YuGiOh!: Advent of Power

by ardee

When old and new enemies begin to make appearences, Yugi must face one of the most deadly organizations in the world. Over 22,000 hits...

35. Family Business

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: Family Business

Another insane chapter. Man, I could get used to these massive chapters.

Metal Overlord 2.0: If you liked Solomon's dueling then, you're going to love it now. A friend told me that the deck had WAY too many high level monsters, and made no sense, but that was exactly what Yugi's first deck was like. This is beatdown at its best. Hell, if you look at it, there are very few strategies that come to mind other than beatdown. Dream Duel is coming along nicely, for your first YGO fic. I wonder what else Yami Marik has up his sleeve.

mystralwind: Glad you liked it.

Yugi took a breath and drew. He had a full hand of seven cards, which gave him more options. He looked it over, thinking of the combos. He knew all the effects and stats by heart. Suddenly, he grinned. It would take one turn.

"All right. I set a monster facedown and a card facedown as well. End turn." Two brown-backed cards appeared in front of the master duelist.

Solomon drew. "Pathetic! Here comes Berserk Warrior (1900/600)!" A strange monster appeared on the field. It was dressed in classic, Japanese armor, and carried a long katana. Its looked like its adrenal glands were permanently open, as it was continuously hyperventilating.

"Attack his facedown monster with Berserk Blade!" The samurai rushed forward with an insane war-cry. It cut down, but it was revealed that the monster was a blue-skinned elf dressed in robes. "My Mystical Elf (800/2000) is too strong," challenged Yami.

"Very well then. Chaos Gilford, obliterate that irritation with Chaos Thunderbolt Cut!" His monster still had forty-nine hundred attack points, and it didn't matter if his Chaos Avenger Tokens were gone. The warrior and dragon each fired lightning and flames at the elf respectively. It was immediately destroyed.

"I end my turn," sneered the old man.

(Yugi: 5350, Solomon: 3300)

The King of Games drew. "I summon Yellow Gadget (1200/1200) in attack mode!" A tiny yellow robot with turning gears on its shoulders, extending arms and legs, and had one red eye.

"Pathetic!" sneered Solomon. "I wouldn't say that. When he's summoned in any way, I get to add a specific monster from my deck to my hand. That monster is Greed Gadget (1400/600)." He quickly located the required monster and shuffled his deck.

"I don't see where this is going," complained Solomon. "Just wait. I activate my facedown continuous trap, Ultimate Offering. By paying 500 extra life-points per summon, I can perform an extra normal summon this turn. I immediately summon Green Gadget!"

Yugi slammed yet another card onto the monster card zone of his Duel Disk, and a monster that looked just like Yellow Gadget, except that it was a green color, materialized and also held up its arms, preparing to do battle.

"When he's summoned, I can add Red Gadget (1300/1500) to my hand. I summon him right away!" Then another mechanical monster appeared: a third Gadget monster similar in comparison to Green Gadget and Yellow Gadget. Only difference, it was colored red.

"You've summoned three perfectly useless monsters," snapped the Game Shop owner. "I now want to know what the point is."

"I'm going to show you. First I play Mystical Space Typhoon, to destroy your United We Stand!" Solomon scoffed as Chaos Gilford's attack points fell a bit. "Forty-one hundred is still too much for you."

"I next equip my Green Gadget with the Malevolent Nuzzler." The green machine beeped as its attack points shot up to 2100."

"Finally comes Brave Attack, which combines the attack points of all monsters on my field and allows them to attack one of yours as if they were one monster!" "No!" yelled Solomon as he quickly figured out the math.

"Green Gadget, Red Gadget, Yellow Gadget (4600)! Attack together with Triple Gadget Burst!" The old man growled in anger as the three machines beeped simultaneously. There eyes flashed red and they all rushed forward. First, the Green Gadget dealt the warrior a stunning blow across the face with its powerful fist.

Gilford struck back with its sword, slicing the machine in half. Immediately, its red-colored brother attacked the dragon with a double kick. Gilford's mount grunted before it destroyed the machine by spitting a ball of fire at it.

The Yellow Gadget beeped in anger, and began to spin. Its legs were clapped together and its arms were stretched out. It was spinning so fast that it now resembled a cyclone.

Much to Solomon's dismay, the yellow tornado rushed towards the fusion monster. As it hit, there was an explosion. Yugi shielded himself from the dust, but couldn't resist a smile. "Thanks guys…."

When the smoke cleared, Solomon's field was empty, and the man himself was exhausted. "Chaos Gilford may be gone, but I warned you before and will say the same again. My deck has many, many more beasts to crush you with! There is no way you will survive!"

Yugi shrugged. "You look like the one in a bad position, actually. Next, I summon Skilled Dark Magician (1900/1700)!"

A mage in black robes with large shoulder pads, a green staff held in two hands, black gloves, a black helmet, and only his face visible appeared. "I end my turn with a facedown." Yugi had no cards in his hand.

(Yugi: 3850, Solomon: 2800)

Solomon smirked. "I spoke of powerful monsters for a reason, little Yugi."

Yugi narrowed his eyes. "Another one?"

"I play Emergency Reinforcements, to special summon a level four or lower monster from my deck, on the condition you get an extra draw. Meet Flame Hell Burner (1800/1500)!" A warrior that seemed to be made purely of flames appeared. It wore no armor, and it had a sword that seemed to be composed of fire as well. It grunted at Yugi, who happily picked the next card off his deck.

"Don't forget that since a spell card was activated, my Skilled Dark Magician gains a counter." A small orb lit up over Yugi's monster.

"Upon being summoned, I can add a level five or six monster from my deck to my hand. If I don't summon it this turn, I have to discard it. My choice is the Millennium Shield (0 500 500/3000)!" He quickly found the necessary card and added it to his hand.

"I sacrifice Flame Hell Burner to summon it in attack mode!" The flaming creature was replaced by a shield that was glowing. It was framed by the Eye of Wdjat. "Attack mode?" Yugi raised an eyebrow.

"Just wait. I sacrifice Millennium Shield from my field, and discard another Shield and Sword from my hand to summon the most powerful level six monster in the game, my Millennium Sword (3000 500 3500/0)!" The shield glowed even more, and suddenly began to morph. It grew much thinner, and a blade began to sprout from the top.

Soon, the entire shield had taken on the form of a handle, along with long pommels. A long, red blade sprouted from the top. Yugi was taken aback.

"Millennium Sword?" "Yes. Watch, as his effect activates! Upon being summoned I can return a magic or trap card from the graveyard to my hand. I choose Fusion Recovery." Yugi didn't seem to care. He was focusing on the fact that Solomon's new monster had three thousand attack points.

"I activate Fusion Recovery, returning Polymerization and Millennium Shield to my hand." Yugi paled, but said nothing as his magician gained another counter.

"Next comes Polymerization, to fuse Millennium Shield and Millennium Sword to special summon my mighty Millennium Warrior (3000 500 3500/3000)!"

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Kagemaru gave Bakura a funny look. "Chaos King of the Dark World? No such card exists. I know about nearly every demon type monster that exists."

