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The Orichalcos Saga
Fanfic Chapter 190: Pegasus's Summons
Episode Basis: The Creator Returns
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! It was a trip into the light fantastic as Yugi and the Pharaoh Yami set out to discover who the mysterious voice who was calling for their help was. Traveling through a gateway, they found themselves in a kingdom ruled by Duel Monsters where they discovered that the voice who called out to them was none other than Dark Magician Girl (though why the Dark Magician wasn't the one is beyond me). She explained that a great evil is awakening and threatening to destroy both worlds. The only hope lied within four crystal dragons, one of which Yugi and Yami were able to free. Back in reality, Yugi discovered that a giant eye was sucking up monsters and ready to lay waste to him too. But thanks to the dragon they freed, Timaeus, they were able to beat it… for now.
"This is Andrew Carson with DNN News, with an update regarding the monster sightings. The giant eye that was seen over the sky last night appears to have vanished but repercussions could still be felt throughout the world. Unusual light phenomenon not dissimilar to the Aurora Borealis has been sighted all over the world and weather phenomenon has all meteorologists stumped. As for the dragon that apparently attacked the eye, it too has also vanished. Analysts are beginning to suspect a connection between the eye and the recent monster sightings that have appeared all over the world. In a related story, all calls for a comment by Kaiba Corp. regarding these monster sightings have not been returned as of yet. Some business analysts are beginning to suspect of a secret plot by Kaiba Corp. In financial news, Kaiba Corp. stock has started to plummet after a buyer identified as…"
Harold clicked off the television. "It seems like what happened last night is happening all over the world," Tea observed.
"Yeah, but thanks to this thing…" Joey held up the dragon card Yugi used the previous night. "Yugi was able to kick its butt!"
"Until it comes back again," Harold said solemnly as another symbol on his Armlet changed without their knowing.
"You really know how to bring a guy down, Harold," Joey commented.
Tristan took the Timaeus card from Joey, "I still don't see how a Duel Monster card was able to do all that."
"Idiot," Joey said snapping the card back. "A real Duelist can tell this card is special and must be handed with care."
"We don't know what else it can do," Amara commented taking the card from Joey and passing it to Yugi. "Or why it chose to end up in Yugi's deck."
"Amara is right," Yami said to Yugi. "There is a spirit of an ancient dragon inside that card and although it helped us, it could also be dangerous."
"We can't just sit around here playing pass the card," Tea said. "We have to do something."
"Yeah but what?" Joey asked.
"Well we could start with the monster sightings," Tristan offered.
"Or see what we can find out about that giant eye that tried to zap us," Amara added.
"Let's not forget the motorcycle gang who likes to steal people's souls," Harold reminded.
Yugi looked at Yami.
"I think the secret might literally lie in your hands, Yugi." Yugi looked down at the card again.
Joey grabbed the card from Yugi, "Maybe if we can get this dragon to come out again, it will give us a clue." He started rubbing the card like it was Aladdin's lamp.
Tristan bopped Joey, "What happened to handling the card with care?"
"How about I handle you with care," Joey said grabbing Tristan. The two started to wrestle.
"Are you boys roughhousing again?" Solomon asked as he came in holding a package.
"Sorry," Joey and Tristan apologized.
"What's that, sir?" Amara asked pointing to the package.
"Oh, this, it's a package for you, Yugi."
"A package for me? Who is it from?"
"I don't know, my eyesight isn't what it used to be."
Everyone gathered around the package. Unknown to the humans, a small white orb was included. Tea read the return label in the corner. "'From the office of Maximillion Pegasus.'"
Oh, it was just Pegasus.
Pegasus?
PEGASUS!
Yugi, Joey, Tea, Tristan, and Harold all screamed and backed away from the package like it was a poisonous snake.
"What's with you guys?" Amara asked. "You got a package from the creator of Duel Monsters!"
"The last time that guy sent Yugi a package it wasn't anything good," Harold said poking at the package with the eraser end of a pencil.
