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Chapter 3: Battle of the Blue-Eyes

Come on, Kaiba, Yuuhi urged Kaiba to make the move he wanted. Kaiba was still congratulating himself on catching Yuuhi with his Virus combo. He stopped his grand-standing long enough to draw his card.

"Activate Trap Card!" Yuuhi called, as he pressed the button on his Duel Disk that flipped one of his face-down cards. The card displayed a picture of an old wizard, with his hand extended outwards, magical symbols were displayed in the background. "This card is Force!"

"What does that do?" Kaiba growled.

"I'm glad you asked. This card basically does what it's name implies. It forces the activation of the card you just drew. If it is a Trap card, it will not activate because it wasn't reversed for a full turn, if it's a magic card, play it now, if it's a monster, summon it in defence mode, unless it's level is too high, if that is the case, discard it to the grave. Then you end your turn." Yuuhi explained.

Kaiba glanced at his card. Then set it on the duel disk in defence mode. "I summon my Dragon Dwelling in the Cave (1300/2000) in defence mode." Kaiba said in anger.

Yuuhi drew his card with a smirk. "I summon Medium of the Spirits (1300/1200) in defence mode. I also set one card face-down." As Yuuhi finished playing his cards, they appeared on the field. One more face-down card appeared beside Yuuhi's remaining card and then a woman wearing a red-robe carrying a necklace of blue beads appeared. She held the beads before her like a shield as she crouched low to the ground.

Kaiba drew his card, and burst into a laugh. "The card I have just drawn will seal this match for me, are you prepared, Mutou?!" Kaiba laughed again as he set his new card on his Duel Disk and activated it. "The Magic Card, Cost Down! This all-powerful Magic card lowers the level of all monsters in my hand by two! Meaning higher level monsters need only one sacrifice! Now, I offer my Dragon Dwelling in the Cave to summon my ultimate monster: Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500)!" The four-legged dragon that was on the field was engulfed in a bright, white light, and in where it once stood, a new, more powerful dragon was appearing. Spreading it's bat-like wings wide, and an ear-splitting roar, the Silver dragon burst onto the field.

"I was waiting for that, Kaiba! For the mere cost of 1000 Life Points, my Medium of the Spirit can activate one of your Magic cards from the cemetery, and I choose your Shrink card!" On the Life Point display on the Duel Disk, Yuuhi's Life Points dropped to 3000. "Now that your Dragon's attack is below 2000, I can activate my Trap Card, Chain Destruction! This card will now destroy every copy of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in your hand, and deck!" From the now face-up Trap, a spiked chain erupted and lanced through a card in Kaiba's hand, and then swerved and entered his deck.

Kaiba swallowed a lump in his throat as he watched the smoke billowing from his deck. He sent both of his Dragon's to the grave. "I can still destroy your girlfriend there." Kaiba pointed towards the red-robed beauty. "Go, my Dragon! Burst Stream Attack!" The dragon's jaw opened wide, and a stream of pure white energy burst from it's mouth like a cannon.

"I was waiting for that, too!" Yuuhi pressed another button on his Duel Disk and Yuuhi's second face-down card came up. "Raise Dead! I can revive any monster I want, and I choose one of the Blue-Eyes White Dragons I made you send to the cemetery!"

The golden ankh of the Magic card appeared on the field in front of the bead-wielding spiritualist, and from the Ankh, burst one of Kaiba's great Dragons. With a mighty roar, it engulfed the Burst Stream from the weaker Dragon, and sent it's own rocketing towards it's attacker. The weaker dragon exploded in a blinding flash of light. As a result, Kaiba lost 1500 Life Points.

Y: 3000, K: 2500.

As the smoke was clearing, Yuuhi heard nothing but Kaiba chuckling. He looked up with a look of intense hate in his eyes.

"You made a mistake by summoning one of my Dragon's, Mutou. Mark my words, you won't have it much longer!" Kaiba ended his threat by placing his last two cards face-down. "Attack if you think you have the courage!"

"He's taking this really seriously…" Yuuhi muttered to himself as he drew his card.

