Rise of Destiny

Chapter 17

Kaiba VS Ryuza: Heavy Metal Part 2

RECAP

Kaiba: Activate Attack Guidance Armor! This card will switch the target of the attack to...Armoured Valkyire Girl!

A chestpiece of armor flies out of the card, and attaches itself to Armoured Valkyrie Girl, pinning her arms to her sides.

Ryuza: No! Kazumi!

Iron Colossus brings it's gigantic fist down, smashing Armoured Valkyrie Girl to pieces. Ryuza's Life Points drop.

Ryuza: You destroyed my friend! I'm going to send you to Hell right now! I summon Metallic Deathbringer!

A Trap card flips up, and three small dark orbs appear on the field. All three of them disappear, and a new monster appears in their place...

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Ryuza: By activating a Trap card, Minions of Darkness, I can summon 3 monsters to the field. And by sacraficing 3 monsters, I can summon Metallic Deathbringer!

Ryuza's Duel Disk radiates with dark energy as the duellist places a card on the disk. A monster appears immediately. It's a tall, purple fiend, black armor covering his chest, hands, and legs. Huge metal claws protruded from the armor covering his hands. A black helmet covered his head. Dark energy flowed around him like wind.

Ryuza: Laughs maniacally. Meet my ultimate creature! Metallic Deathbringer(3300/3800)! This creature represents me, as my past two creatures represent my friends!

Kaiba: I activate my Face Down Torrental Tribute card! Destoy everything!

A huge burst of water appears from the ground, and envelops the field. It clears almost immediately. Metallic Deathbringer is the only monster standing.

Kaiba: What? There's no way in hell your monster survived that!

Ryuza: Laughs My monster is immune to all cards. The only way to defeat Metallic Deathbringer is by brute force. You're royally screwed, Kaiba!

Kaiba: Dammit...I have to save Mokuba...

Ryuza: You won't save him if you don't make your move.

Kaiba: I draw! And activate Premature Burial to revive my Blue Eyes White Dragon(3000/2500)!

Kaiba/2200 Ryuza/4000

The mighty white dragon rose up from the ground, and circles the field, anger in it's eyes directed toward Ryuza.

Kaiba: I share a bond with my monster, too. You see, it's the reincarnation of someone I loved...a girl named Kisara...

Ryuza: Touching. We're a lot alike, Kaiba, whether we like it or not.

Kaiba: I set a card and end my turn.

Ryuza: I draw, and set a card face down.

Kaiba: Phew...thank goodness he didn't attack...

Ryuza: Die, Kaiba! Metallic Deathbringer! Go and destroy Blue Eyes! Metallic Hell!

Metallic Deathbringer impales Blue Eyes with all three of it's claws. Blue Eyes screams in agony, as it is shattered to pieces.

Kaiba/1400 Ryuza/4000

Kaiba: Kisara!

Ryuza: How does it feel, Kaiba? You lost a loved one, too.

Kaiba: Damn you.

Ryuza: Heh heh heh...It's your turn now.

Kaiba: I won't let Blue Eyes be destroyed! I activate the Spell card Soul of Blue Eyes! I pay half my Life Points to revive my mighty Dragon from the Graveyard!

A Spell card appears on the field. It's picture is that of a shining blue orb with a transparent Blue Eyes White Dragon behind it. The magnificent white dragon rises up from the ground again, and Kaiba's Life Points drop.

Kaiba: Now, I play the Spell card Megamorph, doubling my Dragon's ATK points, and raising them all the way to 6000! Now, my Dragon, attack him with the fury of 1000 suns! Nova Stream of Destruction!

Ryuza: Laughs I activate the Trap card Energy Transfer!

A Trap card flips up. It's picture shows a dragon growing in size while a warrior is decreasing in size. Blue energy connects them both.

Ryuza: This card allows me to take the ATK points you just gained, and add the points to my monster. So now my monster is stronger then yours. Counterattack now, Metallic Deathbringer!

Metallic Deathbringer: 6600/3800)

Metallic Deathbringer slashes through Blue Eyes' blast, and cuts through the dragon again.

Kaiba/100 Ryuza/4000

Ryuza: Die, Kaiba! Metallic Deathbringer! Attack his Life Points and finish him off once and for all! Metallic Hell!