"Come on, Yugi, just chuck that thing," Tristan urged.
"We have to open it," Tea argued.
"No, I'm with Tristan," Joey said. "This is exactly how Pegasus suckered us last time."
"Oh, you big babies," Amara said opening the package. Joey and Tristan screamed and grabbed each other in fright. "Weird, the only things in here are a Duel Monster card and a video tape."
Joey and Tristan screamed again and crouched into balls.
"Amara, the last time we received a video tape from Pegasus, it wasn't anything good."
"Is this guy for real?" Harold asked.
"You can't duel against a video tape," Joey protested.
"It's crazy," Tristan added.
Pegasus chuckled and responded, "No, its magic!" Suddenly Yugi found himself surrounded by dark fog. His Grandpa and friends have been frozen.
"There's still time left," Yugi said. "I call forth the Summoned Skull!" A large skeleton-like monster which looked like a demon turned inside out. "Summoned Skull, Lightning Strike!" Lightning started to rain down on the Faceless Mage. But inches before it struck, it fizzled out.
"What happened?" Yugi asked. He then looked at the timer.
Time had literally run out.
"Looks like I win, Yugi-Boy."
"I'm through playing your games."
"I'm afraid the games are just beginning," Pegasus said as he lifted his hair from the side of his face. In place of his left eye, there was a strange golden one. "When we duel next, it will be for much higher stakes!" Pegasus fired a bolt of energy from the eye which struck Yugi's Grandpa. Yugi watched in horror as his Grandpa's spirit was sucked from the body and into the television.
"Yugi!" His Grandpa cried.
Yugi reverted back to normal. "Grandpa, no! Grandpa, Grandpa!"
"Let's just tape over it with some Saturday-Morning Cartoons," Joey suggested.
"Hold on, guys, have you forgotten? He doesn't have his Millennium Eye any more."
"You're right, Tea, somebody stole it shortly after Duelist Kingdom," Harold reminded them. Joey and Tristan were still whining about it though. "And he was a lot less creepy when we saw him at Kaiba's Duel Dome."
"What do you think?" Yugi asked Yami.
"We should listen to what he has to say. After all, he did invent Duel Monsters. He might have a clue as to the dragons and whatever attacked us last night."
Yugi nodded. "Amara, put in the tape," he instructed.
"Sure."
"Amara, if I get my soul sucked out it'll be on your head," Joey said as Amara inserted the video tape.
The television clicked on and Pegasus appeared sitting behind a desk. "Greetings, Yugi-Boy," he said to the camera. "It's been such a long time. You never call, you never write, I thought after everything we been through you could at least send an e-mail."
"Are we still in reality?" Joey asked looking around as Tristan peeked out from behind the couch. Yugi, Tea, Harold, and Amara all stared at the tape.
Pegasus continued, "Now unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past few days, you'd know about the monsters running rampant throughout the world. Fortunately for me, Kaiba-Boy has been taking most of the heat for it but I know who really is behind it. I must stop them, they're ruining the reputation of my game and that's just not good for business. But it's too risky to leave any information on this video tape. Even sending it is dangerous. So you'll have to come and see me in person. One last thing, I've included a one-of-a-kind card just for you, Yugi-Boy." Amara handed Yugi the card which was designed like a Duel Monster card but like the Ties of Friendship, only had a name on it: Illusions Key. "Whatever you do, don't lose it! It's the only way to enter my compound and they mustn't take it!" The tape ended.
"There's no way we can trust that guy," Joey protested.
"We should go," Yami suggested. "Pegasus may be our only hope."
"I'm going," Yugi decided. "Pegasus may have the answers needed to put a stop to this and however dangerous it may sound I have to take that chance."
"And I'll be right there by your side, buddy," Joey said clapping Yugi on the back.
"If you guys are going to America, you're going to need someone to show you around," Amara said. "And I'm just the American for the job."
"And there's no way you're leaving me out," Harold said. Another symbol on his Armlet changed.
"So it's settled, we're all going," Tristan decided and Tea nodded.
