Duels and Vectors 2
A Yu-Gi-Oh! and an Elvin Lied crossover… yes folks I've finally lost it I've the 2nd person to cross these 2 anime's together. Story is rated K+ for mild swearing, a dark tone/plot, scary monster combat, frightening monsters and battle descriptions. Yu-Gi-Oh! setting post Duelist Kingdom and ignores Battle City, Enter the Shadow realm, Waking the Dragons, World Championship plus Dawn of the Duel; Elvin Lied setting a few days pre-episodes 1-5. Now I've finally updated this… I curse myself for ignoring it so long.
-chapter 2 – Heart of the Cards
-date: April 18, 2000 (Japan's version debut date) - Domino City High School
It was a bright and sunny as the two students of Domino City High School going by the names of Yugi Motou and Joey Wheeler were in a high stakes duel. "Hey Joey? Earth to Joey! Hey are you in there its yer turn." The spiky haired yet also short Yugi said to his pale blonde and brown eyed friend.
The guy was still deciding on his next move Yugi's when other friend Tristan Taylor added his own view of how Joey was doing. "Awww... Isn't he cute when he's thinking?" The brunette then threw his pal into a friendly headlock.
"Hey Tristan Yugi's here teaching me how to play Duel Monsters." The blonde explained.
"Drooling Monsters?" He said wondering what he just heard.
"Duel Monsters… there's no "R" after the "D" Tristan my brother and I play it any chance we get." Piped up a feminine voice… it belonged to Yugi's adoptive sister Kaede. Yet despite the findings she was a few months younger than him she was as tall as Joey. She wore the girl's uniform plus which was accented by her bright pink hair and her blue scarab hairclip was a real head turner. It was in fact a hologram camouflage unit to hide her horns atop her pink haired head. Her frame was very trim and her skill at the game was next to her brother's considering her deck was co-built by him. "But anyways go on with the duel it gets my nerves going."
Kaede's best female friend was the brunette blue eyed Tea Gardner whose dream is to be a dancer. "You said it they'd been at it for hours Joey's starting to get the hang of the game but Yugi and his sister Kaede are experts."
"Ok Yugi its time to duel (plants card face up)." Joey claimed getting a bit proud. The card Joey set down a face up attack mode "Kagemusa of the Blue Flame". It was a level 2 normal monster. Its type specs were Earth and Warrior and power was 800 and defense 400.
"See each card has an attack number and defensive number. Each player starts with 4000 life points and whomever's points go down first wins." Kaede explained to Tristan.
"Pretty good move huh Yugi?" Joey said smugly while the rosette saw a big mistake he made.
"Yup pretty good move but not enough." Yugi plays a dragon type card called "Blackland Fire Dragon" with a power of 1500 and defense of 800.
Joey's eyeballs went wide as golf balls when he took a look on the card. "What! Thanks a lot a card that powerful totally wipes me out."
"Wow you stink at this game." Tristan half joked.
"Lay off him buster or I'll hit you where the sun don't shine. Got me Tristan? Good." Hissed out Kaede who half threatened Tristan into shutting his trap up. "Besides ya did fine bro just has better spells and creatures … our grandpa owns a game shop and we get loads of rares from him bless the old man."
Meanwhile the class rich boy the great Seto Kaiba whose attention was piqued by the mention of "rare cards" at the Motou sibling's home. "Yer own game shop what're we waitin' for let's go!" Joey said getting excited.
"Ok maybe we can even get our grandpa to show us this super rare card he's got." Yugi went on about their house's business.
Meanwhile the attention of the brown haired and blue eyed Seto was really interested by this point. He thought to himself in a sinister brooding type of manner. "Rare card could they have found the card I've been searching for?"
-Motou game shop
"Grandpa we're home." Yugi said to his and Keade's orange bandana wearing grey haired grandfather.
"My you two have brought company." He said upon seeing his classmates.
Kaede then got a bit haughty as she knew she did something odd… it was a quirk of hers she flaunted quite a bit. She loved being a bit spontaneous now and then. It drove Yugi crazy but he still loved her just the same. "Ok grandpa this Tea Gardner, Joey wheeler and Tristan Taylor from our class. But could you show us your awesome super rare card?"
"Rare card my special card? Hmm… ." The elderly man then cupped his chin deep in thought over the issue.
"Please? Please?" The short Motou begged his grandfather.
Joey got into the act next. "Pretty please?" Then he bowed at him.
"Pretty please with gumdrops on it hmm?" Kaede begged along with the others then gave her pathetic looking sad puppy face with the quivering lip. (oh I'm pathetic… my running gag "the puppy face")
"Hmm… Ha-ha how can I refuse Kaede's puppy face? You kids are in for a treat I don't take this card out too often ready? Here it is." Grandpa Motou took out what seemed to be a level 8 dragon type light attributed monster. Its power was a mighty 3000 and defense was 2500… a mighty card indeed.
It had a light pale blue coloring and deep sapphire eyes. "The Blue Eyes White Dragon so rare so powerful I never let it leave my hands."
"Awesome." Joey uttered out.
