Written by Janni Pedersen, a.k.a. "JAY" and "janni-chan"
DEDICATED TO LISA HOGAN AND FUNG CHUN HONG, YAY! ^__^
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NOTE: Ah, finally, part 4, the LAST part of Nothing But Trouble ^__^ AND the only part with a duel, hehe =) Now, this is the first duel I've ever written, and it was actually quite hard... also, it might seem a little short, but I've done my best and I hope you'll still like the story =D
Another story is coming up soon, I'm still thinking of a title, but it's basically about a school prom... first part will be coming up VERY soon, actually, I just need to roughly edit it, then I'll post it... Anyway, that's all for now, hope you'll enjoy this part even though it's quickly written and not as good as the other parts... but PEGASUS turns out to be... well... NICER than he's been in the other parts in the end of this one, hehe XD
Again, hope you like =D Please, review ^___^
PLEASE NOTE (!): Again, Pegasus DOESN'T have his Millenium Eye, the rules of the Duel are the same as the ones they had in the Duelist Kingdom tournament, but yet, this is STILL after Battle City and everything else (but NO God Cards and so on) even though it seems like it's just after or even during Duelist Kingdom ^^' Hope that's not too confusing XD
I wish we could skip the copyrights, but I don't wanna get sued, really ^__^
Ayi Kaiba.and the story are (c) me.
Yugi Muto and other original characters from YGO are (c) Kazuki Takahashi., 4Kids and FUNimation.
Other characters are (c) their respective owners.
See you in the next fic ^__^
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NOTHING BUT TROUBLE...
PART 4 (Final)
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Duelist Kingdom looked normal, like always.. but in the castle, a special event was about to happen... a game of life and death was about to happen...
Yugi, Ayi and Mokuba had been lead into a room that was right beside the Arena Room... there was still a few minutes to the duel and Ayi was looking through Yugi's while and Yugi was pacing around in a circle.
"You'll do fine.." Ayi half smiled at him as she came over to him, giving him his deck back, "your deck's awesome..."
Yugi looked at her with a lifted eyebrow.
"Awesome? I forgot my strongest monsters, INCLUDING the Black Luster Soldier?! How can you call this awesome??" he shook his head, sighing, "I'm gonna lose... I can't do this..." he sat down, clutching his head while clenching his eyes shut.
"Don't say that!" Mokuba came up to him after getting up from his spot on the floor, "you're definitely gonna win, Yugi! You've won before!"
"Thanks for the faith, guys..."
"Please believe, Yugi!" Ayi shook her head, kneeling down in front of him, "if you don't, we'll all be sent to the Shadow Realm and Pegasus is gonna ruin the spirit world AND the real World!" she put both of her hands on Yugi's shoulders, "think of Yami! He's saved our butts so far! Don't give up on him either! He believes in you... WE believe in you! Now, you just have to believe in yourself AND the Heart of the Cards, ok?" she half smiled at him. Yugi watched her while she was speaking and shook his head again, looking down... he then looked up again with a confident smile on his face.
"An old saying says that when you do your best, nobody can expect more from you... and most time when I've done my best, I've won... this time probably won't be different..." he got up, "I'll try, guys..."
Mokuba and Ayi both smiled, nodding to him.
"Thanks Yugi." Mokuba walked over beside Ayi, "you're the best! Beside my brother of course!" he grinned. Ayi whacked him softly, making him let out a laugh.
"Don't even start, you little devil..."
"Yugi Muto..."
The voice of a henchman made them all jump with a shriek. They then turned around to face the henchman.
"Yes?" Yugi frowned.
"The duel is about to start... please follow me to the arena room, then, somebody else will lead your friends to the bridge where they can watch..."
Yugi looked at Ayi and Mokuba for a few seconds. Then, turned back to the henchman with a nod and walked over to him. The henchman nodded to two other henchmen as he and Yugi came out into the arena room... Yugi's mouth almost dropped open; This arena was far larger than the other arenas he had seen... the dueling platforms were about ten meters up in the air and he almost barfed by the thought that he would be upthere in a matter of minutes... the bridge was even further up into the air, but after a few seconds, Ayi and Mokuba looked down at him, giving him a thumbs up... Yugi sank the lump that he had in his throat... the duel was about to begin...
"Well, hello again, Yugi-boy! Pleased to see you haven't run home crying yet!" the voice followed by a laugh made Yugi turn around... Pegasus came into the room, standing by his duel platform which was coming down, allowing him to step up on it.
"I haven't run before and I'm not gonna start now!" Yugi snapped, "let's duel!"
It took only a few minutes for everything to be set... Yugi and Pegasus were up on their duel platforms, shuffling their decks while Mokuba and Ayi were whispering to each other, yet still watching both Yugi and Pegasus intensely. Then, finally, Pegasus and Yugi looked up, at each other...
"Well Yugi... let's duel... DRAW!"
Yugi simply nodded- and as he drew his five starting cards, he glared directly at Pegasus... Pegasus had already drawn and was just looking straight back at him with a smirk...
"What are you waiting for Yugi-boy? Christmas?" Pegasus laughed scornfully, "go on..."
Yugi chose not to listen and drew a card... it was Yamatano Dragon Scroll... he then looked down at the rest of the cards in his hand... *Blackland Fire Dragon, Giant Soldier of Stone, Griffore, Horn of the Unicorn, Beaver Warrior and Mystical Moon?* he thought, half smiling, *sounds good...* he then grabbed Blackland Fire Dragon and looked up again, "I'm putting Blackland Fire Dragon in Defense! Your move!" The monster came up on the field, roaring towards Pegasus....
Pegasus just gave him a slight nodd and drew a card... Black Illusion Ritual... and he already had Toon Aligator, Despell, Red Archery Girl, Solemn Judgement, Toon Summoned Skull and Hane Hane in his hand... none of them were strong compared to Yugi's dragon's 1500 in attack and 800 in defense... he shrugged his shoulders lightly, cleared his throat and looked at his opponent again.
"I'm putting this card in Defense!" he put the card down and the monster appeared on the field, "your move! But watch your step... this monster might be strong!" he pointed at his face down card, laughing
Yugi drew a card from his deck... "Silver Fang..." he whispered, "nice card... but..." he paused, looking over the blinking square on the field that indicated Pegasus's defense-monster... he could feel that it wasn't that strong... but he really wasn't sure.... he didn't dare put Silver Fang up, maybe the opposing monster was stronger than that, but since Blackland Fire Dragon was already on the field, maybe.......
"Attack, Yugi!!" he turned around as he heard the voice and his thoughts were cut off... Ayi was standing on the bridge along with Mokuba, just looking at him, "I know you can do it!!" she gave him a thumbs-up and a smile.
"Pegasus is just trying to fool you! Don't listen to him!"
"YOU TWO BE QUIET!!!" Pegasus hissed, "Or I'll feed YOU to my monster instead of that dragon!!!" he pointed at Yugi's Blackland dragon. Mokuba and Ayi glared back at him while a smile appeared on Yugi's face.
"The heart of the cards will guide me Pegasus! You don't have a chance!!" he turned to his dragon, "Blackland Fire Dragon, attack!!!"
The dragon immediately flew up and towards the monster... it shot a ray of fire at the blinking field and Pegasus's monster roared as it blew up...
"Hane-Hane?!" Yugi exclaimed, relieved... it had 450 in attack and 500 in defense... nothing compared to his dragon, nothing at all... he turned to Ayi, smiling, returning her thumbs-up.
Pegasus let out a growl... his monster had disappeared... it was weak, but still.... he shook his head, shaking off the anger and drew a card... *Sonic Bird?!* he thought, *1400 in attack and 1000 in defense... I can't use this against Yugi's monster... but..* he looked up at Yugi, "I'm putting Toon Aligator in defense! 800 in attack, but 1600 in defense! Your move, Yugi! Make it quick!" he rubbed his hands, laughing.
Yugi instantly looked at the new card he drew... it was Feral Imp with 1300 in attack and 1400 in defense... he then smirked. "I'm putting Feral Imp in attack mode!" he looked at Pegasus as he started laughing.
"Yugi boy, please use your head! Maybe-" he cut himself off as he let out a gasp- the original horn of the imp was suddenly replaced by a bigger, golden one, "Horn of the Unicorn?! WHY?!" he hissed. Yugi simply frowned, watching his monster's attack-power raise to 2000.
"Feral Imp! Attack Toon Aligator NOW!!" he pointed at the aligator and his imp instantly obeyed, reducing its opponent to a heap of ashes in seconds... "your move, Pegasus..."
As the rage wore off, Pegasus's hands stopped shaking and he was finally able to draw a monster... Mystical Space Typhoon appeared as he turned the card around... he then laughed, "Finally, Yugi, you'll loose life points!" he pointed at Yugi, "watch..." he put Mystical. Space Typhoon down, "this will wash away your Horn!" he pointed at the Horn of the Unicorn that was still on the head of the Feral Imp, "Typhoon, make the Horn of the Unicorn disappear!!!"
