Good Day Readers! I only own Kylie and Katherine Hope along with the unique cards within their decks and whatever other OCs decide to crop up. Also this was originally written in dubbed so some chapters may have some dubbed dialogue remaining because I like it. Also italics symbolise another language not Japanese, I'm follow the Manga's timeline year speaking because it's easier for me. Thank you to alexc1209 for your review and… well you'll see what they can do for Yugi or rather what Katherine has done.
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Chapter 36: - Yugi VS. Pegasus: Match of the Millennium (V)
I pulled a brush through my hair as I stared at the mirror but it did not show my reflection instead it projected the image of the duel I was currently watching on the physical plane, things were definitely sticky at the moment but I had to believe that there was a chance – no matter how slim – of Other Yugi emerging victorious.
A soft groan came from behind me causing me to bolt to my feet and I ran over to the queen size bed with pale purple bedding covering it and within the soft covers was a stirring Yugi Muto so I gently held his hand to make sure he knew I was here.
"K-Katherine-chan, where are we?" Yugi asked. He slowly began to push himself up so I rearranged the bed of pillows to better support him as he glanced around, scattered across the floor were the numerous games I'd played with a vanity table set against the wall near a door that was brilliant silver in colour, the table held a brush and some simply jewellery.
Another prominent part of the room we were in was the entire wall of books that rested on the left side of the bed filled with fictional stories, mythological texts and some books on magic with a reddish-gold door lying next to it, Yugi was in shock as he glanced around before turning to look at me in confusion.
"This is my Soul Room, Yugi. It a spiritual representation of the person, using my magic I drew you into myself to protect you from the shadows, it was safer that trying to heal you physically otherwise I might have been snatched instead," I explained. Yugi seemed to be processing this information but I needed to tell him something so I brought him over to the reddish-gold door which held the kanji for his name etched onto its' surface.
"We're connected now, this kind of bond can't be broken by anything. I'm sorry but there was no other way to save you," I apologised. As I did my face turned down, normally I tried to avoid doing these kinds of things but in this case it was unavoidable, suddenly hands appeared under my chin forcing me to look up at Yugi.
"Don't apologise Katherine-chan. You did what you thought was right" Yugi reassured. It was nice to know that the kind boy wasn't blaming me for this act of binding our souls together. "How is the duel going?" Yugi spoke. I smiled and dragged him over to the vanity table allowing him to look out into the physical world through my eyes.
*Yu-Gi-Oh*
Reassured that Yugi was going to be recovering much quick than I had expected after nearly dying here in the Shadow Realm, but perhaps his soul was stronger than any of us actually knew, my consciousness returned to the real world where Pegasus was gloating about something but I couldn't be bothered to pay much attention to his words.
"Hey stranger," Kylie softly spoke. Other Yugi turned to look at my sister who met his gaze firmly with her own burning green eyes. "We're right here, we can't help much but we're right here for you, I know things seem hopeless but a single card can change the course of an entire duel so believe in your deck just like you always have done," Kylie insisted. As she spoke Kylie settled a hand on his shoulder to add physical comfort to the words she had spoken.
Then I felt a strong energy sweep over us, it was old and wise yet I could not see the one who summoned this energy although Other Yugi's eyes were glazed over and I believed that perhaps he was receiving a message on the spiritual plane then his eyes snapped back to reality with a determined fire burning within them.
"His friends, they haven't given up on him," Other Yugi insisted. I didn't know if such a belief would actually be able to help us in this regard, but it was nice to know that those who couldn't be hear physically were still trying to fight in the spiritual sense, their bond was impressive in its' power.
"Hey Katherine-chan that gives me an idea. Could you combine your magic and my friends' bond to create a protective barrier over the Other Me's mind?" Yugi asked. That was an idea but I wasn't the best at protection spell although if I used something as a basis for the spell that it might be enough to counteract the Millennium Eyes.
"One moment please. Kylie! Urgent talk! Now!" I insisted. My sister physically nearly jumped probably having not been expecting me to push through her mental barriers at such a crucial time but she did turn slightly to look at me as I felt her mind pushing back towards me.