"Thanks, guys," Yugi said.
"Hey, that's what friends are for, to help fight the bad guys who are trying to take over the world."
"That's one way to put it."
Unknown to everyone (white orb included), a ladybug sat on a window sill, its antenna blinking electronically.
Outside, Weevil and Rex eavesdropped on them using an electronic listening device Weevil had.
"Why would Pegasus want to see those losers?" Rex asked as he took off his headphones. "He should've given the tape to me."
Weevil also took his headphones off. "Just because we weren't invited to the party doesn't mean we can't show up. We'll get to see where the cards are made."
"And maybe get some rare cards?" Rex asked hopefully.
"Of course. Our dueling decks will be unstoppable!"
"We just have to get to Pegasus before they do," Rex said. "But how?"
Weevil pushed up his glasses with his middle finger. "I have a plan," he said.
Under the sea, the remains of a giant eye started to glow. Electricity danced between the pieces.
In the temple, the Master prayed before the idols. "Soon, my Great Leviathan, our time will come. By the power of the Egyptian Gods, you have been reborn into this world and as soon as you are replenished with enough souls, nobody will stop us!" He thought back to the previous night. "If that was who I think it was, then it must've been the Pharaoh who summoned him. But Timaeus too would be weak after his long slumber which means the time to strike will be now. Raphael!"
Immediately Raphael appeared before him, bowing. Behind him was Jonah, also genuflecting. "I know what we have to do, Master Dartz. Jonah and I will find the Pharaoh and drain his life force to feed the Sacred Beast!"
"Correct but after last night, it appears we will need more souls, strong souls."
"In that case, let me take care of Kaiba, Master Dartz," Alister said stepping forward. "We need his company if we're to break down any barriers to our controlling the world."
"I have my sights on someone too," Valon said. "That hack Joey Wheeler."
"He said we needed strong souls," Jonah said. "I, for one, don't like animal cruelty."
"Jonah, calm down, we all know very well why Valon really wants that nobody," Alister said.
"Well what about you and Kaiba?" Valon retorted.
"We need to break down Kaiba Corp. anyway," Alistair argued. "Once we have its resources we can truly begin to rebuild the world. I can't help it if it falls into my plans as well."
Jonah stormed up to Valon and pointed at his nose. "If you ask me your thinking tool is not in your head," she said sliding her finger down to the part of his body she was talking about. "Our goal is to cleanse and rebuild the world as The Sacred Beast allows, not to act like some love stricken Romeo!"
"What's wrong, Sheila, jealous?" Valon asked.
"Why you son of a…"
Raphael picked up both of them by the neck. "That's enough, both of you. The Master's bidding must be done so put your pity squabbles on hold!"
"Yeah, whatever," Valon said looking away.
"As you wish, Lord Raphael."
"The Pharaoh and his friends are on their way to speak with the one we've been watching. You must reach him before Yugi does."
"Not to worry, Boss," Valon said. "Someone already is on the case."
Jonah let out a sound of disgust.
When the monster sightings first happened, Industrial Illusions received a lot of calls asking for clarification on the matter. And Pegasus did something that no normal businessman would do: he told the truth. He said that he had no idea what was going on and he would make an attempt to find out. After that, the attention pretty much switched to Kaiba Corp. But right from the beginning, Pegasus knew he was being watched. As crazy as it was, he locked the doors and bolted all the windows but even he knew it wouldn't be enough. Now he was sitting in the darkness of his office pretty much moping.
"I can't believe the monsters I made so famous are now terrorizing people all over the world. Yugi-Boy, please hurry before it's too late."
"Do you always talk to yourself like that?" A female voice asked. Pegasus turned and saw a female shadow standing behind the thin curtain.
Pegasus gasped, "You!"
Tea placed some underwear at the bottom of her suitcase then closed it. She sighed, "I really have to do some shopping soon," she commented. She placed her suitcase by the door to her room and lay down on her bed. I always wanted to go to America, but I never thought I'd be going there to help save the world. She turned on her side and stared at a picture of her and her friends. To tell the truth, I don't know what help I'll be. I mean I couldn't do anything during Battle City, the Virtual Wars, or when Panik took me to the Shadow Realm. I just hope I'll be able to help a little this time around.
