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seishin- spirit

Case 12: Dragon

Master Gundam and Wing Gundam zoomed over the plains of Australia.

"Are you sure they came through here?!" Yami Yugi barked impatiently.

"They had to; the Dragonball's in this direction." Cheese Monkey replied.

"How the hell would they know?! If I recall right, you only told them it was in Australia, never what PART of Australia. They could be anywhere! Damnit, I need a cigarette…"

"Does it really matter where THEY are? All that matters is that we get the last Dragonball and summon the Eternal Dragon, Shenron! We don't need Yugi, Duke, or even JOEY there with us to summon him! We can ask for the wish on our own!"

"… Yugi has some of the Dragonballs! HE IS IMPORTANT!"

"… woops. Wait, hold on. Dragon Radar System-- Area Map." Wing Gundam's screen blinked and reopened with a black and green screen. "There are three large forces with the strength of Gundams approaching the final Dragonball." The screen blinked back to normal.

"It must be Yugi's team…" Yami Yugi replied. Master Gundam sped up.

"WOW- what the hell is that?!" Cheese Monkey asked suddenly. Master Gundam stopped and looked at where Wing Gundam was pointing.

There was a wreck of what seemed to be the remains of a Gundam. The Gundam seemed almost unrecognizable, but from the parts of armor that had survived, Yami recognized it as something he was shown a while ago, and something he had only recently battled.

"This is Gundam Deathscythe… It's Peggy's Gundam. Or was at least…"

"… And it looks dead… Do you think the pilot survived?"

"I doubt it. It looks like it was exposed to intense temperatures… and look, the cockpit was attacked directly."

"WOOOOOOOT!! PEGGY DIED! FINALLY!" Wing Gundam did a little dance. Yami Yugi smiled.

"HOLY CRAP- what was THAT?!" Yami Yugi called suddenly. Master Gundam pointed to where there was a flash of white light.

"It's coming from where the Dragonball is!" Cheese Monkey cried, making Wing Gundam fly off toward where the light had flashed. Master Gundam caught up, and went ahead…

* * *

"Damint, Joey! All I did was tell you to pull out the Dragonball from the crack in the ground… But nooooo, you have to go pull it out and somehow free a thousand year old demon thing! BAKA!" I scolded as a giant, mean-looking white dog with red eyes rose from the ground in a burst of light. Joey smiled meekly as he made it into Gundam Sandrock's cockpit, the final four-star Dragonball safely with him.

"Yugi, behind you!" Duke called as the white dog demon pounced Shining Gundam from behind.

"OH NO YOU DIDN'T!" I cried as Shining Gundam pulled out it's sword and stabbed behind it into the dog demon. The demon roared loudly and jumped off growling madly.

Shining Gundam stood back up, it's sword poised for battle. "ASTRAL VINE!" A swirl of black energy rose from the handle and wrapped around the purple beam blade quickly, turning it black with a red glow. "BITCH, YOU AIN' GETTING NONE O' 'DIS!" Shining Gundam made a stab, but the demon dodged. "Joey, it's coming at you!"

"LY BRIEM!" Joey called as Gundam Sandrock extended it's arm. A frozen mist flew out of it's hand and headed for the dog.

The demon opened it's mouth and let out a burst of green flames that countered Joey's spell and continued on toward him.

"Not on my watch!" I heard Cheese Monkey's voice cry, "Flare Arrow!" An arrow of fire hit the green flames and stopped them in one huge explosion that saved Gundam Sandrock. Wing Gundam stood in front of Gundam Sandrock for more protection.

"YUGI!" I heard Yami Yugi cry. A cloth wrapped Shining Gundam around the waist and pulled it away just as a second, black, three-eyed demon dog was about to attack.

"Gah… now there's two…" I complained as the cloth set me down on the ground and let go as Master Gundam came down beside me. "Yami, what are these things?!"

"Demons… they were probably put here my Peggy-Jane to protect the Dragonball…" Yami answered as he used his cloth as a whip to keep away the white demon dog.

"Are they strong?"

"I don't think so…"

"What about Dragon Slave worthy?"

"We should try not to use that spell…" He answered as he used his cloth as a whip again.

