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The Orichalcos Saga
Fanfic Chapter 192: Re-Duel Pt 2: Critias's Trap
Episode Basis: Deja Duel Pt 2
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! While Yugi and the gang cruised through San Francisco, Kaiba landed at Duelist Kingdom to duel Pegasus in order to stop him from trying to buy up Kaiba Corp. Right away, Kaiba could tell something was off about Pegasus (well, more off than usual). He was almost mimicking their duel from Duelist Kingdom. As Kaiba said, "You're a lot of things, Pegasus but predictable certainly isn't one of them." As it turned out, Pegasus was really a boy named Alister who immediately activated the Seal of Orichalcos. Now trapped within its magical boarders, Kaiba must duel like never before to save his company… and his soul!
Kaiba looked around at his new surroundings. The large dueling arena Pegasus used in their first duel had vanished. Now it seemed like the only thing that was preventing them from falling was the strange circle that Alister made with his magic card. Kaiba took a closer look at Alister's Duel Disk. He had toyed with several frames when he was originally constructing the Duel Disk and that one was not one of the designs he came up with. It was possible that Alister stole the blueprints to the Duel Disk and used them to construct his own version. But that Seal of Orichalcos card, it seemed to be a field magic card because Alister placed it in a slot that wasn't on the tray. And as for Alister himself, his forehead now had the same image that was below them. His eyes also had a red tint to them. Kaiba was beginning to wonder if it was Alister who was trying to take over Kaiba Corp. and not Pegasus. But why?
"Now that the Seal of Orichalcos is in play, you're about to lose it all, Kaiba, your company… and your soul!"
Kaiba rolled his eyes. Great, another psychopath who thinks he can steal my soul. Why am I a magnet for all these weirdos?
Mokuba came running down the stairs from the balcony. He ran towards his brother but only ended up slamming into an invisible barrier. He pounded on it screaming, "Let my brother go! You have no idea who you're messing with!"
"Oh I know exactly who I'm messing with," Alister retorted. "A greedy little punk who's just as pathetic as his old man!"
Kaiba's eyebrow twitched, "How dare you! Nobody compares me to my step-father and gets away with it! My family business has nothing to do with you!"
"Oh but it does. You see I represent every single person whose life was ripped apart by your company and I'm here to make sure you never step on anyone ever again!"
"Take a number and get in line," Kaiba replied. "I hear that speech every day."
"You will pay for your crimes, Seto Kaiba! You will pay with your soul!"
"What the heck?"
Meanwhile, the limo had left the San Francisco limits and was now cruising east.
"Hey do any of you guys know where Industrial Illusions is?" Amara asked.
"You mean you don't know?" Tristan asked back. "You're supposed to know this area like the back of your hand?"
"My father worked for Kaiba Corp., not Industrial Illusions," Amara pointed out. "Anywho, America is a big place."
"Swell, for all we know, Industrial Illusions could be in the other direction."
"Hey Yug, you all right?" Joey asked.
"I've been better, you?"
"I've been worse."
"Aren't you guys worried about what Pegasus said on the video tape?" Yugi asked the others. "He said someone was watching him and I have a feeling I know who it is."
"You mean those guys who stole the God Cards?" Tristan asked. Yugi nodded.
"If those guys got to Pegasus before us, we could be walking into a trap."
"Hey don't worry," Harold assured them. "Between Yugi's puzzle and my Armlet, we'll clobber whatever they throw at us."
"You've been hanging around Joey too long," Amara complained.
"Yugi," Yami addressed. "Something Harold said worries me. Both the Millennium Puzzle and the Avatar Armlet were powerless before the power of the Orichalcos. It was like it was suppressing the Shadow Powers."
"I know, Yami, what could be powerful than the Shadow Magic?"
"I summon Gorlag (1) in attack mode." A demon with a mane and sword of fire appeared. The Seal of Orichalcos appeared on its forehead. "In addition to the 500 attack points it gets from the Seal of Orichalcos, it gets another 500 points from all fire monsters on my side of the field."
(G: 1000-2000)
"Gorlag, attack Versago the Destroyer now!" Gorlag swung its fire sword and destroyed a monster. "Oh and one more thing, when Gorlag destroys a monster it comes back on my side of the field. But it comes back as a creature of fire." Versago reappeared on Alister's side of the field. The Seal of Orichalcos appeared on its forehead as well.
