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Quest for the Seventh Item
Fanfic Chapter 274: Battle of the Blue-Eyes Pt 2: Shining Defeat
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Just when it looked like they were finally getting their shot at Hinxton, the next Card Guard showed up: Gerard. Cocky, Gerard wasn't afraid to show the kids the highlight of his deck: the Blue-Eyes White Dragon! That's right, Gerard's deck contained the prototype card of the dragon that both helped and hindered Yugi. Just when it seemed like the gang would have to rock-paper-scissors to see who would go up against him, who should show up but Seto Kaiba. Without too much of an argument, he leapt into the duel determined to pit his three Blue-Eyes White Dragons against Gerard's single one. But Gerard was determined not to let Kaiba summon his dragons so easily. He immediately summoned his own Blue-Eyes White Dragon using the monster Kaibaman, a new card developed by Industrial Illusions. He also took out Kaiba's Paladin of White Dragon and Kaiser Sea Horse. But thanks to a couple of trap cards, Kaiba was not only able to get his own Blue-Eyes onto the field, but destroy Gerard's. But you can bet that this duel is far from over.
Kaiba and Gerard were staring each other down like gunslingers. The only sound at that moment was the growl of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
"What a move," Yugi said. "Kaiba sure takes his duels seriously."
"When does he not take them seriously?" Joey asked.
"Maybe when he duels you," Tristan pointed out.
"Yugi," Tea whispered. "I thought Kaiba's skills were top notch, so how come he's behind?"
(G: 2900)
(K: 2700)
"To tell you the truth, Tea, I don't think he was planning on dueling today."
"What do you mean?"
"Think about it, he came in without even bringing his Duel Disk, he wasn't expecting a challenge, especially from someone wielding a Blue-Eyes White Dragon. That Kaibaman card also took him off guard for a second. But don't worry, Tea, if I know Kaiba, he won't let anyone, especially someone like Gerard, beat him."
"Now do you see that I'm the true master of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon?" Kaiba asked.
"You're good with it, I'll give you that," Gerard said. "But I've spent long hard hours practicing with my Blue-Eyes, and I've learned how to bring out White Dragon's ultimate power!"
Kaiba shifted into a defensive stance. "Ultimate power?"
"That just proves you're no master of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, for with one card I'll defeat your Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
"Impossible!"
"I'll show you," Gerard drew a card. "I play Pot of Greed, so I draw two more cards."
"I thought you said you needed only one card to beat me?"
"One card to beat your Blue-Eyes," Gerard corrected. "But first, I play Monster Reborn to bring back my Blue-Eyes White Dragon to the field!" A shaft of light produced Gerard's Blue-Eyes. "And now, the card that will destroy your Blue-Eyes! Go, Burst Stream of Destruction!"
"What's that?"
"An ancient power that can only be bestowed upon the Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Blue-Eyes, attack his trap cards!" The dragon rose into the air and fired a ball of energy which destroyed Birthright and Tyrant Wings. "And when your Birthright goes, so does your dragon!" Kaiba's Blue-Eyes cried out as it broke apart.
"Blue-Eyes!" Kaiba cried.
"Fortunately for you, I can't attack with my Blue-Eyes on the turn I play Burst Stream. So I end my turn there. So pathetic, allowing your Blue-Eyes to be destroyed by one card. Maybe you don't deserve the Blue-Eyes White Dragon."
Kaiba just drew a card, "I set one card face-down."
With his life points the way they are, I could easily finish him off. Nah, where's the fun in that? Let's see what you have planned, rich boy. Gerard drew a card, "I also set a card face-down. Is that all you got?"
"Not yet," Kaiba said. "I set another card face-down."
As Gerard drew a card, a sparkle appeared in his eye, Ah, this will be perfect, the perfect combo to finish off that rich brat once and for all. "Blue-Eyes, get ready to attack!"
"Activate face-down cards: Emergency Provisions and Jar of Greed!" Kaiba commanded.
"So that's what you have planned, well I have something better. Open face-down cards: Chain Detonation and Miraculous Rebirth!"
"What?"
"Death and life are what we all have in common," Gerard said. "And life begins at birth, so with Miraculous Rebirth, I can bring a monster out from your graveyard! And I choose your Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Kaiba's dragon appeared on Gerard's side of the field.
