Chapter Twnety Three.
As we last left off, the three Wicked Gods were being used to force their users through the first round with ease. Not to mention Jaden Yuki pulling off the victory as Bastion mysteriously no showed his match.
Standing in a triangle, Nicolai Haruka, Damaja Onalie, and Volchuck Onalie stood, exchanging glances at eachother. "We were chosen by my Master in order to aid his vision of a perfect world." Nicolai spoke.
"Just who is your Master? And why should we give a flying fuck about what he has to say or wants?" Volchuck asked. With that, Nicolai grabbed him by the throat, slamming him into the wall. As he did that, Damaja pulled him off of Volchuck, swinging his right arm around through the air, sending a right balled rist into his jaw, knocking him to the floor.
Towering above him, Damaja and Volchuck looked down at him with smirks. "Relay this to your master." Volchuck said, as him and Damaja began kicking away at the ribs and back of Nicolai. Mounting the fallen Nicolai, Volchuck began pummeling his face with his right fist over and over again. After a few minutes of the two men beating on him, Volchuck stood up with a smirk on his face. Leaning down, Volchuck pulled the deck from Nicolai's pocket, shuffling through it, he pulled out a single card, throwing the deck down onto his motionless body. "The third Wicked God is ours bro." Volchuck said with a smirk on his face.
"He would be impressed with us bro." Damaja said.
"Yeah he would be." Volchuck said.
"The next duel of the day is the current King of Games versus Darien Hacaga. Both duelists please approach the arena." The announcer said, as Yugi and Darien walked up to their respective sides, nodding to eachother.
"I wish you the best of luck." Yugi said.
"Thank you sir, I'll need it." Darien said, as both men drew their starting hands.
"You can go first." Yugi said.
"Alright." Darien said, drawing a card. "I'll start off by summoning the Luster Dragon in attack mode." Darien said, the majestic crystal dragon appearing in front of him. "Then, I'll set two cards and call it a turn." Darien said, nodding.
"Draw." Yugi said, pulling the top card from his deck. "I'll play a monster in defense and end my turn." Yugi said.
Yugi Moto: 4000 Lifepoints, Five cards in hand.
Darien Hacaga: 4000 Lifepoints, Four cards in hand.
"I'll sacrifice my Luster Dragon for the Patrician of Darkness." Darien said, as his Luster Dragon was replaced with a blue skinned, white haired, Vampire. "Patrician, attack his face down!" He commanded as the creature lunged at the Facedown.
"We have the three Wicked Gods leader." Damaja said, presenting the three cards to the man in front of him.
"Good job. You'll both be well paid for this." The man said, presenting Damaja with a briefcase. As Damaja opened it, he saw that it contained...nothing.
"Is this some kind of joke?" Damaja asked.
"No...no joke. Why would I pay you for cards I could get on my own. You two just saved me the trouble of getting them. That's all." The male said, turning his back to Damaja and Volchuck, walking away.
"He's not getting away with this D." Volchuck said.
"Let's go bust his ass." Damaja said, both men walking away.
"Patrician of Darkness! Attack his face down!" Darien shouted.
"STOP THE DUEL!" Damaja shouted, running out onto the field.
"What!?" Darien and Yugi both said at once.
"This whole Tournament is a sham." Damaja said.
"What do you mean?" Yugi asked.
"Why don't you ask that man!" Damaja shouted, point up at...Kaiba!
"Hm?" Kaiba smirked, looking down at the field.
"He's up to his old tricks Yugi." Volchuck said, stepping up beside Damaja.
"What do you mean?" Yugi asked.
"Kaiba bailed me out of jail to enter this tournament because he knew I was one of the best theifs around. He claimed to be willing to pay me for some cards that he knew only I could get." Volchuck said.
"Is this true Kaiba!?" Yugi shouted.
"So what if it is? I have what I want. The only reason I even went back to that Academy is to attain the ultimate power of the Trinity Set." Kaiba said, a devious smirk upon his face.
"The Trinity Set!?" Yugi asked.
"When the three Wicked Gods, Sacred Beasts, and Egyptian Gods are brought together they lead to a card with unlimited power." Kaiba said, a dark glaze overcoming his eyes.
"But you don't have the three Egyptian Gods. You only have one." Yugi said. "And Malik has the other." He said.
"You and the tomb keeper should really learn to lock your doors at night." Kaiba said, holding up all three Sacred Beasts, the three Wicked Gods, and the three Egyptian Gods.
"KAIBA! HOW COULD YOU!?" Yugi shouted.
"You sicken me Yugi, did you actually think for a second that I changed?" Kaiba said, a helicopter lowering behind him. "And now that I have what I came for...Goodbye losers." Kaiba said, climbing into the helicopter as it flew away.
Lowering his duel disc, Yugi stepped off of the dueling platform, walking up to the stands, Darien, Damaja, and Volchuck following him.
"I knew Kaiba was ruthless in getting what he wants but stealing from me? That just goes too far." Yugi said.
"It's okay Yugi, we'll get the God cards back, right guys?" Tea said.
"Yeah, we will." Damaja said.
"And of course we'll help, Tristian and Joey said.
