Chapter Eleven.
Croquet was pacing back and forth and so were all the crew of the Pegasus as the long stall in the duel where neither Rebecca nor Zerif did anything. It seemed to them all that Zerif was trying to rationalize something but they could not tell what was going on inside of his alien heart.
"If only I had gone down there with Mr. Pegasus." Croquet said to Tea who was still seated in the Captain's seat.
"I know what you mean, I wish I were down there with Yugi, but we are where we are so we just have to support them from right here." She replied.
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"Come on already, do something." Kaiba grumbled after watching the tedium for what seemed like hours.
"Give them both sometime." Yugi said. "I'm sure that their both doing the best that they can. Besides no one has called time in yet." Just then though, the duel was back on.
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"Time in." Zerif said and then he continued with his turn. "I draw and play another Seven Completed. This time to strengthen my defenses. His Timeater's defense points rose from 1700 to 2400. His monster seemed unstoppable but Rebecca knew that there had to be away to win. She waited for the attack to come and when it did her last defense was destroyed and Timeater's special ability went to effect on her turn. She drew and did not look at the card. It would do her no good, she thought, as now she could not summon it. There was nothing on the field to protect her life points and after this turn, she would loose.
"It's over." She said with tears in her eyes.
"Don't give up Rebecca!" Mokuba cried.
"Believe in the heart of the Cards!" Yugi shouted. He was right she still had one face down card and now was the time to use it.
"Activate Spell Binding Circle!" Rebecca cried once Zerif had declared his attack.
"What!" He exclaimed. Spell Binding Circle appeared around his monster and blocked it's attack just as it was going to fire. "NO!"
"YES!" Everyone on the sidelines cried and leaped for joy. This duel was still on and Rebecca was going to win it.
"It's my turn." She said and drew a card. "This is where it counts. I'm going to play Monster Reborn and Summon back my Gemini Elves." She declared. Now I've got a monster with 1900 attack points and now I'm going to play Rain of Mercy. This card gives us both 1000 life points." Zerif was stunned, he'd not counted on this Rebecca had been willing to play a card that would make her task more difficult in order to save herself. The Heart of the Cards was working against him for Rebecca. Was his cause not righteous enough for the Heart of the Card to work for him also?
"I draw." His life points rose another 500 points and he knew that he would have to play his trump card. "I sacrifice my Timeater to play Jinzo in attack mode with 2400 points and I attack." He said Jinzo attacked the Elf twins and they disappeared again. Rebecca's life points dropped another 500 points but she was still going strong. It was her turn and now she would draw.
"Swords of Revealing light!" She commanded the swords to come down around Jinzo and now for three turns he was as useless as their trap cards were now.
"I place one card face down and end my turn." Zerif said after drawing.
"My turn and I play Lady Panther in Defense mode." Rebecca said as she played the card she had just drawn. Zerif's life points were still going up. Before she could take care of that she would have to get ride of his Jinzo. None of the monsters in her deck were strong enough to do that except one. Which one though? Dark Magician or Blue Eyes White Dragon? She only had one shot at drawing one of these cards and she would need all her faith in the Heart of the Cards to find them.
"My turn now." Said Zerif. "I place one card face down and end my turn."
"Fine then, now I summon Zolga in defense mode and end my turn." Rebecca said.
"Neither of those two monsters are strong enough to defeat my Jinzo. You're just wasting your time bolstering your defenses like that. None of your traps will work, and soon none of your magic cards. For now it is my turn again and I equip Jinzo with Amplifier which allows my to activate trap cards while you still can not. Your turn, but I seriously doubt that anything you do will help you now."
"Fine, then it's time for my turn. Please heart of the cards don't fail me." She said as she drew her next card. Rebecca hoped against all odds that the card she would draw would be. "I sacrifice my two monster on the field, Lady Panther, and Zolga to summon…" She paused and looked at the card in her hand. "BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON!" The great beast appeared.
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Kaiba gasped when he saw the Blue eyes appear on the field and quickly check his own deck. All three of his Blue Eyes were there so how could it be that there was a fourth one?
"Yugi, what did you do?" He turned and demanded.
"I gave Rebecca a fighting chance." He said. "Thanks to Pegasus."
"No thanks to me, I just repaired the card that you destroyed, Kaiba boy." Pegasus said.
"Don't you know what it is that you've done. You upset the balance of power in Duel monsters again!" Kaiba shouted. "Yugi, you'll pay for this."
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"Blue Eyes White Dragon, how can this be?" Asked Zerif "That card was destroyed!"
"It was remade." Said Rebecca and now her Blue Eyes was the strongest monster on the field. "I attack with blazing white lightning!" She declared and Jinzo was destroyed before Zerif could activate any of his traps that would have made Rebecca's deck worthless to her. After the fall of Jinzo, the rest of his deck was easy to take down along with his life points. When Zerif's life point counter reached 0 at last, after a long, and tiresome duel; Zerif collapsed on the ground with his cards and had to be helped off the field by Zonif and the others.
