A/N needing no introductions by now…hopefully and including a disclaimed and disclaimer. But my birthday was last month is someone wants to send me Kaiba, I wouldn't protest.
The others gasped and stared as the flames died away to reveal the Lord of Dragons standing there wearing Kaiba's smug grin.
"How could you," the Master howled in protest. "It should have required you two fools to get along and you never did." He stomped his foot in protest and howled in anger again as his plans were beginning to unravel before his eyes.
"It simply required me to acknowledge him as my other half. Once I did that I reclaimed him to become me once more." Kaiba explained haughtily.
"Does this mean that we still have to put up with Hyozanryu every once in a while too." Jounouchi asked. Kaiba glared scorchingly at him causing Jounouchi to hide behind Anzu in terror.
"He is no longer a problem. He will not be coming out again. Ever." Kaiba bit out angrily and then turned to glare at the cause of the problem. "He should never have been let out in the first place."
"The old Kaiba is back" Yami observed dryly.
Kiri stared at Kaiba with a blank look on her face. "Is anyone else as confused as I am," she asked of no one in particular. Anzu shook her head in agreement "totally and completely confused." Yami looked at Anzu and shrugged "I will explain it to you later."
Bakura moved forward restored to Ryo's body as the white mage again. He wasn't taking any chances on what might happen when whoever won happened to restore or destroy reality again. He calmly picked up a sword and began destroying the creatures before him and smiling a sadistically gleeful grin. He would leave the main fight to the Pharoah and Priest, he had no wish to fight a losing battle.
Kiri stared at Kaiba and Yami as they engaged in a staring contest with the oversized bad hair day monster. She clutched Mokuba too her when he spouted a tiny flame of fire and tried to rush in to support his big brother. "No, Mokuba, you must not interfere," she admonished him with a tap on his nose.
"But I wanna help," he whined and struggled against her.
"The best way you can help is by staying out of their way," she sighed and looked back to the fighters, "we are not the strong fighters and would only hinder them if we tried to fight right now."
The rest of the room stood still as the main event began to unfold. The shadows fell back and seemed to merge with the shadow ogre, strengthening his power but not doing a thing for his looks.
The shadow watched from the darkened corridor with a rueful smile. The fight was going to be spectacular and a good distraction for him to grab the 'flute of Dragons' and get away. Her power would make the difference in this delightful nightmare and he would become the Master then.
The Shadow Ogre moved first and smashed a fist down where Kaiba and Yami once stood. Kaiba leapt back and blasted him with flames burning several of the shadows off his arms. Yami called lightening and it crashed down across the creature's back frying a few more of the shadows. But more swarmed up to take their places as the ogre reared back to strike again. This time his flailing hands flung Yami into Kaiba's side knocking them both against the far wall. They recovered quickly attacking with lightening and flame again, calling forth light to fight the shadows. The battle continued to rage as the rest of the group huddled together in a protected alcove watching the balance of power shift from one side to the other as quickly as Jounouchi changed channels with his remote.
Kiri kept trying to figure out how she could help. She knew that there had to be a key somewhere to win this battle. She grabbed Jounouchi "what powers does the flute of dragons have."
"It can call the dragons forth from your deck and sometimes with a sacrifice you can cause a fusion to occur with the dragons." He scratched his head. "It's usually called 'the flute of the summoning dragon.'"
Kiri let her hand drop as she thought long and hard about what Jounouchi had said. The shadow watched her for a moment more before walking away. The secrets were coming together and her power had slipped out of his reach. He had no intention of sticking around and being destroyed with the Master. There were other opportunities to snatch control that were more favorable.
Kiri jerked her head up and stared at Kaiba and Yami in dawning realization. Somewhere a story of one of their battles played in her head and she knew what she had to do in order to defeat the Master and his shadow world. She walked forward as if in a dream ignoring the little voice in her head that kept whispering the word 'sacrifice' as she carefully made her way in between the two fighters as they paused in the fighting to catch their breaths and plan their next moves. Both sides had taken heavy damage from the battle and neither one had come up with an advantage…until now.
Kiri held up her hands, palms facing Yami and Kaiba, and concentrated on the spell for fusion, thanking the gods that Kaiba had used it often enough in the simulator that she had it memorized. Slowly her hands began to glow and the two fighters stared at her in amazement as the Master screamed in fury. Kiri felt the power pooling in those two balls of lights on her hands that shot into Kaiba and Yami. She felt darkness closing in around the edges of her vision but she refused to give in to it yet. She would see this spell through if it was the last thing she did. A voice whispered in her head that it may well be.
Yami and Kaiba blurred and reformed into one more powerful fighter. When they first did this they became Master of Dragon Knight but this time it wasn't Black Luster soldier and the ultimate blue eyes white dragon on the field. The shadow ogre steps back and the Master shows fear in his eyes for the first time as they gaze upon the newest player in this battle.
A/N Cliffhanger again…sorry, but work is over and I need to upload this chapter and go home. The conclusion and epilogue are all that is left...what did they turn into? And will Kaiba keep the girl in the end?