"When I said we, I meant me and Volchuck." Damaja said coldly.
"You two can't fight against Kaiba alone." Yugi said.
"..." Damaja just looked at Yugi, not saying a word.
"In times like these, we all need to stand together as a united group." Tea said.
"Cut the bullshit friendship garbage." Volchuck said, Damaja shooting a look at him. "What?" Volchuck asked?
"They're right. At Duelist Academy I learned that it's hard to live life without people watching your back." Damaja said, reaching into his pocket, pulling out a pack of cigarettes, pulling one out, handing it to Volchuck and pulling one out for himself. Lighting them both, Damaja took a hit of his.
"You know I got your back bro." Darien said, nodding.
"We're going to have to inlist some help for this." Tristian said.
"You know, Mister King of Games, I'm not doing this without compensation." Volchuck said.
"Then you're not doing it at all." Damaja said.
"Then I guess I ain't. Late." Volchuck said, walking away.
"So it's settled, together we will reclaim the Sacred Beasts, Wicked Gods, and Egyptian Gods." Yugi said.
"And the Sacred Beasts will be returned to their resting place." Darien said.
"And the Egyptian Gods will be returned to me." Yugi said.
"And the Wicked Gods will go to me." Damaja said.
"So, it's agreed. We're taking Kaiba down." Tristian said.
"But only three of us are actual duelists, how are we going to pull it off. You know Kaiba has pratically an army of duelists to stop us." Darien said.
"We'll have to do." Yugi said.
"No, we won't." Damaja said, pulling out a black book from his pants pocket, tossing it to Darien. "Get in touch with the names on the first page. Tell them what's up, they'll know what to do." He said.
"Right." Darien said, walking off.
"Go check on Malik, Tristian." Yugi said, taking a seat on the bleachers, Tea and Damaja sitting down as well.
"You shouldn't have to be drug into this Yugi. You've saved the world countless times." Damaja said. Brad and Mindy walked over to the three with worried looks on their faces.
"What's with the long faces?" Brad asked.
"Why was the tournament stopped?" Mindy asked.
"Kaiba went psycho. Stole the Egyptian Gods, Sacred Beasts, and Wicked Gods. Threat to the world produced by this. Same ole, same ole." Damaja said.
"I'll help if I can." Brad said.
"Me too." Mindy said.
"It's too dangerous you two. Me and Damaja, we don't have much riding on this from what I can see. If one of you two gets badly hurt...or worse, it'd kill the other." Yugi said. "I can tell you two care about eachother way too much to risk something like this." Yugi finished.
"Yeah but we can't just sit on the sidelines and watch as the world is threatened. We want to do something no matter what the cost." Brad said.
"...It's up to Yugi." Damaja said.
"If you two feel that strongly about it, how can I say no?" Yugi said.
"Thank you Mister Moto." Brad said, bowing.
"With the talk of caring, what about you and Tea, Yugi?" Damaja asked, inhaling a hit from his cigarette.
"We tried it, it didn't work out. We're still great friends though." Tea said with a smile on her face.
With that, Darien ran up to the bleachers, breathing heavily.
"Damaja!" Darien said, dropping to his knees. Damaja jumping to his feet, jumped down, checking on Darien.
"Alexis...and Malik...they're...dead." Darien said, tears flowing down his face.
"WHO DID THIS!?" Damaja shouted.
"It was a blue haired guy...he was in a black jacket." Darien huffed out.
"Bakura!" Darien. Yugi, and Tea said at once.
"But Kira...she killed Bakura!" Damaja shouted.
"I ain't ever seen somebody die before...much less two people." Darien whispered, looking straight foward, seemingly in a trance.
"DARIEN, CALM DOWN! TELL ME HOW!" Damaja shouted.
"Darien is no longer with us Damaja." A strange voice said from Darien's body.
"I recongize that voice!" Yugi said.
"You should Pharoah." The voice said.
"Dartz...YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Damaja shouted.
"I told you...I'd get my revenge on you. Not only that, I took out the biggest threat to my plans." Dartz said.
"I swear to god Dartz, I will kill you with my own hands for this." Damaja said.
"How can you kill...what's already dead?" Dartz said, a loud crack heard, Darien's head spinning around backwards, as his motionless body collapsed to the ground.
"N..NO! DARIEN! GOD NO!" Damaja shouted, dropping to the ground, tears flowing down his face, as Brad, Yugi, Tea, and Mindy pulled him up, holding him back. "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU FOR THIS DARTZ, SO HELP ME GOD!" Damaja shouted.
In a totally different place, Kaiba walked up to to a man who was conceiled by the shadows, handing him the three sets of cards. "I have them for you my Master." Kaiba said, bowing down. With that, the man stepped out of the shadows, revealing himself to be...Bakura.
"Good, I thank you Kaiba." Bakura said...but his voice wasn't the same. His voice was that of...Dartz's. "My plan is nearly complete." Dartz said. "I need one more thing from you Kaiba." Dartz said.
"Anything my lord." Kaiba said, seemingly in a trance.
"Take me to the final resting place of my former body." Dartz said.
A/N: Sorry for the long wait, I've been having computer problems out the ass, so I decided to scrap it and buy a whole new system.