"Zerif will be fine." Zelif said when Rebecca came back over to stand with her friends. This relieved her fears as Mokuba ran and threw an arm around her and they hugged each other as children do.
"You did spectacularly." Yugi told Rebecca.
"Awe it was nothing that your usual College Grade Genius couldn't have done." Rebecca said
"I don't know what College is, Rebecca, but that was a certainly a good duel for someone so young. You and Mokuba both are very intelligent." Zelif said. "But now it is time for yet another duel. I believe it's your turn Mr. Kaiba."
"That's right, Seto, it's your turn now." Mokuba said. "Go get him bro."
"Hmm." Kaiba grunted with a smile and a nod then he took the field.
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"Are you sure that you won't let one of us take your place?" Zonif asked Zealifo.
"I am sure my friend. This duel is for all of us." He said then took the field. Zealifo was committed to the duel and he was not going to let anyone or anything interfere, even his weakened state was not a factor in his mind. He wanted to face Seto Kaiba and see just how good he was at this game of theirs. Surely the man who invented so many wonderful gadgets to accessorize the game was a true master of the cards. "Our team lost last turn so it's my move. I play The Exiled Force in defense mode." Five armored soldiers appeared on the field and they looked ready for battle.
"Not bad." Kaiba said. "You've managed to field five monsters on one turn. Impressive. You're still a beginner and this card game, as you've seen, is not for those who's hearts are weak. My move and Now I play the Familiar Knight in attack mode." Kaiba's Knight was clearly stronger than any of Zealifo's but Zaelifo did not look the least bit worried.
"My turn now, and I activate these two magic cards. The A. Forces, which gives each of my monsters 200 extra attack points. And I equip my Captain of the Exiled Force with the Fusion Sword Murasame Blade." The Captain stepped forth and from his arm sprouted a long sword with serrated blade. "Go my Exiled Force, attack his monster and his life points!"
"What?" Kaiba couldn't believe it. When the five armored soldiers advanced across the field their Captain sliced right through his Familiar Knight while the other four attacked him directly. Kaiba fell backwards onto his back and watched as his life points dropped to 0.
"NO!" Mokuba couldn't believe it. Indeed none of them could believe it. Kaiba had lost in the first three turns. No one had ever been able to do that to him before."
"It can't be." Yugi said. "He lost."
"Not even a challenge for me." Said Zealifo. "Well, who is next to face me?" He asked them all. "Zonif and I will take on two of you at once if need be."
"Is that really necessary?" Zelif asked his old friend.
"It is." Replied Zonif as he came to stand beside of Zealifo. "We are dueling for the honor of this Council and we will not loose against any of you."
"Is that so." Said Mai. "Well, Joey and I can take the two of you on and we can beat you right now if you want."
"I don't desire the two of you." Zealifo said. "I desire to test myself against Yugi Mouto."
"Against me?" Yugi asked.
"And I desire to test myself against young Mokuba Kaiba, the only individual ever to have beaten the Great Yugi Mouto." Said Zonif.
"That is our challenge, take it, or forfeit the games now. We will be more than happy to speed you on your way back into space." Zealifo said, trying to goat them into a match.
"Seto, what should I…"
"You have no choice." Kaiba told his brother. "You must duel them and win."
"Well, it's really up to me now isn't it." Yugi said. "What if I duel the two of you at once?" He asked.
"That will not do." Said Zealifo. "We want you one on one or the two of us against the two of you. Those are the terms."
"Fine, we'll do it." Mokuba said. "But it'll be one on one, winner takes all, and to make sure that everything goes fairly for everyone…"
"I'll be sending you all to the shadow realm to duel." Kaiba said and lifted his Millennium Rod high above his head.
"A shadow duel, Kaiba NO!" Yugi cried but it was too late the shadows engulfed the arena and covered the coliseum like a dome.
"Yugioh!" Yugi cried and transformed. "Kaiba what have you done?" Yugioh asked him.
"I've made it harder for them to mentally conger their monsters. Now they'll loose for sure. Besides, there's nothing in the rules pertaining to a shadow duel." Kaiba laughed wickedly. "I told you that you would pay too Yugi, so now here's the deal, you'll face the Aliens without the aide of a duel disk. Kaiba's rod glowed brightly and then suddenly the Duel Disk of Yugi's arm disappeared.
"What, Kaiba, NO! With what will I conger my monsters?"
"With your mind." Kaiba told him. "With your mind."
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"Where did they go?" Weevil asked when he saw the blank screen. Tea stood horrified for she knew what was happening at that very moment. A Shadow Duel.