****

Yuugi gave a hearty knock on Ryou's door. He wasn't sure if Ryou was awake, and it would have to be Ryou to answer the door anyway. He lived on his own. Honda, Jounouchi and Otogi were standing behind Yuugi as they waited for the answer from the door. Otogi had caught up with Yuugi and company on the way. Yuugi gave another knock. They heard the lock click, and the door open, as a sleepy Ryou stood in the frame, wearing nothing but a pair of pyjama pants and rubbing his eyes.

"What's up?" Ryou said groggily.

"You feeling all right?" Yuugi asked his fair-haired friends.

"I feel fine, I just didn't get a lot of sleep tonight." He commented, running a hand through his hair, attempting to get it out of his eyes and face.

The four seemed to accept his excuse.

//Yuugi, does something seem odd to you?// Yami asked the smaller boy.

//How do you mean?// Yuugi asked the spirit.

//Ryou is normally a model student, and never skips. Even if he was tired, he still would have gone to school. Something more is going on here.//

//You're probably right, you think it has something to do with the spirit of the Ring?//

//If I had any money, I'd wager it all on that.//

"Ryou, can I talk to you for a moment?" Yuugi asked.

"Sure." Ryou said bewilderedly.

Ryou stood away from the frame and motioned for Yuugi to enter. Jounouchi, Honda and Otogi waited on the balcony-like hallway as the door closed behind the other two.

"Enough." Yami said, after he finished taking control of Yuugi's body. "Show yourself, spirit."

Ryou's eyes underwent a color-change as they went from hazel, to crimson. "Pharaoh. You have a lot of guts coming inside here by yourself." Bakura said threateningly.

"I've come to extend a warning. Leave my friend alone." Yami said, his eyes meeting Bakura's.

"Which one?" Bakura asked questioningly.

"All of them. If I find that any harm has come to them, I'll know to come and look for you." Yami said.

"An empty threat, Pharaoh. I do not fear you." Bakura said, as he crossed his arms across his bare chest.

"Regardless. You'll learn to if anything happens to them."

"I doubt that. Now get out, Ryou needs his sleep. We were out late last night." Bakura opened the door for Yami, and as soon as Yami had left, slammed the door behind him. He glanced down at his ring, one of the dangling pieces was pointing in the direction of the Puzzle as it slowly left the area. "I should have taken it." Bakura said regretfully.

****

Yuuhi glanced down at the card in his hand. He reversed a monster on the field and shifted his Medium of the Spirit to attack mode. "Now, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and Medium of the Spirit, attack Kaiba directly!" Both of the monsters rose and attacked Kaiba. The robed woman attacked first, uttering a slight incantation, and a barrage of white plasma shot at Kaiba, the Blue-Eyes roared and sent it's Burst Stream at the seemingly-defenceless man before them.

"Activate Trap Card! Negate Attack! This card blocks your attacks, and ends your battle phase!"

The attacks from Yuuhi's two monsters collided harmlessly with the black, swirling vortex of energy that had sprung out from Kaiba's trap.

Yuuhi set one card and ended his turn. Kaiba drew his card for the turn. "I summon Blood Vors (1900/1000 ?) in attack mode, and now I activate my face-down card, Raise Dead! Using this, I target my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" With the same appearance it made last time, the Blue-Eyes returned to the field in it's draconic glory. "Now, Blue-Eyes, attack the other Blue-Eyes now! Burst Stream Attack!" The two dragons' attacks struggled and pushed against each other, neither giving any leeway. Until the blast could take no more pressure, and exploded, destroying both Dragons. "I told you Mutou, I told you. You were told that your control of my Dragon would not last much longer!"

"At least you're a man of your word, Kaiba." Yuuhi said icily.

"I always have been. My turn is not yet over though. Blood Vors! Attack Yuuhi's Medium of the Spirit!" Kaiba shook his index finger mockingly.

The heavily-muscled warrior on Kaiba's field wielding a weapon that looked like something right out of Star Trek, leapt at Yuuhi's red-robed Medium.

"Have you forgotten her effect so quickly, Kaiba?" Yuuhi asked.

"Not again!" Kaiba snapped incredulously.

"Yes, again! I pay 1000 Life Points to activate your Shrink Magic card, again!" Yuuhi's Life Point read-out displayed another loss of 1000 Life Points and Kaiba's Blood Vors shrunk, weakening it to a mere 850 attack points. Kaiba's attack ricocheted harmlessly off of the woman, and she retorted with an attack of her own. Giving a good, solid slap from her beads, Blood Vors burst into nothing. Kaiba lost 450 Life Points.

