Yu-Gi-Oh! R: The untold story of the anime.
I need to pump myself up again! I'll have finished another two exams by the time I update this! Yes! I'm feeling it! Come at me bro! (That sounds so less cool when I find out that it's from Jersey Shore, goddammit.) But no! I'm losing my fire! Now it's back! It's Kaiba vs. Yako! I'm putting Keith against Richie! I could go on! But I will not!
And also, when the Yugi vs. Yako duel comes up, do you readers want it to be altered, or stay the same? If it's the former, do you want a more correct version of the original manga, a tidier version of my interpretation, or all six gods summoned one by one? Please tell me, this is what I most want to hear in a review right now.
Violet: Thanks! Well, as you've no doubt interpreted from my comments above, your wish is my command. Although extended isn't the right word for what they showed us.
Note: Creative Credit goes to Kazuki Takahashi for the original concept and Akira Ito for the story and art.
Summon the Wicked God!
Pegasus Mansion, some time ago.
"I attack with Rogue Doll!" called Gekko Tenma.
Yako shielded his eyes, and slammed his hands on the duel table. "I lost. . ." he moaned.
"Phew," said Gekko, reshuffling his deck. "Didn't think I was going to win that one!" He pocketed the cards. "Hey, Yako!" he called. "That was a pretty good combo. You really had me sweating," he said. He tapped Yako's field cards. "But the cards you've got now aren't quite the best ones for that combo," he said, pulling out a notepad. "Let's see," he murmured, writing down a list. "Here are some support cards that might be helpful, and they're good for other things too," he murmured. He held up the pad. "Here, suggest this to Master Pegasus," he said, but then he stopped, as Yako stood up jerkily. "Yako? What's wrong?"
"Gekko," replied Yako quietly. "We have the same face."
"Of course we do," said Gekko in surprise. "We're twins."
"We were born the same," continued Yako. "Master Pegasus took us both in and we both received the same training."
"Right," said Gekko, catching on. "And we've both grown as duelists by competing against each other like this."
"Then why?" asked Yako. "Why does he call you the 'Perfect Duelist'?" He clenched his fist. "While I . . ."
"You're still a diamond in the rough, Yako-boy," echoed Pegasus's voice from some time ago. "You're not quite ready yet!"
Yako turned away from his brother and ran, anywhere.
"Yako, wait!" called Gekko. "Master Pegasus thinks you're . . ."
Why, Master Pegasus? thought Yako miserably.
"You guys are identical twins, so why is your brother so much better?"
"Oh, it's him. The non-perfect one."
"It's like you're a bad copy of Gekko."
A bad copy thought Yako miserably. Huh?
A bright blaze of light was reaching out for him, shredding a monster standing in front of him . . .
Now, KaibaCorp Apex.
"White Lightning!" yelled Seto Kaiba, the attack of Blue-Eyes White Dragon shattering Belial.
"I play one card facedown, and end my turn!" called Kaiba.
Below.
Richie Merced's disk shifted to duelling mode. "Come and get some, you old fool!" he yelled angrily.
Bandit Keith just studied his hand. "Calm down, Richie," he said. "I told you, I'm adjusting to the new rules. So get ready, guinea pig!" he laughed. He selected a card. "I summon Engine Shell in defence mode!" he said, playing a card. (1300/1800)
A monster that looked like a . . . well, an engine with two hemispheres each attached to a chain from its body appeared.
"Then I'll put these down on the field," said Keith. "That'll do for now."
"This is your last duel, old man!" yelled Richie, drawing a card. "If you're gonna get in the way of Pegasus's return, I'll strike you down!" He slid a card into his disk. "I summon Fuse Ray Blaster!" he called. (1600/800) A caped figure in rough clothes holding a musket appeared. "Next, I activate a spell!" called Richie. "Blaster Cartridge! It lets me draw one card, then discard four from my deck. Afterwards, I reload my deck with this card." He drew a card, slid four into the graveyard with a grin, and placed the Blaster Cartridge card on the top of his deck. "Now, I activate the spell card, Monster Reborn!" he called. "I bring back Fuse Ray Blaster from the graveyard!" he called. "Now, when I summon another Fuse Ray Blaster, you take 800 points of damage!" added the card professor.