Croquet was pacing back and forth and so were all the crew of the Pegasus as the long stall in the duel where neither Rebecca nor Zerif did anything. It seemed to them all that Zerif was trying to rationalize something but they could not tell what was going on inside of his alien heart.
"If only I had gone down there with Mr. Pegasus." Croquet said to Tea who was still seated in the Captain's seat.
"I know what you mean, I wish I were down there with Yugi, but we are where we are so we just have to support them from right here." She replied.
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"Come on already, do something." Kaiba grumbled after watching the tedium for what seemed like hours.
"Give them both sometime." Yugi said. "I'm sure that their both doing the best that they can. Besides no one has called time in yet." Just then though, the duel was back on.
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"Time in." Zerif said and then he continued with his turn. "I draw and play another Seven Completed. This time to strengthen my defenses. His Timeater's defense points rose from 1700 to 2400. His monster seemed unstoppable but Rebecca knew that there had to be away to win. She waited for the attack to come and when it did her last defense was destroyed and Timeater's special ability went to effect on her turn. She drew and did not look at the card. It would do her no good, she thought, as now she could not summon it. There was nothing on the field to protect her life points and after this turn, she would loose.
"It's over." She said with tears in her eyes.
"Don't give up Rebecca!" Mokuba cried.
"Believe in the heart of the Cards!" Yugi shouted. He was right she still had one face down card and now was the time to use it.
"Activate Spell Binding Circle!" Rebecca cried once Zerif had declared his attack.
"What!" He exclaimed. Spell Binding Circle appeared around his monster and blocked it's attack just as it was going to fire. "NO!"
"YES!" Everyone on the sidelines cried and leaped for joy. This duel was still on and Rebecca was going to win it.
"It's my turn." She said and drew a card. "This is where it counts. I'm going to play Monster Reborn and Summon back my Gemini Elves." She declared. Now I've got a monster with 1900 attack points and now I'm going to play Rain of Mercy. This card gives us both 1000 life points." Zerif was stunned, he'd not counted on this Rebecca had been willing to play a card that would make her task more difficult in order to save herself. The Heart of the Cards was working against him for Rebecca. Was his cause not righteous enough for the Heart of the Card to work for him also?
"I draw." His life points rose another 500 points and he knew that he would have to play his trump card. "I sacrifice my Timeater to play Jinzo in attack mode with 2400 points and I attack." He said Jinzo attacked the Elf twins and they disappeared again. Rebecca's life points dropped another 500 points but she was still going strong. It was her turn and now she would draw.
"Swords of Revealing light!" She commanded the swords to come down around Jinzo and now for three turns he was as useless as their trap cards were now.
"I place one card face down and end my turn." Zerif said after drawing.
"My turn and I play Lady Panther in Defense mode." Rebecca said as she played the card she had just drawn. Zerif's life points were still going up. Before she could take care of that she would have to get ride of his Jinzo. None of the monsters in her deck were strong enough to do that except one. Which one though? Dark Magician or Blue Eyes White Dragon? She only had one shot at drawing one of these cards and she would need all her faith in the Heart of the Cards to find them.
"My turn now." Said Zerif. "I place one card face down and end my turn."
"Fine then, now I summon Zolga in defense mode and end my turn." Rebecca said.
"Neither of those two monsters are strong enough to defeat my Jinzo. You're just wasting your time bolstering your defenses like that. None of your traps will work, and soon none of your magic cards. For now it is my turn again and I equip Jinzo with Amplifier which allows my to activate trap cards while you still can not. Your turn, but I seriously doubt that anything you do will help you now."
"Fine, then it's time for my turn. Please heart of the cards don't fail me." She said as she drew her next card. Rebecca hoped against all odds that the card she would draw would be. "I sacrifice my two monster on the field, Lady Panther, and Zolga to summon…" She paused and looked at the card in her hand. "BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON!" The great beast appeared.
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Kaiba gasped when he saw the Blue eyes appear on the field and quickly check his own deck. All three of his Blue Eyes were there so how could it be that there was a fourth one?
"Yugi, what did you do?" He turned and demanded.
"I gave Rebecca a fighting chance." He said. "Thanks to Pegasus."
"No thanks to me, I just repaired the card that you destroyed, Kaiba boy." Pegasus said.
"Don't you know what it is that you've done. You upset the balance of power in Duel monsters again!" Kaiba shouted. "Yugi, you'll pay for this."
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"Blue Eyes White Dragon, how can this be?" Asked Zerif "That card was destroyed!"
"It was remade." Said Rebecca and now her Blue Eyes was the strongest monster on the field. "I attack with blazing white lightning!" She declared and Jinzo was destroyed before Zerif could activate any of his traps that would have made Rebecca's deck worthless to her. After the fall of Jinzo, the rest of his deck was easy to take down along with his life points. When Zerif's life point counter reached 0 at last, after a long, and tiresome duel; Zerif collapsed on the ground with his cards and had to be helped off the field by Zonif and the others.
