OMG! KAIBA FINALLY WOKE UP! This one is gonna be good, it's when Atem gets to duel the gay clown. For those of you that haven't read the manga, will not and I mean WILL NOT see this coming. This is my favorite duel from the manga, because... you'll see rofl.
EDIT: I had to redo this, because my friend told me the gun shot wound was unrealistic and I'm very picky about my stories lol. Anyways, I looked up on gunshot wounds Review please!
Seto had been staring at the ceiling for hours. He was trying to remember the last thing he remembered. Images came and he saw himself and Atem dueling at a Death-T tournament. Then, before he knew it, Seto looked into those dark violet eyes that were filled pain and agony. Wait, weren't him and Atem enemies now or... did that tournament... NO! It couldn't be! Seto knew that what was meant to make them enemies, only made them closer friends. Seto cursed at himself for making that lousy tournament in the first place. He should never have made it! Not only did he grow softer with Atem, he was gave his own brother a penalty game!
Wait, Mokuba! Where was he? Would he ever forgive Seto for the pain and agony he was put through? Seto then turned his head and stared at the clock, which held the date that read 8-24. Wait a sec? Wasn't it the middle of April? Seto sat up on his bed with sweat on his face. Hobson was staring at the CEO President, who had just woken up.
"Hobson, how long have I been asleep?" Seto asked in a pant.
"Um... four months... sir," Hobson replied as Seto's eyes widened and he stared at the blankets covering him.
"Shit. What was I thinking?"
"Sir?"
"What's been going on with Kaiba Corp?"
"Well sir, stocks have been piling high and it's now on the vurge of bankruptcy."
"What? That... ugh!" Seto glared before giving out a deep sigh. He placed his hand around the chest area to realize that there was nothing there. Panic had driven the boy. "The key!"
"Atem has it," Hobson replied as Seto's eyes blew out of his eye sockets. "Master Mokuba gave the boy that key since... he was the only one he could trust."
"But... Atem doesn't know anything about running a company!"
"That's why Master Mokuba was running it. Atem just guarded the key with his life... literally. Those boys are in Duelist Kingdom right now... forced would be the appropriate word."
"What the hell? What does that cheapskate Pegasus want my keys anyways?"
"He's going to buy Kaiba Corp. The Big Five had gone to sell the company without the vice president's consent. They went haywire, attacked the mansion, and..."
"THEY DID WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED? IS MOKUBA OKAY?"
"He is, thanks to Atem. It was a good thing he was staying over."
"Why the hell was Atem doing here in the first place?"
"Sir, he's been here every night helping Master Mokuba with his nightmare issues. The boy stayed up all night. He was so exhausted, he was having to stay over at the mansion to catch up on some sleep."
Seto stood speechless. Atem... was helping Mokuba with his nightmare problems? There were no words for this. Seto furrowed his eyebrows and stared at Hobson.
"Give me the security tapes," Seto ordered.
"As you wish, Master Kaiba," Hobson obeyed as he helped his master onto the wheel chair and drove him to the security room. It was full of screens of the whole mansion. Hobson took out a video that he saved for when Seto woke up and placed it in the slot of TV screen that wasn't being used.
Seto saw on the empty TV of Mokuba sleeping. He seemed peaceful and soundless, then started twisting and turning and making screaming sounds. Seto's eyebrows rose as he watched his little brother crying. He was, indeed, having nightmare problems. Just then, a familiar figure came to the rescue and held the little tike in his arms.
"Mokuba! Shhhhh. There, there," the voice said in a soothing tone. Seto knew that voice belonged to Atem. "Shhhhhh."
"IT'S NOT FAIR! WHY ISN'T SETO AWAKE YET?" Mokuba cried.
"He will wake up. I promise," Atem promised, while rubbing the boy's back. "Tell me what you dreamed about."
"My brother... was asleep, and... he never woke up... I tried, I REALLY TRIED, BUT... he never woke up," Mokuba sobbed in Atem's chest.
"I'm sorry."
"Could you sleep with me? My brother used to do that when I had nightmares," Mokuba asked as Atem pulled the covers and crawled inside them. Mokuba snuggled next to Atem with sobbing tears rolling down his cheeks. The video was over.
