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The Summer Stars: Glad you like the Yugi/Yami stuff and also glad you liked the end.
Here's more to enjoy! Whew, this is officially the longest chapter I have ever written. Don't expect me to be doing it again any time soon.
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"How do I look?"
"Great if you want to be saying 'I'm a corporate sleezeball who can't even order around my own people," Mokuba flippantly replied as he eyed Jonouchi's suit and tie.
Jonouchi scowled at the boy as he heard heavy giggling from the other side of the bed beside Mokuba. "No Yami, that's not nice," Yugi said through his giggles.
Jonouchi rapped his fingers on the oak desk beside him until Yugi caught the glower that had been directed towards him. "You know I hate it when you do that Yugi. It's like listening to half a conversation and I believe I deserve to know." Jonouchi raised a questioning eyebrow as Yugi swallowed slightly, seeing the cold sapphire eyes settling on him.
"Um, uh, Yami was just, uh saying, uh..." Yugi got lost in his explanation as the intimidating statute of Jonouchi, or perhaps Kaiba, got the best of him.
Yami instantly took over from there as he scowled at Jonouchi. "That was not very nice Kaiba. I was saying you looked like you belonged in the ranks of the big five and if you went like that not even Mai would consider getting in your pants."
"That was not a nice thing to say Yami. And you know Mai, given an opportunity would hop into bed with Weevil as long as it was sex. And neither was your referring to me as my dead lover very kind."
"Real-ly," Yami smirked. "I thought you were the high priest since you seem to be doing an equally good job at scaring my light shitless."
"I apologize for testing this on you Yugi but I needed to know if I had gotten the attitude and glare down right. Or at least right enough to scare just about anyone. I will need that ability today and I knew Noa and Mokuba would be failures to test it on," Jonouchi said coolly as he turned his glance towards Mokuba. "So the suit and tie is a no. What do you suggest Mokuba and we'll see what Yugi and Yami think of it."
Mokuba flashed a huge grin. Over the past week he had shared soft kisses with Jonouchi but nothing more than that. He had a plan for tonight that he was sure was fool proof. After tonight their relationship wouldn't be the same especially since Yugi and Yami would agree with his outfit choice. The outfit he had in mind had always turned him on since finding it one morning, drenched in semen from both Seto and Jonouchi.
Mokuba hopped off the bed and hurried towards the closet, digging through the large closet and finally pulling out one hangar from which hung a clothing bag. He dragged it out and dropped the large bag on the bed.
"You want me to wear a bag?" Jonouchi asked, letting some of his old humor creep through his stern visage.
"It's in the bag Jou!" This drew a stifled giggle from Yugi until Jonouchi threw a mock scowl at him.
Jonouchi unzipped the bag and froze as he saw the outfit that was lying in the bag. "No," he quickly shook his head.
"C'mon Jou, it would be best and I think recently you've lost some weight and I think you could get away with wearing it."
Jonouchi ran a hand through the chestnut hair. Sure, he had lost some weight since taking this job. It was making him skinnier than he already had been even though he wasn't quite sure it was healthy. The job had been stressful and he had been forced to cut down severely on his eating. He was about equal weight with what Seto had been while he run battle city and that had been virtually skin and bones.
"No Mokuba, I refuse to wear that," he pointed at the outfit in the bag. It brought back so many memories.
Yugi hopped to his feet and crossed towards the outfit. He recognized it from battle city. "It would be best Jou," Yugi said quietly.
"Fine," Jonouchi snarled as he snatched up the outfit and stormed into the bathroom. He returned a few minutes later with the white coat flaring around him over the tight black pants and shirt. The buckles on his arms however Jonouchi had not bothered with, not wanting to mess with them until he was certain that he wasn't going to change again.
Jonouchi heard catcalls as Yami took over again. "Bring on the duels High Priest!"
"Fine, I'll wear it," Jonouchi snapped as he stood there messing with the buckles, desperately trying to get them on.
Mokuba scurried towards him and motioned for Jonouchi to kneel down. He did and Mokuba tightened the straps around his right arm.
