From Darkness To Light: Secrets Revealed Part 4: Raven Unmasked
By Asher Tye
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, I wish I did 'cause then I'd be rich. Since I'm not, suing me would be pointless. Thanks bunches for all the reviews. I can't wait to see the reviews for this chapter.
Summary: With the Tyrant Dragon rampaging across the board, Yugi and Yami are hard pressed to find a way to counter Mokuba's ultimate monster. But the real question is will Yugi be able to defeat the pint-sized chessmaster before Tea's song runs out.
Author's Note: Before anyone goes on about me not using the right version of Capumon Chess, I couldn't find anything on it (Thanks anyway Mystical Sand). So, I've come up with a version of my own. Hope you like it.
To Cara: As far as I know, Mokuba and Yami have played Capumon Chess twice in the past, before the whole Duelist Kingdom fiasco. The circumstances of the first time weren't really clear to me, but I think it had something to do with an arcade. The second time, Mokuba was the obstacle Yami had to beat before he dueled Kaiba to save his grandfather. Both times Mokuba lost because he played arrogantly and underestimated Yami.
To everyone: Sorry this is late, my computer was stolen and it took forever to get it back. Anyway, enjoy.
*_* - Personal Thoughts
/_/ - Yugi to Yami
\_\ - Yami to Yugi
(_) - Raven to Mokuba
[_] - Mokuba to Raven
_ Telepathic communication
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Yugi could not believe it as he stared at the monster that had materialized over the square directly in front of Mokuba and Raven's king piece. The hard beating of the bronze colored dragon's wings was deafening to the young duelist's ears, while smoke emanated from the Tyrant Dragon's nostrils. Silver hairs flowed on the currents of air giving the large monster an even more menacing look, but it was it's eyes that were the most frightening aspect of the creature. In their time as duelists, both Yugi and Yami had come across all manner of dragons, big and small, weak and powerful, young and old, all possessing eyes that spoke only of brute force. But the eyes of the Tyrant Dragon glowed with an intelligence and cunning all it's own.
"Wow that's a strong monster," Yugi finally said as he read the power of the Tyrant Dragon.
"At twenty-nine hundred, only my brother's Blue-Eyes White Dragon has more raw power," Mokuba said, smiling a sly smile as he looked at his dragon. "But don't let his lack of raw power deceive you, I guarantee his special skills more than make him a match for anything else."
"That may be, but you've still made a grave mistake," Yami said. "As Joey said your tyrannical lizard is of the fire attribute. Thanks to that Umi card you played to take my Summoned Skull out of play, the field is covered in water. Your dragon automatically looses three hundred attack points."
"Really, I don't see any water near Tyrant Dragon. But then, it's not raining so how could there be. Tyrant Dragon.. move like a bishop and destroy the Summoned Skull on the right." With a harsh roar, the bronze dragon flew straight for the still normal Summoned Skull. Tyrant Dragon drew in a deep breath and a stream of blue fire issued forth reducing the Summoned Skull to black ash.
*Blast, as long as he's flying, the water can't affect his attack power. And my Summoned Skulls can't fight back or it will vaporize everything else on the field,* Yugi thought to himself. *I'll just have to hope my trap will work the next time he attacks me.*
"Well, since it's my turn I'll..."
"Not so fast Yugi. Did you forget that my Tyrant Dragon has special powers? Meet the first... The power to attack twice in one turn! Tyrant Dragon, move like a knight and take out the second Summoned Skull!" Swiftly Tyrant Dragon flew up three spaces and two to the right.
"Not this time," Yami said. "I activate my trap card Mirror Force."
"Think again, meet the second power of my bronze destroyer, total trap immunity." So saying, Tyrant Dragon slammed through the transparent wall that sprung up before it. Once more bright blue flames erupted from the dragon's, and again the Summoned Skull was reduced to nothingness. "Now you may have your turn. But I should warn you, on my next turn, your Dark Magician is mine." Yugi looked over the board, a very worried expression on his face as he saw his predicament. With the ability to move twice in one turn, it didn't matter where he moved his king, Mokuba's Tyrant Dragon would still be able to grab it. He needed to find a way to actively protect his king, or there would be no way to save himself from defeat.
"Very well," Yami said, gently moving his partner to the side, taking the reigns of their side of the board. The ancient Pharaoh drew a new magic card, looking at it carefully. \Yugi, I'll take over stalling him. I need you to figure out a way past his defenses to capture his king.\
/But it'll be you verses two opponents at once./
\Take a closer look. Ever since we defeated the Cosmo Queen, Mokuba's been the only one to make any moves. Raven's preoccupied using the Millennium Eye to keep watch for the three Egyptian God Monsters. Now keep watch and look for anyway to end this quickly, because that music box they transformed Tea into is slowing down.\
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Seto watched from the shadows, still not quite sure of what he was seeing. On one side of a dueling arena, Seto Kaiba could see what looked like two Yugis, while on the other side were two Mokubas. There were even two Ryou Bakuras in the room.
*What is this, some sort of missing twin convention?* Seto thought as he looked towards arena. He gasped as he saw the Tyrant Dragon flying over the board. *They're playing Capsule Monster Chess? What is going on here?* The elder Kaiba attempted to enter the room, only to find his passage blocked as a wall of glass rose from the ground, sealing the door.
Please leave. A voice gently said. The problem was, no one had spoken that particular command out loud, it had come directly from within Seto Kaiba's mind. But this was not what disturbed the young CEO the most, what did was the fact that the voice was Mokuba's, though it was a bit grainier.
*Mokuba?*
Not quite, but close enough. Now please leave, you may be in danger.
*I'm not leaving without Mokuba, and about fifty pages worth of answers.* The moment Seto finished his sentence, he heard the sound of sifting dirt behind him. The brown haired teen turned in time to see two skeletal forms rising from the ground.
"Skull Servants?"
They have been instructed to use minimal force to escort you out of this building and to safety. Please don't try to fight them. I realize that in human circles you are quite tough, but against monsters from the Shadow Realm... Upon hearing those words, Seto's eyes closed as his shoulders slumped.
"I understand. I wouldn't stand a chance," Seto said. "Very well, I won't fight you." Seto began to walk down the hall as the Skull Servants walked by his side, their dead eyes looking forward as they began to lead the elder Kaiba away. Suddenly, Kaiba's hands moved like lightning as he struck one of the zombies in the neck, severing his head from his shoulders. A swift kick broke through the back of the second zombie, sending both tumbling to the ground in a heap of bones. It wasn't long, however, before the bones began reforming, coming together again as they regenerated. Seto took off down the hallway, hoping it would take the two skeletons too long to pull themselves together to catch up to him.
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"Blast," Raven said to himself.
"What's wrong, we're winning?" Mokuba whispered to his partner.
"That's not what I'm talking about."
"Are you sensing the terrible trio coming?"
"No, something else. I need to leave for a few minutes, think you can hold them off by yourself for a while?"
"What do you think I've been doing?" Mokuba smirked back at the red-eyed boy.
