Constrained
By:
Setalina Muro
Summary: Things should have been normal, but they weren't. Not for her. She loved Kaiba Seto. They went to the new tournament on D.K. together. And there was someone else there. He could offer her something even Kaiba couldn't. Or so she thought. Now she has to make a choice…SxSxP
A/N: Well, Yamiko, You'll see what Pegasus's plan was this time. At least part of it. As to what Pegasus's whole plan is, that will be in the next two or three chapters. Hope you all enjoy!
To the Reviewers:
Yamiko Yakou Thanks for the review. Pegasus's plan sets into motion this chapter and the full plan comes out within the next two. There will only be about five or six chapters and then I'm going to start the sequel. I'm glad you're liking this. I take it you've been busy? Lol. You sound kinda stressed.
Stormrose Dewleaf Interactive? Hmmm…I'm guessing that would be the same as self-insertion, but that's just what I'd be guessing. Yeah there was because you had Joey mention you and the anime you like. People are just mean though, cause it was only once. And yeah, I just haven't sat myself down to work on HitFoH and it's not something I have a notebook on so I don't work on it at school.
missmanga90 lol. Thanks for the review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any places, people and/or other things you are familiar with from the show or anything else. The idea for this fiction was from Yamiko Yakou. Blame her if you have a problem, actually don't. I don't have a problem and if you do, don't read it!
A Note on the Story:
Pegasus never lost the Millennium Eye, so he can still read minds and takes souls and stuff (hey, you never said he couldn't!)
Ch. 5
Two hours later they were standing outside the castle. A large crowd of duelists had collected and they were cheering, eager for the dueling to begin.
Yuugi stood rather meekly to one side of a field in front of the castle. Kaiba (Au1) stood tall and eminent at the other. They were spontaneously shuffling their decks as Pegasus stepped onto the stairs. The roars from the crowd doubled until he motioned for silence with his hand. The noise died instantly.
"Duelists from around the world!" Pegasus began, his voice strangely magnified by an unseen microphone. "We are here to honor the reopening of one of the most prestigious Duel Monsters tournaments that was ever held! In this tournament, you will be playing for a large some of money and even more importantly, a set of super-rare cards that you, yourself, will design!"
The crowd cheered loudly.
"You will be playing for star passes. Though similar to the chips used last year, they are flat and can be slipped horizontally into a passport area on my door. You will need to collect six of these passes to make it into my castle. Rules will be the same as those instituted by Kaiba Seto during his company's Battle Ship competition. (Au2) Monsters level five and six will require two sacrifices; anything higher will be three. Duel sequences will begin with 6000 Life Points, instead of 4000. Now, are you ready to duel!"
The crowd erupted again. "Wonderful," Pegasus said, clapping his hands together. "Now, why don't we kick things off with a nice friendly game between Mouto Yuugi, the champion of the last tournament held at Duelist Kingdom, and Kaiba Seto? Let the duel begin!"
(A/N: I'm too lazy to write an entire duel sequence, so this will consist of the first move and the last five turns. I'm just lazy, k? Boy that was repetitive. Also, card names will be italicized. And with the exception of the Black Magician Girl, the other cards are English names. What I know of their stats is in Authoress note 4 A-H. Yuugi's name is parentheses in some places because it's not Yuugi dueling. And I gave a description of what any particular trap or magic card does(also in Au 4 a-h). Sorry if it gets confusing.)
Shizuka watched anxiously as Yuugi and Seto prepared their duel disks (the same ones they had used in Battle Ship) and slide their decks into the holders. 6000 Life Points (L.P.) flashed across the counters on the disks. They drew their hand.
"My move," Seto said, running his index finger down the side of his deck and pulling out a card. (Au3) He played a monster face down and set two cards before ending his turn. Yami No Yuugi took control…
As the duel wore on and two hours later, the crowd began to dissipate to have their own duels, Jounouchi included. He took Honda with him. 'Yuugi' and Kaiba were constantly neck and neck and now they were down to their last 2000 L.P. Neither had managed a direct attack.
