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Fanfic Chapter 131: The Alliance Pt 1: Team Up
Episode Basis: Merger of the Big-5 Pt 1
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! After defeating the last of the Big-5, you would expect that the gang to finally get out of there. No such luck. First Kaiba went off on a search for Mokuba only to discover that Mokuba had taken Noah's side. Yugi and Tea explored an old mansion that apparently at one time belonged to Kaiba and discovered a photograph which showed Noah next to Kaiba's step-father, Gozaburo. Harold got captured by Noah but Yugi was able to free him. Noah revealed to the four of them that he was Gozaburo's son which didn't make any sense to Kaiba considering how he never met Noah before today. Meanwhile, the members of the Big-5 who hadn't got a human body appeared to Joey and the others and attacked them hoping to take their bodies by force. But Noah stopped the assault and spirited the Big-5 away. Everyone was reunited and they discovered something really shocking: that Noah hasn't aged in six years. Something's off about that.
"You fools think you can just go behind my back and take whatever you wish?" Noah, flanked by Kimo and Mokuba, chastised Gansley, Crump, Johnson, and Lector. "Your recklessness is making me look bad!"
"Forgive us, Master Noah," Crump said. "It's been so long since we've had a body, we got desperate. Besides… it was Johnson's idea!"
"Now just wait a second, you little toad," Johnson retorted. "I was the only one with an idea; all you did was come along for the ride!"
"Would you two stop your arguing," Gansley said. "We would've gotten their bodies too if Noah hadn't taken us away."
"Perhaps if you weren't so desperate for a body, you wouldn't be in this much trouble," Kimo pointed out.
"You're in no position to be lecturing us, Kimo," Lector said. "You don't have a body either."
"I don't care if I ever get a body, as long as I get my revenge on those rats!"
"That's a load of bull," Gansley commented.
"That's enough," Noah snapped. "You four are acting more childish than Yugi and his friends." The four burst into protest.
"Excuse me, Master Noah," Nesbitt said appearing. "I just thought I would check in before proceeding to the real world in Tristan's body."
"Hold on, he lost his duel too," Lector protested.
"Yeah, that body doesn't belong to him alone."
"At least I didn't need to cheat like Johnson."
"I object!"
"Be silent," Noah commanded. "You know what, Crump, you have a point. I think you should all share Tristan's body."
"Share?" The Big-5 said as one.
"Yes, share Tristan's body so you can beat Seto's strongest rival, Yugi Moto. Defeating him will prove once and for all that I deserve Seto's empire. If you win, I'll let you each have a body."
"Yes, Master Noah," all of the Big-5 said.
Noah cast a side glance at Kimo. "Kimo, go with them."
"Me? But…"
"You're getting a second chance at revenge and besides, considering how strong Seto's rival is, they're going to need all the help they can get."
Kimo nodded and disappeared.
Yugi and the others sat around their toppled over truck still digesting what they discovered.
"Okay, riddle me this," Amara said. "If the Noah we've been looking at isn't the real Noah, what is it?"
"Maybe some sort of back-up file," Tea offered.
"Maybe that Noah's image is just a hologram like the rest of this dump," Joey suggested.
"It's possible," Yugi said. "But somehow I doubt it."
"But it would explain Noah's grudge against Kaiba," Harold pointed out.
"All I know is that my body is somewhere out there and I want it back," Tristan whined.
"And Mokuba's been captured too," Serenity added. "So we still have a long way to go before we leave this place."
Kaiba let out a furious grunt and started to walk away. "Kaiba, wait up," Yugi called.
"This doesn't concern you, Yugi, so stay out of it," Kaiba snapped.
But Tea stepped in Kaiba's path. "We want to help," she told him.
"This is family business," Kaiba said and moved to walk past her.
But Tea wouldn't let him pass just yet. "In case you have a poor memory, it's your family business that got us all trapped here in the first place and we can help you find Mokuba." Kaiba looked away. "Mokuba is our friend and we want to help him just as much as you do."
"Why don't you worry about him instead," Kaiba said pointing to the bluff behind them. They all turned and saw Tristan's body looking down at them.
"Tristan!"
"It's not Tristan, remember?" Joey reminded them. "It's that techno-geek, Nesbitt."
"Even though Serenity and I wasted him, he still got Tristan's body," Harold said clenching his fist. Serenity and Tristan had a feeling that Harold was still kicking himself over his dormancy in their duel.
A chorus of laughs emitted from Tristan's mouth as well as several voices. "I'm not alone… today's special is six for the price of one… and the verdict is in… we have teamed up to annihilate you… you're no longer dealing with just the Big-5, you're dealing with the Council of 6 (AN1)." All the Deck Masters of the people trapped in Tristan's body appeared and flanked him.
"You've got to be kidding," Amara said. "Just when I think these guys couldn't get any crazier, they do."
