Yugi vs. Kaiba Pt.2: Having The Upper Hand

"I believe that it's still my move Kaiba, so I'll activate Pot of Greed and draw two cards. Now, I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in defense mode, and I'll also activate Swords of Revealing Light. That ends my turn."

"Nice stalling, Yugi. I think even you can understand that your reign as champion is about to come to an end. I'll activate the magic card A Wing Beat of Great Dragon, by sending my Blue Eyes back to my hand, I can destroy all magic and trap cards on the field, including your Swords of Revealing Light."

"Not good, that was my best chance."

"Now, I'll destroy your monster with Battle Ox since it has an attack less than 1900. That will end my turn, and I think that will also end this duel."

"Don't start your victory speech yet Kaiba. It's my turn now and I summon Breaker The Magical Warrior. Since it comes into play with a spell counter, it gains 300 attack points, making it a 1900 attacker. Now Breaker, destroy Battle Ox and lower Kaiba's life points by 200. I'll now set one card on the field and end my turn."

"Yugi, in case you've forgotten I'll remind you. If you beat me, you will kill me. Think about that while I activate Silent Dead to bring back my Vorse Raider in Defense mode. I now sacrifice my monster to summon Different Dimension Dragon in defense mode. I end my turn, but don't forget that my dragon has the same effect as your Obnoxious Celtic Guardian."

That means I can't use Breaker to attack his monster. I need a weaker monster, but even if I destroy the dragon, I'll still have Kaiba's life to consider. How can I beat Kaiba without killing him?

"Alright Kaiba, it's my move. I activate my face down card, Shallow Grave. This magic card allows us both to bring a monster from or graveyards to the field in defense mode, and I'll also play Move Dead. By sending a card from my hand I can bring back a monster from the graveyard to my hand. Now, I'll normal summon that monster, Skilled Dark Magician. Now, I can special summon the monster in my hand, by sacrificing all three monsters on my side of the field, I can summon Obelisk, The Tormentor."

"Not Obelisk!"

"Now Obelisk, destroy his face down card."

"My Vorse Raider!"

"That ends my turn, it's your move Kaiba."

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"So, my vessel arrives."

"I don't know what you're talking about, but I know I don't like it."

"Relax Joey, take a load off. Can I get you anything."

"Yeah, an explanation for starters. Why are you after me? What do you want from me?"

"All I want is your body. It was chosen to be my vessel and I desire to have it."

"Well...I won't let you have, so I would like it if you left me alone."

"Out of curiosity, how did your sister react when you told her you were coming out here."

"She wasn't happy, but she said she understood what I had to do. Why are you so curious?"

"I was curious because I know what it's like. To leave behind the one you love, in order to do something that you feel you have to. I wanted to see if we really were alike."

"We aren't alike. I am not a monster, I may not have all my memories, but I at least remember that much."

The two men looked at each and seemed completely focused on each other. They almost didn't notice Psiren come in the room.

"Master, you should look at this."

"What is it Psiren, we do have company after all."

"He may wish to look as well."

"Alright, activate the screen."

As the screen came on the image of Kaiba and Yugi dueling appeared.

"It seems the Pharaoh has the upper hand."

"Yugi, and Kaiba. I remember that they used to always go at it, but why now?"

"I'll let you know why in due time. What do you say we postpone our little show down until after the duel."

"Huh?"

"After all, I am very curious as to wether or not Kaiba will use the card I gave him."

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"Don't think that you've won this duel Yugi. It's my move now and I activate Obligatory Summon. This magic card forces you to summon all cards in the same class as your Obelisk the Tormentor, which means that your other three god cards are now summoned."

"That was a foolish thing to do Kaiba. You now face the three most powerful monsters in Duel Monsters."

"You are so dense! Don't you think that there's a reason that I played that card? Now I can summon my Greek god, Hades the god of death."

"Another Greek god! But how could you summon it?"

"As long as the three gods of Egypt are on the field, I can summon this card without a tribute, but it has a price."

"What do you mean?"

"This card subtracts 1000 life points from each of us. But it is a small price to pay, because the attack strength of my monster is equal to combined attack strengths of all the monsters in my graveyard. That gives me a monster with 7900 attack points."

"That's...insane!"

"I'm glad you approve, Pharaoh. Lucky for you I can't attack this turn due to my monsters effect. You now have a chance to defeat me next turn with Obelisk's effect. So choose, either you let me live and condemn Tea to an early grave, or you win the duel, save the girl, in exchange for ending my life. I end my turn, so it's time for you to choose."

Kaiba has definitely put me in a bad situation. Either way this duel plays out, I'll be responsible for a death. If I could only disrupt the power of the Millennium Ring from messing with Kaiba's mind, I would have a chance at saving everyone. This is my last turn to try and save us all from this game, but if I don't draw what I need I'll have to do what I have to do, to rescue Tea.

Yugi: 1300 life points, 3 Egyptian god cards on the field

Kaiba: 1300 life points, 1 Greek god card on the field

To Be Continued...