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Quest for the Seventh Item
Fanfic Chapter 273: Battle of the Blue-Eyes Pt 1: The Kaibaman
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Shaheen left the others to be buried only to find him self in deep trouble as he was confronted by a mysterious purple-cloaked figure. Using only Zombie-type monsters, the mysterious intruder defeated Shaheen. Yugi and Harold were able to get rid of the sand and after giving Amara a pep talk, they all agreed to stop playing by Hinxton's rules and start playing by their own. They escaped and Amara was given the opportunity for a rematch with Shaheen. This time, the tables were turned as Amara was the one who was keeping her cool and Shaheen, still reeling from his previous defeat, was ill-tempered. And thanks to her Penumbral Soldier Lady and Princess of Tsurugi, Amara won her rematch. However, if this Card Guard was strong enough to take out Amara, who could be strong enough to take on the next one?
Unknown to anyone, there was a second intruder inside Hinxton's castle home. Like the first one, the second intruder had been watching Yugi and his friends enter the front gate of Hinxton's mansion but lost them after they fell through the floor. He now wandered the ground floor of Hinxton's mansion. Where are they? The second intruder thought.
"Are we back on the ground floor?"
"Yes."
"Okay, four Card Guards down, how many left, Faley?"
"Only two, Harold, but trust me, they are no picnic."
"When are they ever?" Joey asked rhetorically. The group came out of a side hallway. Without glancing in the intruder's direction, they turned and continued down the hallway. After a pause, the intruder followed.
"Hey Yugi," Amara said. "Did you ever have that feeling that we're forgetting something?"
"I know what you mean, Amara, it does feel like we're missing something. But now isn't the time, we have to concentrate on finding Hinxton."
"That's right," Kevin said, "And once we do, we'll make him pay for everything."
"Kevin, are you sure you're up to it?" Tea asked. "Don't forget what happened to Amara, she let her anger control the way she dueled and she lost."
"Its okay, Tea, I'll try to keep a calm head. Plus don't forget, I was trained by the best."
"No offense, Kev, but if you're talking about Mai, don't forget that she lost to both Yugi and Joey," Tristan reminded him.
"Tristan, now is not the time to be bringing him down a peg," Tea scolded.
"Its okay, Tea, I understand," Kevin said. "Fortunately, I have a few new strategies lined up."
"Can't wait to see them," Joey said. But in his mind, he was thinking, Kevin's pretty stoic but I can see right through him, he misses Mai more than anyone. Not that I blame him, Mai was one of the few Duelists I can duel my hardest with and still be friends at the same time. We didn't exactly part on good terms last time we met. I just hope we get to see her again.
The group skidded to a halt at the end of the hallway. A curved wall accented a large door. "This door leads up to Hinxton's private study," Faley explained.
Kevin pulled on the door but it wouldn't budge. "It's locked."
Tristan tried kicking it, but it held firm. "It's locked up tighter than Fort Knox."
"Follow me," Faley said. "There's a side entrance." She led everyone down a left hallway. Soon, the second intruder came up to the door. The intruder tried it and found it locked. How annoying. The intruder continued following Yugi and his friends.
Faley led the kids into a white room. "Just on the other side of this room is a door that'll lead to a staircase that'll take us up to the ramparts encircling Hinxton's private study. From there, it's a short catwalk to the front door."
"That's a door you shall never open," a new voice said.
"Oh crap, not him," Faley groaned. They turned and saw a man with long hair dressed in a black wetsuit. Faley's eyebrow twitched. "Gerard."
"How's it going, toots, weren't we supposed to be on a date today? I didn't know you were into younger men."
"Weren't you already taken?" Harold asked.
"Tell that to him. If you guys want to proceed, you'll have to get past him. Yugi, you better deal with him."
"How come?" Yugi asked.
"His deck contains an powerful monster, one that only you can deal with."
Gerard smirked. "Aww, Faley, you revealed my secret. Oh well, since the cat's out of the bag, I guess there's no harm in showing you my powerful monster." He removed a card from his Duel Disk and showed it to them.
They all gasped. "No, it can't be!"
"Not that monster!"
"How is it possible?"
The card Gerard was holding was the Blue-Eyes White Dragon (1). "That's right, the one monster that even the King of Games had trouble beating, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
"I thought there were only four made," Tea said.
"So did I," Yugi said. "Kaiba had three and my Grandpa has one but that one's never used. There's no way it can be real."
"But it is real. The four you are talking about are the production model Blue-Eyes White Dragons, but Pegasus always creates a prototype, a test version if you will, of each card, especially of cards as powerful as the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. And this particular prototype just happened to fall into my hands. And my deck is full of cards to support it. I am the true master of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
A harsh laugh echoed through the room, "You wouldn't know what to do with a Blue-Eyes if it was telling you what to do."
"Oh no, don't tell me it's…" Joey trailed off. They all turned to look behind them.
Hinxton gasped, "Crap, I was hoping to avoid dealing with him." He slid his chair over to a microphone.
