Things Unseen; Sequel to the Millennium Ritual
Disclaimer/Authoress Note:............ Camel Dung. And if you see an underlined word during a duel, that means the card's fake.
Chapter 10: More Than a Duel
"You can do it Seto!" cried out Mokuba, "Beat her into the sand!"
A saw the raven haired boy by Mai, watching him make his remarks. 'Gee, I wonder where the kid gets his attitude,' A thought sarcastically, rolling her eyes and drawing five cards. For a moment she looked over to her opponent, looking smug in his spot. 'Tsh, this guy obviously believes that he can beat me. Well don't worry Kaiba, I'm tougher than I look.'
"I place two cards facedown on the field and play the Skull Mariner in attack mode!" A announced as a ship with a red skull and black and red sails appeared on the field, 1600/900. She grinned as she looked at Kaiba's expression. "Your move."
"With pleasure," Kaiba replied, staring at his cards and then at the battle field. 'She left that monster in attack mode, a foolish move to make. But then again, there is that facedown card. . . It must be a magic card to power up her Mariner. But it might be something else. . . The best move right now is to play it safe, you can't trust people like her after all.'
Taking one card out of his hand, he announced with an air of confidence, "I place one card facedown on the field and summon the Battle Ox in defense mode!" Materializing on the field was an ox dressed in armor, snorting into the air, his defense 1000. A raised an eyebrow, expecting something more. 'Well, if that's how you want it. . .'
"Skull Mariner! Attack his Battle Ox!" she ordered, pointing toward the hologram. The ship cackled as it sailed its point straight into the ox's chest, shattering to pieces. Kaiba's trench coat rustled as his monster was destroyed. "Next, I sacrifice my Mariner to summon my Firey Magee in attack mode! Then I play Ookazi, inflicting 800 direct damage to your life points!" A man dressed in robes of fire appeared on the field, 2200/1100. Then as the magic card lifted up, a flow of fire suddenly shot out of it, hitting Kaiba directly, life points 3200. He staggered back a step and regained his balanced.
A wasn't satisfied though; Kaiba wasn't showing any weakness. 'What is he planning?'
"If you really think that this duel will be that easy," he said, smirking, "then you're wrong. I draw." Lifting card out of his deck, Kaiba stared at it, and then grinned in triumph. A started to feel nervous.
"Cool!" a boy cried out, eyes shining, "That girl is kicking Kaiba's butt!"
"Don't even think about it," Mai said with her arms crossed, "This duel is just getting started." Mokuba stared at her for a moment, then stared at Kaiba's opponent.
'Who is she?' Mokuba thought.
. . .
Some time later Yami stepped into the circular room, duel disk on his wrist and his deck in his hand. He turned his head this way and that, his mass of hair blocking the sunlight. 'I'm late. . .' His feet made clicking noises against the tiles as he walked around, searching for his friends. Many people were about, over 200 at least, and he had no idea where Joey and the others would be.
'Yugi had refused to come to the tournament,' Yami thought, seeing a group of duelists walking passed him, 'So I had to. I worry for him; he truly believes he saw her. . .' Yami continued searching as lines of duelists were all going in the same direction, chattering. 'But he did not have to exclude our friends. What is wrong, Yugi? He hasn't been well lately, waking up in the middle of the night, sweat beading down his face--'
It was then something broke his train of thought, as he heard a quite loud voice yelling out to the duelists.
"Dudes! There's like, a duel going on between Seto Kaiba and the girl with the WingWeaver! This way!" a man with sunglasses and pink spiked hair cried out, waving his hand and pointing his other hand in the other direction. Yami raised an eyebrow as everyone sped forward.
"Kaiba? Hmm, it's not like him to challenge a duelist so suddenly. . ." Yami said, looking bewildered. As people passed him, he heard bits and pieces of their conversations. Shrugging, he followed, listening closely.
"Did you hear? Kaiba got a really rare card! Even better than Blue Eyes!"
"Who is that girl anyway? She's really weird lookin'. . ."
"You know how they started the duel? The girl was proposing to Kaiba— like literally, you know, marriage — and he said he won't marry her unless he beats her in a duel!"
"Hey, what's up with her left eye? It's like, hazy. . ."
"Dude, the funniest thing happened. I was at the hotel, and I saw Kaiba walking out of his room in pink bunny slippers and Hello Kitty pajamas! Isn't that funny?"
