Ch.4: Seto Kaiba and Sleishen
Seto Kaiba returned to his room after having a long, drawn-out board meeting. Upon his return he found Mokuba playing duel monsters on his computer.
"What are you doing Mokuba?" Seto asked, "I thought you didn't like playing duel monster simulation games?"
"I'm practicing, Seto." Mokuba replied.
"Practicing for what?"
"A duel monsters tournament of course."
"You? In a tournament?" 'Someone must be really desperate for duelists if they invited Mokuba...' Seto thought. "Well enjoy your kiddie tournament then."
"You got invited too."
"Any tournament that wants you in it, isn't worthy of my attention."
"Seto..."
"What?" Kaiba snapped. Mokuba looked hurt, but Kaiba didn't apologize.
"Nothing..."
"I'm going out for awhile. Don't expect me back anytime soon."
Kaiba left his room and headed for the elevator. He pushed the elevator call button and the elevator quickly reached his floor. It opened to reveal a decrepit, old man in a trenchcoat. "Who are you? What are you doing in my elevator?"
"Ah, Seto Kaiba. Just the man I was looking for. Course, I knew where to find you. I asked at the front desk."
"What? The front desk let you in. Wait until I get through with them..."
"I never said they let me in. They just told me where to find you."
"What?"
"Heh. You and I need to have a little talk. Heh heh heh."
"Forget it you old fool. Get the hell out of my way. I have things to do." Seto got into the elevator and shoved the guy out. The doors closed and Seto shook his head.
"That wasn't very nice," Came a voice from behind him.
"What the...?" Kaiba whirled around and to see the old man standing behind him. "How...?"
"All will be explained in time. You know, you shouldn't be so hard on him."
"Hard on who?"
"Your little brother." Kaiba's expression of annoyance turned to anger.
"You've been spying on me too? Who the hell are you?"
"That doesn't matter. Don't you think it would be quite a shame if you never got a chance to apologize?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Well, Seto Kaiba if you don't listen to me, your little brother will die." Kaiba's face began to contort with an emmence amount of hate.
"If you touch him I'll..."
"If you finish that sentence, he dies." Kaiba stopped dead. "Good. Your silence tells me that you understand. Now here are the rules: If you want Mokuba to live, then you will listen to every word I have to say and you will not speak unless I tell you to."
"There's no proof that you can harm Mokuba you..."
"I said no talking! That was your only warning. You're right, I don't have proof. But would you dare risk it?" The man reached into his pocket and pulled out a remote-controller with two red buttons on it. "Now, if I push one of these buttons, 300 pounds of high-powered explosives will blow the top of this building to kingdome come, taking Mokuba along with it. But don't worry, as long as you follow the rules, there won't be any reason for me to do anything rash." The man snickered and sank down to a squatting position in the corner of the elevator. "Press the button for parking floor two." Kaiba did as he was told. "I am here to see you Seto Kaiba because my master is curious about you. My master is the great Sleishen. I'm sure you have heard of him, being that you are a big fan of duel monsters and all." The man chuckled, "My master is curious about your skill. You see, he is having a tournament very soon, your little brother is invited in fact. As is Yugi Muto. We need your help Seto Kaiba. We need you to be the champion duelist for my master. But my master believes you have lost your skill and nerve from your crushing defeats at the hands of Yugi Muto." Kaiba shifted uneasily for a moment. "So, to see if you can still duel, I am here with a test. I have with me two decks of duel monster cards. We will both choose a deck and play against each other with them. If you win, you will recieve two gifts." The man reached into his pocket and pulled out two Items, the Millenium Rod and a duel monster card. "This powerful monster card is called Ido. It is extremely powerful and would be an asset to any deck. It is one of my masters favorites. You see when he took over Industrial Illusions, he created six powerful cards for himself. He has decided however, that these cards would be most effective in the decks of the five kings. You'll learn aout the five kings later. I know that Ido is a poor replacement for your old god card, but you will find him satisfactory none the less. And also, the Millenium Rod, the millenium item that destiny meant for you to have. But if you lose this duel, not only will your little brother die but you will perish as well." The man stood up and opened his coat to reveal over 30 sticks of dynamite attached to his body. The elevator finally stopped at parking floor two. The man reached into his pocket and pulled out two decks. "Choose your deck." Kaiba grabbed one of the decks and immediately started looking through it.
