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Fanfic Chapter 117: Yugi in Cyber Space Pt 1: The Littlest Deck Master
Episode Basis: Isolated in Cyber Space: Yugi vs. Big 1 Pt 1

Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! The Battle City Gang was hijacked on their way to Kaiba Corp. Island for the Finals and forced to land on a mysterious floating fortress. The culprit of this sky-jacking was a mysterious kid named Noah who apparently has some sort of tie to Seto Kaiba. Forcing to disembark, the Duelists and their allies discovered that Noah had some old friends (said literally and metaphorically). The Big-5, the Kaiba Corp. Board of Directors who tried selling Kaiba Corp. to Pegasus and getting rid of Kaiba, Yugi, and Joey in a virtual reality game. The Big-5 was forcing them into a Duel Monsters tournament whereby the winner gets to escape to the real world in a body, and the loser's mind will remain in cyber space. There was also a new rule called a Deck Master, a monster that remained on the side and had special abilities to help the Duelist off. The Big-5 then separated the gang and cast them into who-knows-where. What do you think this Deck Master System is all about?

Joey moaned and opened his eyes. "Man, I haven't felt this bad since Dodge Ball in Gym Class." Joey looked around. He was outside a huge castle-mansion. "Where did those five nut jobs send us now? I better find Serenity and get her out of here."

Tea awoke to find herself in a canyon. "How do I get out of here?" She wondered. A low roar came from the distance. "Something tells me I don't want to find out what that was."

Serenity found herself on the shore of a small lake. "Joey? Yugi? Harold? Anybody?" She slowly stood up. "I'm alone," she realized.

"P.U.," Amara gagged as she awoke. "Why does it smell like a sewer here?"

"Uh… Amara," Duke Devlin said. "We are in a sewer." Amara looked around and realized Duke was right. They were in a sewer. Small ledges ran along the walls. Running water could be heard. Amara looked down at the cesspool. "Come on," Duke said taking off. "We need to find Serenity!"

"Huh… hey wait up," Amara called running after Duke. "You know, there are others lost too, you know."

"They can handle themselves, but Serenity is a total amateur. If one of those Big-5 guys corner her…"

"Good point."

Hold on, Serenity, Duke thought. I'll rescue you!

"Serenity, are you here? Serenity, answer me!" Tristan cried. He was in a long hallway. "I have to find Serenity, she needs me!" He ran off.

Harold's stomach hurt, like he's been punched in the gut. He awoke to find himself draped across the branch of a tree. He dropped down but used his Armlet to cushion his fall. "Now to find the others."

Kaiba and Mokuba were on a clear-cut path. Mokuba woke up first, and then nudged Seto awake. "Seto, are you all right?"

"Mokuba?" Kaiba groaned and sat up. "Where are we?"

"I don't know. I think the Big-5 separated us all."

"Come on," Kaiba said. "We need to find a way out of here."

"But what about the others?"

"Let them find their own way out. Let's go."

"Okay," Mokuba said reluctantly. He didn't like leaving Yugi and the others around.

Noah was watching them all from a hidden control room. His singular chair was surrounded by view screens that showed different environments in his virtual world. "Ah, perfect, I have all of them right where I want them… isolated, cut off from one another, helpless. Now it's only a matter of deciding who to crush first." He scanned the images of the gang until he settled on Yugi. "Who better to suffer first than the infamous Yugi Moto? I think I'll send Gansley."

Like Serenity, Yugi found himself on a lakeside. "It's hard to believe this is all virtual," he said. "I just hope Tea and the others are all right. We have more important things to worry about than Noah's grudge against Kaiba."

Suddenly a large humanoid in green scaly armor rose from the water. "Greetings, Yugi Moto."

Yugi immediately recognized his voice, "It's one of the Big-5!"

"Correct, I am Gansley, former Vice-President of Business Strategies at Kaiba Corp. But in this world, I've taken the form of a Duel Monster known as Deepsea Warrior (1)."