"Well, nearly is the key world," shrieked Bakura. "Colorless is the ultimate Dark World monster, and he will destroy you!" The spirits of Grei and Reign-Beaux appeared on the field. They crossed their weapons, and began to chant.

"What the hell is going on?" snarled Kaiba. "Death awaits!" roared Bakura. "Death awaits those who dare challenge me."

Unholy black flames erupted all over Bakura's field. The Overlord and Commander of the Dark World were both consumed by the fire, but they didn't drop their position. They glared at Armitael and continued to chant incessantly. Suddenly, the flames rose up even more, and they were completely consumed.

They seemed to burn away. Now, wraiths of every Dark World monster in the graveyard seemed to be appearing around Bakura and his field. They began to shriek in anticipation. Even the mighty Goldd was joining in, howling in feral joy.

A towering shadow appeared from in the flames. It wasn't as tall as Armitael, but it was definitely a good match in size. It was very bulky. Armitael roared a challenge. A single, resounding roar erupted from within the flames. Every monster on the field was silenced, and the wraiths disappeared.

A massive arm was raised, and the flames dissipated. In the darkness, it was difficult to look at the creature at first, but when Kagemaru saw it, he then got an idea of what kind of beast he and Armitael were facing.

It was roughly forty feet tall, and wore platinum armor. Other than the armor, its entire body was translucent. It seemed to absorb what little light was available, and used it to form vague body parts. Its arms were each the size of a tree-trunk, and very muscular. Long claws sprouted from its fingers. A black cape fell to the demon's ankles. It raised its head, and under a helmet, Kagemaru was surprised to see a strangely human face. It did have a few demonic features, such as red eyes, and an angled nose. The eyes, cape and armor were the only part of its body that held any light.

It growled. The entire arena shook. Even the Master of Dragon Soldier was shocked by the appearance of such a creature.

Kagemaru shook his head. "Ridiculous! That creature is no match for Armitael!"

Bakura gave him a grin that looked humorous and at the same time more terrifying than the duelist had ever seen before. For the second time in his life, he knew true fear.

"Do not be so quick to judge Colorless. To begin with, he starts with five thousand attack and defense points." Kagemaru gulped. With seventy-five life-points, there was not much he could do against that kind of power.

"It then gains five hundred more attack and defense points for every Dark World monster in my graveyard. There are six." The titanic fiend (8000/8000) roared as it glowed with unholy black fire. "Next I activate Dark World Lightning, which forces you to choose two cards in my hand, and make me discard them."

Kagemaru grimaced and selected the middle two cards. They were Blui, Soldier of the Dark World (1400/1900), and a final Zure, Knight of the Dark World (1800/1600). Colorless' attack points went up to nine thousand.

"Colorless' second effect activates. If a Dark World monster is sent to the graveyard this turn, I can choose another Dark World monster from my deck and special summon it to the field. My choice is Sillva, Warlord of the Dark World (2300/1400) in defense mode!"

Another beast appeared. It resembled Goldd ever so slightly, but was had silver skin, and was dressed in silver furs and armor. It held a long dagger. It was kneeling next to the mighty Colorless, with its arms crossed defensively. Its demonic features were twisted in awe of the Chaos King, which towered over it.

"Next I activate Blui's effect from the graveyard. One Dark World monster of mine now gains a permanent thousand more attack and defense points." Colorless (10000/10000) was now as strong as Armitael when it was powered up.

"Now Colorless, obliterate his Armitael when Dark World Chaos Blast!" The horrible beast shrieked. It slammed its hands together at the wrists, and black and white fire began to glow on its stretched out palms. With a shriek, it let lose all its energy in Armitael's direction. The towering column of energy struck Armitael, causing it to cry out in pain.

"I will not allow this! I activate the quick-play magic card, Once Stung, Twice as Deadly! By removing five monsters in my graveyard from play, I can activate set two trap cards from my hand, and activate one. So say goodbye to Meteor Demon, Archfiend Soldier, Summoned Skull, Kuribabylon, and Dark Summons God, to set these two cards."

The new, brown-backed cards appeared behind the huge form of Armitael. "Next I immediately activate Chaos Form, which randomly selects card a graveyard or removed from play pile. Chaos Form equips itself to Armitael. When the monster is chosen, Armitael's attack points become those of the chosen monster."

The combo creature grunted and began to fire its own attack at Colorless in order to stall till the monster was chosen.

"You do realize, only Uria, Lord of Searing Flames has enough attack points to survive. Otherwise, there is no hope for you." Kagemaru glared at Bakura. "Chaos Form, choose the appropriate monster!"

He held his Duel Disk up. It glowed a bit, and a card fell out of the graveyard slot. Kagemaru held it up. Sure enough, it depicted a huge, red, snake-like dragon.

"See! It is pure fate that you should be defeated. Uria, Lord of Searing Flames (10000/10000) is Armitael's weapon of choice to decimate that pathetic excuse for a monster! Counter-attack Armitael, with Metamorphosis Wave!"

Roaring loudly, the large combination creature opened its jaws and reared its head backwards. Drawing power into its jaws, the creature lowered its head and spread its wings fully open. Orange energy came streaming out of the creature's mouth and struck the Colorless' attack (10000/0).

"Since Armitael is immune to destruction in battle, Colorless is doomed!" shrieked Kagemaru.

Bakura shook his head, his crazed eyes reflecting a touch of amusement. "I don't think so. I activate Colorless' third ability. By sacrificing a monster on the field, I can make him immune to destruction in one way. My choice is battle. Both have ten thousand attack points, and neither can be destroyed in battle. Therefore, this clash is for nothing."

Kagemaru shrieked in anger as the two monsters pushed back and forth with their blasts. Finally, the two were exhausted, and dropped their attacks.

Bakura's eyes flashed. "I end my turn." Armitael's attack points fell back to zero.

Kagemaru drew with insane strength. He didn't bother looking at the new card. "I refuse to give you another opportunity to defeat me. First, Armitael gains 10,000 attack points." The large fusion (10000/0) glowed with insane strength.

"Next I activate my final trap card, Rage of the Demon! One fiend type monster now gains the ability to attack all monsters on my opponent's field and give him a direct attack. Since I have two opponents, it applies to both. Armitael, end this duel with Eternal Destruction!"

Letting out a mighty roar that shook the island, the large combination creature began gathering dark orange energy within its jaws. Spreading its wings out fully, the large creature released a stream of dark orange energy straight for Colorless.

The Thief King was still rather amused. "I activate my Chaos King's final ability. By discarding a Dark World monster from my hand, I can immediately end my opponent's battle phase. Say goodbye to Brron, Mad King of the Dark World (1800/400), so that Armitael's attack his completely negated!"

A horrible, cackling fiend appeared next to Colorless, who ruthlessly grabbed it in one of its massive hands. It quickly squeezed it, and it disappeared in a wisp of smoke. The Chaos King of the Dark World grunted, and clenched its fist.

Armitael began to glow. It gave a growl of pain, and stopped its attack.

Kagemaru froze. "IMPOSSIBLE! I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THIS! I WILL NOT LOSE!" he roared in crazed fury.