'Not a bad deck,' Kaiba thought, 'Easily powerful enough to waste this old man.'
"Now if you will look into the parking lot, you will see the field I have set up for us." Kaiba looked out the elevator door and saw two duel disks lying about thirty feet from each other. "You may speak during this duel, but afterward you must be silent again, if you aren't dead." Both Kaiba and the Old man left the elevator and put on their duel disks. They then shuffled their decks and placed them in the duel ports. "Let us begin, shall we. You may go first, Kaiba." Kaiba drew his first six cards.
"I place one card face-down and summon Gagagigo(1850) in attack mode." A large, green, and human-like lizard appeared on the field. "I hope you know that you have no chance of beating me. I will not lose with Mokuba's life on the line."
"I'm amazed that you care about him so much. You treat him like dirt. No, less than dirt."
"Shut up. You don't know anything about me. Make your move."
"As you wish." The man drew his first six cards. "Hmmm...First I play the magic card Cost Down. To activate it I have to discard a card." He put one card in his graveyard. "This magic card reduces the level of all the monsters in my hand by two levels. This allows me to summon level six monsters without a sacrifice. So now I summon the level six monster Ancient Feather Gill(1000/500)." A large fish with the head and wings of an eagle appeared on the field. "This monsters special ability allows me to reduce the attack of one of your monsters to zero. Then, I add those points to my monsters attack points. So now your Gagagigo has zero attack points and my Ancient Feather Gill has 2850 attack points. Now, Ancient Feather Gill, attack his weakened Monster, flash feather attack."
"Heh. You old fool. I activate my face-down card. The trap known as Lighten the Load. This card reduces an attacking monster's attack points by 300 times that monster's level. So your level six monster loses 1800 attack points."
"Big deal, Kaiba. It still has 1050 attack points. More than enough to whipe out your lizard."
"Not quite. I then can increase my monsters attack by 300 points for each of it's levels. That gives my monster 1200 attack points making it stronger than your Ancient Feather Gill."
"That is a powerful card." The Eagle-headed fish attacked Kaiba's Gagagigo but the Lizard simply threw a punch and shattered the beast.
Kaiba:4000 Old Man: 3850
"Unfortunately, this card is a permenent trap that works for both sides. However, next turn you won't have any monsters on the field, so its effect won't be activated."
"Actually, that attack was only to get you to waste your trap card. My real move is this. I now activate Monster Reborn."
"Why? To bring back that worthless Gill monster. What a waste of a magic card."
"Actually, I was planning on reviving a different monster."
"But you only have one in the graveyard. Unless the card you discarded from your hand was a monster!"
"That's right Kaiba. I want to end this duel quickly. I'm sorry to say Kaiba but this duel was a lose-lose situation for you all along. You see, I know both decks by heart so there is no way I can lose. And knowing my deck well is the only reason that I can now summon my ultimate monster. Meet the second-most powerful monster in all of duel monsters. I revive the Gate Guardian(3750/3500)!" A huge beast appeared on the field.
"Heh. It doesn't matter how strong your beast is. As long as I have my trap on the field it can't attack me without getting destroyed."
"That is only the case for now Kaiba. Soon this duel will be over. With all the confidence you show it almost seems like you actually think you can win. Pathetic."
"I'll show you who is pathetic." Kaiba drew his card and snickered. "How Ironic, I play the magic card Change of Heart!" Kaiba slammed the card into his duel disk with pleasure. "Now the Gate Guardian is mine! Hahaha!" The Gate Guardian was pulled by a magical force and was placed on Kaiba's side of the field. "Well it looks like you were right. This duel is going to end quickly." 'If I want to do any significant damage to that old fool's life points, I need to get rid of my trap card, and I have just the card in my hand to do it.' "I play Remove Trap to get rid of my Lighten the load trap card. Now my Gate Guardian can deal 3750 damage to you. Gate Guardian attack his life points with your ultimate might!" The Gate Guardian charged up it's energy and fired an immense blast of power at the old man. The blast hit him and knocked him sprawling backward.
