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Fanfic Chapter 129: Insurrection Pt 2: Past Discretions
Episode Basis: Settling the Score Pt 2
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Disguised as Tristan, Nesbitt attacked Kaiba and kidnapped Mokuba. But before Nesbitt could get away with his prize, Noah appeared and demanded Mokuba be handed over to him. Kaiba, in pursuit of Nesbitt, came upon a mysterious man who turned out to be Lector as the Duel Monster Jinzo (you can guess what his special ability is) who challenged Kaiba to a duel. As Gozaburo's second-in-command, Lector believed he should've been the one to take over Kaiba Corp. and not Seto. Lector was gouging on Life Points and using them to power up his Injection Fairy Lily and then shot a rocket into space. Whatever it does, you can bet it is bad news for Kaiba. So if Nesbitt was in Tristan's body, where was Tristan's mind? Inside the body of a robot monkey. That's got to be a blow to his ego.
Yugi and his friends watched the smoke trail from the launched rocket. "What the heck was that all about?" Amara asked.
"Looked like some sort of rocket," Joey commented.
"Launched by the Big-5?" Yugi guessed.
"Maybe," Tea agreed.
One good thing about being a robot monkey is that you get to hang out in Serenity's arms all day, Tristan thought as he absent mindedly scratched his head.
"Guys, have you forgotten?" Serenity asked. "We're supposed to be looking for Tristan."
She's so cute when she acts tough, especially when all she can think about is finding me. Tristan unintentionally flicked a switch on the back of his head. I'm much better than that Romeo wanna-be Duke Devlin.
Everyone turned towards Serenity as the robot monkey started speaking in fragments, "Better… wannabe… Devlin." Tristan kept flicking the button that apparently allowed him to project his words. "Stuck… monkey… longer… bananas… eating…" He realized that everyone was staring at him. He stopped scratching thereby leaving the button in the 'on' position. "Hey, why's everyone staring at me? Huh… who turned off my mute button?"
Tea crouched and stared at the monkey. "Tristan?"
Joey leapt out of the cab and yanked the monkey from Serenity. "All right, spill it, monkey boy, who are you?"
"Come on, Joey, it's me, Tristan!"
"Bull crap, I think you're a robot spy sent by Noah!"
"No, you guys got to believe me, it's me, Tristan!" Tristan dropped to the ground and knelt before Harold. "Harold, old buddy, old pal, old friend, you know it's me, don't you? Please believe me!"
Harold stared intently at Tristan. He gaze was quizzical.
"Well, Harold?" Yugi asked.
Harold finally snapped his fingers, "I've got it, guys!"
"Yes, I knew you would come through!"
Harold pointed to Tristan. "It's a Duel Monster."
Tristan face-faulted, then gave Harold a mean look, "DO I LOOK LIKE A DUEL MONSTER, YOU NIMROD?" Tristan than took another look at his body. "Oh, I guess I do."
"It's called Acrobat Monkey (1)," Harold explained. "Don't worry, its relatively harmless."
"I guess we shouldn't be surprised about this," Yugi said. "In this world, Duel Monsters are as real as we are."
"That's true," Tea agreed remembering her encounter with the Hitotsu-Me Giants.
"So the question is what do we do about it?" Amara asked.
"I have an idea," Joey said.
Minutes later, the group was off again, except this time the robot monkey was tied up in the back. "This is cruel and unusual punishment!" Tristan protested. "You guys have to believe me, I'm Tristan."
"Sorry but we're not taking any chances," Duke said staring down at Tristan.
Tristan huffed, "I should've just stayed back at the warehouse."
Back at Kaiba's duel, Lector was saying, "Where were we? Oh yeah, I had 5 times as many life points as you and it's still my turn."
(K: 700)
(L: 3500)
"Now I'm about to eliminate you! First I'll activate Lily's special ability by giving up 2000 life points!"
(K: 700)
(L: 1500)
"Lily, attack his Behemoth with Hypodermic Shot!" Kaiba's two-headed dragon was destroyed.
"When my Behemoth is destroyed, it automatically returns to the field in defense mode with less points," Kaiba said as his monster reappeared.
