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Fanfic Chapter 9: Gift of the Mystical Elf
Episode Basis: Give Up The Ghost

Previously, on Yu-Gi-Oh!: Yugi's opponent for his duel to win Mokuba's freedom was Seto Kaiba, who claims that Yugi killed him when they last faced off. Yugi tried to convince himself that it wasn't Kaiba but even he began to doubt himself despite Mokuba's protest that he wasn't dueling his brother. Meanwhile, the real Seto Kaiba infiltrated the Duelist Kingdom mainframe where he tried to find Yugi. It took a lot of work and some ingenuity but he got through. Pseudo-Kaiba was able to summon a Blue-Eyes White Dragon and attacked one of Yugi's Magical Hats in hopes to destroy Yugi's Dark Magician. If the Kaiba that Yugi's dueling isn't Kaiba, then what is it?


The White Lightning struck the hat on Kaiba's far right. When the dust cleared, it was empty.

"No! That hat was empty," Kaiba despaired.

"All right, this could work," Joey said optimistically.

"It has to work," Tea said.

"Yugi will beat that faker!"

"Your guess was wrong. Guess wrong again and it'll cost you." Yugi laid a card face-down.

"Huh?"

"There are still three hats left and one of them holds a special surprise just for you." Now it was Kaiba who looked perturbed. "If you destroy the hat that holds the Dark Magician, you'll win this duel. Choose the empty one and it's my turn again. But I bet you'll pick the hat that conceals the trap card I just put into play."

A trap card?

"Now, which hat will it be?"

"You're taking a big gamble, Yugi!" Joey warned.

"If he guesses right, it's all over," Tristan added.

"Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack the middle hat!"

As the middle hat disintegrated, a strange symbol could be seen underneath it.

"Well now you've done it," Yugi said. "Activated my trap card that is: Spellbinding Circle!" A circle with archaic symbols latched onto the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. "A Blue-Eyes is normally unstoppable, but drained of its energy, it's no match

for the full power of my Dark Magician!"

(BEWD: 3000---2300)

The Dark Magician leaped out one of the hats and aimed his staff at the monster. The monster's coloring turned inside out like a picture negative before exploding.

(Y: 1000)
(K: 500)

"Way to go, Yugi!"

Suddenly another Blue-Eyes White Dragon arose and destroyed the Dark Magician.

(Y: 500)
(K: 500)

Yugi's friends and Mokuba watched in horror.

"How... how can he have two of them?" Harold asked. "I mean I can see him having one, but two..."

"And that puts an end to your Dark Magician. There are only three Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards in the world and they're all in my deck. Your grandpa had the fourth but I ripped it up. But how could I know that if I'm not really Seto Kaiba? You know, I couldn't believe it when you beated all three of my Blue-Eyes White Dragons with Exodia. But now without that monster in your deck, there's absolutely no way you can win. Your move."

"How could Kaiba know that Yugi lost Exodia?" Harold wondered. "It happened after their duel!"

"Everybody knows about your duel with Seto, that's how this loser knows it!" Mokuba revealed. "That's not my brother, Yugi! I'm sure of it!"


Mokuba was right, because at that moment, the real Seto Kaiba was rerouting the data from Field 146 at the Duelist Kingdom. Kaiba was positive that Yugi was dueling there, otherwise why would they have so much security around it?

"You were right!" The computer's voice said. "Yugi Moto is in this duel!"

"Can you show it to me on screen?"

A sketch of the dueling field came on. "I think the data you'll find most interesting is the name of Yugi's opponent."

The name Seto Kaiba flashed across the screen under Yugi Moto's name.

"Is this your idea of a joke?"

"I never joke! Sensors indicate that the person opposite Yugi Moto is registered as Seto Kaiba and he's using your deck!"

"Pegasus must've taken my deck." The computer recapped the duel so far to Kaiba.

"But... without Exodia, there's no way Yugi can win! He has no other cards in his deck that can beat the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, let alone two of them."

"Well then I hope you have a plan."

"Yes, but we have to move fast. Yugi will lose on the next attack from the Blue-Eyes White Dragon unless we decrease its power from here."

"Can we do that?"

"Oh yeah! Upload a virus into that monster's holo computer. That dragon's about to get sick, really sick."

"Standing by, but shouldn't we wait to see what Yugi's next move is?"

