When Vengeance goes too far
Chapter 8: Conquering the darkness
Disclaimer: I don't own any the characters from Yu-Gi-Oh. They are owned by Kazuki Takahashi, Shonen Jump, Konami and Shueisha comics.
"That's it," Evil-Kaiba, said, "Oh well, Black Eyes, attack with Dark Lightning."
Kaiba was currently in a duel with his evil counterpart. Both had thirteen hundred life points left, but Evil-Kaiba had the Black Eyes Dark Dragon out on the field, which was a dark version of the Blue Eyes White Dragon and it received five hundred attack points for each Blue Eyes White Dragon on either side of the field and in either duellist's graveyard and just now, it had fifty-five hundred attack points since Kaiba had already played two of his Blue Eyes' and Evil-Kaiba had all three of his in the graveyard and it's base attack and defence points were the same at the Blue Eyes White Dragon's.
The Black Eyes Dark Dragon's Dark Lightning attack looked like a black version of the Blue Eyes White Dragon's White Lightning attack. It went towards Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon, which was currently in defence mode. Kaiba also had a facedown card on the field.
"Reveal trap card, Negate Attack," Kaiba, said, "Your attack is stopped."
The Dark Lightning attack hit the Negate Attack card on the field after it was activated and disappeared.
"Lucky move," Evil-Kaiba, said, "However, my creature can't be destroyed. As long as I discard one card from my hand to the graveyard, Black Eyes is able to revive itself."
"I'm out of options," Kaiba, thought, "How can I defeat that monstrosity?"
"You can't," Evil-Kaiba, said aloud, "This creature was created to be indestructible. You see, five thousand years ago, when Aknadin betrayed the Pharaoh; he became the Shadow Magus or the Dark Priest, servant of the Dark One. After this thief invaded the palace, we or should I say our five thousand-year-old self went out to look for a ka stronger that his Diabound ka. We tortured people into revealing their kas, but none were powerful enough to defeat Diabound. However, we came across this foreign girl who possessed a ka so powerful that it was thought to surpass even the Egyptian God Monsters. This was Kisara and she possessed the Blue Eyes White Dragon."
"I still don't believe in those fairytales," Kaiba, said, "And you just proved that you're not me because if you were, you wouldn't have believed them either."
"You still say that," Evil-Kaiba, said, "You're in denial. You know that those "fairytales" are the truth, yet you're too afraid to acknowledge it, not that it matters whether you believe in them or not. Once I win this duel, I'll be free again and without you to get in my way, I'll be free to kill Yugi, Wheeler and the dweeb brigade then no one will dare oppose me."
"You're nuts," Kaiba, said, "I don't see why megalomaniacs like you think they can rule the world through a mere card game. Marik had that delusion and Pegasus thought he could use the game to bring back his dead wife, the delusional twit. I'm surrounded by people with crazy delusions."
Evil-Kaiba said, "It's your move."
Kaiba drew from his deck.
"I don't see how I can defeat his Black Eyes Dark Dragon," he thought, "If I destroy it, it'll just revive itself as long as he has at least one card to send to the graveyard. Yugi always finds way out of those kinds of situations. Just when it looks like he's beaten, he somehow manages to pull off a miracle and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat."
He remembered when Yugi first defeated him using Exodia and watching him defeat Strings by forcing him to use up all the cards in his deck when he played Slifer the Sky Dragon. Both times, Yugi had won when it looked like he would lose and from what he was told during the whole virtual world escapade, Yugi was able to defeat Noah with only one hundred life points and Noah had over ten thousand life points. It seemed impossible, but somehow, Yugi pulled it off.
Kaiba looked at the card he drew and smiled.
"Perhaps there's hope for me after all," he thought, "This card ought to deal with that little revival problem."
"I place two cards facedown on the field," he said, "And I play, not one, but two Cost Down magic cards so I can summon my third Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) in defence mode."
Two facedown cards appeared on the field along with Kaiba's third Blue Eyes.
(Black Eyes Dark Dragon: 6000/2500)
"I may have strengthened your monster," Kaiba, said, "But I have a plan and with that, I'll end my turn."