"And that was only the first night," Hobson said as Seto nodded. "He had been staying over for the next several nights after that and... then it happened." He pushed in the next tape, which showed Atem parking his motorcycle, after picking up Mokuba from school.
"Why was Mokuba with him there?" Seto asked.
"Atem also assisted Master Mokuba in other areas, other than the nightmares. He would drop and pick up the boy from school, fix him dinner, and even tutor him with his homework. It's no wonder the boy was exhausted," Hobson replied.
"He cooked Mokuba dinner?" Seto asked baffled.
"Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It was exquisite."
Seto continued to watch the video as it changed to the next room where Atem was dragging himself up the stairs and into... Seto's bedroom? Seto had to shake that thought, since he had no time to complain about that. Mokuba had been working on business work for Kaiba Corp. Seto told Hobson to fast forward to where Mokuba was answering the door, which happened to be the Big Five. Things seemed okay, but then they took Mokuba by his arms and pointed a gun at his chin. This made Seto's head boil, especially when they forced Mokuba to hand over the key. What shocked Seto, was when he saw Mokuba swallow the key, not that the CEO President could blame him. Then, Seto saw Atem shooting Kimo with a pistol, jumping from the stairwell and hiding behind behind a chair, kicking it at the two members of the Big Five, and slipping over Kimo before running from the mansion on his motorcycle with some bleeding marks.
The video was over and Seto knew he owed Atem so much for taking care of Mokuba while comatose. Seto narrowed his eyebrows, feeling anger toward the Big Five for trespassing and attempting to kidnap his little brother.
"Give me the copter, I'm gonna give that rich homo Pegasus a piece of my mind!" Seto ordered as Hobson nodded and quickly called for the Kaiba Corp. helicopter. "That son of a bitch! I'll make him pay and I'll make those assholes pay too! NOBODY DEFIES SETO KAIBA AND GETS AWAY WITH IT! NOBODY!"
Seto was able to retreive a helicopter and fly over to Duelist Kingdom. He stared at the two names on the back of his hands. First, he had to go for Mokuba. Seto decided to solve the issue of Atem's name, on his left hand, later.
At Duelist Kingdom, the gang was well rested and it was time to find more competitors. Atem and Mokuba were close together side by side. Atem had a hold of Mokuba's hand while walking along the plains of the island. The gang decided to hang around this part since Joey's and Atem's monsters were stronger around these areas. There was also the wasteland for Atem to think about.
Kimo and other men, who worked for Pegasus, snuck up on the gang. They all had guns in their hands, since Pegasus warned them that things would get rough. The men, all of a sudden, attacked by tackling Atem, Joey, Tristan, and Ryan to the ground while Kimo grabbed a hold of Mokuba. Tea was easily grabbed by one of the guards by her arms and waist as if she was strapped.
"HEY! LET GO OF ME!" Mokuba screamed.
"MOKUBA!" Atem cried, still being held down.
"I'll be taking thi..." the man holding down Atem smirked while digging under his shirt to find the key. It was nowhere in sight. The man searched throughout the boy's pockets and anyplace to store an item. It was nowhere! "WHERE DID YOU HIDE THE KEY?"
"Someplace you'll never dare to look!"
"THAT'S RIGHT!" Mokuba grinned deviously, still squirming to get out of Kimo's arms. "When Atem rescued me from the mansion, he hid the second key in a VERY safe and secure place. YOU'LL NEVER FIND THE KEY!"
"SHUT THE F*** UP, KID!" Kimo shouted before pointing a gun at Mokuba. "Listen punk, tell us where the key is or the kid dies!"
"Like you even have the guts. Do you really want to be declared murderers on an island? I doubt if Mr. Pegasus will be that cruel," Atem smirked after the guard, holding him down, forced him back on his feet.
"Smart kid," the guard holding Atem smirked. "Aw well. We'll just take the kid and go. Mr. Pegasus ordered us to just go for the kid."
"NO!" Atem cried out before back-kicking the guard, holding him, in the groin.
"AWWW SHIT!" the guard, kicked by Atem, cried out.
Kimo automatically pointed his gun at Atem as he stopped with the fear of the gun. Kimo smirked, "I may not be allowed to murder, but I can shoot you down till you're bleeding. Now would you like that?" Atem gave Kimo a death glare as he laughed mockingly. Atem knew if he was shot down, he wouldn't be able to rescue Mokuba. "I'll tell ya what. If you win a duel, I'll let the kid go. You'll be dueling against one of Pegasus'... special guest. Now, do we have a deal?"
