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Fanfic Chapter 140: The Fall of Noah Pt 2: The Ties that Bind
Episode Basis: Noah's Final Threat Pt 2
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! With a Deck Master whose ability he can't use and only 400 life points, Yami-Yugi set out to beat Noah, who had twice the amount of life points he started out with. Yami-Yugi played carefully, only attacking when he was sure he could affect Noah's life points. But Noah had a whole new arsenal of monsters at his disposal: Spirit Monsters, monsters who return to the owner's hand at the end of the turn that they are on the field. And if you think that's bad, it was about to get worse. Seeing how close Yugi and his friends were, Noah tried to expose it as Yugi's Achilles' Heel, turning each of them to stone for each turn Yugi fails to defeat him. Now, with Yamata Dragon's 2600 attack points heading towards Kuriboh's 300 attack points, it looks like Yugi's body is about to get a brand new host and it's not Yami-Bakura.
"This will be the finishing attack," Noah gloated as the attack struck Kuriboh. "I did it, I finally won!"
"It's all over," Tea said despairingly looking away.
"Maybe not," Joey corrected. "Yugi's monster was destroyed but it doesn't look like he lost any life points." Tea risked looking.
Yami-Yugi was still standing and still smirking.
"What are you happy about?"
"You didn't defeat me yet." He showed his life point counter.
1800.
"What?"
"I activated my trap card, Nutrient Z which raises my life points by 4000."
"But you're still not out of danger yet, don't forget, for every turn you fail to defeat me, I turn one of your friends to stone."
"Next I activate Shinato's special ability raising my life points by 3300!"
(Y: 1800)
(N: 8200)
"Then I activate the magic card Sebek's Blessing raising my life points by the same amount you lost."
(Y: 1800)
(N: 10500)
"Finally Yamata Dragon returns to my hand giving me 500 extra life points."
(Y: 1800)
(N: 11000)
"He has over 11,000 life points," Duke exclaimed. "How can Yugi win?"
"I've seen quite a few duels and in all of them, I've never seen anybody's life points go over 8000 let alone 10000," Amara said.
"Amara, you're not making me feel better."
Yami-Yugi looked over at the others and more specifically at the statues of Tristan, Kaiba, and Mokuba. I promise I will set you guys free, he mentally vowed. He drew a card. "I summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior in attack mode. Attack Noah's life points directly!" Alpha swung his sword diagonal across Noah's chest.
(Y: 1800)
(N: 9600)
"I end my turn."
"You shouldn't have said that," Noah said laughing. "Now I get to turn one of your friends to stone!" Shinato fired an energy beam heading straight towards Duke.
"Leave him alone!" Amara cried leaping into the line of fire.
"Amara!"
"It doesn't matter," Noah said.
The blast got them both.
"Two with one shot, not bad," Noah said complimenting himself.
Yami-Yugi glared daggers at Noah. "I will not let you get away with this."
"You don't have a choice in the matter. And she is next." He pointed to Serenity. Serenity gasped.
"Don't worry, sis, as long as I breathe, I won't let this whiney toddler touch you," Joey said stepping in front of Serenity.
"Now I summon the spirit monster Inaba White Rabbit (1). This little guy has a special ability. It can attack your life points directly!"
The rabbit snuck up behind Yugi and hit him in the back.
(Y: 1100)
(N: 9600)
"Now, Inaba White Rabbit returns to my hand." Noah's Deck Master ability and Spring of Rebirth magic card activated again.
(Y: 1100)
(N: 10800)
"What now?" Serenity asked clutching her brother's arm.
"Don't worry, Yugi can still defeat this freak," Joey assured her.
"I set one card face-down and sacrifice Alpha in order to summon Dark Magician Girl! And since Dark Magician is in my graveyard, her attack points increase by 300!"
(DMG: 2000-2300)
"Dark Magician Girl, attack her life points directly!" The Dark Magician Girl fired her scepter at Noah which struck him in the hip.