(VD: 1100-1600)
(G: 2000-2500)
"This isn't good," Mokuba commented. "Seto's whole deck could turn against him."
"I set one card face-down and end my turn."
This whacko has more skill than I thought, Kaiba thought. But I'm better and I have just the card I need to take him down: my Crush Card. Once my virus infects Alister's deck, it will destroy Gorlag as well as all monsters that were summoned using its effect. Then I'll hit him with my strongest monsters. That'll teach him. "It's Showtime! I summon Pitch-Dark Dragon (2) in defense mode and then I'll set one card face-down."
"Let me guess, Crush Card, right?"
Kaiba gasped, "How did you know?"
"You're so predictable. I've had my eye on you for a long time and know each and every pathetic detail about your life including your obvious Duel Monster strategies."
Kaiba smirked, "Well I had no idea you were such a big fan of mine. If you wanted my autograph, you should've just asked."
"You make me sick!"
"What did I do?"
"You ruined my life!" He removed a half-burnt figure from behind him. "Now this is my life."
"You are aware you're holding a busted-up action figure, right?"
"Of course I am!"
"So you love your doll, how sweet," Kaiba said dryly.
"I do," Alister said proudly. "And do you know why?"
"Enlighten me."
"It used to be my brother's!"
The Kaiba Brothers gasped.
"But I'll never see him again because your step-father took him away from me!"
My country was beautiful! Its lands were always lush and fertile, its people friendly and kind, its towns incredible! But that's not the case any more. A fierce war started. Villages were torn apart, lands blown up, people slaughtered by the hundreds!
My parents were both killed in the first attack on our village leaving me and my brother Mikey to fend on ourselves for months. But it wasn't easy. It seemed like there was fighting on every street corner. Not hand-to-hand combat either, but tank warfare. The only comfort Mikey had was this Dyna-Dude action figure and a pendant which held a picture of our mother. I remember how after a tank shell destroyed the abandoned house we were staying in, I asked him why he keeps that thing.
"It was a gift from you, Big Brother, and I know that the real Dyna-Dude will come and beat all the bad guys!"
"Yeah, I'm sure he will, Mikey. Come on, it's not safe here any more."
"Oh… okay."
"Hey don't worry, when the war is over, I'll buy you lots of good presents."
"Really, Big Brother? Can we play soccer and do all the cool stuff again?"
"Yes, now come on, if we stay here any longer, they'll find us and then you won't be able to do any of it."
"Right."
But we couldn't go far. It wasn't long before one of the enemy tanks found us. I was certain it was going to kill us. It even had its gun pointed right at us. The enemy didn't care, what were the deaths of two kids compared to the vast resources our country contained?
Suddenly the tank was destroyed. A group of tanks rolled up behind us but they were newer than the one that was aiming at us. They also had a 'KC' logo.
I'll never forget that logo, it was the mark of the devil but at the time I thought it was heaven-sent.
"Are you boys all right?" A soldier called from the lead tank.
"Yeah," Mikey replied. "You beat them good!"
"These tanks are produced by Kaiba Corporation Arms Manufacturer, Kaiba Corp. has all kinds of high-tech weapons."
"We'll win," another soldier declared.
"Does that mean the war will end?" Mikey asked.
"Yes it will," the first soldier replied. "Come with us, we'll take you to a camp where you'll be safe."
Mikey and I eventually found ourselves at a refugee camp.
"Big Brother, where's Mom?"
Mikey was still too young to understand the concept of death and even six months after the fact I didn't have the heart to tell him. "She's gone, Mikey. But don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. You hungry?"
"Uh-huh."
"Stay there, I'll go find us something to eat."
But before I went far, an explosion shook the camp.
The enemy tanks have found us.
Mikey and I ran for cover and came upon a friendly face.
"Hurry, boys, we're evacuating the camp. Climb on and I'll take you to safety."
As Mikey was lifted onto the tank, the pendant with the picture of our mother on it dropped to the ground. As I went to retrieve it, I was suddenly thrown to the ground and knocked unconscious. When I awoke, there was a huge pyre where the tank was.
