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Yu-Gi-Oh! Avatar
Fanfic Chapter 156: The Long-Awaited Rematch Pt 4: Inherit the Duel
Episode Basis: Clash in the Coliseum Pt 4
Rex Raptor: I've heard rumors of powerful cards, cards that could even beat Exodia the Forbidden One: the Egyptian God Cards But I never would've imagined that I would see them, and I also never would've imagined that they would be possessed by Seto Kaiba and Yugi Moto. But not only did both of these Duelists have one but they apparently knew how to use them as well. Each of them unleashed their Egyptian God's full strength on the other backed up by magic, trap, and monster effect cards. Just when it seemed like this duel would go on until next Christmas, there was this huge flash of light and then the screen we were all watching broke. So much for the free show.
The attack points of Slifer the Sky Dragon and Obelisk the Tormentor were both holding at 4000. And neither one looked like it was ready to back down.
"Neither monster will give up the fight," Yami-Yugi observed.
"You're right," Kaiba agreed. "But why, it must be a holographic malfunction."
Cracks began to appear on the Egyptian God Monsters.
"Slifer, Obelisk," Mokuba could only mutter.
"What the heck is going on?" Amara asked as the wind being generated by the clashing Gods undid her pony tail allowing her brown hair to fly all around.
"It's the ultimate power struggle," Yami-Marik explained, his face displaying the same shock as Amara's. "Both Egyptian Gods have been pushed to their limits!"
Light was gushing from the cracks in the Egyptian God Cards. Yami-Yugi and Kaiba had to shield their eyes. "This light, it's more powerful than anything my machinery could produce," Kaiba complained.
The entire island started to shake. Harold ran outside and surrounded the blimp in his Armlet's shield. The others could only watch as the entire top of the Duel Tower turned into a ball of light.
"Yugi," Tea called out.
The Millennium Rod started to glow.
"No," Yami-Marik gasped. "This is exactly like what happened during Kaiba's duel with Ishizu!"
"What are you doing?" Amara demanded to know.
"It's not me," Yami-Marik protested. "Somehow the Millennium Rod is acting on its own."
A vortex opened up and Yami-Yugi and Kaiba were sucked into it.
Inside the vortex, the Millennium Puzzle started to glow. Somehow the battle between Slifer and Obelisk has sparked something inside but where is it taking us?
Yami-Yugi and Kaiba found themselves floating above an ancient city that was on fire. It was dark, but not night dark, an abnormal, almost eerie sort of darkness.
"This looks… familiar," Yami-Yugi muttered. "Like I've been here before."
"Yugi, look!" Kaiba pointed to a large pyramid in the distance. "We're in Ancient Egypt! But that's not possible we're on my Duel Tower!"
Could this be some vision generated by the Millennium Puzzle? But if it is, how can Kaiba see it, he doesn't have a Millennium Item.
The two flew to two large stone statues. The statues looked like their Egyptian God Monsters, Obelisk the Tormentor and Slifer the Sky Dragon.
"Are these statues?" Yami-Yugi asked.
"If so, they're extremely detailed," Kaiba replied.
"You're right. These might really be our Egyptian God Monsters."
"But why are they stone?"
"I don't know." The two floated over to a palace that looked freshly-smashed. "The darkness seems to be emanating strongest around this palace."
The ground pulsed.
Yami-Yugi and Kaiba transformed into specks of light who entered the palace.
The two reappeared inside a throne room. A figure who looked like Yugi sat on a throne. A small team of guards huddled around the side. The Yugi-like Pharaoh kept glancing off to his side.
"It's me," Yami-Yugi muttered. "This must be the ancient conflict that Ishizu spoke about."
"Ridiculous," Kaiba spat. "This is just more of Marik's hocus-pocus nonsense."
The doors to the throne room burst open and a figure looking like Kaiba dressed as a priest marched in. Immediately the guards charged him but the Priest held out the Millennium Rod and a burst of energy sent the guards flying. He aimed his Millennium Rod at the Pharaoh. "Your Kingdom has fallen, Pharaoh," he announced. "Your people are now at the mercy of the Dark One. And now you shall fall as well!" He fired a blast of energy from his Millennium Rod. Two feet before it could strike the Pharaoh, it hit a shield. A figure wearing a red cloak and hood, his face obscured along with a red shirt with a white diamond at the center and blue pants. The figure also had white gloves and boots and a very familiar-looking bracelet on his arm.
