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Fanfic Chapter 139: Fall of Noah Pt 1: The Spirits Within
Episode Basis: Noah's Final Threat Pt 1
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Kaiba tried desperately to get through to Mokuba who was turning against his brother by siding with Noah and demanding that Kaiba Corp. be handed over. Kaiba pleaded with Mokuba, revealing that it was Mokuba who made him strive to become a better person and grow powerful enough to possess a Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Then for the coup d' grace, he summoned the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and freed Mokuba from Noah's spell. But then Noah revealed a surprise of his own: his real Deck Master was Shinato, King of a Higher Plane which turned both of the Kaiba Brothers to stone. Enraged, Yami-Yugi took up Kaiba's deck and volunteered to continue dueling. But if Noah wins, he turns mostly everyone to stone and escapes to the real world. With a 7000 life point difference and no monsters to defend himself with, has the King of Games finally lost?
Amara watched as Yami-Yugi and Noah ascended into the air. "I'd just like to make known my objections to this plan," she said to the others.
"None of us like it, Amara," Joey said. "Yugi must be out of his gord!"
"He has 400 life points and battling an opponent with over 7000, one would think that," Harold cracked.
"But the only way Kaiba and Mokuba are going to be free and all of us back to normal and out of here is to defeat this whacked job," Tristan pointed out.
"I know Yugi will win," Tea said. "We just have to have faith in him."
"You used deceit and betrayal to overwhelm Kaiba," Yugi was telling Noah. "But I promise you won't be able to do that with me."
"I won't need to," Noah retorted, his face replacing Shinato's and his Duel Disk becoming big enough to fit on Shinato's arm. "As soon as I replenish my deck with new cards…" Multiple orbs of light went into Noah's Duel Disk. "I'll turn you and all your little cronies to stone!"
"You haven't won yet."
"Oh please, you have only 400 life points and no monsters to defend yourself with. What can you do?"
(Y: 400)
(N: 7400)
"Whatever I can," Yugi said as he drew a card. Please, let this be a monster. If it isn't, I won't survive the next turn. He looked at the card and saw that it was a monster. He breathed a sigh of relief. "I've drawn a monster card: Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts! And I'll summon it in defense mode!"
"Oh yeah!" Joey cheered.
I wouldn't start celebrating yet, you fool! Noah drew a card and his face changed to that of disappointment.
"I'm guessing you didn't draw a usable card."
"It doesn't matter, I can still destroy you with my Deck Master!" Six orbs of light formed a circle around Shinato. "These orbs of light form what is known as the Divine Ring. It can destroy your monster and half your life points at the same time." Gazelle was encompassed in the circle and destroyed.
(Y: 200)
(N: 7400)
"Plus it raises my life points by an equal amount."
(Y: 200)
(N: 7600)
"Like that guy needs any more life points," Tristan cracked. Amara nodded.
"Don't worry, Tristan, Yugi's still going to beat him," Joey assured him.
"I hope," Serenity added.
"You and your friends are going to pay for challenging me, and all for someone who hates your guts."
"Kaiba and I are rivals, but we share a link like you would never believe, a link that goes back three millennia. And there is another link: though we are rivals, we both duel with honor and respect, unlike you!" Yami-Yugi drew a card. "I'll set a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
"Worthless," Noah said drawing a card. "It's time to play a monster that resides in the Spirit World."
"Spirit World?"
"I summon Yata-Garasu (1) in attack mode!" A purple bird appeared. "Next I'll use Shinato's Divine Ring to destroy your face-down monster. The orbs surrounded and attacked the face-down card.
A large elf wearing armor and carrying a sword appeared.
"You won't be able to destroy my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian," Yami-Yugi said smugly. "His special ability prevents him from being destroyed by any monster with more than 1900 attack points."
Noah growled. "I play the magic card Spring of Rebirth. Now every time a monster returns to my hand, I gain 500 life points. So now I call Yata-Garasu back to my hand." The bird disappeared and Noah took the card off his Duel Disk.
