Yugi: O.o
Tea: aww, damn! this file was almost lost!
Tristan: yea, she just HAD to go and make a new one!
Shibby: ^____^;;; yesh this file was almost deleted. it got infected (on a compie with no internet access...???) it froze whenever i opened it so i just wrote down the first few sentences i could see and retyped them. ^-^
Disclaimer: OBVIOUSLY, i dont own YGO, otherwise i would have KILLED the characters long ago... Also i dont own any of the cards... except the ones i made up....^^ALSO: THE RULES OF THIS DUEL DONT APPLY AS IF IN THE SHOW/GAME. WHICH MEANS YOU DONT HAFTA SACRIFICE.... and thats it. i juss said that cuz i dont know what kinda monsters have to have a sacrifice to play, so..... hehe^_^
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I'm Still Dreaming
Chapter Seventeen
Bakura sidled along the wall, trying to press himself as flat as he could, trying to sneak around the corner to see what was happening. He could hear Meretseger talking, he could hear Yugi talking, and he could hear the worried voices of Yugi's friends. He could almost feel the tension; feel the worry flitted in everyone's hearts. He could also feel the drain of energy Zvallah was experiencing, foolish boy, doesn't he know what he's doing? He's giving up the immortality Asenath gave him, giving all his power to a silly boy who didn't have a chance of winning, anyway.
Bakura grinned to himself, thinking about what a great job he had done in switching the decks. He knew Yugi wouldn't suspect anything; he's too trusting...
Bakura would go inside, except the gods had banned him from ever entering that place again, after what he did to Akunadin... Even though Akunadin eventually went with him...
"Once Meretseger finishes him," Bakura whispered, an insane grin spreading over his face, "That bastard Pharaoh... Will walk in the Shadows for the rest of eternity." §
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Meretseger pulled five cards from the top of her deck as soon as the lifepoint counter appeared. Yugi gulped and did the same, not suspecting that his deck had been partially replaced with a different one.
Lifepoints: 4000/4000
"This won't be a normal duel," Meretseger hissed, looking down at her hand. Yugi frowned.
"I don't expect it to be," he said, also looking down at his hand. A confused look came over his face as he saw his cards.
"Oh, what's happening?" Anzu whispered to no one. Zvallah, struggling to stay conscious, looked up at Yugi's reaction.
"Could he...." he whispered, sitting up a little more. He could feel more energy coming from his soul, like a back-up generator. He sat up straighter.
"Yugi-kun," Honda called. "What's wrong?" Yugi stared.
"Some of these cards...." he said slowly. "They're..... not mine..."
"What?" Anzu said, surprised. A slow moan came from Ryou, but he didn't wake up. Yugi growled angrily.
"You switched my deck, didn't you?" he said. Meretseger shrugged.
"I guess I'm going first, then," she said, pulling a card out of her hand. She smiled.
"I think I'll.... put this face-down, in attack mode," she said, placing the card down. The machine beeped and flashed, and a hologram appeared. Yugi, who wasn't quite sure of the purpose of his cards, pulled one from his hand.
"Umm.... Well.... I'll play Island Turtle (1100/2000), in attack mode," he said, a little more confident. The same reaction from the Duel Disk as he placed it down onto the field. A huge turtle with what looked like a small island on it's back appeared. Meretseger frowned.
"Not a grand opening move, ne," she said, pulling a card from her deck. She smiled.
"I'll play a magic card," she said, smiling larger. She placed the card onto the field, also face-down. "And then I'll play Dreamsprite (300/200), in attack mode." Yugi gulped again.
Why am I so nervous? he thought to himself. This is just a duel. She's not that scary... Why can't I concentrate? His mind was driving him nuts. Somewhere, deep in his subconscious, he knew what those strange cards meant. They meant certain death for his friends if he lost... He couldn't afford any mistakes.
"Come on, Yugi," Meretseger coaxed. "Your move." Slowly, Yugi drew another card. Phew. A normal card. Maybe he could get this duel somewhere...
"I play Flame Cerebus (2100/1800), in attack mode," he announced. "And I'll put a magic card face-down." The large, two-headed dog like creature appeared, growling and shifting uneasily, as if itching to attack. "Then I'll have Island Turtle attack your face-down card!" Meretseger frowned as the turtle attacked, destroying her Magician of Faith. This didn't put a huge dent in her life points, but it did make her angry.