"Then we have only one choice…"

"ASTRAL VINE!" we shouted together. Our spells formed and I charged at the white demon, Yami at the black one.

"I'm not letting you take full credit, YAMI! BEPHIS BRING!" Wing Gundam held out it's hand, and the spell made the ground tear apart in a path beneath the black demon dog, making it fall over as Yami slashed it in half with the Astral Vine. I tore the white demon dog with my Astral Vine.

The two demons separated in halves, and fell to ash which scattered to the wind.

I was panting. "THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, DUKE!" Duke laughed. I'll get him…

"Quickly, Yugi! We have to get this done quickly!" Yami said as he jumped out of Master Gundam's cockpit. He was holding three of the Dragonballs which he placed on the ground.

I jumped out of Shining Gundam as well, and removed my Dragonballs from the Millennium Puzzle. Joey came out two with the last Dragonball, and so did Duke and Cheese Monkey.

Joey and I handed our Dragonballs to Yami, who put all seven down together in a special formation… I think. What I did know was that we all looked funny gathered around the Dragonballs in our Gundam Outfits, Yami on his knees setting them up.

My eyes lit up as Yami stood up and stepped aside. It actually felt good to see all seven balls together…

Yami held out his hands over the Dragonballs, which started to glow. "Eternal Dragon, by your name I summon you forth!… SHENRON!"

The Dragonballs flashed and a beam of white light rose from them high into the blackened sky, tangling in all directions as it became a long green dragon.

"Why have you summoned me?" the dragon asked in it's powerful, deep voice. "What is your wish?" I squeaked. Yami turned to me with a smile.

"Go ahead, Yugi. Tell'im." My smile was uncontrollable. I took a step closer to the dragon.

"Sir, my wish is to have Peggy's evil undone. To just have his evil disappear from time and space." I asked proudly.

"Who is Peggy?" he asked.

"Pegasus Sue Jane Kaiba Barton Taylor Kaiba Ishtar Crawford."

"Ah, The Lord of Akumu. I understand now. It shall be done." The dragon closed its eyes to focus on my wish.

He suddenly chocked. I gasped. Devil Gundam was wrapped around his neck.

"I don't think so, Yugi…" I heard Martina cackle. I growled.

"MARTINA! Let the dragon go!" Green wires were rising from the ground and wrapping around different parts of Shenron's long body now.

"Damnit…" I said, jumping into Shining Gundam's cockpit and closing it. The other pilots went into their Gundams.

"YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY THIS TIME!" Shining Gundam flew off at the head of Devil Gundam, but a Gundam Head appeared before it. Shining Gundam pulled out it's sword quickly, and sliced the head, continuing its way to the head of Devil Gundam.

"YUGI!" Yami said as Master Gundam caught up to Shining Gundam. "This is what we were saving it for!" Master Gundam kicked aside another Gundam Head.

"It? You mean the Dragon Slave?"

"Yes, we have to go for the head. Understood?" Shining Gundam nodded.

Behind us, Gundam Epyon and Sandrock, and Wing Gundam were fighting off Gundam Heads as well. Shenron chocked again, and I felt my heart jump. What if he died?

"Yugi, prepare yourself for it…" Master Gundam stopped and put it's hands over one another. Shining Gundam did the same thing.

"Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond the blood that flows…" we started together as small flames formed between our Gundams' hands.

Something his me in the back. Shining Gundam started heading down toward the ground.

"YUUUGGGGGGGGGIIIIIIIIII!" I heard Yami cry. Shining Gundam managed to safe itself not too far below Master Gundam, but just barely managing to stay in the air as it's legs twitched in pain. I looked up and saw what had hit me… Minaret Gundam.

I figured one of it's swords must be in my back. That's what was causing so much pain… Shining Gundam's weak left arm went behind it and pulled out the sword, letting it fall to the ground far below. I trembled in pain softly.

"You obese person… you will pay… I will come for you… and then for your Twinkies…" I snarled.

Shining Gundam took off again toward Minaret Gundam again, blinded by fury. This was my undoing… Neros Gundam elbowed me into the side of Shenron. I felt my right arm fell the pain… there was a lot. Shining Gundam's right arm might have been dented, or even worse, fractured.

