AN: Well, it's a long, (and strange) journey. Let's see what happens!
Chapter Six
Beware of The Grave Keepers!
"You shall not leave this mountain alive," Vash said. "How fitting, Pharaoh, that you shall die in a tomb."
"A tomb?" Yugi/Yami asked.
"Yes," Vash said, "This is the place Merik chose to be his tomb, when he died. He horded all his stolen treasures here, in the heart of a dead volcano. He tought he would die a Pharaoh, and thus one empty wall was left. That wall behind you was to store the Millennium Items, and overlook Merik's crypt." They looked behind them, and they saw a golden sarcophagus, the mask bearing the face of Merik Ishtar.
"Should have noticed that before," Tristan said, emptying his pockets.
"So this is Merik's tomb?" Tea said, creeped out. She screamed, and took off all her gems.
"I ain't no grave robber," Joey cried, scooping gems and gold out of his pockets.
"Relax," Kaiba said with a smirk. "He's not dead…Yet."
"It is still against Egyptian laws to rob a man's tomb, be he alive or dead." Yugi/Yami said seriously.
"Who cares," Kaiba said. "I came here fro treasure, and I'm not leaving without those cards."
"And I'm not leaving till I get his Jewel," Inu-yasha said, pointing to Vash.
"Oh, this?" Vash said, lifting up his Jewel Shard. "Let's see if your man enough to take it from me."
"Oh no," Inu-yasha said, "I ain't fallin for that agin. Your twisted kid sister already tried to brainwash me once."
"Twice," Kagome said.
"WHATEVER!" Inu-yasha shouted.
"I challenge you, Vash," Yugi/Yami said. "to a duel! If I win, you give us your shard, and let us go free. If you win, we return your sister's shard."
"And you die here, with your vassals and servants buried alive with you, just as in ancient days," Vash said. "I accept!" He slapped on his duel disk. "I'll even give you the luxury of the first turn."
"If that is your decision," Yugi/Yami said. He drew his hand. "I play Gama the Magnet Warrior," he said, as the pink and silver Magnet Warrior materialized. "And two cards face down on the field."
"I draw," Vash said. "And play Graceful Charity, for three more cards to my hand, and two to the Graveyard. Now, I play a monster face down on the field, along with these two cards."
"My turn" Yugi/Yami said, drawing a card. "I'll attack your monster with Gama!" he said, the Magnet Warrior flying down upon the face down card.
"I may lose a card, but you have lost life points!" Vash declared, "for you have activated the Grave Keeper's Curse!" The card flipped over, and just before Gama destroyed it, a man in a black shroud appeared, and sent a green light at Yugi/Yami. As the energy shocked Yugi/Yai's body, his life points went down from 4000 to 3500.
"Now," Vash said, "I lay another monster card face down on the field, and play Necrovalley."
"Necrovalley?" Yugi/Yami asked.
"It negates all Magics and Traps that have to do with the Card Graveyard, and gives Grave Keeper cards an added power bonus," he said, as the surroundings about them changed to look like the Valley of The Kings. Gone was the store room and the treasure, replaced by sand and stone. "And I end my turn."
Yugi/Yami drew a card. 'I have to be careful,' little Yugi thought. 'His Necrovalley has just made most of my cards worthless.' "I play Pixie Knight," Yugi/Yami spoke aloud, "And equip her with The Book of Secret Arts." The Pixie appeared, and in the crook of her arm, she carried a large book. "Now, I'll attack you with my Pixie!" he declared as she flew forward.
"Oh, Pharaoh," Vash said, "You fall for the same trick twice? I thought you were smarter than that," he said as the Grave Keepers Curse appeared on the field again, and again shot his evil magic at Yugi/Yami, sending his points to 3000.
"I may…have lost 500 points," Yugi/Yami said, getting up from his attack, "But you will lose far more without monsters to protect you. Gama, attack his points!" he said, Gama charging once again.
"Not so fast," Vash said, "Reveal Spellbinding Circle."