(Y: 1100)
(N: 8500)
"You'll have to do more than that to save Joey's sister," Noah said.
"I can't," Yami-Yugi said defeatedly.
"Too bad," Noah said and fired an energy beam at the Wheelers.
"Joey!" Serenity shoved him out of the way so that the blast only struck her.
"NO!" Joey cried dropping to her knees and sobbing.
Noah chuckled, "You said you wouldn't let me touch her, you never said anything about letting me turn her to stone."
What am I doing? Harold thought. I should be protecting them, not standing around here like a lump. That does it, the next time Noah tries that trick again, I'm unleashing my Armlet on him full blast!
"Joey, I'm sorry," Yami-Yugi said.
"No you're not," Noah said. "If you really cared, you wouldn't have allowed this to happen to her in the first place. Let's face it, you don't really care about them at all."
"Even if that was true, it wouldn't matter," Harold said firmly. "Because we care about him."
"What?"
"You heard me right, you cyber freak show, it doesn't matter what you do to us, you won't be able to destroy the bond we share. We made a pact long ago to be there for each other no matter what. You, of all, should realize that a body doesn't matter, it's a soul and heart that allows a person to triumph, not insults and petty threats."
Noah humphed, "A pretty argument but you're obviously out of touch with reality."
"That's a nice comment coming from you," Harold said sarcastically.
"I'll show you," Noah said. "I summon Inaba White Rabbit in attack mode."
"Reveal trap card," Yami-Yugi commanded. "Dark Renewal!" A casket with a star on the center appeared.
"Not that!"
"Oh yes, Dark Renewal allows one monster on each side of the field to be sacrificed. However, in return I get to summon a spellcaster from my graveyard, and I choose my Dark Magician!" The star absorbed Big-Shield Gardna and Inaba White Rabbit. The door slid open and the Dark Magician was revealed. It stood by its female counterpart.
(DMG: 2300-2000)
Frustrated, Noah played a card face-down and ended his turn.
"All right, now things are starting to look up," Joey commented.
"I have a feeling that there's about to be more good news on the way," Harold said.
"Now I play Contract with the Abyss. With it, I can summon any dark ritual monster I choose as long as I sacrifice a monster with an equal number of stars. So I sacrifice Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (2) so I can summon the Magician of Black Chaos (3)!" A larger, darker version of the Dark Magician appeared.
"Three Dark Magicians!" Tea gasped.
"I've never seen them all on the field at the same time," Harold commented.
"Didn't Yugi use that monster before?" Joey asked. "It looks familiar."
"Yeah, I think he used it in his duel against Pegasus," Harold reminded him.
"Yugi will be fine," Tea said confidently.
"You face three of the most powerful spellcasters to ever exist in the game," Yami-Yugi announced. "For together, Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, and Magician of Black Chaos have a combined attack power of 7000!"
"But Noah has over 8,000 life points," Tea commented, her previous bravado waning.
"True, but it'll be a big help in bringing it down," Harold pointed out.
"Now my Dark Magicians, combine your powers and attack his life points directly!" The three monsters crossed their staffs together and a combined pink, blue, and purple energy beam was launched at Noah.
"I've set a trap card too," Noah revealed. "Activate Chaos Barrier Field! This takes the attack from your strongest monster and turns it against your weakest one!" The blue blast belonging to the Magician of Black Chaos turned against the pink one, the Dark Magician Girl's. The Dark Magician Girl screamed as she was destroyed.
(Y: 300)
(N: 9300)
"As much as I hate to admit it, Yugi, you put on a great show," Noah said. "In fact, it was so great that I'm willing to turn your friends back to normal… if you forfeit the duel. Of course Kaiba and Mokuba remain as they currently are but then again, you might like that. After all, without your biggest rival, there would be nobody to challenge you."
"Yugi, don't give up!" Joey called. "Look, Kaiba may be a jerk but even he doesn't deserve anything like this!" To see Joey, who's not Kaiba's biggest fan, speak out for him like that, it really shocked Tea and Harold.
