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.
Thank you the Guest for their reviews, one moment please – walks off as she breaks down into hysterical laughter – thanks for that, as for Kaiba always pissing off Kylie, no he doesn't, he does however know her well enough to know she'd have gone a bit crazy if she found out about Marik… say probably tracking down his hideout and storming it single handily AND not telling anyone, strange as it seems Kaiba does – way, WAY deep down – care about Kylie as a surrogate sister, he just has a weird way of showing it. I would appreciate any responses that you have, please enjoy
Chapter 17: - Rescue the Guardians!
My blood was hammering as me, Katherine and Yami raced through the streets of Domino searching for others; we'd reached the downtown area easily but searching through this crowd of people for our friends was proving to be more difficult than usual, I was just thankful we had a few dozen unseen eyes in the sky to help quicken our search, it was just getting Yami to run in those directions when we found them.
Until that information came the three of us kept searching, we'd decided to stay together to prevent Marik kidnapping me or Katherine as would have been possible if we separated; however our search was stopped when two Ghouls stood in our path I gritted my teeth in annoyance at their appearance since it was clearly a delay tactic.
"Muto Yugi, Kylie and Katherine Hope, am I right? If you want to get by us, you've got no choice but to defeat us," The short Ghoul stated. The taller green-haired one clarified it was in a duel although I saw sorely tempted to begin punching these gnats, even if it would be so pleasing due to how much stress these nuisances had put me under for years, especially in the last two days.
"Rare Hunters? Move it you bastards!?" Yami ordered. I wasn't surprised by the rage in his tone although Katherine jumped at it, however the short one refused to let us go since Marik would apparently have their heads, given the mad man's track record I took that seriously, to make things worse the taller one added on that refusing to duel would mean our friends would pay a high price as a result.
"Scumbags!" I growled. These bastards were currently discussing which of us would go first so me and Katherine simultaneously activated out Duel Disks surprising them and Yami. "Why take turns? A Tag Duel is fine for us," I stated. My tone was still filled with anger whilst Katherine's shy façade faded away to reveal a seething rage beneath a calm surface, both men were staring at us frightened. "Yami, take the opportunity and run," I quietly suggested.
"No, Kylie. We promised to stick together, if Marik got his hands on you or Katherine, there'd be more pieces to use against me and my partner," Yami protested. I glanced back and saw that his face was filled with true worry but he had to go whilst we distracted these bastards if he wanted to reach Jounouchi and the others in time.
"How about a Battle Royal?" Seto suggested. We looked back to see the cold individual approaching us with his Disk already activated and I was surprised by his words. "A three way Tag match but two pairs can still help each other out. Kylie and Katherine, you two pair up and I'll pair with Yugi," Seto clarified. The Rare Hunters seemed to be considering this formula and I was all for it, Seto inserted his deck as Mokuba ran up to join us.
"But don't misunderstand, Yugi. I have held the Battle City tournament for only one purpose. Gathering the God cards and eliminating the Ghouls. I cannot allow such an evil group who counterfeits cards continue to prosper. I'm not lending a hand for that nobody of yours. Or since you just obtained a God Card… maybe you don't need my help," Seto reminded. The Rare Hunters agreed to the three way Tag Duel since getting rid of us would make Marik happy and so we started the duel.
Katherine – LP: 4000
Kylie – LP: 4000
Rare Hunter Two – LP: 4000
Rare Hunter Three – LP: 4000
Seto – LP: 4000
Yugi – LP: 4000
"My turn, the Magic card Pot of Greed. Its' effect allows me to draw two cards from my deck. I will then summon Lord of Dragon – Dragon's Ruler, to the field!" Seto declared. The creature emerged onto the field and from the numerous times I'd dueled Seto I knew exactly where this method of play was leading.
Lord of Dragon – Dragon's Ruler – Attribute: Dark, Type: Magician, Level: 4, ATK/1200, DEF/1100
"Also, two of the Magic card, The Flute of Summoning Dragon! When Flute of Summoning Dragon is activated while Dragon's Ruler is face up on the field, this Magic card lets me play up to two Dragons from my hand! Come forth, Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Hyozanryu!" Seto announced. All three of Seto's Blue-Eyes emerged onto the field along the diamond studded Hyozanryu.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon – Attribute: Light, Type: Dragon, Level: 8, ATK/3000, DEF/2500 (X3)
Hyozanryu – Attribute: Light, Type: Dragon, Level: 7, ATK/2100, DEF/2800
Due to the rules of the Battle Royal on the first turn no players could attack so Seto was forced to end his turn although he did mock the Rare Hunters to come at him, however in response to the gathering of monsters which was making this alleyway rather closed off, the short Rare Hunter simply played a monster in face down defence mode.