Tristan growled in frustration, "Oh man, my suitcase still won't close!" He let out a defeated sigh. "All right, I'll leave my yo-yo here."
"Do you have your passport?"
"Yes, Mom."
"And your cell phone?"
"Yes, Mom."
"And your…"
"Mom, I'm packing everything but the kitchen sink," Amara said rolling her eyes. When she told her mother that she was going to America for a couple of days, even though she lived in California before moving to Domino, her mother immediately started henpecking her.
"Well just remember if you ever get into a jam, you can always call your Uncle Jack in Arizona. You know, I think he has the kids for the summer. Maybe you should drop by. I'm sure Alex would love to see you."
"Mom, you know how much she hates that nickname.""Oops, my mistake."
"Anyway, I have to go finish packing."
"Oh let me help you."
"No, I can do it myself."
"Are you sure?"
"Mom, I'm no baby any more. And if you only knew some of the stuff I saw…" Amara shook her head and went into her room shutting the door and locking it.
Amara's mother sighed, "Teenagers, they think everything is going to bring about the end of the world."
Over at Joey's house, Joey was talking on the phone with his sister. "We're flying out to Industrial Illusions tomorrow, Serenity… somewhere out in California… don't worry, I'll be sure to pack plenty of sunscreen." Joey let out a little chuckle. Ever since she got her bandages off, Serenity had been hovering over him just as he hovered over her during the first couple of weeks that she had her eye disease. "Don't worry, sis, it's kind of hard to catch a cold in California."
Harold didn't have too many clothes to start out with so he had packed light, just a backpack. He fell asleep reading the journal that came with the Armlet he found while at Duelist Kingdom. He had no idea that over the course of the night, three more symbols changed on his Armlet.
"There, all packed," Yugi said as he zipped his duffle bag shut. "Oh yeah, Pegasus's card." He picked up the card which was lying on his desk. Can't forget this. He stared at the card as a little white orb peeked over his shoulder. Pegasus said it was one-of-a-kind but I never seen anything like this before. He turned to Yami who was staring off into space. "Have you seen anything like this before?" Yami didn't answer him. "Pharaoh?"
"Huh?' Yami turned to look at him. "Oh, uh… no, I'm fine."
"That wasn't what I asked," Yugi said.
"Sorry, I'm just distracted."
"It's all right, I know you're worried."
"It's just that we know so little about our enemy." Perhaps if I knew more about my past…
"Stop that."
"Huh?"
"You're keeping secrets. I thought we agreed never to keep secrets no matter how discouraging they are."
"I was worried that our enemy might have some connection with my past."
"I'm worried too. The entire world is depending on us. What if we fail?"
"We've never failed mankind before, Yugi and I know we won't now."
Yugi nodded. "Yeah, you're right. Well better get to bed, we have a big day ahead of us." Yugi climbed into bed and shut the light off. Yami disappeared into the Millennium Puzzle.
The white orb noticed that Yugi's duffle bag wasn't fully shut. A gap just barely enough to slide in through if you were small which is just what the orb did.
The next morning, Yugi's Grandpa took the kids to the airport to see them off. "Well we're off, Grandpa."
"Yeah, wish us luck," Joey added.
"I'll let you know if Arthur turns up anything," Solomon volunteered.
"Thanks, Grandpa, see you!"
"Bye!" The others called out.
"Those kids are truly remarkable," Solomon mused.
As the kids left, they were unaware that Weevil and Rex were following them while carrying a gym bag.
Yugi and his friends ran to the window and saw the private jet inscribed with the Industrial Illusions logo.
"Wow, impressive," Tristan commented.
"Yeah," Harold agreed.
Joey shrugged, "Eh, jets like these are a dime a dozen for rich folks like Pegasus and Kaiba. Heck, I'll have a whole fleet of these when I get rich and famous."
