After awhile I looked at the sky and said "We'd better get going if we want to get back to our rooms before dark" My mom nodded and I quickly set to work at getting everyone together so we could head back to our rooms. Once I had everyone in a big group we walked mine and Sarah's parents to their hotels then set off to each of our rooms. In the morning we set off to watch Zigfried vs. Leon! It was to be the duel of the century and we were all ready to see it, but just as the duel was about to begin Seto came down in a helicopter and pronounced Leon the winner by default and explained that he had entered the tournament under a false name!
"It's ok, Kaiba, I understand why you want to throw me out, if I had won the tournament and be crowned King of Games it would prove my company is better, and you would never win back your precious title." taunted Zigfried.
"I am simply throwing you out for the very reason that you broke the tournament rules, and plus I flat out don't like you." corrected Seto "Not because I'm scared of you, because I'm not. Wait, I have an idea, I promised myself I wouldn't duel in this tournament but I think embarrassing you is a good enough reason to break it." Zigfried smiled and walked out and activated his duel disk.
"Wait! I have a solution, where you won't have to break your self promise and Zigfried can still get his but whooped." called Emily as she ran on stage "Let me duel him." Seto looked at her and nodded.
"Very well," said Seto, then turning to the crowd he called "I would like to introduce Emily Kaiba, my long lost sister! Please enjoy watching her duel against Zigfried!" with this Seto went and sat down next to Mokuba.
"Aren't you going back to the announcement platform?" asked Mokuba.
"And miss this? No way am I going to miss watching Emily trample this freak." replied Seto with more enthusiasm than I had heard from him in a long time. I smiled and looked up at Emily as she shuffled Zigfried's deck.
"Lets duel." said Emily as she took back her deck.
"I had hoped to get a challenge but I suppose Kaiba wants to humiliate his family and his company so I'll let him." smirked Zigfried.
"Don't be so sure." said Emily evenly as she drew her hand "I'm a lot stronger than I look."
"We'll see about that now won't we." taunted Zigfried. The duel was amazing but, of course Emily won! It was so cool to watch her smash that twit Zigfried! I looked at Leon to see how he was reacting to this and as I expected he didn't look to happy about Zigfried's defeat. I watched as Seto walked up to Emily and congratulated her on her victory, and then told Zigfried to get lost.
"Now, let's get on with the tournament. The next duel will be Yugi vs. Leon!" called Roland "It will begin in fifteen minutes!" Yugi looked startled but quickly recovered and switched with Pharaoh so he could duel, he then climbed up on the dueling platform and stood to wait for his duel against Leon. Fifteen minutes later Leon came walking out, deck in hand. He climbed up onto the duel platform and handed Pharaoh his deck as he took Pharaoh's in return. Once both decks were shuffled and back in the proper duelist's hands the duel began. Leon began by summoning a monster that looked like the wolf from little Red Riding Hood (it was very strange looking)! It looked weak but it had hidden surprises. The rest of the duel went about like that, strange little fairy tail monsters with hidden abilities.
"Hey isn't Leon acting a little strange?" asked Joey.
"Yeah, he seems really mad about something." agreed Tristan "I wonder what happened." Suddenly Zigfried stepped out.
"Leon, it is time to reveal the real reason we came to this tournament!" called Zigfried as he walked over next to the dueling platform.
"Whatever you say, big brother." replied Leon.
"What!" cried Seto, he then turned to one of his workers "You, go run another background check on Leon!" the worker quickly ran off.
"Leon, are you really dueling to destroy Kaiba Corp. or are you letting your brother manipulate you?" called Pharaoh "Answer truthfully!"
"Don't listen to these goody two shoes." called Zigfried "there are just trying to turn you against me!"
"I'm sorry Yugi. I know dueling for revenge is wrong but Zigfried never asked for my help before, and now he needs my help." replied Leon "I can't let my brother down! I'm not just fighting for myself; I'm fighting for my whole family and my family's company!"
"Listen to me Leon, you should duel for the love of the game not for family vengeance." called Pharaoh. Leon ignores him and summons his Iron Hans and his Iron Knight!
"It's over!" called Leon "I win, I have three monsters on the field and you only have one! Prepare to lose!" He then uses Iron Cage to sacrifice his Iron Hans and raise his Iron Knight's attack to 1700 points! He then used it to attack Pharaoh's Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, destroying it and bringing Pharaoh's life points down to 3700. Then he attacked with Forest Hunter for another 1200 points of damage.
"Pharaoh's not starting off so good." whispered Tristan worriedly
"He'll pull through." replied Emily "He always does." but I could here a hint of worry in her voice as well.
