Chapter 60

Smiling once more, Dartz then stared at Rafael, saying "And then there was you of course. The captain of that cruise ship didn't take your family into that typhoon, but I did!"

Shocked and horrified, Rafael asked "Why would you do that!?"

Smirking, Dartz replied "I watched you as you mastered Duel Monsters at an early age, and needed you to hone your skills. Still, even with your skills, you needed an inner rage to push you to your limits and beyond. That was what was needed to face the three Legendary Dragons, not to mention, your life was just too perfect. I therefore made the necessary adjustments for you."

Illidan's inner rage was kindled at this, yelling "How could you!? You did all this just to get our souls!? There is no honor in doing this to anyone!"

Yami looked over at Rafael, whose face was clenched in anger. He quickly called out "Rafael, don't listen to Dartz! He's…"

Cutting Yami off, Rafael screams "NO!!! I refuse to let this go! He took my family, my friends, and my entire life away on a whim!"

Chuckling, Dartz says "Yes, I needed your agony and thirst for revenge to fuel you in order to achieve my objective."

Screaming out in rage, Rafael's Duel Disk activated as a monster with white wings, brown clothing, a large sword, and a hawk like hat on her head appeared on the field with a scream. Yami softly says "It's Guardian Eatos…"

Then suddenly the Seal of Orichalcos formed around Rafael, glowing bright green as it always does. The symbol of the seal then appears on his forehead as he continues to scream out in anger.

"It's the Seal of Orichalcos!" called out Tristan in shock.

"But how, I didn't see anyone play that card?" asks a shocked Tea.

Suddenly, the green symbol appears on the female monster's head, causing it to cry out in pain as it's eyes turn a shade of red. Her sword then began to glow with immense power.

"Rafael, control your anger, quickly!" called out Yami.

Chuckling, Dartz simply says "It's too late, for the Seal of Orichalcos lives within his heart still. It can never be extinguished, and will always burn within him. There is no turning back this time, my faithful servant."

The female monster's sword began to blast out energy in a stream towards Dartz, but before it could even get near, the seal began to retract around Rafael, making him scream in more pain. Finally, the seal glows brighter than before and Rafael falls backwards to the ground, causing the female monster to shatter. One of the small wall plates then glow as a stone image of Rafael appears on it.

Tea, Tristan, and Mokuba quickly rush to Rafael's side, only to find him not moving. Closing his eyes, Illidan mentally says "Yet another soul taken… This must end."

"Another soul, another step forward in awakening the Great Leviathan. There is only one last thing to do, and that is to win this duel." Dartz says with a small chuckle.

Yami growls loudly and yells "How could you! After all Rafael had done to help you, you took the last thing he had of his own!"

Laughing, Dartz replies "It was my right to take his soul. After all, he should have lost it in your duel, but he managed to survive. I was just collecting what was rightfully mine."

"You will pay for what you've done to everyone." called out Illidan in a cold voice as he slowly opened his eyes, revealing eyes of coldness.

Laughing at this, Dartz simply says "We'll see about that one, Mr. Stormrage. Now, make your final moves."

Seemingly staring at his deck for an answer for a long moment, Seto finally drew his next card and smirked and let out a hearty laugh. "Just when it seems I'm about to lose the duel, I draw the card I need to win it. It's time I put you out of your misery Dartz, and take back my company! I play The Fang of Critius!"

A large brown dragon with powerful arms and legs, mighty wings, and sharp claws then appeared on the field with a mighty roar. It glared straight at Dartz, seemingly directing all it's anger at him.

Smirking, Dartz simply says "So, you've played a Legendary Dragon. That won't help you."

Illidan stared at the dragon, amazed at what he saw. "I've never seen a monster like that. It's power seems to be emanating onto the field. Interesting."

Smiling as he closes his eyes, Seto called out "Now, if I know Yugi's gaming strategies half as well as I think I do, I bet that he has the trap card Mirror Force down on the field."

Nodding, Yami then said "You're right, I do." He then revealed the one face down card, revealing it as Mirror Force.

"Now I merge the Fang of Critius with Mirror Force in order to form Mirror Force Dragon (2800/2600) in attack mode!" The trap card and the large dragon then swirled together, causing a bright light to form. When it died down, the large dragon reappeared, but was different. It's body was covered in some kind of armor, and it's wings had changed as well.

Dartz only laughed at this, saying "You are a fool to think Critius can stop me. I play my trap card, Martyr Curse, which forces one of your monsters to battle one of mine. Also, this trap card cancels out your monster's special ability."

Everyone gasped as they watched the mighty dragon prepare for battle. Kaiba only closed his eyes, knowing he had lost this duel.

