Kimiko Vs Kaiba: Fulfilling a Promise
(Yugi, Joey, Stephanie, Raimundo and Kimiko were all in Kaiba's hospital wing; Omi was sitting on a bed recovering from his injuries, with Clay in a nearby bed, still lifeless in the Shadow Realm.)
Yugi: It's a miracle you survived, Omi.
Omi: I know, but now I have to make up for the miracle with these injuries.
Joey: Hey quit yer whining, or your gonna end up like Clay.
Stephanie: Don't say that, Joey!
Joey: Oh yeah, I forgot, you and Omi got something between yah!
Yugi: Well, we gotta go down to the Café to meet our friends. Kimiko the café isn't far from your duelling platform, maybe you and Raimundo will like to come?
Raimundo: Sure. I mean unless Omi objects?
Omi: I have no objections.
Stephanie: But I'll be staying. I mean, someone has to keep Omi company besides a lifeless Clay body.
Omi: All I am concerned about is how are we to watch Kimiko's duel with Kaiba if I'm stuck in this hospital?
Kimiko: Here, you can use my PDA and Mind Reader Conch. Just read my mind and hopefully, you'll be able to see what I'll be planning.
Omi: A wise move, Kimiko. I bid you farewell, and good luck.
Raimundo: See yah later, Omi.
(Raimundo, Yugi, Joey and Kimiko all went to the café to meet up with Yugi's friends: Tea, Tristan, Serenity and Yugi's grandpa. They were all sitting at a nearby table.)
Tea: How's the little guy doing?
Yugi: He's doing just fine, Tea. Luckily, he wasn't trapped into the Shadow Realm.
Tristan: We got a lot of catching up to do, like how did that Marik creep get back? And how did you lose the God Cards Yugi?
(Yugi, Joey, Raimundo and Kimiko explained the current situation.)
Serenity: I'm sorry for your friend.
Raimundo: Don't worry 'bout it, Clay's as strong as a bull, I'm sure he'll be just fine.
Kimiko: But Marik's still on the loose and remains undefeated. If only I duelled him.
Raimundo: Don't look at me; I tried my best to pair you up with Marik.
Tristan: Well, if you're trying to square a match with Marik, then hope yah got luck on your side, cus that guys ruthless.
(The intercom sounded for Kimiko and Kaiba to return to the duelling platforms. Kaiba was sitting at a nearby chair in the café and walked maliciously to the platform.)
Joey: Well, you against Kaiba? Good luck.
Kimiko: I'll be fine, I hope.
Raimundo: You'll do fine. Oh, and take this (He gave her his Ants in the Pants card.) That'll come handy with your United We Stand card.
Kimiko: Thanks.
(She hopped up to the platform; the they heard Roland giving a few words.)
Roland: Introducing: The only girl who has made it this far, the one who conquered Mai Valentine, and master of Fairies, give it up for: Kimiko Tohomiko!
(The crowd erupted in cheers as Kimiko's platform rose to her duelling spot. She gave a wave and the crowd went wild.)
Roland: And introducing: The president of Kaiba Corp, master of the Blue Eyes White Dragon, and conqueror of Maximillion Pegasus, give a round of applause to: Seto Kaiba!
(The crowd erupted in more cheers as Kaiba rose and took his place in the duelling spot. Raimundo, Yugi and Joey made it just in time for the duel.)
Yugi: Whew, we made it.
Kimiko & Kaiba: Let's duel!
Chase: Kaiba will be more than a match for Kimiko.
Raimundo: Hey! Kimiko will mop the floor with Kaiba! You'll see!
Kimiko: I'll go first by summoning Petit Angel (600/900) in defence mode!
(A tiny fairy took its place in the arena. Jack Spicer burst out laughing.)
Kimiko: I'll place one card face-down and end my turn!
Kaiba: My move! I summon Kaiser Sea Horse (1700/1650) in attack mode!
Kimiko: Not cool.
Kaiba: Kaiser Sea Horse! Attack the Puny Angel!
(The monster destroyed the fairy.)
Kimiko: That's Petit Angel you nitwit!
Kaiba: So? They still relate to small. I'll end my turn.
Kimiko: Grrrr, I summon Dancing Fairy (1700/1000) in attack mode! Now I equip her with Silver Bow and Arrow, to increase her attack points by 300.
Kaiba: So you can attack Kaiser Sea Horse and waste 300 life points. Do you always have to create simple strategies?