"Very ambitious, Joey," Amara said sarcastically.
"What I find weird is why would Pegasus call you, Yugi?" Tea asked. "I mean after the whole Duelist Kingdom and Pyramid of Light fiascos, you'd think Pegasus would want to avoid us like the plague."
"Well… I guess he needs someone to help battle whoever's causing this mess," Yugi figured.
"Then it's a good thing I'm here," Joey said causing the others to chuckle.
Three men wearing suits came up to them. "Is one of you kids Yugi Moto?"
"I am," Yugi confirmed.
"Please come with me, I'll take you to the gate." The center guy turned to the other two. "Bring their luggage." The two guys picked up their luggage. Of course Yugi, Joey, Harold, and Amara were all wearing their Duel Disks.
"Well here we go," Yugi said.
"Off to save the world again?" Harold asked.
"Yup."
"Sweet."
The Embraer Jet had room for fourteen passengers but only needed half the room. Its purpose was primarily business but as Tea pointed out, "I feel like a rock star!"
"Yeah, we'll be cruising in style," Amara agreed.
"I just hope their food is good," Tristan said.
"Do you think anybody would mind that we would be gone for so long?" Harold asked.
"Relax, buddy," Joey said plopping into a seat next to him. "We're doing this for a good cause. Besides, how often do you get to see the other side of the world?"
For all I know, I could BE from the other side of the world, Harold thought.
As the two suits were loading the luggage onto the plane, one of them found that a certain bag could not be moved easily. It was a large gym bag but it had what looked like two bomb shells inside. He called over to another, "Hey I can't lift this, help me out."
"All right, all right," the other said. Together they hauled the gym bag up the ramp. They threw it on the floor of the cargo hold.
"Ow!" The bag protested in a nasal-like voice. The handlers turned and looked at the bag but couldn't find the source of the voice. They shrugged and moved on.
Inside the bag, Weevil Underwood chuckled, "Everything is going according to plan."
"I think there's one thing you didn't count on Weevil," Rex said, his feet on Weevil's head. "I have to go to the bathroom."
"Just hold it!"
But as the plane ride went on, Weevil started to wonder if it was a good idea to do this. For one thing, while Yugi and the others got to dine well and sleep in a climate-controlled cabin, they were starving and freezing inside the cargo hold.
The sun was just rising as the plane touched down. Outside the gate, a limo was waiting for them.
"Hey," an employee called out. "Whose bag is this?" He pointed to the large gym bag.
"I've never seen that bag before," Tea replied. She turned to the others. "Have you guys?" The others shook their heads.
"I guess I'll just take this to the lost and found office," the employee said. The gang climbed into the limo and the limo took off.
Seto Kaiba was having a really bad day.
When these monster sightings first appeared, immediately his company started receiving complaint calls. At first people thought it was a maintenance error, and then some started to wonder if it was a promotional stunt. Now some conspiracy theorists who want 15 minutes of fame were thinking Kaiba Corp. was on a mission to terrorize the world. Kaiba had to shut down all outgoing lines because their phone system was getting overloaded with calls.
But that didn't stop the reporters from calling and calling, literally banging on the front door asking for a comment.
"Do whatever you can to hold them at bay," Kaiba instructed one of his employees. "But above all, reinforce the position that Kaiba Corp. is not responsible for these monster sightings at all!"
"Yes, sir." As soon as the man left, Kaiba dropped into his chair. "Someone is making a fool out of me," he said. "I did not spend all these years building up Kaiba Corp.'s reputation just to have some goof balls tear it down just because of some phony monster sightings." He hit his intercom. "Roland."
"Yes, sir?"
"Give me an update on the investigation. Are there any leads?"
"No, sir, our investigation seems to be hampered."
"By what?"
"There's been some government involvement. It's a mess, sir."
"I don't want excuses, I want results. What about Industrial Illusions? Have you tried contacting them?"
"Yes, sir, there has been no response from the main office."