"What?" yelled Bandit Keith angrily, before yelling out in pain as a barrage of lasers smashed into him, reducing his life points to 3200. "I'll set two cards as well," said Richie. "Try to keep up, old man!"
"Shut your mouth!" roared Keith drawing. "I summon Engine Shell in defence mode!" he yelled, and another hemisphere flanked engine appeared in front of him. "Now go!" he yelled.
Richie snickered. "Am I a good guinea pig, Keith?" he taunted. "You're out of your league." He drew and grinned. "I play my Pot of Greed, and I draw two cards!" he said. He drew quickly and burst out laughing. "Take this old man!"
"Be quiet!" yelled Keith, clenching his fist.
"Sorry," remarked Richie. "I summon Fuse Ray Blaster!" he yelled. Another musketeer appeared, and the other two shot Keith with another barrage of force, dropping him to 1600 life points.
Keith cursed, and ever so slowly, moved his hand to his disk. "Sorry, Richie," he said. "You're through."
KaibaCorp Apex.
"It's your turn!" called Kaiba, watching a dejected Yako standing there. He grinned. "Why not admit defeat and surrender!" he asked. "Of course, if you'd rather struggle futilely until your life points run out – like the poor excuse of a duelist you are, that's fine by me! Draw a card!"
Draw . . . or surrender? thought Yako, moving his hand to his duel disk.
Suddenly, dark smoke seemed to pour from his duel disk.
Wh-What's this? thought Yako in surprise. In my deck . . . the Wicked Gods . . .
His right eye bulged. Yako moved his fingers onto his deck, and he drew his card.
Kaiba shrugged. So he's going to fight until the end, is he? I just hope he at least lasts long enough to lose to my ultimate monster.
"I summon Agathion," said Yako, and a red-orange, flame-like familiar appeared, cackling. (600/500) "Then I place one card facedown, and I end my turn," he finished.
Kaiba burst out laughing. "What's that supposed to be?" he said. "Even for someone postponing the inevitable, that move was pathetic! It's as if you're telling me to just overlook this turn!" He drew. "Now, it's my turn!" he called. "I activate the spell card Cross Shift from my hand!" he called. "I retrieve my Material Lion, and summon the Lord of Dragons to the field!" (1200/1100) A blue and gold armoured spellcaster appeared, hacking as the virus affected him.
Huh? thought Willa in surprise. That's just a four-star monster. He could have summoned it normally, so why go to the trouble of using Cross Shift?
"Now, I activate a facedown card!" called Kaiba. "The Melody of Awakening Dragon!" he called. A golden axe/guitar hybrid appeared in the Lord of Dragons' hands, and he began to strum it, producing music that keened forth in long notes. "At the cost of raising my dragons, I send my Material Lion to the graveyard," explained Kaiba.
Willa gasped. So that's why he used Cross Shift! He'd factored in the cost of summoning!
Kaiba slid two cards out of his deck. "I'll add these two dragons to my hand," he said, "and flip another facedown card! The Flute of Summoning Dragon!" The golden dragon flute appeared, and the Lord of Dragons blew into it.
There are no holes in that combo! thought Willa, impressed. It's perfect!
"Now, with the combined Melodies, I summon these cards!" yelled Kaiba. "My Blue-Eyes White Dragons!"
Behind him, a blaze of light erupted from the ground, as first one, then another white majestic dragon rose up behind Kaiba. As one, they all roared at Yako.
Kaiba laughed. "But don't worry, Yako!" he called. "They may be Blue-Eyes White Dragons, but they're still affected by the Alpha-Wave Admission Virus field spell!" Then he grinned. "All except for the one that's been vaccinated.
Yako didn't answer, just stared at the ground.
"Burn his puny monster!" yelled Kaiba. "Blue-Eyes, attack with White Lightning!"
The Blue-Eyes blasted a stream of lightning, dispelling the flames of Agathion.
Kaiba grinned. "Faced with my Blue-Eyes White Dragons, you won't even have enough sacrifices to call on these Wicked Gods!" He pointed across the field at Yako. "There! It's you turn!" he yelled.
Yako drew his card. "I activate the spell card, Pot of Greed," he said. "Now I draw two more cards." He shrugged. "I end my turn."
