Yu-Gi-Oh!-Duel Monsters: Dark Designs
Duel Five – Enter Mokuba's Kidnapper-Sol
Yugi decided to ignore the two that had attacked him moments ago, keeping his attention to his friend Tea. Knelling at her side, he slipped a hand under her head.
"Tea?! Are you alright?" Yugi asked in a tone hinted with despair. His friends were always getting hurt because of him. Tea, wincing in pain, gave Yugi a look full of concern.
"I-I'm fine... how about you? Are you alright Yugi? Who were those guys?" Tea asked. Both of them adverted their gaze into the darkness. The two of them were long gone now. The Pharaoh rose to his feet, fist clenched tightly. Who really were his attackers? Why did they attack him? Little Yugi decided it was time to speak up.
*Yami, I think we should take Tea home.* spoke Yugi.
*But... our attackers...* as the spirit of the Pharaoh began to protest, his other-self cut in.
*Its getting late. Tea's parents will be worried about her. We can think about this later, ok?* Yugi spoke softly. The Pharaoh nodded in agreement.
*Your right. The best thing would be to take Tea home. We can discuss tonight's events when we get home. I'll stay in control for the walk home. We don't know if they'll try to strike again.* Answered Yami. "Come on Tea... lets get you home." Yami spoke as he helped Tea to her feet. Keeping close to her, the two of them walked down the dimly lit streets.
Elsewhere...
Kaiba let out a sigh as he put his signature on yet another document. Being the president of a powerful company at such a young age was really taking its toll on him. After his Battle City tournament came to an end, Kaiba had buried himself in his work. The last time he played a game of Duel Monsters was against Yugi at the Battle City Finals, and he wasn't happy with the result of the match. He had everything planned out perfectly... how could he lose to Yugi again?! Lost in his rage, he didn't even notice that he had twisted up the document he had just finished signing. Seto leaned back in his chair, staring off into space.
"Yugi..." His name barely escaped his lips. He had promised his brother Mokuba that he'd leave his hatred buried with Alcatraz Tower. He'd have to abandon this harbored rage, for his brother's sake. Yugi is the "King of Games". Not him, Seto Kaiba, president of Kaiba Corporation. Speaking of his brother, Mokuba hadn't come into his office for hours. Where was he? He wanted to call it a night anyway; he had already put in a few extra hours. He picked up his brief case and headed for the door, straightening his purple coat.
As Kaiba made his way around the building, he noticed the lack of people occupying the building. He supposed everyone had left hours ago. He searched room to room to room. Where was his brother? Did he leave early as well? That didn't make sense, since Mokuba always left with him.
"Mokuba?" Kaiba called out, standing in the center of one of the offices. He was beginning to worry now. A few moments after Kaiba had called for his brother, the intercom blared on, an unfamiliar voice coming from it.
*Seto Kaiba... How are you?* spoke the voice from the intercom. Kaiba immediately fixed his gaze upon the intercom, his hand clutching tighter on his brief case.
"Hey, who the hell are you?!" questioned Kaiba, a clenched fist held out towards the intercom. He had a feeling that this person speaking to him wasn't one of his employee's.
*I'll cut too the chase. I know the whereabouts of your younger brother, Mokuba. If you'd like to hear what I have to say, meet me in the office in the back on floor 50. I'll be waiting... Seto Kaiba.*
What the hell was going on here?! Had this person kidnapped his brother? Spinning on his heel, Kaiba headed for the elevator, pulling a keycard from within his coat. This person had better not had hurt his brother, or there would be hell to pay. His brother was the only family he had left, and he loved him dearly. He would give his company to protect him if he had too. Kaiba stepped into the elevator and slid his card through a slot. He slammed his fist into the button labeled "50".
38... 40... 42...
Could the elevator be any slower?! Something could be happening to his brother at this moment. As he continued to ride the elevator, another thought came to mind. If this person didn't work for him, how did he manage to get in the building, access the intercom and kidnap his younger brother? He had a lot of questions, and he wanted answers. A small "bing" sound, and the elevator doors opened. Kaiba stepped off the elevator and stared down the long ominous corridor. The Conference Room on this floor was all the way in the back. He made his way along the corridor and and stepped into the confererence room.
