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Fanfic Chapter 35: Final Duel of Souls Pt 2: The Toon Army
Episode Basis: Match of the Millennium Pt 2
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! It was finally time for the match between Yugi and Pegasus. But from the get-go, it seemed like there would be more on the line than simple pride. The agreement was that if Yugi won, Pegasus would free the souls that he had trapped: mainly his Grandpa and the Kaiba Brothers. But if Pegasus won, Yugi had to give up his soul. Pegasus got off to a commanding lead, reading Yugi's mind and finding out about his cards and strategies. Meanwhile, Tristan set out on his own mission: to find Kaiba and/or Mokuba. And find them he did, at least he found Mokuba. But now Pegasus' security is on to him and the guards were rapidly closing in. Looks like Yugi and Tristan both have perilous dilemmas.
"Come on, Yugi, don't let that creep intimidate you," Tea called.
"Yeah, just play your game," Joey advised.
"It's not over yet," Harold threw in.
Bakura eavesdropped on Croquet, who was chastising someone over the phone. "What do you mean Mokuba's missing? He's essential to Mister Pegasus' plan to take over Kaiba Corporation! Idiot, how hard can it be to find one soulless body? Don't make me come down there!"
Interesting. Bakura turned and started to walk away.
"You got somewhere to go, Bakura?" Joey asked.
"Yes, I'd thought I'd go check on Tristan," Bakura said keeping his back to Joey.
"He has been gone a long time," Tea commented. Harold just stared suspiciously at Bakura.
"Too long if you ask me, what could be more important than this match?"
"I'll be sure to ask him, Joey," Bakura said walking into the hallway.
Go ahead and make your move, Yugi-boy, of course, it's not like I don't know what it already is. First you'll lay the Spellbinding Circle card face-down, and then you'll throw the Summoned Skull in defense mode. Go on, Yugi, I'm perfectly prepared.
"It's my turn," Yugi announced. "And I'm laying a card face-down, and next I'll throw the Summoned Skull in defensive mode. And I'll leave it at that."
"Goody, now it's my turn again." You see, the eye never lies, nor does it fail in sighting the vulnerabilities in your pathetic moves. "I'm switching Ryu-Ran into attack mode." A large dragon burst from the egg shell monster. "Ryu-Ran, fire stream attack!"
"With that attack, you activated my trap card: Spellbinding Circle!" The circle blocked the two blasts of fire. "My circle has stopped your attack, but that's not all, it also ensnares Ryu-Ran lowering his attack points by 700!" The circle wrapped around Ryu-Ran making the dragon holler in pain.
(RR: 2200-1500)
"Oh no," Pegasus said mockingly.
Joey and Tea cheered. Harold just looked off into the hallway where Bakura disappeared.
Bakura, now Yami Bakura, ran through the caverns underneath Pegasus' castle. Where are you? He came to an intersection. Two of the Millennium Ring's spikes pointed to Yami Bakura's left so that was the direction that he went in.
"Now, Pegasus," Yugi said as he switched the Summoned Skull to attack mode. "With my skull poised to attack, and the magic of my Spellbinding Circle in effect, Ryu-Ran will be struck down! Summoned Skull, Lightning Strike!"
"Not so fast, Yugi," Pegasus said holding out a trap card. "I play this."
"Wh… what is that?"
"A trap… well, a trap for traps actually, it's called Trap Displacement and with it I can take the Spellbinding Circle that you placed around one of my monsters and move it to one of yours!"
(RR: 1500-2200)
(SS: 2500-1800)
"It's almost like I knew what you were thinking, isn't it?"
"This is nuts," Harold said. "How can Yugi beat a guy who knows what he's going to do right when he does it?"
"Fire Stream attack!" Ryu-Ran destroyed Summoned Skull.
(Y: 1400)
(P: 2000)
Pegasus knows every dueling strategy I think up, I can't hide anything from his eye!
"What the heck's the use in going on if that mind-reading cheat knows what Yugi's going to do?"
"Don't say that, Joey," Tea snapped. "No matter how bad it looks, we can't give up!"
"You're right, Tea, we have to believe that Yugi will succeed."
That's right, Joey, we have to believe in Yugi, no matter how bad things look.
Harold just kept looking from the hallway to the dueling field.
"There he is!"
"Stop him!" Tristan ran as hard as he could while carrying Mokuba on his back. Tristan turned to run but another guard blocked his way. "No place left to run, punk!" The guards surrounded him. "Hand over the kid and we won't blow you away!"
"Come and get him," Tristan dared.
"Lay one hand on the boy and you imbeciles will rue the day you were ever born," a sinister voice said.
The guards looked around. "Hey, who's there?" One asked.
"Show yourself," another demanded.
Yami Bakura chuckled as he stepped from the shadows.
"You just got yourself into a world of hurt," one of the guards said as they all trained their guns on Yami Bakura.
"Bakura, run," Tristan warned. "Forget about me and save yourself!"
"Give up or else!" One of the guards ordered Yami Bakura.
"Or else you'll do what, you pathetic little drones?"
The guards cocked their guns at Yami Bakura. "That's it, you're dead!"
