After beating Zelos, I saw that I had 5 Locator Cards. One more would give me a spot in the finals.
However, that was a bit further from my mind than my own efforts.
"Spirit…" I said. "Do you know who might have stolen the Millennium Eye?"
"Well, think of it this way." the Spirit replied. "Who all went to Duelist Kingdom?"
"Only one way to find out." I said. "I have to ask Yugi or Joey."
I wandered the city, trying to get directions to where Yugi was. Eventually, I managed to find the Pharaoh.
"Greetings, Pharaoh." I said. "I'm trying to figure out who stole it. To figure it out, I need a list of people who joined the tournament at Duelist Kingdom."
"Well…" the Pharaoh thought. "I can only think of one person. Bakura, or rather, the spirit in his Millennium Ring."
"I would like to retrieve the Eye." I said. "Would you please point me in his direction?"
"He hurt himself earlier today." the Pharaoh replied. "He's resting at the hospital now."
"I see." I said. "Thank you, Pharaoh." I walked off towards the hospital.
As I arrived, I found Bakura there. However, the Spirit decided to take over.
"I know this one." he said. "He's extremely evil, a very wicked spirit. It's best I make sure you're safe while I deal with him."
As the Spirit stepped inside, things began to feel weird. All of a sudden, everything froze. Time itself had stopped moving, and as the Spirit stepped inside, the people didn't even move.
"I sense a power that I recognize from this room." he said. "Now, I'm going to search him." He dug in Bakura's pockets to check for the Millennium Eye, and eventually found it.
"It's the Eye!" I said.
"Ugh!" he grunted in pain. "We have to get out of here…now!"
He ran outside as I was given control of my body.
"Scott, quick!" the Spirit said. "We have to get out of the area before Bakura notices we took the Eye back."
"I'm not going to question the urgency of the situation." I said. I got on my bike, speeding off towards home.
"Croquet!" I said as I arrived at home. "I have retrieved Father's Eye!"
"The Millennium Eye? You…got it back?" he asked in disbelief.
"Indeed." I said.
"Scott…he's found us out…" the Spirit said.
"!!"
No sooner had I realized it as he appeared at my doorstep.
"You stole my Eye…" he said, enraged.
"This Eye belongs to my father." I said. "If you want it back, you'll have to duel me."
"Ack, Scott…!" The Spirit took over my body just as Bakura rose his hand. Time slowed as the Spirit dodged the wave of energy unleashed at him.
As time returned to normal, Bakura spoke up. "So, you do wield one of the Shadow Items. Interesting…let's see you defeat me." He then snapped his fingers. Our surroundings disappeared as we were surrounded by a large field of purple haze.
"The Shadow Realm…" the Spirit said.
"Ready to die, spirit?" he laughed maniacally.
"I don't think so." the Spirit said as he armed his Duel Disk.
"Duel!"
Bakura: 4000
L.P.
Scott: 4000 L.P.
"I'll go first." the Spirit said. "I summon my Summoner Dragon in Defense Mode!" A small dragon appeared on the field.
Summoner Dragon
WIND
Level
3
Dragon/Effect
ATK: 1200
DEF: 600
Once per turn, you are
allowed an extra Normal Summon or Set of a Dragon-Type monster while
this card remains face-up on your side of the field.
"Now, with the effect of my Dragon, I can Special Summon my Armored Wyvern, also in Defense Mode!" A wingless dragon clad in large, heavy armor stormed the field, taking a defensive stance.
Armored
Wyvern
EARTH
Level 4
Dragon/Effect
ATK: 1300
DEF:
2100
You can switch the ATK and DEF of this card. If you activate
this effect, this card is destroyed at the End Phase.
"Now, I end my turn." the Spirit said.
"I draw!" he said. "I summon my Headless Knight in Attack Mode!" A possessed suit of armor appeared on the field.
Headless Knight
EARTH
Level
4
Warrior
ATK: 1400
DEF:
1700
"Now, Headless Knight, attack his Summoner Dragon!"
"You've triggered the effect of my monster!" the Spirit said. A third dragon, this one a light blue one, appeared on the field.