"Thanks kid," he said as he stood up and ruffled Mokuba's hair. He snagged the tall boots out of the closet to finish his outfit.
Jonouchi swallowed hard as he steeled himself upon entering the large building that was Kaiba Corp. He tightened his hand briefly around the handle of his briefcase. This was it, the meeting that he had trained so hard for.
"Good day Mr. Kaiba," the elderly woman at the front desk nodded at him as he walked past.
He gave a brief nod of his head as he headed towards the elevator. He pressed the button leading to the top floor where his office lay.
"Hello Mr. Kaiba," Victoria chirped. "Today is the big day."
"Yes," Jonouchi said mutely. "What's on my schedule before then?"
She shoved a pile of paperwork over to him. "You have these to go over and, oh yes, Mr. Otogi called and wants a call back as soon as you have a chance."
"Very well," Jonouchi tucked the papers under his arm as he headed towards the office. He sat down, pulling his laptop out of his briefcase and clicking it on. He checked his mail quickly and noticed that among the normal stuff there was an e-mail from Yugi. When he opened the mail there was an animated heading that read 'GOOD LUCK!!!' above a picture of the gang, extremely chibified. A small smile, quirked over Jonouchi's lips as he saw it.
Jonouchi flickered through the rest of the mail and figured there was no use in postponing the call any longer. He dialed the number the person at the counter of Otogi's game shop finally picking up after numerous rings.
"Hello, this is the Flying Monkey Game Shop, Hiroto Honda speaking."
"Hello Honda, I am returning a call from your boss." Jonouchi dropped his voice to an icy tone as he answered.
"JOU?!?" Honda all but screamed.
"Please call me Kaiba-san, or Mr. Kaiba or even just Kaiba. It doesn't bother me which one."
"Yes, Kai-ba."
"Honda, I'm returning the call your boyfriend gave me, now would you be kind enough to transfer this call?"
"He's," Honda's voice faltered slightly. "Busy," Honda finished. Jonouchi frowned as he heard a moan from the other side of the phone.
"Oooh, Otogi, lower." Another moan sounded. "Just keep it up, work it, harder. Harder!"
"Busy indeed." Jonouchi seethed.
"Otogi! Get your sexy ass moving and pick up this phone!" Jonouchi practically bellowed. The moaning stopped, as there was a slight click.
"Yes puppy?"
"Shut your asshole up!" Jonouchi snarled.
"Good luck Kaiba-san," Otogi said softly. "Show those suits what real games are all about."
"You bet I will dice-head."
"Mr. Kaiba, this better not be a waste of time," a wiry man said as he looked at Jonouchi through his thick glasses.
"Don't worry Mr. Takenoshi," Jonouchi told him calmly. Jonouchi calmly slid the keycard around his neck through the lock and the gate slid slowly open. The four other people, including the CEOs of some of the wealthiest companies in the world were eyeing him, a bit skeptically. There was Takenoshi whose companies developed gaming systems for arcades, Samura who developed computers, Radgies who had recently a series of virtual reality games, Halivand who was a master of all sorts of role playing games, and of course Crawford. Their thin black suits were so different than his own trench coat and tight black clothes. It was obvious who was in control this time. Even Marion Crawford shied away from him.
"You won't be disappointed." Jonouchi eyed each of them cautiously. All his preparing had come down to this one final day, this final moment.
"Jonouchi, you look like a monkey in that outfit," Seto sneered as soon as he saw the blond duelist, his outfit showing his lean body and well-muscled shoulders and back Seto had to swallow hard just not to ravish him. But no, he was Seto Kaiba and nothing would change that. Even if he grew angry enough to explode every time he saw the blonde bimbo hanging all over his puppy.
"Hey! Kaiba! We came ta rescue ya and dat's all da thanks we get!!!"
Seto smirked as he stood there. He had gone and gotten his puppy all riled up again. "I didn't ask for your help mutt and neither do I need it," Seto snorted as he turned away from Jonouchi. He saw Mokuba's eyes pleading towards him. He knew Mokuba wanted him to just admit his feelings to the blond but he couldn't do it.
