Good Day Readers. Obviously I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh only Kylie and Katherine Hope along with the unique cards within their decks and whatever other OCs decide to crop up. Also italics symbolise a mind conversation or a flashback.

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Chapter 16: - Surpass the God!

"Now! Stand up Yugi!" Seto commanded. The ancient spirit turned his gaze from the newly arrived trio whilst closing his eyelids, those eyes opened only seconds later with a fierce looking blazing within them, so I scrambled back and ran up to join my sister, something told me there was no way that Yami was going to lose as he rose back to his feet.

"I understand! Kylie! Kaiba! Just you wait! I will now… defeat God!" Yami declared. Shockingly Marik claimed this was a convenience and went on to reveal that Seto had the missing God card Obelisk and claimed that once he had defeated Yami then Marik intended to go after Seto, Kylie was giving Seto a very angry look upon hearing those words and I didn't blame her. "Here I go! My turn!" Yami announced. I wasn't sure what he thought about this revelation but I didn't have a chance to think much as Kylie pinched Seto's ear.

"YOU HAD THE MISSING CARD ALL ALONG AND DIDN'T THINK TO TELL ME! THIS CREEP LEADS THE ONES THAT STOLE MY GUARDIANS! DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THEM!?" Kylie ranted. She did this right down Seto's ear causing him to cover them up as he blinked his eyes to clear the liquid that had appeared.

"That is exactly why I didn't tell you because you'd go off the rail and… I know you been searching for those cards of yours for three years, six months, two week, five days, twelve hours, twenty-eight minutes and thirty seconds," Seto responded. I blinked in shock at the fact that Seto had remembered down to the very second how long Kylie had been on this crusade of hers and it actually made her fall quiet; meanwhile Yami hadn't let the argument distract him from the duel.

Yami was looking at his hand as he contemplated the best move to make, at this point it was probably best to set up defensive monsters until he found a way to destroy the looming beast before him but I certainly couldn't think of any way to achieve such a feat, Yami drew a card from his deck nd he proceeded to set a face down card and he then summoned out Big Shield Gardna in defence mode.

Big Shield Gardna – Attribute: Earth, Type: Warrior, Level: 4, ATK/100, DEF/2600

Due to its' blasted effect, Osiris' second mouth opened up and fired off its' Summon Lightning Shot which ploughed into Big Shield Gardna and reduced its' defence as a result, fortunately this monster had more than enough points thus allowing it to survive the assault and continue to protect Yami which would at least give him until his next turn to come up with some kind of plan; fortunately Marik saved me time by reminding Yami – thus explaining to the other three – about Osiris' special effect or at least the damaging bit.

Big Shield Gardna – DEF/2600 – DEF/600

"Did he say two thousand points of damage?" Mokuba asked. Seto claimed it was a fearsome ability whilst Kylie added on to that statement by claiming it was a troublesome one, both of them were right about this ability with Seto realising that if the monster was weaker than the dealt damage then it would be destroyed as a result with Mokuba realising this once the smoke cleared and Gardna was still there.

"Good grief, that is one tough monster and coupled with that combo, it's almost unbeatable," Kylie commented. I snapped my head up to my sister as did everyone else with Seto smirking as he looked at my sister who shot him a confused look at why the CEO seemed so pleased upon hearing her words whereas the rest of us were confused.

"Well it's good to know there is way to win this," Seto commented. Marik hissed that such a thing was impossible but Yami looked back of the field his eyes darting over each card which he held for a brief moment and so Marik turned his attention back to Yami and began to gloat about Yami feeling despair and fear but if he actually paid attention then he'd notice that Yami wasn't feeling those things, instead he was contemplative; Marik then drew a card.

Sky Dragon of Osiris – ATK/9000 – ATK/10000, DEF/9000 – DEF/10000

"This turn, Lightforce Sword's effect fades. Now I have eleven cards in my hand, Osiris' attack rises to eleven thousand points," Marik pointed out. Mokuba was shocked by this occurrence but I'd become numb to it now whilst Kylie scowled at this occurrence and Seto maintained his calm expression even as he explained what Infinite Hand meant causing Mokuba to claim Osiris had to have Infinite attack points them.