Kimiko: Simple strategy this! Dancing Fairy, attack his Kaiser Sea Horse!
(The fairy let out a shine that wiped out the monster. Decreasing Kaiba's life points to 3700.)
Raimundo: Well, at least Kimiko's winning.
Yugi: By 300 points.
Joey: That ain't much.
Kaiba: Alright, so I underestimated your petit fairies …
Kimiko: That's better.
Kaiba: but I'm still going to destroy you! I activate Card of Demise! This allows me to draw five new cards from my deck. Sadly, if they're not used by five turns, I got to get rid of them.
Kimiko: Ah, so what?
Kaiba: I activate Monster Reborn, to summon up my lost Kaiser Sea Horse! And now I sacrifice my Kaiser Sea Horse to summon: Vampire Lord (2000/1500) in attack mode!
(The vampire rose.)
Kaiba: Now attack her fairies!
(The blast destroyed both monsters.)
Kimiko: Kaiba, you jerk! Why'd you get rid of both our monsters?
Kaiba: Because, silly girl, you forgot that my Vampire Lord can never be destroyed!
Kimiko: It doesn't matter, cus I activate Rope of Life! By discarding all the cards in my hand, I can summon a card lost in the graveyard at that turn. And you know how much attack points they increase by?
Kaiba: 800. Big deal.
(The fairies were brought back and were raised to 2500 attack points.)
Kaiba: I'll place a card face-down and end my turn.
Kimiko: Alright, I summon Hysteric Fairy (1800/500) in attack mode! Now Dancing Fairy! Attack his Vampire Lord!
(The vampire lord was blasted away again. And Kaiba's life points fell to 3200.)
Kimiko: Now Hysteric Fairy! Attack his life points directly!
Kaiba: You think I'll leave my life points wide open? I activate Negate Attack, which means your attacks are worthless this turn.
Yugi: Why didn't he activate Negate Attack before the fairy destroyed Vampire Lord?
Raimundo: It can't be destroyed, remember?
Kaiba: My move and I summon X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) to the field!
Kimiko: Lemme guess, you're planning to summon Obelisk?
Kaiba: Correct, and the best part is, my Vampire Lord will always be one step ahead of you!
Kimiko: Grrrr.
Kaiba: Now Vampire Lord, destroy her Hysteric Fairy!
(The Vampire Lord let out a ray of bats that destroyed the fairy and sent Kimiko's life points to 3800.)
Kaiba: I'll end my turn by placing a card face-down.
Kimiko: Grrr, I summon Fairy' Gift (1400/1000) in attack mode! Now I equip her with Elf's Light, to increase her attack points by 400, and decrease her defence points by 200 points!
Kaiba: Always with the fairies. Don't you get bored?
Kimiko: Hardly. Dancing Fairy! Attack the Vampire Lord again!
Kaiba: Not so fast, little girl! I activate Shrink!
Kimiko: How plain. Lemme guess, it decreases my Dancing Fairy's attack power?
Kaiba: By half, and your Fairy doesn't stand a chance against my Vampire Lord!
(The fairy was blown away, and Kimiko's life points dropped to 3050.)
Raimundo: Now Kimiko's losing!
Kimiko: I'll activate Pot of Greed! To draw two cards! (Drawing.) Aha, this ought to be handy. I activate Luminous Spark! This now increases all light monsters on the field by 500 points, but decreases them by 400 points! My Fairy's Gift is now at 2300, enough to finish the job of my Dancing Fairy!
Kaiba: So? My X-Head Cannon also gets your boost.
Kimiko: Now both of them are at 2300. But I'm still strong enough to take down that Vampire again!
(The blast wiped out the Vampire yet again, but then got brought back to the field at the end of Kimiko's turn.)
Kimiko: I need to be careful, if he summons Obelisk, my chances of survival are slim.
Kaiba: I summon Z-Metal Tank (1500/1300) in attack mode! Now combine Z-Metal Tank and X-Head Cannon to form XZ-Tank Cannon (2400/2100) And thanks to your Luminous Spark, my Tank Cannon gets a boost to 2900.
Kimiko: Not good.
Kaiba: XZ-Tank Cannon! Attack her Fairy's Gift!
(The machine let out a blast that destroyed her monster and reduced her life points to 2450.)
Kaiba: Now Vampire Lord, attack her life points directly!