Bakura gave him a pleasant smile. "You just did. Kaiba, take your turn."

"With pleasure," sneered the CEO. He drew, and without bothering to look at it, he sneered, "Master of Dragon Soldier! Attack now with Dragon Saber Blast!"

The powerful soldier's sword began to swell with white twisting energy as the three dragon heads filled with white energy as well. The three heads released a stream of powerful white energy in combination with the knight, who released a burst of energy from his sword. The four streams intertwined together, forming one, invincible blast.

"I WILL NOT GO DOWN LIKE THIS!" was all Kagemaru could roar in disbelief as the attack crashed into Armitael's chest. It let out a horrible shriek of pain before the blast began to eat away at its entire torso. Suddenly, Kaiba let out an exhilarating yell. The Master of Dragon Soldier grunted, and let lose all its energy into that one blast. It tore through the massive combination creature, and continued on. Kagemaru was hit dead on, and the attack threw him off his feet. His life-points hit zero.

He fell to the ground about fifteen feet away, and Kaiba's fusion stopped its attack. "And that's game," sneered Kaiba. Armitael's injured form disappeared.

Bakura smirked, and slowly walked over to the Legendary Demon duelist's prone form. He bent down, and looked over the body. "He's out for a long while."

Standing up, he noticed that Colorless and Armitael were still on the field. He sighed. "There is no point in continuing this duel, Kaiba. I hate you, and I think you're a deplorable jackass of a bloke, but it's just a waste of time to continue this when we have a common enemy. If you want to continue this, be my guest. Colorless will decimate your Master of Dragon Soldier next turn and end the duel. I'd rather not do that, as you'd be a valuable asset against those two."

Suddenly, he noticed that Kaiba was on his knees. "NO! NO! NO! Get the hell out of my head!"

"What the hell is going on?" snarled Bakura, taking a step toward the writhing man. Suddenly, he found himself flailing: Kaiba had punched him full across the face, and was once again grasping his head in pain.

Colorless growled, and began to power up some energy in its palm. "Wait!" snapped Bakura. The Chaos King stopped and nodded. The Thief King snarled and lunged forward. As Kaiba was standing up, he punched him back across the face.

In that moment of vulnerability, Bakura was able to reach out into the other man's consciousness with his mind. He felt the familiar feeling of leaving his body as he mentally probed Kaiba's mind's defenses. There was a lot of damage in the duelist's mind.

He stretched out his extension into Kaiba's mind. As his mental presence arrived, he found himself in a massive hallway. It was rather dark. With a sigh, he walked to a large steel door, and opened it. Walking down the passages for a few minutes, he allowed the magic of his Ring to guide him.

Honestly, this boy's mind was rather dull. Bakura himself was five thousand years old, but Seto was still in his twenties, and after all this time he should be able to think of more stuff. He randomly saw images of Duel Monsters appearing and disappearing. He saw Yami, Wheeler, Gardner and of course, Mokuba Kaiba. He noticed a young teenager with blonde hair and piercing blue eyes screaming at someone.

Kaiba's thoughts.

Finally, he found himself at another large door. He grunted and opened it. He found himself in a large, empty space. Immediately, he recognized Kaiba's Duel Dome. It was a wreck. There were flickering flames all along the floor, and the top was open to the night sky, twinkling with a few stars.

He suddenly heard laughter in the distance. Grunting, Bakura immediately began to run in that direction. There was a bit more fire there, and when he was about thirty feet away, he was able to see two figures. One was upright: it was the laughing one. The other was lying on the ground, groaning in pain.

As he got closer, Bakura could recognize the standing one. He gasped so loudly that the person turned around. "I didn't expect to find you of all people here… Thief King."

"Anubis…"

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Tea's eyes flashed. "I will not lose to you so easily! I activate the quick-play spell card, Angelic Bounty! If there are three or more angels in my graveyard, I can special summon one of them to the field in defense mode and end my turn. I choose Warrior of Zera (1600 3000 4600/1600)!"

The Demon Breaker was about to come crashing down on Tea, when the lithe form of Tea's fairy shot out of the darkness and hit it squarely in the torso. The two monsters began to fall to the ground, grappling ferociously. They crashed down, the Demon Breaker immediately rolled away. Its brothers flanked it, and the three roared out a challenge to the Warrior of Zera.

But rules were rules. They couldn't attack it. Disgruntled, they slunk back to an enraged Anubis' field. "I will finish you sooner or later, mortal female! Why resist?" He ended his turn with six cards in his hand. Tea held eighteen, and had gained a bonus twenty-five hundred life-points.

(Tea: 57100, Anubis: 5800)

"Your strategy is flawed, Ms. Gardner. Although your insane draw engine deck is rather effective when it comes to gaining life-points, it is fast thinning out your deck. If you continue this way, you're going to soon deck yourself out."

The angel duelist gave him a withering look as she drew. "I activate Eternal Revival! It only activates when I have more than ten cards in my hand. I can pay two thousand life-points to return all cards in my graveyard back to my deck!" Anubis growled in frustration as she shuffled every card in her graveyard back into her deck. He estimated that she now had over thirty cards left in her deck.

"Even a hand of eighteen cards cannot defeat a monster with infinite attack points!" challenged Anubis. "Perhaps not. But this one card can: activate Hammer Shot, which destroys the strongest monster in play. Very obviously, Demon Breaker is invariably the target." She draw four cards, and her life-points immediately shot up, while Anubis grudgingly contended himself with one draw.

A massive hammer seemed to descend out of nowhere, and crushed the horrible creature. "Next I summon my Agent of Deception – Uranus (1900 4000 5900/1600)!" The new angel was blue-skinned. It had two large wings flapping out on either side, and was dressed in platinum armor. In one hand it held a small dagger. Upon receiving glares from the two evil Breakers, it simply grunted and silenced them. "He lets me draw a card for every monster that my opponent has more than me. Also, I can use a monster card zone to play a magic or trap while he's one the field."

"With over six thousand attack points thanks to Muka Muka Energy, Uranus is more than strong enough to obliterate you! Attack his Shadow Breaker with Holy Deception!" Anubis smirked.

"You may have destroyed Demon Breaker, but he will still be a thorn in your side. By removing his from play, I can copy the effect of one magic or trap card in your graveyard. I choose Draining Shield." The invisible shield appeared in front of the Shadow Breaker. As usual, Tea's gain was much more than his, giving her a grand total of twenty-six cards in her hand.

Uranus' dagger had changed into sword as it was about to pounce on the Shadow Breaker. Suddenly, it bounced off the invisible shield. Twisting around in mid-air, it was able to land on its feet on Tea's field. It snarled at her opponent's before its sword transformed back into a dagger.

She looked over her hand of nearly thirty cards. Her insane draw power had given her just the card she needed. There were lots of combos she could pull off with her crazy hand size, but this was the best.

"Well, if you wish to defend, I'm not going to stop you. But I want to know, that if it's been so difficult to defend against these weaker monsters, what would you do if I summoned up an army?" Anubis narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean?"

