This part will mostly have the duel process


Despite what just happened, the duel continued. Kaiba claimed not believe what he saw was so important. Pharaoh on the other hand knew it was meant to be, that he and Kaiba would duel each other. I had my own worries. I had seen the same person too many times. If what Izizu said is correct, then the person I saw was me in the past. But that can't be right. Like Kaiba, I didn't want something from the past define today. But the visions were too real. I wondered, how did the battle end then? Why would the young woman try to stop them from battling? If she was Pharaoh's personal guard as I was told, wouldn't she be on his side. Did she have something to with the Sorcerer? I shook off those thoughts and concentrated on what happened now.

The duel was on and it was still Kaiba's turn. Having 2000 LP, he just placed one card facedown and ended his turn. Pharaoh had 3000, and on his move, he summoned Gazelle, The king of Mythical Beasts, in defense with 1200 DP. Kaiba activated then his cloning trap card and also now had a monster on the field. Both monsters were now on defense. Pharaoh ended his turn by placing one card face down. It was Kaiba's turn, he claimed that he'll crush Pharaoh with his Blue Eyes White Dragon. Pharaoh reminded him that he needs two sacrifices to summon White Dragon and so far, he only had one. In other words, Kaiba had to use a magic card to either let him summon twice in his turn or lower Blue Eyes level so he could summon it with one sacrifice. Apparently, my latest guess hit the spot. Kaiba used Cost-Down card, that lowered Blue Eyes to level 6 monster which requires only one sacrifice. After sacrificing the cloned Gazelle, Kaiba brought out the White Dragon with 3000 AP. It didn't waste time and destroyed Gazelle. Now, it was Pharaoh's turn, He played Monster Reborn card and brought Dark Magician to the field. I couldn't help shivering, that was exactly what happened in the vision. Pharaoh didn't attack, since Dark Magician had only 2500 AP. He placed another card facedown and ended his turn. That could mean that one of the cards is a trap or magic card, that could boost the AP of Dark Magician. What would the other? I would guess it's something to stop Blue Eyes from destroying Dark Magician or lower its AP. It was Kaiba's turn, he placed one card facedown and then activated magic card called Card of Demise. He could now draw cards till he had five in his hand, but after five turns, he has to discard his hand to the graveyard. He also summoned Lord of Dragons in attack mode with 1200 AP. While having Lord of Dragons on the field, no harm can be done to the White Dragon by magic cards. It was now Pharaoh's turn, he summoned Beta, Magnet Warrior in defense with 1600 DP and sent Dark Magician to destroy Lord of Dragons. But Kaiba activated trap called Trick Mirror, with it he could copy one magic card from Pharaoh's graveyard and use it. He copied Monster Reborn and brought back Obelisk. With god cards, magic cards work only for one turn and trap cards will be annulled. That was enough for him. Obelisk took the attack of Dark Magician, and since it was stronger, Pharaoh took damage of 1500 LP. After recovering that, Pharaoh placed one card facedown and ended his turn. Due to god cards effects, the Monster Reborn lost it effect and Obelisk was sent back to graveyard. Kaiba switched Lord of Dragons to defense position, and the played the Flute of Summoning Dragon. It allowed him to bring as many dragons as he wanted from his hand to the field. So, he brought out two more Blue Eyes White Dragons.

Things didn't look so good for the Pharaoh. Kaiba having now three monsters with 3000 AP each, meant serious ending of the duel. But if Pharaoh would play the right cards, he could get through. Kaiba didn't hesitate to send Blue Eyes attacking Pharaoh and his two monsters. But suddenly, Pharaoh had three monsters. Using Kaiba's Flute of Summoning Dragon, he was able also to summon a dragon from his hand. It was none other than Red Eyes Black Dragon. That didn't stop Kaiba's attack, his first target was Dark Magician. Pharaoh then activated one of the three facedown cards. Magician Selection. With it Dark Magician won't be destroyed and Pharaoh's LP won't take damage, but it did destroy Kaiba's weakest monster. In this case, it was Lord of Dragons. Kaiba did destroy Magnet Warrior, but when he targeted Black Dragon, Pharaoh activated another magic card. Spell-Binding Circle. It stopped Blue Eyes attack and made it lose 700 AP. Which was enough for Black Dragon to counter-attack. That Blue Eyes got destroyed and Kaiba also lost 100 LP. He placed two cards facedown and ended his turn. It was now Pharaoh's turn, he placed one card facedown and set Black Dragon to defense position. But that's when Kaiba activated Final Attack Order. It was a magic card that force all cards to attack position, so Black Dragon had to be forced to attack. But it also made both players to choose three cards from the deck and send rest of the deck to the graveyard. That meant that this duel will end soon. Having only three cards to draw and every monster on attack mode, will surely end this duel soon. If not by the end of someone's LP or by ending the cards. Kaiba didn't waste time to choose his cards, unlike Pharaoh, who surely tried his best to choose carefully his next moves. After finally choosing his cards, Pharaoh send rest of his deck to the graveyard. Kaiba played Monster Reborn and summoned his missing Blue Eyes. Then he activated Polymerization and combined the three Blue Eyes and got Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon at the field with 4500 AP.