(Kimiko was blasted back and her life points fell to 450.)
Kaiba: Perhaps you'd like to give up now?
Kimiko: Grrr, never, I made a promise to bet you and I'm sticking to that promise.
Kaiba: And I told you to be careful, or you're going to get hurt. And I'm sticking to that phrase.
Kimiko: My move! I activate Swords of Revealing Light! To dispel your attacks for three turns!
Kaiba: Cute, annoying, but cute. Okay I'll end my turn.
(Kimiko drew Kuriboh.)
Kimiko: I summon Kuriboh (300/200) in defence mode!
(The tiny monster was summoned.)
Kaiba: Great, more annoying little monsters. Alright I'll end my second turn!
(She drew United We Stand, it was the only card in her hand, and she couldn't power up her monsters even further without more monsters.)
Kimiko: I'll end my turn!
Kaiba: Hahahaha! First my Card of Demise's effect kicks in, but since I used all my monsters at that stage, there's nothing left to get rid of. Now I activate the magic card: Polymerization!
(Omi had seen this.)
Omi: (Gasp.) What does Kaiba plan to fuse?
(He scrolled over to Kaiba's hand which showed he had three Blue Eyes White Dragons and Obelisk the Tormentor.)
Omi: Oh no.
Stephanie: Kimiko's doomed!
(Back at the duel, three Blue Eyes White Dragons were summoned and joined.)
Kaiba: They fuse to form the mighty: Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon! (4500/3800)
Raimundo: Kimiko! I know you can beat it!
Kimiko: Oh no, my Luminous Spark just powered it up to 5000!
Kaiba: It doesn't stop there little girl! I de-fuse my X-Head Cannon and my Z-Metal Tank. Now I sacrifice both machines and Vampire Lord to summon your worst nightmares!
Kimiko: This cannot be good!
Kaiba: I summon Obelisk the Tormentor! (4000/4000) Ahahahahahahaha!
(The entire field fell pitch black, which yet again got the audience restless. Then Obelisk rose again.)
Kaiba: Two of my ultimate beasts rise to the field; this is my final warning, Kimiko! Surrender, or be destroyed by my ultimate forces!
Kimiko: I got an answer! Zip it! I still have one more turn to turn the tables!
Kaiba: And your swords are history. You better figure out a plot, otherwise you're doomed!
(Kimiko started to draw a little tear.)
Kimiko: Please, make this a card that can defeat Kaiba's monsters.
(She drew.)
Kimiko: I activate Card of Sanctity!
Kaiba: So you can draw cards until your hand has six. Very well.
(Kaiba drew his cards almost instantly. Kimiko hesitated.)
Kimiko: What happens if I draw the wrong cards? I'll break my promise to Rai, I'll lose the tournament, and Kaiba will humiliate me for the rest of my life. I need to draw the right cards.
(Then a flash blinded Kimiko and light was surrounded all around her, despite her treacherous Luminous Spark on the field.)
Voice: Hello, Kimiko.
Kimiko: What? Who's there?
(She turned around to see the alter ego of Yugi, also known as the Pharaoh.)
Kimiko: Yugi? How'd you do this?
Pharaoh: The Millennium Puzzle is a very handy artefact. Now listen, Kimiko. Losing to Kaiba won't mean anything at all. He has no desire to take other people's rare cards, and you tried your best to fulfil your promise to Raimundo.
Kimiko: It's not just that, Yugi. I wanted to get back your Egyptian God Card, so we can stop the bigger God.
Pharaoh: I will deal with Marik; there is no guilt that you didn't make it to that round. And remember Kimiko, you still need to draw your five cards, if you can summon anything in your deck that can destroy that God and the most powerful monster in Duel Monsters, I know you'll draw it. Now go out there and walk away with pride. Win or lose.
Kimiko: Thanks, Yugi.
Pharaoh: Now go, and believe in the heart of the cards.
(The light disappeared and she was in the Stadium once more.)
Kaiba: Are you going to draw your five cards? Or am I going to put you out of your misery? Go on; rise again, so I may strike you down again!
Kimiko: Kaiba, you'll never win!
(She finally drew her five cards, which were: Multiply, Mage Power, De-Spell, Legendary Knight of Courage and a magic card known as Emergency Rescue Party. Delight filled her body.)
Kimiko: First I activate Emergency Rescue Party! This allows me to summon any monster without a sacrifice, but only for one turn, after that, it goes in my graveyard.