"Join your sister," Noah simply said and turned him to stone.
"Joey!" Yami-Yugi, Tea, and Harold cried. Tea and Harold scowled at Noah.
"You think this is fun, you overblown microchip?" Harold asked.
"You're nothing but a baby who changes the rules when things don't go his way," Tea added.
Noah laughed surprising the two remaining spectators. "I've already proven my superiority; I'm just waiting for Yugi to admit it."
"Well keep waiting," Tea snapped. "Yugi will never bow to a cry-baby like you."
"Just for that, I'll make sure you're last. That way, your precious Yugi's spirits will be totally devastated. Now for my turn, I'll set a monster in defense mode and another card face-down." Noah looked at a card and paused for a second before saying, "I guess there's no harm in showing you this card seeing as how you're going to lose." He showed Yami-Yugi a trap card. "It's called Groundbreaking. And when I activate it at the beginning of your turn, I'll be able to call a Spirit Monster to my hand from the graveyard. With only 300 life points, Inaba White Rabbit should be enough to finish you off." He set the card face-down. "I end my turn."
Yami-Yugi started to draw a card.
"Reveal trap card: Groundbreaking! And I'll use it to call Inaba White Rabbit to my hand…"
"Which is just what I wanted you to do," Yami-Yugi interrupted. "I play the magic card Card Destruction!" Noah gasped. "That's right, now you have to discard your entire hand and draw a new one. Magician of Black Chaos, attack Noah's face-down monster with Chaos Scepter Blast!" The Magician of Black Chaos fired an energy blast at the face-down card.
Otohime appeared briefly. "My Otohime's special ability switches the position of one of your monsters and I choose your Dark Magician!" The Dark Magician genuflected. "Her destruction also lets activate my remaining trap card Vessel of Illusion which allows me to summon a monster back from the graveyard. And I think I'll choose Otohime again." Otohime appeared in defense mode.
Yami-Yugi had no choice but to end his turn.
"And our next contestant," Noah said sarcastically as an energy beam was fired at Harold.
"You'll find that I'm not that easily beaten, Noah!" Harold shouted activating his Armlet. The Armlet began pushing back the blast.
"You fool, I am a god in this world!"
To Harold's shock, the circle of symbols began to dissolve. His shield failed and Harold too was turned to stone.
"Harold, not you too!" Yami-Yugi cried.
"Finally, he shut up," Noah said and turned to Tea. "Anything you would like to say to your precious Yugi before you become a permanent fixture in my virtual world?" Tea stared defiantly at Noah. "Sometimes it's best to air your grievances now. Remain silent, huh? Fine with me, it's my move and first I play the magic card Change of Heart which lets me control one of your monsters and I think I'll choose your Dark Magician."
"Not my Dark Magician!" Yami-Yugi cried as the monster went over to Noah's side.
"Now I sacrifice Dark Magician and Otohime to summon Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi (4) in attack mode!" A muscled man with tattoos on his body and fire for hair appeared.
"Our monster's attack points are even."
"You're right, that'll have to change. I play the magic card Flaming Fist which increases my monster's attack points by 200 for this turn!"
(HKT: 2800-3000)
"Attack Magician of Black Chaos with Flaming Fist Attack!" The Magician of Black Chaos was engulfed in flames. Yami-Yugi was forced down.
(Y: 100)
(N: 10000)
"Finally, I play the magic card Spiritual Energy Settle Machine. By discarding one card from my hand, I'm able to keep my Spirit Monster on the field."
"Yugi, please get up!" Tea pleaded.
Noah turned her to stone. "You might as well stay down," he told Yami-Yugi. "You have no monsters on the field, no cards in your hand, and most importantly, no friends to cheer you on. You're all alone!"
He's right, I am alone.
"You're never alone!"
"Yugi?" Yami had forgotten about his little counterpart who seemed to float down to him from a sea of light and lifted him out of the darkness.
