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Fanfic Chapter 136: Family Feud Pt 1: Brothers in Arms
Episode Basis: Brothers in Arms Pt 1

Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Kaiba set out to find Mokuba and hopefully, a clue as to who Noah really was. What he found out was beyond what he expected. A home movie projector revealed two important clues: that someone besides Noah was orchestrating this Virtual Wars. The other clue he found was that Gozaburo and his wife attended a funeral for Noah. But if Noah was dead, then who was the one who captured him. The answer came in the form of a giant metal sphere. As it turned out, Noah did indeed suffer a fatal accident and Gozaburo manage to preserve his mind by downloading it into a computer. This Noah was nothing more than a computer file, a computer file intending on taking over Kaiba's body and returning to the real world to take over Kaiba Corp. He challenged Kaiba to a duel. Meanwhile, Yugi and the others were on the fast track to disaster when the handrail cart they were using went out of control. You guys all know what's coming next.

"Are you prepared to lose your body, Seto?" Noah asked. "Soon, you will be trapped here in the virtual world as I am now, only you won't have the near limitless powers that I have."

"Give me a break, shrimp," Kaiba said harshly. "Even if you are Gozaburo's biological son, that doesn't give you any more right to run Kaiba Corp. than me."

"How dare you! I am a God in this world."

"Too bad, I was never much of a religious man," Kaiba joked. "Now enough idle chit-chat, let's duel!"

Noah smirked and held up his hand. A Duel Disk appeared on it and activated. "I have already prepared my deck, have you?"

"I have," Kaiba confirmed. "Now meet my Deck Master, Kaiser Sea Horse (1)!" A strange fish-human hybrid monster in blue armor and carrying a double-bladed spear and a shield appeared.

"Very well then," Noah said drawing his initial hand. Kaiba did likewise. "Let's duel!"

(K: 4000)
(N: 4000)

Meanwhile, Yugi and the others were still rolling out of control. Yugi was almost flung off but Tea grabbed him by his Millennium Puzzle and dragged him back to the cart where he held on to the edge for dear life.

"Somebody, stop this thing," Duke cried.

"Harold, use your Armlet," Yugi called.

"Oh, right," Harold said. The sudden splash of fear have made Harold forget that he had the power to stop or at least slow their acceleration.

"It's too late," Amara shouted. "Look!" Everyone looked ahead and saw a rock wall coming up on them fast.

"No it's not," Harold said and activated his Armlet.

"I'll start by summoning my Giant Germ in attack mode followed by one face-down card." Noah made two critical mistakes: the first was taking Mokuba from me and the second was challenging me to a duel. And he'll find that out the hard way once I activate my Crush Card sending a powerful virus into his deck destroying every monster with over 1500 attack points.

Noah drew a sixth card. "I summon Chiron the Mage (2) in attack mode!" A centaur carrying a staff with an orb on one end appeared.

A loud scream herald Yugi and the gang as they burst through a rock face (courtesy of Harold's Armlet) and landed on another rock island in the middle of the lava pool.

Serenity opened her eyes, "Hey, that fall wasn't as painful as I thought."

"Speak for yourself, Serenity." Serenity looked down and saw that she was the apex of a pile that had Yugi, Tea, Joey, and Duke on bottom, then Harold, Amara, and Tristan.

"Oops," Serenity said and quickly climbed down.

As the gang disentangled themselves from one another, they spied the duel going on. "Whoa, Kaiba's dueling Noah," Amara realized.

"Kaiba, be careful!" Yugi called out.

"How cute," Noah said snidely. "Seto's little fan club arrived and just in time to witness his final duel."

Kaiba regarded Yugi and the others with a combo look of annoyance and indifference. They were the last thing he needed right now.

"Kaiba can't let Noah win," Serenity said.

"If he does let Noah win, we'll never get my body back or blow this pop stand," Tristan added jumping up and down and squeaking like a monkey.

"Where were we?" Noah asked Kaiba. "Oh yes, I was activating Chiron the Mage's special ability: Mirror of Truth."

"Mirror of Truth?"

"Right, Chiron can reveal and destroy a face-down card." Kaiba's Crush Card appeared in Chiron's mask and the actual card was destroyed. "Now, Chiron, attack his Giant Germ!" Chiron fired a blast of energy from its staff and destroyed the amoeba.

(K: 3200)
(N: 4000)

"Nice try, but Giant Germ has a special ability too. When it's destroyed it can automatically return at the same time dealing 500 points of damage to you."

(K: 3200)
(N: 3500)

"Oh please," Noah said rolling his eyes. "Giant Germ is weak, there's no way it can destroy Chiron the Mage."

"But whoever said I was going to attack with it?" Kaiba asked rhetorically as he drew a card. "I plan to use Giant Germ as a sacrifice so I can summon Vampire Lord (3)!" A blue-skinned human with fangs in purple robes and a long flowing cape appeared. "Vampire Lord, attack Chiron the Mage now!" An energy blast came out of Vampire Lord's mouth and destroyed Chiron the Mage.

(K: 3200)
(N: 3300)

"When Vampire Lord destroys a monster, I can make an opponent discard one card of my choice. Now discard a monster card."

Noah shrugged indifferently and sent his Giant Soldier of Stone (4) to the graveyard. "It was a worthless card anyway. It's my move now and I'll start by playing the magic card Fissure." A crack to the lava flow opened up and sucked Vampire Lord in. "Next I summon Aris (5) in attack mode!" Aeris attacked Kaiba directly.