"Shunoros, finish off Mr. Kaiba with Photon Ring!" called out Dartz.

A ring of pure green energy was fired directly from the large creature, which instantly sliced through the brown dragon, leaving it in half. The blast didn't stop though, for it went through the dragon and then smashed into Seto, throwing him backwards into the barrier of the seal. He screamed out in agony as he reopened his eyes, with them wide and full of pain. Finally, he staggered forward as his life points were slowly draining.

"KAIBA!" both Illidan and Yami yelled in unison as they rushed to their friend.

Before they could make it, Seto said "I'm not done yet… I play my … trap card, Wish of Final Effort… This trap… allows me to send the attack points of my … dragon to Yugi's life… points."

That said, Seto then fell to his knees, just as both Illidan and Yami arrived. Both held onto his sides, as Yami said "Hang on."

On the outside of the seal, tears are flowing down Mokuba's face as he rushes forward and punches the barrier of the seal, screaming "SETO! SETO! DON'T LEAVE ME, PLEASE!"

Looking up at both Illidan and Yami, Seto mumbles "Don't screw this up. I fought too hard to have you both screw up now, so win this duel for me!"

Both nod, and Yami says "I promise, we'll win this duel."

The seal then began to retract on the field, forming directly around Seto. It then glowed bright green for a moment, and Seto then slumped over. One of the stones in the room then glowed as Seto's image appeared in it.

Laughter is then heard, as both Illidan and Yami look up in horror to see Dartz is the one laughing. "I'd say you two are the soul survivors so far, but don't think you will be for long."

Growling loudly, Illidan spits angrily at Dartz "HOW DARE YOU! Kaiba was our friend! Sure, he may never admit that to anyone, even to himself, but he was our friend, and he deserved better than that!"

"You disgust me!" added Yami in an angry tone.

Shrugging, Dartz says "Not that I care what you two think. Now that I have his soul, the others can have what's left."

Pointing a finger at Seto, he then caused the body to slowly rise up. With a flick of his finger, Seto's body began hurtling towards the barrier of the seal. The barrier reacted, sparking wildly as his body passed through to the outside, where it landed with a loud thump.

Mokuba instantly ran to his brother's body, shaking him, telling him "Wake up Seto! You've just got to wake up! Open your eyes!"

Tears were pouring from Mokuba's eyes, some falling onto Seto's cheek, as he continued to shake him. Tea then walked over to Mokuba, putting her hand on Mokuba's shoulder. In a comforting voice, she said "I'm sorry Mokuba, he's gone."

Looking at her, with tears still falling, he said angrily "No, Seto can't be gone!"

"You're wasting your time talking to an empty shell child. Your brother has donated his life force to the Great Leviathan!" calls out Dartz.

Angry, Mokuba rises and yells "Give back his soul, now!"

Dartz only laughs at this, as the temple begins to shake. Looking around, Yami asks "What's going on?!"

They then hear a loud roar, and it instantly made them all realize what was happening. The Great Leviathan was preparing to rise up once more.

Laughing, Dartz calls out "Do you hear that? Thanks to Mr. Kaiba's donation, the Great Leviathan is almost ready to come out once more."

Growling loudly, Mokuba screams "Tell that thing to spit my brother's soul back up!"

"Silence!" calls out Dartz with a tint of anger.

Suddenly, a stone eye on the wall glows, and a beam of energy is released, striking Mokuba, Tea, and Tristan, instantly knocking them all to the ground.

"NO! Are you all alright?!" screams out Yami.

Chuckling, Dartz simply says "Don't worry about them. They weren't important enough to waste the Seal of Orichalcos on. I've just knocked them out is all. I have been wanting some alone time with the two of you."

Slightly growling, Illidan says "I really don't care what you want, but leave our friends alone!"

Chuckling, Dartz says "You know, you're still about the same as you were five thousand years ago. Always concerned about your friends. You know, I met both of you back five thousand years ago when Yami was king."

Smirking, Dartz continued, saying "When the battle of Atlantis was over, I thought the Great Leviathan was gone forever. With it's energy spent, I thought it would never have a chance to be resurrected, for the energy I needed to have it rise up once more was so great that I figured it would take all of time to finish my work. That was till I met your little group of friends in Egypt about five thousand years ago."

"What does that creature have to do with our friends from that time?" asked a curious Illidan.

Suddenly, the seal began to spin, as a vision was shown of ancient Egypt. Illidan instantly recognized himself, as well as Set, Pegasus, Marie, Yami, and all the others that made up the eight members of Yami's Shadow Court as they were facing an army that was trying to invade.

