Face Off Part 3
I don't own Digimon or Yu-Gi-Oh
"It doesn't matter what card you play next Yugi, all the monsters you have left in your deck are nothing compared to my Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon." Kaiba told Yami who glanced at the card he drew, then he chuckled slightly making Kaiba raise an eyebrow. "What's so funny?"
"I've just drawn the card that'll defend me against your Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon." Yami answered recalling his duel disk.
"You're bluffing." Kaiba replied.
"It's no bluff. Watch." Yami said as he readied his duel disk and threw it back out into play. "Kuriboh in Attack mode." He said and the furball monster appeared on the field and cooed.
"That's your big plan Yug. A cute little fur ball!" Daisuke asked him her eyes wide in shock.
"Are you nuts, in the entire game Kuriboh is the weakest monster." Kaiba told Yami.
"He's right. What could Yami be thinking playing that little guy?" Joey asked the others.
"You're free to concede at any time, but don't make an embarrassment out of yourself by playing that furball." Kaiba said causing Kuriboh to narrow his eyes and glare at him. "That monster can't hope to withstand the unbridled might of my Ultimate Dragon, so end your turn so I can knock the stuffing out of your head that's clearing impairing your judgement."
"As you wish. But first my last card for this turn will be the Magic Card Multiply. This card works with any monster with an Attack below 500." Yami explained and everyone watched as Kuriboh glowed and began to multiply into many more until dozens floated in front of Yami.
"That's a lot of fur balls." Joey said in shock.
"Yeah no kidding." Daisuke said in agreement.
"I'll burn them all to a crisp, this won't stop me." Kaiba told Yami with a glare.
"So you think Kaiba, attack and find out for yourself just how strong my defence is." Yami challenged his opponent.
"Neutron Blast Attack! Wipe them all out!" Kaiba shouted to his dragon as all three heads charged a combined blast and fired it at the wall of continuously multiplying Kuribohs, a cloud of smoke obscured the view once the blast hit. "So much for your wall of hairballs." He said as the smoke cleared and to his shock the Kuribohs were still there and continued to multiply.
"What's going on? That blast should have wiped them out." Tristan said.
"Your life-points weren't affected at all. What have you done?" Kaiba asked Yami.
"It's quite simple Kaiba, I've created the ultimate defence. You can't reduce my life-points to zero until you've wiped out all the Kuriboh, of course to do that you'd need to destroy them faster then they can multiply." Yami answered with a small smirk.
"This can't be…for each one I destroy, two more take its place…" Kaiba said watching the Kuribohs multiply in shock.
"This is just the beginning Kaiba, now I go on the attack." Yami said.
"But you don't have anything strong enough." Kaiba reminded him.
"Watch me. Because I will show you the combo that will bring your dragon down." Yami said as the three holograms of cards in front of him flipped around. "Mammoth Graveyard, Polymerization and the Living Arrow Magic Card."
"What's a Living Arrow card?" Kaiba asked.
"Living Arrow allows me to use my cards in combination, not with my own cards but with the cards of my opponent. I'll show you. Normally I make a fusion with my cards, but for a new twist Living Arrow lets me fuse my cards with your cards opening up new possibilities." Yami answered as the three cards moved to overlap and the Mammoth Graveyard monster emerged and began running towards Kaiba's dragon.
"Now what?!" Kaiba exclaimed watching as the Mammoth turned into a golden arrow.
"I use the power of my Living Arrow card to bond my Mammoth Graveyard to the heart of your beast." Yami said as the arrow struck the dragon in the chest making all three heads roar in pain.
"My dragon!" Kaiba cried out. Everyone then watched as the skull of the Mammoth Graveyard emerged from the dragon's chest giving off an aura of death and decay.
"What's going on?" Tea asked watching as the dragon also began to give off the same aura of decay.
"Since my Mammoth Graveyard is an undead type monster, he isn't able to perfectly fuse with your living dragon. Instead it causes your monster to rot and decay from the inside out. Each turn your dragon will lose attack points until it is no more." Yami told Kaiba.
"No, there has to be something I can do to save my dragon." Kaiba said looking at his deck trying to think of a plan.
"My Mammoth Graveyard has an Attack of 1200 so each turn that goes by your Ultimate Dragon will lose 1200 Attack points until it is weak enough for me to destroy it." Yami said and sure enough the Ultimate Dragon began rotting as its Attack Points dropped to 3300 as it growled in pain.
"Alright, that single attack is bringing Yami back from the brink." Tristan said.
"Way to go Yami." Tea cheered.
