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Chapter 15: Light of the Blue Eyes
Elsewhere.
"What is this place?" Yugi asked as he surveyed his surroundings. Only moments ago, he, along with Joey and Seto Kaiba, had entered what looked like a simple skyscraper, one not too different from that of KaibaCorp Headquarters. However, as they entered, they found themselves in a series of carpeted hallways that seemed to lead up and down endless flights of stairs, ultimately leading nowhere.
"This building doesn't seem to have any rooms, just a set of complex hallways and stairs." Kaiba noted. "It could be very easy to get lost here."
"We're already lost." Joey complained as he looked around him. All he saw were walls, corridors, and more stairs.
"I just hope we don't get separated." Yugi said as the three walked up another flight of stairs. "There aren't any windows, and these stairways are only very dimly lit."
"I see something." Kaiba suddenly whispered as he completed the flight of stairs and turned to the end of another hallway. All he saw was a door at the end of a very dimly lit corridor. Instinctively, he walked towards it, increasing his pace.
"Wait!" Yugi called out. "We need to stick together!"
However, Kaiba ignored Yugi's advice as he ran into the dark hallway. Suddenly, the lights disappeared, covering his eyes with darkness. As Kaiba looked around, all he could see was a curtain of shade. "What happened to the lights?" He shouted. "Yugi? Joey? Where did you two go?"
The lights then returned just as sudden as they went out. Kaiba winced as his eyes adjusted to the new light. As his vision returned, he found himself in a room instead of the corridor that he had just been in. The room was quite dark despite the lights that had just turned on, though another figure could be dimly seen across from Kaiba.
"Who's there?" Kaiba demanded to the dark figure. "How did I get here?"
The figure gave no answer. Instead, reached into his other arm, which seemed have a large device attached to it. He then held up one card, a card very familiar to Kaiba. "This is what you seek?" The dark figure whispered, just loud enough for Kaiba to hear.
"That's. . ." Kaiba stuttered in shock as he immediately recognized the card. "Obelisk the Tormentor!"
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Elsewhere.
Two more dark figures watched as the monitor in front of them labeled "Room 906" displayed the room Kaiba was in.
"Do not take too much time defeating him, my servant." The first dark figure, Sebek, said as he let out a small chuckle. He turned to another monitor that focused on Yugi and Joey's locations. "We have two more guests to entertain."
"Be careful, Nagisa-sama." The masked boy behind the dark figure whispered.
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Half a city away.
'Yugi would have found the headquarters by now.' Shin thought to himself as he leapt from rooftop to rooftop. 'Sebek is more than prepared to take on the pharaoh and will probably defeat him in a duel. But he also knows that the girl is trying to find Yugi, and he fears that she will interfere with his plans. He will probably send his servants to defeat Sakura before she can interfere. I must find her before the Dark Monarch servants do.'
In truth, he was not as worried about Sakura as he was about Yugi. He knew that if Yugi were to enter the Dark Monarch headquarters, he would be challenged with fighting the most dangerous duelists in the clan. Still, even the lesser servants who would be sent to defeat Sakura may prove trouble and would need to be dealt with first. With those thoughts, he quickened his pace across the city in search for the girl.
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Room 906.
"Who are you?" Kaiba asked. "How do you have Obelisk the Tormentor?"
"You're noisy." The dark figure said. "All you need to know is that if you want to be in the possession of Obelisk the Tormentor again, you'll have to duel me for it."
"How foolish do you think I am?" Kaiba scoffed. "There's no way I can defeat Obelisk the Tormentor, even if I use all three of my Blue Eyes White Dragons. The only way I would duel you is if you take Obelisk out of your deck, and we duel for our rarest cards. If I win, you hand me Obelisk. And if you win, I will forfeit my pride, the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon."
"I agree to your terms." Nagisa said as he threw the Obelisk god card onto the floor in front of him. "This will be entertaining. You had better prove worthy of challenge."
"I was once the world champion of Duel Monsters!" Kaiba shouted as he strapped his duel disk on his arm. "Don't underestimate me! Let's duel!"
Kaiba: 8000
Nagisa: 8000
"First move is mine." Kaiba announced as he removed six cards from his deck. "First I'll summon the Spear Dragon (1900/0) in attack mode! I'll set a card face down to end my turn."
"I will set a monster in defense mode and set two face down cards." Nagisa said. "This ends my turn."
Kaiba started to confidently chuckle out loud. "A serious duelist like you surely knows the effect of my Spear Dragon, and yet you still play a monster in defense? Are you hoping to spring one of your face down trap cards when I attack?" Kaiba mocked as he played a card onto his duel disk. "Well tough luck. I summon Lord of Dragon (1200/1100) in attack mode! It has the ability to protect all dragons from traps, spells, and effects."
A small grin appeared on Nagisa's face, invisible to Kaiba.