(Y: 200)
(N: 8100)
"You can't just recall a monster!" Yami-Yugi protested.
"Oh yes I can. You see, Yata-Garasu is a spirit monster."
"A spirit monster?"
"When Maximillion Pegasus was traveling to get ideas for his new Duel Monsters card game, his travels took him to the mystical orient where he learned about the ancient Spirits who would perform tasks before returning to their world. He designed a series of cards based on this fact."
"That means Yugi can't get to them," Amara realized. "Because Noah will just recall them to his hand at the end of his turn."
But if Yugi was worried about that, he didn't show it. He drew a card and his eyes almost bugged. This is one of Kaiba's cards! And since Noah's Deck Master is on the field, I can use the card to destroy the Deck Master and win the duel. "I'll set a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
"I think I'll start my turn off by summoning another spirit monster, Asura Priest (2)! Attack his Celtic Guardian with Six Sword Slash!" Asura Priest threw six swords, all of which stabbed Obnoxious Celtic Guardian. "Asura Priest's special ability allows it to attack all monsters on the field, even those that are face-down!" Swords were stabbed at Yami-Yugi's face-down card.
The card was Cyber Jar.
"You have Kaiba to thank for that card," Yami-Yugi said. "Cyber Jar destroys all monsters on the field including your Deck Master!" A large vortex opened up and started to suck in Asura Priest and Shinato.
"Yugi did it!" Harold cried.
"I activate Shinato's second special ability Reversal," Noah commanded. Shinato moved backwards and Noah ejected himself from Shinato.
"But your Deck Master should've been destroyed!"
"Shinato's second Deck Master ability, I can return it to its original position on the sidelines. However, I can't summon it to the field again and if I do, I automatically lose the duel."
"Well Cyber Jar has a second special ability: we each pick up five cards and special-summon any monsters with four stars or less."
"That's a relief," Tea said.
"I summon Sangan (3) and Gamma the Magnet Warrior (4)," Yami-Yugi said. He saw Noah looking through his hand discouraged. "Aren't you going to summon any monsters?"
"I can't," Noah admitted.
Amara chuckled. "Looks like somebody forgot Spirit Monsters' weakness."
"What's that?" Duke asked.
"Spirit Monsters can't be summoned by any cards. They have to be summoned directly from the hand. If that wasn't the case, then Noah's side of the field would be crawling with those things."
"Now it's my turn and I choose to sacrifice my two monsters," Yami-Yugi announced. The mutated Kuriboh and portly rock warrior disappeared. "When Sangan is sent to the graveyard, I'm able to summon a monster with less than 1500 attack points to my hand and I choose Big-Shield Gardna. Now I summon Dark Magician!" The Dark Magician appeared as a result of the two sacrifices. "Dark Magician, attack him directly. Dark Magic Attack!" The Dark Magician mercilessly attacked Noah.
(Y: 200)
(N: 5600)
"How dare you humiliate me like that!" Noah cried.
"It was you who humiliated Kaiba and Mokuba just so you could prove that you are superior to your father!"
"I am superior, and I should be awarded for my unsurpassable intellect."
Amara let out a sound of disgust, "If there's anything I hate more than a rich snob, it's a rich snob with a god complex."
"Respect must be earned, not given," Yami-Yugi berated. "Perhaps your father did treat you badly in the past but that's no excuse for the way you're treating us now!"
Noah gave Yami-Yugi a dirty scowl and drew a card. "I play the magic card Next World." A carpet appeared with the Dark Magician trapped in it. "This magic card takes one of your monsters and lets me summon one with the same number of stars. Now I summon Yamata Dragon (5) in attack mode."
"Amara, I thought you said that Spirit Monsters couldn't be summoned by magic cards," Tristan said.
"I did, at least that's what I thought."
"Contrary to popular belief, Pegasus did create some magic cards to work in conjunction with Spirit Monsters. Yamata, Dragon, attack Yugi's Dark Magician!" The nine-headed dragon blasted fire and destroyed the Dark Magician. Fairy of the Spring and Shinato's Deck Master Ability both kicked in.
