Zypher: Well, here we are, the last chapter that deals with the Four Game Masters. Ever so close is Death-T and the dangers it possesses. Now I'm get excited about it. Next to Ailean, this Game Master may sound quite nice to you. Glad you enjoyed the last chapter and hope you will like this one.
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Yami no Game: Death's Awakening
Chapter 20
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Isolated from prying eyes sat a large capsule. Inside that capsule slept an old man. As the man slept, his dreams were showing him the memories of his past. In those dreams, he was at the Kaiba Mansion, watching as a young and happy Seto played on the swings. He was the one that had taught Seto to play many different games. It was hard at first but soon he got the hang of it and was always full of smiles when he won a game against the older man. The man, Dimon, had a smile graced on his face as he thought about the smile Seto once showed him.
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In Kaiba's office in the Kaiba Corp building, he was discussing to Ruby about the defeat of the three Game Masters by Yami and Aqua. "We will have to do something about them later. Right now, we need to worry about the upcoming game we have against Omega Town, our rival company." Kaiba spoke. "I know. Whoever wins that game will get the details to the newest game coming out soon and you want to win that for game profit for the corporation." Ruby said. "Also, father says he will be coming back soon." Kaiba growled at the mention of their father.
"He's actually coming back. What's the reason this time?" he questioned. "He's angry at you. It's probably because you're wasting time with the game you have planned." Kaiba hmphed at the thought. "I don't care. He gave me reign of the company and I run it the way I want." he spoke before getting back to the task at hand, getting out of his chair and walking out of his office with Ruby trailing behind. "Besides, the preparations are almost done and I have the last Game Master to attend to. He will be battling in the game against Omega Town and once that is dealt with, I have him take care of those demons."
They took the elevator down to the lowest floor and left out, heading toward a large capsule that sat in what looked like a laboratory. Kaiba typed in the security code and with a hiss, the glass top lifted off the capsule and the man that sat inside opened bleary eyes before sitting up and turning to Kaiba. "Master Kaiba..." Were the first words he spoke for the first time in years. "Glad to see you're still up and running, Dimon. Now I have a job for you." Kaiba spoke, assigning the game against Omega Town to him before he and Ruby left.
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In the city, Yugi and his friends were glad for the weekend and decided to take a group shopping trip at the mall to pass the time. Honda tried his best to lead Miho to some more lovely clothing but she was too engrossed in the things she and Zella were pointing out. Yami, Aqua, Keara and Yugi were in another section, Yami pointing out certain styles of clothing to the younger that he seemed to find interesting. Yugi went to the dressing room when he found something he liked and Yami waited for him outside.
Yugi soon came out wearing a tight-fitting black mesh shirt and a pair of black jeans complete with a silver chain belt. "How does this look, Yami?" he asked, looking to the other. He turned his gaze to him and lost most coherent thoughts. "Ravishing, my dear love. Very ravishing but to me, you would look just wonderful in anything." he said softly, trying to get his mind back on track before anything leaked through their shared bond. Yugi smiled, blushing lightly, and decided to buy it.
On the other side of town, the game between Omega Town and Kaiba Corp was about to start. Ruby volunteered to watch Dimon since he would only stay for 3 hours. The game they were to play was a Duel Monsters game in which the winner of the match gains the new game project. "So, you decided to get an old man to challenge me?" The Omega Town's player laughed. "This shouldn't take long."
Dimon looked to him, tutting lightly. "You should know, playing games of any kind doesn't matter by age but by experience." Soon, the game started and in a few minutes, Dimon was able to beat the other and win the project. Ruby left with Dimon soon after and let him in the car, telling the driver to take him back to the Kaiba Corp Laboratories.
When the car was gone, he left to go meet up with Kaiba.
