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Fanfic Chapter 128: Insurrection Pt 1: The Trap Destroyer
Episode Basis: Settling the Score Pt 1
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Enraged at Tristan's defeat, Harold unleashed his strongest monster, Wingweaver, on Nesbitt the Robotic Knight. Harold was able to deal a powerful blow before Nesbitt fused his self with Machine King to form the Perfect Machine King and delivered and even more powerful blow to Wingweaver. Tristan was gone, Harold was barely conscious and Serenity was frozen with fright, afraid that any further playing by her would result in another defeat. But Harold reminded her of the courage Joey got from her and Serenity knew that she needed her own courage to face this problem. Valiantly, she fused Marie the Fallen One and The Forgiving Maiden to form St. Joan who, along with Harold's Deck Master Ability and the cards Tristan left behind, finished off Nesbitt. But Nesbitt had already claimed a body. And if Nesbitt has Tristan's body, what happened to his mind?
Tristan climbed up through a trap door. Where am I? He wondered. It looks like some sort of warehouse. But… wasn't I just in a duel? And why is everything so gigantic? I better find my way back to the others and… Tristan looked to his right and almost freaked. A robot monkey was staring right at him. Aww, it's just a little robot monkey… excuse me, a very big robot monkey, it's almost my size. Tristan waved to the robot monkey and the robot monkey mimicked him. How cute, it's almost like it's copying me… Tristan looked down at his hands.
They were small and metal, with three fingers and a thumb.
OH NO, THEY MADE A MONKEY OUT OF ME! Tristan screamed but it only came out as monkey squeaks.
Yugi, Joey, Serenity, Tea, and Harold found themselves in a warehouse district of a town that looked like Domino but they knew it was just part of Noah's virtual world.
"I'm worried about Tristan, guys," Serenity said.
"Don't worry, Serenity, we'll find him," Yugi assured her.
"We have to," Joey added. "Before one of those Big-5 creeps can use his body to escape to the real world."
"This is all my fault," Harold said. "If only I gotten my act together sooner, Tristan would still be here."
"Don't kick yourself, Harold," Tea comforted. "That kind of self-destruction won't help us find Tristan or get out of this virtual nightmare."
"Right," Harold said though he didn't sound convinced.
Kaiba and Mokuba were in the same area. They were unaware that somebody was following them.
"Hello, Kaiba!" Kaiba looked up and saw Tristan staring down at him, carrying a bokken (wooden sword). But there was something strange about his eyes; they had an almost sinister look to them.
"Hey Tristan," Mokuba called. "Have you seen Yugi or any of the others?"
'Tristan' chuckled. He leaped down from the building he was standing on and took a swing at Mokuba with his wooden sword. Kaiba pushed Mokuba out of the way.
"Tristan, what's the matter with you?" Kaiba asked as he avoided 'Tristan's' onslaught.
"I'm not Tristan," came the reply. "And I'm looking for revenge!" He swung his bokken at Kaiba who jumped back and flung a Duel Monster card at 'Tristan' but to no avail.
By this time, the others had arrived. "Are my eyes hallucinating or is Tristan battling Kaiba?" Joey asked.
"Not unless we're both hallucinating," Harold said.
"Tristan, what's going on?" Tea asked.
'Tristan' turned towards them and smiled sinisterly.
"His eyes," Serenity gasped horrified.
"I was afraid of this," Harold said. "Nesbitt must've succeeded in taking over Tristan's body."
"He's right, you know," Nesbitt told Kaiba. "I've taken Tristan's body and soon I'll take your own body as well."
"I don't think so," Kaiba said picking up a lead pipe. But Nesbitt knocked it out of Kaiba's hands then used the bokken to knock Kaiba's feet out from under him. "Farewell, Seto Kaiba!"
Something under Nesbitt's feet started to move. Nesbitt looked down to see a manhole cover being lifted, knocking him off balance.
"Phew, I thought we would never get out of there," Duke said climbing up. "Hey there, Kaiba. Yo, guys, you okay? You won't believe what me and Amara had to go through…"
"Duke, behind you!" Serenity cried.
Duke turned in time to see Nesbitt coming at him with sword swinging.
