EPISODE 8: THE FINAL BATTLE! MIRAI! VS! YUMI! (PART 1)

Yumi stood before the man knowns as Mirai Kaiba, finally at her goal.

'I'll take back what you stole from me, right here, Mirai!'

Mirai snickers, as the Hologram loads up, the massive, menacing cave appearing, the eggs glowing once again…

The audience jeered, as their voices somehow amplified, causing Yumi to jump.

Mirai goes first.

I SUMMON KAIBAMAN! ACTIVATING HIS EFFECT TO TRIBUTE HIM, SUMMONING BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON TO THE FIELD!

The masked man appeared and disappeared; however, the Dragon was nowhere to be seen. Yumi wondered where he was, when a rumbling made her slip.

From a void inside the cave, a roar is heard. The dragon swooped out of the cave, gliding on its wings, crashed into the battlefield, letting out a massive screeching 'ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!' As Yumi stood up, trying to handle her stomach's ache and the yell of the audience

Mirai ends her turn, and Yumi draws.

'I SUMMON ZOROA, THE MAGISTUS OF- 'Yumi lets out a small grunt of discomfort. 'O-of Flame, using his effect to equip him with Artemis, the Magistus Moon Maiden, allowing me to summon one spellcaster from my hand in defence!'

The flaming magician, along with the purple robed Endymion appeared, surrounded by a white glow, as the two turned into circles. Yumi began the Synchro Summon.

'SYNCHRO SUMMON! LEVEL 8, ZOROA, THE MAGISTUS CONFLRANGANT CALAMITY!'

The runed titan roared at the Dragon as it appeared, taunting it.

'I equip him with Aiwass from my extra deck using his effect!'

The staff floated around

NOW, ZOROA! FLAMES OF ULTIMATIUM!'

MIRAI: 7100

'I set two cards face-down and end my turn! Yumi yells, trying to break open a stone for a card.

Mirai draws.

'I summon DICTATOR OF D!'

The skull-armoured dictator appeared once again.

'And use his effect to discard one Blue Eyes Card, to summon back my BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON!'

The dragon reappeared, this time from a dark hole in the ground.

Yumi kept on Kicking the rock, only to not have enough energy to break it.

'I ACTIVATE THE TRAP CARD SAFE ZONE! YOU CAN'T TARGET MY BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON WITH CARD EFECTS NOW!'

A machine appeared behind the dragon, a form of Force field generator, as it runed on, surrounding the blue eyes with a force field.

The blue eyes braced for attack.

'I ACTIVATE MY FACE-DOWN MAGICAL CYLYNDERS! IT ALLOWS ME TO SET A MAGIC CYLYNDERS ON THE FIELD!'

The two runic cylinders floated out of the standing, holographic card, only to disappear

Mirai, knowing what they do, grunts 'I'll end my turn, then...'

Yumi draws, and holds her grumbling, aching stomach for support.

'I activate MAGISTUS VIRITA, to summon out my Zoroa from the grave!'

Mirai smiles. 'Nice try, but that'll trigger my MAXX C! if I send it to the graveyard, each time you special summon, I can draw one card!' He says drawing.

Zoroa returns, AS Yumi continues. I summon RIlliona, the Magistus of Verre to the Field! I can use her effect to add TRISMAGISTUS to my hand, allowing my Magistus monsters to be unable to be dest'- Yumi grunts, finally breaking the stone 'By your card effects!'

'I TUNE ZOROA WITH RILLIONA!'

SYNCHRO SUNMMON! LEVEL 8, VAHRAM, THE MAGISTUS DIVINITY DRAGON!'

The dragon appeared, roaring lordly beside Zoroa

'N-now! FLAMING WILL!'

The massive dragon aimed at the Dictator of D, as Mirai activated the Dictator's ability.

'NO! YOU WILL ATTACK BLUE EYES!'

The dragon redirected its head to the blue eyes, the blue eyes firing a Blue burst stream at the stream of fire, as the blue stream overtook Vahram, destroying him.

YUMI: 7500

'VAHRAM'S EFFECT ACTIVATES! WHEN HE IS DESTROYED, I CAN SEND ALL M OPPNENT'S CARDS TO THE GRAVEYARD!'

The Dictator destroyed itself, however, the Dragon's force field did not waver.

'NOW! FLAMES OF ULTIMATIUM!'

The Blue eyes fell, as Mirai' life points dropped to 6200.

'I end my- AH!' Yumi grunted, all the yelling and stomping catching up with her. The stress of the battle was too much 'My- turn!'

Mirai drew, looking at his hand. 'I don't want to resort to foul play, but there could be lives at stake… Z-level, 8…Her potential to become like Z-ARC… it's higher than average….'

He started screaming to the audience 'LISTEN HERE! I MAY BE LOSING, BUT I WILL NEVER, AN I MEAN, EVER LOSE! THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF MY VICTORY! LET ME HEAR YOUR SUPPORT!

The audience jeered; their voices amplified to sound like many people.

Yumi suddenly remembered the Audience of people. Being watched by others while dueling, her straight back fell, as the nervous Yumi returned.

