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Fanfic Chapter 26: Dueling Legends Pt 2: Toon Terror
Episode Basis: Champion vs. Creator Pt 2

Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! The gang was finally able to enter Pegasus' castle. After dispatching Kimo in a less than dignified manner, they proceeded inside where they discovered not only Bandit Keith but Kaiba waiting to duel Pegasus. When Kaiba revealed that he wanted to use his new Duel Disks, Pegasus agreed but only if he had someone operate the disk for him. That someone turned out to be Mokuba's empty shell. Not able to duel his own brother, Kaiba gave in and agreed to duel on Pegasus' terms. As the duel began, it looked like Kaiba would gain an early lead, particularly since Pegasus wasn't even trying. When Pegasus took Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon and defeated Kaiba's Crush Card combo, Kaiba started to lose his cool, especially when Pegasus' Dark Rabbit defeated Saggi halving Kaiba's life points. Makes you wonder what other tricks are up Pegasus' sleeve.


"That Millennium Eye," Yugi was saying. "It somehow allows Pegasus to see all the cards in Pegasus' hand."

Mai let a laugh escape her lips. "Tell me you're not serious."

"Wow, Yugi, I know you said that thing had magical powers, but I didn't know that it could help him win duels too!"

"Kaiba has no defense against such power," Harold protested.

"I wouldn't count Kaiba out just yet; he didn't become World Champion without knowing some comeback tricks.

This is absurd, Kaiba was thinking. It's as if Pegasus can see my cards before I even play them! But that's impossible; I just need to trust my own skills. He drew a card. No card in my hand can defeat his deranged rabbit. Kaiba looked disgustingly at the giggling dark-colored beast. But at least I can protect myself with this. "Defense mode! Now I have two monsters guarding my life points. It's your turn, Pegasus."

"As you wish, Kaiba-boy." Pegasus started his turn. He stared at the card he drew and looked at Kaiba. "Tell me something, my old friend, did you like watching cartoons in your youth?" Kaiba looked insulted by the question. "Is that a no? Kaiba, you're even more cold-hearted than I thought." He clasped his hands in fond remembrance. "For me, they were the absolute best! And none was closer to my heart than the misadventures of one tricky hair. I am speaking, of course, of Funny Bunny. He was such a clever bunny; forever avoiding Ruff-Ruff McDog and his long paw of the law. Oh how I would watch their never-ending antics and perpetual game of hide and seek."

"Just make your move!"

Pegasus chuckled, "But Kaiba that IS my move."

"Your move's a cartoon?"

"Not just a cartoon, you simpleton," Pegasus said his real feelings for Kaiba coming out. "An entire magical cartoon world! Welcome, Kaiba… to TOON WORLD!" The card Pegasus laid down was a magic card. A green book popped out and opened up to reveal a stand-up diorama of a hauntingly childish storybook-type land. It looked like a child's pop-up book. "Let the fun begin!"

"You must be kidding me!"

"I've seen some weird cards before, but that takes the cake," Joey commented.

"Anybody have any clue as to what it does?" Harold asked. Most of the others responded in the negative but Yugi found it somewhat familiar.

"Hey, I think Pegasus' rabbit just pulled a Houdini," Tristan pointed out. The group returned their attention to the field and found that Tristan was right: Pegasus' rabbit had vanished.

"Is that the magic of Toon World?" Kaiba asked. "Now you can make your creatures disappear?"

"Come now, not even cartoon bunnies can disappear. My dark rabbit simply went to his new home and it's a home that will prove to be the safest of havens. For as soon as that green cover closes, Toon World's bindings can't be penetrated by anything! But don't worry; my Dark Rabbit won't lock himself in those pages without first paying you a visit. Dark Rabbit, attack!" In a puff of pink smoke, the Dark Rabbit popped up from the Toon World book. Kaiba jumped.

"Bad hare day," Mai cracked.

"Bad one," Harold responded.

The Dark Rabbit wound up and punched Kaiba's face-down monster which turned out to be Battle Ox. Then with a stupid-sounding laugh, it returned to Toon World and the book closed.

"Quite a painful chapter in your Battle Ox's life, wouldn't you say, Kaiba-boy? I'd braced for your revenge but my Dark Rabbit has already returned to the safety of Toon World. Perhaps the next time he comes out to give you a thumping, you can try taking a swing at him."

"You coward!"

"That's not fair," Tea protested.

"He'll keep doing this for the entire duel!" Yugi announced.