"Tristan, what the heck is wrong with you?" Duke asked.
"That's not Tristan," Yugi warned. "That's Nesbitt in Tristan's body!"
"What?"
Nesbitt tried attacking Duke again but this time Amara climbed out and tripped Nesbitt. "Man, fresh virtual air at last," she said. "Oh, sorry, Tristan."
"You pitiful wastes of human flesh have stood in my way for the last time," Nesbitt said. He started to take a swing at Amara but a little robot monkey leapt onto his face and sent him careening back.
"What's that?" Tea asked.
"I don't know," Duke replied.
"Come on, Harold, this is our chance," Joey said.
"Right." The two charged forward Joey slammed Nesbitt into a wall that dislodged the robot monkey from Nesbitt's head. Harold used his Armlet's shield to slam Nesbitt right through a wall.
"So… did we get him?" Joey asked.
Nesbitt blasted out of the hole made by Harold's Armlet on a motorcycle. He grabbed Mokuba, slugged him to knock him out and took off.
"Mokuba!" Kaiba cried as everyone went after it. Unfortunately they lost Nesbitt at the entrance of a tunnel. Kaiba turned around and saw another motorcycle. He ran over to it.
"Just where do you think you're going?" Amara asked.
"To rescue Mokuba," Kaiba responded as he revved up the motorcycle.
"And how are you going to do that?"
"By any means necessary." Kaiba took off down the tunnel.
"Since Kaiba's going after the fake Tristan, we should look for the real one," Joey suggested. They all heard some squeaking going on and turned to see the robot monkey hopping from one foot to another and pointing to his self. "I don't trust that robot runt."
"Oh come on, Joey, how dangerous can he be?" Serenity asked leaning down to pet it.
"Don't touch him, Serenity, he could be dangerous," Duke advised.
"We should just rip this robo-chimp apart," Joey added making the monkey cower in fear.
"You'll do no such thing," Serenity said firmly. "He saved Amara's life. And besides… he's adorable." The monkey appeared grateful and leapt into Serenity's arms.
"We've got more important things to worry about than some robot monkey," Joey said. "We have to find Tristan's mind." The robot monkey was pointing to itself again. "Zip it, chimp." The monkey looked down depressingly.
Kaiba gave the motorcycle another as he emerged from the tunnel onto a very long bridge. Hold on, Mokuba, I'll save you, Kaiba thought.
Half-way across the bridge, Kaiba discovered that a piece was missing. Kaiba revved the motorcycle as fast as it would go and sped up. He leapt across the gap.
A man was in the middle of the road. He wore a trench coat and sunglasses with a cloth wrapped around his mouth. He was also wearing a Duel Disk. "Get out of my way!" Kaiba had to leap off the motorcycle to avoid crashing into him. Instead the motorcycle spun out of control, crashed, and exploded. Fortunately, Kaiba landed safely. "Out of my way," Kaiba said again.
"If you ever want to see your brother again, you'll have to make it past me!"
Nesbitt thought he was home free with Mokuba, still unconscious. Suddenly Noah appeared and Nesbitt had to skid to a halt.
"Just what do you think you're doing?" Noah asked.
"Seto Kaiba took everything from me, so this is payback."
"That wasn't part of the deal," Noah said. "The deal was I would deal with Seto while you take care of his friends. Hand him over, Nesbitt."
"But…"
"Hand. Him. Over," Noah said accenting each word.
Nesbitt grumbled and handed Mokuba over to Noah.
"I've been waiting to take you down for a long time, Mister Kaiba."
"I'm sorry, do I know you?" Kaiba asked harshly.
"Don't tell me you've forgotten after all we've been through."
Mokuba moaned and opened his eyes. He was in a living room but no walls could be seen. Just a couch, a lamp, and a big-screen television.
"Finally awake, are we?" Mokuba turned and saw Noah sitting at the other end of the couch.
"Noah?" Mokuba shoved back until he was almost at the corner of the couch. "Stay away from me!"
"Mokuba, you should be thanking me," Noah pointed out. "You would've been in the Big-5's clutches if I hadn't rescued you."
"Just wait till my Big Brother comes to rescue me."
"Seto won't be rescuing you any time soon," Noah said.