"Now I have no fear of destroying your face down monster." Kaiba continued. "Spear Dragon, attack!" The long headed dragon unleashed its piercing attack, but it seemed to have no effect on the face down card. Instead, as the attack finished, Kaiba watched in confusion as his life points dropped by 100.
"No fear?" Nagisa mocked as he revealed his face down monster. "My set monster was Aqua Madoor (1200/2000). Its defenses are strong enough to repel your dragon's attack. In addition, you lose 100 life points for such a foolish attempt to destroy my monster."
Kaiba gritted his teeth in frustration. "Fine, then I will end my turn."
"I will start my turn by playing this magic card that I had just drawn." Nagisa informed as he inserted a card into the side slot of his duel disk. "Activate field card, Legendary Ocean. Do you know the powerful effects of this field card?"
Kaiba watched as the Aqua Madoor across from him raise its attack and defense points by 200 each. "Big deal, so your water monster gets a small bonus of attack and defense points." He scoffed. "That's hardly what I would call a powerful effect."
"Whereas it is true that it raises my monsters' attack and defense points, but it has another advantage." Nagisa explained. "As long as Legendary Ocean is on the field, all water monsters are treated as one level lower than they are. That means I can summon my Suijin (2500/2400) for one tribute instead of its usual two." With that said, Nagisa played his divine water monster as he discarded his Aqua Madoor as tribute. The powerful creature of water instantly took advantage of the field card and raised its attack power to 2700.
Kaiba's mouth gaped as he witnessed the fearsome monster take form onto the field. "This can't be!" Kaiba gasped. "He's summoned a powerful monster so early in the game!"
"Suijin, attack his Lord of Dragon!" Nagisa ordered. Suijin prepared to attack, but suddenly stopped.
"That might work against amateurs, but don't think that I didn't prepare to defend my Lord of Dragon from attacks." Kaiba said confidently as he pressed a button on his duel disk. "I activate my trap card, Ring of Destruction, to destroy your monster before it can eliminate mine." A giant ring strapped itself onto Suijin's head and exploded, instantly reducing the powerful water monster to pieces.
Kaiba: 5200
Nagisa: 5300
"Very well countered." Nagisa complimented. "I end my turn by activating my face down card, Tornado Wall. It will protect me as long as I have the Legendary Ocean on the field."
'If it wasn't for his Tornado Wall, his life points would be wide open for an attack!' Seto observed. His mouth formed a smirk 'But I have the perfect method to take down that trap card.' His smile greatly widened as he noticed what card he had just drawn.
"Your Tornado Wall won't protect you anymore." Kaiba crackled. "I'll play the field magic card, Fusion Gate! It will replace your Legendary Ocean card, sending it and your Tornado Wall to the graveyard. Now I'll sacrifice my two monsters before me to summon the creature of your destruction, the legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500)!"
The supreme white plated dragon roared as it made its appearance to the field. The blue eyes of the dragon surged with power and brilliance. Kaiba laughed confidently as his favorite monster took form.
"That's not all." Kaiba continued, as he presented another card onto the field. "I'll send this Thunder Dragon from my hand to the graveyard, activating its special effect which allows me to place two more Thunder Dragons into my hand. And I'll activate the Fusion Gate I've played to fuse these two Thunder Dragons together, to form the Twin Headed Thunder Dragon (2800/2100)! Now my two dragons, attack and destroy his life points!"
"Marvelous." Nagisa whispered as the two dragons closed in on him. "Simply marvelous, but I cannot be defeated that easily. I'll activate my second face down card, Gravity Bind! It will stop all your high leveled monsters from attacking me."
Kaiba frowned as his two dragons stopped their attacks and returned to their positions in front of him, unable to attack. "I'll end my turn by placing one more face down card onto the field."
'No trap card will stop my dragons from crushing him.' Kaiba thought to himself. 'All I need to do is draw a card that will dispose of his trap, summon my ultimate dragon, and destroy him. I already have the second Blue Eyes in my hand. It'll only be a matter of turns before I win.'
"I will set one monster face down in defense and end my turn." Nagisa declared as a holographic card appeared onto the field.
"Good, then I'll draw." Kaiba said, taking a card from the top of his deck. "I'll play Pot of Greed so I may draw two more cards." As Kaiba drew his two additional cards, his eyes widened and his smile turned into a roaring laugh of confidence. "It's time to introduce you to the one of the most powerful creatures of all of duel monsters, second only to the god cards. I activate fusion gate to combine the Blue Eyes White Dragon that I have on the field and the two that I have in my hand to summon the dragon of your destruction. Go, my Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500/3800)!"
The three headed supreme dragon appeared onto the field in front of Kaiba as he let out another roar of laughter. But Nagisa was not at all intimidated. Kaiba noticed this and realized why.
"I still cannot attack with my ultimate dragon, so I'll end my turn." Kaiba continued. "But trust me; your trap card will not protect you for long."
