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Fanfic Chapter 124: Coordination Pt 1: An Old Enemy Returns
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Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Johnson was using Noah's virtual technology to subtly manipulate Joey's gambit cards so that the Judge Man would emerge victorious. But a divine intervention by Noah exposed Johnson's plan. Despite all this, Joey continued. With Johnson's edge gone, he was forced to rely on luck when faced with a difficult decision, a decision that ultimately cost him giving Joey the victory. You see, this is why I hate lawyers.
Appearing back in his control room after revealing Johnson's trick, Noah took his seat in a huff. "Gansley, Crump, and Johnson have all failed. Perhaps it was a mistake to hire the Big-5. They couldn't beat Seto and his allies before, so why should now be any different?"
"Looks like you could use some reinforcements," a new voice said.
Noah let out a small smile, "Ah, I was wondering when you would show up. So you want a crack at them too."
"I've got a score to settle with those runts."
"Oh, very well." Noah pulled up an image of Duke and Amara. "These two shouldn't be too difficult. But I should warn you, don't try to cheat. You know what happened to Johnson."
The man grunted and disappeared.
"This is insane," Amara muttered. "I'm trudging around a virtual sewer with a guy who's obsessed with finding just one person when there are others in trouble."
Duke stopped causing Amara to bump into him. "Look, Amara, if you have a problem with Serenity…"
"I don't have a problem with her," Amara argued. "What I have a problem with is you obsessing over her like she's the only woman in the world."
"Serenity is honest and kind, not egotistical with an attitude like some people I know."
"Really, and who do you know who matches that description?"
"Take a guess, genius."
"I was being sarcastic, why don't you just go take a…"
"Light!" Duke pointed to a speck of light in the distance. "Come on, it might be a way out."
"Fine, but I'm not done with you yet."
Serenity, Tristan, and Harold have been walking for a long while. "I wonder why we haven't run into any more of Noah's virtual monsters," Harold said.
"Don't jinx us, Harold," Tristan scolded.
"Relax, guys, Noah only wants Kaiba, right?" Serenity asked.
"That's one way of putting it," Harold confirmed. "But the Big-5 wanted our bodies in order to escape and they might do anything for them."
"But aren't they only after Duelists?" Serenity asked.
"They looked pretty desperate back there; I wouldn't be surprised if they came after you guys."
"Relax, I can handle them," Tristan said.
"Maybe in the real world, but this is their home territory, they have the home-field advantage."
"Relax, Harold, everything will be fine now that I'm here."
"Yeah, Harold, everything will be fine," Serenity assured him.
But Harold wasn't so sure. Serenity wouldn't last in a duel against the Big-5, and Tristan's too egotistical to realize what he's gotten himself into. It's going to be up to me to protect them. Looks like there'll be no one around to protect me. Won't be the first time.
Duke and Amara came out into a large cavernous room. A chasm ran the circumference of the room. A single bridge led to a high bluff.
"Freaky," Amara commented.
"No kidding," Duke agreed as the two proceeded across the stone bridge to the center of the bluff. No sooner had they got there then the whole place started to shake. "Maybe we should get out of here."
"I'm all for that." The two turned to leave but the bridge they walked across crumbled. "Oh great, we're trapped. What do we do now?"
"You hand over your bodies that's what," a new voice said. A man appeared at the other end. A bridge was made for him. He was tall and had dark hair set in a single spike. His eyes were hidden behind a pair of dark glasses. He was burly, dressed in a dark business suit. He had two defining marks on him: a scar running across the side of his cheek and a bump on his forehead.
"I don't recall meeting this guy when we came onboard," Amara commented.
Duke felt that there was something familiar about him.
It clicked.
"I recognize you," Duke said. "You were one of Pegasus's guards when I went to visit him."
"The name's Kimo," the man introduced. "And I have a score to settle with your friends."
"He must be talking about Yugi and Joey."
"That's right, you kids have been a thorn in my side for a long time…"
"Oh, no you don't!" Kimo cried as Tea, Bakura, and Tristan tried to enter. "You three aren't even Duelists, you're not allowed."
Tristan and Bakura tried to think of an explanation.
"Down, Fido, they're with me," Harold vouched.
"I don't care who they're with, they're not even suppose to be on this island! I'm calling security."
"I've had just about enough of this guy forcing himself into our way," Harold said. Holding his backpack in front of him, he charged forward. The backpack almost seemed to glow as Harold used it as a battering ram to plow into Kimo, the force sending the brute tumbling down the stairs.
