FLASH TO THE PAST
The Pharaoh looked down at the scene in Atlantis. He saw a young blue haired boy being chased by three older boys. They were laughing. It then hit him that the small boy was Dartz. Maybe he had been right, maybe something else made Dartz go mad. The four boys headed toward the courtyard of the castle. When they arrived, they began to spar with swords.
"Is that you, Dartz?" the Pharaoh asked.
The Atlantian king looked at the Pharaoh. For a moment, the Pharaoh saw the boy in Dartz's eyes. But the similarity vanished quickly. When he looked down at Atlantis again, he saw the same blue haired boy, but he was older. His hair reached a bit below his waist. It was tied in a loose ponytail. He was dressed in white. At his side was a young woman. Judging from her looks, she was no older than eighteen. She held the young man's hand. It was a wedding. The Pharaoh looked up at Dartz again. He saw the sadness in the Atlantian's eyes, and even if Kaiba couldn't see it, the Pharaoh knew that Dartz was most definitely human. He had a heart.
The Pharaoh looked down at Atlantis again. The clouds had turned dark. He found himself in the castle. The young man was holding the young woman close. She was clearly in pain. She let out a cry and pushed the young man away. Her hand turned into a monster's claw. The Pharaoh gasped.
"When the Orichalcos came in contact with a person, it showed their true colors," Dartz watched the scene as well. His voice wavered slightly, but only the Pharaoh noticed.
The young woman ran from the throne room. The Pharaoh heard her scream. The young man, the young Dartz, ran after her. The Pharaoh followed the young Dartz behind the curtain. There was a monster wearing the young woman's torn dress. The young Dartz drew his sword and ran it through the monster. As it fell, it changed back into the young woman. The young Dartz scooped her up in his arms and cried.
"I couldn't understand how a society as perfect as ours could crumble like this… the Orichalcos showed me the answer. The people of Atlantis were evil, and I had been chosen to wipe them out and start over again!"
The scene changed again. The fields of Atlantis were stained with blood. Dartz's father, King Ironheart, and Dartz's daughter, Kris, stood in front of an army of Duel Monsters. Dartz's army of Orichalcos soldiers charged at the monsters. Then, three knights appeared.
"Timaeus, Critias, Hieremos!" Dartz looked at the three knights.
"Dartz! Stop this madness!" Timaeus cried.
"We know you're in there, Brother!" Critias called.
"Wake up!" Hieremos said, running toward the Atlantian King.
Dartz drew his sword. "You couldn't even sense your own brother's strife!"
Strife? What strife?
Hieremos transformed into a dragon. He flew into the sky.
"My twin… he's gone!" Critias yelled. His eyes filled with rage. "You'll pay for that!" He too charged at the Atlantian.
Dartz's eyes flashed. Critias cried out in pain. He too, transformed into a dragon.
"Brother, if something was wrong, why didn't you tell us?" Timaeus asked, sadness in his voice.
"You would never listen to me!" Dartz charged at Timaeus, striking him in the face with his sword. Timaeus covered his face. Blood ran between his hands.
"My eye!" Timaeus cried out, falling back. He too, transformed into a dragon.
Dartz dropped to the ground. The Great Leviathan appeared behind him.
"Dartz… why are you showing us this?" the Pharaoh asked.
Dartz growled. "It just proves that even the Legendary dragons couldn't defeat me."
Kaiba scoffed. "Either way, you're done. Our Dragon Knight wiped out the rest of your life points."
"It should have, but your attack fell short. Take a closer look."
The duelists returned to the temple. Mokuba, Tea, and Tristan shielded their eyes from the bright light. When the light faded, Dartz had not lost any life points.
"How? How did you survive an attack by our strongest monster?" Kaiba was shocked.
"It's simple. Oracle Kytora has a special ability. When I take damage, Kyutora absorbs it. Then, my life points are safe. Now, it's my turn. Gil Gars, return!"
The ogre like monster returned to the field. Dartz didn't draw a card.
