Episode 76: Inner Demons Part 2

Yuni is looking into the face of Darkness. Before him is Oblivion, laughing evilly, and the silhouettes of two massive monsters. The monsters slowly reveal their true forms. Supreme Darkness Evolution: Apocalyptic Abomination of Judgment Day (Dark/Level 10/Fiend/Evolution/ATK ?/DEF 0) is just as its name describes, a massive abomination made of solid shadows. It's muscularly designed and has spikes covering its back. It holds a massive broadsword also made of shadows. The Supreme Darkness Evolution: Apocalyptic Emperor of Annihilation (Dark/Level 10/Fiend/Evolution/ATK 2500/DEF 2000) is also a massive beast of shadows. This retains more humanoid proportions. It wears clothes that appear to be both armor and robes at the same time. In one hand it holds a scepter and in the other is a shadowy spear.

Yuni is horrified. He stammers, "No…not those again!"

Oblivion grins malevolently. "Oh yes, you have encountered Supreme Darkness Evolutions before, back when you fought my pathetic servant Ruin. The power that I lent him which allowed him to use such an Evolution was merely a fraction of the power that I command. These monsters are on a whole different level."

"Then bring them on."

"Oh, I plan to. The attack power of the Abomination of Judgment Day becomes equal to the monster used to summon it, plus 1000 (ATK: 3500) and the Emperor of Annihilation is strengthened by 400 points for every Apocalyptic monster in my grave (ATK: 3300). Since The End of Days acts as a replacement for Apocalyptic Corruption, it grants all of my monsters with an additional 500 attack points (Abomination of Judgment Day's ATK: 4000) (Emperor of Annihilation's ATK: 3800)."

Yuni finds his inner determination. "I've defeated bigger monsters than those. Let's get this over with."

"My thoughts exactly. I activate the effect of Apocalyptic Emperor of Annihilation, which by sending a Apocalyptic monster from my deck to my grave, I can destroy all monsters you control! On top of that, every time one of your monsters are destroyed by a card effect, the Abomination of Judgment Day gains 300 attack for each monster destroyed." A card is sent to Oblivion's grave. "Go, Annihilation Blast!" A massive shockwave is projected from Oblivion's monster.

Yuni declares, "I activate my facedown card, Miracle's Resurgence! Since I have less life points than you, I can activate this card by discarding the Cyber-Tech Illumi-Dragon from my hand!" A beam of heavenly light shines upon Yuni and his monster. "Now for the rest of the turn, my monsters are invincible." The shockwave harmlessly bounces off of the ray of light.

Oblivion is unfazed. "Since I sent another Apocalyptic monster to my grave, the Emperor of Annihilation gains another 400 attack (ATK: 4200)." Oblivion sets a card facedown. "I'll just beat you another way. I activate Forces of Darkness. This card allows one of my Darkness Evolution monsters to attack you directly. The only downfall is that my other monster can't attack at all. Now Apocalyptic Emperor of Annihilation, attack Yuni directly!"

Tori shouts, "No! If that attack connects, then Yuni loses!"

"Then I better not let it hit! I discard Kuriborg in order to negate your attack!" An apparition of Kuriborg appears in front of Yuni and stops the attack. Oblivion chuckles. Yuni asks, "What's so amusing?"

"You are. You're hanging on by a mere thread, and yet you still cling to life. It's the same way that all of your friends acted. All of them thought that they could defeat me, but they all fell before my might."

Yuni appears angered. "Don't talk about my friends!"

"But why not? Aren't they the reason we're dueling like this right now? I've now sent the minds of five of those closet to you to the Realm of Darkness. All five them are either currently suffering there or they have completely vanished from existence."

Yuni continues to get angrier. "Leave them out of this, or else I'll…"

"You'll what? You are bound by the laws of Chaos. You can't take any dark action against me. Your friends will continue to rot in Realm of Darkness, and you can do nothing about it!"

Yuni says under his breath, "Shut up…"

Oblivion puts a hand up to his ear and leans forward. "What was that? I couldn't hear you. I wonder…do you think that your friends and family blame you for the situation they're in? After all, you're the reason they're all there."