Yugi wasn't impressed by Gansley's credentials or his new form. "It looks to me like you're nothing but a feeble old man who couldn't win a duel with me if his life depended on it."

"Have you forgotten the new rules, you fool? My life DOES depend on it. If I win, I get to take over your body and escape to the real world." He smirked and said mockingly, "I can't wait to be young again, although I will have to do something about that hair cut, maybe something a bit more professional-looking."

Yami appeared. "This must stop, our friends are in trouble."

"I know, Yami, we have to beat the Big-5 at their own game. If not, they could go after Tea and the others."

"Then let's join and show this pitiful excuse for a Duel Monster what the King of Games can do."

"You got it, partner!" The Millennium Puzzle glowed as Yugi and Yami joined their spirits into one. "I can guarantee that you won't win, Gansley, I have heart on my side."

"With the new rules, my smarts will overcome your heart," Gansley countered. "Now, seeing as how we're in the Virtual World, your current deck is worthless. You must choose a new deck from Noah's virtual card database." Rows of cards scrolled up in front Yami-Yugi. Yami-Yugi tried to pick cards that were similar, if not exactly the same, to his Battle City deck. "Next we must each choose a monster to serve as our Deck Master. Since I have already taken the form of a monster, I will be both Duelist and Deck Master. Each monster has a different Deck Master ability. Rather then tell you what they are, I think you should discover for yourself."

Without knowing what the exact rules of this new battle system is, it's hard to choose a monster that will help me win against him, Yami-Yugi thought as he looked through his deck. So I'll just go with my heart and choose a monster that has never let me down before. "I choose the Da…" Suddenly a green three-toed claw popped out of another card. The claw was making a strange cooing sound. Soon another claw joined it and soon after that, a little fur ball with big eyes was floating in front of Yami-Yugi. "Kuriboh (2)?"

"Interesting choice," Gansley commented with a chuckle.

"But I didn't choose him," Yami-Yugi protested at the same time trying to fend off Kuriboh's attacks of affection.

"Too bad, once a Deck Master is chosen, it can not be changed."

Yami-Yugi sighed and turned to Kuriboh. "All right, Kuriboh, I may not have chosen you, but we have to win this duel together." Kuriboh put on a stern face and settled into position besides Yami-Yugi. "Kuriboh will be my Deck Master."

"Now that we have that cleared up, let's get down to business." Gansley activated his Duel Disk.

"You mean let's duel," Yami-Yugi corrected activating his own Duel Disk.

(Y: 4000)
(G: 4000)

"I'll go first by setting a monster in defense mode," Gansley said. He chuckled, "You don't have the business skills to wheel and deal with a mogul like me."

"Duel Monsters is about honor, trust, and respect, not business skills and making deals, as you're about to find out. I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian (3) in attack mode!" The Obnoxious Celtic Guardian was similar to the normal Celtic Guardian though this one was wearing a smirk on its face. "I also set one card face-down. Now, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, attack his monster now!" The Guardian raised his sword and sliced the card.

"Thank you," Gansley said. "By destroying my Ashinigrai (4), you activated its special ability causing you to discard one card from your hand."

Yami-Yugi discarded his Exchange magic card. "It doesn't matter I still have plenty of cards."

"And you're going to need all of them, for Ashinigrai has another special ability. For when it's destroyed, I can summon another Ashinigrai to the field and shuffle my deck." Another monster appeared. "If you've done your research you could've avoided this embarrassing loss."

Yami-Yugi grunted.

Meanwhile, Serenity was standing on a dock watching a flock of swans pass by. "This place isn't so bad," she decided. Curiously, she dipped her hand in the water. "If all this is an illusion, how come it feels so real? When Tea touched that flower, her hand went right through it, but now…" Dark clouds began gathering in the distance. "Uh… maybe I should go find Joey." She turned and ran off.