"No, that can't be, he would never let anything bad happen to me."
"Perhaps you're right, but unfortunately…" He clicked a remote which showed Kaiba and the masked man on the bridge. "As you can see, Seto has his hands full right now."
"Do you know who you're dealing with?" The masked man asked.
"Actually, I think I do," Kaiba said. "It took me a little bit, but I thought I recognized your voice, Lector." Kaiba activated his Duel Disk. "Let's get this duel over with."
"Fine," Lector said waving his hand. Cards began scrolling up in front of Kaiba. "First, choose your deck from Noah's card database." As Kaiba picked his cards, he kept looking around like he was looking for one particular card. "Oh yeah, and don't bother searching for your God Card, they're outlawed in the Virtual Wars."
"I was the number one Duelist way before I got my Egyptian God Card. I can beat you with or without it."
"You're going to regret saying that, Mister Kaiba," Lector said. "Now choose your Deck Master."
"My Deck Master will be Lord of Dragons (1)." A human wearing dragon skeleton for armor appeared.
"You know what my Deck Master is?"
"No, and frankly, I don't care, I'll crush you anyway."
"Time to duel," they both said.
(K: 4000)
(L: 4000)
"I'll start things off by laying a monster in defense mode and two cards face-down."
"Then I'll summon Spear Dragon (2) in attack mode. Spear Dragon, attack his face-down card with Cyclone Burst!" A small whirlwind came out of the long-nose dragon's mouth and destroyed the face-down card.
"You just destroyed my Hiro's Shadow Scout (3) which means you have to draw three cards and discard any magic cards among them."
Kaiba didn't seem to care as he drew three cards and deposited the two magic cards. "It doesn't matter, because you still lose 1400 life points."
"But how? My monster was in defense mode!"
"It doesn't matter, Spear Dragon can affect your life points even if the monster's in defense mode."
(K: 4000)
(L: 2600)
"Next I place one card face-down." Soon I'll activate my Crush Card trap card and then this duel will really be over.
"I choose to activate my trap card," Lector said "Solemn Wishes. Now every time I draw a card, I gain 500 life points."
Enjoy it while you can, Kaiba thought. Soon it will be all over for you.
"I set another monster in defense mode and set another card face-down. That ends my turn."
That's strange, he didn't attack me, Kaiba thought. He must know that Spear Dragon changes into defense mode after it attacks. And its defense points are 0 so it won't be too hard to attack. So why didn't he attack it? "My move," Kaiba said as he drew a card. "I summon my Giant Germ (4) in defense mode and switch my Spear Dragon to attack mode. Spear Dragon, attack his face-down card…"
"Not so fast, Mister Kaiba," Lector said revealing one of his face-down cards. "Reveal trap card: Mask of Perplexity!" A mask attached itself to Kaiba's face. "Mask of Perplexity blinds you so that you don't know what card you're attacking."
Kaiba struggled to get the mask off but he couldn't. And it was hard to see. He couldn't tell if the black blur he was staring at was Lector's face-down monster card or one of his own monsters. "Spear Dragon, Cyclone Burst attack now!"
The mask faded, his vision cleared.
He had attacked his Giant Germ.
(K: 2200)
(L: 2600)
"Looks like you attacked your own monster," Lector said laughing.
Kaiba also laughed, "Precisely what I wanted to do."
"What?"
"I wanted to destroy my Giant Germ so I could activate my Crush Card virus!"
Lector raised his glasses. A red laser beam lanced out and destroyed the Crush Card. Lector laughed. "Now you see what my Deck Master is."
Kaiba scowled, "There's only one monster I know of with that kind of firepower."
"That's right," Lector said throwing off his disguise. Underneath, his head was bald and he wore red goggles. A metal mask with a devilish mouth carved into it covered his mouth. He was dressed in a black and green gown. "Meet the all-mighty Jinzo (5)!"
"I should've known," Kaiba grumped.