"Ow. What a way to mistreat an old man."
"Now you have only 100 life points left." Kauba sneered. 'What a simple duel. Next turn I will finish this pathetic old man off and be done with him forever. Then I'll go after his boss. No one messes with the Kaiba family.'
"Actually, Kaiba my life points are just fine."
"Huh?"
"You see, I discarded my Kuriboh from my hand. Kuriboh's special ability allows me to reduce the damage to my life points down to zero by discarding him to the graveyard."
"You are only prolonging the inevitable old man. Next turn will be the end of you."
"We'll just see about that." The old man drew his card. "Interesting. I play De-Fusion on your Gate Guardian."
"What?"
"This will make it split apart into Suigin, Kazegin, and Sanga of the Thunder." The Gate Guardian broke into it's three seperate pieces.
"What good does that do you? It only makes my force stronger."
"Seems that way. But now I play Soul Exchange."
"No!"
"This card allows me to Sacrifice Suigin and Sanga in order to summon my Barrel Dragon." A metallic dragon with a gun barrel as a head and two other gun barrels for hands appeared on the field as Suijin and Sanga dissapeared into thousands of shards of light. "This monster has 2600 attack points which is stronger than your pathetic Kazegin's 2400 attack points. However, my Barrel Dragon's special ability allows me to flip three coins. If two of the three coins are heads, then I can destroy your monster without attacking and hence attack your life points directly after it is gone. So now I flip my three coins." Three holographic coins flipped into the air but all three landed with tails face up. "No luck this time. Oh well. Barrel Dragon, attack his Kazegin, Neutron Blast!" The robotic dragon charged up it's cannons and fired immense streams of energy at Kazegin, shattering it into a million pieces. "You lose 200 life points."
"I know. I can count."
"Your move." Kaiba drew his card.
"I place two cards face down and set one monster card in defense mode. Go."
"Not much of a move. Barrel Dragon, let's try your special ability one more time." Again three holographic coins flipped into the air but this time two of the three landed on heads. "Perfect, Barrel Dragon, destroy his face down card." The beast jumped high into the air, landed on the face-down monster, and destroyed it. "Now Barrel Dragon, attack Kaiba's life points directly." The beast fired an enormous blast that hit Kaiba directly, greatly reducing his life points.
Kaiba: 1200 Old Man: 3850
"My move," Kaiba drew his card and his eyes widened in surprise, "I summon Bazoo the Soul Eater(1600) in attack mode. And that move ends my turn." The old man stared at Kaiba, pondering Kaiba's strange move.
"No need to use my monster's special ability, I'll just attack your monster and nearly wipe-out your life points." The Barrel Dragon attacked Kaiba's monster and reduced Kaiba's life points to 200. "It looks like you really have lost your touch Seto Kaiba. What a pity."
Kaiba: 200 Old Man: 3850
"Actually, your attack has single-handedly won this duel for me."
"How so?"
"Watch and learn you old fool. First I play Sneak-Peek. This card allows me to look at the top card of my deck and either leave that card on top or place it at the bottom of my deck." Kaiba picked up his card and looked at it. "Well, a monster card. I thnk I'll leave it on top." The old man looked at Kaiba with a puzzled look on his face. Then suddenly he realized what Kaiba was planning.
"Oh no..."
"Next, I summon Queen's double(250/250). Then I activate my other face-down cards, Reversal Quiz. To activate this card I have to discard my hand, but since there are no cards in my hand, I have nothing to lose. This magic card allows me to make a guess. A guess at what type of card is at the top of my deck. If I guess correctly, I can exchange my present life points for yours. And I guess that the top card on my deck is a monster card." Kaiba lifted the card and showed it to the old man. "Would you look at that, a monster card. Now we switch life points."