(THB: 1500-1000, 1200-1000)
"Fine, then I'll activate the magic card Cure Master which lets me raise my life points by 1000, no questions asked."
(K: 700)
(L: 2500)
Kaiba scowled; that meant that he could use Lily's special ability again and not lose the duel. "By the way, Mister Kaiba, remember that rocket I launched earlier? Well keep an eye on its energy gauge." The card picture had transformed into an energy gauge that was slowly climbing.
By this time, the others have arrived on the bridge. Yugi and Joey jumped out and ran to the edge. "Kaiba!" Yugi called.
Kaiba turned around. "Yugi."
Noah and Mokuba were watching all this on the screen, "How sweet," Noah said snidely. "The whole gang's here, now Seto will have an audience to witness his destruction."
"My brother will stop that creep," Mokuba snapped. "Then he'll come and rescue me."
Noah chuckled, "You seem confident that your brother cares about you," he observed. "Well you're wrong!"
Mokuba gasped.
"Hey Yug, would you look at that? Kaiba's up against the meanest, badest monster around."
"That's right, Joey, it's Jinzo and if that's the Deck Master, that means that Kaiba can't use any of his trap cards."
"That's not fair," Tea complained. "It's like dueling with half a deck."
"A third of a deck, actually," Amara corrected. "Kaiba can still use monster and magic cards."
"But that doesn't change the fact that Kaiba has a severe handicap," Duke pointed out.
Even at a handicap, I can outduel this old geezer, Kaiba thought as he drew a card. He chuckled, "Looks like there's foul weather ahead. I play the magic card Heavy Storm now all your magic and trap cards are destroyed!"
"No they're not, I reveal my final face-down card, Imperial Order. Now you can't play any magic cards, all I have to do is pay 700 life points during every one of my turn."
"Oh no," Mokuba gasped as Heavy Storm was prematurely destroyed. Noah smirked.
"It's my turn now. First I gain 500 life points from Solemn Wishes and another 1000 from Life Absorbing Machine, then I pay 700 life points to keep Imperial Order in play."
(K: 700)
(L: 3300)
"Then I'll activate my Satellite Cannon!"
High in space, a satellite with a giant laser cannon hovered, targeting Kaiba's side of the field since it arrived. Upon receiving a signal, it charged up and fired an intense beam towards the planet.
A large shaft of energy obliterated Kaiba's Wicked Worm Beast (2). The blast was so powerful that it sent shockwaves coursing outward. Yugi and the gang held on to their truck to protect themselves.
"How can I stop a weapon that's up there?" Kaiba wondered.
"You can't," Lector pointed out. "My Satellite Cannon can withstand attacks form almost any Duel Monster."
"Is that true?" Serenity asked.
"Pretty much," Amara confirmed.
"Have you heard of Satellite Cannon, Amara?" Duke asked.
"Only rumors about it. The rumors are that it's the only Duel Monster of its kind."
"Its kind?" Joey questioned.
"Satellite Cannon can't be destroyed by any Duel Monster with less than seven stars in its power level," Amara explained. "Plus for every turn it remains on the field, it grows stronger. There was a particular rumor about only one of that card existing. But since then, the card's been banned from normal tournament play."
"Normal tournament play, yes," Joey agreed. "But whoever said this was a normal tournament?"
"You're about to lose everything, Mister Kaiba," Lector said. "Serves you right for destroying your own step-father and betraying the Big-5. Now you will pay the price for using others to get what you want, including your own brother!"
"What the heck is he talking about?" Joey asked.
"Your guess is as good as mine," Duke answered.
"I find it hard to believe that Kaiba would use Mokuba like that," Harold said.
"I agree, Harold," Yugi said.
"It's a lie!" Mokuba cried out. "My brother would never do something like that."
"Mokuba," Noah said calmly. "It's about time you learned the harsh truth about your brother."
"What do you mean?" Mokuba asked nervously.
"Listen to what Lector has to say."
Your treachery began when your step-father, Gozaburo gave you ten million dollars to test your business skills. Gozaburo was impressed at your abilities and your cruelty. And impressing Gozaburo Kaiba is no easy feat. Believe me, I tried. But that wasn't good enough for you, was it, Mister Kaiba? No, now that you had a taste of power, you found that you wanted more. And there was only one way to do it.