Yuni says slightly louder, "Shut up…"

Oblivion shrugs. "I guess that it's impossible to know, since they'll never be coming back. Your parents, Apep, Zenith, and Brutus, all gone forever, thanks to you (Oblivion's hand: 1)."

Yuni shouts with extreme anger, "Shut up!" As he's shouting this, he's shown walking the Path of Balance. He trips and falls to his left, into the Pool of Darkness. Back at the setting of the duel, Yuni begins screaming intensely. The Chaos energy around is converted completely into dark energy. His one golden eye turns dark purple, matching the other. The yang on his hand disappears, leaving only the black yin. He looks directly at Oblivion. His face is now painted with pain, fury, and hatred. He holds his hand up towards the roof and declares, "Dark Chaos Draw!" As he speaks, it sounds as if a second voice, one that is dark, twisted, and evil, is overlaid with Yuni's. He gathers dark energy around his hand and swipes the top card off of his deck.

Yugi asks in horror, Yuni, what are you doing!?

I'm doing what I should have done from the start! I'm destroying Oblivion!

Oblivion smiles. "It would appear that you have allowed your inner demons to take hold. This should be interesting."

Otto, who's been silently watching the duel lets slip a look of surprise. He thinks, So Oblivion has now managed to corrupt both of the Yugohan Princes. I never would have thought it possible that the holy Prince Yu-Gi-Oh could fall into such Darkness. It would appear that I pick my pawns well. He allows himself a grin of satisfaction.

Yugi begs, Please Yuni, don't do this. It's not the way. You know that.

Yuni responds, No, this is the only way. Oblivion was right. I was barely hanging on. Oblivion must be stopped at all costs. The ends justify the means.

No Yuni…they don't…

Yuni ignores him and declares, "I activate Corrupted Chaos Relic: Lethal Arms of Zantel!" Discordon becomes equipped with the card. It forms an armor made out of pure shadows. Several spikes jet out of various parts of the armor and wherever there is a crevice in the armor, you can see red energy flows. Discordon at first appears to be in pain. After several moments it opens its eyes, revealing them to now be glowing red. Its face is twisted, dark, and malevolent compared to its normal state.

Yugi tries to say, Yuni, you're hurting your monster! Stop this!

Yuni commands, If you don't support me, then get out of my mind! Yuni shouts out again, and a pulse of darkness is sent out of him.

Yugi shouts, No! and he is suddenly cut off.

Yuni declares, "It's you and me Oblivion! And I'm taking you out!"


Yugi's body is lying passed out on the floor. He stirs and slowly begins to get up. He looks around. He appears to be in the Realm of Chaos, only it is nighttime. Yugi appears to be on the outskirts of some ruins, including what appears to have at one time been a massive temple complex. Yugi asks, "What's going on here?"

As if to answer his question, Apophis, the Will of Chaos, appears before Yugi. He asks, "You are the one who shares a body with the Lord of Chaos?"

Yugi nods. "Yeah, that's me. What's going on here? Why am I here?"

"Your host has fallen into Darkness, and he has banished you to the darkest recess of his mind."

Yugi looks around again. "And why does it look like this?"

"You currently stand outside of the ruins of the Precursors."

"The Precursors?"

"Yes, the Precursors. They were they ancient civilization that created the Chaos Relics which your host utilizes."

"And why is this inside of Yuni's mind?"

"It is because the worst has happened. Untold eons ago, the Precursors were at their greatest. Their masterful devices, the Chaos Relics, allowed them to do almost anything they wanted. But over time, they became corrupted. Slowly, Darkness infiltrated and destroyed the ancient society. It was that Darkness which eventually destroyed them. And now that same dark force has infiltrated your host. By borrowing upon the power of the Precursors, he has made himself susceptible to the same fate that they met."

Yugi grins. "Alright then, how do we help him?"

"You are a respectable soul. I sense much honor in you." Apophis points towards the large, ruined temple complex. "There is where you will find the dark force that has infiltrated your host. You must get in, and destroy the Darkness, then he will be free."

Yugi turns around and says, "I'm already on my way," as he moves out. After he moments, he turns around and sees that Apophis has not moved. He asks, "Aren't you going to come with me?"