"Congratulations on making it this far, Mr. Kaiba."
"What are you talking about?" Seto snarled at the voices. "I escaped the lava pool! The game is over."
"Oh, but now there is a new way to summon the ultimate dragon."
"You rewrote the programming," Seto glowered at each of them in turn as he made his statement. No one messed with his programs, absolutely no one. The huge beast stepped out in front of its masters, each head turning towards them as the roars made the ground shake. Beneath where they stood was a mainframe of computer data.
"I summon Harpy Lady!"
A laugh boomed around the room as the monster fell to the ground. "This is a special room with a seal of the Lord of Dragons. Only dragon monsters can be played in this room."
Seto felt a laugh rise in his throat at their idioticy. "You dare challenge me to a battle of dragons?" He echoed as he looked at them incredulously.
As soon as the words had come out of his mouth he noticed Yugi and the mutt nod to each other. In turn they each summoned a dragon, Yugi summoned Curse of Dragon while Jonouchi, his powerful Red Eyes.
"I summon Harpie's Pet Dragon," Mai declared as she smirked at Seto. Seto knew who would win this battle of wits. Her dragon paled in comparison to his beast.
"I summon The Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Seto declared as his Blue Eyes burst out, roaring as it appeared in the room. All five of their dragons attacked, ready to leave nothing in the place of the legendary dragon, only to have their attacks countered.
"Thanks to the fact that our monster is formed of five different attributes the only type that can affect it is a monster of light." While they continued to attack Seto felt despair take over. There was no way they would win as the dragons stood at a stand still.
"However, one of your team does not have a dragon to defend with." Seto's eyes swiveled towards where the big five were staring, at Mokuba. The attack went straight on, Mokuba never had a chance.
"Red Eyes! Block it!" Seto stared at Jonouchi as his huge black dragon flew before Mokuba, taking the full blow of the attack. The small white numbers on Jonouchi's life point counter flew by, clicking down to zero. When it struck zero it was like a drum had pounded in Seto's head as Katsuya Jonouchi began disappearing. Seto clenched his fists tightly Yugi yelled for his friend, the only part of him left was his grinning visage as he threw his thumb up and then disappeared.
Seto couldn't believe it. He was gone. His heart was pounding as he stared at the place his puppy had been. He had sacrificed himself, for Mokuba. Seto couldn't believe it. The mutt hated him but had given everything up for Mokuba, his brother.
'I'll repay you puppy, I promise.'
"Ladies and Gentlemen, please take a seat within a pod," Jonouchi ordered as he waved his hand towards the circle of pods in the room full of machinery. Each of the CEOs looked at him nervously but followed directions nevertheless. Jonouchi took his own in front of the machinery that controlled the pods. He gave a slight nod to signify he was ready once he slipped the deck in the small card reader that popped out.
"Begin!"
Jonouchi relaxed his body as the faceplate slide over his eyes and he felt himself falling. He hit the ground gracefully and returned to his feet as he gave his party a cursory glance. They seemed to be functioning alright but were a bit wary about the realness of this virtual world.
"This game is made from many technological revolutions, combining together my virtual technology, role playing, basic adventure game components and duel monsters. The reality of this virtual technology is the basis from which all games in KaibaLand will be built."
Jonouchi saw a few nods as his party glanced around. So far, so good.
"Have you told him yet?" Noa frowned as the voice asked the question and he saw the sadness cross over the face he was staring at.
"Not yet. I haven't even seen him and I don't particularly trust any one else to do it. I'll tell him soon."
"I'm growing impatient."
"I'm sorry," Noa whispered as the computer clicked off. He sighed as he sat there.
"So, you still haven't told him," Mokuba commented from the doorway. "How long are you going to hold this off?"
"As long as I can," Noa said, his sapphire eyes sad as he sat there, staring at the empty screen.
"They're both going to be mad at you when they find out," Noa pushed away from the computer as he watched Mokuba standing there with his arms crossed.
"Why are you complaining? When I tell you loose everything."
"Yeah," Mokuba looked down at Noa.
"And sometimes lies just need to be told."