(K: 1400)
(N: 3300)

"Kaiba lost almost 2000 life points with that attack!" Tea cried.

"It's not over yet," Harold said. "I don't think Kaiba would let himself be beaten this easily."

"Don't give up, Big Guy," Amara called.

"Yeah, keep fighting," Yugi added.

"He should just give up," Noah said placing a card face-down. "I'll allow him to retain his body if he turns over control of Kaiba Corp. to me."

"That's blackmail!" Amara shouted.

"Take it or leave it."

Kaiba started his turn. "I'd rather see my company run into the ground than turn it over to the likes of you! First, my Vampire Lord returns to the field!" A coffin risen up out of the lava. "Being a vampire, Vampire Lord is immortal and can't be destroyed so easily." The coffin opened up and produced the Vampire Lord. "Next I summon Slate Warrior (6) in attack mode!"

"I never thought I'd be rooting for Kaiba," Joey commented. "Let's go, Rich Boy!"

"I hate to point out the obvious," Amara said. "But if Kaiba loses, then there's no chance we'll be getting out of here."

"If Kaiba loses, I'll be stuck a monkey forever," Tristan said depressed.

"You're a fool, Seto, you can't beat me; this is my world!"

"Give me a break this is just a rip-off of my own virtual software, though I'm beginning to suspect I know where you got your hands on it. Vampire Lord, attack him now!"

"I reveal my trap card: Earthshaker," Noah cried. Vampire Lord's attack stopped. "Here's how it works. I pick two monster attributes and you must send a monster that meets one of those attributes to the graveyard. I choose wind and dark."

Kaiba looked from Vampire Lord, a dark monster, to Slate Warrior, a wind monster. Finally, he decided, "I choose to send my Vampire Lord to the graveyard!"

"I don't get it," Joey said as Vampire Lord disappeared. "Why did Kaiba send that monsters to the card graveyard when it clearly has more attack points than Noah's?"

"Vampire Lord is immortal, Joey," Yugi reminded him. "It'll just return on Kaiba's next turn."

"Good thing Kaiba still has his wind monster," Amara said.

"Slate Warrior, attack his monster now!" Noah's monster was destroyed.

(K: 1400)
(N: 3200)

"Looks like things are looking up for Kaiba," Joey commented.

"He's trailing in life points thought plus it's Noah's turn," Yugi responded. "We still have a long way to go."

Harold groaned in despair.

"I play the magic card Giant Flood which washes away all monsters on the field!"

"Not again," Tristan cried as a giant tidal wave rushed at them. Fortunately, it missed them.

Slate Warrior wasn't so lucky, it was literally pulled under. Kaiba actually saw it struggle to stay afloat but to no avail.

"It's time for you to meet my Deck Master," Noah decided. Kaiba quickly realized that a couple of turns have passed since the duel began and so far he hadn't seen hide or hair of Noah's Deck Master. Of course Noah wouldn't disobey his own rules. But why hadn't he called upon it until now? He must've been waiting to play Giant Flood so he could summon it, but why?

Kaiba got his answer, though later on, he wished he didn't even think of that question.

A large wooden boat with a single sail appeared. The bow of the boat opened up and sucked in Slate Warrior. The other monsters that were in his graveyard joined it. Noah's monsters were also sucked up. They appeared sitting on top of the ark.

"What is that thing?" Kaiba wondered.

"I was about to ask the same thing," Joey commented.

"Meet my Deck Master," Noah introduced. "Shinato's Ark (7)! And it will allow me to sail away with everything you own," Noah said laughing triumphantly. "Your company… and your brother!"

To Be Continued

Duel Monster Database

(1)
Name: Kaiser Sea Horse
Level: 4
Type: Sea Serpent/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1700
DEF: 1650
Deck Master Abilities:
1. Field of Healing Light: At the beginning of each of your Battle Phase, if you have a LIGHT monster face-up on your side of the field, you may increase your life points by 500 points.
2. The Emperor's Rage: Downgrade all LIGHT monsters in both players' hands and on the field by 2 levels.

(2)
Name: Chiron the Mage
Level: 4
Type: Beast-Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1800
DEF: 1000

(3)
Name: Vampire Lord
Level: 5
Type: Zombie/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1500

(4)
Name: Giant Soldier of Stone
Level: 3
Type: Rock
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1300
DEF: 2000

(5)
Name: Aeris
Level: 4
Type: Fairy
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1800
DEF: 1000

(6)
Name: Slate Warrior
Level: 4
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1900
DEF: 400

(7)
Name: Shinato's Ark
Level: 8
Type: Rock/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 0
DEF: 0
Effect: Increase the ATK of this card by 250 points for each monster in your graveyard.
Deck Master Ability:
1. Flash Flood Rescue: Once per turn, when your opponent attacks with a monster, you may summon a monster from your graveyard or your opponent's graveyard.
2. Second Life: Remove all monsters in both players' graveyards to increase your life points by 500 points per monster.
3. King's Calling: If this monster is destroyed in battle, you may special summon 1 Shinato, King of a Higher Plane, from your hand, deck, or graveyard.

A/N: Believe it or not, Kent Regal's Deck Master Variation Reference Guide, where I get most of the Deck Master information from, counts Shinato's Ark as a monster even though it's a magic card. It has the above-mentioned stats. The only thing about it that I made up was the actual names of the Deck Master Abilities.