I'm not going to be able to update for a while, I have lots of homework that I need to get done, mostly with WR and tomorrow is my long day and Tuesday is my early day, so I won't be writing tomorrow night, so I decided to give y'all a chapter until maybe later on this week I don't know, depends if I have the time and how I feel, I want to work on my drawing so…anyways, I hope y'all enjoy this chapter :D
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yugioh, trust me sexy fans, you'd know, I know you would
Warnings: My usual "blah" applies so if you don't know what that means then it means there are lemons and other things that aren't suitable for 12 year olds :D
Chapter Twenty-four: Shadow Chess Part 3:
"Alright, it's my turn," Yami said taking his Red-eyes piece, moving it backwards.
"Hmm…impressive, Pharaoh, I can't touch your Red-eyes now, but it won't be enough, when Zorc my pieces get to your side, then it'll be all over." Dartz said.
Dartz was right, each passing second, Dartz got closer and closer to Yami's side of the board. Tea, Tristan and Mai managed to find a way over to Dartz's side, they weren't noticed for a while, until Dartz saw them, standing near the altar. Dartz, furious, turned Zorc around, blasting them. Thankfully, Yami was able to use his Timeasus piece to save them.
Yami looked at the board, Zorc had turned back around, standing in position, surrounding him were Orichalcos Soldiers, Malvence, and Kyutora. On Yami's side were Yugi, Seto, Mai, Tristan, Tea, Mokuba and Joey. Ryou was gone, his soul captured by the Seal of Orichalcos. Yami had Blue-eyes White Dragon, Red-eyes Black Dragon, Cyber Harpy, and the three legendary knights on the field.
"Staring at those pieces won't help you, you'll have to actually play something." Dartz said.
"They're my friends." Yami said. "Alright, I'm going to attack Orichalcos Kyutora."
"Do you honestly think that will work, Pharaoh?" Dartz asked.
"We'll find out, won't we?" Yami said, smirking.
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Blasts soared through the skies, each monster blasting the Orichalcos creatures, but the damage, expect that of the knights, went straight to Kyutora.
"it's no use," Tristan growled, "These damn things won't stay down."
"We need to figure out how they're coming back," Yugi said. "Then maybe we can defeat them. Joey, tell Red-eyes to move to the back."
"Okay," Joey said not sure where Yugi was going with this. Red-eyes moved backwards a few steps.
"Alright, Yug, now what?" Joey asked.
"Well, I think those creatures come back because of Kyutora, and the Seal of Orichalcos is on the field." Yugi said.
"So how do you suppose we get rid of it?" Tristan asked.
"I think if we destroyed the seal first, the soliders can't come back," Yugi replied. "I think after that, we could destroyed Kyutora."
"Do you think that could work?" Tea asked.
"We won't know until we try right?" Yugi said looking at Tea. "But we're going to have to distract Zorc."
"Alright, I'm on it, Yug." Joey said starting to move toward Zorc.
"No, Joey," Yugi shouted. Joey stopped, turning to face Yugi. "I need you over here, you, Seto and I are going to try to break the seal, the others are going to keep attacking with their monsters, distracting Zorc." Yugi said.
Joey nodded.
"What about me Seto?" Mokuba asked.
"You go over there," Seto said pointing to where Red-eyes was.
"Red-eyes will protect ya," Joey smiled.
"I wasn't sending Mokuba over there to be protected by your pathetic monster." Seto said.
"Red-eyes isn't pathetic!" Joey shouted.
"Hmm…looks pathetic to me." Seto said.
"Alright, guys arguing isn't going to solve anything," Tea said.
"She's right," Yugi said.
"Alright, you geeks, make yourself useful," Seto said.
"Kaiba-" Joey said but Yugi cut him off.
"Let's go guys," he said.
Tea, Tristan, and Mai blasted the Orichalcos creatures. Kyutora sucked up the damage.
"Haven't you fools realized by now that you can't win?!" Zorc cackled. Orichalcos Malvence attacked Fire Sorcerer, destroying her. Tea fell to the ground, clutching her chest.