"You've had it Kaiba, you can't win this match now." Joey said with a grin.
"Even in the darkest of times, Yugi or Yami always seem to come out on top in the end." Daisuke thought with a smile.
"I never thought I'd see the day Seto Kaiba was outfoxed." Bandit Keith thought as he continued watching the duel from his vantage point. "That Yugi kid is really something, it's like he'd never let anyone stand in his way."
"I can't lose this duel. The fate of Mokuba's soul is depending on me winning, Neutron Blast!" Kaiba shouted and his dragon attacked again.
"When will you learn? The Kuriboh multiply faster than you can eliminate them with your attack." Yami told him watching as the blast hit the wall of Kuribohs which began to multiply as soon as the smoke cleared.
"No, I cannot will not be defeated." Kaiba said as Yami drew his next card.
"I'll let my Mammoth finish my turn." He said and Kaiba's dragon's attack points fell to 2100.
"Soon my dragon will be weak enough for Yugi to destroy it out right. I've got to keep trying it's my only hope." Kaiba thought. "Go Ultimate Dragon, Neutron Blast!" he commanded and his dragon attacked the wall of Kuribohs only for them to multiply again.
"Once again your attack has failed Kaiba. My defence hold, and you have no other strategy to use against me. Your time is running out, you should have never challenged me Kaiba. You see, my Mammoth takes another 1200 points from your dragon." Yami said as Kaiba began to shake which Daisuke noticed.
"What's wrong with Seto? He seems more shaken up than he should be. Something's very wrong." She thought as Kaiba's dragon's attack points fell to 900.
"Even my weakest monsters can destroy your dragon now." Yami said.
"No I've failed. I've failed my brother; his soul will be trapped forever…" Kaiba thought as he saw his rotting dragon before him with Mokuba trapped in the middle of it.
"Seto help me! You promised to help me, Seto!" Mokuba cried out and Kaiba could only watch helplessly as his younger brother was consumed by the rotting body of his dragon.
"Mokuba!" he then saw his younger self rush past him towards the rotting dragon before it fell apart completely leaving a puddle of slime where it once stood. "You're rotten to the core Seto Kaiba, you promised to always look out for him!" his younger self shouted turning to glare at him. "Why Seto? Why? Why didn't you help him!?" he shouted as Kaiba's own body began to rot away before he fell through a hole in the ground that opened beneath him.
"Mokuba!" he cried. Meanwhile everyone looked at Kaiba concerned as he had not said a word for a while.
"What's wrong with him? He's not said a word for a while." Tea said.
"Maybe it's finally sunk in that he's lost." Tristan answered.
"Maybe. In a moment this duel will all be over. It's almost sad to see a player of his calibre take losing a duel so hard." Bakura said.
"It doesn't matter what card I draw now; any monster will defeat his Ultimate Dragon." Yami thought drawing his next card and he saw it was Celtic Guardian. "This is it Kaiba, prepare for your demise." He said recalling his duel disk before throwing it back out into play and his monster appeared in the field of Kuribohs. "Attack Ultimate Dragon!" he ordered his monster.
"Here it comes." Joey said watching as the Celtic Guardian charged Kaiba's dragon, it then leapt into the air and with a single swing of its sword it cut the middle head of the three headed dragon off.
"Alright!" Tristan and Bakura cheered.
"This is so cool." Tea said and Daisuke nodded.
"But the Ultimate Dragon is still standing." She then pointed out to the others.
"That's because the Ultimate Dragon was a fusion between three Blue Eyes, each head has its own Attack power, Celtic Guardian took out one of them and Kaiba lost the 500 points difference in their Attack strength." Bakura explained as Kaiba's life-points fell to 400.
"So one more attack and Kaiba is history." Joey said.
"It can't end this way." Kaiba said finally making everyone look to see him slowly backing away. "I may not have a card to beat you Yugi, but this strategy will force your hand."
"What do you mean?" Yami asked before everyone saw him step onto the ledge of the roof.
"What're you doing Kaiba, get down from there!" Daisuke cried out trying to rush over to him but Tristan and Bakura held her back.
"Wait, if you try to grab him you may fall too." Tristan warned her calmly.
"You don't really think Kaiba is going to go through with this do you?" Joey asked in worry.
"It's your turn Yugi, attack my dragon if you want. But if you do the resulting shockwaves might cause me to lose balance." Kaiba told Yami.
"Don't tempt me." Yami replied.
"My fate is in your hands Yugi. You'll decide this duel, one way or another. You wouldn't want me to be hurt, now would you?" Kaiba asked with a small smirk.
