Chapter 2
By Tiger2babe2002
"I may have no cards that can beat your defenses, but I think I still have a strategy that will stop you dead in your tracks. I will force your hand." Kaiba took determined steps back.
"Looks to me like he is retreating." Joey mused.
Seto now stood on the edge of the platform.
"What are you doing, Kaiba?" Yugi asked him.
"You know, Yugi, my brother's fate depends on this duel, and I cannot let you win. Attack my Blue Eyes and wipe out my life points, but the resulting shock wave might cause me to loose my balance. Kaiba was smiling.
"Get down, Seto!" I told him. "You know Yugi doesn't want to hurt you!"
"He knows." Tristan said.
Yugi stood unable to move. I knew he was debating within himself.
"Celtic guardian, attack!"
"No, Yugi!" Tea exclaimed, but I held her back.
"This is Yugi's only chance." I told her. Then we watched as the Celtic guardian reduced Kaiba's life points to zero.
Just as Seto has predicted, there was a tremor, and I watched in horror as he fell.
"Yugi!" Tea exclaimed as she ran to Yugi's side. He was back to normal. "I can't believe you just did that! There had to be some other way."
"There wasn't." Yugi told her. Tea was taken aback. She was not used to Yugi's decisive behavior.
Tristan and Joey were looking down from where Seto Kaiba had fallen.
"No one can survive a fall like that!" Tristan remarked.
"Yugi did the right thing." Joey told him. "Kaiba was asking for it. Besides, if he hadn't attacked Kaiba would have won and would be entering the castle instead of Yugi."
Yugi was already headed for the inner sanctum.
"Aren't you coming, Anne?" He asked when he saw I was not following them.
"No. There's.something I need to take care of first."
I headed back into the forest and after some time ran all the way to the sea below.
"Seto!" I called. "Seto!"
And then I saw him. He was prostrate on his back, floating on the current. Not hesitating to think, I dove in between the rocks and started swimming towards him.
"Seto! Come on, wake up!" But he was not responding. I dragged him to the safety of the beach and collapsed on the ground beside him.
"Please, Seto! Please be ok."
He coughed up water and I helped him sit up.
"I.lost." Were his words.
"It's not the end of the world, Seto." I told him. "We can still get into the castle and save Mokuba. Here." I took out my star chips and pressed them into his hand.
"No. I can't take them, Anne. They're yours."
"It's ok. All I want is revenge on Pegasus. You can do that for me. You're the best duelist I know."
"Thanks. But I'll beat him, just wait and see."
"Be careful, Seto. He's not like other duelists. He possesses one of seven Millennium items."
"What?"
"Never mind. All I'm saying is he's unlike anyone you've ever dueled. He's evil, Seto. He does not play by the rules. And he's not going to go easy on anyone."
"I won't go easy on him, either. I've got to get my brother back, and no one will stand in my way, not even Pegasus. Thanks for your help, Anne, but I'll finish this by myself."
"But without my star chips, you can't get into the castle."
"But you can. I have an idea."
Soon we got into the castle, and once we were safely inside, Seto shed his disguise.
"He knows we're here." I told him.
"How.?"
"Be careful. Are you ready?"
"Always. Which way?"
"This way. Come on!"
The path lead to a brightly lit room. A duel arena stood in the middle. Yugi was in place.
"Yugi!" I called out to him. "We're all right here with you!"
"Kaiba?"
"What's the matter, Yugi boy," Pegasus's voice boomed, "Quit stalling for time. Make your move."
"No, Yugi!" I cried as I realized what he was going to play. "Don't do it, Yugi! Not that card!"
But I was too late.
"Go Time Wizard! Time roulette!"
"Yugi's done for." I mumbled.
"But.how could you know?" Seto Kaiba asked. "There's still a chance that it will land on a time machine."
"But it won't, Seto. I know it."
"Don't you always believe in your friends? Where's your faith in Yugi?"
"There can be no faith when you already know."
I didn't finish the sentence, and there was no need. For the time arrow landed on a skull.
"No, impossible!" Yugi exclaimed as the Time Wizard self - destructed, taking all of Yugi's remaining life points. "I.lost."
"Hahahahaha!" Pegasus laughed. "You can never save your grandfather if you cannot even save yourself!"
Yugi fell heavily t the ground, and we all rushed to his side.
"Yugi!" Tea cried. "Yugi, wake up!"
"Tea," I put my hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry."
"What do you mean? What has Pegasus done to him?"
"He's taken his soul, Tea. The bastard took his soul."
I stood up and looked Pegasus in the eye.
"Duel me, Pegasus! Duel me right now!" I challenged him.