"What Katherine? If you haven't notice we're in a bit of a pickle at the moment," Kylie snapped. The duel was clearly fraying at her nerves especially after Yugi's perceived death so I quickly informed her of the young boy's plan – although I didn't mention the boy's situation – which caused her eyes to widen. "You sure this will work?" Kylie asked. I shrugged my shoulders but at the moment it was better than nothing so Kylie reached out her right hand to my left which we linked and then pointed out free hands toward Other Yugi.
As we began to softly chant the spell we needed, Other Yugi made the move by drawing up his card and so that enabled us to feel the pressure of Pegasus trying to break into Other Yugi's mind, at first it appeared that Other Yugi was attempting to block him from seeing it so the card appeared blank but Pegasus pushed harder in order to break through… however he was too late.
Our spell settled over Other Yugi's mind and all Pegasus got was the image of an unconscious Yugi being cradled in my arms as Kylie shielded the two of us from that accursed eye whilst the other three stood in front of her, Jounouchi and Honda looked ready for a mental fight whilst Anzu glared at the invader as a glow surrounded me and Kylie in this projection.
"What have you two done?!" Pegasus yelled. The only answer he got from me and my sister was a harsh glare since we weren't going to stop our spell until this duel was over, Other Yugi turned to us and smiled gently, clearly understanding we had done something to help but I doubted he knew everything.
"Thanks to my friends I can save my Black Magician from the blast of your Bomber's detonator," Other Yugi declared. Pegasus refused to believe this obviously unable to comprehend that me and Kylie had actually been able to stop his Millennium Eye and even called all of us pathetic little friends. "The power of your Millennium Eye is not capable of tearing down the wall of our feelings," Other Yugi insisted.
With our protection in place Other Yugi could fight back without any concerns as he threw out the Magic Box of Death which switched Time Bomber and Black Magician thus imprisoning that accursed detonator and allowing Black Magician to return to Other Yugi's side and I swear he had never looked more relieved than in that moment.
Sacrifice – ATK/2500 – ATK/200, DEF/2100 – DEF/1000
Pegasus cursed this move and simply drew a card before passing his turn so Other Yugi withdrew a card from the deck as he stared at the card, thanks to the protection I was able to see that it was Brain Control but I didn't see how that would be able to help in this situation.
"Katherine-chan, my card. Tell the Other Me to play it on this turn," Yugi insisted. I nodded recalling the artwork for a second before casting it away thus preventing Pegasus from trying anything, I used the protection to tug on Other Yugi's mind causing him to turn around and face me with confusion on his face.
"Yugi says to play his card this turn," I spoke. Other Yugi's face was confused before realisarion settled on it only to be washed away by relief as the faintest twitch of a smile appeared on his face especially when I was able to pass on the card's identity to him through the mental link provided by our spell.
Other Yugi turned back to the podium as Kylie raised an eyebrow at me but I'd tell her later as Other Yugi proceeded to use Brain Control to take control of Sacrifice thus bringing it and the dangerous bomb attached to it over to his side of the field causing Kylie's hand to tighten obviously feeling slightly worried about how this strategy would turn out but then Pegasus laughed.
"Have you completely forgotten about the time bomb on him? By doing such a stupid thing, your Black Magician will be blown up by Time Bomber and you'll lose!" Pegasus declared. However due to the knowledge that had been passed onto him thanks to Yugi, the spirit was hardly afraid of this as he touched the face down card.
"Is that so? I still have a set card, the card left behind by Yugi!" Other Yugi reminded. He then flipped the card over revealing that it was a ritual card known as Chaos – Black Magic Ritual which caused two totems to appear on either side of a stone table. "I sacrifice Time Bomber and Black Magician for the ritual," Other Yugi revealed.
The two named monsters briefly appeared over the totems before vanishing and thus with Time Bomber removed, it prevented the detonation effect ensuring that Other Yugi had a few more turns left in this duel before it was over.
Sacrifice – ATK/200 – ATK/0, DEF/1000 – DEF/0
Upon the table a red seal appeared and then a swirling vortex of magical wind erupted from the table spiralling upwards until it impacted the 'roof' of the dome which caused the wind to spread out across the dome and as a figure descended from the newly formed cloud bank, Other Yugi revealed this individual was known as the Magician of Black Chaos.