Kaiba: 3850 Old Man: 200
"And finally," Kaiba said, "I will end this duel by having my Queen's Double bypass your monster and attack your life points directly. I told you not to mess with the Kaibas, fool. You Lose!" The Queen's Double jumped past the Barrel Darrel Dragon and swung her metal claw and lowered the old man's life points to zero.
"Brilliant move, Seto Kaiba, utterly brilliant. I should have expected no less from you."
"Silence you old fool..."
"Ah ah ah. I told you that after the duel you could no longer speak. My master will be pleased. You are what he has been looking for after all. As promised, here are your prizes." The old man placed the duel monster card and millenium rod on the ground at his own feet. "I understand Kaiba, that you don't wish to be my master's champion but you will have no choice in the matter. And now, I bid you farewell." The old man stepped back into the shadows and was gone.
Kaiba immediately turned and ran for the elevator. He punched the floor number for his personal floor and the elevator began to move. He soon reached the floor and ran straight for his room. He burst through the doors and yelled, "Mokuba!" but Mokuba was no longer at the computer. A small note was left in Mokuba's chair. Kaiba grabbed it and began to read.
"Dear Mr.Kaiba,
My servant, Bernard has just tested you and if you are reading this letter you must have been victorious. First, let me congratulate you on your fine upset of my servent. However amazing your defeat of my servent may have been however, you will need to be much better prepared if you are to be my champion. I understand that under normal circumstances your answer to my offer to make you champion would be no. But since I have your brother and can terminate his life at any time, I expect that you will accept my offer with great fervor. Do not be concerned with the details of this endeavor, all will be explained to you when you reach Cairo. Have a Pleasant Journey.
Sleishen"
Kaiba set down the letter and reached for the phone. "Grigsby, there are two items in the second level of the parking garage I need you to pick up for me. And Grigsby, get my private jet ready. We're going for a little ride."
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Dave: Ohhhh, the plot thickens, dum dum duuummmm. Sorry it took so long to add another chappie but hey, how much time do you really have during Christmas break?
Seto Kaiba returned to his room after having a long, drawn-out board meeting. Upon his return he found Mokuba playing duel monsters on his computer.
"What are you doing Mokuba?" Seto asked, "I thought you didn't like playing duel monster simulation games?"
"I'm practicing, Seto." Mokuba replied.
"Practicing for what?"
"A duel monsters tournament of course."
"You? In a tournament?" 'Someone must be really desperate for duelists if they invited Mokuba...' Seto thought. "Well enjoy your kiddie tournament then."
"You got invited too."
"Any tournament that wants you in it, isn't worthy of my attention."
"Seto..."
"What?" Kaiba snapped. Mokuba looked hurt, but Kaiba didn't apologize.
"Nothing..."
"I'm going out for awhile. Don't expect me back anytime soon."
Kaiba left his room and headed for the elevator. He pushed the elevator call button and the elevator quickly reached his floor. It opened to reveal a decrepit, old man in a trenchcoat. "Who are you? What are you doing in my elevator?"
"Ah, Seto Kaiba. Just the man I was looking for. Course, I knew where to find you. I asked at the front desk."
"What? The front desk let you in. Wait until I get through with them..."
"I never said they let me in. They just told me where to find you."
"What?"
"Heh. You and I need to have a little talk. Heh heh heh."
"Forget it you old fool. Get the hell out of my way. I have things to do." Seto got into the elevator and shoved the guy out. The doors closed and Seto shook his head.
"That wasn't very nice," Came a voice from behind him.
"What the...?" Kaiba whirled around and to see the old man standing behind him. "How...?"
"All will be explained in time. You know, you shouldn't be so hard on him."
"Hard on who?"
"Your little brother." Kaiba's expression of annoyance turned to anger.
"You've been spying on me too? Who the hell are you?"
"That doesn't matter. Don't you think it would be quite a shame if you never got a chance to apologize?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Well, Seto Kaiba if you don't listen to me, your little brother will die." Kaiba's face began to contort with an emmence amount of hate.