"Spellbinding Circle?" Yugi/Yami said, taken back.
"Yes, remember that card, Pharaoh?" Vash said. "And I choose your Magnet Warrior to be frozen in place." the circle appeared below Gama, and a shield of light surrounded it.
"I draw a card," Vash said, but the card was nocked from his hand and pinned to the desert floor by a sword. "What-?!"
"Activate Light Force Sword," Yugi/Yami said, "To put the card you just drew out of play for four turns."
"Two can plat that game," Vash said. "I also play Light Force Sword, and send your only card out of play with mine." A sword pierced Yugi/Yami's card to a rock wall.
"You still have no monsters on the field," Yugi/Yami said as his turn came up, and he drew another card. "I attack your life points with Pixie Knight!" he said, the pixie flying forward, drawing a dagger and slashing at Vash's chest. As he bent over, his points dropped to 2400.
"It will do you no good," Vash said. "I draw, and now I play Swords of Revealing Light," And three glowing swords came down around Yugi/Yami and his Pixie Knight.
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"This is weird," Tea said from the sidelines. "It's like their dueling with almost the same deck!"
"It's like trying to fight your shadow," Tristan commented.
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"It's your turn, Pharaoh," Vash said.
"I draw and end my turn," Yugi/Yami said.
"Unwise," Vash said, drawing a card. "For I play Grave Keeper's Assailant." Another man in black, his face in shadow, except his eyes, and bore a long, crooked dagger. "And I attack your Pixie Knight," he said as the Assailant dashed forward to cut the Pixie down.
"Activate Spellbinding Circle," Yugi/Yami said, "On your Assailant." The Assailant now froze in place.
"Clever, Pharaoh. But you will not escape your doom," he said.
"We shall see," he said. "I draw, and now I play Graceful Charity, draw three more cards and discard two to the grave yard.. Now, I play play my own Swords of revealing Light."
As the swords descended upon Vash, he started to laugh. "Your Swords won't hold me long," Vash said. "I draw, and lay one card face down."
"Long enough," Yugi/Yami said, "For now your Swords are gone, and on my next turn, I can attack."
"Yes, but so will I," Vash said. "For now I activate my face down card: Pyro Clock of Destiny. It moves the turn forward. Now I only have to wait one more turn before I can attack, and I get back my card from out of play, and place face down on the field."
Yugi/Yami drew, and said, "I place a card face down, and attack with Pixie Knight!" Pixie Knight unsheathed her dagger, and flew forward. She drove her dagger's blade down the face down monster.
"Third times' a charm, but not for you. Remember Grave Keeper's Curse?" The Grave Keeper appeared, and again shot his curse at Yugi/Yami, making his points 2500.
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"Oh no!" Tea said.
"Why's he keep falling for that?" Inu-yasha grumbled.
"If I were dueling, this would be over," Kaiba said snidely. "Yugi! I'm not going to die because of your incompetence! Vash won't have to kill you if you lose, because I will."
"You'd have to get through me, first!" Joey said, standing up to Setto Kaiba. He raised his fists and said, "Put up your dukes!"
"Will you two shut up!?" Kagome shouted. "Our lives are at stake."
"They won't get me without a fight," Inu-yasha said, unsheathing the Tetseiga.
"I could suck Hunters up in my Wind Tunnel," Miroku said, "But I don't know how many we could get before they cut my hand off, or they…"he looked at Songo. "We'll make a good fight of it."
"But we must wait for the outcome of this duel" Songo said, putting her hand on Miroku's shoulder. "Then we will see what needs be done."
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"Rite of Spirit," Vash said. "This allows me to get a Grave keeper back form thr Graveyard."
"What about your Necrovalley?" Yugi/Yami demanded.
" Rite of Spirit is unaffected by Necrovalley," he said as he got a card from the Graveyard. "ANd I bring back Grave Keeper's Curse, for when it is Special Summoned to the field, you will lose 500 life points!"