They then heard his past self say to the past Yami "Let me handle this one."

Shaking his head, past Yami replied "They're mine. Come forth Obelisk the Tormentor and put an end to these intruders!"

That said, the sky darkened and lightning flashed as the mighty blue Egyptian God appeared with a massive growl. His eyes glowed red and he flexed his muscles. It then moved towards the army, which still foolishly charged forward.

"Why bother to show us this?" Yami simply asked Dartz.

Smirking, Dartz replied "This was the day Darcia first encountered your group. When he saw the display of power that I just showed you, he contacted me, and I came to see for myself. It was then I realized that the Great Leviathan would rise once more."

The vision then changed once more, this time to the battle with the Egyptian Gods. Illidan then saw the battle that had happened when he had fallen unconscious due to Ra's attack on him. He watched in shock as Marie herself took out the most powerful Egyptian God with all her power.

Dartz then chimed in, saying "The eight of you weaved a magic that I knew could revive the Great Leviathan. Still, the time wasn't right, so I decided to wait."

"Why didn't you confront us if you were so powerful back then!?" Illidan demanded.

Chuckling, Dartz replied "Simple, the one you call Gozaburo was far too powerful when he was given the Millennium Crown. He would have been a hand full for me at the time, so I figured I'd wait. Besides, after the battle, the Pharaoh was dead, or good as dead. And I had another reason as well, for I knew your reincarnations would be as powerful, if not more powerful than your pasts selves, and I was right."

The vision then flickered once more, but this time to the future where they were in Yugi's bedroom. There they saw Yugi putting the pieces of the Millennium Puzzle together.

Smugly, Dartz said "Five thousand years after seeing your group in action, this naïve young man unlocked the dark magic once more, and thus I knew your group was back once more. Not to mention, the Shadow Games were once more reborn by the rebirth of the Pharaoh, thus making me come full circle."

"That's why you've been targeting the remainder of the Shadow Court then. You went after each of us all but a few that are no longer around." Illidan stated.

Smirking, Dartz nodded and replied "That is correct. Never before you eight had I seen such powerful souls. No one in Atlantis could have matched you, other than myself of course."

Slightly growling, Yami yelled "You're sick!"

Chuckling at this, Dartz said "It was you who tried to lock away the power of the Shadow Games five thousand years ago so only you and your court could play them. You put the world in peril, and yet didn't care."

"That's a lie!" Yami yelled.

Adding in to Yami's line, Illidan said "You're wrong! I have all the memories of my past, and I know for a fact Yami never put the world in jeopardy."

Again chuckling, Dartz replied "You can say what you want, but I saw it all. The Pharaoh was evil, and there is no denying that. And you Illidan, you were not much better. Soon, you'll both get what you deserve, which is being absorbed by the Great Leviathan in order to resurrect it!"

Chuckling once more, he continued saying "You know, it was no fluke that you two were brought back five thousand years later. Both of you were destined to save the world by giving up your souls to the Great Leviathan!"

Speaking in a serious tone, Yami replied "Can't you see what is happening Dartz? The Orichalcos has clouded your mind and taken control of you. It's told you nothing but lies for the last ten thousand years."

Laughing, Dartz replies "And you've been lying to yourself your entire life Pharaoh. You claim to have been sent to save the world, yet you are evil! You represent the evil within all human hearts, and that is why I must punish you! Today, history shall repeat itself, and the Battle of Atlantis begins again!"

Seeing that Yami was taking this all in, and possibly even considering it to be true, Illidan said to him "He's wrong Yami. I've known you my entire life, and I promise you, you were never evil. Believe me, if you was evil, I'd have stopped you long ago before now. Just trust me, you're not an evil soul. As for beginning a new war, you're wrong Dartz. The two of us will stop you right here and now, putting an end to this war once and for all!"

Yami nodded to Illidan, but Illidan could still see the fear in his eyes that it was true. "It's a lie, but he doesn't know. Dartz's little head game has gotten to him. I have to end this, and fast, but with that Shunoros out, I have no possible way, yet."

"Let's continue this duel." Illidan said as he drew his next card. Slightly sighing at his Spell Reproduction, he said "I'll switch all my monsters to defense mode, and end my turn." (Illidan 5000, Yami 6800; Dartz 4000)

Nodding, Yami drew his card and said "I'll start by playing the spell card Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards."

Picking up two new cards, Yami then said "I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) in defense mode." An elf monster with pale colored pants, a brown shirt, green armor on his shoulders and a black cape on his back appeared. He wore a green matching helmet and wielded a sword.

"Next, I'll place one card face down. That will end my turn." (Illidan 5000, Yami 6800; Dartz 4000)