Hey guys, I'm baaaaaack! If you want to read the 103 Ways to Annoy Voldemort, you can either email me, PM me, or review and if there's enough saying they do, I'll post it in an upcoming chapter. If ten people say they want to laugh their pants off reading it (it IS funny) it'll be posted. Otherwise, I can have it emailed to you.
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NOTE: This chapter begins 'the duel'
Chapter 18: Seto's Help
"The chamber?" repeated Dumbledore, "but how?"
"Don't look at me! I'm just the messenger!" exclaimed Yami Bakura throwing his hands up in a surrender, "Ask Marik!"
"Me?"
"NO! The twit in the Shadow Realm! I'll go get him!" Yami Bakura disappeared back into the Shadow Realm through a magical Shadow Bubble.
"I don't like the looks of this…" Ron whispered to Harry. Marik gulped. He was going to have to face his darker half again, something he wasn't yet ready to want to do.
Bakura returned, frowning, "Malik won't come out, but he says Voldemort (Ron flinched) got into the school through the Shadow Realm and goes back and forth, between thinking of evil schemes under Hogwarts to going back to his lair to look for his laptop."
"Well, we have his laptop under control," said Dumbledore calmly, "this is simpler than I had originally thought. If Tom is indeed in the school, it may be easier to reverse the damage he has caught," he said, looking toward his dying students, "I don't think he will harm you, Yugi, if you offer him a rematch. I know him, he won't back from a challenge. If you are victorious, things will be well again."
Natasha and Mokuba were fiddling with Voldemort's laptop, when Mokuba shouted, "Eureka! That's it!"
"Yugi," began Natasha, "if you win the duel, you also obtain the Millennium Sword, the Millennium Item. However, the sword is a Dark Millennium Item and cannot be used by one with light, like you. If you obtain it, it self-destructs and the nasty effects also kill Voldemort!"
"Wow," said Ron, "talk about side-effects…"
"Yugi, there isn't much time. You should begin preparation for the duel immediately, and I will arrange for you and your friends to be excused from any classes to help prepare."
"Thanks, Professor." Yugi nodded and left the Hospital Wing, Marik, Ryou, and Ron in tow. Harry stayed back with Set.
"Set, you know Yugi better than I. Do you think that he can repair all of the problems Voldemort has caused?"
"Hmm. I believe so. We have only seen a small portion of Voldemort's power. By the time Yugi faces him again, he may not be playing with Zombies…but something that might be far worse…and the only thing I can do here is fade to nothing…" he sighed.
"Here, use my Revival Jam and Jam Defender!"
"Forget that! Take my Destiny Board and Dark Necrofear!"
"No! Use Seto's Blue Eyes White Dragons!"
"Guys! Please! Give me some space here! Please?" Yugi cried, his cards spread in front of him.
"Okay Yugi, after all this is a really important duel," said Mokuba, smiling, something he hadn't did in a month and a half, "I'll be upstairs. If you need me, I'll be on…on Big Brother's laptop." Yugi returned to his cards and Yami Bakura and Marik returned to the duel.
Five minutes later, Mokuba ran down the stairs once more.
"Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugi!"
"NOW WHAT?"
"Eep!" Mokuba said meekly, shrinking back, before going on, "I just wanted to tell you that I saw this letter addressed to you."
He gave the envelope to Yugi. It was heavier than a normal letter, and Yugi recognized the navy blue ink only Seto used.
"Guys! It's from Seto!"
Everyone crowded over. The Pharaoh and Ryou phased out next to their other selves as Yugi ripped open the seal and removed the parchment. Clearing his throat, Yugi read aloud to his friends.
-12-23-2006- (The current dare when Yugi is reading this is some time in early March)
Yugi,
Well, well, well. If you are reading this letter, which is outdated, seeing it must be months after December, I'm probably stuck up in the Hospital Wing with no soul, which must be driving Set mad…heh. Or something odd, out of the ordinary, which is stopping me from giving it to you in person. If you look back into the past, we have argued, quarreled, fought, dueled, blah, blah, blah. Let's take a look back, shall we?
We met. I fought your grandfather for his Blue Eyes and ripped it in half. While your 'friendship squad' took care of your defeated relative, you challenged me with his deck, that he gave to you. The 'destined deck'.
I had the upper hand the entire duel, Blue Eyes after Blue Eyes. Finally, you played Exodia, a feat I'm still trying to understand (although I have given up some time ago on it at various times).