(Y: 100)
(N: 6200)
"How can Yugi win if Noah's life points just keep going up?" Tristan asked.
"Newton's Law," Amara replied. "Whatever goes up must come down." At least I hope, she mentally added.
"Yugi, don't let Noah push you around," Tea called.
"We're all behind you, Yug," Joey added.
"That over-blown memory chip has nothing on you," Harold threw in.
Insignificant peons, Noah thought.
Everyone's counting on me, Yami-Yugi realized. I can't let them down, for their sake as well as the Kaiba Brothers, I have to keep fighting! Yami-Yugi started his turn. "I play Swords of Revealing Light!" A ring of golden energy swords surrounded Noah. "Now you can't attack for three turns, but I can. I summon Kuriboh in attack mode! Kuriboh, attack!" Kuriboh charged forward and bit down on Noah's arm like an attack dog. Noah waved his arm around finally dislodging the fur ball from his person.
(Y: 100)
(N: 5900)
"That pathetic little puffball barely made a dent," Noah commented.
Kuriboh looked like it was ready to charge Noah and attack him on general purposes.
"I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
Yami-Yugi drew Dark Magician Girl. Dark Magician Girl should be able to help. But I still need Kuriboh to protect my life points and I can't use Kaiser Sea Horse's special ability because it only works on light monsters. Perhaps I should save her for later. "I summon Big-Shield Gardna in defense mode. I also switch Kuriboh to defense mode. That ends my turn."
"Then I'll set another monster in defense mode," Noah said. "One more turn and your swords will be gone. Even my weakest Spirit Monsters should be able to defeat you now."
He's right, Yami-Yugi thought as he started his turn. None of these cards can help me. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
"Only one more turn and it'll be all over for you, Yugi," Noah said.
"No, Yugi, we know you can beat him!" Tea called.
"Your friends are clueless to think you can actually win, Yugi."
"You're just jealous because Yugi actually has friends to care about him while you have nobody but your sorry self!" Joey snapped.
"How dare you!" Shinato fired an energy beam at Tristan turning him to stone.
"Tristan!"
"Oh no, he's turned to stone like Kaiba and Mokuba," Amara realized.
"And all of your friends will be that way, each turn you fail to defeat me. Soon, you'll have nothing but a circle of stone statues who were once your friends."
Yami-Yugi chuckled.
"What's so funny?"
"We were right about you, Noah, you haven't aged in six years, physically or mentally."
"Watch your mouth!"
"Despite your vast amounts of knowledge, you haven't gained any wisdom. In Kaiba's words, you're nothing but a spoiled brat!"
"You tell him, Yugi," Duke cheered.
"Yeah, send that runt back to the nursery where he belongs," Amara chirped in.
"We know you can win," Serenity added.
"I can't believe they still have faith in you!"
"You wouldn't find it so hard to believe if you actually had friends," Yami-Yugi said.
Noah drew a card, "All I need to know about friendship is how to destroy it! It's my move and I'll flip-summon one of my face-down monsters, Otohime (6)! When Otohime is summoned to the field, she can change one of your monster's battle positions and I choose your Kuriboh!" Kuriboh changed from a docile position to a more stand-offish position. "Next I sacrifice her and my other face-down monster so I can summon Yamata Dragon again!" The nine-headed dragon appeared again. "Yamata Dragon, attack Kuriboh now!"
"If that nine-headed nightmare's attack hits, Yugi's a goner," Joey realized.
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Yata-Garasu
Level: 2
Type: Fiend/Spirit
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 200
DEF: 100
(2)
Name: Asura Priest
Level: 4
Type: Fairy/Spirit
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1700
DEF: 1200
(3)
Name: Sangan
Level: 3
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1000
DEF: 600
(4)
Name: Gamma the Magnet Warrior
Level: 4
Type: Rock
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1800
(5)
Name: Yamata Dragon
Level: 7
Type: Dragon/Spirit
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 2600
DEF: 3100
(6)
Name: Otohime
Level: 3
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 0
DEF: 1000