"Point taken. I'll be right back," Raven then turned his attention towards his opponents. "I have to leave for a minute, but it appears I'll be leaving you in very good hands."
"Hey, ya can't just leave in da middle of a match!"
"Watch me," Raven said as he drew pulled a card from his pocket. "Dimensionhole!" With that word, Raven disappeared into a hole that opened, leaving Mokuba to deal with their opponents. Bakura watched Raven go, his eyes widening slightly, betraying how impressed he was with the doppleganger's power.
"It would seem your partner has abandoned you Mokuba," Yami said. "If you wish to surrender, perhaps we can find a way to escape this place and free you from the Millennium Eye."
"Are you gonna use your turn, or can I make my final move?"
"Very well. I sacrifice two more magic cards to place Kuriboh on the field between my Dark Magician and your Tyrant Dragon."
"Hmph. One of the most powerful creatures in the game is coming after your King and all you can summon is a fuzzy snake. My dragon will make mincemeat out of him."
"Funny, that's what your brother thought back at Duelist Kingdom."
"Don't mistake the Tyrant Dragon for the Blue-Eyes White Dragon... Tyrant Dragon, move like a knight and take that fuzzball off the field!"
"Now it doesn't matter how many times your dragon can move, everywhere you go you're going to have to deal with a new Kuriboh, now that I use my multiply card."
"Not so fast," Mokuba said as he placed a trap down on board, getting ready to spring it. "Tyrant Dragon has a natural immunity to traps, but as you know there are dozens of magic cards able to destroy monsters in one turn. I may have had to sacrifice some of my deck to take in those fake Exodia cards Raven wanted me to use, but I kept all the support cards for the big TD. So, without further ado, I activate the trap... Imperial Order!" At Mokuba's command, a stone fortress rose around the multiply card, blocking it from going to Kuriboh. Simultaneously another fortress rose around the Mokuba's own Umi card, and rapidly the water drained away from the field. "Now, as I said... Tyrant Dragon SQUASH that hairball." With a grand roar Tyrant Dragon came in for a landing, his massive foot landing right on Kuriboh, muffling the explosion of the creature as it was destroyed.
"KURIBOH!"
"And now for your King Dark Magician. Tyrant Dragon, attack Dark Magician now." Tyrant Dragon rose again, breathing in as it prepared to destroy the Dark Magician.
"Still one trick left, Mokuba. And this one is a trap, which means your Imperial Order can't stop it."
"Idiot, did you forget my dragon is immune to traps."
"Yes, traps that are directed at it. But what about traps that protect it's victims?"
"Huh?" Before Mokuba could react, a black silk top-hat appeared over the Dark Magician before splitting into four separate hats that sped off to the four corners of the board.
"Now your task is to find under which hat my Dark Magician is. And while you're busy doing that, your king will be unprotected. Your Imperial Order may keep me from playing such cards as the Swords of Revealing Light, but I wager this combination will give my partner plenty of time to come up with a way to topple your dragon."
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Seto Kaiba ran through the halls, the rattling sound of running bones close behind him as the Skull Servants gave chase. The elder Kaiba then began to hear a second noise, a scratching sound that seemed to becoming from the walls themselves. It was such an annoying sound that Seto soon found himself paying more attention to the noise than to where he was running, a fact which led to the young CEO into a dead end. As he looked at the solid wall ahead of him, Seto was quite surprised to see a long bump in the wall, one that was moving right towards him. Suddenly, from out of the wall's reality itself, a Kisetai appeared, it's single eye targeting Seto as it's long pinkish body jumped at him.
Before the monster could hit, Kaiba felt a hard, boney hand knock him to the floor as one of the two Skull Servants took it's place. Kisetai successfully infected the zombie monster, the look in it's eye one of extreme annoyance that it had missed it's target. Before the fiend could gain control of the Skull Servant, the second attacked, it's boney arm coming down as the first's arm lifted in a reactionary defense. All three monsters were destroyed at the same time, disappearing in a flash of light.
With his pursuers now gone, as well as his long attacker, Seto Kaiba turned, ready to resume his search for a way into the first room. That was when he noticed that where once there had been an open passage, now a brick wall had appeared. Seto jumped back as a putrid green monster with huge claws came out, taking a swipe at where the brown haired boy had been. Like lightning the Wall Shadow monster moved through the other walls, appearing behind Seto before leaping out at him. Once more Seto jumped back, his arm moving to defend himself as a dimension hole opened up between the two and Raven rose from the ground.
The Wall Shadow stopped in mid-strike, turning from Kaiba to Mokuba's look-a-like with a roar. Raising his hand, Raven caught the offending monster's head, a look of disdain on his face. In response, the Wall Shadow raised one of it's massive, preparing to rend the raven-haired boy in two.
"Mokuba look out!" Seto yelled, moving to defend the creature he believed to be his brother.
"Be gone," Raven said in a hushed voice, just loud enough for the three occupants of the room to hear. The words stopped Wall Shadow before it could strike as cracks of light appeared in monsters body. With the sound of shattering glass, the Wall Shadow was destroyed in a hail of light, leaving behind only Raven.
"Mokuba?"
"Not quite... but close enough," Raven said, turning to face Seto, his eyes glowing harder.
"It's... it's you," Seto said, vividly recalling his dream of only a few days ago. "What have you done to my brother!?"
"Geez, I save your life and you still yell at me... What does it take to get it through to you that I'm no danger to you."
"Don't think saving me will keep you safe from being strangled if you don't bring Mokuba back from where ever you've taken him!"
"Mokuba is currently busy and your presence here does nothing but jeopardize all of us. That is why I asked you to leave earlier."
"And you saw how that worked out," Seto said, crossing his arms, unwilling to move. Raven considered his options carefully.
*Seto's still as stubborn as he was in the old days. If he's not more careful that's going to get him killed... again. Still, I can't really fault his reasons.*
"Very well, I'll take you to Mokuba. But if you distract him or me, you'll be very sorry." So saying, Raven grabbed Seto's hand as a new dimension hole appeared beneath the two.
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Meanwhile, back at the chess game, the board changed as Tyrant Dragon destroyed the second of the black magical hats, leaving only two left for the Dark Magician to hide in. Before Yami could take advantage of his turn, Raven returned through his dimension hole. What really surprised the assembled group was the one Raven was traveling with.
"Big brother!" Mokuba happily yelled as he saw the brown haired appear. Seto was unable to answer as he began panting.
"That was... beyond anything I've ever experienced."
"Shadow Realm Railways... When you absolutely have to get there in the next second," Rave said.
"What are you doing here Kaiba?" Yugi asked.
"I don't think I'll dignify that with an answer," Seto said. That was when he noticed that Raven was no longer standing next to him, but floating up to the pedestal with Mokuba.
"I see we're only a few turns away from winning those cards Mokuba," Raven said.
"He didn't stand a chance against the Tyrant Dragon's power."
*Mokuba's using his Tyrant Dragon?* Seto thought to himself. *No wonder he's winning, Tyrant Dragon is almost unbeatable in the context of a Capumon Chess game.*
"Don't get two cocky ya freaky-eyed loon," Joey said. "Da squirt's never beaten Yugi or Yami yet and it ain't about ta..."