Then Weevil threw them off the boat. You never had the 'magic five' cards again. Although we became fierce rivals, you and I, we both found common adversaries, Pegasus. I may had gone down in the fight against him, but you saved Mokuba and myself.
Then the Rare Hunters. With Obelisk the Tormentor in my deck, I was 'unbeatable'. Until Lumis and Umbra, and then the whole 'teamwork' thing began. We worked together to defeat them. You and me, together. Never! No way! I'd kiss Gardner before I'd work with you (don't get any ideas, Bakura, I have the feeling you're reading this too…) But we did work together and brought them down. I swore then on, never to help you again, but to take Slifer the Sky Dragon from your deck, which turned the other way around when I lost my God. After meeting another common enemy, Marik, and losing Obelisk to you in our little rematch; which wasn't so little after all (A/N: Six episodes, Gosh darn it! The only known episodes I know that long is A Duel with Dartz!), I decided to give you a boost in the final duel of the tournament.
Ah, yes. How can we not forget Dartz. I worked together with you again! Although I lost, you didn't. The world was safe.
Or was it. Did we really save the world, or is there a whole new evil, besides Ryou's annoying spirit, ready to swarm in and try world domination? Of course, you saving the world from idiots didn't end there! Now we're off to a magic school in England where ghosts wander the halls, annoying poltergeists (sp?) like Peeves pelt you with water balloons as you pass in the Great Hall and where magic, different than the Millennium Items is very real, with their own baddie to go along with it.
Well, now there's Voldemort. Someone completely different than Pegasus, Marik, Dartz, ALL of them combined. Voldemort may have a Millennium Item, but he also took ours, the 'sacred Millennium Puzzle' falling into the wrong hands.
Do you see the pattern here Yugi? No matter how much I 'try' to help you, the smallest of ways possible, or how much Wheeler may annoy the stuffing out of my left pinky, you always save the day. Yes, you. Not me, not Ryou, Marik, and definitely not Malik or Bakura ("Hey!") it is up to you always, to save our rears.
Let's say that since I got the Millennium Rod stolen, I've been a bit busy between home and Duelist Kingdom. Scuba diving isn't my recreational activity, so don't expect me at the beach this summer… These are restored and are the originals. Your fingerprints are still on them, if you're wondering how I know. Since you always save the day, use these and save us all.
This long gutsy letter does NOT change the fact that I am still your biggest rival, despite being your friend. Friend? When did that come in? Heh. I guess I changed a bit, but one thing still remains. I still hate Wheeler.
Merry Christmas
Seto
Yugi looked up at his friends.
"Scuba diving?" asked Marik, taking the long letter and reading the last part again.
"There's something else in the envelope," muttered Yugi and he turned it upside down. Three cards fell out. Yugi's already big eyes, got bigger.
"That's what he meant. Ryou, remember the trip to Duelist Kingdom…"
-Flashback-
"Say good-bye to Exodia!" yelled Weevil as he tossed the pieces overboard. Joey jumped off the boat, followed closely by Yugi.
A few minutes later, Tristan and Tea rolled down a ladder and the two climbed back onto the boat going to Duelist Kingdom.
"Sorry, Yugi, I tried to get your cards back, but only got two." He gave Yugi the Left Leg of the Forbidden One and the Right Arm of the Forbidden One
-End Flashback-
"…remember, Joey only found two of the pieces and the remaining three, gone to the sea. I bet Seto found the other three."
"It's Exodia," he cried, "the missing pieces. In his hand was the Exodia the Forbidden One, Right Leg of the Forbidden One, and Left Arm of the Forbidden One. Ryou thought for a moment, "but Yugi, there's only three pieces…"
Yugi ran upstairs to his trunk, and pulled out the box that had his Millennium Puzzle in it, before completion. In it, were two waterlogged cards. Left Leg and Right Arm.
Thank you Seto. We'll both take him down.
"Yugi, there was another note in the envelope!" Mokuba gave Yugi a smaller sheet of parchment, once more in Seto's hand.
Oh yes. Now you have everything you need. As I look into the past, you've beaten me over, and over, and over again…except of course, when I forced your hand at Pegasus's castle. You've beaten me (the times after the first) with an incomplete deck. I want a real rematch. With the cards you beat me with. Not Dark Paladin, Dark Magician, the Celtic Guardian that almost won, no. I want to beat Exodia.
Take them, and bring Voldemort down,
Seto.
"Well, if you're going to bring Voldemort down with Seto's cards, use my Dark Necrofear and –"
"SOD OFF THEIF!"