Magician of Black Chaos – Attribute: Dark, Type: Spellcaster/Ritual, Level: 8, ATK/2800, DEF/2600
"Yugi left behind but one card when he was on the verge of collapsing. The Chaos – Black Magic Ritual! The magician born from chaos, the fusion of light and darkness! Controller of insanity! The master of all magicians!" Other Yugi declared. At last the magician landed on the table that had been summoned showing that he was ready to fight. "Pegasus! This is our trump card! Using this trump card, I will defeat you!" Other Yugi insisted. Both duelists glowed with an intense light showing off their fighting spirits that refused to give up on this duel until the very end.
Then the spirit proceeded to lay a card face down in the Spell and Trap zone and slid a monster into play face down defence mode, naturally our protection spell prevented Pegasus' Millennium Eye from seeing into Other Yugi's mind thus ensuring that they were kept a secret from him.
"My turn! The brainwashing effect on Sacrifice have worn off and he becomes my monster again," Pegasus stated. Sacrifice proceeded to return to its' creator's side and I was partially worried about what would happen now that Pegasus could easily drag Magician of Black Chaos over to become Sacrifice's new shield, my worry was calmed when Kylie physically tightened her grip and Yugi spiritual settled an arm around my shoulders.
"I'll use my trump card to teach you and your little comrades just how meaningless this 'friendship' you speak of is! I play two cards on the field, I'll power up Sacrifice's Special Effect even further with this. I fuse Thousand Eyes Pagan God together with Sacrifice," Pegasus declared. As he did the surface of Sacrifice began to bubble and writhe causing both myself and Yugi to feel somewhat sick upon seeing the spectacle. "The Evil God, Thousand Eyes Sacrifice," Pegasus revealed.
Thousand Eyes Sacrifice – Attribute: Dark, Type: Spellcaster/Fusion, Level: 1, ATK/0, DEF/0
"Yugi-boy, this duel will signal the grand finale of the Kingdom. You will be cursed with a cruel defeat," Pegasus gloated. Whilst I didn't want to know what Pegasus was talking about, I knew that I really didn't want to see those eyes open something told me that if that thing opened its' eyes we were going to be in serious trouble in this duel.
Other Yugi was confident that the results of this duel would only be known once it ended however Pegasus claimed that the Magician would be incapable of protecting even himself once Thousand Eyes Sacrifice activated its' accursed effect however Other Yugi held firm to the belief that Yugi's final card would save us all so I took strength from his resolute belief.
"The final turn," Pegasus declared. The monster obeyed the man's orders as those one thousand eyes proceeded to open fully revealing their cruel piercing gaze right onto the magician who seemed to be prepared for anything however green light shot out of all the eyes and ended up surrounding Magician of Black Chaos pulling apart his fighting stance.
"Black Chaos," Other Yugi protested. That sickening gaze had entrapped the magician preventing him from doing anything and Pegasus claimed that there was no escape from the gaze since it blanketed all of Other Yugi's field even ensnaring the monster that was currently face down which meant both were ripe for assimilation by that creepy thing.
"All that remains now is for me to activate the central Evil Eye! I'll suck in your monster and steal its' powers," Pegasus gloated. Pegasus activated Sacrifice's Special Effect to draw the trapped magician towards him however Other Yugi proceeded to activate his set card revealing that it was a Spell card.
With Other Yugi's declaration a purple light began to emit from Sacrifice and Pegasus taunted Other Yugi but he was soon forced to fall silent as multiple Kuriboh's began to appear in front of Magician of Black Chaos thus serving to severely confuse Pegasus.
"You've made a grave miscalculation. Activating your Evil Eye also affected my set card Kuriboh. That effect will now target him as well," Other Yugi revealed. Pegasus asked when this had happened whilst Other Yugi simply continued on by revealing that his face down card in the Spell and Trap zone happened to be Multiply which would explain the numerous Kuribohs.
Since the assimilation had started and couldn't be stopped, the Kuribohs were forcibly dragged towards Thousand Eyes Sacrifice much more easily than Magician of Black Chaos due to their much smaller size and since they kept multiply exponentially that meant that there were more Kuribohs than Sacrifice could absorb.
As a result Sacrifice became clogged up in a sense preventing any more of Other Yugi's monsters from being absorbed by that accursed creature and as a result of the Kuribohs being absorb they proceeded to emerge from Sacrifice effectively covering all one thousand eyes of Pegasus' monster.
