Chapter 9: Duel of Destiny!
(Jenrya: I GOT REVIEWS!!! YEAH!!! And I would like to thank happytako for giving me the following cards to use in my story: Ouija Board, Death Message E, Death Message A, Death Message T, Death Message H, Dark Necrophia, Headless Knight, Possessed Painting, Demon Sleeper, Earthbound Spirit, Dark Corridor, Dark Spirit of Silence, Ghost Duke, and Deja Vu. You could E-Mail me if you have a story request (I'll try my best to do it), or I'll give you a spoiler. Or a continuation of one of my cliff-hanger fics.)
Mokuba looked up at Kaiba, who was happily smiling. "If I win, you're brother fuses with me, to make Seto Kaiba even more evil then ever! Then the Dark Yami's of the world will rule!" Mokuba tapped his foot on the floor. "And if I win?" "You get the damn rod." "I lay a trap card." Mokuba said, placing a card up-side down. It was the 'Patient Death', who would wait the whole duel if necessary to be activated. Mokuba laid 'The Five Fire Harpy's' down, with a defense of 1600, and attack of 1500. He added a magic card from Bakura's deck, which raised the attack and defense by 400.
MEANWHILE.......
Bakura entered an ambulance with Seto, who was doing a lot better. They needed to put him on oxygen, though. Meanwhile, the paramedic was having little luck asking Yami Yugi to answer things. "Look, if you tell me what a rod is, I'll put it down!" The paramedic said, losing her cool. "And I'm getting there! Anyway, the brave pharaoh locked his soul in millennium items–" "LOOK!!! I DON'T CARE!" "I'M GETTING TO THE POINT!!!" "YOU SAID THAT HALF AN HOUR AGO!!! LOOK, SEE? I PUT IT DOWN!!!" The paramedic rolled her eyes. Seto smiled from inside the ambulance. "Tell Mokuba he can stop dueling." Seto said to Bakura. "I can't. They already put down bets, and started dueling." Seto looked around his throat for a necklace. At the end of it held his Blue Eyes White Dragon cards. (A/N: He really does have that. Just look on the cover of the Seto Kaiba structure deck.) He gave Bakura a Blue Eyes White Dragon. "Give this to Mokuba." Seto pulled Bakura's collar toward his face. "You bend it, you die. You steal it, you die. If the edges are dirty when I get it back, you, not Mokuba, you die. Got it?" Bakura nodded nervously. Seto pushed Bakura out of the ambulance weakly. Bakura realized Seto was weak right now, and just wanted to look tough. 'He really needs friends...' Bakura thought to himself.
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"Harpy!" Mokuba said, gasping as the Harpys' were destroyed. "You should read the instruction on magic cards, Moku!" Kaiba said, smiling. Mokuba glared at Kaiba, but picked up the magic card and read the instructions. 'One monster of your opponent is destroyed. One random monster from you is destroyed.' "Oh, think–" "Mokuba! Seto told me to give you this!" Bakura said, giving Mokuba the Blue Eyes White Dragon. Mokuba knew the rules, and randomly placed it the Dragon in his deck, and took one card out. "I play the.....oh! Judge Man!" Mokuba said, with a huge grin on his face. Attack:2200 Defense:1500 Kaiba glared at Mokuba. Kaiba's deck was a flimsy one, given to him by Malik and Yami Bakura. Both guys had no good cards; willing to spare, anyway. Seto still had the original deck. "Um, I play The Giant Slug...." Kaiba said, face-dropping. Attack: 200 Defense: 100 Mokuba burst out laughing. "LOOK, I HAD TO GET RID OF HIM SO THAT I COULD USE ANOTHER CARD!" Kaiba said, his face turning red. Mokuba smiled. Judge Man easily destroyed the Giant Slug. Kaiba cheated and just looked through his whole deck. "Hey, you're cheating!" Mokuba said. Seto was heard screaming in the other room. "How—" "I play the Red Eyes Black Dragon!" Mokuba gasped. "Malik.....has a card that good?" Mokuba said, gasping in awe. Kaiba nodded. Mokuba prayed to take out the Blue Eyes White Dragon, but failed. His monster was destroyed. "Death Message, H, A, T, and E! It spells 'Hate'!" (A/N: I don't know if the card really does that....) He took out a monster card, and but was destroyed by The Red Eyes Black Dragon. Mokuba's life points took a dangerous drop. 'No....for Seto! I will win!' Mokuba thought. But Kaiba kept on winning.....until Mokuba drew the Blue Eyes White Dragon! Mokuba squinted at the card, and frowned. 'This is Seto's Chinese Version....I can't read it.....' (A/N: Seto's deck REALLY has one in Chinese, one in English, and the other in Japanese. I don't know what language the fourth one was.) Mokuba sat there, thinking what the name of the attack was. 'Electric lightning? No, it was something lightning.....blue lightning? White Lightning! Yes, it was White Lightning!' "Blue Eyes White Dragon, attack with White Lightning!" Kaiba yelled as his life points were all destroyed. "Here's the stupid rod!" Kaiba said, throwing the rod at Mokuba. He grunted and left, muttering under his breath.