"Oh man!" Yugi snapped as the light made him cover his eyes with an arm... when he was able to see again, his Feral Imp was back to normal and Pegasus was snickering loudly... he quietly muttered in anger as Pegasus's Red Archery Girl appeared- with its 1400 attack points, it was obviously stronger than Feral Imp and as it attacked it, the imp was instantly off the field, reducing Yugi's 2000 Life Points to 1900...
"My turn is over!" Pegasus announced, motioning to Yugi.
Yugi gritted his teeth as he drew his card... Horn Imp... he just put the card in his hand, and put his Giant Stone Soldier in defense, "I'm putting Giant Soldier of Stone in defense mode! And I'll attack your Archery Girl with Blackland Fire Dragon!!" he turned to his dragon, pointing at Pegasus's monster, "GO!"
As the Red Archery Girl disappeared, Pegasus's lifepoint was also reduced to1900... he and Yugi were even; when it came to life points...
Pegasus slammed his hand down into the dueling table, clenching his teeth with a growl. He angrily drew a card which turned out to be another Red Archery Girl...
"I can't really do anything!" he hissed, looking up at Yugi again, "very well! I'm putting my Red Archery Girl in Defense! Your turn!"
Yugi looked at the stats... the Archery Girl had the same defense level as his Dragon's attack level... so there really wasn't any danger, yet he couldn't eliminate the monster either... he slowly drew a card, hoping for the best... looking at it, he realized it didn't help him much... Genin; 600 attack points and 900 defense points... he sighed heavily.
"I'm putting Griffore in defense! Your move!"
"That wasn't much..." Pegasus muttered... he drew a card shaking his head... however, his face lit up with a smile as he noticed which card he now had in his hand...
"I'm flipping Sonic Bird into attack mode!" he announced, "and I'll add another card to it! Black Pendant!!!" the giant bird took flight took flight from the field as it appeared while Pegasus chuckled to himself.
Letting out a gasp, Yugi had to cover his eyes again... he new what was going to happen; The attack points of Pegasus's monster had raised from 1400 to 1900...
"Sonic Bird, attack Griffore!! NOW!!"
Yugi only heard Pegasus's command and sensed the light... he knew his monster was gone now... he slowly opened his eyes again, looking at Pegasus who was now laughing, manically.
"See if you can beat my monster now, Yugi-boy!!" he pointed at Yugi who only gritted his teeth, angrily.
"You're still gonna win, Yugi!" Ayi yelled to him, "just don't stop believing!!"
Yugi looked down at her, biting his lip... he then nodded, drawing a card... he then half smiled...
"I'm activating Swords of Revealing Light! And I'm gonna send my Beaver Warrior out in defense!!" he put the cards out and watched their holographic images appear before him, "and I'm ending my turn."
Pegasus just laughed as he drew his next card... even though it was a Toon Mermaid and he couldn't use it due to the lack of Toon World, he didn't seem less happy... he put another card down.
"I activate my De-Spell to eliminate your Swords of Revealing Light!" he folded his arms with a superior look on his face as Yugi's Swords of Revealing Light disappeared from the field, "and I'm attacking your monster with my Sonic bird!!" as he said the name of the monster, it was already attacking, letting out its battle-cry just before reducing Yugi's beaver to smithereenes, "and my turn is done..." he grinned from ear to ear...
As Yugi's life points started going down and finally stopped on 1200... he let out an annoyed groan, drawing a card.... *this doesn't look good...* he thought, sighing to himself, looking up at Ayi and Mokuba... they were both looking down at him, looking concerned.
"Keep believing, Yugi! You can do it!" Mokuba clenched his fists, frowning a little, "don't stop believing! Please!"
"But... it's so much pressure..." he whispered to himself, "but... I HAVE to win! For their sake!" he frowned, turning the card he had drawn around... it turned out to be Curse of Dragon... he looked at Pegasus's monster... with Sonic Bird's 1900 attack points and Curse of Dragon's 2000, the dragon was superior... but Black Pendant was still there... Yugi clenched his teeth...
"If I attack his monster, he'll lose 100... but then again, I'll lose 500 because of Black Pendant...." he narrowed his eyes, "I can't do that....... I really am in tight trouble here..." he bit in his lip, looking down, "I'm done..." he quietly announced.
Pegasus snickered quietly as he noticed Yugi's dispair...
"Why, Yugi boy, losing courage? Where's your Heart of the Cards now?" he laughed, drawing his next card... he laughed even louder as he noticed which card he had drawn...
"Toon World!!" he lifted it up, his facial expression turning way more than victorious. Yugi, Mokuba and Ayi gasped..
"I so hoped he wouldn't draw that at all..." Ayi muttered, looking down at Mokuba, pulling him closer with her arm around his shoulder... he looked up at her woth concern, putting both of his arms around her, hugging her, closing his eyes...
Pegasus finished laughing and then, put a card on the field... however, it wasn't Toon World..
"I'm putting Hiro's Shadow Scout in defense!"
"HUH?!" Yugi, Mokuba and Ayi all stared at him in confuse, blinking. Pegasus turned to them while his monster appeared on the field.
"Don't worry! Toon World is coming up next!" he folded his hands, turning around, "Kemo! Croquet! Take the Kaiba Siblings back to their cells!"
Ayi and Mokuba gasped as a bunch of henchmen came towards them...
"WHAT?!" Yugi yelled, "you promised they'd be here while we're dueling!!!" he clenched his fist, "YOU-"
"Don't worry, Yugi-boy!" Pegasus cut him off, "we're just taking a break before doom!" he grinned, "you deserve one... you've been fighting so hard! Unfortunately for nothing!" he laughed, "you can go say goodbye to your little friends when they're back in their cell! I'll see you afterwards! Be back here in half an hour! Then, we'll continue the duel!"
Yugi watched Ayi and Mokubabeing lead out of the arena room... Ayi was looking straight into his eyes, looking concerned, yet hoping...
"I'll see you..." she didn't say it out loud, but he was able to read her lips... he just nodded...
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Pegasus watched as the henchmen were leading Yugi out as well. He then turned to the henchman that was still with him.
"Kaiba and Yugi's friends still aren't inhere?" he folded his arms.
"No sir..." the henchman replied, "do you want us to throw them off the island?"
"No..." Pegasus smiled, "actually, let them in... they can watch the duel! They're gonna hate watching their friend lose a duel this important!"
"Yes sir... right away."
***
"For the last time!! GET OUTTA HERE!!!" the henchman snapped; he nodded to the five other henchmen and Joey, Bakura, Seto, Téa and Tristan were thrown through the door.
"And please, STAY out!" the door was then slammed...
"AGAIN??" Joey got up, "say, didn't we have a plan this time?" he glared at Tristan out of the corner of his eyes, dusting himself off. Tristan just folded his arms, looking insulted.
"We did!" he retorted
"And that was?!" Seto lifted an eyebrow. Tristan blinked and then grinned.
"Sneaking through the back-door! That always works!" he scratched his neck. The four others stared at him with their eyes wide open.
"That was your PLAN?!" Téa exclaimed, "you didn't even wanna tell us what it was!!"
"Hey! It USUALLY works!" Tristan folded his arms.
"Yeah, when the building is only moderately guarded!!" Seto snapped, "you fools! This place is guarded everywhere, and furthermore, this is PEGASUS we're dealing with!! I hate to say it, but he's not exactly stupid! Of course he's guarding the back door!! He-"
Seto was cut off as the door suddenly opened and a henchman stepped out.
"Whaddya want?! You gonna throw us even further?!" Joey glared at him. The henchman just looked at him over his sunglasses.
"You can come in... Master Pegasus is dueling mr. Muto and he said it would be alright for you to attend this duel..." he folded his arms. Joey, Téa, Tristan, Bakura and Seto looked at each other, their mouths dropping open.
"What!?" Bakura lifted an eyebrow, "but... why are they dueling..?"
"If Yugi Muto wins the duel, he and the two Kaiba siblings are allowed to go... and Master Pegasus won't solve the Millenium Puzzle... however, if Master Pegasus wins, he will be solving the puzzle and once it's solved, Yugi and the Kaibas will be sent to the Shadow Realm." the henchman replied, "they're having a break right now. But the duel will begin again in a few minutes."
The five just stared at him, blinking in confuse.
"Ok, we'll watch!" Seto broke in, "and if Yugi doesn't win, I'll kill him BEFORE he goes to the Shadow Realm!"
"You shut up!" Téa hissed at him, "Yugi's gonna do his best and OF COURSE he's gonna win! He would've beaten you if you didn't cheat, Kaiba, you have to admit that!"
Seto just folded his arms, looking away...
"Well, at least I DID win.." he just muttered. Téa was about to protest again when the henchman broke in.
"Do you wish to accept Master Pegasus offer or what?!" he boomed. The five looked at eachother again.
"Of course!" Joey snapped, "whaddya think we are, morons?!"
"Very well..." the henchman nodded at them, "I'll take you to the arena. The duel will be starting soon..."
***
Yugi was looking down as the henchmen lead him all the way through the dungeon. He knew he was in trouble now... there was almost no way for him to win that duel now... he had no idea how anyway...