"If you can't handle one creature being destroyed, then you don't deserve to be in this game!" Zorc laughed.
"Oh save it, Zorc," Mai said. "I'll use the magic of Elegant Egotist, turning my one Harpy, into three. Now, my ladies, attack that Malevolence!"
"Apparently, you fools don't listen." Zorc laughed watching as the beam came toward Malvence, he knew it wouldn't work. "WHAT?!" he cried as the attack hit his minion, destroying it, the soldiers disappearing as well with each attack.
"And your creatures won't be coming back," Seto said.
Zorc narrowed his eyes, growling. "Oh, so that's how it's going to be, well, two can play at this game." Zorc smirked.
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Dartz's eyes widened in horror as the seal broke.
"You cheater!" He cried, standing up, hitting his fists against the table. "You'll pay for that!"
"I'm not cheating," Yami said. "The Seal of Orichalcos was preventing me from getting anywhere, so I got rid of the problem."
"You still won't win." Dartz said sitting back down.
"Well, I disagree." Yami said. "Without your seal, you can't bring your monsters, they also lose power."
"Oh, but there's something else that I can do," Dartz said, smirking.
Dartz moved his Kyutora piece off the field bring out Orichalcos Shunoros on the field. Yami's eyes widened, seeing the creature. Dartz smirked, adding Dexia and Aristeros beside of Shunoros.
Dartz looked over at Yami, "Now the fun can begin."
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Suddenly, Kyutora closed its eye all the way, suddenly, a light flashed.
"Oh great," Seto said in aggravation.
"What is it?" Tea asked.
No one said anything, the light dimmed down, revealing Orichalcos Shunoros.
"What is that?" Tristan asked.
"It's Orichalcos Shunoros, and we're about to get more pests." Seto said. Right on cue, Shunoros released Deixa and Aristeros.
"Do you like my new pets?" Zorc asked. "They love you!"
"Well, we don't love them!" Joey shouted. "We're going to blast them into next week!"
Zorc just laughed. "I'd love to see you try fools!"
Joey attacked with Gearfied the Iron Knight, but Deixa and Aristeros took the hit. Shunoros went in for the kill, destroying Gearfied. Joey fell to his knees.
"Joey, are you alright?" Yugi asked running over to Joey's aid, he knelt beside of his friend.
"I'm okay, Yugi," Joey said standing up, but before he could stand up all the way, Shunoros blasted Yugi, but Joey moved just in time, getting hit with a direct attack.
"JOEY!" Yugi, Tea, Tristan, Mokuba and Mai screamed running over to Joey.
Joey lay on the ground, not moving.
"Come on, Joey, speak to me, pal." Tristan said.
"Snap out of it, Joey," Mai said slapping him in the face.
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"Well, it looks like I'll get another soul to fuel the great beast," Dartz laughed.
"I won't let you win, I'll find a way to beat you!" Yami shouted.
"Well, you better hurry up, you've already lost two of your friends, at this rate I'll win, I told you, when you lose all of your friends, you automatically lose, though there is a way to bring them back." Dartz said.
"And what's that?" Yami asked.
"It has to do with the third hourglass you have." Dartz replied.
"What about it?" Yami asked.
"If you turn it upside down, you can reverse time, preventing your friends from getting destroyed." Dartz explained.
"Alright," Yami said taking the hourglass, flipping it upside down.
"But there is a catch." Dartz said.
"And what's that?" Yami asked watching the battle scene as time went in reverse.
"You'll see." Dartz said.
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"What's going on?" Tristan cried. The area shook, things flew by.
"Time is flowing backwards." Yugi gasped. "Yami's getting Joey and Ryou back!"
Suddenly, the world stopped. It appeared as though nothing had happened, no monsters were on the field, everyone was back to normal.
"Wh-"
"We're starting with a clean slate." Mai said.
"This should help us," Tristan said.
"If you say so, because now, the Seal of Orichalcos is back and you no longer have your knights," Zorc laughed.
"Well, we can just summon them then!" Joey shouted.