Finally, Yami no Yuugi managed to rid the field of Kaiba's monsters. Kaiba braced himself as 'Yuugi' summoned his Celtic Guardian (Au4a) and ordered him to attack.
The elven warrior launched himself into the air, bringing his blade down across Kaiba's chest and removing fourteen hundred of his Life Points.
All eyes were on the creature as it returned to its side of the field. The sword in his hand was covered in…blood…Kaiba's blood…
Focus returned to him as he stood, taking a shuddering gasp, with his eyes wide.
"Kaiba!" Little Yuugi cried in distress, his violet eyes wide at seeing the blood that began to drip through a slash in the fabric of his shirt. Kaiba hit his knees.
Shizuka shrieked as he forced himself back onto his feet after a moment of shaky breathing. Her eyes were wide and brimming with tears. She turned and stared at Pegasus, who stood, unmoved by the blood. "You monster! You could kill him!"
Pegasus opened his mouth, but Kaiba spoke instead. "Don't waste your breath by lying to her," he hissed the pain evident in his voice. "You messed with my Duel Disks and increased the simulation damage."
"My, my, Kaiba-boy, you really do know your creations," Pegasus said. "But I did nothing, although it does look like another attack would finish you off, Kaiba-boy. And in more ways than one." He dragged his finger over his throat and laughed.
Shizuka gave Pegasus a disgusted look before turning to look at Kaiba pleadingly, tears flowing down her face.
"Seto, you can't keep dueling like this, you just can't!" she sobbed.
Anzu looked at her like she had lost her mind. "Uh…Shizuka-chan, did you forget whose side we're on? Yuugi shouldn't be dueling either." Shizuka ignored her and continued to sob, begging Kaiba to stay his madness.
"Please, Seto, you can't! I can't stand seeing you get hurt anymore!"
Anzu ogled at her, silently wishing that Jounouchi hadn't left already. "Shizuka, have your lost your mind? Even you can't be worried about Kaiba!"
"Be silent, Anzu-san, you speak of matter beyond your present knowledge."
Anzu gave 'Yuugi' a cold look, but said nothing more.
"My move, Yuugi," Kaiba said, pulling another card in his traditional fashion. "I play La Jin, Mystical Genie of the Lamp in attack mode." A green puff of smoke appeared on the field and turned into the bearded monster. (Au4b)
"Kaiba," Yuugi said, speaking as if he was trying to coax a suicidal man off the roof. (:p) "We need to stop this now and get you a doctor!"
"La Jin, attack his Guardian!"
Yuugi hesitated for only a moment before his mind was set. They would finish the duel.
He continued with new resolve. "Kaiba, you activated my trap card! Reveal face-down card: Shadow Spell!" (Au4c) The card was revealed and Kaiba's genie was trapped in iron chains as it lost 700 attack points.
Yuugi shook a finger at him tauntingly. "Tsk,tsk, Kaiba. You should have known better." He drew and a smirk fell across his face as he played a card face down. "Your move, Kaiba."
Slightly disoriented, Kaiba paused. Why hadn't Yuugi attacked? Pain seared across his chest as he drew. He looked over at Shizuka, his heart twanging slightly. Tears were silently flowing down her face. She really didn't want him to do this.
Maybe he should forfeit…
The thought passed as soon as it had come. Kaiba Seto did not give up.
He activated his Gift of the Mystical Elf trap card. (Au4d) A 600 L.P. boost wasn't much, but he had a Dian Keto, the Cure Master (Au4e) card in his deck. He was running out of time.
He played a monster face down as Yuugi took control.
"I play the Dark Hole magic card!" (Au4f)
Seto swore under his breath as the field was submerged in a large black hole cleared the field of all monsters.
Yuugi was smiling triumphantly as he laid down another card.