"I don't think so," Yami Bakura said holding out a magic card. "Chained Energy!" Suddenly the guards were tied up in bindings made of energy. "Come, now is our chance to escape." Tristan wasn't so sure, but he decided that at this moment, anything was better than here. He ran off with Yami Bakura a split second before the guards broke through the bindings and radioed for help.
"My turn, Yugi-boy."
And I'm sure it's another perfectly well-prepared move. If I'm going to win, I'm going to have to find a way to keep his Millennium Eye from reading my thoughts.
"Fat chance," Pegasus said. "Nothing you do can stop it. Face it, Yugi, you're at the mercy of my Millennium Eye!" Yugi growled. "Don't you see, I already know every card you keep in your deck, and have in my deck every card needed to counter them. I can see every strategy your feeble mind can come up with and can counter them, hands-down. But even without my Millennium Magic, I can beat you with relative ease. After all, who needs magic when you have this card?" Pegasus held out a card from his hand. "Perhaps you remember it." By Yugi's growl, he must've. "That's right, Yugi, its Toon World!" A pop-up book appeared and opened up to reveal a childishly haunted town.
"I'd thought as much."
"This I don't like," Joey said.
"There's no way Yugi can win with that card on the field!" Harold protested.
"As you may recall, Toon World protects my monsters beneath its impenetrable bindings, bindings that they will only vacate when they're about to attack you!" The Toon World book opened up and spat out Pegasus' monsters. Ryu-Ran was now pudgy and orange wearing a blue egg shell. Red Archery Girl looked more childish and was in a clam with eyeballs. "Oh, and seeing as how it also transforms them into their super-powered toon form, it's an attack that's sure to leave you in stitches!" The toon monsters laughed while Yugi just looked horrified at them. "What's the matter, Yugi-boy, don't you have a sense of humor? Manga Ryu-Ran (1), attack the monster that Yugi has in defensive mode, Nasty Nostrol Flame Attack!" Yugi's Giant Soldier of Stone was destroyed. "Looks like your Giant Soldier of Stone couldn't stand the heat." Manga Ryu-Ran laughed at Yugi before vanishing into Toon World. "Aren't my toons simply marvelous? I can't help but feel the same proud satisfaction that a parent would, I guess that's my reward for creating the card."
That cheat, Yugi said twitching. The Toon World card is one of a kind, it was thought too powerful for distribution, that's how he was able to beat Kaiba with it!
"And next, I think I'll turn the Toon Mermaid (2) into attack mode, you know, to let her out of her shell."
Man, I wish there was something I could do, Harold thought as Joey and Tea threw words of encouragement Yugi's way. But even if I do try something, Pegasus would know it immediately. What can I do?
If I keep throwing my monsters in defensive mode, Pegasus' toons will just keep picking them off, Yugi thought as he drew a new card. My only chance is to take the offensive, maybe by attacking it; I can uncover some sort of weakness in these toon monsters. "I summon Celtic Guardian in attack mode!" My Guardian may not pack enough punch to defeat that mermaid, but with both their attack points at 1400, she shouldn't be able to beat him either. "Go, Celtic Guardian, attack Toon Mermaid with Silver Blade Slash!" Celtic Guardian charged forward, leapt up swung his sword.
The clam caught the blade inches before it could meet its mark.
"What's going on, that should've been a draw," Harold argued.
"Should've, would've, could've, I guess you all are just going to have to accept the reality of the situation, that Yugi's guardian is the catch of the day."
"That's sweet talk coming from someone who uses cartoon monsters!"
"And if there's anything I love more… besides winning that is, it's a fish fry!" The clam suddenly sprouted a foot and kicked the Celtic Guardian. The Toon Mermaid cocked an arrow and destroyed it.
"That was no draw!"
"You said it, Tea, something's off with those toons!"
Okay then, maybe if I play a stronger card…
"Afraid not, no card in your deck is strong enough. Toon monsters can't be beaten by sheer brute force. The Toon Mermaid and clam laughed before disappearing back into Toon World."
What else can I do? With that Millennium Eye, Pegasus can see my every card, thought, and strategy. How can I possibly win this duel?
"My turn again, and I think I'll just lay two cards face-down."
Great, more to worry about. "It's my move." With those two cards out, I guess I should defend, it may cost me a monster but it's better than losing life points. "I'm throwing a monster in defense mode!"
Pegasus chuckled again, "I knew you would, Yugi-boy, after all, that's why I put this card face-down, a trap card which I activate now: Gorgon's Eye!" An eye surrounded by snakes appeared. The eye opened and Yugi's Horned Imp appeared. The eye then turned it to stone.
"No, my Imp's turned to stone."
"As will every other monster you try to throw in defense mode, for the Gorgon's Eye is a permanent trap! And you should know that every time I destroy one of its concrete victims, half of their defensive power will be deducted from your life points! But don't worry, there's one good thing about having stoned monsters… they make fine paper weights!" Pegasus chuckled then saw that he was the only one doing so. "Tough crowd, well, here, maybe you'll lighten up from my other face-down card, Doppelganger!" Pegasus pointed out the foolish grin the cat-like creature sported. "Know why he's grinning, Yugi? Because this little guy loves what he does, and does what he loves!"