After a week of dueling and dueling, Yugi thought ready. He and Harry headed to Professor McGonagall's office. Entering, they stopped dead in their tracks. Umbridge and McGonagall were having another yelling match, and didn't see or hear them enter. Yugi slipped his Duel-Disk onto his arm, and put his deck into the slot, giving off a 'beep', ending the teachers' shouting match. Umbridge shot a sneer of loathing and hate at McGonagall and stormed out of the office.
"Yes, Potter?"
"We're ready," Yugi lifted his arm, showing his duel-disk.
"Very well," said their Head of House, "Follow me, but first, someone would like to talk to you in the hospital wing."
She lead them up the stone steps into the ward, where all of his friends were waiting. Mokuba sat at his brother's bedside, his hand intertwined in his brother's. Set phased out of the Millennium Rod, extremely ghostly.
"Yugi, I know you're going down there, but you have to make some kind of promise with Voldemort that when his life points get down to half, he has to release a soul. This is the last day."
He pointed above their beds. Magical timers were counting down. "Professor Dumbledore conjured them. There's not a whole lot of time left and Hermione is in much worse shape.
He was right, although there were no days left on the countdown, Seto had three hours, fifty-seven minutes, while Hermione only had one hour, twenty-one minutes, as her soul was ripped from her body first.
"One hour! That's it?" shouted Ron. Yugi turned back to Set.
Yugi nodded, "right. Once Voldemort reaches 4000, Hermione is released."
"C'mon, I'll take you to the Chamber."
Harry and Yugi headed out, when a Shadow Bubble appeared in front. Yami Bakura pokes his head out, "OOY! Pharaoh! Malik was wrong. Not the chamber of Secrets, but the Final Chamber under the Trapdoor on the Third Floor on the right hand side."
"Oh, that makes it easy."
Harry and Yugi ran down the stone stairs. Harry opened the door leading to the third floor corridor, when they were spotted by Filch.
"Hey! What are you all doin' here! C'mon, get to my office."
"No! We have to be here!" Yugi tried to explain.
"Get out o' there!" He then noticed Mrs. Norris run down the next stairwell. "Mrs. Norris!" Filch ran after his cat, leaving Harry and Yugi to bolt down the long corridor.
The door to Fluffy's chamber was unlocked.
"Let's go." They entered, and Fluffy was no longer there, as the Sorcerer's Stone no longer needed guarding. Harry lifted the trapdoor.
"Wait. Before you go, you may land on these plant things that might try to kill you. Relax and it'll let you go. Then you may enter a chamber of keys. Use the broom to get to the rusty handled key. Once you touch the broom, all of the other keys try to swarm you and it might hurt a bit. Next is a chess game. You have to win to pass. After that is a bunch of potions. The small black bottle will get you through the fire. After that, it's all clear."
"Right," said Yugi, taking in the information. He jumped through the trapdoor, and landed on, not the Devil's Snare, but the stone floor. The next chamber had no flying keys nor broomstick and the door was wide open. There was a giant chess set, but none of the pieces had been set and he was able to pass. There was no table of potions, nor black fire. Voldemort was waiting and he bolted through the door. The mirror of Erised was no longer in the center of the room, but against the wall.
"I've been waiting for you, Kaiba," sneered Voldemort, "going for a rematch?"
The Pharaoh took control.
"Yes, and this time, not only will you release Hermione like before, but Seto as well!"
"WHAT! I aimed my Millennium Sword at YOU!"
"Yes, but Seto took the blast, sparing my life!"
"Drat. Oh well. A rematch you want, a rematch you get. Lose and your soul and Millennium Item will be forever mine! Win and the lost souls of those friends will be restored."
"One more thing," Yami said, "when your life points reach one half of 8000, you must release one soul!"
"Alright. I will. A soul trade. I may have to give up a prisoner, but in the end, you will replace it!"
Voldemort's deck and duel-disk appeared out of nowhere.
Alright, the last time we played, he used a Zombie deck…
/Wait, Pharaoh! I have a feeling he isn't using the same deck as before! Be careful/
/Right./
"DUEL!"
NOTE: Voldemort is using the EXACT replica of my (me, Setoglomper) deck. This duel actually happened, so don't be disappointed if a player can't get a monster out for a couple of turns. However, none of the players' hands are revealed. At the time, the duel was in traditional format. Now, I'm actually going to the tournament in Philadelphia, and the deck had to be modified to tournament rules. So Monster Reborn and Pot of Greed, cards like that are still in the duel, but not in my current deck now. Every card in Voldemort's deck I actually have. Actual card descriptions for Voldemort's deck are at the end of the chapter.
