Message From The Gods: Yugi vs. Medusa Part 2

As Yugi stared into the image of the immense duel monster that stood before him his friends looked on with looks of shock and fear. As Yugi drew his next card it was obvious that for the first time in a long time Yugi had know idea how to save himself.

Is this the reason I was brought back? To fail Joey and the others when they needed me most? To put Yugi in a duel that we can't win?

"Pharaoh, I know what your thinking. Your thinking that there isn't any way for you to beat my Greek god, aren't you. I'll tell you what, if you give up now I promise to free Joey and leave little Yugi alone. All I want is your soul after all. At least this way you are sure to keep your friends safe. So, what do you say, Pharaoh?"

While Yugi was dueling Medusa another duelist was hard at work running his gaming corporation.

"I don't care how long it will take you, we have to have those new blueprints ready by tomorrow."

"Seto! Seto!"

"What is it Mokuba?"

"There's someone in the lobby that says he needs to see you."

"I don't have time for interruptions Mokuba. Tell him that I'm busy"

"Now is that any way to treat a lady?"

The Kaiba brothers turned around and looked to see who had intruded on them. It was a young lady. She was wearing a blue sleeveless top with a black skirt and black boots. She also had black hair and gray eyes.

" I said that I would come for you when my brother was ready to see you."

"I know but I got bored waiting, so I decided to just come up."

"Now that you're here, who are you and what do you want?"

"My name is Psiren, and what I wanted was to ask you a question."

"Well? Spit it out already!"

"Ok then, Kaiba, are you interested in defeating Yugi in a duel?"

"I have no interest in defeating that runt."

"I don't mean little Yugi. I mean the Pharaoh."

"I'm afraid that I won't give up that easily. Anyway, it's my move so I'll put one card face down and summon Big Shield Guarder in defense mode, that ends my turn."

"And starts mine. I think I'll make this game more interesting by invoking one of the abilities of my Greek god card. I activate Aries's Challenge Whip. This ability allows me to call the name of one monster card from my opponents deck and have it special summoned to the field. So the monster I call forth is...Obelisk The Tormentor."

As soon as Obelisk's name was called the gigantic Egyptian god appeared on the field. Yugi was shocked that Medusa would force him to bring out one of the strongest duel monsters on earth but he didn't forget that Medusa still had the upper hand in this duel.

"Now, to finish my turn I'll have Aries destroy your Big Shield Guarder and that will end my turn."

Why didn't she attack Obelisk? If she had, my life points would have gone down by at least 500 points. Whatever she's up to, I need to figure out how to use her mistake to my advantage.

"My turn, and I'll start by activating my Swords Of Revealing Light. So now you can't attack for three turns. Next I'll summon Kuribo in defense mode and place one card face down, your move."

"Well, I'll draw-"

"Not so fast Medusa. Don't you remember the card that I placed on the field two turns ago? If not, I'll show you. I activate the trap card Drop Off. This card forces my opponent to send the card that he, or she, draws to the graveyard. So whatever card that was, it's gone."

"Oh well, I guess I can't stop it. It doesn't really matter because this duel is now."

Psiren, I've let the duel go on long enough for you to make contact with Kaiba, now for the fun part of the plan.

"I activate the second ability of my Aries, Omega Destruction."

"Omega Destruction?"

"That's right. Let me explain it to you, I pay 2000 life points and in exchange Aries can destroy both himself and one other monster on the field. The attack points of both monsters are then added together and subtracted from our life points. Since I choose to destroy both Aries and Obelisk, our duel ends up a draw."

"But, why? Why did you destroy your own monster?"

"Aries understood what was going to happen from the very moment I summoned him, plus I'm sure that none of your monsters could have even hoped to stand up to Aries's power. Well I guess I'll be going now."

"HOLD IT! You said you would return Joey to normal!"

"I said if you won I would return him to normal. I guess since you were such a good sport I could do something for Joey, it will take a minute so hold on."

"So, do we have a deal Kaiba?"

"Yes, we do. Just be sure to keep up your end of the bargain and I'll do the same."

"Don't worry about me Kaiba. To be honest I don't trust you either, that's why I've decided to have one of my men keep an eye on you."

As Psiren finished her sentence another figure appeared, almost as though he had entered from the shadows themselves. He was dressed in a dark blue trench coat with a white shirt and dark blue pants. His hair was long and white and he wore a familiar ring shaped object around his neck. Kaiba almost immediately recognized this person.

"Bakura!"

"It's been a while, Seto Kaiba."

"Well, I'm glad you two boys seem to be getting along so well. Before I leave you two alone to catch up on old times there one more thing, Bakura, did you take care of three duelist I told you about?"

"Yes, Raphael, Mai, and Varon have been defeated and are now nothing more than statues with a delightful look of fear on their faces."

"Good work. Have you heard from our other "associate"?"

"Not yet, but we will eventually. After all, the Pharaoh is sure to be forced to contact him soon enough."

"I wish he wasn't so headstrong, then again he has proven to be an effective warrior for our cause. Now, there is just one more piece of business to finish up. Kaiba?"

"Yeah?"

"I hear by welcome you to our group, New Olympus."

"As long as you keep your end of the deal, I will agree to work with you, for now."

"That is as good of an agreement as any. Just remember, you have a lot more to loose than anyone else in our group. If I was you I would learn to think twice before I speak."

"Well then Pharaoh, I have returned Joey back to normal, more or less."

"What do you mean "more or less"?"

"Oh nothing, I just wanted to make sure you had a reason to come after me, besides my obvious good looks! Later."

And with that Medusa disappeared into the darkness of surrounding area.

"What did she mean by-"

"Joey!"

Yugi, Tristan and Tea turned to see who had made that noise. It was Serenity. The three watched as Serenity hugged Joey and shed tears of Joey. When they felt it was safe the three of them walked over to were Joey was and checked to see if he was alright.

"Joey, is everything alright? How do you feel?"

"Um...yeah, I'm fine but I've got to ask you guys something."

"Sure, whatever you want big brother."

"Ok, who's Joey and who are you guys?"

To be Continued...