"I activate Holy Summoning! By sacrificing one angel on the field, I can special summon any number of fairies with combined attack points less than my monster's combined attack points, ignoring summoning conditions. Since it is currently at seventy-one hundred, I summon Seraphim Blader (1800 5800 7600/900), Seraphim Guardna (1000 5800 6800/2000), and Seraphim Gunner (1800 5800 7600/1200), and lastly, Seraphim Monarch (2500 5800 8300/1000)."

The first to appear was an angel in gray armor appeared. It had massive white wings, and its blue eyes shown as it waved its large sword about. Another armored angel, this one holding a massive steel shield, was second to appear. Finally came an angel in silver armor, holding a long rifle in one hand.

"Of course, each Seraphim gains 300 attack and defense points for every angel on the field, except for Seraphim monarch, who gains five hundred." All four of her monsters glowed with heavenly energy (8800/2100) (8000/3200) (8800/2400) (9800/2500).

"Since my battle phase is over, I'll have to end my turn. Anyway, Holy Summoning prevents me from attacking this turn at all." She had twenty-nine cards in her hand.

(Tea: 65100, Anubis: 11900)

Anubis had begun to take notice of Tea's insane combos. A bead of sweat rolled down his forehead. For the third time in his life, the God of Death knew true fear.

"How did you get so good?" he snarled. Tea ignored him. He growled and looked over his hand. Tea's combos benefited him as well. Although his nine cards was nothing to Tea's twenty-nine, he still had plenty of combos to choose from.

"You would ignore me? Fine! I switch both Shadow Breaker and Torture Breaker to defense mode and set another monster in defense mode." Even as she did this, his face spread into shock.

"Wait a minute! You have the Winged Dragon of Ra in your hand!" Tea gave him a cold look. "You catch on quickly, don't you Anubis?"

Signs of worry were beginning to show on his face. He snarled. "No! I will not allow this! Activate Confiscation, which lets me look through your hand and force you to discard a card at the cost of one thousand life-points!" She absently flipped her massive hand around, and gave him a brief look at her many cards.

He didn't even recognize most of them, so he didn't bother trying to make use of his advantage. "Your Winged Dragon of Ra will be far more comfortable rotting in the graveyard." Tea absently tossed the card depicting the mighty bird-like god into her graveyard slot.

"The effect of the Agent of Revival – Neptune (2100/200) activates while he's still in my hand. If you send a card from my hand to the graveyard, I can automatically activate a single card from my graveyard, regardless of the fact that my magic and trap card zone is full. I choose Emergency Sustenance. I sacrifice Spell Absorption to gain fifteen hundred life-points from Emergency Sustenance's own effect, and then another twenty-five hundred from my other combos."

One of her life-point gain cards disappeared, boosting her life-points by four thousand total. "It makes no difference that it's gone. I needed that slot empty if I wished to play more magic and trap cards. Anyway, Appropriate, Appropriate Reversal, Solemn Wishes and Muka Muka Energy will continue to haunt you."

He grunted in reply.

"I end my turn."

(Tea: 72100, Anubis: 10900)

Tea drew, giving her a magnificent thirty-nine cards in her hands, making it a miracle she was able to hold them all. It seemed like she had only fifteen cards left in her deck. Anubis began to feel satisfied again. At this rate, the wench would deck herself out.

"Of course, the greater number of cards gives my monsters more attack points." (10800/2100) (10000/3200) (10800/2400) (11800/2500). Her weakest monster could right now destroy a Megamorphed Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon without trying. Coupled with her crazy life-points and insane hand, it was a wonder she couldn't crush Anubis right then and then.

"It seems I've finally drawn the card that I need," she smirked. "The reason I've been drawing so much. I play the Seal of Orichalcos!"

"Are you insane, you wench?!" roared Anubis. He immediately slammed his fists together and began to focus on the energies of the Pyramid of Light in a desperate attempt to counteract the power of the Seal. The green circle appeared on the ground around them, even as Anubis desperately chanted in Egyptian. His Pyramid began to emit massive waves of Shadow magic.

It was to no avail. The Seal held strong. Abandoning his attempt, he looked up to see Tea with a truly crazed look on her face. The Seal was glowing on her forehead.

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'VE JUST DONE?" shrieked Anubis.

"I've sealed your fate, that's what I've done, you idiot. You won't harm anyone after I take your soul." Her smile widened. "When I planned to take revenge, I planned to do so in a proper manner. Every person you've ever killed or hurt will now be avenged."

Her smile became deathly. "You're going to die, Anubis."

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The Millennium Shield and Millennium Sword began to swirl together in the usual vortex. Soon, a figure emerged from it. He was tall, and well-built. However, he seemed rather brain-dead. The warrior's eyes were sunken, and he didn't seem to care about what was going on around him. Even his armor seemed to mean nothing.

The only things that seemed to matter were the shield on his arm and the massive sword he carried (3000 500 3500/3000).

"That's the Millennium Warrior?" said Yugi in wonder.

"Yes. Legend goes that he was a knight who was obsessed with arms. He spent years collecting the rarest and most powerful weapons ever crafted. He chanced upon the two greatest ever: the Millennium Shield and Millennium Sword. The two are inhabited by a duo of spirits. The warrior began to use these weapons to such an extent that after a while the spirits took over his mind and the weapons began to control him. However, his skills are still present. With both weapons at his disposal, the Millennium Warrior is on the verge of invincibility!"

The young man gave his grandfather a disgusted look. "If strong monsters are all you've got, I still maintain that this won't last long."

Solomon glared at him. "We'll see, brat. Right now, I have to teach you a lesson."

"Perhaps, but not while Skilled Dark Magician has time to activate his effect. He now has three counters. Buh-bye Skilled Dark Magician, hello to Dark Magician (2500/2100) in defense mode!"

Yugi's current monster disappeared. The new mage had on dark purple robes with some battle armor. In his right hand was a long green staff. His hair was purple, and his eyes the color of lilac. He had pale skin and wore a strange mage's hat. Leaping forward, he landed onto the field and crossed his arms.

"So your most faithful servant returns," sneered Solomon. "Too bad he's much weaker than my Millennium Warrior!"

"He can attack every single one of your monsters, although unfortunately you only have one. What's more, Millennium Warrior has the infamous 'trample' ability. Attack with Millennium Blade!"

The deadly fusion growled, and charged across the field, sword raised. The Dark Magician grimaced and raised his hands in defense, but it was to no avail. He was sliced in half by the attack, leaving Yugi with a frown on his face as his life-points went down.

"End turn."

(Yugi: 2450, Solomon: 2800)

Yugi drew. "I will continue to obliterate your monsters! I play one of the cards which Pegasus gave me as a weapon to combine with the gods! Here comes Gift of the Gods! For every divine beast on my field or in my graveyard, I get to draw three cards. This now gives me a bonus six cards." Yugi spread out his open hand of seven cards.

"Time for your Millennium Warrior to follow Black Luster Lord, Omega, and Chaos Gilford." Solomon narrowed his eyes. "Your arsenal of gods has been exhausted. There is nothing in your deck to defeat the Millennium Warrior!"