The room was well lit. It was occupied by a long sleek black table, which had a few papers scattered from a previous meeting along its surface. Sitting at the end of the table in the chair that he usually sat in was a red haired man dressed in a black vest like piece of clothing. This person had his legs atop of the table, and was reading through some files he had probably found left over on the table. Who the hell did this person think he was? Kaiba stepped forward and slammed his fist into the tabletop, glaring at the red haired figure. The stranger promptly gathered the files he was reading, made sure they were stacked evenly and set them aside.
"Ah, Seto Kaiba. What a pleasure to finally meet you." Spoke the stranger. He placed both elbows onto the table and rested his chin on his hands, a sly smirk forming on his face. "I've gone to great lengths to pull this off."
"What have you done with my brother you bastard?!" shot Kaiba, full of rage.
"My associates have taken him to a special little place. I can part with that information, but there's something's I need done, and you're the only person who can do them." Spoke the stranger, whos eyes were gleaming underneath the light that shined from above.
"What is it that you want with me?" asked Kaiba. He had to choose his words carefully. There was no telling what this person would do if Kaiba got out of line.
"I need you to hold a tournament for the title of "King of Games". I need you to bring Yugi Moto to that tournament." As he spoke the name of Kaiba's rival, Kaiba's eyes narrowed. What was it about Yugi that all these people flock towards him? The Duelist Kingdom Tournament... the Battle City Tournament. And now this? Kaiba was beginning to wonder if all this talk of Yugi being an ancient Pharaoh were true.
"Why do you need to tournament to face Yugi? Aren't you man enough to go face him yourself? Don't drag me and my family into your problems." Spoke Kaiba. His little grudge with Yugi had nothing to do with him and his family, but this person still had his brother. After analyzing the situation for a few minutes, Kaiba had found a way to solve the problem. A grin forming on his face, he pointed towards the stranger who had taken his brother hostage. "Tell you what. I have a business proposal."
"Heh... I'm listening..." answered the stranger, both arms now folded against his chest.
"We'll hold a duel right here, right now. If you win, I'll do as you all that you ask of me. But if I win, you release my brother Mokuba to me. How about it? Will you accept these terms?" asked Kaiba. The stranger arose from the chair, both hands still crossed against him.
"I accept your challenge Kaiba. But I'm afraid I don't have a duel disk on me."
Kaiba opened the brief case he had been carrying, revealing its contents to be two duel disks, a deck already inserted into one of them. Kaiba stared intensely at the duel disk he was now holding in his arms. It had been a while since he last dueled. Hopefully he wasn't rusty. He slid the device onto his arm, and slid the other duel disk across the table towards his opponent.
"Hmm... by the way. I never got your name..." spoke Kaiba, as he switched to duel disk from standby to duel mode, the holo imagers released off to both sides of the table.
"My name is Sol Knight." Spoke Sol.
*Sol?* Kaiba thought as his opponent switched his duel disk into duel mode. *I've never heard of this person before. Who is he really?* thought Kaiba. Tapping a switch underneath the edge of the table, a trap door underneath the table opened up, swallowing the long black table. Moments later, a long piece of steel arose, filling up the missing space in the floor. "Thought we could use some room." Spoke Kaiba.
"DUEL!" spoke the two of them, life points rising to the set amount of 4000.
"I'll make the first move. Draw!" Kaiba pulled his sixth glossy card from the top of his deck, and then slapped it onto the steel plate of the duel disk. "I'll summon Ancient Lamp (900/1400) in defense! I'll cover one card. Turn end!"
"My turn... Draw!" shouted Sol as he drew another card. He added the card he'd just drawn and added it to his hand, then pulled two cards from his hand, sliding one into an empty slot in the side of the duel disk. "Activate the fast magic, Quick Stumble. To activate this card," He slid a card into his discard pile as he spoke" I must discard a card. I can alter the position of one of your monsters. I'll place your Lamp into attack mode. Now, I'll summon Leech Zombie (1000/300)." Slapping its card onto the steel plate, the image of the card appeared before him, a sickly white undead creature emerging from the card. The creature had large, hulking arms, which were wrapped up. "The effect of this creature starts when it attacks a monster. It will drain half of the attack of the opposing monster and add it to its own attack." As he spoke, the Lamp began to lose some of its luster, while the Zombie grew slightly larger.
Ancient Lamp-900=450
Leech Zombie-1000=1450
Kaiba stared in disgust at the growing Zombie. The creature lurched forward and brought both its massive fists down into the lamp, causing it to crack.