"Guess who, Gorgeous!" Harold cried leaping out from his hiding place and landing on Kimo's back. He quickly covered Kimo's eyes.
"Why you, let go, you little piece of sh…" Kimo moved around frantically trying to dislodge Harold, who got the goon in a scissor hold.
"Watch your language, young man, there're children in the room. Hey, if you guys want your boss in one piece, I wouldn't pull those pea shooters out."
Kimo backed up crushing Harold against the wall. Harold lost his grip and fell down. "Keep on trying to break in," Kimo instructed.
"Sorry, Unicorn-head," Harold said struggling to stand up. "You won't get rid of me that easily. As much as I hate to do this, I'll have to stoop to your guys' level." Harold came in low and slugged Kimo right in the crotch. Kimo gasped and fell into a ball.
"Normally, a situation like this calls for some catchy dialogue," Harold cracked. "But for you, I think a 'ow, that's gotta hurt' will do."
Kimo slugged her in the stomach so hard that it sent her into the next room. "I'll take care of the girl later," he said strapping on his spiked knuckles. He turned towards Tristan. "Your friends are gone, and now so will you."
"Give me a break," Tristan groaned.
"Oh, I'll give you a break, all right… a break in the head, in the ribs, in the knee caps."
"Say good night, Gracie," was what Kimo heard before something slammed into his skull. It was a metal pipe wielded by Joey. Joey clobbered Kimo two more times before the thug went down. "Well, what do you know, guess baseball was right about one thing: three strikes and you're out."
"Joey, you're all right!" Tristan cried happily.
"All right? I wake up to a three-ring circus in here, what's up, bud?" Joey asked as he joined his friend.
"It's getting intense. Those guys have already got Harold and now…"
"Coming through!" Harold came zooming in on a metal tray-serving cart. He collided with two guards and the momentum threw all of them to the floor. Fortunately, it was by Joey and Tristan.
"Harold, you're okay? Tea and I thought that Kimo shot you."
"Lucky for me he's a poor shot." The three faced off against the remaining seven guards. "Now, let's have some fun."
"Quickly, grab one of the kids so we can use him for a hostage," a guard instructed. Two of them ran straight for Yugi's capsule but were blown back by a burst of magical energy. Yami-Yugi rose from the capsule. Near by, Mokuba was getting out of his capsule.
"I also have a score to settle with that caped clown who tried beating us outside Kaiba Land…"
"Theme park's closed, boys," a hoarse voice said. "Why don't you come back in the morning?" Kimo looked up and saw a red cloaked figure sitting on a pile of lumber.
"It's him," one of Kimo's minions said. "It's the one who attacked us at Duelist Kingdom!"
"Who are you?" Kimo demanded to know.
"You don't deserve to know my name," the cloaked figure said jumping down. "But since you asked so politely, I'll tell you. You can call me… Avatar!"
"Avatar, huh? Well you're name's going to be mud after we get through with you. Get him, boys!" The guards lunged forward.
And hit an invisible wall inches before they could reach Avatar.
"Gets them every time," Avatar said chuckling as the ring of archaic symbols returned to his wrist band. He turned to Kimo. "Care to try your luck, big boy?"
With a roar of rage, Kimo charged forward. At the last moment, Avatar jumped out of the way and Kimo used his set of spiked knuckles to break the chord keeping a pile of steel pipes together. With the chord broken, the pipes tumbled onto Kimo.
"You runts have been nothing but misery for me from the get-go, and now I'm going to waste all of you one-by-one!"
"And how are you going to do that, genius? By dueling us? You couldn't stop Yugi and the others before, what makes you think you can do so now?" Duke asked.
"Because now you're in my domain and will be the first to fall before me." Kimo's body bulged and underwent a startling transformation into two monsters. They looked like the monster Summoned Skull (1) but they were different colors: blue and purple. "Prepare to face the Gemini Archfiend (2)!"
"So which one of you is the best?" Amara asked.
"Nice try, but considering how we're one and the same, we're equally as best."
Duke gave Amara a sour look. Amara shrugged, "It was worth a shot."
"Now prepare to lose everything you have," the twin Kimos announced. "Because it's time to duel!"
"Oh this will be fun," Amara said as she stepped forward.
"Wait a second, Amara," Duke said. To Kimo he said, "You want to duel both of us, don't you? That's why you picked a double monster to serve as your Deck Master, isn't it?"
"You're very perceptive, Duke Devlin," Kimo said through dual voices. "It would be so easy to duel you one at a time. But what fun would that be. Since I'm two Duelists in one, it's only fair to give you an equal chance."