Yugi shook his heads. "Gods are immaterial when it comes to defeating you! I can use anything in my deck to do so. Watch, as I play Emblem of the Dragon Destroyer, which lets me add Buster Blader (2600/2300) to my hand!"

He placed a card into his Duel Disk, and a strange bronze object appeared before him. It seemed to be a small trophy. Extending from opposite ends of the stand were claw-like decorations. Near the top of the award a round blue gem was set. An orange depiction of a dragon's head being stabbed by a sword decorated the gem.

He quickly searched out the fabled monster and added it to his hand. "Next up is my facedown Call of the Haunted, which lets me revive the Dark Magician!" The familiar magician appeared and stretched out its staff.

"Finally comes Double Spell! I discard the final Repayment of Losses to draw a card and get Polymerization from your graveyard." Disgruntled, Solomon reached for the magic card and tossed it to the King of Games.

"Next I play it, to fuse Dark Magician and Buster Blader for my mighty Dark Paladin (2900/2400)!"

Solomon only stood in shock as they watched the warrior and mage appear on the field. The two then began to swirl together, causing a black sphere to appear. The sphere touched down on the ground, and then finally dissipated to reveal a new mage. He had blue skin, long grey hair which was flowing out of his odd shaped helmet, and red eyes. He wore powerful looking blue armor with orange stripes all over it, and held a large magical staff that had a lance like sword on the top of it.

"As I'm sure you're aware, he gains five hundred attack points for every dragon in your graveyard and on your field. There are only two, Chaos Emperor Dragon, and Chaos Gilford, but its more than enough to take out your Millennium Warrior!" The Dark Paladin (2900 1000 3900/2400) stood strong as it glowed with energy that flowed out of Solomon's graveyard slot.

"Now, show him true power and attack his Millennium Warrior with Dragon Slayer Slash!"

The mage let out a mighty battle cry and leapt high into the air. Solomon watched wide eyed as Yugi's powerful fusion aimed his staff straight at his weaker monster. The mage then pushed power into this staff, forming a large black sphere of energy. Pulling his staff back, the mage swung the staff in front of himself, throwing the sphere of dark energy from the lance. With a mighty force, the black sphere struck the Millennium Warrior head on. The brain dead soldier didn't even cry out in pain. After a few seconds, a thunderous explosion followed, shattering Solomon's warrior's body shattered.

The man was panting with exertion. "Impressive… Very impressive. But not enough! 3900 is nothing compared to what I'm capable of bringing out!"

"Talk is cheap," said Yugi calmly. "If you actually take this guy down, maybe I'd give you a bit of credit. Besides the gods, he's among my most powerful creatures. Defeating him won't be a cakewalk, I can assure you that."

Solomon shrugged. "Anyway, when my Millennium Warrior is destroyed, I gain life-points equal to his attack points. Unfortunately, you gain life-points equal to your half your monster's attack points if I choose to use this effect."

Yugi shrugged and began to feel a bit warmer as his life-points went up.

"Good for you. I set one card facedown and end my turn."

(Yugi: 4400, Solomon: 6300)

It was back to the old man. He smirked. "Well, I set a monster in defense mode and next activate Painful Choice!" He searched through his deck. "Just the five cards that I need…." He held them up, and Yugi gasped in shock.

The cards were the Right Leg of the Forbidden One (200/300), Left Leg of the Forbidden One (200/300), Right Arm of the Forbidden One (200/300), Left Arm of the Forbidden One (200/300), and finally, Exodia the Forbidden One (1000/1000).

Yugi was stupefied. "Why the… Why the hell would you want to send those cards to the graveyard?" Solomon shook his head. "Language, Yugi. Now, choose one card that I get to keep."

Yugi shrugged. "Eh well. Keep the Left Arm." Solomon smirked and added that one card to his hand. He dumped the rest in his graveyard.

"I place one card facedown and end my turn," he smirked.

Yugi shrugged, and drew. "I activate my facedown Jar of Greed, to draw one card. At that same time, I chain the magic card, Greed of the Duelist. When a card with the word 'greed' in its name is activated, all other cards in my graveyard with the same are activated. Pot of Greed activates." He smirked as he drew three cards, giving him six.

"Watapon's (200/300) effect activates. Since I drew him by a card effect, I get to summon him right away." A small, pink puffball appeared next to the daunting Dark Paladin. It squeaked.

"Next I sacrifice him for my Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700)." The stunningly pretty blonde spellcaster appeared and smiled at Yugi, before giving a glare to Solomon. "She also gains three hundred attack points because I have Dark Magician in my graveyard." (2300/1700)

"Since you seem a fan of Black Luster Soldiers, how about I show you one up close? I remove Skilled Dark Magician and Watapon from play to special summon my own Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning (3000/2500)!"

The air exploded with dark and light energies colliding together all over the field, slowly coalescing into the mighty black armored warrior that was probably the deadliest warrior in the game. It held up its sword menacingly.

"Finally, I play Supreme Sage's Stone. When Dark Magician Girl is on the field, I can special summon my Dark Magician (2500/2100) back to the field from my deck, hand, graveyard or removed from play pile!" Once again, Yugi's favorite monster appeared, wearing his strange purple armor. He crossed his arms, making sure his green staff was visible.

"Quite the army you've summoned up, Yugi," chuckled Solomon.

"But what help does it do you? Over ten thousand attack points worth of monsters, and I can snap each one like a twig."

Yugi glared. "I'll show you true power! Black Luster Soldier, lead the charge and destroy his monster!"

The deadly Chaos monster grunted in agreement, and charged across the field. With a swing of its blade, it cleaved the facedown monster in half. He just had enough time to notice that it was a floating ball of slime, when it was obliterated.

"Giant Germ (1000 500 1500/100). When this card is sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle, I can inflict 500 points of damage to your Life Points. I can special summon two more from my deck, but they have to be in face-up attack position." Two more, large slime-balls appeared, and Yugi grimaced as his life-points fell a bit to 3900.

"No problem. Black Luster Soldier… Go on and attack his first one."

Solomon chuckled. "Sorry. I activate Servitude of the Weak. When a monster with 1000 or less attack points is attacked, I can end your battle-phase, and boost my life-points by the combined levels of all your monsters multiplied by one hundred." The Chaos monster was stopped in its tracks, and the old man's shot up to 9200, far past his starting point.

Yugi was displeased. "Fine. I end my turn."

Solomon drew. "Fool… You left my Giant Germs on the field. At any cost, you should have destroyed them. Now you face the original beast, the one that started everything you were ever involved. It is strongest in the hands of its original master."

Yugi's brow creased. "What are you talking about?"

Solomon's smile widened. Suddenly, it hit Yugi. "NOT THAT!"

Solomon burst out laughing. "Yes! Yes! Yes! I sacrifice my two Giant Germs to summon the fourth Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000 500 3500/2500)!" The two germs disappeared, and were replaced by the colossal white dragon that was a true engine of destruction. It roared at Yugi's army of monsters.