Anything could happen now. Most likely however, was that Kaiba would win with his Ultimate Dragon. For Pharaoh to win requires some of very clever magic or trap cards. But even if they prolong the duel. Pharaoh would lose when his cards run out. All the tension from before, was getting to me. I barely heard how Kaiba told his reasons to win this tournament. Something about overcoming his past. Funny, I was sure he didn't believe the ancient Egypt-story. Unless, he referred his past from the orphanage. And being tyrannized by Kozaburo. It must be that, because his voice had nothing more than hatred. I recalled what I had seen in the virtual world, Maybe, what I saw then wasn't all of it, but it was enough for me to know how hard it had been. So, there was more personal reason for him to win. But having it arranged isn't going to work. Something I had to learn, in the hard way. Anything could change and when it does it could break your world. I took a small look at Mokuba he seemed a bit worried. And sad? I know he missed the brother he had then at the orphanage, who according to him smiled more often. I wanted to say something to Kaiba, but I was getting tired of all the tension and excitement. Then again Pharaoh told Kaiba, how is the past that make what we are now, and how one could learn from the past.

I think that moved me more. His words hit right to those marks, that still held grip over my heart and mind. I had made big mistakes, that cost me my legs. Now, thanks to some changes and more accommodation, I got myself a job, that could pay me the medication to keep me walking. I also had to change my attitude towards my friends and those who still cared for me. I'm still a ticking bomb, that could hurt others, but not as much as I did before. Someday maybe even I could leave it all behind, but now I had to do what I could to mend the distance between me and my brother. He doesn't know what happened then to me, and I wish he never will. To him I just went to US and got back recently. He doesn't need to know what kind of trash I was back then.

Kaiba, didn't seem to be faced by the words said by the Pharaoh. It was now Pharaoh's turn and played Double Spell. Now he could use the same magic cards, that Kaiba used at the previous turn. Monster Reborn and Polymerization. First, using Monster Reborn he brought back Bluster Blader, and then he used Polymerization to fuse together Dark Magician and Bluster Blader to have Dark Paladin. Like Bluster Blader, Dark Paladin got 500 AP from each dragon on the field, giving it 3900 AP from Black Dragon and Ultimate Dragon. It still missed 600 AP to get even with Ultimate Dragon. Pharaoh's turn ended by him placing one card facedown. This duel is about to end soon, I can tell. Pharaoh still tried to remind Kaiba, that he could let go of his hate and learn something from the past. That didn't make any changes. Kaiba ordered Ultimate Dragon to Attack. Pharaoh activates magic card Magic Formula, that would give 500 AP to Dark Paladin, But Kaiba also had a card facedown, Absorbing Spell. It takes the 500 AP, that were meant to Dark Paladin and gives that to Ultimate Dragon, it having now 5000 AP. Ultimate Dragon was too strong now, Pharaoh could lose this now. Suddenly, Joey and other got to the top of the tower. How come Joey is up? Wasn't he unconscious? I wanted to ask them, what had happened and why was Joey up, but that's when Pharaoh revealed his other facedown card, De-fusion. With it the Ultimate Dragon was separated in to three Blue Eyes White Dragons and stopped the attack. Now, that there were more dragons, Dark Paladin's AP got to 4900. It was now Pharaoh's turn and he played Defusing Wave-Motion. It cost him 1000 LP, leaving him with 500 LP. But with that card he now could attack all three Blue Eyes and remove rest of Kaiba's LP. It took only one order to make dark Paladin to attack, since Kaiba had no more cards on the field beside the dragons, his duel was over. Pharaoh had won, and his next opponent was Marik.