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The Orichalcos Saga
Fanfic Chapter 191: Re-Duel Pt 1: Return to Toon World
Episode Basis: Deja Duel Pt 1
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Yugi received a package from the last person he wanted a package from: Maximillion Pegasus! But instead of taking him to the Shadow Realm like last time, Pegasus asked for Yugi's help. Pegasus clearly had some information that he needed to tell Yugi in secret. He even included a card that Yugi had to use to get in to see him. But someone got to Pegasus first… or did they? After all, Kaiba received a call from Pegasus after he went on a spree buying up shares of Kaiba Corp. Pegasus coerced (read: forced) Kaiba to come over for a duel. Who's ready for this rematch?
The limo carrying Yugi and the others rode up a hill. Tristan, Joey, and Harold stared at the city in awe. "Wow, these building look really old," Harold commented.
"And you got to love these steep roads," Tea added.
"This is nothing like home," Joey commented.
"Nope, this is San Francisco," Amara introduced. "Home of the Golden Gate Bridge."
"Not to mention all the sea food you can eat," Tristan added.
"Bad news, Tristan, they actually cook the fish here," Amara cracked.
"Is San Francisco where you lived before you came to Domino, Amara?" Tea asked.
"Huh?" Amara actually blush a little, not used to being asked a personal question. "No, I lived in Arizona. Actually, my Uncle has a Dude Ranch there. He was the only one in his family to stay in one place for most of his life."
"A Dude Ranch sounds cool, too bad we won't be in that vicinity any time soon," Harold commented as another symbol on his Armlet changed. He thought that he felt his Armlet start humming but dismissed it.
"Guys, I hate to break up the festive mood," Tea said. "But don't forget this isn't a vacation. We're here to see Pegasus."
"She's right," Yami told Yugi. "And based on Pegasus's message, it sounds like he's in some sort of trouble."
"I just hope we don't get there too late," Yugi replied.
Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Jet flew over the ocean heading towards a small island.
"We've almost reached Duelist Kingdom," Mokuba said referring to the island where a Duel Monsters competition was once held and was also Pegasus's personal residence.
"I'll try to keep this visit short," Kaiba said as the jet touched down in the courtyard of Pegasus's castle.
"Fine by me," Mokuba said. "I have nothing but bad memories about this place."
The jet touched down and Kaiba and Mokuba disembarked. "It's time to give Pegasus a royal beating," Kaiba announced.
The doors opened to reveal an empty hallway. Only a few random lights flickered in the castle.
"Looks like most of Pegasus's staff is on vacation," Mokuba figured.
"Fine by me, less people to get on my nerves." They headed down the hallway.
At the airport, a large and heavy gym bag was thrown into the back of the truck. If whoever threw it stuck around long enough, he could hear the bowling ball bag talk in dual voices.
"This is your worst idea yet, Weevil."
"Who's Weevil, gluuuhhhhh."
"Great, now I'm going to need a change of pants."
"Look, there's the Golden Gate Bridge," Tristan said.
"It doesn't look golden to me," Joey complained.
"That's because the bridge wasn't named for its color, but for what it went over, the Golden Gate Strait," Amara explained.
"That's what I call false advertising," Joey cracked. "Hey Yug, are you taking this…" Joey noticed that Yugi seemed more ponderous than usual.
Tea noticed it too and shook his shoulder, "Yugi, you okay?"
"Well… I just can't stop thinking about all we've learned this past week," Yugi said. "A doorway between our world and a world where Duel Monsters exist opened up and now some kind of super-monster is trying to destroy both worlds. And the only defense we have seems to be this…" He held up the Timaeus card. "But even that doesn't seem to be enough. We have to get to the bottom of this before the monster strikes again."
"You think Pegasus might know something?" Harold asked.
"Maybe," Yugi said. "That's what we're here to find out."
Mokuba stuck close to Kaiba as they walked down the hallway. They still haven't encountered anyone, not even a guard. For a second, Kaiba wondered if he got the right place.
The Kaiba Brothers suddenly skidded to a halt. Through a doorway was a large room with no floor. A balcony was off to the side. "Whoa, that's not cool, we could've fell fifty feet," Mokuba complained.
"I've just about run out of patience," Kaiba said. "Show yourself, Pegasus, unless you've come to your senses and left!"
A deep chuckle came from a hallway at the other end of the room. "Your lack of patience never ceases to amuse me, Kaiba-Boy." Pegasus walked into view.
"You're as irritating as ever," Kaiba commented.
"Come now, Kaiba-Boy, where's the love? We've been through so much together."
"I didn't come here to catch up on old times; I came to duel so you would get out of my life!"
"Such harsh language, what did I do to deserve such hatred?"
"It's a long list and I'm short on patience. Most recently, you've been buying up shares of my company. And I'm sure it's you who's behind this whole monster scare."
"Mois?"
"Just admit it you arranged all of these monster sightings just to get some attention!"
"Is that what you really think or are you afraid to admit what you believe is true: that perhaps these monsters are real."