"If you touch him I'll..."
"If you finish that sentence, he dies." Kaiba stopped dead. "Good. Your silence tells me that you understand. Now here are the rules: If you want Mokuba to live, then you will listen to every word I have to say and you will not speak unless I tell you to."
"There's no proof that you can harm Mokuba you..."
"I said no talking! That was your only warning. You're right, I don't have proof. But would you dare risk it?" The man reached into his pocket and pulled out a remote-controller with two red buttons on it. "Now, if I push one of these buttons, 300 pounds of high-powered explosives will blow the top of this building to kingdome come, taking Mokuba along with it. But don't worry, as long as you follow the rules, there won't be any reason for me to do anything rash." The man snickered and sank down to a squatting position in the corner of the elevator. "Press the button for parking floor two." Kaiba did as he was told. "I am here to see you Seto Kaiba because my master is curious about you. My master is the great Sleishen. I'm sure you have heard of him, being that you are a big fan of duel monsters and all." The man chuckled, "My master is curious about your skill. You see, he is having a tournament very soon, your little brother is invited in fact. As is Yugi Muto. We need your help Seto Kaiba. We need you to be the champion duelist for my master. But my master believes you have lost your skill and nerve from your crushing defeats at the hands of Yugi Muto." Kaiba shifted uneasily for a moment. "So, to see if you can still duel, I am here with a test. I have with me two decks of duel monster cards. We will both choose a deck and play against each other with them. If you win, you will recieve two gifts." The man reached into his pocket and pulled out two Items, the Millenium Rod and a duel monster card. "This powerful monster card is called Ido. It is extremely powerful and would be an asset to any deck. It is one of my masters favorites. You see when he took over Industrial Illusions, he created six powerful cards for himself. He has decided however, that these cards would be most effective in the decks of the five kings. You'll learn aout the five kings later. I know that Ido is a poor replacement for your old god card, but you will find him satisfactory none the less. And also, the Millenium Rod, the millenium item that destiny meant for you to have. But if you lose this duel, not only will your little brother die but you will perish as well." The man stood up and opened his coat to reveal over 30 sticks of dynamite attached to his body. The elevator finally stopped at parking floor two. The man reached into his pocket and pulled out two decks. "Choose your deck." Kaiba grabbed one of the decks and immediately started looking through it.
'Not a bad deck,' Kaiba thought, 'Easily powerful enough to waste this old man.'
"Now if you will look into the parking lot, you will see the field I have set up for us." Kaiba looked out the elevator door and saw two duel disks lying about thirty feet from each other. "You may speak during this duel, but afterward you must be silent again, if you aren't dead." Both Kaiba and the Old man left the elevator and put on their duel disks. They then shuffled their decks and placed them in the duel ports. "Let us begin, shall we. You may go first, Kaiba." Kaiba drew his first six cards.
"I place one card face-down and summon Gagagigo(1850) in attack mode." A large, green, and human-like lizard appeared on the field. "I hope you know that you have no chance of beating me. I will not lose with Mokuba's life on the line."
"I'm amazed that you care about him so much. You treat him like dirt. No, less than dirt."
"Shut up. You don't know anything about me. Make your move."
"As you wish." The man drew his first six cards. "Hmmm...First I play the magic card Cost Down. To activate it I have to discard a card." He put one card in his graveyard. "This magic card reduces the level of all the monsters in my hand by two levels. This allows me to summon level six monsters without a sacrifice. So now I summon the level six monster Ancient Feather Gill(1000/500)." A large fish with the head and wings of an eagle appeared on the field. "This monsters special ability allows me to reduce the attack of one of your monsters to zero. Then, I add those points to my monsters attack points. So now your Gagagigo has zero attack points and my Ancient Feather Gill has 2850 attack points. Now, Ancient Feather Gill, attack his weakened Monster, flash feather attack."
"Heh. You old fool. I activate my face-down card. The trap known as Lighten the Load. This card reduces an attacking monster's attack points by 300 times that monster's level. So your level six monster loses 1800 attack points."