"I heard that the girl is really Kaiba's long lost cousin. . ."
'I do not believe that information is correct,' Yami thought with an amused smile, shaking his head. So as he was walking, he noticed he followed behind a particular group of men, all dress in Fellahin Egyptian clothing. But of course Yami didn't know what that meant. Yami leaned in as he listened to a man with a bandana on his head speak.
"Do ya really think they're talkin' bout A? I mean come on, she's not stupid. . ." the man said, tossing a sheathed dagger in the air with precision. The men around him didn't seem to notice or even care if he accidentally dropped the dagger on one of their heads.
"Now really Badru," a man with wild blond hair with a sweatband on his forehead replied, holding onto a laptop computer, "do you really think she's bad at dueling? She's way better than you, considering A kicked your sorry behind quite a number of times. I think she has a chance to win this."
"Aye, I agree with Zuka over here. After A's victory against Kaiba, we shall go have an ale and bread!" a tall muscular man announced, sunlight glinting off his bald head.
"That's what you always say Adio," chuckled a black haired man, hands behind his head. As a duelist walked up to them, he quickly swiped a pouch from them, grinning.
"Yup, and we're not even old enough," chuckled another black haired man, who looked exactly like the one beside him. He repeated what the other man did, taking money from a passerby, also grinning with pleasure.
Adio then looked at them seriously, eyes narrow. "No one is ever young enough for bread and ale."
"You should talk Chike, Chuma. Considering you steal beer almost every week. Get a move on guys," a man with brown hair in a ponytail ordered, walking forward.
"Sheesh, why's he so nervous all of a sudden? He did win five puzzle pieces today," Chike thought aloud.
Badru shrugged and replied, "That's Sadiki for you." Then they all walked forward, quickly following Sadiki. Yami followed but was away by a yard or so, and thought to himself, 'Hmm, these men seem to know the girl, interesting. And those twins, they look awfully familiar. . .' Before Yami could think anymore on the subject, he heard cries and hoots coming from a huddled crowd. He raised an eyebrow as an angel like hologram towered above the crowd, making him run forward.
Pushing through the crowd, he found himself at the front and saw Kaiba, his eyebrows furrowed with concentration. Then he looked at his opponent, a woman dressed in Egyptian clothing, a niqab covering her face, her green eyes peering out. Yami looked surprised; who is she?
"Hey Yugi, decided to check it out huh?" a female voice asked, as Yami looked over to his side.
"Mai! How good it is to see you!" Yami exclaimed as they shook hands. From behind her he saw Joey, Tea, Tristan and Ryou. His eyes widened once more. "Joey? What are you doing here?"
Joey shrugged and replied, "Well, just as we were about to go in, we heard about this duel, and we're like, okay, sure, lets watch Kaiba kick a girl's butt. Nothing new, except that this duel has been going on for a long time. Seriously, this is probably the most stubborn duel I ever seen!"
"It's been one attack after another, magic card against trap, so on. But overall, very interesting," Mai replied, patting Joey's head.
"What is the current status?" Yami asked.
"Well, Kaiba over there has 1700 life points, and the girl has 1500 life points. Very close match, don't you think? The girl must be very good--" Ryou started.
"Or very lucky," Tristan said.
"Yeah, but. . . Oh look! Kaiba's making his next move. . ." Tea exclaimed as all eyes were set upon the CEO. He stood tall and proud, his head tilted upwards. A rolled her eyes. The crew was rooting for her, practically waving flags and hitting drums, Chike and Chuma making sure they were far from view from Kaiba. Sadiki was silent through it all, his eyes glinting with frustration and his lips moving a little.
'No, I can't. . . They'll find out. . .'
You must.
'Too many people. . . Got to do it somewhere else. . .'
Pharaoh and Priest are near. Little One must stay secret.
'I can't I can't I can't. . . Not now, too late. . . Not safe. . .'
Sadiki looked up and saw Yami staring at him, his piercing gaze upon him. His eyes widened; how did he. . ? Yami was confused, staring at the man across the field from him. Did he hear Pharaoh?
There was a rustle to his left, seeing a man in a blue suit walk up and sit down on the ground, watching the duel. Yami thought to himself, 'Mr. Enari?' Sadiki looked over to where Yami was staring and saw him, his eyes widening in fear. 'YOU!!'
