YuGiOh in Batman: Break the Bat!

Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh and Batman, because only Kazuki Takahashi, Bob Kane, and Bill Finger are the original and creators of the their creations/franchises.

(Just so you know, I've changed both Kaiba and Téa's ages to 28 instead of 30, because like in Japanese anime, the characters are usually 1-2 years younger than the English anime. And ironically, the same day that Téa came back is her birthday. Once again, I've done some research! Also, the role of Alfred has changed to Arthur Hawkins, instead of Mokuba. Mokuba is already Kaiba's younger brother in the previous chapters/Fanfics.)

-Egyptian Temple

"I've summoned Lady Shiva, in order to further regain your skills for combat."

"I see…"

"Bane is currently destroying Domino, and you must save it. Because of the situation at hand, you will be given one month of training, including additional week for finalizing your skills. My servant, Odion and your friend, Shiva, shall train you under the knowledge and forms of combat. While, they train you in combat, I will test you on the power of your mind."

"Mind power….? I'm already strong in mind."

"Not really. Because of your strong sense of justice and dark obsession has led to your demise, you must have logic and reasoning to further your war against crime. Such as: Detective work, forensics, and criminology."

"I understand now."

-Later that afternoon

Odion leads Kaiba towards his training area within the temple.

"Your defeat at the hands of Raphael has allowed him to destroy your city. Domino is slowly dying because of his conquest. Soon he will cause only suffering and destruction to innocent lives, thus 'purifying' the city in both Ra's Al Ghul and Dartz's image."

"Bane will destroy millions of lives. I must stop him before it's too late."

"But, first you must retrain to prepare your rematch with Bane. We shall begin with training your muscle strength. Hold this."

Odion hands him an iron staff.

"Hopefully, your training with the League of Shadows has made your endurance and strength increase. With me, you shall go under similar training methods. The iron staff should be a little heavy, so that you can become stronger. Remember, you learn more from your losses than victories."

Odion quickly swings his staff across Kaiba, and they continue sparring.

-Dartz's Lair

"Ra's, it looks like your student, Seto Kaiba, has begun his training. He can pose a threat to our plan."

"I'm not worried at all, Dartz. In fact, everything's going perfectly."

"Explain. Once, Kaiba has regained his skills for combat, he can defeat Raphael! Then everything's ruined."

"That maybe the case, but remember… we'll soon hold all the cards here…. literally."

"What cards, Ra's?"

"Remember that card game I made about 2 decades ago? Well, once I made the cards, I created the 3 Egyptian Gods. But, somehow… when I created these almighty cards, the 3 Legendary Demons were born."

"The Legendary Demons?"

"Yes, Ice Thunder Emperor Hamon, Phantom Demon Emperor Ravel, and Divine Flame Emperor Uria. However, before I could take them, someone named, Kagemaru took them and sealed them away. He recently tried to use their dark powers a few months ago, but failed."

"I see. So those Legendary Demons are the solution to destroy Domino?"

"Not quite, you see… to perform the ritual, I need all 6 cards, the 3 Egyptian God Cards and the 3 Legendary Demons."

"And where are those 6 cards?"

"I do know that the Legendary Demons are sealed deep beneath Duel Academy Island. But, for the rest… I don't know."

-Egyptian Temple: Evening

After some hours of training, both the student and the instructor cease sparring.

"Tired, eh?" asks Odion.

"Not really…" replies Kaiba.

"Well, by the look on your face, you are, but very determined. I like that. But, now you must rest. You will be given 30 minutes to prepare for Shiva's part. The next time, we meet… it'll be like the schedule that I said earlier."

Both men walk out of the training area and enter another room.

Temple Grounds: Later that evening

Shiva, dressed in a black martial arts uniform, holds 5 wooden boards, both with her hands. She nods to order Seto to strike and break the boards.

"Kiiiiiiii-Yaahhhhh! Aaarrggh!" KRACT!

In an instant after the strike, his breaking hand crumples a bit.

"Only three broken boards of out five… not bad, Seto."

"I just need to hit harder."

Shiva quickly replaces the broken boards with new ones. Seto strikes again.

"Kiiiiii-Yaaaahhh!" CRACK!

Once again, his hand shrivels up a bit further, revealing the pain.

"You did worse… only 2 and a half boards were broken this time."

"Damn…. I thought I did better too."

"But you forgot… the mind is stronger than your fists, while the fists can overpower these boards. Try again!"

He does so and fails. He tries, fails. Tries, fails. And the time goes on about 2 hours later.

Must try harder. Wong said that the mind is stronger than my fists, and my fists are stronger than the BOARD!

"Okay, that's about enough for today. Time for your mental training with Shadi."

-Temple's interior: Meditation area

"Time for you final lesson for tonight, Mr. Kaiba."

"Yes it is."

"Are you ready to begin?"

"I'm more than ready…"

"Good. Now let's get started, shall we? Because tonight is your first night, I shall tell you what we do first."