"Give Tristan's body back!" Yugi demanded.
"There's only one way you'll do that," Gansley said. "And that's to beat us in a duel."
"Wait a second," Nesbitt protested to the others. "I never agreed to give Tristan's body back."
"It's our body too," Crump pointed out.
"And besides, whoever said we were going to keep our word?" Johnson added. "You know fully well that businessmen like us rarely keep their word."
Nesbitt let out a frustrated sigh. "Fine."
A Duel Disk appeared on Tristan's arm. "Now, Little-Yugi, prepare to duel!"
"Fine," Yugi said as he and Yami merged. "I accept your challenge," Yami-Yugi said.
"Hold on, Yug," Joey said stepping forward. "Six on one isn't fair, so why don't we make it six on two."
"You mean six on three," Amara said also stepping forward.
"Actually, he means six on four," Harold said. "I may have stood by before but not again, never again!"
"Agreed."
"Wait!"
"What is it now?" Gansley asked Kimo.
"This is getting out of hand the original plan was to have the six of us duel only Yugi."
"Young Joseph is weak and the other two are inexperienced to handle such an intense duel," Johnson argued.
"That's strange, I seem to recall that weakling defeating you in a duel," jabbed Lector.
"It doesn't matter," Johnson said. "I'm about to hit them with a legal technicality."
"Seeing as how there are four of you and only one of us, I propose a handicap in our favor," Johnson told the Duelists.
"What kind of handicap?" Amara asked scowling.
"Our life points, you will start with 4000 while we start with 8000."
"That's totally unfair," Amara protested.
"Take it or leave it," Johnson said.
"We'll take it," Yami-Yugi said. "Don't worry, everyone, we'll get through this together."
The cards scrolled in front of them and they each started to pick their decks. As Joey searched around for his monsters, he spotted Cyber Harpie (1) towards the edge. He briefly recalled Mai's defeat at the hands of Yami-Marik and Johnson impersonating her. He picked it. Mai, I promise that as soon as we get out of this virtual dump, I'll rescue you. In the mean time, I hope this makes it like you're dueling along side us.
"Next, you must each choose a Deck Master," Gansley instructed.
"Then I choose the Dark Magician (2)," Yugi said.
"I'll pick Flame Swordsman," Joey announced.
"Wingweaver (3) for me."
"And I choose D.D. Warrior Lady (4)," Amara said. The four Deck Masters appeared behind their respective Duelists.
"We'll be rotating our Deck Masters," Gansley said. "I'll start off with Deep Sea Warrior. Now that we're all set, let's get down to business."
"Yeah, let's duel," Harold agreed.
(Y: 4000)
(J: 4000)
(H: 4000)
(A: 4000)
(6: 8000)
"I'll start by playing the field magic card known as A Legendary Ocean." Tea, Duke, and Serenity quickly ran for the nearest mesa as the field around the Duelists became engulfed with water.
"I don't think I'm waterproof," Tristan said perched on Serenity's shoulder.
"Next I summon The Legendary Fisherman (5)!" A burly man riding a shark and holding a spear appeared.
"It's Mako's monster," Joey realized. Then he said, "Wait a minute that monster has five stars and you need to sacrifice a monster to summon it!"
"Not with their field magic card," Yami-Yugi explained.
"Huh?"
"He's right," Amara said. "A Legendary Ocean can downgrade all monsters' level by one making The Legendary Fisherman easier to summon."
"Plus it raises its attack and defense power."
(TLF: 1850-2050)
"I'll go next," Joey said drawing his sixth card. So far, I don't have any monsters that can beat it, I'll have to play defense for now. "I summon Alligator Sword (6) in defense mode!" A humanoid alligator wearing armor appeared with its arms crossed.
"I'll go next," Yami-Yugi decided. "I summon Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (7) in defense mode." A lion-like creature appeared perched on its hind legs. "Harold, you're up."
"Got it," Harold said. "I summon Mystical Elf in defense mode followed by one card face-down. That's all for now."
"Don't forget about me," Amara said as she started her turn. "I summon Kanan the Swordmistress in defense mode. That ends my turn."
"Then I guess it's my turn again," Gansley said.
"Hold on, Gansley!"
"What is it, Crump, can't you see I'm working."
"Let me take over."
"Why?"
"Look, I crunched the numbers and I conclude that my Deck Master is more suited for the monster on the field than yours."
"Oh fine."
"Okay, time for some penguin power."
"Oh gross, it's Crump," Tea said shivering.
"I'm glad to see my reputation precedes me. First order of business is to change Deck Masters." Deep Sea Warrior disappeared and Nightmare Penguin appeared.
"Beat that flipper-footed freak," Tea called to the Duelists.
"Easier said than done," Crump said. "Because with Nightmare Penguin on the field, all water monsters get an additional 200 point boost."