"Trap hole," Raven whispered as a section of the floor disappeared from beneath Joey's feet, dropping the blonde teen into a shallow pit. "That's for calling me 'freaky-eyed.'" From his perspective, Seto couldn't help but chuckle.
"Yugi," Mokuba said. "I know your Dark Magician is very special to you, and I know you don't like seeing it get destroyed. If you want you can surrender now and just give me your remaining Exodia cards."
"If I were you I'd accept Mokuba's generous offer," Raven said. At their words, Yugi simply closed his eyes as if thinking their proposal over.
"Why would I surrender when I've just come up with a way to topple your dragon and claim victory?" So saying Yugi placed a card on the pedestal, readying his plan.
"I've laid a trap card under the empty magical hat. Now it won't be so easy for you to attack my hats so recklessly."
"Have you forgotten my dragon is immune to trap cards," Mokuba said. "If so, allow me to refresh your MEMORY!!" As Mokuba yelled Tyrant Dragon took to the air flying with all it's might towards one of the hats, flame spewing from it's mouth and nostrils.
"You choose wrong!"
"Don't you get it, it doesn't matter what trap you've set it CAN'T hurt my dragon."
"Every card matters, Mokuba, I had hoped you'd learned that by now," Yugi said. "This move was inspired when I saw the Magical Hats activate. Your Tyrant Dragon only stops traps that affect it. If the trap targets something else, your dragon can't stop it, and that's exactly what Gust Storm is gonna do!" With a deafening roar a tornado appeared where the top hat had been and began to swiftly move across the board to it's target, the fortress erected by the Imperial Order card. With a deafening roar, the raging ocean of the Umi card was re-released onto the field. The waves raged back towards Tyrant Dragon, generating huge amounts of steam as the two touched.
"NO!"
"Now for the second part of my plan. I sacrifice my remaining Gaia the Fierce Knight and one of my Giant Soldiers of Stone to place Buster Blader on the field." Once more a stream of light appeared that resolved into the sword-wielding dragon hunter. "Now, Buster Blader, destroy Tyrant Dragon!" Buster Blader surged forward across the board, his giant sword coming down in a deadly arc on the now drenched Tyrant Dragon's neck and with the sound of shattering glass, the dragon was gone.
"Finally they've gotten rid of that overgrown salamander," Bakura said. That was when the ancient tomb robber heard the sound of chuckling and looked over to see it was coming from Seto Kaiba. "What do you find so funny mortal, your bratty brother is about to lose to Yugi and Yami?"
"Clearly Mokuba has neglected to mention the final power of his Tyrant Dragon," Seto retorted. "Unlike other monsters who require special cards to be taken out of the graveyard, Tyrant Dragon requires only the sacrifice of another dragon to return it to life."
"Dat's unfair!"
"Why do you think he's called the King of Dragons?" Mokuba said. "Now you only have until I draw one of my low level dragon cards. The moment it comes onto the field, I'll sacrifice it to bring back my Tyrant. And since you were so kind to get rid of my Imperial Order trap card, I'll have a power up magic card ready to boost his attack higher than Buster Blader's."
"Don't you wanna know why I bothered to destroy Imperial Order Mokuba?" Yugi asked, a smile on his face that his plan was working. "I haven't used any magic cards, so if why bother to get rid of it if Buster Blader could take out your dragon? It was so I could lay some magic cards of my own." So saying Yugi collected two cards from his hand.
"You're bluffing," Raven said. "We've seen your deck in battle dozens of times Pharoah-boy, you don't have any monster removal cards besides Mirror Force and..." As a thought entered his mind, Raven's eyes widened. "... the Dark Hole."
"Bu... But that would wipe out all the monsters on the field, including your King and Queen. The match would be a stalemate and you'd never get Tea back from the graveyard," Mokuba said.
"I hate ta say it but the squirt is right, Yug."
"Normally he would be, but his partner's reckless use of his own skill reminded me of a card that can give protect both Tea and the Dark Magician, Dimensionhole. Queen, move to meet the King." With a burst of speed the normally immobile Tea floated over onto the square next to the Dark Magician, who gave an understanding nod towards Yugi as he grabbed the girl in his arms. "Now I'll play Dimensionhole to send both Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl to another dimension for one turn, protecting them from what you're about to feel." As the card was laid down, a swirling vortex appeared beneath the Dark Magician's feet, who promptly sank into the interdimensional gateway. "And finally... DARK HOLE!" Once more a swirling vortex opened, this time encompassing the entire field as it drew in all the monsters, wiping the board completely clean before dissipating. With a magical hum, the first vortex opened again and from it rose both a smiling Dark Magician and a still frozen Dark Magician Girl as the system switched off.
"NO!" came a double cry from both Raven and Mokuba.
"Yes it would appear we've won your twisted little game. Now live up to your end of the bargain and..." Yami was interrupted as his smaller partner jumped down to the board.
"TEA!!" came a cry of anguish from the boy. The others looked in the boy's hands to see that the music box had completely stopped.
"Oh man... they were too late!" Joey said, running over to his friend along with Ryou. Then the blonde looked up at Mokuba and Raven, neither of whom looked particularly happy with the results of the match. "Are ya happy now ya little creep? I oughta knock you into the wall along with your freaky partner!"
"You'll have to come through me first, Wheeler," Seto coldly said standing between Joey and his little brother.
"Ya gotta be kiddin' me. That brat just killed someone, Kaiba! Can't you see that?!" Seto's face didn't show the slightest sign caring about what the tall blonde was saying. Yugi looked up as Raven retreated into Mokuba, a look of anger on his face over the fate of his friend.
"Why?" he asked in an almost whisper. "Was this worth it? Was it worth killing my friend for this?" Yugi ran toward Mokuba, anger in his eyes as his fists balled up. Before he could reach his target, however, black chains erupted from the walls, wrapping themselves around Yugi's small frame trapping him in place as Mokuba's remaining free eye switched from purple to black and red.
"Will you stop whining about nothing at all!" Raven said, walking over to a particularly large stuffed teddy bear that was sitting against a wall.
"Nothing? NOTHING?! You killed her! She never did anything to you and you just killed her!" Yugi cried. From his perch Yami watched Raven carefully, as if he expected some trick to get the remaining two cards.
"All right move it..." Raven said to the giant bear. With a groan, the bear's head fell to the side as a giant slobbering mouth appeared from the bear's zipper. The Stuffed Animal monster shimmered with light as it suddenly shrunk into a card, revealing a door behind it. Quietly, Raven opened the door to reveal none other than Tea, still in her swimsuit from PE and tied to a chair.
"TEA!" Yugi yelled, greatly relieved to see his friend alive and well as he ran over.
"Yugi, what's going on? One moment I in PE and the next I'm here."
"That crummy spirit kidnapped you so he could force us into..."