Solomon was grinning nastily. "It's the original card that the fool Seto Kaiba tore up. Having access to Maximillion Pegasus's machines is really a perk. Repairing this one was a cakewalk! More would have been made, but after the original four were created, Pegasus destroyed the blueprints. A real shame. I'd love to imagine an army of duelists each armed with three Blue Eyes White Dragons each!"

He laughed at his private joke. "But here it is… The one monster that has been the bane of your dueling career since your first duel with Kaiba! Ironically, this one is the very card you were dueling to avenge!"

Yugi was visibly shaken. But then again, as he reasoned, it made sense. Of course Marik would want to arm the old man with something powerful.

He lashed out angrily. "Fine! But my Dark Paladin (4400/2400) has just grown much stronger. You can attack any one of my monsters, but I can still destroy your Blue Eyes White Dragon next turn!"

"You probably could. But its all in good time, Yugi. Have patience. First I must play Graceless Charity. It lets me draw two cards at the cost of discarding one. I choose to discard the Left Arm of the Forbidden One!" He looked over his new cards, and let out a hollow laugh.

"It ends now. It all ends now." Yugi raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me? Thirty-five hundred attack points is nowhere near enough, as I'm very sure you know." The old man began to laugh.

"I play Contract with Exodia! Since all five pieces of Exodia are now in the Graveyard, I can play this card. It allows me to special summon one of my ultimate weapons! Meet the monster known only as Exodia Necross (1800 500 2300/0)!"

Solomon's laughter continued as five dark beams of energy exploded from the five pieces of Exodia. The darkness collided and a shape began to form, slowly revealing a full-sized Exodia with a few oddities. It was black instead of tan, and a dark aura surrounded it, making it even eerier then ever.

Yugi blanched in horror. "Wait a second! I remember now! Kaiba told me about how Gozaburo Kaiba used it against him!" Upon remembering its effects and the like, he relaxed. "It's nowhere near invincible, though. I can finish it off easily."

"You could. You could also defeat my Blue Eyes easily. But what about both of them?"

Yugi blinked, confused for a second. Then it hit him. He spoke in a low voice. "Don't tell me…"

"Oh yes! I play my final Polymerization, to fuse Exodia Necross with my Blue Eyes White Dragon to summon the monster that will seal your fate! I choose to summon Legendary Dragon Lord – Exodia!"

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"What are you doing inside Kaiba's mind, Anubis?!" spat Bakura. He clenched his fists, and his Ring glowed in preparation to do battle. He kept an eye on Kaiba's prone form that lay unconscious on the ground of the Duel Dome.

Anubis gave him an amused smile. "I'm not really Anubis, per say. I'm just a part of him." He laughed bitterly, his tone changing.

"Already, so much of my being has been split into those accursed dark Gods. What did it matter if I put a tiny portion of my power in this foolish man's mind to make sure no one would try and free him from my control? The fact that it made him a sadistic demon was a bonus."

Bakura gave him a strange look. "You're using Kaiba as a host?" "Of course." He noticed Bakura's clenched fist. He smirked.

"You wish to fight me? Please. You know that I could crush you with ease. If you leave now, I won't come after you." His Pyramid of Light glowed, as if to emphasize his point.

Bakura was well aware of it. He could feel that the portion of Anubis that was residing in the young CEO's mind was larger than he thought. Even at his absolute maximum strength, he couldn't keep up a battle of Shadow magic against Anubis for more than a few minutes. The mere fact that Anubis stood about seven foot six, while the Thief King himself was about five foot eight didn't help things. At the most, he could stall for time until Kaiba recovered. Then perhaps if they attacked together….

No. Even then it would be futile.

The Thief King suddenly realized that Anubis was walking towards him. Well, he wasn't going to give him a chance to think. What the hell….

He snarled as his golden aura exploded. Focusing on his magic, he forced power from his Millennium Ring into his hand. Slowly, a long, sword appeared in his right hand. It was completely golden, and seemed to be made of energy. The power flooded his body, making him feel warmer in the chilling recesses of the strange CEO's mind.

Bending his knees, he shot off towards the calmly walking Anubis with a grunt. He was skimming a few inches over the ground, and moving at maybe sixty miles an hour. Within a second, he was right in front of his opponent. He would have to bring all his mental energy to bear now.

With a roar, he swung his sword straight at Anubis' chest. For a minute, he actually thought he had hit his target, when he saw that two large fingers were blocking it. Anubis was simply staring at him.

With a snarl, Bakura whirled around, attempting to slash Anubis' flank. Without waiting to see if it had made contact, he began to swing his energy sword in different directions. It was like a tornado of golden energy was trying to crush Anubis.

After about three minutes of relentless attacks, Bakura tensed his knees, and leapt about fifteen feet away. To his shock, there wasn't a scratch on Anubis' body. He was still holding up his index and middle finger in the same eerie position that they had been when he had blocked Bakura's last strike.

"Crap…."

Anubis gave him a sad smile. "You had a lot of potential, Thief King. Although of course, its time to die now."

Bakura's eyes flashed. "NEVER!" He shouted a harsh phrase in Egyptian. Two monsters appeared on either side of him. One was Reign-Beaux, Overlord of the Dark World, and the other was Grei, Commander of the Dark World.

"KILL HIM!" screamed Bakura. The two monster roared and sped towards the advancing man. With a howl, Reign-Beaux's sword descended onto Anubis' shoulder, while Grei stabbed with its double-bladed staff in the direction of the God of Death's torso.

At the same time, Bakura let out a massive bolt of golden energy from his Ring in Anubis' direction. Anubis reacted so fast to all three attacks, that the Thief King found it hard to believe that he wasn't on some kind of steroids meant for your average God of Death.

He whirled around and punched Reign-Beaux full across the face. In the same movement, he grabbed Grei's neck in the same movement, and threw him in the way of the oncoming blast. It vaporized him, and continued on in Anubis' direction. With a bored sigh, he raised his hand and caught the blast. It continued on, and Anubis seemed to absorb it. With a grunt, he fired it back. This time, it had quadrupled in size.

Bakura's eyes widened. He focused his magic, and tensed his legs. He leapt out of the way of the blast, and continued on, allowing the magic of his Ring to take him higher. It would give him a moment to recuperate from the counterattack. The destruction of Reign-Beaux and Grei had taken a toll on him anyway.

He didn't get a second extra. Anubis was pointing his hand at him, and had fired three blasts of black flames. Bakura's white hair was thrown back as the attacks sped past either side of his head. With a roar of frustration, he raised both hands above his hands as he began to descend. Golden Shadow magic formed in each hand and a large nexus had formed between the two hands.

He willed himself to fall in Anubis' direction. When he was just about ten feet above his opponent, he threw his hands forward, and fired the massive blast. A grim satisfaction spread through his mind as the evil god's form was completely blocked out by the attack.

He was in no hurry to stop firing. After all, even holding back a single bit of energy would mean certain death.

Suddenly, a large hand reached out of the vortex of golden power. Before Bakura could gasp, it reached out and grabbed his head. The pain was unbelievable. The energy immediately ceased its flow, and his arms dropped uselessly to his sides.