"Isn't there some way to get rid of that Toon World card so that Pegasus' Dark Rabbit won't be doing an encore performance?" Harold asked.

"Sorry, Harold, I wish I could answer you, but I don't know the rules to Toon World."

"Let's see," Kaiba said studying his cards. "I can't attack his Dark Rabbit so I'll just lie this down for later." Kaiba placed a card face-down at the bottom area of the table showing that it was either a magic or a trap card.

"Looks like it's my turn again," Pegasus commented. "And it's my chance to show off more toon power." He held out the Blue-Eyes White Dragon card that he took from Kaiba a few turns ago. "And what better way to demonstrate than on a card I stole from you?"

"He wouldn't!" Harold gasped.

"He would," Bandit Keith argued.

"Now I'll show you what your beast is capable of under my control!" He placed the card on the reader. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon, awaken!" Kaiba's dragon appeared on Pegasus' side of the field. "And cross the threshold into Toon World." Pink smoke sucked up the giant dragon into the Toon World book. "Meet the new and improved Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon (1)!" From the book came out a compact, miniature version of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Its cartoon-ish eyes were just as deranged as his Dark Rabbit's were.

"No, you stripped him of his pride!"

"Oh please, I transformed this legendary beast into his most supreme form! I also made him much cuddlier."

"Of all the things that Toon Dragon is, cuddly sure ain't one of them," Joey commented.

"For once, I think Kaiba would agree with you," Yugi said.

Let's see the World Champ get out of this, Bandit Keith thought.

"Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon, attack the Rude Kaiser!" The Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon took a deep breath and let out a blast of energy that didn't match the size of its mouth. It disintegrated Kaiba's remaining monster. "How embarrassing, a World Champ blasted to pieces by a caricature of his own most trusted beast. However did that happen?"

"Pegasus, your underhanded dueling tactics have gone on long enough," Kaiba declared as he folded up his remaining hand. "I'm going to put a stop to your cheating ways." He laid his hand in the graveyard. "I may not know how you're cheating, but somehow you can see my cards. So I'm abandoning my present hand. Perhaps if I can't see what I'm playing, you can't either."

"A gutsy move," Yugi critiqued.

"Tell me, how do you think Pegasus is cheating?" Tristan asked.

"Um… maybe he has some sort of cameras or something," Joey offered.

"You think so?"

"Hey, I wouldn't put anything pass this slime ball. And let me tell you something else, now that Kaiba's not even looking at his cards, he needs to trust in the heart of the cards if he's going to have any chance of rescuing his brother."

Mai was in awe at Joey's insight. Joey has sure come a long way since our first duel.

"Here he goes," Harold announced.

"I'm putting all my faith in this card, so let it be revealed!" Kaiba took the top card from his deck and without even looking at it, laid it on the field.

It was the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

Everyone gasped at the beast revealed him self. "That's got to be the luckiest draw I've ever seen," Mai said.

"I'd say that was more about faith than luck," Tristan amended.

"You said it," Joey agreed. "Kaiba listened to his heart and it paid off big time."

"Pegasus, your card prophesizing has failed you and now your Toon Dragon will fail you as well!"

"I've never seen a monster go up against a wimpy version of itself before."

Normally, this clash would end in a draw, Yugi said studying the field. But I don't know all the rules to Toon World so I can't be sure.

Pegasus was actually clapping. "Oh, this will be so much fun, a Blue-Eyes White Dragon attacking his toon counterpart, there's no limit to the zany antics that could ensue from this."

"You're wrong, this isn't some hare-brained after-school cartoons," Kaiba argued.


A/N: And that, boys and girls, is what we in the theater business call breaking the fourth wall.


"Your toon won't escape this!"

Pegasus just laughed.

"Something's not right," Mai said.

"Yeah, Pegasus," Joey cracked.

"I think she means besides that," Harold responded.

"Blue-Eyes, attack with all your might! WHITE LIGHTNING!" The Blue-Eyes attacked.

The Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon just stretched around it.

"Did anybody besides me see that?" Harold asked.

"If, by that, you mean the dragon stretching out of the way, than yeah, I saw it too," Mai responded.

"You should've watched more cartoons, Kaiba. The cuddliest creature never ever gets hit. In 3,013 episodes of Funny Bunny, Ruff-Ruff McDog never laid a paw on our cuddly hero, such a clever little rabbit. And my creatures will employ the same cleverness every time you attack because as long as my Toon World card is out, everything I throw out will be just as hard to hit as my Toon Dragon."