"Yami look out!" Joey called. The King of Games looked to see Mokuba/Raven racing towards him, an arm outstretched. It took less than a second for Yami to realize just what the duo was after and he moved to grab the remaining pieces of Exodia. The Pharoah proved unable to prevent the boy from grasping the remaining leg card. With a smile Rave ripped the card in half. The moment the card was gone, Mokuba's hair flew into the air as the Millennium Eye in his socket glowed a brilliant gold. Once more dark energy began to swirl around the boy as his body began to be covered in bronze gold armor, save for his right arm.
"That trick wasn't really worthy of you Raven, or Mokuba for that matter."
"Seems like theft would be right up this little creep's alley, specially considering what he did ta Tea," Joey said.
"I take offense over the idea that theft is something low-class and ugly," Bakura said.
"It doesn't really matter to me," Raven said. "All that matters is that I get the final card."
"I would have thought the great Exodia would hold himself to a higher standard than a common pickpocket," Yami said. The ancient Pharaoh's words drew everyone's attention.
"Exodia? What are you talking about you old fool?" Bakura said.
"So you know," Raven said in a voice that held traces of both Mokuba's and a new deeper voice. "I didn't think you'd pick up on it so quickly."
"You gave the answer away yourself. During our first duel you pulled out Krokodilus who's attack power promptly tripled. You said it was because he was near his master, and I knew you meant yourself. But during the chess match, the Krokodilus pieces once more got tripled their attack just by being near the pieces of Exodia. This leads me to believe you're one and the same."
"You're close, but it remains to be seen if you'll put all the pieces together any time soon."
"Uh, guys."
"What?" Yami and Raven called down to Yugi.
"We have company!" Raven and Yami looked to where the boy was pointing to see a dark vortex open up in the room. From the swirling portal three figures stepped out, Sanga of the Thunder, Kazejin of Wind, and Suijin of Water. Immediately all the exits in the room were blocked by walls of water.
"We have come for the brothers Kaiba," the three elementals said, trading off between words. "The rest of you will be destroyed. Surrender quietly and we promise your deaths will be as painless as possible..."
"I don't believe it. Ain't that the three beast them loony brothers used on us back at Duelist Kingdom."
"Yes," Yami said. "But how they have escaped the confines of the Shadow Realm without being summoned from their cards is beyond me."
"We demand your answer. Will you accept your deaths willingly or must we be forced to use our powers to obtain our quarry."
"You can't possibly think I'd allow you to take myself, or Mokuba for that matter, without a fight!" Seto yelled, moving his younger brother's body behind him.
"Your cooperation is not really necessary, Kazejin's Vortex Tornado will separate the worthless from the prizes."
"Not while I can still summon something to defeat him," Yami said as he pulled his Dark Magician card from his deck. The card magically came to life as the tall purple clad elven sorcerer rose from it. "Dark Magician, use Dark Magic to destroy Kazejin."
"Tidal Barrier," Suijin said as a wall of electricity rose around the green spellcaster, blocking the Dark Magician's attack. Before the purple spellcaster could defend himself, Sanga sent a blast of electric energy fried the Dark Magician, banishing him back to his card.
"You stupid Pharoah, you can't take out a monster at this level directly," Bakura said, drawing a card from his own deck. "You need something like my Man-Eater Bug!" With those words, the card flew from the tomb robber's hand as a large brown bug appeared heading straight for Sanga.
"We do not come unprepared for such occasions," Sanga said as he produced another card in his clawed hands. "Royal Command!" Suddenly, an armor-clad knight appeared between Sanga and the bug, his hand outstretched as he stopped the Man-Eater's attack cold.
"Now it is our turn," Kazejin said as he exhaled all his breath. "Vortex TORNADO!" The attack was appropriately named as everyone in the room began to feel the rushing wind speeding past them.
"He's... trying to suck us in," Yugi yelled as he grabbed onto Tea's chair and the door, hoping to keep them both from being sucked in. Yami had braced himself against the podium while Joey and Ryou were busy holding against board itself. Bakura had grabbed onto one of the giant stuffed animals. Seto was holding his own against the wind, trying to keep Mokuba from being sucked in. What he didn't notice was the fact that the one he sought to protect was the only one who wasn't being affected by the sudden windstorm.
"Kazejin, stop playing with these worthless humans. We are here to do a job."
"Very well Suijin. I raise the vortex's power to fifty percent maximum," the green wind elemental said. Kazejin's mouth opened wider as the wind greatly increased in ferocity. With a loud snap Bakura's rope broke while Yugi lost his grip on the door. Yami found himself flipped over the console of the podium and Joey and Ryou started to feel themselves being pulled forward. Even Seto wasn't able to stand against the wind and slowly began to feel himself being pulled away from his brother and towards the green monster.
"It is useless to resist our powers humans. None survive the power of the Trinity."
"Shadow Spell," came Raven's response. From the walls of the room, chains erupted wrapping themselves around each of Mokuba's friends.
"It would seem that fifty percent of your power doesn't even rank in a percentage of mine," Raven said. "What kind of pathetic creatures do they send against me now?"
"Pathetic? You dare to call us pathetic, stripling? A creature who is barely out of diapers?" Suijin said, though the elemental did notice that the chains weren't even budging under Kazejin's assault. In response Mokuba's body began to glow dark purple as he smiled at the Trinity.
"YES!" A blast of power flew at the three, sending them smashing into the back wall.
"Is that the extent of your powers little boy," Sanga of the Thunder said. "Let us show this brat the full power of the TRINITY!" With that all three elementals began to recite the ritual that would combine their powers, each generating an intensely bright white light.
"Meld our powers in eternal light, Gate Guardian reveal your unstoppable MIGHT!" As the light faded, one figure stood where three had before. Without a word, Gate Guardian's midsection once more opened it's mouth as the vortex returned, a hundred times greater than it had before. Already Raven could hear the chains straining as the roof of the building was pulled down and into Kazejin's mouth.
[Raven we have to do something or everyone's gonna get sucked into that thing!]
(Don't worry Mokuba... Thus ends now!)
"You have dared to attack my friends and family," Raven began to say. "You have defied me and gone where you are not welcome. For these crimes... I swear I'll destroy you!!" Mokuba's body began to rise into the air as blue energy began to form in his hands. "In ancient times this planet was covered by the power of ice. Now, Gate Guardian, taste this planet's FROZEN MEMORY!" The blue energy flew from Mokuba's hand and struck the guardian. Instantly the vortex was cut off as ice formed all over his body, covering the massive monster and encasing him in a solid block of ice. Back up in the sky, a ball of white energy began to form in Mokuba's outstretched hand. "Now, kneel before me... AND DIE!!" The thunderous roar of the blast for deafening as a beam of pure power launched out of the ball in Mokuba's hand, slamming into the ice and the Gate Guardian. Ice, monster and the very ground shattered as the beam exploded, reducing it's target to complete nothingness. As Mokuba floated back the ground, the Shadow Spell that had secured everyone else faded.
"Mokuba!" Seto said as he ran to his brother, arriving just in time as Mokuba fell, his eyes returning to normal as he began to gag and cough up blood..
"S... Seto..." the boy said as he fainted into his brother's arms.