Substitute Dragon
LIGHT
Level
4
Dragon/Effect
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1000
This card cannot be
Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned during
your opponent's Battle Phase. When your opponent declares an
attack, Special Summon this card from your hand and have it be
declared as the attack target. A monster this card battles is not
destroyed in battle, and the Battle Damage this card inflicts to your
opponent is halved.
"What?" he asked.
"My Substitute Dragon is summoned from my hand when you declare an attack. It becomes the target of the attack, and while your Knight is saved and you take half of the damage you normally would, my Summoner Dragon is saved as well." the Spirit said.
The Headless Knight attempted to attack my Summoner Dragon, but my Substitute Dragon blocked the attack. The Knight's sword bounced off of my Dragon, sending it reeling back.
Bakura: 3700 L.P.
Scott:
4000 L.P.
"I set one card face-down, then end my turn." he said.
"I draw!" the Spirit said. "Activate Stamping Destruction!"
Stamping Destruction
Spell/Normal
Activate
only when you control at least 1 face-up Dragon-Type monster. Destroy
1 Spell or Trap Card on the field, and inflict 500 damage to the
card's controller.
"Now, I get to destroy your face-down, and you lose 500 Life Points!" the Spirit said. Bakura's face-down Mirror Force shattered.
Bakura: 3500 L.P.
Scott:
4000 L.P.
"I now activate the effect of my Armored Wyvern! I get to swap its attack and defense points!" The Spirit's Wyvern shed its armor, bringing its attack power to 2100, and dropping its defense to 1300.
"Now, I sacrifice my three dragons to summon The Arbiter-Solencio!" The winds of sacrifice enveloped my three monsters, and Solencio stormed the field.
The
Arbiter-Solencio
DIVINE
Level 10
Divine Beast/Effect
ATK:
?
DEF: ?
This card can only be Tribute Summoned by Tributing 3
monsters on your side of the field. This card is unaffected by the
effects of Trap Cards. The effect of any Spell Card that this card is
effected by is negated at the End Phase of that Spell Card's
activation. The ATK and DEF of this card are each equal to the total
ATK and DEF of the monsters Tributed to Tribute Summon this card. By
decreasing the ATK of this card by 1000, destroy one card on the
field. Tribute a monster on your side of the field to increase the
ATK of this card by the ATK of the Tributed monster. Each time your
opponent attacks a monster on your side of the field other than this
card, that monster is destroyed after damage
calculation.
Solencio:
ATK: 5300
DEF: 2900
Bakura gasped. "An Egyptian God…"
"I now activate my Solencio's effect." the Spirit said. "By giving up 1000 of its attack points, it can destroy your Knight!" Completely unnecessary, but nonetheless, Solencio smashed its fist on the Headless Knight, shattering it. Its attack power dropped by 4300, but that was enough. "Go, Solencio, end this with Gavel Fist!" Solencio swung at Bakura, knocking him out.
Bakura: 0 L.P.
Scott: 4000
L.P.
"That was easy…" I said as the shadowy haze disappeared, and things returned to normal.
"Ugh…" Bakura said, with a much lighter tone in his voice. "What…happened?" He looked at me. His expression was much lighter as well.
"I just defeated the evil spirit within you in a duel, young man." the Spirit said.
"Evil spirit?" he asked. "And why am I wearing a Duel Disk?" he asked, taking the disk off. With it was one Locator Card. "Here…since you beat me, you can have this old thing." He gave me the Locator Card.
The Spirit then looked at his arm. It was wrapped in a lot of bandages.
"It looks like you need to be taken back to the hospital." the Spirit said.
"Yes…that would be great…" he said.
"Croquet, bring this young man to the hospital, would you?" I asked.
"Yes, sir." he said. "Come with me, young man…" He gestured to Bakura, getting him in one of the Industrial Illusions limos and heading to the hospital.
"Scott…" the Spirit said to me. "We have 6 Locator Cards…" He took them all out. Stacking them, he noticed the bit in each stacked nicely, to create a portion of the map of Domino. The map led to a location that I was aware of.
"We should get going as soon as possible." I said. "Mind if I take over to get us there?"
"No problem." the Spirit said, allowing me to regain control of my body.
I hopped on my bike, fastening my helmet on (A/N: Wear a helmet if you're riding a bike! :D) as I headed towards the location.