Lifepoints: 3200/4000
She drew another card, again not getting her magic card.
As soon as I draw it, she thought to herself, he'll lose the duel for sure. She looked down at her hand. She had The Sweet Princess, Invitation to a Dark Sleep, Molten Behemoth, Nobleman of Crossout, and she just drew Raise Dead (Monster Reborn in dub). She shrugged and played...
"Invitation to a Dark Sleep (1500/1800)," she said, smiling. The freaky-looking being appeared, covered in garments so you couldn't see it, only it's three eyes behind a large scarf and hood. Yugi winced.
"Why?" Anzu asked. "What's wrong?"
"Meretseger can choose a monster on Yugi's field," Zvallah said slowly, "and force it to stay in one place. It can't attack."
"Damn," Honda whispered. Ryou opened his eyes a little, then closed them again. He could hardly breathe...
"I choose your Flame Cerebus," she announced. Yugi looked down at his hand. "Now it can't attack me!" Yugi sighed. He really needed to concentrate....
It's working, Meretseger thought. He's not concentrating.... Yugi drew another card, sighing.
"Well.... I guess I'll play this magic card," Yugi said, plopping it down onto the Duel Disk. "Raise Dead." Meretseger sighed. "I'll bring back your Magician of Faith face-down." The face-down card appeared on the field. "Turn end!" [1] Meretseger bit her lower lip.
If I don't draw it, she thought, That punk'll eventually out do me. She drew, and..... She nearly shrieked with happiness.
Lifepoints: 3200/4000
"Yes!" She cried out, plopping the card down. "Finally!"
"Uh-oh," Anzu muttered. Around the corner, Bakura chuckled.
"Heh heh, they're gonna get a surprise...."
Yugi shivered. Meretseger laughed lightly.
"I play... Magical Seal," she said, tapping the card on the Disk. Yugi raised his eyebrows.
"What's that....."
"It allows me to place a card on top of it, and whatever type of card that is, that's the only type of card you can use." Meretseger dropped a card on top. "And the card I play is... The Sweet Princess!"
"What type of monster is that?" Honda wondered. Zvallah gasped, his jaw dropping.
"Oh my God," he muttered. "She's playing a millennium card...."
"A what?"
"That's its type! Millennium! They're a special brand of cards that were created, but were thought to be... well, too symbolic, with their names and their pictures.... The people on the cards are the Pharaoh and his court, and others...."
"WHAT?" Anzu cried. "Seriously?"
"Yes," Meretseger said, the Sweet Princess (1500/2000) appearing on the field. "They looked exactly like them. So Pegasus altered their appearance... He was still unsatisfied, so he just forgot about them... He also made cards out of the Sennen Items.... However, their appearances were altered just so, so... It's you're pictures on those cards." §
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Both Anzu and Honda stared at her.
"Our pictures?" Honda stuttered. "On... cards?"
"Yes," Meretseger said. "And your incarnation's titles." She motioned to the Sweet Princess card. It looked like a teenaged girl, dressed in princess attire. A long, blue dress, puffed sleeves, a little tiara in her black hair. She had a sword on her belt, one with a jeweled handle, and a jem necklace. Her eyes opened, and were revealed as two deep, maroon pits, with no life in them at all. Her arms were folded behind her back, and she had a long, black braid falling down to her feet. Her feet were bare. Her spiky bangs were half-covering her eyes.
"Oh my.... God...." Yugi said, shocked. It was.... Asenath! Dressed as some English princess!
"Correct," Meretseger said. "For, in ancient Egypt, Princess Asenath was known as the 'Sweet, Gentle Princess', so Pegasus made a card up for her called the 'Sweet Princess'."
"And..... he made cards like that for all of them...." Honda muttered.
"Yes," Meretseger said, smiling.
"But wait...." Anzu said softly, thinking. "If he made these cards early in the game, before he met us.... How could he have altered their appearances so they looked like us?"
"And how could he make these cards.... Without knowing something about mou hitori no boku's past?" Yugi wondered. Meretseger frowned.