"Which is?"

"Meditating for long periods of time."

"Oh, I see then."

"As the weeks go by, I shall train you under detective work as well. You'll also have to use your strength of mind in order to pass my test. But you'll see that soon enough… once you pass the others' tests."

"Fine."

They start meditating immediately.

As the weeks pass, Seto trains hard as he can. Whether it's strength, martial arts, and the power of the mind, he elevates these variety of skills higher each day.

-Temple Grounds: About 2 weeks after the first day

In the grounds, there are target dummies; all shaped like armed thugs. During the long silence, something flies across the distance. And a nearby dummy crumples to the ground. CLANK! Suddenly, a shuriken falls.

"Impressive… Seto." exclaims Shiva.

-Later

Two martial artists spar against each other intensely. One male, the other female, both wearing full black ninjitsu uniforms. They strike against one another fiercely. The fight ends with Kaiba, using an advanced jujitsu grappling technique.

"Are you okay, Shiva?"

"Actually, I am… and I'm proud."

-Meditation area: Logical training

Shadi is teaching Kaiba about the ways of a detective.

"Remember, Kaiba, when investigating the scene of the crime, check the area for clues.

"The basics of detective work, Shadi… the basics…"

"That is correct, now….."

-Temple Grounds: Stone Wall---some time later

"Well, Kaiba, it's been almost two months. So how many forms of combat have you mastered?"

As he says this, Odion immediately jumps onto a 50-feet stone wall. He grabs onto it using pikes attached to his hands and feet.

"About all 127 forms of combat, Odion. All 127 from Akido to Yaw-Yan. So what's my test from you?"

"This. The both of us shall climb this 50-foot stone wall together."

Kaiba leaps onto the wall, grabs firmly onto it.

"Piece of cake."

"Perhaps you can beat my record?"

"How long is it?"

"Two days… The test is not about how fast you can climb, but how slowly. This shall test your endurance and will power."

He starts reaching for another hold, slowly again.

"So tell me about your defeat from Raphael."

"Well….."

It all started at Kaiba Corporation. The Bat-signal illuminated the night sky of Domino, so I realized that the city needed me. Once I arrived at Domino Police Headquarters, Yugi Mutou, the Police Commissioner told me that Arkham's been broken apart, thus releasing all of its deranged inmates.

Night after night, I was beaten mercilessly by the insane maniacs. The first night wasn't so bad, even though I nearly killed Ishizu's younger brother, Marik or Malik as he calls himself.

All the while, during those hellish battles, I never imagined that Bane would confront me in my own home. In fact, I never took his threat really seriously in the first place. I always thought that Ra's or Joker had been my greatest nemesis. Thought that I had beaten the best, but I didn't…

The whole week of rounding up thugs and madmen took their toll on me. My obsession grew deeper and deeper, until to the point of murder, but I didn't. Deadshot AKA Keith Howard nearly killed me and Mutou with his advance arsenal of firearms, but I somehow survived to save Mutou from death.

After the violent battle between me and Keith, I finished him off, but I didn't kill him… just left him for the cops to show.

Soon after that, I was regaining my stamina, so that I could go back to the streets to fight again, but… 3 of my deadly enemies showed… apparently they knew my secret, by Bane obviously.

I took out the 3 one by one, but it wasn't easy. First, Riddler kept using his steel staff against me. It almost hurt, but in my condition… it did a lot. Next, was Scarecrow, former Arkham psychopharmacologist. Using his gassed victims, they overwhelmed me quickly. Fortunately, I had some energy left to break free and take down Bakura.

After the Scarecrow, was my most despised arch-nemesis, Joker. Using chlorine-filled knives, the lunatic was able to weaken me into a poor state. That was until… he claimed that I was no match for Bane. I thought to myself, if I could defeat all these crazies, Bane would be out of his league. But I thought wrong. Once, I came back home, I saw Arthur lying on the floor, nearly unconscious. Near the study room, I saw him… Bane. Since I was in such a weakened state, I was no match for him. I could only put up such a pitiful and weak defense. After he broke my back, he destroyed the cave. Then later that fateful night, he threw me down into the streets of Domino. Left me there to suffer, bleed, and be broken. Then everything grew blank, and here…

-Stone Wall: 2 days later, early in the morning

"…I am…" finishes Seto.

Both Odion and Kaiba hold onto the roof of the stonewall. Straining in much pain, Odion struggles to reach the top. He does so, and pulls himself upwards to the roof. Kaiba closes his eyes with intense relief. He notions for Odion to pull him up as well. Seeing his 'student' asking for assistance, he grabs Seto's arm and pulls him to the roof.

As the 2 men lie on top of the stone wall's roof, Odion places his hand on Kaiba's shoulder.

"You have passed my test. You are ready for Shiva's test."

TO BE CONTINUED…

Looks like Kaiba's passed the first test of three. Can he succeed in passing the others? Find out on the next chapter of YuGiOh in Batman: Break the Bat!