Episode 21: Total Chaos Part 1

Yuni is floating in the same dreamscape as his previous dreams. Energy of black and white is swirling all around him and in front of him is a massive yin-yang. Yuni thinks to himself, It's this dream again. Last time I had this dream it said that I was some sort of prophesized duelist, and before that it was just a simple message saying that Chaos was rising, whatever that means. Yugi, are you there?

I'm here. Got to say, you have some pretty strange dreams.

You think I don't know that?

Just saying.

A thundering voice booms out, "Yuni, reincarnation of the hero prince of Yugoha, the time has come to restore the balance of Chaos!

Yuni shouts to the voice, "You never answered me before! What does this all mean!?"

The voice responds, "The Lord of Chaos, Apophis, has been possessed by darkness and as a result the Balance of Chaos has shifted towards darkness and destruction! Only you, the chosen hero of Yugoha, can defeat Apophis and restore the balance!"

Yuni looks annoyed. "You answer my question, but you leave me with more! What do you mean by hero of Yugoha? What is this Balance of Chaos?"

"Chaos is an all permeating force, but now is not the time for you to learn of it! All you must know it is that you must remove the dark force from Apophis!"

"Ok, but what about Yugoha?! What the heck does that mean?!"

"That is not for you to know yet, it is something that you must figure out on your own!"

"Alright fine, but why am I having these dreams!? What is the purpose, and who are you!?"

"I am the Voice of Chaos! I am all knowing, and all powerful! I speak to you through these visions because you must be put on the right path! Tomorrow you will face Apophis, and in the process you will learn something about Chaos, Apophis, and yourself! You will find that Apophis plays a bigger role in your life then you originally thought! That is all you may know!"

The dream starts to fade. Yuni shouts out, "No wait! I have so many more questions!" It is too late. The dream ends and Yuni bolts awake. He thinks to himself, What is happening to me?

Suddenly the door to Yuni and Brutus' room bursts open and Sasuke runs in. He says urgently, "Yuni, Brutus you two must wake up immediately."

Yuni gets out of bed and says, "What is it?" and Brutus continues to snore.

Sasuke says, "There is danger afoot. You and your friend must get out of here. Wake your friend."

Yuni looks over at Brutus and shakes him. No response. Yuni says, "Hey Brutus, your missing the all-you-can-eat buffet." with that Brutus springs out of bed.

He frantically looks around and shouts, "Buffet, where!? Brutus is hungry!"

Yuni says, "There's no buffet Brutus, I needed you to wake up."

Brutus says disappointed, "Alright fine. What's up?"

Sasuke says, "I just witnessed Apophis using some sort of strange magic on Katsu and steal his soul."

Yuni shouts, "Just like he did to Seto and Goto!"

Sasuke continues, "He discovered my spying and sent his goons after me, I am currently on the run. I felt that I since I lost to you that I owe it to you to save you and your friend."

Brutus says, "Wait, if he was after Katsu and you…then maybe that's what happened to Tori and Mite, he stole their souls!"

Sasuke looks up as if he heard something. "I am sorry, but I must be off." Sasuke lunges forward and crashes through the rooms first floor window and runs off.

Just then the room's doors burst open again. This time Lux and Nox come through and jump out the window too. They chase after Sasuke. Sasuke throws several ninja stars back at Lux and Nox, but Lux creates a barrier of light and Nox creates a barrier of shadows that block the projectiles. Each of them create a rope-like projection and throw them at Sasuke. He is trapped and falls to the ground.

Yuni turns and says, "We've got to get out of here Brutus." But when he is turned around he sees that Brutus is gone. "Brutus? Brutus where are you?" Yuni looks back out the window and sees Trope enter the courtyard. He is carrying Brutus over his shoulder who is also wrapped in light and shadow ropes. Trope drops Brutus down next to Sasuke. Trope, Lux, and Nox all face to the left and bow. Yuni looks over and sees Apophis walk in.

Brutus looks up and shouts, "Yuni! Help me!"

Yuni thinks to himself, What can I do? There isn't anything.

Yugi says, You've got to save them! Get out there and do what you can!

Yuni jumps out the window and starts running towards them, but it's too late. Yuni sees two orbs of light flying out of Brutus and Sasuke and fly towards Apophis. Both Brutus and Sasuke's bodies go limp. Yuni shouts, "Brutus, no!"

Apophis catches both orbs and turns to Yuni. He says, "It is such a shame you had to find out this way, but do not worry. I won't take your soul…yet."

Yuni demands, "Why are you doing this?"

"When you first saw me take Seto's soul, I told you that I was taking it for the purposes of Chaos, I said that he had a specific yin type. Well every yin has its yang, and you Yuni have that yang."

Yuni thinks back and remembers his second strange dream. He exclaims, "You're looking for the Hero's Yin-Yang! Like in the Grand Prophecy of Chaos!"

Apophis says, sounding surprised, "You know of the Grand Prophecy and the Hero's Yin-Yang. How interesting. It does not matter. Yes, I am seeking the Hero's Yin-Yang."

Yuni asks, "Then why did you take all of those people's souls? They have nothing to do with this! And why did you take my Another Hope?"