"Well, now the only cards you can use are the 'millennium' type cards!" she said. Suddenly, Yugi's Disk spit more then half his cards into the Graveyard.
"Ahh!" Yugi cried, jumping backwards, startled. The two cards in his hand that weren't millennium also jumped into the Graveyard.
"How..."
"Don't ask, just watch." Yugi gulped, looking at the three cards in his hand. Meretseger smiled as the Sweet Princess disappeared, and she placed the Magical Seal into the spot for field cards.
"Well, Yugi-kun?" she said innocently. "It's your move." §
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Lifepoints: 3200/4000
Yugi stared down at his hand. He was helpless... Oh, well. He figured he should play a card with low attack points..... just to see what would happen.... He gulped and picked up one of his cards.
"Ummm..." He looked down at his field, and gasped. His face-down Magician of Faith and his frozen Flame Cerebus were still there!
"I said all cards in your deck, not on the field," Meretseger said. Yugi shivered. Could she read his mind? He played a card.
"Well... I guess I'll play the Star Child (900/1000) card in attack mode," he said, placing it onto the field. What looked like a teenage girl appeared, wearing a blue, skin-tight dress covered in sparkles, almost like a tunic, with a gold sash sparkling with suns decorating it. She had a tattoo on her bare ankle, one that looked like some type of chant. A white cloth was tied into her hair, ending in a knot on her neck, falling longer then her light-brown hair. She opened her eyes, two blue suns shining, her hands on her waist. Her outfit almost reminded them of a Native American.
Honda gasped.
"I-it's Shizuka!" he gasped. Anzu nodded in agreement.
"It is!" Meretseger smiled.
"It used to be Aya, her incarnation," she explained. "But now she's the sister of your dear friend!" Yugi bit his lower lip, and sighed.
"Alright..." he pointed towards the Dreamsprite." Attack her Dreamsprite!" Star Child lifted her hands, and then put them outward. She began chanting in some unknown language, a glow appearing around her body. She closed her eyes, and then two golden streams of what looked like dust draping over her. Meretseger shook her head.
"Yugi, you know what happens when you attack Dreamsprite," she said. She pointed towards Yugi's Flame Cerebus. "Dreamsprite, direct the attack towards his Flame Cerebus!" Dreamsprite did so, sending the fine, gold dust at the large monster. Flame Cerebus had more attack points then Star Child, so she was destroyed. Luckily, it was only...
"1200 life points!" Zvallah gasped. Yugi was looking distraught.
Lifepoints: 3200/2800
Concentrate... Yugi thought to himself. Concentrate....
Yugi....
Huh? Yugi looked around.
"Who said that?" he called, but no one answered. Anzu and Honda looked at each other, and Zvallah just fell onto his side, breathing hard.
"Could... My help.... Be..... Waking him?" Zvallah asked, between breaths. His eyes closed and his head hit the ground. He gave away too much spiritual energy to him... He was now unconscious.
"Zvallah...!!" Anzu gasped, dropping down next to him. She shook his shoulders gently, but he just lay there, his eyes closed, his mouth partially open, breathing hard and fast like he had just run twenty miles. His cheeks were pink, his forehead sweaty, his body shivering.
What happened to him...? Anzu thought, kneeling next to him. Honda was parting Ryou's bangs, trying to see his face.
Yugi gulped. He needed some type of plan.... Well, he still had Flame Cerebus.... He needed some type of card that would get rid of her Invitation to a Dark Sleep....
"Okay...." Meretseger had to skip her turn, so Yugi drew. He looked down at the card, and gasped.
He had drawn a magic card. A magic card, titled 'Priest's Resurrection'. Yugi blinked and stared at the card.
"Okay...." He put it on the field. "I play Priest's Resurrection!" The magic card appeared. "According to this card, at the cost of one fourth of my life points, I can remove one magic card from your field and resurrect one of my monsters." How convenient, Yugi thought as the card took effect. Since Invitation to a Dark Sleep had an effect, it was removed, at a cost of 1500 of Meretseger's life points. He then resurrected Star Child, who was switched into defense mode.
"Turn end."