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After doing their shopping, the gang split up and Yugi suggested for him, Keara, Yami and Aqua to head to Domino Fun Park which they agreed to. As they were walking, Yugi saw some new Duel Monster cards in a store window and wanted to check them out. Without even looking up at the signal, he started making his way across the street in a short sprint, not seeing the car coming. He heard the honk of the car horn and wasn't able to make it out the way in time. Yami looked back and saw what was about to happen and quickly sent out a tendril of shadow to capture Yugi and move him away. The car also tried to move out the way to avoid hitting him and ran off the road.
"You should've watched where you were going, little one." Yami whispered as they ran over to the car just as the ambulance came. The back door hung open, showing the limp arm of the figure inside and Yugi had tears gathering in his eyes for his carelessness. Once the ambulance carried the man off, Yugi asked if they could go to see him and they agreed, knowing that Yugi was feeling great sorrow for what he caused.
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Once they were there, they asked about the man that just came in and the nurse led them to the room. The doctor was in the room, checking over the old man, an expression of shock on his face. Yugi walked over to him and quietly asked the doctor if he could still save him. "I can but the shocking thing is that he should've been dead a long time ago." The doctor spoke. "Really? That is surprising." Keara whispered. "Yes. At the most, he must've been surviving with the help of very powerful technology." he spoke once more. Soon, the old man opened his eyes and rose up from the bed, still looking healthy as ever. Yugi saw that he was awake and apologized for what happened. "I was so stupid to try and get across the street at that point." he whimpered softly and the man placed a hand upon his shoulder.
"It's ok, little one. No need to worry about me. I am fine and you should feel grateful for that." he said, reaching over to the side table to get his glasses and Yugi nodded. He then spotted Aqua's deck sitting in his pocket and asked him about it. "Oh this? This deck belongs to my friend, Aqua, over there." He said pointing over to Aqua who sat down along with Yami and Keara. "He lets me use it until I can make up my own deck which he and Yami are helping me with." Yugi continued.
"Ah, that sounds very nice of him and I'm guessing you are a good duelist, am I right?" he questioned. "No, I'm not that good yet." Yugi murmured. "Well, why don't we see then. I'm sure you are a good duelist when you think about it." he said, pulling out his own deck and Yugi smiled, agreeing to the duel and pulled up a chair. Yami quickly conjured a field map, without Dimon noticing, for them and walked over to place it on the bed before taking his seat once more to watch without assisting his smaller partner.
After shuffling their decks, they started their duel. Dimon summoned Sleeping Worm (500/1700) onto the mountain field. Yugi placed down Dark Mammoth on the plains field to attack his Sleeping Worm, taking him out easily before summoning Black Scorpion to the field as well. Dimon looked up to Yugi and notice the seriousness and concentration in his eyes. He summons Gagal (1000/1200) and seeing the monster's strength was high compared to the ones in his hand at the moment, he laughs softly, seeing he was defeated. "Oh well. I'll keep working hard though." he said as they picked up their cards once the duel was over.
"Well, as a little help for you, don't think too much on tactics, little one. You can find it easier to guess what you want to do instead." Dimon said and Yugi nodded, laughing softly as he got up. 'His smile and laugh. It reminds me so much of Seto when he was young.' he thought. The door opened once more and they looked up to see Kaiba standing there with a few men. "Come on, Dimon. It's time to head back." Kaiba said coldly and both Yami and Aqua hissed in anger at seeing him again. He turned his gaze to them and a familiar spark showed in his eyes before leading the older man out the door with his men behind him.
Keara heard them hiss and turned to them. "Was that Kaiba?" she questioned. "Yeah and we both hate him with the intensity of a thousand suns. He has put Yugi in danger many times before using the help of people known as Game Masters. We don't know how many there are but soon, we will confront him and deal with him ourselves." Yami said, looking to her. "And how did that all started?" she asked as they left out the hospital and continued on their way to the Domino Fun Park.
"He tried to take jii-chan's Blue Eyes White Dragon on the day he and his friend came in. We came to a draw in a duel since he hurt Yugi. He's out for revenge now since he wants his undefeatable title back." Yami explained as they soon reached the park.