My brother's Dyna-Dude action figure lay near it, half-burnt and busted. I looked up and saw what caused that explosion: a fleet of helicopters, the enemy's, flying towards me.
Soon after, I saw a man in a business suit talking with the enemy commanders. I figured that was the man who provided the enemy with their weapons just as Kaiba Corp. provided our side with weapons.
"Do you know who that man is?" A green-haired man with one green eye and one gold eye in a cloak was suddenly besides me. I didn't even hear him come up.
"Who?"
"Gozaburo Kaiba, the head of Kaiba Corp."
"What?"
"It's true he supplied both sides with modern weapons. So technically, he's responsible for the killing of your family."
I clenched my hand so hard that I drew blood.
"Do you wish to take revenge?"
"Yes!"
"Then come with me, I can give you the tools you need to take your revenge."
"Your father took away my family and now you run his empire so it's your fault too!"
"That's a lie!" Mokuba snapped. "Look, our step-father was a jerk and wrong to make weapons of destruction! That's why Seto took over Kaiba Corp and turned it from a company that took away to a company that gives!"
"That's the biggest load of crap I have ever heard!"
"But it's true," Mokuba protested. "We grew up without a family also!"
"Then tell me, can you imagine how it feels to see the only other person you cared about took away from you? How the same thing that gave you hope has it taken away? Can you even imagine that?"
"No," Mokuba admitted.
"Mokuba, don't listen to this slime ball," Kaiba said.
"But Seto, I was only to help."
"We don't have to prove ourselves to this match stick."
"Aww, a brother's spat," Alister's said sarcastically. "Don't worry, Little-Mokuba, your brother won't push you around any more, not after I use his soul to feed the Sacred Beast!"
"Look, my step-father was a jerk, I'll agree with you on that. And maybe you do deserve compensation. But when you paralleled me with him, you stepped over the line. So why don't we continue this duel and if you're lucky then I might just give you the compensation you want."
"You'll give me compensation in one form or another. But first let's deal with your trap card. I reveal my face-down card Royal Decree. As long as it remains on the field, all trap cards except for itself are negated."
But I need my Crush Card to win! Kaiba sighed, "I end my turn."
"Perfect. Gorlag, attack Pitch-Dark Dragon!" The little dragon was sliced up then reappeared on Alister's side of the field.
(PDD: 900-1400)
(G: 2500-3000)
(A: 2200)
(K: 400)
Kaiba shifted his weight to his back foot. I need to summon a strong monster but I have nothing to sacrifice! There's one card that can help me and I need to draw it now. Kaiba drew his card and smirked. "I play the magic card Card of Demise, this lets me draw from my deck until I have five cards. But in five turns I have to discard my entire hand. Fortunately it won't come to that. Next I'll play White Dragon Ritual. Now by discarding a Blue-Eyes from my hand, I can summon Paladin of White Dragon (3)!" A silver-armored warrior on dragon-back appeared. "Next I play Monster Reborn to revive the Blue-Eyes I discarded!" Kaiba's dragon reappeared. "Now, Paladin, attack Pitch-Dark Dragon with Ionic Spear Burst!" The warrior on dragon dove and destroyed the black dragon.
(A: 1700)
(K: 400)
With Pitch-Dark Dragon's destruction, Gorlag's attack points lowered.
(G: 3000-2500)
"Now, Blue-Eyes, attack his Gorlag with White Lightning!" The dragon attacked and this time the attack struck on.
(A: 1200)
(K: 400)
"I'm not done yet, I'll trade in my Paladin for another Blue-Eyes." Another dragon appeared. "But fortunately for you I can't attack with this one. But the worse is still to come. So what do you say to that?"
"Like I said, you're predictable," Alister said drawing a card.
"Oh yeah, what do you have?"
"This," Alister said holding up his Pot of Greed magic card. "Pot of Greed lets me draw two extra cards. Now I play Aetonix's Flame!" Fire lashed out of the magic card and destroyed Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragons. "Aetonix's Flame destroys all monster that aren't fire types. In addition, it allows me to bring Gorlag back from the field in attack mode. And next I'll equip it with Fire Whip which revives your two dragons on my side of the field as creatures of fire!" The dragons appeared, their eyes turned red and the Seal of Orichalcos appeared on their foreheads.
