Yawns Hey everyone. I'm so tired… I have to get up a bit earlier than usual the next two days in order to get off slightly earlier today, and to make up for yesterday (we got off slightly earlier, only to have to make it up). At any rate, there is good news. I talked to that other company, and the guy said I got the job. He's sent out my letter of offering, and it should get here today or tomorrow. Then I have to send it back out. I'm thinking about just turning in my two weeks either Wednesday or Thursday this week, then take a week off in between starting my new job and leaving this one. It should be fun. Anyways, time to get back to what I came here to do. Time for some reviews.
Strawberry Cake: He sure did. He lost all his spunk, seemingly. Watches another boulder come flying in, this one with Ryon strapped to it. Ryon: "I just learned not to poke fun at Marik." Ah, I see that now.
Fire Princess: Why give it to him? You could just pay the half demon bodyguard and have protection for a while. Sniffs air and shutters at the smell of fish.
Brianna Ishtar: It's a very appropriate dress for a wedding, and a funeral, lol. Heck, it could be a combo deal knowing Ryon, hehe.
sweetxokissesxo: Yep, violent indeed. Looks at a wide-eyed Ryon staring down Ryou. Ryon: "I wish to hire your services!" Do you have money? Ryon: "Well, not at the moment…" Sorry, I don't do freebies. Pay up front, or no services. Hears Ryon mumbling something about damn cheap half demon. I HEARD THAT! Crackles claws. If Ryou don't kill you, perhaps I will.
Ryon Nakura: No problem, lol. Oh no, not the crazy fangirls! Runs and hides and watches them picking apart Ryon and Ryou.
pink-kiss-candy: Don't feel bad, I haven't watched that movie either, lol. I just didn't care to go see it.
thehyperactivecow: No problem. I figured you had headed off somewhere for a while, and wasn't too worried. Hope you had a good time. Thanks for the comments though. I'm glad you liked it, and don't worry, you'll make it through the stack eventually.
Tomb Robber Vicky: Yeah, he took out the lawyer thoroughly. Yep, now he has shown he can summon all three Egyptian God Cards, so Gozaburo knows now he's in for a real fight.
Isis the Sphinx: Yep, poor Johnson is outta there, probably forever due that he's in the Shadow Realm, lol. Yay, you'll be a year older.
Ultimate Legendary Master: No, I don't mind at all if someone IM's me. I'm always glad to get someone to talk to. Just let me know who you are, lol, so I'll have a clue who I'm talking to (I have too many people I don't remember on my list already, hehe). Thanks, and hopefully all will continue going well.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Johnson: "Come with me if you wish to not be sued." Watches Metal Overlord 2.0 then obliterate Terminator Johnson. Lol, I kind of liked T3, but yeah, it did mess with the plot of T2. I guess pretty much, as the tin man himself said, they only delayed it rather than stopped it. Anyways, back to the review. Indeed, the lover of machines is next. Possibly he'll bring out some new machines. I had thought about that, but then I came up with something else. Meh, my thoughts on Shadow Games weren't too great originally. The one with Johnson was probably my better ideas, but the others were kind of copies of past duels. Hehe, I wouldn't worry about the vitamins. She has plenty to worry about without them, lol.
Well, that's all for this morning. Yawns again Damn I'm tired. Sighs Only a few more weeks of this company, then I get to try my hand at the new company. I hope that one works out much better. Anyways, I gotta run and get ready for work. Later all.
Chapter 125
Once back in his main office, Gozaburo awaited his two remaining associates. After five or ten minutes, they came in. As usual, they could tell Gozaburo was in one of those moods.
Once they walked in, Gozaburo used his Millennium Crown's power to slam the door shut and then grabbed both of them with it's power and pushed them against the wall. Both gasped for breath, for the power of the crown was crushing them.
"FOOLS! YOU SWORE THIS TIME YOU'D SUCCEED, BUT LOOK AT THE RESULTS!" yelled Gozaburo in full anger.
Both were still gasping for breath as Gozaburo continued to press harder.
"YOUR COMRADES FAILED ME, AND NOW ILLIDAN HAS LEARNED HE CAN CONTROL ALL THREE GOD CARDS! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELVES?" he screamed.
Both were grasping their throats, for they could not say a thing due to the lack of oxygen. Gozaburo then released the two of them, letting them both fall to the floor, each panting for air.
Finally, after catching their breath, the Nesbitt said in a strained voice "Sir, forgive our comrades, for they were weak. We will not fail you like they did."