Atem glared at Kimo, then stared at Mokuba into those glowing violet eyes, filled with fear. Atem had not felt so weak in his entire life. He glared at the ground before staring at Kimo with those angry eyes.
"Who's my challenger?" Atem asked in a dark tone.
Kimo smirked before carrying Mokuba with one strong arm and showing Atem where his challenger was. His friends were forced by the other guards to stand at a far distance, but not so far that they couldn't see Atem dueling. While walking toward the Duel Box, where the mysterious figure waited, he gave Mokuba defeated and longing eyes. The boy smiled brightly at Atem, which were filled with hope.
Kimo stopped, still holding Mokuba, while Atem walked his way to the Duel Box. He gave Mokuba one last longing glance before stepping in front of the Duel Box. Once Atem saw his opponent, he gasped in horror. Mokuba looked up, hearing the gasp, and made one horrifying gasp himself. They could not believe what they were seeing.
"That's..." Mokuba muttered, his body shaking and trembling.
"Some sort of gay clown," Atem finished, seeing some ugly old man in a cap and a wizard's hat. He had some sort of puppet that looked exactly like Seto Kaiba, except it was wooden with a bottom mouth that could move up and down. "With a puppet that looks like Seto! ...well, sorta."
"Come in... come in!" The Seto puppet said in a weird voice, thrown in by the ventriloquist holding it. The Seto puppet pointed at Atem. "A-A-Atem... you'll p-p-pay for what you did to me... r-r-revenge... revenge... REVENGE!"
"YOU F***ING SON OF A BITCH!" Atem snapped after hearing the talking puppet. "HOW DARE YOU MOCK SETO LIKE THAT! YOU BET I'LL SEND YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL AND BURY YOUR ASHES! THIS IS UNFORGIVEABLE!"
"YOU BITCH ASS! ATEM'S GONNA KICK YOUR ASS AND CUT OUT YOUR D***!" Mokuba shouted furiously.
"Somebody's got a mouth," Kimo smirked as a dark chuckle escaped him.
"I swear to you if you try sneaking off, I will kill you!" Atem promised with death written in his eyes. He stared at the ventriloquist with deeper hatred and death-eyes. "I will make you pay for this!"
"Today is the day I K-K-KILL you!" The Seto puppet chuckled darkly before Atem and the ventriloquist shuffled their decks. Though, while shuffling, Atem felt something crying out from the deck. Something wasn't right! They gave their decks back. "A-A-Atem, we'll each bet th-th-three star chips!"
"FINE! I DON'T F***ING CARE IF I BET FIVE! I'M TAKING YOU DOWN AND SENDING YOU STRAIGHT TO THE BOTTOM BITS OF HELL!" Atem shouted out in anger as the duel began.
"I p-p-play B-B-Battle Ox!" The Seto Puppet declared as Battle Ox appeared on the field. The cries from that deck cried even louder.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH! YOU STOLE SETO'S DECK TOO? I WAS GOING TO SEND YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL, BUT NOW I'M GONNA TEAR YOUR F***ING HEAD OFF!" Atem yelled loudly as he drew his next card. "I play Dark Magician in attack mode and tear off your f***ing Battle Ox that you stole!"
"WAAAGH! HE G-G-GOT ME!" The Seto Puppet cried as Ventriloquist's life points stooped to 1200 life points.
The friends in the back watched as they saw Atem becoming more pissed as the duel trailed on. Even Joey could see that his friend was given some sort of strange pressure. They were so far, they couldn't see what was really going on from the back. They didn't even know about the Seto Kaiba puppet.
"What's going on with Atem?" Tristan wondered.
"I don't know. He seems really pissed," Hanaski replied.
"It's because of that puppet," one of the guards replied as everyone became baffled. "Pegasus hired a ventriloquist assassin who knows how to get inside people's heads before the kill."
"THAT SON OF A BITCH!" Joey screamed out aloud.
"We figured since Atem and Seto grew so close, he'd obviously be feeling this kind of pressure towards his friend being made into a puppet," the guard explained with a dark chuckle.