"Zerif will be fine." Zelif said when Rebecca came back over to stand with her friends. This relieved her fears as Mokuba ran and threw an arm around her and they hugged each other as children do.
"You did spectacularly." Yugi told Rebecca.
"Awe it was nothing that your usual College Grade Genius couldn't have done." Rebecca said
"I don't know what College is, Rebecca, but that was a certainly a good duel for someone so young. You and Mokuba both are very intelligent." Zelif said. "But now it is time for yet another duel. I believe it's your turn Mr. Kaiba."
"That's right, Seto, it's your turn now." Mokuba said. "Go get him bro."
"Hmm." Kaiba grunted with a smile and a nod then he took the field.
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"Are you sure that you won't let one of us take your place?" Zonif asked Zealifo.
"I am sure my friend. This duel is for all of us." He said then took the field. Zealifo was committed to the duel and he was not going to let anyone or anything interfere, even his weakened state was not a factor in his mind. He wanted to face Seto Kaiba and see just how good he was at this game of theirs. Surely the man who invented so many wonderful gadgets to accessorize the game was a true master of the cards. "Our team lost last turn so it's my move. I play The Exiled Force in defense mode." Five armored soldiers appeared on the field and they looked ready for battle.
"Not bad." Kaiba said. "You've managed to field five monsters on one turn. Impressive. You're still a beginner and this card game, as you've seen, is not for those who's hearts are weak. My move and Now I play the Familiar Knight in attack mode." Kaiba's Knight was clearly stronger than any of Zealifo's but Zaelifo did not look the least bit worried.
"My turn now, and I activate these two magic cards. The A. Forces, which gives each of my monsters 200 extra attack points. And I equip my Captain of the Exiled Force with the Fusion Sword Murasame Blade." The Captain stepped forth and from his arm sprouted a long sword with serrated blade. "Go my Exiled Force, attack his monster and his life points!"
"What?" Kaiba couldn't believe it. When the five armored soldiers advanced across the field their Captain sliced right through his Familiar Knight while the other four attacked him directly. Kaiba fell backwards onto his back and watched as his life points dropped to 0.
"NO!" Mokuba couldn't believe it. Indeed none of them could believe it. Kaiba had lost in the first three turns. No one had ever been able to do that to him before."
"It can't be." Yugi said. "He lost."
"Not even a challenge for me." Said Zealifo. "Well, who is next to face me?" He asked them all. "Zonif and I will take on two of you at once if need be."
"Is that really necessary?" Zelif asked his old friend.
"It is." Replied Zonif as he came to stand beside of Zealifo. "We are dueling for the honor of this Council and we will not loose against any of you."
"Is that so." Said Mai. "Well, Joey and I can take the two of you on and we can beat you right now if you want."
"I don't desire the two of you." Zealifo said. "I desire to test myself against Yugi Mouto."
"Against me?" Yugi asked.
"And I desire to test myself against young Mokuba Kaiba, the only individual ever to have beaten the Great Yugi Mouto." Said Zonif.
"That is our challenge, take it, or forfeit the games now. We will be more than happy to speed you on your way back into space." Zealifo said, trying to goat them into a match.
"Seto, what should I…"
"You have no choice." Kaiba told his brother. "You must duel them and win."
"Well, it's really up to me now isn't it." Yugi said. "What if I duel the two of you at once?" He asked.
"That will not do." Said Zealifo. "We want you one on one or the two of us against the two of you. Those are the terms."
"Fine, we'll do it." Mokuba said. "But it'll be one on one, winner takes all, and to make sure that everything goes fairly for everyone…"
"I'll be sending you all to the shadow realm to duel." Kaiba said and lifted his Millennium Rod high above his head.
"A shadow duel, Kaiba NO!" Yugi cried but it was too late the shadows engulfed the arena and covered the coliseum like a dome.
"Yugioh!" Yugi cried and transformed. "Kaiba what have you done?" Yugioh asked him.
"I've made it harder for them to mentally conger their monsters. Now they'll loose for sure. Besides, there's nothing in the rules pertaining to a shadow duel." Kaiba laughed wickedly. "I told you that you would pay too Yugi, so now here's the deal, you'll face the Aliens without the aide of a duel disk. Kaiba's rod glowed brightly and then suddenly the Duel Disk of Yugi's arm disappeared.
"What, Kaiba, NO! With what will I conger my monsters?"
"With your mind." Kaiba told him. "With your mind."
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"Where did they go?" Weevil asked when he saw the blank screen. Tea stood horrified for she knew what was happening at that very moment. A Shadow Duel.