The blimp was huge, silver with Dark Blue engines and front, with the Kaiba Corp logo plastered on both sides.
Kaiba had been waiting beside the blimp, so of course he was there first, being the one running Battle City.
A little while afterwards, Yugi, Joey and Mai arrived(with of course Tea, Serenity, Tristan and Duke)
All of them had managed to gather all six locator cards necsesary, Joey being the last one amongst them.
The night was rather cold, winds were rather tame, which was good since they would be dueling from hundreds
of feet above the sky.
"The other four finalists will hopefully arrive soon, then once everyone's here, we'll head into the blimp
and begin the Battle City finals"said Kaiba.
Everyone else seemed to be awed at the size of the blimp, and it made one wish to have Kaiba's wealth.
After a few minutes the next praticipant arrived:Yami Malik. He was carrying a sack, concealed by the shadows
his powers manipulated. Rika and Takato were in there bound and gagged, hands tied behind them, ankles bound together
and white cloth wrapped tightly around their mouths. Henry had vanished, which angered Yami Malik somehow, and
made him worry. If he had been able to free himself alone, he would've taken Takato and Rika with him. Someone else
had gotten him free, and had also stolen Slyther however Ra remained untouched.
Rika and Takato were thrashing inside the sack.
"Quite"threated Yami Malik telepathicly with his rod.
Though they couldn't be heared by the others, the sounds of their struggiling was quite annoying.
Serenity hid behind Joey, scared to death of this man.
Yami noticed his rod.
"A millenium item! You must be the one who's after my puzzle and the egyptian God card!"gasped Yami.
"Almost"said Yami Malik taking out his Winged Dragon of Ra, shocking Yami and Kaiba.
"That's Henry's card!"gasped Yami.
"Was Henry's card, I crushed the boy easily enough, now his Egyptian God card is my property. The boy was
weak, of course I have a feeling you'll be seeing him and his friends very soon"
"Who are ya freak!"said Joey.
Yami Malik chuckled.
"Simply call me Malik, the bringer of Hell"
"What do you mean!"said Yami.
"My destiny pharoah. Turning this world into a Black Hell, leaving all to suffer
under, that is my desire and with the three egyptian god cards and millenium puzzle,
I'll easily accomplish it"
He walked away, standing apart from the others. No one however wanted to go near him so
it was convienant.
"Just relax and sit tight you two, unless of course death is your desire"warned Yami Malik.
The next to come in was Alice, who Yami Malik had wait. He had been able to control her now with
very little power from his Rod, making her appear natural.Like most of his other hunters, she had
ample free will, just enough to look natural.
"Looks like I made it, he he"
Alice seemed shockingly cheerful unlike her normal depressed self. Not that anyone there
knew of her from before, or were aware she was under Yami Malik's influence.
Roland(referee and Kaiba's employee)was rather nervous asking for Yami Malik's locator cards.
"Lo-lo-lo-locat-cator cards, plo-pleais, please?"he said sweating and trembiling.
Yami Malik showed his six locator cards without even looking at Roland, who took them and handed Yami Malik
his security card.
He was happier then heaven when he walked away and saw Alice.
"Present your locator cards"
Alice showed them with a rather cocky like smile.
"Very well, here's your security card"
"What? Who's that kid?"asked Joey.
"She looks a little young to be out here at this time of night"said Tea.
"Identify yourself"said Kaiba.
"I'm ALice, you must be Kaiba. I'm your biggest fan, I'd never expected it to make it this far.
I know I don't have a chance of beating someone like you in a duel, but I'm just proud to have made it
this far"said Alice.
"At least she's realistic"thought Kaiba with a smirk.
Yami Malik was more then satisfied with her performance. She had fooled them all.
The next one to came gave Yami Malik quite a nasty shock. It was Henry, pissed off.
"YOU!"gasped Yami Malik.
"Henry!"gasped Yami.
Takato and Rika made a muffled gasp at the sound of Henry's name.
Henry held up his six locator cards walking by. Roland took them and slipped Henry the security card.
Henry ignored everyone else and went straight for Malik. The two stood toe to toe.
"Where are my friends, Takato and Rika?"asked Henry.