Noah chuckled, "Run as far as you like, my lovely, there's no way you're escaping. There's no way any of you are escaping!"

Harold also saw the dark clouds. "I don't like the looks of that," he said. "I just hope I can find the others before Noah and the Big-5 put their plan into motion." He ran off in a direction. "Problem is I have no idea where the heck I'm going. Oh well, won't be the first time."

Joey was walking down a wide-angle staircase in the castle. "How did I get here?" Joey wondered. "Last thing I remember is spooking those Big-5 creeps. Hey, you corporate crones better show yourselves before I really get angry!" Joey felt a strange presence behind him. Nervously, he turned around and screamed.

It was only a suit of armor.

Joey breathed a sigh of relief. "So you want a piece of me too, huh?" He asked the suit. He pushed it down. "Lousy tin can," he mumbled and walked away.

Tristan skidded to a halt. "That was weird I thought I heard a crash. I just hope Serenity's all right." He started running down the hallway again. "Man, how far does this thing go?"

"You'd think a sewer would've had a ladder or something," Amara complained.

"I just hope we find Serenity soon," Duke said.

Amara sighed frustrated, "Serenity, Serenity, Serenity, all you've been talking about since we disembarked was Serenity. What do you and Tristan find so appealing about her?"

"Like you would understand."

"Just what the heck is that suppose to mean?" Amara asked. Duke just continued on his way. "Hey, I'm talking to you, dice-ear! Fine, be that way."

Kaiba and Mokuba were walking through the woods, trying to find a way out. "Seto, could you clear something up for me? I mean, I know the Big-5 want to use our bodies to escape to the real world. But what about this Noah kid? Who is he and what do you think he wants?"

"My guess is he wants what's mine, just like everybody else," Kaiba said. "What bothers me is how a kid like him could've built this entire virtual universe by himself."

"Maybe the Big-5 helped him?"

"Those corporate clowns don't have a brain cell in their collective heads to plan something like this. No, someone else is involved, and I intend to find out whom."

"And I'll help," Mokuba volunteered.

Back at Yami-Yugi's duel, Gansley celebrated in having have drawn a powerful monster called Ipiria (5). "There are three secrets to success in the business world. The first is to build a powerful work force." He summoned Ipiria in attack mode. "Ipiria's effect lets me draw another card. Next I'll flip-summon my face-down Ashinigrai, building up my workforce. The second is to know your own resources. When my Ashinigrai is switched to attack mode, I trigger its effect causing you to discard one card." Yami-Yugi did so. "And the third and most important rule is to keep your competition guessing. You have no idea of the horrors in store for you!"

Tristan finally collapsed from all the running. "If I ever get out of here, I'm trying out for track," he said. "I could be an Olympian." He got up and looked down the hallway. "It looks like this hallway is supposed to go down forever. And it doesn't look like I'll be reaching an exit any time soon." He took an axe off the wall. "So I'll just have to make my own." He began whacking the wall with the axe.

"Daylight!" Amara cried. A small shaft of light was coming from the end of the passageway. She ran ahead of Duke and climbed the ladder. "Oh crap," she moaned.

"What's wrong?" Duke asked.

"We weren't in a sewer, we were below it, and I just climbed up into the sewers."

"WHAT?" Duke cried. He shoved Amara up through the hole and climbed up himself.

Tea had wandered from one end of the canyon almost to the other end with no signs of anyone, man or otherwise. This isn't good, I better find the others soon, she thought. "Hello, is anyone here?" She heard a noise and turned to see a giant green one-eyed monster standing above the canyon. It was a Hitotsu-Me Giant (6), a Duel Monster. "Uh-oh, something tells me I wandered into the wrong part of town." She turned to run but only came upon more Hitotsu-Me Giants. "I think it's time to get out of here." She turned to leave but slipped on a pebble, triggering the attention of the giants. Tea panicked and scrambled up but one of the giants threw a club down near her, kicking up rocks and causing one to cut her in the cheek. Tea was almost home free when a giant stepped out from the shadows and blocked her escape route.

