"Bakura…."said Tristan
"He…jumped….but why?" asked Terra.
"I guess its better than being sliced to death," said Joey.
"He saved my life…even after what I said to him…he was a true friend…to the very end," said Tristan.
"We must go on, he would want us to defeat Shrin," said Yuri wiping the tears in his eyes.
They continued with no more delay, watching their movements very carefully they were able to move around traps and get to then end of the labyrinth. At the end of the labyrinth was a door that leads to some stairs. The group continued up the stairs that led to a giant room, where they stopped to take a look around.
The room was gigantic, but empty. Yuri took a look up at the ceiling. There were no spikes as he suspected. He looked at the ground which he couldn't see any type of traps that they noticed while in the labyrinth. Yuri took a cautious step in, followed by another slowly cautious step.
"You don't have to worry about traps; there are none in this room," said a voice.
"Who's there?" cried Yuri.
"This is a dueling room, where you will duel me, and once I defeat you I can face Shrin and get back what he took from me 10 years ago."
A shadowy figure walked from the other side of the room to half way to the center of the room. Yuri looked at the man who stood before him; he was wearing a robe with a hood over his head so his face could not be seen. The man took out his duel disk and put his deck into it.
"So who will be my challenger? Will it be you, Joey Wheeler? Or perhaps Mai Valentine?" asked the robed figure.
"First explain who are you? If you want to defeat Shrin then join us, because that is what we came here to do," said Tea.
"So you became a duelist Tea? That's a surprise, I hope you're good. And who is the new fire head who stands in front of you? He looks anxious to duel me. And just for your information Tea, I can't join you even if I wanted to, because if I do, then Shrin will send my brother's soul to another dimension, some place worse then the shadow realm, and I won't let that happen."
"Hey how do you know us? Who are you?" asked Tristan.
"Yeah what's the deal?" asked Mai.
"My, my, my, how do we forget? Here I have been waiting for you for 3 years after I made my deal with Shrin, always putting together my strategies, things that my brother couldn't even dream of, I bet he would be proud of me. That's why I plan to duel you to free his soul, something Yugi didn't do. Once I defeat all of you, Shrin will give me back my brother and I will have my family back."
"Wait…your brother? It can't be," said Tea taking a step back.
"It looks like you remember me Tea," said Mokuba removing the robe.
Mokuba stood there before them, his hair hadn't changed over the years, but his size did. He was now as tall as Seto once was. He stood before them with hate in his eyes. Tea could see there was no reasoning with Mokuba. He had plenty of times to train himself within 3 years, he must have learned how to play, strategize, and create a powerful deck. Yuri stepped forward and prepared his duel disk.
"I will face you," said Yuri.
"Good, but just to let you know, I will crush you," said Mokuba.
"You know Mokuba, I was told about your brother. He was someone who pushed everyone away in order to gain power. Someone told me once he removed the darkness in his heart. But this didn't help him, instead of him excepting the heart of the cards, he turned everything away. And look where it ended him…in the darkness of the Shadow Realm," said Yuri as he drew his five cards.
"Shut up, you know nothing of my brother. He was a better duelist than anyone, he took care of me, not to mention he was the only thing I had that I cared about the most. I will show you true power and crush you, then all your friends, and I will get back my brother."
"Can't you see that we are trying to save the world? That includes your brother, Mokuba and it includes Yugi and everyone who has lost themselves to Shrin. Can't you see that he is just using you? You must break free of him and help us."
"I don't want to hear it, so if you don't mind I will start things off," said Mokuba "I start by playing one card face down and summoning Peten the Dark Clown 500/1200 in attack mode, I will end my turn."
'Why did he put Peten in attack mode? That's one of the weakest monsters in the game….unless he is planning something with his face down card,' thought Yuri.
"What are you waiting for? Make your move," said Mokuba.
"Don't let him rush you Yuri, that's what his brother always did, and personally I think its because of that why he always won me, he wouldn't let me think," said Joey.