They found themselves inside the Millennium Puzzle in Yami's soul room.
"Yugi, what did you mean when you said I'm never alone."
"All you have to do is look inside your heart and your friends will always be with you." Yugi took Yami into one of the rooms.
"Yugi, I don't recognize this room."
"This is your recent memories. You don't visit it often, because… well… up to now you haven't had any recent memories. But now you do, and look, all our friends are here." Joey, Tea, Tristan (as a human), Harold, Serenity, Duke, and Amara appeared.
"Just because you don't know your past doesn't mean you should forget us," Harold commented.
"We're all here for you, Yug," Joey said.
"And we all believe you can beat Noah," Tea said.
"But how can I? I don't even have anything to fight with."
"Yugi." It was Kaiba and Mokuba. Yami was actually surprised to see them though later, he would realize that he shouldn't be considering how he remembers them. "You can't let that brat win. And don't forget you have my deck too."
"You see, Yami, no matter what Noah might say, you'll never be alone, We'll always be with you."
"Thank you, all of you."
Harold's Armlet started to glow and a small orb of light appeared. He held it out and everyone (Kaiba and Mokuba too) placed their hands on it.
Noah was laughing at Yami-Yugi's predicament. But his laughing abruptly stopped when Yami-Yugi rose. "So, you want some more, huh? You should've stayed down."
"I… won't… give up!" Yami-Yugi stared at Noah fiercely.
The emblem of the Millennium Items was on his forehead.
Noah gasped.
"It's my move!" Yami-Yugi drew a card. "I play Card of Sanctity! This allows both of us to draw from our decks until we're both holding six cards." Yami-Yugi's deck started to glow. I call upon the heart of the cards and the spirits of my friends to help me stop this lunatic once and for all! Six cards floated out of his deck and floated in front of him. Yami-Yugi grabbed them and looked at them. This might just be the combo I need. "First I play Pot of Greed which lets me draw two extra cards!" Yami-Yugi drew two glowing cards. "Next I play Monster Reborn to revive Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" The dragon arose from the ground and hovered menacingly in front of Noah.
"But… you never played that card."
"You forget that this is technically Kaiba's duel so just as his deck has become mine, so has the monsters in his graveyard become the monsters in mine. Now I play Polymerization and I'll fuse the Dragon I revived with two more Blue-Eyes White Dragons in my hand to form… Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
Noah noticed that each card Yami-Yugi played exhibited an overwhelming force, almost like there was a human presence associated with the cards. But that didn't make any sense, cards weren't suppose to act like this way. Was Yugi somehow manipulating his virtual system somehow? But Noah didn't feel any outside force. So what, what was it?
"Now I play another magic card called Quick Attack allowing my monster to attack immediately! Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack his monster with White Neutron Blast!" The three-headed dragon let out an energy beam from each of its heads which converged and destroyed Noah's Spirit Monster.
(Y: 100)
(N: 8300)
"My next magic card is De-Fusion which transforms my Ultimate Dragon back into three separate dragons." The Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon separated back into three Blue-Eyes White Dragons.
Noah desperately looked through his hand but couldn't find anything to help him.
"For Kaiba, Mokuba, and all my friends… this play's for you. I play my final magic card Delta Attacker. When I have three of the same normal monster on my side of the field, I can have them attack my opponent together dealing 9000 points of damage. And nothing you can do to stop it. Now, Blue-Eyes White Dragons, attack together with White Lightning!" The dragon's blasts formed a triangle which headed towards Noah all together. "It's over, Noah!"
The End
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Inaba White Rabbit
Level: 3
Type: Beast/Spirit
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 700
DEF: 500
(2)
Name: Valkyrion the Magna Warrior
Level: 8
Type: Rock/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 3500
DEF: 3850
(3)
Name: Magician of Black Chaos
Level: 8
Type: Spellcaster/Ritual
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2600
(4)
Name: Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi
Level: 8
Type: Pyro/Spirit
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2900