"I have everything I need in my hand. Now, witness the power of the Sacred Seal, as I add to its power with the magic of Orichalcos Deuteros!"
A second layer of Atlantian runes appeared around the seal. Kaiba and the Pharaoh felt the pressure of the dark magic. Yet, the Pharaoh thought that he knew a way to Dartz's heart. He looked up at the Atlantian.
"Who was she?" he asked.
Dartz froze. What had he asked? "What does it matter to you?"
"The woman, the young woman that you were with… Who was she?"
Dartz growled. "It's of no importance to you…"
The Pharaoh knew that his plan was working. As the duel went on, Kaiba lost most of his life points, Dartz summoned Oracle Malevolence, and his Mirror Knights, who happened to be Yugi, Joey, Pegasus and Mai. He increased the power of the Seal with its third and most powerful level, Orichalcos Tritos. He was beginning to crush the two other duelists.
A loud humming noise rang through the temple. A motor bike and its rider entered into the main chamber. It was Rafael. He looked at the Atlantian.
"You don't look happy to see me."
Dartz said nothing. He was distracted by something else.
"So tell me, Dartz, when were you going to alert me of your evil ways?"
Dartz looked at Rafael. His golden green eyes flashed. "I needed your anger."
Rafael looked blankly at Dartz.
"Alistair's brother wasn't killed by Guzoboro, that armor belongs to me. I framed Valon, and you…"
The blond gunsman growled.
"I drove your family's ship into the storm."
That was the last straw. Rafael's eyes flashed with rage. "You ruined my life! You monster!"
Eatos rose behind Rafael, her sword in hand. The Seal of Orichalcos appeared under his feet.
"Rafael, control your anger! You can stop his magic!" the Pharaoh called to the gunsman.
"Wrong, Pharaoh. The Orichalcos lives within him, as it does us all."
Eatos disappeared and her sword emitted a ray of light. Rafael fell back, he had been captured.
Kaiba looked over. "I refuse to end up like that!"
Then, Kaiba had drawn the miracle card.
"Now, arise, my dragon!"
Dartz saw the dark blue dragon rise behind Kaiba. "It's Critias!"
"And Critias is going to crush your knights. If I know Yugi's face down card, it's Mirror Force."
"You're right, Kaiba, it is Mirror Force."
"Then I will fuse Mirror Force with Critias and form Mirror Force Dragon! Now, Mirror Force Dragon, crush his Knights with Reflective force blast!"
Dartz's knights disappeared. Yugi looked at his Pharaoh partner, and Pegasus smiled at Kaiba before they disappeared. Oracle Kyutora closed its eye and began to glow.
"What's going on?" The Pharaoh asked.
"This is Oracle Shunaros! My little friend is all grown up, so playtime's over. Release Oracle Dexia and Oracle Aristeros!"
The Pharaoh gasped. "What's going on?"
"Meet Oracle Dexia! Dexia has an attack three hundred points higher than it's opponent, making it the perfect sword."
The left arm glowed with the light of the Orichalcos.
"And meet Oracle Aristeros! Aristeros can intercept any attack and direct it back to Dexia, making it the perfect shield."
The right arm glowed with the light of the Orichalcos.
Now Dartz had not only a card to destroy Kaiba's Mirror force, he also had the power to destroy Critias.
"Shunaros, bring Kaiba's soul to me! Photon Ring Blast!"
The blast from Shunaros split Critias in half. The fallen dragon disappeared and Kaiba fell back.
"Kaiba! Kaiba can you hear me?" The Pharaoh ran over to his fallen partner.
"I'm… not done… yet…" Kaiba groaned, "Activate face-down. It's called Final Wish. It transfers all of Critias's attack points to Yugi's life points."
The Pharaoh felt a new life rushing through his body. Kaiba's life.
"Give my brother back!" little Mokuba cried over Kaiba's body.
"Silence!" Dartz summoned a wind that took not only Mokuba, but Tristan and Tea as well, "It looks like you're the soul survivor, Pharaoh."
"This ends now!" the Pharaoh called to Dartz.
He drew a card. It was just what he needed.