"Atem will win, and than f*** you Jokes off for dinner," Ryan glared as the guards kept their smirks, watching the duel.
Inside the Duel Box, the Seto Puppet drew his next card, then let out a dark chuckle before declaring, "The D-D-Dragon of r-r-revenge has risen from hell!" Then, Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared on the hologram and Atem let out a sharp gasp. After that, he glared even deeper, especially since that card had Seto's soul inside it. "Th-Th-That's right. It's B-B-Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
"Be careful, Atem! Don't let that Joke of a duelist get to you!" Mokuba warned as Atem gave the boy a nod. "You have to win this game, Atem! For my brother!"
"B-B-But it's really me, Atem. I'm b-b-borrowing the b-b-body of this doll to get my..." The Seto Puppet smirked before Atem interrupted.
"DON'T F*** WITH ME, YOU F***ING HOMO! THIS ISN'T CHILD'S PLAY AND I WILL TAKE YOUR JOKE FOR A DOLL AND STOVE IT DOWN YOUR ASS!" Atem yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Ateeeeem!" a faint voice, coming from Hanaski, shouted from afar. "Don't let that puppet get to you. He's trying to throw you off!"
Atem grabbed onto the board that him and the ventriloquist were playing on, and took a deep breath. He felt Yugi's hands massaging his shoulders to help him calm down. Atem knew he had to calm down and not let this doll get to him. If he was going to win, he was going to have to let all his anger go. When he was sure that he was calm enough to continue the duel, he opened his eyes to wait for the next move.
"Instead of p-p-playing my Blue-Eyes. I will p-play this card face-down," The Seto Puppet declared as he set a card face-down.
Atem knew his Dark Magician wasn't powerful enough against Blue-Eyes White Dragon without some sort of Spell Card or Field Bonus. He switched Dark Magician into defense mode.
"I summon Curse of Dragon in defense mode," Atem said, this time, in a calm voice.
"I kn-kn-knew you'd play them in d-d-defense mode," The Seto Puppet proclaimed. It flipped the face-down card. "Wh-Wh-Which is why I'm p-playing Stop Defense!" Atem gasped as he watched all his monsters change to attack mode. "GO BLUE-EYES!"
Blue-Eyes White Dragon tore through Curse of Dragon and left Atem with 1000 life points. He could hear the laughing, mocking voice of the Seto puppet screaming in his head. Atem's fists balled up and were laying on the table.
"HA! I bet Kaiba's watching from heaven," Kimo mocked as Mokuba squirmed some more.
"NO! MY BROTHER'S NOT DEAD! HE ISN'T!" Mokuba cried. "ATEM PROMISED ME THAT HE'D COME BACK AND I BELIEVE HIM!"
Atem took a deep breath and brought his head back up. He wasn't going to let this puppet beat him, let alone make him give up hope for Seto. He was still there and he would soon wake up. Atem drew his next card, and then smirked as he put down his trap card called Magical Hats.
"I play Magical Hats, which hides my Dark Magician, so Blue-Eyes won't attack it, unless it guesses the right hat," Atem smirked. The Ventriloquist gasped in horror with sweat pouring from his face.
"I'll take down your hates one at a time!" The Seto Puppet, with less of a mocking voice, declared. Atem smirked at this, it seemed that the puppet master was starting to lose his touch.
The Blue-Eyes White Dragon blasted the second hat to the right, but there was nothing there. Atem smirked even wider as he drew his next card. He took the cards on the face-down position on the board that was under the holographic hats, took out one of the cards, and then replaced it with another card before shuffling it. Atem placed the three face-down cards back on the Monster Card Zone and the hats reappeared.
"I put down a trap under the Magical Hats. If you choose the wrong hat, you just might activate a trap," Atem smirked as the Ventriloquist showed more sweat droplets. 'Just as I thought, I'm starting to get to him.'
"And doing a great job at it too," Yugi smirked with a thumbs up.
"A trap card?" The Ventriloquist gasped as Atem chuckled.
"Yes, and it seems you've lost your touch," Atem smirked as the Ventriloquist glared even deeper. "Maybe you should choose a new hobby."
"SHUT UP!" The Ventriloquist glared, before pointing to the middle hat. "I chose that hat!" The Blue-Eyes White Dragon blasted the middle hat and Atem flipped the trap card to activate it. It was Spellbinding Circle. It engulfed Blue-Eyes White Dragon and it's attack was decreased by 700 points. "NO! BUT HOW?"
