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Fanfic Chapter 69: The Silent Puppet Pt 1: The Quiet One
Episode Basis: Mime Control Pt 1
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Aaron's Raging Flame Sprite was making quick work of Harold's life points. Harold wasn't exactly sure what to do. Suddenly Harold received a vision of something. He saw a young boy going to see someone with his uncle. The boy is hit from behind by an unknown opponent. Back at the duel, Harold used his Living Arrow card to utilize Aaron's Premature Burial card to bring back his Wingweaver and finished Aaron off. Aaron tried escaping but couldn't escape the assault of the Avatar Armlet. Harold got his locator card from Aaron and then fell asleep. But that isn't what happened at the end.
Outside the warehouse where Harold dueled Aaron, the two unconscious Duelists were dropped in an alleyway.
"What should we do?" The big one asked.
"Leave the idiot, I didn't like him anyway," the small one instructed. "All we need is him." A finger pointed to Harold. "Okay, you know what to do."
The big guy nodded.
Joey, Tristan, Tea, and Yugi's Grandpa were walking down the street away from Weevil (who, last they saw, was bawling his eyes out).
"This is awesome," Joey exclaimed. "Now I've got four locator cards!"
"Yeah, with two wins under your belt, you're going to be in the finals for sure," Tea assured him.
"Yes, now you'll be ready for anything," Solomon added. "Having dueled two opponents who were both cheaters."
Something occurred to Joey. "Hey, that reminds me, someone tell me why I always get the cheating opponents? I mean Mai, Bonz, Bandit Keith, Espa, and now Weevil. What's the deal, why do I get the cheats?"
"I guess you're just that unlucky," Tristan said shrugging.
"One of the elements of the Soul of the Duelist is to be ready for anything, even those opponents who would resort to underhanded methods to win," Solomon explained. "Yugi learned that lesson long ago."
"Man, I'd just wished Yugi could've seen my duel."
Tea grew solemn at the mention of Yugi's name. She recalled what the two of them learned at the Museum.
"There is a dark force, growing in strength with each passing day. A dark force that, if left unchecked, shall plunge the world into eternal darkness and torment. Only the Pharaoh who has locked the Shadow Magic away can save the world using the same dark power."
Tea also remembered her dream. Somehow, I have a feeling that Yug's in extreme danger. Could Harold have been right? But Yugi was adamant about continuing in this tournament. "Guys, I… I want to go look for Yugi."
"Yeah, let's all go look for him," Joey said excitedly. "Maybe we can find another duel for me as well." And they all walked off unaware that they were being watched.
Marik stood on the bow of his boat. Excellent, everything is falling into place. Now I have just one last thing to do before I step foot in Battle City.
"Master, is it time?" His second-in-command asked, coming up behind him and kneeling.
"Yes, I'll control the Quiet One from here and eliminate Yugi Moto once and for all." Marik raised his Millennium Rod until it was eye-level. Sorry, Wheeler, but Yugi is never going to find out how well you did, because he will not survive beyond today! "Time to wake up, my mind slave."
In the park, some kids were waving their hands in front of the bald mime covered in piercings.
"Do you think he's even alive?" A kid asked.
Suddenly the mime turned his head to the right startling the kids causing them to fall back. The mime pulled out a Duel Disk from behind the bench and ran off.
Yugi stood at the bank of a man-made canal.
"Harold tried to eliminate me from the tournament," he told Yami. "Why did he result to such extreme methods if he was only worried about me?"
"Harold cares about you, Yugi," Yami pointed out emerging in spirit form. "He cared about you so much that he was even willing to duel you to protect you. Are you going to fault him for doing that?"
"Not if you put it that way."
"Sometimes, if you care about someone so much, you have to betray them," Yami said knowingly. "Don't resent Harold for what he did, Yugi."
"I just don't know, I just don't know."
"We're going to need all the help we can get, considering Marik's Rare Hunters are hiding behind every corner."
Yugi nodded and held his Millennium Puzzle. "Marik said he wanted the power of the Pharaoh. But you are the Pharaoh, right? If you had this tremendous power, wouldn't we have known about it? Wouldn't we have used it at Duelist Kingdom?"
Yami stared at Yugi's reflection in the water, not having one of his own. "I don't know if what Marik said was true, but he does want the power of the Millennium Puzzle, that's for certain."