As the power of the curse shot towards Yugi/Yami, he flipped over a card. "Reveal Gift of the Mystical Elf! I get 300 points for every monster on the field, and I count two monsters. That's 600, negating your Curse." Yugi/Yami's life points went up by 100 points.
"A 100 point boost isn't going to save you," Vash said, drawing a card, "For now, I sacrifice my Curse, and bring forth Grave Keeper's Chief!" A man in black and white robes materialized before them, holding a staff that had resembled a cobra in his right hand. "Do you know why I fight with Grave Keepers, Pharaoh," Vash said. "It is because I was a Grave Keeper. Merik appointed me to protect his tomb, before you defeated him in Battle City."
"Is this why you fight me now?" Yugi/Yami asked, "For revenge?"
"No, Pharaoh," Vash said, "I do it for power. When you are dead, there will be nothing to stop me, for I, like Merik, will not settle for being a lowly Grave Keeper. Now that your Swords are gone, I shall attack your pathetic Pixie."
The Chief rose in the air, flew over to where Pixie Knight stood, He extended his staff. It suddenly began to move, and the Cobra staff lunged, and bit down into the Pixie's neck, digitizing her. Yugi/Yami's points went started to go down, but then, they started to go back up.
"WHAT!?!" Vash shouted.
"I sent Kuriboh from my hand to my Graveyard during attack. His special ability saved my life points."
"Dumb will not stay your death!" Vash said, getting very angry."
Yugi/Yami looked on his hand. He had precious little time. Everything depended on this next draw. 'Yes!' Yugi thought. 'This is it! The card I need!'
"I play Black Luster Ritual!" Yugi/Yami declared. "And sacrifice from my hand the Mystical and Dark Elves! When the powers of Light and Darkness combine, they call forth a power beyond imagination!"
His friends stared in awe. Only three standing there had ever seen what Yugi doing now, before.
"Come forth, Black Luster Soldier!" From a black hole above them, appeared a warrior without equal. As he fell from the sky, he charged at the Grave Keeper's Chief, and with one swing of his magnificent sword, The Chief was dismembered.
"NO!" Vash cried as his points plummeted to 1800.
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"That Soldier's sword makes Tetseiga look like a toothpick," Shippo commented on the sidelines. Inu-yasha scowled.
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"We'll see who has the victory," Vash said. He drew, and thought, 'NO! Not another Grave Keeper's Chief! And I don't have the cards to play it! I'm doomed!'
"Well, Vash?" Yugi/Yami asked. "What is your move?"
"I…I…"Vash looked around wildly. He had no ideas, no strategy. "No! I can't lose!" he shouted.
"Your turn is over," Yugi/Yami said. "And I assume that you have no monsters to play. Therefore, my turn, I shall win our lives and your Jewel."
"This is not over," Vash said. He grabbed the Jewel on his neck, and extended his hand. "If I cannot defeat you, I will burry you!!!" Light shot from his hand, and pierced the illusion of Necrovalley. The treasure room's roof spit, and the mountain began to shake.
"What's going on?" Tea cried.
"He's awoken the volcano!" Miroku shouted. "We must run!" They started to run to the doors, but Vash grabbed Yugi/Yami before he was out.
"You will not leave this room alive!" Vash cried as he struggled and choked Yugi/Yami.
"Iron Reaver!" Inu-yasha shouted, swiping at Vash's back. The Necklace fell from his neck, and Shippo caught it, and ran from the room. As Yugi/Yami looked behind him, he saw Vash on the ground. The strong, Herculean man from before was gone. Now, a tall, thin young man, wearing a mail shirt that was far too large for his frame, crawled towards the piles of gems and gold. Then, the Pharaoh looked ahead, and followed his friends through the tunnel.
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As the treasure seekers ran outside into the fading daylight, they heard and felt the ground rumbling, and smelled the sulfur and brimstone of the volcano.
"We'll never outrun lava!" Kaiba said. "We're doomed anyway!"