Y: 2000, K: 2050

Kaiba gritted his teeth as he could see what was coming next. On Yuuhi's turn, he could pay another 1000 Life Points to use Raise Dead from Kaiba's cemetery and resurrect a Blue-Eyes White Dragon again. Kaiba would lose on the next turn, with no cards in his hand, and no cards on the field to defend him. It all came down to whether or not Yuuhi was smart enough to figure out the winning move.

Yuuhi drew his card. "This is it, Kaiba. I've won this duel. I can attack you for so much damage… You put up a good fight though."

"Quit sugar-coating it and make your move." Kaiba spat through gritted teeth.

Yuuhi nodded, his hair spilling over his face. "I pay 1000 Life Points to activate your Raise Dead, bringing back your Blue-Eyes White Dragon." Yuuhi closed his eyes. "Blue-Eyes! Attack Kaiba directly with your Burst Stream!"

Y:1000, K:2050.

The dragon's mouth opened, and with a massive roar, fired the blast to end all blasts. Kaiba was hit directly in the chest, and he dropped to a knee, clutching at the point of impact. His breathing was ragged, and heavy. His Life Points were gone.

The holograms disappeared from the field, and Yuuhi removed the wristlet. With a pained, resigned sigh, Kaiba stood as well.

"How was the test?" Kaiba asked aloud.

"Test passed, Sir." A technician from the back said.

Yuuhi handed the Duel Disk to Kaiba. "Keep it." Kaiba said acidly. He stood, and turning on his heel, walked away.

Yuuhi looked over at Anzu, who was standing there, hardly believing the duel had gone the way it had. As far as she'd seen, only two people had ever beaten Kaiba: Pegasus J. Crawford, and Yuugi. Now, there was a third person on the list.

"That was amazing, Yuuhi." Anzu said, almost in awe.

"You think? I thought I was going to be completely overcome, the way he talked, and with his reputation and all." Yuuhi asked in shock.

"You're much better then you've given yourself credit for. Wait until I tell Yuugi about this, he'll be pretty impressed, I think." Anzu said excitedly.

"…Can we keep this between us, Anzu?" Yuuhi asked, using her name for the first time. Her cheeks flushed slightly. "As far as I'm concerned Kaiba can tell everybody he won this match. It doesn't matter to me really."

"A secret then?" Anzu asked, confused.

"Yeah. A secret. Can you keep it?" Yuuhi asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"I guess, though I don't see why…" Anzu said quietly

"You know me, do you think I want all the publicity that Yuugi got for beating him? No thanks." Yuuhi laughed. "I'm not really a big fan of being in the public eye."

Anzu nodded. "Take me home, Yuuhi."

He nodded. The two left Kaiba's mansion, and set off for home.

****

Kaiba sat in his office, busily typing away at some documents, when a shorter boy with long dark hair, and wide, blue eyes walked in. He was dressed in a white and yellow striped sweater, with a pair of blue jeans and white socks, and a simple blue bandana around his neck.

"Hi, Seto." the boy said with a smile.

"Not now, Mokuba." Seto snapped, not looking up from his typing.

"I take it the duel didn't go well." Mokuba said, sympathetically.

Kaiba stopped his typing, after a moment's pause, he continued typing away. Mokuba sighed and trotted over behind the desk, he glanced at what Kaiba was typing. Magic and Wizards strategy. The duel didn't go well. That was Mokuba's impression anyway. He looked away, and with a regretful sigh, left his brothers office and made his way to the kitchen.

"Damn. I wish I'd seen more of his deck." Kaiba growled as he slammed his fist on the polished surface of his desk. "I'll need to observe more before I can come up with a strategy for defeating him." Kaiba intertwined his fingers on his left hand with his fingers from the right. Leaning forward, he looked at the percentage his computer gave, the percentage that would determine his decks fighting power against Yuuhi's, and it also gave a deduction of his decks theme. 43% chance of defeating Yuuhi, and what the computer thought was a deck destruction/manipulation theme.

Mark my words, Yuuhi: I will defeat you, Kaiba thought with unwavering resolve.

With that, Kaiba was once again swallowed by the demon of revenge…

End of Chapter 3

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