Everyone watched as Seto Kaiba walked into the room. "Well, what do we have here? A Duel Monsters tournament, I guess my invitation must've been lost in the mail."
"Kaiba!"
"What's he doing here?" Joey asked.
"I don't remember passing him on our way in," Tristan said.
There was a click as Hinxton's voice came from an overhead speaker, "This is a private gathering. I don't recall inviting you, Seto Kaiba."
"I guess life's just full of disappointments, isn't it? But then again, you would know all about that, wouldn't you?"
"Kaiba, how'd you find us here?" Yugi asked.
"I thought you dweebs were acting more freaky than usual so I followed you based on a hunch. And as usual, my hunches paid off. I knew about the prototype Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but I didn't expect to find it in the hands of an imbecile working for an imbecile."
"You dare call me an imbecile? I have more skill over my single Blue-Eyes White Dragon than you do with all three of yours."
"Bull," Kaiba spat. "There's only one master of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and that's me!"
"Then why don't you put your cards where your mouth is."
"Fine, I will." Kaiba cast a side glance at Yugi. "Yugi, lend me your Duel Disk."
"Sure," Yugi said removing his Duel Disk and handing it to Kaiba.
"Thanks," Kaiba said taking out his deck. "This won't take long." He started to walk towards Gerard.
"Don't screw this up, rich boy," Joey called. "If you botch this up, we could be down here for the rest of our lives!"
Kaiba glared daggers at Joey, "What are you blabbing about, Wheeler?"
"That's what you get for being late to the party," Hinxton said. "Wheeler may be a moron, but he's right in this case. In the event that any of my Card Guards were to win, this lot would be trapped in my fortress for the rest of their lives! And by interfering, Seto Kaiba, you have tied your fate with theirs. I may have given you all a pass with Shaheen, but no more. Plus, if you lose, it will mean the end of the game of Duel Monsters."
"Ending Duel Monsters? You're just as insane as ever, Hinxton."
"I have your retched father to thank for that."
"We're not playing by your rules any more, Hinxton!" Yugi declared.
"Yeah, now you have to play by our rules," Joey said pushing up his sleeve.
"And I guarantee we'll be just as fair to you as you have been to us," Tristan threw in.
"Not if I have anything to say about it," Gerard said. "If you want to get to Mr. Hinxton, you'll have to get past me."
"Gerard, beat them all!"
"Yes, sir," Gerard said. They met at the center, exchanged and shuffled their decks, then passed them back.
Returning to his side of the field, Kaiba said, "I have studied the Blue-Eyes White Dragon for years. I know its strengths and I've been shown its weaknesses."
"Then in that case, I'll go first," Gerard said. "Let's duel!"
(G: 4000)
(K: 4000)
"You know what," Harold said. "I just realized where that missing feeling came from. We were in a Duel Monster's tournament and haven't run into Kaiba."
"Just our luck," Joey grumbled.
"I'll start off by summoning Kaibaman (2) in attack mode." Yugi and his friends gawked at the warrior monster. It was clad in a black shirt and slacks under a red v-neck shirt and white duster. Its long hair flowed out from behind a dragon-shaped helmet, its eyes covered by a mask.
It basically looked like Kaiba wearing a dragon mask.
"Is this some kind of sick joke?"
"The joke's on you, rich boy, your Duel Disks have the ability to detect and play any valid card. And wouldn't you know, this card was printed just last week. And guess who got the first copy."
"I know Pegasus isn't evil or anything like that, but I still think he's got a few screws loose," Joey said. The others nodded.
"But wait, it gets better. You can probably figure out its special ability." Kaiba was silent. "Looks like you don't know, should've expected as much. By sacrificing it, I can summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Kaibaman disappeared and the familiar dragon appeared on the field.
I never thought I'd meet someone who also has a Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Kaiba thought. Up until now, the only time I went up against Blue-Eyes is when someone took one of mine away from me.
"Fortunately for you, I can't attack on my first turn," Gerard said. "So I'll set one card face-down and end my turn.
Kaiba started his turn. Well if he can summon his Blue-Eyes White Dragon on his first turn, then I can too. "I play the magic card White Dragon Ritual which…"
"Not so fast, rich boy, I reveal my trap card Magic Jammer!" Gerard deposited a card in his graveyard. "Now, unless you can discard a magic card, the one you just played is negated and destroyed."
Kaiba looked through his hand but all he had were monsters and trap cards. He could only watch in horror as his ritual card was destroyed. "No matter, I can still summon my Blue-Eyes, I summon Kaiser Sea Horse (3) in defense mode. I'll also set one card face-down and end my turn."
His Kaiser Sea Horse counts as two tributes when it's used to sacrifice a light attribute monster, Gerard thought. And that trap card must be designed to prevent it from being destroyed until he can use it during his next turn. But that won't happen. Gerard drew a card, "Okay, I choose to attack your Kaiser Sea Horse with my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" The Blue-Eyes fired an energy blast which destroyed Kaiser Sea Horse. "So I'll just lay another face-down and end my turn."