"Why should I tell you?"
Henry took his deck out, looked through, and then held out the card:Slyther the Sky Dragon.
Yami Malik growled, Henry putting the card back in his deck.
"Have you forgotten about my millenium rod? You'll be handing the card right over to me"
"Don't think so"
From Henry's mind appeared the spirits of Yami Bakura and regular Malik.
"You two!"said Malik.
"We've come to reclaim what is rightfuly ours, with Henry's help that is"said Yami Bakura.
Yami Malik simply laughed.
"Not that you'll get far with that weakling"said Yami Malik.
He walked further away though staying close to the blimp.
"Now just one more duelist leaft"thought Kaiba.
It took a little time for the last one to arrive, however they waited patiently.
Soon enough he arrived:Shadi.
"Shadi!"gasped Yami.
Shadi presented his six locator cards and got his security card.
"Why are you here?"asked Yami.
Shadi made no awnser as he simply walked by. Shadi moved his glance towards Yami Malik, who just snickered in return.
"He's even more powerful then I first thought, I'm not sure how much help I'll be"thought SHadi.
"Allright, all the duelists are here, everyone aboard!"
The door to the blimped opened, a staircase coming down. They all walked in, Mokuba giving permission
to Tristan and the others to come aboard.
The insides of the blimp made the outside look like a five year old's playhouse. Everyone had exactly
thirty minutes before the finals actualy started, in which they could go up and eat, or check out their rooms.
While Joey and Tristan rushed to the food, everyone else went to their rooms in wait.
In Yami Malik's room, with the door closed, he unsealed the shadow burrier and dropped the sack.
He opened the sack, revealing the two struggiling fiercely against their bonds.
Yami Malik stepped on Takato, and revealed the needle at the end of his rod.
"If you scream one word, the boy's eyes will be little more then a passageway for blood"
He took of Rika's gag.
"That goes for if you scream as well"
He took off Takato's gag as well.
Yami Malik then used the sharp end of his rod to cut Takato's bonds, then he pulled Rika
over and cut through her bonds as well.
Yami Malik held Rika close, now kneeling on Takato, crushing his chest.
"Listen closely my young frieds, I was kind enough to allow you free will. Now you must be kind enough
to hide in here quitely"said Yami Malik.
Rika elbowed Yami Malik down, and tried to pull Takato up. However Yami Malik got up quickly, taking control of Rika's mind.
He had Rika use the cut ropes and tie Takato back up. Not willing to risk hurting Rika, Takato didn't put up any kind
of fight. Then Takato was regagged by Yami Malik, who then tied up Rika again and gagged her. He then stuffed Rika in the
closet, while Takato was simply thrown under the bed.
He then leaft, the finals ready to start. The twon thrashed as hard as they could however it seemed pointless.
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Everyone was in the drawing room, everyone given numbers.
The selctor had two blue eyes slots for the balls to exit out of. The process was comepletely random,
and you wouldn't know who you were facing until right before the duel.
"Selector, go!"
The balls bounced around everywhere, most on edge except for Alice and Yami Malik.
"You better not mess this up boy"said Malik.
"You're all we have leaft, you had best not fail"warned Yami Bakura.
Finally, the first number was selected.
Roland announced it.
"Number three, Yugi Moto"
"I'm dueling first? I better ready myself"thought Yugi.
"Yugi's opponent in this duel will be-
The selector started to slow down as it's next choice was made. Finally, a number came out.
"Number six, Henry Wong. Both duelists, enter the elevator. The rest of you take the shaft in the back if
you wish to view the duel"
Everyone else except Shadi went up to view the upcoming duel, with Henry and Yami going up the elevator.
"Henry, I'm sorry but I must win this, for the sake of all"said Yami.
At first Henry made no response, making Yami a little nervous. Then Henry finally looked at him.
"I'm not gonna stop until Malik's dead, is that clear! He's mine!"
Yami had never heared such a viscous nature in Henry's tone. Something was diffrent.
Soon enough they were up on the other side of the area, everyone else on the opposite side.
Both Henry and Yami stepped on, along with Roland, the plain field elevating.
"Oh boy, Yugi against a kid. This won't last long"said Joey.