"We're here, brat! The cell is over there!" the henchman cut his thoughts off and pushed him forwards. He looked up at him, lifting an eyebrow.
"Aren't you going with me? What if I run?" he asked. The two henchmen looked at eachother and then laughed.
"Run? Your friends are there, they can't get outta there, so why WOULD you run?" he frowned, "I'll be back here right before the duel starts... see you, kid!" the henchman then walked off. Yugi looked after the two for a while, then, shrugged his shoulders and walked over to the cell. Ayi and Mokuba were sitting down near the bars. As Ayi noticed him, a smile crossed her face. She instantly got up, ran over to him and hugged him.
"Yugi..." she almost whispered, "you're still gonna win... I KNOW you're gonna win..."
Yugi sighed heavily, shaking his head, still being over her shoulder.
"I... I don't have a card that's able to wash Toon World away... and if I can't do that, I can't beat his toon monsters..." he rolled his eyes as they let go. Ayi just bit in her lip and scratched her arm.
"What are you gonna do?" Mokuba came up by Ayi's side, "you can't just give up..."
"I don't know... I really can't do anything...." Yugi sighed, looking down, "I just don't know..."
"Yugi, just believe... I KNOW you'll win, and you'll find out how soon enough! Don't worry!" Ayi put her arm around Mokubas shoulders again, "trust me."
Yugi looked at her for a few seconds, confused... something in her eyes told him that what she was saying wasn't just something she said to calm down Mokuba or something... she really looked like she believed that he'd win.
"I trust you, Ayi..." he nodded at her, "I will believe... but still, it doesn't look that good....."
***
"Wow... this place is huge..." Joey looked down at the arena room from the bridge where they were standing, "how come we didn't get arenas this big when we dueled?"
"Because this type of arena wasn't invented during the tournament.." Seto replied, "this type is only a couple of months old. And it's a great deal more expensive!"
"I bet..." Tristan whistled, looking around, "hey.." he turned to Pegasus's henchman, "Where are our popcorn and sodapops already!?" he lifted an eyebrow. The henchman folded his arms, gritting his teeth.
"There's no way I'm gonna take orders from a punk like you!" he turned around, "enjoy the duel! You're not allowed to enter the arena room... the door leading there from here is locked... but you're allowed to talk... oh yeah, wish your friend luck! I think he needs it!" he laughed as he walked out.
"That didn't sound good..." Téa sighed, "sounds like Yugi's having trouble with that duel..."
"There he is!" Bakura got up from his chair, pointing at the arena room behind the window. The four others immediately turned to look; Yugi stepped through a door in the other end of the arena room, opposite from where they sat. Tristan and Joey flew up from the chairs they had sat down in, running over to the ledge.
"YUG!!"
"HEY, YUGI, WE'RE HERE!!!"
Yugi stopped... he then looked around in the room, walking around the Duel Monsters arena... he had definitely heard the two, but obviously he couldn't see them... then, finally, he looked up... his face then lit up in a giant smile and he sprinted over to it.
"Joey! Tristan!" he exclaimed, "what are you doing here?!"
"Well... first we came here to save you and the two others... then Pegasus invited us to watch this duel..." Joey explained, "kinda weird..."
Tristan just nodded.
"Are you ok, Yugi?" the voice came from behind and at first, Yugi couldn't see her, but then, Téa too appeared by the ledge... and Bakura.
"Hey guys!" Yugi waved at them, "Thanks! I'm fine!" he then looked them all over, "glad you're here... but how did you get here anyway? Rented a boat?"
"I flew them!"
Yugi almost jumped as he heard the harsh voice. He then turned his head, looking straight up at seto who got up from his seat as well, "I'm here for Mokuba! You'd better win that duel, Muto!" he growled.
"I will..." Yugi frowned, "and Mokuba and Ayi are fine..."
"I don't care about that Ayi girl!" Seto hissed, "how many times do I have to tell you idiots!!!"
"Hey!"
another voice made Joey, Tristan, Bakura, Téa and Seto look towards the entrance to the bridge Seto and the others were on. Ayi and Mokuba was standing in the door, looking at them all. Mokuba let out a gasp as he noticed Seto.
"BIG BROTHER!!!" he cried, running over, huggling Seto, tightly, "I KNEW you'd come!!" he closed his eyes, "I missed you..."
Seto looked down at him, letting out a sigh of relief.
"You're ok..." he almost whispered, "thanks god..."
Ayi watched them with a smile. She then turned to Téa, Joey, Tristan and Bakura.
"Téa! Guys!" she exclaimed, running over and gave Téa a small hug. Then, she turned to Tristan and Joey, "hey guys!" she nodded to them. when she finally came to Bakura, she tilted her head a little to the side, "I haven't met you, have I?"
Bakura half smiled, shaking his head no.
"I'm Bakura Ryou. A school friend of Yugi." he let his hand out, "nice to meet you." he shook her hand and Ayi nodded to him.
"Ayi Kaiba..." She then walked over to the ledge, looking down at Yugi, half smiling.
"Hey Yugi..." she gave him a thumbs up, "good luck..."
"Thanks..." he smiled back, scratching his neck, "I'm gonna need that..."
A few minutes later, Yugi and Pegasus were standing on the dueling stands again. The monsters were still there; on Yugi's side, there were Curse of Dragon in attack mode with 2000 attack points, and on Pegasus's, Sonic Bird in attack mode, equipped with Black Pendant that had 1900 attack points, Red Archery Girl in defense with 2000 defense points and Hiro's Shadow Scout in defense with 500 defense points. The two put their decks down onto the board.
"So, Yugi-boy are you ready to lose!" Pegasus laughed, "don't worry... going to the Shadow Realm doesn't hurt... from what people have told me!"
"Spare me, Pegasus!" Yugi growled, "you haven't won yet!"
"Maybe not... but there's nothing for you to do!" Pegasus folded his arms, "ah, tough luck!"
*he's right!* Yugi thought, *but that doesn't mean I'm not gonna try!* he then frowned, looking up at Pegasus again, "let's duel!" he gritted his teeth. Pegasus just nodded.
"Your turn..."
Yugi nodded.. looking over his hand, he found out that he didn't have much help there... he had two Genins with the attack power of 600 and the defense power of 900 each, Silver Fang with the attack power of 1200 and the defense power of 800 and Horn Imp with 1300 attack points and 100 defense points... he sighed deeply and then slowly drew a card, with his eyes closed, concentrating hardly... he then turned the card around and opened his eyes... and smiled...
"I'll use Dark Hole!" he turned the card around, showing it to Pegasus, "all monsters will disappear!" he put the card down; a portal-like black thing suddenly opened in the midde of the arena; it quickly spread to all of the dueling arena and then, the roars of the monsters were heard... as the portal disappeared, the arena was empty... Yugi's life points went down to 700...
"Black Pendant..." he whispered. He then turned to Pegasus, "that's the end of my turn..."
Pegasus snickered to himself as he drew a card... it was Rogue Doll, but he didn't care at all.
"And now!" he lifted a card up high, "we're going to Toon World, people!" he put the card down, laughing; Yugi let out a gasp as the giant book opened on the field, showing that Toon World was activated... yells were heard from Tristan, Joey, Ayi and the others, but it didn't change anything... Pegasus was still laughing as his Life Points went down to 900... when he finally stopped, he grabbed two more cards; "also, I want you to meet my friend here!" he put the cards down, and Toon Summoned Skull instantly appeared on the field, "luckily for you, I won't be able to attack you with him before one turn has passed, but we can't really do anything about that, can we?" he shrugged his shoulders, grinning widely before nodding to Yugi, "so... your turn!"
Yugi had his teeth clenched...
*Man I'm in trouble...* he thought, *but...* he looked up, at his friends... Ayi noticed this and she immediately walked to the ledge.
"Don't worry, Yugi!" she yelled, "believe!"
"She's right!" Joey added, "kick his butt, Yug!"
Yugi then frowned, nodded and drew his card.... Koriboh... 300 attack and 200 defense... but not completely useless. Yugi nodded to Pegasus. "your move..." he folded his arms
Pegasus quickly drew his card; it turned out to be stop defense, but he quickly just stuffed it in his hand, "I'll attack..." he looked up, "with Toon Summoned Skull!" he lifted his arm and then pointed, "DIRECT ATTACK!" Toon Summoned Skull flew up and instantly launched itself towards Yugi's part of the field.. it attacked in a cloud of smoke... he awaited Yugi's Life Points to fall, but as the smoke disappeared, nothing happened... Pegasus's eyes widened.
"WHAT?! WHY!?!?!?!"
Yugi let out a small laugh.
"Simple!" he grinned, "Kuriboh! Sorry Pegasus!"
Pegasus glared at Yugi for a second... then, he let out a laugh, pointing at him.
"No matter what, your next turn is your final, Yugi-boy! So don't get too confident!" he then folded his arms.
Yugi sweatdropped... he knew Pegasus was right; there really wasn't anything he could do right now when he didn't even have Black Luster Ritual and Black Luster Soldier in his deck at all... he slapped his forehead...