(BEWDx2: 3000-3500)
(G: 1000-3000)
"But those are my dragons!" Kaiba whined.
"And soon I'll use them to take your soul! It'll be the perfect revenge! But fortunately for you I can't attack this turn so I'll set a card face-down and end my turn. You're staring down three powerful monsters with a combined attack points of over 10,000! It's your last draw, Kaiba, you're about to lose your soul just as I lost mine when your father killed my family!"
He's right about one thing, this is my last draw and if I don't draw a good card soon, I'm going to lose it all!
"KAIBA!" Kaiba gasped as a female voice penetrated his consciousness.
Kaiba found himself in a great hall. Three humungous crystal dragon statues stood before him.
"Kaiba," a voice said. "Do you wish for the power to escape the Seal of Orichalcos?"
"Yes," Kaiba replied. "How do I get this power?"
"That power stands before you. This is Critias, a mighty dragon and once you remove the sword from its head, its power will be awakened." Kaiba flew up to the sword and removed it. The ice cracked and a red and brown dragon burst from the ice. "Now join forces and its power will be yours."
"Fine, fine, anything to shut you up," Kaiba said touching the dragon's forehead.
Yugi saw something glowing out of the corner of his eye. The Timaeus card was glowing. The others noticed it too.
"What does that mean?" Joey asked.
"I have no idea."
Alister noticed that Kaiba had paused in mid-draw. "Well, are you going to play or not?"
Kaiba shook his head to clear it and finished his draw.
The dragon from his vision, somehow it became a card.
Kaiba knew what he had to do. "I play Fang of Critias!"
"Wait a minute, you don't have that card!" Alister protested.
"Next I'll combine it with my Crush Card."
"You can't combine a trap card with a monster!"
"Seems like I just did," Kaiba said as the images swirled not unlike what happens when a fusion summons takes place. Critias was now a purple color and had several tails. "Behold the Doom Virus Dragon (4)! Now for its special ability, it removes from play all monsters with over 1500 attack points! That means all of those monsters are gone!" The tails became tendrils which picked up the monsters and threw them away. "Now, Doom Virus Dragon, direct attack! Contamination Attack!" The dragon fired a smoky blast at Alister. "Game over!"
"Not just yet, I reveal my face-down magic card Contagion of Madness! Here's the deal, I lose 1900 attack points because of your dragon but you lose 950 because of my magic card."
(A: 0)
(K: 0)
"It's a draw!" The Seal of Orichalcos flashed and Kaiba was thrown out into Mokuba. The dueling arena reappeared and Alister vanished.
But his voice could be heard, "This isn't over, Rich Boy, I'll be back and then you'll pay for what your father did to me!"
Kaiba stood up and stared at the Critias card in his hand.
This wasn't over yet, not by a long shot.
Meanwhile the limo was cruising on a dirt road when it suddenly stopped by an abandoned gas station. The driver got out. The others watched with surprised and even concerned looks on their faces.
The End
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Gorlag
Level: 3
Type: Pyro/Effect
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1800
(2)
Name: Pitch-Dark Dragon
Level: 3
Type: Dragon/Union
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 900
DEF: 600
(3)
Name: Paladin of White Dragon
Level: 4
Type: Dragon/Ritual/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1200
(4)
Name: Doom Virus Dragon
Level: 6
Type: Dragon/Hybrid/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1300
A/N: Okay, here's another little lesson for you guys, "Critias," like "Timaeus," was the name of one of Plato's dialogues that talked about Atlantis. It was also the name of the narrator of said piece. The Critias dialogue describes Atlantis in detail and what happened when it fell. There was a lot of argument about whether Plato was describing an actual location or simply making it up to prove an argument as he was known to do. The Critias character in the dialogue was said to be Plato's Great-Grandfather. And the Critias character's Grandfather was also named Critias. Also, a "Hybrid" monster is a term I made up just for this to use any monster which is formed with one of the Legendary Dragons. The fact that a Legendary Dragon was used in the forming of the monster is what makes a Hybrid monster different from a Fusion monster.