Metallic Deathbringer fires a huge blast of metallic-looking energy from both of his hands. Kaiba closes his eyes and waits for impact...

Seto!

Kaiba opens his eyes, and finds himself in a pitch black surrounding. His sight is blurry from weakness. The only light is radiating from a figure in front of him. Suddenly, his vision clears. Standing in front of him is a beautiful woman with long white hair, pale skin, a plain brown tunic, and sparkling blue eyes.

Kisara... Kaiba said.

Seto...I'm going to loan you all of my strength to defeat your opponent...I want the best for you...my soul lives to protect you from harm. Kisara said in her calm, soothing voice.

And in that instant, Seto Kaiba woke up, and time stopped for a moment, as a beautiful white sword, with a handle shaped like the head of the majestic Blue Eyes White Dragon, materialized in the champion duellist's hands.

Kaiba slashes the sword in one clean swipe toward the blast of energy, and in one clean swipe it disappears.

Ryuza: No!

Kaiba: Sword of White Dragon! I sacrafice to you all of the monsters I have left in my deck to summon another Blue Eyes White Dragon!

Many small, white balls of energy float out of Kaiba's deck and into the Sword. Once again, the mighty White Dragon appears from dust.

Kaiba: Blue Eyes, finish him off! Supernova Rain!

Blue Eyes fires a Burst Stream to the sky, and it rains down in white fireballs to the ground, incinerating Metallic Deathbringer immediately.

Ryuza: What? Why the hell was my monster destroyed? He had 3000 more ATK points then your monster!

Kaiba: Heh heh heh...my monster was strengthened by my bond with it. I may not like it much, but a true bond is stronger then any card. My bond with my lover and my bond with my brother strengthened me. And my sword knows that, too. I win, Ryuza.

Ryuza: No!

Kaiba: Blue Eyes, attack him again! Supernova Rain!

Blue Eyes fires a Burst Stream to the sky, and it rains down in white fireballs to the ground. Ryuza's Life Points hit zero.

DUEL END

Kaiba walks over to Mokuba, and cuts his binds with the Sword of White Dragon. Mokuba jumps down from his position, and looks at Ryuza.

Ryuza's head is down, and he's not saying anything. Suddenly, his head snapped up. His face was determined, and he was grinning maniacally.

Ryuza said shortly as he walked to the other side of the building and looked down.

"No, Ryuza!" Mokuba shouted. "Don't jump!"

Ryuza did just that. He turned around, now facing the Kaiba bros. "See you in hell, Kaiba," He said, looking Kaiba right in the eye. With one fleeting motion, he jumped off the side of the building while still facing Kaiba and Mokuba. He laughed for a moment, then went silent as he fell.

"Oh, Seto!" Mokuba said tearily as he closed his eyes. Kaiba wrapped an arm around the younger boy's shoulder.

"It's alright, Mokuba. Some people have no hope. It was the only way for him."

Mokuba didn't say anything. The two brothers silently walked to the elevator, punched in a few numbers, and then they were on their way back to the ground.

Atem and Anzu walked out of the elevator, breathing in clean air.

"Ah," Anzu said dreamily, looking at her wrists. "It feels great to be free again. I'm glad you came, Atem."

"Yes," Atem replied, smiling. "Now all we have to do is find Auros. He can't be far, now. And with all of his minions beaten, it won't be hard to find him and defeat him once and for all."

"Yeah," Anzu said in agreement. "Let's go!"

As they started walking, another elevator door opened and Jounouchi walked out, carrying the Sword of Dark Anger. He wore a solemn expression on his face.

"Oi! Jounouchi!" Anzu called. "Where's Shizuka? You did win your duel, right?"

"I won." Jounouchi said in a dark, gruff voice that was not like his own. "But Gavon killed Shizuka right after that. Now I'm going to kill Auros."

"Jounouchi!" Atem shouted. "Don't be rash with this. Let us figure out a solution to beat him together."

With a low growl, Jounouchi lunged forward and pushed Atem back. He stumbled, but regained his footing.

"Oh yeah, Yugi? What if it was Anzu who was dead? What would you do? Silence? I thought so. So stay outta my way, Yugi!" He snarled as he pushed past Yugi, and ran toward Auros's tower.

I'm coming for you, Auros!

NEXT: Revenge