"Listen, I want you to assign Roberts' team on it. And tell them that unless they hear from you or me personally they are to finish the investigation no matter what."
"Yes, sir."
Kaiba slammed the intercom button. The timing couldn't have been any worse, he thought. I was about to announce my latest project.
Just then Seto's younger brother Mokuba came running into his office. "Seto, we have a problem, someone's buying up shares of Kaiba Corp. like they're going out of style!"
Kaiba's day just got worse.
Kaiba checked his computer. The three current big shareholders were himself, Mokuba, and a man named Kagemaru who was the new head of Kaiba Corp.'s Board of Directors. But now an unknown party's share was rapidly rising. It had already overcome Kagemaru's share. "You're right, almost half of Kaiba Corp. has been brought out by one person, and they're still buying! If they keep buying, they could take control of the company! I can't allow that!" Kaiba narrowed his eyes. "There's only one person I know of who would try a trick like this…" At that moment the phone rang. Kaiba picked it up, "Yes?"
"Looks like we're partners now, Kaiba-Boy."
Kaiba's day just got a whole lot worse.
"Pegasus! So it was you!"
"Guilty as charged."
"This company is mine! I won't let a snake like you warp yourself around it!"
"Oh don't be so dramatic, Kaiba-Boy, I just needed to get your attention. I figured that since this whole monster fiasco has both our reputations suffering we could boost our standings by having a friendly duel."
"You must be out of your mind!"
"If you don't, I'll sell off all my shares at once and let's see what that does to your company's standing." Kaiba cringed. If one of the current biggest shareholders of Kaiba Corp. suddenly sold all of their stock at once, the price would plummet; his company would be torn apart from the inside.
"Fine," Kaiba said. "I accept."
"Oh goody, I set up an arena for us at our usual place. Come soon, oh and bring those dragons you love so much." And the line disconnect.
Kaiba and Mokuba headed into the elevator and rode down. This isn't fair, Mokuba thought. We were supposed to start building Kaiba Lands all over the world and he promised that he wouldn't duel again until they were finished. He even locked his cards and Duel Disk away after that Pyramid of Light disaster so he wouldn't be tempted. The elevator stopped at Basement Level 5 and the Kaiba Brothers walked out. "Are you sure you want to do this, Seto?"
"I don't have any choice, Mokuba." Kaiba used his key card on a digital lock and after typing in the corresponding code was granted access to the portal. On the other side of the portal was a vault door.
"Pegasus could've been bluffing," Mokuba offered.
"I can't take that chance," Kaiba replied as he used his key card to unlock the vault door. Inside, he used the key card again to unlock a compartment. I knew that I would have to unlock my deck one day but I never thought it would be this soon. He removed the metal brief case that contained his Duel Disk and cards.
They rode back up to the roof where their Blue-Eyes White Jet was waiting. Kaiba headed for the pilot's seat but noticed that Mokuba was holding back. "What's wrong?"
"I thought that we were going to build Kaiba Land," Mokuba said sadly.
"We will just as soon as I teach Pegasus a lesson." Mokuba smiled and ran to catch up with his brother.
The End
A/N: For those of you who aren't familiar with the way the stock market works, a company has investors who put money into the company. Whether a stock goes up or down is a reflection on how good the company is doing. If an investor suddenly started selling shares or stock, it would mean that the company is doing poor and other investors might follow suit. And without investors' money to pay employees, maintain equipment and other necessities, a company would go bankrupt. Basically "Pegasus" (of course we know who that really was) was threatening that if Kaiba didn't duel him, he would sell all his stock which would give the impression that the company was going belly-up. Other investors would sell their shares and soon Kaiba Corp. wouldn't have enough money to continue functioning. Oh yeah, one more thing, don't try looking for the flashback of Yugi and Pegasus's first duel in any of my back stories. Episode 2 of the canon show was the only episode I didn't do a chapter for because at the time I was first writing Yu-Gi-Oh! Avatar, I had no guide to go on. Obviously I do now. Maybe I'll go back and do it some day but not right now.