"Not quite!" Kagome said. "Look in front of you, rich boy!" she cried as they came nearer to the beach. A large boat, with the Devlin Interprises logo on the hull, sailed in. On the deck, was Mokuba, Mai, and Bakura. The three of them boarded a life boat, and rowed to the shore.
"Need a lift?" Mai asked them.
"How did you-?" Tristan began to ask as he and Joey carried a large chest between them.
"Serenity's Necklace acted up during that storm yesterday," Mokuba explained, as they all climbed in. "And since our ships were all out of port, we had to borrow one from Duke."
"Is that all you could save?" Mai asked as they dumped the chest on the floor of the boat.
"Argue later," Joey said, "We're about to become permanent residents!" They rowed away with great speed, and as they reached they reached the ship, the volcano erupted and spewed molten lava everywhere. Fiery projectiles shot forth and struck the Rare Hunter's battle ship, and it sank beneath the waves.
As the group climbed abord Duke's boat, Kagome looked out over the sea, and saw little lifeboat with two passengers floating towards them.
"Look!" she said, pointing. "It's that Fallen Star, and Viola!"
"Star?!" Mia exclaimed. She grabbed up a pair of binoculars, and looked. "Well, if it isn't my good for nothing cousin."
"Cousin!?" Joey shouted. "She tried to kill us!"
"Yeah, she's a real b&%#," Mai said as she lowered a rope ladder. The woman threw the girl over her shoulder, and climbed up. As she came over the railing, she panted, and begged, "Please, help her. She hasn't woken up since her brother found her."
"Why should we help either of you?" Inu-yasha asked, crossing his arms. Star reached in a bag on her side, and pulled out Inu-yasha's red kimono.
"She's so young," Star said, crying. "When we served Merik, she was my only friend…You have to help her…" she was crying as she held out the kimono.
Kagome accepted the clothes, and said, "Follow Bakura downstairs. He knows where the bedrooms are."
Star followed the boy with the injured arm obediently.
"Why did you do that?" Inu-yasha asked her.
"Because she's no different than Bakura, or anyone else who's been corrupted by something like the Jewel. You of all people should know that." she and the other three girls went down the hatch, leaving the boys, and Mai, on the deck.
"So what's in the chest?" Mai asked.
"Don't know," Joey said. "Let's check." Inu-yasha ripped the lick off, and they opened the chest.
"Oh no!" Tristan said, disappointed. "All that hard work for this!"
"Life's just not fair," Joey whined. "There ain't nothin in here but a bunch of dumb cards!"
"Greed gets no one anywhere," Miroku said.
"Well hold on guys," little Yugi said. "These cards are pretty valuable. We could sell them in my grandpa's store and make some money off of them."
"Hold on," Mai said, "You said we could get a cut of the treasure."
"And you owe 40 percent," Kaiba reminded him. "So half that chest is mine."
"Yours!?" Joey said, "Who lugged it out?!" Tristan added.
"Who dueled to save your lives?" Yugi said, "This chest is mine!"
"You'd be dead long before you got here without me," Inu-yash growled. Then, all the guys burst into a brawl, with Mai trying to referee.
Meanwhile, the chest slid away from the turmoil.
"Finally," Shippo sad to himself, "Now I can get some good cards to go with my Exodia."
"HUH?" they alls aid, as they stopped fighting. "You've got Exodia?"
"That's right," Joey said, "He beat that Star chick with it."
"You beat my cousin? With Exodia?"
"Where did you get it!" Kaiba demanded.
"Go away!" Shippo shouted, "This is my deck, and these are my cards!" He ran for it, followed by six very disgruntled treasure hunters. As Mai made a grab for his tail, the kitsune leaped up, and used Foxfire to disappear with a loud pop.
"Not this again!" Inu-yasha bellowed.
The End
AN: Well folks, that's it for the Chaos Series. If you want more hilarity, check out or Sailor Moon fic, 'Guardians of The Moon'. TTFN!