"But you already have a Blue-Eyes," Kaiba protested as the combo finished. Kaiba gained 1000 life points and an extra card from his but Gerard's Chain Detonation hit Kaiba for 500 points."
(G: 2900)
(K: 3200)
"I'm confused," Joey said.
"So what else is new?" Amara asked sarcastically.
"I mean someone tell me why that Card Guard took Kaiba's dragon when he already had one of his own?"
Yugi gasped, "I know what he's trying to do!"
"So spill the beans."
"Think about it, why does Kaiba carry three Blue-Eyes in his deck? Three level 8 monsters."
"It would be difficult to summon even one level 8 monster, let alone three. There's only one purpose for three Blue-Eyes White Dragons," Amara said beginning to catch on.
Tea caught on too, "To combine them.'
"Right," Yugi said. "He's trying to summon the Ultimate Dragon!"
Everyone gasped.
Gerard chuckled, "I see how it was Yugi who became the King of Games and not you, Rich Boy. That's right, what better way to take you out then with your own prized fusion monster. But in the mean time, here's a taste of things to come. Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack your former monster! White Lightning!" Kaiba was engulfed in the attack from his own monster.
(G: 2900)
(K: 200)
"I could just finish you off right now, but what fun would that be. I think I'll wait and finish you off with your Ultimate Dragon."
Kaiba looked up at his White Dragon. The dragon's roar, it almost sounded mournful. How odd, it sounds like the Blue-Eyes is crying… is Gerard's Duel Disk malfunctioning? No, it's almost the Blue-Eyes is punishing me, for letting it fall under Gerard's control. How ridiculous, but… I was unable to prevent it from being stolen, if it was alive, it would probably be upset with me, I know I would.
"Yugi," Yami called. "Switch with me, I know a way to bring Kaiba out of his funk."
"All right."
"Giving up, Rich Boy? Don't forget, if you lose, you and your little troupe would be stuck down here forever." Gerard's laugh was sick to Kaiba's stomach.
"Get up, Seto Kaiba, since when do you bow to your rivals?" Kaiba looked up to see Yami standing over him, arms crossed.
"Never, I bow to nobody, Yugi," Kaiba said.
"Tell me, Kaiba, when you fought me at Duelist Kingdom, was it your Blue-Eyes White Dragon who defeated me or was it your dueling skills?"
"What kind of a stupid question is that? It was my dueling skill!"
"Really, because from this angle, it looked like you didn't have any skill."
"How dare you!"
"Was it your Blue-Eyes White Dragon that defeated me or was it your skill? Was it your Blue-Eyes White Dragon that got you third in the Battle City tournament or was it your skill? Was it your Blue-Eyes White Dragon who made you one of the top Duelists in the world? Or was it your skill as a Duelist?"
As much as I hate to admit it, Yugi's right, I've been winning duels without my Blue-Eyes as much as I've been winning with them. If I'm going to have any chance of coming out on top, I'm going to have to not rely so much on my Blue-Eyes, and start relying on my dueling skills.
"Now get up and prove that you're one of the top Duelists in the land!"
Kaiba got up, "Yugi, I don't appreciate being badgered, but you're right, I am the top Duelist! And now I'll prove it by using my skills to rid your field of my Blue-Eyes!"
"It's not your Blue-Eyes any more, it's mine!"
"A fool like you has no right to my Blue-Eyes White Dragon! You will fall!" Kaiba drew a card. "And it starts with this: Card of Demise!"
"So you get five new cards. Big deal, you lose them in five turns."
"Hah, I won't even need three turns to defeat you," Kaiba said. He threw his remaining card into the graveyard and drew five new cards. "Are you familiar with this monster?" He showed Gerard the card, a green serpentine creature.
"Thunder Dragon (1), huh? Too bad you can't use its special ability."
"But I can," Kaiba said.
"But… my trap!"
"Only affects monsters on the field, but Thunder Dragon won't even touch the field, because by sending it to the Graveyard I get two more. You see, the Blue-Eyes aren't the only dragons that I have three of. I also have three Thunder Dragons, but I'm only going to need two."
In his study, Hinxton steeple his hands and rested his elbows on the arm rest of his chair. That's just like a Kaiba, he thought. Instead of keeping your tools around, you use them then throw them away.
"You're letting me go?"
"That's right, Hinxton, I'm terminating your employment at Kaiba Corp."
"Don't I at least have the right to know why I'm being terminated?"