"Avatar," Yami-Yugi gasped.
"Out of the way, Avatar," the Priest commanded. "My fight is not with you."
"You've neglected your sacred duties, turned on your allies and your oath. You tried to kill the Pharaoh. That automatically guarantees you a fight with me."
"Fine, if you wish your life to be forfeited, let's battle!"
Avatar charged forward as the Priest let out a blast from his Millennium Rod. Avatar blocked it and bounced off the walls using the Armlet's shield as a battering ram. The two met and the energy release forced them both back. They then proceeded to round two which was more of the same.
Yami-Yugi and Kaiba watched as Avatar did battle with the priest. The Armlet versus the Millennium Rod, each seeming to wield vast amounts of power. With their magical artifacts, Avatar and the Priest seemed to be evenly matched.
"This could go on all night if we fight like this," Avatar said.
"Agreed," the Priest replied. "We can not decide this contest with magical artifacts but with our Shadow Monsters!" A tablet rose in front of the priest. "Beast of Talwar (1), come forth!" A humanoid demon with bat wings and horns appeared holding a sword.
Avatar's body started to glow. "I call forth my own guardian… Wingweaver (2)!" A purple-haired angel with six wings and a gold dress appeared.
"That's Harold's favorite monster!" Yami-Yugi realized.
"Just one of Marik's tricks," Kaiba dismissed but there was a hint of doubt in his voice.
"Wingweaver, attack with Light Spark!" The two monsters clashed which resulted in an explosion that forced both monsters back. Wingweaver flew around Beast of Talwar and attacked from the side. Beast of Talwar raised its sword and sliced downward at Wingweaver.
"Wingweaver, counterattack with Lumis Crescent!" Wingweaver sliced her hand across Beast of Talwar's stomach and destroyed the monster. The Priest fell to both knees. "You have been tainted by the powers of evil. But I guarantee you my light will overcome the darkness."
"You are mistaken, Avatar, the true power of evil… is you! Your power doesn't even come from Egypt! That makes you just as evil as The Dark One. I'm surprised you haven't pledged your allegiance to him."
Avatar stared at the Pharaoh before turning back to the Priest. "How sad, you lose one monster and you start throwing around accusations."
"I don't care about losing that pathetic monster. I have a better one waiting, one that's more powerful than the Egyptian Gods!" The Pharaoh gasped.
"Maybe this monster was the one that fossilized the God Monsters," Yami-Yugi figured.
Beast of Talwar and another monster appeared. "Now, I sacrifice these two Shadow Monsters!" The monsters disappeared. The tablets shattered showing that the monsters were gone forever. "So I can summon my ultimate creature!" The Priest's body started to glow. Energy formed a dragon-shape. "Come forth, Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3)!" The two Duelists along with Avatar and the Pharaoh all gasped as the familiar dragon rose. "She has returned, Pharaoh, and she is angry, angry that you caused her death."
"Why would the priest refer to the Blue-Eyes in the feminine sense?" Yugi asked.
"I'm not sure," Yami replied.
"Blue-Eyes, destroy Wingweaver with White Lightning!" The white dragon launched a blue energy blast. Wingweaver actually screamed in pain as she was destroyed. "Now attack Avatar directly!"
"No!" The Pharaoh cried.
Avatar quickly put up a shield but somehow the White Lightning Blast destroyed it and struck Avatar head-on. Avatar let out a scream as the cape and hood disintegrated.
"It can't be! It isn't possible!" Yami-Yugi and Kaiba heard the Pharaoh cry out.
The Priest smirked, "How ironic, an eye for an eye."
Yami-Yugi couldn't see what had the Pharaoh so spooked. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon was blocking his view. Yami-Yugi started to fly around the giant beast.
"Yugi, what are you doing?" Kaiba asked.
"I have to see who Harold's predecessor was."
"It's just an illusion," Kaiba argued then followed. "It's not real."
No, it's not an illusion. A piece of my memory is unlocking, Yami thought. As Yami-Yugi came around to the front of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, he saw the Pharaoh kneeling down by Avatar.