Sky Dragon of Osiris – ATK/10000 – ATK/11000, DEF/10000 – DEF/11000

However in that instant Seto seemed to go to a distant place as his eyes clouded over upon hearing Mokuba's words and my own mind started working and seemed to be running at several miles an hour; Osiris's appearance had terrified me and frozen my mind with its' power but with my sister here and more importantly as I'd had time to recover from the shock I finally realised what my sister saw and what Seto was probably just now realising.

Osiris' attack power was dependent upon the cards in the hand, that normally meant six but Infinite Hand destroyed that, meaning that the attack power was now the cards within the deck itself and that wasn't limitless ergo Osiris' attack power couldn't possibly be infinite because its' source of power wasn't infinite; Yami just had to find a way to exploit that source of power.

"Here I come! Osiris attack! Annihilate Big Shield Gardna!" Marik commanded. The monster was destroyed and Yami flinched at its' destruction with Kylie being concerned but Seto didn't care about this but that was how he was; Yami seemed to be thinking over something before his eyes widened as realisation dawned on him, he'd done… Yami had seen God's flaw.

"I know the God's flaw!" Yami proudly announced. Seto revealed he also knew it whilst Kylie grinned at the ancient spirit and I let out a sigh of relief, Mokuba was confused and Marik wondered about this flaw. "Yeah. Everything will be decided on the next turn. Within this one turn, we will determine which one of us is stronger!" Yami decided. Now that he knew what to do it was just a matter of time and a little bit of faith to decide this match.

"What nonsense are you babbling? Are you saying that there's a way to escape the hole I've trapped you in within just one turn?" Marik mocked. Yami proudly and firmly declared that there was a chance and that shut this annoying mad man up quite swiftly, Mokuba called out to Seto who told him not to say anything and instead to watch carefully for the possibility that would be created whilst calling Yami a True Duelist.

"This is it. Do or die, in a sense. But I'm sure, their deck will respond to their heart," Kylie stated. I nodded my head in agreement as Kylie settled a hand on my shoulder in order to draw comfort from me whilst she held a hand close to her chest, Yami declared that this would be the final turn as he prepared to draw a card, he drew and then looked at it; this caused a smirk to come and rest on his face.

"I win!" Yami announced. The Doll and, by extension, Marik was shocked by those words but I was certain that he had just draw the card that would cinch this duel in his victory. "Here I go! Reverse card open! Resurrection of the Dead! I use this card to revive a monster sleeping in the Graveyard. The mighty dragon slayer Buster Blader, return to the field!" Yami declared. The powerful warrior appeared on the field with its sword at the ready.

Buster Blader – ATK/2600 – ATK/3100

"I can tell you plan to bring him back from the dead in defence mode just to protect your life points but you can't win like that," Marik condemned. Yami shot back that Buster Blader had been brought back in attack mode as opposed to what the psycho had believed and claimed he had an infinite combo thanks to the key card he drew.

"Infinite combo, you say? Beyond the limits of God, you say?! What bullshit are you on about? There's no power stronger than the infinity of God in this world! Behold the line up on my field. The Continuous Spell Treasure Card of Safe Return, the effects of this card reach the entire field. That means even when one of your monsters is regenerated, I get to draw three cards," Marik ranted.

Sky Dragon of Osiris – ATK/11000 – ATK/14000, DEF/11000 – DEF/14000

"Also when you summoned Buster Blader, Osiris' special ability was activated!" Marik reminded. The second mouth opened and fired that power draining orb at the warrior thus stripping it of the majority of its' power, whilst being drained of its' power I heard Buster Blader grunt in pain with Yami begging his monster to endure it and fortunately the monster was strong enough to survive that pain although it was left wheezing in pain.

Buster Blader – ATK/3100 – ATK/1100

"It seems he managed to live, but Buster Blader's attack points have fallen to one thousand, one hundred. Do you still plan to attack Osiris? It's not too late to stop now. I'll let you switch it to defence mode," Marik commented. However Yami refused to back down and was intent on following through with his infinite combo and announced his Battle Phase. "Bring it on! You won't know you're dead until it's too late," Marik stated.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. If Yugi loses then that Doll intends to kill him," I stated. Kylie looked at me as her mouth opened whilst Mokuba paled and even Seto turned stiff, Kylie's mouth snapped shut as her eyes turned to glare it Marik's puppet, it was enough for me to know that Kylie wasn't about to let such a thing occur so long as she could fight, Marik had no idea of my sister's power… besides I doubted that Yami was going to lose.