"Well done, Leon, I'm impressed. You're an amazing duelist." called Pharaoh. He then played Queens knight and used it to destroy Leon's Forest Hunter. Leon's Iron cage's affect disappeared, bringing back Iron Hans and letting him summon another Iron Knight! Leon played Spinning Wheel Spindle and used it to put Pharaoh's Queens Knight to sleep for three turns. He then attacked with Iron Hans but Pharaoh countered it with Mirror Force and destroyed Leon's three monsters. Leon uses Water of Life to bring back Iron Hans and summons one Iron Knight!
"That guy keeps coming back." moaned Joey. Pharaoh then played Pot of Greed and drew two cards.
"I drew Watapon." stated Pharaoh "an since it was brought into my hand by a magic card I can play it right away." He played Watapon then sacrificed it to summon Dark Magician Girl (which I had returned to him).
"Wow! That's Dark Magician Girl! One of your rarest cards, that's so cool!" cried Leon, then "... Wait, but I'll have to destroy her to win. Not cool."
"Not if she destroys you first" was Pharaoh's reply. Leon drew to begin his turn and ended up drawing Pot of Greed. He played it and when he drew he suddenly looked at his hand with a funny look on his face. He looked up at Zigfried and nodded.
"I summon Golden Castle of Stromberg!" cried Leon as he played what looked like… well a giant golden castle.
"How'd he get a hold of that card!" cried Grandpa "It was never released!"
"What!" I cried looking at Grandpa (I had forgotten).
"He's cheating!" cried Tea
"I am?" asked Leon looking up at Zigfried.
"No of course not! they're just trying to separate us." contradicted Zigfried
"He's lying, Leon, don't trust him!" called Pharaoh "He's just using you!"
Leon looked up at Zigfried and whispered "Is that true?"
"I suppose you've caught me, but it's too late! My virus is already destroying all of Kaiba's programs!" cried Zigfried triumphantly
"Launch Anti Virus programs immediately!" cried Seto
"It's no use Kaiba." laughed Zigfried, then turning to Leon "Now live out your dream!"
"I will, but not by cheating! I use Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy the Golden Castle of Stromberg!" cried Leon.
""Yeah, go Leon!" called Joey. But when the arena cleared the castle was still standing!
"But how?" cried Leon "How is it still standing?" Zigfried started laughing hysterically!
"Don't you understand?" called Zigfried "Because the card wasn't finished I was able to add a few tweaks of my own! This card is now immune to magic card, monster attacks, and monster affects!"
"What!" cried Tristan.
"I can't let this continue." whispered as he slowly moved to place his hand on his duel disk.
"You wish it was that easy." laughed Zigfried "The only way to destroy the virus is to destroy the Golden Castle!"
"But that's impossible!" cried Joey
"Exactly!" called Zigfried
"What do we do?" whispered Leon
"Continue the duel." replied Pharaoh evenly.
"But my brother made the card indestructible!" cried Leon.
"No card is indestructible. No matter how tampered with it is." called Emily incorrigibly.
"She's right!" agreed Sarah.
"Don't give up!" I cheered.
"Ok" Leon sighed "We'll continue."
"It's no use!" called Zigfried.
"Leon, if you duel with all of your heart we can destroy that castle." said Pharaoh, completely ignoring Zigfried. Leon nodded. Pharaoh then drew his card but that made it so Dark Magician Girl had to attack The Golden Castle of Stromberg, and in doing so destroying herself and bringing Pharaoh down by 500 life points! Leon and Pharaoh look on surprised. Pharaoh then placed one card face down and ended his turn. Leon was about to draw when Zigfried interrupted.
"I'm afraid that at the end of each turn Yugi must discard half of his deck." he laughed mockingly. Everyone looked on in surprised.
"What!" cried Tristan "You've got to be kidding me!" Pharaoh just sighed and discarded half of his deck.
"How could you do this to me Zigfried!" whispered Leon.
"You've got a huge lead. You should be thanking me." answered Zigfried evenly. Leon summoned Forest Wolf and attacked with Cinderella bringing his life points down to 400. He then used Forest Wolf to attack but Pharaoh activated his trap card Dark Magic Retribution to bring back Dark Magician Girl to defend his life points, but she could only stay until Leon's attack was done.
"I can't control my own monsters" complained Leon.
"Don't worry." replied Pharaoh as he drew his next card. He then played Card of Sanity so he could draw until he had six cards. Then Queen's Knight retuned to the field, Pharaoh then summoned King's Knight and used them both to summon Jack's Knight. He then played Royal Straight to sacrifice his three knights to summon Royal Straight Slasher! He then used Time Travel to send Royal Straight Slasher ahead a turn (remember Monster affects don't affect The Golden Castle of Stromberg). Leon starts to draw but Zigfried stops him.
"Yugi must first discard half of his deck." smiled Zigfried.
"Sorry I can't do that." answered Pharaoh.
"But you have to!" cried Zigfried worriedly.
"I can't do that, you see I have only one card left in my deck" called Pharaoh "which means The Golden Castle of Stromberg has to go!"
