Yami no Game: Death's Awakening Chapter 17: First Game Master of Dolls, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

Zypher: Hello again and here I am with the next chapter for Yami no Game: Death's Awakening. Why, because these next four chapters are basically tied together so why not get them all done at the same time. Anyways, glad you all loved the last chapter and here the next for you all.

Note: Any cards used in any of these duels are coming from the series in general since they don't match up to any cards we have in the real Duel Monsters game unless I know of them already. Also, the field map concept is almost the same as using field cards in the original game only there would be different ones compared to those like Umi, Wasteland, Forest etc., so in any duels that I mentioned, check on janime or go to YouTube and watch episode 8 of yugioh season zero to get the right information about them for this chapter since I write it as it tells me and it still confuses me a bit.

Yami no Game: Death's Awakening

Chapter 17

Kaiba sat in his room, looking out to the sunset, still remembering the duel he had with Yami. Remembering his words made him angrier. 'Cards don't have souls. They are only used to defeat your opponent.' he thought. Kaiba turned away from the window, fists still clenched in anger. "I will not let him embarrass me. I will defeat him and reclaim my title. And I'll do it with the only people that could have a chance at defeating him." He looked to the four statues that sat in the corners of the room.

"The Four Game Masters."

One of the gems on a statue shone an eerie yellow, signaling the first of the four that he will have duel Yami or Aqua.

In London, a count was having a tea party. A doll rested in his arms as he came outside to observe the party which was nothing but mannequins. Soon, a helicopter came, the wind, blowing the mannequins away. "Who dares ruin my party?!" The count murmured in disdain but soon saw the logo on the helicopter. "Kaiba-sama." he whispered and knew that him coming here means that he was needed.

At school, Yugi was dueling with Miho who gotten herself interested in the Duel Monsters game. Honda, Jounouchi, and Zella watched as the duel commenced. Even Yami and Aqua were there but they were only guests. After another move, Miho's life points were down to zero. "Hey, I won!" he exclaimed happily. "You did well for your first time, Yugi. Especially using Aqua's deck." Yami said, patting Yugi's shoulder. But Miho wasn't happy about it and started to cry a bit. "But it was my first time too." she whispered softly and Honda growled.

"Yugi! How could you make her cry?!" he shouted, causing Yugi to fall out from his chair in shock. "I'm sorry!" Zella placed a hand on his head. "Ah don't worry about it, Yugi. You don't need to apologize." Zella intervened. "Yes, you both have dueled to your best." Aqua responded. "But I wanted to win. It's not fair." Miho spoke and Honda continued to reprimand Yugi. "Oh come of it, Honda! Ya stand up fer Miho too much." Honda turned to Jounouchi, glaring. "As being part of the Student Committee, I stand up for everyone!"

"Then why not stand up for both Yugi and Miho?" Yami taunted, smirking. Honda blanched, knowing he was right and pouted. They all laughed as Zella helped Yugi off the floor and soon the PA came on. "First year B class Motou Yugi. First year B class Motou Yugi, please come to the nurse's office right away." The woman's voice spoke. "Hmm, I wonder why I have to go to the nurse's office?" he wondered. "Shall we come with you, Yugi?" Yami questioned, looking down to him.

Yugi only smiled and shook his head. "It's ok. I shouldn't be long." He collected his cards and placed them into his pocket before leaving the classroom and heading to the nurse's office. Once he was there, he knocked on the door, asking if anyone was there. "Ah, Yugi-kun. Please, come in." The nurse announced and Yugi opened the door, stepping in and closing it behind him. "Is there something you need with me?" he asked.

"I have heard you are friends with a good duelist but I guess he didn't come with you." she spoke, turning to him. "Oh, well I don't know who you may be talking about, other than Kaiba-kun but he isn't here today, but I'm a good duelist as well." She smiled and nodded. "Then why don't we have a duel right now?" Yugi was appalled at the proclamation but didn't deny it and nodded as they moved to a table to sit down. Yugi placed his deck on the table as the nurse took out a field map and laid it on the table.

