The plane form Air New Zealand landed on the tarmac, and as the doors insiode the air port opened, the duelists came charging out! Running mad dash to the exit, trampling over luggage, jumping over other people, just trying to get out the door.
"Hurry!" Kagome ordered her team, "We need to find a helicopter!"
"Kaiba, where are we going?" demanded Mai.
"My private helicopter is waiting for us at gate 17." Kiaba replied.
"What about my cab?" Murry asked.
"He'll buy you a new one, sweetheart," Mai told him as Inu-yasha suddenly picked her up, and threw Mokuba on his back.
"My speed will get us there faster," Inu-yasha told his team mates. "Now hold on!" Team Kaiba raced out the gate, and on to the tarmac, where the Kaiba Corp. Helicopter was on standby.
Meanwhile, team Higurashi had been informed of the helipads on the roof, so they made a beeline for it.
"My legs are gonna collapse!" cried Yugi as they started climbing the stairs.
"You've never run form a demon before," Kagome yelled at him. "this is nothing!"
"Stop fighting," Shippo begged, "We need to get to the top! Everyone hop on," he said as he pulled a leaf, jumped, and turned into a pink bubble. He inflated, and as his team mates jumped on, they rose up the stairwell, and to the last door. Shippo changed back, and they all made a run for it. There was one helicopter left waiting as two others took off. One carrying team Bakura , the other carrying Team Wheeler.
"We won't make it!" Joey cried.
"We will!" Kagome answered. As the helicopter bagn to take off, the wind whipping all about, Kagome grabbed the hands of teammates, amking a chain, and leaped with all her might and powers!
She grabbed the landing strut of the Helicopter, and yelled, "Hey! Let us in!"
Shippo scurried up Kagome's back to the Helicopter's hatch, flung it open, and took hold of the seats as he transformed into a rope ladder. When all were in, the pilots were flabbergasted at the brave stupidity of their passengers.
"Mount Sunday," Kagome told them, "Hurry."
"Yes ma'am," one said, as they took off for the great New Zealand wilderness.
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"Big Brother," Mokuba said, looking out the rear window, "Don't look now, but we've got company."
"They caught up already?!" Kaiba exclaimed. "Impossible!"
"Don't underestimate Kagome," Inu-yasha said. "She might be a stupid girl, but she's stubborn too."
"That's what worries me," Kaiba said. He knew the other two helicopters carried the rest of the teams. But just, Mai cried, "Oh my goodness, look!"
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"Oh guys, isn't it beautiful?" Serenity gasped. The sight of the lone great hill rising form the ground, with white capped mountains in the distance, and rocky planes surrounding, took their bretah away. Never had such a natural wonder been made in all the world.
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"And here, we shall duel," Bakura whispered in awe, as his two teammates could not even find words to describe the beauty of the land.
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"They are coming, brother," said one dark haired boy, his eyes permanently shut, blocking out the world.
"I know," said his identical twin. "And we will bring them down." His eyes, with perfect vision, gleamed like blue fire as he watched the people the helicopters land, and their passengers disembark. In the distance, on remnants of a long forgotten road, a truck, carrying camera crew, and a wide eyed announcer, came running through the wind swept plains.
"The board is set, and the pieces are set," said the blind brother said. "The game has begun."
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"This wind is stronger than even you wind tunnel!" Sango cried to Miroku over the roaring gale.
"What a place to have a duel!" Duke said, looking around.
"My sentiments exactly." said a voice form above them. On the summit. Stood tow figures they hadn't seen in the helicopters. Two young men who looked exactly the same, except one had his eyes shut, and they other had eyes as deep as the oceans, and as clear as a summer sky, yet burned with a frire of hidden power and strength none could ever have thought possible. And both looked no older than Kagome or Yugi.
The announcer and his camera crew came lumbering up, and he said, "Is this all that could be mustered in this whole country?"