This was insane. How could I have been damaged this badly in such a short period of time? HEADS WILL ROLL!

"Grrr…. Marik Ashtray! YOU STUPID WOMAN! You don't dare hurt a princess!" I said as Shining Gundam moved away from Shenron's side. "DYNAST BRASS!"

The pentagram appeared below Neros Gundam, and the electricity came out from it onto the Gundam. Marik shouted in pain.

"Damnit, Yugi! Try and conserve your energy!!" Yami complained. "Use the Gundam's natural abilities like the beam sword!" Master Gundam wrapped Blue Dragon Gundam, who had just come into the fight, with its cloth and then unwrapped it quickly, sending it back to the ground.

"Natural abilities…" I said to myself. "Oh! PowerDuel Ball!" I went to a wall in the cockpit and opened a little thing. Inside was my yellow PowerDuel ball, which I took out, slipping it onto my right pointer finger. "Activate Duel Trace System!" Shining Gundam's right hand generated it's PowerDuel ball.

Neros Gundam had just broken free from my spell. Shining Gundam flung the ball at Neros Gundam's ankles, causing it to loose balance and start falling.

"ELECTRIC EXPLOSION!" The ball gave off a strong burst of electricity that shocked all of Neros Gundam and Marik. My ball let go of Neros Gundam's ankles, letting it fall to the ground, hopefully with it's system frozen.

Minaret Gundam was coming at me now. I through the ball up, letting it touch the chest of Minaret Gundam and called, "ELECTRIC PARALYSIS!" Shocks of electricity surrounded Minaret Gundam, surely freezing the system or maybe even shutting it down entirely as it fell to the ground as well.

"Is this all you can do?" Martina's voice asked tauntingly from somewhere.

"You… this is your fault. Let go of Shenron."

"No." I started to growl again. I dropped the PowerDuel Ball, causing Shining Gundam's generated replica to disappear as well.

"I could be on my way to a happier world… But I'm not… because of you. I could… I could…" I clenched my fists and looked down at the floor. A tear fell… "I could have Zoe right now. Here, with me. But I don't. And why? Because of you! YOU AND THAT STUPID WHORE PEGGY! He killed her! He killed her! And now that I can undo that, you stand in my way?! This is not right… I want Zoe back… GET OUT OF THE WAY… NOW!!!" More tears fell to the floor of the cockpit.

Something odd happened. The floor of the cockpit… it actually started glowing a pure yellow glow. I felt a rush up my body as the black parts of my Gundam Outfit turned red.

Around me, parts of Shining Gundam opened to reveal a golden inside. It seemed to be glowing as well now…

"Yugi!" Yami called to me again. "Yugi! You've done it! You activated Shining Gundam's Super-Mode!!!" Shining Gundam turned entirely golden, increasing its glow.

"THE WHA'?!"

"Your Super-Mode! This is Shining Gundam's true form…"

"It feels pretty…"

"It is! And powerful! USE IT NOW TO YOUR ADVANTAGE! Use the Super-Mode on Devil Gundam! The increased power in Shining Finger is enough to stop it! YOU HAVE THE POWER TO END IT NOW!"

"… if you say so, dude." Shining Gundam started flying up toward Devil Gundam, which was, oddly enough, biting into Shenron's neck.

"Selena, Duke, Joey! We have to make sure Yugi has a clear path! We don't want any of his power wasted!" Yami commanded to the others as he pulled a Gundam Head out of my way. Wing Gundam resentfully did the came, picking fights with the obstacles ahead of me, as did Duke. Joey was far below us, with a Gundam Head wrapped around his waist… I think they were playing…

"Yugi, your path is clear! You have a chance to stop Devil Gundam here it now! Let me help you and make sure your chance is not lost." Master Gundam raised it's arms toward Shining Gundam and both flew up higher and higher. The Millennium Puzzle started to glow, and Shining Gundam's shine grew even brighter.

"Yami! What is this?"

"All the energy… I… can offer…" Yami replied strain fully. "Use it well…" he said as Master Gundam fell down toward the ground too.

