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Fanfic Chapter 83: Tag Team Pt 3: Cooperation
Episode Basis: Double Duel Pt 3

Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Between organizing their own strategies and arguing with each other, Yugi and Kaiba were having trouble with Lumis and Umbra. Especially when the Rare Hunters activated a mask card that prevented the two top Duelists from tributing monsters. It seemed like Yugi and Kaiba were able to get their act together when they protected one another from attacks by the Rare Hunters' powerful monsters. And things really started looking up when Kaiba brought out his Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Meanwhile, Mokuba and Tea are being held captive by Odion and the Rare Hunters. Who will survive through this and who will "change?"


"Now do you see, Rare Hunters?" Yami-Yugi was asking. "Your monster is no match for the combined power of our decks!"

"Oh give it a rest," Kaiba said. "This teamwork speech of yours is getting old. I'll do whatever it takes to win this duel and rescue Mokuba myself."

"Kaiba, this isn't just about you, my friends are also in danger!"

"That's your problem."

"Kaiba, we need to help one another."

"Hello, have you forgotten something?" Umbra asked. "Our Masked Beast has 3200 attack points, 200 points more than your dragon."

Kaiba cringed.

"Go ahead and attack," Yugi whispered to Kaiba.

"What?"

"Trust me."

Is Yugi trying to make me lose this duel? No, it wouldn't benefit him. He wouldn't be able to stop them and rescue his friends. "Blue-Eyes, attack his Masked Beast with White Lightning!"

Umbra snickered, sure that his Masked Beast would remain.

He was wrong.

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon's White Lightning struck the Masked Beast head on. The monster remained for a moment then was disintegrated.

"What, how can our Masked Beast be defeated, it had higher attack power!" Lumis complained.

"I'll explain," Yami-Yugi said. "When I discarded my Beast of Gilfer, I activated his special ability of lowering a monster's attack points by 500."

(L: 4000)
(Y: 2500)
(U: 3700)
(K: 2100)

"You see, Kaiba, you need my help more than you know."

"Crap," Kaiba said. Yugi's just trying to take the glory for destroying their monster. It was my Blue-Eyes that made the attack, and I will be the one that will win this duel.

I won't let myself fall prey to that Blue-Eyes. "I set a monster in defense mode and two cards face-down." I have an idea on how to destroy that dragon, but I need to hang on long enough to do it. "And since it's your turn, Yugi, you lose 1000 life points."

(L: 4000)
(Y: 1500)
(U: 3700)
(K: 2100)

I have to take this chance, Yami-Yugi thought. Even if I don't destroy Lumis's monster, I can at least get him to use up one of his trap cards. "I summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior in attack mode, attack his face-down card!"

No, I have to save my trap card for Kaiba's Blue-Eyes. Lumis watched as his Four-Faced Beast (1) was destroyed.

"You idiot why didn't you use your face-down cards?" Umbra asked.

"I didn't want to waste them on small fish."

Lumis and I have no monsters left, Umbra thought. If that Blue-Eyes attacks us now, we're done for!

Sensing his partner's worry, Lumis whispered through their transceiver, "Don't worry, I still have a plan."


"Don't worry, Tea," Mokuba assured her, "There's no way my Brother will let them get away with this. But if I could only get a message out to him to let him know where we are, unfortunately the Rare Hunters took my laptop."

Tea looked up at the high window and the large stack of cardboard boxes. "There may be a way," she said.

Meanwhile, Joey was tied up in another room. He moaned as he came to. "What hit me… huh, where am I?" The door opened and Odion walked in. "Hey, tall, dark, and ugly, let me go, I got friends in high places!"

"You are going to become my slave," Odion said.

Behind Odion, Marik activated the Millennium Rod.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!" Joey screamed as he felt all thoughts leave him. His brown eyes grew dull.


"Do we have any more boxes?" Tea asked.

"No, that's it," Mokuba replied.

"Then stand on my shoulders." Tea and Mokuba were stacking boxes to the high window. But despite all the boxes, they were still feet short of their goal. So, as Tea suggested, Mokuba stood on her shoulders. Mokuba pushed open the window.

It was then that Cirrus, the Rare Hunter who captured Mokuba, ran in along with several guards. "Stop them!"

The box tower that Tea and Mokuba built started to give away. Tea and the pile of boxes crashed down on the Rare Hunters. "Mokuba, run, find your brother and Yugi!" Tea called out.

"Don't worry, I'll be back," Mokuba said.

"Mokuba," Tea muttered just before she was grabbed.

Cirrus burst from the pile of boxes. "You hold her, you two, grab some others and follow me. We're going after that brat!" Cirrus and a squad of Rare Hunter guards ran out of the warehouse. "Now where is that brat?"

"There he is!" A guard called out pointing to Mokuba who was running down an alley.

"Get after him or Master Marik will have our heads!"


It was now Umbra's turn. "I summon Rogue Doll (2) in attack mode."

"That's the best you got?" Kaiba asked laughing. "You must be very desperate."

What is he up to, Yugi wondered. He wouldn't knowingly summon a weaker monster unless…

"Rogue Doll, attack Kaiba's Blue-Eyes!"

"What an idiot," Kaiba said.

"I activate my trap card: Mask of Weakness," Lumis said. A large purple mask appeared on the Blue-Eyes' chest.

"My Blue-Eyes!"

"Mask of Weakness lowers your dragon's attack points by 700!"

(BEWD: 3000-2300)

"It's still not strong enough."

"It will be after I activate my other face-down card, Mask of Brutality which I'll equip to my Rogue Doll increasing his attack points by 1000!"

(RD: 1600-2600)

No, my Blue-Eyes will be destroyed!