Apophis shakes his head. "No, this is a journey that only an inhabitant of this body can take. I am here merely to point you in the right direction." With that, Apophis disappears.

Yugi turns back towards his destination and heads off.


Oblivion, upon seeing Yuni's Chaos Relic, comments, "A respectable card. What does it do?"

Yuni grins, but not in normal fashion. It is a grin filled with malice. He says with his double voice, "I'm glad you asked. It does many things for me. First of them is making my monster become a Dark Attribute (Attribute: Dark). The next effect activates when I declare an attack against a monster with a higher attack than it. Let's do just that, Discordon, attack the Apocalyptic Emperor of Annihilation, Corrupted Yin Stream!" With a look of pure malevolence, Yuni's corrupted monster raises its staff and lets loose a beam of pure, dark energy.

Oblivion raises his brow in question. "Would you care to explain?"

"When my monster attacks a monster with more attack than it, it's attack automatically increases to match yours, and than gain an extra 500 (ATK: 4700)!"

Oblivion declares, "I activate my facedown card, Impenetrable Darkness! This card stops my Darkness Evolution monsters from being destroyed by battle!"

"You've still got 500 points of damage coming your way!" The energy beam hits Oblivion's monster, and the resulting shockwave hits Oblivion (Oblivion's LP: 4800).

"Now the other effects of Impenetrable Darkness activates! My monster gains 1000 attack, and you take 500 points of damage (ATK: 5200)." A pulse of energy is sent from Oblivion's card to Yuni (Yuni's LP: 3700).

"Since my monster just attacked, and you now have a monster with more attack than mine, Discordon can attack again! Once more, Corrupted Yin Stream!" Discordon launches its attack again (ATK: 5700). The attack hits Oblivion's monster again, but once again it's not destroyed (Oblivion's LP: 4300).

Oblivion declares, "And once again, Impenetrable Darkness activates (ATK: 6200) (Yuni's LP: 3200)!"

Yuni commands, "Again (Discordon's ATK: 6700) (Oblivion's LP: 3800) (Emperor of Annihilation's ATK: 7200) (Yuni's LP: 2700)!"

Tori watches in horror as she realizes what is happening. She cries out, "Yuni, what are you doing!? You're taking just as much damage as Oblivion, and he has more life points than you! You're only destroying yourself!"

Yuni sneers, "No, I'm doing what I have to do! I need to defeat Oblivion at all costs!"

Tori says to herself, "This isn't good. Yuni's in such a blind rage that he doesn't realize that he's destroying himself."

Discordon moves in to attack again (Discordon's ATK: 7700) (Oblivion's LP: 3300) (Emperor of Annihilation's ATK: 8200) (Yuni's LP: 2200). And again (Discordon's ATK: 8700) (Oblivion's LP: 2800) (Emperor of Annihilation's ATK: 9200) (Yuni's LP: 1700).


Yugi is wandering through the Precursor Ruins. He is approaching the wrecked temple complex. He says to himself, "All right, this is it." He walks towards the entrance.

Suddenly the ground shakes and out of the ground rises two monsters. One is the Chaos Relic: Necro Automaton of Eclan (Dark/Level 4/Machine/Effect/ATK 1800/DEF 1800) and the other is the Chaos Relic: Golden Automaton of Shinla (Light/Level 4/Machine/Effect/ATK 1800/DEF 1800). Weapons appear in the hands of each. The Necro Automaton of Eclan becomes equipped with both the Chaos Relic: Shining Sword of Zalten and the Chaos Relic: Darkness Shield of Ganrue. The Golden Automaton of Shinla holds one of the Chaos Relic: Twilight Sabers of Glintos in each of its hands.

Yugi says, "Looks like they sent in the cavalry to stop me. Someone doesn't want me getting in." He jumps to the side as the Golden Automaton slashes at him, hitting the ground where Yugi stood moments ago. As soon as he lands, the Necro Automaton is swinging its blade. Yugi rolls backwards out of the way. He says, "If only I had some way to fight back." As soon as he says that, a Duel Disk appears on his wrist. "All right, that's what I'm talking about!" he pulls two cards off the top of the deck and activates them. "I summon the Dark Magician (Dark/Level 7/Spellcaster/Normal/ATK 2500/DEF 2100) and the Dark Magician Girl (Dark/Level 6/Spellcaster/Effect/ATK 2000/DEF 1700)!" Yugi's two favorite monsters appear on before him.