"Seto's my friend, but he's also my rival. I always come up with different stratagies to defeat Blue-Eyes. Since Seto's in the hospital, that gave me time to come up with over one thousand strategies to defeat Blue-Eyes, mostly using Dark Magician. LIKE THIS ONE!" Atem declared as Dark Magician emerged from the hat and destroyed Blue-Eyes White Dragon, leaving the Ventriloquist with 700 life points left. Atem showed a smirk in response as he heard his friends, including Mokuba, cheering and leaping for joy. Of course, Mokuba just shot his fist up in the air since he couldn't leap. Atem glared at the puppet master and pointed his index finger at him. "THAT'S FOR SETO!"
The Ventriloquist chuckled manically and summoned another Blue-Eyes White Dragon, before blasting Dark Magician from existence. Atem was left with 500 life points hanging. He glared even deeper as the Ventriloquist threw his voice in the doll again saying, "what's wr-wr-wrong Atem? I just played my s-s-second Blue-Eyes!"
"I told you, stop f***ing with me!" Atem glared suddenly. "You may have three Blue-Eyes, but you don't have Seto's soul. I can hear her crying from the deck. You're nothing, but a scum!"
"Just p-play your next card, so my d-dragon can blast you to a-ashes!" The Seto Puppet mocked as Atem glared even deeper at the Ventriloquist.
Atem stared at his fists and knew that he had no other monster in his deck that can fight another Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Things were seemingly hopeless and the teenager knew it. He was starting to feel the pressure Mokuba felt when trying to deal with the Big Five. Atem couldn't protect Mokuba and he couldn't beat this Ventriloquist. All he could do was draw another card and put the monster in defense mode.
"N-NOW! ATTACK!" The Seto Puppet declared victoriously.
"Noooooo!" A familiar voice cried aloud. Atem gasped quietly as he lifted his head up. He was not prepared for what he saw up in the sky, jumping down to the ground right behind the Ventriloquist. It was Seto Kaiba, in the flesh. "Kisara! I'm back, you're safe now! Don't attack!"
"SETO! I KNEW YOU'D COME BACK!" Mokuba cried excitedly with tears in his eyes.
"Well, well, look who just came back from the grave," Kimo mocked.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Seto yelled madly. "HOW DARE YOU AND THE REST OF YOU ASSHOLES TREAT MY BROTHER LIKE A STUFFED PUPPET!"
"You shoulda thought of that before becoming comatose. You know, Atem is more loyal to you than any of us. Maybe he should be your employer."
"Shut the f*** up! Just know that you're so not getting your jobs back!"
"A-ATTACK BLUE-EYES!" The Seto Puppet cried as the Blue-Eyes White Dragon stayed and did not attack.
"She won't attack, because that is Seto's card and it shares his soul," Atem said in a glaring tone. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon vanished from the field and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon card floated to the discard pile.
"Wh...whyyyy!" The Ventriloquist cried out, standing up, before dropping the Seto Puppet on the floor. Seto eyed at it, and then squinted his eyes.
"Didn't I already answer that question for you?"
"Atem," Seto glared as Atem turned his head toward his friend. "Do I even wanna know about the doll?"
"Not really," Atem smirked as Seto replied with a chuckle. Atem eyed on his friend's purple trench coat. "Nice outfit, by the way." Seto glared with folded arms in reply.
From downhill, the friends were having awestruck looks as they saw Seto Kaiba return in front of their eyes, jumping from his helicopter. They were all wondering how long he'd been up and how he was able to find the strength to even travel from point A to point B. Whatever the reason, they were glad, strangely. For most, it was because Atem had felt depressed for Seto's loss since the Death-T thing.
"Well, looks like the big mother f***er finally awakens. I still vote on dissing the duff bag, but heck! If it makes Atem happy, I don't give a f***," Ryan shrugged.
"Yeah! Looks like Atem has this under the bags now!" Joey smirked. "GO ATEM! KICK THAT GUY'S ASS!"