*why didn't I put that thing in the deck in the first place!!* he rolled his eyes, *well... whatever...can't help that now...* he bit in his lip, closed his eyes, waited for a second... and then drew his card, opening his eyes again...
"Pot of Greed... great!" he whispered, half smiling. Then, he looked up at Pegasus again, "I'll draw two more cards! By activating Pot of Greed!" he held the card up, but then, put it down onto the dueling table... Pegasus just laughed.
"That's not gonna help you in any way, child! You simply don't have any cards that can match that!" he pointed to his Toon Summoned Skull that was sitting on the field, just waiting to attack... Yugi bit in his lip, looking the monster over... as it noticed that, it roared at him, waving its fists wildly in the air....
*What to do.......* he sighed heavily, looking down at his Pot of Greed, *he's right, there's nothing... but...* he looked up, at Ayi, *whatever was she thinking when she said I'd definitely win?... I can't do anything at all...* he hung his head, clenching his eyes closed, "so much at stake, and I'm losing!!!" he whispered to himself with trembling voice, "I can't do... ANYTHING!" the last word came out loud, startling him, "man..."
"Yugi..." Téa's voice made him look up; she was standing, frowning in concern, "I know you can do it!"
"She's right!" Ayi joined in, "there's hope, trust me! I know you can do it! You told me about the Heart of the Cards and that you believed in them... now is your chance to prove that it's true! To Pegasus... and your cards..." she smiled at him...
*what is she smiling for...* Yugi looked down again, *even if I DO believe, there's no card in my deck that can beat that thing!* he looked up at Toon Summoned Skull again... *but... she seemed so certain... and that definitely wasn't just a lie to cheer me up...* he frowned deeply, *she had a reason for that... I KNOW she had a reason for that!* he then looked up at her, "I BELIEVE!!!" clenching his eyes shut, he drew his cards.... he started trembling and he was sweating like mad... if he didn't draw the right cards now, he could as well surrender... he slowly drew the first card... then the second... while turning them around he was still having his eyes closed and his teeth clenched... he then slowly opened his eyes...
"WHAT?!?!?!"
Yugi's yell made Pegasus stop laughing instantly... he lifted an eyebrow, looking Yugi over in surprise; Yugi was staring at the two cards he had drawn with his eyes and his mouth wide open... he then sank a lump that was stuck in his throat and Pegasus seemed even more surprise as he let out a laugh... when he finally looked back at Pegasus, he had definitely gained back his confidence... he put one of the two cards he had drawn down.
"And I play..." he slowly announced, "HARPIE'S FEATHER DUSTER!!!!"
Pegasus's eyes widened
"NO..!!!!!!"
the light came instantly, a feather washed over the Magic Card Section of the field on Pegasus's side and Toon World immediately disappeared.
"NO!" Pegasus repeated, "HOW?! WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?!?!?!?!" he clenched his fists, glaring at Yugi; but before he was able to say anymore, a laugh was heard from the bridge where Yugi's friends were standing. Pegasus instantly looked up... Ayi was standing with her arms folded and everybody else were looking at her in surprise... except Yugi who was smiling at her from ear to ear.
"YOU?!" Pegasus snapped, "you're dead, child! BELIEVE ME!" he pointed at her, almost boiling with rage.
"I don't think so, Pegasus... you're losing. And when you've lost, you can't do anything to me..." Ayi smirked. Pegasus growled quitly... turning to the field, he noticed that his Toon Summoned Skull had changed to a normal one... he then let out a laugh.
"My monster is still the strongest! Yugi HAS no monsters that are stronger than this! He can't summon Black Luster Soldier now!"
"That's true..." Yugi broke in, "some of it! I can't summon Black Luster Soldier, but I still have one more monster that's stronger than your Summoned Skull.. it seems that Harpie's Feather Duster wasn't the only card that Ayi slipped into my deck..." he smiled...
Everybody froze on the spot as the giant white dragon appeared on the field with a roar that shook almost all of Duelist Kingdom... it stood on the field, towering above every other monster, awaiting Yugi's orders.
Seto Kaiba's eyes were bigger than they had ever been before, Joey, Téa, Tristan and Bakura all let out surprised yet happy yells and Mokuba and Ayi simply smiled, secretively giving each other a high-five. Yugi finally yelled out the order to attack and Pegasus's Summoned Skull was blasted away while his lifepoints went down to zero, making everybody cheer and Tristan and Joey started singing Yugi's name... nobody really noticed Pegasus who fell to his knees while his dueling platform came down...
"M...my cards... I LOST..." he clenched his fists, "I.. I lost the duel... the Millenium Puzzle... Cecilia..."
"You haven't lost Cecilia, Pegasus..." Yami's voice appeared in his head again, "you still have her in your heart... you know this duel had to be done... and you know you had to lose..."
"What do YOU know?!" Pegasus clenched his eyes shut, "you've never lost ANYBODY!!!!"
"No... I haven't... but I know people who have.. and they came over it... you can't bring her back, Pegasus... and you know that yourself..."
"Shut up, you foolish Pharaoh!!!" Pegasus got up, "I WILL get Cecilia back... maybe not now and maybe not with the Millenium Puzzle... but somehow, and sometime soon, I promise you... Cecilia will be back!"
"Well..." Yami sighed, "I hope sometime, you'll realize that what you wish is impossible and that if you brought her soul back, it still wouldn't bring her back completely..."
"Shut up!"
"Pegasus..."
Another voice cut Pegasus off.. Yugi was standing in front of him.
"I'm sorry about Cecilia... but-"
"Just take your puzzle!" Pegasus hissed, looking away while handing a small bag Yugi, "all of the pieces are there...."
Yugi took the bag, still looking at Pegasus for a while. Then, he looked down at the bag.
"Thanks..." he sighed, "I... what about Ayi? Technically, she still is your adopted daughter..."
Pegasus still looked away, but then, took a small envelope out of his pocket, handing it to Yugi as well.
"Not anymore. I've already signed those papers. She's able to live wherever she wants, even out of the orphanage since I haven't signed her over to them..."
"But..."
"Just get off my island!!!!" Pegasus looked at him for a second, with hate all over his face. Then, he turned around and started walking out of the room, "and never come back..."
As Yugi came up on the bridge where everybody else were standing, he was greeted immediately as Ayi came running over, hugging him, quickly followed by Mokuba, Téa, Tristan, Joey and Bakura who all gathered around him, all giving him comments.
"Great Duel Yug!"
"Yeah, you really kicked his butt downthere!"
"Excellent match! Even though the stakes were a little high..."
Yugi simply smiled at all of his friends, hugging Ayi back while patting Mokuba's head.
"Where did you get a Blue Eyes White Dragon?!" the deep voice made Ayi turn around. Seto was standing, looking directly at her with folded arms and his eyes narrowed. Ayi stepped towards him.
"I... Pegasus gave it to me... on the way from the orphanage to this place..." she explained, looking straight back at him. Seto looked her over for a while. then, a smile crept over his face.
"The idea about slipping it into Yugi's deck... not a bad idea at all... maybe you are somewhat a Kaiba after all..." he then turned to Mokuba, "and I'm only saying this because Mokuba will probably be happy... but since you have no place to live, you legally are a Kaiba and my house actually IS your house... maybe you should come live with us?"
Ayi's eyes widened as he said this and her mouth dropped open while she stared at him. Mokuba left the crowd as he saw that Ayi was talking to his older brother and as he noticed Ayi's face, he seemed startled for a second.
"What'd you do to her, Seto?!" he turned, glaring at Seto. Seto simply smirked.
"Oh... I simply asked her to come live in our house... that's all..."
Mokuba froze on the spot for a few seconds.
"R..Really?!" he stuttered, "you really said that?!"
"Well... our adopted father probably would've wanted that..." Seto rolled his eyes, "don't make a big fuzz about it..."
Mokuba let out a happy sqeal, turned around, almost knocking the still speechless Ayi over as he hugged her. Ayi snapped back to reality, smiling widely at Seto, whispering a barely audible "thank you" to him. He just nodded back at her and before he knew it, she walked over and gave him a hug. Everything became quiet and Yugi and the others turned around as Ayi hugged Seto. Joey's and Tristan's mouths dropped open and the others just stared at them. Seto glared back, but couldn't hold a small smile back as Ayi let go. Mokuba was still jumping around like a maniac, cheering...
"Well..." Yugi sighed, "let's get home, guys!"