The Golden Automaton moves in to attack Yugi again, but that Dark Magician swings his staff and catches the blades. Yugi says, "Great job Dark Magician, now let's destroy it with Dark Magic Attack!" The magician pushes back against the automaton and then sends a ball of dark magic its way, destroying it. The Necro Automaton charges at the Dark Magician Girl, attempting to attack it. Yugi commands, "Now your chance Dark Magician Girl, release your Dark Burning Attack!" Yugi's magician aims its staff and fires its attack, instantly destroying the robot. Yugi cheers, "Yeah, great job guys, we did it!" The two magicians look at Yugi and nod. They each turn into an orb of energy and return to Yugi's deck. Yugi looks ahead and says, "Let's go." He runs into the temple.


Back at the duel, Discordon and the Emperor of Annihilation are still locked in endless combat. Yuni commands, "Keep on attacking Discordon! We'll go until Oblivion can no longer fight! Corrupted Yin Stream!" Discordon attacks again, with the same results as before (Discordon's ATK: 9700) (Oblivion's LP: 2300) (Emperor of Annihilation's ATK: 10200) (Yuni's LP: 1200).

Oblivion grins. He thinks, I have managed to reduce Prince Yu-Gi-Oh's incarnation into a mere shadow of himself. He is now nothing more than a vessel of rage, one that is destroying itself. How perfect.

Yuni commands, "Keep it up, attack again (Discordon's ATK: 10700) (Oblivion's LP: 1800) (Emperor of Annihilation's ATK: 11200) (Yuni's LP: 700)!"

On the observation platform,Tori is crying into her hands and Celestia looks down in shame. Otto, on the other hand, seems to be enjoying himself.


A bolt of electricity strikes and destroys an unknown monster. Yugi is pointing towards the monster and standing in front of him is the Summoned Skull (Dark/Level 6/Fiend/ATK 2500/DEF 1200). Yugi congratulates, "Good job Summoned Skull!" The monster sounds its cry and returns to Yugi's deck. Yugi turns towards a massive door. "I hope this is it." He heads in.

On the other side is a massive, dome-shaped room. It appears to have once been an auditorium of some kind. Yugi wanders in and looks around. In the center of the room a large pedestal, and on top of it a formless shadowy entity. A dark voice sounds from it, saying, "You will proceed no more further."

Yugi demands, "What are you!?"

"I am the dark entity known as Zantel. And you are invading my territory."

"No, you're invading Yuni's! What have you done to him!?"

"I've done nothing. You're friend willingly invited me in. But he is fine, he's over there."

Yugi look over to the side and sees Yuni curled up in a fetal position against a wall. Yugi shouts, "Yuni!" He runs over and bends down to observe him.

Yuni is muttering to himself in a demented voice. He murmurs, "It's all my fault…they're gone…all gone…it's because of me…Mom…Dad…Brutus…Zenith…all my fault…"

Yugi asserts, "Snap out of it Yuni! You need to stop this!" Yuni doesn't notice and continues to mutter. Yugi turns back to Zantel. "Fix him!"

Zantel says, "I assure, this is not my doing. Your friend has done this to himself, allowing me to exert my control over him. He has allowed his inner demons to take control over his psyche and now he is a puppet to his dark emotions."

Yugi pulls out a card and plays it. The Black Luster Soldier appears (Earth/Level 8/Warrior/Ritual/ATK 3000/DEF 2500). He shouts, "This needs to end! Black Luster Soldier, attack with Chaos Blade!" Yugi's monster charges at Zantel and slashes. The blade goes straight through the entity, doing absolutely nothing.

Zantel mocks, "Is that all you've got!? Take this!" He then fires a beam of dark energy that destroys the Black Luster Soldier. He fires another beam at Yugi, who jumps back to avoid it.