Kaiba was down on the left hand side, behind where Roland was.
He never saw Henry showing Slyther to Yami Malik, so was unaware he had it.
After both of them shuffled their decks, Roland called for the match to begin.
Their lifepoints were set at fourthousand, Dueldisks activated.
Both of them drew their opening hands, mostly everyone curious to how Henry would fare.
"Henry, you seem far more hateful then last we met. Why the change?"
"Because I'm dueling for people's lives now spirit, the lives of my friends"
"Rika and Takato!"gasped Yami.
"That's right, Malik has them hostage, and I'm gonna crush Malik, win back Ra, and then use it to
kill him"
"Killing Malik is not necesary Henry, he will be dealt with but not like-
"Just go! What I do is my buisness!"said Henry.
Reluctantly Yami drew and the duel began.
Yami Malik and Alice were the only ones who knew Henry had a good chance of victory, however weren't concerned.
"I summon Gazzele, the King of Mythical Beasts!"
The tow legged lion with the horn stood tall in front of Yami, it's stats showing as 1500/1200.
"I now place a card face down, and end my turn"
"Remember our agrement"said Yami Bakura.
"You had best do as he says, I'm not fond of having to posses my sister's body, even if only to free you"said Malik.
Henry drew.
"I play Raigeki, wiping your field clean!"
Everyone else couldn't believe what they saw, even Kaiba was surprised.
"Now I summon Armor Exe!"
The large Black creature was tweice Henry's size, with yellow armor and a dash of Red. It's stats showed
as 2400/1400.
"Then I play Quick Attack. See normaly he can't attack on the same turn he's summoned, but with Quick Attack he can,
so now he can launch a direct assault!"
Yami was kncoked backwards rather harshly by the blow, his lifepoints dropping down to sixteen hundred.
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Rika kicked and kicked at the door with all her might however soon tired out.
"It's no use, I'm trapped. I was hoping Malik would be dumb enough to throw Takato and me in here together
so we could untie eachother, the guy's too smart. I don't have nearly enough energy to try kicking again, I
better rest"thought Rika.
She sighed.
"God I miss you Bakura, you'd get me out. Maybe Malik's right, maybe myt tough girl additude was just to cover up my
weakness. I am nothing but a weak little girl"she thought with a tear.
Takato was thrashing against his bonds. Since RIka had tied him up, he figured he could get loose
easily, however he was dead wrong. It wasn't as tight as when Malik did it, but it still wasn't breakable.
He soon began to tire out as well.
"Rika always was physicaly stronger then me, Malik must've known that somehow. Wait, maybe I can find another way out
of this. Trapped in that closet, RIka won't be able to do much, but maybe there's something sharp I can find to free myself"
thought Takato.
He began sliding across the room, which proved difficult and rough on his skin.
The search seemed in vain, however Takato soon spottered something gleaming in the light. He squirmed his way over,
and saw it was a nail. He grabbed it and began work on his bonds. The nail was rather dull, and useless. As he
continued on though, he soon got the nail through the main knot in the rope bonding his hand, and got it cut loose.
He untied his legs and then ungagged himself. However there was another problem, the closet door was locked from the
inside.
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Yami stood himself up, Henry keeping that death glare on his face.
"Allright, let's do this. I have no intention of losing"said Yami drawing.
"I expected none else. Now then, at the beggining of every turn I must discard a magic card to keep
my Armor Exe on the field, so I will do so"
Henry discarded from his hand.
"Very well then, I draw!"
Yami drew his card rather quickly, holding onto his cards extra tight to ensure the winds didn't blow them away.
"Allright Henry, now let's see how you like it. I play Brain Control! This magic card allows me to take control of any
monster you have!"
A giant brain reached it's claws out and grabbed Henry's monster.
"NO!"
"Now I sacrafice it for Summoned Skull!"
The reptilian bone creature's stats showed as 2500/1200.
"Direct attack!"
Henry now fell back, his lifepoints dropping to fifteen hundred.
Henry however quickly stood up, angrier then ever.
"He is no longer your friend"said Malik"He's your enemy, and you will slaughter him"
"Enemy"said Henry with a growl.