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Back at Kaiba Corp, Gozaburo Kaiba arrived by helicopter and confronted with Ruby on the top floor. "Ruby, where is that other no good son of mine."
"He's waiting for you in the meeting room." he said, leading him there and Kaiba was sitting in the chair, waiting for them. The administrators of the company were there as well. "Alright, no time to waste. Tell me, Seto, what is taking so long for this game land project that cost over three times the normal budget to be done with? I don't give you two money to waste." he spoke and Kaiba watched him. "Because, dear father, it takes time, patience and high investment to make a great game and this is being done carefully so I have everything the way I want it to be. It's like a game. No one will know what happens until it happens." Kaiba explained which made Gozaburo angrier.
"I know what you're up to and frankly, I think you're not ready to own this company." he hissed. "I'm perfectly capable of running Kaiba Corp." Kaiba retorted, eyes narrowed. "Oh really? And exactly whose company is it? Who was the one who took you, Ruby and your little brother in?" Gozaburo told him. Kaiba only snapped his fingers and soon, the administrators were all on Kaiba's side. "You may have them on your side but remember who brought you up to this point." he said once more and Kaiba only huffed.
"You are a loser Gozaburo and like all losers, they need to go." Gozaburo stood up and looked to him and Ruby. "Fine, if you are so confident with this then go ahead. Let's just say I won't be here to pick up the pieces if you fail." he announced and much to the shock of the administrators, Gozaburo flung himself out the window nearby, instantly sealing his fate. They murmured to themselves but Kaiba kept his cold facade.
Dimon soon came in, greeting him. "Dimon, I have a job for you. I want you to go look for Motou Yugi and duel him. If you win, you're likely go against those that I wish to defeat. Do not fail me." he whispered, showing the picture of said boy to him, and Dimon nodded even though he didn't want to. He was the same boy that visited him and couldn't think of what would've cause him to have to deal with he, the last Game Master. "Come on, Ruby. We still have work to do." Kaiba said as they both left out, telling one of his servants to get the specially made wheelchair for Dimon.
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When they finally got to the park, they started walking about, Yugi becoming as happy as a child would. "Hey Yugi, why don't we go into the Monster House first." Keara suggested and he nodded happily, bouncing off while they followed behind him. In the Monster House, Yugi was surprised at seeing the fake monsters look so realistic. Even Yami and Aqua were impressed with the display. They continued to walk, unaware of the danger until Yugi screamed and they turned to see him caught in the grip of one of the monsters. "This is probably Kaiba's doing as usual." Yami growled, claws forming.
The ground beneath Keara, Yami and Aqua shook a bit before lifting them up above ground to what looked like a battle dome and who should be there but Kaiba himself and Dimon. "Well Yami and Aqua. As you can see, Yugi is caught by one of my monsters and if you wish to free him, one of you will have to battle Dimon, the 4th and final Game Master." he said. 'Dimon is a Game Master. But he's so nice. How could Kaiba do that to him?' Yugi thought, struggling to get out of the monster's grip.
Yami snorted. "I had just about enough with your games, Kaiba. Especially dragging Dimon into this. He is very old and using a virtual reality simulator may cost him his life." Keara stepped up, holding him back. "I'll take this one for you both." she spoke. Yami looked to her and seeing the look in her eyes, nodded. "Kaiba, I'll take him on. Besides, I haven't had a good duel in a while and I know of his skills." she spoke as she took the seat there and took out her deck. Both of them shuffled before placing their decks down on the table.
"Fine. Let's just see how good you are." Kaiba said before initiating the start of the duel. On the first turn, Dimon summoned Skull Bird (800/100) which had the ability of ultra-sonic waves. The bat-like monster appeared on the field as he placed another card face down. Keara took her turn, summoning Lesser Dragon to attack Skull Bird but Dimon activated his trap card, Golgotha Sand which trapped her monster and lowered its attack. "Good move, Dimon." she said as she gave the turn to him and he attacked with Skull Bird, defeating her Lesser Dragon.