THE END
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END NOTE:
Kind of a short ending, neh? ^^' Well, to tell you the truth, working on this story was kinda hard since I ran out of holidays and since I've had my surgery, I've been perfectly well so I haven't had any "days off" due to illness either- so that's both GOOD and BAD after all ^^'
Since I got kinda "annoyed" at the fic after a while and I wanted to finish ASAP due to the fact that I had to work on other projects also made it kinda crappy... but I'll try to make the next fics better, hehe ^___^
Well, again, hope you liked the story anyway, and hope you'll review too =) THANKS =D
JA NE ^__^
~*~Janni P.~*~
Also, e-mail me at; janni_chan@juice.dk and let's have a chat =D
DEDICATED TO LISA HOGAN AND FUNG CHUN HONG, YAY! ^__^
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NOTE: Ah, finally, part 4, the LAST part of Nothing But Trouble ^__^ AND the only part with a duel, hehe =) Now, this is the first duel I've ever written, and it was actually quite hard... also, it might seem a little short, but I've done my best and I hope you'll still like the story =D
Another story is coming up soon, I'm still thinking of a title, but it's basically about a school prom... first part will be coming up VERY soon, actually, I just need to roughly edit it, then I'll post it... Anyway, that's all for now, hope you'll enjoy this part even though it's quickly written and not as good as the other parts... but PEGASUS turns out to be... well... NICER than he's been in the other parts in the end of this one, hehe XD
Again, hope you like =D Please, review ^___^
PLEASE NOTE (!): Again, Pegasus DOESN'T have his Millenium Eye, the rules of the Duel are the same as the ones they had in the Duelist Kingdom tournament, but yet, this is STILL after Battle City and everything else (but NO God Cards and so on) even though it seems like it's just after or even during Duelist Kingdom ^^' Hope that's not too confusing XD
I wish we could skip the copyrights, but I don't wanna get sued, really ^__^
Ayi Kaiba.and the story are (c) me.
Yugi Muto and other original characters from YGO are (c) Kazuki Takahashi., 4Kids and FUNimation.
Other characters are (c) their respective owners.
See you in the next fic ^__^
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NOTHING BUT TROUBLE...
PART 4 (Final)
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Duelist Kingdom looked normal, like always.. but in the castle, a special event was about to happen... a game of life and death was about to happen...
Yugi, Ayi and Mokuba had been lead into a room that was right beside the Arena Room... there was still a few minutes to the duel and Ayi was looking through Yugi's while and Yugi was pacing around in a circle.
"You'll do fine.." Ayi half smiled at him as she came over to him, giving him his deck back, "your deck's awesome..."
Yugi looked at her with a lifted eyebrow.
"Awesome? I forgot my strongest monsters, INCLUDING the Black Luster Soldier?! How can you call this awesome??" he shook his head, sighing, "I'm gonna lose... I can't do this..." he sat down, clutching his head while clenching his eyes shut.
"Don't say that!" Mokuba came up to him after getting up from his spot on the floor, "you're definitely gonna win, Yugi! You've won before!"
"Thanks for the faith, guys..."
"Please believe, Yugi!" Ayi shook her head, kneeling down in front of him, "if you don't, we'll all be sent to the Shadow Realm and Pegasus is gonna ruin the spirit world AND the real World!" she put both of her hands on Yugi's shoulders, "think of Yami! He's saved our butts so far! Don't give up on him either! He believes in you... WE believe in you! Now, you just have to believe in yourself AND the Heart of the Cards, ok?" she half smiled at him. Yugi watched her while she was speaking and shook his head again, looking down... he then looked up again with a confident smile on his face.
"An old saying says that when you do your best, nobody can expect more from you... and most time when I've done my best, I've won... this time probably won't be different..." he got up, "I'll try, guys..."
Mokuba and Ayi both smiled, nodding to him.
"Thanks Yugi." Mokuba walked over beside Ayi, "you're the best! Beside my brother of course!" he grinned. Ayi whacked him softly, making him let out a laugh.
"Don't even start, you little devil..."
"Yugi Muto..."
The voice of a henchman made them all jump with a shriek. They then turned around to face the henchman.
"Yes?" Yugi frowned.
"The duel is about to start... please follow me to the arena room, then, somebody else will lead your friends to the bridge where they can watch..."
Yugi looked at Ayi and Mokuba for a few seconds. Then, turned back to the henchman with a nod and walked over to him. The henchman nodded to two other henchmen as he and Yugi came out into the arena room... Yugi's mouth almost dropped open; This arena was far larger than the other arenas he had seen... the dueling platforms were about ten meters up in the air and he almost barfed by the thought that he would be upthere in a matter of minutes... the bridge was even further up into the air, but after a few seconds, Ayi and Mokuba looked down at him, giving him a thumbs up... Yugi sank the lump that he had in his throat... the duel was about to begin...
"Well, hello again, Yugi-boy! Pleased to see you haven't run home crying yet!" the voice followed by a laugh made Yugi turn around... Pegasus came into the room, standing by his duel platform which was coming down, allowing him to step up on it.
"I haven't run before and I'm not gonna start now!" Yugi snapped, "let's duel!"
It took only a few minutes for everything to be set... Yugi and Pegasus were up on their duel platforms, shuffling their decks while Mokuba and Ayi were whispering to each other, yet still watching both Yugi and Pegasus intensely. Then, finally, Pegasus and Yugi looked up, at each other...
"Well Yugi... let's duel... DRAW!"
Yugi simply nodded- and as he drew his five starting cards, he glared directly at Pegasus... Pegasus had already drawn and was just looking straight back at him with a smirk...
"What are you waiting for Yugi-boy? Christmas?" Pegasus laughed scornfully, "go on..."
Yugi chose not to listen and drew a card... it was Yamatano Dragon Scroll... he then looked down at the rest of the cards in his hand... *Blackland Fire Dragon, Giant Soldier of Stone, Griffore, Horn of the Unicorn, Beaver Warrior and Mystical Moon?* he thought, half smiling, *sounds good...* he then grabbed Blackland Fire Dragon and looked up again, "I'm putting Blackland Fire Dragon in Defense! Your move!" The monster came up on the field, roaring towards Pegasus....
Pegasus just gave him a slight nodd and drew a card... Black Illusion Ritual... and he already had Toon Aligator, Despell, Red Archery Girl, Solemn Judgement, Toon Summoned Skull and Hane Hane in his hand... none of them were strong compared to Yugi's dragon's 1500 in attack and 800 in defense... he shrugged his shoulders lightly, cleared his throat and looked at his opponent again.
"I'm putting this card in Defense!" he put the card down and the monster appeared on the field, "your move! But watch your step... this monster might be strong!" he pointed at his face down card, laughing
Yugi drew a card from his deck... "Silver Fang..." he whispered, "nice card... but..." he paused, looking over the blinking square on the field that indicated Pegasus's defense-monster... he could feel that it wasn't that strong... but he really wasn't sure.... he didn't dare put Silver Fang up, maybe the opposing monster was stronger than that, but since Blackland Fire Dragon was already on the field, maybe.......
"Attack, Yugi!!" he turned around as he heard the voice and his thoughts were cut off... Ayi was standing on the bridge along with Mokuba, just looking at him, "I know you can do it!!" she gave him a thumbs-up and a smile.
"Pegasus is just trying to fool you! Don't listen to him!"
"YOU TWO BE QUIET!!!" Pegasus hissed, "Or I'll feed YOU to my monster instead of that dragon!!!" he pointed at Yugi's Blackland dragon. Mokuba and Ayi glared back at him while a smile appeared on Yugi's face.
"The heart of the cards will guide me Pegasus! You don't have a chance!!" he turned to his dragon, "Blackland Fire Dragon, attack!!!"
The dragon immediately flew up and towards the monster... it shot a ray of fire at the blinking field and Pegasus's monster roared as it blew up...
"Hane-Hane?!" Yugi exclaimed, relieved... it had 450 in attack and 500 in defense... nothing compared to his dragon, nothing at all... he turned to Ayi, smiling, returning her thumbs-up.
Pegasus let out a growl... his monster had disappeared... it was weak, but still.... he shook his head, shaking off the anger and drew a card... *Sonic Bird?!* he thought, *1400 in attack and 1000 in defense... I can't use this against Yugi's monster... but..* he looked up at Yugi, "I'm putting Toon Aligator in defense! 800 in attack, but 1600 in defense! Your move, Yugi! Make it quick!" he rubbed his hands, laughing.
Yugi instantly looked at the new card he drew... it was Feral Imp with 1300 in attack and 1400 in defense... he then smirked. "I'm putting Feral Imp in attack mode!" he looked at Pegasus as he started laughing.
"Yugi boy, please use your head! Maybe-" he cut himself off as he let out a gasp- the original horn of the imp was suddenly replaced by a bigger, golden one, "Horn of the Unicorn?! WHY?!" he hissed. Yugi simply frowned, watching his monster's attack-power raise to 2000.
"Feral Imp! Attack Toon Aligator NOW!!" he pointed at the aligator and his imp instantly obeyed, reducing its opponent to a heap of ashes in seconds... "your move, Pegasus..."
As the rage wore off, Pegasus's hands stopped shaking and he was finally able to draw a monster... Mystical Space Typhoon appeared as he turned the card around... he then laughed, "Finally, Yugi, you'll loose life points!" he pointed at Yugi, "watch..." he put Mystical. Space Typhoon down, "this will wash away your Horn!" he pointed at the Horn of the Unicorn that was still on the head of the Feral Imp, "Typhoon, make the Horn of the Unicorn disappear!!!"