"Assuming what Marik told us about his history was true, his family had been guarding the Pharaoh's tomb for centuries, and now for some crazy reason, he thinks he should be Pharaoh." Yugi also stared at his reflection in the water. "Believe me, when I first started putting together the puzzle, I had no idea of what I was unleashing."
"True, but something good did come from you assembling the puzzle. We got to meet."
"That's right, before I started putting together the puzzle, the only friend I had was Tea, and now I have lots of friends. Joey, Tristan, Harold, Bakura…it was because of your courage that I managed to meet them all."
"I have nothing that you don't have, Yugi. You have the courage and strength inside of you, and you have something that I'm still trying to achieve. You have kindness, Yugi, and that strength and that kindness gives you… the heart of a true Pharaoh!"
Yugi smiled, "Thanks, Yami."
Yami turned around startled. "I sense someone coming!" He faded back into Yugi just as the mime leapt down from a bridge.
"Greetings, Little-Yugi," the mime greeted, the Millennium symbol glowing brightly on his forehead. "Are you prepared to lose your puzzle forever?"
"Marik!"
"Correct, this is another of my Rare Hunters: Strings, the Quiet One."
"Why don't you challenge me face-to-face instead of hiding behind your slaves?"
"This is but an empty shell without a soul or mind of its own," Marik explained. "Besides, how is what I do any different from what your friend, the Pharaoh, does?"
Yami emerged into Yugi's body. "There's a big difference, Marik! Yugi and I join forces to combat evil! You take over your slaves against their will!"
"I do what I have to do. You don't even know how to utilize the full power of your puzzle so I'm here to take it away from you!"
"The power isn't yours to take, Marik!"
"You tell him!" Little Yugi cheered.
"I just did," Yami pointed out.
"Oh, well, okay then."
"Prepare to lose it all, Pharaoh! Eject holo-emitters!"
"Duel Tray transform!"
"Scan deck!"
"Life points set!"
"Time to duel!"
(Y: 4000)
(S: 4000)
Ishizu stood before the stone tablet depicting the battle between Pharaoh and Priest. "The wheels of fate are moving," she muttered. "My brother is facing the Pharaoh in a duel. Though he follows the path is evil, I am sure that good still exists in him, but if he is to be saved, he must fail in his quest to become Pharaoh!"
Outside the museum, Yami-Bakura walked to the steps leading up to it. "My Millennium Ring is pulling me towards here. Perhaps there is another Millennium Item near by." He licked his lips at the thought of obtaining one of the four Millennium Items that have eluded him.
Inside, Ishizu's Millennium Necklace flashed a warning. "I sense a dark force approaching!" She ducked into a dark room just as Yami-Bakura approached the stone tablet.
"How interesting," he commented. "Ancient carvings, it's been a long time since I've laid eyes upon them." He touched the glass case that enclosed the tablet. "Though I can't read what they say, I have a feeling that they are the key to harnessing the shadow magic with the seven Millennium Items."
Ishizu braced herself against the wall. This being has some ancient knowledge but not all. My brother is seeking a power far greater… and more evil… than the Millennium Items alone. He must not succeed, the Pharaoh must beat him!
After I win Yugi's Millennium Puzzle, I'll strip Kaiba of Obelisk the Tormentor and then nothing can stop me from obtaining the full power of the Pharaoh, Marik thought. The entire world will tremble before me!
"I place one card face-down and summon Humanoid Slime (1) in attack mode!"
Attack mode? Yami-Yugi thought bewildered. Playing a monster that weak in attack mode must mean he wants me to attack. And once I do, I bet he'll spring that trap card he put on the field to destroy my attacking monster. "I'll also lay a card face-down and summon Gazelle, the King of Mythical Beasts in attack mode! You won't catch me by surprise, Marik, I end my turn."
"I still might surprise you, Pharaoh," Marik said through Strings. "I summon Worm Drake (2) in attack mode and then add Polymerization."
"You didn't want me to attack!" Yami-Yugi realized.
"That's right, Pharaoh," Marik acknowledged. "Now I'll combine Humanoid Slime and Worm Drake to form Humanoid Worm Drake!" If there ever was a true fusion monster, Humanoid Worm Drake (3) was it. It actually looked like a blended of the two creatures.
"You forgot one thing, Marik, fusion monsters can't attack in the turn they're summoned."