"That's right and with Jinzo as my Deck Master, you can't use any of your trap cards! I know you, Mister Kaiba, and I knew you would rely on that Crush Card trap. As Gozaburo's right-hand man, I not only helped run Kaiba Corp., but I helped raise you and your worthless brother. But when you disgraced Gozaburo, you took away everything I worked so hard to achieve. I was next in line to run Kaiba Corp. but then you weaseled your way up to the top. But I suppose part of that blame should rest on Gozaburo because he gave you the opportunity on your fourteenth birthday."
On your birthday, Gozaburo called both of you into the dining room. "Seto," he said. "Today your formal training ends. It's time for you to start learning lessons in the real world."
"What do you mean?"
"Hobson, bring in the boy's 'gift.'"
Your eyes literally lit up upon seeing the ten million dollars that was your gift. "Is this for me?"
"Now, now, you should know that everything comes with a price. In a year's time, you must use that ten million to pay me back ten times that amount. Lector, give the boy the contract."
"Yes, sir."
"This contract basically states what I just told you. If you can pay me ten times that amount in a year time, you earn the right to call yourself a Kaiba. But fail, and it's back to the Orphanage for both of you."
"I accept your terms."
"My assistant Lector will be on hand to help you out. He'll be the only one allowed. Seek help from anywhere else and you automatically fail."
"Like I told you before, I never fail!"
I must admit, Mister Kaiba, you surprised me by jumping into the task. I listened in as you set out 100 Duel Monster cards, half face-up and half face-down.
"How are you going to do it, Seto? I mean turning ten million into a hundred million seems impossible."
"Nothing's impossible, Mokuba, this is just like another game."
"How so?"
"Like a game, it has rules and goals and you must find the best way to achieve that goal using those rules."
"But how are you going to do it?"
"I'll show you. Now let's say these one hundred Duel Monster cards represent the pieces of a company. The trick is to own more pieces than your opponent, or in this case, have more cards."
"So how many cards do you need?"
"The magic number is 51," you said turning over one of the face-down cards. "Nobody can say they have more than you when you own 51 out of 100. Lector, take the ten million and buy 51 of a company."
"Which company?"
"Any company, just so long as they value their workers."
Gozaburo ordered me to assist you and I wasn't about to disobey him. So I found a worthless company and immediately brought 51 of it, just like you said.
"Sir, I found a company that might fit what you're looking for."
"The Faye Company, huh? According to this readout, they don't make a whole lot of money but they might give me all the money I need."
"How are you going to convince them to give you the money, Seto?"
"Simple, Mokuba, by making their president run things my way."
The three of us paid a little visit to The Faye Company. Naturally, the President was more than a little upset when you made him an offer.
"I can't believe what I'm hearing! You want me to buy back my own company for ten times the amount you paid for it?"
"I'd say my offer is pretty generous, wouldn't you, sir?"
"This is blackmail!"
"No, this is business. Now if you don't care about whether or not your employees work…"
"No, no, wait, I'll do it, I'll pay you what you want."
"You got all the credit for that business transaction."
"Well of course I did," Kaiba said like it was a stupid comment. "It was my idea, you just followed orders. That's why you could never run Kaiba Corp."
"Oh I will be running Kaiba Corp., after I acquire your body."
Kaiba just let out a grunt. "By destroying my Giant Germ, you activated its effect allowing me to summon another one in its place." A second Giant Germ appeared next to his Spear Dragon.
"You're just delaying the inevitable, Mister Kaiba, with Jinzo as my Deck Master, all of your trap cards are useless. One third of your deck has been destroyed and nobody can win a duel on monsters alone."
"I won't lose," Kaiba simply declared.
"It's now my move and I gain 500 life points because of Solemn Wishes."
(K: 2600)
(L: 3100)
"I also place two cards face-down and end my turn."
"Spear Dragon, attack his face-down card with Cyclone Burst!" This time, Lector's face-down monster was revealed.
Cyber Jar (6).
"You flipped over my Cyber Jar which destroys all monsters on the field." Spear Dragon and Giant Germ were both destroyed along with Cyber Jar. "Next we must each pick up five cards and special summon any monsters with four stars or lower."
"Fine, I'll summon Vorse Raider (7) and Twin-Headed Behemoth!"
"And I'll summon my Injection Fairy Lily (8) in attack mode." Injection Fairy Lily was a woman with pink hair and wings riding on top of a giant hypodermic needle. Lector still lost life points from Spear Dragon's effect.