Chapter Six
Beware of The Grave Keepers!
"You shall not leave this mountain alive," Vash said. "How fitting, Pharaoh, that you shall die in a tomb."
"A tomb?" Yugi/Yami asked.
"Yes," Vash said, "This is the place Merik chose to be his tomb, when he died. He horded all his stolen treasures here, in the heart of a dead volcano. He tought he would die a Pharaoh, and thus one empty wall was left. That wall behind you was to store the Millennium Items, and overlook Merik's crypt." They looked behind them, and they saw a golden sarcophagus, the mask bearing the face of Merik Ishtar.
"Should have noticed that before," Tristan said, emptying his pockets.
"So this is Merik's tomb?" Tea said, creeped out. She screamed, and took off all her gems.
"I ain't no grave robber," Joey cried, scooping gems and gold out of his pockets.
"Relax," Kaiba said with a smirk. "He's not dead…Yet."
"It is still against Egyptian laws to rob a man's tomb, be he alive or dead." Yugi/Yami said seriously.
"Who cares," Kaiba said. "I came here fro treasure, and I'm not leaving without those cards."
"And I'm not leaving till I get his Jewel," Inu-yasha said, pointing to Vash.
"Oh, this?" Vash said, lifting up his Jewel Shard. "Let's see if your man enough to take it from me."
"Oh no," Inu-yasha said, "I ain't fallin for that agin. Your twisted kid sister already tried to brainwash me once."
"Twice," Kagome said.
"WHATEVER!" Inu-yasha shouted.
"I challenge you, Vash," Yugi/Yami said. "to a duel! If I win, you give us your shard, and let us go free. If you win, we return your sister's shard."
"And you die here, with your vassals and servants buried alive with you, just as in ancient days," Vash said. "I accept!" He slapped on his duel disk. "I'll even give you the luxury of the first turn."
"If that is your decision," Yugi/Yami said. He drew his hand. "I play Gama the Magnet Warrior," he said, as the pink and silver Magnet Warrior materialized. "And two cards face down on the field."
"I draw," Vash said. "And play Graceful Charity, for three more cards to my hand, and two to the Graveyard. Now, I play a monster face down on the field, along with these two cards."
"My turn" Yugi/Yami said, drawing a card. "I'll attack your monster with Gama!" he said, the Magnet Warrior flying down upon the face down card.
"I may lose a card, but you have lost life points!" Vash declared, "for you have activated the Grave Keeper's Curse!" The card flipped over, and just before Gama destroyed it, a man in a black shroud appeared, and sent a green light at Yugi/Yami. As the energy shocked Yugi/Yai's body, his life points went down from 4000 to 3500.
"Now," Vash said, "I lay another monster card face down on the field, and play Necrovalley."
"Necrovalley?" Yugi/Yami asked.
"It negates all Magics and Traps that have to do with the Card Graveyard, and gives Grave Keeper cards an added power bonus," he said, as the surroundings about them changed to look like the Valley of The Kings. Gone was the store room and the treasure, replaced by sand and stone. "And I end my turn."
Yugi/Yami drew a card. 'I have to be careful,' little Yugi thought. 'His Necrovalley has just made most of my cards worthless.' "I play Pixie Knight," Yugi/Yami spoke aloud, "And equip her with The Book of Secret Arts." The Pixie appeared, and in the crook of her arm, she carried a large book. "Now, I'll attack you with my Pixie!" he declared as she flew forward.
"Oh, Pharaoh," Vash said, "You fall for the same trick twice? I thought you were smarter than that," he said as the Grave Keepers Curse appeared on the field again, and again shot his evil magic at Yugi/Yami, sending his points to 3000.
"I may…have lost 500 points," Yugi/Yami said, getting up from his attack, "But you will lose far more without monsters to protect you. Gama, attack his points!" he said, Gama charging once again.
"Not so fast," Vash said, "Reveal Spellbinding Circle."