"Go, Mystical Rift Panel," Yami-Yugi commanded activating his trap card. A fairy carrying a mirror appeared. "Mystical Rift Panel takes Mask of Brutality and transfers it to another monster and the monster I choose is Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

(BEWD: 2300-3300)

"Blue-Eyes White Dragon, counterattack!" The Blue-Eyes fired a White Lightning burst which destroyed the Rogue Doll.

(L: 4000)
(Y: 1500)
(U: 2000)
(K: 2100)

Kaiba growled in frustration. Yugi helped me again, my Blue-Eyes would've been destroyed if he hadn't activated that trap card. As much as I hate depending on others for help, I will need Yugi's help to beat them, but in the end, it will be my superior dueling skills that will prevail this day.

"How could you have let my life points go down like that?" Umbra asked Lumis.

"Me? It was your monster!"

"But it was your magic card that Yugi transferred!"

"How interesting," Yami-Yugi mused. "This might prove to be their undoing." Kaiba grunted in agreement.

If Lumis's mistake causes me to get hit by that Blue-Eyes again, I'm done for, Umbra thought. From now on, it's every Duelist for his self! "I place one card face-down and end my turn."


"Oh man, we're going to be late," Tristan complained as he made a mad dash for the train with Serenity following by way of holding her hand. The two got on board just as the train was pulling out of the station. "Phew, just made it," Tristan said as he led Serenity to her seat. "How are you feeling, Serenity?"

"Nervous," the girl replied. "I'm a little nervous about taking my bandages off."

"You'll do fine," Tristan assured her. "I promise, everything's going to be all right."

"You think so?"

"I know so!"


"It's my move," Kaiba said. "And you're about to feel my wraith!" Kaiba drew a card. "Blue-Eyes, attack Umbra directly with your White Lightning!"

Kaiba's making a rash action, Yugi thought. Doesn't he see Umbra's face-down card.

"You activated my trap card," Umbra said. "Mask of Impregnability, this protects me from all direct attacks for one turn!"

"That was a close one," Lumis commented.

I think it's time for a little psychological attack, Kaiba thought. "Tell me something, Lumis, what do you think would've happened if I attacked you with my dragon instead?"

"Huh, what do you mean?"

"Do you think Umbra would've used his magic card to help you out?"

"Uh…"

"Kaiba, what are you doing?" Yami-Yugi asked.

Kaiba ignored his dueling partner, "That's the danger of having to rely on somebody else, you can never tell when they're going to turn their back on you. In the end, there's only one person you can truly depend on, and that's yourself. Believe me, I know."

"Don't listen to him, Lumis, of course I would've used it to protect you."

I'm not so sure, Lumis thought.

Ah, I see what he's doing, Yami-Yugi realized.

Maybe Kaiba's right, Lumis wondered. Master Marik always did like Umbra the best. From now on, I'm dueling on my own.


"Hey Tristan," Serenity called. "Thanks for everything, showing me my Brother's duels, taking me to Battle City."

"Shucks, Serenity, it was nothing."

"Not to me, I'm lucky to have a friend like you."

Tristan bawled inwardly. I'm stuck in the friend zone!


Tea struggled against the metal bands that held her to the chair. She heard footsteps as someone walked into the room she was being held in. She breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that it was Joey. "Joey, boy, am I glad to see you. Help me get these braces off, will you? Then we need to find Yugi." Tea then noticed that Joey was eerily quiet. "Joey… Joey, is something wrong? Joey… Joey, you're scaring me."

Joey raised his head to look at Tea. His eyes were dark and blank. "I'm not Joey," he said in a dronish voice. Tea jumped in her seat.

Odion stepped into view behind Joey. Tea turned and scowled at the big Rare Hunter. "What did you do to him, you creep?"

"The same thing I'm going to do to you," Odion said as Marik crept up behind Tea and pressed the Millennium Rod to the back of her neck.


Knowing that he had to work on his own now, Lumis drew a card. "I play Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two cards." Nuts, this hand doesn't look too promising. But maybe I can get the cards I need from Umbra. "I place one card face-down and activate Card Exchange. Normally, Card Exchange allows me to exchange my hand with my opponent's, but since this is the double duel, I can exchange my hand with any other player and I choose you, Umbra!"

"No, Lumis!" Umbra wined.

"If you're not going to help me then I'm just going to have to take the cards I need."

Umbra sighed angrily, "All right, all right." The two met in between their squares and exchanged their hands.

Lumis looked at the hand. "Yes, this is much more like it. I play the magic card Chosen One!" Three cards appeared face-down with a top in between all of them. "Right now, I have two magic cards and a monster card face-down on the field. If the spinner chooses a magic card, all three cards get sent to the graveyard. But if it chooses the monster card, I get to summon it right to the field without a sacrifice."

"Are you nuts, those are MY cards you're risking," Umbra pointed out.

"Shut up, I know what I'm doing." The spinner went through several rotations and finally came to rest on a card. "Yes, it's the monster, now I summon the mighty Des Guardius (3)!" A large human covered in masks appeared. "Des Guardius has enough attack power to finish that Blue-Eyes White Dragon and the rest of your life points! The only question is who to attack first." With only low-level monsters on the field, I could finish Yugi off in a split second. But on the other hand, there's that Blue-Eyes… if I choose to attack Yugi, Kaiba would just come back and destroy me in return. And with 300 points difference between the attack points of our monsters, that dragon is too dangerous to remain unchecked.

"It doesn't matter who you attack, Lumis," Umbra said. "For soon, they both will be gone forever!"

To Be Continued


Duel Monster Database

(1)
Name: Four-Faced Beast
Level: 4
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1500
DEF: 800

(2)
Name: Rogue Doll
Level: 4
Type: Spellcaster
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1000

(3)
Name: Des Guardius
Level: 9
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 3300
DEF: 3000