"That's where you're wrong! I reveal my face-down card, Quick Attack!"
"No, now your fusion monster can attack!"
"Very perceptive, Pharaoh. Humanoid Worm Drake, attack his Gazelle!"
"Not so fast, Marik, reveal face-down card De-Fusion!"
"No!"
"I knew what your plan was all along, that's why I laid my own face-down card to counter yours." Humanoid Worm Drake transformed back into its two material monsters. "Face it, you'll have to duel better than this if you're going to beat me."
"Be careful what you say, Pharaoh, it just might come back to haunt you. Strings has in his possession one of the two Egyptian God Cards. The last turn was only a test to see what your abilities were. Soon, I'll unleash my God Card and destroy you once and for all!"
"Not just yet, your turn is over and mine has begun." Yami-Yugi drew one of his new high-power monsters, Buster Blader (4). This'll come in handy later on, especially if he chooses to bring out his Egyptian God Card. "I summon Beta the Magnet Warrior in attack mode! Now, Beta, attack his Worm Drake!" Beta slammed himself into the worm and destroyed it.
(Y: 4000)
(S: 3700)
"Gazelle, attack his Humanoid Slime!" Gazelle unleashed its claws on the blob.
(Y: 4000)
(S: 3000)
"Now you have no monsters to defend yourself. Still testing me?"
"As a matter of fact, I am, now that I know what you're fully capable of. I summon Revival Jam (5) in defense mode!" Another ghostly blob of water appeared. "This plasma monster in indestructible! Next, I'll activate the magic card Jam Breeding Machine!" A large machine appeared. "This magic card will let me create a new monster called a Slime Token (6) during every one of my turns."
"You're just going to keep breeding Slime Tokens until you have enough to summon his Egyptian God Card!" Yami-Yugi realized.
"Precisely right, Pharaoh, all I need are three Slime Tokens and I can sacrifice them to summon my all powerful Egyptian God Card and defeat you once and for all!"
"Not as long as I believe in the heart of the cards," Yami-Yugi countered. "My move, I sacrifice Gazelle and Beta so I can summon my all-powerful Buster Blader!" A large humanoid wearing armor and carrying a large sword appeared. "Buster Blader, attack Revival Jam!" Buster Blader sliced through the monster. But to Yami-Yugi's surprise and horror, Revival Jam reformed. "What, how did…?"
"Revival Jam has a very special ability," Marik explained. "It can't be destroyed in battle!"
"It is indestructible!"
"Yes, and since you wasted your attack, it's my move." Strings drew a card and the Jam Breeding Machine produced a little glob of water. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Marik forgot one thing, Yami-Yugi thought. The Slime Tokens only have 500 attack points while Buster Blader has over 2600. So if I attack them, I can win this duel in just two turns. Yami-Yugi drew a card. "Buster Blader, attack the Slime Token!"
"Activate trap card: Jam Defender!" Revival Jam got in the way and Buster Blader ended up attacking it instead. "Jam Defender is a permanent trap that lets me redirect any of my opponent's attacks to my Revival Jam. And since Revival Jam is in defense mode, my life points and my Slime Tokens are safe."
Yami-Yugi grunted in defeat. "I end my turn."
"Excellent," Marik said as Strings drew a card. Another Slime Token was created. Only one more and I'll have enough to summon my Egyptian God Card. But I better play it safe in case the wretched Pharaoh has a trick up his sleeve. "I play the magic card Nightmare Steel Cage!" A large cage rose up around Yami-Yugi and Buster Blader. "Nightmare Steel Cage prevents you from attacking for two full turns! Now you can only watch helplessly while I summon the most powerful Duel Monster you have ever seen!"
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Humanoid Slime
Level: 4
Type: Aqua
Attribute: Water
ATK: 800
DEF: 2000
(2)
Name: Worm Drake
Level: 4
Type: Reptile
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1500
(3)
Name: Humanoid Worm Drake
Level: 7
Type: Aqua/Fusion
Attribute: Water
ATK: 2200
DEF: 2000
(4)
Name: Buster Blader
Level: 7
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 2600
DEF: 2300
(5)
Name: Revival Jam
Level: 4
Type: Aqua/Effect
Attribute: Water
ATK: 1500
DEF: 500
(6)
Name: Slime Token
Level: 1
Type: Aqua
Attribute: Water
ATK: 500
DEF: 500
