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Fanfic Chapter 84: Tag Team Pt 4: Obelisk Emerges
Episode Basis: Double Duel Pt 4
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Kaiba sent his Blue-Eyes White Dragon into action against Lumis and Umbra. With Yugi playing back up with magic and trap cards, this dragon was destroying monsters like it was nobody's business. Kaiba started to realize that perhaps having Yugi around was a necessary evil. Kaiba was able to turn Lumis and Umbra against each other, planting seeds of doubt in their minds. Despite all this, Lumis was able to summon Des Guardius, a monster more powerful than Kaiba's dragon. Meanwhile, Mokuba was able to make an escape from where the Rare Hunters were holding him but Tea and Joey were taken over by Marik's Millennium Rod.
Mokuba ran through the streets of Domino, a team of Rare Hunters not far behind. Mokuba turned over trash cans and went over benches in hopes of eluding his pursuers. Finally, Mokuba tripped over a crack in the sidewalk. When he turned around, Cirrus, the Rare Hunter in charge of pursuing him, was standing over him.
"Nobody escapes the Rare Hunters," Cirrus said with a cackling laugh. "Now you're going to come back with me, my little morsel. And you'll suffer the same fate as your two friends!"
Mokuba backpedaled but the Rare Hunter was literally inches from him.
Suddenly an invisible force slammed into Cirrus and sent him crashing into a store window. "Didn't anyone ever tell you not to pick on kids?" Harold asked lowering the arm that contained his armlet.
"Harold, boy, am I glad to see you," Mokuba said relieved.
"You're going to regret crossing the Rare Hunters, boy,' Cirrus said.
"Bring it on, Chumley," Harold said.
"Get him!" The Rare Hunters guards surrounded Harold.
"Oh goody, I needed some exercise," Harold said. He pointed his Armlet at the ground and used the force to propel himself into the air. He enlarged the circle of archaic symbols and used it to plow the Rare Hunters into the ground. "Pay back hurts, doesn't it?"
"Thanks for your help, Harold, but I need to get to Kaiba Corp. now."
"Then climb on." Harold bent down and Mokuba climbed onto his back. Harold used his Armlet to propel the two of them onto rooftops. He began roof hopping towards Kaiba Corp.
"This beats walking," Mokuba said.
At the duel, Lumis was relishing in his summoning of Des Guardius. "Your fate is in my hands now, boys," he told Yugi and Kaiba. "Now, which of you should I attack first? Yugi has only 1500 life points left…"
(L: 4000)
(Y: 1500)
(U: 2000)
(K: 2100)
"And your two Magnet Warriors won't help you very much. However…" Lumis's gaze shifted to Kaiba. "That Blue-Eyes could prove rather troublesome in the future. So many choices, so little time…" Lumis's eyes shifted from Yugi to Kaiba. "I've made a decision," he announced. "Des Guardius, attack Yugi's Magnet Warrior!"
"Wait," Umbra intervened.
"What is it now?" Lumis asked annoyed.
"Lumis, we're supposed to be a team!"
"So what?"
"So, allowing Kaiba's Blue-Eyes to remain on the field could prove disastrous!"
"Shut up, Umbra, I know what I'm doing! I'll attack Yugi's Magnet Warrior!"
"But that dragon is the biggest threat!"
"What's wrong, Lumis, scared?" Kaiba asked. "I don't blame you; cowards always take the easy way out."
"Are you calling me a coward?"
"If the shoe fits."
Wait a second, Yugi thought. Kaiba's trying to goad Lumis into attacking his dragon.
"I'll show you who the coward around here is, Des Guardius, attack Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Des Guardius aimed its scepter at the dragon and destroyed it.
(L: 4000)
(Y: 1500)
(U: 2000)
(K: 1800)
Kaiba was clearly disturbed about losing his Blue-Eyes. Yugi better not make me regret saving him. He turned to his rival/partner. "It's your move, Yugi, destroy them!"
"Right," Yami-Yugi said drawing a card.
"Don't forget, because of my masks, you lose 1000 life points!"