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Mokuba ran to the living room, but no one but Yami Yugi was there. He was sitting on the couch, with his head in his hands. "Hey, Yugi, were's Seto? And Bakura?" Yami frowned. "You're too late. He fell into a coma. He seemed to be o.k....but then....after he gave Bakura the card, he just closed his eyes....We tried to wake him up....I tried my best to help, but I couldn't do anything about it. I stayed to drive you to the hospital." Yami Yugi said, picking up the phone. "Who are you calling?" Mokuba asked. Yami's dark eyes met Mokuba's light ones, and he smiled a bit. "I can't drive....and Yugi's feet can't reach the pedals..." Yami Yugi laughed and the thought of Yugi trying to drive. He would be in quite a dilemma....Yami looked at Mokuba, who had a stern expression. 'Like brother, like brother......' Yugi said, from inside Yami Yugi's mind. 'I feel sorry for them. For once in my life, I feel sorry for them." Yami said. 'Hey! Mokuba got the rod back!' Yugi said happily. Yami took the Rod from Mokuba, who hardly noticed. 'Hey, I want to see the memories Seto went through....think some magic could help?' Yami nodded his head. He looked at Mokuba. The boy was in deep thought. 'Get ready....'
"MOKUBA!!! RUN!!" Seto (Age 11) quickly pushed his younger brother in a closet. "Onni-San I'm scared when he's like this..." Mokuba said, speaking in a low voice through the Key Hole. Seto locked his brother in. "Remember what I told you before. Use the trapdoor to go to the basement. I'll be there in a minute." Seto sighed. 'He's an alcoholic...' Seto turned to see if the coast was clear. It wasn't. Gozuburo was right in front of him, with a broken beer bottle. He jabbed Seto's arm with it. Seto winced in pain.
'Yami, that was scary...he was so young...' Yugi said. His Yami agreed. 'But that wasn't the memory that triggered the rest....'
Seto (Age 12) was on the floor. An ugly scar ran down his lower arm. A bruise was near his cheek. His eyes were swollen, and his lips were filled with blood. Seto looked up at his attacker. "Gozuburo go to hell...." Seto said, struggling to get up. Gozuburo kicked Seto's side. "The stock went down.....and all because of you." Seto gasped as a knife was lowered toward his throat. Seto closed his eyes. He was afraid. "Stop it! That's enough!" Mokuba ran in the room, next to Seto. He looked at his brother, who's eyes were blank. He pushed his brother off him. "I give up." He muttered. "Seto–" "It's Kaiba, dammit!"
'Holy–' 'Don't curse Yami. Was that–' 'No.' 'Oh no. This one was worst then before.' 'I got it!'
"NO! Blue Eyes!" Seto cursed as he looked in the eyes of Yugi Muuto; the one who just beat him. In front of his brother. Seto stared at his brother, who was frowning. 'How could I let him down...' "If you believe in the heart of the cards, there will be nothing you can't do." 'What the hell is this guy talking about? Is he on drugs or something?' Seto glared at Yugi, who now had his hand outstretched. 'What–Yami!' Seto felt his dark half being pulled out of him. He tried to scream, but was in to much pain to. His once cold, black, emotionless heart now became warm. A rush of emotion swept through him. He fell to his knees, caught in a slight trance. 'He's gone...' Seto thought sadly. 'All that pain...that I went through....to create him....and now he's gone...!! Damn Yugi Muuto! Damn him!'
Yugi gasped. His Yami let of the golden rod. "We caused this...." Yami said, to Yugi in particular. "Um, excuse me, but um, I would like to se my brother now please." Mokuba said impatiently. Yami turned back into Yugi. Yugi nodded and called Joey. 'His legs should reach the pedals....' 'Shut it Yam''
(Jenrya: Well? So? How's it going? I know, shocking chapter. Mostly memories, I know. Sorry to all Yugi fans! I just thought that the whole duel monster thing circulated around that duel! So why can't all the Seto Kaiba things circulate around the duel? FIVE NICE REVIEWS OR NO CONTINUATION! Well, not a good one, at least.....)