"Hmm… it doesn't work that way fools!" Zorc cackled.
"And why doesn't it?" Tristan asked.
Suddenly, all the monsters came back, but instead of just the Orichalcos creatures being on Dartz's side, there were also the other monsters.
"Say what!" Joey cried.
"No way," Mokuba gasped, standing beside Seto.
"All of our monsters are on Dartz's side." Yugi said.
"How?" Ryou asked.
"Don't you fools pay attention to anything?" Zorc asked. "When you reverse time, I get control of all of the monsters you've used this entire game! If I reverse time, the same goes to you. The only monsters we can't have access to are the master pieces."
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"So, you gained back two of your friends back, but you lost all of your monsters, it's a shame really." Dartz said.
"Well, now that my field is clear, I can use the Gods," Yami said.
"It doesn't work that way Pharaoh," Dartz said.
"And why not?" Yami asked. "You said when all of my monsters are off the field, I can use them." Yami said.
"Yes, you're the one that destroyed them, not me, but now since you're wide open, I can attack everyone and win!" Dartz laughed.
"That's cheating!" Yami cried.
"Hmm…you shouldn't have reversed time, so now I get everyone's souls, there is a way to get yourself out of this though." Dartz said.
"Tell me!" Yami cried.
"Remember how I told you about how each time you successfully do away with one of my monsters; your precious lover comes back?" Dartz asked.
Yami nodded.
"Well, since you reversed time, his soul is in another parallel universe, he's not quite with the Great Leviathan but he hasn't returned to his body." Dartz said.
"Where are you going with this?" Yami asked.
"If all of your friends get destroyed this turn, he's automatically mine." Dartz smirked.
"That wasn't part of the deal!" Yami shouted.
"I make the rules of this game, I own his soul." Dartz said.
"You don't own him!" Yami yelled. "Bakura isn't your property!"
Dartz just laughed. "You sure do get worked up over someone who hates you."
Yami didn't say anything.
"Now, back to the game, Pharaoh I have a field full of monsters, all you have is your Gods. You can't use them to attack Zorc, but…" Dartz said but Yami cut him off.
"I can use them to attack the other monsters?" Yami asked.
"Now you're catching on, though when you destroy your monsters, your friends will suffer, so it's up to you how you're going to do this, though I do have something that you don't." Dartz said.
"And what's that?" Yami asked.
"The Millennium items," Dartz replied.
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"Alright, so let's use these Gods!" Joey shouted.
"Fool, only the priest and the Pharaoh have the ability to control the Gods." Zorc laughed.
"How many times do I have to tell you, I am not a priest!" Seto shouted.
"But you are, why do you think you can weld the Gods so easily?" Zorc inquired.
"It has nothing to do with ancient Egyptian fairy tales!" Seto yelled. "I can control the Gods because I am a master duelist."
"Too bad we're not dueling, holograms and patheticness won't aid you in my world." Zorc laughed.
"Obelisk, fist of fate!" Seto shouted.
Obelisk moved forward, he attacked, but something blocked him.
"You can't attack me, until you get rid of all of my minions, though there is a catch of course." Zorc smirked.
"What is it?" Ryou asked, kneeling down beside Seto to see if he was okay.
"For every monster that you destroy that you used to be one of yours, that monster's owner will receive damage." Zorc replied. "And when all of the monsters are destroyed on your side, well, you know what happens, I get to kill all of you!"
"Slifer," Yugi called.
"You can't weld a God!" Zorc laughed.
"Watch me!" Yugi shouted, determinedly, "Slifer, Thunder Force attack!" Yugi commanded.
Slifer obeyed, blasting the Orichalcos monsters.
"Obelisk, attack!" Seto shouted.
The Orichalcos monsters were gone.
The rest of the monsters, they had the Seal of Orichalcos on them, ready to fight.
"Now what?" Tea asked.
"We're going to have to fight them, we can't get to Zorc without them." Yugi said.
"Yeah but it'll hurt that monster's owner." Tristan said.
"I know," Yugi sighed. "But there isn't another way."