Gozaburo only snarled "That's what Crump and Johnson said, yet each failed me. Why should I believe that you two won't fail me?"
Still in great fear, Lector replied "Unlike those three, we have the skills necessary to take down Illidan. Plus, we have a plan, if you allow us to proceed with it."
Gozaburo cocked an eyebrow at this new development. "What kind of plan?" he said in a still rather irritated voice.
Lector then cleared his voice and said "I propose that you allow me and Nesbitt to duel Illidan together. Make it a two on one duel, thus putting Illidan in a position to where he can't win. Against the two of us, he'll surely lose!"
Gozaburo softly chuckled and said "You think I'd actually put him in a handicap match?"
"Sir, it would be the best way to for sure eliminate him. Also, even if he won, which he won't, he'd be totally exhausted from the duel, thus making him an easy target for you." added Nesbitt.
Gozaburo sat there, thinking about the proposition. "It is an interesting proposition you two have brought before me. You do realize though that you two would have to use team work to fully destroy him though, right?"
Both Nesbitt and Lector nodded, agreeing that they would. "We have already talked strategy, and we know we could do it. Just please give us a chance sir." Lector said in confidence.
Gozaburo seemed to ponder if this was a truly wise decision. Finally, he laughed and said "Very well, I will make it happen. But know this! If you fail, you both will be spending the rest of eternity in the Shadow Realm!"
Both nodded to that threat. "Now leave me. I must decide the type of Shadow Game you'll be playing. Dismissed!" declared Gozaburo.
Nesbitt and Lector then walked out of Gozaburo's office to go build a strategy.
Elsewhere, Illidan arrived at his room. He sighed upon sitting down. The things he had just seen when he'd won disturbed him. Johnson had appeared to be a robot after Ra had struck him with it's full force. Was it possible that all his opponents that Gozaburo had set up for him to face were truly robots? He sat there pondering those thoughts when he remembered something.
"Johnson had said it was Noa's fault as well. Is it possible that Noa made them that way?" he said aloud to himself.
He then realized there might be one way to find out. Getting into a comfortable meditation position, he began to meditate. Using his Millennium Key, he began to seek the mental link that he had with Yugi and Yami. Finally, he found Yami's presence.
"Yami, can you hear me?" he said across the mental link.
Within the shadows, Yami moved slightly. He heard his name being called in his mind, and realized immediately who it was.
"Illidan?" he called back softly across his mental link.
Illidan smiled and replied "Yes, it's me. I'm glad you can hear me. I was worried due that you're in the Shadow Realm, or even near the Shadow Realm, you wouldn't be able to hear me."
Yami responded with "It is difficult to do this, but I can communicate with you for a short time."
Illidan sighed and said "Ok. I have a question. Johnson was some kind of robot. He blamed Noa for that. Do you have any idea about what Johnson was talking about?"
Yami thought for a moment and then said "It may have had something to do with when we were in Noa's virtual world. I'll share the memories I have of that place, so you'll maybe have a clue."
Suddenly then a memory of Yami's appeared to Illidan over the link. There he saw their first confrontation with the Big 5 and Noa. Yami and Yugi were pitted in a duel against the first of them, Gansley. Next, Tea had been forced to duel against Krump. The next Big 5 member was Johnson vs. Joey. After that, Duke, Serenity, and Tristan faced off against Nesbitt. Finally, Seto fought against Lector. In all five duels, the result was the same.
Each duel the Big 5 member would lose, except for Nesbitt. He defeated Tristan, but technically lost overall. Still, he kept Tristan's so called body for himself. Noa had been quite disappointed by the Big 5's losses and gave them one more chance to win some bodies. The Big 5 all went into Tristan's body. Each would rotate in on different turns. Joey and Yami had faced off against them, and in the end, won the duel. It had been Joey that had literally saved the day in that duel thanks to some fast acting moves.
"So, that's why Johnson blamed Joey for so much of that loss." Illidan said with a chuckle.