"Big deal, Kaiba. It still has 1050 attack points. More than enough to whipe out your lizard."
"Not quite. I then can increase my monsters attack by 300 points for each of it's levels. That gives my monster 1200 attack points making it stronger than your Ancient Feather Gill."
"That is a powerful card." The Eagle-headed fish attacked Kaiba's Gagagigo but the Lizard simply threw a punch and shattered the beast.
Kaiba:4000 Old Man: 3850
"Unfortunately, this card is a permenent trap that works for both sides. However, next turn you won't have any monsters on the field, so its effect won't be activated."
"Actually, that attack was only to get you to waste your trap card. My real move is this. I now activate Monster Reborn."
"Why? To bring back that worthless Gill monster. What a waste of a magic card."
"Actually, I was planning on reviving a different monster."
"But you only have one in the graveyard. Unless the card you discarded from your hand was a monster!"
"That's right Kaiba. I want to end this duel quickly. I'm sorry to say Kaiba but this duel was a lose-lose situation for you all along. You see, I know both decks by heart so there is no way I can lose. And knowing my deck well is the only reason that I can now summon my ultimate monster. Meet the second-most powerful monster in all of duel monsters. I revive the Gate Guardian(3750/3500)!" A huge beast appeared on the field.
"Heh. It doesn't matter how strong your beast is. As long as I have my trap on the field it can't attack me without getting destroyed."
"That is only the case for now Kaiba. Soon this duel will be over. With all the confidence you show it almost seems like you actually think you can win. Pathetic."
"I'll show you who is pathetic." Kaiba drew his card and snickered. "How Ironic, I play the magic card Change of Heart!" Kaiba slammed the card into his duel disk with pleasure. "Now the Gate Guardian is mine! Hahaha!" The Gate Guardian was pulled by a magical force and was placed on Kaiba's side of the field. "Well it looks like you were right. This duel is going to end quickly." 'If I want to do any significant damage to that old fool's life points, I need to get rid of my trap card, and I have just the card in my hand to do it.' "I play Remove Trap to get rid of my Lighten the load trap card. Now my Gate Guardian can deal 3750 damage to you. Gate Guardian attack his life points with your ultimate might!" The Gate Guardian charged up it's energy and fired an immense blast of power at the old man. The blast hit him and knocked him sprawling backward.
"Ow. What a way to mistreat an old man."
"Now you have only 100 life points left." Kauba sneered. 'What a simple duel. Next turn I will finish this pathetic old man off and be done with him forever. Then I'll go after his boss. No one messes with the Kaiba family.'
"Actually, Kaiba my life points are just fine."
"Huh?"
"You see, I discarded my Kuriboh from my hand. Kuriboh's special ability allows me to reduce the damage to my life points down to zero by discarding him to the graveyard."
"You are only prolonging the inevitable old man. Next turn will be the end of you."
"We'll just see about that." The old man drew his card. "Interesting. I play De-Fusion on your Gate Guardian."
"What?"
"This will make it split apart into Suigin, Kazegin, and Sanga of the Thunder." The Gate Guardian broke into it's three seperate pieces.
"What good does that do you? It only makes my force stronger."
"Seems that way. But now I play Soul Exchange."
"No!"
"This card allows me to Sacrifice Suigin and Sanga in order to summon my Barrel Dragon." A metallic dragon with a gun barrel as a head and two other gun barrels for hands appeared on the field as Suijin and Sanga dissapeared into thousands of shards of light. "This monster has 2600 attack points which is stronger than your pathetic Kazegin's 2400 attack points. However, my Barrel Dragon's special ability allows me to flip three coins. If two of the three coins are heads, then I can destroy your monster without attacking and hence attack your life points directly after it is gone. So now I flip my three coins." Three holographic coins flipped into the air but all three landed with tails face up. "No luck this time. Oh well. Barrel Dragon, attack his Kazegin, Neutron Blast!" The robotic dragon charged up it's cannons and fired immense streams of energy at Kazegin, shattering it into a million pieces. "You lose 200 life points."