(TLF: 2050-2250)
"Legendary Fisherman, attack Yugi's King of Mythical Beasts now!" The Legendary Fisherman threw his spear and skewered Gazelle. "Next I activate the magic card Double Attack which allows him to attack again. Legendary Fisherman, attack Mystical Elf!" Mystical Elf was also stabbed. "Last, I summon Catapult Turtle (8) in defense mode." Catapult Turtle was also increased by Nightmare Penguin and A Legendary Ocean.
(CT: 1000-1400, 2000-2200)
"We've got to get rid of that magic card," Joey said. "Before we have to say bye-bye to our bodies."
"Yeah, but how?" Harold asked.
When The Council of 6 first appeared, Kaiba took the opportunity of everyone being distracted to sneak off to look for Mokuba. But something was nagging at his mind, Noah. There was no way a kid like him could be Gozaburo's son. He last saw Gozaburo about six years ago so Noah should be about his age, yet when Kaiba finally got a full glimpse of him during Joey's duel, he clearly looked only a little bit older than Mokuba.
Kaiba's first thought was that Noah was lying. It was a definite possibility and wouldn't be the first time someone lied to him to get what they wanted. But why go through such an elaborate set-up like all this just to prove a lie?
Kaiba's next thought was that the Big-5 put him up to it but he immediately dismissed that thought, believing that those fools didn't have a collective brain cell to devise something like this.
His third theory, Kaiba didn't even want to entertain, dismissing it as Yugi's superstitious nonsense rubbing off on him. The thought was that Noah was dead and this was his ghost who refused to cross over. But even if there were such things as ghosts, they wouldn't be able to inhabit computers. There was something he was missing, some piece of the puzzle he overlooked. But until he found Mokuba, Noah's origins and filial claims would have to wait.
"It's now my turn," Joey said. He drew the trap card Kunai with Chain. "I set one card face-down and summon Cyber Harpie in attack mode!"
"That's one of Mai's cards," Amara realized.
Poor Joey, Tea thought. He must really care about her if he chose to play her favorite card. She looked across to Yami-Yugi. I kind of know how he feels.
This is for you, Mai. "Finally I switch my Alligator Sword to attack mode."
"Please tell me that was an accidental move," Amara said.
"No, I think he meant to do that," Harold said looking at Joey's face-down card.
"I end my turn," Joey announced.
"Fine, then it's my move," Yami-Yugi said. I don't have anything I can use to destroy his Legendary Fisherman, I'll just have to rely on Joey's face-down card for now. From the looks on their faces, Harold and Amara were thinking the same thing or at least Amara was. "For my move, I'll also summon a Mystical Elf in defense mode. That ends my turn."
"I don't know about you guys but I'm sick of being waterlogged. I think it's time for a change of scenery. So I'll replace your Legendary Ocean with a field magic card of my own, Fusion Gate!" The water dried up and they were now standing on a grid.
(LF: 2250-2050)
(CT: 1400-1200)
"With Fusion Gate, I can combine two monsters without the use of a Polymerization card. All I have to do is remove them from play. And now I think I'll take a cue from Serenity's book and combine Marie the Fallen One and The Forgiving Maiden to form St. Joan." The warrior monster that defeated Nesbitt appeared. "St. Joan, attack his Legendary Fisherman with Heaven's Saber!" St. Joan charged forward and destroyed the water monster.
(Y: 4000)
(J: 4000)
(H: 4000)
(A: 4000)
(6: 7250)
"That ends my turn," Harold announced.
"You idiot," Johnson called Crump. "You allowed him to destroy your best monster!"
"Shut up, I know what I'm doing," Crump snapped.
"I guess it's my turn," Amara said as she drew a new card. "I play the magic card Hinotama which deals 200 points of direct damage to you." Crump was pelted with fireballs.
(Y: 4000)
(J: 4000)
(H: 4000)
(A: 4000)
(6: 7050)
"That ends my turn." I probably shouldn't use up my best cards on the spot, I'm sure they have their powerful monsters in their deck.
"It's my turn," Johnson said.
"Back off," Crump said pushing him aside.
"My move," Crump announced. "I'll sacrifice my Catapult Turtle so I can summon Terrorking Salmon (9) in attack mode!"
(TS: 2400-2600)
"I then activate another A Legendary Ocean card powering it up."
(TS: 2600-2800)
"Terrorking Salmon, destroy St. Joan!"
"St. Joan, retaliate," Harold ordered. Terrorking Salmon bit down on St. Joan's arm at the same time St. Joan stabbed her sword into the Salmon's head. Both monsters were destroyed.
"I then play Ocean of Rejuvenation to bring back Terrorking Salmon. You see, when it comes to numbers, nobody is better than me!"
"We'll see," Joey said starting his turn. "All righty then, I play the magic card Harpie's Feather Duster!"