"We can't afford to risk having Yugi lose the duel. Upload."

"Virus injection under way."


Meanwhile, Yugi was trying desprately to postulate a strategy to defeat the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

"This duel is almost over, Yugi. I'm sure we'll hear the fat lady singing right after your turn. I still have Defense Paralysis so whatever monster you pick won't be able to defend itself."

"I choose the Feral Imp in attack mode!" Yugi's gargoyle-like creature appeared.

"I wish Yugi would've waited a few more minutes before moving. Isn't there anything you can do to upload that computer virus faster?"

"We're already half-way there. This is as fast as it goes. Viral implant is now at 60. But it doesn't seem to be working!"

"Something is wrong!"

"I'll say, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon isn't showing any signs of weakening."


The dueling Kaiba laughed maniacally. "This is almost too easy."

"Yugi!"

"Hang on," Tristan said. "Yugi can still win this thing."

"Don't forget, he beat Kaiba last time," Joey pointed out.

Yeah, but this time Yugi doesn't have Exodia and even in the off-chance that he is able to defeat that one, there's still another one waiting in the deck. I don't see how Yugi can win this one. He's going to need a miracle!

"It's time, Blue-Eyes White Dragon. ATTACK!"

Yugi braced for the worst.

Suddenly, beams of light began to burst out of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's body. The dragon's body started to flicker like a TV antenna out of alignment.

"What are you waiting for, attack!" Kaiba ordered.

"The virus is taking affect! Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack power is beginning to drop." The number on the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack indicator started to drop slowly.

"But it's still too strong, it has to get weaker or it'll still beat Yugi!"

The attack power decrease was registering on the Duelists' screens as well as Kaiba's. And both the Duelists were shocked and awed.

"What's going on?" Yugi asked as the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's skin started to melt.

Kimo quickly got activated his ear radio. "This is Kimo to Pegasus, I hope you're watching this, sir, 'cause we have a real problem out here."


"How did Yugi do that?" Croquet asked as he watched it with Pegasus.

"It wasn't Yugi, it was Seto Kaiba," Pegasus said.

"How?"

"It seems that the real Kaiba is still very much alive," Pegasus said with a smile.


"The Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack power is dropping rapidly. The virus implant is successfully disabling the monster completely!"

"All right, now let's get to work on Dragon #3."

"Standing by..." Suddenly the computer screen broke up and reappeared with horizontal lines.

"What happened?"

"We've been locked out by a remote terminal. Looks like we've been hacked!"

A big pink rabbit wearing overalls and boots came on and started dancing around erratically saying "Hey, Kaiba."

"It's Pegasus!" Kaiba realized. He growled.


Pegasus's guards moved to the interior of the mansion.


"The Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack power is holding at 2000," the computer reported.

"It should've worked," Kaiba argued.

"The Blue-Eyes White Dragon is launching its attack."

"No!"


White energy began to gather in the dragon's mouth.

"Now, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, time to obliterate them!"

Yugi, his friends, and Mokuba braced for the worse.

"YUGI!" A familiar voice called out in Yugi's mind. On Yugi's forehead appeared a strange eye symbol.

"Kaiba?"

As the attack dissipated, the Feral Imp still remained on the field.

As for the mighty Blue-Eyes White Dragon, it was quickly becoming a puddle of goo, that is, it was becoming a puddle of goo until it exploded.

"This can't be!" Kaiba gawked.

"It's gone!" Joey realized.

"It's a trick!" Kimo protested.

"Can you prove it?" Harold asked Kimo.

"Uh..."

"If you have some evidence that it was a trick, tell me now," Harold said darkly.

"It was Kaiba!" Kimo blurted out.

"But I thought Kaiba was over there." Harold pointed to the boy on the red platform.

Kimo's face grew ghostly white. Apparently, he was found out.


"The Blue-Eyes White Dragon has been destroyed," Kaiba's computer announced. "But the virus was not responsible!"

"But how? Did Yugi Moto somehow do this?"

"How could he? It is your deck."

"My deck... it's the heart of the cards! Yugi was right!"

There was a faint beeping sound as someone tried to force their way into the control room.


"Why, why me?" Psuedo-Kaiba cried out not even sounding like the real Kaiba.

"I'll tell you," Yugi said. "Because Kaiba is still alive! He stopped you!"

"Silence, I am Kaiba!"