"My turn! Draw!" Katherine announced. My sister drew forth a card and she proceeded to observe her drawn card then looked at her hand to see what she could do. "I summon Deity of War, Enyo in attack mode!" Katherine announced. On her field appeared a young woman with jet black hair and blazing green eyes, she was clad in bronze Grecian battle armour with a sword in hand and several scars twisting across her arms and one cutting through her face diagonally.
Deity of War, Enyo – Attribute: Earth, Type: Warrior, Level: 4, ATK/1800, DEF/1700
"Next I activate Warrior's Counsel allowing me to summon another Warrior-type monster since I have one out on the field already. Come forth Twin of Moon Artemis!" Katherine continued. The aforementioned monster emerged onto the field with her normally calm gaze practically glaring death at the Rare Hunters. "I then activate Bow of the Moon, equipping it to Artemis and raising her attack by four hundred points!" Katherine continued.
Twin of Moon, Artemis – Attribute: Light, Type: Warrior, Level: 4, ATK/2000, DEF/2000
Twin of Moon, Artemis – ATK/2000 – ATK/2400
Cycling back around so that the partners could take their turns, Yami started his move off by playing two cards face down although Seto told him to mind his own business as the CEO didn't intend to ask the ancient spirit for help as Seto believed he was enough so Yami decided to sit back and watch as he summoned Kuriboh in defence mode.
Kuriboh – Attribute: Dark, Type: Demon, Level: 1, ATK/300, DEF/200
"Seto I'm not holding back! My turn!" I declared. Drawing a card from my deck I looked at it then at my hand as a faint screech echoed within my mind so I swiftly traded cards in order to start a combo move as I slid the chosen card into the Magic/Trap zone. "First I activate Angel's Charity allowing me to draw three cards so long as I discard two," I started. Drawing the requisite cards I selected the two I didn't need and then pulled out a third. "Aquila's effect automatically summons him to the field when he's moved to my hand via an effect! I summon him in defence mode!" I announced. I then summoned the bird to the field.
Aquila – Attribute: Wind, Type: Avian-Beast, Level: 4, ATK/1600, DEF/1300
"Next I activate Star Connection, since I have a Avian-Beast or Beast-type on the field, I'm allowed to summon another Avian-Beast or Beast-type! Come forth Ursa Minor in attack mode," I revealed. The monster I'd received to boost my deck when the Release rule came into effect appeared as a cluster of stars before forming a monster identical to my Ursa Major but with lavender fur and charcoal claws and eyes.
Ursa Minor – Attribute: Dark, Type: Beast, Level: 4, ATK/1700, DEF/1900
"I'm not done, since those were both Special Summon, I can still normal summon so I Release Ursa Minor to Advance Summon Ursa Major! In attack mode!" I proclaimed. Ursa Minor was swallowed up by light turning into an orb before reforming into Ursa Major when I played the card. "Thanks to Minor's effect Major gains a five hundred point boost in attack and defence," I explained.
Ursa Major – Attribute: Dark, Type: Beast, Level: 6, ATK/2500, DEF/2700
Ursa Major – ATK/2500 – ATK/3000, DEF/2700 – DEF/3200
To end this preparation round and get onto the real duel, the taller Rare Hunter went slightly further on his turn when compared to his partner as he added a face down card alongside a set monster; I didn't know what they were up to but I wasn't going to take any chances of being defeated, not when people were in true danger.
"Trap? Magic? No matter which it is, it's useless," Seto commented. Yami advised Seto to be careful but the brunette was rarely careful even when it was the obvious move. "Yugi, I thought I told you to stay out of this!" Seto stated. Yami was naturally annoyed but Seto claimed he'd show his to us now… did he mean… oh boy, things were about to get very cramped.
"Blue-Eyes! Become God's power!" Seto declared. The three beautiful dragons unleashed a roar as they gathered together in a light that encompassed Seto. "Behold, Yugi! Kylie! Come forth, Obelisk!" Seto announced. His three Blue-Eyes were shattered into pieces and in their place another blue monster appeared.
Giant Divine Soldier of Obelisk – Attribute: God, Type: Phantom God Beast, Level: 10, ATK/4000, DEF/4000
'HUGE!' I thought. Everyone else seemed to be as in awe of this towering behemoth as I was, Obelisk emerged above the buildings surrounding us; Seto then proceeded to sacrifice Hyozanryu and Dragon's Ruler – which caused Kuriboh to nearly start crying – this activated Obelisk's effect destroying both Rare Hunter's monsters and allowed a direct attack on both men and when the taller one tried to activate Mirror Force, it was stopped since Trap's didn't affect the Gods.