"Hello Bakura," said Anubis grimly.

The goad brought back the Thief King's resolve. With a roar, he lashed out with his fists, hitting painful spots all over his captor's torso. The only response that Anubis gave was tightening his grip on Bakura's attack, which caused all resistance to cease. Not that it didn't hurt: Bakura's anger gave him strength.

"Goodbye Bakura," finished Anubis. He was about to squeeze so hard that the spirit's head would have simply burst, but there was a dry chuckle behind him. He carelessly dropped the thief to the ground, and looked around.

Seto Kaiba's gaunt figure was standing up, about twenty feet from him. There were black circles under his eyes. However, there was a strange smile playing on his lips. It wasn't evil or sadistic, it was just very scary. It wouldn't have been so scary if Kaiba hadn't been holding the Millennium Rod.

Anubis raised an eyebrow. "I see. The Rod craves a master. After Marik has been defeated, it chose the reincarnation of its past owner. Well, Priest Seto, you have no Guardians to back you up this time. The Pharaoh isn't here either. No Gods. No Puzzle. Just you and me. I beat you last time. I'll do it again."

Kaiba's smile didn't fade. He held up the Rod. "I didn't have this last time."

With a roar of bloodlust, Anubis unleashed five blasts of black energy in Seto's direction.

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Call it fate. Call it destiny. Call it the will of the gods. Or just call it pure chance that Kyle Gardner and Kevin Hunter had both spotted the dead guards at the entrance to the large hallway on the fifty-eighth floor of the Empire State Building.

Both rushed towards the corpses. They were unable to register the fact that they were looking at each other before a truly brilliant light show in the room attracted their attention.

Seto Kaiba was standing stock straight in the middle of the room, with his head titled backwards slightly. His eyes were completely white, and gold and black auras had sprung up around his motionless form. They were especially present around his head. The two auras were tearing away at each bitterly, like two enraged animals attempting to kill each other.

Kevin didn't even acknowledge Kyle's presence before he sped forward in Kaiba's direction.

"HUNTER, ARE YOU DRUNK?!" roared Kyle. Kevin ignored him, and grabbed Kaiba's shoulders, which was a bit difficult considering the CEO was six foot two and Kevin was only five foot six. "You can't die before I get my revenge," he hissed. There was no answer. He punched Kaiba full across the face. There was a creak as his neck snapped backwards, and a small cut appeared on his chin. But there was no answer.

Kyle had caught up. "What the hell are you doing?" he snarled. Kevin ignored him. He was looking into the whites of Kaiba's eyes, and suddenly, his eyes began to turn white as well. "Hunter, snap out of it!" snarled Kyle.

Kevin didn't seem to hear him. Kyle shook his head, and grunted, "I've been waiting too long for this." With a whoop, he punched Kevin across the face. The dragon duelist was knocked off his feet. But it was too late. His eyes were white as well. Suddenly, Kyle noticed someone standing a few feet away. He recognized him as Ryou Bakura, the one who had been crushed by Yugi Moto in the Battle City quarter finals. His eyes were blank as well.

Suddenly, as Kyle was glancing back at Kaiba, he felt a strong attraction to the auras that were still tearing away at each other around him. Oh well. He wasn't doing a darn thing just standing here anyway. He looked at Kaiba's eyes, and began to feel light-headed.

His body went rigid a moment later.

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Kyle woke up with a real headache. He was lying on his back on some really hard stone. Whoever made this place really didn't know how to appreciate comforts. He groaned as he got up and rubbed his head. He noticed a still unconscious Kevin Hunter lying a few feet from him.

Still moaning, he got up and walked over to the dragon duelist. The guy had been a real jerk when they last met, and Kyle was tempted to give him a kick in the ribs, but settled for bending over, and shouting, "GET UP!"

Suddenly, he felt a stunning pain across his face, and found himself lying back on the hard stone ground. Kevin was standing up, looking curiously at his hand. "Ya' know… I just had a weird dream that you were bending over me and then I hit you so hard that you were knocked off your feet…"

"You've got a damn vivid imagination," said Kyle through clenched teeth, hauling himself up. They both found themselves looking at a large steel door. "We're not doing anything waiting here," pointed out Kevin. "If you're still desperate to duel, we can do so after we get out of here. Wherever 'here' is."

Kyle was just as confused. "Might as well go in."

Together, the two teenagers pushed the door open. Kevin immediately recognized it. They were in Kaiba's famous Duel Dome: the place where Kaiba had so thoroughly thrashed him when they last dueled. It brought back very bad memories. It was, however, in a bad state. There were flames flickering all over the ground. The top was open, the dark sky seemed to illuminated by golden light that came from a source about a hundred feet away.

Kevin could clearly hear the roars of battle from that source. He looked urgently at Kyle. "Listen, I never believed in this magic stuff at first. But this is bigger then both of us. Wait here, and I'm going ahead to have a look."

Kyle spat his contempt. "You're only a year or two older than me. Don't treat me like a kid. I'm coming, whether you give a damn or not." Kevin shrugged. "Fine."

The two plastered themselves against the wall of the Duel Dome and walked forward. As they continued on, they found the light growing brighter. Roars of anger and exertion were echoing across the Duel Dome.

As the battle came into view, Kevin paled. There were three combatants. One was none other than Seto Kaiba, and he seemed to be wielding the Millennium Rod that Marik Ishtar used to use. He was firing bolts of golden energy at his opponent, a towering, muscular man with blonde hair to his shoulders. Around his neck was an artifact that closely resembled the Puzzle that Yugi Moto wore.

The third one was none other than Ryou Bakura. The artifact around his neck was glowing, and his arms were forming an X-shape across his chest. He was chanting in a strange language.

Anubis was roared in rage, and put his hand forward, with the fingers spaced out. Each finger glowed with black energy, and the energy fired out in the form of five thin blasts at Kaiba. Bakura's eyes widened, and the attacks were somewhat absorbed by an invisible barrier.

Kaiba seemed to notice the new arrivals. "GET OUT OF HERE YOU DOLTS!" he roared. Anubis looked around. "Children?" he hissed. "I found them much more fun to kill than adults." He took a step forward, ignoring the barrage of energy coming from Kaiba's Rod.

"SUMMON YOUR MOST POWERFUL MONSTERS!" shouted Bakura. With a grunt, he forced energy into his right hand, the flaming energy blade appeared once again.

Kyle didn't question him. They looked to their Duel Disks, and pulled out the necessary cards. "Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600), Sorcerer of Dark Magic (3200/2800), Vanguard Magician (2500/0), and last but not least, Asguard Magician (3000/0)!" The famous Chaos magician appeared, accompanied by the powerful sorcerer dressed in black. The golden and black dressed mages appeared with grim looks on their faces.

Kevin hesitated for a second. After all, this guy was supposed to be Marik's partner… But Marik was gone, and all thoughts of revenge were shoved in the dumpster when an insane God of Death was coming to kill you.