Kaiba laughed harshly, "You know very well I don't believe in any of your hocus-pocus nonsense and I certainly don't believe in real monsters."
"Oh please, don't tell me you're still in that 'I don't believe in monster' stage. After all, you remember what such thinking got you last time? It got the souls of you and your brother trapped in cards thanks to my Magical Eye."
That's weird, Mokuba thought. When I was Pegasus's prisoner, he called his eye something different. I think he called it a Millennium Eye. Judging from Kaiba's scowl, he was thinking along the same lines as Mokuba.
"You're just trying to drag up the past just to piss me off," Kaiba said. "Let's just get this duel started so I can move on!"
"All right then, its time for the rematch of the century!" Pegasus snapped his fingers and a large dueling arena lowered from the ceiling. Laser-guided walkways connected the two hallways with each side of the dueling arena. "Well here we are, in the same room, in the same castle, on the same island where I beat you last time. Who would've thought I'd get to trounce you twice in one life time."
"My Brother's going to take you apart!" Mokuba declared.
For the first time, Pegasus noticed Mokuba. "Mokuba, I see you're still Kaiba's one and only fan."
"Mokuba stand back," Kaiba instructed.
"But Seto…"
"We both know what this madman is capable of. You'll be safer on the sidelines." Kaiba stepped up to the blue podium and plugged his Duel Disk into an adaptor.
(P: 4000)
(K: 4000)
Mokuba ran up to the balcony. "I guess I'll be safe here if Pegasus tries anything," he said to himself. "Go, Seto, kick his butt!"
"Home Team goes first," Pegasus said picking up his sixth card. "Batter up, I summon Toon Alligator (1) in defense mode. Then I'll set one card face-down. Your move, Kaiba-Boy."
Pegasus is trying to psyche me out by playing the same opening move he played at our last duel. But he's about to discover that I'm not the same person he battled last time I was here. "I summon Spear Dragon (2) in attack mode, attack with Cyclone Burst!" A tornado emitted from the beaked dragon's mouth destroyed the little alligator. "Your Toon Alligator was destroyed but because he was in defense mode your life points are safe, right? Wrong! Thanks to Spear Dragons special ability, you lose 300 of them!"
Pegasus gasped.
(P: 3700)
(K: 4000)
"Then I set two cards two cards face-down and end my turn."
The truck carrying the unknown large gym bag drove down a hallway. It hit a speed bump and that bump was enough to throw the bag from the truck.
"Let me out, it stinks in here!" Weevil and Rex burst from the bag. "Weevil, you're paying for my dry cleaning. At least we're out of danger," Rex said relieved.
Weevil looked around. A street gang was coming towards them. "Uh… Rex, I don't think we're clear yet."
Pegasus began his turn by playing the magic card Toon Table of Contents which allows him to draw any card with the word 'Toon' in the title.
"Not again, Toon World?"
"Why so surprised? Out of all the cards that I've created, Toon World has always been my favorite. And it allows me to summon any and all Toon-type monsters. And Toon World's cost of admission is a measly 1000 life points."
(P: 2700)
(K: 4000)
"So let's bring out the first of my toon monsters! Toon Masked Sorcerer (3)!" Like most toon monsters, Toon Masked Sorcerer was a caricature version of the actual monster.
"Now that Pegasus has that Toon World card out, he can summon any toon monster he wants and he has tons of them! And too bad for you, for toon monsters can only be destroyed by other toon monsters."
"I think it's time to give you a taste of your own medicine. I play my Clone trap card which creates a double of your monster." Another Toon Masked Sorcerer appeared. "Now you can't attack this monster without destroying your own."
Pegasus cursed, "You saved yourself for now."
Mokuba breathed a sigh of relief.
Kaiba drew a card and smirked. "Well, since you got your favorite card out, I think it's about time I get my favorite card out."
"You mean…"
"Oh yeah, I sacrifice Spear Dragon and Toon Masked Sorcerer to summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon (4)!" Kaiba's trademark dragon appeared roaring.
Pegasus breathed a sigh of relief. "Your plan has backfired, Kaiba-Boy, toon monsters can only be destroyed by other toons."
"I'm aware of that, but I refuse to let a technicality stop me."
"In that case, here's another 'technicality.' I play my trap card Toon Mask which allows me to trade in my Sorcerer for a toon version of your monster." A mask slammed onto Toon Masked Sorcerer's face. As much as it tried, it couldn't take it off. Finally the monster appeared and was replaced with a chibi version of Kaiba's dragon. "Meet the Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon (5)!"
Kaiba said, "Your monstrosity is a disgrace to the original Blue-Eyes!"
"Now Kaiba, that's just rude! Cartoons have feelings too, you know." To illustrate, the Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon streamed tears from its eyes.
"Oh it'll be crying all right, once I do this. I play the magic card Shrink. It makes your puny dragon even punier." The Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon shrunk to half its size.
(BETD: 3000-1500)
"So what, it's still indestructible. You just made it more lovable."