At the Duel Box, Atem and the Ventriloquist continued the game, without the Seto Puppet since Seto Kaiba was watching. Atem set his Fernal Imp in attack mode with a huge smirk on his face. He was confident that he could win this game. Seto was watching with folded arms and that same glaring facial expression that Atem missed so much. Mokuba watched with a confident smirk on his face.
"I summon Grappler in defense mode!" The Ventriloquist declared as Atem drew his next card. He peered at his card before making his next move.
"I set one card face-down, then I will summon Celtic Guardian in attack mode!" Atem declared as Celtic Guardian appeared boldly with a sword in its hand. It sliced the Grappler in half and it disappeared from the field. "You know, by this time, I don't know what to call you. I was thinking 'monster,' but I'd be insulting my cards."
"Ha nice!" Seto complimented with a slight smirk. "Though I think I could come up with a better insult."
"I called him gay clown earlier."
"Now that's more like it."
"You boys are sooo hilarious," The Ventriloquist glared sarcastically before drawing his next card. "I'll set this monster in defense mode, then I'll set two cards face-down and end my turn."
"My turn!" Atem declared before drawing his next card. "I play Mystical Elf in defense mode."
Atem and the Ventriloquist glared hardly at each other. The Ventriloquist drew his next card, which was the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Atem could judge by the excitement look in his enemy's eyes. The Ventriloquist automatically summoned the third Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which made Seto shake in anger. Nobody was allowed to play that card! NOBODY! Seto never even let his employers touch the card. The only person who ever touched it was Mokuba.
"Say your prayers, Atem!" The Ventriloquist smirked. "Attack Atem's Mystical Elf!"
"TRAP! MIRROR FORCE!" Atem declared as a barrier protected his monsters and reflected back at Blue-Eyes.
"Somebody's been rearranging his deck while I was away. I'll need to catch up with you," Seto smirked as Atem gave one back.
Unfortunately, that was too early to be victorious as a trap card was also activated on the Ventriloquist's side of the field. The Ventriloquist activated Attack Negate as the blast from Blue-Eyes White Dragon was sucked into a giant worm hole. He laughed so mockingly and manically.
"Looks like that attack was nothing, but a waste of your time," The Ventriloquist smirked. Atem glared in response as his opponent continued to laugh mockingly. "You're out of options, I'm afraid."
"Or so you think," Atem smirked as he looked at the card he just drew. He eyed at Seto. "Mind if I borrow your card?"
Seto knew what Atem was thinking, Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Even the Ventriloquist could see it through Atem's eyes. Seto never let anyone use his Blue-Eyes White Dragon, let alone touch it, besides Mokuba. Seto was about to declare his refusal answer when he felt the burn of his left hand that was written with Atem's name. He then remembered that those names on his hands were the only people he could trust. Everyone had turned against him and, besides Hobson, only Mokuba and Atem have ever been truly loyal to Seto. He found it impossible to say 'no.'
"I suppose I can't say 'no,'" Seto said smirkingly as Atem gave a smile and nodded.
"I play Monster Reborn!" Atem declared. Sweat poured on his opponent's face. "I revive the card that belongs to one of my closest friends and greatest rivals I've ever met. BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON, COME FORTH!"
Blue-Eyes White Dragon emerged onto the field with anger in its eyes. The Ventriloquist gasped in horror before the terror of Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Seto smiled at the Ventriloquist's terror and fear.
"But... we both have Blue-Eyes! They'll destroy each other!" The Ventriloquist glared.
"Not really," Atem smirked, pointing to his Mystical Elf. "Ever since I had Mystical Elf on the field, she's been chanting a spell. One that combines the attack of the monsters on the field with her own." Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack points changed to 3800 while the other Blue-Eyes White Dragon still had its 3000.
"WHAT!" The Ventriloquist gasped.
"This is Seto's RAGE and it's very powerful! You can ask him yourself!" Atem glared with his thumb pointed toward his rival slash friend. "BLUE-EYES! ATTACK THIS MOTHER F***ER AND SEND HIM STRAIGHT TO HELL!"
Blue-Eyes White Dragon attacked its doppelganger and took out the rest of the Ventriloquist's life points down to 0. Everyone, especially Kimo and the guards, gasped in horror when they saw the third glowing eye appear on Atem's forehead, even Seto was horrified. He had never seen Atem like this, even when he gave his rival a penalty game. The Ventriloquist backed up with fear and horror written on his face.