'THANK YOU! NOW, I ACTIVATE THE QUICK PLAY SPELL: MAGESTY WITH EYES OF BLUE! I SEND A BLUE EYES MONSTER FROM MY DECK INTO THE GRAVEYARD, AND NOW YOUR ZOROA CAN'T ATTACK!'

Zoroa was chained down by blue chains, as Yumi stood shocked.

'I set a card and end my turn.'

The audience started screaming, an Yumi's nervous form drew a card.

Mikan in the audience, only stared in blankness.

'Yumi… please pull through!' Mikan, who was raised by a therapist so he knew of Yumi's troubles thought

…

As the guards outside Kaiba Corp swapped out, a figure stands by the door, walking in and through the steel door, swiping his Z-hunters' pass on the doors.

'I need to go back and support Yumi.' Minato thought. 'That bastard Kaiba might be pulling something…'

…

Back in the battle, Yumi struggled to think.

'I-I s-summon th-the- uhh... FORBIDDEN- 'She grunts, her stomach still in pain. 'Dr- Droplet! Halving your attack points! By my sacrificing a-a card!'

Mirai smiles. 'And you're realising this is until the end of the battle phase?'

Yumi strikes up, realising she wasted a card on a misplay. 'I—I- I end my t-turn...'

Mirai raises his hands, as the Audience blasting the arena with noise as he draws.

'Thank you, my great-grandfather's small-crowd-voice amplification tecchnology' he thinks

'I'll end my turn here, thank you!'

Yumi looked at the audience, to see Mikan pointing a thumbs up at her. This didn't help that there were others still cheering and jeering, even Sora.

She draws, nervously.

'I-I summon Endymion, e-equipping him with… R-rilliona, the wondrous Witch Wardro-oh no..' She said, realising that that monster didn't have a equip effect.

The glass magician appeared and Yumi ends her turn, trying to handle her stomach's rumbling.

Mikan tried to cheer her on, but his voice was filtered out.

Mirai draws, and smugly smiles.

'FACE YOUR END! I ACTIVATE ULTIMATE FUSION! I FUSE THE BLUE EYESES IN MY HAND AND GRAVEYARD!

'COME FORTH, SPIRIT OF SETO KAIBA! AND REIGN BLUE ACID AND HELLFLAME UPONTHE BATTLEFIELD!'

'Great Grandfather… am I making you proud...? defeating evil as so...?'

'FUSION SUMMON! COME FORTH, BRINGER OF HONOR! BLUE! EYES! ALTERNATIVE! ULTIMATE! DRAGON!'

Out of the blur that emerged from the ground, the dragon appeared The dragon was horrifying, pieces of skin missing, replaced with blue gem, spike, necks, tails and claws all coated in the same azure blue. The three blue-eyed heads sat atop the behemoth, spreading its massive bat-like wings.

'YOU CANNOT TARGET OR DESTROY HIM WITH CARD EFFECTS, AND I CAN DESTROY ZOROA!'

Zoroa's chains disappear, as his corpse faded.

'NOW! NEO TRI BURST STREAM OF DESTRUCTION!'

The beam hits Yumi, as she's launched into the air, life points hitting near her feet. Due to Trismagistus, Endymion wasn't destroyed, however her life pints Were now 4300

Yumi draws, and quickly plays Crowley, however silently, as she activates Magistus Virita, bringing Zoroa back in defence position, ending her turn.

Mirai attacks again, and the crowd jeers, causing Yumi to become more insecure and scared, as she is flung into the air by the force of the attack. The attack destroys the face-down Zoroa, only plucking at her destroyed self.

She drew and activated Magistus Theurgy, equipping Endymion with another Vahram.

Though immune to destruction, her like points dropped to 1100

She drew, as Mirai commanded the crowd to jeer. She managed to get through with using Magistus Virita to summon out another Endymion in defense.

Mirai draws, not needing it. 'Weak.' He said. 'Go perish. Now, BLUE EYES!'

The dragon fired up, and began to fire, only for Mirai to call off the attack when he heard a vice from the entry hall.

'YUMIIIIIII!' Minato shouted. Yumi looked over, wondering how long he was there.

'I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON! YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF- OF ALL THE NOISE AND PEOPLE! OF THAT MASSIVE MENACING DRAGON! YOU ARE A DUELIST! BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOUR CARDS CAN GIVE YOU, YOU CAN USE TO BECOME STRONGER! THINK OF WHAT'S AT STAKE! THINK OF YOU'RE HER- 'Minato was snatched out, however, Yumi had heard him.

Mirai, overcome with hysteria, laughed. 'I'LL SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO! I'LL SHOW YOU DESPAIR! I END MY TURN! WHAT WILL YOU DO!?'

Yumi closed her eyes, and remembered the dragons she saw, and the man she looked up to…

The magnificent way he strode on the battlefield, the way he was so brave

The urge to be the best flowed through her, telling herself of her goal again, she yelled, louder than any speaker:

'LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!'

Smiling her Yumi-smile once again, she drew, dragging her card all the way to the back.

'I'M GONNA SHOW YOU… WHAT KIND OF DUELIST I AM!' She looked at the card in her hand, inspired

'WITHOUT FURTHER ADO…

LET'S

LIGHT

THEM

UP!'

TO BE CONTINUED:

NEXT TIME EPISODE 9: YUMI'S ULTIMATIUM! THE CONCLUSION!?