"What are you doing, Duke?" Amara asked. "You don't even have a Duel Disk."
"That can be arranged." Kimo clapped both sets of hands and a Duel Disk appeared on Duke's arm. "Now choose your dueling decks."
Amara noticed that Duke chose his cards rather quickly like he was expecting to be the one dueling. Amara just concentrated on choosing her own cards.
The decks formed in their hands and they inserted them into the Duel Disks. "Next, you must choose your Deck Master. I have already taken the form of my Deck Master. Pick yours."
"I choose Kanan the Swordmistress (3)," Amara said. A woman with fiery red hair in green armor carrying two swords appeared behind her.
"And I choose Strike Ninja (4)," Duke said firmly.
"Let's duel!" They all shouted.
(K: 4000)
(A: 4000)
(D: 4000)
Yami-Marik crept down the hallway to Odion's room. While those fools are out gallivanting, I'll take care of Odion. Only then will I truly be free from the bonds that tie me to that weakling that was once me. He walked into Odion's room. He saw a body covered with sheets. He unsheathed the dagger from its holster and aimed it. "Good-bye, Odion, have a pleasant trip to oblivion!" He brought the dagger down. Yami-Marik kept stabbing and stabbing until he noticed something was wrong. There was no blood, no entrails, nothing to signify that it was a body the dagger struck. Yami-Marik yanked back the covers and discovered that the body was really a pile of pillows stuffed to look like a body. Yami-Marik growled, "He's not here!" He stormed out of the room.
Ishizu watched her brother's dark side from around a corner. She turned to Kevin who was doing his best to keep Odion's body upright. "He's gone," she reported.
"Man, how did I get roped into this?" Kevin wondered. He thought back to this morning.
"Kevin… Kevin Hunter, please wake up!"
Kevin moaned and opened his eyes. Ishizu Ishtar was standing over him. "Huh… what is it?"
"I desperately need your help."
"My help… with what?"
"Last night, Tea came into my room, except it wasn't Tea, my brother's original personality had taken control of her."
"Can't say I'm surprised," Kevin said sarcastically as he wobbly stood up.
"He asked me to protect Odion from my brother's dark half."
"Why would he ask to do that?"
"Odion is the only thing preventing my brother's dark half from growing stronger than it is now. If he kills Odion, he would get stronger and then not even the Pharaoh would be able to stop him."
"And why should I help you out?" Kevin asked. He cast a side glance at Mai. "Your family has all but destroyed mine."
"I know but…" Ishizu paused and then looked up at him. "Do you wish to see others go through the same ordeal you have gone through? Think about how you felt when you lost your father, think about how you felt when your mother left you, think about what happened to your cousin. Do you wish to see anybody go through the same pain you went through?"
Kevin thought Ishizu had a point. He sighed, "All right, what do we have to do?"
Ishizu ran over and picked up Odion's other arm, the first one being supported by Kevin. "Come on."
"Where can we take him?" Kevin asked.
"We'll take him to my room," Ishizu said. "Kevin… thank you, I… my family… owe you a debt of gratitude."
"Uh… sure, no problem, Ishizu."
"We have to find Serenity before those Big-5 creeps strong-arm her into a duel," Joey said for the umpteenth time.
"Calm down, Joey, we will," Yugi said calmly. "We just need to find them."
"If Serenity has the same luck as you, Joey, she would've already met one of the others," Tea commented.
"Yeah, there's strength in numbers."
The three turned and started to walk down a dirt path. "I just hope she isn't saddled with Kaiba."
"At least Kaiba isn't trying to woo her like Tristan and Duke," Tea said brightly.
"Uh… Tea, perhaps you shouldn't have said that," Yugi whispered noting Joey visibly steaming.
"Oops, sorry, Joey."
"Hey, what's that?" Yugi asked. He pointed to a cave where a speck of light could just barely been seen. "It might lead us to the others."
"It might also be another one of Noah's traps," Yami commented.
"Either way, we don't have much of a choice," Yugi pointed out.
"I'm guessing we should enter it," Joey figured.
"Not like we have anything better to do," Tea commented. The three entered the cave following the speck of light.
"To make this fair, we each will wait one turn before attacking," Kimo said. "I'll go first." He drew a card. "I summon Gemini Elf in attack mode! That ends my turn." The Gemini Elf was two females, one with red hair and one with blonde hair. They were both dressed in skimpy clothing.
"Then I'll also summon Gemini Elf in attack mode," Amara said. "It's not your cards, it's how you use them."