Thousand Eyes Sacrifice – ATK/0 – ATK/300, DEF/0 – DEF/200
"Thousand Eyes Sacrifice is trying to absorb the countless Kuribohs!" Pegasus exclaimed. Other Yugi took this opportunity to inform Pegasus that due to the Special Effect that the cute little fur balls carried that once attacked Kuriboh acted as a living land mine and that meant many explosions were about to occur so I squeezed my eyes shut awaiting the time to come.
Loud bangs that left a sharp ringing sound echoing within my ear drums sounded across the duel arena, I opened my eyes as Pegasus damned Other Yugi for what he had done and the Kuribohs for the part that they had played for the damage dealt to Thousand Eyes Sacrifice.
"With Kuriboh's death, my Life points decrease by three hundred points. However all of Thousand Eyes Sacrifice's thousand eyes were destroyed," Other Yugi admitted. The fusion monster was smoking with all one thousand eyes closed having been rendered useless thanks to the multitude of explosions that had direct contact to the eyes.
Yugi – LP: 400 – LP: 100
"And at this moment, Magician of Black Chaos is freed from its' curse! Are you prepared, Pegasus? My turn!" Other Yugi declared. Pegasus realised that now all of his plotting, planning and manipulations had failed; Other Yugi commanded his magician to attack the defenceless fusion creature and it was easy to see where this was going.
Lightning briefly crackled across the spellcaster's staff before he seized it and slammed the tip into the ground thus unleashing an orb of crackling lightning that charged across the ground towards Thousand Eyes Sacrifice causing another explosion which completely annihilated the creature.
"Thousand Eye Sacrifice was beaten," Other Yugi declared. With its' destruction I could already feel the shadow dome beginning to break apart around us which allowed the power of my Gauntlet to flare brighter and stronger as it assisted me in finishing the repairs upon Yugi's soul.
"He did!" Yugi cheered. A smile creeped its' way across my face at the young boy's joy since it was very well deserved after all the struggles that both he and this mysterious spirit had been through to reach this point and it seems the fruits of their labour had finally come to be seen today.
Pegasus – LP: 600 – LP: 0
"Hell yes!" Kylie cheered. She dropped my hand which caused the spell of protection to be broken but it hardly mattered due to the fact that with the duel over there was no need for us to keep this protective spell up and it was confirmed that Yugi had finished with his healing so I reached out to Other Yugi's back with my Gauntlet and lay it over where his heart was located.
*Yu-Gi-Oh*
With Yugi fully healed and the duel over I took the boy's hand and guided him over to the door that held his name which caused Yugi to look at me rather concerned as I placed his hand on the door allowing him to feel the magic that radiated from it.
"Time to go home Yugi," I insisted. The boy looked at the door and seemed to be rather nervous but he pushed against the door causing it to open revealing a corridor beyond it, Yugi looked at me and I nodded so the boy smiled and he proceeded to step into the corridor returning to his body as the door swung shut on its' own.
*Yu-Gi-Oh*
As Yugi left my mind a golden glow flowed from me into him as Other Yugi returned control of the body to Yugi, Kylie rested her hand on Yugi's shoulder whilst I entwined my hand with Yugi's as the boy lifted his head to look at the man who had caused so much toil and terror for the poor boy and his friends.
"Pegasus, we've won!" Yugi firmly declared. Pegasus appeared to be in complete shock over the fact that he had lost and due to the Shadow Game being finished the dome began to fade away thus allowing for us to return to our own reality.
"Yugi!" Three voice cried behind us. All of us turned to face the three who stumbled slightly clearly surprised to see the two of us standing at Yugi's side since they failed to get in but I gently pushed Yugi towards them as the three congratulated the boy on his victory over Pegasus thus ensuring that the captured souls would be set free.
"We've got problem," Kylie called. Everyone stopped celebrating to look at my sister whose gaze was settled firmly on the podium opposite us so we looked and saw that it was completely abandoned. "Pegasus booked. I know where he's going though, follow me," Kylie insisted. Without waiting for a response my sister took off away from the arena.
"Come on," I insisted. Quickly following after my sister I heard the sound of people following us thus letting me know that they were coming and I only hoped that we would catch up to Pegasus in time.