TBC
REVIEW!
Kaiba had been waiting beside the blimp, so of course he was there first, being the one running Battle City.
A little while afterwards, Yugi, Joey and Mai arrived(with of course Tea, Serenity, Tristan and Duke)
All of them had managed to gather all six locator cards necsesary, Joey being the last one amongst them.
The night was rather cold, winds were rather tame, which was good since they would be dueling from hundreds
of feet above the sky.
"The other four finalists will hopefully arrive soon, then once everyone's here, we'll head into the blimp
and begin the Battle City finals"said Kaiba.
Everyone else seemed to be awed at the size of the blimp, and it made one wish to have Kaiba's wealth.
After a few minutes the next praticipant arrived:Yami Malik. He was carrying a sack, concealed by the shadows
his powers manipulated. Rika and Takato were in there bound and gagged, hands tied behind them, ankles bound together
and white cloth wrapped tightly around their mouths. Henry had vanished, which angered Yami Malik somehow, and
made him worry. If he had been able to free himself alone, he would've taken Takato and Rika with him. Someone else
had gotten him free, and had also stolen Slyther however Ra remained untouched.
Rika and Takato were thrashing inside the sack.
"Quite"threated Yami Malik telepathicly with his rod.
Though they couldn't be heared by the others, the sounds of their struggiling was quite annoying.
Serenity hid behind Joey, scared to death of this man.
Yami noticed his rod.
"A millenium item! You must be the one who's after my puzzle and the egyptian God card!"gasped Yami.
"Almost"said Yami Malik taking out his Winged Dragon of Ra, shocking Yami and Kaiba.
"That's Henry's card!"gasped Yami.
"Was Henry's card, I crushed the boy easily enough, now his Egyptian God card is my property. The boy was
weak, of course I have a feeling you'll be seeing him and his friends very soon"
"Who are ya freak!"said Joey.
Yami Malik chuckled.
"Simply call me Malik, the bringer of Hell"
"What do you mean!"said Yami.
"My destiny pharoah. Turning this world into a Black Hell, leaving all to suffer
under, that is my desire and with the three egyptian god cards and millenium puzzle,
I'll easily accomplish it"
He walked away, standing apart from the others. No one however wanted to go near him so
it was convienant.
"Just relax and sit tight you two, unless of course death is your desire"warned Yami Malik.
The next to come in was Alice, who Yami Malik had wait. He had been able to control her now with
very little power from his Rod, making her appear natural.Like most of his other hunters, she had
ample free will, just enough to look natural.
"Looks like I made it, he he"
Alice seemed shockingly cheerful unlike her normal depressed self. Not that anyone there
knew of her from before, or were aware she was under Yami Malik's influence.
Roland(referee and Kaiba's employee)was rather nervous asking for Yami Malik's locator cards.
"Lo-lo-lo-locat-cator cards, plo-pleais, please?"he said sweating and trembiling.
Yami Malik showed his six locator cards without even looking at Roland, who took them and handed Yami Malik
his security card.
He was happier then heaven when he walked away and saw Alice.
"Present your locator cards"
Alice showed them with a rather cocky like smile.
"Very well, here's your security card"
"What? Who's that kid?"asked Joey.
"She looks a little young to be out here at this time of night"said Tea.
"Identify yourself"said Kaiba.
"I'm ALice, you must be Kaiba. I'm your biggest fan, I'd never expected it to make it this far.
I know I don't have a chance of beating someone like you in a duel, but I'm just proud to have made it
this far"said Alice.
"At least she's realistic"thought Kaiba with a smirk.
Yami Malik was more then satisfied with her performance. She had fooled them all.
The next one to came gave Yami Malik quite a nasty shock. It was Henry, pissed off.
"YOU!"gasped Yami Malik.
"Henry!"gasped Yami.
Takato and Rika made a muffled gasp at the sound of Henry's name.
Henry held up his six locator cards walking by. Roland took them and slipped Henry the security card.
Henry ignored everyone else and went straight for Malik. The two stood toe to toe.
"Where are my friends, Takato and Rika?"asked Henry.
"Why should I tell you?"