"Blue Eyes! Attack!" Jonouchi ordered calmly as the burst of lightning shot from the dragon's mouth. Each of the CEOs were doing rather well with most only having lost a few hundred life points for being unfamiliar with the game. Crawford however was keeping up well with him. That did not surprise him.
"Your Blue Eyes White Dragon is as deadly as ever, Mr. Kaiba," Marion said as she offered a polite smile towards him. Jonouchi gave her a slight nod as he knelt down and pocketed the scorecard. The trench whipped behind him in the wind of the virtual atmosphere.
His eyes riveted to the woods as he saw something in the woods. "I'll be with you in a minute ladies and gentlemen," Jonouchi said as he nodded towards them. "You can continue on towards the town. I have something that requires my attention."
They all nodded in agreement and Jonouchi took off running towards the woods. He had always been a fast runner and this time his speed was needed as he gained on the thing he was chasing. When he spotted it he stopped in shock before his mind caught up to him.
It was a perfect virtual rendition of his lover, his long purple trench coat waving behind him. Jonouchi remembered what Seto had said about making virtual clones of himself to duel against. They had run into one in Noa's virtual world.
Jonouchi sighed, his emotions a mixture of the sadness he was feeling and anguish. He should know better than to have these sorts of wishes. Seto would never return, he should have known better than to get his hopes up. The virtual Seto turned and a shocked expression played over his stern features.
Jonouchi's jaw dropped with shock at the expression and the virtual Seto tore off running, Jonouchi hot on his trail.
"Stop! I want to talk! Stop!" Jonouchi threw all his energy into racing after the virtual Seto. The virtual Seto's coat snagged on a low branch and Jonouchi jumped on him. They rolled down the hill, finally stopping with Jonouchi atop the virtual Seto. "What the hell is wrong with you? I told you to stop!"
"Are you a virtual copy? You look like it but you don't. Or is this Noa's idea of a joke?"
Jonouchi stumbled backwards. "Who are you?"
"You have no business asking me that," the virtual Seto snorted.
"Fine, I'm Seto Kaiba, the creator of this thing." Jonouchi snarled at him.
"No you aren't. Seto Kaiba is dead. All that's left of him is a figment of memory."
Jonouchi stood there, opening his mouth to say something but then quickly closing it again. "You're right, I'm totally wrong." He backed away from the virtual Seto, slowly leaving him and heading back towards his associates.
"Kaiba-san! Has everything been taken care of," Jonouchi glanced up as he approached his colleagues.
"Yes, it has Miss Crawford," he calmly said.
"What was wrong?"
"A slight glitch that has been remedied," Jonouchi said before she could say anything else.
"I sure hope you don't develop such glitches in your psyche when the time comes for the tournament." Crawford seethed as she stopped before Jonouchi.
"Don't worry about me. Just make sure that deck is ready on time." Jonouchi whispered before stepping in front of the group. "Ladies and Gentlemen!" Jonouchi said as he raised his voice to get their attentions. "Seeing as you have all adapted well to the game I would like to allow you to take place in a tournament of sorts. This will be one of the main features of this game. The tournament is in a gladiator setting, pitting champions, who are players from around the world, against each other.'
"It takes place in the coliseum and this gives the players a chance to go against a live opponent, rather than the computer. Now if you will, follow me into the arena."
There were several nods of approval as they all followed Jonouchi into the large arena, most of them refusing to wear any special garb. But Crawford was soaking it up as soon as she had come out in a baroness dress.
"Jou? Do you have any idea what time it is?" Yugi's tired voice said. "I know you've gotten used to abnormal hours but some of us do sleep."
"Don't worry Yugi. This time it's for a good reason and you'll be paid for it."
A yawn sounded over the phone. "I don't wanna be paid Jou. I wanna go to bed."
"How does fifty dollars an hour, for dueling sound to you?"
"What!?!" Yugi yelled at the top of his lungs. Jonouchi pulled the phone away from his ear slightly, trying to mute the noise a little. "What's the catch?"
"Catch?" Jonouchi feigned innocence even though he knew Yugi would see right through it.
