"Now that I have XYZ Dragon Cannon and Blue Eyes on the field, you have no chance," Kaiba said confidently as he stared at his newly formed machine and the massive silver dragon next to it. In his mind, he knew that Seti wasn't going to leave that rooftop with a win as long as his Blue Eyes and his Cannon were on the field.
Seti chuckled darkly and shook his head. In his mind, he knew the truth about the situation that Kaiba's over inflated ego was covering up. "Not exactly. I'm well aware of the situation, but I still have two monsters protecting my life points. And with no cards in your hand, not only can you not activate your Dragon Cannon's effect, but if those two monster of yours go, you'll be defenseless against my onslaught," Seti said.
"We'll just have to see about that now won't we?" Kaiba asked with a smug smirk. He threw his hand out and pointed a straight finger at Seti's cloaked demon. "XYZ Dragon Cannon, destroy Gantu!" The hybrid machine blasted Gantu into oblivion with high-powered beams from its laser cannons and the Y-Dragon Head's mouth in the monster's torso. Kaiba quickly followed up with a shout to his dragon. "Now, Blue Eyes, attack his defense monster with White Lightning!"
The dragon opened its mouth and unleashed an earth shattering blast of light. An empty suit of armor appeared on the field and tried to block the blast with its shield, but the intense beam was too much and the monster was incinerated. "Now, you have nothing protecting you. I end my turn."
Seti drew and added the card to his hand without looking at it. "Here's what I've got. I'll remove Gantu, Opticlops, and The Headless Knight (1450/1700) from the graveyard to summon Dark Necrofear (2200/2800) in defense mode!" A chill blew through the area as black sparks crackled on the field. Suddenly, a large black hole opened and out of it emerged a purple ball of energy. The ball came to a stop in front of Seti and began to change shape until it resembled a blue creature, female in appearance. She was surrounded by a black aura and cradled a broken doll in her arms. "Next, I'll activate The Dark Door. As long as this card is in play, only one monster can attack per turn."
A large open doorway appeared between Kaiba and Seti. A transparent swirling vortex of energy came through the door and demons burst out of it. Kaiba scoffed and closed his eyes. "This is nothing more than another of your stall tactics. I must say that I am nowhere near impressed with your move."
"You will be once you discover the horror of what I have waiting for you. My turn is over, but the nightmare is just beginning," Seti declared. He laughed maliciously, prompting Kaiba to sneer at him.
"You're beginning to annoy me. I'll place a card face down and have Blue Eyes destroy your Dark Necrofear!" Kaiba commanded.
The dragon obliterated Seti's monster with its energy blast. The demons in the doorway rushed out and grabbed XYZ Dragon Cannon, preventing it from moving and getting in front of its cannons, despite the monster's objections. "Once again, you have fallen into my trap. I find you to be the most gullible of all those I've beaten," Seti said as he slid his Necrofear into the graveyard slot.
"Just go," Kaiba retorted edgily. He really had no time for Seti's mockery or tricks, and was quickly running out of the little patience he had left for the soul stealer.
"As you wish," Seti said as he drew. "I'll activate the continuous spell card Suicidal Greed. It allows me to draw a card from my deck for every 500 life points I give up. So I give up 2000 points to draw four cards."
(Kaiba: 2350) (Seti: 900)
"And now that my Dark Necrofear is in the Graveyard, I can activate the card of your demise. Welcome to the Dark Sanctuary!" Seti placed the card in the sliding field card tray. Lightning crackled throughout the area and the skies turned red as blood. Demonic eyes opened and watched from the sky. Mouths appeared and bared fangs, which were licked by demonic tongues, almost in a sick pleasure. A chill ran down Kaiba's spine, though he stood his ground and pretended not to be unnerved.
"Wait a minute. I remember this. That Bakura kid used this same tactic against Yugi in the quarter-finals of Battle City," Kaiba said as he stared at the occult world forming around him.
"Now that you remember, I can let go of this useless charade," Seti declared. He concentrated and the Millennium Ring passed through Jason's shirt and hung loosely around his neck. Kaiba's eyes widened in shock.
"Just what is that supposed to mean to me?" The CEO replied. He was certainly surprised to see Bakura's Millennium Item around this kid's neck. Thoughts of what he did to get the Item floated into his head.
"I see that you still don't understand. I'm back from the Shadow Realm and ready to conquer this world. But before I can, I need your Millennium Item, so when you lose this duel, you will hand you Rod over to me."