Gozaburo Kaiba turned in his seat to face the large back window. "If I had my way, I would throw you out on general principles, but we both know why you're being let go."
"Don't tell me you believe that hogwash! I was nowhere near the Doctor!"
"Then tell me where you were three nights ago."
"I was at home."
"Can you prove it?"
"Come on, it's not like I just have pictures of myself lying at home with me!"
Gozaburo turned back to face him, "The only reason you're the only one going down is because Johnson was able to convince the prosecutors that what you did was your own doing and that Kaiba Corp was not involved in any way."
SLAM
"You idiot, you used your hotshot corporate lawyer to set me up!"
"You're the one who committed murder and you're calling me an idiot? I am simply looking out for what is best for this company." He turned around in his chair again. "Your job here has been terminated, I suggest you clean out your desk A.S.A.P."
"Mister Kaiba, I've been head of your liaison department for years now! I've never questioned anything you've done! Are you going to ignore my unyielding devotion just to save your hyde? YOU CAN'T THROW ME OUT!"
"You're right, why soil my own hands when I can get someone else to do them for me. Guards, take him away!"
My life fell apart after that. No job, nobody to depend on, nothing. As Gozaburo Kaiba had done to so many in the past, he threw me out like yesterday's garbage. For weeks I wondered the streets as a vagabond, taking whatever measly charity was granted to me. Then something happened. There was this flash of light that struck me, and when it was over, it was like I was looking at myself for the first time. It was from there that I worked my way back up to where I am now.
Now, Gozaburo's son is about to employ the same discard tactics his father used against me.
"You want to see a fusion monster, Gerard? I'll show you a fusion monster, I play Polymerization to fuse my two Thunder Dragons together to form Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon (2)!" An orange two-headed dragon with horns on the noses appeared. "And next I play the magic card Megamorph!"
"That doubles Kaiba's monster's attack points," Harold explained. "About time something went right for him."
(THTD: 2800-5600)
"Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, attack my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" The two-headed dragon launched a humungous orange energy blast from both heads which evaporated Kaiba's Blue-Eyes.
(G: 300)
(K: 200)
"So you destroy your Blue-Eyes just to prevent a real expert from using it? That's selfish of you, Rich Boy!" Kaiba growled. Gerard drew a card. "I, however, am more tolerant towards my Blue-Eyes. I play A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon! Now by returning my Blue-Eyes to my hand, I can destroy all magic and trap cards on the field. Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon lost its power up.
(THTD: 5600-2800)
"Next I play the magic card the Warrior Returning Alive to bring back my Kaibaman!"
"Not that thing again," Kaiba groaned.
"For once, I agree with Kaiba," Joey said.
"You know what's coming next. I summon Kaibaman in attack mode and activate his special ability sacrificing him to re-summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Blue-Eyes, attack his Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon and end this duel! White Lightning Attack!"
"I don't think so," Kaiba said. "You see, there has only been one Duelist worthy of defeating me." He cast a side glance at Yami. "And that's Yugi Moto. And until I beat him again, I won't allow anyone else to defeat me. What Yugi lacks in skill he more than makes up for it in strategy, a strategy like this: activate De-Fusion!" Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon separated into two separate Thunder Dragons which Kaiba summoned in defense mode. The White Lightning blast struck one of the Thunder Dragons destroying that. "Are you done?" Kaiba asked.
"I'm done," Gerard said. "But so are you, because you can't win without your Blue-Eyes White Dragons."
"It's because of my Blue-Eyes that I strive to be the very best! I worked hard to prove myself worthy of the dragons of destruction and I do not let anyone down." Kaiba said and drew a card. He gasped as he felt a tiny jolt of electricity shoot through his body. Could it be?
He wasn't the only one who felt it. "Hey Pharaoh, you feel that?" Yugi asked.
"I sure do. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon has rewarded Kaiba for his faith."
This card! I thought it was lost forever! Maybe it's time I reveal the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's final form.
"Nothing good, huh, Rich Boy?"
"Quite the opposite, I finally have proof that I am the true master of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon."
"And what's that?"
"The Blue-Eyes' final form!"
"There's no such thing."
"Actually, there is," Yami said. "But as they say, some stuff is better seen and not heard." He glanced in Kaiba's direction and offered a smirk.
