Chapter Twenty Five
Kaiba: Spell/Spell Sanctuary, 0 Facedown, XY-Dragon Cannon ATK/2200
Yugi: Trap/Life Force Sword, 0 Facedown, Queen's Knight DEF/1600
Kaiba's LP: 6000
Yugi's LP: 8000
Marik was an uninvited guest/spectator watching from the sidelines behind the hologram wall covering the stairway. Currently, Yami had his Life Points still at 8000, while Kaiba had six thousand from Tributing 2000 with two Spell Cards. Kaiba has on the field in Attack Position XY-Dragon Cannon, while Yami has his Queen's Knight in Defense Position. His Trap Card, Life Force Sword, still has Obelisk pinned and inaccessible for Kaiba to use.
"Yugi! Are you going to stand there all day contemplating, or are you here to duel? My crowd grows restless..."
"Alright now! I summon Big Shield Gardna (4/500/2600) in Defense Mode. And then I place one card on the field. I'm done for now..."
Gardna appeared with a grunt, hefting the shield before him, while behind him, a card appeared facing the ground.
Kaiba: Spell/Spell Sanctuary, 0 Facedown, XY-Dragon Cannon ATK/2200
Yugi: Trap/Life Force Sword, 1 Facedown, Big Shield Gardna DEF/2600, Queen's Knight DEF/1600
Kaiba's LP: 6000
Yugi's LP: 8000
I must say this duel is looking helpless for the Pharaoh. Soon Kaiba will be free to unleash Obelisk the Great War God. And if the Pharaoh can bring forth Osiris the Sky Dragon, then he'll be crushed under Obelisk's Hand of Glory. And even if he's lucky to out-duel Kaiba, he'll only have to face me, allowing me the privilege to feed his soul into the shadows...
=0=0=
"They've been gone for so long... Jonouchi needs some help right now..."
Otogi, Anzu, and Shizuka remained in the room where Jonouchi was resting in, while next door Hermione Granger was with the British gang.
"I'm sure they're doing all they can to get help from the mainland, Shizuka..."
"But if they've been gone this long, who knows what could happen..."
Anzu glared. "You're not helping here, Otogi."
"So, they won't be able to send a chopper to the island?" she asked innocently, however very worried now.
Anzu gave a sharp glare towards the dice-playing young man.
"Oh, I mean... I'm sure they're sending one here right away. Don't worry Shizuka-chan, Jonouchi will be fine."
"Otogi's right, Shizuka. We just need some faith..."
Shizuka nodded, while Anzu turned to look outside the window. Ever since she and Yami discovered the prophecy... many people around her have gotten involved either directly or indirectly, and have been hurt one way or another. Looking back towards Jonouchi, he rested quietly; mask respirator allowing a mix of regular clean air and a supply of oxygen to reach his lungs.
The spirit of the Sennen Puzzle has a destiny he must fulfill, Harry and Cassandra according to Isis hold a power that the world hasn't seen for so long... unlike their wizarding heritage they have disgraced from their lives... Ryou is gone because of the actions of the Sennen Ring, that guy Rashid is in a coma, Mai and Lily are in the Shadow Realm, and now Jonouchi an that girl Hermione are but the latest victims because of that evil creep Marik. Oh why? Why must every one of my friends and innocent people suffer because of ancient magical forces and destiny... it's not fair...
In the next room, Hermione was hooked up as well to the medical machines supplied in the airship. The adults have since returned, and have learned about the threatening warning the man Mark issued to the three before disappearing. James stared out of the window, as of in the distance, a storm was brewing in the ocean.
Lily-flower...
He was helpless to do anything. The only way to save his own wife was to let some teenager with a magical artifact defeat Marik in a card duel that ironically, could either mean the salvation of the world, or its ultimate downfall.
I need you, Lily...
=0=0=
"Crap... nothing yet," Harry cursed, tossing the headset to the floor, "I can't get anything still, and right now, there appears to be some sort of storm brewing north-northeast from our position... right now there's no signs of any rain fronts... but that could change soon of it keeps building up like that."
"Can't we just repair the damaged engines of the airship?" Honda asked aloud.
"The crew's already working on that, Honda," Mokuba replied.
Honda growled. "We can't wait that long, Mokuba," he told the younger boy. Mokuba only returned back to working away at the desk, while Harry and Cassandra helped Mokuba with whatever he needed.
=0=0=
"If only you could be awake, Rashid..." Isis was back in the room where she had hidden Rashid from Marik's wrath, "the ancient struggle of the Pharaoh is playing itself out once again..."
She remembered on that day, when she had shown Seto Kaiba the ancient tablet, showing him and Yugi, and their monsters Black Magician and Blue-eyes White Dragon in an all-out war.
