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Fanfic Chapter 137: Family Feud Pt 2: The Ark
Episode Basis: Brothers in Arms Pt 2
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Kaiba and Noah squared off against each other in a duel to decide who should rule Kaiba Corp. Dueling over a lava flow, Kaiba chose Kaiser Sea Horse as his Deck Master and immediately set out to attack Noah. But Noah was able to fend him off. After a few turns, Noah revealed his Deck Master, Shinato's Ark. The thing was huge, and it sucked up both players' monsters. What else can it do?
Kaiba, Yugi, and his friends watched in shock, awe, and horror, as the giant wooden ship settled down behind Noah.
"That thing's enormous!" Joey cried.
"It's huge!" Amara agreed.
Yugi stared at it puzzlingly.
"Something wrong, Yugi?" Harold asked.
"No, I… don't think so," Yugi said slowly.
The Ark opened up and all of Kaiba's and Noah's monsters appeared. "From now on, any monster that's destroyed will be directed to Shinato's Ark instead of being sent to the graveyard."
"That means he won't be able to resurrect any of his monsters," Amara explained.
"Neither will Noah," Tristan pointed out. "So it's pretty much even."
"I'm not so sure, Tristan," Yugi said. Something's strange about that ark. I'm sure that keeping monsters from going to the graveyard is not its only ability.
Kaiba was laughing, "Your own Deck Master backfired on you! You have no monsters in your field or your hand and it's my turn. If I draw a monster card on this turn, you'll have nothing to protect your life points."
(K: 1400)
(N: 3200)
That's what you think, Noah thought.
Kaiba drew a card and smirked, "Well, gee, what do you know? I drew a monster. I summon Spear Dragon in attack mode! Spear Dragon, attack his life points!"
"Vampire Lord, protect me!" Noah called. Kaiba gasped as his monster appeared in defense mode on Noah's side of the field. Noah still lost 400 life points because of Spear Dragon's affect. Vampire Lord quickly returned to Shinato's Ark.
(K: 1400)
(N: 2800)
A/N: I'd just like to point out that if Noah called his Giant Soldier of Stone instead of Vampire Lord, not only would he be able to protect his own life points but deal damage to Kaiba's. But hey, that's just me.
"What did you do, Noah?" Kaiba demanded to know.
"Simple, you fool, I activated the Deck Master Ability of Shinato's Ark. Whenever my life points are targeted for an attack, I can summon a monster from Shinato's Ark to protect me. I may have still lost life points but not as much as I would if I was wide open."
"Does that mean that Noah can use even the monsters in Kaiba's deck that was destroyed?" Serenity asked.
"The girl makes a poignant observation," Noah commented. "Yes, I can even use your own monsters against you, as long as they were destroyed. You see, Seto, you're in my world and I control everything around us! Observe." He held up his finger and pointed to the metal sphere that started to flash like a disco ball. The ocean that covered the lava flow as a result of Noah's Giant Flood magic card dried up leaving them in a vast jungle. "Welcome to the age of the Dinosaurs, where only the strongest survive… like my Giant Rex (1)!" A giant dinosaur like the one that attacked them at the beginning appeared. It grabbed Spear Dragon in its mouth and shook it around like a rag doll. After Spear Dragon was destroyed and sent to Shinato's Ark, it roared at Kaiba and returned back to Noah's side of the field. "Are you feeling frustrated, Seto? Are you frustrated to know that I am more intelligent than you? Well you should be, for with each passing second, my brain grows massive." He pointed to the sphere again.
"That's humanly impossible!" Amara argued.
"Whoever said I was human?" Noah retorted. "When my father digitized my brain into his computer network, something unexpected happened, something that not even my father could've predicted. My brain waves became more powerful, perhaps because I didn't need to waste so much of it moving a body. Whatever the reason, I was absorbing vast amounts of knowledge from my father's computer network. I was a superhuman! I had more knowledge than anyone on Earth!
"But there was still one thing I did not have, one thing that I needed to make me complete: my father's trust. But once I destroy your mind and take your body, I'll prove to him once and for all that Kaiba Corp. should be mine! You are nothing but a lowly human while I have power over who exists and who doesn't in this world!" Kaiba laughed which irritated Noah, "What's so funny?"