"You geeks act like something bad's going to happen, it's just a game with some damn holograms, relax." Seto said.
"Kaiba, these are real monsters, our souls are on the line." Yugi said looking at Seto.
Seto rolled his eyes. "Do you expect me to believe that?"
"Then explain what happen to Ryou," Tea snapped.
"Hmm…all that happened was he got hurt, he's back now," Seto said.
"Yeah, because time got reversed," Joey yelled.
"Did I ask for your commentary, mutt?" Seto snapped.
"I don't need your permission to speak, Kaiba!" Joey shouted. "I'm not a dog!"
"Could've fooled me," Seto said.
"Alright, you two, break it up," Ryou said. "We need to get past these monsters so we can defeat Zorc."
"Yeah, but…" Tea said looking over at the other side of the field the monsters growling, waiting for a chance to strike.
"We don't have a choice, Tea." Yugi said. "Sure, it's going to cost us, but we can't just stand here, our monsters belong to Dartz now and if we can't get rid of all the pieces, we can't get rid of Zorc, remember, once we do that, we'll win the game."
Tea nodded. "Okay, I'm in."
"Alright, we need to get the Millennium items back," Ryou said.
"And how do you suppose we do that?" Joey asked.
"Well, I was thinking, since the items are on the other side as they were before, maybe we'll have a chance to get them…" Ryou trailed off.
"Yeah, we did that the last time, Ryou." Mai said. "It didn't work."
"Still, I think it could work this time, especially since the Gods are up at bat." Ryou said.
"Hmm…." Yugi said. "It could work, but you need to be extra cautious, maybe only one or two of you should go over there."
"I'll go," Joey said.
"Alright, be careful," Yugi said.
"Don't worry, I've got this," Joey said.
"Yugi, can you read the ancient chant on Ra?" Seto asked as he blasted Fire Sorcerer. Tea fell to her knees, clutching her chest. Zorc laughed.
"No." Yugi said. "But I know you can."
"No-"Seto said but Ryou cut him off.
"Oh Seto, everyone knows you can, now read the chant so we can hurry up and win this game, we need to save my yami." Ryou said.
"Fine," Seto said through gritted teeth.
Yugi handed Seto Ra's card, he read the chant, Ra was unlocked from the sphere, Ra flew, landing beside of his fellow Gods, ready for combat.
"Well, it looks like the mighty priest has summoned the Sun God." Zorc laughed. "Too bad, it won't be enough."
"Oh yes it will." Yugi shouted.
"Ra, transform into Egyptian God Phoenix," Seto shouted.
'You'll have to sacrifice some of your energy fool!" Zorc yelled.
"Fine, this game is almost over anyways," Seto said.
"This game's just barely begun, fools!" Zorc cackled.
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"Hey, I got the items!" Joey yelled running toward the group, who were standing off to the side, watching the battle, so far, so good. Beside the pain caused by one losing their monster, the monsters weren't coming back, they were being destroyed one by one, thanks to the Gods.
"That's great, Joey," Ryou said.
Joey set the bag down. "Now what?" he asked.
"I'm not sure," Ryou said taking the Ring out of the bag, placing it around his neck. The Ring glowed, filling him with energy. "The Ring is giving me energy though," Ryou said.
"Give me one of those," Joey said reaching into the bag, he pulled out the Millennium Eye. "EWW!" he cried dropping it.
"Oh would you get a grip, I'm sure the Eye's been clean," Mai said rolling her eyes. "We need to use the items to get our energy back, if the Ring can do that to Ryou, then maybe the others can help us."
"Yes, but we don't have the Puzzle." Tea said.
"Yami has that," Ryou said. "He needs it."
"That's true, so I guess we pick an item and then go with it?" Tea asked.
"I don't think these items are going to accept you." Ryou said.
"And why not?" Tristan asked.
"Because you're not the chosen ones," Ryou said. "I was chosen to weld the Ring, Yugi the Puzzle, Pegasus the Eye. Marik welded the Rod before he gave it to Yugi."
"But Kaiba welded the Rod," Joey said.