"You cannot fathom the magical energies contained within the God Cards. Pegasus feared them because they had nearly destroyed his very soul."
She sat down again at his bedside.
"It is Yugi and Kaiba's ties to the past which allows them to use the power of the cards... however, this ancient conflicts is still undecided, because no one knows how the battle concluded... who had won, and who had lost... no one knew in the times of today the victorious warrior who prevailed, and now today... their battle continues."
She pulled her head and gaze away from the top of the Duel Tower. "And Harry and Cassandra... ordinary teenagers who have been born with a power that we have never seen for so long... Ka Beasts, their own spiritual beasts of whom live within their bodies, beside their very souls... a type of power that originate from the Shadows themselves, but at the same time... do not radiate Shadow Magic..."
Maya and Kochi are just like the spirits of the Puzzle and the Ring; however they live off the energy from their hosts equally, and without a tie to an artifact of power like the Sennen Items. They are the wildcards in this game... but from what I have been shown before I have given my Sennen Tauk to Yugi, they are a direct asset in this ultimate struggle of good versus evil... one of the few who could ultimately save mankind from the other origins of darkness alongside our Pharaoh...
Isis closes her eyes as she kneels before Rashid's bed, hands clasp and tucked under her chin. Still the question remains: who were Harry and Cassandra in the past life?
=0=0=
"Well, it looks like I have you backed into a corner, Yugi..."
"Looks are deceiving, Kaiba. You can never judge what you see unless it's true."
"Ha... whatever Yugi." He drew Z-Metal Tank from his deck.
Excellent, and now once I summon it, I can then fuse it with my other two monsters, and form my XYZ-Dragon Cannon...
"And now, I place one card on the field, and then... I bring forth another torrent of pain... for you that is. I summon Z-Metal Tank (4/1500/1300) in Attack Mode!" The machine that appeared looked like a four-legged robot, with tank wheel that actually connected both legs as one, hidden laser compartments and of course the legs themselves were large, oval-shaped, and the body was smaller yet rectangular in shape, and had a large Wdjat-like eye in the front attached to a swerving optical camera.
"And now... watch as they combine together to form an unstoppable creature!" Y-Dragon Head folded the wings into the slot lining the side of the body, while the feet tucked into its underside slots and closed shut, before another port unlocked, and plugs formed. On the top of Z-Metal Tank, several ports opened up, while another slot slid open, and began to magnetize. Both monsters then finally linked together, interlocking mechanisms.
"Behold my XYZ-Dragon Cannon (8/2800/2600)! Now, go and break down Big Shield Gardna!" The mechanical brute loaded its weapons before unleashing a torrential blast of energy. Gardna grunted under the force, before the shield shattered and he was destroyed.
Kaiba: Spell/Spell Sanctuary, 1 Facedown, XYZ-Dragon Cannon ATK/2800
Yugi: Trap/Life Force Sword, 1 Facedown, Queen's Knight DEF/1600
Kaiba's LP: 6000
Yugi's LP: 8000
"Hmph... well... I must thank you for that Kaiba."
"What? Why is that Yugi?" Kaiba questioned, confused.
Yami just smirked. "Destroying one of my Defensive Monsters has allowed me to play this..."
He revealed the Trap Card Soul Rope. "Now, this is Soul Rope. For a tribute of one thousand Lie Points I can then summon a Level 4 monster out of my deck. And I choose a monster that can help me. King's Knight (4/1600/1400)!" King's Knight was clad in black, white, and yellow armor of the King's suit, with a metal yellow tunic, a large round circular shield, and longer armored boots and gloves.
"NO! Now you have two monsters!"
"Yes, and now that I have King and Queen on the field... I can now summon my third monster directly to the field."
"Oh no!" Kaiba exclaimed, "Not that!"
"Yes... I see you understand... with King's and Queen's Knight, I can now Special Summon my Jack's Knight (5/1900/1000)!" Jack's Knight appeared with a flourish, clad in similar armor, but replace the yellow with shades of blue, under the card suit of Jack. Also, he had purple half-dress like cape flowing from the waist down to the ankles, among extra armoring around the torso, shoulders, and the shield he carried was similar to that of Sennen Shield, but with a yellow cross over the black and blue armoring.
Kaiba: Spell/Spell Sanctuary, 1 Facedown, XYZ-Dragon Cannon ATK/2800
Yugi: Trap/Life Force Sword, 0 Facedown, Queen's Knight DEF/1600, King's Knight ATK/1600, Jack's Knight ATK/1900
Kaiba's LP: 6000
Yugi's LP: 7000
"Guess what, Kaiba..."
"NO! You can't! You can't play your Egyptian God Card before mine!" He argued, shocked at the occurrences right now. Marik too was quite surprised at the revelations, as Yami ordered his three Knights to vanish as sacrificial monsters.