Kaiba-3000 Sol-4000
Kaiba held his hand out towards his damaged Lamp. "Activate Ancient Lamp's special effect. When this card is destroyed, I can special summon La Jinn, Genie of the Lamp from my deck!" A small wispy puff of smoke made its way out of the lamp before it shattered, the green genie appearing from out of the smoke. Kaiba pulled the La Jinn card from his deck and slapped it onto the plate. Sol smirked as he watched Kaiba's Genie appear.
"I'll cover one card from my hand. Turn end." Sol slipped another card into the duel disk, then crossed his arms against his chest.
"My turn, draw!" Kaiba pulled off a card and added it to his hand. Now he had the means to bring out one of his best creatures. He reached out for his Genie's card and pulled it from the duel disk, causing the monster to vanish in a wave of blue light. "I'll take my La Jinn as sacrifice to summon..." He pulled a card from his hand and placed it onto the disk. "My Vampire Lord (2000/1500)!" A black coffin emerged from within the card. The coffin burst open, a number of bats escaping from within it. All the bats merged together to form the slick dressed, white haired, fanged Vampire. "Vampire Lord, attack Leech Zombie! Dark Cape!" The Vampire held out his black cape, numerous bats fly out of his cape towards the Zombie.
"Don't be so hasty Kaiba. Reverse card, open!" Sol tapped the appropriate button to activate his covered card, which revealed itself as a trap card. "Drain Shield! Whenever you attack me with a monster, instead of losing life, I'll gain that much." The bats changed their target, now passing through the trap. As the bats passed through the trap, they changed into small orbs of light, which then passed into Sol's body, raising his life points.
Kaiba: 3000 Sol: 6000
"Hmph... it seems what you lack in intelligence you make up for in skill. Turn end..." with that said, Kaiba ended his turn. "Before you make your next move, answer me this. Why do you want to duel Yugi?"
Sol pulled the next card off the top of his deck and added the card to his hand. "Simple. To become the "King of Games". Why else?" spoke Sol, shrugging as he answered. Kaiba's expression grew more serious.
"I think there's more to it than that. If you just wanted to be the "King of Games", you could've just challenged him yourself. What are your intentions?" asked Kaiba in a stern tone of voice. Sol laughed lightly at Kaiba's question.
"You'd never understand... Seto Kaiba." Sol stared intensely towards the ground. If he had stared any harder, he would have burned a hole in the ground. *I want... revenge...*
Duel Five – Enter Mokuba's Kidnapper-Sol
Yugi decided to ignore the two that had attacked him moments ago, keeping his attention to his friend Tea. Knelling at her side, he slipped a hand under her head.
"Tea?! Are you alright?" Yugi asked in a tone hinted with despair. His friends were always getting hurt because of him. Tea, wincing in pain, gave Yugi a look full of concern.
"I-I'm fine... how about you? Are you alright Yugi? Who were those guys?" Tea asked. Both of them adverted their gaze into the darkness. The two of them were long gone now. The Pharaoh rose to his feet, fist clenched tightly. Who really were his attackers? Why did they attack him? Little Yugi decided it was time to speak up.
*Yami, I think we should take Tea home.* spoke Yugi.
*But... our attackers...* as the spirit of the Pharaoh began to protest, his other-self cut in.
*Its getting late. Tea's parents will be worried about her. We can think about this later, ok?* Yugi spoke softly. The Pharaoh nodded in agreement.
*Your right. The best thing would be to take Tea home. We can discuss tonight's events when we get home. I'll stay in control for the walk home. We don't know if they'll try to strike again.* Answered Yami. "Come on Tea... lets get you home." Yami spoke as he helped Tea to her feet. Keeping close to her, the two of them walked down the dimly lit streets.
Elsewhere...
Kaiba let out a sigh as he put his signature on yet another document. Being the president of a powerful company at such a young age was really taking its toll on him. After his Battle City tournament came to an end, Kaiba had buried himself in his work. The last time he played a game of Duel Monsters was against Yugi at the Battle City Finals, and he wasn't happy with the result of the match. He had everything planned out perfectly... how could he lose to Yugi again?! Lost in his rage, he didn't even notice that he had twisted up the document he had just finished signing. Seto leaned back in his chair, staring off into space.
"Yugi..." His name barely escaped his lips. He had promised his brother Mokuba that he'd leave his hatred buried with Alcatraz Tower. He'd have to abandon this harbored rage, for his brother's sake. Yugi is the "King of Games". Not him, Seto Kaiba, president of Kaiba Corporation. Speaking of his brother, Mokuba hadn't come into his office for hours. Where was he? He wanted to call it a night anyway; he had already put in a few extra hours. He picked up his brief case and headed for the door, straightening his purple coat.