"Spellbinding Circle?" Yugi/Yami said, taken back.
"Yes, remember that card, Pharaoh?" Vash said. "And I choose your Magnet Warrior to be frozen in place." the circle appeared below Gama, and a shield of light surrounded it.
"I draw a card," Vash said, but the card was nocked from his hand and pinned to the desert floor by a sword. "What-?!"
"Activate Light Force Sword," Yugi/Yami said, "To put the card you just drew out of play for four turns."
"Two can plat that game," Vash said. "I also play Light Force Sword, and send your only card out of play with mine." A sword pierced Yugi/Yami's card to a rock wall.
"You still have no monsters on the field," Yugi/Yami said as his turn came up, and he drew another card. "I attack your life points with Pixie Knight!" he said, the pixie flying forward, drawing a dagger and slashing at Vash's chest. As he bent over, his points dropped to 2400.
"It will do you no good," Vash said. "I draw, and now I play Swords of Revealing Light," And three glowing swords came down around Yugi/Yami and his Pixie Knight.
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"This is weird," Tea said from the sidelines. "It's like their dueling with almost the same deck!"
"It's like trying to fight your shadow," Tristan commented.
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"It's your turn, Pharaoh," Vash said.
"I draw and end my turn," Yugi/Yami said.
"Unwise," Vash said, drawing a card. "For I play Grave Keeper's Assailant." Another man in black, his face in shadow, except his eyes, and bore a long, crooked dagger. "And I attack your Pixie Knight," he said as the Assailant dashed forward to cut the Pixie down.
"Activate Spellbinding Circle," Yugi/Yami said, "On your Assailant." The Assailant now froze in place.
"Clever, Pharaoh. But you will not escape your doom," he said.
"We shall see," he said. "I draw, and now I play Graceful Charity, draw three more cards and discard two to the grave yard.. Now, I play play my own Swords of revealing Light."
As the swords descended upon Vash, he started to laugh. "Your Swords won't hold me long," Vash said. "I draw, and lay one card face down."
"Long enough," Yugi/Yami said, "For now your Swords are gone, and on my next turn, I can attack."
"Yes, but so will I," Vash said. "For now I activate my face down card: Pyro Clock of Destiny. It moves the turn forward. Now I only have to wait one more turn before I can attack, and I get back my card from out of play, and place face down on the field."
Yugi/Yami drew, and said, "I place a card face down, and attack with Pixie Knight!" Pixie Knight unsheathed her dagger, and flew forward. She drove her dagger's blade down the face down monster.
"Third times' a charm, but not for you. Remember Grave Keeper's Curse?" The Grave Keeper appeared, and again shot his curse at Yugi/Yami, making his points 2500.
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"Oh no!" Tea said.
"Why's he keep falling for that?" Inu-yasha grumbled.
"If I were dueling, this would be over," Kaiba said snidely. "Yugi! I'm not going to die because of your incompetence! Vash won't have to kill you if you lose, because I will."
"You'd have to get through me, first!" Joey said, standing up to Setto Kaiba. He raised his fists and said, "Put up your dukes!"
"Will you two shut up!?" Kagome shouted. "Our lives are at stake."
"They won't get me without a fight," Inu-yasha said, unsheathing the Tetseiga.
"I could suck Hunters up in my Wind Tunnel," Miroku said, "But I don't know how many we could get before they cut my hand off, or they…"he looked at Songo. "We'll make a good fight of it."
"But we must wait for the outcome of this duel" Songo said, putting her hand on Miroku's shoulder. "Then we will see what needs be done."
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"Rite of Spirit," Vash said. "This allows me to get a Grave keeper back form thr Graveyard."
"What about your Necrovalley?" Yugi/Yami demanded.
" Rite of Spirit is unaffected by Necrovalley," he said as he got a card from the Graveyard. "ANd I bring back Grave Keeper's Curse, for when it is Special Summoned to the field, you will lose 500 life points!"