Kaiba: And what do you plan to summon? More fairies?
Kimiko: No! My Legendary Knight of Courage! (3000/3000)
(A woman knight was summoned with purple version clothes of the Dark Magician Girl's, and she had the appearance of an older Kimiko, except her hair was all down.)
Knight: Thank you for summoning me.
Kimiko: You're perfectly welcome. Now I activate the magic card: Multiply! This allows me to create an entire army of Kuribohs!
(Thousands of tiny Kuribohs filled the field.)
Kaiba: Hahahahaha! A woman version of you and tiny furballs? What's next?
Kimiko: This! United We Stand!
(For once horror struck Kaiba's face. The crowd erupted in cheers.)
Kimiko: Now equip to my knight!
Joey: Er… just how many Kuribohs are there?
Yugi: Ten thousand!
Joey: Let's see, carry the 8 and times the ten thousand.
Raimundo: Let's put it into simple terms. Her knight is now increased to 8 million attack points!
(The knight's power increased phenomenally.)
Kimiko: And plus the original 3000 attack points to start with.
Kaiba: No, I won't be defeated by a girl! Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Obelisk the Tormentor! Attack her!
(The two small and inferior monsters attacked.)
Kimiko: (Tears dripping down her eyes.) Legendary Knight of Courage! Attack them now, and fulfil my promise!
(The knight's sword glowed and she threw a huge blast at the two weaker monsters and shattered them into thousands of pieces. And plunging Kaiba's life points to 0.)
Kaiba: No! Defeated by a girl!
Kimiko: Hehe… he…he. I guess I win.
(Kimiko collapsed and hearing Roland again.)
Roland: Kimiko Tohomiko has advanced to the next stage!
(Then she felt something land on her face, it was a card. She examined it as the God Card: Obelisk the Tormentor, and Kaiba standing in front of her.)
Kaiba: Have fun in the next round, Kimiko.
(He strode off. Raimundo, Yugi and Joey all raced to see her.)
Raimundo: Kimiko! Are you alright?
Kimiko: Never better. I fulfilled your promise, Rai. And yours too Yugi.
Yugi: Sorry?
Kimiko: Here's your God Card back. In mint condition and not a scratch.
Yugi: Kimiko, I can't take what belongs to you. You won it from Kaiba.
Kimiko: But if it weren't for Hannibal, you'd still have it. It's yours, and I would feel better if you had it.
Yugi: Alright, I'll make this one exception.
(Kimiko handed Yugi the God Card. Then the Pharaoh appeared to Yugi in a vision.)
Pharaoh: Kimiko wanted us to resume control over Obelisk; it was her own choice to give it to you.
Yugi: I know. But she seen Obelisk's wrath and could have used it for her own.
Pharaoh: She knew her Knight's are enough to conquer the Tournament. Welcome Obelisk with open arms.
Raimundo: Hey, Yugi?
Yugi: Huh?
Raimundo: We're gonna check on Omi. Wanna come with?
Yugi: Y-yeah, sure.
(They all went down to the hospital wing, there to see Omi and Stephanie still cheering.)
Omi: Ah! There she is. Allow me to be the first to congratulate you on your victory against Kaiba.
Kimiko: Yeah, I had some steep odds, but my knight came through for me.
(The knight glowed. Then someone walked in, it was Chase and Jack.)
Omi: Chase Young! What are you doing here?
Chase: First I wanted to congratulate the winner of the duel.
Kimiko: You're welcome.
Chase: Second, I came to warn you, Yugi!
Yugi: Warn me?
Chase: Soon, you're two Egyptian God Cards will be mine. And once they're in my possession, Marik will fall, and I will be unstoppable!
Raimundo: Hey! Yugi'll cream your butt!
Chase: We'll see next round, and don't expect me to go easy on you. Because once we begin, my target is you!
Jack: Oh yeah, Chase got the evil talk going on! You're going down, Yugi! Hahahaha, hope yah brought a parachute, cus you're going down! Hahahahaha!
Chase: Enough, Spicer! Let's go!
(They both walked out with Jack still doing his insane dance.)
Joey: Don't let Goldie Locks get to yah, Yug. He's tryin' ter get yer shaking in your boots.
Yugi: With two God Cards, it will be steep odds for Chase.
Omi: But Chase has Shen Gong Wu cards, and that qualifies as Gods.