Lifepoints: 1700/2100
Meretseger frowned, drawing a card. Like with the "millennium" series, she had some of those cards stashed away in her deck. However, she drew a normal monster....
"I play Jirai Gumo (2200/100)," she said, putting it onto the field. A huge spider appeared, clicking it's teeth at Yugi. Yugi shrank away from the huge monster. Yugi felt strangely weak; He nearly fell over when it just appeared. Then, a sudden thought came to him
Is this like the Yami no Game I had with Malik? he thought, fear creeping into his heart. Oh God, I hope not...
It somewhat is, a voice in his mind said. Your life points in this Shadow Game... Are your real life points.
"Who are you?" Yugi cried, shivering. He was near tears at this point; he was weak, he was these strange cards, dueling a goddess, and his friends happiness and his life were at stake...
It was all way too overwhelming. He stumbled, then regained his footing. Asenath pointed at Yugi.
"Jirai Gumo, attack his face-down monster!" Yugi had to react quickly; Magician of Faith had a flip effect, but if she was destroyed before he could, he couldn't regain his Priest's Resurrection card....
Yugi panicked. Damnit.... he thought, not knowing what to do, when....
Flip it. Yugi jumped.
I can't!
Just do it!
"I flip over my face-down monster!" he cried, and then the Magician of Faith flipped over. She appeared on the field, pointing her staff at Jirai Gumo.
Suddenly, Priest's Resurrection appeared back in his hand. Yugi stared.
How....
Don't ask questions. Just pay attention....
This mysterious person is like mou hitori no boku, Yugi thought.
Yes. I am somewhat like the Pharaoh... Meretseger stared.
"How- How-" she sputtered. "How could you do that? It wasn't your turn! You cheated somehow!"
"So did you!" Yugi accused her. "You didn't tell me this was a Yami no Game!" Both Anzu and Honda looked up, surprised.
"Really?" Anzu said, putting her hands over her mouth. The Magician of Faith was destroyed, but Meretseger was still glaring at Yugi. Since it was a flip effect, luckily, Yugi only lost the amount of attack points Magician of Faith had.
Lifepoints: 1700/1800
Yugi was breathing hard, glaring at Meretseger. Angrily, she crossed her arms and said "Turn end."
"Thank you," Yugi said, and drew. His eyes blurred for a second, then came back to focus. Yugi gulped.
I better not lose any more life points....
Yugi, if you're tired...
Oh, God, now I'm hearing things.... Yugi shook his head, making him dizzy, then focused on his task. He was winning, but only by a slim one hundred points... Yugi drew a card, then his eyes opened wide. It was a magic card.
The Sennen Puzzle. §
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Yugi stared at it.
So, he thought. The Sennen Puzzle is a card as well.... He read the card description.
'Trap/Magic card - all monsters equipped with the Sennen Puzzle instantly get 500 extra attack points. If paired with any millennium monster, they get 1000 more attack points. If paired with 'Son of Ra', 1000 extra attack points, as well as a 500 point bonus to the card holder's life points.' Yugi stared. There was more. 'Card automatically destroys strongest monster of the opponent on the field. Normal life points +50 get deducted.' Yugi gulped.
This card... It's so powerful... Yugi looked at his hand. He wasn't holding 'Son of Ra', so he put it into his hand.
"Well, I'll play... 'Forsight Queen'," Yugi said, placing the card onto the field. A figure that strangely resembled Isis appeared. She was a tall young woman, looking just like Isis, with what looked like…. A Roman toga wrapped around her body, lined in gold. She had a crown of flowers on her head, and she had two golden bands wrapped around her palms.
"That," Honda said, "has to be the strangest monster I have ever seen." Yugi gulped. Forsight Queen wasn't that powerful… She only had 1500 attack points… But her defense points were 2000. He turned her to defense mode.
"And, I'll place this magic card face down," he said, putting the Sennen Puzzle card down.
I can't use it until I draw Son of Ra….
Meretseger shrugged.
"Fine," she said, drawing. She smiled. "I hate to break it to ya, honey," she said, turning the card around, "But I just drew Stop Defense." Yugi sighed. She placed it onto the field. Forsight Queen went into attack mode. Yugi closed his eyes and shook his head. "Now, I play…" she pulled a card from her hand. "I know this monster must mean something to you, Yugi-kun... I play Red Eyes Black Dragon!" Yugi gasped and stepped backward. He looked as if he had been slapped in the face.