Yugi looks back at Yuni and shouts, "Come on Yuni, it's not your fault! You've got to get over it! You can't let this Darkness control you!" Yugi continuously dodges out of the way from attacks launched by Zantel. Yuni continues to repeat the same self-defeating comments to himself over and over again. Yugi asserts, "Yuni, this is silly! You know that this isn't your fault! Think about Brutus and Zenith! It was their choice to fight Oblivion so that they could protect you! They did it because they wanted to! And your parents, they sacrificed themselves so that you and the Another Hope card could stay safe! You don't want to waste that sacrifice, do you!? That's what you're doing, you're wasting all of their sacrifices! Now get back up and come to your senses!" A beam manages to hit Yugi's leg. He falls back and shouts in pain.

Zantel says, "It's worthless boy! Your friend is gone, and now you are too!"
Zantel charges for another beam.

Just as the beam is about to be fired, Yuni's voice declares, "Cyber Magic Attack!" A ball of energy is sent from out of screen and hits Zantel, destroying him.

Yugi looks back to see Yuni standing confidently with Cyber-Tech Magician floating in front of him. Yugi exclaims, "Yuni!" Yuni smiles back at him and gives a thumbs up. The setting around them vanishes. Yuni then disappears. Yugi says to himself, "I did it."


Yuni is still attacking in a blind rage. He shouts, "Continue the onslaught!" Discordon attacks once more, still no change (Discordon's ATK: 11700) (Oblivion's LP: 1300) (Emperor of Annihilation's ATK: 12200) (Yuni's LP: 200). He begins to command, "Unleash all of your rage! Attack-"

Yugi shouts, Yuni stop! Yuni pauses. Don't attack again!

Suddenly, Yuni is shown standing inside the Pool of Darkness, below the Path of Balance. He looks up to see you Yugi standing on the path, with an arm outstretched. Yuni suddenly realizes what's happening. He says to himself, "What have I done?"

Yugi says, "Nothing that the two of us can't fix…together." He moves his arm closer to Yuni.

Yuni smiles and reaches up. The two grasp each other's arms and Yugi pulls Yuni up onto the Path of Balance. The scene changes back to the duel. Yuni takes a deep breath and slowly the dark energy around him turns back to Chaos energy, the gold in his eye and the yang all return to him. Everyone in the room gasp. Tori and Celestia look joyful, while Oblivion and Otto look upset.

Yuni smiles and says, "Nice try Oblivion, but I've overcame my inner demons. I've destroyed the Darkness within. I'm back and stronger than ever."

Oblivion simply states, "How…unfortunate."

Yuni starts to say, "I banish the Dark Attribute Kuriborg and the Light…" He ponders a moment and thinks, No, I can't keep Discordon on the field…not in the state he's in now. He looks toDiscordon, who appears to be both full of rage and pain. "I end my turn (Yuni's hand: 0)." Discordon Devolves back into Cyber-Tech Magician. With the Devolution, the Lethal Arms of Zalten are destroyed. Also, since it's the end of the turn, the Emperor of Annihilation's attack returns to normal (ATK: 4200).

Oblivion draws. "How pathetic. You may have recovered from the Darkness, but you still left yourself with practically no guard and only 200 life points left. I don't even need to use the full extent of my power to defeat you, but since you have been a worthy adversary, I will. Watch, for what I am about to do is rarely seen. And those who have, have not lived to tell the tale."

Yuni asserts, "You don't scare me."

"Well you should be. Go, Pinnacle Darkness Evolution!" Everyone in the room gasps. Oblivion's monsters are once again cloaked in shadows. "I summon Pinnacle Darkness Evolution: Apocalyptic Devil of Reckoning (Dark/Level 11/Fiend/Evolution/ATK ?/DEF 0) and Pinnacle Darkness Evolution: Apocalyptic God of Genocide (Dark/Level 11/Fiend/Evolution/ATK 2500/DEF 2000)!" The two monsters emerge, bigger and more monstrous than ever before. The Devil of Reckoning is a mammoth shadow creature of monstrous proportions. Its broadsword is larger than before, reaching ridiculous proportions. The God of Genocide also more massive, but it maintains more humanoid proportions. Like its previous form, it wears armor with a cloak over it. Its scepter and spear have been replaced by a staff and a lance.