"You are, behind your so-called superhuman intellect, you're nothing but a spoiled little brat! All your life, you've been handed everything on a silver platter while I had to work hard for everything I have. Kaiba Corp. isn't mine because Gozaburo handed it to me; it's mine because I've toiled to make it what it is right now. All this proves is how mad you are to trap us all here and even madder in challenging me to a duel. And deep down, your father always knew it."
"What do you mean?"
"If Gozaburo really wanted you to take control of Kaiba Corp, why didn't he just give it to you? Why did he choose such round-about ways like making you prove yourself to him? It's because that he knew you weren't really his son, just a computer file on his hard drive."
"No, it can't be!"
I remember after my accident, I woke up in my room. I thought it was odd because I distinctly remember that blue car coming at me. Was it all a dream? I began to think it wasn't a dream after I noticed that my door wouldn't open. It wasn't that it was locked, just that it wouldn't open, like that really wasn't a door at all.
"Noah." My father's face appeared on a giant window.
"Father, what's going on? I thought I was walking across the street…"
He looked away, even back them he couldn't look me straight in the eye. "Noah, I don't know how to tell you this delicately, but…"
"But what?"
"Noah, there was an accident. I brought in all the best doctors money could buy, but… they couldn't do anything. Your body was destroyed."
"That can't be true, I can see my body…"
"What you're 'seeing' is just a virtual representation of your body. You're inside the Kaiba Corp. battle computer; an entire virtual world has been set up for you."
"But… I…"
"I'm sorry, son, believe me I tried everything and I still will try to find a way to bring you back, but in the mean time, this is your new home. Look, I even made a friend for you." A little puppy walked up to me. I had always wanted one and now I finally got my wish.
Except I knew this wasn't real, it was… virtual.
Gozaburo's world was perfect, maybe a little too perfect. The people there were only too eager to please me. Every time I passed by, they would say the same thing over and over again. After a while, it got so irritating. I didn't want this perfect world, I wanted to live in a world that was close to real as possible.
And it wasn't long before I figured out how.
Just as your birthday was marked as your coming of age, Seto, it was the same with me.
"So, son, how did you like your first trip to Mars?"
"It was great, Father, how many kids can say they've been to Mars? Of course, I know it's virtual, but still…"
"I'm just glad you liked it. Well, make a wish and blow out your candles."
"Wait a second, we can't leave Max out of this. Come here, Max."
My father was shocked and perhaps even a little bit horrified to discover that the dog that he programmed for me months ago now looked like one of Dr. Frankenstein's creations. Its head had been encased in a metal mask with spikes around it. "What did you do?"
"I experimented with him and turned him into a cyborg dog."
"Incredible, you changed the parameters of the virtual world!"
"Yup, I've also been working on another little experiment, an experiment that would greatly improve on the virtual world you created for me. Please hear me out, like a businessman."
"Very well, Noah, I'll listen to your proposal."
"I've discovered that we can improve and expand our own world if we connect to other computer systems around the world. That way, our virtual world can be every bit as real as the actual physical world."
"I'm impressed, Noah, you really thought this all out."
"I just want to prove to you that I have the business know-how to run Kaiba Corp."
"Yes, well… I heard your proposal, now I'll treat it like I treat all business ventures: I'll consider the options and let you know my opinion."
That was the last thing he ever said to me.
"Soon, he started to focus all of his attention on his new family: you and Mokuba. Soon he all but gave up on me. After all, how can Kaiba Corp. be run by a virtual president?"
"Gozaburo didn't give up on you because of your virtual state," Kaiba said taking Noah by surprise. "He knew that no matter what, you'll always have that silver spoon in your mouth, believing everything should be handed to you."
"What?"
"As despicable as he was, Gozaburo knew the value of hard work. He knew that only someone with the same strength and conviction that he had could bring Kaiba Corp. onto the track for success. He thought I was the best man for the job and that you were better off in your own little virtual world, out of his way."
"Oh please," Noah scoffed. "Of the three Kaiba Brothers, you are the low man on the totem pole."
From Noah's sanctuary, Mokuba viewed all of this. He stood of his own accord. "I must go help Noah," he decided. "My one true brother."
"Let's finish this!" Kaiba announced drawing a card. "I play Pot of Greed, this lets me draw two cards from my deck." He looked at his two cards. "I choose to activate Kaiser Sea Horse's Deck Master Ability. Now I can summon a high-level monster without sacrificing weaker ones. So now I summon Different Dimension Dragon (2)!" A white serpentine dragon appeared in defense mode. "Next I set three cards face-down and end my turn."