Next, a scene of Seto facing off with Noa came up. Noa revealed that he didn't have a real body, and that he was stuck in the virtual world. Seto and Noa then dueled to prove who the best person to run Kaiba Corp. was. Seto nearly had the duel won, but Noa then revealed he had taken control of Mokuba. Noa then used Mokuba as a shield to keep himself from losing the duel. Seto knew he could never hurt his little brother, so he backed down, allowing Noa to recover. Noa then used his powerful Deck Master, Shinato's Ark, to boost his life points to unbelievable heights. Noa then began a ferocious assault on Seto, nearly wiping him out. Seto kept trying to reach out to Mokuba, desperately attempting to free his brother from Noa's mind control. The others tried as well, and Yugi suggested to Seto to do what he had done to help save Joey. Yugi had used Joey's Red-Eyes Black Dragon that Joey had given him to snap him out of Marik's control. Yugi hoped the same would help Seto. Seto continued to draw and talk to Mokuba, reminding him that the two of them had defeated their adopted father, Gozaburo. Finally, Seto drew the card he needed to fully break Noa's control over Mokuba. He then revealed it to be Blue-Eyes White Dragon. With the sight of Blue-Eyes, Mokuba broke free from Noa. Seto then finally attacked Noa back with his mighty dragon, but knew that wasn't enough to win the duel. He then played a face down that he knew would win the duel, and let Noa take his turn. Noa pointed out that Seto had no chance to win due the difference in their life points, but Seto said he was right. He couldn't win if he was to drain Noa of life points. So instead, he used a trap card known as Last Turn. The trap pitted one monster of Noa's against Seto's Blue-Eyes. Whichever was standing would then win the duel. Noa used his Deck Master, and in a furious attack, the mighty dragon attacked Noa's Deck Master. The attack soon enough though appeared to have been the worst thing Seto could have done. Noa's true Deck Master, Shinato, King of a Higher Plane, was then revealed. His true Deck Master had more attack points than Seto's dragon, and easily crushed it with a simple blast. Seto lost technically due to that.
Mokuba then ran to his brother, but Noa turned both to stone before they reached one another. They were frozen right in front of one another, to never reach one another. This was too much for Yugi and Yami to take and both challenged Noa to a duel. They said Seto would have won if not for Noa's controlling Mokuba. Yami then declared that Noa was nothing more than a child and would never understand people. Then Yami prompted to take on the remainder of Seto's life points and use his and Seto's decks combined to defeat Noa. He said if Noa wanted a real challenge, he'd allow him to take Seto's place and they'd continue. Noa accepted, saying once he crushed Yugi, he'd truly prove his strength. So, Yugi and Noa began to duel. Yami had many close calls, but kept dueling his hardest. Even when Noa got mad at the others for cheering Yami on and began turning them to stone, Yami never quit.
Yami continued to fight with all he had till he was exhausted and knocked to the ground by one attack. He was about to give up when Yugi came to him in spirit form and showed him the inside of Yami's mind. He showed him a room in his mind that contained all his recent memories. The others, including Seto and Mokuba, urged him to get up and fight on, that the duel wasn't over yet. Seto even said that Yami had his deck and it would win him this duel. Yami then opened his eyes back up and stood up. Noa was surprised that Yugi would rise again to fight. Noa had over 10000 life points, making him almost indestructible. Yami said he'd never give up and drew Card of Sanctity, allowing each of them to draw till they each held 6 cards in their hand. As Yami prepared to draw, he got a vote of confidence by 6 of his friends. Each gave him a card, encouraging him to fight on and beat Noa. Yami then stared at his new hand and said thanks to his friends, he can now win this duel. He then brought back Seto's Blue-Eyes White Dragon that Noa had destroyed earlier in the duel. Then he brought forth Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, easily crushing Noa's only monster out. Then he used De-Fusion to separate the three dragons and blast Noa directly, dropping Noa down to 0 life points, and winning the duel. Noa had no choice but to free everyone from stone and thought it was all Seto's fault for why his father, Gozaburo, had abandoned him in this digital world.
Noa then attempted to take over Yami's body, but Yami's Millennium Puzzle helped stop the attempt. During the attempt, Noa saw images of Yami's past, while Yami saw images of when Noa had captured the group. After the attempt, the others stood behind Yami, making sure he was fine. Suddenly then, the sky darkened and Gozaburo's head appeared in the clouds in the sky. He told Noa he was disappointed by him for the last time, and then revealed his plan for world domination. He would take over the entire by putting them into the virtual world where he was ruler. This was his grand plan, and to do it, he'd use his ability to access many of the world's networks. When Gozaburo had said this, Noa attempted to get the others out of the virtual world. The access point he thought he could do it at wouldn't allow him. Gozaburo had sealed the world off from the real world though.