Henry took his deck out, looked through, and then held out the card:Slyther the Sky Dragon.
Yami Malik growled, Henry putting the card back in his deck.
"Have you forgotten about my millenium rod? You'll be handing the card right over to me"
"Don't think so"
From Henry's mind appeared the spirits of Yami Bakura and regular Malik.
"You two!"said Malik.
"We've come to reclaim what is rightfuly ours, with Henry's help that is"said Yami Bakura.
Yami Malik simply laughed.
"Not that you'll get far with that weakling"said Yami Malik.
He walked further away though staying close to the blimp.
"Now just one more duelist leaft"thought Kaiba.
It took a little time for the last one to arrive, however they waited patiently.
Soon enough he arrived:Shadi.
"Shadi!"gasped Yami.
Shadi presented his six locator cards and got his security card.
"Why are you here?"asked Yami.
Shadi made no awnser as he simply walked by. Shadi moved his glance towards Yami Malik, who just snickered in return.
"He's even more powerful then I first thought, I'm not sure how much help I'll be"thought SHadi.
"Allright, all the duelists are here, everyone aboard!"
The door to the blimped opened, a staircase coming down. They all walked in, Mokuba giving permission
to Tristan and the others to come aboard.
The insides of the blimp made the outside look like a five year old's playhouse. Everyone had exactly
thirty minutes before the finals actualy started, in which they could go up and eat, or check out their rooms.
While Joey and Tristan rushed to the food, everyone else went to their rooms in wait.
In Yami Malik's room, with the door closed, he unsealed the shadow burrier and dropped the sack.
He opened the sack, revealing the two struggiling fiercely against their bonds.
Yami Malik stepped on Takato, and revealed the needle at the end of his rod.
"If you scream one word, the boy's eyes will be little more then a passageway for blood"
He took of Rika's gag.
"That goes for if you scream as well"
He took off Takato's gag as well.
Yami Malik then used the sharp end of his rod to cut Takato's bonds, then he pulled Rika
over and cut through her bonds as well.
Yami Malik held Rika close, now kneeling on Takato, crushing his chest.
"Listen closely my young frieds, I was kind enough to allow you free will. Now you must be kind enough
to hide in here quitely"said Yami Malik.
Rika elbowed Yami Malik down, and tried to pull Takato up. However Yami Malik got up quickly, taking control of Rika's mind.
He had Rika use the cut ropes and tie Takato back up. Not willing to risk hurting Rika, Takato didn't put up any kind
of fight. Then Takato was regagged by Yami Malik, who then tied up Rika again and gagged her. He then stuffed Rika in the
closet, while Takato was simply thrown under the bed.
He then leaft, the finals ready to start. The twon thrashed as hard as they could however it seemed pointless.
*********************************************************************************************************************
Everyone was in the drawing room, everyone given numbers.
The selctor had two blue eyes slots for the balls to exit out of. The process was comepletely random,
and you wouldn't know who you were facing until right before the duel.
"Selector, go!"
The balls bounced around everywhere, most on edge except for Alice and Yami Malik.
"You better not mess this up boy"said Malik.
"You're all we have leaft, you had best not fail"warned Yami Bakura.
Finally, the first number was selected.
Roland announced it.
"Number three, Yugi Moto"
"I'm dueling first? I better ready myself"thought Yugi.
"Yugi's opponent in this duel will be-
The selector started to slow down as it's next choice was made. Finally, a number came out.
"Number six, Henry Wong. Both duelists, enter the elevator. The rest of you take the shaft in the back if
you wish to view the duel"
Everyone else except Shadi went up to view the upcoming duel, with Henry and Yami going up the elevator.
"Henry, I'm sorry but I must win this, for the sake of all"said Yami.
At first Henry made no response, making Yami a little nervous. Then Henry finally looked at him.
"I'm not gonna stop until Malik's dead, is that clear! He's mine!"
Yami had never heared such a viscous nature in Henry's tone. Something was diffrent.
Soon enough they were up on the other side of the area, everyone else on the opposite side.
Both Henry and Yami stepped on, along with Roland, the plain field elevating.
"Oh boy, Yugi against a kid. This won't last long"said Joey.