"We have already beaten the others," said the blind brother. "These foreigners are our prey now."
"Who are you?" Kagome asked them.
"We are the Prophets," said the first one. "I am Eli, this is Homer. And we have seen what you've done to our brethren."
"More Rare Hunters?" said Tea.
"Rare Hunters?" said Homer, "is that what you think we are, Tea?"
"HUH!?" Tea exclaimed. "How did you now-!"
"I know each and everyone of you. I have seen your faces in my mind, and I have seen your actions." The two flung their cloaks off, letting the great winds on the mountain carry them away. They were dressed as ancient Egyptians, and on their backs were burns in the shape of spiders.
"Your Naraku incarnations!" Inu-yasha snarled.
"He is not our father," said Eli. "Only our grandfather. We were born long ago, to a simple hand maiden in the royal court of Egypt. She was blighted by a demon, sent from the island called Japan."
"You mean-?" Sango, and she looked at Bakura with eyes full of fear. And tears.
"The Spirit of the Millennium Ring!" Bakura gasped. "He created you?!"
"he fathered us," said Homer, "And the Egyptians cursed us, and called us demon spawn. Something you can relate to, Inu-yasha, being that you are a half demon also."
"Are you getting this?!" whispered the announcer to his camera men. "These two are so crazy it's great!"
"For centuries we were homeless and lonely until we found our master," continued Eli, "And we joined The Tomb Keepers, or Rare Hunters, as you call them."
"But, why are you blind?" Miroku asked Homer.
"It was punishment, for I was cursed with the gift of foresight, and I saw the fall of Egypt. When the last of the Pharaohs heard this, he scourged me. I have since lived in darkness,, save when visions would come, granting me one small glimpse into the world around me."
"And I alone have cared for my brother," said Eli, "When all others shunned us, ever whne we were turned away by our own family, we had each other."
"Then, I saw you, Yugi Motou, take down our master, Merik, and every subsequent master we've had afterwards," Homer said, pointing at Yugi. "We will not allow you to continue to destroy the only family who's ever cared about us," Eli decreed. "Master Blitz will not suffer the same fate as Master Flame."
"We will stop you, here and now!" cried the brothers, strapping on their duel disks.
"Fine then!" cried Yugi/Yami, "I face you!"
"No," said Kaiba, "leave them to us."
"Us?" Yugi/Yami asked.
"They're brothers, we're brothers," Mokuba said. "It's only right."
"You think you can stop us?" asked Homer. "I could beat you both, but my borther and I have always dueled together."
"How can you duel?" asked Kaiba, 'You can't even see."
Homer drew a card from his deck, and holding out for others to see, he said, "Monster reborn." he did it again, saying, 'The Tower of Babel." Then again, "Judgment of Solomon." he was right all three times. He did indeed have the gift of foresight. He could see every card in his deck before he drew it.
"Alright, it's a double duel!" cried the announcer, " Players, shuffle your decks, and get ready !"
"SHUT UP!" screamed everyone. The Kaiba brothers stood facing Eli and Homer on the summit, their hair and clothes fluttering in the strong winds. They were so strong in fact that Mokuba feared that their cards might blow away as soon as they drew them.
"Alright then, lets get this duel started." Kaiba said. "Mokuba and I will go first. I play Battle Ox with 1700 attack points in attack mode."
"Yeah, my turn now." Mokuba said. "I play the Masked Dragon with 1400 attack points in attack mode.."
"Very good." Eli said, "But now it's our turn so I now I play Solomon The Wise King with 1750 attack points in attack mode and one card face down." As he did this, a tall man with a crown and a long white beard appeared on the field.
"So too do I play David the Warrior King with 1750 attack points in attack mode," said Homer as a young man with a similar crown took the field, in his hands a sword, and at his side a sling. "Now I lay one card face down and play the field magic card Biblical Landscape." Homer said. The ground around them shook, and suddenly, surrounding Mt Sunday were Roman temples, Egyptian pyramids, deserts, and oceans. "And our monsters gain a bonus 300 points because of Biblical Landscape, and are unaffected by Magics and Traps."