Noa seemed to go mad, saying that his father was bringing the whole world in to be with him, thus making them one big happy family. Mokuba tried to bring Noa back down from insanity, and it seemed to work. Noa then said there was one other way out, and took them there. Instead, he had them swimming around in their own memories while he took Mokuba to another location, which was an arcade. Yami had learned this through a talk later with Noa. There, he told Mokuba that the portal to the real world was in a game. He was about to steal Mokuba's body when Mokuba remembered Noa couldn't go with them. He then told Noa that Seto could make him a robot body. It wouldn't be the best, but it'd be something. Noa was shocked that Mokuba would say that, but then decided to proceed. He told Mokuba that the portal was on a dancing game platform. As they stepped on, Mokuba was asking where when Noa screamed "RIGHT HERE!" and then took over Mokuba's body. He then awoke in the real world and began to set things in motion to destroy the submarine where the virtual world generator was. He had a satellite that his father had launched target the sub and set a timer. He prepared to leave, but couldn't get Mokuba off his mind. As he got into a helicopter to take off, he suddenly realized what he had done. He had doomed the brother that actually cared about him to a death.
Noa then frantically raced back in, only to find that the controls to the satellite had been destroyed by Marik's evil side. Noa then found another set of controls and contacted all the others in the virtual world. In the virtual world at the time, Yugi and Joey were summoning monsters to fight off monsters Gozaburo had sent to attack them. The others were behind them, all but Seto that is, who went to find Gozaburo. At Kaiba Corp, Seto was challenged to a duel by Gozaburo to see who would get his body. Of course, Seto accepted. Gozaburo was using Exodia Necross to fight Seto with. Suddenly, the announcement all over the virtual world was heard by Noa. He warned them that the world would collapse soon and he was going to try to get them all out.
Gozaburo was furious as expected, but Seto challenged him to continue the duel. Yugi and the others finally made it to the arcade and two at a time, they began to leave. Finally, it was just Joey and Yugi left. Joey went first so Yugi could cover him in case anymore monsters came in. Once Joey was through, Yugi turned to leave. About that time, Noa contacted him and asked him to save Seto. Yugi said he would, and raced off to Kaiba Corp. Meanwhile, Seto continued to duel. Gozaburo's monster had one vulnerability, and Seto finally figured it out. He then used that point to attack, and Seto won the duel. Gozaburo was outraged and tried to take Seto's body anyways. Yugi saved him at the last second and the two ran to the top of Kaiba Corp. Once there, they both were cornered by Gozaburo. Rather than get captured, they both jumped and Noa created another portal to get them out. They awoke in the real world to find Mokuba's body still in a Cyber Pod.
According to Mokuba, he was talking to Noa, and Noa said his farewells. He then, according to Noa, returned to the virtual world and stopped Gozaburo from escaping. Unfortunately, just as the world was being destroyed, Gozaburo found a way to escape, and dragged Noa with him by accident. The next thing Noa remembered was he was in the real world somehow. There he saw his father, Gozaburo. He soon learned from his father that he had saved the both of them, and that he had even created new bodies for the two of them. They were semi robot, semi organic bodies. Underneath synthetic skin was the true heart of a robot. Sure, they did require real food to keep their organic bodies alive, but they also had a power source to run their robotic side. Noa, horrified that his father had even survived, declared he wanted nothing to do with him and fled.
From what Noa had told Yami, he had guessed that possibly his father had then rebuilt the Duel Tower, and had brought back the Big 5 into the real world with the same technology he had used on himself and Noa. Then the memories Yami had been showing him disappeared.
Illidan now understood why Johnson had looked like a robot. He was truly a robot with an organic body cover. In essence, he was a cyborg. Yami then seemed to grow weaker in the mental link.
Concerned, Illidan said "Are you alright Yami?"
Yami waited a moment or two and finally said "Yes, I am, but showing my memories and using this mental link have strained me. I'm weak now."
Illidan then replied "Ok, I'll let you be then. You need your strength. Besides, I must rest up for tomorrow. I have a feeling Gozaburo will be at it hard again."
Yami chuckled and said "Yes, I have that feeling as well. Farewell my friend, and don't worry, we'll be here for you tomorrow."
Illidan slightly chuckled and said "Yeah. Get some rest Yami. Good bye."
Then he stopped using the mental link, and returned to normal. He then stood and stretched. He quickly looked at the clock to see it was already midnight. He quickly prepared for bed and then slipped in and fell into a deep sleep, hoping that his friends and Marie were alright.