"I know. I can count."
"Your move." Kaiba drew his card.
"I place two cards face down and set one monster card in defense mode. Go."
"Not much of a move. Barrel Dragon, let's try your special ability one more time." Again three holographic coins flipped into the air but this time two of the three landed on heads. "Perfect, Barrel Dragon, destroy his face down card." The beast jumped high into the air, landed on the face-down monster, and destroyed it. "Now Barrel Dragon, attack Kaiba's life points directly." The beast fired an enormous blast that hit Kaiba directly, greatly reducing his life points.
Kaiba: 1200 Old Man: 3850
"My move," Kaiba drew his card and his eyes widened in surprise, "I summon Bazoo the Soul Eater(1600) in attack mode. And that move ends my turn." The old man stared at Kaiba, pondering Kaiba's strange move.
"No need to use my monster's special ability, I'll just attack your monster and nearly wipe-out your life points." The Barrel Dragon attacked Kaiba's monster and reduced Kaiba's life points to 200. "It looks like you really have lost your touch Seto Kaiba. What a pity."
Kaiba: 200 Old Man: 3850
"Actually, your attack has single-handedly won this duel for me."
"How so?"
"Watch and learn you old fool. First I play Sneak-Peek. This card allows me to look at the top card of my deck and either leave that card on top or place it at the bottom of my deck." Kaiba picked up his card and looked at it. "Well, a monster card. I thnk I'll leave it on top." The old man looked at Kaiba with a puzzled look on his face. Then suddenly he realized what Kaiba was planning.
"Oh no..."
"Next, I summon Queen's double(250/250). Then I activate my other face-down cards, Reversal Quiz. To activate this card I have to discard my hand, but since there are no cards in my hand, I have nothing to lose. This magic card allows me to make a guess. A guess at what type of card is at the top of my deck. If I guess correctly, I can exchange my present life points for yours. And I guess that the top card on my deck is a monster card." Kaiba lifted the card and showed it to the old man. "Would you look at that, a monster card. Now we switch life points."
Kaiba: 3850 Old Man: 200
"And finally," Kaiba said, "I will end this duel by having my Queen's Double bypass your monster and attack your life points directly. I told you not to mess with the Kaibas, fool. You Lose!" The Queen's Double jumped past the Barrel Darrel Dragon and swung her metal claw and lowered the old man's life points to zero.
"Brilliant move, Seto Kaiba, utterly brilliant. I should have expected no less from you."
"Silence you old fool..."
"Ah ah ah. I told you that after the duel you could no longer speak. My master will be pleased. You are what he has been looking for after all. As promised, here are your prizes." The old man placed the duel monster card and millenium rod on the ground at his own feet. "I understand Kaiba, that you don't wish to be my master's champion but you will have no choice in the matter. And now, I bid you farewell." The old man stepped back into the shadows and was gone.
Kaiba immediately turned and ran for the elevator. He punched the floor number for his personal floor and the elevator began to move. He soon reached the floor and ran straight for his room. He burst through the doors and yelled, "Mokuba!" but Mokuba was no longer at the computer. A small note was left in Mokuba's chair. Kaiba grabbed it and began to read.
"Dear Mr.Kaiba,
My servant, Bernard has just tested you and if you are reading this letter you must have been victorious. First, let me congratulate you on your fine upset of my servent. However amazing your defeat of my servent may have been however, you will need to be much better prepared if you are to be my champion. I understand that under normal circumstances your answer to my offer to make you champion would be no. But since I have your brother and can terminate his life at any time, I expect that you will accept my offer with great fervor. Do not be concerned with the details of this endeavor, all will be explained to you when you reach Cairo. Have a Pleasant Journey.
Sleishen"
Kaiba set down the letter and reached for the phone. "Grigsby, there are two items in the second level of the parking garage I need you to pick up for me. And Grigsby, get my private jet ready. We're going for a little ride."
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Dave: Ohhhh, the plot thickens, dum dum duuummmm. Sorry it took so long to add another chappie but hey, how much time do you really have during Christmas break?