He started explaining the game to her but she told him she already knew the concepts of the game which surprised him but he didn't bother questioning it. They drew their five cards and she gave the first turn to him. "Alright then." He looked at his hand before picking a card. "I play Rock Gun (100/50) in attack mode." he said, placing the monster on the plain field and since it was on that field, it gets a 50 percent attack boost. She nodded and drew her card before placing one down. "I play Ghost (150/50) in attack mode and attack your Rock Gun." She placed the two cards off to the side since they are both destroyed.

Yugi watched in disappointment and watched as she placed another card on the field. "And now, I summon Chimera (800/150) in attack mode." she spoke, placing the card onto the Dark Forest field and waited for Yugi's next move. He drew his card and examined his hand before smiling. "Ok, I'll play Dark Mammoth (600/300) on the forest field as well. With that, he gains a 50 percent power boost which should be enough to defeat your Chimera." he spoke happily. "Ah, but that's where you're wrong, Yugi-kun." she said and he looked to her curiously.

"Why's that?"

"Because, the Chimera is an ancient beast. With the head of a lion, the body of a goat and the tail of a snake. Not only does these features make it a monster to fear but also its ability to breathe fire." she explained and Yugi gasped. The nurse smiled at his look of astonishment and nodded. "Yes, and with that ability, it is able to burn down the forest and cancel the power boost your mammoth would've gotten and raising its own attack because of the plains field." she finished, removing the card from the field and lowering Yugi's life points down to 1700.

He took his turn and played Blackland Fire Dragon in attack mode. She knew it was a dangerous card and played Zombi (300/250) in defense mode. As the duel commenced, Yugi was losing a lot of life points while the nurse only lost a few. After a while, she played Aphrodite (300/500) and Yugi was wondering why she was playing such a gentle goddess. But he didn't bother to question it as he played Black Scorpion (800/450) in attack mode. He went to attack the monster but she told him that even though Aphrodite is a weak and gentle goddess, once combined with the magic of Umi, she could destroy his Black Scorpion.

With his monster destroyed, Yugi turned his gaze back to the nurse. "You are very good at this game." The bell rang for his next class and he quickly got up. "Sorry, but I should be going now." The teen made a move to get up but the nurse took his hand. "Well, as a reward for winning this duel, I'll take this card." she spoke, taking the Neon Knight from the pile. "But, that's one of my friend's good cards."

"Well, when we duel again, if you win, I'll give it back." Yugi sighed but gave a nod as he gathered the cards. "Don't worry, I'll get it back." he murmured before running out to see Yami and Aqua, knowing they are probably still waiting for him in his other class. Once he was gone, the nurse turned away and her voice changes into that of a male's. "Kaiba-sama, why did you let me fight such a pathetic kid?" he asked as Seto came out from behind the curtains. The nurse was let down into a heap on the floor as a man came from his hiding spot, holding a control that showed the nurse was actually a puppet.

"I was hoping he will bring the demon. From what I surmised, the one that looks exactly like him along with a dragon are demons that always stay by his side but keep their forms hidden from others. They have showed me a game that I never witnessed before and wanted to see if you're capable of winning again one of them in such a game that he calls a yami no game." he explained, tossing the man's treasured doll back to him. He caught her, whispering her name lightly before turning his gaze back to him. "If that is true then I wish to see these two demons with my own eyes then."

Seto smirked and nodded. "You can count on that, Lydolyn Sheldon."

After school, Yugi was in a hurry to leave. Yami and Aqua chuckled at his eagerness to leave. "Yugi, you weren't planning to head over to the game center today, were you?" Yami questioned. Yugi blushed and lowered his head. "...Yeah. There is a new game coming in today that I really wanted to play. Jii-chan always gets angry at me because I spend all my money to play games." Yami smiled and brought him close, kissing his cheek. "We won't get mad at you, koibito. Just try not to spend all your money on that game this time, alright?" Yugi nodded and leaned up to kiss Yami lightly before running off to head to the arcade while the demons headed back to the shop.