On with the duel!
(End of Note)
Voldemort's Life Points: 8000
Yugi's Life points: 8000
"I'll start!" yelled the Pharaoh, "and I activate Dian Keto the Cure Master, raising my life points by 1000. That ends my turn.
Yugi's life points: 9000
"That's all? Pathetic!" laughed Voldemort, "taking you down will be twice as easy! I place two cards facedown and one monster in defense mode (it's facedown, all defense monsters have to be set in defense mode, says so in the rules, unlike TV) That ends my turn as well.
Yami drew. "I play two facedown cards and end my turn."
"Still no monster, hmm? Too bad, draw! I sacrifice my monster, the Thirteenth Grave, to summon this facedown in defense mode. I end my turn."
Yami drew, and frowned, "I also end my turn."
"Suit yourself!" Voldemort said, shaking his head, "not one monster, Pharaoh, "I thought you dueled better. I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"My turn! Draw!" shouted the Pharaoh, "now I play Monster Reborn! Now I can take Thirteenth Grave from your graveyard and summon it to my side of the field. Now I sacrifice my new monster, to summon Dark Magician Girl!"
"Not so fast! Go Hammer Shot! This magic card allows me to destroy the highest attacking monster on the entire field, and the only one is Dark Magician Girl!"
"Ugh! I end my turn," said Yami, sending his Dark Magician Girl to the card Graveyard.
"My turn, I play one monster facedown and end my turn."
The Pharaoh only played one facedown card.
"Back to me," said Voldemort, "I summon Ryu-Kashin Powered! Now attack the Pharaoh directly!"
"Sorry, but sending Kuriboh from my hand to the grave makes the damage zero for the round."
Voldemort's Life Points: 8000
Yugi's Life Points: 9000
"My turn. I…end."
"Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic. Where's the challenge I want! This is no rematch! Now I play one facedown and sacrifice Ryu-Kashin Powered to summon Goldd- Wu Lord of the Dark World! Now attack!"
Yugi's Life Points: 6700
"That ends my turn as well, your move, now do something worth while!"
"I'll go when I'm good and ready!" shouted the Pharaoh as he drew his card, "One monster in defense mode and one facedown."
"Back to me! I play Dragged Down into the Grave, now we look at each other's hands, discard one from each and draw one card from our decks.
"As you wish," said Yami, as they exchanged hands. "I discard Maju Garzett from yours."
"And I will send your Curse of Dragon straight to the Graveyard. Now I place one card facedown. All yours."
"I play another monster in defense mode," said the Pharaoh, "that ends my turn."
Meanwhile…the life counters were dropping with each passing second. Ron squeezed Hermione's hand. "C'mon Yugi, hurry." Her life meter was down to forty-eight minutes, while Seto still had three hours and twenty-four minutes.
"Do you think he can still draw Exodia?" asked Marik. Ryou shrugged, "it all depends on his deck and where the pieces fall. Hopefully, Voldemort won't wipe him out before then."
Another shadow bubble appeared and Bakura dived into it, re-appearing a minute later. "You're not going to believe this, but Yugi's winning chances are rapidly decreasing by each draw instead of increase."
"What!" exclaimed Harry and Ron at the same time, "why?"
"Yugi, may have Exodia, but he's not the only one…"
"You can't be serious!" exclaimed Ryou, "Voldemort has it too?"
Bakura nodded, gloomily.
Time was running out.
"My move!" Voldemort declared, drawing his card. "Now, my Wu Lord, attack his facedown monster!" Silver Fang was destroyed.
"My turn!" The Pharaoh yelled, "and mark my words, I will put a stop to your madness!"
"Just try!"
"Very well! I shall! I sacrifice Beaver Warrior (it was face-down) to summon Summoned Skull! Now attack his monster!"
Voldemort placed Goldd-Wu Lord…into the Graveyard.
Yugi's Life Points: 6700
Voldemort's Life Points: 7800
"Alrighty then, you may have destroyed my servant, but the game hasn't been won! I summon one monster face-down and end my turn."
"Go Summoned Skull! Attack!"
La Jinn the Mystic Genie of the Lamp was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard.
(If you didn't realize by now, Voldemort is playing a Fiend type deck)
"My move!" said Voldemort, "I play one facedown monster."
"Now look who's being pathetic!" laughed the Pharaoh, "I play one monster in defense mode, and my Summoned Skull will attack your middle monster!"
"You've attacked Man-Eater bug, allowing me to destroy your facedown monster!"