"Ooh shiny… it's beautiful Grandpa." The taller girl Motou sibling uttered out at seeing the majestic looking dragon card.
Tristan however didn't see how it was so special… it looked, felt, and smelled like any other dragon typed card and snatched it from the old man's hand. "Doesn't look that special to me."
Snatching the dragon back Grandpa half chewed Tristan out. "This card is priceless there are only four of them in the world." He grumped to the school boy.
"That sucks you can only use up to three of any particular card in a duel unless specifically stated. I could use another 3000 point hitter." Kaede mused getting disappointed at not using the monster card.
"Speaking of priceless I'm ready to trade." Joey was getting hopeful at getting his grubby meathooks (slang for hands) on the card.
"Not for this card." Grandpa huffed refusing the idea.
"Huh?" Joey replied lost.
Kaede was a bit confused at the refused chance of income. "Grandpa you can sell that on Ebay for several thousand yen we err the three of us need the money. The shop needs it."
"No I didn't mean that card I mean some other cool cards to get me started." Joey said looking into the glass display case of a counter.
The door was opened yet again. "Hello can I help you?"
Tristan then turned to see who there… then the others joined in. It was the rich snot nosed jerk Seto Kaiba. "If you can't it certainly wouldn't surprise me." Seto held a large white briefcase containing who knows what.
"Seto Kaiba." Yugi said a bit startled seeing him at his small home.
"Kaiba?" Joey half called out also in shock.
"Seto Kaiba stuck up classmate of Domino High." Kaede mused out gruffly not wanting to even be near the jerk she might catch being a total "jerkwad" and give it to her fellow students.
Tristan was you guessed it confused too. "Doesn't he have a big fancy company to run? What's he doing down here? "
"Not that it's any of your business but I came to see the card." The rich snob said getting a bit too snide for Kaede's opinion who kept watch on him closely. "He's up to something I can feel it."
"Say are you into Duel Monsters too? This is perfect maybe we could all duel together sometime." Joey said getting glad at meeting new duelists.
Walking up to the counter he offered his usual snide comeback to the rookie duelist. "Me duel you I would have more of a challenge playing solitaire."
Then smack! Kaede hit the rude jerk with a vector swipe rattling him a bit… though he didn't show it something about the taller Motou frightened him and kept in his surprise. However Joey then replied back to the snob. "What?"
Seto cooly responded copping a very condescending tone in his voice to Joey. "I am the number one ranked duelist in the country and the favorite to win the Duel Monsters Championship humph you wouldn't last two minutes in a duel against me."
"Oooh I'm shakin' maybe you'd like to settle this with fists instead of cards." Joey grumbled to the brunette snob.
"Double that snob boy gimme a deck and I'll knock your royal duelist block off your sorry neck's hinges!" Kaede joined in with Joey's wrath. "What's the problem Seto are ya so rich you can't do a bit of fist fighting huh!"
"Hey! Hey! Sis take it easy! Joey you too!" Yugi cried as he jumped in front of them both and tried calming the two down to avoid trouble mostly of the legal type.
"The 2000 yen haircut wearin' punk needs a good knocking down… preferably a few pegs into the gutter that is insult my brother's friend give me a reason Seto." Kaede grumbled at the smug student backing off and sulking a bit.
"Now enough clowning does this shop have any worthwhile cards or not?" Then he saw the card… the Blue Eyes White Dragon. Shoving the others from his way he stared at in total shock. "Can it be the Blue Eyes White Dragon in a dump like this?" Seto gritted his teeth unsure if it was really there in front of him. His mind was going into overdrive now. "It is the card I've been searching for."
"Well enough window shopping (closes up card case) is there anything else I can help you with?" The shop owner asked the rude rich boy.
Seto grumbled silently then threw his suitcase on the counter and flipped it open startling the man a bit and turned it around. Mr. Motou gave a gleeful gander upon all the case's rare cards inside. "Listen to me old man gimme yer Blue Eyes White Dragon card and I'll trade all of these!"
In the case were dozens of rares ranging from Battle Steer to Labyrinth Tank to Flame Cerebrus and even spell cards that are more commonly called magic cards like Defense Paralysis. The vast number of them cards really got the gang's attention. "Ahh nice but no thanks."
This really got the group's attention. The man was refusing potentially hundreds of week of possible income from the trading of the rare beauties… it was nuts. "Grandpa think of the money we can get for the shop if we accept… think of all the income." The rosette reasoned to her adoptive grandfather while putting on her puppy face again.
"Grr fine if you won't trade maybe you'll sell it name your price I can pay anything you ask." Seto was not going to give up he wanted the card at any or frankly all costs.
"I'm sure you could but this card is worth more to me than you could ever offer not because of its power or because it's so rare but because of what it means to me this card was given to me by a dear friend and so I treasure this card like I do that friend… so parting with it is completely out of the question." Mr. Motou proclaimed to the snobbish Seto.
Feeling completely cheated and deprived of what should rightfully be his Seto Kaiba was seething with rage. Yugi spoke to his grandpa. "You'd feel the same even if were a common card right grandpa?"
"But we could get a whole load of money for it but you say you don't wanna sell it then I'm behind you gramps." Kaede confessed agreeing with her family.