"Enough! Your charade is over!"

"My brother is alive!"

"What's going on?" Tea wondered.

"It's like Yugi said," Mokuba said excitedly. "Last time Yugi dueled my brother, he showed Seto the heart of the cards! This faker may have taken his deck but the real Seto Kaiba's alive and well!"

Not even Joey had a response to that. The three of them just looked wide-eyed at Mokuba.

"Imposter!" Yugi accused Pseudo-Kaiba. "The real Seto Kaiba destroyed that monster! I know because I sensed him calling out to me! Now enough of your lies, we know your not Kaiba! It's time for you to show us who you really are!"

"I told you... I am Kaiba!" Psuedo-Kaiba's body suddenly bulged out as the image of Kaiba they were looking at peeled off like an egg shell.

Underneath was a rotund ugly-looking individual who didn't even look human. It had pale skin and bags underneath his eyes. Small pink hairs were growing from his head. He was dressed in a dark blue cloak.

"I can see you don't recognize me, Yugi. You see, I wasn't lying when I told you I was Seto Kaiba, the evil part that you sent to the Shadow Realm after our last duel. Now I'm back, thanks to Pegasus." He let out an evil laugh.

"You're not a part of my brother any more!" Mokuba denounced.

"Okay, I think I'm going to be sick," Harold moaned.

"It's hideous!" Tea said.

"I knew this duel would get ugly, but not this ugly," Joey cracked.


When Pegasus's guards burst into the control room, they came face-to-face with... nobody. The room was empty, static on the view screens being the only evidence that anyone was there at all.

One of the guards reported in to Croquet. "He got away."

"Search the grounds," Croquet instructed. "Everywhere." Two more guards had now joined Pegasus and Croquet in the dining room.

"It appears that Young Yugi's nemesis, the real Seto Kaiba, has come to his rescue. I must admit this is one twist that even I did not foresee."

"I have some bad news, sir; the real Kaiba has eluded us once again. You were right, he was using a terminal in the Kaiba mansion to access the Industrial Illusions mainframe. If I thought he was alive, I would've beefed up security."

"That's two escapes, Croquet; must I lock you away... again? Get me Kimo on the radio."


"Hey ugly," Mokuba called. "If I were you, I'd start to worry about what my big brother's going to do with you once he catches up to you!"

"Pegasus to Kimo, Seto Kaiba has gotten away, make sure you don't lose the little one, no matter what!"

"Understood."

"I guess I just don't know what to call you," Yugi said. "I was thinking about monster, but I didn't want to insult the cards. It's your move. You got a whole deck and only one Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

Dark Kaiba drew a card. "Grappler (1) in defense mode!" A blue-scaled creature wearing red armor appeared.

He's just biding his time until he draws his last Blue-Eyes, Yugi thought. He looked at his Celtic Guardian (2) card. I'd play this card in defense mode but he still has Defense Paralysis in play so I can only attack. And with no defense, if he draws his last Blue-Eyes White Dragon, I'm finished. "I'll set one card face-down on the field and draw the Celtic Guardian in attack mode!" An elf wearing green and brown armor and carrying a sword appeared. With his sword, the Celtic Guardian sliced Grappler in two. "Your Grappler split!"

"Parting is such sweet sorrow. Next up is Mystic Horseman (3) in defense mode and I'll lay one of my cards face-down on the field just like you!"

Face down? Is it a magic card or is he setting a trap? Yugi drew a card. "Again, I'll lay a card face-down and I'll use the Mystical Elf (3) in attack mode! Plus this Book of Secret Arts magic card to raise her attack and defense power by 300 points!" From the ground arose a blue-skinned woman with long blonde hair in a green dress.

(M.E.: 800---1100, 2000---2300)

The Mystical Elf began chanting something in a strange language. Her voice sounded angelic.

"My turn is over."

"Patience, Yugi, for it will soon be all over."

Yugi has two face-down cards and three monsters. He must be trying to strengthen his Mystical Elf somehow to withstand my Mystic Horseman's attack. A glow appeared around the Mystical Elf's body. But if I draw the final Blue-Eyes and destroy any one of his monsters, that will take his life points down to 0 anyway.

"I find it hard to believe," Joey spoke up. "But I'm liking the look on that guy's face even less than I did before."

"Wipe that smile off of his face, Yugi!" Tea cheered.