"Kaiba would get creamed if all of Pegasus' monsters are nothing but toons!"

"This isn't fair," Joey complained. "Just because Pegasus created the game doesn't give him the right to use some sort of super card that nobody knows about!"

That gave Mai an idea, she turned to Yugi. "Yugi, do you know anything about this Toon World?"

"Well, all I know is that it was never put into circulation," Yugi explained.

"Why?" Harold questioned.

"It was probably too powerful. I guess Pegasus must have the only one."

"That's fair," Joey said sarcastically.

"How can anyone beat Pegasus when he has cards like that at his disposal?" Tea said.

"I think that's the point, Tea," Harold threw in.

"Now, where were we, Kaiba-boy? Oh yes, it was my turn!" Let's seehe's folded his hand so I can no longer see through his eyes, but maybe I can look elsewhere. You see, a Duelist of Kaiba's caliber has long since memorized every card in his deck. So I don't need to look through his eyes to see what cards he keeps, I can just look through his mind. "I'll play this," he said holding up a magic card. "A new addition to Toon World: the Shine Palace!" The book opened up to reveal an intensely bright castle. "Makes for a handy plot twist. You see, it raises my dragon's strength by 500 points!"

"That still won't bring this story to an end!"

"I beg to differ, I think I just written the last chapter in your defeat. You see, the light my toon absorbs from Shine Palace makes him stronger than your Blue-Eyes." The little dragon's muscles bulged, and literally turned into volcanoes. It grew a little larger but other than that, remained the same.

(BETD: 3000-3500)

"I'm no cartoon expert, but exploding volcano biceps is a bad thing, right?"

"Yeah… for Kaiba."

"Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon, attack with White Lightning!"

"Not so fast! Activate trap card: Negate Attack!" The blast was absorbed by a swirling shield set in front of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

Clever move, Kaiba, but don't forget, the effects of Negate Attack only last for just one turn. For which my Toon Dragon will endure.

"My turn," Kaiba announced. I bought myself some time, but I won't be able to hold that Toon Dragon's attack off for long. I have to destroy that comic monstrosity here and now. Otherwise, not only will I have lost this duel, but I would've lost my only chance at freeing Mokuba. I have to trust in my deck… for both of us! Kaiba closed his eyes and drew the top card from his deck. For a moment, he felt like Mokuba was right there besides him, doing the same. "Perfect, go, Shadow Spell!" Black chains bound the Toon Dragon. "Now, not only can your Toon not move, but his attack power is lowered by 700 points!"

(BETD: 3500-2800)

For the first time since the duel started, Pegasus cringed. How dare Kaiba shackle a free and wondrous spirit like my Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon! It's like imprisoning joy itself! He will pay for interrupting my fun!

"Looks like toons don't always get the last laugh. Go, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, White Lightning attack!" This time, the dragon wasn't able to dodge and it was destroyed.

(P: 1200)
(K: 1000)

"Yeah!" Yugi cheered. "Kaiba sent that toon back to the drawing board!"

"Good thing too," Harold agreed. "It was giving me an eye sore."

"Impressive," Mai simply commented.

"Now do you understand that nothing will stop me from rescuing my brother, even destroying my own Blue-Eyes?"

"Aw, Kaiba-boy, your treasured Blue-Eyes White Dragons mean so much to you; don't they? Well as creator of Duel Monster, I'm deeply touched by your devotion. But…" Pegasus drew a card. "When will you learn that the same devotion is not retrieved by the Blue-Eyes? For, as you see, they are not so loyal." Pegasus showed Kaiba the card he drew: Dragon Capture Jar.

"Kaiba, watch out!" Yugi called. "That's the same card he used against me!"

Kaiba was the one cringing now.

"This will make two Blue-Eyes that I have stolen from you, won't it. You must hate me." Smoke emitted from the Dragon Capture Jar ensnared the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. The Blue-Eyes couldn't fight back as it was sucked into the jar.

I can't let Pegasus steal another of my dragons with that jar. I must find a way to destroy it! He drew a card. "Okay, Pegasus, I'm playing this in defense mode." He placed the card face-down.

"Then for my turn, I place this magic card face-down and bring out the Dragon Piper (2), defense mode!"

"That can only mean one thing," Yugi said.

Kaiba was thinking on the same lines. "Pegasus is planning on bringing my dragon under his control!"