Kaiba chuckled. "I thought you might do that," he said as he drew a card. "Which is why I set a trap card! Go, Call of the Haunted! This trap card lets me bring a monster back from the graveyard." Kaiser Sea Horse reappeared. "Looks like we'll get to see whose mastery of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon is the best."
"Why in such a hurry?" Gerard asked. "Activate trap card: Skill Drain!"
"Oh no, not that!"
"Skill Drain, what does that do?" Tristan asked.
"It cancels out all monsters' special abilities," Yugi explained. "And since he only has to pay 1000 life points to activate it."
(G: 3000)
(K: 4000)
"It must be worth the investment."
"Now you can't use your Kaiser Sea Horse's special ability. Oh well, looks like no Blue-Eyes for you."
Kaiba growled, "This isn't over," he said. "I set two cards face-down and end my turn."
Gerard started his turn and smirked. "You know what's coming next. Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack Kaiser Sea Horse with White Lightning!" Kaiba covered his eyes as the shattered remains of his monster flew by him.
(G: 3000)
(K: 2700)
"So \who brought lunch?" Joey asked.
"Joey, you do know what happens if he loses?" Amara asked. "We'll never get to Hinxton."
"He rarely loses," Joey said. Under his breath, he added, "Which really pisses me off."
"Your move, rich boy."
Kaiba started his turn. "I play Monster Reincarnation, now by discarding a card I can bring a monster back to my graveyard." He looked at his two monsters, his Blue-Eyes and his Paladin of White Dragon (4). He slid his Blue-Eyes into the graveyard and took back his Kaiser Sea Horse. He then summoned it in defense mode.
"Defense mode? Oh, that's right, without his special ability, that's all he's pretty much good for." Gerard started his turn, "I play Dragon's Treasure to give my Blue-Eyes 300 extra attack points."
(BEWD: 3000-3300)
"Blue-Eyes, destroy that Sea Horse again. White Lightning!"
"Man, Kaiba's getting walloped by his own monster," Tristan said.
"It's not his own monster, its Gerard's," Yugi corrected.
"My mistake," Tristan said. "But it's hard to wrap my head around someone other than Kaiba playing a Blue-Eyes White Dragon."
"What are you talking about? I took control of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes and so did Pegasus."
"But there's one big difference, Joey, and you pointed it out. You took control of Kaiba's. Gerard actually has a Blue-Eyes White Dragon of his very own. And just between you and me…" Yugi lowered his voice. "I think Kaiba feels intimidated at having someone other than him not only in possession of a Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but a master of it."
"As much as I want to grind that rich boy into the dirt, I kind of empathize with him," Joey said. "I'd be just as pissed if anyone other than me was using the Red-Eyes Black Dragon (5)."
"Or my Soldier Lady," Amara threw in.
"I end my turn."
This clown doesn't know anything about the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Kaiba thought. I am the master and once I win, I'll tear that dragon up so nobody else can use it against me. He drew a card. "I activate my trap card: Birthright!"
"What?" Gerard gasped.
"The Blue-Eyes White Dragon is my birthright, and I won't allow anyone to trample what I've worked so hard for! And this trap card brings my Blue-Eyes back to me straight from the graveyard." A large shaft of light opened up underneath Kaiba's side of the field. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared.
He did get his Blue-Eyes to the field after all, Gerard realized.
Kaiba just smirked.
"Go, Blue-Eyes," Tea cheered.
"Which one?" Harold asked.
"Um… Kaiba's, of course," Tea said reluctantly.
Gerard also smirked, "Well congratulations. Even without your Paladin and Kaiser Sea Horse, you were able to summon your Blue-Eyes White Dragon. But though our dragons are the same, their attack points are anything but. My dragon has 3300 attack points while yours only has 3000." He drew a card. "Which means you wasted that trap card for nothing! Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack with White Lightning!"
"You're not thinking fourth dimensionally," Kaiba said and motioned to his other face-down card. "Go, trap card #2: Tyrant Wings! This gives my dragon an additional 400 attack points!"
(BEWD: 3000-3400)
"White Lightning attack!" Both Duelists cried. The two dragons exchanged blast fire and when it was over, Kaiba's dragon came out on top.
(G: 2900)
(K: 2700)
"You see, a true master of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon knows how to use his deck in conjunction with it. If you support it, it will support you."
Gerard just laughed, "I guess I should congratulate you, your Blue-Eyes did trump mine. But don't think that means you won the duel. I still have more life points than you and my turn is coming up. And trust me, this isn't the last you've heard of my Blue-Eyes White Dragon. I'll show you I'm the true master of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Level: 8
Type: Dragon
Attribute: Light
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2500
(2)
Name: Kaibaman
Level: 3
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 200
DEF: 700
(3)
Name: Kaiser Sea Horse
Level: 4
Type: Sea Serpent/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1700
DEF: 1650
(4)
Name: Paladin of White Dragon
Level: 4
Type: Dragon/Ritual/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1200
(5)
Name: Red-Eyes Black Dragon
Level: 7
Type: Dragon
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2400
DEF: 2000