"There's always a catch Jou. You might be nice but no one hands out that type of money when you know I would duel for free."
"Okay, there are a few things. It's in virtual reality, you must be in costume, you can't let anyone know it's you, and one other thing."
"What Jou?" Yugi asked earnestly.
"You have to lose, and if you're willing to help you need to be down here to Kaiba Corp. in twenty minutes."
Yugi's face paled as he heard the words. "You're paying me to lose a duel?"
"Yes, you and everyone else. The offer is open to anyone in the gang who can duel. I'll meet with each of you before and give you information on your opponent, and just how hard to go on them."
"I need to check out some last minute things. Please, proceed into the waiting room. You'll be called individually to face your opponent," Jonouchi told them as he left, tails of the trench coat flying behind him as he stalked towards the challengers' dressing room.
He threw the door open as he stalked inside.
"Well, look who finally decided to show his face! The master himself!"
"Shut up Honda before I remove your reason for being male myself," Jonouchi snapped. He glowered at all of them who were sitting there in full costume.
Honda laughed at the threat but then stopped as he caught the seriousness in his eyes. "Take it that wasn't part of the big bad CEO act."
"No, it wasn't." Jonouchi walked around towards the front of the room.
"I foresee he's going to be one hell of an ass today," Isis whispered as her two lovers stifled their laughs.
Today was going to be a hard day, and it wasn't even over yet. Jonouchi rubbed his sinuses as he stood there trying to work away the headache that was battering at his senses. "Alright, out of all of you, only five will duel one of my associates. The five are as listed: Anzu, Honda, Otogi, Bakura, and Malik. All five of you are put on severe restrictions, except for Otogi. You'll be against Marion Crawford."
A groan sounded from Otogi's lips as he leaned against Honda. "Do I have to let her win?"
"It would be appreciated but not necessary," Jonouchi quipped. "Shizuka and Isis, you'll either be going against each other or virtual opponents. I don't care what you do, and Yugi, well, you'll see."
Yugi frowned at his friend, wondering just why Jonouchi was smirking. It was obvious to the short teen that Jonouchi had something up his sleeve but he didn't know what.
"Is there something wrong Jou?" Yugi whispered as he grabbed Jonouchi's arm while the others were preparing for their impending duels. Jonouchi's face softened and the sapphire eyes lost some of their intensity.
"I'll tell you later Yugi," Jonouchi quickly told him before leaving the room. Nothing made sense. The virtual Seto asking him those questions keyed him into the fact that something else was going on that he wasn't aware of. Which meant he would have to have a little man to man talk with Noa.
Jonouchi took the long way back to his associates, only to find that several of them had already completed their duels.
"You're up next, Kaiba-san."
Jonouchi nodded his head as he walked out towards the arena. The wind whipped his trench coat as he saw Yugi's eyes widen. "It's just between you and me, Mutou," Jonouchi snarled as Yugi nodded his head.
"Yes Kaiba," Yami said, having taken over, as the two duel disks snapped to life. They drew their cards as Jonouchi drew in a deep breath, slowly letting it out before he glanced at his cards.
"I play three cards face down and Dark Clown Master-Sagi in attack mode." Jonouchi said as he placed the cards. He knew Yami would attack. He always did. He knew Seto hadn't used that combo recently, usually opting to use the Battle Ox-Deck Destruction Virus of Death-Shrink combo. "Turn end," he nodded his head towards Yami and the Pharaoh made his move.
"I summon Queen's Knight in attack mode!" Jonouchi kept his face emotionless even though if Yami attacked his monster would still remain on the field and he would loose life points. But it was worth it.
Jonouchi stood there, his stance the same as Yami glanced at his cards and then back at the face down cards on the field.
"Turn end," Yami told him calmly.
"One monster, face down." Jonouchi snarled at him as Yami caught his eyes. Yami knew that look, the same look that he had received back in Duelist Kingdom. It said 'give me your best shot.'
/Yami! Remember the rules!/ Yugi yelped as he touched Yami's mind.
Yugi, all those rules are out the window. We're going against Kaiba now.