Enari grinned and stared at him through his fingers, the tips together like a tent. 'I knew it. . . It's here. . .'
Sadiki. . .
'Shut up! I know what I have to do!'
As he looked over to the duel, Kaiba was in the middle of an attack, until A raised the card Stop Attack. "Very nice, Eshe, but you'll need more than simple trap cards to stop me," Kaiba said, staring at his hand. He grinned at her. "And this is for stealing my Blue Eyes last time. . ."
"Stealing Blue Eyes?" said Yami, surprised.
Mai nodded and said, "Yeah, I couldn't believe it either. But she defeated the Blue Eyes before, when Kaiba summoned it by sacrifice. At first she used an Aqua Spirit to switch the dragon to defense mode, but that didn't work because it was still too strong. So instead she used Brain Control and got the Blue Eyes for one turn."
"And you know what she did with it? She sacrificed it and Aqua Spirit to summon her WingWeaver. See? It's still on the field. . ." Joey announced, pointing to a winged creature dressed in robes on her side, 2750/2400. A grinned as she remembered last time.
"Heh, really took you to the edge, didn't it Kaiba? I could have used the Blue Eyes White Dragon to do some serious damage, but I thought, hey, how about some psychological damage and sacrifice the Blue Eyes for another monster? And what do you know, my favorite card WingWeaver happened to be in my hand. Funny, isn't it?" She said.
Kaiba snorted, saying, "And you think that Prissy Wings is gonna stop me? You may have destroyed some of my monsters, but you have no idea what's in store for you."
"Now it's time for your doom! I summon to the field Lord of Dragons!"
Suddenly a hologram of a man in a bone suit appeared in defense mode, 1200/1100. He clasped his hands behind him as A stared in horror. 'I forgot about the other Blue Eyes!'
"Next I play the magic card, the Flute of Summoning Dragon, which allows me to summon two dragons onto the field in my hand with my Lord of Dragons!" Kaiba yelled out, as a flute appeared in front of the Lord. He blew in the mouth piece and behind him thunder sounded and lighting flew.
The two Blue Eyes White Dragons.
A gaped as Kaiba continued, "This is what you get for disrespecting my Blue Eyes! Now Blue Eyes White Dragon, attack her WingWeaver with White Lightning!" her arms flew in front of her to protect her from the blast as her life points went down to 1250.
"My. . . My WingWeaver. . ." she whispered staring at the empty space in front of her. Falling to her knees, the dragon toward above her, her eyes staring helplessly.
She has the Orb. . .
'What?! Why didn't you tell me soon--'
Stop this duel now. . . the Orb will activate. . .
Yami looked up from the duel to Sadiki, eyes narrowed. Orb. . ?
That was when A's head started to ache. Her hands were pressed against her head, groaning a little.
"A?!" the crew shouted, confused. Sadiki stared in desperation, seeing Enari's eyebrows rising. He looked over to Yami, Kaiba, A, and back at Enari.
For a moment they had eye contact, and in that moment Enari grinned, murmuring, "I knew it. . ."
"Get up you fool!" Kaiba ordered, the dragon roaring, "Are you too scared? Do you now finally admit defeat?" With a pained look, A opened one eye, the eye that wasn't blind.
She saw something strange, something new. What is this?
'Red. Everything is red, wet, cold. . . My breathing. . . It's short. . . Wha. . . Where am I?' Without even looking up, she peered into the face of the Blue Eyes White Dragon, but beside it was not Kaiba. Instead, a man in royal robes of an Egyptian Priest stood beside it, grinning with an evil madness.
"Stand up Maeve, you pathetic wretch. . . You will lose this match, you will never save your brother. . . And to think that you were foolish enough to challenge me." The man said with a smile.
Brother?
"Set. . . If you touch my brother, you will DIE. . ." she replied, without A even thinking about it. Set walked forward and slashed with a dagger, and all she could see was darkness. . .
A blinked. What was that? For some reason she couldn't stand up, her legs wouldn't move. Everyone stared at her in confusion. She looked behind her and saw Sadiki yelling at her, making swift movements. A couldn't hear anything, but as she turned around and tried to stand, Kaiba made his final move.
"Blue Eyes, attack her life points directly!!" Kaiba cackled, lightning flying towards her.