Still Nagisa was not intimidated by Kaiba's boasts. Instead, his mouth formed a grin of his own. "Big words for a man who's about to be shivering in fear."
"Are you insane? I definitely have the advantage here." Kaiba confidently replied.
"Well then." Nagisa whispered. "I'll have to change that won't I? I summon another face down monster in defense and reveal my first face down monster to set him in attack mode. Tribe-Infecting Virus (1600/1000)." The holographic card flipped over, but nothing visible appeared above it.
"Where's your monster?" Kaiba asked. "I don't see anything."
"My monster is an aqua virus, too small to be seen by human eyes." Nagisa explained. "My virus has a very special effect. Observe as I discard a card from my hand to activate it." He placed a card from his hand to the graveyard. "First I discard the Sinister Serpent, it will return to my hand the next turn because of its own special effect anyways. Now, my virus, target all dragon type monsters!"
"What?" Kaiba gasped. Suddenly, both his Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon and his Twin Headed Thunder Dragon began to turn a very light teal color. The two dragons' plated skin began to decay, as both monsters eventually fell to the ground and dissipated. "My dragons!"
"The Tribe-Infecting Virus has the ability to clean the field of any one type of monster; in this case, dragons." Nagisa continued explaining. "So much for your ultimate dragon, along with the rest of your dragon type monsters."
"No!" Kaiba cried as his monsters disappeared. "My Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon! How could I have lost my most powerful monsters in one turn?"
"I'm not done yet!" Nagisa shouted as he played a card onto his field slot. "It is good that I keep another one of these in my deck. Behold, as I bring The Legendary Ocean onto the field once more. Now that my Tribe-Infecting Virus's level was brought down to three, I can directly attack your life points with it. Tribe-Infecting Virus, attack Kaiba's life points directly!"
Kaiba gasped as his duel disk was also covered by the light teal virus as the life point counter dropped by 1800.
Kaiba: 3400
Nagisa: 5300
"Ugh." Kaiba grunted as he drew his card. "I'm far from finished. I play the magic card, Monster Reborn, to revive one of my Blue Eyes White Dragons! Your virus may have a powerful effect, but its attack points are pathetic compared to my Blue Eyes. And I haven't forgotten about your trap card." Kaiba then inserted another magic card onto his duel disk. "I play Stamping Destruction, a magic card that allows one of my dragons to destroy a trap or magic card on the field and cause 500 damage to your life points. So I target your Gravity Bind!" As he activated the magic card's effect, the Blue Eyes White Dragon flew into the air and landed on top of the Gravity Bind trap card, destroying it with its giant feet.
"Now, my Blue Eyes White Dragon," Kaiba continued. "Attack his Tribe-Infecting Virus with your white lightning attack!" A powerful blast of white energy formed from the mouth of the enormous dragon and streamed past Nagisa's monster, incinerating the virus. "With Blue Eyes back onto the field, this duel is mine!"
Kaiba: 3400
Nagisa: 3600
Nagisa scoffed, then let out a sinister but very subtle laugh. "That was your last turn." He informed. "I'll flip over my other face down card now, Jowls of Dark Demise (200/100), another one of my aqua monsters with a powerful effect."
"What effect is it?" Kaiba asked. As if to answer his question, the Blue Eyes White Dragon suddenly left its position in front of Kaiba to join the ranks of Nagisa's monsters. "Wait! Where is my Blue Eyes going?"
"Once flipped over, the Jowls of Dark Demise can control any one of my opponent's monsters for one turn." Nagisa explained. "And I chose to take control of your Blue Eyes White Dragon. Now I'll tribute my Jowls of Dark Demise to summon the Catapult Turtle (1000/2000) and enter the battle phase."
'How could my Blue Eyes turn on me?' The stunned duelist thought. 'I have no monsters to protect my life points. This is impossible!'
"Blue Eyes White Dragon, white lightning attack!" Nagisa ordered as he let out another sinister roar. Again the white energy formed in the dragon's mouth, but this time it directed itself towards its original owner. "And to finish you off, I'll have Catapult Turtle launch your dragon directly at your life points for direct damage!" The Blue Eyes White Dragon set itself on top of the Catapult Turtle, which hurled it at Kaiba. Too stunned to move, Kaiba took the full blast of Nagisa's assault, shocked that his life points had been reduced to zero.
Kaiba: 0
Nagisa: 3600
"I've… lost…" Kaiba stuttered as he dropped his dueling deck onto the floor. "My ultimate dragon… lost."
"So much for the ex-champion of duel monsters." Nagisa scoffed as he picked up the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon card from Kaiba's scattered deck "How fitting that the one and only Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon card would be kept by the man with all three Blue Eyes White Dragons. But it is mine now, and I certainly have no use of it."
"What… What are you… going to do… with it?" Kaiba stammered as his knees fell to the floor.
Nagisa chuckled. "I'm so glad that I could do this in front of you, Seto Kaiba." He said as he ripped the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon card into pieces.