"Exactly you two this card has bonded with my heart." Mr. Motou said getting a bit sappy about the issue.
"Fine I've heard enough of yer nonsense (mutters) senile old fool." Seto grumbles under his breath.
"Yo Seto let me see ya out the door out as rich snobs are so coddled y'know… " Kaede started to say.
The next thing that happened was the sound of a person being thrown; Kaede had picked up the brunette jerk and threw him outside using her vectors then giving him a good swift kick in his ass frankly for a "just because" as she put it then thud upon the concrete in front of the building. "Ahhh… and never ever come back here Seto or I'll make you regret it mark my words snob I will make sure of it!" Kaede shouted to the rich snob whose chin was a bit scraped. "Don't ever, ever call my Grandpa a fool he's smarter than you'll ever be!"
As the rich boy's metallic salmon pink car sped away the student was brooding. "Heart in the cards ridiculous these cards are all about power and one way or another his Blue Eyes White Dragon card will be mine."
Kaiba's car then was slowly approaching his personal building KaibaCorp. Industries. Which grew closer as the car ride kept up.
-later
Later in the tall offices of his empire (decorated with a big blue capital "K" and smaller capital "C" in yellow) Seto Kaiba was giving some instructions to his subordinates to carry out a sleazy plan. "Gentlemen there's a little something I'd like you to pick up for me at the game shop."
"Gladly Master Kaiba." Responded a cohort of his.
-game shop next day
As the sun shown brightly the two of Kaiba's goons arrived at the store. Mr. Motou was busy cleaning the place's counter tops. The bell on the entrance rang off. "Good morning."
He was going to say more when he saw who was there. A creepy looking red bow tie, bald red bow tie slash glasses wearing suited grunt of the rich snob from yesterday. "My master Seto Kaiba challenges you to a duel. You will come with us now."
"And if I were to… decline?" Mr. Motou asked knowing he would have serious trouble.
A sinister reflective sheen went across the glasses of the bald grunt. "I'm afraid I must… insist."
The two taller guards then approached the old man who was in thought. "Young Kaiba doesn't understand well I'll teach him a lesson about the heart of the cards."
-later after school
The group of five was walking once again to the shop. "Man I hope he has some cool cards today." Joey said.
"I wanna get a Gagagigo and a Mechanical Chaser plus a Sabersaurus to use." Kaede confessed getting a bit blushy as she liked powerful and also surprisingly ugly looking monsters. Most of her decks were loaded with fiend, zombie, and assorted earth and dark types. One of her favorites was the warrior called "Gemini Elf" (Easter Egg folks guess why?).
"Yeah me too/Alright/Yeah." They said at once as they were about to enter.
"Ok gramps I'm back to get more cards." Joey said only the group got a bit of a shock… he wasn't there. He left the shop unlocked that was very odd and completely unlike him. "Hey! Hey gramps!
"Grandpa Kaede and I are both home." Yugi called awaiting an answer but still nothing.
Tea looked around and offered up an answer. "Maybe he… went out?"
"Maybe but why leave the door unlocked." Joey asked along with Tea.
"Yeah like Joey said why leave the door unlocked? This isn't like grandpa Yugi he wouldn't leave our home unlocked like this now I'm worried. Tea everyone gramps doesn't do stuff like this." The rosette said getting worried just then.
The phone then started ringing and Yugi answered it. "Hello Game Shop."
The person the other line was none other than Seto Kaiba himself. "Ah Yugi perfect."
"Kaiba?" Yugi said nervous of who it was. The screen was split at a 40 degree angle with Seto on the other side. "You and your sister's grandfather's visiting but he's not feeling too well why don't you come by my office and… pick him up." Then the line went dead.
"Kaiba what have you done Kaiba!" The freshman yelled to the rich jerkwad.
-soon at Kaiba Corp. Industries
The quartet ran into the building's lobby then up the elevator to the 39th floor (ok I made that up it was never stated how many stories the building has work with me). "Going up to the 39th floor." Kaede proclaimed as the compartment went up the shaft.
Upon exiting the elevator and reaching the floor the Motou siblings saw their grandfather lying on the floor weakened from apparently some rough fight. "Grandpa a-are you ok?" Yugi said to the weakened man.
"Grandpa speak to me… it's me your granddaughter Kaede please." Kaede joined her brother helping the man up obviously worried.
"Yugi Kaede I failed you both I wanted to teach that boy Kaiba a lesson about the heart of the cards but I lost. Oohh…" Mr. Motou then passed out.
"Grandpa!" Yugi called out.
Mr. rich boy himself then appeared from a bright doorway asking snidely how the man was feeling. "How's the old man feeling?"
Turning around from her passed out adoptive grandfather Kaede glared upon the smirking rich business boy. "Seto Kaiba… GRRRR YOU SUNNUVA!" The Motou girl hissed then half cursed out in a rage. "I oughtta tear you a new one you scum! I don't care if you are some rich ass spoiled brat you don't hurt my family! I've had enough of yer crap!"