"Monster Reborn," (Au4g) he said. "I can now bring back a monster from the graveyard. Black Magician Girl! (Au4h) Return!" The golden-haired magician appeared on the field and gave her usual cry of arrival. "You're wide open, Kaiba!" Yuugi said, before pausing. Doubt gnawed at him.
Hope rose in Shizuka's heart. Perhaps Yuugi wouldn't go through with the attack.
Yuugi was struggling with himself.
'He's open, Yuugi, finish the duel! Attack him now!' Mou Hitori No Yuugi (Au5) pleaded. 'Finish it!'
"I can't…he'll get hurt…"
'Yuugi…'
"I can't do it! Have some heart, Yami! Look at Shizuka! She cares about Kaiba. I can't do it; to him or her."
Kaiba seemed to sense his hesitation.
"COME ON, YUUGI!" He screamed. "FINISH IT!"
'See?' Yami no Yuugi tried to reason. 'He wants it over.'
"I won't!"
'Let me…'
Sighing mentally, Yuugi retreated.
His eyes shot open, revealing piercing crimson orbs once again where Little Yuugi's innocent violet ones had been.
"YUUGI!" Kaiba yelled. "DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT BAILING OUT ON ME! FINSIH THIS DUEL!"
Yami No Yuugi peered at him intently. "Just remember, Kaiba," he said softly. "You asked for this. BLACK MAGICIAN GIRL! ATTACK HIS LIFEPOINTS!"
The Black Magician Girl let loose her attack, aiming it straight at Kaiba. Shizuka cried out and started running as he flew backwards landing roughly on the hard ground. Kaiba had lost he duel.
Shizuka was by his side in an instant, cradling his head, brushing back his hair.
"Please be okay, Seto, please!" she cried.
A small groan escaped his parted lips as his head rolled to the side.
"Please!" Shizuka yelled up at Pegasus. "Please get him help!"
Kaiba was bleeding from cuts all over his body. A small breeze ruffled his tattered clothes as Shizuka cried over his limp form.
Pegasus stood on the castle steps looking down at the scene. The mass confusion of Anzu, Yuugi's guilt, and Shizuka's hysterical sobbing reached him.
A small smile found his face as he watched a group of paramedics run down past him, carefully pick up Kaiba's body, and haul it back up, Shizuka as their shadow. It was her that he watched, please at the knowledge that his plan had worked.
Turning back to the castle, he called for a glass of Merlot. Yuugi had done his part and Kaiba…
Well, Kaiba had blinked…
A/N: Hey, I hope you liked it. I'll have the next chapter up by next week at least. It's about halfway done now. Yeah for track! Well, kind of. Lol. I just had a lot of free time after the meet so I wrote quite a bit. Two more chapters until my favies! 0 I can't wait! (I just want to see Yamiko have a heart attack so hee!) Yes, I know. Short chapter. But it'll be that way for a while. Sorry, I just don't see any point in binding it with the next chapter. I wanted to keep them separate.
Au 1: I've decided that unless it's an intimate moment between Seto and Shizuka, I'm going to call him Kaiba. It just makes it easier.
Au 2: I'm pretty sure that the Japanese version of the Battle City competition was Battle Ship. If not, know that I mean Battle City.
Au 3: No, I didn't make that up. If you watch carefully, when Seto duels, he does draw like that.
Au 4: A 1400/1300
B 1700/1000
C Continuous trap card. Removes 700 attack points from a monster and keeps it from switching its battle position
D Trap Card. Gives 300 L.P. for every monster on the field
E Magic Card. Increases L.P. by 1000
F Magic Card. Clears the field of all monsters
G Magic Card; Brings back any monster from the graveyard d-u-h
H 2100? I have no idea what her stats are. I don't have the card, either, so I can't double check.
Au 5: Yami; also called Yami No Yuugi in this selection
Well, aside from my confusing Au's please review!