He used this on Kaiba!"
"Correct," Pegasus confirmed activating the card. "This little fellow can copy any card on the field that I wish." The cat creature appeared and whispered something in Pegasus' ear. "Oh, beg your pardon, anything that he wants. So which one will it be today, Doppelganger?" Doppelganger whispered into Pegasus' ear again. "Perfect, you always have the best ideas!"
"It's official, break out the straight jacket because this guy is nuts," Harold cracked.
"Well, Yugi-boy, it seems like he wants to transform into that Summoned Skull I destroyed a few turns ago."
"My Skull, but he's in my graveyard!"
"Yes, but your graveyard pile is on the field." He wagged his finger which the Doppelganger copied behind him. "Go, my furry friend!" The Doppelganger disappeared into the Toon World book as the card transformed into the Summoned Skull. "It's really something, isn't it, Yugi-boy? I can copy one of your monsters, recruit him to my team, and turn him into a toon all in one move." The Toon World book wiggled and shook as lightning struck it. It then opened up. "And so, a dark new chapter of Toon World has been written: The Chapter of Fiends! And here's our story's protagonist (or antagonist depending on your point of view): the Toon Summoned Skull (3)!" The Toon Summoned Skull only vaguely resembled the actual Summoned Skull. It had bulging yellow eyes and a blue coloring. It wiggled its tongue at Yugi.
"It's a monstrosity," Yugi complained.
"Don't say that, you'll hurt its feelings, but since I'm such a nice guy, I'll tell you a little secret. Toon World monsters can be destroyed, but only by other Toon Monsters!" Yugi gasped. "Toon Summoned Skull, Lightning Strike Attack!" Yugi's stoned Imp was destroyed by blue lightning bolts.
(Y: 900)
(P: 2000)
The Skull did some Schwartzenegger posing before disappearing back into Toon World.
Joey looked around. "Man, where are those two? Tristan and Bakura better be doing something important, because Yugi needs their support now more than ever."
"I'll go look for them," Harold volunteered. "You two stay behind."
"But Harold, if you leave too…" Tea began.
Harold laid a hand on her shoulder. "Tea, the support you and Joey gave him are more important to him than anything else. The best thing you can do right now is stay here and help him out in any way you can. I'll go find Tristan and Bakura." Harold turned and ran off.
"Your turn," Pegasus told Yugi. Yugi drew a card. "I see you've drawn the fabled Dark Magician., your favorite card if I'm not mistaken. His trouncing should be especially painful for you. I so look forward to when you put him into play, Yugi-boy." And I can crush him.
As Tristan and Yami Bakura ran up a stair tower, Tristan asked, "Hey, Bakura, what was it you did back there, you know, with that magic card, except for real?"
"Not now, those guards are still right behind us," Yami Bakura dismissed.
"Fine, but something's up with you and I want to know what." Tristan tried a door but found out it was locked. "No good, let's go." They continued up the stairs until they saw an open exit.
Tristan ran through it and almost fell 200 feet from the tower they came out of. Yami Bakura grabbed onto the tail of Tristan's jacket and pulled him back up.
Back at the duel, Yugi was beginning to lose it. I don't know what to do, I can't even try attacking those toons while they're within that book and the Gorgon's Eye turns any monster I throw into defense mode into stone. It all just seems so hopeless.
"It certainly does," Pegasus agreed. Yugi growled. "Oops, sorry, were you having a private conversation with yourself? I'm so gosh, I must really learn not to keep butting into other people's business. After all, accepting defeat is such a personal matter."
"Don't listen to him, Yug," Joey called from the gallery. "Just remember everything that's at stake here: your Grandpa, Mokuba, Kaiba!"
"They're all counting on you, Yugi," Tea also said. "And we know you're going to come through for all of them! You can do it, we believe in you!"
"Yeah!"
Joey and Tea are right; I just have to remember why I'm fighting: to save the soul of my Grandfather and the souls of both the Kaiba Brothers too. I can't let them down!
Tristan and Yami Bakura stared over the edge. "Seeing as how jumping's out of the question, I'd say we're as good as caught."
"There they are!" Guards came up the stair tower.
"Well, we tried," Tristan said defeated.
"What do you mean we tried?" Yami Bakura asked. "We haven't been captured just yet."
"What are you talking about? We're totally outmanned!"
Yami Bakura took out his deck. "We won't be after I enlist some help from the Shadow Realm."
"The Shadow Realm? This can't be good," Tristan muttered.
If I give up now, I lose Grandpa and the Kaibas forever! For their sake, I have to fight on, I can't let Pegasus continue to grow in his shadow magic! I have to save my friends!
Your friends? Pegasus laughed inside. Yugi-boy, you can't even save yourself!
To Be Continued
Monster Glossary
(1)
Name: Manga Ryu-Ran
Level: 7
Type: Dragon/Toon
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 2200
DEF: 2600
(2)
Name: Toon Mermaid
Level: 4
Type: Aqua/Toon
Attribute: Water
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1500
(3)
Name: Toon Summoned Skull
Level: 6
Type: Fiend/Toon
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2500
DEF: 1200