"I guess you don't know me that well, because if you did, you'd realize that I don't believe in all that crap about the Shadow Realm! I don't know why you have Bakura's trinket around your neck, but it has no relevance to what we're doing, so just get on with the duel."
Seti let a dark smile touch his features as he pulled another card out of his hand. "I see that I'll have to force you to believe. And I'll do it with this, my Jowgen the Spiritualist (200/1300) in attack mode!" A man in long white robes appeared on the field. He held up a large staff. "My monster can destroy all special summoned monsters on the field when I discard a card from my hand. And XYZ Dragon Cannon falls under that category. So go, Jowgen. Use your effect and obliterate his monster!"
Seti placed one card in his graveyard slot. Jowgen began to chant and point his staff at XYZ Dragon Cannon. Kaiba grimaced as a beam of purple energy laced with mystic symbols fired from the staff and shattered the monster. "Now, Jowgen, become a sacrifice for the power of my Dark Sanctuary as I end my turn!"
The priest disappeared in a dark flash. Kaiba drew, unflinching despite his new dark surroundings and the loss of his Dragon Cannon. "You are wide open for a direct assault from my Blue Eyes White Dragon, so go, Blue Eyes, attack him directly and finish off the rest of his life points!"
Kaiba's monster didn't budge. It began to shake, violently, as if something were trying to escape from it. Suddenly, a ghost burst out of Blue Eyes and slammed into Kaiba, knocking the young CEO to the ground.
(Kaiba: 850) (Seti: 2400)
"What happened!" Kaiba demanded as he stood up after being knocked down by the attack. It wasn't as much the attack that surprised him as it was the drastic change in the life point totals.
"Oh how quickly we forget. The spirit of Dark Sanctuary is not pleased with you Kaiba. He's upset that you forgot about his effect," Seti said in a mock sad voice.
Kaiba thought for a moment, then, remembered the danger of Dark Sanctuary. "Now I remember fully. That ghost stops the attack, and takes half of the attack points of one of my attacking monsters and deducts it from my life points, then, adds them to your life points."
"Precisely. You catch on fast. So do you end your turn?"
"Yes," Kaiba said in a slightly defeated tone. He had to find a way around the ghost of the Sanctuary; otherwise, his life points were going to go down the drain. And a loss to Seti was the last thing that the CEO needed.
"Good. Now I draw. Remember the card I discarded for Jowgen's effect? Well it's back. The Sinister Serpent (350/200) is a very special card with a special effect. When it's sent to the graveyard, I can return it to my hand during any of the following turns. Isn't that great? Now I summon my Sinister Serpent in attack mode." A large green serpent appeared with a deep hiss. "I'll also place a card face down. Next I'll sacrifice Sinister Serpent to the Dark Sanctuary and end my turn."
The green creature disappeared as the field around it absorbed its life force. Kaiba snapped the top card off of his deck. "I draw. And I got just what I needed. I'll activate Mystic Wok. This card allows me to sacrifice a monster and gain life points equal to that monster's attack or defense. And choose Blue Eyes for attack."
The dragon vanished in a burst of white light that also engulfed Kaiba at the same time.
(Kaiba: 3350) (Seti: 2400)
"You were that desperate to win, that you sacrificed your own monster. What a shame," Seti teased.
"I'm not done yet, because your Suicidal Greed card also works for your opponent, in case you didn't know, so I'll use the effect of your card to draw four cards from my deck," Kaiba declared, ignoring Seti's comment.
(Kaiba: 1350) (Seti: 2400)
Kaiba drew the cards, bringing his hand to five. He immediately laughed in triumph. "Now this is where it ends. I'll activate Draconic Resurrection. At the cost of half my life points, I can summon as many of my dragons from the graveyard as possible. So I'll revive Blue Eyes and Kaiser Glider!"
(Kaiba: 675) (Seti: 2400)
Both dragons reappeared on the field in a burst of green light. "Next, I'll activate Polymerization to fuse my Blue Eyes White Dragon on the field, with the ones in my hand."
Two more Blue Eyes' appeared in the sky. The one on the field flew up to join them. They were all engulfed in a brilliant stream of light that shot up from the field. Massive wings burst out of the luminescent stream as it faded away to reveal a huge three-headed Blue Eyes White Dragon. "Say hello to the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500/3800)," Kaiba declared.
Seti held his arms outward and laughed. "Yes, that's right. Build up all your attack power so that I may drain of the last of your life points with the spirit of the Dark Sanctuary."