"MOKUBA!"
To be continued.
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By Asher Tye
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, I wish I did 'cause then I'd be rich. Since I'm not, suing me would be pointless. Thanks bunches for all the reviews. I can't wait to see the reviews for this chapter.
Summary: With the Tyrant Dragon rampaging across the board, Yugi and Yami are hard pressed to find a way to counter Mokuba's ultimate monster. But the real question is will Yugi be able to defeat the pint-sized chessmaster before Tea's song runs out.
Author's Note: Before anyone goes on about me not using the right version of Capumon Chess, I couldn't find anything on it (Thanks anyway Mystical Sand). So, I've come up with a version of my own. Hope you like it.
To Cara: As far as I know, Mokuba and Yami have played Capumon Chess twice in the past, before the whole Duelist Kingdom fiasco. The circumstances of the first time weren't really clear to me, but I think it had something to do with an arcade. The second time, Mokuba was the obstacle Yami had to beat before he dueled Kaiba to save his grandfather. Both times Mokuba lost because he played arrogantly and underestimated Yami.
To everyone: Sorry this is late, my computer was stolen and it took forever to get it back. Anyway, enjoy.
*_* - Personal Thoughts
/_/ - Yugi to Yami
\_\ - Yami to Yugi
(_) - Raven to Mokuba
[_] - Mokuba to Raven
_ Telepathic communication
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Yugi could not believe it as he stared at the monster that had materialized over the square directly in front of Mokuba and Raven's king piece. The hard beating of the bronze colored dragon's wings was deafening to the young duelist's ears, while smoke emanated from the Tyrant Dragon's nostrils. Silver hairs flowed on the currents of air giving the large monster an even more menacing look, but it was it's eyes that were the most frightening aspect of the creature. In their time as duelists, both Yugi and Yami had come across all manner of dragons, big and small, weak and powerful, young and old, all possessing eyes that spoke only of brute force. But the eyes of the Tyrant Dragon glowed with an intelligence and cunning all it's own.
"Wow that's a strong monster," Yugi finally said as he read the power of the Tyrant Dragon.
"At twenty-nine hundred, only my brother's Blue-Eyes White Dragon has more raw power," Mokuba said, smiling a sly smile as he looked at his dragon. "But don't let his lack of raw power deceive you, I guarantee his special skills more than make him a match for anything else."
"That may be, but you've still made a grave mistake," Yami said. "As Joey said your tyrannical lizard is of the fire attribute. Thanks to that Umi card you played to take my Summoned Skull out of play, the field is covered in water. Your dragon automatically looses three hundred attack points."
"Really, I don't see any water near Tyrant Dragon. But then, it's not raining so how could there be. Tyrant Dragon.. move like a bishop and destroy the Summoned Skull on the right." With a harsh roar, the bronze dragon flew straight for the still normal Summoned Skull. Tyrant Dragon drew in a deep breath and a stream of blue fire issued forth reducing the Summoned Skull to black ash.
*Blast, as long as he's flying, the water can't affect his attack power. And my Summoned Skulls can't fight back or it will vaporize everything else on the field,* Yugi thought to himself. *I'll just have to hope my trap will work the next time he attacks me.*
"Well, since it's my turn I'll..."
"Not so fast Yugi. Did you forget that my Tyrant Dragon has special powers? Meet the first... The power to attack twice in one turn! Tyrant Dragon, move like a knight and take out the second Summoned Skull!" Swiftly Tyrant Dragon flew up three spaces and two to the right.
"Not this time," Yami said. "I activate my trap card Mirror Force."
"Think again, meet the second power of my bronze destroyer, total trap immunity." So saying, Tyrant Dragon slammed through the transparent wall that sprung up before it. Once more bright blue flames erupted from the dragon's, and again the Summoned Skull was reduced to nothingness. "Now you may have your turn. But I should warn you, on my next turn, your Dark Magician is mine." Yugi looked over the board, a very worried expression on his face as he saw his predicament. With the ability to move twice in one turn, it didn't matter where he moved his king, Mokuba's Tyrant Dragon would still be able to grab it. He needed to find a way to actively protect his king, or there would be no way to save himself from defeat.
"Very well," Yami said, gently moving his partner to the side, taking the reigns of their side of the board. The ancient Pharaoh drew a new magic card, looking at it carefully. \Yugi, I'll take over stalling him. I need you to figure out a way past his defenses to capture his king.\
/But it'll be you verses two opponents at once./
\Take a closer look. Ever since we defeated the Cosmo Queen, Mokuba's been the only one to make any moves. Raven's preoccupied using the Millennium Eye to keep watch for the three Egyptian God Monsters. Now keep watch and look for anyway to end this quickly, because that music box they transformed Tea into is slowing down.\
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Seto watched from the shadows, still not quite sure of what he was seeing. On one side of a dueling arena, Seto Kaiba could see what looked like two Yugis, while on the other side were two Mokubas. There were even two Ryou Bakuras in the room.
*What is this, some sort of missing twin convention?* Seto thought as he looked towards arena. He gasped as he saw the Tyrant Dragon flying over the board. *They're playing Capsule Monster Chess? What is going on here?* The elder Kaiba attempted to enter the room, only to find his passage blocked as a wall of glass rose from the ground, sealing the door.
Please leave. A voice gently said. The problem was, no one had spoken that particular command out loud, it had come directly from within Seto Kaiba's mind. But this was not what disturbed the young CEO the most, what did was the fact that the voice was Mokuba's, though it was a bit grainier.
*Mokuba?*
Not quite, but close enough. Now please leave, you may be in danger.
*I'm not leaving without Mokuba, and about fifty pages worth of answers.* The moment Seto finished his sentence, he heard the sound of sifting dirt behind him. The brown haired teen turned in time to see two skeletal forms rising from the ground.
"Skull Servants?"
They have been instructed to use minimal force to escort you out of this building and to safety. Please don't try to fight them. I realize that in human circles you are quite tough, but against monsters from the Shadow Realm... Upon hearing those words, Seto's eyes closed as his shoulders slumped.
"I understand. I wouldn't stand a chance," Seto said. "Very well, I won't fight you." Seto began to walk down the hall as the Skull Servants walked by his side, their dead eyes looking forward as they began to lead the elder Kaiba away. Suddenly, Kaiba's hands moved like lightning as he struck one of the zombies in the neck, severing his head from his shoulders. A swift kick broke through the back of the second zombie, sending both tumbling to the ground in a heap of bones. It wasn't long, however, before the bones began reforming, coming together again as they regenerated. Seto took off down the hallway, hoping it would take the two skeletons too long to pull themselves together to catch up to him.
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"Blast," Raven said to himself.
"What's wrong, we're winning?" Mokuba whispered to his partner.
"That's not what I'm talking about."
"Are you sensing the terrible trio coming?"
"No, something else. I need to leave for a few minutes, think you can hold them off by yourself for a while?"
"What do you think I've been doing?" Mokuba smirked back at the red-eyed boy.
"Point taken. I'll be right back," Raven then turned his attention towards his opponents. "I have to leave for a minute, but it appears I'll be leaving you in very good hands."