Yuni says in disbelief, "That's not possible…"

"Obviously it is. Now, the Devil of Reckoning's attack becomes equal to its previous forms plus 1000 (ATK: 5000) and the God of Genocide gains 500 attack for every Apocalyptic card in my grave, which I have five (ATK: 5000). Then of course there's also the bonus from The End of Days (ATK of both: 5500). Now to finish this! Apocalyptic God of Genocide, attack the Cyber-Tech Magician!" The monster charges at Yuni's monster.

Yuni winces. He thinks, No! It's going to take a miracle to get out of this! Something dawns on Yuni. That's it! A miracle! He declares, "By banishing Miracle's Resurgence I can end your battle phase and draw a card!" The same ray of light from before returns to the field and protects Yuni.

Oblivion grimaces. "You are nothing but a thorn in my side. One that will soon be removed (Oblivion's hand: 2)."

Yuni prepares to draw. As he does, he finds himself walking the Path of Balance again. Up ahead he sees something strange. On a path that seemed to go straight forever, he sees a curve to the right, one that actually appears to dip into the Pool of Light. Yuni asks in confusion, "What's going on up ahead?"

The voice of Apophis answers, "You have shifted the balance towards Darkness. In order to restore the Balance, you must dip into the powers of Light."

Yuni smiles. "I can do that." Back in the real world, Yuni declares, "Go, Shining Chaos Draw!" He pulls a glowing card off of the top of his deck. "I activate Re-Evolution! This card allows me to re-Evolve Cyber-Tech Magician into Discordon, the Cyber-Tech Magician of Chaos!" Discordon returns to the field. "I activate Discordon's effect and banish the Cyber-Tech Spellbook of Chaos in order to send Cyber-Technokinetic and Cyber-Tech Apprentice to my grave!" Yuni takes a deep breath and thinks, All right, I hope this works. I banish the two Light type monsters, Cyber-Technokinetic and Cyber-Tech Illumi-Dragon along with the Dark type Cyber-Tech Apprentice in order to perform a Shining Chaos Evolution!" Discordon becomes cloaked in a harsh light. Yuni chants, "O, Great Will of Chaos hear my plead, grant me the power that I need. The darkest shadow is cast by the brightest light, Cyber-Tech Magician unleash your might! I summon Lumen, the Chaos Cyber-Tech Magician of Genesis (Light/Level 10/Spellcaster/Evolution/ATK 4000/DEF 3100)!" Discordon has transformed into a being of light. Its armor now glows golden, as if made out of pure light. Where the yin-yang projected from its staff used to be, is now only a yang.

Oblivion looks shocked. He demands, "What is this madness!? Users of Chaos do not utilize the power of Light!"

"Oh but they do, in order to counteract the forces of Darkness! I equip Lumen with the Redeemed Chaos Relic: Glistening Staff of Wen!" In Lumen's empty hand, he now holds a golden staff with an emblem of a sun on its top. "Then I activate the effect of Lumen, which places on to each and everyone of your cards a Destructive Genesis Counter!" A small yin-yang crest appears on each of Oblivion's monsters. "Any card with a Destructive Genesis Counter has its effect negated!" Each of Oblivion's cards become grayed out. "Now Lumen, attack the Apocalyptic God of Genocide with your Destructive Genesis!" The magician releases a massive burst of light energy.

Oblivion demands, "But what would that do for you!?"

"When my Magician declares an attack, it can destroy all monsters that have Destructive Genesis Counters!" The attack grows larger and destroys every single one of Oblivion's cards. Yuni continues to explain, "And when monsters are destroyed by a card effect, the effect of the Glistening Staff of Wen kicks in and inflicts damage to you equal to the destroyed monster's attack power!" A burst of energy comes from the Chaos Relic and hits Oblivion (Oblivion's LP: 0). The blast creates a smokescreen around Oblivion. Yuni jumps up and cheers, "Yeah, I did it!"

Tori and Celestia cheer, "He did it! He did it!"

Oblivion's voice says full of malice, "Don't celebrate yet boy! This duel is far from over!" The smoke clears. Oblivion is standing there, looking injured and beat up, but also angrier than ever. In front of him are the silhouettes of four monsters stand resolutely. All appear to be some sort of horseman.