Once he reached the game center, he looked around, trying to find the game. The owner comes over to him and questions what he was looking for. "Oh yes, I'm looking for the newest game that should've came in today." The owner smiled. "But of course. Here, I'll take you to where it is. You'll be the first to play it." Yugi, too giddy to not get suspicious of the encounter, followed the owner to the back exit of the game center. Before he could question him, he was pushed into the waiting car with the owner and was held down by him. "Hey! What's going on!" he cried, trying to free himself from the other's grip.

"Let's continue our game, Yugi-kun. I know you wish to have your friend's Neon Knight back~" A voice said. The smaller teen looked up, recognizing the voice as the nurse from school but only saw a man. 'But that means...' The nurse laughed softly before her voice was lowered to its original tone and the fake owner spoke. "If you must know, he's one of the four Game Masters, Lydolyn Sheldon." he spoke, removing the face mask to reveal Kaiba. "Kaiba-kun, why are you doing this?!" Yugi pleaded, still trying to free himself. "Because, I want to humiliate you and your two partners. They ruined my title and I want revenge. And I will get it...in the Castle of Dolls."

"Castle of Dolls?"

Lydolyn laughed and nodded. "Yes, the Castle of Dolls. Hopefully you will also call your partners for I too wish to see their demonic power." Yugi gasped, seeing as Kaiba must've found out that day when he tried to take Jii-chan's Blue-Eyes. 'And by the sounds of this, whatever happened deflated his ego big time.' he thought as they continued on their way. Knowing that he probably wouldn't have a chance at winning, called for Aqua mentally, and hoping he would arrive soon.

Once they came to the doll's castle, Yugi was a bit creeped out since all the dolls that sat in the room seemed to be watching him. He sat down at the table where Lydolyn was waiting and prepared Aqua's deck for the duel. He and Lydolyn drew five cards and Lydolyn taunted him by using Neon Knight (1800/1200) in attack mode on the mountain field.

Yugi drew his card and looked at his hand. Seeing as he didn't have anything to defeat the Neon Knight as of now, he placed Koumori Dragon down in defense. Lydolyn chucked quietly to himself. "Now, see the power of Neon Knight. There was a reason I played him on the mountain field. His special ability let's him absorb thunder from the mountains which strikes down your monsters." Yugi gasped and watched as his monster was defeated then cried out for the damage his monster took affect him as well because of the castle's setting, flinging him out of his seat.

He whimpered, the pain overwhelming but heard a rumbling roar and smiled. 'Aqua...' Aqua appeared in the room and snarled, looking to Lydolyn and Kaiba before turning his gaze to Yugi and ran over to him. "Are you alright, koibito?" he questioned. Yugi nodded. "I tried to beat him with your deck but I couldn't counter him." Yugi whispered and Aqua stroked his head lightly. "It's alright, as long as you're unharmed." he whispered before picking him up and turned his gaze to Kaiba.

"And you. I bet you set this up just to battle one of us again." Kaiba laughed and he snorted. "Fine, if it's a battle you want then you'll get one." he said, taking Yugi's seat and letting him sit upon his lap, the younger gripping onto his shirt as he nuzzled his face into his chest. The dragon picked up the cards that Yugi dropped and examined the hand he gotten. "Ok, I'll play Death Wolf (1200/1200) in attack mode." he announced, placing the wolf out onto the forest field. The wolf howled in anger as it stood beside its master.

"And I'll also add Shadowman to join him." he said, placing the other card onto the field and gave the turn to Lydolyn. "You should know that a monster of darkness cannot withstand Neon Knight's attacks." He drew his card and then place one down. "I send out King Beetle (1400/1000) in attack mode. With it, your two monsters will be defeated easily." King Beetle started to attack but Aqua only laughed. "Do you really think so? Shadowman's sword isn't use for battle, but instead to activate his special ability." As he said this, Shadowman stuck his sword in the ground and the room was covered in darkness.