"I called you five in here because my step-father treats you like crap. I don't think its fair and I have a feeling you don't think it's fair either. Johnson, my step-father blames you for Kaiba Corp.'s arraignment in the death of Dr. Hunter. Crump, your counting skills are the best in the world but I believe my step-father has been wasting your abilities on needless calculations. All of you deserve better, and I'm willing to offer you more."
"What do you mean, Mister Kaiba?"
"Simple, Lector, if we were to take control of Kaiba Corporation away from my step-father, we would be able to run it as a team. And I guarantee you that, when the takeover is complete, all of you will be incredibly wealthy and immensely powerful."
We all started buying up as many shares of Kaiba Corp. as possible. But we soon discovered that we had problems. It was getting harder and harder to acquire shares of stock in the company. Somebody was tipping Gozaburo off and you told everyone it was Mokuba. We even believed it after you assaulted him in your room.
"How could you, Mokuba? I thought you were my brother, but you betrayed me!"
"No, Seto, it wasn't me!"
"Liar! Get out of my sight, I never want to see you again!"
Mokuba clenched his knees. "That was the most horrible day of my life," he said trying to hold back tears.
Heartbroken, Mokuba turned to the only other person who might understand, Gozaburo!
"I see, so Seto thinks you betrayed him and assaulted you."
"Yes, sir, I thought I might come and tell you."
"You did the right thing, kid, the only thing I hate more than failure is traitors. Rest assured, all traitors will get what's coming to them."
"Yes, sir."
"I'd like to thank you for bringing this to my attention. I reward those who are faithful to me and here is your reward, two percent of Kaiba Corp."
"Two percent?"
"That's right, and between the two of us, Seto and the Big-5 don't stand a chance."
So on that fateful day, the six of us stood as one against your step-father, Gozaburo.
"The Big-5 and I are sick of your tyrannical rule so we're taking control of Kaiba Corp!"
"Hah, nice try, kid, but you've failed."
"No I haven't, I've already brought 51 of Kaiba Corp."
"Actually, you have only 49."
"What?"
"You heard me, I had a feeling you might betray me so I put two percent of shares to a silent partner and without 51, the takeover can not happen. You've failed, boy. As for the five of you, you're all fired for betraying me! Clean out your desks, I don't want to see any of you in this town ever again! And as for you, Seto, are going back to the Orphanage where all riff-raff like you belong!"
"No he's not!"
"Mokuba!"
"What do you mean he's not?"
"You can't fire the new President of Kaiba Corp."
"But I'm the president!"
"Not any more, I'm giving Seto my 2 so he now has the 51 he needs."
"NOOOOO!"
"Gozaburo disappeared shortly after that," Lector concluded. "Everyone said he committed suicide and it was all your fault! You played us all for fools, Kaiba! It wasn't really Mokuba who leaked our plans to Gozaburo, it was you all along!"
"No way!" Mokuba gasped. "I don't believe it!"
"You're just like your step-father, you always like to let your opponent to think he's winning before you crush him. So you deliberately leaked information to Gozaburo's spies and made him think it was Mokuba just so you could get Gozaburo to give Mokuba his share of the company. You knew your brother would remain loyal to you no matter how badly you treated him."
"Mokuba was the only one I ever fully trusted," Kaiba said in his defense. "I knew that together, we could take our step-father down together."
"You used him and took advantage of his trust!"
"Stop," Mokuba pleaded. "I don't want to hear any more!"
"You used him and us!"
"I've heard enough of your whining," Kaiba snapped. "If you can't win, then don't play the game. And speaking of game, it's my move!" Kaiba dramatically drew a card. "I play the monster card Spirit Ryu (3)! Spirit Ryu, attack his Injection Fairy Lily now!"
"How soon we've forgotten, I activate Lily's special ability."
(K: 700)
(L: 1300)
(IFL: 400-3400)
"Well I'll activate my monster's special effect too," Kaiba said. "By discarding two dragon cards, I can raise the attack points of my monster by 2000!"
(SR: 1000-3000, 1000-3000)
Despite that, Spirit Ryu was still destroyed.
(K: 300)
(L: 1300)
"Why did Kaiba allow Lector to destroy his monster like that?" Tea asked.