Furious and in a rage Kaede jumped upon the snide rich scum she pinned him to the wall with her transparent arms increasing her strength. "You wanna duel smartass huh? Then duel Yugi then smart guy instead of picking on the elderly I hate scum like you! What's the matter surprised someone finally stood up to you huh and took a swipe at you hmm? Nothin' to say eh!"
"I'll have you all arrested Motou if you hurt me at all… but your offer's tingled my ear. You three take the fine Mr. Motou to the hospital he'll need it." Kaiba said finally regaining his cool yet also pompous attitude to the five. "But look what a sweet prize I earned."
Kaiba then tore the rare dragon in half much to the stunned group… only this set the Motou girl off even more. "Why you slimy little dirt digging piece of… rich pond scum. Oh hear this Seto Kaiba plenty of folks have been wantin' to do this. YOU ASSHOLE HERE EARN THIS!"
The pink haired Motou then decked the arrogant stuck up snob right in the right side of his jaw leaving everyone stunned including Seto himself sending him to the floor. He'd just basically been knocked on his ass by a girl no less and some non rich person too at that. This Motou was not apparently someone to be toyed with unlike her brother and grandfather. Her crimson eyes showed some kind of inhuman rage building up.
"Ahh my jaw feels a few inches to the other side Motou what're yer fists made from bricks! This does it Yugi and I duel now you listen up Kaede no one does that to me ever and gets away with it! But on a more pleasant note now there's one less dragon in the whole world… I'll be readying our duel Yugi don't back out." Seto said feeling his frankly sore jaw line as he went through the bright doorway leaving the two Motuo's to care for their injured family.
However the old man managed to come back around. "Kaede listen and Yugi here take this."
"Huh grandpa?" The short boy uttered as he was offered the man's deck as the red eyed sister listened in.
The man explained its value to the pair. "I built this deck I put my soul in these cards and I taught the two of you everything I know, take them take my cards and teach him respect teach Kaiba respect for the heart of the cards."
"But grandpa you need a doctor or a nurse or something. Tea, Tristan, Joey get him some help hurry. Yugi go and take that jackass on show him who's the dueling boss around here." Kaede said to her adoptive grandpa then to her friends.
"Yeah like yer sis said we can take care of your grandpa while you take care of creepy Kaiba. Teach that spoiled brat what a real duel's about." Joey said behind the Motou family 100%.
Even now Tea was in on the bandwagon. "Kaede Yugi for your grandpa."
"Uh I don't know." Yugi said a bit nervous.
Joey didn't agree. "Trust me two of you are the best players I've ever seen and you've got the Millennium Puzzle and Millennium Bracelet you and Kaede can do this I know you guys can."
"C'mon bro you can take him out I already socked him one go for the jugular his skyscraper sized pride." The rosette said encouraging her adoptive friend and family mentioning the guy's weak point.
"We all do." Tea added again.
Looking at his friends from school plus his sister's encouragement he decided on what he'd do. "Ok grandpa I'll do it."
"I know you will my boy and thank you Kaede for encouraging your brother you really are brother and sister despite no blood between you." The man said proud of the two's morale giving and trust in each other.
Taking out a black permanent marker she had a request to do. "Everyone put your hands together and I'll mark us with a special sign." Tea then uses it to draw a special smiley face sign on everyone's hands.
Joey looked at it getting an odd confused feeling. "Huh what gives Tea?"
"Yeah what's with the marker smiley face… thingy." Kaede asked next confused too.
"It's a symbol of our friendship and Yugi and Kaede's sibling bond so when Yugi or Kaede is duel no matter how tough it gets they'll know they're not alone we're all right there with them." Tea explained proudly to the other three who agreed wholeheartedly with the brunette.
-outside the building
An ambulance was pulling up the building entrance as Joey, Tea walked to while Mr. Motou was carried by Tristan into the vehicle however she turned to the blonde haired teenager. "Joey Tristan and I will take Yugi and Kaede's grandpa to the hospital why don't you get back in there and cheer Yugi on and support Kaede she'll need every fiber of support she can give her brother."
"Ok take good care of him Tea." Joey said going on to do what she said.
-meanwhile
On the other side of the bright doorway was a huge battle field resembling a squared computer grid where two tall player pedestals stood the opposite sides. Surrounding were stone-like steps looking like something from the roman era. "I designed this virtual stadium myself impressive hmm? I think you'll both agree it adds more life to the game. (pedestal lowers and moves forward) We each begin with 2000 Lifepoints the first player to hit zero loses. Are you ready play runt? And you… you hotheaded waste of space you ready to see your brother lose to his better?"
"Play time is over Kaiba. Ready sis?" Yugi called down to the pink haired sibling who nodded to agree.
"Ditto. Time to go crazy." She said.
"YUGIOH!" They called forth as their respective Millennium items the Puzzle and Bracelet began to vibrate and move on their own accord as if possessed.
The items glowed with a magical golden yellow light as their hair was blown upwards by mighty power. Surrounding Yugi was a mystical looking ring of spell symbols while his body was changed by a bright blue column of light. The light sided down as Yugi was a bit taller now. As for the younger sibling a beam of blazing gold light enveloped her, Kaede was now suddenly a good few inches taller too and both their eyes looked much more serious like their minds were on very intense business. An odd golden glowing eye adorned both the girl's and boy's known as the "Eye of Anubis" forehead while wispy golden energy came off their body like they were possessed by ghosts. The eye and energy died down in a second or two. Kaede's forehead bangs were now a lot longer and spikier and went down her right side of her forehead.