"Oh man!" Yugi snapped as the light made him cover his eyes with an arm... when he was able to see again, his Feral Imp was back to normal and Pegasus was snickering loudly... he quietly muttered in anger as Pegasus's Red Archery Girl appeared- with its 1400 attack points, it was obviously stronger than Feral Imp and as it attacked it, the imp was instantly off the field, reducing Yugi's 2000 Life Points to 1900...
"My turn is over!" Pegasus announced, motioning to Yugi.
Yugi gritted his teeth as he drew his card... Horn Imp... he just put the card in his hand, and put his Giant Stone Soldier in defense, "I'm putting Giant Soldier of Stone in defense mode! And I'll attack your Archery Girl with Blackland Fire Dragon!!" he turned to his dragon, pointing at Pegasus's monster, "GO!"
As the Red Archery Girl disappeared, Pegasus's lifepoint was also reduced to1900... he and Yugi were even; when it came to life points...
Pegasus slammed his hand down into the dueling table, clenching his teeth with a growl. He angrily drew a card which turned out to be another Red Archery Girl...
"I can't really do anything!" he hissed, looking up at Yugi again, "very well! I'm putting my Red Archery Girl in Defense! Your turn!"
Yugi looked at the stats... the Archery Girl had the same defense level as his Dragon's attack level... so there really wasn't any danger, yet he couldn't eliminate the monster either... he slowly drew a card, hoping for the best... looking at it, he realized it didn't help him much... Genin; 600 attack points and 900 defense points... he sighed heavily.
"I'm putting Griffore in defense! Your move!"
"That wasn't much..." Pegasus muttered... he drew a card shaking his head... however, his face lit up with a smile as he noticed which card he now had in his hand...
"I'm flipping Sonic Bird into attack mode!" he announced, "and I'll add another card to it! Black Pendant!!!" the giant bird took flight took flight from the field as it appeared while Pegasus chuckled to himself.
Letting out a gasp, Yugi had to cover his eyes again... he new what was going to happen; The attack points of Pegasus's monster had raised from 1400 to 1900...
"Sonic Bird, attack Griffore!! NOW!!"
Yugi only heard Pegasus's command and sensed the light... he knew his monster was gone now... he slowly opened his eyes again, looking at Pegasus who was now laughing, manically.
"See if you can beat my monster now, Yugi-boy!!" he pointed at Yugi who only gritted his teeth, angrily.
"You're still gonna win, Yugi!" Ayi yelled to him, "just don't stop believing!!"
Yugi looked down at her, biting his lip... he then nodded, drawing a card... he then half smiled...
"I'm activating Swords of Revealing Light! And I'm gonna send my Beaver Warrior out in defense!!" he put the cards out and watched their holographic images appear before him, "and I'm ending my turn."
Pegasus just laughed as he drew his next card... even though it was a Toon Mermaid and he couldn't use it due to the lack of Toon World, he didn't seem less happy... he put another card down.
"I activate my De-Spell to eliminate your Swords of Revealing Light!" he folded his arms with a superior look on his face as Yugi's Swords of Revealing Light disappeared from the field, "and I'm attacking your monster with my Sonic bird!!" as he said the name of the monster, it was already attacking, letting out its battle-cry just before reducing Yugi's beaver to smithereenes, "and my turn is done..." he grinned from ear to ear...
As Yugi's life points started going down and finally stopped on 1200... he let out an annoyed groan, drawing a card.... *this doesn't look good...* he thought, sighing to himself, looking up at Ayi and Mokuba... they were both looking down at him, looking concerned.
"Keep believing, Yugi! You can do it!" Mokuba clenched his fists, frowning a little, "don't stop believing! Please!"
"But... it's so much pressure..." he whispered to himself, "but... I HAVE to win! For their sake!" he frowned, turning the card he had drawn around... it turned out to be Curse of Dragon... he looked at Pegasus's monster... with Sonic Bird's 1900 attack points and Curse of Dragon's 2000, the dragon was superior... but Black Pendant was still there... Yugi clenched his teeth...
"If I attack his monster, he'll lose 100... but then again, I'll lose 500 because of Black Pendant...." he narrowed his eyes, "I can't do that....... I really am in tight trouble here..." he bit in his lip, looking down, "I'm done..." he quietly announced.
Pegasus snickered quietly as he noticed Yugi's dispair...
"Why, Yugi boy, losing courage? Where's your Heart of the Cards now?" he laughed, drawing his next card... he laughed even louder as he noticed which card he had drawn...
"Toon World!!" he lifted it up, his facial expression turning way more than victorious. Yugi, Mokuba and Ayi gasped..
"I so hoped he wouldn't draw that at all..." Ayi muttered, looking down at Mokuba, pulling him closer with her arm around his shoulder... he looked up at her woth concern, putting both of his arms around her, hugging her, closing his eyes...
Pegasus finished laughing and then, put a card on the field... however, it wasn't Toon World..
"I'm putting Hiro's Shadow Scout in defense!"
"HUH?!" Yugi, Mokuba and Ayi all stared at him in confuse, blinking. Pegasus turned to them while his monster appeared on the field.
"Don't worry! Toon World is coming up next!" he folded his hands, turning around, "Kemo! Croquet! Take the Kaiba Siblings back to their cells!"
Ayi and Mokuba gasped as a bunch of henchmen came towards them...
"WHAT?!" Yugi yelled, "you promised they'd be here while we're dueling!!!" he clenched his fist, "YOU-"
"Don't worry, Yugi-boy!" Pegasus cut him off, "we're just taking a break before doom!" he grinned, "you deserve one... you've been fighting so hard! Unfortunately for nothing!" he laughed, "you can go say goodbye to your little friends when they're back in their cell! I'll see you afterwards! Be back here in half an hour! Then, we'll continue the duel!"
Yugi watched Ayi and Mokubabeing lead out of the arena room... Ayi was looking straight into his eyes, looking concerned, yet hoping...
"I'll see you..." she didn't say it out loud, but he was able to read her lips... he just nodded...
***
Pegasus watched as the henchmen were leading Yugi out as well. He then turned to the henchman that was still with him.
"Kaiba and Yugi's friends still aren't inhere?" he folded his arms.
"No sir..." the henchman replied, "do you want us to throw them off the island?"
"No..." Pegasus smiled, "actually, let them in... they can watch the duel! They're gonna hate watching their friend lose a duel this important!"
"Yes sir... right away."
***
"For the last time!! GET OUTTA HERE!!!" the henchman snapped; he nodded to the five other henchmen and Joey, Bakura, Seto, Téa and Tristan were thrown through the door.
"And please, STAY out!" the door was then slammed...
"AGAIN??" Joey got up, "say, didn't we have a plan this time?" he glared at Tristan out of the corner of his eyes, dusting himself off. Tristan just folded his arms, looking insulted.
"We did!" he retorted
"And that was?!" Seto lifted an eyebrow. Tristan blinked and then grinned.
"Sneaking through the back-door! That always works!" he scratched his neck. The four others stared at him with their eyes wide open.
"That was your PLAN?!" Téa exclaimed, "you didn't even wanna tell us what it was!!"
"Hey! It USUALLY works!" Tristan folded his arms.
"Yeah, when the building is only moderately guarded!!" Seto snapped, "you fools! This place is guarded everywhere, and furthermore, this is PEGASUS we're dealing with!! I hate to say it, but he's not exactly stupid! Of course he's guarding the back door!! He-"
Seto was cut off as the door suddenly opened and a henchman stepped out.
"Whaddya want?! You gonna throw us even further?!" Joey glared at him. The henchman just looked at him over his sunglasses.
"You can come in... Master Pegasus is dueling mr. Muto and he said it would be alright for you to attend this duel..." he folded his arms. Joey, Téa, Tristan, Bakura and Seto looked at each other, their mouths dropping open.
"What!?" Bakura lifted an eyebrow, "but... why are they dueling..?"
"If Yugi Muto wins the duel, he and the two Kaiba siblings are allowed to go... and Master Pegasus won't solve the Millenium Puzzle... however, if Master Pegasus wins, he will be solving the puzzle and once it's solved, Yugi and the Kaibas will be sent to the Shadow Realm." the henchman replied, "they're having a break right now. But the duel will begin again in a few minutes."
The five just stared at him, blinking in confuse.
"Ok, we'll watch!" Seto broke in, "and if Yugi doesn't win, I'll kill him BEFORE he goes to the Shadow Realm!"
"You shut up!" Téa hissed at him, "Yugi's gonna do his best and OF COURSE he's gonna win! He would've beaten you if you didn't cheat, Kaiba, you have to admit that!"
Seto just folded his arms, looking away...
"Well, at least I DID win.." he just muttered. Téa was about to protest again when the henchman broke in.
"Do you wish to accept Master Pegasus offer or what?!" he boomed. The five looked at eachother again.
"Of course!" Joey snapped, "whaddya think we are, morons?!"
"Very well..." the henchman nodded at them, "I'll take you to the arena. The duel will be starting soon..."
***
Yugi was looking down as the henchmen lead him all the way through the dungeon. He knew he was in trouble now... there was almost no way for him to win that duel now... he had no idea how anyway...