As the power of the curse shot towards Yugi/Yami, he flipped over a card. "Reveal Gift of the Mystical Elf! I get 300 points for every monster on the field, and I count two monsters. That's 600, negating your Curse." Yugi/Yami's life points went up by 100 points.
"A 100 point boost isn't going to save you," Vash said, drawing a card, "For now, I sacrifice my Curse, and bring forth Grave Keeper's Chief!" A man in black and white robes materialized before them, holding a staff that had resembled a cobra in his right hand. "Do you know why I fight with Grave Keepers, Pharaoh," Vash said. "It is because I was a Grave Keeper. Merik appointed me to protect his tomb, before you defeated him in Battle City."
"Is this why you fight me now?" Yugi/Yami asked, "For revenge?"
"No, Pharaoh," Vash said, "I do it for power. When you are dead, there will be nothing to stop me, for I, like Merik, will not settle for being a lowly Grave Keeper. Now that your Swords are gone, I shall attack your pathetic Pixie."
The Chief rose in the air, flew over to where Pixie Knight stood, He extended his staff. It suddenly began to move, and the Cobra staff lunged, and bit down into the Pixie's neck, digitizing her. Yugi/Yami's points went started to go down, but then, they started to go back up.
"WHAT!?!" Vash shouted.
"I sent Kuriboh from my hand to my Graveyard during attack. His special ability saved my life points."
"Dumb will not stay your death!" Vash said, getting very angry."
Yugi/Yami looked on his hand. He had precious little time. Everything depended on this next draw. 'Yes!' Yugi thought. 'This is it! The card I need!'
"I play Black Luster Ritual!" Yugi/Yami declared. "And sacrifice from my hand the Mystical and Dark Elves! When the powers of Light and Darkness combine, they call forth a power beyond imagination!"
His friends stared in awe. Only three standing there had ever seen what Yugi doing now, before.
"Come forth, Black Luster Soldier!" From a black hole above them, appeared a warrior without equal. As he fell from the sky, he charged at the Grave Keeper's Chief, and with one swing of his magnificent sword, The Chief was dismembered.
"NO!" Vash cried as his points plummeted to 1800.
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"That Soldier's sword makes Tetseiga look like a toothpick," Shippo commented on the sidelines. Inu-yasha scowled.
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"We'll see who has the victory," Vash said. He drew, and thought, 'NO! Not another Grave Keeper's Chief! And I don't have the cards to play it! I'm doomed!'
"Well, Vash?" Yugi/Yami asked. "What is your move?"
"I…I…"Vash looked around wildly. He had no ideas, no strategy. "No! I can't lose!" he shouted.
"Your turn is over," Yugi/Yami said. "And I assume that you have no monsters to play. Therefore, my turn, I shall win our lives and your Jewel."
"This is not over," Vash said. He grabbed the Jewel on his neck, and extended his hand. "If I cannot defeat you, I will burry you!!!" Light shot from his hand, and pierced the illusion of Necrovalley. The treasure room's roof spit, and the mountain began to shake.
"What's going on?" Tea cried.
"He's awoken the volcano!" Miroku shouted. "We must run!" They started to run to the doors, but Vash grabbed Yugi/Yami before he was out.
"You will not leave this room alive!" Vash cried as he struggled and choked Yugi/Yami.
"Iron Reaver!" Inu-yasha shouted, swiping at Vash's back. The Necklace fell from his neck, and Shippo caught it, and ran from the room. As Yugi/Yami looked behind him, he saw Vash on the ground. The strong, Herculean man from before was gone. Now, a tall, thin young man, wearing a mail shirt that was far too large for his frame, crawled towards the piles of gems and gold. Then, the Pharaoh looked ahead, and followed his friends through the tunnel.
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As the treasure seekers ran outside into the fading daylight, they heard and felt the ground rumbling, and smelled the sulfur and brimstone of the volcano.
"We'll never outrun lava!" Kaiba said. "We're doomed anyway!"