"Why?" The Pharaoh asked. "Why did it have to be you?"
Yami-Yugi then saw Avatar's face.
And what he saw almost blew his mind. "No, this can't be possible!"
When Avatar first appeared, Yami-Yugi expected to see Harold or at least an Egyptian version of him.
He was dead wrong.
Past Avatar didn't look like Harold at all.
Past Avatar wasn't even male.
It was a female.
Dark hair fell around a delicate face. Doe-brown eyes stared up at the Pharaoh but the light in them was beginning to fade.
Yami-Yugi gasped, she looked remarkably like Tea.
"I'm sorry… my Pharaoh," she said weakly.
"Why, why did you disguise yourself and sacrifice yourself?"
"I only… did it… for you… my Pharaoh… my beloved." And the eyes rolled up and her arm, which was trying to touch the Pharaoh's cheek, went limp.
"Ananzu," the Pharaoh muttered. He glared daggers at the priest. "Have you no sense of loyalty? Or did the Dark One order you to kill everybody?"
"You're mistaken, my minions and I have no allegiance to the Dark One, but we have no allegiance to you either. This is all about who is the strongest and that shall be me!"
"Your hatred and greed has resulted in the death of a caring soul," the Pharaoh said. When he looked up at the priest, there was murder in the violet eyes. "For that, I will not forgive you! I summon Dark Magician (4)!" A man in purple robes carrying a long staff with an orb set in a shell-shaped object at one end.
An image of the stone tablet rose in between the Pharaoh and the Priest. Yami-Yugi and Kaiba were sucked through another vortex.
Yami-Marik stared at his Millennium Rod, "Who is invoking the powers of my Millennium Rod?"
The light ball was slowly dissipating. "Is everyone all right?" Harold asked as he came in.
"Yeah, but what was that?" Kevin asked.
"I have no idea."
Yami-Yugi and Kaiba found themselves back on the Duel Tower, panting like they've just run a ten mile race. The Egyptian God Monsters have vanished.
"Seto, are you all right?" Mokuba asked.
Yami-Marik growled at his Millennium Rod. "What happened in there?" Kaiba's past somehow intersects with the Millennium Rod, but he'll never get his hands on it. It's mine, it always will be mine.
Kaiba needed a minute to compose his thoughts. I know who I am, I am Seto Kaiba, I am president of the world's largest gaming corporation. But no matter what I do, I can't get those images out of my head. This ancient fairy tale keeps coming back to haunt me ever since Ishizu tried to brainwash me at the museum. First it happened during my duel with her and again when I could read the text on the Winged-Dragon of Ra and now this, but I will not lose my grip on reality!
"Do you understand the significance of what we just saw, Kaiba?" Yami-Yugi asked.
"It was just an illusion!"
"It was more than just an illusion. We have inherited the duel that began in that palace 3000 years ago!"
"Whatever," Kaiba said dismissively. "Let's end this!"
"I should only warn you, I am dueling for so much more than a simple victory. I am dueling for my past and the future of mankind!"
"Believe whatever you want, it will all be over soon."
Kaiba's right, Yami-Marik thought. But I have to insure that Kaiba's link to the Millennium Rod does not interfere with my plans. I must win and gain infinite power.
"So what's the score?" Amara asked as she finished threading her hair back into the ponytail holder.
"Let's see, Seto has 2000 life points while Yugi has 3000," Mokuba said. "Both God Cards have been destroyed."
"It's still your move," Yami-Yugi told Kaiba.
"Now you're talking some sense," Kaiba said.
(Y: 3000)
(K: 2000)
"I set one card face-down and end my turn." I don't need an Egyptian God Card, I have a much more reliable card in my hand: my Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
Yami-Yugi drew a card it was Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (5). I can't attack Kaiba with this, it's too weak.
Kaiba has no monsters on the field, he's wide open for a direct attack, Yami-Marik noted.
"I summon Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts." A brown lion-type creature appeared.
"I activate my Clone trap card. This makes a duplicate of your beast." A darker version of Gazelle appeared on Kaiba's side of the field.
"I place one card face-down and end my turn."
"You just made your last move. On my next turn, I'll sacrifice my Gazelle clone to summon my Blue-Eyes!"