Willa looked at his employer in shock, while Kaiba grinned in triumph. What's wrong with Yako? thought the card professor in surprise. Did he give up?
Kaiba grinned. "I'd hoped to see your 'Wicked God'," he admitted. "But I guess you aren't a good enough duelist yet." He drew. "My turn." The CEO looked at the card and smiled. "Apparently, my deck wants me to settle this with my ultimate monster," he said.
Yako kept his cool, while Willa's mind was racing. Kaiba's ultimate monster – the key to his most devastating strategies! They say that its strength exceeds that of the Egyptian God cards!
"I activate Polymerization from my hand!" yelled Kaiba. "Now, I fuse my three Blue-Eyes into the ultimate monster, the most glorious and powerful of them all!"
Behind Kaiba, the three Blue-Eyes were twisted into a spiral, which uncoiled into a mighty blue dragon. It was the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but leaner, and with wing-like guards on its hip. Most strikingly of all were its three heads, each with a symbol adorning the topmost crest, spiked in three directions. (4500/3800)
"Behold, the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" roared Kaiba, as the mighty creature let out a roar.
Yako touched a button on his disk, and suddenly, the ground began to shake.
A massive white head forced itself out of the ground behind Yako, and a mighty white dragon hovered behind him, hacking as it inhaled the virus. It was followed by another, and another, until three were assembled behind Yako.
"Three . . ." whispered a dumbstruck Willa.
"Blue-Eyes," gasped Kaiba in shock. Three Blue-Eyes White Dragons on Yako's field?
Yako grinned, right eye bulging. Then he burst out in insane laughter. "I've been waiting for you to summon your Ultimate Dragon!" he laughed. "Take a look at my facedown trap card, Junk Dealer!" he called. "When you sacrificed your dragons to summon your so-called ultimate monster, this trap allowed me to take a few things you threw away."
"Impossible!" yelled Kaiba, before regaining control. "And yet, because I sacrificed them, the Vaccination is passed on to my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" he yelled. "I won't let you have my dragons!" he yelled. "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack with Neutron Blast!" he yelled.
The mighty dragon opened its three mouths, and blasted a combined stream of lightning at the middle Blue-Eyes.
"No, Kaiba!" yelled Yako. "Your beloved dragons will bring your worst nightmare to life!" He touched another button on his disk. "Go, Negate Attack!" he yelled, and the three tornados absorbed the streams of lightning. Yako laughed at Kaiba. "I believe that you're out of moves." He drew with a grin, the card smoked with dark energy. "And now, you're out of time. My Wicked God, descend to me," he whispered.
Kaiba gasped, as the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons vanished in a tornado.
"Seto Kaiba, let me show you," whispered Yako, sliding a card into his disk.
Below
"Go, trap card!" bellowed Bandit Keith. "Torrential Tribute!" he yelled.
Richie cursed as a blast of water shredded everything on the field. Curse you, Keith, I can't make another move!
Bandit Keith laughed at Richie. "Oh, and when my Engine Shells hit the scrap heap, they left behind a little Engine Part each," he added, gesturing to two smoking piles of scrap on the ground in front of him.
Richie frowned. That's gonna make it real easy for him to bring out a high level monster.
"Now, it's my turn!" yelled Keith, drawing. He grinned. "Prepare to suffer, Richie."
"I summon the Wicked Avatar!" yelled Yako.
A spot of black formed above the field, and expanded into an orb a few meters in diameter.
Is this the Wicked God? thought Kaiba. It's like a black sun, like the Winged Dragon of Ra!
"And now, the god will change its form," said Yako.
The orb swirled and shifted, settling into a new form, which uncoiled into a mighty black dragon. It was the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but leaner, and with wing-like guards on its hip. Most strikingly of all were its three heads, each with a symbol adorning the topmost crest, spiked in three directions.
The Wicked God just turned into my Ultimate Dragon! thought Kaiba in horror.
"Seto Kaiba," whispered Yako, right eye bulging. "Sink into deepest darkness."
Writing this felt epic. Was it epic? Please tell me if it was! But most of all, please tell me what version of Yugi vs. Yako that you'd prefer! Please!
Agathion also appears to be the Duel Monsters form of Red Nova's familiar, from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and duels in the most awesome way of the series. Not even kidding. Yeah, I'm out of stuff to say.