"I may have no cards that can beat your defenses, but I think I still have a strategy that will stop you dead in your tracks. I will force your hand." Kaiba took determined steps back.
"Looks to me like he is retreating." Joey mused.
Seto now stood on the edge of the platform.
"What are you doing, Kaiba?" Yugi asked him.
"You know, Yugi, my brother's fate depends on this duel, and I cannot let you win. Attack my Blue Eyes and wipe out my life points, but the resulting shock wave might cause me to loose my balance. Kaiba was smiling.
"Get down, Seto!" I told him. "You know Yugi doesn't want to hurt you!"
"He knows." Tristan said.
Yugi stood unable to move. I knew he was debating within himself.
"Celtic guardian, attack!"
"No, Yugi!" Tea exclaimed, but I held her back.
"This is Yugi's only chance." I told her. Then we watched as the Celtic guardian reduced Kaiba's life points to zero.
Just as Seto has predicted, there was a tremor, and I watched in horror as he fell.
"Yugi!" Tea exclaimed as she ran to Yugi's side. He was back to normal. "I can't believe you just did that! There had to be some other way."
"There wasn't." Yugi told her. Tea was taken aback. She was not used to Yugi's decisive behavior.
Tristan and Joey were looking down from where Seto Kaiba had fallen.
"No one can survive a fall like that!" Tristan remarked.
"Yugi did the right thing." Joey told him. "Kaiba was asking for it. Besides, if he hadn't attacked Kaiba would have won and would be entering the castle instead of Yugi."
Yugi was already headed for the inner sanctum.
"Aren't you coming, Anne?" He asked when he saw I was not following them.
"No. There's.something I need to take care of first."
I headed back into the forest and after some time ran all the way to the sea below.
"Seto!" I called. "Seto!"
And then I saw him. He was prostrate on his back, floating on the current. Not hesitating to think, I dove in between the rocks and started swimming towards him.
"Seto! Come on, wake up!" But he was not responding. I dragged him to the safety of the beach and collapsed on the ground beside him.
"Please, Seto! Please be ok."
He coughed up water and I helped him sit up.
"I.lost." Were his words.
"It's not the end of the world, Seto." I told him. "We can still get into the castle and save Mokuba. Here." I took out my star chips and pressed them into his hand.
"No. I can't take them, Anne. They're yours."
"It's ok. All I want is revenge on Pegasus. You can do that for me. You're the best duelist I know."
"Thanks. But I'll beat him, just wait and see."
"Be careful, Seto. He's not like other duelists. He possesses one of seven Millennium items."
"What?"
"Never mind. All I'm saying is he's unlike anyone you've ever dueled. He's evil, Seto. He does not play by the rules. And he's not going to go easy on anyone."
"I won't go easy on him, either. I've got to get my brother back, and no one will stand in my way, not even Pegasus. Thanks for your help, Anne, but I'll finish this by myself."
"But without my star chips, you can't get into the castle."
"But you can. I have an idea."
Soon we got into the castle, and once we were safely inside, Seto shed his disguise.
"He knows we're here." I told him.
"How.?"
"Be careful. Are you ready?"
"Always. Which way?"
"This way. Come on!"
The path lead to a brightly lit room. A duel arena stood in the middle. Yugi was in place.
"Yugi!" I called out to him. "We're all right here with you!"
"Kaiba?"
"What's the matter, Yugi boy," Pegasus's voice boomed, "Quit stalling for time. Make your move."
"No, Yugi!" I cried as I realized what he was going to play. "Don't do it, Yugi! Not that card!"
But I was too late.
"Go Time Wizard! Time roulette!"
"Yugi's done for." I mumbled.
"But.how could you know?" Seto Kaiba asked. "There's still a chance that it will land on a time machine."
"But it won't, Seto. I know it."
"Don't you always believe in your friends? Where's your faith in Yugi?"
"There can be no faith when you already know."
I didn't finish the sentence, and there was no need. For the time arrow landed on a skull.
"No, impossible!" Yugi exclaimed as the Time Wizard self - destructed, taking all of Yugi's remaining life points. "I.lost."
"Hahahahaha!" Pegasus laughed. "You can never save your grandfather if you cannot even save yourself!"
Yugi fell heavily t the ground, and we all rushed to his side.
"Yugi!" Tea cried. "Yugi, wake up!"
"Tea," I put my hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry."
"What do you mean? What has Pegasus done to him?"
"He's taken his soul, Tea. The bastard took his soul."
I stood up and looked Pegasus in the eye.
"Duel me, Pegasus! Duel me right now!" I challenged him.