"I'm sure Kaiba knows what he's doing," Yugi assured her.
"Just wish I knew also," Harold added.
"My turn isn't over yet, Lector! Twin-Headed Behemoth, attack his Injection Fairy Lily now!" The two-headed dragon attacked the Fairy.
"Oh no," Lector gasped. "I don't have enough life points to activate Lily's effect. My Fairy's doomed.
The Fairy was destroyed.
(K: 300)
(L: 700)
"You can only use your monster's effect as long as your life points are high. Otherwise, it was just an easy target for my two-headed dragon."
Lector growled and drew a card. "I'll take 500 life points from Solemn Wishes and 350 from Life-Absorbing Machine."
(K: 300)
(L: 1550)
"Don't forget to pay 700 life points to keep Imperial Order in play," Kaiba reminded him.
"I can't risk losing that much so I'll destroy it," Lector decided removing the card from play.
"Awesome," Yugi cheered. "Now Kaiba can use his magic cards again!"
"He might win this after all," Joey figured.
"Looks like as usual I'm one step ahead of you, Lector," Kaiba taunted.
"It's not over yet! I set a monster in defense mode and use my Satellite Cannon to destroy your Behemoth!" Once again a shaft of energy totally disintegrated the monster.
"I will not allow my past to come in the way of my future," Kaiba declared as he drew a card. "First I play the magic card Pot of Greed, this lets me draw two extra cards. First I play a magic card called Cure Master. Because you've played it yourself, you should know what it does."
(K: 1300)
(L: 1550)
"Next I summon Possessed Dark Soul (4) in attack mode and have it attack your face-down card." As the fire monster attacked, a blue-skinned fairy with red hair was revealed.
"You just turned over my Dreamsprite (5)," Lector said. "Which lets me redirect your attack to any other monster I have and I choose my Satellite Cannon!" The blast went up and disappeared into the stratosphere. Because the card remained on the field, it was obvious that the attack failed. "You're just one turn away from me gaining control over your body!"
As much as I hate to admit it, he's right, it all comes down to this draw. Mokuba, this is for you.
Come on, Big Brother, you can do it.
Kaiba reached to his deck and drew a card.
He drew it.
"First I set a monster in defense mode," Kaiba began. "And next I'll activate my Deck Master's special ability! By paying 500 life points…"
(K: 800)
(L: 1550)
"I can have Lord of Dragons summon any dragon monster from my hand. Now I sacrifice my two monsters on the field so I can summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
"Yes!" Mokuba cheered.
"That's the ticket," Harold cheered. "Knock that thing from the sky, Blue-Eyes."
The mighty dragon flapped its wings and ascended into the air. Kaiba then revealed something that Lector apparently forgot, "Satellite Cannon only has attack points when it's about to attack. Otherwise, its attack points are… 0!"
The Blue-Eyes White Dragon came out of orbit and faced the Satellite Cannon. It fired its White Lightning Attack and destroyed it.
(K: 800)
(L: 0)
The pieces of the Satellite Cannon burned up in orbit making it appear as fireworks.
Yugi and the others cheered Kaiba's victory.
Kaiba dashed forward and grabbed Lector by his cloak, "Now tell me where Mokuba is!"
"You'll never see your brother again," Lector said as he began to dissolve. "But you will see me again, count on it!" And before Kaiba could demand any more information, Lector disappeared.
"All right, way to go, Seto!" Mokuba cheered.
"Mokuba, how could you still cheer for him?" Noah asked bewildered. "He used you in his take over of Kaiba Corp."
"I'll stand by my brother no matter what," Mokuba declared. "We're family and nothing will ever separate us!"
Noah scowled darkly, I'll show him family.
The End
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Acrobat Monkey
Level: 3
Type: Machine
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1800
(2)
Name: The Wicked Worm Beast
Level: 3
Type: Beast/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1400
DEF: 700
(3)
Name: Spirit Ryu
Level: 4
Type: Dragon/Effect
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1000
(4)
Name: Possessed Dark Soul
Level: 3
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1200
DEF: 800
(5)
Name: Dreamsprite
Level: 2
Type: Plant/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 300
DEF: 200