Kaiba returned it with one of his own, "I agree, rather than just tell you, how about I show you?" He added the card he drew to his hand and took another card. "I play Graceful Charity, so I draw three additional cards and discard two in return, and I'm going to show you which cards I choose to discard." He held out his two remaining Blue-Eyes White Dragons.
"But then all three of your dragons will be in the graveyard," Gerard said. "That move doesn't make any sense."
"Sure it does, if you've seen what I've drawn. You wanted to see my Ultimate Dragon? Well, you're about to get your wish! I play the magic card Dragon's Mirror!" A large mirror appeared on Kaiba's side of the field. "Now all I have to do is remove my three dragons from my graveyard and I get to summon it."
"Oh no, not that!"
"That's right, my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (3)!" The mirror shattered revealing a three-headed version of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes. "You see, Gerard, I do respect my Blue-Eyes, meaning I would do anything to keep them out of your hands, including making them unavailable to me as well."
"Well your Ultimate Dragon is about to become unavailable to you as well, for I activate the trap Power Limiter! Now if you attack with a monster that is at least 1000 points stronger than mine, you lose life points equal to the difference between the attack points of the two monsters."
"That's all right, because now I have an excuse to show you the Blue-Eyes' final form!"
"Impossible! There's no such thing."
"I see we have a non-believer, well, let's show him shall we? To begin, I need to send my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to the graveyard." The Ultimate Dragon started to shatter. "Now behold the most powerful dragon in Duel Monsters, a card so rare and legendary that it can only be wielded by a true master of the White Dragon: The Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon (4)!" The dragon's shell shattered revealing an incredible white dragon covered in armor. Blue lines ran along it like veins.
Hinxton was gasping heavily. He leaned on his desk, standing out of his chair. "No, not that, anything but that…" He quickly shut off the monitor and sat back covering his head in his hands. "No, I don't want to face that again!"
Kaiba was right, Gerard thought. There really is a level beyond the Ultimate Dragon. Even though he was nervous, he tried not to show it. "Your new dragon doesn't look any stronger than your Blue-Eyes!"
"Well that's because you haven't seen its special ability yet. It gains 300 attack points for every dragon-type monster in my graveyard."
"Wait," Joey said. "Since he removed his White Dragons from the graveyard that means that the only dragons he has left are…"
"His Ultimate Dragon and his Paladin," Amara filled in. "Two monsters, which means Shining Dragon gains 600 attack points, the perfect amount to win the duel and still be immune to Power Limiter."
(BESD: 3000-3600)
"Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, show this fool just who the true master of the Blue-Eyes is: Shining Neutron Blast!" The Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon spread its wings as its body started to glow intensely. The body shot out a flash of light which engulfed both Gerard and his Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
(G: 0)
(K: 200)
As Kaiba took one last look at the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, he thought he saw something odd: the dragon nodding. Then the Duel Disks shut off and the legendary dragon disappeared.
"Phew," Joey said. "Well, that's the end of that. Not a half-bad duel."
Kaiba just went up to Gerard and took out the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. He noticed something. "The edges are worn," he said. "It looks like somebody hasn't been treating his Blue-Eyes as well as he boasted." He ripped the card in two. "Serves you right."
"My Blue-Eyes, my precious Blue-Eyes, you tore it up, how could you?"
"Oh quit your whining," Kaiba said. "Here, I'll give you this card." He dropped a card into Gerard's open palm. Gerard looked at the card and he bugged out. "This card… this card… THIS CARD!"
"What card did you give him, Kaiba?" Harold asked as Kaiba returned Yugi's Duel Disk to him.
"Just a throw away card, since it wouldn't have worked with my deck, I don't think it would work with his either."
"Easy come, easy go," Harold said shrugging.
"Hey everybody," Faley called. "The door's open, let's go!"
"Not me," Kaiba said. "I'm out of here."
"Hey Kaiba," Faley called. "It's quicker to go this way than to go back through the mansion."
Kaiba sighed, "Fine, at least I got rid of any competition." And he followed the others out leaving Gerard screaming in anger and staring at the card which he promptly ripped in two.
The End
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Thunder Dragon
Level: 5
Type: Thunder/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1500
(2)
Name: Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon
Level: 7
Type: Thunder/Fusion
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2100
(3)
Name: Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
Level: 11
Type: Dragon/Fusion
Attribute: Light
ATK: 4500
DEF: 3800
(4)
Name: Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon
Level: 10
Type: Dragon/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2500