"Our turn," Kaiba said, drawing a card. "I sacrifice Battle Ox to summon Different Dimension Dragon, and I lay a card face down on the field."
"And I play Burning Land," said Mokuba, laying down the trap card."
"Not so fast, little one," said Eli, "That activates my trap, The Sacred Ark!" behind the two Kings, a chest adorned with Gold appeared, and opened up to reveal a bright burning light. "It destroys all continuous magic cards, and continuous magic cards can no longer be played in the duel. And now it's my turn." The blue eyed duelist drew, and smiled as he said, " Brother, the time has come."
"Yes!" said Homer.
"I play Polermization," said Eli, "to combine Solomon and David, to create Archangel, Destroyer of Darkness!" the two Kings vanished, and on the field appeared a great and powerful Angle, clothes in pure white, who's wingspan took up half the field! "Now, as per our Archangel's special abilities, we draw until we have 6 cards in our hands," Eli said as he and Homer drew form their decks.
"Now I play the equip Magic card, A cross to bare," said Homer. A gold cross appeared on the breast plate of armor over the Archangel's white robes. "This increases our angel to 3200 attack points!"
"That's more than even the Blue Eyes, Big Brother," Mokuba exclaimed.
"Now," the twins said together, "We attack!" The Archangel flew high above the field, it's wings casting a shadow over everyone present, and it flew down, destroying both of the Kaiba Brothers' monsters, and sending their counters down 2000 points for Kaiba and 1800 for Mokuba.
"Half our life points!" Mokuba cried in despair.
"Don't worry, Mokuba. I have a plan." Kaiba said.
"So do I," Mokuba said, "When the destroyed my Dragon, I get to summon a monster with 1500 attack points or less. And I summon Troop Dragons in defense mode!" two armored dragons took the field.
"It's my turn," Kaiba said, "And I play Mystic Horseman in defense mode, and a card face down on the field. "
"And I sacrifice my two Troop Dragons to summon Hyzanaroo," said Mokuba. "And I also play Change of Heart to take control of your angel." Suddenly, the feathered wings on the Archangel turned into leathery bat wings, and turned to strike Homer, but the blind duelist laughed.
"Didn't I already tell you I could see the future? I activate my trap, Stone Tablets of Great Commandments, negating your magic card!" The Archangel's wings returned to normal, and it turned back to face the Kaiba Brothers.
"Dang," Mokuba said. Well then, I play Mask of the Accursed, and equip it to the Archangel." The mask flew up and covered the angel's face.
"Now for my turn," Eli said calmly, drawing a card. "And I play Blood Sacrifice, which destroys your Mask, and negates the effects of all our opponent's equip magic cards."
"They have a card for everything the Kaba's play," Yugi said form the sidelines.
"Looks like the Kaiba's are done for," said Duke.
"Come on, Mokuba!" called Shippo, "You guys can pull this off!"
"Not likely," Eli said, "We attack now. And again our angel's special ability applies. We can destroy both your monsters with one attack." The angle advanced again, but Kaiba flipped over a card.
"Activate Pyramid of Light!" Kaiba said. Suddenly, gigantic walls of light rose, and enclosed the entire mountain within a great Pyramid! "And now, thanks to the special abilities of my monsters, I summon Andro Sphinx and Sphinx Teleia!"
"I can't believe he still has those cards!" Joey exclaimed, remembering their battle with Anubis.
"Hmph," scoffed Eli, "I play the quick play magic card, Sacred Bowl, destroying all face up traps." As the walls of the Pyramid started to crack, and tumble down around them, Eli said, "And I believe when your Pyramid is destroyed, so are your Sphinxes."