"That's where you're wrong Wheeler; he always beat you because you suck at this game," said Mokuba.
"First, I will destroy your face down card Mokuba, by playing Mystical Space Typhoon."
"That's where you're wrong, I activate my face down trap, Crush Card, I have to tribute a dark monster with an attack of 1000 or lower in order to activate it, and all monsters on your side of the field and in your hand and the next three cards you draw of 1500 attack points or higher are destroyed. But that's not all, I get another Peten the Dark Clown from my deck to defense mode."
Yuri discarded, his Reflect Bounder, Skilled Dark Magician and Buster Blader that was in his hand. He then looked at his hand which only contained two cards in his hand which were revealed to Mokuba, his Swords of Revealing light and his Magician of Faith.
"It looks like I have no choice but to set one monster face down and play my Swords of Revealing light magic card. That will end my turn."
"Good, because I'm just getting started," said Mokuba as he drew. I summon X-Head Cannon in attack mode 1800/1500, and then I will set two cards face down and end."
"I draw my card."
"And since you did, I get to see it, if it is a monster of 1500 attack points or higher it goes to the graveyard."
"Sorry Mokuba, my monster is Cyber jar, not enough, so it stays in my hand."
"You're monster can't help you anyway, just two more turns until your swords are gone and I can attack."
"I will end my turn."
"Good, I draw…I will just pass this turn."
"I draw, and the card I drew is double spell, so it remains in my hand."
"You still can't play anything."
"I end."
"I draw, I will summon Y-Dragon Head 1500/1600 def, and I will use his special ability to equip himself to X-Head Cannon, bringing his attack and defense up by 400 2200/1900, and if you were some how to destroy my monster, Y-Dragon Head will be destroyed in his place. But since I cannot attack I end, and your swords are destroyed."
"I draw. This is the last card you see, and it is Sinister Serpent, so it goes to my hand. I will flip up my Magician of Faith to get back my swords of revealing light."
"I don't think so, I activate my face down trap, Divine Wrath, I get to discard a card to negate the effects of your monster and destroy it, and so I will discard my Peten the Dark clown that's in my hand."
"I will set 1 monster face down and end."
"I draw, and I will attack with my X-Head Cannon at your face down monster."
"You attacked my Cyber Jar 900/900, and so you activated his effect."
"What's Cyber Jar's effect?"
"You been dueling for three years and you don't know Cyber Jar's effect?"
"Just shut up and tell me the effect."
"Well, since you attacked it, you activated its special ability, which means all monsters on the field are destroyed."
"That's where you're wrong, since my Y-dragon head takes the place of my X-head Cannon."
"Indeed, anyway, we both pick up five cards from our decks, and either summon monsters of level 4 or lower in face up attack mode, or face down defense mode. However we must show the hands that we picked up to each other and any cards that are not summoned to the field go to our hands."
Both Yuri and Mokuba picked up there 5 cards, none of them having any 4 or lower monsters in their hands. Mokuba looked at his cards that he drew, giving a sigh of relief. Mokuba didn't want Yuri to see any cards that would give away his ultimate strategy.
"I will play The Shallow Grave, this will give us both one monster to set on the field in defense mode, and I then will set one card face down and end my turn.
"Get ready Mokuba because I'm going to take you down," said Yuri.
Yuri looked at his hand, he didn't have any monsters that he could summon from his hand, but because of Mokuba's magic card he was allowed to get back his Magician of faith. He had to turn the tide of the duel or else he wouldn't be able to win. Yuri then drew his card, and was shocked at what he drew. He drew a card he didn't know that was in his deck.
'What's this? I don't remember putting this card in my deck…wait, didn't Gramps give me two cards that he didn't want me to look at until I drew them? That's right, he did. That means I have another card that I haven't seen in my deck yet. But I do have to admit he gave me a very powerful monster. I cannot summon it…yet, but I do have a plan,' thought Yuri.
