Here it is - the not so long-awaited finish to the duel between Kaiba and Kira. I wonder who will win . . . .Read and find out!

"This duel isn't over yet!" Seto yelled in response, then frowned at his own outburst. "I never lose, today's no exception." Kira smirked at his attempt to maintain the appearance of control. But it's close to being finished.

"You never lose? Sounds like a certain CEO has an extreme case of selective memory," Kira taunted. "Does the name Exodia bring anything to mind?" At her mention of his particularly disgraceful loss to Yugi Motou, Kaiba made a low sound like a growl. He would never be allowed to forget that defeat, regardless of how many victories he gained since. "If you had half a mind, you wouldn't have had the daring to mention that," he continued, in a disturbingly calm tone. "My turn now." Okay, what am I going to do? The outward calm he always tried to show in dueling situations was a desperate attempt to mask the inadequateness he often felt as well as his fear and hatred of learning. His overall strategy, as in every duel, was to summon all three Blue Eyes Dragons and then fuse them to form the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. But while he was waiting to draw them, there was a way to get rid of that monster. . .

"Waiting for some kind of supernatural revelation or what?" Kira asked in feigned impatience. She had heard that it was very possible to unnerve him and thereby weaken his concentration and dueling. Seto, who had by now guessed this aspect of her strategy, decided to respond by completely ignoring the comment.

"I summon Reyukashin to the field!" As the weak monster appeared, he placed another card face down. "My turn is finished."

"Then I place one card face down. Now, Tri-horned Dragon attack Reyukashin!" Kaiba hadn't expected this, instead he thought she would have attacked with her Chaos Dragon right away. But he was still, as always, prepared for whatever.

"I activate the magic card Negate Attack!" Kira's dragon moved back into defensive position. "You can't attack a second time, so now it's my move. I summon X-head Cannon to the field, and place one more card face down and end my turn." Kira had been waiting for his infamous Blue Eyes to appear, but it hadn't come yet. She had figured that he started out with one in the beginning, and now it seemed that she had been correct. I guess I will just have to attack again, although it seems that is what he wants me to do.

"Tri-horned Dragon, attack Reyukashin again!" Perfect. Kaiba grinned. Just what he needed. Reyukashin shattered then disappeared. Seto laughed out loud as Kira's dragon started to fade.

"I infected my Reyukashin with Crush Card. When your Tri-horned Dragon attacked, he was infected, along with the rest of your monsters on the field and in your hand." He stopped laughing suddenly, because her Chaos Dragon remained on the field, seemingly unaffected by the Crush Card disease.

"It looks like my monster is too strong for your little spell card, Kaiba."

"It appears that you may be right. But I wonder," he began in that annoying lazy tone he sometimes affected. "If your little dragon is strong enough for my next move. I sacrifice my Paladin of White Dragon Card to summon the Blue Eyes White Dragon! Now, my Blue Eyes, attack her Chaos Emperor Dragon!" Kira's powerful monster was destroyed by the greater dragon, and she lost a minor 200 life points from the attack. Down to 2200 life points, she still had more than Seto. Still, he was feeling much more confident now that the duel was beginning to move swiftly in his direction.

"Alright, Seto!" Mokuba shouted.

"Give it up, you can't win. You're dueling a Pegasus." Duke countered.

"Watch me." Seto replied with a sneer. "I will win, and no one is going to stop me."

"Someone's got issues." Duke muttered.

"What was that you said about Exodia?" Seto challenged.

"I'd tell you that pride comes before a fall, but I have a feeling that you're already too full of yourself to have room for any wisdom." Seto smiled condescendingly at her reply.

"Wisdom? That's what people say they're after when they're too pathetic to have anything else. Prepare to lose." One more card to go. All she has left are weaker monsters which will be completely useless now. If I just draw my last dragon, she's finished

"Not yet, Kaiba. It's my turn now." Kira still had one card face down. Drawing another to add to her now decimated hand of cards, she chose a different card to play. "I activate the trap card Dian Keto, the Cure Master, which will add 1000 life points to my total and end my turn." Seto grinned. If she had been depending on one powerful monster to carry her through the duel, then she was a more pathetic duelist than he had expected.

"My move. And now I will summon my last two dragons to the field. Come forth, my Blue Eyes Dragons!" The two powerful dragons appeared on either side of the one hovering over Seto's end of the field. "Now I will use the magic card Polymerization to fuse my three dragons into the ultimate monster. A beast that has no equal, the terror of the Duel Monsters world. Now welcome to the field the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" As the monsters combined to form Seto's infamous three-headed beast, the CEO laughed. While Kira had stripped him of most of his life points early in the duel, his victory was certain now. Nothing she had could possibly match the attack strength of the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. "Now my dragon, attack her life points!" Kira stepped back, using the duel disk on her arm as a shield against the attack, but the force still nearly caused her to lose her balance. Laughing as her points drop to a meager 800, Seto felt relieved that the duel was all but over. He wouldn't admit it to anyone of course, but Kira was a good duelist, and for a while, he had thought that she might possibly defeat him. "If you were depending on luck to win like your father, then it looks like yours just ran out."

"Go, Big Brother!" Mokuba shouted. "I knew you would win!"

"This duel is not over. You see, Kaiba, my father always thought that it was better to be lucky than to be good." She paused as she pulled a card out of her hand to play. "But I think it's better to be the best!"

"Enough! Make your move already!"

"As you wish. First, I will use Monster Reborn to bring back my Dark Magician Girl. Then I will activate Anti-Spell Fragrance, keeping you from playing any trap cards. And finally, I will use the magic card Change of Heart, which gives me the ability to take control of one of your monsters."

"Nooo!"

"I call the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon to my side of the field. Using the special effect of my Dark Magician Girl, your dragon and my monster combine in automatic fusion, increasing the power of both. Combined, their total attack points become 8000. Now, Dragon Tamer, attack his life points and end this duel!" Seto scowled, but said nothing, simply standing his ground as the powerful attack wiped out the last of his life points, giving Kira the victory.

As all of four of them stepped down, Kaiba handed her one of his three Blue Eyes White Dragon Cards. Kira was surprised that she didn't have to ask him for it.

"A deal is a deal. You won, this time," he explained, the threat evident in his voice. He was already forming a plan to recover the card. She wouldn't have it for long if he had his way. And Kaiba always got his way.

Kaiba just gave the card to her, but be assured he has a plan to get it back, Kaiba-style. Please review!