Tea screamed.

"Seto, look!" Mokuba pointed to a door standing right in the middle of the path. "A door, it's probably the way out." He ran to it.

"Mokuba, wait," Seto called back but Mokuba was already opening the door. The Kaiba Brothers were blinded by a flash of light.

When their eyes finally re-focused, they were standing in front of a one-floor building surrounded by an iron gate. Mokuba gasped, "Seto… it's the Orphanage where we grew up… I didn't know it was still standing."

"It's just a cheap virtual illusion," Kaiba dismissed. "Like everything else." But deep down, he was thinking, How could Noah know about this place? I never told anyone about it and I know that Mokuba didn't tell anybody. The only other person who could know would be our step-father, but he's gone! So what is this?

"I predict a major growth in power for myself while you sink deeper into debt due to your pathetic Deck Master, Kuriboh!"

Kuriboh turned to Yami-Yugi and let out a series of cooing noises. "Seems like the little fur ball has an idea, too bad he can't talk." Gansley laughed.

Kuriboh growled at Gansley. Yami-Yugi calmed his Deck Master. I wish I did know what Kuriboh was saying, I know his Deck Master ability can help but I don't know what it is or how to activate it. Yami-Yugi drew the Polymerization magic card. Perfect! This is just what I need! "I play Polymerization to fuse together Berfomet (7) with Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (8) to form Chimera, the Flying Mythical Beast (9)!" Yami-Yugi's mythical monster appeared. "Next I play the magic card Quick Attack allowing Chimera to attack immediately! Now, Chimera, attack his Ipiria!"

"An interesting move, but a poor business decision," Gansley replied. "For by sacrificing two monster on my side of the field, I can activate the Deck Master ability of Deepsea Warrior: the Reflector Hole!" A dark mass of energy appeared in front of Chimera and he disappeared into it. Chimera then came back out and struck Yami-Yugi instead.

(Y: 1900)
(G: 4000)

Kuriboh watched with a horrified expression as his master was thrown back a few yards. "I'm… not done… yet," Yami-Yugi staggered getting up and returning to his spot. "I'm not out of business yet, Gansley!"

"It's only a matter of time. And your friends must be suffering even greater losses!"

"Gansley's right," Little-Yugi admitted. "We have to end this quickly and find our friends!"

"One more attack like that and you're life points will be wiped out and I'll be free to escape to your body while the you wander here for eternity!"

To Be Continued

Duel Monster Database

(1)
Name: Deepsea Warrior
Level: 5
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Water
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1800
Deck Master Ability: Reflector Hole: When of 1 of your opponent's monsters attacks a monster on your side of the field, activate this Deck Master Ability and tribute 2 monsters to negate the attack of your opponent's monster and inflict Direct Damage equal to the attacking monster's ATK to your opponent's Life Points.

(2)
Name: Kuriboh
Level: 1
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 300
DEF: 200
Deck Master Ability: Multiply Wall: Once per game, activate this Deck Master Ability and discard 1 card from your hand. Any damage inflicted by an opponent's monster is decreased to 0 during this turn.

(3)
Name: Obnoxious Celtic Guardian
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1200

(4)
Name: Ashinigrai
Level: 3
Type: Beast/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 900
DEF: 1000

(5)
Name: Ipari
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1200
DEF: 1000

(6)
Name: Hitotsu-Me Giant
Level: 4
Type: Beast-Warrior
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1200
DEF: 1000

(7)
Name: Berfomet
Level: 5
Type: Beast/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1300
DEF: 1800

(8)
Name: Gazelle, the King of Mythical Beasts
Level: 4
Type: Beast
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1200

(9)
Name: Chimera, the Flying Mythical Beast
Level: 6
Type: Beast/Fusion/Effect
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 2100
DEF: 1700