"Kaiba stop this right now. Don't risk your life for a damn card game!" Daisuke shouted struggling against Tristan and Bakura's grips.
"Yeah, stop this now. You know that he doesn't want to hurt you." Joey said to him.
"He knows…I think he wants Yami to surrender." Bakura said.
"But this is the wrong way to make him surrender, risking your own life just to force the other to do what you want. How desperate is he?" Tristan asked.
"I'm warning you Kaiba, don't push me too far. I must win to rescue my grandfather." Yami told Kaiba.
"And I must rescue my brother, the difference is that I'll risk it all to win this duel. You know I could stand up here all day, because I know for certain you won't attack if it puts me at risk. Even though you know that by not attacking you lose the only chance you have to save your grandpa." Kaiba replied making Yami tense in worry. "Which means I hold the advantage over you, since there's nothing holding me back." he then drew his next card. "A magic card, Monster Reborn and I'll use it to bring back the Blue Eyes head that was just destroyed."
"Restore a head of the Blue Eyes?" Yami asked and everyone saw the middle head of the Ultimate Dragon grow back at full strength.
"Now one of my Blue Eyes with its original attack of 3000 is reborn, this single head has enough power to wipe your Celtic Guardian out in a single breath." Kaiba said.
"If I attack one of the weakened heads I'll win the duel, but the ensuing battle might knock Kaiba off the ledge. There must be another way." Yugi thought inside his mind.
"There is no other way, your grandfather's life is at stake. We must win this duel." Yami said.
"His face, it's like Yugi's conflicted within himself over what to do." Tea thought looking at her friend concerned.
"Kaiba I've never backed away. I don't plan on starting now. Celtic Guardian attack!" Yami shouted and Daisuke and Tea's eyes widened as the monster charged Kaiba's dragon.
"Yami stop!" they both cried as Tea ran over to him.
"You can't take this risk, call him back. This isn't like you, you've gotta stop. Yugi!" she shouted.
"She's right." Yugi thought as he glowed and turned back to his normal self as he fell to his knees. "Stop!" he shouted and his monster obeyed coming to a stop.
"Couldn't do it huh? White Lightning Attack!" Kaiba commanded and his full powered Blue Eyes head attacked vaporising the Celtic Guardian instantly and Yugi's life-points dropped to zero.
"Yugi!" Daisuke shouted rushing over to her friend as Tristan and Bakura let her go and followed with Joey. "Hey Yugi." She whispered kneeling in front of him and he looked up with tears streaming down his face. "Oh Yugi." She softly said pulling him into a gentle hug and she allowed him to sob uncontrollably into her chest.
"I almost couldn't control him, Yami was willing to go all the way to beat Kaiba." He muttered in between sobs. "I'm so afraid of him, I can never duel again."
"I'm sorry…sorry about your grandfather…he wouldn't want to be saved that way." Daisuke told him with tears in her own eyes. She then looked over at Seto and growled. "He spared you. Seto he showed you compassion, which is far more than what you deserve."
"He lost the game." Kaiba said and Daisuke scoffed.
"The game, Yugi may have lost one lousy Duel Monsters game. But at least he hasn't lost his heart. Unlike you Seto Kaiba, you spend so much time with your machines that you have forgotten what being human is about. Yugi has a heart Seto, Yugi has us. Friends that will stand with him to the end. No matter what happens, whether he wins or loses one game. And what do you have at the end of the day Seto?" she asked standing and glaring at him. "Go ahead tell me, TELL ME!"
"I have all that I need!" Kaiba replied and Daisuke stormed over to him and slapped him hard across the face.
"And you have that, remember that if Tea didn't stop him. You'd be injured or worse, then who'd rescue your brother huh?" she whispered glaring angrily at Kaiba who held his cheek before he walked off not looking back.
"Good speech sis." Joey whispered hugging Daisuke from behind as Tea placed her hand on her shoulder.
"Thanks bro." she replied before they walked back over to Yugi who was still in tears.
"Well that was a fun way to spend the morning." Bandit Keith said chuckling to himself as he walked off. Meanwhile Pegasus was in his dining room when Croquet handed him a phone.
"Yes?" he asked the person on the other end. "Ah Kemo, how went the duel?" he asked before chuckled. "I see so poor Yugi lost to Kaiba. Let Kaiba enter the castle, he has the star-chips needed." He told his goon before hanging up. "Little Yugi's spirit is broken, his grandfather's soul is mine forever." He thought laughing as he glanced at the card that held Solomon Moto's soul.
The end of the chapter
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