"But Blue-Eyes is an eight-star monster and you need two sacrifice monsters to summon an eight-star monster. You have only one."
"You especially must know that things aren't always what they seem." Kaiba drew a card. "You're right it's a normal rule that eight star monsters require two sacrifices. But I'm about to change that rule. I play the magic card Cost Down. Cost Down reduces the number of stars of my monsters by two turning Blue-Eyes from an eight-star monster to a six-star one."
"That means you can summon it!"
"I see you've been paying attention. I sacrifice my Gazelle clone to summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" With a roar that sounded like a cross between an elephant and a train wreck, the dragon rose from the card.
"All right, Bro, now nothing can stop you," Mokuba said happily.
Maybe I'll be facing Kaiba in the finals after all, Marik thought.
There's something about Kaiba's attitude that bothers me, Amara thought. I mean it's not just the fact that I hate rich snobs who think they know everything, but… he seems to be taking more anger out on Yugi than necessary. I can understand if Kaiba wants to gain his title back from Yugi but he's acting like Yugi is the cause of all his problems.
"It's time to put an end to our feud. Blue-Eyes, attack his Gazelle with White Lightning!" The dragon launched a white energy burst which destroyed the beast. "Looks like the King's been dethroned. I end my turn."
I have only one chance. If the visions of the past are to be believed, then the only way to combat his monster, I must summon my Dark Magician. Yami-Yugi drew a card and said, "I know you had the same visions I've had and I'm about to prove it. I play Monster Reborn to get back the Dark Magician I sent to the graveyard as the result of your Life-Shaver trap card."
Kaiba's look showed that he was horrified by the appearance of Yugi's favorite monster, but his voice tried to hide it, "Your move doesn't prove a thing!"
"It's time for you to accept your destiny."
"True Duelists make their own destiny!"
"I set another card face-down and end my turn." I hope my plan works. Magic Formula should make Dark Magician's attack points equal to Blue-Eyes White Dragon's. The rest is up to destiny now. "I end my turn."
"I'm disappointed that you put all your faith into some old folk tale. You're no Pharaoh so you should stop playing pretend. You're concentrating on the past instead of the here and now and that will be your downfall. It's my move and I'll set one card face-down and play the magic card called Card of Demise! This lets me draw five cards but in five turns I have to discard them. Fortunately, I won't need to wait that long before that." Kaiba drew his five cards. I've studied Yugi's past duels really carefully and I know what he's up to. He'll use one of his face-down cards to power up his Dark Magician and the other to stop my Blue-Eyes' attack. "Your strategy isn't going to work. I summon Lord of Dragons (6) in attack mode. As long as Lord of Dragons is on the field, magic and trap cards can't affect my Blue-Eyes."
"But you seem to forget that Dark Magician is more powerful than your Lord of Dragons."
"Then go ahead and attack it."
Yami-Yugi cast a suspicious look in Kaiba's direction. "I summon Beta the Magnet Warrior (7) in defense mode. Dark Magician, attack his Lord of Dragons with Dark Magic Attack!"
"I reveal my face-down card, Magical Trick Mirror which lets me activate a magic card from your graveyard and I choose Monster Reborn which I'll use to revive Obelisk the Tormentor!" The giant monster briefly rose from the field and used its arm to block the dark energy attack. "It might be on the field for one turn, but that's long enough to block your Dark Magician's attack."
(Y: 1500)
(K: 2000)
"Now you along with Obelisk are both going to the graveyard where you'll both remain while I become the World's Greatest Duelist and have everyone acknowledge my greatness!"
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Beast of Talwar
Level: 6
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2400
DEF: 2150
(2)
Name: Wingweaver
Level: 7
Type: Fairy
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2750
DEF: 2400
(3)
Name: Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Level: 8
Type: Dragon
Attribute: Light
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2500
(4)
Name: Dark Magician
Level: 7
Type: Spellcaster
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2500
DEF: 2100
(5)
Name: Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts
Level: 4
Type: Beast
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1200
(6)
Name: Lord of Dragons (Lord of D.)
Level: 4
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1200
DEF: 1100
(7)
Name: Beta the Magnet Warrior
Level: 4
Type: Rock
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1700
DEF: 1600