After her monster was destroyed, Dimon looked over to Yugi who watched the duel from the grip of the monster. "Yugi, I can tell you this. Kaiba wasn't always like you see him now." he spoke and Yugi looked to him. "What do you mean?" he questioned. "When he was young, he used to be a happy child. Always playing games and having fun. Even helped me when I was sick. I used to like those times but now, they're gone." he said softly and Kaiba looked to him. "Continue the duel, Dimon."
Keara took her turn and summoned Old Vindictive Magician in defense mode. One her turn was done, he summoned Bloody Zombi (700/600) in attack mode and Keara activated her monster's special ability, destroying Skull Bird. Dimon started to feel bad, his health worsening and Kaiba pressed a button on the side of his wheelchair that gave him a special liquid to keep him up for the duel along with a special telescope that could see Keara's cards' reflection in her eyes but Dimon refused it, saying he could win on his own.
On his turn, he summons Golden Pegasus and Angel Alferia (350). Keara summons Koumori Dragon which none of his monsters could beat and she had it attack his Golden Pegasus, destroying it easily with a mighty bite. He sent out more monsters but with each one, they were defeated by Koumori Dragon. 'But I wonder, why did he summon such low-level monsters?' she thought as she ended her turn. "Now, to summon my key card." he said, placing down Zombi Master and with it, its effect activated, bringing back the spirit of three of his monsters from the graveyard which all combined to attack and defeat Koumori Dragon.
Two turns later, with her monsters being destroyed by the combined attacks and the monster's mouth drawing closer to Yugi, she drew a Monster Reborn and played it, bringing back Angel Alferia and canceling the effect of Zombi Master on that card. She then played Light Flute which powered up the monster and with it destroyed Zombi Master and the rest of Dimon's life points. Because of the blast, he fell back, wheelchair and all, and now lied on the floor.
Keara picked up her cards and ran over to him, Yugi being released by the monster back onto the floor of the Monster House. Seeing that he was safe, knowing that if they tried anything during the duel, Kaiba would do something which is why they didn't act, and ran over to Dimon's side as well. Kaiba only sneered and left without any remorse for Dimon. He coughed softly, his health now failing him more and more and he looked up to Yami and Aqua. "Please, I know you can do it. Please, bring back Seto's true heart." he whispered.
Keara smiled sadly and nodded. "We will, Dimon. We will." she whispered before looking up to them. Seeing what she wanted them to do, Yami walked over and knelt by Dimon. "Dimon, I know you have been surviving by technology for as long as you have and as the doctor told us, you should've died. Knowing Kaiba, whatever he did to help you, he won't do anymore since you lost." Yami murmured. "It's alright, just fulfilling a dying man's wish." Dimon murmured and he nodded. With a wave of his hand, he took Dimon's soul and sighed softly as he and Aqua absorbed it, keeping the old man's soul as part of their heart.
Keara wiped the tears from her eyes as he stood. "I wish he didn't have to die but we all know he couldn't live any longer without the help of some sort of technology." she whispered. "I know. I wish I didn't have to. Compared to all the Game Masters we went against, he was the nicest and most trustworthy. May he rest in peace now." Yami whispered before they left. Keara turned back for a second and whispered a spell under her breath, Dimon's body disappearing to be buried by the dragon spirits.
'We'll fulfill your wish, Dimon. You deserve it after what you've been through.' Keara thought as she went to follow behind Yami and Aqua who finally met up with Yugi and decided that they should head home for now.
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Zypher: And that's all for today. Yes, sad ending but that gives you all more reason to hate evil Kaiba! Now, time to speedily write up the next 2-3 (since I might add two parts with the introduction of Mokuba from when they first played against him in Monster World to their stay at the mansion where he plays against them again at Russian Roulette with dinner) chapters so we can get to Death-T. I can't believe I'm making my own self excited for that but anyways, hoped you all enjoyed this chapter. See you soon.