/Yami, it's Jou, not Kaiba./ Yugi pointed out.
Kaiba-Jou, same thing! He wants us to go all out Yugi. Look at his eyes.
Yugi touched Yami's memory, taking a gander at their opponent's stance. He was deathly serious about this game. Today Jonouchi was going to pull out all the stops and give his associates a taste of real duel monsters.
/Okay Yami, let's show those suits how to play./
"Are you going to move Mutou or are you waiting for both of us to die of old age?"
"They're seriously going at it!" Bakura yelled as he ran up towards where the rest of the gang was watching the duel in suspense. "My bet's on the Pharaoh!"
"Then I'm betting on the High Priest," Marik snorted as he caught Bakura's glower.
"Beat him!" Shizuka yelled to her older brother and a yelp sounded as Anzu slapped her butt.
"You guys do realize that if Jou wins we'll never hear the end of this, right?" Anzu pointed out as she sat down and pulled Shizuka down in her lap. She moved her hands towards Shizuka's legs and stroked her inner thigh.
"Who do I cheer for?" Honda asked as a befuddled look crossed his face.
"Yugi," Otogi said as he rolled his eyes. "Just because I've got a meeting with him tomorrow and he'd rub it in my face. Especially since Crawford seriously kicked my ass and I'm sure he's never going to hear the end of that."
"Okay," Honda said as he leaned out towards the arena. "Knock him on his trench coated butt, Yugi!"
Yami gave a wary thumb's up and Honda leaned back satisfied.
"I summon my King's Knight in attack mode, which allows me to summon Jack's Knight." Yami said defiantly. "Jack's Knight, attack his facedown monster."
The monster slashed down, attacking Jonouchi's facedown monster. The Man-Eater Bug rose up and attacked and both were destroyed.
"Fine, I highly doubt you have anything else," Yami snarled at the emotionless man standing across from him. "King's Knight, attack his Dark Clown Master-Sagi."
At that point a smirk broke across Jonouchi's face. He brought an arm up and pointed a long finger at Yami. "You triggered my trap!" Jonouchi declared as one of the cards flipped face up. "Deck-Destruction Virus of Death! Now everyone of your cards will be infected."
Anzu was shaking her fist as she watched. She had dumped Shizuka off her lap in her frustration. "That was a cheap shot!"
"Good move," Bakura mused as he sat on the floor, his Hikari in his lap.
"You'd think so."
The King's Knight and Jack's Knight burst into pieces and Yami slid the two cards into the graveyard of the Duel Disk. He couldn't believe he had forgotten about the virus card. He needed to take this as serious as he would take Kaiba. Jonouchi had learned the trade well, as he had learned every one of Kaiba's tricks. He growled as red met icy blue.
"Nice move, Kaiba-san." Yami said coolly.
"This is only the beginning Mutou," Jonouchi's eyes flickered towards him, watching calmly. "I summon Sapphire Dragon in attack mode!" A large dragon rose up and roared loudly. "Sapphire Dragon, attack Queen's Knight!" The burst came from its mouth and destroyed Yami's Queen's Knight, leaving Yami's life points at 3600 and Jonouchi's at 3000. "Turn end."
Yami nodded his head as he stared hard at Jonouchi. His chances were starting to look ugly but he needed to try. "I place Kuribo in defense mode and one card face down." He knew Kuribo and multiply would only hold Jonouchi off for so long, but hopefully it was long enough for him to think of something. "Then I'll play the Eye of Truth!"
Jonouchi sighed and placed his hand on the duel disk, essentially showing Yami his hand as was required by the magic card he had played. Yami sighed in relief as he saw that nothing in the hand could hurt him too badly. In his hand was Kaizer Seahorse, Vampire Lord, and Blue Eyes Shining Dragon.
"Turn end," Yami said as Jonouchi drew his card.
"Jar of Greed," he declared as he played the card and drew two more. Yami swallowed as the two cards revealed themselves. He had drawn X-head cannon and the first of three Blue Eyes White Dragons that Yami knew resided in that deck. "I summon X-head cannon in attack mode and end my turn."