"Ahh what the… ?" Kaiba uttered in outright shock at the spectacle he just witnessed.
"Now Kaiba prepare yourself because it's time to duel." The two proclaimed in perfect unison proudly to the stuck up rich snob. Yugi spoke in a slightly deeper voice while Kaede spoke in a darker err rather somewhat more dangerous raspy voice. (you know how Lucy talks… all "raspy" and all)
-begin 10th Man Down by Nightwish (oh c'mon who doesn't like Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightwish music videos) (10thmandown on Youtube inspired the idea go check it out folks)
"Virtual systems ready let's begin I attack with the mighty Hitotsu-Me Giant!" Seto claims he places the card down.
The Hitotsu-Me Giant was a level four Earth attribute monster with the grouping of Fiend and a power level of 1200 and defense stats of one thousand. It resembled a giant turquoise skinned Cyclops monster from Greek myth. The top of the stadium had a light which was now glowing green while the square in front of the jerk glowed the same way. "Brace yourself Yugi you've never dueled like this before."
The spot eventually grew into a perfect likeness of the vicious looking Hitotsu-Me Giant single eye, dark bluish green hued hide and everything else. "He's brought the monster on the card to life." Yugi said unnerved about the development.
Dozens of things rampaged through the brain of the taller but younger Motou grandchild. "That's impossible only I can bring the card's monsters to life how'd that ass do it?" She cursed in her mind. "So that's how you beat our grandfather with some hi-tech holographic images... you scum!"
Yugi now in his more serious form then threw down a card. "Well now it's my turn I call on the power of the Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress." The dragon monster was then summoned in blaze of light.
The card known as Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress was a dragon type monster with a wind element also a level four. Its strength was a mighty 1400 and defense was a sturdy 1200. It resembled a basic looking European dragon charged with guarding castles.
It was at this point Joey was returned… and got a big shock. He was seeing monsters… real monsters! "Wahh… Monsters? Real monsters!"
"No Joey they're life-like holograms images made into the cards likenesses themselves." Kaede explained to the shocked blonde.
As Hitotsu-Me Giant leaps on the opposing side's creature Yugi commands it to attack. "Fireball Attack!"
The dragon fires a large orange blazing orb of fire… which was its signature "Fireball Attack" the blazing heated attack upon "Hitotsu-Me Giant", destroying it and lowering Kaiba's Life Points to 1800.
Seto's little brother Mokuba Kaiba saw his precious brother's duel pedestal platform getting rocked back by the blast calling to him. "Big brother! Are you alright?" Mokuba was a short bushy black haired kid of a brother.
Joey was having a field day at seeing Kaiba getting his rear end kicked in a duel. "Alright! Go Yugi!"
"Hmm… just what is Kaiba up to?" Kaede wondered in her head as she watched the fight alongside the blonde jock. From experience she knew rich sleazeballs like him often had big grand plans hidden up their dirty grubby polyester sleeves. What was he planning on using in this battle? Some days she wished her spirit Lucifern could read minds.
Kaiba then apparently showed no angry reaction to his monster being defeated instead went about choosing a replacement for it. "Huh. Well played… for a beginner. But how will you deal with this?
A new monster now showed up onto the field. It resembled a cross between a demonic jester and a concept drawing from the Stephen King film "It".
"Saggi the Dark Clown? But that card was hardly any attack strength." Yugi spoke the truth in its power was only was 600 and defense was only 1500. It was a spellcaster type with a dark element, bearing a level of three.
It seemed however Kaiba was very much prepared for this event. "True your Winged Dragon's attack is 1400 while my Dark Clown's is only 600 but if I combine it with this card."
"Ah a Magic Card." Yugi concluded.
"Alias Spell Cards." Kaede mentally added.
Seto was a bit glad his foe was catching on to him. "Exactly the Negative Energy Generator it multiplies my monster's attack by three." The so called card was adorned by a sky blue circle with a darker blue capital letter "E" surrounded by lightning. And like he said Saggi's power grew from a measily 600 to a powerful and respectable 1800 more than enough to wipe out the dragon.
"Dark Clown attack with Dark Light!" Seto commanded the psychopathic looking clown to wipe out the dragon beast.
Energy shot from Saggi's hands forming into a black orb of darkness and in seconds wiped the dragon off the dueling field in a blaze of blackness. Yugi's Life Points then drop to 1600. He was getting his rear end handed to him and plus Seto wasn't a punk he had the whole game down pat. Talking smugly down to the Motou boy Seto explained how grand his move was. "As you can see combining cards can be very effective."
Yugi knew Seto wasn't lying Seto could deliver. "He's good he knows every aspect of this game but our grandpa put all his gaming knowledge his whole heart into assembling this deck. I have to believe it holds some strategy." The boy thought then though some more as he drew a card with an orange hued leg of some kind on it. Its power was 200 defense 300, attribute dark, type Spellcaster, star level a measily one. "This card is useless I can't beat the Dark Clown with this I'll have to use a different monster in defense mode. The monster will be sacrificed but my overall Life Points will be safe." He thought to himself.