Rare Hunter Two – LP: 4000 – LP: 0
Rare Hunter Three – LP: 4000 – LP: 0
After pausing a brief moment due to the shock, me and Katherine quickly pulled out our decks thus invalidating any further dueling and Yami ran over to the short one whilst I got the taller one and we both proceeded to demand the location of our friends from them, whilst Seto looted their pockets for Puzzle Cards of which there were two each, the brunette gave us each one but Yami quickly announced he was going after Jounouchi and we proceeded to begin taking off again.
"Wait!" Seto cried out. We all stopped as Yami turned around to call the CEO persistent and made to argue his point once more but Seto turned towards his little brother. "Mokuba, contact Headquarters. Using our system we'll be able to locate that nobody, the moment he starts a Duel, no matter where he is," Seto commented. I was relieved that he was helping us as I'd only managed to get a general area of his location not the exact coordinates. "But the moment we locate them, be prepared. For the conclusion between me and you!" Seto reminded.
Knowing this we proceeded to walk at a much slower pace as we waited for Jounouchi to start a duel, as soon as that information was secured Seto started leading us to its' location although he did remind us of why he was doing this – Osiris – and continued to insult Jounouchi which got him a reprimand off of Yami since Jounouchi was an honestly good duelist and Seto was informed of their promise; we learned that Jounouchi was dueling at the Aquarium so rushed in that direction.
We arrived at the Domino Aquarium and proceeded to sweep the place for any sigh of the blonde duelist, however there wasn't a single sign of him although Kajiki was there and he confirmed that he had just dueled our friend allowing Jounouchi to advance to the finals and that he was with Suguroku, Honda and Anzu so with the brunette girl having a mobile phone we proceeded to a phone booth and Yami set about calling her.
"Hello? Anzu? Hello? Hello?! Anzu? Anzu! Anzu!" Yami called down the line. Seto was leaning against a post whilst I was sat down trying to locate Jounouchi and Katherine was talking to our Duel Spirits to keep searching for them, Yami put the phone down and came out causing all of us to look at him. "Anzu didn't answer her mobile phone. They may have already been attacked by the Ghouls," Yami revealed. Seto wasn't bothered since Mokuba was to call us as soon as Jounouchi's location was found and Seto was more focused on wanting to beat Yami but then his comm. link bleeped.
I nearly punched my laptop as I realised that all trace of Jounouchi was gone with Mokuba having the same problem, Mokuba intended to head back to their headquarters; meanwhile the rest of us would search on foot for any sign of them however at one point a Ghoul suddenly dropped down in front of us causing the four of us to still as I lightly gripped Katherine's shoulder to make sure she wasn't taken as the Ghoul let out an eerie laugh.
"Look at that!" The Ghoul commanded. He then pointed to something behind us so we turned and to all of our shocks – but most importantly Seto's – a helicopter appeared flying at lower altitude with Mokuba dangling from it by a rope; Seto was livid and promptly threatened to crush the Ghoul organisation but the one blocking our way simply laughed even more. "How scary. But if you dare touch us, your cute little brother will…" The Ghoul implied. Naturally Seto wouldn't risk anything that could potentially lead to harming his brother.
The Ghoul informed us that they'd – whoever they were, I personally hoped Marik so I could punch him – would be waiting atop a nearby skyscraper and if we didn't go there was the implied threat to all the hostages confirming that our friends had been kidnapped; at that moment the helicopter took off with the Ghoul following shortly after, there was a unanimous decision that we were going to the skyscraper and the Ghouls were to be crushed.
We arrived at the building and began to climb up the building hoping to finally get some answers about where our friends were, however we were stopped by two more Ghouls although these did pull their hood down this time around revealing two young woman, probably only twenty at most, both had tanned skin with one having bright red hair whilst the other had shimmering teal hair and their eyes matched the hair colour of the other girl, both of them had Duel Disks on their arm.
"Kylie Hope! You won't be going any further! You're dueling, right here and now!" The red head commanded. I cocked my hips and raised an eyebrow at her before throwing my head back and laughing at the audacity that this Ghoul had showed to me upon first meeting, eventually I calmed down and sent the red head a feral grin coupled with narrowed eyes.
"Not on your cursed life. My friends are in danger, I don't have time to play Marik's games," I responded. Without waiting, I strode passed the two women with ease and the other three quickly joined but then a sharp cutting laugh came from behind us and I knew it was those Ghouls so all of us stopped but the other three looked at me as I kept my gaze ahead of us.
"Oh… so I guess you don't want these after all," The red head taunted. I turned back to look at her and my eyes narrowed as both her and the teal haired woman pulled out two cards each and when they were flipped around my blood drained away as Katherine let out a gasp; in those bitches hands were Suzaku and Byakko along with their respective Ritual cards. "Tehihi… you're so easy to manipulate Kylie Hope," The red head taunted.