Evil-Kaiba said, "You must've lost it. So you'd rather lose than forfeit. Not surprising. I would do the same thing if I were in your shoes since we are one and the same. Anyway, Black Eyes, attack his Blue Eyes that was already on the field before he summoned that other one."
Black Eyes fired its Dark Lightning attack, but Kaiba said, "Not so fast, reveal facedown card, Swords of Revealing Light. This paralyses your dragon for three whole turns."
The attack vanished when Kaiba activated the card and Evil-Kaiba's dragon was surrounded by energy swords that lit the place up (hence the name, Swords of Revealing Light).
"You're stalling," Evil-Kaiba, said, "Just face it; there's nothing in your deck that can beat my dragon. Even Yugi wouldn't be able to get himself out of this one."
Kaiba said, "Oh really, well I've already devised a way to bring your dragon down you impostor."
Evil-Kaiba said, "Oh really? This dragon is unstoppable. It was created from the darkness in Aknadin when he took control of our mind. You see, we saved Kisara from an angry mob that was out to kill her because she was a foreigner and they believed she was bad luck. We brought her back to the palace to recuperate, but we told Aknadin about her and he immediately started planning on how we could use the Blue Eyes White Dragon to ascend to power. However, in order to claim it, Kisara had to die, but we refused to do it. Aknadin however, he was willing to kill her. He had always been willing to kill innocents just to get what he wanted and used the "It's for the greater good" excuse to justify his actions. After all, the guy had an entire village massacred just to create the Millennium Items and he did it all behind his brother, the Pharaoh's back. The Pharaoh authorised the massacre without even knowing that it was a massacre he had approved of. Had he known what creating the Millennium Items would've meant, he would've never have authorised their creation. Anyway, Aknadin tried to draw Kisara's ka out by getting prisoners to challenge her with their kas, but she only released it to save us." Aknadin was impressed and was even more determined to have us possess it. However, we went to join the Pharaoh, leaving Kisara to recuperate once again. However, Aknadin appeared to the Pharaoh as the Shadow Magus and announced his treachery and also announced that he was our father and the Pharaoh's uncle, being the brother of the Pharaoh's father, the previous pharaoh and all."
"Is there a point to this story?" Kaiba said.
"I'm getting to it," Evil-Kaiba, said, "Anyway, after Aknadin left, we chased after him and Kisara obviously woke up and went out to look for us. We found Aknadin and Kisara found us and it was us and Kisara against Aknadin. However, once Kisara summoned her dragon, Aknadin killed her and we killed Aknadin, or at least his physical being. His soul survived and infiltrated our mind and took control of us and the Pharaoh arrived and we fought him under Aknadin's control, but before the finishing blow could be delivered, Kisara's spirit caused the Blue Eyes White Dragon to betray him. However, before he died, Aknadin was able to transfer a portion of his darkness to the Blue Eyes White Dragon and that is how the Black Eyes Dark Dragon came into being. It is the negative of the Blue Eyes White Dragon."
"I know that much," Kaiba, said, "You didn't have to go into a fairytale to get that across."
"If I heard that when I was still part of you, I'd probably say the same thing," Evil-Kaiba, said, "But being in the Shadow Realm has opened my eyes to the truth. We were the Pharaoh's rival five thousand years ago, but whether you believe it or not is meaningless. I will win this anyway and finish what you started. Now I believe that we're done with all the chitchat. Let's just duel and if I'm correct, it's your turn."
"I couldn't agree more," Kaiba, said, "First I play the magic card, Monster Reborn to revive my fallen Blue Eyes."
The Monster Reborn card appeared on the field and started to glow and then Kaiba's third Blue Eyes rose up from the ground.
"Then I use my Polymerisation card to merge all three into Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500/3800)," Kaiba finished.
The Polymerisation card appeared on the field and Kaiba's three dragons became spiralling circles and they moved into each other and the result was a Blue Eyes White Dragon with three heads, fifteen hundred more attack points and eight hundred more defence points.
"Lucky for you fusion monsters can't attack on the same turn they were formed," Kaiba, said, "So I end my turn."
"Don't you mean that you're lucky that your Swords of Revealing Light are in play? My Dragon outranks yours by fifteen hundred points. It may be one dragon on the field, but it's made up of three separate dragons. Black Eyes doesn't work like Yugi's Buster Blader and Dark Paladin, which only receives the power boost for one dragon, even a fusion dragon. For my dragon, your one dragon still counts as three dragons."