"I suspected as much. You haven't possessed one of my monsters yet. Otherwise the spirit would've been destroyed with the original Blue Eyes. But don't worry, because I've got a surprise for you. I sacrifice the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon to summon the creature of your defeat."
"Sacrifice the Ultimate Dragon!" Seti repeated in shock. He hadn't yet heard of a creature worth sacrificing the Ultimate Dragon for. The only thing like that was Kaiba's Egyptian god monster, Obelisk the Tormentor, but the pharaoh stripped his of that in the Battle City finals.
Kaiba's monster began to glow with a brilliant white light. It transformed right before Seti's eyes into a smaller dragon with blue orbs growing from its wings and head. This new monster shined with an incandescent force that seemed to pierce the darkness of the Dark Sanctuary itself. "Now you face the Blue Eyes Shining Dragon (3000/2500)!"
Seti looked at the dragon closely, then, laughed hard. "There is no difference between that thing and your last monster!" he exclaimed. "Either way, it's over."
"No. The Blue Eyes Shining Dragon is much different from my last dragon. First, it gains 300 from every dragon in my graveyard."
"Power makes no difference to the spirit of the Dark Sanctuary. You shall still fall," Seti retorted, trying his best to rile Kaiba up some more.
"Maybe, but that doesn't mean squat to my new dragon. His special effect negates all targeted effects, including your spirit!" Seti only stared at the new monster and chuckled slightly, not in the least bit concerned about its effect. Kaiba raised his hand and gave the final command. "Blue Eyes Shining Dragon (4200/2500), wipe out the rest of his life points with Shining Neutron Blast!" The monster opened its mouth and charged up a powerful blast. Seti simply looked on as the blast came and slammed into him with ungodly force. "Now, it's over. That's what happens when you challenge the most powerful duelist in the world," Kaiba declared triumphantly.
But Kaiba's celebration would be short lived, as the force of the blast was absorbed into a vortex of energy that took the form of a ghost, similar to the one from the Dark Sanctuary. The ghost shot out and dove into Kaiser Glider. Seti's laughter could be heard through the darkness. Kaiba looked up and saw the truth.
"I'm afraid my trap card says differently. Feel the wrath of the Dark Spirit of the Silent. This card cancels out your dragon's attack and forces another monster to attack in its place. And the only other choice is Kaiser Glider. And you know what that means."
The ghost of the Dark Sanctuary burst out of Kaiser Glider and pounded Kaiba with renewed force.
(Kaiba: 0) (Seti 3600)
"No, it can't be," Kaiba whispered to himself as the reality of his defeat hit him like a ton of bricks. "How could I lose to this rank amateur?"
Seti calmly strode over to Kaiba as the Dark Sanctuary disappeared around him. His usual derisive grin was clear and present on his face as he reached Kaiba. "I'll take my prize now," he said as he held out his hand. Kaiba pulled the rod out from under his coat and tossed it at Seti, who caught it in one hand. "Yes, I finally have what I need."
"Yeah, now go and never return," Kaiba hissed. He was truly pissed at himself for having fallen for such a cheap and obvious trick. Seti's voice was the last thing he needed to hear at that point.
"Oh, but I'm not done yet. Remember that this duel was under Battle City rules, which means I get your rarest card. And since you have three cards of equal rarity, I'll take all three of your Blue Eyes White Dragons." Seti's heart almost leaped out of his chest with rapture as he rubbed his victory into Kaiba's face.
Kaiba's heart sank to the bottom of his chest. He felt as if though someone had ripped out his spirit. Kaiba preferred death to such humiliation. But a deal's a deal and a rule is a rule. Kaiba fanned out his graveyard and pulled the three cards out. "I…can't believe that I'm losing my dragons," he mumbled.
Seti closed his eyes and smiled. He could felt something in his stomach that he hadn't felt in millennia. It was joy. He felt pure, unadulterated joy at the defeat of his rival. "Yes. Unfathomable grief and despair can be so refreshing, can't it?" Kaiba sank to his knees and held out the Blue Eyes', which Seti greedily snatched out of his hands. The spirit looked at the cards. "Such power, yet so useless. Maybe I could use them for coasters or something."
Kaiba lowered his head and growled as Seti laughed derisively at him. The soul stealer looked down and began thinking. "Sending you to the Shadow Realm would be pointless. I'd rather you wallow in your own misery and despair, loser," Seti stressed the last word as much as he could.
The dark spirit walked away, leaving Kaiba on his knees, defeated. Seti got on the elevator and the doors closed behind him.