"We're here, brat! The cell is over there!" the henchman cut his thoughts off and pushed him forwards. He looked up at him, lifting an eyebrow.
"Aren't you going with me? What if I run?" he asked. The two henchmen looked at eachother and then laughed.
"Run? Your friends are there, they can't get outta there, so why WOULD you run?" he frowned, "I'll be back here right before the duel starts... see you, kid!" the henchman then walked off. Yugi looked after the two for a while, then, shrugged his shoulders and walked over to the cell. Ayi and Mokuba were sitting down near the bars. As Ayi noticed him, a smile crossed her face. She instantly got up, ran over to him and hugged him.
"Yugi..." she almost whispered, "you're still gonna win... I KNOW you're gonna win..."
Yugi sighed heavily, shaking his head, still being over her shoulder.
"I... I don't have a card that's able to wash Toon World away... and if I can't do that, I can't beat his toon monsters..." he rolled his eyes as they let go. Ayi just bit in her lip and scratched her arm.
"What are you gonna do?" Mokuba came up by Ayi's side, "you can't just give up..."
"I don't know... I really can't do anything...." Yugi sighed, looking down, "I just don't know..."
"Yugi, just believe... I KNOW you'll win, and you'll find out how soon enough! Don't worry!" Ayi put her arm around Mokubas shoulders again, "trust me."
Yugi looked at her for a few seconds, confused... something in her eyes told him that what she was saying wasn't just something she said to calm down Mokuba or something... she really looked like she believed that he'd win.
"I trust you, Ayi..." he nodded at her, "I will believe... but still, it doesn't look that good....."
***
"Wow... this place is huge..." Joey looked down at the arena room from the bridge where they were standing, "how come we didn't get arenas this big when we dueled?"
"Because this type of arena wasn't invented during the tournament.." Seto replied, "this type is only a couple of months old. And it's a great deal more expensive!"
"I bet..." Tristan whistled, looking around, "hey.." he turned to Pegasus's henchman, "Where are our popcorn and sodapops already!?" he lifted an eyebrow. The henchman folded his arms, gritting his teeth.
"There's no way I'm gonna take orders from a punk like you!" he turned around, "enjoy the duel! You're not allowed to enter the arena room... the door leading there from here is locked... but you're allowed to talk... oh yeah, wish your friend luck! I think he needs it!" he laughed as he walked out.
"That didn't sound good..." Téa sighed, "sounds like Yugi's having trouble with that duel..."
"There he is!" Bakura got up from his chair, pointing at the arena room behind the window. The four others immediately turned to look; Yugi stepped through a door in the other end of the arena room, opposite from where they sat. Tristan and Joey flew up from the chairs they had sat down in, running over to the ledge.
"YUG!!"
"HEY, YUGI, WE'RE HERE!!!"
Yugi stopped... he then looked around in the room, walking around the Duel Monsters arena... he had definitely heard the two, but obviously he couldn't see them... then, finally, he looked up... his face then lit up in a giant smile and he sprinted over to it.
"Joey! Tristan!" he exclaimed, "what are you doing here?!"
"Well... first we came here to save you and the two others... then Pegasus invited us to watch this duel..." Joey explained, "kinda weird..."
Tristan just nodded.
"Are you ok, Yugi?" the voice came from behind and at first, Yugi couldn't see her, but then, Téa too appeared by the ledge... and Bakura.
"Hey guys!" Yugi waved at them, "Thanks! I'm fine!" he then looked them all over, "glad you're here... but how did you get here anyway? Rented a boat?"
"I flew them!"
Yugi almost jumped as he heard the harsh voice. He then turned his head, looking straight up at seto who got up from his seat as well, "I'm here for Mokuba! You'd better win that duel, Muto!" he growled.
"I will..." Yugi frowned, "and Mokuba and Ayi are fine..."
"I don't care about that Ayi girl!" Seto hissed, "how many times do I have to tell you idiots!!!"
"Hey!"
another voice made Joey, Tristan, Bakura, Téa and Seto look towards the entrance to the bridge Seto and the others were on. Ayi and Mokuba was standing in the door, looking at them all. Mokuba let out a gasp as he noticed Seto.
"BIG BROTHER!!!" he cried, running over, huggling Seto, tightly, "I KNEW you'd come!!" he closed his eyes, "I missed you..."
Seto looked down at him, letting out a sigh of relief.
"You're ok..." he almost whispered, "thanks god..."
Ayi watched them with a smile. She then turned to Téa, Joey, Tristan and Bakura.
"Téa! Guys!" she exclaimed, running over and gave Téa a small hug. Then, she turned to Tristan and Joey, "hey guys!" she nodded to them. when she finally came to Bakura, she tilted her head a little to the side, "I haven't met you, have I?"
Bakura half smiled, shaking his head no.
"I'm Bakura Ryou. A school friend of Yugi." he let his hand out, "nice to meet you." he shook her hand and Ayi nodded to him.
"Ayi Kaiba..." She then walked over to the ledge, looking down at Yugi, half smiling.
"Hey Yugi..." she gave him a thumbs up, "good luck..."
"Thanks..." he smiled back, scratching his neck, "I'm gonna need that..."
A few minutes later, Yugi and Pegasus were standing on the dueling stands again. The monsters were still there; on Yugi's side, there were Curse of Dragon in attack mode with 2000 attack points, and on Pegasus's, Sonic Bird in attack mode, equipped with Black Pendant that had 1900 attack points, Red Archery Girl in defense with 2000 defense points and Hiro's Shadow Scout in defense with 500 defense points. The two put their decks down onto the board.
"So, Yugi-boy are you ready to lose!" Pegasus laughed, "don't worry... going to the Shadow Realm doesn't hurt... from what people have told me!"
"Spare me, Pegasus!" Yugi growled, "you haven't won yet!"
"Maybe not... but there's nothing for you to do!" Pegasus folded his arms, "ah, tough luck!"
*he's right!* Yugi thought, *but that doesn't mean I'm not gonna try!* he then frowned, looking up at Pegasus again, "let's duel!" he gritted his teeth. Pegasus just nodded.
"Your turn..."
Yugi nodded.. looking over his hand, he found out that he didn't have much help there... he had two Genins with the attack power of 600 and the defense power of 900 each, Silver Fang with the attack power of 1200 and the defense power of 800 and Horn Imp with 1300 attack points and 100 defense points... he sighed deeply and then slowly drew a card, with his eyes closed, concentrating hardly... he then turned the card around and opened his eyes... and smiled...
"I'll use Dark Hole!" he turned the card around, showing it to Pegasus, "all monsters will disappear!" he put the card down; a portal-like black thing suddenly opened in the midde of the arena; it quickly spread to all of the dueling arena and then, the roars of the monsters were heard... as the portal disappeared, the arena was empty... Yugi's life points went down to 700...
"Black Pendant..." he whispered. He then turned to Pegasus, "that's the end of my turn..."
Pegasus snickered to himself as he drew a card... it was Rogue Doll, but he didn't care at all.
"And now!" he lifted a card up high, "we're going to Toon World, people!" he put the card down, laughing; Yugi let out a gasp as the giant book opened on the field, showing that Toon World was activated... yells were heard from Tristan, Joey, Ayi and the others, but it didn't change anything... Pegasus was still laughing as his Life Points went down to 900... when he finally stopped, he grabbed two more cards; "also, I want you to meet my friend here!" he put the cards down, and Toon Summoned Skull instantly appeared on the field, "luckily for you, I won't be able to attack you with him before one turn has passed, but we can't really do anything about that, can we?" he shrugged his shoulders, grinning widely before nodding to Yugi, "so... your turn!"
Yugi had his teeth clenched...
*Man I'm in trouble...* he thought, *but...* he looked up, at his friends... Ayi noticed this and she immediately walked to the ledge.
"Don't worry, Yugi!" she yelled, "believe!"
"She's right!" Joey added, "kick his butt, Yug!"
Yugi then frowned, nodded and drew his card.... Koriboh... 300 attack and 200 defense... but not completely useless. Yugi nodded to Pegasus. "your move..." he folded his arms
Pegasus quickly drew his card; it turned out to be stop defense, but he quickly just stuffed it in his hand, "I'll attack..." he looked up, "with Toon Summoned Skull!" he lifted his arm and then pointed, "DIRECT ATTACK!" Toon Summoned Skull flew up and instantly launched itself towards Yugi's part of the field.. it attacked in a cloud of smoke... he awaited Yugi's Life Points to fall, but as the smoke disappeared, nothing happened... Pegasus's eyes widened.
"WHAT?! WHY!?!?!?!"
Yugi let out a small laugh.
"Simple!" he grinned, "Kuriboh! Sorry Pegasus!"
Pegasus glared at Yugi for a second... then, he let out a laugh, pointing at him.
"No matter what, your next turn is your final, Yugi-boy! So don't get too confident!" he then folded his arms.
Yugi sweatdropped... he knew Pegasus was right; there really wasn't anything he could do right now when he didn't even have Black Luster Ritual and Black Luster Soldier in his deck at all... he slapped his forehead...