Kaiba was down on the left hand side, behind where Roland was.
He never saw Henry showing Slyther to Yami Malik, so was unaware he had it.
After both of them shuffled their decks, Roland called for the match to begin.
Their lifepoints were set at fourthousand, Dueldisks activated.
Both of them drew their opening hands, mostly everyone curious to how Henry would fare.
"Henry, you seem far more hateful then last we met. Why the change?"
"Because I'm dueling for people's lives now spirit, the lives of my friends"
"Rika and Takato!"gasped Yami.
"That's right, Malik has them hostage, and I'm gonna crush Malik, win back Ra, and then use it to
kill him"
"Killing Malik is not necesary Henry, he will be dealt with but not like-
"Just go! What I do is my buisness!"said Henry.
Reluctantly Yami drew and the duel began.
Yami Malik and Alice were the only ones who knew Henry had a good chance of victory, however weren't concerned.
"I summon Gazzele, the King of Mythical Beasts!"
The tow legged lion with the horn stood tall in front of Yami, it's stats showing as 1500/1200.
"I now place a card face down, and end my turn"
"Remember our agrement"said Yami Bakura.
"You had best do as he says, I'm not fond of having to posses my sister's body, even if only to free you"said Malik.
Henry drew.
"I play Raigeki, wiping your field clean!"
Everyone else couldn't believe what they saw, even Kaiba was surprised.
"Now I summon Armor Exe!"
The large Black creature was tweice Henry's size, with yellow armor and a dash of Red. It's stats showed
as 2400/1400.
"Then I play Quick Attack. See normaly he can't attack on the same turn he's summoned, but with Quick Attack he can,
so now he can launch a direct assault!"
Yami was kncoked backwards rather harshly by the blow, his lifepoints dropping down to sixteen hundred.
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Rika kicked and kicked at the door with all her might however soon tired out.
"It's no use, I'm trapped. I was hoping Malik would be dumb enough to throw Takato and me in here together
so we could untie eachother, the guy's too smart. I don't have nearly enough energy to try kicking again, I
better rest"thought Rika.
She sighed.
"God I miss you Bakura, you'd get me out. Maybe Malik's right, maybe myt tough girl additude was just to cover up my
weakness. I am nothing but a weak little girl"she thought with a tear.
Takato was thrashing against his bonds. Since RIka had tied him up, he figured he could get loose
easily, however he was dead wrong. It wasn't as tight as when Malik did it, but it still wasn't breakable.
He soon began to tire out as well.
"Rika always was physicaly stronger then me, Malik must've known that somehow. Wait, maybe I can find another way out
of this. Trapped in that closet, RIka won't be able to do much, but maybe there's something sharp I can find to free myself"
thought Takato.
He began sliding across the room, which proved difficult and rough on his skin.
The search seemed in vain, however Takato soon spottered something gleaming in the light. He squirmed his way over,
and saw it was a nail. He grabbed it and began work on his bonds. The nail was rather dull, and useless. As he
continued on though, he soon got the nail through the main knot in the rope bonding his hand, and got it cut loose.
He untied his legs and then ungagged himself. However there was another problem, the closet door was locked from the
inside.
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Yami stood himself up, Henry keeping that death glare on his face.
"Allright, let's do this. I have no intention of losing"said Yami drawing.
"I expected none else. Now then, at the beggining of every turn I must discard a magic card to keep
my Armor Exe on the field, so I will do so"
Henry discarded from his hand.
"Very well then, I draw!"
Yami drew his card rather quickly, holding onto his cards extra tight to ensure the winds didn't blow them away.
"Allright Henry, now let's see how you like it. I play Brain Control! This magic card allows me to take control of any
monster you have!"
A giant brain reached it's claws out and grabbed Henry's monster.
"NO!"
"Now I sacrafice it for Summoned Skull!"
The reptilian bone creature's stats showed as 2500/1200.
"Direct attack!"
Henry now fell back, his lifepoints dropping to fifteen hundred.
Henry however quickly stood up, angrier then ever.
"He is no longer your friend"said Malik"He's your enemy, and you will slaughter him"
"Enemy"said Henry with a growl.
TBC
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