"Can't you hurry up, if you don't play within the next minute I will consider it as a forfeit and you automatically will loose the duel," said Mokuba with a rage.
"I play Graceful Charity, this allows me to draw 3 cards and discard 2 of them," said Yuri as he drew.
"Nothing you draw will help you."
"I will have to discard Mirage Dragon and Sinister Serpent. But that's not all; I will summon Skilled Dark Magician1900/1700 in attack mode. Skilled Dark Magician, attack his X-Head Cannon with Skilled Magic Attack."
Skilled Dark Magician took his staff and charged it up and shot a blast towards X-Head Cannon, just as it was about to hit its target it disappeared into a vortex that appeared in front of X-Head Cannon. Yuri was shocked at this, and then he looked at Mokuba who had activated his face down card, Negate Attack.
"You have to do better then that if you want to win."
"I will set one card face down and end."
"Good, I draw."
Mokuba smiled as he saw the card he wanted. Mokuba looked at Yuri who was being protected by his Skilled Dark Magician. Then he knew that he was going to win the duel. The monster he was about to summon Yugi had a hard time with. There was no way Yuri could survive against it.
"First, I will flip up my Y-Dragon Head, then I will summon my Z-Metal Tank 1500/1300, then I will combine my three monsters into one, to summon XYZ Dragon Cannon 2800/2600, and he has a special ability, which allows me to discard 1 card from my hand to destroy one card on the field, so I will destroy your face down monster."
"My face down Magician of faith is destroyed," growled Yuri.
"But that's not all; I will attack your Skilled Dark Magician and causing 900 points of damage to your life points."
XYZ Dragon Cannon had shot a blast at Yuri's Skilled Dark Magician. Yuri braced himself from the blast as he threw him back. Yuri fell to his knees in exhaustion realizing that the blast actually hurt him. He looked at his Duel Disk that read 3100 LP. Yuri stood up and looked at Mokuba. Mokuba smiled knowing what Yuri was thinking.
"Let me guess, it hurt you didn't it? Now I think you realize that this is more than just a duel," said Mokuba
"What do you mean?" asked Yuri.
"Well, what's your name again? Oh I remember, Joey said it was Yuri. Well Yuri, this room is a special room, when you take damage the room unlocks the power of the shadow realm, causing damage to you. Of course the same thing happens to me when I take damage, as you can already tell, the looser goes to the Shadow Realm."
"Mokuba, I won't let you throw away your life like this, you're just letting Shrin use you, and he doesn't care if you win or loose, he won't care if you did everything he asked."
"I don't want to hear it; I will do what I have to do in order to get my brother back. So let's just duel, I end my turn."
"Mokuba, I don't want to hurt you."
"Just shut up, I'm going to have my brother back, and if I can't win a simple duel, I rather be trapped in the shadow realm with him."
"Mokuba, I don't want to hurt you but if I have to I won't hold back," said Yuri as he drew his card. "I will now summon a monster that will destroy your XYZ Dragon Cannon, by using one of the cards that Pegasus gave to me. By removing two monsters from my graveyard, one of light and one of dark, I can summon him. So I remove Magician of Faith and Skilled Dark Magician to summon Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning 3000/2500."
"You summoned an 8 star monster without Tribute?"
"That's the power of my monster; his tribute comes from the graveyard, and now witness his power, Black Luster Soldier attack XYZ Dragon Cannon."
"No, if he destroys my monster, I won't have any monsters to protect myself."
Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning charged at XYZ Dragon Cannon, destroying it with its mighty blade. Mokuba then felt a sudden shock to his system as he felt pain surge through his body. The pain ended quickly since it was only 200 life points that he lost, putting him at 3800.
"Are you done?"
"Actually, no I'm not, since I destroyed your monster as a result of battle, my Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning can attack again, this time directly."
Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning charged again this time hitting Mokuba making him fly back and hit the wall. Mokuba felt a strong serge of pain through his body, it felt like it lasted forever. Mokuba's vision started to blur, he then regained his vision and stood up, with only 800 life points.
"I end my turn Mokuba."
"I draw, and I will set one monster face down, and end," said Mokuba.
"I draw," said Yuri.
'What he doesn't know, is the monster that I set was a monster known as Man Eater Bug, as soon as his monster attacks it, it will be destroyed without him being able to attack me again,' thought Mokuba.
"I set one card face down, and since I don't trust your face down monster, I will activate my Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning other ability."
"What?"
"It allows me to remove any monster on the field from play, however, I'm not allowed to attack with him since your monster was removed."
Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning stretch out his hand shooting out a powerful force which made Mokuba's monster, disappear from the game. Mokuba growled at this. He was in trouble, Yuri had proven himself to be a stronger duelist then he thought. Mokuba drew his card.
"Yes, I play the card I drew, Pot of greed, which makes me draw two more cards," said Mokuba as he drew two cards.
"Mokuba, we can stop this, if you just give up, then you can join us, and we can defeat Shrin together."
"I told you I can't, I won't"
"Mokuba, do you really think that Shrin will keep his world? Do you think if you defeat all of us in a duel that he will give your brother back?"
"I said shut up, I will show you true power, first, I play Dian Keto the Cure Master, this allows me to gain 1000 life points. Then I will play Polymerization, to summon one of my brother's strongest monsters."
"Oh shit, don't tell me your plan on summoning that," said Joey.
"Yuri won't be able to survive from that monster," said Mai.
"What are you talking about?" asked Yuri.
"My brother summoned a monster that Yugi could never defeat. This monster has the power to destroy your monster, and then some, I fuse not one, not two, but all three of my brother's Blue-Eyes White Dragons, to summon a monster that knows no fear, and I summon the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon 4500/3800."
Mokuba's three dragons fused into one creating a giant three headed dragon that Yuri stared upon in fear. Mokuba laughed with joy as his dragon appeared on the field. He stared at Yuri who didn't have a prayer.
"That's not all Yuri; you're not getting of that easy. I play Monster Reborn, to bring back Blue-Eyes White Dragon 3000/2500, then I will activate my face down trap card, Call of the Haunted, to bring back another Blue-Eyes White Dragon 3000/2500, then I play Premature Burial, paying 800 life points to bring back my third Blue-Eyes White Dragon 3000/2500."
"Oh no, I can't stand against that."
"Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack his Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning."
Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon attacked Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning, Destroying it within an instant. Yuri fell back as his life points went to 1600. Mokuba then called for his three Blue-Eyes to attack. All three charged up and attacked. As the three Blasts were about to hit Yuri, they were stopped by three female mages that protected him from each blast. Mokuba stared in anger as Yuri saved himself with Waboku.
"You saved yourself for now, but on my next turn I will destroy you."
"I draw," said Yuri as he drew. "First, I will play cost down, discarding double spell to lower my monster's star levels by 2; I then will summon Dark Magician Girl in attack mode, 2000/1700."
"Is that a joke? You're monster doesn't come even close to the power of my dragons," said Mokuba.
"I'm not done; next I play Sage's Stone, which allows me to summon my Dark Magician 2500/2100 from my Deck," said Yuri as he summoned Dark Magician.
"What's your point; you still cannot defeat my dragons."
"I'm not done, next I play Intervention between Light and Darkness, this allows me to tribute my Dark Magician for Dark Magician of Chaos 2800/2600 and to complete my magic act, I play Monster Reborn, to bring back Dark Magician."
"Well, I'm impressed, you were able to summon three Dark Magicians to the field, but one thing they still won't help you."
"That's where your wrong, since I have summoned my Dark Magician of Chaos, I was allowed to get back my Graceful Charity magic card, which I will play."