"But, Yami, why-…" Forget it… he said this was all he could offer… he should have enough to give him a safe landing… Shining Gundam continued its way to the top of Devil Gundam.

"Martina Zeppelin!" I cried.

"…Yugi…?… help me…" Martina answered with pain in her voice. I almost stopped flying toward Devil Gundam's head.

"… You're not fooling ME, Peggy-lover!"

"Yugi…"

"Shut UP, ALREADY!"

"But…"

"HERE I GO! YOUR RUINING MY LIFE ENDS NOW! TAKE THIS! MY LOVE, MY ANGER, AND ALL OF MY SORROW!" A very long green light formed in between my hands, and in Shining Gundam's. I slashed this light across the air like a sword at the mention of each emotion. "SHINING FINGER SWORD!!!"

Shining Gundam charged at Devil Gundam with it's special attack raised over it's head. Just a few more seconds until impact…

I felt a punch to my back, right where Minaret Gundam had hit. The pain was enough to make me let go of the power in my hands, making the Shining Finger Sword be wasted as it dissolved instantly. Suddenly, arms were around my neck, keeping me from bending down to pick up the ball.

"Prepare for trouble…" said the voice of the one who had her arms around my neck. Stupid Mai…

"SHUT UP! I don't wanna hear it!" I shouted angrily with the small amount of air I had.

"Oh poo… GO FOR IT THEN, KEITH!"

"CYCLONE PUNCH!" I heard Bandit Keith yell from above me. A swirl of powerful air came down at me. Before impact, Mirage Gundam let go of Shining Gundam and got out of the way. The attack hit Shining Gundam in the stomach and sent it flying down toward the Earth.

I tried to push it off. I tried to move around it. The pain in my back was too great… I couldn't do anything. I was helpless as I plummeted through the air, the gold and glow on Shining Gundam fading with each second. The Super-Mode deactivated completely.

The ground crumbled as Shining Gundam slid across it, making dirt come all over the paint. A minute later, I groaned and tried to get up, but couldn't. So I looked around.

The impact has done its bit of damage. It had shook some wires loose from over the cockpit, and apparently did something to my Gundam's system because on the screen was nothing but static and its annoying noise. My hand reached out to something.

"AHHHHHHHH!…" I yelled. I had been electrocuted… I looked to where my hand was. The PowerDuel Ball had a rip in it.

"Damnit…" I muttered under my harsh breath. The cockpit was obviously ruined, maybe beyond repair. Those wires weren't safe, and I don't think the PowerDuel Ball being like that was helping. I had to get out.

I crawled up against the floor which was now a slanted wall, and made it to the doorway. Damn the tight security on it! No way I could break that down.

"Uhh… damnit…" I muttered harshly again.

"CYCLONE PUNCH!" I heard Keith yell from far above. A few seconds later, Shining Gundam slid further across the ground. I crashed all around as more things became loose.

"Grr… I can't take this anymore!" I said as the movement stopped. I crawled up the slanted floor wall and put my arm to face the door. "BLAST ASH!"

Black ash-like came out, like two pages separating and sucked in the door. Then the ash disappeared, and the door was gone. I crawled out, each movement with pain.

Once I was out, I stood beside the doorway and looked at the damage.

Shining Gundam was EXTREMELY dirty. There were also a lot of dents, and in some places pieces of the armor were missing. There was apparently a hole in the side leading into the cockpit that I hadn't noticed. It had been totaled.

The anger inside me grew. I looked in front of the wreckage, and saw Master Gundam about a mile away in a slightly less horrid condition. Apparently it's landing had almost been safe.

Above me, the tangle that was Shenron's long body, the Gundam Heads, Devil Gundam, and Joey were still the same. Enough was enough.

I placed my hands over one another.

"Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond the blood that flows; buried in the flow of time; in Thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness! Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I possess! FIIIINAA…" I paused. Someone was talking to me.

"Yugi, don't resort to that…"

".. What?"

"Pharaoh forbids it… so it shall not be done… NOT I SAY! YOU WILL NOT JOIN ME HERE, UNDERSTOOD, PRINCESS? Got it? I'M PHARAOH, you're PRINCESS, so you shall do what I say! NOW DON'T USE THAT SPELL!" My heart leaped.