"What...what is this?!" Lydolyn exclaimed as the field darkened more until all he could see was the gleaming crimson of Aqua's eyes. "Your two monsters cannot see in the darkness but my Death Wolf is strong in this element." Lydolyn heard Death Wolf howling and soon heard his Neon Knight crying out in agony as Death Wolf bit down on his shoulder. The monster fell to the ground, defeated and Death Wolf ran off. Lydolyn commanded King Beetle to attack it as it ran off but it flames missed the monster.

"You are too careless and so is your monster." Death Wolf appeared once more and bit down on the large horn of the beetle but was struggling to defeat it. Aqua's eyes widened and growled. "What's wrong?! Tear it apart!" Death Wolf struggled more but soon broke its horn off, defeating it and it howled in victory. "You won't win. I will not let you go unpunished for hurting him." he hissed, stroking Yugi's back with his free hand. Lydolyn growled and placed Ryu-Kishin onto the field, commanding it to attack. Aqua snarled and placed down Knight Soldier to block the attack and to fight back but it was soon destroyed. "How is this possible? A sword could never be ineffective against Ryu-Kishin." he hissed. 'There has to be something else. Something I'm not seeing.' he thought then finally figured it out with a glance around the surroundings.

'That's it! It's a territory of dolls. His monsters are nothing but dolls.' Lydolyn continued to watch him, wondering what is taking him so long to make a move. "Hurry up!" Kaiba's eyes narrowed, a grin gracing his face. "Yes, hurry up and admit defeat." Aqua grinned, sharp canines gleaming in the darkness. "I have you now." Aqua whispered, drawing a card then placing one on the field. "I'll play this magic card onto Death Wolf. Now my wolf, Roar." Death Wolf howled and it reverberated like a siren, causing his monster to recoil. "No! I will not let you win like this!" Lydolyn cried, drawing a card. "I use Salamandra (1000/900) to burn everything!" he shouted but Aqua only laughed again. "Not even he can destroy my wolf. You lose, Sheldon, and nothing can come back to destroy my wolf." Death Wolf's cry continued to echo throughout the field, soon causing Lydolyn's monsters to crack and shatter into pieces.

"NO!" he cried, flying back from the blow his monsters took. "Game Over." he hissed and soon, he and Yugi were gone after taking his Neon Knight back and pocketing his deck. Kaiba growled, hating the fact he failed again. "I will defeat you. Somehow, you and the other will be defeated by me." he growled before stomping out, not minding Lydolyn. The older man sighed as he got back up, picking up the ruined doll and held it close as he left out. He walked down the street in the rain, speaking to the doll quietly as Kaiba watched him from the window.

The next day, Miho sighed once again as she lost against Yugi again. "Oh, just one more game. If I lose this time, I'll give you a kiss." she said and he blushed hotly. "Sorry, Miho, but that right is only reserved for us~" Yami cooed, wrapping his arms around his shoulders. Yugi blushed even more but smiled up to him. "But of course. But I bet Jounouchi and Honda won't mind taking my place." he whispered, getting up. It only took a beat, both boys jumped for the seat, fighting with one another for the chance to duel Miho. The others laughed softly as they watched the spectacle, glad that everything was back to normal but Yami and Aqua knew that Kaiba will soon make a comeback to try and defeat them.

And they will be ready for anything he tries to throw at them.

Zypher: And that's the end for that chapter. I can tell you now that these chapter will be turning out eventful as they go and as a teaser, they will be leading up to the Death-T section which means a lot more danger for Yugi, his two lovers and his friends. Well, as always, hoped you all like the chapter and will be patiently waiting for the next which I will start working on soon. And don't worry for those expecting the Seto/Jounouchi relationship. I'll get working on fitting that into one of these chapters soon enough -smiles-. See you soon.