Summoning up a defense mode monster face down Yugi finished his turn as Seto continued his onslaught with Saggi the Dark Clown. "Dark Light attack!"
Saggi unleashed his attack upon a face down creature called Sangan. It resembled a creature from the "Critters" film series but was orange and green skinned plus had three eyes instead of two.
"Hang in there Yugi!" Joey got pissed at the ease Seto was winning against his best buddy.
Seeing her brother getting frustrated by the game's current goings the younger rose pink haired sibling called to Yugi to keep up the duel. "Yugi you can win against this guy! Bro I know you can I have faith in you! My bracelet does too! I'm here by your side and I won't leave it! Trust the cards Gramps gave you!"
However the duel was still going on as Saggi wiped out face down monster after face down monster as the smug punk was enjoying his winning streak blowing through Yugi's monsters including "Battle Steer", "Torike". "You're not faring any better than the old man did Yugi. Your deck is just as weak and feeble as your grandfather."
"Shut up rich boy or I'll smack you where the sun don't shine! Just 'cause you can afford 2000 yen haircuts doesn't mean yer a bigshot! Gramps is the best man I know I owe all I have to him and Yugi Kaiba… to a smug jackass like you the love of family's something you wouldn't ever understand!" Kaede snapped at the smug brunette.
"My sister Kaede is right our grandpa is a great man and a better duelist than you'll ever be. He entrusted me with his cards and we can feel his heart in this deck. I doubt you have that kind of faith for your cards Kaiba." Yugi added.
Kaiba was a bit taken back by the faith speech as the boy again tried to draw his next card. "But Kaede and I believe in our grandfather's deck as well as each other and my faith rewards me with Gaia the Fierce Knight with a destructive power of 2300."
The monster was then summoned onto the field grid and as stated by Yugi Gaia the Fierce Knight had 2300 attack but also was gifted with a defensive power of 2100. It was of an earth type element, star level seven, type warrior. It resembled a fancy armored knight on horseback wearing bright cerulean armor with red prongs covering it. It rode a violet skinned horse bearing a yellow mane. Kaede called to it to attack even though it wasn't her monster and annihilate Saggi. "Gaia obliterate that clown!" Somehow she could feel the spirits of the monster in the cards like they were calling to her. Years ago she thought it was crazy but after summoning up real ones to save her dog Jiro she believed in the stuff.
Gaia did as the item user commanded and sped into a gallop as it impacted Saggi with its javelin saber as Saggi is defeated", lowering Kaiba's Life Points to 1300.
"Way to go Yugi!" Joey complimented Yugi.
"That's how ya do it bro heavy and hard but with heart too!" His sister joined in with his best friend's cheer.
Yugi now invites Kaiba to make his next move. "Alright Kaiba your move."
Kaiba laughs that the Duel will be over sooner than his half witted runt of a foe thinks it will. "Hah this'll be over sooner than you think (draws a card/eyes it closely) I call on the Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
"No… no way… no it can't... it can't be… don't tell me you own the other three! Seto Kaiba owns the other three Blue Eyes White Dragons?" Kaede uttered out at putting the two and two together in her head.
Letting a frankly chipper yet evil laugh Kaiba confirmed what he girl said. "Well I can't pull the dragon wool over your rose headed sister's eyes Yugi yes I own all three Blue Eyes White Dragons in my powerful deck I alone control their unstoppable power!" (oh c'mon that's something I'd think Kaiba would in this situation don't you?)
In a turn of the table the mighty dragon unleashed its "White Lightning" which was basically that a lightning based assault from its mouth attack upon the hapless knight… it was ironic that a knight was slain by a dragon and not the other way around. "Your fierce knight is destroyed. Faith or no faith you will fall before my superior monsters Yugi power is what this game is all about you fool. Faith is for losers like your pathetic grandfather!" His dragon then blew away yet another monster. "In your entire deck there's not a single card that can stand up to a Blue Eyes White Dragon so what hope do you have against two?"
Seto summoned another dragon to fight alongside the first. "Why don't you just admit defeat Yugi?"
"Oh crap! You scum! Kaiba you suck! Ya jackass!" Kaede sent another insult o the snotty rich boy who glared down at her but she glared back unafraid of his petty money. Kaede was not afraid of him at all no matter what she'd stick by her brother until the end. The Motou's took her in it was the least she could do for them in return for that.
-meanwhile at the hospital
Mr. Motou was being wheeled into the ER with Tristan and Tea helping the old man along on a stretcher. "Yugi Kaede don't give up believe in each other." He uttered out weakened.
Undeterred by Kaiba's smug attitude Yugi kept up his end of the fight. "I won't give up grandpa's counting on us. (draws card) ah a magic card. Swords of Revealing Light!"
Yugi called forth a card that sent three glowing neon green swords of light that impaled the grid just ahead of the two dragons however Kaiba was not amused by this… spectacle. "How desperate what possible good will a three turn delay do you?"