*why didn't I put that thing in the deck in the first place!!* he rolled his eyes, *well... whatever...can't help that now...* he bit in his lip, closed his eyes, waited for a second... and then drew his card, opening his eyes again...
"Pot of Greed... great!" he whispered, half smiling. Then, he looked up at Pegasus again, "I'll draw two more cards! By activating Pot of Greed!" he held the card up, but then, put it down onto the dueling table... Pegasus just laughed.
"That's not gonna help you in any way, child! You simply don't have any cards that can match that!" he pointed to his Toon Summoned Skull that was sitting on the field, just waiting to attack... Yugi bit in his lip, looking the monster over... as it noticed that, it roared at him, waving its fists wildly in the air....
*What to do.......* he sighed heavily, looking down at his Pot of Greed, *he's right, there's nothing... but...* he looked up, at Ayi, *whatever was she thinking when she said I'd definitely win?... I can't do anything at all...* he hung his head, clenching his eyes closed, "so much at stake, and I'm losing!!!" he whispered to himself with trembling voice, "I can't do... ANYTHING!" the last word came out loud, startling him, "man..."
"Yugi..." Téa's voice made him look up; she was standing, frowning in concern, "I know you can do it!"
"She's right!" Ayi joined in, "there's hope, trust me! I know you can do it! You told me about the Heart of the Cards and that you believed in them... now is your chance to prove that it's true! To Pegasus... and your cards..." she smiled at him...
*what is she smiling for...* Yugi looked down again, *even if I DO believe, there's no card in my deck that can beat that thing!* he looked up at Toon Summoned Skull again... *but... she seemed so certain... and that definitely wasn't just a lie to cheer me up...* he frowned deeply, *she had a reason for that... I KNOW she had a reason for that!* he then looked up at her, "I BELIEVE!!!" clenching his eyes shut, he drew his cards.... he started trembling and he was sweating like mad... if he didn't draw the right cards now, he could as well surrender... he slowly drew the first card... then the second... while turning them around he was still having his eyes closed and his teeth clenched... he then slowly opened his eyes...
"WHAT?!?!?!"
Yugi's yell made Pegasus stop laughing instantly... he lifted an eyebrow, looking Yugi over in surprise; Yugi was staring at the two cards he had drawn with his eyes and his mouth wide open... he then sank a lump that was stuck in his throat and Pegasus seemed even more surprise as he let out a laugh... when he finally looked back at Pegasus, he had definitely gained back his confidence... he put one of the two cards he had drawn down.
"And I play..." he slowly announced, "HARPIE'S FEATHER DUSTER!!!!"
Pegasus's eyes widened
"NO..!!!!!!"
the light came instantly, a feather washed over the Magic Card Section of the field on Pegasus's side and Toon World immediately disappeared.
"NO!" Pegasus repeated, "HOW?! WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?!?!?!?!" he clenched his fists, glaring at Yugi; but before he was able to say anymore, a laugh was heard from the bridge where Yugi's friends were standing. Pegasus instantly looked up... Ayi was standing with her arms folded and everybody else were looking at her in surprise... except Yugi who was smiling at her from ear to ear.
"YOU?!" Pegasus snapped, "you're dead, child! BELIEVE ME!" he pointed at her, almost boiling with rage.
"I don't think so, Pegasus... you're losing. And when you've lost, you can't do anything to me..." Ayi smirked. Pegasus growled quitly... turning to the field, he noticed that his Toon Summoned Skull had changed to a normal one... he then let out a laugh.
"My monster is still the strongest! Yugi HAS no monsters that are stronger than this! He can't summon Black Luster Soldier now!"
"That's true..." Yugi broke in, "some of it! I can't summon Black Luster Soldier, but I still have one more monster that's stronger than your Summoned Skull.. it seems that Harpie's Feather Duster wasn't the only card that Ayi slipped into my deck..." he smiled...
Everybody froze on the spot as the giant white dragon appeared on the field with a roar that shook almost all of Duelist Kingdom... it stood on the field, towering above every other monster, awaiting Yugi's orders.
Seto Kaiba's eyes were bigger than they had ever been before, Joey, Téa, Tristan and Bakura all let out surprised yet happy yells and Mokuba and Ayi simply smiled, secretively giving each other a high-five. Yugi finally yelled out the order to attack and Pegasus's Summoned Skull was blasted away while his lifepoints went down to zero, making everybody cheer and Tristan and Joey started singing Yugi's name... nobody really noticed Pegasus who fell to his knees while his dueling platform came down...
"M...my cards... I LOST..." he clenched his fists, "I.. I lost the duel... the Millenium Puzzle... Cecilia..."
"You haven't lost Cecilia, Pegasus..." Yami's voice appeared in his head again, "you still have her in your heart... you know this duel had to be done... and you know you had to lose..."
"What do YOU know?!" Pegasus clenched his eyes shut, "you've never lost ANYBODY!!!!"
"No... I haven't... but I know people who have.. and they came over it... you can't bring her back, Pegasus... and you know that yourself..."
"Shut up, you foolish Pharaoh!!!" Pegasus got up, "I WILL get Cecilia back... maybe not now and maybe not with the Millenium Puzzle... but somehow, and sometime soon, I promise you... Cecilia will be back!"
"Well..." Yami sighed, "I hope sometime, you'll realize that what you wish is impossible and that if you brought her soul back, it still wouldn't bring her back completely..."
"Shut up!"
"Pegasus..."
Another voice cut Pegasus off.. Yugi was standing in front of him.
"I'm sorry about Cecilia... but-"
"Just take your puzzle!" Pegasus hissed, looking away while handing a small bag Yugi, "all of the pieces are there...."
Yugi took the bag, still looking at Pegasus for a while. Then, he looked down at the bag.
"Thanks..." he sighed, "I... what about Ayi? Technically, she still is your adopted daughter..."
Pegasus still looked away, but then, took a small envelope out of his pocket, handing it to Yugi as well.
"Not anymore. I've already signed those papers. She's able to live wherever she wants, even out of the orphanage since I haven't signed her over to them..."
"But..."
"Just get off my island!!!!" Pegasus looked at him for a second, with hate all over his face. Then, he turned around and started walking out of the room, "and never come back..."
As Yugi came up on the bridge where everybody else were standing, he was greeted immediately as Ayi came running over, hugging him, quickly followed by Mokuba, Téa, Tristan, Joey and Bakura who all gathered around him, all giving him comments.
"Great Duel Yug!"
"Yeah, you really kicked his butt downthere!"
"Excellent match! Even though the stakes were a little high..."
Yugi simply smiled at all of his friends, hugging Ayi back while patting Mokuba's head.
"Where did you get a Blue Eyes White Dragon?!" the deep voice made Ayi turn around. Seto was standing, looking directly at her with folded arms and his eyes narrowed. Ayi stepped towards him.
"I... Pegasus gave it to me... on the way from the orphanage to this place..." she explained, looking straight back at him. Seto looked her over for a while. then, a smile crept over his face.
"The idea about slipping it into Yugi's deck... not a bad idea at all... maybe you are somewhat a Kaiba after all..." he then turned to Mokuba, "and I'm only saying this because Mokuba will probably be happy... but since you have no place to live, you legally are a Kaiba and my house actually IS your house... maybe you should come live with us?"
Ayi's eyes widened as he said this and her mouth dropped open while she stared at him. Mokuba left the crowd as he saw that Ayi was talking to his older brother and as he noticed Ayi's face, he seemed startled for a second.
"What'd you do to her, Seto?!" he turned, glaring at Seto. Seto simply smirked.
"Oh... I simply asked her to come live in our house... that's all..."
Mokuba froze on the spot for a few seconds.
"R..Really?!" he stuttered, "you really said that?!"
"Well... our adopted father probably would've wanted that..." Seto rolled his eyes, "don't make a big fuzz about it..."
Mokuba let out a happy sqeal, turned around, almost knocking the still speechless Ayi over as he hugged her. Ayi snapped back to reality, smiling widely at Seto, whispering a barely audible "thank you" to him. He just nodded back at her and before he knew it, she walked over and gave him a hug. Everything became quiet and Yugi and the others turned around as Ayi hugged Seto. Joey's and Tristan's mouths dropped open and the others just stared at them. Seto glared back, but couldn't hold a small smile back as Ayi let go. Mokuba was still jumping around like a maniac, cheering...
"Well..." Yugi sighed, "let's get home, guys!"
THE END
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END NOTE:
Kind of a short ending, neh? ^^' Well, to tell you the truth, working on this story was kinda hard since I ran out of holidays and since I've had my surgery, I've been perfectly well so I haven't had any "days off" due to illness either- so that's both GOOD and BAD after all ^^'
Since I got kinda "annoyed" at the fic after a while and I wanted to finish ASAP due to the fact that I had to work on other projects also made it kinda crappy... but I'll try to make the next fics better, hehe ^___^
Well, again, hope you liked the story anyway, and hope you'll review too =) THANKS =D
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