"Try this on for size! Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500), Grand Emperor Dragon-Envoy of Revenge (2000/2500), Dragon Demon Lord (2400/1000), and Midnight Moon Dragon (2800/2500)!" The massive orange dragon appeared, flanked by the dragon demon in samurai-like armor and the deadly golden dragon. Floating above them was the white dragon with glowing red eyes.

Anubis was amused. "Eight little weaklings. I shall enjoy crushing them." As he spoke, the Pyramid of Light came to life and fired out a thin blast of energy at a frightened Kyle. "Block it, guys!" he commanded.

The four spellcasters nodded and each one fired out blasts of energy or black flames at the oncoming attack. It seemed almost impossible for them to hold it. "Help them!" roared Kevin to his dragons. The Tyrant Dragon, Grand Emperor Dragon and Midnight Moon Dragon let lose their own fiery attacks. The Dragon Demon Lord slammed its sword into the ground, which began to erupt around them. Anubis raised an eyebrow as the ground beneath him cracked.

Kyle and Kevin were beginning to panic. Suddenly, Anubis' attention was distracted. He turned his head to see Kaiba behind him, with his Millennium Rod glowing. At that second, the eight monsters let lose all their energy, and were able to deflect the blast. Eight attacks sped towards the God of Death. He smirked, as the eight blasts melded into one, powerful attack.

His arm was hanging by his side, and with a grunt he snapped it backwards and then forward. The apocalyptic blast of energy was knocked aside with absurd ease. Kyle and Kevin stood frozen in shock.

Kaiba, on the other hand, smirked. "Now, Bakura." With a chuckle, the Thief King skimmed across the ground, and with a roar, he buried his sword of energy in Anubis' back. His eyes widened in shock as waves of pain shook his body. Bakura leapt back as the his victim continued to grope his back in feeble attempts to pull out the energy that was causing him such unbelievable agony.

"Have a taste of your own medicine, Anubis," hissed Bakura.

A look of pure fury spread across Anubis' face at Bakura's face. He let out a roar of fury, and the sword shattered. "Uh oh," muttered Kevin, taking a step back.

Bakura snarled in anger. "FIRE, YOU IDIOTS!" Kyle and Kevin looked at each other. "ATTACK!" All eight monsters were about to attack, when Anubis stood up. In his anger, he clenched his fist. As if in reaction, all of the teenager's monsters disappeared.

Bakura grimaced, and two more energy swords appeared in his hands. Kaiba sighed, and the Rod glowed. Anubis glared at Kyle and Kevin. "You can run if you want, but his mind is only so big. I will find you."

"HIS MIND?" roared Kyle and Kevin simultaneously. The three combatants ignored the indignant teenagers.

"What you did to me back then really hurt," growled Anubis. Bakura ignored him, and in response sped towards him, his blades flashing. Once again, Anubis continued to block the stabs and slashes with two fingers. Bakura's dance was flawless; he wielded the blades in perfect sync. The barrage seemed endless.

However, Anubis had no problem defending. Bakura didn't seem to tire, but he could only keep up his attack for a few minutes more. Kaiba would have to intervene sooner or later. He raised the Rod.

"Now," he spoke softly, but just so that Bakura could hear him. He smirked, and thrust both swords in the same direction. Anubis' hand was forced back to his chest so that he could block.

At that second, Kaiba leaping over Bakura, wielding the Rod like a dagger. However, it was literally brimming with energy. It would explode in Anubis' face. Hopefully, it would be enough to kill him.

Anubis saw it coming. With a grunt, he grabbed Bakura's neck and threw him into the oncoming CEO. The two were knocked out of the air. Anubis snarled, and leapt into the air. He was soon hovering above the open Duel Dome. He held out both his hands, pointing downwards, with all fingers spread.

An infinite number of black energy blasts rained out of the sky. They targeted no one in particular; the point was to cause destruction. The explosions were catastrophic. More parts of the Dome were beginning to collapse. Anubis kept up the barrage until it now resembled a building hit by a nuclear bomb.

He slowly floated to the ground, and spoke in an eerie voice. "No need to hide from me, Hunter. I will find you eventually. I will find everyone of you and tear you to pieces."

The answer was rather unexpected. It came in the form of a sudden appearance of a large dragon plated in golden armor. The verbal response was, "SOLAR STREAM!" The colossal beast roared and fired a huge blast of golden energy in Anubis' direction. He was rather amused. With a smile, he deflected the energy with a simple flick of his wrist. The dragon was shattered, leaving a rather scared Kevin Hunter standing alone in the darkness.

"I knew you would try something stupid, but not on such magnificent proportions. Well, you provided me with entertainment, so I'll make your death a little less painful." He raised his finger, and a nexus of black fire appeared around it.

He didn't notice a pair of blue eyes in the darkness behind him.

A cold, incisive voice spoke. "Blue Eyes, show him how we do things in my mind." There was a feral roar, and before Anubis could register what was happening, his entire world was completely eclipsed by a column of pure white energy. Within seconds, the being that was a fragment of Anubis' soul was atomized.

The towering dragon gave a feral roar, before disappearing. The sound was followed by the clatter of metal on the ground. Kaiba stared disdainfully at the Millennium Rod.

He looked at Kevin, and smirked. Kyle and Bakura slowly emerged from the darkness. All of them had a few bruises and scratches, but none were very serious. "That idiotic Rod was the only way to defeat him. If I had an ancestor living five thousand years ago, fine. If it's going to help me get that dumbass out of my mind, I'll use it to my advantage. Anyway... It"

Bakura chuckled at the CEO's hasty explanation. "I won't complain. But tell me… How was your Blue Eyes White Dragon so effective against him? Eight other monsters failed."

Kaiba shrugged. "It's possible that it's because we're in my mind. I guess that's because of the strong connection between me and my Blue Eyes. Anyway, I'd thank you three to leave. NOW."

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"I'm going to be very direct with you, Hunter," said Kaiba. "If you want to carry your idiotic grudge against me, I don't care. But I want to know if you're against us, or with us. Besides Gardner here, you're a much weaker duelist than all the rest of us, so it would be foolish to pick the other side."

Kevin laughed mirthlessly. "Well, considering one of the two main bad guys has tried to kill me, I would automatically turn to the good guys, would I not? Just don't forget, Kaiba. What's between you and me isn't over yet. It's just on hiatus." Kaiba snorted at this.

Bakura shrugged. "Fair point. We'd better get going."

Suddenly, Kaiba groaned. "I feel like someone has thrown a rock at my face." Kevin smirked. "My bad."

I hope everyone liked the fight scene. It was fun, a break from the usual duels. Hell, the three-way was fifty-six turns at the end!

And would you believe it? The story has crossed 200,000 words, 6000 hits, and 400 pages! Damn, I never thought it'd come this far, lol.

I do have another poll to conduct. A lot of time has passed since the last time I asked this question. Which is your favorite duel in the story?

Anyway, here are the original cards.

Bakura: Colorless, Chaos King of the Dark World (the concept belongs to the creators of YGO GX, but I gave it an effect and everything else), Infernal Fusion.

Anubis: All his Breakers.

Yugi: Gift of the Gods

Solomon: Millennium Sword, Millennium Warrior

Anyway, REVIEW!