"You have destroyed Sangan allowing me to place the Left Arm of the Forbidden One to my hand. That ends my turn." declared the Pharaoh.
"My move! I see you have Exodia in your deck. Very good, hopes for an instant win. However, you'll have to beat me to it!"
"You mean, you have the five pieces as well?"
"Why yes, and once I draw the final piece, your soul and Millennium Puzzle will be mine! Now the last time I checked, it is my turn, so I will draw and place one card facedown for later. It is your turn now, Pharaoh."
"Go Summoned Skull! Destroy his facedown monster!" Kuriboh was destroyed. "I too place a facedown card. (I believe this makes either four or five, I don't remember, this duel happened MONTHS ago when I first wrote the chapter)
"Back to me," muttered the Dark Lord, "I pass."
"Oh well," Yami smirked, "then I will take you down! I summon Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts in attack mode! Summoned Skull, destroy his last monster! Illusionist Faceless Mage was destroyed (it was the second monster Voldemort summoned, he sacrificed Thirteenth Grave and placed it down). "Now, Gazelle, attack directly!"
Voldemort: 6300
Yugi: 6700
"My turn! I…grrr…I do nothing." Voldemortgrumbled as he ended his turn.
"Fine, then, my turn! I activate Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards. Now my monsters, attack!"
Voldemort: 2300(both monsters attacked)
Yugi: 6700
"Now do as you promised and release a soul!"
"Well, now there's a problem, you see, I have a choice don't I? And your friends are stiffs dying in the hospital wing with only minutes left…what if I choose your dueling partner instead of the Mudblood Granger? The duel would continue and she would die, woudn't she? She doesn't have much time left, but I will release a soul at random…heh heh…
/It's all up to fate now…/
/Yes, but hopefully Hermione is chosen. Otherwise…/
"Go, my Millennium Sword, free a captive soul!
A white ball of light exited the blade of the golden item and flew off.
"Now let the duel continue," he commanded, "drawing his card. Ha, ha, Muahahahaha! The end is now, Pharaoh! For I remove Goldd- Wu Lord of the Dark World, Maju Garzett and Ryu-Kashin Powered in my Graveyard from play to summon Dark Necrofear! Hahahahahahahahaha!"
"No! Not that!" The pharaoh watched as Voldemort's monster was summoned.
"The end is now, Pharaoh! HAHAHAHA!"
DUN …DUNN….DUNNNN!
Now, for Voldemort's cards…
The Thirteenth Grave
Zombie/ Dark (or is it earth? I forget, I took it out of my deck a while ago)
ATK 1200 DEF 900
Forgot how many stars
Normal Monster
Hammer Shot
Magic card
Destroy one face-up attack position monster with the Highest attack on the field.
Ryu-Kashin Powered
Fiend /Dark
ATK 1600 DEF 1200
4 stars
Normal Monster
Goldd-Wu Lord of the Dark World
Fiend/Dark
ATK 2300 DEF 1400
5 stars
If this card is discarded from the hand to the Graveyard by a card effect, you can Special Summon this card to your side of the field. If this card is discarded from the hand to the Graveyard by an effect controlled by your opponent, you can select up to two cards on your opponents side of the field and destroy them.
Dragged Down into the Grave
Magic Card
Both players look at each other's hands. Each player selects and discards one card from the others' hands. Then each player draws one card.
Maju Garzett
Fiend/Dark
ATK ? DEF 0
7 stars
The ATK of this card is the combined original attack of the two monsters you tribute for the tribute summon.
La Jinn the Mystic Genie of the Lamp
Fiend/Dark
ATK 1800 DEF 1000
4 stars
Normal Monster
Man-Eater Bug
Insect/Earth
ATK (forgot, no longer in deck) DEF 450
2 stars
FLIP: destroy one monster on the field.
Kuriboh
Fiend/Dark
ATK 300 DEF 200
1 star
Discard this card from your hand to make the battle damage of one of your opponents monsters zero until the end of the turn
Illusionist Faceless Mage
Spellcaster/Dark
ATK 1200 DEF 2200
5 stars
Normal Monster
Dark Necrofear
Fiend/Dark
ATK 2200 DEF 2800
8 stars
This card cannot be normal summoned or set. This card can only be special summoned by removing 3 fiend type monsters in your Graveyard from play. When this card is destroyed as a result of battle or by your opponent's card effect, it is treated as an equip spell card at the end of the turn. Equip 1 of your opponents monsters with this card. AS long as it is equipped with this card, you control the equipped monster