"That bitch!" Anzu cried. Honda was just staring. Ryou had already woken up, and was watching the duel silently. Yugi gulped a little, then stood straight. The one card that symbolized his friend….
Yugi….Are you alright…. Yugi ignored the voice and took a breath. Meretseger smiled as the large, black dragon appeared in a roar of flames on the field. She pointed at the Forsight Queen.
"Attack Forsight Queen!" The Red Eyes attacked the monster greatly, and Forsight Queen was destroyed.
Lifepoints: 1700/0900
Yugi was standing on the field, gasping for breath. Meretseger looked a little flushed as well, but not as weak as a mortal… Yugi could hardly stand.
Yugi…You need help…
I… Can't…. Yugi's eyes slid closed as he fell back, hitting the field in a dead faint. He dropped his cards, and was lying, motionless, on the field.
"Oh my God!" Honda cried.
"Yugi-kun!"
Yugi couldn't hear them. He was unconscious….
I'll help, Yugi….I owe it to Atem. The smoke was still settling from the powerful blast. When it was gone, Yugi was standing.
Except it wasn't Yugi.
It was Yami.
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Meretseger stared as if someone were coming at her with a sword. She backed up, emitting a small squeak. Anzu, Honda and Ryou were all staring, speechless. Bakura frowned angrily. Zvallah moaned, then closed his eyes again.
"It's… Mou hitori no Yugi…" Anzu whispered. He smiled at Meretseger. Meretseger shivered.
"Meretseger," he said, pointing at her. They all gasped again. His voice…. Was neither Yugi's nor Yami's. It was in between. Meretseger bit her lower lip. "You're lucky. I was about to banish you… But defeating you in one last move seems more fun."
"Wait…." Anzu murmured. "Yugi was gonna win?"
"He still is," the mystery person said, drawing a card. He diffidently looked like Yami, but there was a more regal, more godlike way he stood, and the way he smiled at Meretseger, that seemed to make him glow. He smiled down at the card, then dropped it onto the field.
"I play 'Son of Ra' (2500/3000)" he said, and the monster appeared. It was…. Yugi. Only he was dressed as the Pharaoh….
"Hell," Ryou whispered. "he is the Pharaoh. He's dressed just like him…" Meretseger gasped. The monster on the field drew his sword, holding it in a fighting position.
"And," Yugi/Yami said, "I play… Priestess of Mitsukai. (2000/2500)"
"Three guesses who that is," Honda murmured, making Ryou chuckle. Anzu blushed and crossed her arms, watching herself appear on the field. It was Anzu, only she was dressed as an ancient Egyptian priestess, with a white mitsukai in her brown hair. She stood with her hands on her hips, a pout on her face, malice in her blank, blue eyes. Meretseger gasped.
"And," he said, pushing a button. "I play the magic card 'Sennen Puzzle', the one Yugi placed on the field, and equip the Son of Ra with it." The card lifted, and the Puzzle appeared around the neck of the Son of Ra. The people on the sidelines were too interested in what was going to happen to notice the look of pure hatred that Meretseger was showing. Suddenly, both Son of Ra and Priestess of Mitsukai's attack points rose.
Son of Ra: 3000/3500
Priestess of Mitsukai: 2500/3000
Also….
Lifepoints: 1700/1400
Meretseger looked ready to kill. Yugi/Yami gulped, showing the first sign of fear since he appeared. "Son of Ra," he said, somewhat shaky, "attack… Attack the Red Eyes." He turned his head away and had a pained look on his face. Whoever he was, he was deeply in tune with Yugi's fragile emotions.
The Son of Ra took his sword, and ran towards the dragon, leaping into the air and slicing it in half, his cape flying out behind him, the Puzzle swinging madly.
With a roar, the dragon disappeared, leaving Meretseger with less lifepoints then before.
Lifepoints: 1100/1400
"And, Priestess of Mistukai, attack her… Directly." The Priestess of Mitsukai pulled the flower out of her hair, and pulled a petal off. She placed it in her palm, and gently blew on it, letting the flower turn to sparkling dust. The blow, however, was powerful.