Kaiba didn't respond, "Next I play a magic card which makes my dragon's attack even more ferocious!"
"It's still not going to work."
"We'll see. Blue-Eyes, attack with White Lightning!" The dragon let loose with a stream of energy. The Toon Dragon just shifted to the side. "Now my Charm of Lamentation magic card kicks in allowing me to draw a card every time my Blue-Eyes attacks and fails." Kaiba drew a card thinking the key to beating this washed-up has-been has got to be somewhere in my deck. I just have to keep drawing cards until I find it.
"My turn again," Pegasus said as he drew a card. "And I think I'll pay 500 life points to have my Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon attack your life points directly."
"Not so fast, I activate the trap card Negate Attack which stops your dragon's assault."
"Then I'll play the magic card Toon Rollback which rewinds our duel."
"Hold on, even with Toon Rollback you can't attack twice with your toon monsters!"
"I know that," Pegasus said. "He served his purpose anyway." The Toon Dragon's eyes bugged out at its master. "So I'm turning him in for a new toon monster!" Whimpering, the Toon Dragon waved good-bye as it disappeared into the Toon World Book. "Toon Dark Magician Girl (6)!" A little girl version of Yugi's female spellcaster flipped out of Toon World. "Now where were we? Oh yeah, Toon Dark Magician Girl attack his life points!" The Toon Dark Magician Girl zipped around the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and beamed Kaiba with her staff.
(P: 2200)
(K: 2000)
"You'll pay for that," Kaiba said. "Blue-Eyes, attack Toon Dark Magician Girl!" The dragon's energy blast was caught in the Toon Dark Magician Girl's hat. The hat bulged with the intake of the blast until it exploded into harmless streamers.
"What part of toon monsters can only be destroyed by toon monsters did you not understand?" Pegasus asked as Toon Dark Magician Girl looked around for presumably another hat (and finally finding it inside the Toon World book).
Kaiba drew a card and chuckled.
"I fail to see the joke," Pegasus said.
"You are the joke," Kaiba said. "Your strategies are just as outdated as you are. Your toon monsters are indestructible but only as long as Toon World is on the field." Pegasus gasped. "I play the magic card A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon! Now by returning my Blue-Eyes to my hand, I can destroy all magic and trap cards on the field!" The white dragon disappeared and was replaced by a flaming dragon which soared over to Pegasus's side of the field and destroyed the pop-up picture book. The Toon Dark Magician Girl screamed as she was destroyed.
"Way to go, Seto!" Mokuba cheered. "I didn't doubt for a minute that you could beat him!"
"Finally I summon Versago the Destroyer (7) in defense mode. It's your move." But Pegasus didn't respond. He just stared down at the ground. "Hello… last chance, are you going to move or are you going to forfeit?" Still Pegasus didn't respond. "I'll take your silence as a forfeit though I don't blame you. I'd quit too if my strategies were as lame as yours." Still no response. "But something's been bothering me, your strategies are the same as they were when we last dueled. What's the deal, Pegasus? You're a lot of things but predictable definitely isn't one of them."
Finally Pegasus lifted his head. "I guess you could say I haven't been myself lately. In fact…" Suddenly Pegasus's voice changed. "I mean that quite literally!" 'Pegasus' pulled off his face, hair, and suit to reveal a lanky boy in a tank top that was too short for him. His maroon-colored hair was shoulder-length. His eyes were cobalt-colored. He wore a Duel Disk of a design Kaiba had never seen before.
"All right, enough of this pretend game," Kaiba said. "Spill it, who are you?"
"The name's Alister, Kaiba-Boy, now let's duel!" Alister's Duel Disk popped out and he drew a card. "This magic card will change everything! I play The Seal of Orichalcos!" He slid the card into a side slot, a field magic card slot Kaiba assumed. A circle of strange symbols surrounded them. The dueling arena disappeared and they were now standing on what appeared to be nothing. A large six-pointed star was traced at the center of the circle and a green wall rose around them.
"Explain yourself, Alister!" Kaiba commanded.
"Like you'll believe me."
"Try me."
"I'll put it in imbecilic terms. We're stuck in here until the duel's over. And when you lose your soul will be locked away for all eternity, but this time you won't be set free!"
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Toon Alligator
Level: 4
Type: Reptile
Attribute: Water
ATK: 800
DEF: 1600
(2)
Name: Spear Dragon
Level: 4
Type: Dragon/Effect
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1900
DEF: 0
(3)
Name: Toon Masked Sorcerer
Level: 4
Type: Spellcaster/Toon
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 900
DEF: 1400
(4)
Name: Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Level: 8
Type: Dragon
Attribute: Light
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2500
(5)
Name: Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon
Level: 8
Type: Dragon/Toon
Attribute: Light
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2500
(6)
Name: Toon Dark Magician Girl
Level: 6
Type: Spellcaster/Toon
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1700
(7)
Name: Versago the Destroyer
Level: 3
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1100
DEF: 900
A/N: The information about the Golden Gate Bridge I got from Wikipedia.