"True, but when they are, I get summon a more powerful creature," said Kaiba, as his Spinxes disappeared. "Behold, Theinen The Great Sphinx!" The Sphinx roared as it took the field, and Kiba said, "Attack, Theinen!" Kaiba ordered. Theinen roared again, and charged at the Archangel, gripping it in it's massive claws. The two creatures flew up, high to heavens, as they battled. The angel striking with it's powers as Theinen clawed and countered it's blows. Finally, the Archangel lost, and plummeted to the ground as Kiaba's Sphinx flew down, and took it's place beside him. The brothers' points dropped 300. "And now, I put Mystic Horseman into attack mode, and attack the so called psychic," Kiaba said as the Horseman made Homer's points drop to 2700
"And Now," Mokuba said, "I get to attack you directly," His Hyozanryo flew at the brothers, and attacked Eli's points directly. His life points dropped to 2100.
They brothers looked their hands, and drew, but nothing could save them. They simply ended their turns, and prepared for defeat, for then, the Kaiba;s used all three of their monsters to win the match.
Defeated, Eli and Homer dropped to their knees, and hugged each other. "I hear his wrath, brother," said Homer weakly. "He is coming to take us!"
"Who?" Kagome asked. She felt pity for the half breed brothers, who suffered the same pain as Inu-yasha. "Who is coming?"
"Master Blitz!" Cried, Eli, no longer seeing what was around him,. But what he saw in his mind. "Please! No! We are all we have! NO!" On the horizon, another helicopter appeared, approaching the mountain. The brothers clung to each other, and then, Kagome, Yugi, and the others saw that though these two were centuries old, they were still only frightened boys. As the helicopter's shadow enveloped the crowed, from their backs flew out Jewel Shards, and the two fell to the ground, lifeless and limp.
"Oh no!" Yami/ Yugi cried, running with Kagome to their side. The brothers' pulses were checked. They lived, but they were little more than hunks of flesh.
"The shards," Kagome said. "There's a lot of them above us! In the helicopter!"
"Come down form there, coward!" called Inu-yasha. The figure in shadow within the flying vehicle threw down four rare cards along with a note. Then, the helicopter flew away, over the rising mountains.
"These belong to us," Kaiba said, taking the cards and handing two to Mokuba. Kaiba got the Archangel and Biblical Landscape. Mokuba the two Kings.
"Here's the note!" Sango called. "It says; 'All before me shall fall to the power of y great crystal.'"
"That cruel b--------!" Kagome whispered. "They trusted him! They followed him! How could he do this?!"
"We'll get this monster," said Inu-yasha. "Don't worry."
"In the meantime," Tristan said, grabbing the cameras from the cameramen, with Duke's help.
"What are you doing!?" demanded the announcer. "This stuff is gold!"
"Oh yeah?" Tristan asked. He and Duke opened up the cameras, took the film, and stomped on it, destroying the images. "Now it's garbage."
The announcer cried, and said, "That does it! For that, you two are disqualified!"
"Go ahead," Duke said. "We can't allow any of this to get out."
"So," said Serenity as she and Mai approached, "We can't let any of you remember this duel."
"I don't think that's possible, Kid," said the announcer. "This was duel that no one could forget."
"Oh, I don't think so, hun," Mai said, her Millennium Eye glowing on her forehead. "As reader of thoughts and hearts, I'm erasing this duel from your minds, and putting instead a more normal image."
"Wh- What!?" the announcer and camera cried out as their minds were wiped clean of the previous duel, and was replaced with a fake image of an ordinary duel, with the two boys passing out from exhaustion.
"Now," Serenity said, "Please, call an ambulance!"
"Uh- Yes!" agreed the confused announcer, "An ambulance!" he and his crew turned, took out cell phones, and called for an E-vac chopper to hurry to Mount Sunday.
As all this was happening, Kagome couldn't help but want to cry for the two unfortunate brothers. Silently, she vowed to avenge them, and hopefully, she could save them.