(L: 4000)
(Y: 500)
(U: 2000)
(K: 1800)
"It doesn't matter," Yami-Yugi said. "This duel is almost over. I summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior in attack mode!"
"Go ahead and summon as many monsters as you like, without the ability to sacrifice, all you have are wimps."
"There's more than one way to summon an all-powerful monster, as Kaiba has already shown you. And now I'm about to show you again. Monsters, transform!" Yugi's three magnet warriors broke apart and combined together to form a new monster that looked like a mix-and-match version of the three Magnet Warriors. "Behold, Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (1)! And with 3500 attack points, it's more than a match for Des Guardius."
"Excellent, Yugi, now attack and avenge the destruction of my Blue-Eyes!"
Yami-Yugi narrowed his eyes at his opponents. Something's not right. Valkyrion clearly has more attack power, but Lumis and Umbra don't seem worried. I wonder… could Des Guardius have a special ability, an ability that keeps it from being destroyed or affecting the player's life points?
"What are you waiting for, Yugi, attack! Attack now or you'll be sorry!"
"I set a card face-down." Seeing that Kaiba was ready to pounce on him, he said, "Calm down, Kaiba, we need to duel intelligently, not recklessly. Don't worry, the key to winning lies in your hands."
Kaiba looked at his dueling hand. Playing Card Destruction had brought Obelisk the Tormentor into his hand. He's right, the only way to win is by summoning my Egyptian God Card, but as long as Mask of Restrict is on the field, I can't sacrifice any of my monsters… wait a second, perhaps that's the key, but it will require Yugi to give up his monsters like I gave up mine. As much as I hate relying on someone else, I'll do it if it'll help save my brother! "We can win this."
Yami-Yugi returned the smile. "Yes we can. Valkyrion, attack Des Guardius now!" Valkyrion flew up and sliced Des Guardius destroying it.
(L: 3800)
(Y: 500)
(U: 2000)
(K: 1800)
As the smoke cleared, a large mask remained in Des Guardius's place.
"I was afraid of this," Yami-Yugi said.
"When you sent Des Guardius to the graveyard, you activated its special ability. When it's destroyed, it leaves behind Mask of Remnant which can control any monster that attacks it." The mask smashed itself onto Valkyrion's face and the metallic warrior changed to Lumis's side of the field.
"Well done, Lumis."
"Thank you, Umbra, now destroy Yugi so I can take care of Kaiba."
"Right, first I'll play the magic card Masquerade which lets me control Lumis's monster for one turn." Valkyrion floated in between Lumis and Umbra. "Valkyrion, attack Yugi now!"
"Not so fast, reveal face-down card: De-Fusion! De-Fusion separates Valkyrion into its three separate pieces and stops your attack."
"Now it's my turn," Kaiba said. "And I already figured out a way around your no sacrifice rule."
"What, how could you?"
"You see, the specifics of the trap card say that we're not allowed to sacrifice any of our own monsters, but it doesn't say anything about our opponent's monsters."
"But I don't have any monsters," Umbra protested.
"What about them?" Kaiba pointed to the three Magnet Warriors. "Now I activate the magic card Soul Exchange, sacrificing all three of the Magnet Warriors so I can summon my Egyptian God card, so come forth, OBELISK THE TORMENTOR!" The building shook violently as the giant god monster rose up behind Kaiba. Kaiba let out a triumphant (and rather demonic) laugh.
Mokuba could see it from the helicopter. "My brother's Egyptian God Card!" He hooked his miniature computer into the helicopter's automatic navigation system and plotted a course straight for Obelisk.
Harold also saw it from a nearby rooftop. "Kaiba must be in a battle," he figured.
The Rare Hunters trembled before Obelisk who let out a menacing roar. "This is for my brother, and my Blue-Eyes. Obelisk, attack Umbra directly with your Fist of Fury!" Obelisk wound up and brought his fist down on Umbra. Umbra screamed in pain.
(L: 3800)
(Y: 500)
(U: 0)
(K: 1800)
"No, Umbra, come back!" Lumis cried.