As Kaiba made his way around the building, he noticed the lack of people occupying the building. He supposed everyone had left hours ago. He searched room to room to room. Where was his brother? Did he leave early as well? That didn't make sense, since Mokuba always left with him.
"Mokuba?" Kaiba called out, standing in the center of one of the offices. He was beginning to worry now. A few moments after Kaiba had called for his brother, the intercom blared on, an unfamiliar voice coming from it.
*Seto Kaiba... How are you?* spoke the voice from the intercom. Kaiba immediately fixed his gaze upon the intercom, his hand clutching tighter on his brief case.
"Hey, who the hell are you?!" questioned Kaiba, a clenched fist held out towards the intercom. He had a feeling that this person speaking to him wasn't one of his employee's.
*I'll cut too the chase. I know the whereabouts of your younger brother, Mokuba. If you'd like to hear what I have to say, meet me in the office in the back on floor 50. I'll be waiting... Seto Kaiba.*
What the hell was going on here?! Had this person kidnapped his brother? Spinning on his heel, Kaiba headed for the elevator, pulling a keycard from within his coat. This person had better not had hurt his brother, or there would be hell to pay. His brother was the only family he had left, and he loved him dearly. He would give his company to protect him if he had too. Kaiba stepped into the elevator and slid his card through a slot. He slammed his fist into the button labeled "50".
38... 40... 42...
Could the elevator be any slower?! Something could be happening to his brother at this moment. As he continued to ride the elevator, another thought came to mind. If this person didn't work for him, how did he manage to get in the building, access the intercom and kidnap his younger brother? He had a lot of questions, and he wanted answers. A small "bing" sound, and the elevator doors opened. Kaiba stepped off the elevator and stared down the long ominous corridor. The Conference Room on this floor was all the way in the back. He made his way along the corridor and and stepped into the confererence room.
The room was well lit. It was occupied by a long sleek black table, which had a few papers scattered from a previous meeting along its surface. Sitting at the end of the table in the chair that he usually sat in was a red haired man dressed in a black vest like piece of clothing. This person had his legs atop of the table, and was reading through some files he had probably found left over on the table. Who the hell did this person think he was? Kaiba stepped forward and slammed his fist into the tabletop, glaring at the red haired figure. The stranger promptly gathered the files he was reading, made sure they were stacked evenly and set them aside.
"Ah, Seto Kaiba. What a pleasure to finally meet you." Spoke the stranger. He placed both elbows onto the table and rested his chin on his hands, a sly smirk forming on his face. "I've gone to great lengths to pull this off."
"What have you done with my brother you bastard?!" shot Kaiba, full of rage.
"My associates have taken him to a special little place. I can part with that information, but there's something's I need done, and you're the only person who can do them." Spoke the stranger, whos eyes were gleaming underneath the light that shined from above.
"What is it that you want with me?" asked Kaiba. He had to choose his words carefully. There was no telling what this person would do if Kaiba got out of line.
"I need you to hold a tournament for the title of "King of Games". I need you to bring Yugi Moto to that tournament." As he spoke the name of Kaiba's rival, Kaiba's eyes narrowed. What was it about Yugi that all these people flock towards him? The Duelist Kingdom Tournament... the Battle City Tournament. And now this? Kaiba was beginning to wonder if all this talk of Yugi being an ancient Pharaoh were true.
"Why do you need to tournament to face Yugi? Aren't you man enough to go face him yourself? Don't drag me and my family into your problems." Spoke Kaiba. His little grudge with Yugi had nothing to do with him and his family, but this person still had his brother. After analyzing the situation for a few minutes, Kaiba had found a way to solve the problem. A grin forming on his face, he pointed towards the stranger who had taken his brother hostage. "Tell you what. I have a business proposal."
"Heh... I'm listening..." answered the stranger, both arms now folded against his chest.
"We'll hold a duel right here, right now. If you win, I'll do as you all that you ask of me. But if I win, you release my brother Mokuba to me. How about it? Will you accept these terms?" asked Kaiba. The stranger arose from the chair, both hands still crossed against him.
"I accept your challenge Kaiba. But I'm afraid I don't have a duel disk on me."
Kaiba opened the brief case he had been carrying, revealing its contents to be two duel disks, a deck already inserted into one of them. Kaiba stared intensely at the duel disk he was now holding in his arms. It had been a while since he last dueled. Hopefully he wasn't rusty. He slid the device onto his arm, and slid the other duel disk across the table towards his opponent.