"I think I know what you're doing, you're trying to draw a special card right? You are trying to draw something that will help you win the duel. Fine try your heart of the cards, it won't save you."
Yuri looked at his hand which was only Breaker the Magical Warrior, and he didn't draw his three cards yet. All Yuri knew that the cards he was going to draw would save him. Yuri drew his first card, which was Slifer the sky Dragon, it wouldn't help him since he already normal summoned Dark Magician Girl, even if he didn't summon her he wouldn't have enough cards in his hand to destroy Mokuba's monsters.
Yuri breathed hard and drew his second card, which was Mask of Darkness, it wouldn't help him either in the position he was in. Yuri then closed his eyes. He put his hand on the top of his card and thought about what was at risk, everything depended on his last card, if the heart of the cards didn't help him now he would loose the duel. Yuri opened his eyes and saw a card he didn't recognize. He quickly realized it was the second card that Pegasus had given him.
"What are you waiting for, you have to discard two cards so do it now."
Yuri read the card that Pegasus had given him and he started to laugh. At first it was a couple of snickers then it turned into a giggle then a full out hard laugh. Yuri couldn't stop laughing, he believed in the heart of the cards and it came through.
"What's so funny?" shouted Mokuba.
"First I will discard Mask of Darkness and Breaker the Magical Warrior," said Yuri with a grin.
"Then what, you got nothing."
"Actually I have the card that will win me this duel. I still hope you remember my Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning, because you're about to meet your fate with his best friend, Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End."
"The….End, what is that?"
"First I will have to remove another monster of light and a monster of dark from my graveyard, my Mirage Dragon and my Mask of Darkness will do fine. So now I'm able to summon him, come forth Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End 3000/2500"
"Your monster doesn't scare me; his attack power is nowhere near my Ultimate Dragon."
"That's why I plan to use his special ability," grinned Yuri
"What's his special ability?'
"By sacrificing 1000 of my life points, I can activate it; I think I will let it speak for itself."
Yuri's life points went to 600. Suddenly Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End flew up; it started to suck everything into it. One by one every monster on the field disappeared. Mokuba looked as he was not protected by any of his dragons anymore, not to mention his face up Premature Burial and Call of the Haunted also vanished. Then the last card in Yuri's hand disappeared as well along with all of his monsters.
"What's going on?" shouted Mokuba.
"It's simple, my dragon's ability sends everything to the graveyard, our hands, our monsters and all of our magic and trap cards, then Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End goes to the graveyard as well, leaving behind him an explosion that will do nothing to me, but do 300 points of damage for every card sent to the graveyard, so lets see, u had 4 monsters, along with your Call of the Haunted and your Premature Burial, I had my one card in my hand and my 4 monsters on my side of that field, that's a total of 3300 points of damage to you."
"No, I can't survive that."
"That's why he is called Envoy of the End."
A big explosion happened around Mokuba causing him to fall to his knees in pain as all his life points went down to zero. Yuri ran over to Mokuba. He was lying still and not moving. Yuri turned Mokuba over to where he was lying on his back, his eyes were closed and he wasn't moving.
"Mokuba….Mokuba, wake up," cried Yuri.
"Weren't you listening?" said Terra with tears. "He lost, so he was sent to the shadow realm."
"Don't worry, we will get him back, and all of the people Shrin took, we will not let Shrin win, we will defeat him once and for all," said Tea.
"That's right, and the sooner we get out of her, the sooner I can bug Joey," said Mia, who still hadn't let go of that promise Joey wasn't telling her.
"Yuri, I'm proud of you. You kept your cool when you were in trouble, just like…Yugi always did," said Tristan.
"Don't worry we will get him back. We can't just stay here we must progress and move on, Tristan you're the strongest out of all of us, will you carry Mokuba, I don't want to leave him hear," said Yuri.
"Not only does he duel like Yugi he acts like him," said Tea.
"I think I will take that as a complement."