Umbra kept tumbling. Pulling a cord hidden within his cloak, a parachute opened up. Umbra glided until his parachute got caught on a flag pole.
"Give up, Lumis," Yami-Yugi said. "You know when you're beaten!"
"I'm not letting him off the hook that easily, Yugi, I won't be satisfied until I give him a taste of Obelisk's wraith too."
Lumis let out an inhuman scream and clutched his head as his body glow a faint yellow. "Go ahead and defeat him, you fools, he's already served his purpose," Lumis said in a maniacal tone. Yami-Yugi immediately knew what was going on: Marik had taken possession of him like he did with Arkana and the Rare Hunter who stole Joey's Red-Eyes Black Dragon. "As has his partner."
"Has he gone mad?" Kaiba asked.
"No, he's under the control of Marik," Yami-Yugi explained. "He's the one holding Mokuba and my friends' hostage."
"Observant as always, you fool," Lumis-Marik said. "But don't think that just because you won, you're going to be rescuing them any time soon. Obelisk pales in comparison to the Egyptian God Card I have. Soon, Obelisk will be mine. And as for you, Pharaoh, I will soon reclaim Slifer from you and obtain your Millennium Puzzle! Tell me, how good of a Duelist is your friend, Joey Wheeler? Why don't you duel him and find out? He's at the docks waiting for you."
"Leave him alone!" Yami-Yugi demanded. "Why don't you show yourself instead of hiding behind puppets like a coward?"
"But controlling others is so much fun. It's even more fun when I get to turn them against their former friends. Soon, you will hand over everything to me!"
Kaiba grabbed Lumis by the collar of his cloak and shook him, "I demand that you release Mokuba right now!"
"Save your breath," Yami-Yugi grumbled. "Marik clearly has no intention of letting any of them go free."
Marik released his control of Lumis and the Rare Hunter collapsed to the ground.
"Marik doesn't care about others' feelings," Yami-Yugi said more to himself than to Kaiba. "All he's looking for is to satisfy his own greed and bloodlust."
"Yugi, here." Kaiba threw him a locator card. "Now we both are qualified for the finals."
"How can you think of a Duel Monsters Tournament at a time like this? We have to find my friends and your brother." A strong wind suddenly picked up as a helicopter appeared. Yami-Yugi immediately noticed the KC logo. "Isn't that one of your choppers, Kaiba?"
The door opened and Mokuba hopped out. "Seto, Yugi, am I glad I found you guys."
"Mokuba, are you all right?" Kaiba asked.
"No worse for wear," Mokuba said with a smile.
"Mokuba, what about the others, Joey, Tristan, Tea, are they all okay?"
Mokuba's head lowered in remorse. "I don't know about Joey or Tristan but Tea was fine up until she helped me escape."
"Tea helped you escape?" Kaiba questioned. Mokuba nodded. Kaiba turned to Yugi. "Hop in; as much as I dislike your little fan club, I'm always one to repay a debt. So let's go save your friends. And any rate, the third Egyptian God Card might be there as well." Yami-Yugi nodded. Everyone climbed in and the helicopter took off.
"I thought I'd stop and pick us up some lunch," Tristan said as he re boarded the train loaded down with lunch boxes. "I didn't know what you liked so I just got you a little bit of everything."
"Thanks, Tristan," Serenity said.
As Tristan ate, he noticed that Serenity was quiet, "Is anything wrong?" He asked.
"I guess… I'm still just a little nervous about taking my bandages off," Serenity said. "I must be crazy, aren't I?"
"Nah, feeling scared is natural. Trust me, you're going to be just fine."
"Yeah, I'll be fine… once I see my brother dueling."
"That's the spirit. Joey will give you the courage needed to take off your bandages and you'll give Joey the courage he needs to win the tournament.
Hold on, Joey, Tea, we're on our way, Yami-Yugi thought as he stared at the cityscape.
The End
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Valkyrion the Magna Warrior
Level: 8
Type: Rock/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 3500
DEF: 3850
