CHAPTER 5
BELIEFS
Pang Tong was looking at the duel between Kaiba and Ishizu. He had decided that he would look at other duels to see how people here act. The first thing he noticed was the amazing amount of crap they said. Most of what they said didn't have anything to do with the duel. No wonder they thought my duel was short, he thought, These people won't shut up. He saw as the duel finally ended. Next was Mai VS Marik. Pang Tong saw as the clearly evil Marik summoned the "Shadow Realm". "The shadow realm," Zhuge said, "The realm where the ancients once dueled." Pang Tong saw as Mai lost a memory for every monster that was destroyed. But what really alarmed him was the Egyptian God Card that Marik had. The so-called Winged Dragon of Ra. "That's no hologram," Pang Tong said. "Now die!" yelled Marik, and the monster fired. Yugi was going to intervene, but Pang Tong beat him to it. He jumped in front of Mai and, spinning his staff, deflected the attack. "A monster like that should not be allowed to exist," Pang Tong said. The orb in the staff went dark purple. "Vorpal!" he shouted. The same dark ball of energy that destroyed the millennium ring hit the dragon. The monster roared in pain as it was sucked into the dark energy. "What's going on?" asked a shocked Marik. The dragon eventually disappeared, and Marik's card was split neatly in half. "No!" yelled a horrified Marik, "But how?" Pang Tong showed Marik the dark purple orb in his staff. "See this," he said, pointing at the orb, "This is one of the five musou orbs, the Vorpal Orb. This orb sends whatever it hits straight to the realm of Death itself. Your 'god' is probably dead by now." Everyone was speechless. "You'll pay for this," Marik said.
"So, let me guess the plot here," Pang Tong said, "You are the super evil man who wishes to rule the world through the power of this 'god cards' and Yugi is supposed to stop you through dueling, right?" "As if," Marik said, "No one will stop me as soon as I get my hands on the other god car--" he never finished, as Pang Tong's staff went right through his chest. "I'm sorry," Pang Tong said as he pulled the staff out of Marik's chest, "But this way Mai will recover her memories and the world will be safe." He heard Zhuge Liang's voice in his head, "You understand you just obliterated the story of this universe, right?" "Yeah, pretty much," Pang Tong said.
Mai opened her eyes and saw that she was on the floor. Joey was beside her. "Ugh," she said when she tried to lift her head, "Joey," she asked. "Hey, you got your memories back!" he said. "Brother," Ishizu said sadly, "There was some good left in him, you know." "Yeah, Pang Tong!" said Tea, "That was very uncool!" "You didn't have to kill him," said Duke, who up to now had been very quiet. "Boy, you people just can't make up your minds, can you?" said Pang Tong, "He was planning to enslave the world. He was either your enemy or your friend. To me, he was my enemy. So I decided to end it here like this rather than take my chances." "Pang Tong," said Kaiba. "Yes," asked Pang Tong. "Listen," Kaiba said, "I don't care about Marik, but I wanted that Egyptian God Card, and I'm going to make you pay for that. Once we reach the tower, you're going to duel me next." "Brother," said the child beside him. "Don't worry little girl," Pang Tong said, "Your big brother is just angry." "Hey, I'm not a little girl," yelled the child, "My name is Mokuba, and I'm a boy!" "Oh," said Pang Tong, embarrassed. Mokuba turned to Kaiba. "Seto, kick his ass in the duel!" he said. "Don't worry, Mokuba" Kaiba said, "I will." "Aw, come on," Pang Tong said. How many enemies can I possibly make in 5 minutes, Pang Tong thought. "Pang Tong!" said a strong voice behind him. Pang Tong turned and saw that it was Yugi, but he was different. He was definitely taller. "Hey, how did you transform like that," Pang Tong asked. "Wait, you mean you noticed," Yugi asked, strangely surprised. "You'd have to be blind not to," Pang Tong said. "Wow, I can't believe it," Yugi said, "Someone finally noticed." "Your kidding," said Pang Tong, amazed that people here didn't notice that he grew at least three feet taller. "That doesn't matter right now," Yugi said, "Pang Tong, I cannot agree with killing Marik. I will defeat you!" "Good grief," Pang Tong said, "You people are strange." "I have something to say too!" Tristan said. "Ah, shut up," Pang Tong said, "You people talk too much." He left.