"Zoe!" I almost let go of the Dragon Slave from excitement. "Where are you?!"

"Dead, Yugi… I'm still dead…"

"How are you talking to me then?!"

"Our Pharaoh and I are here because you were about to do something God did not expect…"

"… Shadi?!"

"Yes, Princess… It is I, here to guide you, along with the Pharaoh." I noticed with each word Shadi spoke, the ember between my hands grew then returned to normal.

"Damn straight! LISTEN TO THE WOMAN, YUGI!" Zoe commanded.

"Princess, I used the Final Dragon Slave only because I was no longer needed. But, you, you were never meant to use it in your entire life… Allow us to help in another way, by doing what the former Pharaoh did…."

I felt a rush of energy come into my body. Suddenly I didn't feel so tired.

"DAMNIT, YUGI! You stupid girl! Put the rest of Yami's energy into the Dragon Slave!!" Zoe complained.

"… But I put that energy into the Shining Finger Sword!"

"…BAKA! You didn't use ANY of the energy in the sword! Why do you think you're still alive? Some of the energy reacted to your pain and helped you on its own! THE REST IS STILL DEEP INSIDE OF YOU! Bring it out now! Mine and Shadi's alone isn't enough! DO IT!"

I closed my eyes. I thought of Yami and his sacrifice. Of our past… so far everything was dark… of how I felt for him… Wait! There is was! A glimmer! Closer…. Feelings… love? Adoration… friends… I have it!

"OK! I'm ready now!"

"GO FOR IT, YUGI! QUICKLY! Say the spell over to put more of your power in too, and fuse ours!"

"Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond the blood that flows; buried in the flow of time; in Thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness! Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I possess!" Power rushed into my fingertips. My heart was pumping uncontrollably. "DRAAAAAAGONNN…. SEISHIN SLAVE!"

The biggest imaginable blast of red fire came out from my hands and flew up toward Devil Gundam's head. I saw Zoe's face… Shadi's… Yami's.

Devil Gundam saw the fire coming at it and let go of Shenron who moved out of the way with the little power he had left. Devil Gundam was flying away now, back into space.

The flames were almost at the back of Devil Gundam. I willed them with all I had left over to go faster, higher. It was working as the magical flames started licking Devil Gundam's back.

"...Yugi… stop, save your energy… Devil Gundam will get away…" Martina again.

"You can't fool me…" I said as I pushed more energy into the Dragon Seishin Slave.

"I'm not trying to… Devil Gundam has lost its use for me… it has grown more independent, feeding off the power of stars and will now let go that which is obsolete… me. It was a mistake to have this brought back… I could never control such power… but I have a way to help make up for it, by helping you destroy this monster…"

"Oh yeah?!" I said, still not believing her.

"Look for a new signal…" she said as my Dragon Slave stopped. A yellow barrier had formed before it as Devil Gundam went out of the atmosphere through the clouds.

"DAMNIT! No, no, NO!" My head was about to explode from anger. "WHAT HAPPENED?! That should of finished it!! IT SHOULD HAVE FINISHED IT!" I let go of the energy, seeing it was useless and fell onto Shining Gundam on my knees. "All that power… wasted… it was so hard to gather it too…"

"Yugi Moto…" Shenron said. I looked up, my eyes full of tears. He was glowing.

"This monster and its minions have taken up a great deal of my strength… I am not able to complete your spell, so I am afraid I must reword it…" His glow yellow glow increased. "However, the result will be greater… Instead of simply fixing everything, I will temporarily sacrifice my life for a short period to-" he was cut off as seven blasts of light flew out of his body at high speed in all directions. "make a way to… ie very ng…" he managed to say as his body disappeared.

My eyes burned hotter as more tears came out. I banged my fist on Shining Gundam. "AND NOW EVEN SHENRON IS GONE! And he didn't even do anything! The Dragonballs have probably all gone back into their dormant states! Now what?! This is too hard…" I stayed there and cried for a few hours. Over Zoe, over the world, over everything.

This wasn't fair… I'm starting to think this assignment is one that will never be closed.