=0=0=
Harry and Cassandra flinched, feeling the power of the gods coming forth. In fact, everyone on the airship felt it, and rushed towards windows to see a tremendous beam of red light to spiral high into the sky, where clouds began to collect and grow, growing darker and darker. Before long, claps of thunder rumbled, followed by flashes of lightning.
"Osiris the Sky Dragon," Harry muttered, "Yugi's played his God Card..."
The storm clouds looked very dangerous right now, because coming forth, was the red serpentine dragon of the skies, Osiris, wrapping its long coiled body around the top portions of Duel Tower, while the beast itself reached its long neck and wings inside the arena, hissing at Kaiba.
"What in the bloody hell! IS THAT A DRAGON?" Ron shouted.
"No," James whispered.
"That's one of those Egyptian God deities... Osiris the Sky Dragon," Remus responded, "that Yugi kid must have played that card against his opponent..."
"What about those storm clouds? They just formed rapidly as if magic..."
"Chase... we were there when that Yugi child had summoned that creature. Trust me; it is much more powerful up-close as very real. Cassandra was physically hurt by that creature when it unleashed a huge voltage of electricity at her."
=0=0=
Marik snickered from his position, as the skies had turned all shades of dark when Osiris was summoned by Yami's command. "It seems the Pharaoh was able to summon Osiris long before Kaiba could bring forth Obelisk..."
"Hm, not impressed."
"And why is that?"
"Your monster is equal by one thousand times the number of cards, and from what I see... you have three cards in your hand, Yugi."
Kaiba: Spell/Spell Sanctuary, 1 Facedown, XYZ-Dragon Cannon ATK/2800
Yugi: Trap/Life Force Sword, 0 Facedown, Osiris the Sky Dragon ATK/3000
Kaiba's LP: 6000
Yugi's LP: 7000
"That may be, Kaiba, however he is two hundred points powerful than your XYZ monster."
"Then attack me Yugi... if you dare..."
Yami glared.
Marik from the sidelines kept watch over the events. I see... he may have brought Osiris, but why doe she hesitate to use it? Maybe it's because of that only facedown card Kaiba has... Ha! He's made the Pharaoh question his tactics...
"What is the matter, Yugi? The pressure holding you down? It does not matter whether you use Osiris to attack me or not, I have you beat in this duel!" Kaiba taunted with his arrogant smile.
If that card is Lifeshaver... I'll only end up destroying Osiris, since his strength depends on how many cards I hold in my hand... NO! I must attack! I can't back down now! It's a risky move, but I'll have to take whatever chances I get...
"Osiris the Sky Dragon! Prepare your powerful energy. Attack his XYZ-Dragon Cannon with Super Evangelism Wave Thunder!"
The mighty beast that screams the heart of storms, opened its main mouth, as energy began to collect before forming electrical currents, that then was unleashed in a torrent streaming blindingly fast towards XYZ.
"Hold the hell on, Yugi!" Kaiba commanded, as he waves his hand towards his facedown, revealing not Lifeshaver... but Inter-Dimensional Matter Transporter.
"What in the world is that?" The machine switched on, and blasted a rainbow light upon XYZ, as the lightning stream flew faster.
"That, Yugi, is Inter-Dimensional Matter Transporter. This removes from play my XYZ monster, therefore... Osiris' attack has missed its target completely!"
The blast collided... with the ground, leaving behind a scorch mark in the teal blue metal. XYZ had vanished. The attack raced higher now that it had no target, and Osiris blasted the clouds clear, completing with an emanating shockwave of lighting bolts striking down all around the large island. It had brought quite a scare for many on board the airship.
"Holy... what in the world was that? Honda exclaimed, after the systems had turned back on.
"Hold on a minute... Mokuba! Somehow those lightning bolts have strengthened the signal of the airship's radio transmitters!"
"What?"
"It must have been from the attack by Osiris... we all saw that flash of yellow light before the bolts of lightning struck down across the island..."
"This is Kaiba Corp HQ, over," called a voice.
Harry blinked, before he took his head set and places it back on. "Hello, this is Harry Potter, calling from Kaiba Craft 3. Over."
"Mr. Potter," responded the vice over the dash board intercom, "please be advised you are calling illegally. Over."
"Hold on, Harry's okay, he's my friend. This is Mokuba Kaiba, requesting medical help, an emergency chopper, and more crewmen to help fix our damaged engines for Kaiba Craft 3. Over."
"Mr. Kaiba. I apologize. We have heard of your distress signal earlier despite some communication interference, and we are now sending help over to your position. Over."
"Yeah! It worked. Honda, tell the others quick!" Harry yelled.
"Got it, Harry!" Honda responded running out of the room.
The trio all grinned, before Cassie gotten a bright idea.