"You loser! Make your move!" Mokuba dared.

"As you wish," Dark Kaiba said. He drew a card and laughed. "Prepare for the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

"Here we go again," Harold muttered.

"Don't worry, my big brother will help just like last time!"

"Dream on," Kimo said. "Your luck's about to run out just see for yourself. Unlike the last Blue-Eyes, this one's at full power and your brother's in no position to do anything about it 'cause we found where his hiding place is and now he's on the run."

"So does that mean that Kaiba is alive?" Tristan asked out loud.

"It means don't expect another miracle 'cause this duel's about to end."

"Such a good dragon, wouldn't you say, Yugi? This duel's about to end now! Go, White Lightning attack!"

"This duel's not over yet," Yugi declared. "Activate Mirror Force!"

"Oh no, he activated a trap card!" The lightning bounced off of a shield that appeared in front of the Mystical Elf. "Nice try, but I'm ready with a trap of my own." Dark Kaiba turned over his face-down card. "Activate Negate Attack!" The attack disappeared. "Negate attack neutralizes any attack thrown at me, even if it's one of my own."

"Yugi, no!" Tea cried.

It's all over, Mokuba thought.

"It's time to end this," Yugi announced. "With Monster Reborn!"

Dark Kaiba screamed in fear. "That allows you to revive any monster lost no matter whose graveyard it's in!"

"I'm glad you know the rules, now, guess which one I want. Be reborn... Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

"NO! This can't be, that dragon wasn't destroyed by a monster!"

"Actually, it was," Harold revealed. "This is the first Blue-Eyes White Dragon, the one that Yugi's Dark Magician destroyed."

"Hah! Like it will matter! Both dragons are equal in strength!"

"Their powers aren't the same," Yugi said causing Dark Kaiba to put on a worried expression. "You forgot about my Mystical Elf. She's been chanting a spell since I put her on the field. It allows her to transfer her attack power to any other monster on the field."

"What? This can't be!"

"This move was inspired by Seto Kaiba himself. He showed me that you can alter the attack power of a Blue-Eyes White Dragon. But I'm raising the power of mine instead of lowering it like Kaiba did to yours." The glow around the Mystical Elf transferred to Yugi's Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

(BEWD.: 3000---4100)

"This can't be happening! No... NO!"

"Consider this a message from the real Seto Kaiba! YOU LOSE!"

Dark Kaiba was wimpering like a little baby.

"Blue-Eyes White Dragon, ATTACK WITH WHITE LIGHTNING!" The energy blast emitted from Yugi's Blue-Eyes White Dragon was quadruple its normal output totally obliterating Dark Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

(Y: 500)
(D.K.: 0)

The explosion blinded Dark Kaiba. But his problems were just beginning.

A strange Egyptian eye appeared on Yugi's forehead. "Pegasus may have saved you from the Shadow Realm once before, but it won't happen again! NEVER AGAIN!" Yugi held out his hand and the apparition disappeared.


All Pegasus could see was a shadow with glowing yellow eyes and a rainbow-colored eye on his forehead. "Pegasus, I can sense that you are watching. Consider this a warning: nothing you send against me will stop me! And when we finally duel, believe me, victory will be mine! I'll win back my Grandfather's soul and you will pay for all the people you have hurt in the name of your sick little game. I'm coming for you, Pegasus!"

Pegasus's wine glass shattered in his hand. He laughed. "Yugi, you developed your shadow powers quite a bit in such a short amount of time. But when we finally duel, believe me, your Millennium Puzzle will be mine!"


After the duel, Yugi picked up Kaiba's deck. He decided to hold onto it until he could return it to Kaiba himself, wherever he may be.

"That ghost is toast, eh, Yugi?" Joey asked.

"I knew the real Kaiba was alive the whole time," Tristan said, not fooling anybody.

Tea gasped.

"What's wrong, Tea?" Harold asked.

"That creep took Mokuba!" Everyone called out Mokuba's name but only silence answered them.


Monster Glossary

(1)
Name: Grappler
Level: 4
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1300
DEF: 1200

(2)
Name: Celtic Guardian
level: 4
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1200

(3)
Name: Mystic Horseman
Level: 4
Type: Beast-Warrior
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1300
DEF: 1550

(4)
Name: Mystical Elf
Level: 4
Type: Spellcaster
Attribute: Light
ATK: 800
DEF: 2000