"Oh my god," she said as the blast was closer and closer. 'I lost. . .' The blast made impact, and the crew and Sadiki yelled out her name helplessly. Everyone covered their eyes, and only Mr. Enari saw the golden light emerging from A's knapsack. He grinned, swishing his hair. Dust was everywhere, the attack shaking the Cairo Opera House to its very core. No one could see anything.
Kaiba grinned as the dust settled. "This duel is over. Hand over your rarest trap and magic card Esh--" He stopped, staring with wide eyes. "What?" Sadiki and Yami looked also, not believing what they saw.
A remained on the floor sitting, blinking hard. She wasn't hurt; everyone whispered.
"She's. . . She's not hurt," Tea said.
"But how?! From an attack like that, she should be sprawled on the ground helpless!" Tristan exclaimed, everyone staring in disbelief. She stared at her hands, and then at her duel disk, to see that she hadn't lost one life point.
"Wha?" she said, staring hard.
"This is impossible! I was supposed to win this duel! How can you still have life points?!" Kaiba yelled out angrily, now facing Mr. Enari. "Enari! What did you do to these disks?!" Calmly Enari stood up.
"Apparently I haven't done a thing," he said, closing his eyes, "Could Miss Eshe done something to make the disks have a glitch in the system?"
Kaiba flung his arms out in frustration as the holograms disappeared. A continued to stare at her deck, until she realized what she saw before. She reached into her knapsack and pulled out the circular drawstring bag. Yami gasped aloud. 'The Millennium Orb! That's what they meant!'
The CEO stomped up and grabbed A by the collar, shaking her. "What the hell did you do!?"
That was when she got to her senses, saying, "Hey, get off of me you idi--"
The niqab fell to the ground as her face was revealed. Kaiba blinked, staring at her. A's eyes widened as she tried to cover her face. Sadiki's eyes widened also, realizing what happened. Yami and his friends stared in shock at her. Mokuba ran over and gasped at what he saw.
"So, that's what Eshe looks like. Funny, I thought she had scars under there," Mai stated.
"I-I was suppose to take off the niqab, n-not you! T-that wasn't part of the deal, Kaiba!" she stuttered, slapping his hand away from her.
Take her away.
'How?!'
Find a way. . . Before he says. . .
"Aura?!" Kaiba yelled out, staggering back.
"Chike! Chuma! Distract them!" Sadiki ordered, running toward A.
"Who?" they asked.
"Kaiba and Yugi Moto!" Chike and Chuma looked at each other, shrugged, and walked toward Kaiba and Yami. Sadiki grabbed A's hand and ran away before anyone could say a word, Badru, Zuka and Adio thinking that this isn't their area of expertise.
Yami and the others were about to follow, until Chuma popped up in front of them, waving his hand. "Hi! Remember me?"
"You! You were the one who stole my--" Yami started.
"You've grown taller. Who does your hair? It's incredible. . . The structure of it all, it should be one of the Seven Wonders of the World. . ."
"You idiot!" Kaiba yelled out as he and Mokuba started to run after them. Suddenly Chike showed up, smiling and waving his hand also.
"Hi Kaiba! Hi Kaiba! Hi Kaiba!" he repeated, pretending to be a bunny. "I hop over stub. . ." Kaiba didn't want to listen, but he was trapped as Chike hopped a circle around him, sticking out his rear and nose straight in the air.
"Heehaw! Heehaw! Kaiba's an idiot! Kaiba's an idiot! He has a midget! He has a midget. . ."
"A Kodak moment," Mai said, shaking her head.
. . .
Mr. Enari stepped into the limousine, watching Sadiki and A disappear into the streets. He smiled to himself as he said, "Raziya, let us leave."
Raziya snorted and scrambled up in her seat, muttering, "Eh? Oh, okay. . ." She started the engine and the limo started to pull out into the streets. Enari grinned as he stared outside his window.
'I should have known. . . She was the Little One the Fates spoke of. Of course they would leave her in his care. . . My dear brother, did you honestly believe that you can keep her secret forever? You always were a fool Sadiki. . .' Enari chuckled and popped a grape in his mouth.
"It won't be long now," he said.
To Be Continued. . .
Chapters are taking me longer to update. School is getting harder. Oh well. I'm also in the process of drawing everyone in my story that I made up. I'm almost done, and when I am, I'll go post it up on my bio so all can see. Hope you like this chapter.