"I don't think he's impressed, Amara," Duke said as he started his turn. "I summon The 13th Grave (5) in defense mode. That ends my turn."
"That's your best move?" Amara asked.
"With the cards in my hand, yeah."
"Now prepare to face my wraith," Kimo said as the twin monsters each drew a card. "I play Book of Secret Arts increasing my elf's attack and defense power by 300 points!"
(GE: 1900-2200, 900-1200)
"Gemini Elf, attack her Elf!"
"Nice try, but I activate my Deck Master's special ability," Amara said.
"What, what is it?"
I don't know, Amara wanted to say. But I just hope it can help me.
(K'sGE: 2200-1900, 1200-900)
(A'sGE: 1900-2200, 900-1200)
Kimo's Gemini Elf was destroyed.
(K: 3700)
(A: 4000)
(D: 4000)
"Booyah!" Amara cheered. "Looks like that's my Deck Master's special ability. She can switch the attack and defense points of our monsters!"
"Nice going, Amara," Duke congratulated.
"Hey, I didn't get to be a Battle City finalist by good looks alone."
"And so modest," Duke added sarcastically.
"I end my turn," Kimo growled.
"Hey Amara, how about giving me a crack at him?" Duke asked.
"Be my guest," Amara said as she drew a card.
"Okay, it's my move." He drew a card. "I sacrifice my 13th Grave so I can summon Spikebot (6) in attack mode!" A large machine appeared. "Spikebot, attack his life points directly!" The Spikebot swung its mace and pounded both of Kimo's Deck Master.
(K: 1900)
(A: 4000)
(D: 4000)
"How do you like them apples?"
The Gemini Archfiend was laughing. "You fool, I've taken much worse punishment than this and some of it was even from your worthless friends Yugi Moto and Harold Kumara."
"Cry me a river," Duke said. "Well, anyway, I end my turn."
"I hope you enjoy your early lead because it won't happen again." Again, the twin monsters drew a card like they were one. "I play two magic cards: Cure Master and Serial Spell. Cure Master raises my life points by 1000 and Serial Spell can duplicate the ability of any other magic card so I get 2000 extra life points."
(K: 3900)
(A: 4000)
(D: 4000)
"Next I summon Three-Headed Geedo (7) in attack mode. Now attack her Gemini Elf!" Kanan's Deck Master ability kicked in.
(GE: 1900-1200, 900-1400)
(THG: 1200-1900, 1400-900)
This time, Amara's Gemini Elf was destroyed.
(K: 3900)
(A: 3300)
(D: 4000)
"Now attack his Spikebot!"
"Hey, you can't do that!" Duke protested. But that is just what happened as Spikebot was also destroyed.
(K: 3900)
(A: 3300)
(D: 3700)
"How were you able to attack twice with one monster?" Duke asked.
"Because of my Deck Master's special ability," Kimo explained. "All my monsters can attack twice in one turn!"
"That means that he can finish us both off," Duke realized.
"This won't be easy," Amara agreed.
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Summoned Skull
Level: 6
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2500
DEF: 1200
(2)
Name: Gemini Archfiend
Level: 4
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1000
Deck Master Ability: Double Attack: Once per turn, if there is a monster on your opponent's side of the field, you can have one of your monsters attack again.
A/N: This is actually based on the Gemini Devil promo card, a Japanese card that was released in Premium Package 6. I'm not really sure what its real effect is.
(3)
Name: Kanan the Sword Mistress
Level: 4
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1400
Deck Master Ability: Exchange of Swords: Whenever 2 monsters battle, switch the ATK and DEF of both monsters at the beginning of the Damage Step until the end of the Battle Phase.
(4)
Name: Strike Ninja
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1700
DEF: 1200
Deck Master Ability: Retreat of Shadow: Once per turn, activate this Deck Master Ability to remove all DARK monsters on the field from play until the End Phase of this turn by removing 2 DARK monsters in your Graveyard from play.
A/N: According to Kent Regal's Deck Master Variation Reference Guide, the Retreat the Shadow ability is another ability that Strike Ninja has as a Deck Master. Of course, it has the Rin Hyou Tou Sha Kai Jin Retsu Zai Zen (the ability that Duke used during his duel with Big-4 in the canon show) ability too but for this particular duel, I'll use the Retreat the Shadow Deck Master ability.
(5)
Name: The 13th Grave
Level: 3
Type: Zombie
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1200
DEF: 800
(6)
Name: Spikebot
Level: 5
Type: Machine
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1800
DEF: 1700
(7)
Name: Three-Headed Geedo
Level: 4
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1200
DEF: 1400