"Yo Kaiba why don't ya shut yer trap if you know what's good for you!" The girl shouted to the arrogant duelist who just grumbled something she couldn't quite hear but she figured it wasn't nice.
However regardless of how well his sister was defending him and calling Kaiba off Yugi knew he was in big trouble. "I know he's right even with Kaede helping me out what can I do? What do I do I can't figure out what to do with these cards they're just a bunch of… pieces. How can I use them to battle an expert like Kaiba?"
Yugi then hears his grandfather's voice. It said to him. "For someone who claims to have faith, you're giving up too easily Yugi and listen that sometimes the cards are like a puzzle and you must put all the different pieces in their proper place.
"Exactly bro listen to gramps." It was Kaede's spirit speaking to him now. "You know a few years ago in 7th grade we had just such a talk."
"Like the Millennium Puzzle?" He asked the elderly man.
"And my First, Second, and Third Sarcophagus set?" Her spirit asked alongside his.
"Exactly you two." Solomon replies "Each piece helps build a greater entity, like the pieces of a puzzle." The man's sprit then went back into the blackness.
"Grandpa!" Yugi called after him to come back.
"Like the pieces of a puzzle Yugi remember." His grandfather called out to him.
"Don't forget the thing about my coffin set remember that too!" The pink haired horned girl said as her spirit vanished into the still darkness.
This got Yugi thinking finally. "Puzzle? When are the cards like a puzzle? Wait grandpa once said to us…"
-begin flashback
In the flashback sequence the two siblings were leaning on the countertop as Kaede had gotten quite a bit taller than her "younger" brother. The man was explaining about a rare hidden super monster in the game. "Duel Monsters contains only one unstoppable monster Exodia but he can only be summoned by drawing all five special cards, a feat that, to this very day, that no one has ever accomplished."
"I'd love to have that beast in my deck." Kaede piped up wanting the creature.
-end flashback
Kaiba was getting "very" impatient from waiting for his foe's turn. "Quit yer stalling Yugi or you will forfeit the match!"
"Shut yer trap learn some patience if you were doctor you'd be out of them zip up the fat lip you scum!" Kaede's constant insults were getting on the expert's nerves but sadly he couldn't do anything to shut her up.
"Exactly like my sister said be patient Kaiba as I will never forfeit!" Yugi spat back. Drawing a card he found another piece… in this case a right arm. "Another piece of the puzzle."
"Draw any card you like it won't change a thing my dragon's may be frozen for another two turns but my new monster is under no such spell!" Kaiba then summoned yet another monster. "The Judgeman with an attack power of 2200!"
The Judge Man was also a level 6 warrior monster, earth attribute, defensive strength of 1500. It resembled a troll in medieval battle armor carrying warclubs. It used the clubs to take out Yugi's face down… the grey armored alligator-like Rude Kaiser.
So Yugi drew again… this time his favorite card the Dark Magician. It was a wizard clad in purple robes with heavy angles in the design, he carried a long teal staff with a turquiose gem on the end. "I can attack with the Dark Magician but he won't stand a chance once Kaiba's dragon's are free of my spell."
Dark Magician was a level 7, dark element, spellcaster type. It s power was 2500 and defense wise it was 2100. Summoning up the card anyway Yugi called out to it. "Dark Magician attack!"
The wizard put out his hand and with force shattered Judge Man into bits as Kaiba's Life Points lower to 1000. "Your Judge Man falls."
Showing no emotion for his fallen beast Kaiba just sighs slightly. "Ah a sacrifice that doesn't even phase me and though neither dragon can move one more turn (gazes upon his card/the third Blue Eyes White Dragon card) my final Blue Eyes White Dragon can however."
As the final beast summoned itself up from the grid the pink haired red eyed girl knew Yugi was getting unsure if he could even win… even the powerful dark Magician was no match for this behemoth of a monster especially without any magic or trap cards to help him. As the beast's blue electrical burst charged up its master told it to attack. "Now my dragon attack!"
Dark Magician was instantly annihilated in one foul shot lowering Yugi's Life Points to 400 leaving its user at Kaiba's very limited mercy. "So tell me Yugi how's your faith now? On my next turn all three Blue Eyes White Dragons are free to attack. This game's over no matter what card you draw."
Yugi knew he was in hot water and losing badly as did his sister who frankly was the one person she really trusted. "You can't possibly stand against my three Blue Eyes White Dragons it's over Yugi. You were never a match for me."
"Don't listen Yugi!" Joey yelled telling his pal to keep on 'til the end.
The host of Lucifern even got into the act. She called to him not to give up. "Yugi take him down believe in yourself, the deck, your friends and me! You can still win I know you can!"
"Quiet both of you this ends… now." Kaiba smirked as readied for his final turn.
"Blow it out yer earholes!" Kaede spat to him to shut him up again.
As Yugi went over his hand he thought over what had happened so far. "So sis figured he had the dragons the whole time Kaiba only wanted it just so it wouldn't be used against him. Sis is right he is a smug jerk but that really doesn't matter now... still my only chance now is to assemble all the pieces of Exodia but the odds are against me I don't think I can do this."