Yami nodded his head, knowing that Jonouchi had seen Kuribo used so many times he was sure to know what was coming and wasn't wasting his attacks.
It was a practical move he was going for but difficult to do, Yami knew. Jonouchi was trying to summon the two most powerful cards in his entire deck: XYZ-dragon cannon and Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
"I summon, my Retrained Elven Swordsman in defense mode and place two cards face down. Turn end." Yami said calmly. He could feel his gut wrenching because he knew if he didn't pull something off soon he was going to loose this duel.
Jonouchi pulled his next card, Magic Jammer and laid it face down. "X-head cannon, destroy his Retrained Elven Swordsman." Jonouchi commanded and Yami shielded his face as his monster was destroyed. At least he was unrecognizable in his costume. That way he wouldn't need to let anyone know of this embarrassing defeat. Sure he had the cards to wipe out a few of Jonouchi's monsters and he could postpone him for a while but it wouldn't last very long. "Sapphire Dragon, attack his Kuribo."
Suddenly the Kuribo multiplied before Jonouchi's eyes. He snarled as the attack was taken.
"Activate Magic Jammer. I'll discard Blue Eye Shinning Dragon to destroy multiply." Jonouchi said, somehow retaining his calm demeanor. Yami wasn't surprised however. Jonouchi had every reason to be calm. He had set Yami up with the deck destruction card and currently held in his hand one of the three Blue Eyes White Dragons in his possession, and not to mention the only ones to exist. Both of them knew that this duel was going to be very one-sided.
The Kuribo was quickly destroyed; leaving Yami defenseless and thankful that Jonouchi had no more monsters on his field with which to attack his lifepoints. "Turn end," Jonouchi quipped calmly.
"Phantom Beast King Gazelle in defense mode and I activate Sealing Swords of Light. Turn end." Yami said as he nodded back to Jonouchi who was currently encased in a cage of swords, along with his monsters. Yami knew he had nothing in his deck that could win this, since he had laid aside the Egyptian God Cards. Even if they were in his deck, he would never use them on Jonouchi.
Jonouchi drew his next card, Z-Metal Caterpillar. "I summon Z-Metal Caterpillar in attack mode. Turn end."
Yami drew a breath in as he stood there. At this rate by the time the swords wore off he'd be facing at least one of the two nastiest monsters to reside in Jonouchi's deck. Feral Imp in defense mode and one card face down. Turn end."
Jonouchi drew his next card, fusion. "I summon Kaiser Seahorse in attack mode. Turn end." He said in an emotionless tone.
Yami nodded his head as he drew his next card. It was Black Magician Girl, which wouldn't help him, considering it was infected. "Turn end," Yami said without making a move. He had one more turn before the swords wore off.
Jonouchi drew Blood Vors and looked calmly up at Yami. "I summon Blood Vors in attack mode. Turn end."
"I summon Silver Fang in defense mode. Turn end." Yami said as he lowered his head and the swords disappeared. He has Silver Fang, Feral Imp, and Phantom Beast King Gazelle to protect his life points but it would only last so long.
Jonouchi's next card was his second Blue Eyes, which only left one left. "I sacrifice my Kaiser Seahorse, and thanks to its effect I can summon this." Jonouchi's fingers flipped around as he held out a single card. The Blue Eyes White Dragon, and placed it on the card reader. The hologram jumped to life, roaring, its teeth gleamed as it perched right in front of its master.
"And the Pharaoh is done for," Bakura commented as every one of the duelists leaned forward, watching the duel closely.
"My big brother's going to do it!" Shizuka whispered excitedly as she bounced slightly in Isis' lap.
"The Pharaoh is not beaten yet. This is however a battle worth watching. Perhaps not an epic battle but a prelude to one. This is a fight between the Pharaoh and his dearest friend, in the honor of the Pharaoh's greatest rival."
"But this isn't really serious, is it Isis?" Shizuka whispered, worried for her brother.
"Not yet but this tournament worries me. Great forces will come into play in the upcoming duels. What we thought was the end may only be the beginning of what is to come."