"And soon I will make him a toon just like your other Blue-Eyes. And then the fun will begin all over again."

"Not if I destroy your Dragon Piper here and now. I'm invoking the powers of the Swordstalker! Attack the Dragon Piper with Vengeance Strike!"

"Did you forget about the magic card I placed? Its a little doodad called Doppelganger. It can copy anything on the field. I think I'll have it copy your Crush Card. And now, I'll infect my Dragon Piper with it!"

"But Kaiba had just declared an attack on that Dragon Piper," Yugi protested. "His Swordstalker will be walking right into a trap! Kaiba, call off your attack!"

"It's too late; there isn't anything he can do about it!"

Swordstalker sliced the Dragon Piper but released the Crush Card virus destroying him and infecting Kaiba's deck. His deck sparked with electricity before spilling the cards all over the place.

"That's what you get for stacking your deck with monster cards that all have more than 1500 offense points."

"I don't believe it," Joey said. "Kaiba's getting done in by the same card that he beat Yugi with."

All of Kaiba's cards were destroyed except for one. "I use Monster Reborn to revive Saggi the Dark Clown in defense mode!"

"It's your last move and you're going to spend it reviving a clown? Oh yes, that's right, there isn't anything else you can do with my virus still about. It's a real shame when you consider all that's on the line."

"Mokuba, I tried my very best," Kaiba protested.

"Your best failed you! Bickuribox (3), emerge and attack!" Toon World produced a hideous nightmarish-looking jack-in-the-box which took a large scythe out of its mouth and skewered Saggi.

"Forgive me, Mokuba, I am so sorry," Kaiba said.

"There are no more cards you can play. Therefore, you lose, Kaiba-boy. And you lost much more than the duel, hadn't you, Kaiba? You lost your only chance of rescuing your brother. You let him down. But don't worry, my dear friend…" he drew a card much like the one he used to imprison Mokuba's soul. "I'll spare you the agony of carrying on in this world without him."

"What is that?"

"It is the final fate of your soul, Seto Kaiba!" Pegasus' Millennium Eye shot out a beam of energy which temporarily blinded the spectators. "Welcome to your new home, Kaiba-boy, a place of solitude and seclusion. And with your soul gone, your body's worthless." Pegasus ordered Kaiba's body to be dumped in the catacombs and stared at the Kaiba Brother's soul cards. "The Brothers Kaiba, one in each hand, but even though your cards are so close, your souls couldn't be farther apart. At least when I had Mokuba locked up, you were still in the same dimension."

"Somebody please tell me I didn't saw what I think I saw," Joey requested.

"Pegasus doesn't care who he hurts as long as he gets his way," Harold commented.

"And to think he was only trying to save his brother," Mai pointed out.

Yugi was quietly sobbing. "He was just like us, just wanted to save someone he cared about, and now…" He turned towards Pegasus, more outraged than the others had ever seen him in. "Why, Pegasus, why must you toy with our friends, our families? I won't let you get away with it!"

Pegasus just chuckled. Just try and stop me, Little-Yugi. Then looking up by chance, he saw his puzzle glowing immensely. When the glow subsided, Yugi stood defiant before Pegasus, the eye symbol on both his puzzle and his forehead glowing. Well, I believe I just witnessed Yugi tapping into the power of his Millennium Item, excellent.

Tea immediately noticed the change in Yugi. The Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle has returned. But is it here to help us or

"Pegasus, it won't be long now before I put an end to your games."

"Yugi, don't forget that you still have to make it through the remaining rounds of this tournament to even win the privilege of challenging me."

"Rest assured, I'll be at the finals," Dark Yugi said. "But the real privilege will be defeating you and undoing all the evil acts you have committed on my friends!"

"I look forward to your finest efforts, Yugi-boy." Pegasus' glance then expanded to include Joey, Mai, and Bandit Keith. "And wonderful performances from all our finalists! You have proven that you are the best of the best, the cream of the crop as they say in America, the best Duelists in the world! So let the Duelist Kingdom Finals begin!" But in the end, it won't matter who wins because I will be the overall winner, and nothing will stop me, not even Yugi Moto and his Millennium Puzzle.

The End


Monster Glossary

(1)
Name: Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon
Level: 8
Type: Toon/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2500

(2)
Name: Dragon Piper
Level: 3
Type: Pyro/Effect
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 200
DEF: 1800

(3)
Name: Bickuribox
Level: 7
Type: Fiend/Fusion
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2300
DEF: 2000