"No!" cried Zigfried as his castle disappeared "This can't be!"
"You did it!" called Leon delighted "You destroyed it!"
"We destroyed it." corrected Pharaoh.
"You to did it!" cried Joey "Way to Go!"
"I'll admit, I didn't think that Yugi would be able to destroy my castle but it wasn't soon enough." laughed Zigfried "By now most of Kaiba Corp.'s database is destroyed beyond repair. And this duel isn't over yet; you only have one card left, and when you can't draw you will immediately lose!" Leon looked troubled and began to raise his hand to his duel disk.
"What are you doing?" asked Pharaoh "This duel isn't over yet"
"My brother already cheated me out of his title and it's just not right to continue this duel." answered Leon as his hand hovered over his duel disk
"Don't even think it. Now that that castle is gone we can start the real duel." called Pharaoh. It was Leon's turn, and by drawing his card he brought back Pharaoh's Royal Straight Slasher!" Leon then used Monster Reborn to bring back Cinderella, and by doing so bring back Pumpkin Carriage. He then sacrificed them both to summon Hex Trude; he attacked and destroyed Pharaoh's Royal Straight Slasher, bringing Pharaoh's life points down to 200 life points!
"And Every time Hex Trude destroys a monster her attack points go up by 400!" called Leon.
"Yikes! things aren't looking good for Pharaoh." whispered Joey "How's he gonna pull out of this one?"
"Don't even say that!" cried Emily "He'll pull it off. He always does!" but I could hear the uncertainty in her voice coming back.
Pharaoh then drew his last card, placed one card face down and played Monster Reborn to bring back The Egyptian Princess! Suddenly Emily, who had been sitting in the stands disappeared and reappeared on the field.
"What... how...but…you…I don't understand." stammered Leon.
"We'll explain later, Leon, just don't make a big scene, ok!" sighed Emily (The Egyptian Princess).
"Whatever," sighed Leon. Then Pharaoh activated one of his face down cards Necromancy, bringing back Red Riding Hood, Forest Hunter, Iron Hans, and Iron Knight. He then plays Diffusion Wave Motion to attack all of Leon's monsters and bringing Hex Trude's attack down to 600. He finishes his turn, and the duel, by wiping out Hex Trude with The Egyptian Princess! Emily then reappeared on the stands, smiling.
"You did it!" cried Joey, joyously.
"Told you so." taunted Emily. In response Joey stuck his tongue out at her.
"Oh stop it you two." laughed Sarah.
"You stay out of this!" yelled Joey.
"Leave her alone Joey!" screamed Emily.
"Will you two stop it!" screamed Sarah. I burst out laughing at their little quarrel. They all stopped bickering to look at me roll on the floor.
"What's so funny?" asked Emily, clearly confused.
"You three are pathetic." I laughed.
"I am not pathetic!" screamed Joey
"Oh yes you are." I laughed back "You should see yourself." That stopped him; he looked at Emily and Sarah who seemed to be reflecting as well. Soon we were all laughing our heads off, on live television! This succeeded in making us laugh even harder, if that was possible. We then looked up at Zigfried who look like he had just seen the world end. Pharaoh went over to Leon.
"Way to go Leon. You did it!" Pharaoh congratulated Leon.
"Don't be upset. You should be proud, you never gave up." said Pharaoh. I looked over to see Leon clinging to Pharaoh sobbing.
"Poor guy." I whispered.
"Stop whimpering, Leon, it wasn't a complete loss." called Zigfried as he walked off the field "It will take years for Kaiba corp. to get back that programming. In the meantime…"
"What?" interrupted Seto "You'll take away all of my business? Well it might have worked…if his plan had actually worked. The moment I laid my eyes on you I knew you were a snake, Zigfried; my entire computer has already been completely restored.
"But, how? How did you do it?" moaned Zigfried "My plan was fool proof!"
"Guess not." replied Tristan.
"Zigfried, if your plan didn't work there's nothing you can do about it." whispered Leon "Can't you see that our family's obsession about destroying Kaiba corp. has ruined us?"
"No, I was weak. That's what ruined us. I'll never beat Kaiba!" cried Zigfried.
"That's the first sensible thing you've said all week." muttered Seto.
"Oh be quiet Seto!" cried Emily suddenly, and then turning to Zigfried "It's not your family losses that's ruined you, it's your attitude. You may lose some of your business to us at Kaiba corp. but losing is a reason to try harder, not to give up. Now you two go home and try to make Schroeder Corp. the best company possible." Zigfried looked at her surprised then back at Leon who nodded.
"Ok," said Zigfried "Let's do it." Then he and Leon hugged! It was sooo cute! Yugi, who was now in control, smiled at something I couldn't see, I think it was Pharaoh, and walked over to us as Roland announced the closing of the KC grand championship.