"Not quite!" Kagome said. "Look in front of you, rich boy!" she cried as they came nearer to the beach. A large boat, with the Devlin Interprises logo on the hull, sailed in. On the deck, was Mokuba, Mai, and Bakura. The three of them boarded a life boat, and rowed to the shore.
"Need a lift?" Mai asked them.
"How did you-?" Tristan began to ask as he and Joey carried a large chest between them.
"Serenity's Necklace acted up during that storm yesterday," Mokuba explained, as they all climbed in. "And since our ships were all out of port, we had to borrow one from Duke."
"Is that all you could save?" Mai asked as they dumped the chest on the floor of the boat.
"Argue later," Joey said, "We're about to become permanent residents!" They rowed away with great speed, and as they reached they reached the ship, the volcano erupted and spewed molten lava everywhere. Fiery projectiles shot forth and struck the Rare Hunter's battle ship, and it sank beneath the waves.
As the group climbed abord Duke's boat, Kagome looked out over the sea, and saw little lifeboat with two passengers floating towards them.
"Look!" she said, pointing. "It's that Fallen Star, and Viola!"
"Star?!" Mia exclaimed. She grabbed up a pair of binoculars, and looked. "Well, if it isn't my good for nothing cousin."
"Cousin!?" Joey shouted. "She tried to kill us!"
"Yeah, she's a real b&%#," Mai said as she lowered a rope ladder. The woman threw the girl over her shoulder, and climbed up. As she came over the railing, she panted, and begged, "Please, help her. She hasn't woken up since her brother found her."
"Why should we help either of you?" Inu-yasha asked, crossing his arms. Star reached in a bag on her side, and pulled out Inu-yasha's red kimono.
"She's so young," Star said, crying. "When we served Merik, she was my only friend…You have to help her…" she was crying as she held out the kimono.
Kagome accepted the clothes, and said, "Follow Bakura downstairs. He knows where the bedrooms are."
Star followed the boy with the injured arm obediently.
"Why did you do that?" Inu-yasha asked her.
"Because she's no different than Bakura, or anyone else who's been corrupted by something like the Jewel. You of all people should know that." she and the other three girls went down the hatch, leaving the boys, and Mai, on the deck.
"So what's in the chest?" Mai asked.
"Don't know," Joey said. "Let's check." Inu-yasha ripped the lick off, and they opened the chest.
"Oh no!" Tristan said, disappointed. "All that hard work for this!"
"Life's just not fair," Joey whined. "There ain't nothin in here but a bunch of dumb cards!"
"Greed gets no one anywhere," Miroku said.
"Well hold on guys," little Yugi said. "These cards are pretty valuable. We could sell them in my grandpa's store and make some money off of them."
"Hold on," Mai said, "You said we could get a cut of the treasure."
"And you owe 40 percent," Kaiba reminded him. "So half that chest is mine."
"Yours!?" Joey said, "Who lugged it out?!" Tristan added.
"Who dueled to save your lives?" Yugi said, "This chest is mine!"
"You'd be dead long before you got here without me," Inu-yash growled. Then, all the guys burst into a brawl, with Mai trying to referee.
Meanwhile, the chest slid away from the turmoil.
"Finally," Shippo sad to himself, "Now I can get some good cards to go with my Exodia."
"HUH?" they alls aid, as they stopped fighting. "You've got Exodia?"
"That's right," Joey said, "He beat that Star chick with it."
"You beat my cousin? With Exodia?"
"Where did you get it!" Kaiba demanded.
"Go away!" Shippo shouted, "This is my deck, and these are my cards!" He ran for it, followed by six very disgruntled treasure hunters. As Mai made a grab for his tail, the kitsune leaped up, and used Foxfire to disappear with a loud pop.
"Not this again!" Inu-yasha bellowed.
The End
AN: Well folks, that's it for the Chaos Series. If you want more hilarity, check out or Sailor Moon fic, 'Guardians of The Moon'. TTFN!