"You now have negative1400 lifepoints," Yugi/Yami announced proudly. "You lose." Meretseger was shaking with anger as the holograms disappeared.
"You… I'm gonna kill you!" she cried. Yugi/Yami shrugged.
"You can't. I'm already dead. Besides," he said, putting one hand on his hip, "It's impossible to kill a god." Meretseger was fuming, then backed away as the mysterious duelist's body began to glow. Next second, he was standing there, holding Yugi's frail body in his arms. He was dressed as Egyptian royalty, but there was something else about him…. That fact that he seemed to be glowing…. And maybe the fact he was dressed in all black…he smiled at Meretseger, more with superiority then anything.
Meretseger now looked ready to cry. He removed a silver chain from around his neck, and, gently, with a sympathetic look in his eyes, placed it around Yugi's. Anzu jumped up.
"Hey!" she cried. "What are you doing?"
"Giving him a duty," the man replied. Anzu was now on the verge of tears. It was all too much…
A voice spoke up.
"D-don't…"
"Zvallah!" Zvallah slowly pushed himself up, a silly look on his dirty, bleeding face. "Don't anger a god, silly. He can give you one heck of an afterlife, especially if you're dealing with the god of the dead." Anzu, Honda and Ryou all stared at him. They all knew who the god of the dead was….
"Hmpf," Bakura muttered, standing up. "Damn him."
The man smiled. He laid Yugi's body down on the floor, and pointed at Meretseger.
"You," he spat. "Go. Now." Meretseger opened her mouth to protest, but a flash of light emitted from the man's aura, and she disappeared.
"Come," the man said, motioning to them. "Come with me to the temple. Your friends are there.… And your new duty shall be relayed to you."
"But… We don't know where this place is…" Anzu protested weakly. The man pointed at the doorway, and it began to glow. It glowed so brightly, that they couldn't see the hall beyond.
Shaking, Anzu nodded, and motioned to Honda to pick up Zvallah and carry him. Zvallah protested, but weakly, and Honda won. Ryou leaned on Anzu for support, and the group headed for the doorway.
The mysterious man picked up Yugi's little body, and walked towards the door. He disappeared into it's vast brightness, into the magic of a god. A portal, leading to the.Ark of Osiris, where this whole mess began three thousand years ago….
Anzu, Honda, Ryou, and Zvallah all arrived at the doorway, and, with a shaky step, entered through the light.
They were swept away in a flash of light.
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~*Footnote*~
[1] turn end: they say that at the end of their turn in the Japanese version of the anime. Only it sounds like this: "Turn end-do-da!"
~*End footnote*~
phew…. The other version of this was really rushed, I wanted to put it up and didn't have time to….
Reviewz:
MarikzAngel: yea, it IS a pain in the @$$... but then… would it be interesting if not?
Yugiohchix2008: that randomly came into my head as I was researching card plays…. Since I don't know really anything about how to play smartly in Duel Monsters…. Pathetic….whooooooooa, your brother poisoned a pear? He's really gotta work on his strategies…. JKJKJK!!!!!!!!!
YoSta: truthfully… I dun know. But that's okies…
Black Mistress: weeeeeeeeelllllll….. you really, um, dislike Seto, ne? well….. I actually like Priest Seto more then Kaiba Seto, I think the priest is MUUUUUUUCH cooler, but still…. I needed someone who would do that…
ATTENTION: THIS IS IMPORTANT. I WAS THINKING OF A SEQUEL TO THIS STORY WHEN IT'S DONE…. HAVING A SEQUEL WILL MAKE MUCH MORE SENSE AFTER CHAPTER 18, BUT I WAS STILL THINKING ABOUT IT…. THERE IS A DESCRIPTION IN MAH PROFILE, PLEASE READ IT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK….PLEASE IN A REVIEW? YOU DON'T HAFTA NOW, JUSS THINK ABOUT IT AND WHEN I ASK AGAIN ANSWER IN A REVIEW…LIKE IT SAID IT WILL MAKE MUUUUUUCH MORE SENSE AFTER CHAPTER 18.
Tata!
Shibby-One^^