"Another Hope is a key to an ancient power. A power reserved for the holders of the Hero's Yin-Yang, but by taking the souls of those who posses the Yin-Yang and sacrificing seven additional souls, I may transfer that power to myself, and I will be able to control the Balance of Chaos! Now of course, I just can't take a soul willy nilly. First the possessor of the soul I take must lose a duel to either me, or someone dueling for me, and since I hosted this tournament, all of the finalists were dueling for me. So in a way, you sealed your friend's fate when you beat him in your last duel."

Yuni demands, "You better give back all those souls!"

"Or what? I posses the powers of Chaos. You have nothing, but I'll tell you what. The rules of this tournament state that if you beat me in a duel than I will give you a prize of your choice. If you desire it, you're prize will be the release of all the souls I have captured."

Yuni asks Yugi, What should I do? I can try to escape, but then I abandon my friends. If I try to save them than I risk losing my soul.

Yugi responds sternly, That shouldn't even be a question! You've got to do whatever you can to help your friends!

Yes, your right. Thanks for that. Let's do this. Yuni says to out loud, "Alright then, let's duel!

Apophis says, "Eager, are we? This is not he place for us to duel. Let's relocate to my arena. There we will duel."

Yuni says, "Fine, let's go."

Yuni and Apophis are each on one side of the duel arena. Trope, up on the observation platform, announces, "The duel between the Grand Lord of Chaos, Apophis, and the challenger Yuni Oha will now begin. Duelists, prepare to duel!"

Yuni attaches his deck box to his duel gauntlet and activates it. At the same time Apophis holds his arm up to the sky and shouts, "Activate Chaos Gauntlet!" A burst of light and darkness flies down and wraps around Apophis' arm to create a black and white gauntlet of energy with a light yellow and dark purple deck box attached. His eyes can be seen glowing under the shadow of his hood, one eye purple, one eye yellow.

The duel computer says, "Scanning decks…decks accepted. Commence dueling."

Yuni says, "Nice trick, but isn't it a little flashy?"

Apophis responds, "Nothing is too much when it comes to the Lord of Chaos."

Trope says, "The honor of the first turn will go to our Lord-"

Apophis interrupts, "No Trope, let young Yuni go first."

Trope says somewhat confused, "Alright then, the first turn will go to Yuni Oha. Draw when ready."

Yuni is about to draw when suddenly he freezes up. He thinks, What if I can't do this? Never has so much rested on my shoulders. Not only that, but it's up to a duel. What if I screw up? I can't do this. I'm all alone.

Yugi says assertively, No you're not! Not only am I here, but your friends. As long as you're fighting for them, they'll always be with you. You can do this, I know you can.

Yuni asks, Why do you think that?

I know because I was in a position just like you once. But the Pharaoh told me I could, and you know what? I did, and I see a little of myself in you. I don't think you can do this, I know you can do it. Now draw that card!

Yuni's face changes from worry to determination. He draws and as he is drawing he shouts out, "Duel on!" Yuni looks at his hand and says, "I'm going to get my friends back. I summon Cyber-Tech Falcon (Wind/Level 4/Winged-Beast/Effect/ATK 1500/DEF 1000)! When I summon this card I can add one Cyber-Tech card to my hand. I'll add Cyber-Tech Teleporter. Since I control a Cyber-Tech monster, I'm allowed to summon Cyber-Tech Teleporter directly from my hand (Light/Level 4/Psychic/Effect/ATK 1700/DEF 1800)." Yuni's new monster warps right onto the field. "Now I combine my two monsters and form the Overlay Network. I Xyz summon Cyber-Tech Commander (Earth/Rank 4/Warrior/Xyz/ATK 2400/DEF 2200)!" Out of the Overlay Network emerges a mighty, heavily armored, cybernetic warrior wielding a broadsword of light. "I set a card and end my turn (Yuni's hand: 4)."

Apophis draws his card. "An impressive turn Yuni. You're just as good of a duelist as I remember."

"What do you mean 'as I remember?'"

"Oh it does not matter. Let's just duel now, all will become clear eventually. Prepare to enter a world of Chaos! I activate my field spell card Chaos-Tech Realm." The field around Yuni and Apophis turns a world of swirling yellow and purple energy. At random intervals vortexes open and close all around them "With this card, every time a monster is banished I can put a Chaos Counter on this card. I'll explain what those counters do latter. Now I activate the spell card, Chaos Burial! This card let's me send one light or dark monster straight from my deck to my graveyard. I send Chaos-Tech Shining. When Chaos-Tech Shining is sent to the graveyard I can send a dark monster straight from my deck to the grave. I send Chaos-Tech Umbral. Now Yuni, this next monster is sure to be a blast from the past. I banish one light and one dark monster in my graveyard in order to special summon Chaos-Tech Twilight Sorcerer (Dark/Level 6/Machine/Effect/ATK 2300/DEF 2000)!" A monster looking like a certain sorcerer of chaos, but a lot more teched out.

A look of horror crosses Yuni's face. "No, this is impossible! It can't be!"

Yuni has a flash back. He is a lot younger and in the middle of a duel with Apep. Apep is apparently teaching Yuni how to duel. Apep says, "You are catching on fast Yuni, but your forgetting about special summoning. Watch this move. I banish my Twilight Shadow and Twilight Sol in order to special summon Chaos-Tech Twilight Sorcerer! This is my ace monster. Good luck beating it!"

The flash back ends. Yuni stammers, "Yo…you…your…"

Apophis lowers his hood and says, "I'm Apep."