"What?" Marik and Bakura said simultaneously.
A single long finger pointed towards one of Yami's monsters. "Blue Eyes! White-lightning!" The burst from the monster's attack caused Yami to stumble back. His Silver Fang never stood a chance against the giant dragon and they all knew it. It would be far less embarrassing if he just surrendered. But no, that wasn't what Jonouchi wanted. He wanted Yami to fight him with everything he had. "X-head cannon, attack his Feral Imp. Blood Vors, attack his Phantom Beast King Gazelle." The two monsters were obliterated before Yami's eyes.
"Turn end," Jonouchi said calmly, his ice blue looking deadlier than ever as the virtual wind swept up his trench coat and ruffled his chestnut hair.
"I'll activate the magic card Brain Control!" Yami yelled as his facedown card flipped up. "And I'll take control of your Blue Eyes!"
Jonouchi swore quietly as he saw the dragon proceed to Yami's side. 'Don't worry Seto, Yami won't have your Blue Eyes for long.'
"Blue Eyes! Attack X-head cannon!"
"Activate trap!"
"What?"
"Ring of Destruction!" The large ring formed around the dragon's neck blinking as it counted down the moments. "Activate spell card, Ring of Defense." Jonouchi said as the shield came up to protect him. When the dragon was destroyed he was protected. Yami however was not as lucky. Yami's lifepoints were brought down to 500 whereas Jonouchi's were still at 3000.
"Turn end," Yugi sighed.
"Fine," Jonouchi drew his next card. "It's been fun Mutou. I summon Y-Dragon Head in attack mode and combine them. XYZ-Dragon Cannon, attack his life points directly!"
"Activate trap! Magic Cylinder," Yami yelled out as the attack was stopped and reflected back at Jonouchi's life points.
"Shit," he muttered as his life points dropped down to 200. "So, you still have some fight left. End turn."
Yami sighed as he drew his next card. "I put one card face down. Turn end."
Jonouchi pulled his next card. "I play Dian Keto to reinforce my life points by one thousand points. Blood Vors attack his life points directly!"
"Activate trap! Mirror Force!"
Jonouchi growled as he saw all his monsters destroyed. Things weren't going good. How was it that Yami had recovered from the blows he had dealt him, only to bring him down to a mere 1200 life points?
"End turn," Jonouchi sighed as he glowered at Yami.
Yami drew his next card and glanced at his hand. He had nothing to lie except spellbinding circle. It wasn't going to help him eliminate Jonouchi's remaining lifepoints. "One card face down. Turn end."
"Monster Reborn! And I'll use it on the Blue Eyes White Dragon. Blue Eyes! White lightning!"
"Activate trap!"
Jonouchi snarled. He was officially annoyed.
"Spellbinding Circle," the circle ensnared the dragon and its points were reduced but not enough for Yami to destroy. "Turn end."
"I summon Berfomet in attack mode and use Monster Reborn on Phantom Beast King Gazelle. Then I'll use Fusion to form Winged Phantom Beast Chimera. Chimera! Attack Blue Eyes!"
A growl formed from low in Jonouchi's throat as his weakened dragon was destroyed.
"Turn end."
Jonouchi angrily drew his next card from his deck and slid it into his hand. He had been taken down to 800 lifepoints and wasn't going to let it happen again. "I lay one card face down. XYZ-Dragon Cannon, attack Chimera!"
The machine beast attacked, bringing Yami's creature down and dropping the Pharaoh's life points to zero.
"Good duel," Yami said politely.
"Whatever," Jonouchi snorted as he glowered at the outstretched hand.
"I look forward to dueling you again Kaiba-san." Yugi took over and looked shocked as Jonouchi turned on heel, and stormed off his white trench coat flapping behind him.
"Wait for me big brother!" Mokuba yelled as he ran after Jonouchi.
/What did you do Yami?/
Aibou? I only congratulated him and told him I looked forward to dueling him again. Yugi could sense the confusion in Yami's voice. He was confused as well. Jonouchi had just won the duel, hadn't he? Then why was he so angry?