(K: 2600)
(L: 2100)
"It's my move and I take 500 life points thanks to Solemn Wishes." Just like the first couple of times, a gentle rain of light fell on him.
(K: 2600)
(L: 2600)
"Next I activate the magic card Watch Tranquilizer." A watch appeared on Lector's wrist. "Watch Tranquilizer drains a monster of attack points equal to one hundred times its level." He fired the dart at Vorse Raider. Since Vorse Raider was a four-star monster, it loses 400 attack points.
(VR: 1900-1500)
Lector's Injection Fairy Lily is still weaker, Kaiba thought.
"Now I'll activate Lily's special ability. By paying 2000 life points…"
(K: 2600)
(L: 600)
"I'm able to raise Lily's attack points by 3000!"
(IFL: 400-3400)
"Lily, attack his Vorse Raider now!" Lily stabbed her needle into Vorse Raider's neck and destroyed it.
(K: 700)
(L: 600)
"I reveal my face-down card, Sebek's Blessing which lets me raise my life points by the amount you just lost."
(K: 700)
(L: 2500)
"I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
Kaiba drew a card and stared at Injection Fairy Lily. I've conquered every challenge life has ever gave me, he thought. And this duel will be no exception. "I set a monster in defense mode."
"I activate my trap card," Lector announced. "Life-Absorbing Machine which raises my life points by an amount equal to half of what I paid last turn."
(K: 700)
(L: 3500)
"Then I'll sacrifice my face-down monster to summon my ultimate weapon: Satellite Cannon (9)!" A large rocket appeared and shot up to the sky.
Meanwhile, Yugi and his friends were driving down the bridge in a three-wheeled pick-up truck they found. Joey was driving with Amara in the passenger's seat. The others were packed into the truck bed.
"Good thing this virtual pick-up truck was nearby," Yugi said.
"Yeah, but if I see a spiky-haired guy on a motorcycle and a burly black guy with a gun for an arm, I'm out of here," Amara cracked.
Joey slammed on the breaks causing the passengers in back to topple over each other. Tea fell across Yugi's lap and Harold landed on both of them.Duke caught Serenity before she went over the edge. Obviously this made Tristan upset who did nothing to hide his feelings regarding it.
"Why'd you stop, Joey?" Yugi asked.
"Look up there," Joey said pointing to a missile that was rapidly ascending.
"What's that?" Yugi wondered.
"I don't know, but I don't like the looks of it," Joey commented.
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Lord of Dragons (Lord of D.)
Level: 4
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1200
DEF: 1100
Deck Master Ability:
Offerings to the King: Once per turn, you may activate this Deck Master Ability and tribute 2 monsters to the Graveyard to play up to 2 Dragon-Type monsters from your hand as a Special Summons.
Dragon Backup: Once per turn, you may activate this Deck Master Ability and pay 500 life points to Special Summon 1 Dragon-Type monster from your hand. If the Dragon-Type monster is Level 5 or higher, you must still offer monsters as a tribute in order to summon it.
(2)
Name: Spear Dragon
Level: 4
Type: Dragon/Effect
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1900
DEF: 0
(3)
Name: Hiro's Shadow Scout
Level: 2
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 650
DEF: 500
(4)
Name: Giant Germ
Level: 2
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1000
DEF: 100
(5)
Name: Jinzo
Level: 6
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2400
DEF: 1500
Deck Master Abilities:
Electromagnetic Seal: Once per turn activate this Deck Master, discard 1 card from your hand and pay half your Life Points when your opponent either activates a Spell or Trap or summons a monster (including special summons) to negate the action and destroy the cards involved.
Trap Paralysis: All Trap cards can not be activated. The effect of all face-up Trap cards are also negated.
(6)
Name: Cyber Jar
Level: 3
Type: Rock/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 900
DEF: 900
(7)
Name: Vorse Raider
Level: 4
Type: Beast-Warrior
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1200
(8)
Name: Injection Fairy Lily
Level: 3
Type: Fairy/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 400
DEF: 1500
(9)
Name: Satellite Cannon
Level: 5
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 0
DEF: 1850