The next day, Pang Tong was on top of the blimp. It was the only place that the others couldn't see him. This is really messed up, he thought. Suddenly the blimp went down. "What the heck," Pang Tong said. "Mr. Kaiba, I've lost control of the blimp," said the pilot. Pang Tong didn't need to hear more. He felt the presence of whatever was pulling them in. "I could just leave them to drown," Pang Tong said to himself, "But I'm not that kind of guy." He concentrated once more. This time the orb in his staff went black, with a bright light in the middle. "Blast orb!" he shouted, aiming his staff down. A ball of light came out of the staff. The force of the attack was so strong that Pang Tong was knocked to his back. "Well, that should do it," he said as he saw his attack go underwater.
Noah was watching the blimp as it went towards his base. "Finally," he said. "Noah, sir!" said one of his underlings, "There's a large energy source heading our direction!" "What?" yelled Noah. That was the most he said. The ball hit his base and it was utterly destroyed.
"You enjoy destroying a universe's history, don't you," Zhuge Liang asked in Pang Tong's head. "What do you mean?" Pang Tong asked, "I just saved their lives." "They weren't going to drown," Zhuge said. Pang Tong stared at the water for a moment. "Good grief," he said.
The blast had delayed the flight time, and they wouldn't get to the island until the next day. Pang Tong took this chance to talk to Zhuge and understand more of the story in this universe. Or, at least, what was left of it. By nighttime Pang Tong learned all he had to know. He decided he would go to bed and get an early start tomorrow. After all, he thought, I'm gonna duel the best for no real reason. As he walked down the hall towards his room, he heard moaning from another room. "Hm?" Pang Tong pressed his ear against the wall. It sounded painful. "Oh boy," he said nervously. He was afraid that someone might be tortured in there. After all, this place was strange enough. And it was too corny. Pang Tong decided to open the door. Just as he approached, he could hear a little voice in the back of his head telling him just what a dumb-ass he is and that it was a terrible idea to open that door. But he did anyway, and he went inside the room. There he saw Tea Gardner, who was the one who was moaning. But that definitely wasn't a face of pain.
"Oh," Pang Tong said. He could hear that little voice laughing at him. Tea looked at Pang Tong, then screamed. Yami Yugi appeared from under the covers. "What is it," he asked. She pointed at Pang Tong. Yami looked, then gasped. "Look, this is obviously the wrong room," Pang Tong said, "So if you'll excuse me, I'll leave you two alone." "Wait, Pang Tong!" said Tea, "Please don't tell Yugi. He'll be crushed." "Don't tell Yugi," Pang Tong asked, "But, isn't Yugi inside Yami?" "Oh, yeah," Tea said. "I forgot," Yami said. "You forgot," Pang Tong asked. Then Tea gasped. "But, then that means that Yugi knows," she said. "That's right," said Yugi from Yami's mind. "Did I hear that?" Pang Tong asked. "Yugi, I'm sorry," Yami said. "Sorry? What for? This is great!" said Yugi. "You mean, you don't mind," Tea asked. "Of course not," Yugi said, "After all, it's my body. Everything Yami feels, I feel." "Oh, so it's sort of like a three-way, right," said Yami. "Exactly," said Yugi. "Wow, so that means I get to do it with two guys," Tea said, "Cool." "Well, I'm glad that's settled," Yami said. "Yeah," said Yugi. Pang Tong was stunned. If he didn't have his mask on, they would have seen his mouth wide open. "I have been through countless battles," he said, "I have seen and heard the most disturbing acts of understanding that any human could do, but that," he said, pointing at them, "that definitely takes the cake." "You won't tell anyone, will you," Tea asked. "Not if you don't want me too," Pang Tong said. "Thanks," said Yami. "Well, good night," Pang Tong said and left. As the door closed behind him, he took a deep breath. "Good grief," he said. "Hey Zhuge, you there," Pang Tong called. "Yes, what is it," Zhuge asked. "Did Yugi have any relationship with Tea," Pang Tong asked. "Not an intimate one, why?" Pang Tong groaned. "It doesn't matter," he said. He went to his room, thinking of how badly he had messed up this universe.