"That's because he has a past in Ancient Egypt." Ryou said.
"So what do you suppose we do?" Mai asked. "I mean we have all these objects and you're saying we can't do anything with them?"
"I never said that," Ryou said. "You just can't weld them."
"So what can we do with them?" Tristan asked.
Ryou smiled. "We can use them to power up the Gods."
"Alright, that works." Tristan said.
"Yeah, I'm in." Joey said.
"But if we can't weld them, how can we help?" Tea asked.
"Hmm…that's a good question, Tea, but I was just thinking, Yugi is the host of the Pharaoh, correct?" Ryou asked.
Everyone nodded.
"Okay, so he should be able to weld them, and Seto can weld the Rod and I of course have the Ring. So that only leaves the Necklace, Scales, Key, and Eye. Since Yugi already has the Puzzle." Ryou said.
"But what about the Seal of Orichalcos?" Joey asked. "Last time Yug tried to use his Millennium Puzzle, it wouldn't work."
"I think it's going to be different this time." Ryou said.
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The monsters were slowly being destroyed, Zorc laughed, watching as the Gods attacked again and again. Their owners, falling to their knees in pain for a while, but then, it suddenly stopped. All of the opposing monsters were gone. It was just Zorc and the Gods.
"Well, it looks like I can attack you now!" Yugi shouted.
"Looks can be deceiving," Zorc laughed.
"I don't think so, Zorc," Ryou shouted.
Everyone came back, Ryou wearing the Ring. Joey walked up to Yugi, handing him the bag of Millennium items.
"Here, Yug." Joey said.
Yugi took the bag, opening it.
"Give Seto the Rod." Ryou said. "You'll need to have all the items, we can't beat Zorc without them."
"Fools!" Zorc laughed. "You can't defeat me with some misley little items!"
"It'll make our monsters stronger." Yugi said.
"Hmm…that's true, but it won't be enough." Zorc said.
"We'll see," Mai said. "Yugi, do your thing."
Yugi looked over his shoulder, smiling at Mai.
Yugi took the Rod out, handing it to Seto. Seto looked at it, then to Yugi.
"I know you know what to do." Yugi said.
Seto rolled his eyes, pointing the Rod toward Zorc, the Rod's power flowing through his body, Obelisk's power, increasing.
"The Gods are powered up, we'll win for sure!" Joey shouted.
"Yes!" Tristan cried. They gave each other a high five.
"Obelisk, Fist of Fate!" Seto shouted.
"Ra, Blaze Cannon Blast!" Yugi shouted, "Slifer, Thunder Force attack!"
The Gods attacked, their attacks intertwining together. Zorc sent an attack out of his own, the attacks hitting mid-air.
"Ra, transform!" Seto shouted.
Ra transformed into Egyptian God Phoenix, the sky lit up, the light piercing Zorc, who hissed in pain and aggravation.
Ra attacked, sending Zorc soaring, he landed hard against the ground, unmoving.
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"Well, it looks like I won." Yami said leaning back in his chair, crossing his arms over his chest, a smirk upon his lips.
Dartz smirked.
Yami gave him a look.
"Not even close, Pharaoh," Dartz said.
"What are you talking about?" Yami asked sitting up. "You said once I defeat all of your monsters, I win."
"Yes, when you defeat all of my monsters, which you haven't." Dartz said.
"You have no monsters left to fight with, so therefore I win the game." Yami said.
"You still have to defeat Zorc," Dartz said.
Yami's eyes widened as Zorc stood up.
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"Is that all you've got Ra?" Zorc laughed as he stood up. "Here, let me show you how it's really done!"
Zorc blasted Ra, turning him into stone, Slifer and Obelisk went over to help their fellow god, but they were turned to stone too. Seto and Yugi fell to their knees, clutching their chest.
"Looks like I win!" Zorc laughed.
"Not so fast!" Yugi shouted. He used the Puzzle, breaking the statues, reviving the Gods.
They roared back to life.
"You'll only be able to keep this up for so long until I destroy them." Zorc threw his head back in a fit of laughter.