"Hey, ya can't just leave in da middle of a match!"
"Watch me," Raven said as he drew pulled a card from his pocket. "Dimensionhole!" With that word, Raven disappeared into a hole that opened, leaving Mokuba to deal with their opponents. Bakura watched Raven go, his eyes widening slightly, betraying how impressed he was with the doppleganger's power.
"It would seem your partner has abandoned you Mokuba," Yami said. "If you wish to surrender, perhaps we can find a way to escape this place and free you from the Millennium Eye."
"Are you gonna use your turn, or can I make my final move?"
"Very well. I sacrifice two more magic cards to place Kuriboh on the field between my Dark Magician and your Tyrant Dragon."
"Hmph. One of the most powerful creatures in the game is coming after your King and all you can summon is a fuzzy snake. My dragon will make mincemeat out of him."
"Funny, that's what your brother thought back at Duelist Kingdom."
"Don't mistake the Tyrant Dragon for the Blue-Eyes White Dragon... Tyrant Dragon, move like a knight and take that fuzzball off the field!"
"Now it doesn't matter how many times your dragon can move, everywhere you go you're going to have to deal with a new Kuriboh, now that I use my multiply card."
"Not so fast," Mokuba said as he placed a trap down on board, getting ready to spring it. "Tyrant Dragon has a natural immunity to traps, but as you know there are dozens of magic cards able to destroy monsters in one turn. I may have had to sacrifice some of my deck to take in those fake Exodia cards Raven wanted me to use, but I kept all the support cards for the big TD. So, without further ado, I activate the trap... Imperial Order!" At Mokuba's command, a stone fortress rose around the multiply card, blocking it from going to Kuriboh. Simultaneously another fortress rose around the Mokuba's own Umi card, and rapidly the water drained away from the field. "Now, as I said... Tyrant Dragon SQUASH that hairball." With a grand roar Tyrant Dragon came in for a landing, his massive foot landing right on Kuriboh, muffling the explosion of the creature as it was destroyed.
"KURIBOH!"
"And now for your King Dark Magician. Tyrant Dragon, attack Dark Magician now." Tyrant Dragon rose again, breathing in as it prepared to destroy the Dark Magician.
"Still one trick left, Mokuba. And this one is a trap, which means your Imperial Order can't stop it."
"Idiot, did you forget my dragon is immune to traps."
"Yes, traps that are directed at it. But what about traps that protect it's victims?"
"Huh?" Before Mokuba could react, a black silk top-hat appeared over the Dark Magician before splitting into four separate hats that sped off to the four corners of the board.
"Now your task is to find under which hat my Dark Magician is. And while you're busy doing that, your king will be unprotected. Your Imperial Order may keep me from playing such cards as the Swords of Revealing Light, but I wager this combination will give my partner plenty of time to come up with a way to topple your dragon."
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Seto Kaiba ran through the halls, the rattling sound of running bones close behind him as the Skull Servants gave chase. The elder Kaiba then began to hear a second noise, a scratching sound that seemed to becoming from the walls themselves. It was such an annoying sound that Seto soon found himself paying more attention to the noise than to where he was running, a fact which led to the young CEO into a dead end. As he looked at the solid wall ahead of him, Seto was quite surprised to see a long bump in the wall, one that was moving right towards him. Suddenly, from out of the wall's reality itself, a Kisetai appeared, it's single eye targeting Seto as it's long pinkish body jumped at him.
Before the monster could hit, Kaiba felt a hard, boney hand knock him to the floor as one of the two Skull Servants took it's place. Kisetai successfully infected the zombie monster, the look in it's eye one of extreme annoyance that it had missed it's target. Before the fiend could gain control of the Skull Servant, the second attacked, it's boney arm coming down as the first's arm lifted in a reactionary defense. All three monsters were destroyed at the same time, disappearing in a flash of light.
With his pursuers now gone, as well as his long attacker, Seto Kaiba turned, ready to resume his search for a way into the first room. That was when he noticed that where once there had been an open passage, now a brick wall had appeared. Seto jumped back as a putrid green monster with huge claws came out, taking a swipe at where the brown haired boy had been. Like lightning the Wall Shadow monster moved through the other walls, appearing behind Seto before leaping out at him. Once more Seto jumped back, his arm moving to defend himself as a dimension hole opened up between the two and Raven rose from the ground.
The Wall Shadow stopped in mid-strike, turning from Kaiba to Mokuba's look-a-like with a roar. Raising his hand, Raven caught the offending monster's head, a look of disdain on his face. In response, the Wall Shadow raised one of it's massive, preparing to rend the raven-haired boy in two.
"Mokuba look out!" Seto yelled, moving to defend the creature he believed to be his brother.
"Be gone," Raven said in a hushed voice, just loud enough for the three occupants of the room to hear. The words stopped Wall Shadow before it could strike as cracks of light appeared in monsters body. With the sound of shattering glass, the Wall Shadow was destroyed in a hail of light, leaving behind only Raven.
"Mokuba?"
"Not quite... but close enough," Raven said, turning to face Seto, his eyes glowing harder.
"It's... it's you," Seto said, vividly recalling his dream of only a few days ago. "What have you done to my brother!?"
"Geez, I save your life and you still yell at me... What does it take to get it through to you that I'm no danger to you."
"Don't think saving me will keep you safe from being strangled if you don't bring Mokuba back from where ever you've taken him!"
"Mokuba is currently busy and your presence here does nothing but jeopardize all of us. That is why I asked you to leave earlier."
"And you saw how that worked out," Seto said, crossing his arms, unwilling to move. Raven considered his options carefully.
*Seto's still as stubborn as he was in the old days. If he's not more careful that's going to get him killed... again. Still, I can't really fault his reasons.*
"Very well, I'll take you to Mokuba. But if you distract him or me, you'll be very sorry." So saying, Raven grabbed Seto's hand as a new dimension hole appeared beneath the two.
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Meanwhile, back at the chess game, the board changed as Tyrant Dragon destroyed the second of the black magical hats, leaving only two left for the Dark Magician to hide in. Before Yami could take advantage of his turn, Raven returned through his dimension hole. What really surprised the assembled group was the one Raven was traveling with.
"Big brother!" Mokuba happily yelled as he saw the brown haired appear. Seto was unable to answer as he began panting.
"That was... beyond anything I've ever experienced."
"Shadow Realm Railways... When you absolutely have to get there in the next second," Rave said.
"What are you doing here Kaiba?" Yugi asked.
"I don't think I'll dignify that with an answer," Seto said. That was when he noticed that Raven was no longer standing next to him, but floating up to the pedestal with Mokuba.
"I see we're only a few turns away from winning those cards Mokuba," Raven said.
"He didn't stand a chance against the Tyrant Dragon's power."
*Mokuba's using his Tyrant Dragon?* Seto thought to himself. *No wonder he's winning, Tyrant Dragon is almost unbeatable in the context of a Capumon Chess game.*
"Don't get two cocky ya freaky-eyed loon," Joey said. "Da squirt's never beaten Yugi or Yami yet and it ain't about ta..."