Kaiba said, "Just make your move."
"I think I'll pass this turn," Evil-Kaiba, said, "My dragon can't be stopped and any magic or trap card you use against it will only delay the inevitable."
"That's what you think," Kaiba, thought, "My facedown card will deal with your dragon's revival ability. All I have to do it keep it facedown on the field for six whole turns and that was number two. If what Yugi says about cockiness being a weakness is true, then hopefully he'll be so cocky that he'll forget about my facedown card altogether."
"I'll pass as well," Kaiba said.
"What's Seto planning?" Noah said from the sidelines.
"I think I know," Kisara, said, "It has something to do what his facedown card and if it's what I think it is, Seto could potentially prevent Black Eyes Dark Dragon from reviving itself once it goes to the graveyard. He just has to keep it on the field for four more turns."
"Wow," Noah, said, "What card could it be?"
Kisara said, "He used it in his match with Yugi at Battle City and it has the potential to render Slifer the Sky Dragon useless."
Back with the duel, Evil-Kaiba smirked.
"I'll pass this turn," he said.
"Turn number three," Kaiba, thought, "Excellent. Just three more turns to go and only one more before my Swords of Revealing Light ware off."
He drew from his deck and smiled.
"Just what I need for my dragon to gain the attack points it needs to wipe out his dragon," he thought, "But I better play it safe just in case."
"I place two cards facedown on the field and that ends my turn," Kaiba said.
Two more facedown cards appeared on the field.
"I'll pass my turn," Evil-Kaiba said confidently.
"Your overconfidence will cost you," Kaiba, thought, "You do have my duelling attitude, I'll give you that. However, Yugi told me that it was my attitude that cost me the duel. I never thought I'd be saying this, but for once, I hope Yugi's right. "
"I'll pass my turn as well," Kaiba said.
"Big mistake," Evil-Kaiba, said, "Now I'm free to attack. Black Eyes, Dark Lightning attack."
Black Eyes fired its Dark Lightning attack.
"Reveal facedown cards, Shining Palace and Dragon Rage (not to be confused with Dragon's Rage)," Kaiba said.
Two of his facedown cards rose up. The shining palace and a card with a picture of an angry longing Dragon on it. A red vapour cloud came out of the card and went over to Kaiba's Ultimate Dragon and the dragon appeared to absorb the vapour.
(Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon: 5500/3800)
"Allow me to explain," Kaiba, said, "Shining Palace increases any light attribute monsters' attack points by five hundred and Dragon Rage increases any dragon type monster's attack points by five hundred and since my dragon is both a light attribute and a dragon type monster, it gets a grand total of one thousand attack points and I only lose five hundred life points."
Kaiba's dragon was destroyed.
(Kaiba's LP: 800)
Evil-Kaiba said, "It's over, you've lost. Though I admit that I am surprised that you have cards in your deck that you never had before."
"I've been tuning my deck since my defeat at Battle City," Kaiba, said, "And although I don't like him, Pegasus has been giving me some of his old and newest cards in the hopes that I'll forgive him for that whole Duellist Kingdom episode, ha, like that'll ever happen. However, it's good business."
"I see," Evil-Kaiba, said, "There's still some of me left in you."
"Oh please," Kaiba, said, "Anyway, it's my move. First I play the magic card, Mining for Magical Stones, with allows me to retrieve a magic card from my graveyard and I choose Monster Reborn to revive my Ultimate Dragon."
After he received Monster Reborn again, he played it and his Ultimate Dragon was revived.
"Did I mention that my Shining Palace and Dragon Rage cards were permanent magic cards?" Kaiba, said, "It means that it still has fifty-five hundred attack points."
"It doesn't matter," Evil-Kaiba, said, "This is great. I can get to destroy your dragon all over again."
"That's what you think," Kaiba, thought, "Now I have all I need and with only three cards in your hand, I don't have to wait till next turn to activate my trap."
"Next I activate my trap card, Life Shaver, you know, the facedown card that I laid down along with the Swords of Revealing Light?"
He activated the card and said, "Now you have to discard as many cards from your hand equal to the turn of turns its been facedown on the field."