"Shit! I know what we can do!" She began typing away, until she got hr needed results, "I sent a direct feed to all transmissions. Not only is Domino City now watching the duel between your brother and Yugi, but so are other parts of the world if the signal can reach."
"Really? That's awesome Cassie." Mokuba took his set of, and relaxes back into his chair. Harry and Cassie did as well.
"Say, I was wondering... earlier before Jonouchi had collapsed in his duel against Marik... what did you two mean by getting frisky?" A Seto Kaiba smirk formed over the younger Kaiba's lips.
Both teens blushed.
"Eh..."
Insert sweatdrop.
=0=0=
Most television broadcasts have interrupted their scheduled programs, and were now replaced with camera screen shots of the duel currently in progress: Seto Kaiba versus Yugi Mutou. All of Domino could see the event right now on the TV screens in the main lot of downtown Domino, and across TVs, including a certain television set in Grimmauld Place.
=0=0=
XYZ-Dragon Cannon reappeared at the end of Kaiba's turn.
"Well now... I see... Harry once told me of this type of card before..."
"So then you'd know that for one turn, XYZ gets taken form the game, before allowed back in."
"Yes... however, I have a move of my own Kaiba. I now set this card facedown on the field." The card he set was Pot of Greed. "Make your move if you dare to that is..."
Kaiba: Spell/Spell Sanctuary, 0 Facedown, XYZ-Dragon Cannon ATK/2800
Yugi: 1 Facedown, Osiris the Sky Dragon ATK/2000
Kaiba's LP: 6000
Yugi's LP: 7000
Kaiba widens his eyes. However, he then remembered that this tunr, he regains Obelisk. And so, he smiled wickedly.
=0=0=
"Oh no... according to this here, Kaiba now has Obelisk back," Cassie reported.
The trio looked outside the windows, as high above the tower, twinkling blue lights began to rise into the one again darkened field of clouds.
"And now he's summoning Obelisk, the second of the Egyptian Gods," Harry concluded, "sacrificing XYZ-Dragon Cannon-"
=0=0=
"-in order to summon my most powerful monster within my arsenal! Prepare yourself Yugi, for the titanic clash of titans shall commence, with the forthcoming of Obelisk the Great War God (10/4000/4000)!"
The lights shattered, as the clouds shifted and swirled. A field of blue lightning arced all around the island, as within the arena, the winds had kicked up. "Use your infinite power, to bring me victory!" Kaiba commanded.
From the clouds, a shadow appeared startling Yami. Slowly the lights from before showered down from the heavens itself, transforming, becoming a beam of light striking the ground behind a now laughing Seto Kaiba. From the tremendous beam of light, came the blue titan of war, Obelisk, in its powerful glory. It stood tall and proud, as Osiris roared in the challenging form that was Obelisk, who simply clenched its giant clawed hands into fists, eyes emitting a powerful glow.
Kaiba: Spell/Spell Sanctuary, 0 Facedown, Obelisk the Great War God ATK/4000
Yugi: 1 Facedown, Osiris the Sky Dragon ATK/2000
Kaiba's LP: 6000
Yugi's LP: 7000
The winds slowed, but they were still present. Marik was completely ecstatic by the events. The question is: Which god shall prevail?
=0=0=
The Order of the Phoenix were stunned, as the TV screen turned a bit staticy, though the reception that had disturbed TV screens across London showed the two powerful beasts, behind their summoners.
Dumbledore looked down at the parchment, which had warmed whenever someone writes a reply to it.
The red dragon is Osiris the Sky Dragon, summoned by the teenager Yugi Mutou. The blue giant is Obelisk the Great War God, summoned by the teenager Seto Kaiba... from where we were, we can feel the energies that erupted from the two monsters. They are supposed to be just muggle hologram things, but they are completely real and physical.
=0=0=
"Shit... how is this going to end..."
"Who knows... both are of a hierarchy class above most other Duel Monsters cards..."
"Obelisk versus Osiris..." Mokuba whispered.
=0=0=
"Now what?" asked Tonks, sitting away from the window.
James sighed. "We wait..."
=0=0=
Which god will prevail when dragon and war god clash...? Isis thought.
=0=0=
"Dumbledore..."
"We must do nothing... this I something that we can never understand," was the old wizard's reply.
=0=0=
And across TV screens, many watched with bated breath, what shall occur next. As Kaiba and Yami stared off, in the background, Osiris roared at Obelisk, who growled back in response.
"Time to see which god will survive in the ensuing battle! Yugi! Prepare to finally lose to me!"
What will happen now? Because of these twists wiht the Potterverse elements, things are not as canon. What did Isis mean by the power born into Harry and Cassandra? And how can this power of which two former magicians once wield can help Yami? Find out in the next chapter installment...