"That's another of Mai's cards," Harold told Amara. All the magic and trap cards on Crump's side of the field were destroyed.
(TS: 2800-2600)
"That should help even the odds a little. Yugi?"
"Right," Yami-Yugi said drawing a card. "I play Monster Reborn to revive Gazelle and I'll sacrifice it and Mystical Elf to summon Buster Blader (10) in attack mode followed by the magic card called Legendary Sword which powers it up by 300 points!"
(BB: 2600-2900)
"Buster Blader, attack Terrorking Salmon now!" Buster Blader sliced Terrorking Salmon in half.
"I never liked fish," Amara said jokingly.
(Y: 4000)
(J: 4000)
(H: 4000)
(A: 4000)
(6: 6750)
"That ends my turn. Harold, prepare for an attack."
"I understand, Yugi," Harold said. "I summon Venus the Agent of Creation (11) in defense mode and I'll use her special ability to summon two Mystical Shine Balls (12) also in defense mode." Harold's three monsters appeared.
(Y: 4000)
(J: 4000)
(H: 3000)
(A: 4000)
(6: 6750)
"I also set one card face-down and end my turn."
Amara drew a card, "I summon Maiden's Siren (13) in defense mode. And that's it."
Crump still wasn't giving up. "First I play Aqua Torrent which lets me summon the top water monster from my deck. Now I summon High-Tide Gyojin (14) in attack mode. Next, I play the magic card Non-Spellcasting Area, now none of us can play magic cards. The only exceptions are field magic cards and Deck Master abilities!"
(HTG: 1850-2250)
"High-Tide Gyojin, attack his Cyber Harpie now!"
"Crump, wait," Lector called out. But it was too late.
"I reveal my face-down card Kunai with Chain. It stops your monster's attack and raises my Cyber Harpie's attack power."
(CH: 1800-2300)
Cyber Harpie destroyed Gyojin.
(Y: 4000)
(J: 4000)
(H: 3000)
(A: 4000)
(6: 6700)
"That move was for you, Mai," Joey said.
"We're doing great, guys," Harold said. "But we still have a long way to go. They still have more life points than us and if we're going to stay as we are, then we're going to have to hit them fast and hard."
"Right," the others said.
To Be Continued.
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Cyber Harpie (Cyber Harpie Lady)
Level: 4
Type: Winged-Beast/Effect
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1800
DEF: 1300
(2)
Name: Dark Magician
Level: 7
Type: Spellcaster
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2500
DEF: 2100
Deck Master Ability:
Knife Trick: Once per turn, if you have a Dark Magician face-up on your side of the field, activate this Deck Master Ability to flip a coin. If it's heads, destroy 1 monster on the field.
Double Cast: Once per game, activate this Deck Master Ability when you activate a Spell and Trap card to use the effect of the Spell or Trap card twice upon its activation, instead of only once.
(3)
Name: Wingweaver
Level: 7
Type: Fairy
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2750
DEF: 2400
Deck Master Ability: Ascension of Serapheem: Once per game, activate this Deck Master's ability by removing normal light monsters in your hand or your deck whose level equals 10 or more. You may special summon 1 Serapheem from your hand or deck with the magic card Heavenly Light without sacrificing Wingweaver.
(4)
Name: D.D. Warrior Lady
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1600
Deck Master Ability: Reappointment from Another Earth: Downgrade all Warrior-Type monsters in your hand and on the field by 2 levels.
(5)
Name: The Legendary Fisherman
Level: 5
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Water
ATK: 1850
DEF: 1600
(6)
Name: Alligator Sword
Level: 4
Type: Reptile
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1200
(7)
Name: Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts
Level: 4
Type: Beast
Attribute; Earth
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1200
(8)
Name: Catapult Turtle
Level: 5
Type: Aqua/Effect
Attribute: Water
ATK: 1000
DEF: 2000
(9)
Name: Terrorking Salmon
Level: 5
Type: Fish
Attribute: Water
ATK: 2400
DEF: 1000
(10)
Name: Buster Blader
Level: 7
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 2600
DEF: 2300
(11)
Name: Venus the Agent of Creation
Level: 3
Type: Fairy/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1600
DEF: 0
(12)
Name: Mystical Shine Ball
Level: 2
Type: Fairy
Attribute: Light
ATK: 500
DEF: 500
(13)
Name: Maiden's Siren
Level: 5
Type: Aqua/Effect
Attribute: Water
ATK: 2150
DEF: 2200
(14)
Name: High-Tide Gyojin
Level: 4
Type: Aqua
Attribute: Water
ATK: 1650
DEF: 1300
A/N 1: I know, I know, the name is crappy. It was the best I could think of on such short notice. Besides, I wanted to avoid copyrighted names like the Sinister 6 or the Council of Elders. If you guys have a better name, I'm all ears.