"Buster Blader attack Sky Dragon of Osiris!" Yami commanded. The warrior charged forward attempting to strike a blow to the towering serpentine dragon although even if the attack had reached Osiris it wouldn't have mattered since Buster Blader was too weak however thanks to Defender Slime, Revival Slime got in the way and was destroyed by the attack instead, Marik mocked Yami for wasting his turn. "I was well aware that Revival Slime would become Osiris' shield! And, I was waiting for this moment!" Yami responded. The moment he spoke of was just as Revival Slime began to reform.

Yami swiftly proceeded to remove a card from his hand and slid it into the Magic/Trap zone whilst declaring this card was his trump card, it was the Magic card Brain Control; Marik claimed that the card wouldn't work against Osiris and claimed Osiris would counterattack Buster Blader now, however Yami pointed out that he never actually said which of the two monsters he would be taking from Marik.

"What?!" Marik exclaimed. Yami clarified that the monster he was taking control of through Brain Control was Revival Slime, causing the regenerating creature to be Special Summoned onto Yami's field instead and as per the effect of Treasure Card of Safe Return, Marik was allowed to draw three cards. "I don't know what you're up to but all you've accomplished is increasing Osiris' attack points even further!" Marik stated.

Sky Dragon of Osiris – ATK/14000 – ATK/17000, DEF/14000 – DEF/17000

"Fool! Now Osiris has seventeen thousand attack points! Counterattack Osiris! Deliver the final blow to the nameless Pharaoh!" Marik commanded. However Yami stopped that attack by reminding Marik that since a monster had been summoned on the opponent's field that meant Osiris' special effect activated and depleted Revival Slime of its' defence points and destroying it as a result.

Revival Slime – DEF/500 – DEF/0

"What do you think will happen next?" Yami asked. It was clear what was going to happen now, Revival Slime was going to be revived on Yami's field thanks to Brain Control's effect, Marik would be allowed to draw three cards thus increasing Osiris' attack power and because a monster was summoned to the opponent's field Osiris would be forced to use its' effect once more destroying Revival Slime again, it was a chain of events that couldn't be stopped just as Yami promised an infinite loop that surpassed God.

Sky Dragon of Osiris – ATK/17000 – ATK/20000, DEF/17000 – DEF/20000

Because of this infinite loop, each time Revival Slime returned to Yami's field Marik got to draw three cards and because of this continual drawing not only would Osiris' power continue to rise but it would also thin out Marik's deck the more that cycle occurred; there was a total of three ways to lose in Duel Monsters, the most obvious one was the loss of Life Points and a second was to surrender the duel but the third…

Sky Dragon of Osiris – ATK/20000 – ATK/23000, DEF/20000 – DEF/23000

Deck Out, that was its' name and essentially it referred to the moment when a duelist lost the capability to draw cards from the deck when their draw phase came along and due to the infinite loop the duel would be stuck in there was no way for Marik to escape this trap, the moment he drew that last card this duel would end.

Sky Dragon of Osiris – ATK/23000 – ATK/26000, DEF/23000 – DEF/26000

"H-He pulled it off," Marik admitted. Yami revealed the condition he would force Marik to lose on causing Doll's hand to weaken in response to Marik's shock allowing the huge amount of cards to flutter to the floor and letting me see that there were copies of Treasure Card of Safe Return, Slime Breeder Machine and Defender Slime within the deck, clearly Marik hadn't been intending to leave this duel to chance.

"Marik! You said this didn't you! That if your hand was infinite, Osiris' attack points would also be infinite! But that's wrong!" Yami pointed out. Osiris launched another attack as the loop continued forcing Marik to draw another set of three cards and I noticed that soon this duel would be over as Marik's deck was almost gone from all the drawing he'd been doing.

Sky Dragon of Osiris – ATK/26000 - …, DEF/26000 - …

"God's power is not infinite! It's limited by the number of cards in your Deck!" Yami declared. The deck had run out meaning that Marik could not comply with Treasure Card of Safe Return's condition and as a result this duel was finished, in response to Marik's shock Doll slumped to its' knees. "I win Marik!" Yami announced. Upon this announcement Osiris began to smoke and it unleashed a cry but this was not one of complete pain, beyond that emotion was one of relief.