"What the heck is Kaiba thinking?" Joey asked. "Noah's dino can easily destroy his dragon. Noah could win in the next turn."
"Maybe, but maybe not," Yugi pointed out. "Kaiba's no fool, he must have some sort of plan."
Amara had been staring at Shinato's Ark. Something about it was troubling her but she couldn't figure out what.
"I play the magic card Deepest Impact!" Meteors rained down on both monsters. Kaiba's monster quickly disappeared. "According to history, a meteor storm killed off the dinosaurs and brought about an ice age!" Immediately snow began to fall. The others shivered with the cold. Noah's Giant Rex was encased in ice which then broke apart destroying it.
Noah's nuts, Joey thought. He willingly destroyed his best monster just to attack Kaiba's life points. Does this kid have any respect at all?
"I don't get it, what does Deepest Impact do?" Serenity asked.
"It destroys all monsters on the field and halves both players' life points," Yugi explained.
(K: 700)
(N: 1400)
"Now I play the magic card Ice Age Impact," Noah announced. "Which allows me to summon my Last Tusk Mammoth (3) in attack mode."
"Well I call Different Dimension Dragon to the field in defense mode," Kaiba commanded. His dragon reappeared. "My dragon was safely hiding in another dimension. And since it's more powerful than your mammoth, there's no way you can affect my life points."
"Oh yes I can," Noah came back. "Last Tusk Mammoth, attack Different Dimension Dragon!"
"This is bad," Yugi commented. "When Last Tusk Mammoth is destroyed, both players lose life points."
"And since Noah's are higher than Kaiba's, that means he'll lose," Harold said catching on.
"I activate my trap card Ring of Destruction," Kaiba commanded. A ring with grenades on it attached to Last Tusk Mammoth. "My ring can destroy a monster and deal direct damage to both players."
"That still won't do any good," Amara commented. "Kaiba's life points are still lower than Noah's."
"I also reveal another face-down card, the magic card Ring of Defense. Now my life points are safe but yours are not!" Last Tusk Mammoth was destroyed.
(K: 700)
(N: 600)
The gang cheered, "Now that's what I'm talking about," Harold said.
"It all comes down to these next few turns," Joey said.
Yugi nodded, "One card, that's all that stands between victory and defeat."
"My move," Kaiba said drawing a card. "And first I'm switching Different Dimension Dragon to attack mode! Next I discard one Thunder Dragon (4)." The monster was absorbed by Shinato's Ark. "So I can summon two more Thunder Dragons. Now I'll combine them with Polymerization to form Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon (5)! And finally, I play the magic card Quick Attack which allows my monster to attack immediately!"
"You seem to have forgotten, I have the monsters of Shinato's Ark. Giant Rex and Soldier of Stone, come to me in defense mode!"
"Oh I haven't forgotten, in fact I wanted you to do that so I could activate this: my trap card Dragon's Rage. Now my monsters can infect damage to your life points as long as their attack points are higher than your defense points. Different Dimension Dragon, attack his Giant Rex with Dimensional Strike!" The dinosaur was destroyed.
(K: 700)
(N: 400)
"Oh yeah!" Joey cried unconsciously grabbing Yugi in a headlock. "Now all Kaiba has to do is attack his Giant Soldier and it's all done." Since Yugi was turning blue in the face, Harold dislodged Yugi's head allowing oxygen to return to it.
"Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, at…"
"STOP!" A voice cried. Everyone watched as Mokuba materialized.
"What's Mokuba doing?" Amara asked.
"I won't allow you to harm my brother," Mokuba said to Kaiba.
"Mokuba, how could you have picked his side? I'm your brother!"
"Wrong," Noah said. "Mokuba's my brother now. Now you have one of two choices: forfeit the duel and step down as president of Kaiba Corp. or attack and destroy your brother!"
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Giant Rex
Level: 4
Type: Dinosaur/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1000
(2)
Name: Different Dimension Dragon
Level: 5
Type: Dragon/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1200
DEF: 1500
(3)
Name: Last Tusk Mammoth
Level: 3
Type: Dinosaur/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 800
DEF: 500
(4)
Name: Thunder Dragon
Level: 5
Type: Dragon/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1200
(5)
Name: Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon
Level: 8
Type: Dragon/Fusion
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2000