Yugi vs. Kaiba Pt.1: The Limits of Mercy

"It's about time."

That was all Kaiba said before making his way to his jet.

"I can't believe how far I've gone to try and duel against Yugi. I never would have done any of this before I met Psiren. Could she have done something to me? Altered my mind perhaps?"

"Come now Kaiba, like she actual had to make you join us."

"Bakura?"

"Nice of you to notice. It seems that you are not so clear anymore about why you joined us. Let me remind you, you joined us so that you could be given a power great enough to defeat the Pharaoh, and now it's time that you received it."

"What do you mean?"

"The Millennium Ring. This is the power that you will need."

"That thing? That is the power that you all were talking about? What good will that piece of junk do?"

"Let me show you."

Without anymore warning Bakura placed the necklace around Kaiba's neck before losing consciousness. The Millennium Ring began to glow intensely inside of the jet and didn't stop until the plane landed in front of a small group of people.

----+----

"Yugi, what is that thing?"

"It looks like a Blue Eyes... it must be Kaiba!"

"I think the door is opening."

"It is Kaiba!"

"Yugi, if you want to see Tea again, you and your friends will come with me."

"What are you saying? Do you know were she is?"

"Of course I do? I helped take her away from you after all remember? Or were you already unconscious when I flew her out of there?"

"I remember that. I had hoped that I was only seeing things, but I guess I wasn't. Where is she?"

"Come with me and you'll find out."

"Ok then, lets go."

----+----

"Welcome, Yugi, to the New Athens Arena, the site of our duel."

"What do you mean."

"The deal is this, if you defeat me in a duel then Tea will be freed."

"Where is Tea?"

"Look up at that pillar over there."

Yugi looked at the pillar and his eyes almost flew out of his head. Tea was chained to the pillar in what looked like ancient clothing. However, the thing that got Yugi's attention the most was the fact that Tea's eyes had a glazed, almost dead look in them. She just stayed there, chained and saying the same thing over and over again: "Yugi."

"Well Pharaoh, are we going to duel or what?"

The now transformed Yugi looked at Seto with rage and fire in his eyes. After a few moments of silence Yugi gave Seto his answer.

"Let's duel."

----+----

"I'll start off, I summon Vorse Raider in attack mode. Let's see what you can do."

"Fine Kaiba, I summon Skilled Dark Magician and lay one card face down."

"This duel isn't going to progress if neither of us attacks, so I'll activate cost down and discard a card. Now I can summon Kaiser Glider without a tribute. Next, I'll have it attack your magician and rid the field of him."

"Not yet Kaiba, I activate Attack Transferal Barrier. This card allows me to transfer the attack of a monster to whichever monster I choose, and I choose for your Kaiser Glider to attack your Vorse Raider."

"Not bad, I lost 500 life points on that one. But if you think that I'm the only one that's going to take some damage in this duel, your insane. I lay on card face down as well and activate White Dragon Ritual so I can summon Paladin of White Dragon, now I end my turn."

"Fine, I'll activate Emblem of Dragon Destroyer to bring my Buster Blader to my hand. Now that my Skilled Dark Magician has enough spell counters, I'll sacrifice it to special summon my Dark Magician and fuse him with the Buster Blader in my hand to form Black Paladin. Don't forget Kaiba, my monster gained 500 extra attack points because of the Kaiser Glider on your field. Now I'll use him to attack your Paladin of White Dragon."

"I don't think so, I activate Attack Guidance Armor to change your attack to Kaiser Glider. So I lose 1000 life points, but I get Kaiser Glider's special ability to send your monster back to your hand, tough break Yugi."

Not good, I can't summon Black Paladin without a fusion summon. I'll need a new idea fast.

"Fine Kaiba, I'll place two cards face down and end my turn."

"It doesn't look like you're on your game today Yugi, I think that it's time I reacquaint you with an old friend of mine. I use my Paladin's special ability to special summon my Blue Eyes White Dragon. Next, I'll summon Battle Ox to the Field and play the Magic Card Heavy Storm. Whatever plan you had Yugi, it just went up in smoke. Now I'll attack with Battle Ox and lower your life points by 1700, and to end my turn I'll place two cards face down on the field."

"I believe that it's my turn now, Kaiba."

"Not quite yet Yugi, I think that it's about time for us to make this duel a bit more interesting."

"Kaiba, I think that you toying with Tea is enough for one duel."

"Not yet, I have something to show you first. Do you recognize this?"

"That's the Millennium Ring! But, how?"

"It was a gift from Bakura. He, as well as the people I am helping want nothing more than to see you lose here and now."

"I see. So you plan on using the Millennium Ring then?"

"Exactly. Take a look around you."

As Yugi looked around he saw that he and Kaiba were now alone in a darker version of the arena, except that Tea was still in the same place she was at the beginning of the duel. Yugi took a closer look at Tea and noticed that a portion of her body had disappeared.

"What's the meaning of this Kaiba?"

"This is a Shadow Game, similar to the one you had with Marik a while back. The stipulations with this duel are different. I don't know if you've noticed, but like Tea my body is disappearing as well. In this duel, if I lose I will disappear completely, if you lose however, Tea will disappear completely."

"What?"

"That's right, and just so you know, whoever disappears loses more than their bodies, they lose their lives."

"You can't be serious?"

"But I am Yugi. I hope that you still have that feeling of determination like you had earlier, because in order for you to beat me and rescue Tea, your going to have to literally kill me."

Yugi: 2300 life points, no cards on the field

Kaiba: 2500 life points, 2 monsters 2 magic/ trap

To Be Continued...