"Trap hole," Raven whispered as a section of the floor disappeared from beneath Joey's feet, dropping the blonde teen into a shallow pit. "That's for calling me 'freaky-eyed.'" From his perspective, Seto couldn't help but chuckle.
"Yugi," Mokuba said. "I know your Dark Magician is very special to you, and I know you don't like seeing it get destroyed. If you want you can surrender now and just give me your remaining Exodia cards."
"If I were you I'd accept Mokuba's generous offer," Raven said. At their words, Yugi simply closed his eyes as if thinking their proposal over.
"Why would I surrender when I've just come up with a way to topple your dragon and claim victory?" So saying Yugi placed a card on the pedestal, readying his plan.
"I've laid a trap card under the empty magical hat. Now it won't be so easy for you to attack my hats so recklessly."
"Have you forgotten my dragon is immune to trap cards," Mokuba said. "If so, allow me to refresh your MEMORY!!" As Mokuba yelled Tyrant Dragon took to the air flying with all it's might towards one of the hats, flame spewing from it's mouth and nostrils.
"You choose wrong!"
"Don't you get it, it doesn't matter what trap you've set it CAN'T hurt my dragon."
"Every card matters, Mokuba, I had hoped you'd learned that by now," Yugi said. "This move was inspired when I saw the Magical Hats activate. Your Tyrant Dragon only stops traps that affect it. If the trap targets something else, your dragon can't stop it, and that's exactly what Gust Storm is gonna do!" With a deafening roar a tornado appeared where the top hat had been and began to swiftly move across the board to it's target, the fortress erected by the Imperial Order card. With a deafening roar, the raging ocean of the Umi card was re-released onto the field. The waves raged back towards Tyrant Dragon, generating huge amounts of steam as the two touched.
"NO!"
"Now for the second part of my plan. I sacrifice my remaining Gaia the Fierce Knight and one of my Giant Soldiers of Stone to place Buster Blader on the field." Once more a stream of light appeared that resolved into the sword-wielding dragon hunter. "Now, Buster Blader, destroy Tyrant Dragon!" Buster Blader surged forward across the board, his giant sword coming down in a deadly arc on the now drenched Tyrant Dragon's neck and with the sound of shattering glass, the dragon was gone.
"Finally they've gotten rid of that overgrown salamander," Bakura said. That was when the ancient tomb robber heard the sound of chuckling and looked over to see it was coming from Seto Kaiba. "What do you find so funny mortal, your bratty brother is about to lose to Yugi and Yami?"
"Clearly Mokuba has neglected to mention the final power of his Tyrant Dragon," Seto retorted. "Unlike other monsters who require special cards to be taken out of the graveyard, Tyrant Dragon requires only the sacrifice of another dragon to return it to life."
"Dat's unfair!"
"Why do you think he's called the King of Dragons?" Mokuba said. "Now you only have until I draw one of my low level dragon cards. The moment it comes onto the field, I'll sacrifice it to bring back my Tyrant. And since you were so kind to get rid of my Imperial Order trap card, I'll have a power up magic card ready to boost his attack higher than Buster Blader's."
"Don't you wanna know why I bothered to destroy Imperial Order Mokuba?" Yugi asked, a smile on his face that his plan was working. "I haven't used any magic cards, so if why bother to get rid of it if Buster Blader could take out your dragon? It was so I could lay some magic cards of my own." So saying Yugi collected two cards from his hand.
"You're bluffing," Raven said. "We've seen your deck in battle dozens of times Pharoah-boy, you don't have any monster removal cards besides Mirror Force and..." As a thought entered his mind, Raven's eyes widened. "... the Dark Hole."
"Bu... But that would wipe out all the monsters on the field, including your King and Queen. The match would be a stalemate and you'd never get Tea back from the graveyard," Mokuba said.
"I hate ta say it but the squirt is right, Yug."
"Normally he would be, but his partner's reckless use of his own skill reminded me of a card that can give protect both Tea and the Dark Magician, Dimensionhole. Queen, move to meet the King." With a burst of speed the normally immobile Tea floated over onto the square next to the Dark Magician, who gave an understanding nod towards Yugi as he grabbed the girl in his arms. "Now I'll play Dimensionhole to send both Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl to another dimension for one turn, protecting them from what you're about to feel." As the card was laid down, a swirling vortex appeared beneath the Dark Magician's feet, who promptly sank into the interdimensional gateway. "And finally... DARK HOLE!" Once more a swirling vortex opened, this time encompassing the entire field as it drew in all the monsters, wiping the board completely clean before dissipating. With a magical hum, the first vortex opened again and from it rose both a smiling Dark Magician and a still frozen Dark Magician Girl as the system switched off.
"NO!" came a double cry from both Raven and Mokuba.
"Yes it would appear we've won your twisted little game. Now live up to your end of the bargain and..." Yami was interrupted as his smaller partner jumped down to the board.
"TEA!!" came a cry of anguish from the boy. The others looked in the boy's hands to see that the music box had completely stopped.
"Oh man... they were too late!" Joey said, running over to his friend along with Ryou. Then the blonde looked up at Mokuba and Raven, neither of whom looked particularly happy with the results of the match. "Are ya happy now ya little creep? I oughta knock you into the wall along with your freaky partner!"
"You'll have to come through me first, Wheeler," Seto coldly said standing between Joey and his little brother.
"Ya gotta be kiddin' me. That brat just killed someone, Kaiba! Can't you see that?!" Seto's face didn't show the slightest sign caring about what the tall blonde was saying. Yugi looked up as Raven retreated into Mokuba, a look of anger on his face over the fate of his friend.
"Why?" he asked in an almost whisper. "Was this worth it? Was it worth killing my friend for this?" Yugi ran toward Mokuba, anger in his eyes as his fists balled up. Before he could reach his target, however, black chains erupted from the walls, wrapping themselves around Yugi's small frame trapping him in place as Mokuba's remaining free eye switched from purple to black and red.
"Will you stop whining about nothing at all!" Raven said, walking over to a particularly large stuffed teddy bear that was sitting against a wall.
"Nothing? NOTHING?! You killed her! She never did anything to you and you just killed her!" Yugi cried. From his perch Yami watched Raven carefully, as if he expected some trick to get the remaining two cards.
"All right move it..." Raven said to the giant bear. With a groan, the bear's head fell to the side as a giant slobbering mouth appeared from the bear's zipper. The Stuffed Animal monster shimmered with light as it suddenly shrunk into a card, revealing a door behind it. Quietly, Raven opened the door to reveal none other than Tea, still in her swimsuit from PE and tied to a chair.
"TEA!" Yugi yelled, greatly relieved to see his friend alive and well as he ran over.
"Yugi, what's going on? One moment I in PE and the next I'm here."
"That crummy spirit kidnapped you so he could force us into..."