"You bitches!" I growled. My magic was burning like a storm within my as I glared at these two women who smirked at me cockily. "Yami! Seto! Go! I'll destroy these two and catch up!" I snapped. My Duel Disk activated but it was quickly followed by one activating right beside me so I snapped my head to see Katherine staring calmly at the two women across from us before looking at me and raising an eyebrow.
"What? You didn't tell me to go and this is the quickest way to drop these two hags," Katherine argued. My sister's logic was infallible as a Tag Duel would let me stomp these two Ghoul much quicker than on my own and I hadn't actually told my sister to leave when I snapped at the boys, plus once my sister made up her mind it was pretty much impossible to change when she was serious.
"Kylie, Katherine," Yami called. I turned to give him a look, hoping that he'd just leave it, our eyes locked for several minutes before he let out a heavy sigh obviously knowing that he couldn't win against me. "Don't you dare lose," Yami insisted. I gave the ancient spirit a smirk as I turned back to glare at the two women but never lost my smirk even as I face them.
"I don't plan on it my king," I stated. With those final words I guessed that the two of them left from the fading sound of footsteps behind us and my face collapsed into an empty mask as the two female Ghouls activated their Duel Disks. "You two better Get Your Game On, but that won't let you win. I'm going to crush you both and take back what you stole." I hissed out. The two of them simply smirked as we prepared this match.
"Very well, I am Rhodonite, this is my sister Azurite and this is a Tag duel, us against you two. Any duelist that loses all their Life Points first will be removed from the game. If you lose then the bomb underneath where you're standing will be set off, sending you to your deaths," The teal haired woman explained. Naturally this was going to happen as Marik had made it quite clear that he wasn't to let me stick around and now Katherine had been roped into this. "Let's begin then," Rhodonite stated.
Azurite – LP: 4000
Katherine – LP: 4000
Kylie – LP: 4000
Rhodonite – LP: 4000
"My turn!" Azurite announced. She drew a card from her deck and grinned upon seeing its' artwork, she slid it into her hand and plucked another card from the group instead. "I summon Ritual Djinn Releaser in defence mode and then I set two cards face down!" Azurite announced. The cards were projected on to the field but I had to wonder what the red haired woman was up to.
Ritual Djinn Releaser – Attribute: Dark, Type: Demon, Level: 3, ATK/1200, DEF/2000
"You won't be able to stop me from saving my friends," Katherine calmly commented. She then began her turn by drawing a card and then examining her hand to see what moves she could make before eyeing the monster that was out. "I set three cards face down and then I summon Carer of Springs, Persephone in defence mode!" Katherine decided. The cards were projected however Katherine's move caused Azurite to snicker.
Carer of Springs, Persephone – Attribute: Earth, Type: Plant, Level: 4, ATK/1200, DEF/1700
"You scared or something kid, why don't you run home to your mummy and leave dueling to the big girls," Azurite taunted. However Katherine blinked twice showing that the words had no effect on her causing Azurite to grit her teeth and she was about to move forward but Rhodonite shot her arm out stopping the red head in her tracks as the teal haired woman shook her head in disagreement to that course of action.
"Marik-sama will praise us if we defeat them in a duel, hold your temper Azurite!" Rhodonite commanded. The woman pulled back but she still glared angrily at my little sister who kept her gaze firmly on the teal head standing across from her. "Now it's my turn! Draw! I summon Harpie Dancer to the field in attack mode and set one card face down," Rhodonite announced. My eyes along with Katherine's had widened in surprise hearing this woman had a Harpie monster "As per her effect, Harpie Dance becomes known as Harpie Lady when on the field," Rhodonite explained.
Harpie Dancer – Attribute: Wind, Type: Avian-Beast, Level: 4, ATK/1200, DEF/1000
Harpie Lady – Attribute: Wind, Type: Avian-Beast, Level: 4, ATK/1200, DEF/1000
"About time!" I growled. Drawing a card from my deck I looked at before proceeding to remove a monster from my hand in order to end this mess. "I summon Virgo in defence mode and I play four cards face down," I decided. Even if I wanted to get this duel over and done with, I couldn't be risky in any actions I took against them so Virgo was a good choice to start with.
Virgo – Attribute: Light, Type: Magician, Level: 2, ATK/500, DEF/2500
"Well, well this should be fun! Now let's take all your power and make Marik-sama pleased that the Pharaoh's Consort had been annihilated," Azurite declared. She then lay her fingers on the top card of her deck as a mad grin came onto her face. "My turn! Draw!" Azurtie declared. She practically ripped the card from the deck.