"Thank you my pharaoh, I pledge my life to you once more!" Osiris cried. As the serpentine beast unleashed those words it proceeded to sink to the ground, landing behind the prone form of Doll before it eventually disappeared, Osiris had been happy to have suffered defeat even if it had been forced to suffer as a result.

Doll – Deck Out, LP: 3000 – LP: 0

"He did it! Yugi won!" Mokuba cheered. Me, Kylie and the boy ran down the slope with Mokuba heading over to Doll whilst the two of us went up to Yami, I'd never seen such a relieved look on my sister's face before as she lightly punched Yami in the shoulder for his by the skin of his teeth victory. "Now hand over your rare card and Puzzle Card!" Mokuba ordered, However Marik must have cut the connection between the Millennium Rod and Doll as the puppet didn't respond even after Mokuba called out to it.

The three of us walked up to Mokuba as he lifted up Osiris and the Puzzle Card and gave them to Yami although the boy claimed that Seto would soon take Osiris from the boy, I shook my head whilst Kylie scoffed; the both of us had hear Osiris' deepest feelings and I'm sure the other two felt the same way, they wished to be with their pharaoh and cards with that level of desire always found a way.

"Yugi! Now you've become one of the chosen ones the God Cards have selected. For me, I want my enemies nothing short of the best," Seto admitted. It was clear to me now that Seto had somehow learned of the God Cards and got Obelisk from that person thus he set up with whole thing just to claim them. "Otherwise, there'd be no point in defeating you… Yugi, you know this, right? In Battle City, when duelists come face-to-face, it becomes a field of battle," Seto reminded.

"And what are we? Chopped liver?" Me and Kylie demanded. Seto however completely blanked us and this cause me and Mokuba to quickly grab my sister who looked like she was about to punch the arrogant CEO, however as if to stop the duel Doll suddenly stood up and Marik called out to the ancient spirit causing us to focus on him and not the brewing storm, Yami inquired about Marik's motives.

"What? All the God Cards will soon return to my hands. I don't give it a moment's consideration, but there's something I forgot to mention. I will arrive shortly in Domino City and once I arrive, my plan will be set into motion," Marik admitted. Yami asked what plan and I was also rather worried about what this guy was up to. "Right now, I am seeing three visions. One is you, your Consort and comrade standing before me through the eyes of this doll. Another is the port harbour of Domino City. And the third is downtown in the city… through the eyes of some Rare Hunters stationed there. I can see your friends, the duelist called Jounouchi… and the rest," Marik revealed.

That caused my blood to run cold as I realised that Marik was intending to target the others even before the mad man admitted it to our faces, Marik believed that by using them that meant he'd easily be able to claim the God Cards; glancing over I saw Kylie using Mokuba as a willing perch for her laptop to locate Jounouchi's Duel Disk signal.

"How far will you fall Marik?!" Yami demanded. However the psycho claimed it was Yami's fault for not losing to Marik just now and that was why the others were being dragged into this. "I won't forgive you!" Yami declared. Marik claimed he was the one who couldn't forgive due to what his tribe had been forced to endure, Marik then subtly threatened the others so, after Kylie packed up her laptop, the three of us turned to take off and find them.

"Are you running away Yugi?" Seto asked. In response we all turned around but Kylie walked back and seized a hold of Seto's shirt pulling him down to her height as she glare pain and death at the CEO causing him to still and pale slightly as Mokuba took a step back as he gulped slightly, my sister was scary when she was normally angry but now she was one hundred and seventy percent pissed off by the threat Marik had just delivered and you don't want to mess with her then.

"Listen Seto! Marik is an absolute crazy person! He had one of his men lock Yugi – and me by extension – underground! In a duel! Where if he lost! A fucking Buzzsaw would cleave through his legs! I think finding Jounouchi and the others is more important!" Kylie ranted. Yami walked over and settled his hands on her arms causing her to let go and pull back from our old friendly acquaintance.

"Kaiba, I can't fight you right now. Jounouchi-kun's being threatened by the Ghouls! I can't let them harm my friends!" Yami added. With those words the three of us twisted around and immediately took off hoping to find the others as mine and Kylie's Duel Spirits took off to sweep through the city and hopefully find them in time.

'Guys, please be safe.' I prayed.