Yugi reached for the draw pile but it instead floated away from him. "The deck it senses my doubt!" Called out Yugi's "Dark" half as his "Light" section split into a ghostly version of himself. "Don't lose focus Yugi don't lose faith concentrate (Light) ah our friendship symbol."
Yugi looked on the part of the smiley face on his hand over the deck's draw pile as well as his friends: Tea, Joey, and Tristan plus his adoptive sister Kaede too. "Yugi we're right here with you." Tea said to him.
"Yugi you've got to believe in yourself." Tristan said next.
Joey added his encouragement too. "You can do it just kick Kaiba's butt."
"Yugi you and gramps are my family you took me in I have a home now I owe you a debt I can never ever repay I believe in ya bro go on and take Kaiba out. For us… for us all." Kaede added last.
"They're right I've got to believe in the cards like my friends and sister believe in me." Yugi said knowing his friend and family were behind 100% in spirit.
Seto Kaiba wanted to end the sham of duel. "Draw yer last pathetic card so I can end this Yugi."
Countering back Yugi explained how he saw the duel. "Our Grandpa's deck has no pathetic cards but it does contain the unstoppable Exodia."
Kaiba's face was in total shock as if his eyes would burst from his face. "Derh! Impossible!"
Assembling every sub section of the creature Yugi's win was a sure thing now. "I've assembled all five special cards all five pieces of the puzzle."
From a mighty spell based portal Exodia was summoned after decades of absence had reappeared to annihilate his foes. He resembled an orange armored mummy bearing broken chain anklet and wrist bands. He wore a metallic brown section loincloth. He stared down the three "mighty" Blue Eyes White Dragons in his way. Kaiba was in an uproar. "Exodia! It's not possible no one's ever been able to call him!"
"No way! My brother summoned Exodia the Forbidden One! Exodia waste him! Yugi show him what kind of power you got!" His sister cheered him and his monster on to wipe Kaiba out once and for all. Unknown to anyone else there Exodia winked at the girl feeling her Item's powerful spirit Lucifern.
Summoning massive orange energy in his hands readied his attack upon Kaiba. "Exodia Obliterate! "Exodia" destroys Kaiba's dragons in one huge blast and drops his Life Points to 0. Kaiba had lost his duel to a more virtuous person than himself.
"Yugi ya did it you won!" Joey called from the sidelines.
"Chew on that Kaiba stew over it for awhile! HAH! He beat you! Yugi beat Seto Kaiba wait 'til the school hears this!" Kaed went on a rant about the win.
Mokuba couldn't believe this. "This can't be my brother never loses."
"Yo snob number two he just did so stuff it buy the soda we'll get on yer tab! Ahahahahah!" The girl said prancing around the room and then running up her brother's duel platform she joined him on it. "You play only for power Kaiba and that is why you lost but if you put your heart into the game there's nothing you can't do." Yugi tried to help Kaiba be a nicer guy from this.
"But… but how could I have lost to him?" Apparently Kaiba was still in his own little world of selfishness despite losing it made him worse not better.
Talking in tandem the two Motou's then answer him as the Eye of Anubis glowed on their foreheads. "Kaiba if you truly want to know... Open your mind!" Dark Yugi and Lucifern then used a mind opening "Mind Crush" eliminating his dark sections of his persona powered by the Puzzle and Bracelet Items.
After getting it by the mental attack Kaiba falls to his knees. "There Kaiba maybe now you will begin to see."
"Hopefully at least." Lucifern added.
-back at the hospital
Back at the hospital, Mr. Solomon Motou wakes up, knowing Yugi won. "Grandpa's awake!" Tea called to Tristan.
"Yugi won and my sweet Kaede helped him do it." He said calmly.
-meanwhile
Meanwhile somewhere in some unknown spot through a brightly lit doorway a guard bathed in shadow was informing a very tall light lavender long haired man dressed in a red business suit about Kaiba's loss. "Mister Pegasus sir Seto Kaiba our uncontested champion he's been… defeated in a duel sir by someone named Yugi."
The long haired man was named Mr. Maximillion Pegasus. He was none other than the legendary creator of the Duel Monsters trading card game. Years ago it was from duels he hosted Kaede learned how to play albeit on a rookie level that is. "Hmm…" Was all he said as a blight golden ball was in his left eye socket resembling the Eye of Anubis on the Motou sibling's Millennium Items the Puzzle and Bracelet.
-to be continued in chapter 3 "Yokohama: Duelist Elite Tournament!"
Well at long last here it is chapter 2 of Duels and Vectors finally I've got it done at long last. Well feel free to look t over now and critique it if you will. Again Lucy's name is not really Lucy according to the manga's final issue her name is revealed as Kaede which bizarrely enough means "maple tree or maple branch". According to Latin writing Lucy is derived from Lucille meaning "bearer of light"… talk about irony there considering her personal history. Oh before anybody starts up nagging on me... about Seto has PO'd tons of folks over the years but even in the unedited version not one person ever tried socking him in the face… it's funny seeing him getting knocked on his ass;) Anyways keep on reviewing and I'll be awaiting them.