Evil-Kaiba discarded his three cards in his hand.
"What's the point in this?" he said.
"My point is that without any cards in your hand, your dragon is unable to revive itself," Kaiba, said, "And to deal with the problem of your dragon, being stronger than mine, I play my Pump Up magic card, which doubles my dragon's attack points for one whole turn."
He activated his next card, which made his dragon stronger.
(Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon: 11000/3800)
"Oh no," Evil-Kaiba, said, "Looks like you pulled a Yugi, but how?"
Kaiba said, "Guess he was right about my attitude being my downfall. Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack and rid the field of his Black Eyes Dark Dragon with your Neutron Blast."
Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon fired its attack at Black Eyes Dark Dragon and since Evil-Kaiba had no more cards to send to the graveyard, it was destroyed.
(Evil-Kaiba's LP: 0)
"NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!" Evil-Kaiba screamed.
He suddenly started to bulge and change shape.
Kaiba said, "What the?"
Evil-Kaiba became a bit smaller and was fat. He no longer looked like Kaiba. He had the same dark brown tinge to his skin, only it was darker than before. He had small pink bits of hair on his head. He looked downright ugly and deformed.
"I knew you were an impostor," Kaiba said.
"Wrong," Evil-Kaiba, said, "This is what the Shadow Realm did to me."
Kaiba didn't believe it. This freak didn't even have his voice anymore.
"You did it Seto," Kisara said coming up to him.
"As promised, you will get to leave," Noah added.
"Good riddance," Kaiba, said, "I'm sick of this place."
"I was so close," "Evil-Kaiba", said, "So close."
"Oh go back to the shadows," Kisara said, holding her hand out.
"Evil-Kaiba" felt an invisible force push him backwards.
"I'll get you for this," he said before he vanished.
Kaiba said, "Thank you, that guy was getting on my nerves."
Kisara said, "Now go and save Serenity."
"Save her?" Kaiba said.
"Yes," Kisara, said, "I fear that in her current emotional state, she might do something drastic to herself."
"But all I did was have her test results altered, he room trashed and her mother and brother beaten up," Kaiba said.
"True," Kisara, said, "But you now know of Serenity's personality disorder now. It wouldn't take a lot to completely devastate her. Sure her mother and brother will recover, but when you had her test results altered, you ruined her career plans and when you had her room trashed, your lackeys destroyed two of her most treasured possessions that meant the world to her, her diary and a locket her mother gave her."
Kaiba gasped.
"There's still time Seto," Noah, said, "If you hurry, you might be able to save her."
Suddenly, the whole place lit up and Kisara and Noah faded from Kaiba's vision and the next thing Kaiba knew, he was lying on his bed awake. He got up and looked at the time. "Only 8:15," he said, "I was out for too hours."
He got up and rushed out of the house. He had no idea if what happened in his "dream" really happened, but in his current state of mind, he wasn't going to chance it.
He got into his limo and said, "Take me to the hospital and quickly."
The driver said, "Yes sir, but why?"
"That's none of your business," Kaiba said.
The driver just sighed.
"Guess he'll never change," he thought.
The limo pulled out of the mansion grounds and drove towards the hospital and Kaiba was hoping that he wasn't too late to save Serenity. Normally he would've passed off the experience as a dream, but after hearing Mrs Wheeler describing Serenity's disorder, he had became so worried that he forgot that he didn't believe in that sort of thing.
Author's notes: So Kaiba managed to defeat his dark side. However, that's just the first step. Now he's got to save Serenity and apologise, not to mention talk her out of committing suicide. Can he do it and more importantly, can he be forgiven? I know that perhaps Kaiba's acting a bit out-of-character, but for the purposes of this fic, it's essential, but don't worry. No matter how well someone changes, a part of who they were before will always be apart of them and I intend to leave some of Kaiba's old personality within him. I know that for the duel sequence that Kaiba used cards that wouldn't normally be in his deck, but that was all for the purposes of defeating his evil counterpart's Black Eyes Dark Dragon and I hope that the explanation that Pegasus seeking forgiveness from Kaiba over Duellist Kingdom will suffice despite the fact that Pegasus wasn't seeking forgiveness in the anime. Anyway, till next time.