only for power, Kaiba. That is why you lost, but if you put your heart in the game there's nothing you can't do," Yugi said.
"But… but how? How could I have lost to him?!" Seto demanded, staring down at the platform in front of him.
"Kaiba, if you really want to know, open your mind!"
Ebony watched in horror as a strange aura surrounded Yugi and Seto. Then, the aura around Seto shattered, bringing him to his knees. The dueling platforms pulled away from the arena and Ebony and Mokuba ran up to Seto. Yugi left with his friend Joey as the pharaoh returned to the Millennium Puzzle. Ebony could feel the pride within Asenath, as her older twin brother had won the duel. She knew he would be able to save the world from this darkness.
"Seto!" Ebony cried as she came to kneel beside her friend. She took notice of Mokuba's fearful expression and tried to calm him down by rubbing his back gently. "Seto, are you okay?"
Seto Kaiba slowly stood up and looked over at Ebony and Mokuba. His eyes widened as he realized what he'd become and how he'd made them fear him, or fear for him. The concern in both their eyes was for varying reasons. Mokuba hadn't seen the strange aura Ebony had, so he feared for the well-being of his brother, both before and after the duel. Ebony's fear came from both how he'd acted before dueling Yugi, as well as his well-being after seeing that strange image shatter before her eyes.
"I'm fine," Seto answered, though he didn't sound as harsh as her normally would have. Instead, he sounded slightly weakened, like he was unsure of something.
'He is unsure of who he is now,' Asenath said, causing another concerned expression to cross Ebony's features.
'Then I'll help him remember,' she answered as she helped Seto stand and the small family walked out of the dueling arena.
In the weeks that followed, Ebony and Mokuba noticed a drastic change in the way Seto behaved. He took better care of himself, eating and sleeping normally. He was still cold towards most people, but he was showing his softer side around the two of them, like he had done before. Ebony felt as though the old Seto was slowly coming back to them after so long.
"I'll have to thank Yugi and the pharaoh for that later," she mumbled as she sat at the desk in her room, staring at the Millennium Bracelet on her wrist.
There's another chapter. Hope you guys liked it. I don't know when I'll update again. Probably when I figure out which episode to focus specifically on. lol. I'm not re-writing the entire YuGiOh series with the character. lol. Anyway, please R&R.