"Wai... wha... WHAT ARE YOU?" The Ventriloquist asked, trembling in fear.
"Seto's rage maybe satisfied, but mine is not. NOBODY MOCKS MY FRIENDS, STEALS THEIR CARDS, AND HELPS WITH KIDNAPPING HIS LOVED ONES! NOBODY! TO TOP IT ALL OFF, YOU FOOLED AROUND WITH A WORTHLESS PUPPET OF SETO! I WILL NEVER! NEVER! FORGIVE YOU, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" Atem glared in pure anger and hatred. Seto trembled and shook at Atem's anger and rage that was so powerful, it made the world crumble. Atem took the Ventriloquist by the throat as the third eye glowed brighter and his eyes started showing a tent of red. "TIMEOUT!"
The Ventriloquist felt his world going upside down as he noticed a puppet of himself crawling up on his leg. He started kicking around, flipping the chair he sat on, while watching the puppet's eyeballs and mouth gaping horrifically with darkness on the other side of its face. The Ventriloquist kicked and swung around his arms and legs while everyone else gasped at the sight. They only saw a puppet master with schizophrenia.
"Now..." Atem smirked, satisfied that he got a good taste of revenge. "You'll be stuck in an illusion with a cute doll of your own."
"Remind me never to get on Atem's bad side," Mokuba said with widened eyes.
"Aw forget it!" Kimo glared as he flipped Mokuba over his back.
"MOKUBA!" Atem cried.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Seto cried, running for Kimo, but then fell on his hands and knees. "Neh!" Apparently, since Seto had just woken up from a coma, he too weak to use anymore energy. It had been used up to go from Domino City, Japan to Duelist Kingdom.
"I'll get Mokuba!" Atem declared while running out of the Duel Box.
Kimo, in a quick flash, shot his gun directly at Atem's rib cage. Atem cried, "AGH!" Then, he fell over on his side with two hands on the place he was shot at. He tried to stand up, but the gun shot was too painful.
"So long, chump!" Kimo smirked before he ran off along with his men.
Atem turned his head and saw two of his friends running to his side and covering the gunshot wound while the rest were chasing after the men who kidnapped Mokuba. He failed! He failed in protecting Mokuba and Pegasus would soon have a hold of the first key, if he went poo. So far, Mokuba was having constipation problems, which meant the key was on its way out. Ryan covered the wound with a plastic shopping bag he was planning on using for trash when camping out. Then, he realized something.
"SHIT! There's no alcohol around or any hospital nearby!" Ryan cursed in panic.
"I've got a first aid with me!" Seto pointed out as he opened his suitcase, which he always brought along, and threw a First Aid Kit toward Ryan. He opened it and found a small bottle of alcohol. He poured some into the wound before getting out a small knife he had in his bag.
"This is gonna hurt alot," Ryan said honestly while carefully digging into the wound, avoiding hitting the veins. "Luckily, the bullet didn't dig in too deep."
"Ugh!" Atem responded from the pain as Ryan slowly and carefully removed the bullet. "Thanks."
"Now to stop the bleeding," Ryan said as he got out a dressing from the First Aid Kit and pressed it on Atem's gun shot wound before wrapping it up with a brown wrapping inside the First Aid Kit. The bleeding surprisingly didn't leak through, which meant the wound wasn't serverly major.
The other three chasing after the men returned back, with no Mokuba. They came by the boys' side, panting like crazy. Hanaski shook his head while staring at the ground in disappointment.
"Those bastards escaped through a trap hole. We couldn't catch up to them," Joey explained.
Seto was about to snap at the blond when Atem said, "it's... my fault. I'm so sorry Seto. I should've caught that man before..."
"Would you stop your filthy bullshit? What's it with you acting like you owe me anything?" Seto asked in a glaring manner.
"Because I..." Atem replied, still feeling the pain from the gun shot. "gave you pain. I sent you to the hospital for four months and... it was my fault."
"Stop the bullshit! I was trying to make us enemies. Obviously, I failed at that mission, seeing that you're protecting my company and being my brother's babysitter! Don't you think that's enough of that owing bullshit for one day or four months?"
"Not really?" Atem replied with a soft smile. Seto sighed deeply in reply as everyone looked up at the direction where the men took Mokuba. One member was lost and a new one had arrived.