"Yami look out!" Joey called. The King of Games looked to see Mokuba/Raven racing towards him, an arm outstretched. It took less than a second for Yami to realize just what the duo was after and he moved to grab the remaining pieces of Exodia. The Pharoah proved unable to prevent the boy from grasping the remaining leg card. With a smile Rave ripped the card in half. The moment the card was gone, Mokuba's hair flew into the air as the Millennium Eye in his socket glowed a brilliant gold. Once more dark energy began to swirl around the boy as his body began to be covered in bronze gold armor, save for his right arm.
"That trick wasn't really worthy of you Raven, or Mokuba for that matter."
"Seems like theft would be right up this little creep's alley, specially considering what he did ta Tea," Joey said.
"I take offense over the idea that theft is something low-class and ugly," Bakura said.
"It doesn't really matter to me," Raven said. "All that matters is that I get the final card."
"I would have thought the great Exodia would hold himself to a higher standard than a common pickpocket," Yami said. The ancient Pharaoh's words drew everyone's attention.
"Exodia? What are you talking about you old fool?" Bakura said.
"So you know," Raven said in a voice that held traces of both Mokuba's and a new deeper voice. "I didn't think you'd pick up on it so quickly."
"You gave the answer away yourself. During our first duel you pulled out Krokodilus who's attack power promptly tripled. You said it was because he was near his master, and I knew you meant yourself. But during the chess match, the Krokodilus pieces once more got tripled their attack just by being near the pieces of Exodia. This leads me to believe you're one and the same."
"You're close, but it remains to be seen if you'll put all the pieces together any time soon."
"Uh, guys."
"What?" Yami and Raven called down to Yugi.
"We have company!" Raven and Yami looked to where the boy was pointing to see a dark vortex open up in the room. From the swirling portal three figures stepped out, Sanga of the Thunder, Kazejin of Wind, and Suijin of Water. Immediately all the exits in the room were blocked by walls of water.
"We have come for the brothers Kaiba," the three elementals said, trading off between words. "The rest of you will be destroyed. Surrender quietly and we promise your deaths will be as painless as possible..."
"I don't believe it. Ain't that the three beast them loony brothers used on us back at Duelist Kingdom."
"Yes," Yami said. "But how they have escaped the confines of the Shadow Realm without being summoned from their cards is beyond me."
"We demand your answer. Will you accept your deaths willingly or must we be forced to use our powers to obtain our quarry."
"You can't possibly think I'd allow you to take myself, or Mokuba for that matter, without a fight!" Seto yelled, moving his younger brother's body behind him.
"Your cooperation is not really necessary, Kazejin's Vortex Tornado will separate the worthless from the prizes."
"Not while I can still summon something to defeat him," Yami said as he pulled his Dark Magician card from his deck. The card magically came to life as the tall purple clad elven sorcerer rose from it. "Dark Magician, use Dark Magic to destroy Kazejin."
"Tidal Barrier," Suijin said as a wall of electricity rose around the green spellcaster, blocking the Dark Magician's attack. Before the purple spellcaster could defend himself, Sanga sent a blast of electric energy fried the Dark Magician, banishing him back to his card.
"You stupid Pharoah, you can't take out a monster at this level directly," Bakura said, drawing a card from his own deck. "You need something like my Man-Eater Bug!" With those words, the card flew from the tomb robber's hand as a large brown bug appeared heading straight for Sanga.
"We do not come unprepared for such occasions," Sanga said as he produced another card in his clawed hands. "Royal Command!" Suddenly, an armor-clad knight appeared between Sanga and the bug, his hand outstretched as he stopped the Man-Eater's attack cold.
"Now it is our turn," Kazejin said as he exhaled all his breath. "Vortex TORNADO!" The attack was appropriately named as everyone in the room began to feel the rushing wind speeding past them.
"He's... trying to suck us in," Yugi yelled as he grabbed onto Tea's chair and the door, hoping to keep them both from being sucked in. Yami had braced himself against the podium while Joey and Ryou were busy holding against board itself. Bakura had grabbed onto one of the giant stuffed animals. Seto was holding his own against the wind, trying to keep Mokuba from being sucked in. What he didn't notice was the fact that the one he sought to protect was the only one who wasn't being affected by the sudden windstorm.
"Kazejin, stop playing with these worthless humans. We are here to do a job."
"Very well Suijin. I raise the vortex's power to fifty percent maximum," the green wind elemental said. Kazejin's mouth opened wider as the wind greatly increased in ferocity. With a loud snap Bakura's rope broke while Yugi lost his grip on the door. Yami found himself flipped over the console of the podium and Joey and Ryou started to feel themselves being pulled forward. Even Seto wasn't able to stand against the wind and slowly began to feel himself being pulled away from his brother and towards the green monster.
"It is useless to resist our powers humans. None survive the power of the Trinity."
"Shadow Spell," came Raven's response. From the walls of the room, chains erupted wrapping themselves around each of Mokuba's friends.
"It would seem that fifty percent of your power doesn't even rank in a percentage of mine," Raven said. "What kind of pathetic creatures do they send against me now?"
"Pathetic? You dare to call us pathetic, stripling? A creature who is barely out of diapers?" Suijin said, though the elemental did notice that the chains weren't even budging under Kazejin's assault. In response Mokuba's body began to glow dark purple as he smiled at the Trinity.
"YES!" A blast of power flew at the three, sending them smashing into the back wall.
"Is that the extent of your powers little boy," Sanga of the Thunder said. "Let us show this brat the full power of the TRINITY!" With that all three elementals began to recite the ritual that would combine their powers, each generating an intensely bright white light.
"Meld our powers in eternal light, Gate Guardian reveal your unstoppable MIGHT!" As the light faded, one figure stood where three had before. Without a word, Gate Guardian's midsection once more opened it's mouth as the vortex returned, a hundred times greater than it had before. Already Raven could hear the chains straining as the roof of the building was pulled down and into Kazejin's mouth.
[Raven we have to do something or everyone's gonna get sucked into that thing!]
(Don't worry Mokuba... Thus ends now!)
"You have dared to attack my friends and family," Raven began to say. "You have defied me and gone where you are not welcome. For these crimes... I swear I'll destroy you!!" Mokuba's body began to rise into the air as blue energy began to form in his hands. "In ancient times this planet was covered by the power of ice. Now, Gate Guardian, taste this planet's FROZEN MEMORY!" The blue energy flew from Mokuba's hand and struck the guardian. Instantly the vortex was cut off as ice formed all over his body, covering the massive monster and encasing him in a solid block of ice. Back up in the sky, a ball of white energy began to form in Mokuba's outstretched hand. "Now, kneel before me... AND DIE!!" The thunderous roar of the blast for deafening as a beam of pure power launched out of the ball in Mokuba's hand, slamming into the ice and the Gate Guardian. Ice, monster and the very ground shattered as the beam exploded, reducing it's target to complete nothingness. As Mokuba floated back the ground, the Shadow Spell that had secured everyone else faded.
"Mokuba!" Seto said as he ran to his brother, arriving just in time as Mokuba fell, his eyes returning to normal as he began to gag and cough up blood..
"S... Seto..." the boy said as he fainted into his brother's arms.
"MOKUBA!"
To be continued.
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