"Hmm... by the way. I never got your name..." spoke Kaiba, as he switched to duel disk from standby to duel mode, the holo imagers released off to both sides of the table.
"My name is Sol Knight." Spoke Sol.
*Sol?* Kaiba thought as his opponent switched his duel disk into duel mode. *I've never heard of this person before. Who is he really?* thought Kaiba. Tapping a switch underneath the edge of the table, a trap door underneath the table opened up, swallowing the long black table. Moments later, a long piece of steel arose, filling up the missing space in the floor. "Thought we could use some room." Spoke Kaiba.
"DUEL!" spoke the two of them, life points rising to the set amount of 4000.
"I'll make the first move. Draw!" Kaiba pulled his sixth glossy card from the top of his deck, and then slapped it onto the steel plate of the duel disk. "I'll summon Ancient Lamp (900/1400) in defense! I'll cover one card. Turn end!"
"My turn... Draw!" shouted Sol as he drew another card. He added the card he'd just drawn and added it to his hand, then pulled two cards from his hand, sliding one into an empty slot in the side of the duel disk. "Activate the fast magic, Quick Stumble. To activate this card," He slid a card into his discard pile as he spoke" I must discard a card. I can alter the position of one of your monsters. I'll place your Lamp into attack mode. Now, I'll summon Leech Zombie (1000/300)." Slapping its card onto the steel plate, the image of the card appeared before him, a sickly white undead creature emerging from the card. The creature had large, hulking arms, which were wrapped up. "The effect of this creature starts when it attacks a monster. It will drain half of the attack of the opposing monster and add it to its own attack." As he spoke, the Lamp began to lose some of its luster, while the Zombie grew slightly larger.
Ancient Lamp-900=450
Leech Zombie-1000=1450
Kaiba stared in disgust at the growing Zombie. The creature lurched forward and brought both its massive fists down into the lamp, causing it to crack.
Kaiba-3000 Sol-4000
Kaiba held his hand out towards his damaged Lamp. "Activate Ancient Lamp's special effect. When this card is destroyed, I can special summon La Jinn, Genie of the Lamp from my deck!" A small wispy puff of smoke made its way out of the lamp before it shattered, the green genie appearing from out of the smoke. Kaiba pulled the La Jinn card from his deck and slapped it onto the plate. Sol smirked as he watched Kaiba's Genie appear.
"I'll cover one card from my hand. Turn end." Sol slipped another card into the duel disk, then crossed his arms against his chest.
"My turn, draw!" Kaiba pulled off a card and added it to his hand. Now he had the means to bring out one of his best creatures. He reached out for his Genie's card and pulled it from the duel disk, causing the monster to vanish in a wave of blue light. "I'll take my La Jinn as sacrifice to summon..." He pulled a card from his hand and placed it onto the disk. "My Vampire Lord (2000/1500)!" A black coffin emerged from within the card. The coffin burst open, a number of bats escaping from within it. All the bats merged together to form the slick dressed, white haired, fanged Vampire. "Vampire Lord, attack Leech Zombie! Dark Cape!" The Vampire held out his black cape, numerous bats fly out of his cape towards the Zombie.
"Don't be so hasty Kaiba. Reverse card, open!" Sol tapped the appropriate button to activate his covered card, which revealed itself as a trap card. "Drain Shield! Whenever you attack me with a monster, instead of losing life, I'll gain that much." The bats changed their target, now passing through the trap. As the bats passed through the trap, they changed into small orbs of light, which then passed into Sol's body, raising his life points.
Kaiba: 3000 Sol: 6000
"Hmph... it seems what you lack in intelligence you make up for in skill. Turn end..." with that said, Kaiba ended his turn. "Before you make your next move, answer me this. Why do you want to duel Yugi?"
Sol pulled the next card off the top of his deck and added the card to his hand. "Simple. To become the "King of Games". Why else?" spoke Sol, shrugging as he answered. Kaiba's expression grew more serious.
"I think there's more to it than that. If you just wanted to be the "King of Games", you could've just challenged him yourself. What are your intentions?" asked Kaiba in a stern tone of voice. Sol laughed lightly at Kaiba's question.
"You'd never understand... Seto Kaiba." Sol stared intensely towards the ground. If he had stared any harder, he would have burned a hole in the ground. *I want... revenge...*